From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Promises and realities, two years after Katrina.

Hello again, I'm Orin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most. Presidential candidates have been streaming into New Orleans. President Bush will start

his 13th visit tonight. But despite two years of promises, crime is up, along with rents and taxes.

Healthcare and other services are still in decline. Levy repair is well underway, but coastal

restoration hasn't even begun.

On to the point, a major city was struck by a disaster predicted well in advance.

Can America summon the will and the resources for long-term protection?

On reporter's notebook letter on, the U.S. Senator and the men's room Sting.

First, here's the news.

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and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Warren Alley, back with To the Point. Two years after Katrina, President Bush,

and some of his would-be successors are showing up in New Orleans. On To the Point,

anniversary promises may be falling on deaf ears. We'll hear from a devastated city where

many residents think they've been forgotten by the rest of America. On reporter's notebook,

after 27 years on Capitol Hill, Idaho's Republican Senator Larry Craig faces calls to resign

from fellow conservatives. It has to do with allegations of homosexual conduct. First

this news update, Abdullah Ghul is a devout Muslim whose wife wears the headscarf that is banned in

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