(13 Sep 2005) SHOTLIST
New Orleans, Louisiana
1. Pan from rolling shot of flooded homes to wide of President Bush in truck
2. Close-up of Bush with Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
3. Bush ducking under downed wires
4. Blanco pointing out damage
5. Rolling shots of damaged areas of New Orleans French Quarter
6. White House Chief of Staff Andy Card speaking with Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen
7. Bush walking to reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President:
"The storm didn't discriminate and neither will the recovery effort. When those Coast Guard choppers, many of whom were first on the scene, were pulling people off roofs, they didn't check the colour of a person's skin. They wanted to save lives. I can assure people - and I know from the statements at the local level as well - that this recovery is going to be comprehensive."
9. Mid of Bush
10. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President:
"Look, there will be plenty of time to play the blame game, that's what you're trying to do. You're trying to say somebody is at fault. And, look, I want to know. I want to know exactly what went on and how it went on."
11. Mid shot of Bush
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W Bush, US President:
"It is preposterous to claim that the engagement in Iraq meant there wasn't enough troops here. It's pure and simple."
13. Mid shot Bush
14. Various of Bush walking to helicopter with Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
New Orleans, Louisiana
15. Various Bush shaking hands and congratulating Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel and local authorities
Gulfport, Mississippi
16. Bush holding up boy
17. Pullout from sign to wide of relief tent
18. Bush speaking with elderly lady
19. Wide of Bush outside school
20. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President:
"Nobody wants to build a fragile society. Everybody wants... when you rebuild, rebuild better. And we want to work with the local folks to achieve that."
21. Pan from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to Bush
22. Mexican troops carrying away debris
23. Bush speaking with troops
24. Bush having picture taken with Mexican troops
STORYLINE:
US President George W Bush has denied there was any racial component to people being left behind after Hurricane Katrina, despite suggestions from some critics that the response would have been quicker if so many of the victims hadn't been poor and black.
Bush made the remarks to reporters on Monday beneath a highway overpass at the end of a tour that took him through several flooded New Orleans neighbourhoods.
Occasionally, Bush had to duck to avoid low-hanging electrical wires and branches.
It was Bush's first exposure to the on-the-ground leadership of his new hurricane relief chief.
The federal response to the disaster has been roundly criticised as sluggish and inept.
In a sign that Bush is growing weary of the accusations, he testily answered a reporter who asked whether he felt let down by federal officials on the ground. He also sharply rejected suggestions that the nation's military was stretched too thinly with the war in Iraq to deal with the Gulf Coast devastation.
"It's preposterous to claim that the engagement in Iraq meant there wasn't enough troops here. It's pure and simple," Bush said.
He also said Congress should consider whether the federal government should have more authority to step into disaster areas without a request from the states concerned.
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