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Rick Perry tells \"Today's\" Matt Lauer about the recovery challenges ahead after Hurricane Rita during a helicopter tour over Beaumont, Texas.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050925/tdy_lauer_beaumont_050925.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "daef62ed-8d83-49e5-90ff-34b3b9bdb940|", "", "", "", "Today Show", "110", "147", "#000000", "1100", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.95619219027628,-94.14631638463503,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("nn_ellis_nola_050926","New Orleans dazed, confused","Sept. 26: It has been a month since Katrina delivered a powerful blow to New Orleans, and confusion and devastation still reign. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/nn_ellis_nola_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "17d01efc-a644-4f4f-b647-12f6926f905c|", "", "", "", "Nightly News", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.946229360896424,-90.0679649947324,13"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("nn_holt_rita_050926","Evacuees defy warnings, return home","Sept. 26: Evacuees from Houston to Louisiana are returning, in some cases defying authorities; warnings. NBC's Lester Holt reports from Port Arthur, Texas.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/nn_holt_rita_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "93a8445b-43c4-4f24-9ffe-d68801ed8aba|", "", "", "", "Nightly News", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.89141596326883,-93.96521602335653,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("nn_frat_babies_050926","Hurricane babies","Sept. 26: A Baton Rouge hospital has become the command center for Louisiana babies — 11 newborns evacuated from Hurricane Rita and dozens displaced by Katrina. NBC’s Dawn Fratangelo reports.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/nn_frat_babies_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "a13b6ab4-323f-4639-8c0b-f13fbcd88837|", "", "", "", "Nightly News", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "30.435708810874416,-91.17971999035872,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_williams_damage_050926","Broken homes, hearts","Sept. 26: Some New Orleans residents are returning to their homes and finding nothing is left. NBC’s Michael Williams reports.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/n_williams_damage_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "2f8dfbbd-3456-47d1-9c08-a36372cca0e1|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.936421225873722,-90.08036174565326,13"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_karins_aerials_050926","Satellite pictures of Rita’s damage","Sept. 26: NBC Weather Plus meteorologist Bill Karins gives us a unique look at the damage done by Hurricane Rita.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/n_karins_aerials_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "2f9aabe6-5aaa-4641-ba6f-d0a6f8503d2e|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.78169872276645,-93.3155544098813,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_shuster_searchnrescue_050926","FEMA conducts rescue mission","Sept. 26: MSNBC-TV's David Shuster accompanied FEMA workers as they conducted an air search and rescue mission.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/n_shuster_searchnrescue_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "8d0c7dfc-7e0b-4e7b-a06b-024268bfb6f1|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "30.22232670427899,-93.20344466242318,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_brown_biloxi_050926","Biloxi still in shambles","Sept. 26: In Biloxi, one month after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Mississippi's Gulf Coast, many homes and businesses are still in shambles. 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NBC's Ron Blome reports.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/n_blome_erath_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "1001ae04-7e12-4348-84a4-63baed6a9576|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.916334884827137,-92.09384562347874,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_mik_beaumount_050926","Beaumont clean up","Sept. 26: NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports from Beaumont, Texas, where acting FEMA director David Paulison and other officials met to discuss clean up efforts.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/n_mik_beaumount_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "19fed3a1-4370-4370-aed3-35254ab63b0d|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "30.055765543136516,-94.0025859391759,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_dahlgren_la_050926","Hundreds rescued in Louisiana","Sept. 26: In Louisiana, an estimated one thousand residents have been rescued from storm waters in Vermilion Parish. 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His county was one of the ones hit hardest by Hurricane Rita. 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NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050925/nn_ellis%20_neworleans_050925.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "4586dafc-9059-4827-9e6d-c57edef09b94|", "", "", "Nightly News", "", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.937511066409776,-90.07155825586888,13"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_okwu_texansreturn_050925","Going home","Evacuees in Texans are heading home despite a plea from Gov. Rick Perry to respect the repopulation schedule. NBC's Michael Okwu reports from a Houston gas station.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050925/n_okwu_texansreturn_050925.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "2f4b02ad-2bce-4d28-bc6b-1bbbd368ab7a|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1100", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.749259217767125,-95.13230724048462,8"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_potts_ritafedresponse_050925","Federal response","In a post hurricane briefing, military officials tell President Bush that a national disaster response plan is needed.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050925/n_potts_ritafedresponse_050925.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "f83d1c18-9a58-47f1-9014-cff2c943a51c|", "", "", "", "MSNBC TV", "110", "147", "#000000", "1100", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.429295286537225,-97.92067788239161,7"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("tdy_holt_portarthur_050926","In Texas, many homeless — including the mayor","Sept. 26: After Rita gave it an almost direct hit, Port Arthur, Texas, assesses the damage. Many find themselves homeless, including the city's mayor, NBC's Lester Holt reports.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/tdy_holt_portarthur_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "617d77b2-0de9-4317-adce-1c9e16186b77|", "", "", "", "Today show", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.886431431096166,-93.88472697389942,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("nn_mik_seniorrescue_050925","Dramatic rescue","NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports on a dramatic mission to rescue dozens of senior citizens from Fred, Texas, about 40 miles north of Beaumont.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050925/nn_mik_seniorrescue_050925.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "d3f4e734-cc13-4502-a5ec-9f7b85d3a782|", "", "", "Nightly News", "", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "30.219842784521983,-93.97671445899327,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("nn_sanders_flyover_050925","Damage from the air","NBC's Kerry Sanders reports Hurricane Rita’s damage by flying over the Texas and Louisiana coastline.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050925/nn_sanders_flyover_050925.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "1a4b3d7c-c84b-46ed-a2f9-3dbf59994f09|", "", "", "Nightly News", "", "110", "147", "#000000", "11111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.724298606782017,-93.66913130571075,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("tdy_lauer_flooding_050926","Hurricanes gone, some New Orleanians head home","Sept. 26: With hurricanes Rita and Katrina behind them, some residents of New Orleans are returning home.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050926/tdy_lauer_flooding_050926.htease.jpg","","", "v", "v", "7016fadc-2ad3-45fc-b8ef-f9045b105f83|", "", "", "", "Today show", "110", "147", "#000000", "1111", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.962418451690176,-90.06634802722098,13"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("n_okwu_texansreturn_050925","Going home","Evacuees in Texas are heading home despite a plea from Gov. 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Sixty years later category 4 Hurricane Carla came ashore and caused over $300 million in damage.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050921/ss_050921_galveston_storms_tease.htease.jpg","","", "ss", "ss", "", "", "", "Grey Villet", "Getty Images File", "110", "147", "#000000", "1110", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.29022665580441,-94.79436103059886,9"; ve_rita[i++] = new Array("http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9464543","'Damage Enough'","NEWSWEEK's Darren Briscoe reports on Rita's impact on already ravaged New Orleans.","","","", "", "i", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "0011", "", "", ""); ve_rita[i-1].body = "29.95370157651631,-90.07730747368724,10"; // END editorial data