People locked in; Red Cross locked out.

Apparently last night (6 DAYS after the hurricane )there were still ~5000 people still stuck the Superdome, which is up to the hilt in filth, without food or water. The National Guard is was preventing people (well, at least the poor black ones) from leaving the city, controlling access to the bridge that is the only way out. At the same time, the Red Cross not been allowed into New Orleans to help the people stuck there (!?!?!) Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera went absolutely nuts on FOX last night, both of them almost in tears at the desperation of the situation. Crooks and Liars has the video. This is extremely powerful, watch it. Update: Apparently they've finally got on the ball. Geraldo was on FOX recently reporting that the Navy is now evacuating about 100 people every 10 minutes in Chinook helicopters. Why oh why didn't this happen 4 days ago? President announced in his radio adress that he's finally sending in the 82nd airborne. Again, why didn't this happen 4 days ago? Reports are coming in from all over about how help was offered from neighboring states and localities, but the approval from above didn't get through -- Talking Points Memo reports that Lousiana Gov. Blanco accepted an offer of state National Guard troops from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday, just before the storm hit. But the paperwork from Washington, allowing the troops to deploy, didn't come until Thursday...