Reflections and lessons of Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later

“This is the Emergency Broadcast System. This is not a test.” Actor and New Orleans native Wendell Pierce recalls the chill that message sent through his body. Hurricane Katrina had passed, but the city’s levees had broken, filling it up “like a bathtub.” On this 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Pierce, along with survivor Dr. Courtney Jackson and WDSU New Orleans anchor Travers Mackel join Tom Llamas in a roundtable discussion about what went terribly wrong and why we should never forget.