This is one of the best announcements I've heard, just now, on CNN. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao says that unemployment money and money for 10,000 temporary jobs- $20.7 million- is now available. The Labor Department is sending hundreds of people into New Orleans with laptops to walk parish by parish and through the shelters, hospitals and streets to help victims instantly file unemployment claims and get money into their pockets.

If you know a victim, tell them to call

1-866-4USA-DOL

For those that can work, 10,000 temporary jobs are now available. The total emergency grant is $62.1 million.

Secretary Chao was very impressive. She is the first Administration official I've heard who had real passion in her voice. She said over and over we must get cash into these people's pockets and since they have no phone, no radio and no internet, Labor employees and volunteers will go to the streets to find them. The phone line is open 24/7.