(7:15 am) August 29, 2005: New Orleans Mayor Tells NBC that City is Prepared to Sustain Superdome Evacuees for 4-5 Days

In an early morning interview with NBC’s Today Show, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin tells Matt Lauer that the city has “everything planned for them to be in there four to five days. And then if it has to extend beyond that, we’re going to—we’re basically counting on the federal government to supply us with what we need.” [MSNBC, 8/29/2005]