You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now

This was CNN's Anderson Cooper speaking to Larry King on 2nd September

King: Anderson Cooper, you were an angry man today, Anderson, at what?

Cooper: I wouldn't say I'm angry, you know. I think I'm tired of hearing the politicians say that, you know, they understand the frustration of people down here. To me, you know, it's not frustration. It's not that people are frustrated. It's that people are dying. They're drowning to death in their living rooms and their bodies are rotting where they drowned and there are corpses in the street being eaten by rats and this is the United States of America. It's not a question of me being angry.

King: Well said.

Anderson was angry after speaking to Senator Mary Landrieu the day before. The video here (from Crooks and Liars) and the transcript here show Anderson gradually losing it as the Senator pats the backs of fellow politicos whilst the population perish.

there are a lot of people here who are kind of ashamed of what is happening in this country right now, what is - ashamed of what is happening in your state, certainly.

Still, by 3rd September, even Landrieu had got the point

But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast – black and white, rich and poor, young and old – deserve far better from their national government.

“Mr. President, I’m imploring you once again to get a cabinet-level official stood up as soon as possible to get this entire operation moving forward regionwide with all the resources – military and otherwise – necessary to relieve the unmitigated suffering and economic damage that is unfolding.”