Obama's New Orleans Town Hall - Full Video

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Hello, New Orleans! Back in the Big Easy -- it's good to see you all. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the warm welcome. Please, everybody have a seat -- who can have a seat here. If you don't have a seat, then make yourself comfortable.

It is so good to see all of you. I've got a couple of -- (applause) -- I've got some special, special folks who are with us here today, so I just want to make sure that I announce them all. First of all, I want to thank Chancellor Tim Ryan and all of the staff here at the University of New Orleans for their outstanding work. (Applause.) I want to thank the governor of the great state of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, who is here. (Applause.) No, no, I like -- Bobby is doing a good job.

AUDIENCE: Booo --

THE PRESIDENT: Hey, hey. Hold on a second. Bobby, if it makes -- hold on. Bobby, first of all, if it makes you feel any better, I get that all the time. (Laughter.) And the second point is that even though we have our differences politically, one thing I will say is this person is working hard on behalf of the state -- (applause) -- and you've got to give people credit for working hard. (Applause.) He's a hardworking man.

We've got our senior senator from the great state of Louisiana, Mary Landrieu. (Applause.) We've got our lieutenant governor -- I don't know if he's related -- his name is Mitch Landrieu. (Applause.) We've got an outstanding member of Congress, Charlie Melancon. (Applause.) And we've got our newest member of the Louisiana delegation, Joe Kyle, from this district, with his beautiful daughter. (Applause.)

Joe, what's your daughter's name? Betsy? She is adorable. Hey, Sophia, how are you doing? (Laughter.) Yes, those are some cute kids. They look like mom. (Laughter.) That's mom right there. There you go, well, she's gorgeous, like your daughters. I'm big on daughters.

We've got the Mayor of New Orleans -- Ray Nagin is in the house. (Applause.) This is a feisty crowd here. (Laughter.) House Speaker Pro Tem ...

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