This Week on 'THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON' ... Danny Glover, Rapper Bun B, New Orleans...

This Week on 'THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON' ... Danny Glover, Rapper Bun B, New
Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Former Mayor Marc Morial and Others Discuss Katrina
Three Years Later Friday, August 29 at 11:00 PM*

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- This coming Sunday marks the three year
anniversary of the Katrina disaster, and still there are many critical issues
left unaddressed and unresolved. On Friday, August 29 at 11:00 PM* on BET's
THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON, host Jeff Johnson takes a hard look at the
failures and successes in the reconstruction of the areas devastated by
Katrina with Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, Houston rap legend Bun B, New
Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and former mayor Marc Morial. Johnson also sits down
with Danny Glover and filmmaker Kimberly River Roberts to discuss their roles
in the newly released Katrina documentary, Trouble the Waters.
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Through THE TRUTH, BET host and political correspondent Jeff Johnson
tackles today's top stories and delivers a keen and powerful analysis of the
issues facing the Black community. This provocative half-hour weekly program
uses a mix of investigative reporting and one-on-one interviews with leading
experts to review the week's events and examine exactly what the top headlines
mean for the Black community. From unique coverage of the 2008 elections to
the increase of heart failure in the Black population, THE TRUTH WITH JEFF
JOHNSON goes behind the issues and delivers the African American side of the
news. For more on THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON, visit us at www.BET.com.

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