Bush was warned about Hurricane Katrina

The Associated Press has obtained confidential footage of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-White House conferences showing that President George W. Bush and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff were emphatically warned about Hurricane Katrina the day before it struck America's Gulf Coast.

A hurricane expert expressed "grave concerns" about the levees during the sessions, but President Bush apparently was not paying attention, as he would later claim that he didn't "think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."

FEMA chief Michael Brown also expressed concerns about the ability to respond to hurricane Katrina. The footage shows that Bush did not ask any questions during the briefings, and assured state officials that the U.S. was "fully prepared" for Katrina.