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At Sunday night's Emmy awards, the retired sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond won for best comedy series and new hit Lost won for best drama.

The Calhoun School in Manhattan hosts a dinner to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. The school's executive chef, Chef Bobo, talks about the menu — especially the red beans and rice.

In a series of short books, writer John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, has celebrated American culture through food. He tells Debbie Elliott about the latest, Hamburgers and Fries.

Before Hurricane Katrina hit land, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown and other top agency officials received e-mails warning that Katrina posed a dire threat to New Orleans and other areas. Yet one FEMA official tells NPR little was done.

President Bush announces Katrina relief proposals in his speech from New Orleans, but didn't address how the rebuilding will be funded.

For analysis of the confirmation hearings for chief justice nominee John Roberts, Robert Siegel continues his conversation with Douglas Kmiec and Jeffrey Rosen.

Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown has resigned, three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Brown had been harshly criticized for FEMA's response to the Gulf Coast disaster.

Mike Brown resigns as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, days after being recalled to Washington and replaced as the head of the on-site federal relief and recovery effort. His replacement is reported to be R. David Paulison, who currently leads the agency's office of preparedness.

We remember Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the singer and guitarist who died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas. He had gone there to escape Hurricane Katrina. He was 81. Brown, who had been battling lung cancer and heart disease, was in ill health for the past year, said Rick Cady, his booking agent. Cady said the musician was with his family at his brother's house when he died. Brown's home in Slidell, La., a bedroom community of New Orleans, was destroyed by Katrina, Cady said.

President Bush tours the storm-ravaged city of New Orleans in a military transport. Troops swept through the area ahead of the president's arrival, making sure holdouts had been removed.