Hi Brian--I just read the article about you in Men's Vogue. I didn't realize that you maintain a daily blog until then. I've followed your career since your early days on MSNBC. Regarding the stories about Katrina and all else, thank you for a job well done.

David C.

I saw tonight's report on some of your viewers who are tired of hearing about the plight the people of New Orleans & Mississippi after the floodings of Katrina. I am saddend that there are people are so self centered that they cannot connect with the misfortunes others. PLEASE continue your coverage of the people,and recovery of this area's devistation,I watch and trust your reports for updates of this special American community.

Your refusal to abandon a story of such huge ongoing significance shows the kind of journalistic integrity and good old-fashioned grit we've come to expect from NBC News. Brian Williams had big shoes to fill, and it's a pleasure to see him display the kind of character that gave his predecessors such great stature.

I can not tell you what it means to hear you night after night reminding our wonderful nation that New Orleans has not recovered yet. Everyone is trying so hard...but its very slow-going. You endured being in the Dome for the storm and saw the very human suffering that should not have been. Please keep talking about N.O. and also throw in more hero stories. Check out www.CleanNO.org to see how The Katrina Krewe does their part to clean up our great city.

Good for you , Brian. We do have short memories. We need you to remind us of the struggle on the Gulf coast. We need to know what's happening and what's not. " Out of sight out of mind" should not be tolerated in this situation. How many of the citizens of New Orleans may never be able to go home again? It's ashame and we need to do better.

Brian:

My blood pressure must have soared tonight when you aired several negative comments regarding your continued coverage [The Long Road Back]of the aftermath of Katrina.

As a survivor of Hurricanes Andrew, Charlie, Jeanne, Frances, Wilma and more, I can persoanlly relate to the fact that those affected don't just "get over it" in a few days, weeks, or months. In a matter of hours, lives are changed in unimaginable ways. Your home, your job, your way of life, your social network - everything can be gone in the span of a day.

To those who want you to drop your coverage - I respond, "Deal with it!!" Let's hope that YOUR life is never challenged in this way.

That video certainly put a huge smile on my face for 16 minutes and 34 seconds ... actually, I'm still smiling and humming an hour later :-). What a wonderful, wonderful idea for the Musicians' Village -- Good Luck and Well Wishes to all who will be participating.

Brian, I'm sure you'll bring us updates on the project. I'm looking forward to watching the Village rise from the rubble. I hope it will be a shining example of what can be accomplished through determination and a love for New Orleans Jazz.

What Wonderful Music! I've played it over and over. How about a CD "The Day the Music Came Back to the Ninth Ward." I would buy and and know many others who would. The sound is "pure N'awlins."

By the way, please add "What it Means to Miss New Orleans."

Ditto to the "Wow! message. Wynton Marsalis chaired a "music and culture" panel for the Urban Land Institute's study group, but hearing and seeing the musicians playing in the lower ninth ward is incredible.

I was in a Presbyterian group from Greensboro working with the RHINO program at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church in NOLA in late November and early December. We were working in the Lower Ninth Ward on the first day they allowed people (including residents) back in.

The music symbolizes hope, and this should be played on loud spakers across the Lower Ninth Ward. Thanks so much for sharing it. I recorded the Nightly segment on Monday, but this is unbelievable!

Brian, your reporting of NOLA's crises and the beginnings of recovery is legendary. Thanks to you and all who support you. Great journalism!

I would like to thank you for your continued coverage of the situation in New Orleans. One of the reasons I enjoy watching the NBC nightly news is that it is obvious you are all connected to the stories you are conveying to us all. The sincerity, the concern, the frustration, it is clear to me as a viewer that you are doing your best to report on the what is happening, not to give it a light spin, but to give light to the real situation. I am SO weary of the spin, the politics, the backpeddling and covering that happens these days and I applaud you for your honesty. Corny as it may sound, you are the few people I actually trust not to attempt to pull the wool over our eyes. I think of you as MY people, my reporters...when you say "goodnight" at the end of the newscast, I often say "goodnight" right back, out loud.
Thank you for your good work. Honestly.

New Orleans can't be New Orleans without the music. The music is its heart and soul. Thanks to Harry and the Marsalises for taking the initiative to keep the music alive.

Brian Williams-
I want to thank you for your coverage of this wonderful, amazing city. You are a real pleasure to watch and listen to. I wouldn't get my news from any other TV broadcast. Thank you!

While I am glad that music is back in NO, I do not assume that everything else is normal. I do have basic questions, maybe I just missed them in your reporting- Is NO (given the fact that it is a prone zone), ready to withstand another show of the MIGHTY force of NATURE? Is everything in this regard put in place? All along "breach of the levees" was the attributing factor- Is it fixed? How are they doing on that front? Any answers?

WOW -- how great was that!

Brian, fantastic to have you in NOLA yesterday. Come back and we'll build some houses together!

- Andy, Habitat for Humanity volunteer

Brian-

Thanks for the jazz session. What a treat for all of us! And what a reminder of just how culturally important New Orleans is to the country.

And thank you for telling it like it is in New Orleans.

Just keep on going, keep on telling, and keep telling how we can help.

Hi Brian---
Eileen Wiseman here. I didn't see the broadcast last night, but in my work at the arts center, come in contact with lots of musicians, including lots from New Orleans. The sad thing is that a lot of these guys were barely making a living in the first place, and now are dependent totally on touring---like the famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which we've just booked for our gala next fall. That in itself prompted an internal discussion----is it exploitive for an organization like ours to hire new orleans musicians to raise money for our organization? The answer we came to, with a little help from the musicians, was that the really awful thing would be if we didn't hire new orleans musicians for fear of appearing exploitive.......we also realized that we could provide a bit of a forum for the musicians to reach people and raise some money for themselves as well.
It's a good thing that you're doing---shining a light into this horrible situation. And especially on the cultural gifts---I was at a talk recently where the speaker talked about the arts being the frontier from which civilization advances----let's hope that's true for New Orleans....
best to you.
Eileen