Cindy McCain is headlining the convention tonight with Laura Bush.
CNN: The two expressed their support for those affected by the storm when they spoke to the Louisiana delegation to the convention Monday morning, just hours after Hurricane Gustav came ashore.
"America stands with you during this trying time," Cindy McCain, wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, said. "And from all of us here, as you know, we have gathered together and ... we committed ourselves to making sure that we raise funds, we raise goods, anything else that will be needed on behalf of those people that are affected so desperately by this tragedy."
Bush, who traveled often to the Gulf Coast region to encourage the rebuilding of school districts damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, said he hopes children would be able to return to school quickly after the storm passes.
"We can't believe that just three years almost to the date and another hurricane is coming in. We're all praying that the damage will not be that bad, that people will be able to get right back home," Bush said. "We're all praying. I know you can do it again."
