! With beads, booze, masks, parades, dancing, candy, and glitter: Mardi Gra s has begun in the Big Easy and revelers are ...

Howell Crosby, toasted the Rex Organization in front of Pascal's Manale Restaurant on Napoleon Avenue as a tradition of Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday festivities are in full swing in New Orleans with the area still facing the threat of severe weather. CBS News reporter Kati Weis has more.