Hurricane Matthew Briefing

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to receive an update on Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 8, 2016. The President spoke from his home in Chicago, Ill. Photo by Pete Souza

President Obama Delivers A Statement On Hurricane Matthew

The President’s Day In Baton Rouge

President Barack Obama chats with 6 year old Jacolson Kelley as he toured a flood affected area in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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President Barack Obama and Governor John Bel Edwards tour Castle Place, a flood-damaged area of Baton Rouge

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President Barack Obama records a birthday greeting for the daughter of a flood-affected homeowner

President Obama Shows Love To New Orleans

“Where the jazz makes you cry, the funerals make you dance, and the bayou makes you believe all kinds of things.”

President Barack Obama holds a child as he greets residents in the the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans for the 10th anniversary since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Tremé is one of the oldest black neighborhoods in America

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President Barack Obama with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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President Barack Obama sits for lunch at Willie Mae’s restaurant with young men from My Brother’s Keeper initiative

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President Barack Obama participates in a roundtable on Hurricane Katrina at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in New Orleans

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President Barack Obama speaks during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 27, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. President Obama spoke at the Andrew P. Sanchez & Copelin-Byrd Multi-Service Center located in the Lower 9th Ward, a largely African-American neighborhood that was one of the hardest hit by the storm

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The President’s Day: #AskPOTUS

@petesouza: #AskPotus

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President Barack Obama listens during a tour of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, to draw attention to preparedness in advance of the annual storm season that formally begins June 1. With President Obama are National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb, left, and Hugh D. Cobb III, center, Chief, Tropical Analysis & Forecast Branch

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It’s wonderful to have a president take time out of his busy day to answer questions honestly and not dismissively. Thanks, President Barack Obama!

Just got a hurricane preparedness briefing in Miami. Acting on climate change is critical. Got climate Qs? I'll answer at 1pm ET. #AskPOTUS

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

Ready to answer your questions on climate change. Let's do this! #AskPOTUS pic.twitter.com/5KrIb5jL6S

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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.@calebmegajew the science is overwhelming but what will move Congress will be public opinion. Your voices will make them open to facts.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

@BigBennyFL 1/ We've shut off drilling in the most sensitive arctic areas, including Bristol Bay.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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.@BigBennyFL 2/ But since we can't prevent oil exploration completely in region we're setting the highest possible standards

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

.@BigBennyFL 3/ already rejected Shell's original proposal as inadequate which shows we're serious.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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.@drock89 as @Pontifex and other religious leaders have stated we have a moral obligation to the most vulnerable and the next generation.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

.@gkermmm 1/ TPP is still being negotiated! But legislation requires the full text for 60 days before I sign.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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@.gkermmm 2/ after I sign agreement, Congress will have months of debate before a vote. Nothing secret about it.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

.@NathenVieira jr smith having a great season but the heart of the Cavs is Lebron. And no one can outshoot Curry - maybe Korver if wide open

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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.@ZCarlander more severe weather events lead to displacement, scarcity, stressed populations; all increase likelihood of global conflict.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

@HLF3267 In fact new trade deal with have the strongest enforceable environmental provisions in history, raising standards across Asia.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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. @Jamesthe4tress Already expanded Pell Grants and capped student loan interest rates; now want to make 2 yrs of community college free.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

.@HtetWint renewable energy key, already increased solar 10x and wind 3x, now need to invest more in r&d and provide regulatory incentives

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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.@arianastover Kids instinctively understand importance of environment, impact on animals, health. Weave it into science and social studies

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

.@ZCarlander agreement with China big and will be working w Brazil to develop their plans. We will all need to do more with US leading

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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.@apat246 @chicagobulls love thibs and think he did a great job. Sorry to see him go but expect he will be snatched up soon by another team.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

Thanks for the questions! This was fun. I've got to run, but let’s do it again soon. Tell me what you're doing to #ActOnClimate.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

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President Barack Obama passes an image of a hurricane during a tour of the National Hurricane Center

President Barack Obama speaks after receiving a briefing at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. From left are, NOAA Administrator Kathy Sullivan; Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate

 

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Obama visiting Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami to pay respects to the Cuban-American diaspora. pic.twitter.com/lhJ11t3jzU

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) May 28, 2015

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The President’s Day

President Obama announces that he has accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki during a press conference in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington

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Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson leaves the White House after being named by President Barack Obama to run the Veterans Affairs Department on an interim basis while President Obama searches for a replacement for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki who resigned Friday.

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President Barack Obama gives White House press secretary Jay Carney a hug after announcing that Carney will step down later next month, during a surprise visit to the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. The president announced Carney’s departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job

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Will miss my friend Jay Carney shown here on Air Force One this week. pic.twitter.com/SNnPaAmUc4

— petesouza (archived) (@PeteSouza44) May 30, 2014

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Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, share the stage and a laugh during the daily briefing at the White House

President Barack Obama, flanked by Attorney Holder Eric Holder, Education Secretary Arne Duncan,and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker; speaks about a report from “My Brother’s Keeper,” an initiative to expand opportunity for young men and boys of color

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President Barack Obama attends a hurricane preparedness meeting at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, DC

Response

President Obama speaks about the tornadoes that impacted Oklahoma yesterday, while joined by VP Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino.

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FEMA: 30,000 meals, 45,000 liters of water, 2,100 cots, 4,500 blankets, arrive in Oklahoma at 3 pm

— DonnaLeinwand (@DonnaLeinwand) May 21, 2013

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FEMA deployedUrban Search & Rescue, Incident Management & Mobile Emergency Response Support teams to Oklahoma on Monday.

— DonnaLeinwand (@DonnaLeinwand) May 21, 2013

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Heads Up: President Obama in Mentor, Ohio

11:50 ET: President Obama at Mentor High School, Ohio

CBS * CNN

Coverage has started at CNN

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Later today:

3:0 CDT: President Obama delivers remarks at The Delta Center, Milwaukee

5:25 CDT: Delivers remarks at Washington Park, Dubuque

10:40 ET: Delivers remarks at Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow (with Bill Clinton)

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Rise and Shine

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EDT

9:20: The President departs the White House

10:35: Arrives Green Bay, Wisconsin

10:40: Delivers remarks at Austin Straubel International Airport, Green Bay

11:45: Departs Green Bay

PDT

1:15: Arrives Las Vegas

2:10: Delivers remarks at Cheyenne Sports Complex, Las Vegas

3:25: Departs Las Vegas

MDT

5:55: Arrives Denver, Colorado

7:0: Delivers remarks at Coors Events Center, Denver

8:45: Departs Denver

EDT

1:05: Arrives Columbus, Ohio where he will stay overnight

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Steve Benen: If the White House hopes to see initial unemployment claims drop just before the election, officials got their wish. The new figures from the Department of Labor – the last report before Election Day – show a move in the right direction:

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000 in the week of Oct. 21-27, keeping them in a range that indicates little change in U.S. hiring patterns over the past few months. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected claims to fall to 365,000. Initial claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 372,000 from an original reading of 369,000, based on more complete data collected at the state level, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

More here

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Cagle

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Toledo Blade: In the fi­nal few days of the pres­i­den­tial con­test, Mitt Rom­ney ev­i­dently rec­og­nizes that his op­po­si­tion to the fed­eral res­cue of Gen­eral Mo­tors and Chrysler is costing him voter sup­port he needs in Ohio and Mich­i­gan. So the Re­pub­li­can nom­i­nee is con­duct­ing an ex­er­cise in de­cep­tion about auto-in­dus­try is­sues that is re­mark­able even by the stan­dards of his cam­paign.

…. Mr. Rom­ney’s own words make clear he is no friend of the auto in­dus­try, on which Ohio re­lies for one of ev­ery eight jobs. Vot­ers in Ohio and Mich­i­gan — and the na­tion — need to re­mem­ber that.

Full editorial here

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Cagle

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NYT Editorial: When General Motors tells a presidential campaign that it is engaging in “cynical campaign politics at its worst,” that’s a pretty good signal that the campaign has crossed a red line and ought to pull back. Not Mitt Romney’s campaign. Having broadcast an outrageously deceitful ad attacking the auto bailout, the campaign ignored the howls from carmakers and came back with more.

Mr. Romney apparently plans to end his race as he began it: playing lowest-common-denominator politics, saying anything necessary to achieve power and blithely deceiving voters desperate for clarity and truth.

….. Mr. Romney is providing a grim preview of what kind of president he would be.

Full editorial here

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Cagle

Cagle

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Greg Sargent: The chatter continues this morning about GOP Governor Chris Christie’s astonishingly effusive praise of Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy. After they toured the damage yesterday, Christie thanked Obama for their “great working relationship” and claimed Obama “sprung into action immediately.” The day before, Christie praised Obama’s storm response as “outstanding,” adding: “He deserves my praise, and he will get it regardless of what the calendar says.”

What’s striking about this is how directly it undermines one of the central arguments Mitt Romney is making against Obama, with only five days left until Election Day … Romney has been closing out the campaign with a series of ads claiming that he will work with Democrats to get things done in Washington and arguing that Obama utterly failed to persuade Republicans to work with him….

Now Americans are being treated to images of a Republican Governor extensively praising Obama for working with him cooperatively and displaying leadership and a propensity for quick action at a time of crisis.

More here

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President Obama and Gov Christie talk with local residents at the Brigantine Beach Community Center in Brigantine, N.J., Oct. 31

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Okay, this one’s a bit unfortunate…..

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Morning everyone 😉

President Obama in New Jersey

(FEMA Headquarters, Oct. 31. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama is due to arrive in New Jersey around 1:0 ET – he will view storm damage with Governor Chris Christie

Presumably there’ll be some live coverage on all the channels – try these links too:

CBS * CNN * MSNBC * C-Span