PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKING IN NEW JERSEY AFTER INSPECTING HURRICANE DAMAGE............

President Obama is speaking having been preceded by Governor Christie in New Jersey after almost three hours of inspecting from the air and on the ground the results of Hurricane Sandy on communities in the Garden State.  Acknowledging with gratitude the role being played not only by Federal, State, and Local, public officials - but the first responders and neighbors who have pulled together in addressing the crisis, the President vowed his first priority is seeing that electrical power is restored to the millions of people still without it.  The President also urged the citizens needing assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to call or contact the Red Cross or FEMA, to register as soon as possible, to expedite the support they need............tdp