WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama is visiting the Red Cross headquarters in Washington D.C. in the wake of Hurricane Sandy…developing…remarks to come. Obama also called mayors and governors all along the east coast hit by the storm.
Who was called, according to the White House…
Governor:
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue
Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley
Delaware Governor Jack Markell
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett
New Jersey Governor Christopher Christie
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch
Mayor:
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray
City of Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
City of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
City of Newark Mayor Cory Booker
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy
Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate
National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Rick Knabb
The President was joined in the Situation Room by Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan, Press Secretary Jay Carney, Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Richard Reed, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew, Deputy Communications Director Jen Palmieri, and other senior members of the President’s team.
