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President Obama Cancels Role in Fla. Campaign Event

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    FBN’s Rich Edson on the Capital’s response to Hurricane Sandy.

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See right now is how these federal agencies are preparing.

And how they're ready to respond to what will be.

Widespread damage devastating damage all along the eastern seaboard and in -- Fox Business is rich -- is standing by in the nation's capital with much more favorites.

And -- -- -- and now we have a change in president Obama's schedule he's supposed to attend a rally in Florida this morning he scrapping neck coming back up would drastically.

It's a real problem even right now landing Air Force One getting the president back to the White House.

So they're going to move that schedule up we'll get an update on time he was supposed to be here about 2:33 o'clock in the afternoon today to monitor events he.

Visited -- yesterday.

And much of the discussion has been about what -- -- reaction has been thus far which is basically.

In deploying assets up and down the east -- blankets.

Water bottles things of that nature though much of it depends says the president.

On local responders.

My message to the governor's as most of the -- is is anything they need we will be there.

And we're gonna cut through red tape we're not gonna -- get bogged down with a lot of rules we want to make sure that we are anticipating.

And leaning forward into.

Making sure that we got there.

Best possible response to what is going to be.

-- -- -- Nazi system.

The president has also declared states up and down on the eastern seaboard as declarations of disaster that frees them up.

For federal funding it also frees them up for federal assistance and -- could be something that could play out over the lame duck session we have so much to deal with with taxes and spending.

But there could also be a disaster relief package needed this happened over the summer time.

When they come back depending on how bad the storm it's.

Back to you.

Hey rich thank you so much for that we'll see you and a little while we -- want to point out that personal income and spending for the month of September.

Is coming out later this morning 8:30 AM eastern time that announcement that report does not change.

And of course in terms of business news the all important jobs report the last one before the election very rarely do we get -- of Friday.

Before people go to the polls in this country but that will happen this product and the -- of coming dog by the -- the.

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