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Sandy Brings Federal Government to Standstill

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    FBN’s Peter Barnes on Hurricane Sandy’s impact on federal government operations.

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Shut down to Peter Barnes and Washington DC on the far reaching effect.

-- -- -- -- -- that's right and they government offices will be shut down again here tomorrow in Washington according to.

Officials but they're going to be working over at the White House as you know President Obama canceling campaign events this morning.

And canceling campaign events tomorrow to fly back to Washington this morning to go to the White House and try to.

Manage this response here and show is flex as commander in chief muscles.

And meeting with his homeland security and emergency response team.

In the situation room of the White House earlier this morning -- C a photo there.

How I would just over at the White House and back then that there were sandbags.

Along one of the sidewalks there to keep water from coming into the briefing room where we do.

We see the present where the president came out today.

And spoke this places -- ghost town right now I drove from the White House after my 6 o'clock live shot over here -- -- north capital.

I didn't see one car driving over -- handful of cards.

Now it has this has disrupted the campaign for governor Romney as well he canceled his campaign events -- want to let you know though.

There is some word out of the Romney camp tonight of some kind of -- the storm related event in Ohio tomorrow we don't have the details but -- governor Romney obviously trying to stay in the news cycle here.

As the storm against all the attention and puts the spotlight on President Obama as the nation's chief executive -- Alright Peter thank you up there.

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