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More than a dozen cruise ships have switched their itineraries to get out of the eye of the storm. that affects 20,000 passengers. a number of ports have closed down. airports, many of the smaller islands have closed their airports. it is h u.n. ker-down time as far as this storm goes. not a sense of alarm or emergency that we can see on st. thomas home to 60,000 u.s. citizens, this territory taking it calm so far. we don't see a lot of boards, traditional gathering of water before the hurricane. it has been about 15 years since a major one hit. it seems this one is coming this way and getting...

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They're coping. that really a long term effort and the president's advisers also saying that he may be off for a few day, but he certainly is keeping informed. he's kept informed every day about all of the things that he has to deal with that are on his plate. and so this is really just a chances for him to catch up a little bit with the family, at down time, clear his head and obviously deal with some of the big problems that he's facing. >> something tells me the president can't get away from the job of being the president no matter where he is. suzanne malveaux -- >> absolutely. i want to b...

>> but even rougher for them, the anxiety of being apart. the family spends a lot of time online sharing laughs. shedding tears but also making plans. >> what's the first thing you guys want to do when we come home? >> go to the zoo. >> i think i might kiss the ground when we get home. >> ew! >> reporter: can you just share with us again just how you're dealing with, how you're coping? >> it's hard. lots of tears. not a lot of sleep. i mean, i'm a stay-at-home mom. i don't get out a whole lot. i'm not an adventurous person. this was a hard enough thing for me to do. >> bye! >> reporter: sara l...

Career ahead. >> okay. alex, thank you so much. i want to bring back in james carville, quickly here. james, we have heard about how hard the president has worked and what does he like to do on the down time, the off time? >> well, while we glorified him with the republicans, maybe i have missed this, but they literally tried to run him out of office. okay. i haven't -- but a lot of people have. just to mention that fact. but, look, he's a very, very active guy. i don't know, you know, how he will have to -- how he will have to change the schedule or whatever, and when he had his open-heart su...