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Home page, foxnews.com, that directs you to the american red cross. you'll find links to donate there as well. president obama briefed today in the oval office on the ongoing response by homeland security secretary janet napolitano, fema deputy administrator richard serino, and others. this all comes, of course, amid a series of scandals that have put the brakes on his second-term agenda, according to many, an environment that's starting to generate some unfavorable poll numbers. chief white house correspondent ed henry has the story. >> reporter: president obama today focused his attention ...

Meet with affected families and first-responders. molly henneberg live at the white house with more on that. molly, what is the message behind the president's visit? >> reporter: hi, gregg. president obama has been saying that the federal government is making a difference in the storm response in new york and new jersey. this is his second visit to see sandy-ravaged areas. you may remember on october 31st he went to see new jersey. today he is going to parts of new york city. he will talk to people there, talk to first-responders. here's what the president said yesterday about his administrati...

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Don't do too good of a job. >> shannon: let's talk about the storm response. two weeks out. it's not just inconvenience. they are cold. they're suffering. they are waiting for someone to tell them what to do next. people are fired up this time around as well. >> and it's new york, new jersey. epicenter of the media world. they know how to get attention. the storm had interesting effect on the presidential election, giving the president a chance to block mitt romney's momentum, as the discussion moved away from campaign and in the storm. for the lingering effects. think about this. chris christ...

Political statement, too, coming down on arizona's gun laws, lack thereof and especially, governor jan brewer there, really kind of seeking some sort of resolution, we've got to get something done considering all the tragedies that are traced to handguns. >> i didn't know until this came out in media reports, in another half-hour of the show, weeks after the shooting, after the near assassination, arizona as a state passed a state handgun, like people have a state bird or state whatever, they passed a state handgun, passed weeks after this tragedy. that's appalling at some levels. he took aim ...