as we said, meeting with residents of a shelter there in the town of brigenteen. here you can see next to this picture of the president, some of the devastation, just some of it that has taken the residents of new jersey by surprise. >>> governor christie and the president have been in contact by phone for the past few days. the president has talked about talking to various governors along the east coast. he's going to be making some remarks, some comments about what he has seen this afternoon and what his goals are. number one priority is to turn the power back on. that's an immediate priority for fema and the white house. he's there, also with new jersey's u.s. senators taking that tour again at a community center in brigenteen, new jersey. they're making their way towards the cameras and microphones. but many of them are volunteers in this area after he met with some shelter residents. >> and the governor of new jersey has take an lot of heat for the praise he's heaped on the president for the day the white house and the federal response has been during this ve