Barack Obama actually said...

"Well, first of all, our thoughts and prayers are with them. And obviously, this is an extraordinary thing to have to go through, particularly for families who had to go through this three years ago, h..."

"I think it's important to understand that it's going to take probably a couple of days before people are able to make a clear assessment that the levees held and that things are safe."

"I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people's families are off limits. And people's children are especially off limits."

"What I didn't want to be is a distraction just for a photo-op. What we're going to do is examine over the next couple of days the severity of the damage, how we can be most helpful. If I can be helpfu..."