President Barack Obama today marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina slamming into New Orleans by affirming the federal commitment to the city as it rebuilds from the storm and copes with the BP Plc oil spill.

Barack Obama goes swimming with his nine-year-old daughter Sasha off Florida's Gulf coast, to back up his claim that its beaches are open for business.

NewsChannel 7 will have live coverage of President Barack Obama and his family's arrival at Tyndall Air Force Base this morning at approx. 10:45 AM CDT Then we will have live coverage of the President's public statements immediately following his meeting with a group of local leaders to discuss the economic impact of the oil spill in the gulf. That coverage, also life on WJHG-NewsChannel 7, will ...

President Barack Obama is taking his family to the Florida Panhandle for a weekend trip billed as part family vacation, part presidential sales pitch, as he looks to boost the region's sagging tourism industry in the aftermath of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama will discuss the oil spill, the economy and Oval Office life, according to The AP.