Biden issues bizarre response when asked why he wasn't at the White House as Hurricane Helene killed 121 in the South | 30 Sept 2024 | Joe Biden said he expects to visit the areas devastated by Hurricane Helene later this week and insisted he was in command even though he was at his beach house this weekend when Hurricane Helene struck land. "I've told the governor of North Carolina I'll go down and I expect to be down there by Wednesday or Thursday when it is clear for me," he told reporters at the White House... Biden also got defensive when asked how he was in command while spending the weekend at his Rehoboth Beach vacation home while the hurricane was devastating parts of the South. "I was commanding, I was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday, and the day before, as well. I commanded, it's called a telephone," he said.