Biden, 81, tells Kamala Harris to 'hang on' and calls the VP 'president' before referring to a cabinet member as 'boss'

President Biden jokingly called his Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm 'boss' connected Friday and referred to Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic 'president' portion giving an update connected the hurricane betterment efforts. 

The 81-year-old president made the eye-brow raising remarks portion seated with members of his Cabinet and different elder medication officials successful the Roosevelt Room of the White House arsenic the vice president joined virtually from Arizona.

Toward the extremity of his remarks, Biden appeared to way disconnected and began looking done his binder arsenic helium spoke. That's erstwhile Granholm, seated to his left, reminded him to spell to the vice president who was waiting connected screen. 

'I know, I'm going to spell to the vice president successful a second,' Biden said. 

He past enactment his manus connected Granholm's limb and said 'she's my brag here' to which the radical of officials laughed. 

When Harris tried to chime successful seconds aboriginal connected screen, Biden stated: 'hang connected 1 2nd madame vice president' earlier finishing his thoughts astir needing the assistance of Congress with the recovery. 

'And with that I'll output to the president. I mean vice president,' Biden said arsenic officials astir him laughed astatine the evident joke.

Federal, authorities and section officials are dealing with the wide devastation successful the aftermath of Hurricane Milton which made landfall this week successful Florida conscionable weeks aft Hurricane Helene caused demolition crossed the southeast. 

At slightest seventeen radical person been confirmed dormant successful Florida successful the aftermath of Milton arsenic the cleanup efforts are conscionable getting underway.

'Our bosom goes retired to each those folks who've mislaid not lone idiosyncratic spot but their homes and immoderate mislaid lives and grieving astatine the aftermath of the tornadoes, brutal wind, grounds downpours and historical flooding,' Biden said connected Friday. 

Biden noted that Milton was the 3rd large tempest to deed Florida successful 3 months. He revealed experts judge aboriginal estimates are that Milton caused $50 cardinal successful damages alone. 

'We're going to bash everything we tin to assistance you prime backmost up the pieces and get backmost to wherever you were,' the president said. 

Biden added that helium has been successful changeless interaction with authorities and section officials who helium said are 'doing everything they tin to assistance these folks recover.'

More than 3 cardinal radical were near without powerfulness from Milton. Biden said 50,000 powerfulness enactment workers from 43 states and Canada are moving to reconstruct powerfulness successful the state. They person already restored powerfulness to much than 1 cardinal radical crossed Florida. 

Biden besides shared that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida National Guard are each connected the crushed helping the authorities wide debris and reopen roads.

The Biden administration, authorities and section officials person been moving to combat misinformation astir the betterment from some Milton and Helene. 

Biden said radical privation to beryllium fixed anticipation and beryllium told it is going to beryllium okay. He referred to the misinformation arsenic 'malarky' connected Friday earlier cutting himself disconnected stating helium didn't privation to suffer his temper. 

'The information is we're providing each the resources that are needed,' Biden said.  He said determination is much to bash and vowed to bash everything successful his powerfulness to get it done.

The president said they're going to spell to Congress arsenic they volition request 'a batch much money' noting they inactive request to fig retired specifically however overmuch is needed.