-- At 8 a.m. in the Diplomatic Room, "the President will meet with participants in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, an iconic campaign in civil rights and labor rights history, when public workers banded together for dignity, respect and a better life. This will be the first visit to the White House for the strikers. Following the meeting with the President, the Department of Labor will begin the induction ceremony of all participants of the Memphis Sanitation Strike into the Labor Hall of Fame. ... Later in the morning, the First Family will travel to ... Tuscaloosa ... In Alabama, the President and the First Lady will view the damage as well as meet with Governor Bentley, state and local officials and families affected by the storms. ... After, the First Family will travel to Cape Canaveral, Florida. ...
"[T]he First Family will tour the Orbiter Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. The OPF is a large hangar where space shuttle orbiters are maintained, tested and inspected between flights. The space shuttle Atlantis is currently undergoing preparations for its June 2011 flight at this facility. The First Family will be led on the tour by Astronaut Janet Kavandi. Dr. Kavandi is the Director of Flight Crew Operations for the Johnson Space Center and is a three-flight veteran, having logged more than 33 days in space. The First Family's tour of the facility has two stops. In the first stop, they will see a tile and water demonstration showing how the shuttle's tiles can retain water. In the second stop, the First Family will see a close-up view of the landing gear from beneath the nose of the Atlantis shuttle. ... The First Family will then view the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour with NASA Director Charles Bolden, Jr. and astronaut Dr. Janet Kavandi. ... The President will then travel to Miami ... [to] deliver the Miami Dade College commencement address." POTUS wheels down White House, 11:30 p.m.
--THE V.P.'s DAY: "At 10:00 AM, the Vice President will meet with Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jacob Lew, and Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling to discuss fiscal policy. ... The Vice President will meet with senior advisors in the afternoon.
