TODAY NEWS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON OCT. 29, 2015

Here's what's going on at the White House today.         DAILY SNAPSHOT Thursday, October 29, 2015             Follow Along: Today's Schedule All times are Eastern Time (ET) 10:30 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing 12:30 PM: The President and the Vice President meet for lunch 2:45 PM: The President meets with Secretary of Defense Carter; The Vice President also attends 7:25 PM: The President participates in a DCCC roundtable       From the Photo Office President Obama With Two New Friends President Barack Obama holds two youngsters while posing for a photo with them during halftime of the Chicago Bulls-Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Follow the White House on Instagram       More from 1600 Penn In Ongoing Response to Hurricane Sandy, We Must Remain Focused on Climate Change's Long-Term Impacts Since Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the Administration has invested in hard-hit communities to ensure that they don’t just rebuild, but rebuild smarter. LEARN MORE Play Like a Girl? It "Means You're a Badass" 13-year-old Ayla wrote to the First Family after watching the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team to discuss an issue she cared about -- women in sports. LEARN MORE Advance Estimate of Gross Domestic Product for the Third Quarter of 2015 Real GDP rose 1.5 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter, reflecting strong domestic demand, external headwinds, and volatile transitory factors. LEARN MORE       Quote of the Day "Since 9/11, fewer than 100 Americans have been murdered by terrorists on American soil -- 400,000 have been killed by gun violence...And I refuse to accept the notion that we couldn’t have prevented some of those murders, some of those suicides, kept more families whole, protected more officers if we had passed some common-sense laws." -- President Barack Obama on why it's time to #StopGunViolence