For all of his proximity to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Abravanel had no idea that they were planning to expel the Jews and so was unable to either cancel the expulsion decree or tomakepreparationsfor the community to move to another land.
The President: I'm here at the FEMA Headquarters where I just received a briefing, and I've also come to thank the people behind me for working the long hours that they're doing tomake sure that we've got the preparations in place for Hurricane Gustav.