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The White House during snowfall - Source: Reuters
With Washington blanketed by snow, US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were spending the day at the White House hosting a Super Bowl party.
Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, Republican Congressman Joseph Cao and Democratic Senator Baron Hill were among the lawmakers invited to watch the telecast of the National Football League championship game from Miami.
Cabinet members on the guest list included Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder. Service members from Iraq and Afghanistan were also invited.
Obama is partial to the New Orleans Saints, he told ABC on January 25, partly because of the devastation the city suffered in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The Indianapolis Colts are expected to beat the Saints in Monday's game, which will be watched by an estimated 100 million people. But the Saints, playing in their first Super Bowl, are the emotional favorite for many fans.
"I guess I'm rooting a little bit for the Saints as the underdog partly just because when I think of what's happened in New Orleans over the last several years and how much that team means to them," Obama said.
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