NY RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR A PILOT WHO WENT MISSING AFTER AN ANGEL FLIGHT CRASH ON FRI *

AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH IN EPHRATAH, ABOUT 50 MILES NW OF ALBANY *

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH *

ANGEL FLIGHT IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT ARRANGES FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR SICK PATIENTS FROM VOLUNTEER PILOTS *

PRES OBAMA CALLING ON THE NATION TO DO MORE FOR VETERANS ON MEMORIAL DAY *

IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, THE PRES SAYS THE COUNTRY MUST MAKE SURE ALL FALLEN HEROES RECEIVE THE CARE AND BENEFITS THEY EARNED *

MEANWHILE, IN THE GOP ADDRESS, SEN JAMES INHOFE (R-OK) THANKED THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING MONDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IN MOORE, OK *

UK AUTHORITIES ARREST A FRIEND OF ONE OF THE TWO SUSPECTS IN THE BRUTAL MURDER OF A BRITISH SOLDIER EARLIER THIS WEEK *

THE ATTACK LEFT 25-YR-OLD SOLIDER LEE RIGBY DEAD NEAR AN ARMY BARRACKS IN THE SE LONDON NEIGHBORHOOD OF WOOLWICH *

THE TWO MUSLIM ATTACKERS WERE SHOT BY POLICE AND TAKEN TO CUSTODY *

PRIME MIN DAVID CAMERON SAYS THERE ARE "STRONG INDICATIONS" THE ATTACK IS RELATED TO TERROR WHILE LONDON MAYOR BORIS JOHNSON SAYS IT WAS "OVERWHELMINGLY LIKELY'' A TERRORIST ATTACK *

ATTYS FOR MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO SAY THEY'LL APPEAL A JUDGE'S RULING THAT HIS OFFICE RACIALLY PROFILED LATINOS *

ACTION COMES AFTER A JUDGE SAID ON FRI ARPAIO'S OFFICE PROFILED LATINOS DURING IMMIGRATION PATROLS AND DETAINED THEM FOR UNREASONABLY LONG PERIODS *

ATTYS ARGUE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS "NEVER USED RACE" IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS *

HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS JOINING VICTIMS OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS TO FINISH THE LAST MILE OF THE RACE *

MORE THAN 3,000 RUNNERS AND VICTIMS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT THIS MORNING THAT STARTED AT KENMORE SQ AND CONCLUDED AT THE OFFICIAL FINISH LINE *

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 260 WERE WOUNDED IN THE MARATHON BOMBINGS LAST MONTH *

DEFENSE SECY CHUCK HAGEL CALLING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY TO BE STAMPED OUT *

SPEAKING TO GRADUATES AT THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, HAGEL SAYS THE ASSAULTS ARE A "PROFOUND BETRAYAL OF SACRED TRUST" AND THE LATEST GENERATION OF WEST POINT CADETS MUST HELP STAMP OUT THE PROBLEM *

COMMENTS COME A DAY AFTER PRES OBAMA MADE SIMILAR REMARKS TO U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES *

NE GOV DAVE HEINEMAN (R) ANNOUNCES HE WON'T RUN FOR THE SENATE *

HEINEMAN SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP "BEING THE BEST GOVERNOR" FOR THE CITIZENS OF NEBRASKA *

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER SEN MIKE JOHANNS (R-NE) SAID HE WOULD NOT SEEK A SECOND TERM IN 2014 *

LEADER OF LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH SAYS HIS SHIITE MILITANT GROUP WON'T STAND IDLY BY WHILE ITS CHIEF ALLY SYRIA IS UNDER ATTACK *

SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH SAYS HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS ARE FIGHTING IN SYRIA AGAINST ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO POSE A DANGER TO LEBANON *

IT'S THE FIRST PUBLIC CONFIRMATION THAT HIS MEN ARE FIGHTING AMID SYRIA'S DEADLY TWO-YEAR CIVIL WAR *

FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THE THROAT OUTSIDE OF PARIS *

MILITARY SPOX SAYS THE STABBING OCCURRED ON SAT IN THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF LA DEFENSE *

THE SOLDIER'S INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING *

STABBING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A LONDON STREET DURING A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK *

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE LINK TO THAT ATTACK *

ONE PERSON KILLED IN HEAVY FLOODING THAT HAS PROMPTED HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA *

SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPT SPOX SAYS A 29-YR-OLD WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER CAR, AND WAS SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS AFTER CLIMBING ONTO THE ROOF *

SPOX SAID FIRST RESPONDERS WERE SEARCHING FOR A SECOND MISSING PERSON TRAPPED IN ANOTHER CAR *

ABOUT 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM THEIR HOMES AND CARS *

WATER IS UP TO FOUR FEET HIGH IN SOME HOMES *

SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT RECORDED ALMOST 10 INCHES OF RAIN BY SAT AFTERNOON SINCE MIDNIGHT *

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White House Press Pool Report 2


Subject: Pool report #2

Sending this for David Nakamura of the Washington Post:

 

At 4:45 p.m., the motorcade arrived at the Siriraj Hospital, where Potus and Clinton were to meet King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who turns 85 in Dec. and has been staying at the hospital since 2009 because he is ill. Pool was led to the 14th floor to a wing with the name: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Tissue Banking. Your print pooler and a video pooler, accompanied by White House photographer Pete Souza, were then led into a meeting room where we were told to bow toward the king. He was sitting in one of 10 armchairs with flower-pattered beige padding and gold trip on the arms and legs. Aides were dressed in formal white military uniforms, but the king was in a navy blue suit with lighter blue tie and matching pocket square. One military aide was kneeling behind him. Potus entered the room with Clinton trailing behind, along with another American woman. Potus strode toward the king, who remained seated and quite, and Potus said: “Your majesty” and grasped his hand. “It’s a great honor.”

Clinton followed and said, “Hello again. It’s so good to see you again. And my husband sends you his very best regards. Thank you so much.”

Obama took a seat next to the king, and Clinton took a seat to one side, with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra sitting across from her. There was a rug but no table. An aide sat next to Shinawatra, and they also were in the dress white uniforms.

Obama said: “It’s a great honor to meet with you. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. We send greetings from all the people of the United States who are so grateful for the friendship of our two countries and are great admirers of yours – your wisdom and your leadership.”

The king responded in a very slow, soft tone. It was hard to hear him. Obama then smiled and said: “Elections in the United States are very long but it’s very gratifying to know people still have confidence in me. I thought it was very important that my first trip after the elections was to Thailand, which is such a great ally.”

The king then handed Obama a few gifts, including a red box, which Potus pulled back the lid. Pool could not see inside. Potus smiled and resonded that: “this is beautiful. Thank you so much. This is lovely.”  Then the American woman next to Clinton said the gift was for “Mrs. Obama.”

Potus said: “Oh, thank you, Michelle, my wife” would “appreciate it.”

Clinton: “She’ll look very good in that color, Mr. President.”

Potus then picked up a photo album, which he said contained photos of all the U.S. presidents and First Ladies the King has met with, starting with Eisenhower. Obama began flipping through the pages to show the King. It included Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Nancy Reagan, George H.W. Bush and President Clinton, and George W. Bush.

Potus said “We left the last page blank” so they could put a photo of themselves together in it.

Then he pointed to a framed lithograph that was on an easel nearby. It was a mural of Thai and US flags, that Potus said was specially commissioned for the King who is an art lover. It was “to symbolize friendship,” Potus said.

Pool was led out of the room as they continued to talk. Pool overheard Obama saying he met with PM Shinawatra in Bali last year, saying it “strengthened our relationship” as we left. We were led back to the vans to wait for more than 20 minutes.

 

 

Laura Meckler

The Wall Street Journal









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