WA GOV JAY INSLEE (D) SAYS FED OFFICIALS ARE SEARCHING FOR A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT FOR THE I-5 BRIDGE THAT COLLAPSED INTO THE SKAGIT RIVER THURS NIGHT *

INSLEE SAYS REBUILDING THE 160-FOOT SECTION COULD TAKE MONTHS IF A REPLACEMENT CAN'T BE FOUND *

STATE OFFICIALS SAY AN OVERSIZED TRUCK CAUSED THE COLLAPSE AFTER HITTING AN OVERHEAD SPAN *

TWO VEHICLES PLUMMETED INTO THE WATER LEAVING THREE PEOPLE INJURED *

FDA RECEIVES REPORTS OF SEVEN CASES INVOLVING POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED STEROID MEDICATIONS MADE BY A PHARMACY IN NEWBERN, TN *

INJECTIONS CONTAIN THE SAME DRUG AT THE CENTER OF LAST YR'S DEADLY FUNGAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK THAT KILLED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE *

THE PHARMACY HAS RECALLED THE PRODUCTS PENDING AN INVESTIGATION *

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 OFFICIALS 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 BRITISH 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 *

AUTO CLUB AAA PREDICTING 34.8 MIL PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL MORE THAN 50 MILES THIS MEMORIAL DAY WKND *

THAT'S DOWN 0.9% FROM A YEAR AGO *

31.2 MIL ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL BY CAR WHILE 2.3 MIL WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES *

TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE IN MISSOURI, INJURING AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE *

COLLISION EARLY THIS MORNING OCCURRED BETWEEN SCOTT CITY AND CHAFFEE, ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH-SE OF ST. LOUIS *

CRASH ALSO IGNITED A FIRE AND TRIGGERED THE COLLAPSE OF AN OVERPASS UNDER WHICH THE TRAINS WERE TRAVELLING *

A HAZMAT TEAM IS ON SCENE TO ASSESS WHAT LEAKED OUT OF THE CARGO TRAINS *

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Latest White House Press Pool Report: OFF THE RECORD? IS THE PRESS POOL (that was angry all weekend at having no contact with the President on his golf vacation) now happy? did they get a pat on the head from the President?

OFF THE RECORD (see below) means essentially “hanging out” with the President with no ability to report to the American people what he said.  

It will be interesting to see if the Press Pool is more interested in transparency and getting news for the American people or having some ‘face time’ (hanging out?) with the President.  

If they (press pool) were more interested in transparency, they would not have agreed to an OFF THE RECORD conversation with the President.  

Why would they agree to an OFF THE RECORD conversation after complaining all weekend that they had no access to the President so that they could do their job of reporting to the American people? OFF THE RECORD means NO ACCESS for the American people and their job is to report Presidential news to the American people.  

What do YOU think?  Will the Press Pool now that the President has hung out with them in the back of AF1 OFF THE RECORD cave in? or will they continue to push the White House for real access (ON THE RECORD) so that they can report?

Below is the press pool report:

Subject: Travel pool 4

 

AF1 wheels down Andrews at 7:45pm. POTUS came back to have a 10-minute off the record talk with pool at the end of the flight.

 

Reggie Love departed AF1 soon after POTUS, apparently a guest for the weekend.

 

Marine One wheels up 7:55 pm

 

Handing off not to in-town pool

 

Scott Wilson

White House Bureau Chief

The Washington Post








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