Pool Reports of August 2, 2022

In-town pool report 1: Photo

Good morning.

I’ll be your pooler on this classic D.C. summer day.

Call time isn’t until 2:30 still and the only presidential event on the schedule is a virtual one, but the White House has distributed the below picture and description. Note the date in the description.

Will be back in your inboxes later.

From the White House:

On July 1, President Biden meets with his national security team to discuss the counterterrorism operation to take out Ayman al-Zawahiri. At this meeting, the President was briefed on the proposed operation and shown a model of the safe house where Al-Zawahiri was hiding.

In-town pool report 2: Link for later

Hello again. The White House passes along the following YouTube link for this afternoon’s POTUS Remarks at the Virtual Event with Governor Whitmer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFPRYO8ydY

Also a note about the photo distributed earlier — in response to an inquiry, the White House said that the photo was taken in the Situation Room at the White House.

In-town pool report 3: Briefers

The White House says: National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby will be joining Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in the briefing today.

Just as an FYI for the upcoming virtual event with Gov. Whitmer (link, once more, is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFPRYO8ydY ), given that it’s open press and entirely virtual, I don’t plan on sending pool reports about it. If we do get a two-minute warning or the like, I will pass that along.

In-town pool report 4: Briefing begins

The briefing began at 3:41 p.m.

I won’t send a follow-up note when it ends, trusting anyone who has that interest will be watching/timing it.

In-town pool report 5: Lid

We have a travel photo lid as of 5:14 pm.

Have a good one!