Pool Reports of March 21, 2022

Pool Report #1 - checking-in

Good afternoon from the White House!

I'll be your print pooler today. It's a balmy spring day in D.C. The temperature is 63 degrees and the weather is partly cloudy skies.

Below is the public schedule for POTUS. Note the briefing with Jen Psaki at 2 pm and the business roundtable at 6 pm. Your pooler will let you know if anything changes.

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9:30 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the President’s Daily Brief
Closed Press

11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT hosts a secure call with President Emmanuel Macron of France, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom to discuss their coordinated responses to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine
Oval Office
Closed Press

2:00 PM In-Town Pool Call Time

6:00 PM THE PRESIDENT joins Business Roundtable’s CEO Quarterly Meeting to discuss the United States’ response to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war with Ukraine and the President’s plans to lower costs for working families, create good-paying union jobs, and tackle the climate crisis
Business Roundtable, Washington, DC
In-Town Travel Pool Spray at the Top (Gather 5:25 PM – Palm Room Doors)

Briefing Schedule

2:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger

Pool Report #2 - Call with European leaders

From the White House: The call with President Biden and leaders of UK, France, Germany and Italy ran from 11:14 am ET to 12:12 pm ET.

Your pooler placed a request in with the press office seeking additional information on the nature of the discussion and any agreements or deliverables. In response, a White House official said more information is expected to shared ih the upcoming daily briefing.

Pool Report #3 - briefing begins

Briefing with Jen Psaki and Deputy National Security advisor Anne Neuberger began at 2:45.

Pool Report #4 - briefing done

The briefing concluded at 3:40.

Pool Report #5 - motorcade rolling

Motorcade started rolling at 5:56. No sighting of POTUS.

Pool Report #6 — arrival

Motorcade arrived at the Business Roundtable at 6:00 after passing crowds of onlookers who were along the streets enjoying the warm weather and newly bloomed cherry blossoms. Many of the observers stopped to take photos and video of POTUS passing by.

Pool has been escorted into the building and is now holding in an auditorium where an estimated 75 people in business outfits are seated awaiting POTUS.

The White House has informed me the event will be live-streamed, so your pooler won’t provide quotes but any additional color.

Pool Report #7 - POTUS enters

POTUS, wearing a navy suit and blue tie, entered the room at 6:09 with the Business Roundtable CEO Josh Bolton to the applause of those in attendance.

From the White House:

Traveled with the President to the Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting:

• Cedric Richmond, Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor & Director of the Office of Public Engagement
• Annie Tomasini, Assistant to the President & Director of Oval Office Operations
• Travis Dredd, Special Assistant to the President & Trip Director
• Meghan Hays, Special Assistant to the President & Director of Message Planning
• Curtis Ried, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs

Pool Report #8

Pool escorted out of the room at 6:23 as POTUS was prepared to take questions from the audience.

Link to Otter recording and *very* rough transcript of his opening remarks:

https://otter.ai/u/u5Hj6KxbxogrWf5HwK0mEd041qs

Pool escorted to the motorcade and now holding.

Pool Report #9 - motorcade departs

Motorcade starting rolling at 7:15. No sighting of POTUS.

Pool Report #10 - return

Motorcade returned to the White House at 7:20 after passing more crowds of onlookers. No sighting of POTUS.

Pool Report #11- lid

The White House called a travel-photo lid at 7:27.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.