Pool Reports by David Sanger, The New York Times
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| May 17, 2021 08:27 |
Pool Report 1 Good morning from Delaware. POTUS, running about 15 minutes behind schedule, departed house at 8:18 am. It's a sunny day, and he pulled into the Delaware air base at 8:25. Traveling with the President to the White House: Bruce Reed, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff Russell Travers, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Goepfert, Special Assistant to the President & Personal Aide to the President |
| May 17, 2021 08:37 |
Pool Report 2 We are wheels up Wilmington at 8:34. About 45 minutes flying time to White House. Your pool peeling off to Joint Base Andrews. |
Pool Reports below by Paul McLeod, BuzzFeed
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| May 17, 2021 08:51 |
In town pool report #1 Good morning, I'm your pooler for the day. Pool is expected to gather shortly for POTUS's arrival at the Ellipse. Feel free to send me questions for Jen Psaki's noon press conference and I will try to get some of them in. |
| May 17, 2021 09:22 |
In town pool report #2 POTUS has just landed. Marine One wheels down at 9:21 am. |
| May 17, 2021 09:25 |
In town pool report #3 - Biden landed Apologies, we had two choppers come in and the first one was for staff. President Biden's just landed at 9:24 am. |
| May 17, 2021 09:29 |
In town pool report #4 - no Biden scrum President Biden emerged from Marine One, removed his mask, and then walked directly to his motorcade without stopping to take questions from press. |
| May 17, 2021 10:36 |
In town pool report #5 — lunch lid A lunch lid was just called until 11:45 am. |
| May 17, 2021 12:04 |
In town pool report #6 — Press briefing 2 minute warning We just got the 2 minute warning on Jen Psaki's press briefing start. Briefing will be broadcast. |
| May 17, 2021 13:21 |
In town pool report #7 - Biden presser soon They just gave us the two minute warning for Biden's Covid response press conference in the East Room. The presser is televised and I'll send any color from the room as warranted. |
| May 17, 2021 13:51 |
In town pool report #8 — early lid A travel/photo lid was called at 1:48 pm. I'll send along any post-lid updates if they come in. Have a good day, everyone. |
| May 17, 2021 14:04 |
In town pool report #9 — Correction In an earlier pool report I referred to Biden's remarks as a press conference. The White House has asked me to clarify that it was not a press conference, but rather: remarks. |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Pool Reports of May 17, 2021 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/350018