Pool Reports of October 27, 2021

In-town pool report 1: Summit attendees

Good morning on a blustery fall day in DC.

Your pool's call time today isn't until noon, but the White House passes along the following attendees for the President's closed-press virtual summit this morning.

Virtual Attendees at the East Asia Virtual Summit:

• ASEAN Secretary General Dato Lim Jock Hoi
• Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei
• Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia
• President Joko Widodo of Indonesia
• Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos
• Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob of Malaysia
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin of the Philippines
• Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
• Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of Thailand
• Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam
• Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia
• Premier Li Keqiang of China
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India
• Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan
• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand
• President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea
• President Vladimir Putin of Russia
• World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
• World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken

In-town pool report 2: Manchin-Sinema readout

Insert your favorite Sinema-Manchin portmanteau here, the White House passes along the following:

From a White House official:

The President hosted Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema at the White House yesterday to continue their negotiations on the Build Back Better Act, and how we can grow our economy in a way that deals the middle class back in and gives them breathing room.

The three made progress on top of what has been accomplished in recent days, and look forward to next steps so that we can equip Americans for high-paying jobs, deliver historic investments to make health care and child care more affordable for American families, and take on climate change.

In-town pool report 3: Briefing begins

The briefing with Jen Psaki began at 1:26 pm.

I do not plan to send a "briefing ends" note unless anyone specifically needs it, in an effort to spare your inboxes.

In-town pool report 4: Lunch lid

There's a lunch lid until 3:45 pm, per overhead announcement just now.

There have been no schedule updates, for those curious, and there are no public events on the schedule for the President the rest of the day.

For any scrupulous note keepers, the briefing ended at 2:16 pm.

In-town pool report 5: Sanders meeting

A White House aide confirms that Sen. Sanders was here for a meeting. I don't have specific timing from the press office, but another reporter spotted him leaving recently.

Otherwise, no scheduling or any other updates to share.

In-town pool 6: Travel/photo lid

The White House announced a travel/photo lid on the overhead at 5:04 pm.