whitehouse.gov says Scotty McClellan's press briefing today

[Wheezy]

is at 12:15 ET. I don't see it on the CSPAN schedule...isn't it usually shown live on Cspan 1 or 2?
Here's the text from http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
Watch the Press Briefing LIVE with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Today's Press Briefing is scheduled to begin at 12:15pm.



But where do we watch? EDIT: ON CNN NOW. Reporters giving Scotty the incredulous looks. About following protocol in telling the press.

[xultar]

1. Why, so he can say he can't say anything about the shooting? I'd rather

shave the insides of my eyelids.

[LiberalEsto]

3. They're stonewalling

as some DUer just pointed out on another thread.

[maddezmom]

2. good question

no link to watch it live on the WH site :shrug:

[rodeodance]

4. already done--looky here- (LBN)

Mon Feb-13-06 10:34 AM
Original message
Washington Reporters Press for Answers on Cheney's Misfire


http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_di...

Washington Reporters Press for Answers on Cheney's Misfire

NEW YORK Reporters at White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's Monday morning press "gaggle" peppered him with questions about the 18-hour delay in any word emerging on Vice President Cheney's shooting incident in Texas on Saturday.

McClellan explained that the White House knew about the accidental shooting of a fellow hunter on Saturday night, but deferred to the vice president's office, which did not announce it. The vice president's office in turn deferred to Katharine Armstrong, the ranch owner in Texas where the shooting took place. She called a Corpus Christi reporter at midday Sunday and only then did the news come out.

...

In an online chat ongoing at the Washington Post site, the paper's White House reporter Peter Baker said reporters in D.C. are "flabbergasted" by the shooting.

"It sure woke up a lot of folks here in Washington on a quiet, snowy Sunday. Whether the story has legs I suppose remains to be seen." He said the delay question is "being asked a lot in Washington today...

[rodeodance]

5. McClellan's Monday morning press "gaggle" peppered him ---------

[maddezmom]

6. thanks for the link

damn, I really wanted to see it live.

[Wheezy]

8. me too! grrr.

[maddezmom]

10. Faux just had a teaser...Scotty coming up soon

I guess he's having 2 press gaggles today. :D

[Wheezy]

15. he's on CNN too, now.

[Wheezy]

7. Thank you, rodeodance. I missed that one.

[SCDem]

9. Sounds like typical * Administration Communication

Exact same thing that happened with Katrina.

For a Party that so hates the government and wines and wines about the bureuacracy and red tape - the * administration has created more red tape and bureacracy than I have ever seen - and just for something as simple as a shooting incident.

Now our tax dollars are used so that Dick can tell Scotty so that Scotty can refer to Dick so that Dick can refer to the owner of a private ranch to relay this information to the local newspaper?

Good use of tax dollars!

[maddezmom]

11. LINK is up at WHitehouse.gov now

Press conf starting

[tridim]

12. Some funny press corpse chatter going on now

Talking about belly button lint.. "Where does it come from?"

Seriously!

[RebelOne]

29. Corpse chatter? Are they talking about dead bodies?

[tridim]

47. Well, in a sense yes.

Dead bodies, and mostly dead bodies.

BTW, I used the word corpse on purpose.

[CottonBear]

13. Weird. Reporters chatting and laughing. No Scotty yet. Mic check now.

Scotty must be putting on his extra large Depends.

[CottonBear]

14. Scotty's up 12:38 PM giving a rosy economic report! No mention of Cheney

yet...

[CottonBear]

16. 1st Q: Do you think we should have been told of shooting on Sat?

A. It's most important for Mr. Whittington to be cared for...ist priority is Whittington getting care (not informing the public)

[CottonBear]

17. LIAR: VP office was working to get out news, decided Armstrong should

speak to the press..she should be first to speak to press...no press corps with Cheney...now babbling on about *'s bike accident in Scotland...

[maddezmom]

18. Brent Bahr(sp) was prevented from interviewing?

by the Secret Service? My daughter keeps talking to me, I missing half of it.

[phylny]

58. Guess they can't multitask. n/t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

63. See Katrina. n/t

[maddezmom]

19. Sat night, Scotty knew there was an accident in Cheney's hunting party

but didn't know the extent of who was hurt?

RIGHT

[maddezmom]

21. sounds like Cheney's office didn't tell the president until Sunday

cheney was the shooter?

[indie_voter]

39. What century do we live in?

Have they heard of the Telephone?

[Wheezy]

20. David Gregory: So you're telling me that

The vice president SHOOTS a man, and the Vice President thinks it is appropriate to have a RANCHER notify the local press? That that is proper protocol??

Scotty said he didn't know Saturday night. Found out Sunday morning. Didn't have all the info.

[maddezmom]

22. the VP didn't call the Pres?

this is just bullshit and the timeline makes no sense

[CottonBear]

23. Amazing! No one told the WH the whole story until 4 am per Scotty.

"Secret Service was (supposed to) inform law enforcement."
Scotty "urged VP office that info be made available to public."

"WH didn't have all of the details even by 3 or 4 in the morning on Sun...no additional info other than accident ...no info that Cheny shot anyone until 4 am Sun."

[Wheezy]

24. This is incredibly confusing

Scotty's spinning to save his life.

Won't answer the question: When did the President know that Cheney had been involved. Keeps saying 'facts and information kept coming in throughout the night and into the morning on Sun.'

[PCIntern]

25. Continuous lies...no waiting.

this is almost surrealistic...it's like one of those movies form the 80's...THE PLOT THICKENS

[maddezmom]

26. Looks like President knew late Saturday Night

[maddezmom]

27. that Cheney was the shooter

[napi21]

31. Yea, that an "incident" happened! Do they really talk to each

other like that?

Hmmm. Hi, Mr. Pres. there's been an incident here in TX. I'll let you know when I can tell you more!!!!!

[maddezmom]

37. Cheney's office was working on a cover-up incase the man died

IMO

[indie_voter]

56. I think so too. n/t

[txindy]

65. Yep, it looks that way, doesn't it?

Getting their ducks - or quail - in a row. So to speak. :evilgrin:

[CottonBear]

28. Q:"When didi the pres. know VP shot someone?" A: "pres. got more info

on Sat. evening but did not have full facts until..."

Carl Cameron (I think) asking exactly when did Pres. know VP shot someone?"

Scotty: "...additional details coming into Andy Card at 3 in the morning..."

[bettyellen]

30. was the VP clear right away that he was the shooter?

gregory is funny.

[maddezmom]

35. in other words, was he drunk??

:D

[CottonBear]

36. Scotty will not say that VP knew he was shooter. n/t

[displacedtexan]

32. Go, David Gregory!

Q: Was the VP aware that he had shot a man, or was he informed of that later?

Paraphrased.

[CottonBear]

33. Waht did the president know and when did he know it? Someone ask this.

No one freaking believes Scotty not even the Faux news guy (I think it was Carl who asked a timeline question.)

[Wheezy]

34. Establishing a timeline...kindergarteners could do better than Scotty

Did vp know he shot the man?
You make it seem like there are so many details, but it's simple: is it impossible for you to communicate with the vp? Is it so hard for the VP to say: I shot somebody accidentally?

[CottonBear]

38. Bill asking timeline Q Scotty telling "the facts as he knows and how they

occured..." Reporters are pissed off...

Q: Is it appropriate for pvt. citizen to brief press on VP shooting someone?

[CottonBear]

40. Q: Will VP be available for Quest? A: Ask VP office. I know nothing.n/t

[bettyellen]

66. then someone asked when the VP's office would answer, because they haven't

and scotty was like... whaaa? you have questions for them???
this after he said to ask the VP's office roughly 6-7 times.

[Wheezy]

41. Is it appropriate for a private citizen

to provide info about the VP to the press ??

A. That was the way it was handled this time.


Did he have a hunting liscense ?

Did he ever take a hunting safety course? (LOL!)


Scotty's giving up -- directing everyone to the VP office now. Heehee.

[myrna minx]

60. A. :That was the way it was handled this time."

*This time*!?! Has Cheney capped anyone else?? :rofl:

[CottonBear]

42. Q: Is it proper for VP to offer resignation? A: Absurd Question. n/t

[Wheezy]

43. hee hee! It got a laugh, though.

[maddezmom]

44. reporter: this communication problem is reminiscent of the levee issue

:wow:

[tishaLA]

45. CNN International has great graphics!

The screen looks so great. It almost makes it bearable to watch Puffy McMoonFace.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

50. I LOVE that this is live on international TV!

See what we're dealing with people of the world!? Help us!!

[CottonBear]

55. Help us world, help us! We're governed by evil idiots! n/t

[CottonBear]

46. "Is there any notion of reviewing commuinication...reminds me of levees?"

Scotty is pissed off.

A: "...immmediate response was to get (victim) medical care...not to inform the press immediately...info was provided topublic..Whittington being taken care of..."

[Wheezy]

48. who made the decision not to tell us Saturday night?

scotty, broken record: details coming in.

[bettyellen]

68. how does who did the shooting qualify as a detail? that's not a detail

by any stretch of the imagination. sheesh.

[CottonBear]

49. "Who made desicion not ot inform (press) or you...?" No answer. n/t

[tinfoilinfor2005]

51. Was there an investigation? Will there be?

They are so zeroed in on "Why wasn't the press notified in a timely manner," that don't talk about an I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-T-I-O-N.

[951-Riverside]

52. New Subject, New Subject, Lets Go to New Subject! n/t

[CottonBear]

53. Scotty: "New subject..." but reporters keep asking....hee hee! n/t

[CottonBear]

54. Q: did you want to keep it off the Sun talk shows? no answer. n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

57. Will anyone bring up the new Plame info?

that she was working on Iran?

/fingers crossed/

[CottonBear]

59. Someone is asking about proliferation & Brazil , now Q. RE: Iran.

"We don;t beleive Iran should have nuke weapons...they have right to civilian nuke energy...but continued defiance of the world and what world has demanded."

[Wilber_Stool]

61. Didn't this happen to a

football player a while back? They made a pretty big deal out of the time it them to report it.
By the time the trial came around the story changed quite a few times.

[Javaman]

62. Later Chaney was interviewed regarding the shooting...

press: so mr chaney, did you know that you shot him when,er,you shot him?

dick: let me make it perfectly clear about the "shooting incident", although I pulled the trigger, it was the shotgun that actually did the shooting...

press: wait a second, you are claiming that the shotgun was at fault??

dick: that's correct.

press: but doesn't this go completely against what one of your biggest supporters, the NRA, stand for?

dick: come again?

press: that it's not that guns kill people, it's that people kill people...

dick: whoa, whoa, who's talking about killing here?

press: you are saying the gun was at fault, not you...

dick: correct, but no one was killed.

press: but you are clearly blaming the gun, not your poor rifle skills.

dick: it's like this, when it's an accident, it's the guns fault.

press: but guns aren't capable of conscious thought...

dick: that's right.

press: but you are clearly blaming the rifle for your mistake.

dick: that's correct.

The reporter blinks in disbelief.

press: so it's the rifles fault.

dick: yup...

press to the camera: so there you have it folks, in bizarro land, the rifle wounded the man, not the VP...in other news the city of light is no more...

[951-Riverside]

64. Now Joe Liberman is going to shoot some por guy to cover for the admin

I'm obviously joking but you never know about Joe.

[LevelB]

67. Looked like Scotty was the one who got "peppered".

B.

[myrna minx]

69. Is that Les that was freaking out and shouting about the AP?

[CottonBear]

71. Don't know. Crappy WH feed doesn't show reporters like CSPAN.nt

[Sydnie]

72. Yes it was

finally asked a question that was relevant! And Scotty ignored him anyway!

[CottonBear]

70. Angry Q: If CC, TX paper member of AP why didn't AP pick up story? nt

[CottonBear]

73. Levee Q and Scotty says "we were hard at work saving lives...conflicting

reports...about which if any levees failed... (lying again)...When a hurricane hits near the ocean there will be flooding."

BULLSHIT! NOLA is no where near the freaking ocean. It was the lake levees that failed. :grr:

[CottonBear]

74. It's over. n/t