Subject: In town pool report 13
Sorry not to have much color from the National Cathedral.
Pool was placed high up on a balcony for the opening hymnal of the procession.
Behind bank of cameras, print pooler could barely make out POTUS and First Lady in the distance below.
Pool removed soon after the Acclamation of the Nativity.
Pool was taken to an underground chapel with no cell signal/connectivity.
Poolsters given choice of staying there, or moving to vans outside.
Program is available online or by stream.
We chose outside so we could send words and pics sooner.
We are still holding at 11:19
Subject: In-Town Pool report 14 - depart cathedral
President’s motorcade rolling out of National Cathedral at end of Christmas service. It’s 11:51pm. Since we’ve not been in visual contact with POTUS for more than an hour, I can’t report on his exit from the church, or his interactions with others.