5:30, 6:00, sometimes 6:30. >> long before the internet reshaped the way the white house press corps did its job, television reshaped the briefing room. >> nothing has transformed white house coverage as much as the advent of 24-hour-a-day cable news. >> he could walk down here and tell us very easily, it's a very few steps from the oval office to here. >> in the '60s and '70s, print reporters ruled the roost. in 1980, cnn was born. television reporters at the white house were on the rise. and they needed good pictures and sound. >> i'll be covering the president and his advisers as they have never been covered before. >> the media-savvy reagan administration understood that and remodelled the briefing room to help create better pictures. >> the old doctor's waiting room look gave way to theater seating. quality studio lighting, better