the truck was supposed to go directly to tito s tomb rather than to the presidential palace where the driver was heading. down, everybody down. no, no, no. again, a breakdown in communication. no, no, no, we don t, no, no. we go to the tomb. press pool 20 finally made it to its destination. or almost. john palmer, nbc news, somewhere near the presidential party in belgrade. well, another white house reporter has just given nbc s john palmer a run for his money. that s ahead. [ cough ] no matter what nasty cold symptoms you get,
but generally, there is a sense of kind of orderliness during these kinds of events. but sometimes when they re on the road, it s a different story all together. watch this because it s kind of amazing. more than 50 cars were in the motorcade that brought president cart near downtown belgrade. a flatbed truck carrying press pool 20, american reporters and photographers was in front. in fact, too far in front. at times cameramen couldn t seen see the president s car much less take a pictures of it. pull that down. pull it down now. you pull this truck down. despite the urging of white house aide rick moore, the driver continued to roar along at top speed preferring to heed the advice of a security agent in the cab of the truck who didn t like the idea of photographers getting close to the heads of state. then there was another problem. we don t go to the polls. we go to the tombs.