what do you know? that s right. as we so often do, the first response from the president sometimes comes on twitter. that s where we have heard from him directly, as you mentioned, that the fire is now out and he wanted to thank the firemen and women for the job they had done. now, we know that in addition to the president being at the white house tonight, the first lady and their son barron are both in washington tonight. it s an interesting night here, because the pool who covers the president has been called to a later than normal call time this evening, which suggests the president could possibly be heading out to dinner or there could be an evening activity for the day. as you know, the president did not golf today, did not have any public events on his schedule, so we re still waiting to find out what else he might be doing. as is typical, he may be heading to dinner at his hotel nearby with his family. we may know about that later, but as you saw, he s grateful to
kate are departing for california, alberta, right now on day seven of their canadian tour. the royal couple took part in a street hockey game in yellowknife, canada, yesterday, william was unable to land the puck many the net three times. even when he asked the goalie to let a shot in. kate took part as well. she dropped the ceremonial first puck to start the game. nbc s peter alexander is there and has more. they ll never fly under the radar, but tuesday afternoon william and kate did escape the crowds taking a float plane deep into canada s wilderness here in the northwest territories. they might be one of the world s most glamorous couple but the couple got back to base you cans. paddling across a lake, dining off paper plates. and warming up with brand new sweatshirts, a gift from their canadian hosts. in fact, it was a day filled with many gifts including moccasins and a hunting knife. their evening activity in a region where the sun never sets