that sort of wrestling match will probably happen this weekend understanding there is going to be a communications spray in the oval where reporters can get a statement from the president on this. for example, you are a fellow obama white house alum, and it has been suggested any press secretary put in this type of crisis would be in a tough spot in terms of what can be disclosed and can t be, and should the white house name a public facing person to address these issues? i definitely would. i would have somebody as a spokesperson there are people there now from the office, and they need to get it out of the briefing room. the most important thing is getting today s timeline and
information and transparency out such that the questions become not less reasonable, but less pressing on the white house apparatus. that s the real thing. let me just say, as a communicator in that wrestling match between communicators and lawyers, i hope there s a forceful communicator in the white house saying as much as they can, because we will see the republicans ask for things like visitor logs that they knew didn t exist. the best way to get out ahead of that is to put forward as much information as you humanly can, since what they are asking have largely been answered to the degree they are capable of answering them. thanks to all of you. straight ahead. assessing the damage, after a massive week of rain, repairs to