0:02Good evening, good morning wherever you are. We interrupt your program near far.
0:10This is your daily bulletin live on the air with everything happening. So pull up a chair. Pull up a chair. Pull up a chair. We open tonight [music] with a story that's trending. A press secretary chapter has temporarily ended. Caroline Le [music] stepped up to the mic and told every reporter, "I'm going on a hike, not a hike in the mountains, not a walk in the park. She's heading to Boston [music] before things get dark. A baby is coming. The due date is near." She told all the journalists, "I'll see you next year." She said, "You're in good [music] hands. My team's got the floor." She said, "You got the
0:44president's number. What more?" She waved at the cameras. She smiled real wide and [music] walked off the podium with a baby inside.
0:51>> This is the news. This is the bulletin.
0:53Everything [music] happening. Where do we begin? A White House in motion. A press room a pause. A country still watching, [music] still asking because the news never sleeps and the cameras roll on. Even when the press [music] secretary is gone.
1:11Now while living is resting [music] and preparing for birth. The pundits are spinning and questioning worth of a secondterm agenda [music] that's hitting some bumps with critics on every channel discussing the slum staff. Changes are noted. Can't this is the real high level officials completing their deals. Some [music] stepping aside, some moving along the revolving door turning. Same old Washington song. Cabinet positions reviewed and assessed. Some names in the papers. Some [music] facing the press.
1:38This is not unusual. History will say every administration has SEEN ITS OWN DAY. THIS IS THE NEWS. This is the bulletin. Everything happening. Where do we begin? [music] A white house in motion. A press room of pause. A country still watching. still asking because the news never sleeps and the cameras roll on. Even when the press [music] secretary is gone now [music] the opinion shows they are having a field day. Commentator spinning the story their way. One channel says crisis, another says fine. Everybody drawing their [music] own bottom line.
2:14But here are the facts as we know them tonight. A woman is pregnant. She's doing all right. She made an announcement. [music] She followed the law. She took a leave legally. Nothing more wrong. The Washington circus continues to spin. We're talking heads [music] out and talking heads in. But somewhere a family grows. And that is the STORY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS. AND NOW WE TRANSITION [music] to something absurd. A YouTube trend rising. Have you already heard Iran [music] animation is taking the feed? Little plastic diplomats planting the seed. Foreign policy rendered [music] in colorful blocks. World leaders are simple with
2:49Lego hair locks. The negotiations, [music] the tensions, the talks recreated in plastic on animated walls. Because [music] when the real news gets heavy and dense, the internet builds something that doesn't make sense. But somehow the [music] message still manages to LAND WHEN LEGO DIPLOMATS SHAKE A TINY BRICK HAND. THIS IS THE NEWS. [music] This is the bulletin. Everything happening.
3:09Where do we begin? A white house in motion. A press room full of pause. A country still watching, [music] still asking. Because the news never sleeps.
3:16And the cameras roll on even when the press [music] secretary is gone.
3:23[music] >> That's your bulletin for this evening.
3:27Stay informed. The stories keep coming.
3:30The cycles confirmed from washing the grief [music] to Lego on dunes. The moose hands away at the b of the moons.
3:36This has been your update. Your brick air grip [music] deliver the lips for your listening relief. Good night from the anchor desk signing off clear. The next edition drops when the [music] next story's here. Here's here. Always here.
3:49Always here. Always here. Here. Here.
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