. @cspan has 7 cameras inside the room and is the “pool” for the hearing. The video is being sent to the other television networks for their use too so you’ll be watching C-SPAN cameras no matter where you watch today’s impeachment inquiry hearing.
There are two cameras in the front of the hearing room on either side of the dais where the committee members including Chair Schiff and Ranking Member Nunes will sit as well as the staff who will question the witnesses. Those cameras are robotically-controlled.
One camera will show the witnesses. It’s located in front of the dais and is low to the floor so the committee members can see over it. It’s also robotically-controlled.
There are two cameras in the back of the hearing room to show all of the committee members on the dais. They will be operated by @cspan crew members.
There are also two stationary high cameras to show panoramic views in the front and the back of the hearing room.
. @cspan cameras are also outside the Longworth hearing room in the lobby where House Intel Cmte members can speak to the press at the microphones throughout the day on impeachment inquiry hearings.
The first House Intel Cmte open impeachment inquiry hearings begin at 10am ET on @cspan 3 @cspanradio and online at @cspan.org https://www.c-span.org/video/?466134-1/impeachment-hearing-william-taylor-george-kent
House Ways & Means Cmte room where impeachment inquiry hearings are taking place have portraits of the former Democratic & GOP Cmte chairs on the walls including Dan Rostenkowski (IL), Bill Thomas (CA), Dave Camp (MI), Charles Rangel (NY), Bill Archer (TX) and Al Ullman (OR). – at Longworth House Office Building
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