1. Good morning and welcome to the Daily White House Shadow Briefing. Let's skip the normal preamble and get right to the news today. @presssec is out having held the job for almost a year without holding a single briefing. While that's been good news for the shadow briefing

2. it's been bad for the country, and the institution oof keeping the American public informed. The sad part is no one will even notice the change except she'll have to do her live shots for Fox from the East Wing not the West Wing. In fact, this news really comes out of the

3. programming department at Fox. They've noticed a severe drop off in her ratings as a Fox contributor so they are ordering up a new Press Secretary to take her place. They just haven't decided whether to reassign some existing talent or go outside to fill the job. Stay close