1. Good afternoon and welcome to today's edition of the White House Daily shadow briefing. On the first day of the new @PressSec new reign, we're here to show you how to do it. You take the questions seriously and you answering them honestly. Easy right? Give it a try.

2. We can all expect a rousing Presidential rally in the briefing room today. We can hope, the reporters in the room press him on the issues raised in the NYTimes story this weekend. It's not a given since the Washington Post had a big story the weekend before and the questions

3. started with a series of queries about oil prices. So, as a public service and in an attempt to be particularly obnoxious, I'd suggest they ask a series a questions I answered yesterday. Why did the President ignore warnings? Why didn't the President move to close