1. Good afternoon and welcome to today& #39;s edition of the White House Daily shadow briefing. On the first day of the new @PressSec new reign, we& #39;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& #39;s not a given since the Washington Post had a big story the weekend before and the questions