Alarms sounded off in the White House press briefing room in waves as Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to answer questions.
Reporters laughed and Jean-Pierre was quick to make a joke. “Okay, thanks, everyone,” she said, pretending to bring the briefing to a close.
The alarms were a part of the nationwide emergency alert drill that a the US government carried out on 4 October around 2:20 p.m.
A text message was sent to every TV, radio and mobile phone in the US at around 2.20pm ET on Wednesday as the federal government tested its Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts.
Reporters laughed and Jean-Pierre was quick to make a joke. “Okay, thanks, everyone,” she said, pretending to bring the briefing to a close.
The alarms were a part of the nationwide emergency alert drill that a the US government carried out on 4 October around 2:20 p.m.
A text message was sent to every TV, radio and mobile phone in the US at around 2.20pm ET on Wednesday as the federal government tested its Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts.
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00:00 you that support. It is. There you go. Okay, thanks everybody. I'm just kidding.
00:07 [laughter]
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00:12 All right. It's, I know it's, well, it works. Every couple of years, folks.
00:19 [inaudible]
00:22 Yeah.
00:23 [inaudible]
00:26 I don't even know what was the last statement, but go ahead. Go ahead, Patsy.
00:30 Thank you.
00:32 It's going to go on a rolling basis. Be ready.
00:36 But to address that, that waning support from the American public,
00:41 as well as the trajectory that there is waning support from Congress,
00:45 at what point does the White House, would the White House reconsider the messaging on Ukraine?
00:52 I mean, for as long as it takes, maybe an effective message in the beginning of the war,
00:57 but maybe the American people at this point need to hear something less indefinite, less open-ended.