Edward Pinder, a producer for ABC News, is among the most aggressive in today's press herd. An imposing man who maneuvers quickly despite his large frame, Pinder has a booming voice that rises above the others. Pinder asks the rabbi, who has little to say. The press lets the rabbi drive away. Indeed, the scene is crowded but not frenzied.
Reporters sit or stand around, mostly waiting.
I gotta say, in this situation we're all going to get the same thing. So you don't have to crawl over each other. At regular intervals, the roar of planes taking off interrupts the TV reporters below. There are radio reporters with tape recorders slung over their shoulders and print reporters armed with notepads and cell phones, all filing information for their rewrite desks. The CNN producers appear to have their cell phones permanently attached to the sides of their heads because they are in constant contact with Atlanta and New York, where producers tell them when they should be ready to go live.