I think of a lot of friends of mine over in the White House. Your heart goes out to them. This is no fun. In the newsroom outside the studio, controlled chaos reigns amid the ringing phones, shouting voices and blare of TV sets. Every second counts, and staffers bark at each other in shorthand.
Snow asks a disembodied producer.
Every network runs into technical problems when covering complicated live events, and Fox is no exception. We've gotta get the audio straightened out. The seconds tick off. Floor director Mary Pat Dennert cues him for a voice-over, but it turns out to be a false alarm. When Snow makes his comments 10 minutes later, it is almost without warning and he doesn't realize he is on camera.