CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

I should start out by saying that I am extremely lucky in all of the things that I have been able to do while in DC. This includes being able to go to a taping of CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. It is crazy to me to see how much behind the scenes stuff takes place just so we are able to watch the news. This seems like a great job, but then again I think I could only handle it for so long. However, it is one of the highlights of me living in DC.

If I were to be interviewed, rather than be there to witness an interview, this is where I would have sat. Overall the studio was a lot smaller than I thought it would have been. They cram a lot into really small places, and just swing the cameras around to different sets.

When we walked by, I just had to sit at Larry Kings desk, just to say that I did. Especially as iconic as he is, and that he is soon to be retired. He is based somehwere else, but they do some tapings in DC as well. The glowing lights were off in the back, but I think the flash brought out some fo the color pegs.

This is what Wolf does when it is commerical break, as he preps for his next interview.

Megan B. and I in the control room with a hundred different screens. Different people controlling what is scrolling on the bottom during the Situation Room, as well as graphics people, people talking to other news stations if they have a satellite interview. It was crazy in there. Talk about stress...

Here we are on the set, as they were live on the air. We had little ear pieces so we could hear what was taking place on and off the air. The camera people were really funny and tried to train us to be camera operators (though I think I will pass)

Here we have Wolf doing what he does best, talking to screens. /It was a lot of fun to see how everything worked out, and see how many moving parts there are to make sure this guy looks good when he is on.

To top off the evening we met Wolf Blitzer himself. I was really impressed with him and how nice he was.

I see possible news anchor in my future, looks so natural...

We also were able to talk with Roland Martin, a Democratic strategist. He was hilarious, especially as him and Wolf were talking about Boehner crying all of the time.