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cnn pipeline, current events

Ford Watch, Continued
Last night, I posted that CNN Pipeline was broadcasting a camera aimed at President Ford's closed coffin in a California church. I also mentioned that there were a surprising number of people coming for the viewing in the middle of the night, plus though I didn't say it outright, I kind of felt sorry for the soldiers standing at attention.

The following screencaps were snapped at around 3:15 AM (Eastern), as he lay in state under the Capital Rotunda. It's the weekend and the middle of the night, so I can't really fault CNN for bringing me these images. Ordinarily at night, Pipes 2 and 3 are either blank, or they're showing a shot of the White House from perhaps the Washington Monument, or they're carrying some poor reporter recording the same story over and over, except each time with a different station's close. (Sasha Foo - Fox 25 News, etc)

From a camera in the Rotunda;

From a camera at ground-level (Please note, there is a young lady in a jean jacket who had wandered in and was snapping a couple of photos. You can just make her out between the formation and the big white statue)



FYI: Pipe 1 is always CNN International for most of the night, while Pipe 4 usually has a weather thing going in the off hours.
ETA (For the Record): Sasha Foo was the overnight anchor on CNN (Headline) in the early 80s. She is burned into my memory.