CBS’s Mark Knoller reports that the lights went out briefly at the White House this morning.
“Just had a power outage at the WH. Lasted only a few seconds. Perhaps a premature Govt shutdown,” Knoller joked.
Just had a power outage at the WH. Lasted only a few seconds. Perhaps a premature Govt shutdown.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 15, 2014
Yahoo’s Olivier Knox says the D.C. police department tweeted an explanation, but then deleted it.
Odd. @DCPoliceDept just tweeted – then deleted – an explanation for outage/surge this morning that may have affected the White House
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) December 15, 2014
@ByronTau @DCPoliceDept I shld have screen-shotted. Something about police at 1900 E St Office of Personnel Management for blown transformer
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) December 15, 2014
And the Associated Press’s Matt Lee says “power out” at the State Department.
@OKnox Power out at @StateDept
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) December 15, 2014
