What an adventure!This week, we traveled to Washington, DC to interview President Bush and first lady Laura Bush.  Photographer Mark Batchelder and I were fortunate to be one of four Texas news teams to have the opportunity to visit the White House one week before the historic transition of power in Washington.

Our first job was getting to the White House gate. As you can imagine, Washington is busy preparing for the inauguration of Barack Obama.

Crews are constructing risers down Pennsylvania Avenue and throughout Washington where VIP guests will sit to watch the Inaugural parade.  We made our way through the construction, stopping to talk to Secret Service Officers along the way.

I passed through one of the northwest White House security gates and was escorted to the Press Briefing Room.  (It’s much smaller than it looks on television…)

Read Rhode’s full report here.