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Mr. president, were going to board over jack kennedys swimming pool. and thats how the present briefing room came to be. >> but the room youre used to didnt look this way when first constructed. >> mr. president? >> says ann compton. she reported from the white house for more than 40 years. >> the briefing room itself looked like a doctors waiting room with big stuffed sofas and captains chairs and people milling around all day. >> behind and under the press briefing room, the nixon administrati...

She reported from the white house for more than 40 years. >> the briefing room itself looked like a doctors waiting room with big stuffed sofas and chairs and people milling around all day. >> behind and under the press briefing room, the nixon administration built office space for the press corps. >> on the first floor. down below, theres a basement which we nicknamed after a russian prison. >> cnn has been in the basement since 1980. >> this is what we affectionately call the booth. >> we were...