'Big' cockroach crashes State Department press briefing, alarms spokesman in awkward scene

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'Big' cockroach crashes State Department press briefing, alarms spokesman in awkward scene
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State department briefing interrupted by cockroach

spokesman Mathew Miller’s press briefing Thursday, prompting him to interrupt his remarks and plot a way to terminate the insect with extreme prejudice.

“I hate to interrupt. There’s a big cockroach on the wall over your head there,” Miller said with a grin to Associated Press reporter “No insecticide or roachicide in the briefing, Matt,” he quipped. “Sorry to be distracted but that’s a rather large one.

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