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Bill Murray takes over White House briefing room

Ginger Whitaker | gwhitaker@wtop.com

October 21, 2016, 6:25 PM

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Actor Bill Murray talks during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Bill Murray talks during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Actor Bill Murray speaks visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray speaks visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Actor Bill Murray, center, visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, with Special Assistant and Director of Special Projects Peter Velz, left, White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz, second from left, and Cappy McGarr, producer of the Mark Twain Prize, right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray, center, visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, with Special Assistant and Director of Special Projects Peter Velz, left, White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz, second from left, and Cappy McGarr, producer of the Mark Twain Prize, right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Actor Bill Murray speaks during a visit to the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray speaks during a visit to the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Actor Bill Murray gestures as he talks during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Bill Murray gestures as he talks during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Actor Bill Murray visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Actor Bill Murray touches to White House sign during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Bill Murray touches to White House sign during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
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Actor Bill Murray talks during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Bill Murray speaks visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray, center, visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, with Special Assistant and Director of Special Projects Peter Velz, left, White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz, second from left, and Cappy McGarr, producer of the Mark Twain Prize, right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray speaks during a visit to the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray gestures as he talks during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Bill Murray visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Actor Bill Murray touches to White House sign during a brief visit in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON — No, this isn’t a scene from an upcoming comedy film — actor Bill Murray did, in fact, take over the White House briefing room on Friday.

Murray is in D.C. to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, but dropped into the White House in his Chicago Cubs gear. In a video shared by NBC News, Murray shared his thoughts on the Cubs and autumn in Chicago versus Los Angeles.

Murray will be awarded the nation’s top prize on Sunday at The Kennedy Center, in a ceremony that will feature an array of performers including David Letterman, Aziz Ansari, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver and more.

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