Probably how they cue the script.
You would use a string search or something of the like and the # symbol differentiates from normal conversation so the scripts don't pick up random babble.
… I guess?
For some reason the hash/pound sign has become common to index the post to search tables.
Metal is just stone that has had the absolute fuck burned out of it in the presence of carbon.
At 9 eastern?
…. Doubtful.
Though if Biden is supposed to be getting intelligence briefings and someone at the pentagon put their foot down for once and said "we don't brief chinese agents" … Then that could be cause for some issues.
But that would require someone to… You know… Do something and have integrity…