Anchor Lisa Mullins looks at the seating plan for the G20 summit dinner. Who sat next to whom...and why.
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LISA MULLINS: So, that picture that Jason mentioned a couple of minutes ago, the one of the G-20 leaders posing as a group -- well, we were wondering who decides which leader stands where for the photograph? And, when the heads of state sit down for dinner, who comes up with the seating chart? These are pretty familiar questions for anybody who's hosted a dinner party. Which guests can hit it off with others? And who will be really teed off if they're not elbow to elbow with the host? Well, at the G-20 summit Britain was the host. And this is how the political musical chairs played out last night at the official G-20 dinner. Prime Minister Gordon Brown sat down at the center of the banquet table. Chinese President Hu Jintao was in the coveted spot just to Gordon Brown's right. And contrary to expectations President Obama was not seated to Gordon Brown's left. Nope, Mr. Obama was two chairs over. The Presidents of Indonesia and South Korea sat between the president and Prime Minister Brown. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had the president's other flank. And who ended up in the Siberia of the dinner table? Well, maybe that was Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He was a full five seats away from Barack Obama; not even close enough to pass the salt.
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