By Susan Bonner, CBC News

(Caroline Laurin/CBC)

It is Canada Hour at the White House.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is here for a 45-minute meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.

It is a big deal for the Canadian media here and those from Canada travelling with Harper, but for the U.S. media not so much.

The live spots here on the White House lawn known as "Pebble Beach" because of the TV lights and paving stones are mostly dark this morning.

The big news is elsewhere today. This CBC TV team and the lawn maintenance crew are the busiest people outside the White House this morning.