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Sept. 13, 2017 / 1:44 PM

Watch live: Sarah Sanders gives daily White House news briefing

Sept. 13 (UPI) -- White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is scheduled to give an on-camera press briefing Wednesday.

She is set to answer questions from reporters at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

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The meeting closely follows a scheduled bipartisan gathering between President Donald Trump and more than a dozen lawmakers Wednesday afternoon.

Earlier the day, Trump was set to meet with the Domestic Policy Council before a one-on-one meeting with Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., to discuss the president's response to the Charlottesville violence last month.

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