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Nous sommes en direct pour un scoop parce qu'il s'agit du président.

Nous sommes en direct pour un scoop parce qu'il s'agit du président.
We are live for a scoop because it is about the president.
From Lesson 282:The impersonal expression (il s'agit de)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous sommes en direct pour un scoop parce qu'il s'agit du président.

Why is it du président instead of just de président?
The core expression is il s'agit de (it is about / it is a matter of). Because we are talking about the specific president (le président), the preposition de must combine with the definite article le to form the contraction du.
Since "it" translates to ça or ce in many sentences, could I say ça s'agit here?
No, you must always use il. Il s'agit de is an impersonal expression, meaning the il doesn't refer to a specific person or thing. Just like il pleut (it is raining) or il faut (it is necessary), it is locked into using the impersonal pronoun il.
Can I conjugate s'agir for other subjects, like je m'agis if it's about me?
No, the verb s'agir only ever exists in the third-person singular (il s'agit) because it is strictly impersonal. If you want to say "it's about me," the verb doesn't change; you just change the object of the preposition: il s'agit de moi.
What exactly does en direct mean here?
En direct literally translates to "in direct," but it is the standard French idiom for broadcasting "live" on television, the radio, or the internet.

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