WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:19.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:01:04.920 the show about the government, policy and human rights. All right, welcome 3 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.840 back to Policy and Rights here at Depictions Media Radio. I'm your host, 4 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:15.200 Michael Cloggs. So in this next segment, we're going to hear from the 5 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:23.040 White House as we see that things are ramping up with the US presidential primaries 6 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:30.400 this November. They will have selected the actual party candidates for who is actually 7 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:38.040 going to run in the race for the presidency. And we're seeing a number 8 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.799 of primaries popping up, but the big ones are going to actually happen. 9 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:49.200 The big push is actually going to happen in November where everything will be finalized 10 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:56.480 to see who is going to be the Democratic candidate and who is going to 11 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:06.920 be the Republican of the Republican candidate. The In this press briefing, we're 12 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:14.599 going to hear a number of things about Haiti and the Haitian Prime minister and 13 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:21.680 maybe it is time for Haiti to step up and do elections themselves with a 14 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:30.639 new prime minister. We're also going to hear about a naval attack that happened 15 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:42.879 recently and who is responsible for and what it is they may have been trying 16 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.319 to achieve. According to the White House, along with that a large part 17 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:51.400 of what we're going to be hearing and as it's going to be leading into 18 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:58.280 a State of the Union address where President Biden is going to actually address a 19 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:07.120 number of people, and he invited a few delegates from the Ukraine and the 20 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:20.520 Russian Federation and they all follow the same theme of they are one women leaders 21 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:31.840 in those countries, and those also the wife of of of of of Vivaldi, 22 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:43.800 who who has recently been widowed and trying to show support to the countries 23 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:55.479 and the opposition against Vladimir Putin. President Selenski's wife was also invited and again 24 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:06.199 trying to show support for against uh Vladimir Putin and what he he is trying 25 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:15.920 to do in that region. So there's gonna be some other things there that 26 00:04:15.959 --> 00:04:23.360 are gonna be talked about during the press briefing, but rest assured that the 27 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:26.279 crux of what is gonna be talked about in the State of you need to 28 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:31.199 address is not really going to be part of it. There is going to 29 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:40.199 be some questions asked about President Biden's age and his effectiveness, and they're gonna 30 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:46.160 kinda kind of shoot that down with the idea of the people want someone like 31 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:57.560 President Biden in office, and the bulk of the people aren't really don't really 32 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:00.800 want to go back down the road the f the four years that UH Donald 33 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:09.800 Trump offered the first time around, and that they want the United States to 34 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:16.360 be open to the world and to be a active part of how our world 35 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:26.839 is is forming and the things in a part of how our world is is 36 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.639 handling the issues. They want the United States to be part of that. 37 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:34.240 So it's gonna be kind of interesting to to see who actually wins the primary 38 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:42.199 in November. As here in Canada we're gonna be headed towards an election. 39 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:54.879 Also with well we could be seeing seeing something some something new happening here in 40 00:05:54.920 --> 00:06:00.920 Canada, also with the Prime Minister wise and also here in British Columbia we 41 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:06.920 could be looking at it also looking at an election situation with a new premiere 42 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:16.000 and the UH and the n d P taking a back seat instead of a 43 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:23.040 front seat in the government. So why don't we move on listening to what 44 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:35.920 happened on the White House press floor and what was actually talked about. All 45 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:42.639 right, everybody, good afternoon, I have I think one thing for you 46 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:46.480 at the top, and then we'll get started. So before we get started, 47 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:51.279 I wanted to preview what to expect tomorrow night with President Bying delivers his 48 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:57.040 third State of the Union. You will hear the President lay out the historic 49 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:01.600 achievements he is delivered on on for the American people and his vision for the 50 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:06.160 future. Looking at what President Biden faced when he came into office and where 51 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:10.959 we are now, it is clear he's gotten more done in the first three 52 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:15.079 years than most presidents have accomplished in two terms. He will talk about the 53 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:20.399 success in implementing his agenda, from infrastructure to chips, to lowering drug prices 54 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:24.839 and getting rid of junk fies as you heard him speak to yesterday with his 55 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:29.920 Competition Council. He will talk about whose side he is on and his plan 56 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:34.240 to improve the lives of all Americans. That includes lowering costs for Americans and 57 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:39.720 giving people more breathing room, lowering healthcare premiums, and taking on big farmer 58 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:45.680 to lower the cost of prescription drugs, making the wealthy and corporations pay their 59 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:51.240 fair share in taxes, saving our democracy, and protecting our democratic institutions. 60 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:58.399 Protecting women's reproductive health in the face of relentless attacks from Republican elected officials, 61 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:01.759 making progress on his Unity agenda, and in cancer as we know it, 62 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:07.800 delivering on the sacred obligation to veterans, tackling the mental health crisis, and 63 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:13.560 beating the opioid and overdose pandemic. We will have more to share tomorrow, 64 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:20.160 but fundamentally, the President will outline an agenda that is about continuing to build 65 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:22.879 on the progress that we've made over the last three years. The President has 66 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.519 always been an optimistic person, as you all know, and even in the 67 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:31.839 face of challenges that we have in front of us, he will share why 68 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:37.600 he is hopeful about this country's future and why it is a mistake, it 69 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:45.159 is a mistake to bet against the American people with that something on a media 70 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:50.480 for image sure so. Earlier today, Ambassador Lynda Thomas green Bill said that 71 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:54.960 the US has asked the Prime Minister to quote move forward in a political process 72 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.480 that will lead to the establishment of a presidential Transitional Council that will lead to 73 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.120 elect So I just want to clarify, does that mean a resignation. Did 74 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.519 the US government ask him to resign directly. So a couple of things we 75 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:11.080 are not We are definitely not pushing prime the Prime minister to resign, that 76 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:15.480 is not what we're doing. But we have underscored that now is the time 77 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.320 to finalize a political core to help set Haiti on a path to a better 78 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:22.200 future, and that is something that we've been working on for some time. 79 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.039 We've been working that on that with the CARACOM, so that is nothing new. 80 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:30.720 We've had those conversations and also the Haitian partners on the paths who restoring 81 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:35.519 democratic order in Haiti through free and fair elections, inclusive governance and power sharing. 82 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:41.960 This will give the people an opportunity to democratically elect their prime minister. 83 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:45.759 Again, this has been a conversation that we've had with Haitian partners, CARACOM 84 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:48.879 with some from some time now, So that is not new, And we 85 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:54.919 certainly are not pushing him to resign, even though you're not directly calling on 86 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:01.320 him to resign. Can you just discuss the timing of why you're encouraging of 87 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:07.080 this transitional government now, and also because obviously the White House has long resisted 88 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:09.279 specifically pushing for his resignation, even if you aren't doing it now. So 89 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.759 can you just talk about the timing of this encouragement of why you're doing everything 90 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.360 the way you are right, we're not pushing is that you just stated in 91 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.879 your question for the Prime Minister to resign. This has been a long time 92 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.879 conversation that we have had with our Haitian partners with care Com on making sure 93 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:30.399 that there was a path to restoring democratic order. So that has been consistent 94 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:33.960 with what we've been trying to do for some time now, and we believe, 95 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:39.279 you know it is the Haitian people. They need to have an opportunity 96 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.080 to democratically elect their prime minister and so there needs to be a plan in 97 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:48.799 place obviously to do that, and so that's what we're encouraging. But we've 98 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.320 been having these conversations for some time now, and one domestic matter. Back 99 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.559 in February of twenty twenty one, President Biden said Donald Trump should not be 100 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.600 given the traditional intelligence free things that were into former presidents because quote, what 101 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:05.240 value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all 102 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.720 other than the fact that he might slip and say something. Does the President 103 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.320 still feel that way now now that Donald Trump is on the way to becoming 104 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:18.279 the parties, the Republican Party's nominee and would be entitled to the briefings that 105 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.679 a president a party candidate would get. I think the President's word stand today 106 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.159 as he say to them, however long ago. I don't think his mind 107 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.559 has changed on that. I just don't have anything to add block him from 108 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.399 getting these brief banks later this year. I don't have anything to add, 109 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.879 but the President was very clear about how he felt about that, and I 110 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:39.679 would say those those comments certainly do stand today, esme. Thanks Green. 111 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.960 Can you confirm that the White House invited the Ukraine's first Lady to the State 112 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.279 of the Union, but that she declined to attend. So the White House 113 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.399 did invite missus Zelenska to the State of the Union, she was unable to 114 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.320 attend. I would refer you to Ukraine as to her reasoning why, but 115 00:11:54.480 --> 00:12:00.360 she did. Indeed, she did indeed receive an invitation from US, also 116 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.720 an invite that went on to Nivoli's wife. Can you talk a bit about 117 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.279 how the president may address foreign policy issues. Of course, he's going to 118 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:09.000 be speaking to Republicans, many of them. Do you know he wants to 119 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.960 convince to that we're funding to Ukraine. So look, I'm going to be 120 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.720 really mindful and not get ahead of the President on his State of the Union 121 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:20.960 remarks. So not going to lay that out and how he's going to address 122 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:26.159 Republicans as you mentioned, who will be in front of him. But you 123 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:28.679 know the president as it relates to certainly Ukraine, the President's going to continue 124 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:33.600 to make his case that House Republicans need to move forward. The Speaker needs 125 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:37.240 to put the National Security Supplemental on the on the floor. We know that 126 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:43.039 it would get overwhelming support. And also it's also about our national security, 127 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:48.080 our own national security, and so we can't let politics get in the way 128 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.240 of our national security. So the President's going to make that clear, and 129 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.360 I'll just leave it to the President as he would say, stay tuned, 130 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.639 stay tuned for tis clear, he'd make those points clear out the State of 131 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:00.519 the Union. He's going to continue to make that case clear. You asked 132 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.279 me how he's going to do that or or lay that out tomorrow in the 133 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.759 State of the Union. I just don't want to get into get ahead of 134 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.960 the president. But our message continues right as it relates to National Security Supplemental 135 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:18.159 Obviously the Ukraine aid is included in that. Someone also invited So so I 136 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.240 talked about this yesterdays. Missus Navawney was indeed invited personally by the president. 137 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:26.120 She was not able to attend. I would refer you obviously to her to 138 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:31.039 explain why. But yes, she was missile strike it hit. It was 139 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.960 only about two hundred feet away from President Zelenski, that's according to one of 140 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:39.720 our sources. And a source close to Zelenski tells US that they believe Zelenski 141 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.639 was the intended target. Is the US looking into that strike? Do they 142 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.759 believe that Zelensky wasn't the intended target? So I can't speak to what they 143 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.399 were targeting. That's not something that I can speak to. But it appears 144 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.000 that it landed near as you just said, the convoy. And I think 145 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:58.759 Russia's actions speak for themselves here, but I just can't. I can't speak 146 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:03.919 for their their Exactay Korean, do you have any reaction to the sailors that 147 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.559 were quidly killed in a hoo the attack. So let me say a couple 148 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:15.240 of things about that that happened earlier today. So today the Huthi have killed 149 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:20.840 innocent civilians by continuing their reckless attacks against international commercial shipping, which impacts countries 150 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:26.960 throughout the world. The ship they attacked was a Barbados flagged, Liberian owned 151 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.200 bulk carrier. It was not a US ship. Contrary to what the Houthis 152 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:37.480 claimed. These reckless attacks by the Iran backed hou This have not only disrupted 153 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:43.399 global trade and commerce, but also taking the lives of international seafarers simply doing 154 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:48.799 their jobs. We offer our condolences, obviously to the families of those who 155 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.519 lost their lives, and again condemned the Hoothies for these attacks, and we 156 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:56.440 will call on governments around the world to do the same and join us in 157 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:03.240 bringing to a halt these appalling attacks. Thanks. And then one more on 158 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.320 Haiti. We understand that the Prime Minister Ree is located in the United States 159 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.120 Puerto Rico. Could you talk a little bit about what his status is there 160 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:15.639 and what the United States is doing as far as his travel logistics. So 161 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.120 I cannot speak to the Prime Minister's travel. He would have to speak to 162 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:22.279 himself. I just cannot speak to that, okay. And then should we 163 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:28.279 expect any policy like detailed policy roll out associated with state of the Union tomorrow. 164 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.159 I don't have anything to share at this time the president. I'm not 165 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:33.159 going to get ahead of the president certainly, as you would say, stay 166 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:37.720 too, stay two. Okay, you agreed. Did the President have any 167 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.679 reaction to Dean Phillips suspending his presidential campaign? I don't have any reaction. 168 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.080 I would I have to refer you to the campaign. Can you tell us 169 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:52.440 generally whether you know, if the President thinks there's you know, legitimacy behind 170 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.120 some of the main reasons that Phillips decided to run for a president. Concerns 171 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.960 about the president's age, concerns that he is a punal general election candidate is 172 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.759 not something you've ever spoke spoken to him about. So going to be really 173 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:11.440 careful. We're talking about it uncoming election and obviously in November, So going 174 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:15.240 to be really mindful. Look, this is why I think the State of 175 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.799 the Union is going to be really important. The President's going to lay out 176 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.159 what he has done the last three years, the successes that he's had, 177 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:27.080 historic successes that he's had. He's going to speak to how he sees the 178 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:32.639 future, the future for this country on behalf of the American people. I 179 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:37.120 think that's going to be important. And I would say this as it relates 180 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:41.240 to part of your question. The President has been very clear. He's been 181 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.720 very honest about his age. He knows that he makes jokes about it, 182 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.159 right, he makes jokes about his friend Jimmy Madison, Right, he gets 183 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:52.639 that. But this is also a president that has gotten done more in the 184 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.960 last three years than most presidents have in their two terms of presidency. And 185 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:00.679 that is what we've seen from the data, and a lot of that is 186 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:04.839 because of his experience. His experience matter. His experience has thirty six years 187 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:10.440 as a senator, eight years as vice president, and now into his first 188 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:15.640 term as president. It has shown that he can get things done. We 189 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.599 see that with the economy. We see that what he's trying to do with 190 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:22.279 lowering costs, we see what he's trying to do with lowing health care cost 191 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:26.640 and a lot of historic pieces of legislation that was done at are now law. 192 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:30.240 Obviously that was done in a bipartisan way, and that's because of the 193 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:34.519 president's experience, and I think that matters. And I'm just going to let 194 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:38.880 the President speak more to his future, his vision, what he sees for 195 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:44.559 this country tomorrow night. I'm just a quick question on the state of the 196 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:49.279 Union. You know, there was obviously a universe where a ceasefire and hostages 197 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.799 deal was reached before the State of the Union. It seems increasingly clear that 198 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.680 that's not going to happen in the next thirty six hours. So given that, 199 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:00.279 can you give us a little bit of insight in to how the President 200 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:07.720 has been working to draft a speech that addresses and speaks to just the anger 201 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.400 and frustration that a lot of people are feeling about the fact that he is 202 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.359 not willing so far to call for a permanencease fire. So look, as 203 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:21.160 you've heard the President call for a ceasefire period of time, a pause where 204 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:25.640 there's a period of time where obviously the fighting stops, right and with that 205 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:30.079 is a hostage deal where we can get these hostages back home to their family 206 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.519 and their loved ones. Let's not forget the hostages include about six Americans, 207 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.799 and so that's incredibly important. At the same time, let's not forget getting 208 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:44.960 that all important humanitarian aid into Gaza to the Palestinian people, and so that 209 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.319 is important. That is a first step that we need to get to. 210 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.759 The President's going to continue to continue to work on this, as he has 211 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.720 been for the past several weeks, for the past several months along with his 212 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:59.200 team. So we are steadfast focused on that. That is not going to 213 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.319 change just because a State of the Union tomorrow. And so the President is 214 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:07.119 going to be optimistic. He is as it relates to his speech. Look, 215 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.799 these speeches are all of them, you know, they take massive undertaking, 216 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.920 right, They take a lot of work and to actually meet the moment 217 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:18.119 of where we are as a country and also lay out the future for this 218 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:22.359 country. So not going to get into specifics as to how he's working through 219 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.319 that, you'll hear it from him directly. But the President certainly is going 220 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:32.200 to meet the moment where we are as a country, lay out the progress 221 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.519 that we've seen in the last three years, and not just that, how 222 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:38.039 do we build on that progress? Do you have to know? What about 223 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:42.000 the speech writing process this time around, the President has found the most challenging. 224 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:47.640 Look, this is his third State of the Union address. As you 225 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:52.359 know, this is going to be, as you can imagine, a very 226 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.880 important, important, as he sees in a conversation that he'll have with the 227 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.599 American people, millions of people are going to be watching and so it's not 228 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:04.160 just about the people who are the elected officials who are in front of him. 229 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.559 And so you know, I would say this, I would say this 230 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:15.279 is certainly a continuation of those conversations that he has with the American people when 231 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:18.400 he goes out, When he goes out and travels on the road, right, 232 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.480 he hears directly from them. He hears what they are dealing with, 233 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.880 He heals, he deals with what their family is dealing with. And so 234 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.640 it's built on that, It's built on those conversations, that experience that he 235 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:34.920 has and knowing and having his finger on the pulse is certainly about what the 236 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:38.480 American people have been going through these past three years. Going to be again, 237 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:42.319 going to be really mindful and not going to dive into his thought process. 238 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:47.680 I think when he delivers his speech tomorrow night, you'll get a good 239 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.799 sense of where the president is and how he sees where we are at this 240 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.599 country, the state of the Union. Obviously, hence the opportunity that he 241 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:59.680 has tomorrow. And so I'll just leave it at that. Yeah. Thanks. 242 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:04.680 After Nicki Haley withdrew this morning from the Republican presidential primary, President Biden 243 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:10.880 issued a statement and a direct appeal to her voters. Does President Biden plan 244 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:14.839 to reach out to Nicky Haley at some point and has it yet or has 245 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:17.559 he go that's for the campaign to speak to. I don't have anything on 246 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:25.200 that for you. Good Yesterday, I believe Jake Sullivan announced that the administration 247 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:33.160 backs a bipartisan bill that would lead to the banning of TikTok. Does Jake's 248 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.839 views represent the views of the rest of the White House. So just a 249 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.960 couple of things, and I'll get to your comment about the banning, but 250 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.160 I do want to say a couple of things at the top. The Administration 251 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:48.920 has worked with members of Congress from both parties to pursue a durable legislative solution 252 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:53.039 that would address the threat pose by certain technology services operating in the United States 253 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:59.079 that put at risk Americans personal information and broader national security. And so what 254 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:03.640 we see is this bill is important. We welcome this step on ongoing efforts 255 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:07.240 to deal with that, to address that, and we appreciate the bipartisan work. 256 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:10.440 I think that's important that this was done in a bipartisan way, and 257 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:14.480 so we look forward to working with Congress. Obviously, we provided technical assistance 258 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:18.759 as we normally do when pieces of legislations are like this are being put together. 259 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:22.720 But I would have to say, you know, we don't see this 260 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:27.319 as banning these apps. That's not what this is. But by ensuring that 261 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:33.079 their ownership isn't in the hands of those who may do us are harmed. 262 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:36.759 This is about our national security, obviously, and this is what we're focused 263 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:40.599 on here. And the President would sign the bill. I mean, the 264 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:45.319 bill explicitly gives the administration the authority to ban the apps if those ownership questions 265 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:48.880 aren't resolved, and the President would sign it, right, So we welcome 266 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.200 the bill. We obviously are working with them, and we think we're too 267 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:56.680 quickly act urging Congress to act quickly to send it to the president's And that's 268 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.079 what I was going to say. We welcome it obviously, we've been working 269 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.240 with them on it, and we would want to see this bill get done 270 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.960 so it can get to the president's desk. Final question, is the President 271 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:10.640 planning on talking to TikTok influencers on Friday after the State of the Union about 272 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:14.160 his speech. That's a good question. I don't have anything for you on 273 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:17.359 that. On his schedule for tomorrow. Once we do, we certainly will 274 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:19.279 share that good Friday for Friday, pardon me for Friday, as you know 275 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:21.960 he's going to be on the road on Friday. I don't have it, 276 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:26.039 and if he does, you wouldn't see any contradiction between the fact that the 277 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:30.119 president would be using a technology that he's urging Congress to. Here's the thing, 278 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.880 and I've been asked this question multiple times about TikTok and our use of 279 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:37.599 TikTok as it relates to the campaign. I know the campaign has created a 280 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:41.319 TikTok account. I would let them speak to that. That is their strategy. 281 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:44.079 Would let them speak to that. And we've said this before. We 282 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:47.359 are going to try to meet the American people where they are. We are. 283 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:52.559 I mean, we're trying to reach everyone. The president is a president 284 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:56.279 for all Americans, and so that's what we're trying to do. There doesn't 285 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:00.400 it's a dangerous plans, but it does. It doesn't mean that we're going 286 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:04.160 to try to figure out how to protect our national security, right. That's 287 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:10.039 what we're doing here. That's what you see in this bipartisan legislation that's being 288 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.400 moved forward that you heard from Jake about that you heard that you're hearing from 289 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.119 me about doesn't mean that we don't do the work to make sure that we 290 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:18.200 protect Americans. And that's what we're going to do here. Good time. 291 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:22.440 Thanks for my Kige reported that US officials told members of Congress and a recent 292 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:29.640 classified briefing that the US has quietly approved and delivered more than one hundred separate 293 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:33.119 foreign military sales to Israel since because the war began on October seven. I'm 294 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:40.680 wondering if the administration has has any comment on on just the scale of the 295 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.720 amount of or the White Houses any comment on the scale of the amount of 296 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:48.599 that's going to comment on that is that there should be more transparence here. 297 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:52.119 I'm just not I'm not going to comment on a reporting and what you've heard. 298 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.880 I'm just not going to comment on that. Joy. Thanks Green. 299 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:59.759 Just one more point of clarification on the TikTok stance. Are you saying that 300 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.160 President Biden would sign the bill in its current form? Because the NSC statement 301 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:07.440 said that you want to work with members of Congress and put on stronger legal 302 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:10.640 footing, So it sounds like he would not sign it in its current form. 303 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:12.920 We need it to be worked on right, as we have stated, 304 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:18.880 welcome the steps that they've taken. Obviously still need some work. Obviously we're 305 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.160 providing technical support and once it gets to a place where we think, to 306 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:25.960 your point, it's on legal standing and it's in a place where it can 307 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:29.359 get out of the Congress, then the President would sign it. But it 308 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:32.640 needs we need to continue to work on it. Obviously, one more on 309 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:37.839 the booty attack. Can you say if the US is readjusting its military strategy 310 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:41.359 against these in response to this deadly incident? Is the US going to step 311 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:45.559 up attacks on hoothy positions and the end responsible. So, look, the 312 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:49.319 US obviously is going to continue to take action, and we believe that and 313 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:52.559 I'm not going to get into national security here, we believe that we have 314 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:57.359 seen, we have been able to degrade their capabilities in the actions that we've 315 00:25:57.400 --> 00:26:03.200 taken over the past several week, several months, and so that's that's been 316 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.400 very clear in our assessment. But this is not just our problem. Obviously, 317 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.599 this is an international one. So we are working in a multi multinational 318 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.920 coalition to deal with what we're seeing currently by the HOUTHIS. And so, 319 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.759 look, this is something that we're going to continue to do. We're going 320 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:25.079 to continue to take action, and that's what you have seen this administration do 321 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:30.200 over the past several weeks. Continue on the Houthis, Yeah, why is 322 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:37.640 the US Navy having so little effect on stopping these kinds of attacks from happens? 323 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:41.559 So, as I was answering the question to Jordan a second ago, 324 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:47.319 I'm not going to get into specific intelligence here, but broadly speaking, broadly, 325 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:52.759 we know that the strikes have indeed impacted on degrading their capabilities, and 326 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:57.240 that's important. We have taken out significant amount of Hooty weapons and our military 327 00:26:57.279 --> 00:27:03.119 is regularly destroying Hooty missile and when they're being loaded and prepared to launch, 328 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.440 but before they can actually be fired at commercial ships. So that's what we've 329 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:10.720 been able to do. So we will continue to act as needed to degrade 330 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:14.119 the hoo these capabilities. And this is a process. This is a process. 331 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:18.559 Here is the US still hold it run responsible for these attacks? It's 332 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.799 it hasn't changed our our stance on that has not changed what happened. If 333 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:26.279 the Houthi city US naval ship. You've seen us, You've seen US respond 334 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:32.839 when you saw three military members were killed not too long ago. You saw 335 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:37.039 our response, So we are the President's is also the commander in chief, 336 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.400 as you know, and he understands that responsibility. And just to find up 337 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.400 one thing on Haiti about the Prime Minister being in Puerto Rico, just through 338 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:51.880 clarifyed he's there on his own volition or is the United States providing aidan cover? 339 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:56.799 So we are not providing any assistance to help the Prime Minister certainly return 340 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.160 to Haiti. We're not going to speak to his travel. That is something 341 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:04.160 for him to speak to you. He's just enjoying the science. That's for 342 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:08.480 him. That's one way to put it. That's for him to speak to 343 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.799 Is the President preparing for hecklers during the State of the Union? Look, 344 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:25.480 you saw the President last year when when some Republican members behaved in a way 345 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:30.599 that was I would say disrespectful, and he handled that and that he did 346 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:33.759 that on his own and he held them to account as it related to important 347 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.759 programs that matter to the American people, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. 348 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:41.680 He called them out on it as they were obviously heckling at him. And 349 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.920 so the President's ready for anything. He's ready for anything as you saw him 350 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:52.079 literally do that last last year, and you know it was it was something 351 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:57.279 to watch. You all reported on that speech preparations as the drive. Look, 352 00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:00.559 the President, I mean, the President knows how to handle this stuff. 353 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:06.880 I mean again, he did it literally last February of twenty twenty three, 354 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:10.720 and nobody was expecting that. Nobody was expecting that, and he took 355 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:15.720 them on and laid out and fought for the American people on programs that matter 356 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.960 to them. And so you know, he got this. The President's got 357 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:23.279 this. Given that House Speaker Mike Johnson has invited and is hosting the parents 358 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:27.839 that Evan Gerskovich, what is the Right House's reaction to that? Given his 359 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:34.640 role installing the National Security Bill, do you think think about his invitation to 360 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:41.519 Grotzkrovitch's parents as it relates to the National Security supplemental and the Speaker refusing to 361 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:44.759 put it on the floor so that it can get overwhelming supports, as we 362 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:49.079 know it's going to get and it will work towards our national security right protect 363 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:53.960 the American people national security. That's how we feel the Speaker should actually put 364 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.960 the bill on the floor. That we know Republicans are going to vote for 365 00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:02.359 it. Obviously Democrats are going to vote for it overwhelming support. If he 366 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:07.000 cares about our national security and put politics aside, he should do that. 367 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:11.240 I asked because the White House has said before that the Speaker by stalling the 368 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:14.319 National Security Bill, he's giving aid to Russia. And now he's invited. 369 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.119 I mean, that's that still stands. I mean, you know, I 370 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:22.319 was just asked by one of your colleagues about the convoy right where President Zelinsky 371 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.319 was and the attack that happened near his convoy. We know what Russia is 372 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:32.160 up to. We've seen what has been happening on the battlefield over the past 373 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:37.359 several weeks because of Congress is in action and so we've been really clear. 374 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.359 When the four of the Big four were here just last week, the CIA 375 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:47.559 director was in the room and he laid out the dire consequences for Ukraine. 376 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:52.160 Look, we have to stand up for just like the brave Ukrainians are standing 377 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:56.160 up for democracy, we have to do the same. It also speaks to 378 00:30:56.240 --> 00:31:00.519 our own national security. So the Speaker needs to put that National Securities Supplemental 379 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:03.839 on the floor and let it get that overwhelming support by personal support. That 380 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:07.960 we know that it's going to get finally, just to button something up on 381 00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:14.759 Haiti. Yesterday, Admiral Kirby said that it was a simplistic explanation that there 382 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:19.759 was money being held up when it comes to this multinational security force, that 383 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:23.200 Republicans were holding up some of this money. He said that there are other 384 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:26.400 reasons for it. But I'll ask the question more bluntly, do you blame 385 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:30.960 Republicans for holding up critical money for Haiti? So let's not forget what we're 386 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:37.759 providing to Haiti is emergency really important emergency needs right when we think about food, 387 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:42.559 healthcare, clean water and other forms of critical assistance through UN and ANGEO 388 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:47.319 partners to help people in need across Haiti. And so what we are seeing 389 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:52.240 and what everyone is actually realizing, is that the deteriorating situation in Haiti has 390 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:59.039 required organizations to adjust their posture and at times prevented aid from reaching people in 391 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:01.839 need. And that is because of what we're seeing obviously on the ground. 392 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:07.720 And so we're gonna humanitarian partners are going to continue to provide the assistance and 393 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:14.759 miss the current security breakdown obviously the best way that they can. But as 394 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.720 we know there's a digger situation on the ground. It has made it very 395 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:22.400 difficult to get that aid. And we have said this before. The US 396 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:30.680 government has been leading in providing aid to the Haitian people. Want to State 397 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:35.279 of the Union tomorrow. How much of it can we expect to be forward 398 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:42.000 looking, potentially presenting a vision for the second term versus going over kind of 399 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.720 the accomplishments of the first. So I don't have a formula to read out 400 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.559 to you right now. What I can say is he's going to take a 401 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:52.480 look back, as I said at the top, look at the achievements and 402 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.440 the successes that we have had the last three years, and also speak to 403 00:32:55.640 --> 00:33:00.400 how we're going to continue to build on those successes and fight for the Chips 404 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:06.960 Act, fight for the in fracture in sorry Inflation Reduction Act, which is 405 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:09.400 as we know, at least as it relates to the Inflation Reduction Act, 406 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:14.880 Republicans have tried to claw back, and these are important pieces of legislation that 407 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:17.240 we need to continue to implement and protect. So you're going to hear him 408 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:21.880 talk about that. I've talked about other things that the President wants to focus 409 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.599 on, lowing costs, fighting for our democracy, fighting for reproductive rights. 410 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:28.680 So he's going to talk about that, talk about the future, talk about 411 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.359 his vision for the American people. He's an optimistic guy, as we know. 412 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:37.359 But I don't have a formulation on percentages or how that's going to be 413 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.599 divvied up. But that's what you can expect to hear from the President and 414 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:45.400 the administration still debating taking executive action on immigration. I mean, we've been 415 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:52.160 clear about this. The bottom line is the best way to have moved forward 416 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:57.279 on dealing with immigration, dealing with the border challenges that we're seeing, was 417 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.400 for Republicans to have gotten out of the way, let the former president tell 418 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:06.319 them what to do, and actually move forward with a bipartisan proposal that came 419 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:09.639 out of the Senate. That would have been the toughest, the fairest way 420 00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:15.480 to have moved forward with dealing with our immigration as it relates as it relates 421 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:19.079 to an executive action that we believe that's the best way to do that. 422 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:23.119 No executive action would have been able to have the impact that bipartisan proposal would 423 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:28.599 have had. We're always going to look at and evaluate everything, but we 424 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:31.079 just have not made a decision on that is there a timeline for when that 425 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:35.719 decision will be made. Don't have a timeline for you. Again, the 426 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:38.800 best way to move forward to deal with this broken immigration system that has been 427 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:42.960 broken for decades. The best way to move forward with the challenges at the 428 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:46.079 border is to get this bipartisan bipartisan proposal move forward again, not it. 429 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:50.800 Thank you, Kerrien. Since you don't have a comment on the Washington Post 430 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.800 story, I hope you have an answer for my question. A group of 431 00:34:54.480 --> 00:35:00.360 House Democrats sent a letter to the President saying basically that and israel invasion of 432 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:06.559 Rapha will be in violation of US law and international loan it comes to weapon 433 00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:12.239 sells to Israel. So do you think that Israel has been abiding by the 434 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:15.119 US law despite the fact that seventy percent of the people who being killed as 435 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:20.039 women and children. So I've heard about the reporting of the letter, so 436 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.880 I don't want to I haven't seen the letters, sort can't speak speak specifically 437 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:28.480 to it. No, let me, but I'll give you an answer that 438 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:34.039 I think we'll address your question. So look, as you all know our 439 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:37.800 support, we have supported Israel as they defend themselves against hamas a terrorist organization. 440 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:43.320 As you know that has been the policy here. We also continue to 441 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:49.360 urge Israel to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties. And even as Hamas 442 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:52.679 has embedded let's not forget they've embedded and I know you know this itself among 443 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:55.920 civilian population. That is something that they have done. As we have said, 444 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:01.559 there have been far too many civilians who have been killed in this conflict. 445 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:06.360 It's far too many. And the President understands that, the Vice President 446 00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:10.920 understands that, this entire administration understands that, and there's not enough humanitarian aid 447 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:15.199 getting in. We need to increase humanitarian aid. And you've heard that again 448 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:19.519 from the President, you've heard that from the Vice President. And so that's 449 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.559 why we're working so hard to get that hostage deal, as we know that 450 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:27.719 would lead to a ceasefire where the fighting would stop. We can get those 451 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:31.239 hostages home to their families. We can get that all needed humanitarian aid to 452 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:37.119 the people of the people in Gaza which need it, obviously need that critical 453 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:42.840 aid. And we're continuing to do what we can. Right the air drops 454 00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:46.239 that were successful, we announced that yesterday. There's more coming from the Department 455 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:52.400 of Defense. The usaid is in the region providing humanitarian aid. We're working 456 00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:59.000 with our regional partners to get more humanitarian aid in and so we have to 457 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:05.079 upcreate that obviously, the humanitarian aid. But this deal is so important. 458 00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:08.159 We have to get this deal so we can we can get more aid in, 459 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:12.360 but not just that. Put a put a post, put a have 460 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:17.159 a ceasefire in place so that we can actually move forward. Here will the 461 00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:22.519 President meet with the Prime Minister of Sweden tomorrow? He's on his way here. 462 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:25.039 Will he be I guess the state of the union and will the President 463 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:29.519 I know you don't want to speak ahead of the speech, but will he 464 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:34.840 talk about Ukraine and the success of the administration bring in Finland and Sweden in 465 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.280 tondo. So going to be really mindful, you know, not going to 466 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:44.079 speak to the president's uh speech here in detail uh and so going to be 467 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:49.000 really mindful. I don't have anything to read out on a meeting there with 468 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:52.760 the President. I believe this. The Secretary of State is having a meeting 469 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:55.880 with the Sweden Prime minister. So obviously you can you can reach out to 470 00:37:55.920 --> 00:38:00.000 them, just don't have anything else to share beyond that. Get Danny. 471 00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:04.920 Thanks Karen on Haiti I'm given the dial situation. There is there any consideration 472 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.840 of sending US forces in any way to stabilize things that now, as you 473 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:16.400 know, there is the Kenyon has agreed to send about two thousand forces there, 474 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:21.400 so that was recently signed and that's going to move forward. But there 475 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:28.079 is no plan to bring US forces into Haiti. Okay. Also in Haiti, 476 00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:31.719 earlier, you said that the administration is not pushing Henry to resign. 477 00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:37.559 Are you denying that? Yesterday the administration asked Henry to stand aside for traditional 478 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:42.400 a transitional government and an interim prime minister. What I can say is we're 479 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:45.639 not pushing the prime minister to resign. We're just not Now have we been 480 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:49.079 working with Krakom, Have we been working with our Haitian partners to put forth 481 00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:55.440 a plan to figure out how do we move forward and restoring restoring democratic order 482 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:59.559 in Haiti through free and fair elections. That is a conversation that we've had. 483 00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:02.599 But you're not pushing the prime minister out to resign. Asked him to 484 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:06.480 stand aside, We are not pushing I think I just answered that question. 485 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:12.679 We are not pushing him to resign. Okay, thank you, Cream New 486 00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:21.360 topic. I wonder what it is. Has President Biden called to congratulate Jason 487 00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:30.400 Palmer. We congratulate Jason Palmer on his whim last night. Okay, now 488 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:34.880 that the field is down to two, is President Biden going to commit to 489 00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:38.519 a debate with Donald Trump? That's something for the campaign to speak to. 490 00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:44.320 We know when the debates are going to be, we know where they're going 491 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:49.159 to be. Is he going to go? You should speak to the campaign 492 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.679 in twenty twenty once he got down to one on one, Joe Biden said, 493 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:58.639 I can hardly wait to debate him. How about now, I'm gonna 494 00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:00.679 sound like a broken record. You should reach out to the campaign. Why 495 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:05.079 is this a campaign thing? Because it's an election. It's a debate for 496 00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:09.400 the twenty twenty four presidential election. I'm not asking what argument he is going 497 00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:15.039 to make at a debate. I'm just at it's not we're not talking about 498 00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:17.880 arguments. You're talking about his attendance. You're able to talk to the campaign 499 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:22.599 about these polls concerning the president's age and his acuity. Do you think that 500 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:27.480 it is going to quiet concerns about the president's age and acuity if he decides 501 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:31.480 not to debate. What I can say about that is not talking about the 502 00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:35.719 debate. That's something for the campaign to speak to. Not going to speak 503 00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:39.320 about that. To your question about age, I think I sort of answer 504 00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:44.400 that. I think you know, you're going to see the State of the 505 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:47.760 Union tomorrow. You're going to hear the president lay out his plans. You're 506 00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:52.960 going to hear the president a president who has had a successful three years of 507 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:58.679 progress. Still a lot more work to be done, but a progress nonetheless, 508 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:04.679 in how he's going to be on that BLUs You did you did you 509 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:24.960 say something, you know, some fun here on Wednesday afternoon, But he 510 00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:29.920 wouldn't have been able to get all seriousness. You know, you saw the 511 00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:32.039 graphics behind me. You saw what the president has been able to do. 512 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:37.199 Fourteen point eight million jobs, unemployment under four percent, continuing to find ways 513 00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:40.320 to lower cost We saw that when he made the announcement on junk fees. 514 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:45.760 He saw what he's been able to do for the American people internationally as well, 515 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:50.400 protecting our national security, being a leader as we're trying to fight a 516 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:54.639 dictator, as Ukraine is fighting a dictator that is mister Putin. And this 517 00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:58.960 is because of the president's leadership. It really is. I mean, thirty 518 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:01.639 six years in the Senate, eight years as Vice president, that counts for 519 00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:07.440 something, that counts for experience, that counts for having these relationships, that 520 00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:09.920 counts for knowing how to get things done. And the president wants to build 521 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:15.199 on that. He does. And not only that, when people were saying 522 00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:17.519 he couldn't get things done in a bipartisan way, he was able to do 523 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:22.880 that. Infrastructure it was a punchline in the last administration. It was a 524 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:27.119 joke. Now we actually have an infrastructure decade. You think about what we 525 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.320 have been able to do for our veterans in the Pacat really help our veterans. 526 00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:35.880 Think about the Chips and Science Act, which is bringing home manufacturings. 527 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:38.480 Eight hundred thousand jobs have been created. This is what the President's been able 528 00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:42.960 to do. And guess what that's because of his experience. And so just 529 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:47.280 for clarity, it's possible that there will be no Joe Biden. Donald Trump 530 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:51.119 debates, is that what you is that? Is that what you're excited about? 531 00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:53.760 Is that what you want to see? Because you keep asking three, 532 00:42:53.920 --> 00:43:00.280 four or five different times in different ways, and I have an upset in 533 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:04.000 a debate. I'm not asking a question about a specific debate. I'm just 534 00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:10.079 asking how you literally saw just last year, back in January twenty twenty three, 535 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:15.159 at the last State of the Union take on Republicans during giving a major 536 00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:21.360 speech. He took them on as they were heckling him. He took him 537 00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:23.760 on and said he was going to fight for programs. Essentially said he was 538 00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:28.679 fighting for programs that the American people needed, Social Security, Medicare, and 539 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:34.039 Medicaid. He stood there and fought for the American people. I mean, 540 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:36.880 that was pretty impressive. Some of you all reported on that. Okay, 541 00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:38.079 I'm going to keep going. Go ahead, phil In it back. Thank 542 00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:44.760 you. Victoria Newlan, the third third highest ranking US diplomat who's had a 543 00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:47.119 hand in the future of Ukraine for some time, announced that she plans to 544 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:52.280 step down. How did the President react to news of that resignation and does 545 00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:57.920 he believe you know that she was successful during her timeure of that So, 546 00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:00.039 I have not spoken to the President about this, so I can't give you 547 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:05.840 an answer directly from the President, and so I'm just going to leave that 548 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:12.800 there. Obviously, it's an important position. We appreciate her service, is 549 00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:15.920 not easy to serve, as you know, and we appreciate her service. 550 00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:17.760 I just don't want to get into any specifics on that. I don't have 551 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:23.599 any shares. Then what's the president's reaction to France codifind abortion rights for our 552 00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:30.239 constitution? So we appreciate countries taking a step forward to protect the right for 553 00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:36.760 a woman, a woman to make very difficult decisions on their healthcare. We 554 00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:39.239 appreciate that, and I think that's a good thing to see. And as 555 00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:44.880 it relates to here in this country, the President's going to talk about reproductive 556 00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:47.960 rights and fighting for that. And what we're seeing across the country more than 557 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:55.159 three hundred bills that were introduced recently on finding ways to prevent women from making 558 00:44:55.199 --> 00:45:00.239 these really important decisions on their bodies. And that should not be that that's 559 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:06.199 because Roe v. Wade was overturned, which is a law, a law 560 00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:09.280 that was constitution for that was part of the constitution for almost fifty years, 561 00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:14.679 almost fifty years, and that was taken away. We see Republicans putting forth 562 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:21.199 three national national bands against abortion. That's you know, that's not that's not 563 00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:24.320 what the president's fighting for. He's fighting for the right for a woman to 564 00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:29.480 make a decision on her on her own body. Does he think that the 565 00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:32.920 French prohibition on abortion after fourteen weeks is reasonable? Look, I'm not going 566 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:37.599 to get into the specifics of that particular bill. What I could say, 567 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:44.000 it's it's it's always important to see other countries actually take steps to protecting protecting 568 00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:46.519 rights, fundamental rights that women should have. But I'm not going to get 569 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:49.960 into the specifics of the bill. Good, Karen's great. Can you get 570 00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:52.760 us some insight into the president's State of Union prep sessions at Camp David? 571 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:55.840 Who is he working with on the speech and what does he do? I 572 00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:59.800 mean, is he writing lines or is he editing what's given to him? 573 00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:04.159 That process like for him? So look, you know, as it released 574 00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:06.960 to Camp David, obviously the camp the President was of Camp David over the 575 00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:09.199 weekend he worked on his speech on the State of the Union speech with his 576 00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:15.519 senior staff, which included Bruce Reid, Anita Dunn, Steve Rochetti, and 577 00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:19.320 Van Van. I ready, uh, this is fairly standard. He was 578 00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:23.440 there last year for the February Stated the Union and I think you know, 579 00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:30.039 even throughout today and tomorrow, he's going to continue to fine tune the speech. 580 00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:32.519 This is something that he is personally involved in. Uh. This is 581 00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:38.039 something that comes straight from having conversations with the American people, as he's had 582 00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:43.239 over the past year leading to this, uh, certainly leading to the process. 583 00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:46.239 And so look, these are these there are massive undertakings, right, 584 00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:53.239 massive undertakers in having having stated the Union that speaks to where we are as 585 00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:58.039 a country and how we're moving forward. And so that's what I'll say any 586 00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:02.440 State of the Union traditions, like is there something he does tomorrow to prepare 587 00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:07.239 for a speech like that? So I don't have anything to share he's going 588 00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:12.280 to be I can say that he's going to be working on the speech throughout 589 00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:15.239 the day, fine tuning the speech. He'll be doing that with his senior 590 00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:19.679 staff, and just you know, it's a major address, it's an important 591 00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:22.639 speech. He's going to be delivering it to millions of Americans who are going 592 00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:28.559 to be tuning in and we appreciate that in front of obviously Congress and guests 593 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:30.920 of Congress, guests of the President, and it's going to be an incredibly 594 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:36.559 important moment, and the President takes that very very seriously. Good Karin, 595 00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:42.480 I agree, Federal judge in Texas rule that the Minority of Business Development Agency 596 00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:47.960 presumption that black and brown communities are disadvantage is unconstitutional and enjoy the agency from 597 00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:53.320 distributing his services based on race. Is the White House concern that this ruling 598 00:47:53.400 --> 00:48:00.480 could undo some of the efforts that you've been you've been making to black business 599 00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:05.079 insistence. So look, I'm going to refer you to the DOJ for specific 600 00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:08.320 questions about this particular ruling. But what I can say that the President is 601 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:15.360 very proud of the bipartisan infrastructure law that made the m MBDA a permanent part 602 00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:19.000 of the federal government. He's very proud of that. It's important. Small 603 00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:22.239 businesses, as you know, are the backbone of our economy, and so 604 00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:29.119 it's vital. It's vital for our entrepreneurs to have the opportunity to start a 605 00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:35.119 business. We've seen a sixteen million applications that was started under this administration over 606 00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:39.079 the past three years, which is important. There was certainly a boost in 607 00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:45.519 what we saw with minority businesses starting their small businesses obviously as filing those applications, 608 00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:50.440 and we think that's really important as it relates to specifics and the way 609 00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:52.559 forward or anything like that as it relates to the ruling, I would have 610 00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:57.559 to refer you to Department of Justices thea there. In twenty twenty, when 611 00:48:57.559 --> 00:49:01.519 the President won in his victory speed, he thanked black voters for their outsize 612 00:49:01.599 --> 00:49:06.639 role in his historic win. He said that he would have their backs. 613 00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:13.199 Obviously, polling and anecdotal reporting shows that significant number of black voters still feel 614 00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:17.159 that the President hasn't completely had their backs or have not felt the impacts of 615 00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:22.519 this administration's policies. How much of this speech does a president see as an 616 00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:27.800 opportunity to lay out what he believes he has done to have the backs of 617 00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:32.239 black Americans. So, look, we understand that it's complicated, right in 618 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:36.760 the sense of what the American people have gone through the last three years. 619 00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:39.800 We came in. There was a pandemic and there was an economy that was 620 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:44.480 in a tailspin. So we get it. We get that Americans, some 621 00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:47.239 Americans are trying to still figure out where we are and what's going on and 622 00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:51.239 what this administration has done. This is why the State of the Union is 623 00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:53.400 going to be so critical, so important, because the president gets to lay 624 00:49:53.400 --> 00:49:57.800 that out. It gives a president opportunity to speak to that, and so 625 00:49:57.880 --> 00:50:01.440 that's important. But to your to the beginning of your question about twenty twenty 626 00:50:01.559 --> 00:50:06.679 and the promise that the president has made, he did make a promise and 627 00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:09.039 he has done everything that he can to keep that promise. You think about 628 00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:13.960 voting rights, the first couple of days of this administration, he put forward 629 00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:17.320 in an executive action to do everything that he could on the federal level to 630 00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:22.599 deal with to deal with that issue. So he did that. He took 631 00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:28.719 executive action when Congress could not move on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. 632 00:50:28.800 --> 00:50:31.000 You know that you covered that. He took actions from where he could 633 00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:36.840 from here from the federal government. And so look, there are other ways 634 00:50:36.880 --> 00:50:42.679 that he has taken action, obviously to make sure that communities that have felt 635 00:50:42.719 --> 00:50:46.119 that they've been left behind or not left behind. And you see that in 636 00:50:46.280 --> 00:50:51.559 every for example, every economic policy that he's moved forward with, whether it's 637 00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:55.719 the bipartison infrastructural legislation, whether it's the Inflation Reduction Act that really deals with 638 00:50:55.880 --> 00:51:02.440 making sure that medicare has the ability to fight big pharma right so that many 639 00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:07.000 people in the community who have been paying hundreds of dollars for insulin, for 640 00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:09.679 example. Now seniors are capped by thirty five bucks. These things matter, 641 00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:15.360 These things add up, These things are important, and so he takes that 642 00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:20.320 very seriously. When he walked into the administration, unemployment for the black community, 643 00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:22.440 for example, was over nine percent. Now it's at five percent. 644 00:51:22.679 --> 00:51:27.519 That's because of the work that this administration has taken. Think about the American 645 00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:35.239 Rescue Plan. The Child Tax Credit really cut child poverty in the community by 646 00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:38.559 half. That's because obviously the work that this president has done. That piece 647 00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:43.639 of legislation. Only Democrats voted for it. So the President's taken action. 648 00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:47.440 We understand that it's complicated. It's going to take some time for everyone to 649 00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:51.760 see what this president has been able to do. The state of the Union 650 00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:55.320 is a perfect opportunity, perfect opportunity to lay that out. Okay, Janie 651 00:51:57.159 --> 00:52:02.760 good, thank you. Dady mattia vcation about the UH China and the President 652 00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:10.480 BI don't signed an order of action which to prohibit enemies from scaling American portioner 653 00:52:12.239 --> 00:52:20.719 or governmental information and that there is a list of six countries including China and 654 00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:25.360 the North Korea by kitchen is UH. How is it the investigation into the 655 00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:35.719 Confucius Institute, which is acting as China's intelligence agency processing in the United States. 656 00:52:36.239 --> 00:52:42.159 Gotta so say that one so the President signed, say that one more 657 00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:47.679 time. Regent signed the Order of Action for the enemy still the enemies US 658 00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:54.920 informations, but that there is a h list of six countries including China and 659 00:52:55.159 --> 00:53:00.679 m Lords, Korea or whatever, Iran and the six countries. Yeah, 660 00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:07.840 so how is the investigation into the compitious instead of Lutish which is acting as 661 00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:14.000 china It's intelligence agency processing in the United States and all of the world, 662 00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:17.039 and the Korea also too. Yeah, that's something as it released to any 663 00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:21.360 investigation, that's something that Department of Justice could go into. I'm not going 664 00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:24.880 to go into it from here, all right ahead, God Andrew, thank 665 00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:29.719 you. When the President speaks tomorrow and I you said he's going to talk 666 00:53:29.719 --> 00:53:35.679 about his efforts to bolster democracy, is he going to have a message for 667 00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:43.199 viewer people viewing this in other countries in US allies? Because I'm looking at 668 00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:50.280 some pulling data from the UK says that forty eight percent of British adults see 669 00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:55.920 the West response to Putin and Russia getting worse if the president loses reelection over 670 00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:00.519 half fifty two percent say that if the president knew this reelection the West approach 671 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:07.719 to climate change, wood Worsen, is he going to try and reassure people 672 00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:14.920 around the world that democracy is strong and project strength that he can win the 673 00:54:14.960 --> 00:54:17.639 election? So going to be careful because you're asking me this question as it 674 00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:22.679 relates to the election and upcoming election is going to be super No. Every 675 00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:27.559 time I say that, really gets a little upset that I say that. 676 00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:30.679 But I'm going to try and answer your question. But I just have to 677 00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:34.039 be super mindful here. I mean, that's this is how it works here. 678 00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:37.599 I'm a federal employee. There's something called the Hatch Act. Gotta be 679 00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:45.960 mindful and so look, I talked about how the present's going to mention the 680 00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:52.039 National Security supplemental and how important it is as certainly because we've seen what's going 681 00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:54.599 on in Ukraine, right And one of the things that we know and we 682 00:54:54.639 --> 00:54:59.920 believe, and this is something that I had mentioned that the CIA directors shared 683 00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:06.039 with the Big Four, is that we see that Ukraine is losing ground in 684 00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:09.440 the battlefield right now, and we believe it's because of Congress's in action, 685 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:14.280 right, And so it does matter. It does matter if we take action 686 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:19.239 or not. It does matter that if we get this National Security supplemental done 687 00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:22.519 or not, it does other countries look at what we're doing. The President 688 00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:28.119 has led the way in bringing NATO together, led the way and bringing other 689 00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:34.800 countries fifty countries plus together on making sure that the brave people of Ukraine have 690 00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:38.440 what they need, the security assistance that they need to fight against Russia's aggression. 691 00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:42.760 So, yeah, it does matter, it does matter how we move 692 00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:46.880 forward. I'm not going to get specifics into the president's president's speech. I 693 00:55:46.920 --> 00:55:50.320 think that's important. I got to let the President speak to that. You 694 00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:53.000 heard me at the top talk about the importance of democracy, talking about unifying 695 00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:59.000 the American people. The President thinks that's really important. Protecting our fundamental freedoms 696 00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:05.719 and democracy itself is incredibly important. So look, and let's not forget here 697 00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:08.679 what many Americans have been going through, right, the attacks that they have 698 00:56:08.760 --> 00:56:13.280 seen, the threats that they have seen. So there is an important, 699 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:16.199 important message that the President wants to send to the American people about that as 700 00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:22.159 well. And so, but to your broader point of your question, does 701 00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:27.159 our actions and how we for example, deal with Ukraine and make sure they 702 00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:31.440 have the assistance that they have the inaction of Congress. Does that matter, 703 00:56:31.559 --> 00:56:37.760 Yes, it matters. I mean Putin continues to move forward, right and 704 00:56:37.800 --> 00:56:43.480 we have seen what the battlefield has looked like for Ukraine. They have lost 705 00:56:43.679 --> 00:56:47.079 ground because Congress had an action. So it does matter, It does matter. 706 00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:50.400 I'm not going to get into specifics as to what the President's going to 707 00:56:50.440 --> 00:56:54.280 say. We're on Haiti. The Haitian Prime Minister is Puerto Rico. Obviously, 708 00:56:54.360 --> 00:57:00.079 yesterday the Vice President's office said that she will be in Puerto Rico later 709 00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:06.239 this month. Any chance that she could be asked to meet with the Prime 710 00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:13.159 minister and perhaps pass a message, Look, you would have to certainly speak 711 00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:19.000 to her office about her travel and where she's going to be. We've been 712 00:57:19.079 --> 00:57:22.239 very clear. We've been very clear dealing with our what our message has been 713 00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:28.320 essentially right, dealing with for some time now with Caracom our Haitian partners. 714 00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:32.519 How we see that forward, and that is restoring democratic order in Haiti through 715 00:57:32.559 --> 00:57:37.440 free and fair elections. That's been our message. Inclusive governance and power sharing. 716 00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:42.280 That's what we want to see and we want to give the people in 717 00:57:42.360 --> 00:57:45.599 Haiti. We want to make sure that they have an opportunity to democratically elect 718 00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:50.400 their prime minister. That's what we want to see and I will leave it 719 00:57:50.440 --> 00:58:01.719 there. Thanks everybody, thank you for listening today. I want to stress 720 00:58:02.119 --> 00:58:07.920 this idea that we need to have governments cooperating and not trying to compete against 721 00:58:07.960 --> 00:58:20.119 each other and trying to force only one way of life. We need our 722 00:58:20.199 --> 00:58:24.480 government leaders to be open to all ways of life and to be and to 723 00:58:24.559 --> 00:58:30.639 have an attitude there where they are listening to each other and trying to find 724 00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:42.360 the best ways to solve our global problems from hunger to war and even climate 725 00:58:42.440 --> 00:58:52.920 change, in ensuring that all countries have access to great medical care and are 726 00:58:53.000 --> 00:59:00.719 able to help their people. So thank you for listening again and to find 727 00:59:00.719 --> 00:59:37.920 that subscribe buton wherever it is. 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