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>>> HELLO EVERYONE.
OKAY.
WE HAVE A COLE ITEMS AT THE
TOP.
AS YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT IS
HEADED TO THE WEST COAST
TOMORROW.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
PREVIEW OF THE FIRST TRIP TO
OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
HE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORIC
GROWTH AND 8 MILLION JOBS
CREATED AS A RESULT OF HIS AND
DEMOCRAT ACTION INCLUDING E AME
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
HE WILL VISIT THE PORTLAND
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOMORROW,
TO HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL
INVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE
STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE AN
EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT RUNWAY AT
THE AIRPORT.
AND LOWERING COSTS ON EVYDAY
ITEMS BY ENSURING GOODS CAN
MOVE FASTER AND MORE
EFFICIENTLY.
GOVERNOR KATE BROWN AND THE
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN WILL
JOIN THE PRESIDENT AT THE
AIRPORT.
ON FRIDAY, HE WILL MARK EARTH
DAY IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, BY
DIGGING TO THE NEEDS OF
BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE CASE
OF WILDFIRE AND DEPLOYING CLEAN
ENERGY.
YOU WILL BE JOINED AT THE EVENT
BY GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE.
HE WILL DISCUSS HOW HE IS
FIGHTING TO BRING DOWN
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS LIKE
INSULIN.
HE WILL BE JOINED BY THE
GOVERNOR AND CONGRESSMEN AND
SENATORS.
HE WILL CALL ON CONGRESS TO
PASS THE PLAN TO LOWER ENERGY
AND PRESCRIPTION COST.
HE WILL HIGHLIGHT ACTIONS HE
HAS TAKEN TO LOWER ENERGY AND
HEALTHCARE COSTS, GIVING
FAMILIES MORE BREATHING ROOM.
THESE ACTIONS FROM THE LAST FEW
WEEKS INCLUDHISTORIC
RELEASE FROM THE STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE, EXTENDING
THE USE OF THE 15 GASOLINE.
TAKING 100 ACTIONS TO SAVE
FAMILIES MORE THAN $100
ANNUALLY ON UTILITY BILLS AND
NALING STANDARDS FOR CARS
AND TRUCKS TO ALLOW DRIVERS TO
TRAVEL FURTHER ON EVERY GALLON
OF FUEL.
WE ARE FIXING THE FAMILY GLITCH
IN THE ACA AND REDUCING THE
BURDEN OF MEDICAL DEBT.
FREEZING STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS
AND HELPING 3.6 MILLION STUDENT
LOANORRORS MOVING CLOSER TO
DEBT FORGIVENESS.
YOU KNOW ON THAT FRONT,
YESTERDAY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AS
PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S
COMMITMENT TO SUB OR STUDENT
LOAN BORROWERS AND GETTING THEM
THE RELIEF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION ANNOUNCED CHANGES
THAT WILL MOVE MORE THAN 3.6
MILLION BORROWERS CLOSER TO
STUDENT DEBT FORGIVENESS AND
MAKING 40,000 BORROWERS
ELIGIBLE FOR THE IMMEDIATE
DISCHARGE OF THEIR LOANS UNDER
THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN
FORGIVENESS PROGRAM AND PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THOUSANDS
OF OUR WORKS.
WE ARE DOING THIS BY FIXING
LONG-STANDING FAILURES IN THE
INCOME DRIVEN REPAYMENT
PROGRAM, OR IDR.
THE INCOME DRIVEN REPAYMENT IS
ONE OF THE BEST OPTIONS FOR
BORROWERS TOWARD TACKLING
STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
FOR TOO LONG, THE SYSTEM FOR
TRACKING PAYMENTS HAS BEEN
BROKEN.
THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT FLAWS
ADJUSTING BORROWERS THAT WERE
ENTIED TO FORGIVENESS WERE
MISSING OUT ON THE PROGRESS
TOWARD DEBT FORGIVENESS.
THESE STEPS INCLUDE MAKING SURE
THAT ANY MONTH IN WHICH
BORROWERS MADE PAYMENTS WILL
COUNT TOWARD IDR FORGIVENESS
REGARDLESS OF THE REPAYMENT
PLAN AND ANY BORROWER WHO HAS
MADE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
PAYMENTS FOR IDR FORGIVENESS
BASED ON THE REVISION WILL
RECEIVE LOAN CANCELLATION
AUTOMATICALLY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE KNOW IN THE
PAST, LOAN SERVICE PLACE
BORROWERS THAT WERE STRUGGLING
TO MANAGE REPAENT INTO
FORBEARANCE IS WITHOUT GIVING
THEM ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES.
THAT MEANT, WHILE THE PAYMENTS
WERE DUE, THE INTERESTS
CONTINUE TO ACCRUE AND
BORROWERS DID NOT GET CREDIT
TOWARD FORGIVENESS.
THIS IS NOT THE BEST OPTION FOR
BORROWERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN
THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DEFERMENT OR
A ZERO PAYMENT IDR PLAN.
MAKE SURE THAT THE EXISTING
BORROWERS ARE NOT PERMANENTLY
HARD HARMED BY THE FAILURES,
THEY WILL APPLY CREDIT FOR
BORROWERS THAT ENDED UP IN THE
LONG-TERM FORBEARANCE.
THESE ARE FORBEARANCES OF 12 OR
MORE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OR 36
OR MORE TOTAL MONT.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS ON
THAT FRONT.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO NOTE,
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS, BUT
THIS MORNING, THE DEPARTMENT OF
TREASURY SANCTIONED THE TRANS-
CAPITAL BANK, A KEY RUSSIAN
COMMERCIAL BANK OFFERING
SERVICES TO BANKS GLOBALLY, TO
EVADE INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS
AND MORE THAN 40 INDIVIDUALS
AND ENTITIES THAT ARE PART OF
THE RUSSIAN SANCTIONS EVASION
NETWORK LED BY A RUSSIAN
OLIGARCH.
WE HAVE SANCTIONS ON THE
VIRTUAL PRINTING MINING
INDUSTRY THAT OPERATES SERVER
FARMS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IMPOSED
VISA RESTRICTIONS HAPPEN ON
MORE THAN 600 INDIVIDUALS IN
RISK WANTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES BY RUSSIA AND BELARUS.
THIS IS PART OF THE STEPPED-UP
EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON THOSE
ATTEMPTING TO EVADE OUR
PRECEDENTED SANCTIONS.
WITH THAT, WILL YOU KICK US
OFF?
>> A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON
MASKING, THE PRESIDENT SAID
YESTERDAY THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER
NOT WEAR A MASK ON AIRPLANES.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER HIS
COMMENTS WAS INTENDED [
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] TO
TAKE AWAY THE MINISTRATION FROM
MANDATES OR PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY?
>> THE PRESIDENT ANSWERED THE
QUESTION LITERALLY.
THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW, AS WE
KNOW, WE ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING
THE MASK MANDATE DUE TO THE
COURT ORDER, WHICH WE DISAGREE
WITH.
HE IS STILL ABIDING BY CDC
GUIDANCE.
WE DO RECOMMEND THAT AMERICANS
DO THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY RECOMMEND PEOPLE WORE
MASKS ON AIRPLANES.
ON AIR FORCE ONE, WE ALL WEAR
MASKS ON THE PLANE WE TRAVELED
TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PEOPLE ARE NOT LEGALLY BOUND TO
WEAR MASKS.
IT IS POINT IN TIME WHERE IT
IS UP TO PEOPLE.
IT IS THEIR CHOICE IN THAT
REGARD.
>> ONE OTHER QUESTION ON A
DIFFERENT TOPIC, ARE YOU ABLE
TO CONFIRM REPORTS THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS REPLACING THE
ACTING ATF DIRECTOR WITH
ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT WILL BE
THE ACTING ATF DIRECTOR UNTIL
THE NOMINEE IS CONFIRMED BY THE
SENATE?
>> YES, I KNOW THERE ARE
REPORTS ABOUT THIS OUT THERE.
I WILL SAY, THE PRESIDENT IS
MAKING THAT DESIGNATION UNDER
THE VACANCIES REFORM ACT.
IT SAYS THAT ANY PRESIDENT, AND
ONLY THE PRESIDENT MAY DIRECT A
PERSON THAT SERVES IN AN OFFICE
FOR WHICH THE APPOINTMENT IS
REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY THE
PRESIDENT, BY AND WITH THE
CONSENT OF THE SENATE TO
PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS AND
DUTIES OF THE VACANT OFFICE
MPORILY.
WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR AND
PUSHING FOR IS EMINENTLY
QUALIFIED NOMINEE TO BE
CONFIRMED AND HAVE AN ATM --
ATF CONFIRMED DIRECTOR FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
>> ON THE LONG-RANGE MISSILE
TEST, HE SAID THIS IS MEANT TO
PROVIDE FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR
THOSE THAT ARE THREAT TO
RUSSIA.
CAN YOU TALK IS HOW WE ARE
INTERPRETING THIS AND HOW YOU
VIEW THIS AS A WARNING OR
THREAT IN ANY WAY?
>> WE WERE NOTIFIED UNDER THE
START TREATY.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THEY
PROVIDED ADVANCED NOTICE OF THE
LAUNCH.
THEY SAID THEY HAD A PLANNED
TEST.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DID
WE NOT DOING THIS AS A THREAT
TO THE UNITED STATES OR ALLIES.
THE TIME AND SCOPE DO NOT
INFLUENCE OUR APOACHTO
COUNTERING THE FURTHER INVASION
OF UKRAINE.
IT WAS NOTICED THROUGH THE
PROPER PROCESS.
>> ON THE EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ANOTHER ROUND OF ASSISTANCE
TO UKRAINE.
CAN YOU WALK US WHEN HE'S
CIVICS ON WHEN THAT IS
HAPPENING?
BIG PICTURE ON THIS, THE U.S.
HAS GIVEMORE THAN $2.5
BILLION SINCE THE WAR STARTED.
HOW LONG CAN THE U.S. EXPECT TO
CONTINUE TO BANKROLL SO MUCH OF
THE WAR WAX
>> THERE ARE COUPLE QUESTIONS
THERE.
LET ME DO MY BEST TO ANSWER
THEM.
FIRST, WE ARE WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK TO PROVIDE SECURITY
ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
THAT ASSISTANCE HAS AND FLOWING
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I THINK
I GAVE AN UPDATE THE OTHER DAY.
FIVE FLIGHTS WITH MILIRY
ASSISTANCE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE
REGION OF THE LAST FEW DAYS.
MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN FLIGHTS
FROM THE UNITED STATES WILL
LAND IN THE REGION SHORTLY,
WITH ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT.
AS WE LOOK AT PROVIDING THIS
ASSISTANCE, I WILL GO BACK TO
THE FIRST PART OF YOUR
QUESTION, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO,
WE MADE THE STRATEGIC DESION
GIVEN WE HAVE SEEN RUSSIA
REPOSITION THEIR TROOPS AND
THEIR MILITARY TO THE EASTERN
PART OF UKRAINE, TO FIGHT A
DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR, ON THE
GROUND.
IT WILL BE MORE SHOOTING BACK
AND FORTH THROUGH LONG-RANGE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
UKRAINIANS AND UKRAINIAN
MILITARY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT
KIND OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE
THEY NEED FOR THIS STAGE IN THE
WAR.
THAT HAS INCLUDED AN INCREASE,
AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN ARTILLERY
AND AMMUNITION, AND WEAPONS
LIKE HOWITZERS AND OTHERS THAT
CAN DO THESE SORT OF THINGS
WITH LONG-RANGE FIGHTING THAT
WE ARE SEEING, OR WE ANTICIPATE
WILL HAPPEN IN THIS STAGE OF
THE WAR.
WE HAVE BEEN EXPEDITING THE
ASSISTANCE TO THE GROUND OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, TO
ENSURE THEY ARE PREPARED AS HIS
POION THE WAR IS STARTING.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
USING ALL OF IT IN SEVEN DAYS,
BUT BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO
HAVE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS THEY
PREPARE TO FIGHT THE WAR ON THE
GROUND.
IN TERMS OF ASSISTANCE, AND
WHAT WE ARE PREPARING WITH THE
REPORTS I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE,
I WILL SAY, I EXPECT WE WILL
HAVE MORE INFORMATION SOON.
I'VE NOTHING TO PREVIEW AT THIS
POINT IN TIME.
I WOULD NOTE, OUT OF THE $3.5
BILLION AND DRAW TOWN AUTHORITY
THAT CONGRESS ALLOCATED, WE
HAVE USED $2.4 BILLION SUPPORT
TO PROVIDE UKRAINE WHAT THEY
NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
THERE IS MORE THAT APPROVED,
DRAWDOWN ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE.
WE ARE WORKING TO EXPEDITE, IN
SHORT, IT IS MEETING THE NEEDS
THEY HAVE AT THIS LATE IN THE
WAR.
>> A COUPLE QUICK ONES ON
MASKS.
THE DOJ SAID YESTERDAY THAT
THEY WOULD DECIDE ON WHETHER
NOT TO APPEAL THE RULING, BASED
ON WHAT THE CDC SAYS THEY NEED
OR DON'T NEED.
IS THE WHITE HOUSE, OR THE
CABINET INVOLVED IN ANY WAY IN
THAT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS?
>> WE ARE ENTIRELY ABLE TO BE
PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DEFERRING TO
THE CDC ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS
NEEDED AT THIS MOMENT.
THEY OBVIOUSLY PUT IN PLACE A
TWO WEEK EXTENSION, BECAUSE
THEY FELT THEY NEEDED THAT TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA, GIVEN
THAT WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN
CASES.
WE DO ANTICIPATE TO HEAR MORE
FROM THEM SOON ON THE ASK TO
HAVE THE TIME, WHICH WE THING
IS WARRANTED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
INDICATED THAT THEY ULD
APPEAL, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY
THINK IT IS REASONABLE TO HAVE
THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO LOOK AT
IT, BUT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT
THE CURRENT AND FUTURE HEALTH
CRISES, WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE
AUTHORITY FOR THE CDC TO HAVE
IN THE FUTURE.
>> WN HESAID A MOMENT AGO,
IT IS A PERSONAL CHOICE ON
WHETHER PEOPLE DECIDE TO PUT A
MASK ON OR NOT ON PLANES.
DOES THE MESSAGING STILL
REFLECT A SHIFT FOR YOU ALL,
AND TO SOME DEGREE A
CAPITULATION TO THE MOOD OF THE
PUBLIC ABOUT WANTING TO BE OVER
THE PANDEMIC?
OR THOSE THAT HAVE POLITICIZED
THE WEARING A MASK'S IN THE
FIRST PLACE?
WE RECOMMEND EVERYONE WEAR
MASKS ON PLANES.
WITH THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING
TO IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING THE MASK
MANDATE, IT IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT.
PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE, EVEN AS WE
RECOMMEND APPEARED TO BE CLEAR,
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT
EVERYONE WEAR A MASK COMPLAINS.
THAT IS WHAT THE CDC RECOMMENDS
AND THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDANCE WE ARE FOLLOWING.
I KNOW THIS IS OFTEN SAID,
BECAUSE IT WAS THE VIDEO OF
PEOPLE ON PLANES, ONE PLANE
TAKING OFF THEIR MASKS, PUBLIC
POLLING DOES NOT SHOW THAT
THERE IS A UNIVERSAL VIEW OF
PEOPLE GETTING RID OF MASS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THE PUBLIC
POLLING SHOWS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US.
WE ARE MAKING OUR DECISIONS
BASED ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND
DATA, WHAT THE CDC IS
RECOMMENDING.
THAT IS NOT THE UNIVERSAL VIEW
OF THE PUBLIC.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> UKRAINIAN COMMANDER AND
MARIUPOL, HE SAYS HIS FORCES
AND CIVILIANS MAY ONLY HAVE
HOURS TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE.
HE HAS MADE THIS DIRECTLY TO
THE PRESIDENT FOR THE U.S. TO
SOMEHOW BE INVOLVED IN
EXTRACTING PEOPLE FROM THE
AREA.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS A WEST
OF THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF?
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH, CAN
THE U.S. BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED
AT THIS WEHT IN MAKING THAT
HAPPEN OR MAKING THAT HAPPEN?
>> WE HAVE SEEN THE CRIES FOR
HELP AND THE ASKS FOR HELP.
WE ARE URGING THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT TO DO THE RIGHT
THING ANGUANTEES A PASSAGE
FOR ANY CIVILIANS, OR OTHERS
THAT WISH TO LEAVE THIS EDDIE.
WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ALLOW
DELIVERIES OF HUMANITARIAN AID
LIKE IN MEDICINE AND SAFE
PASSAGE FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP
THOSE IN NEED.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES FROM HERE.
>> WITH THE PRESIDENT, WHETHER
HE WOULD VISIT UKRAINE, YOU
HAVE SET A COUPLE TIMES,
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO PLANS TO
DO THAT.
YESTERDAY, WHEN HE WAS ASKED,
WHEN HE ASKED IF HE WAS GOING,
HE SAID HE WASN'T SURE.
AS A TRIP TOTALLY OFF THE TABLE
FOR HIM?
>> NOTHING CHANGED IN OUR
ASSESSMENT.
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IF
ANYONE WERE TO VISIT UKRAINE
FROM THE UNITED STATES, IT'S
NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD ANNOUNCE
OR CONFIRM IN ADVANCE OR GIVE
DETAILS ON WHO, IF, WHEN, FOR
SECURITY REASONS.
ANYONE WHO HAS TRAVELED TO A
WAR ZONE WITH THE PRESIDENT
WERE A VICE PRESIDENT, WE ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THAT POLICY.
>> WAS HE TRYING TO INDICATE?
>> NOTHING CHANGED ON OUR
PLANS.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY HORRIFIC
IMAGES COMING OUT OF UKRAINE.
THEY ARE READILY AVAILABLE WITH
PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS OF
CIVILIANS.
AS WE ENTER THE THIRD MONTH OF
THIS CONFLICT, CAN YOU WALK US
THROUGH AND GIVE US A SENSE OF
HOW THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
PROCESSING THESE IMAGES?
WHO DOES HE TALK TO?
WHAT DOES HE LEAN ON AS HE
PROCESSES IMAGES COMING FROM
WHAT HE HIMSELF IS CALLED A
GENOCIDE?
>> I WILL SAY, THE PRESIDENT IS
PROCESSING THESE IMAGES AS MANY
AMERICANS ARE, WITH HORROR AND
SADNESS, AND WITH FEAR FOR THE
PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND THE
FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN, FOR
THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS AT RISK.
OBVIOUSLY, THE CONFLICT IS
CONSUMING A GREAT DEAL OF HIS
TIME, AS MUCH AS HE IS WORKING
ON A RANGE OF OTHER PRIORITIES
HERE.
HE IS CONSUMING THEM, AS MANY
PEOPLE ARE, AS AMERICANS OUT
THERE WATCHING OFF OF THE
NETWORKS, IT IS EMOTIONAL.
WE ARE WATCHING THE IMAGES, IT
IS VERY RAW FOR PEOPLE,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT.
YOU ARE SEEING PEOPLE SUFFERING
AT THE HANDS OF A DICTATOR THAT
IS BRUTALLY TARGETING
CIVILIANS.
>> E FACT THAT THE U.S. IS
COMMITTING HEAVIER WEAPON
SYSTEMS INDICATING THERE IS
LESS RISK OF RETALIATION FROM
RUSSIA?
>> THE TYPES OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS
WE ARE PROVIDING OUR REFLECTION
OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING
WITH UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP AND
MILITARY ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED
IN THIS STAGE OF THE WAR.
BECAUSE THE STATE OF THE WORD
IS DIFFERENT, IT WILL BE MORE
ON THE GROUND, AND MORE BACK-
AND-FORTH, LONG-RANGE FIGHTING,
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
WEAPONS THEY NEED.
THEY NEED MORE ARTILLERY AND
AMMUNITION.
IT IS A DIFFERENT WAR THAN IT
WAS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE
COUNTRY.
>> YOU SAID EARLIER, THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO
MOTOR,WHATER SENT OVER IS
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE WAR.
HOW IS THAT MONITORING
HAPPENING?
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
RUSSIANS ABOUT HOW WAS THE
MONEY SPENT?
HOW WAS THE EQUIP ME USE IN
WHOSE HANDS ARE IT IN?
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND
YEARS, WAS THIS WORTH THE COST?
HOW IS THAT BEING DONE NOW ASK
>> LOOK, IF YOU ASK MOST
AMERICANS, IF YOU ASK MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO DO
NOW IS TO EQUIP AND PROVIDE THE
TYPE OF SUPPT AND ASSISTANCE,
INCLUDING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
HELP THEM CONTINUE TO FIGHT.
THEY CAN WIN IN SOME CASES LIKE
THEY DID IN THE BATTLE OF KYIV.
THAT IS THE FOCUS.
WE COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH
TO DISTRIBUTE AMONGST THE
MILITARY.
>> THERE WAS SUPPORT IN THE
GETTING OF THE IRAQ WAR AND
AFGHANISTAN, AND THEN THERE WAS
YEARS TRYING TO RE-SPEND AND
RETRACE THE SPENDING.
THERE IS NO MECHANISM IN PLACE
TO DO THAT?
>> I WOULD POINT YOU TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS
DIFFERENT BEING THAT WE DON'T
U.S. SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND.
OBVIOUSLY EQUIPMENT, REDUCING
WASTE AND ABUSE IS IMPORTANT.
ESTIMATE GIVEN THAT RUSSIA HAS
LAUNCHED THE INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE, IT WILL WE
DO OURS?
>> WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE
LATEST CHEMICAL WEAPON ATTACK?
>> THERE IS NO NEW ASSESSMENT
FROM HERE.
STUPID WE KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER
THAT WILL TAKE?
>>HAT TALKED ABOUT THE
TIME, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND
THE STATE SAID WE DON'T HAVE A
TEAM ON THE GROUND.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK TO DO.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES OR CONFIRMATION.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
MARIJUANA POCY.
ESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS THE
CANDIDATE, PROMISED TO
DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA.
WHEN WILL THAT HAPPEN?
>> THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO
BELIEVE THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE
IN JAIL BECAUSE OF DRUG USE.
I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE HERE.
AREWORKING WITH CONGRESS.
WHAT I WILL SAY ON MARIJUANA IS
WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON
THE PROMISES.
THE DA ISSUED ITS FIRST
LICENSES TO COMPANIES TO
CULTIVATE MARIJUANA FOR
RESEARCH PURPOSES AFTER YEARS
OF DELAY DURING THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION.
IT IS A KEY STEP IN PROMOTING
RESEARCH.
ROBS THE AMOUNT AND
QUALITY OF CANNABIS AVAILABLE
FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING THE CLEMENCY POWERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING HE TALKED
ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN AND
REMAINS COMMITTED TO TAKING
ACTION ON.
TO MAKE YOUR MATES COMMITTED TO
WHAT HE SAID DURING THE
CAMPAIGN THAT PEOPLE CHARGED
WITH MARIJUANA RELATED
OFFENSES, NUMBER ONE, EVERYBODY
GETS OUT, RECORD EXPUNGED?
HE IS REVIEWING THE CLEMENCY
POWERS.
THAT IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES OR
PREVIEWS ON THAT.
>> A QUESTION ABOUT
IMMIGRATION, DOES THE ESENT
HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF
MIGRATION?
MAKE ABSOLUTELY DOES.
HE IS GRATEFUL FOR HER WORK AND
DOING EXACTLY THAT.>> WHY?
WHY DOES HE HAVE CONFIDENCE?
WOULD YOU LIKE AN UPDATE ON A
COUPLE THINGS WE'VE DONE?
WHAT GIVES THE PRESENT
CONFIDENCE WHEN HE SEES THAT
MARCH 2022 HAS 28% MORE MIGRANT
COUNTERS AT THE ORDER THAN IN
MARCH 2021 WHEN SHE GOT THE
ASSIGNMENT TO MAKE YESTERDAY
ABOUT ROOT CAUSES, LET'S
ADDRESS THAT FIRST AND WHAT THE
VICE PRESIDENT AND OTHER
MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING HAVE
BEEN DOING.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITHTHE
SORTS SOURCE AND TRANSIT
COUNTRIES TO FACILITATE THE
QUICK RETURN OF INDIVIDUALS
THAT PREVIOUSLY RESIDED IN
THOSE COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS TO
STEM MIGRATION IN ITS STATE.
SOME OF THAT IS GETTING
AGREEMENTS WITH PARTNER
COUNTRIES ON MIGRATION MATTERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN DEEPLY
ENGAGED WITH.
I WOULD NOTE THE SECRETARY HAS
WORKED WITH HER ON THIS,
TRAVELING TO COSTA RICA, WHERE
HE JOINED THE PRESIDENT OF
COSTA RICA, IN ANNOUNCING A
BILATERAL IMMIGRATION AGREEMENT
TO MANAGE MIGRANT FLOWS AND
PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE
REGION.
WE ARE MAINTAINING A CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO AND THE
UNITED STATES FOR REGULAR
MIGRATION.
ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES IS
WORKING WITH COUNTRIES IN THE
REGION TO TAKES NAPS AND HAVE
PARTNERSHIPS TO HAVE PEOPLE
SENTBACK TO THE REGION, AS
NEEDED.
THE LAST ONE, IS THE PRESIDENT,
ARE YOU HAVING DISCUSSION WITH
ADVISORS ABOUT DELAYING THE
REMOVAL OF TITLE 42?
>> AGAIN, I REMIND EVERYONE,
TITLE 42 IS NOT IN IMMIGRATION
AUTHORITY.
I WILL GET YOUR QUESTION, I
PROMISE.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITY.
CONGRESS GAVE THE CDC AUTHORITY
ON WHAT IT SHOULD BE LIFTED.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PLANNING AND
PREPARING FOR THE END OF TITLE
42 ON MAY . I WOULD SAY, THERE
THE PRESIDENT AGREES THAT
IMMIGRATION IN OUR COUNTRY IS
ROGAN.
IT IS A SYSTEM THAT IS BROKEN.
THERE IS A RANGE OF IDEAS OUT
THERE IN CONGRESS, DEMOCRATS,
REPUICAN ANDOTHERS, SOME
WHO SUPPORT A DELAY OF TITLE 42
OF LIMITATION, AND SOME WHO
STRONGLY OPPOSE IT.
WE HAVE A RANGE OF OTHER IDEAS
TO REFORM IMMIGRATION.
THIS WOULD WIRE CONGRESSIONAL
ACTION.
>> ON TITLE 42, EXCUSE ME, IT
IS ALLERGIES.
>> WE UNDERSTAND.
WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS PROJECTING A
BIG BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR [
INDISCERNIBLE ] SHOULD TITLE 42
BE LIFTED.
IS THERE A PLAN FOR HOTO GET
ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WILL BE
NEEDED TO HANDLE IMMIGRANTS
COMING INTO THE COUNTRY OF
TITLE 42 IS LIFTED?
WILL YOU NEED FUNDING FROM
CONGRESS, CAN YOU DIVERT
FUNDING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE?
>> WHAT DHS SAID LAST MONTH AS
THEY EXPECT THE CURRENT FUNDING
LEVELS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIE
MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
HAVE A NUMBER OF OPERATIONS
AVAILABLE FOR THE CONFERENCE OF
STRATEGY INCLUDING PRIORITIZING
AND REALLOCATING EXISTING
FUNDING.
THEY CAN REQUEST ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES,
NECESSARY.
THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS
ON THAT DISCUSSION.
I WOULD NOTE, AS PART OF THIS,
AS WE PREPARE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE END OF
TITLE 42, THERE ARE A RANGE OF
STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO
PREPARE FOR THAT, INCLUDING
SURGING RESOURCES AND DEPLOYING
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE
INCREASED VOLUMES LIKE MOVING
AGENCIES AND AGENTS.
WE CAN MOVE PERSONNEL TO
RAPIDLY DECOMPRESS POINTS
ACROSS THE BORDER.
IT ENTAILS THE DEPLOYMENT OF
COVID-19 MITIGATION EFFORTS,
INCLUDING THE USE OF CONTINUED
PPE AND PROVIDING COVID-19
VACCINES.
IT INCLUDES EXPANDING THE
EFFORTS TO COVER MIGRANTS IN
CUSTODY.
THERE ARE A RANGE OF STEPS IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE
SENATOR IS TESTIFYING TO ON THE
HILL.
WHAT THEY DID SAY AT THE TIME,
WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THIS IS WE
EXPE THE CURRENT FUNDING
LEVELS WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT.
THERE IS A RANGE OF WAYS TO
ADDRESS THAT.
>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT A MONTH
AWAY FROM THIS BEING LIFTED.
IF THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT
FEEL LIKE THAT PLAN IS IN LEASE
YET, WOULD THAT BE A REASON TO
DELAY LIFTING TITLE 42?
THE MINUTE WE PROPOSED A PLAN.
THAT IS THE PLAN BEING
IMPLEMENTED.
IN TERMS OF ANY IDEAS TO
ADDRESS IMMIGRATION, INCLUDING
THE DELAY OF TITLE 42 WOULD
INVOLVE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.
>> MORE THAN 3000UKRAIANS
WERE PROCESSED ALONG THE
SOUTHERN BORDER GOING TO MEXICO
TO TRY TO GET INTO THE U.S..
THAT NUMBER IS NOW EXPECTED TO
INCREASE.
DOES THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE
ANY PLANS TO ANNOUNCE A PROGRAM
THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASI FOR
UKRAINIANS THAT HAVE FAMILY
TIES IN THE U.S. TO BE
EXPEDITED?
>> WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
WE HAVE ANNOUNCED, THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED LANCE TO
ACCEPT 100,000 UKRAINIANS INTO
THE UNITED STATES IF THEY WANT
TO COME, OF COURSE.
WE ARE WORKING TO FINALIZE THE
DETAILS OF THAT.
RIGHT NOW, AS WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENT TIED
IMPLEMENTING ON TITLE 42, NO
MATTER WHAT COUNTRY YOU'RE
COMING FROM, WHETHER UKRAINE,
OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING
IMMEDIATELY IN THE WORKS FOR A
PLANNER PROGRAMS MUCH OF THAT
WAX TO MAKE THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED A FEW WEEKAGO PLANS
TO WELCOME 100,000 UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST THE DETAILS ON HOW
WILL WORK.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, WE
DON'T THE FINAL DETAILS YET.
>> ON SUPPLY CHAINS, MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE IN CHINA ARE ON
LOCKDOWN.
EXPERTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM
FOR WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR FU
THAT ARE ALREADY UNDER STRAIN.
HOW CONCERNED IS THE
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT THAT
COULD MEAN FOR AMERICANS
WAITING FOR GOODS HERE IN THE
U.S.?
IS THERE ANYTHING THE U.S. CAN
DO TO MITIGATE:X
>> THIS IS VERY FLUID.
I THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE LOCKDOWN IN SHANGHAI.
THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION.
THERE ARE SOME UNCERTAINTIES
AROUND THE IMPACT OF CHINA'S
LOCKDOWN ON OUR ECONOMY.
WE ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
KEY ACTORS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
INCLUDING THE PORT OF LO LO
ANGELES AND LONG BEACH.
WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY SLOWDOWNS
IN SHIPMENT COMING FROM ASIA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR
EYE ON THAT.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HAPPEN WITHIN
CHINA IS THE MOVING OF THE
MANUFACTURING OF SOME OF THE
GOOD LIKE SEMICONDUCTORS AND
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, THAT
TYPICALLY COME FROM SHANGHAI TO
OTHER HUBS.
THEY'RE MOVING THEM AROUND TO
SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP
MANUFACTURING UP.
THEY HAVE MOVED TOWARDS.
THEY HAVE MOVED AROUND WHERE
THE GOODS ARE GOING FROM.
THAT MAY BE WHY WE HAVE NOT
SEEN A REDUCTION IN GOODS CONG
THE LAST DATA, IN TERMS OF THE
EXPERTS IS FROM MARCH.
IS NIGH AT THE END OF APRIL.
IT SHOWED A 15% INCREASE FROM
LAST YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
APRIL DATA WHEN IT COMES OUT IN
MAY.
>> I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S
POSITION IS ON HOW YOU ARE
APPROACHING THE MASK ISSUE.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID
THEY WOULD APPEAL THE DECISION
OF THE CDC WANTED THEM TO.
THE CDC HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT
MASKS IN, THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY APPEALING IT, AND
SEEKING AN EMERGENCY STAY TO
POTENTIALLY KEEP THIS IN PLACE
WHILE THE CDC EVALUATES.
>> I DON'T PLAY A LAWYER TO
BECOME I WILL GET INTO LEGAL
STRATEGY.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, THE CDC,
AS YOU NOTED CALLED FOR THE
EXTENSION BECAUSE THEY WANTED
TO LOOK AT MORE DATA.
WE CAN ALL ASK:THAT THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO WANT IT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
WAITINR THAT FINAL COMMENTS
TO TAKE ACTION. THEY SAID THEY
WOULD APPEAL, AS FAR AS WHEN
THEY WILL APPEAL, I WILL LEAVE
THAT TO THEM.
WHY NOT A STAY OR AN EMERGENCY
APPEAL?
THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
WHAT I WOULD NOTE, THE
OBJECTIVE IS TO APPEAL THE 15
DAY EXTENSION AND TO PRESERVE
THE CDC AUTHORITY OVER THE LONG-
TERM.
AS WE NOTED FROM HERE, WE DO
EXPECT THERE TO BE UPS AND
DOWNS IN THE PANDEMIC.
WE WANT THE CDC TO CONTINUE TO
HAVE THIS AUTHORITY.
>> IN PLAIN ENGLISH, THE CDC
DETERMINES AT THE END OF THE 15
DAY PERIOD THAT THEY ARE
UNDERGOING THAT THEY WOULD NOT
CONTINUE THE MASK MANDATE THAN
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT
PURSUE THE APPEAL?
>> I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE
CDC VERYSOON
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE AT THE
END OF 15 DAYS AS FAR AS THEIR
EXPECTATIONS.
>> TITLE 42, YOU FLOODED THE
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION OUT THERE.
TITLE 42 IS A KEY PARTS OVER [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. THE QUESTION I
AM CURIOUS AND, IF YOUR
SIGNALING IF THEY WILL
NEGOTIATE OVER THE LIFTING OF
TITLE 42 AS FAR AS TRYING TO
GET THE COVID-19 PACKAGE IN
LINE.
IF SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE
ON THE STRATEGY THERE?
YOU'RE BANGING THE DRUMS ABOUT
HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS BEFORE
CONGRESS WENT AWAY.
NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK.
WE ARE STILL BANGING THE DRUMS
ABOUT THE COVID-19 MONEY.
WAS MAKING CLEAR, THERE IS BEEN
CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, THE CDC
HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE
WHEN THE CONDITIONS EXIST TO
LIFT TITLE 42.
THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM BY
CONGRESS.
IFONGRS WANTED TO EXTEND
THAT, THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
THAT IS NOT IN EXECUTIVE
AUTHORITY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE OPEN
TO LEGISLATION PROVIDED COVID-
19 FUNDING, AND ALSO EXNDEDTHAT
>> WE ARE NOT THERE.
I WAS JUST CONVEYING, AS YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE STRONG VIEWS ON
A RANGE OF IMMIGRATION ISSUES
AND PROPOSALS IN CONGRESS.
I'M NOT TELLING YOU SOMETHING
YOU DON'T KNOW.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SE
THIS EXTENDED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DEFINITELY
WOULD NOT.
I AM NOT MAKING A PREDICTION OF
THE FUTURE, ONLY CONVEYING WHAT
AUTHORITY WOULD BE REQUIRED.
>> WITH THE WHITE HOUSE SUPPORT
THE BILL THAT THE SENATORS
BRINGING FORTH, WORKING TO
EXTEND TITLE 42 UNTIL THERE IS
A PLAN IN PLACE?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY PREDICTION
OF THAT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS PROPOSED AND
PUT FORWARD, AND CALLED FOR HIM
IF IMMIGRATION REFORM.
THAT ISWH HE DID ON HIS
FIRST DAY IN OFFICE.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A RANGE OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A RANGE OF
IDEAS.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT
AUTHORITY WOULD BE REQUIRED.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] MEDIA IS
SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE GOING MAY 20 OR 21st.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
CONFIRM BEYOND WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS CONFIRMED.
WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY SOON,
I AM SURE.
>> ON COVID-19, WONDERING IF
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A DROP-
DOWN DATE IN WHICH CONGRESS HAS
TO GIVE THEM THE FUNDING.
I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
SUPPLY OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
RUNNING OUT IN MAY AND TESTING
WILL RAMP DOWN BY JUNE.
IS JIM THE DEADLINE?
IS IT EARLIER?
IS IT LATER?
>> I WOULD SAY IT IS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
WE ALREADY HAD TO TAKE STEPS.
WITH AND THE PROGRAM FOR THE
UNINSURED.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
PURCHASES THAT WE WOULD
NORMALLY PURCHASE TO GET AHEAD.
EVEN ON THE MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIES, AND THE TREATMENTS,
SOME OF THEM TAKE MONTHS TO
MAKE.
IT PUTS US BEHIND WHERE WE NEED
TO BE AND WANT TO BE IN
PLANNING.
WE DON'T HAVE A LONG-TERM
DEADLINE.
WE WANT TO DO THIS AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE, WHEN THEY RETURN.
>> SEVERAL SENATORS, DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS HAVE CALLED ON
THE PRESIDENT TO APPLY A
ORDITOR OR A CZAR OVER THE
TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT
FROM THE U.S. TO UKRAINE.
WHAT DOES THE MINISTRATION
THINK OF THIS IDEA?>> I DON'T
HAVE ANY PERSONAL UPDATES.
OBVIOUSLY, ENSURING, THIS GOES
BACK TO AN EARLIER QUESTION,
THAT THIS IS DONE EFFECTIVELY
AND QUICKLY.
THAT IS THE PRIORITY FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONNEL
PREVIEWS OR UPDATES AT THIS
POINT IN TIME.; TO ASK ABOUT
THE CONCEPT OF ATHLETIC
BOYCOTTS.
IS THIS SOMETHING THE
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS?
THEY DECIDED TO BAN ATHLETES
FROM RUSSIA AND BELARUS.
DOES THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVE
THIS IS A GOOD TACTIC?
>> WE HAVESEEN 600 COMPANIES,
PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES
PULLING OUT, VOLUNTARILY.
I BELIEVE THEIR INVESTMENTS ARE
IN RUSSIA.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A POLICY
ON ATHLETIC EVENTS AT THIS
POINT IN TIME.
I AM HAPPY TO CHECK.
>> THERE WEREREPORTS THAT U.S.
OFFICIALS WALKED OUT OF THE G
20 WHEN RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
STARTED ACHING.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD
ANTICIPATE THE PRESIDENT MAKING
AS WELL?>> THE SECRETARY AND
THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE CANNOT
HAVE BUSINESS AS USUAL AT THE
G20, OR MANY OF THESE
INTERNATIONAL FORUMS AS RELATES
TO RUSSIA.
THE TREASURY TEAM MADE CLEAR
THAT SHE WAS PLANNING TO
PARTICIPATE IN SOME, AND NOT
OTHER MEETINGS.
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT BELIEVE
THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THE G20.
IT IS NOW SIX MONTHS AWAY, AS
FAR AS HIS PARTICIPATION.
I CANNOT MAKE A PREDICTION OF
WHAT ACTIONS HE MAY OR MAY NOT
TAKE.
WE DO SUPPORT HER STEPS.
IT IS AN INCATI OFTHE FACT
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RUSSIA
HAS BECOME A PARIAH ON THE
GLOBAL STAGE.
>> JUST TODAY, THERE WERE
CONSEQUENCES OF [ INDISCERNIBLE
] JOINING NATO.
DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE?
TO MAKE THE DECISION OF ANY
COUNTRY TO JOIN NATO IS UP TO
THAT COUNTRY, AND NATO TO MAKE
A DETERMINATION.
THAT IS THE CASE HERE.
WE DO STRONGLY SUPPORT NATO'S
OPEN-DOOR POLICY.
I WILL NOT INDULGE RUSSIA'S
SABER RATTLING>> JUST TO ZOOM O
AND THE POLICY ON THE WAR, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN
COUNCIL SAID, YOU ARE NOT
ALONE, WE ARE WITH YOU.
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT IS
POSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT YOU TO
MAKE SURE UKRAINE WILL WIN THE
WAR.
IS IT THE POLICY OF THE UNITED
STATES THAT RUSSIA SHOULD NOT
ONLY LOSE BUT SEEM TO LOSE THE
WAR? IS THAT A RATEC GOAL?
>> WE ARE CLEAR THAT WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RUSSIA
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A
STRATEGIC LOSS.
THE PRESIDENT IS A PARIAH ON
THE GLOBAL STAGE.
NOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A COUNTRY
THAT HAS LOST AS MANY PEOPLE AS
UKRAINE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
HAVE LEFT HOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FEELS LIKE
A WIN TO THEM.
I THINK IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT
THE UKRAINIANS HAVE CLEARLY WON
THE BATTLE OF KYIV AND
SURPASSED THE EXPECTATIONS OF
THE WORLD, AS FAR AS THEIR
ABILITY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA HAS NOT ONLY COME
PARIAH ON THE WORLD STAGE, BUT
THEY HAVE UNITED NATO, THEY
HAVE DRIVEN COUNTRIES TO DESIRE
AN INTEREST IN JOINING NATO.
THE UNITED THE WEST IN A WAY
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THEIR
OBJECTIVE AND THEIR ECONOMY IS
CRUMBLING.
THAT IS ALL CTORIN TERMS OF
ISOLATING RUSSIA.
>> IS THE CONCRETE GOAL OF THE
AID, THE ARTILLERY, AND MORE,
IS THE GOAL A BATTLEFIELD
DEFEAT FOR RUSSIA?
NOT A COMPROMISE, NO GRAY
AREAS?
>> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN EQUIP THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT AND UKRAINIAN
LEADERS TO EFFECTIVELY FIGHT
BACK IN THIS MILITARY BATTLE.
>> JUST TO GO BACK TO THE MASK
RULING, HE DID MENTION SOME OF
THE VIDEOS WE SAW.
IT DID PROMPT SOME ABRUPT
CHANGES ON MONDAYTER HE
CAME DOWN.
PASSENGERS WERE TOLD MIDFLIGHT
TO TAKE THE MASK OFF HERE CAN
YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
PRESIDENTS PERSONAL REACTION
WAS TO THE DECISION TO HOW IT
CAME DOWN AND WHAT UNFOLDED
OVER A COUPLE OF HOURS?
>> I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A STORY
HERE ABOUT THE FLIGHTS.
>> WITH APPEARANCE BEING ON THE
FLIGHT WITH YOUR KIDS IN THE
BEING CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY
WERE MIDFLIGHT.
WHAT WAS HIS REACTION TO THE
DECISION?
WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS?
>> WE DID NOT EXPECT THE
DECISION.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN IN
ADVANCE HOW A COURT WOULD ACT.
WE DISAGREED WITH THE DECISION
IMMEDIATELY.
THE IMMEDIATE STEPS WERE TO
DETERMINE WHAT POWER WE HAD TO
RESPOND TO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT CAME IN THE
FORM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
THEY CAME IN THE FORM OF THE
CDC ACTING AND PUTTING OUT THE
STATEMENTS THAT THEY DID.
WE ALSO DON'T TAKE PHOTOS OF
FLIGHTS AS DATA ABOUT HOW THE
COUNTRY REACTS TO ISSUES ON
WHETHER THEY ARE RIPPING OFF
THEIMASKOR NOT.
THE FOCUS HERE WAS SEEING WHAT
POWER WE HAD TO PRESERVE WHAT
WE FELT WAS IN THE PUBLIC
HEALTH INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY.
>> THE COVID-19 ADVISORS ARE
CONCERNED THERE COULD BE AN
INCREASE OF CASES IN THE COMING
WEEKS, SPECIFICALLY DUE TO THE
MASK MANDATE BEING LIFTED?
STOMACH I WILL MAKE A
PROJECTION OF THAT, BECAUSE I
AM NOT A DOCTOR.
I CAN CHECK WITH THE HEALTH
TEAM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY
PREDICTIONS OF THAT.
THEY OBVIOUSLY WANTED MORE
TIME.
THEY HAVE SEEN THE RISING
CASES.
THEY FEEL IT IS IN OUR INTEREST
EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME, OR HAVE THE AUTHORITY
MOVING FORWARD IN CASE THE
CASES GO UP AND WE NEED TO TAKE
THAT STEP IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T HAVE A PREDICTION OF
RISING CASES.
I WOULD POINT YOU TO THE CDC OR
OTHER HEALTH OFFICIALS.
>> THERE ARE REPORTS IN MEXICO
STATING THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
DECIDED TO DISMANTLE THE
NATIONAL POLICE GROUP THAT WAS
FIGHTING THE MEXICAN CARTELS
DOWN THERE.
I WONDER IF THE ADMINISTRATION
IS AWARE OF THAT, OR IF YOU
HAVE ANY REACTION TO THAT ASKED
>> I AM HAPPY TO BE IF OUR TEAM
HAS A SPECIFIC REACTION.
>> FOR SWELL, IN ISRAEL, DO WE
HAVE A REACTION TO THE DEADLY
CLASHES IN ISRAEL OF THE
PALESTINIANS?
DOES THAT CHANGE THE SENSE OF
THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS ON HOW TO
ACHIEVE PEACE IN THE REGION?
>> WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED BY
THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN
JERUSALEM.
THOSE OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND
ACROSS THE WEST BANK.
WE ARE STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE
RECENT ROCKET ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
WE ARE CALLING ON ALL SIDES TO
EXERCISE RESTRAINT AND PRESERVE
THE HISTORIC STATUS QUO OF THE
SHARIF TEMPLE MOUNT.
WE CONTINUE TO URGE PALESTINIAN
AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS TO
LOWERED TENSIONS TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF EVERYONE.
WE CONTINUE TO CLOSELY FOLLOW
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND
STAY IN TOUCH THROUGH
DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.
>> DOESN'T CHANGE THE STANCE ON
THE ABRAHAM CORD>> KNOW
THERE IS NO CHANGE.
>> OFFICIALS ARE MEETING WITH
CUBA TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE THEM
ON IN THE IMMIGRATION POLICY.
WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE IN
THE FUTURE?
IS IT A POSSIBILITY?
WE SEE THESE TALKS AS PRETTY
STANDARD.
THE MIGRATION TALKS PROVIDE
DISCUSONS GRATION ISSUES
BETWEEN CUBA AND THE UNITED
DATES.
THEY ARE PART OF REGULAR
MEETINGS THAT GO OVER 30 YEARS
OF ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA ON
MIGRATION MATTERS.
WE MAINTAIN THESE IN ORDER TO
SCUSSAFE, ORDERLY AND LEGAL
MIGRATION, REMAINING A PRIMARY
U.S. INTEREST.
BEYOND WHAT LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS
JUST A STANDARD OPERATING
PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS.
THE LAST ONES WERE IN 2018.
>> HOW DOES THE ADMINISTRATION
JUSTIFY SENDING CLAIBORNE,
WHERE CRITICS SAY ARE QUITE
DANGEROUS.
THEY HAVE BEEN BANNED BY 160
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING UKRAINE.
>> I POINT YOU TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SPEAK
TO ANY SPECIFICS OF THE
MILITARY EQUIPMENT OR THE
ASSISTANCE WE ARE PROVIDING.
WE ARE PROVIDING THIS TO A
COUNTRY FACING AN INVASION BY
RUSSIA, TARGETING THEIR
CIVILIANS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
THIS IS MEANT TO EFFECTIVELY
HELP THEM FIGHT THAT WAR.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.