1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: So we continue Joe Biden's second official press conference, picking 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: it off up exactly where he left off, and it's 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: still ongoing, and we'll continue our full coverage these these 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: unconstitutional efforts, in our view on constus efforts on the 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: part of the Republicans to stack the election and subvert 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: the outcomes. We have began to organize in ways that 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: we didn't before, the communities beyond the civil rights community, 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: to make the case to the rest of the American 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: people what's about to happen, what will happen if in 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: fact these things move forward. If I had talked to you, 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: not you, I'm using you in a toosin so, if 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: I've talked to the public about the whole idea of 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: subversion of elections by deciding who the electors are after 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: the fact, I think people would have looked at me like, 15 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: WHOA I mean? I caught talk constitution law for twenty years, 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: a three credit course in Separation of Powers and on 17 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: Saturday mornings when I was editor, and I never thought 18 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: we'd get a new place where where we were talking 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: about being able to actually what they tried to do 20 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: this last time out send different electors to the state 21 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: legislative bodies to represent who won the election, saying that 22 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: I didn't win but Republican candidate one. I doubt if 23 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: anybody thought that would ever happen in America in the 24 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: twenty first century. But it's happening, and so I think, 25 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: I guess what I'm saying is, Nancy, is that I 26 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: think that there are a number of things we can do. 27 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: But I also think we will be able to get 28 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: significant pieces of the legislation if we don't get it 29 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: all now to build to get it so that we 30 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: get a big chunk of the John Lewis legislation as 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: well as the fair Elections pass on COVID. If you 32 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: don't mind you tell to the number of Americans who 33 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: are now fully vaccinated with two shots. But even some 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 1: of your own medical advisors say that people aren't fully 35 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: protected unless they have that third shot, a booster. Why 36 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: hasn't this White House changed the definition of fully vaccinated 37 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: to include that third booster shot? Is it because the 38 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: numbers of fully vaccinated Americans would suddenly look a lot less. Oh, 39 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: it's not that at all. This has become clear and clear. 40 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: And every time I speak, if I say, if you've 41 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: been vaccinated. Get your booster shot. Everybody, get the booster shot. 42 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: It's the optimum protection you could have. You're protected very 43 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 1: well with two shots. If it's the visor anyway, you're protected, 44 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: but you are better protected with the booster shot. The 45 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: definition right now, I'm following what the answer is. Yes, 46 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: get the booster shot. It's fall part of the same thing. 47 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: You're better protected. Okay, alex Alper Reuters, Thank you, mister President. 48 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: I wanted to follow up briefly on a question asked 49 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: by Bloomberg. You said that Russia would be held accountable 50 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: if it invades, and it depends on what it does. 51 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: It's one thing if it's a minor incursion and we 52 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: end up having to fight about what to do and 53 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: what not to do. Are you saying that a minor 54 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: incursion by Russia into Ukrainian territory would not lead to 55 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: the sanctions that you have threatened, or are you effectively 56 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: giving Putent permission to make a small incursion into the country. 57 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: Good question. So I did chidn't the most important thing 58 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: to do Big Nations camp bluff number one number two, 59 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: the idea that we would do anything to split NATO, 60 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: which would be a profound impact on one of I 61 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: think from an impact on one of Putin's objectives, to 62 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: weaken NATO would be a big mistake. So the question 63 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:13,279 Speaker 1: is if it's a something significantly short of a significant 64 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: invasion or not even significant, a major military forces coming across, 65 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: for example, it's one thing to determine that if they 66 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: continue to use a cyber efference, well we can respond 67 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: the same way a cyber They have fsp people in 68 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:39,799 Speaker 1: Ukraine now trying to undermine the solidarity within Ukraine about 69 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: Russia and to try to promote Russian interest. But it's 70 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: very important that that we keep everyone in NATO on 71 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: the same page. And that's what I'm spending a lot 72 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: of time doing. And there are differences. There are differences 73 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: in NATO as to what countries are willing to do 74 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: depending on what happens the degree to which they were 75 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: able to go. And I want to be clear with you, 76 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: the serious imposition of sanctions relative to dollar transactions and 77 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: other things are things that are going to have a 78 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: negative impact on the United States as well as a 79 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: negative impact on the economies of Europe as well a 80 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: devastating impact on Russian And so I got to make 81 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: sure everybody's in the same page as we move along. 82 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: I think we will. If there's something that is that 83 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: where there's Russian fu forces crossing the border killing Ukrainian fighters, etc. 84 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: I think that changes everything. But it depends on what 85 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: he does. Is the actually what extent we're going to 86 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: be able to get total unity on the Russia on 87 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: the NATO front. If I may ask a quick one 88 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: on Iran, I just wanted to get your sense of 89 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: whether the Vienna talks are making any progress, if you 90 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: still think it's possible to reach a deal for both 91 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: sides to resume compliance with the Irun nuclear deal, or 92 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: if it's time to give up on that. Thank you, 93 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: in a reverse, it's not time to give up. There 94 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: is some progress being made. The P five plus one 95 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: is on the same page, but it remains me seen. Okay, 96 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: Kristen NBC very quickly on Russia. I do have a 97 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: number of domestic policy issues, but on Russia, very quickly. 98 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: It seemed like you said that you have assessed you 99 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: feel as though he will move in has this administration 100 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: have you determined whether President Putin plans to invade or 101 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: move into Ukraine? As you said, look, the only thing 102 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: I'm confident of is that decision is totally, solely, completely 103 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 1: putin decision. Nobody else is going to make that decision. 104 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: No one else is going to impact that decision. He's 105 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: making that decision, and I suspect it matters which side 106 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: of the bet he gets up on in the morning 107 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: as to exactly what he's going to do. And I 108 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: think it is not irrational if he wanted to to 109 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: talk about dealing with strategic doctrine and dealing with four 110 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: structures in Europe in the European parts of Russia. But 111 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: I don't know whether he's decided he wants to do 112 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: that or not so far, and the three meetings we've 113 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: had ossee anyway, have not produced anything because the impression 114 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: I get from my Secretary of State, my National security advisor, 115 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: and my other senior officials that are doing these meetings 116 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: is that there's a question of whether the people they're 117 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: talking to know what he is going to do. So 118 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: the answer is, but based on a number of criteria 119 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: as to what he could do. For example, for him 120 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: to move in and copy the whole country, particularly from 121 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: the north from Belarus's, he's gonna have to wait a 122 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: little bit to the grounds frozen, spaking Koff to move 123 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: in a direction where he wants to talk about what's 124 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: going we have. We're continuing to provide for defense capacities 125 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: to the Ukrainians. We're talking about what's going on in 126 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: both the Baltic and the Black Sea, etc. There's a 127 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: whole range of things that I'm sure he's trying to 128 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: calculate how quickly he can do what he wants to 129 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: do and what does he want to do. But he's 130 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: not He's an informed individual, and I'm sure, I'm sure 131 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: I believe he's calculating what the immediate, short term and 132 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: the near term and the long term consequences of Russia 133 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: will be. And I don't think he's made up his 134 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: mind it. I want to ask you about your domestic agenda. 135 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: You've gotten a lot of questions about voting rights, mister President, 136 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: but I want to ask you about black voters, one 137 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:10,239 Speaker 1: of your most loyal constituencies. I was in Congressman Clyburne's 138 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: district yesterday in South Carolina. You opened this news conference 139 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: talking about him. I spoke to a number of black 140 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: voters who fought to get you elected, and now they 141 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: feel as though you're not fighting hard enough for them 142 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: and their priorities. And they told me they see this 143 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: push on voting rights more as a last minute pr 144 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: push than it is a legitimate effort to get legislation passed. 145 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: So what do you say to these black voters who 146 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: say that you do not have their backs as you 147 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: promised on the campaign trail. I've had their back. I've 148 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: had their back my entire career. I've never not had 149 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: their back. And I started on the voting rights issues 150 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: long long ago. This what got me involved in politics 151 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: in the first place. And I think part of the 152 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: problem is look significant disagreement in every community on whether 153 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: or not the timing of assertions made by people has 154 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: been in the most timely way. So I'm sure that 155 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: there are those who are saying that why didn't Biden 156 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: push John Lewis Bill as hard as he pushed it 157 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: the last month, Why didn't he push it six months 158 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: ago as hard as he did? Now? The fact is 159 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: that there is there's a timing that is not of 160 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: one's own choice. That's sort of what dictated by events 161 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: that are happening in country and around the world as 162 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 1: to what the focus is. But part of the problem 163 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: is as well, I have not been out in the 164 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: community nearly enough. I've been here. I'm awful lot. I 165 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: find myself in a situation where I don't get a 166 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: chance to look people in the eye because of both 167 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: COVID and things that are happening in Washington. To be 168 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: able to go out and do the things that I've 169 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: always been able to do pretty well, connect with people. 170 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: Let them take a measure of my sincerity, let them 171 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: take a measure of who I am. For example, I mean, 172 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: as I pointed out in South Carolina, you know, last 173 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: time when I was Chairman of Diciary Community, I got 174 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: the Voting Rights Act extended for twenty five years, and 175 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: I got strong thermon to vote for it. That's what 176 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: I've been doing my whole career. And so the idea 177 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 1: that I that I didn't either anticipate or because I 178 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: didn't speak to it as fervently as they want me to. 179 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: Earlier in the meantime, I was spending a lot of time, 180 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: spent hours and hours and hours talking with my colleagues 181 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: on the Democratic side, trying to get them to agree 182 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: that if in fact this occurred, if this push continued, 183 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: that they would be there for John Lewis and anyway. 184 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: So but I think that's that's a problem that is 185 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: my own making by not communicating as much as I 186 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: should have. Yet you find that when you deal with 187 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: members of the Black Caucus and others in the United 188 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: States Congress, I still have very close working relationships. So 189 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: it's like every community. I'm sure that there are those 190 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: in the community, and I'm I'm a big labor guy. 191 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's people in labor saying, why haven't able 192 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: him to do ABC or D. So it's just going 193 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: to take a little bit of time. You're you put 194 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: Vice President Harris in charge of voting rights. Are you 195 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: satisfied with her work on this issue? And can you 196 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 1: guarantee do you commit that she will be your running 197 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: mate in twenty twenty four provided that you run again? Yes? 198 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: And yes? Okay, you don't care to expand fin do 199 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: you care to expand? Oh, there's no need to do. 200 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: I mean I asked you quite she's gonna be my 201 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: running mate number one and number two. I did put 202 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: her in charge. I think she's doing a good job. 203 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: Let me ask you big picture, particularly when you think 204 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: about voting rights and the struggles you've had to unify 205 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: your own party around voting rights. Unity was one of 206 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: your key campaign promises. In fact, in your inaugural address, 207 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: you said your whole soul was in bringing America together, 208 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: uniting our people. People heard the speech that you gave 209 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: on voting rights in Georgia recently, in which you described 210 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: those who are opposed to you to George Wallace and 211 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: Jefferson Davis, and some people took exception to that. What 212 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 1: do you say to those who are offended by your speech? 213 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: And is this country more unified than it was when 214 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: you first took office Number one, anybody who listened to 215 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: the speech, I did not say that they were going 216 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: to be a George Wallace or a Bull Connor. I said, 217 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a decision in history that is going 218 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: to be marked just like it was. Then you either 219 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: voted on the side I did make you George Wallace 220 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: or didn't make you Bull Connor. But if you did 221 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: not vote for the voting right jack back, then you 222 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: were voting with those who agreed with Connor, those who 223 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: agreed with and so. And I think Mitch did a 224 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: real good job of making it sound like I was 225 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: attacking them. If you notice, I haven't attacked anybody publicly, 226 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: any Senator, any any any any any Congressman publicly, and 227 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: my disagreements with them have been made to them, communicate 228 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: to them privately or in person with them. My desire 229 00:14:54,960 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: still is. Look, I underestimated one very important thing. I 230 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: never thought that the Republicans, like, for example, I said, 231 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: they got very upset. I said verse sixteen members of 232 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: the president United States Senate who voted to extend the 233 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: Voting Rates Act. Now they got very offended by that. 234 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: I would at an accusation to state, in effect, what 235 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: has changed, what happened, what happened? Why is it not 236 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: a single Republican, not one that's not the Republican Party, 237 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: So that's not an attack the country. Is the country 238 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: more unified than when you first took office? The answer 239 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: is based on some of the stuff we've got done. 240 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: I'd say yes, but it's not nearly unified as it 241 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: should be. Look, I still contend, and I know you'll 242 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: have a right to judge me by this, I still 243 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: contend that unless you can reach consensus in a democracy, 244 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: you cannot sustain the democracy. And so this is a 245 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: real test whether or not. My counterpart in China is 246 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: right or not when he says autocracies are the only 247 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: thing that are going to prevail because democracies take too 248 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: too long to make decisions and countries are too divided. 249 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: I believe we're going through one of those inflection points 250 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: in history that occurs every several generations. Are even more 251 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: than that, even more time than that, where things are changing, 252 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: almost regardless of any particular policy. The world's changing in 253 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: big ways. We're going to see if you heard me 254 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: say this before, we're going to see more change in 255 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: the next ten years. We've signed the last fifty years 256 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: because of technology, because of fundamental alterations and alliances that 257 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: are occurring, not because of anyone individuals, just because of 258 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: the nature of things. And so I think you're going 259 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 1: to see an awful lot of transition. And the question 260 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: is can we keep up with it? Can we maintain 261 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: the democratic institutions that we have, not just here but 262 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 1: around the world to be able to generate democratic consensus 263 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: on how to proceed. It's going to be hard. It's 264 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: going to be hard, but it requires and requires leadership 265 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: to do it. And I'm not giving up in the 266 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: prospect of being able to do that. Thank you, Thank you, sir. 267 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: There are deep questions among Americans about the competence of government, 268 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: from the messy rollout of five G this week to 269 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: the Afghanistan with draw to testing on COVID. What have 270 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: you done to restore Americans faith in the competence of government? 271 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: And are you satisfied by the view of the competence 272 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: of your government? Look, I stake Afghanistan. I know you 273 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: all would like to focus on that which is legitimate. 274 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 1: We were spending trillion dollars a week, I mean a 275 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: billion dollars a week in Afghanistan for twenty years. Raise 276 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: your hand if you think anyone was going to be 277 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: able to unify Afghanistan under one single government. It's been 278 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: the graveyard of empires for a solid reason. It is 279 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 1: not susceptible to unity number one. So the question was 280 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: do I continue to spend that much money per week 281 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 1: in the state of Afghanistan knowing that the idea that 282 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: being able to succeed other than sending more bodybags back 283 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: home is highly, highly unusual. My dad used to have 284 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: an expression and say, son, if everything's equally important to you, 285 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: nothing's important to you. There is no way to get 286 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: out of Afghanistan after twenty years easily not possible, no 287 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: matter when you did it. And I make no apologies 288 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: to what I did. I have a great concern for 289 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: the women and men who were blown up on the 290 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,360 Speaker 1: line at the airport by a terrorist attack against them. 291 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: But the military will acknowledge, and I think you will, 292 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: who know a lot about foreign policy, that had we 293 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 1: stayed and I had not pull those troops out, we 294 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: would be asked to put somewhere between twenty and fifty 295 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: thousand more troops in because the only reason more Americans 296 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 1: weren't being killed in others is because the last presidents 297 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: signed an agreement to get out by May the first, 298 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: and so everything was copathetic. Had we not gotten out, 299 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: and the acknowledgement is we'd be putting a lot more 300 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 1: forces in now. Am I do I feel badly what's 301 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: happening to as a consequence of the incompetence of the Taliban, Yes, 302 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: I do, But I feel badly also about the fishlists 303 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: that are taking place in eastern Congo. I feel badly 304 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 1: about a whole range of things around the world that 305 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: we can't solve every problem, and so I don't view 306 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: that as a competence issue, the issue of whether or 307 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 1: not there's competence in terms of whether or not we're 308 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: dealing with five G or nine. We don't deal with 309 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: five G. The fact is that you had two enterprises, 310 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: two private enterprises that had one promoting five G and 311 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: the other winner airlines or private enterprises, they have government 312 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: regulation busiedly, and so what I've done is pushed as 313 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 1: hard as I can to have five DE folks hold 314 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: up and abide by what was being requested by the 315 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: airlines until they could more modernize over the years so 316 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: that five G would not interfere with the potential of 317 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 1: the landing. So any tower, any five G tower within 318 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: certain number of miles in the airport should not be operative. 319 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: And that's and so I understand. But anything that happens 320 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: is consequential is viewed as the government's responsibility. I get that. 321 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: Am I satisfied with the way in which we have 322 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: dealt with COVID and all the things that go along 323 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: with that? Yeah, I am satisfied. I think we've done 324 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: remarkably well. You know, the idea that on testing we've done, 325 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: we should have done it quicker, but we've done remarkable. 326 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 1: Since then, what we have is we have more testing 327 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: going on than anywhere in the world, and we're going 328 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: to continue to increase that. Did we have it at 329 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 1: the moment exactly when we should have moved, and could 330 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: we have moved a month earlier, Yeah, we could have 331 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: what everything else is going on. I don't view that 332 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 1: as somehow a market incompetence. Look think of what we 333 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 1: did on COVID when we were pushing on astro'sennikette to 334 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: provide more vaccines. Who guess what, they didn't have the 335 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 1: machine rey to be able to do it. So I 336 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: physically went to Michigan, stood there in a factory with 337 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: the head of the astrosennikette and said, we'll provide the 338 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: machine before you. This is what we'll do. We'll help 339 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: you do it so you can't produce this vaccine more rapidly. 340 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: I think that's pretty hands on stuff. We also said, 341 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: right now, when people of the hospitalizations are overrunning hospitals 342 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: and you have docs and nurses out because of COVID, 343 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: they have COVID, we put thousands of people back in 344 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: those hospitals. Look at all then all the military personnel 345 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: we have there. First responders. Nobody is ever organized, Nobody 346 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: is ever organized a strategic operation to get as many 347 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: shots and arms by opening clinics and keeping them being 348 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: able to get so many people vaccinated. What I'm doing 349 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: now is not just getting significant amounts of vaccines to 350 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: the rest of the world, but they now need the 351 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: mechanical way is how they get shots and arms. So 352 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: we're providing them to know how to do that now. 353 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: It should everybody in American know that. No, they don't 354 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: necessarily know that. They're just trying to figure out how 355 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: to put three squares on the table and stay safe. 356 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: But so I do think the place where I was 357 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: a little disappointed. I wish we could have written it 358 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: differently is when we did the legislation to provide the 359 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: funding for COVID and the money we provided for the 360 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: states to be able to deal with keeping schools open. 361 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: Some of them didn't do a very good job. Some 362 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: are still holding the money. I don't have the authority 363 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: do anything about that. I think that's not particularly competent. 364 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: There's things that could and should have been done. It 365 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: could have moved faster, So I understand the frustration, you know, 366 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: I remember, I think it was forget what cabinet members 367 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 1: saying to Barack Obama where something was going on, and 368 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: he said, well, are you going to be sure, mister President, 369 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: are the millions of employees you have out there? Somebody's 370 00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: screwing up right now, somebody's screwing up. So you know, 371 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: it's just a but I think you have to look 372 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: at things that we used to look at it on balance. 373 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: What is the trajectory of the country. Is it moving 374 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: in the right direction now? I don't know how we 375 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: can say it's not. I understand the overwhelming frustration, fear, 376 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 1: and concern with regard to inflation and COVID. I get 377 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: it with the idea. If I told you and we 378 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: started a totally gonna do first year, I'm going to 379 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 1: create over six hundred or six million jobs. I'm going 380 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: to get unemployment down to three point nine percent, I'm 381 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,360 Speaker 1: going to generate and I named it all. You look 382 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: at me like you're nuts. Maybe I'm wrong President, at 383 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 1: least in our recent memory, with as much Washington experience 384 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: as you entered this office with. But yet after we 385 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: sit here for more than an hour, I'm not sure 386 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: I've heard you say if you would do anything differently 387 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: in the second year of your term. Do you plan 388 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: to do anything different? Look, the thing, I have to 389 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: be satisfied with your team here at the White House. 390 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm satisfied with the team. There's three things that I'm 391 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: going to do now that I will now that I've 392 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: gotten the critical crises out of the way in the 393 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: sense of that movement, knowing exactly where we're going. Number One, 394 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: I'm going out of this place more often. I'm going 395 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: to go out and talk to the public. I'm going 396 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: to do public flora. I'm going to interface with them. 397 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to make the cases what we've already done, 398 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: why it's important, and what we'll do if what will 399 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: happen if they've support, what else I want to do. 400 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: Number Two, I'm bringing in more and more now that 401 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: they have time. I mean literally, like you, it's I'm 402 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: not complaining, it's you know, twelve to fourteen hours a day, 403 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: no complaints. I really mean it's necesarily. But now that 404 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: certain of the big chunks have been put in place 405 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: and we know the direction, I'm also going to be 406 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: out there seeking the more advice of experts outside from 407 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: academia to editorial writers to think tanks, and I'm bringing 408 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,719 Speaker 1: them in just like I did early on, bringing in 409 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: presidents and historians to get their perspective on what we 410 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: should be doing, seeking more input, more information, more constructive 411 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: criticism about what I should and shouldn't be doing. And 412 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: the third thing that I'm going to be doing a 413 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: lot more of is being in a situation where I'm 414 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: able to bring I'm going to be deeply involved in 415 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: these off your elections. We're going to be raising a 416 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: lot of money. We're going to be out there making 417 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: sure that we're helping all of those candidates and sports them. 418 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: Will already asked me to commit and campaign with them, 419 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: to go out and make the case in plain, simple 420 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: language as to what it is we've done, what we 421 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: want to do, and why we think it's important. How 422 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: many more hours am I doing this? I'm happy to 423 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: stick around. You will always ask me the nicest questions. 424 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 1: I know you do, all right, none of them make 425 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: a lot of sense to me, But I well, let's 426 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 1: let's try away. Come on, new year. Why are you 427 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,239 Speaker 1: trying so hard in your first year to pull the 428 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: country so far to the left. Well, I'm not. I 429 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: don't know what you consider to be too far to 430 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: the left, if in fact we're talking about making sure 431 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: that we had the money for COVID, making sure we 432 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: had the money to put together the bipartisan infrastructure, and 433 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 1: making sure we were able to provide for those things 434 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: that in fact would significantly reduce the burden on working 435 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: class people, but make them they have to continue to 436 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: work hard. I don't know how that is pointed to the 437 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: the left. If you may recall, you guys have been 438 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: trying to convince me that I am Bernie Sanders. I'm not. 439 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,479 Speaker 1: I like them, but I'm not Bernie Sanders. I'm not 440 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: a socialist. I'm a mainstream and I have been in mainstream. 441 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: Democrats have overwhelmed. If you notice the forty eight of 442 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: the fifty Republican Democrats supported me and a Senate I'm 443 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: virtually everything I've asked, Yes, sir, I want to be 444 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: play a moment ago, you were asked whether or not 445 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: you believed that we would have free and fair elections 446 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two if some of these state legislators 447 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: reforms their voting protocols. You said that it depends. Do 448 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: you do you think that they would in any way 449 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: be illegitimate Oh yeah, I think it easy to be illegitimate. 450 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: Imagine Imagine if, in fact, Trump has succeeded in convincing 451 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: tends to not count the votes. Imagine if, in regards 452 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty two, sir, I mean, imagine if those 453 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: attempts to say that the count was not legit, you 454 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: have to recount it, and we're not going to account. 455 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: We're going to discard the following votes. I mean, sure, 456 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's going to be legits. The increase 457 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: in the prospect of being illegitimate is a direct proportion 458 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: that's not being able to get these these reforms passed. 459 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: But I don't think you're going to see You're not 460 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: going to see me, and I don't think you're going 461 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: to see the Democratic Party give up on coming back 462 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: at assuming that the attempt fails today. And then one 463 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: more sir um. You know you talk, you campaigned, and 464 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,479 Speaker 1: you ran on a return to civility, and I know 465 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,239 Speaker 1: that you dispute the characterization that you called folks who 466 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: would oppose those voting bills as being Bull Conner or 467 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: George Wallace, but you said that they would be sort 468 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: of in the same camp. No, I didn't say that. 469 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: Look what I said. Go back and read what I said, 470 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,719 Speaker 1: and tell me if you think I called anyone who 471 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: voted on the side of the position taken by bull 472 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: Connor that they were bull Connor. And that is an 473 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: interesting reading in English. I assume you got into into 474 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: journals because you like to write. So did you expect 475 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: that that would work with Senator's mansion or cinema. No, 476 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: here's the thing. There's certain things that are so consequential. 477 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: You have to speak from your heart as well as 478 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: your head. I was speaking out forcefully on what I 479 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: think to be at stake. That's what it is. And 480 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: by the way, no one, no one forgets who was 481 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: on the side of key or verse On or bull Connor. 482 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: No one not done. The history books will note it. 483 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: And when I was making the case, don't think this 484 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: is a freebee. You don't get to vote this way 485 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: and then somehow it goes the way. This will be 486 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: stick with you the rest of your career and long 487 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: after you're gone. And mister president, folks, I'm okay, whoa, whoa, 488 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: hang on, guys, we've only gone an hour and twenty minutes. 489 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: I'll keep going. But I got but I'm gonna go. 490 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: Let me get let me get something straight here. How 491 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: long are you guys ready to go? You want to 492 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: go for another hour or two? Okay, I'm gonna go. 493 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: I tell you what, folks, Uh, I'm gonna go another 494 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: twenty minutes to a quarter of Okay, yes, sir President. 495 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: I want to thank my communication staff for the great 496 00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: help here well, President Biden. On the coronavir we're tragically 497 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: approaching nearly one million Americans who died, and I'd like 498 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: to ask you why it is during your three and 499 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: a half hour virtual summit in November with the Chinese 500 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: president you didn't press for transparency and also whether that 501 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: has anything to do with your son's involvement in an 502 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: investment firm controlled by Chinese state owned entities. The answer 503 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: is that we did. I did raise the question of transparency. 504 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: I spent a lot of time with him, and the 505 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: fact is that they're they're just not being transparent transparency 506 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: on the coronavirus origins. Yes, and you did virtual summit. 507 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: Is there a reason your press staff was unaware of that? 508 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: And what did you say to the Chinese president? And 509 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: they weren't with me? The entire time. Look, I made 510 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: it clear, and I thought that China had an obligation 511 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: to be more forthcoming on exactly what the source of 512 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: the virus was and where it came from. Yes, as 513 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 1: a president, I would like to ask you about foreign policy. 514 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: One of the first priority that you declared when you 515 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 1: came to office was to end the war in Yemen, 516 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: the catastrophic war in Yemen. You appointed a special envoy. 517 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: Today one of your allies you're not Arab Emirates, is 518 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:28,319 Speaker 1: asking your administration to put back the hoothy rebels or 519 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: militias back on the terror list. Are you going to 520 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: do that and how are you going to end the 521 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: war in Yemen? Sir? The answer is it's under consideration, 522 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: and any in the war in Yemen takes the two 523 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: parties to be involved to do it, and it's going 524 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: to be very difficult. Yes, thank you very much for 525 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: this honor. James Rosen with NEWSMAX, I'd like to I'd 526 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:58,320 Speaker 1: like to raise a delicate subject, but with utmost respect 527 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,800 Speaker 1: for your life, accomplishments and the high office you hold. 528 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: A poll released this morning by Political Morning Consult found 529 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: forty nine percent of registered voters disagreeing with the statement 530 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is mentally fit. Not even a majority of 531 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: Democrats who responded strongly affirmed that statement. We'll let you 532 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: all make the judge more than the correct. Well, so 533 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: the question I have for you, sir, if you'd let 534 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:35,280 Speaker 1: me finish, is why do you suppose such large segments 535 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:40,280 Speaker 1: of the American electorate have come to harbor such profound 536 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: concerns about your cognitive fitness? Thank you, no idea, Yes, sir, 537 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: Thanks mister President. I appreciate it. I wanted to sort 538 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: of address or ask about attention that's sways been in 539 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: this press conference on unifying the country, because you campaigned 540 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: on two things. One of them is being able to 541 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: accomplish big things, and the other is the ability to 542 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: unify the country. And even today you've talked about sort 543 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: of a different posture with Republicans, and I wonder if 544 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,240 Speaker 1: you still think it's possible to do both of those things. 545 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,719 Speaker 1: We have to we have to let me. I'm not 546 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: good as long as that whole public office. I'm going 547 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: to continue to attempt to do both things. More follow 548 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,320 Speaker 1: up around this time last year, when you were campaigning 549 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: in Georgia. I think one of the things you told 550 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: people was the power is literally in your hands. You know, 551 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: if if voters give Democrats the House and the Senate 552 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,839 Speaker 1: and the presidency, that all these big things can get accomplished. 553 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 1: And you know, we've seen stalemate, we've seen things being stymied. Um, 554 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: why should folks believe you this time around? Can you 555 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,359 Speaker 1: think if any of their president has done as much 556 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: in one year? I'm asking you, I'm serious. You guys 557 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: talk about how nothing's happened. I don't think there's been 558 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 1: much on any incoming president's plate. It's been a bigger 559 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: menu than the plate I had given to me. Not complaining, 560 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,359 Speaker 1: do that running in And the fact of the matter 561 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 1: is we've got an awful lot done, an awful lot done, 562 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: and there's more to get done. But look, let's let 563 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:26,480 Speaker 1: me ask a rhetorical question. No, I won't anyway, Yeah, 564 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: thank you, Yes, I do you careful? Don't get hurt me? No, No, 565 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to take a miss the president. Thank you. 566 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: Sebastian Smith from AFP. Another question on Ukraine. Ukraine boarders 567 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 1: four NATO member countries. How cans do you? Are you 568 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 1: concerned that a real conflagration in Ukraine if the Russians 569 00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 1: really go in there, but it could suck in NATO 570 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: countries that are on the border and you end up 571 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:07,800 Speaker 1: with an actual NATO Russia confrontation of some kind. And secondly, 572 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,840 Speaker 1: are you entertaining the thoughts of a summit with Vladimir 573 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: Putin as a way to perhaps try and put this 574 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 1: whole thing to bed, address that concerns and negotiate a 575 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,359 Speaker 1: way out of this. The last part, the last question. Yes, 576 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,960 Speaker 1: when we talked about whether or not we'd fixed the 577 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,880 Speaker 1: three meetings, we talked about and we talked about we 578 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,799 Speaker 1: would go from there if there was reason too to 579 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: go to a summit. We talked about a summit as 580 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: being before the Ukraine item came up, in terms of 581 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: strategic doctrine and what the strategic relationship would be. So 582 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: I still think that is a possibility. Number one. Number two, 583 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,320 Speaker 1: I am very concerned. I'm very concerned that this could 584 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 1: end up being Look, the only ward that's worse than 585 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:01,359 Speaker 1: one that's intended is one that's unintended. And what I'm 586 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: concerned about is this could get out of hand, very easily, 587 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: get out of hand because of what you said the 588 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: borders of the Ukraine and what Russian may or may 589 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 1: not do. I am hoping that Vladimir Putin understands that 590 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:21,919 Speaker 1: he is short of a full blown nuclear war, he's 591 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: not a very good position to dominate the world, and 592 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,160 Speaker 1: so I don't think he thinks that. But it is 593 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,919 Speaker 1: a concern, and that's why we have to be very 594 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: careful about how we move forward and make it clear 595 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,759 Speaker 1: to him that there are there are praises to pay 596 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 1: that could in fact cost his country an awful lot. 597 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,319 Speaker 1: But I of course you have to be concerned when 598 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: you have, you know, nuclear power invaded if he invades. 599 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: It hasn't happened since World War Two. This is the 600 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,520 Speaker 1: most consequential things happened in the world in terms of 601 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 1: war and peace since Wear two. Yes, nearly two years 602 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: have passed since the beginning of the global coronavirus outbreak. 603 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: And you again today acknowledge that Americans are frustrated and 604 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,719 Speaker 1: they're tired. Based on your conversations with your health advisors, 605 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,360 Speaker 1: what type of restrictions do you imagine being on Americans 606 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,960 Speaker 1: this time next year, and what does the new normal 607 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:29,440 Speaker 1: look like for social gatherings and travel to you, Well, 608 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: the answer is I hope the new normal will be 609 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,359 Speaker 1: that we don't have still have thirty somebody and people 610 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: not vaccinated. I hope the new normal is people have 611 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,920 Speaker 1: seen in what their own interest is and have taken 612 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 1: advantage of the of what we have available to us. 613 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 1: Number two, with the pill, that is a problem that 614 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: appears to be as efficacious as it seems to be, 615 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,759 Speaker 1: that they're going to be able to deal with this 616 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 1: virus in a way that after the fact, you have 617 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: the ability to make sure you don't get self, you 618 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,600 Speaker 1: don't get very sick. Number Three. I would hope that 619 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,560 Speaker 1: what happens is the rest of the world does what 620 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,239 Speaker 1: I'm doing and provides significant amounts of the vaccine to 621 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: the rest of the world, because it's not sufficient that 622 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,840 Speaker 1: we just have this country not have the virus or 623 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 1: be able to control the virus, but that you can't 624 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,399 Speaker 1: pull the wall high enough to keep a new variant out. 625 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,879 Speaker 1: So it requires one of the things that I want 626 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 1: to do, and we're contemplating figuring out how to do. 627 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,400 Speaker 1: Not we are contemplating how to get done, and that 628 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 1: is how do we move in a direction where the 629 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:48,040 Speaker 1: world itself is vaccinated. It's not enough just to vaccinate 630 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,399 Speaker 1: three hundred and forty million fully vaccinate three hundred forty 631 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,239 Speaker 1: million people in the United States. That's not enough. It's 632 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: not enough to do it new we have to do it, 633 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: and we have to do a lot more that we're 634 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,200 Speaker 1: doing now. And that's why we have continued to keep 635 00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:09,279 Speaker 1: the commitment of providing vaccines and available tours for the 636 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,120 Speaker 1: rest of the world as well. And if I could, sir, 637 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,040 Speaker 1: and I should have said this before. Francesca Chambers McClatchy, 638 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,719 Speaker 1: how do you plan to win back moderates and independence 639 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 1: who cast a ballot for you in twenty twenty, but 640 00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 1: Poles indicate aren't happy with the way you're doing your 641 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:30,239 Speaker 1: job now. I don't believe the polls. Well, why don't 642 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,600 Speaker 1: you just go down? Thank you, mister President. To follow 643 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,760 Speaker 1: up on some of the questions about the vaccination program, 644 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,080 Speaker 1: You've given dozens of speeches this year urging Americans to 645 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,799 Speaker 1: get vaccinated. You've talked to reluctant Republicans, You've said it's 646 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,440 Speaker 1: people's patriotic duty. There have been very few mentions of 647 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,839 Speaker 1: the fact that young children under the age of five, 648 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,520 Speaker 1: still in the third year of this pandemic in this country, 649 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 1: don't have access to the vaccine. Can you speak to 650 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,480 Speaker 1: frustrated parents a little bit about why that continues to 651 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,000 Speaker 1: be the case and win that might change because the 652 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,520 Speaker 1: science hasn't reached the point where they convinced that, in fact, 653 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,120 Speaker 1: it is safe. So that's what they're doing now. You 654 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:09,320 Speaker 1: could have asked me that I got asked that question 655 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,560 Speaker 1: about three months ago about people between the ages of 656 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, seven and twelve. Well, it's finally they've got 657 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: to the point where they felt secure in the number 658 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,480 Speaker 1: of tests they had done and the test they had 659 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,560 Speaker 1: run that it was safe. So it will come. It 660 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,440 Speaker 1: will come, but I can't I'm not a scientist. I 661 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,719 Speaker 1: can't tell you when. But it is really very important 662 00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,879 Speaker 1: that we get down that next piece. One more follow 663 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,000 Speaker 1: up on billback better. When you said it's going to 664 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,200 Speaker 1: likely be broken up into chunks, you mentioned that the 665 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,360 Speaker 1: climate pieces seem to have broad support. You mentioned the 666 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:45,640 Speaker 1: Center Mansion as a supporter of early childcare. You left 667 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,279 Speaker 1: out the child tax credit, and I wonder if it's 668 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,840 Speaker 1: fair to read between the lines and assume that that 669 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,880 Speaker 1: is a piece, given Center Mansion's opposition to it, that 670 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,960 Speaker 1: the extension of that is likely one of those components 671 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:01,400 Speaker 1: that may have to wait until sometime. Really big components 672 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: that I feel strongly about that I'm not sure I 673 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:07,280 Speaker 1: can get in the package. One is the childcare tax credit. 674 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:13,600 Speaker 1: The other is help for cost of community colleges. They 675 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,640 Speaker 1: are massive things that I've run on, I care a 676 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,040 Speaker 1: great deal about, and I'm going to keep coming back 677 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,319 Speaker 1: at whatever for I get to be able to try 678 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,200 Speaker 1: to get chunks or all of that done. Yes, sir, 679 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:29,400 Speaker 1: next man, next year left. Thank you, mister President. My 680 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:33,360 Speaker 1: name is Perro about Univisional National News. This is actually 681 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,600 Speaker 1: my first press conference here. As good to meet you 682 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 1: in person. We always have long, awesome, awesome. I got 683 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,839 Speaker 1: a couple of questions for you. Number one, you said 684 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,399 Speaker 1: that you want to convey your message by getting out 685 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,040 Speaker 1: there in the country. I wonder if you're planning on 686 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,840 Speaker 1: traveling also to South America and all countries in the 687 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,200 Speaker 1: in the Western hemisphere, given the fact that China has 688 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,040 Speaker 1: has gained a lot of influence in the region. And 689 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:01,480 Speaker 1: the second question is what will be your message for 690 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,319 Speaker 1: residents in this country that are struggling every time they 691 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:05,840 Speaker 1: go to the gas station and every time they go 692 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,520 Speaker 1: to the grocery store and see the prices going high 693 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:12,040 Speaker 1: and the pharmacy. I happen to come from South Texas. 694 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:13,520 Speaker 1: What I saw a lot of a lot of people 695 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,799 Speaker 1: struggling financially in the last few months, and so I 696 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,560 Speaker 1: think you, I wonder what is the message you want 697 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,600 Speaker 1: to spread to them? Well, I try to express I've 698 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,760 Speaker 1: asked trying to answer that seven different ways today about 699 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,640 Speaker 1: how to deal with inflation. But let me answer the 700 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,200 Speaker 1: first question. I spent a lot of time in South 701 00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:36,480 Speaker 1: America and in Latin America. When I was Vice president. 702 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,920 Speaker 1: I spent the bulk of my years basically in Europe 703 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:44,239 Speaker 1: and or in Latin America. I'm in contact with the 704 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: leaders of the countries in South America. We're working closely 705 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:53,000 Speaker 1: with making sure that we do everything, for example, to 706 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:58,480 Speaker 1: deal with helping the countries in questions, particularly those in 707 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,600 Speaker 1: Central America, to be able to help them with their 708 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:06,560 Speaker 1: ability to deal with the people. Don't sit around and 709 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 1: bottom all and say I got a great idea. Let's 710 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,160 Speaker 1: sell everything we have, give them money to a coyote, 711 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 1: take us across a terribly dangerous trip up through Central 712 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,760 Speaker 1: America and up through Mexico, and drop us to speak 713 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,080 Speaker 1: us across the border, drop us in the desert. Won't 714 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:29,200 Speaker 1: that be fun? People lead because they have real problems. 715 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,640 Speaker 1: And one of the things I've done when I was 716 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,400 Speaker 1: a vice president got support with although I don't have 717 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,400 Speaker 1: much Republican support anymore, has provide billions of dollars to 718 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,680 Speaker 1: be able to say to those countries, why are people 719 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:45,000 Speaker 1: leaving and how are you going to reform your own system? 720 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:49,040 Speaker 1: And that's we've worked on a long time. It still 721 00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:52,359 Speaker 1: needs a lot more work, and we're focusing on that. 722 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,080 Speaker 1: I also believe I've spent a lot of time talking 723 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,840 Speaker 1: about and dealing with policy having to do with Mudua, 724 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:03,160 Speaker 1: who is a little more than a dictator right now, 725 00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:07,000 Speaker 1: and the same thing in Chile and and not the 726 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:10,920 Speaker 1: same thing, but with Chile as well as Argentina. So look, 727 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,840 Speaker 1: I made a speech a while ago when I was 728 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:20,600 Speaker 1: vice president saying that if we were smart, we have 729 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:26,760 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make the Western hemisphere a united not united, 730 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:31,160 Speaker 1: a democratic chemisphere. And we were moving in the right 731 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:37,960 Speaker 1: direction under the last administration, the Obama Biden administration, but 732 00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,160 Speaker 1: so much damage was done as a consequence to the 733 00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:46,080 Speaker 1: foreign policy decisions the last president made in Latin America, 734 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:50,640 Speaker 1: Central American, South America, that we now have. When I 735 00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:54,000 Speaker 1: call for some of the democracies, I call that, and 736 00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,920 Speaker 1: a number of nations showed up for this, some of 737 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,239 Speaker 1: the democration. What is it that's going to allow us 738 00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,160 Speaker 1: to generate We've actually had a reduction in the number 739 00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:06,520 Speaker 1: of democracies in the world, and it seems to me 740 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,439 Speaker 1: there's nothing more important. We used to talk about when 741 00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:13,319 Speaker 1: I was a kid in college about America's backyard. It's 742 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:18,120 Speaker 1: not America's backyard, said, everything south of the Mexican border 743 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,879 Speaker 1: is America's front yard. And we're equal people. We don't 744 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,680 Speaker 1: dictate what happens in any other part of this convent 745 00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,759 Speaker 1: or the South American content. We have to work very 746 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,600 Speaker 1: hard on it. But the trouble is we're having great 747 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,920 Speaker 1: difficulty making up for the mistakes and we made the 748 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:39,120 Speaker 1: last four years, and it's going to take some time. Yes, 749 00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:41,279 Speaker 1: so down on the back and then I'll go to 750 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:45,920 Speaker 1: this side. Okay, thank you, mister President, Alexander and Azaria 751 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,360 Speaker 1: and Yahoo News, and thank you for holding this press conference. 752 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,759 Speaker 1: I hope there's more of them. Anytime you have extra 753 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,080 Speaker 1: three hours we can do. We'll stay for a couple more. 754 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:01,560 Speaker 1: You said you were surprised by Republican instruction of your agenda, 755 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,400 Speaker 1: but didn't the gew if you take exactly the same 756 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:08,040 Speaker 1: tactic when you were vice president to Barack Obama, So 757 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,719 Speaker 1: why did you think they would treat you any differently 758 00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:18,080 Speaker 1: than they treated him? First of all, right, the president. Uh, well, 759 00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,600 Speaker 1: is about five minutes left that we're not going to 760 00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:23,359 Speaker 1: get to because we took a break at the top 761 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:27,600 Speaker 1: of the final hour of the program today. Um, this 762 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:32,880 Speaker 1: is the longest, most painful interview I have ever seen 763 00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:38,120 Speaker 1: or press conference in my life. It is beyond humiliating, 764 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:43,640 Speaker 1: it is embarrassing. UM, I am just I don't even 765 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:48,759 Speaker 1: want my mind to go where world leaders are watching 766 00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:53,840 Speaker 1: this and what they're thinking about this. And there's so much, 767 00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:57,920 Speaker 1: so many details that I will deal with. James Rosen's 768 00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:02,040 Speaker 1: questions about, yeah, majority don't think you're mentally fit? Why 769 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:05,760 Speaker 1: do people feel this way? Just watch a press conference 770 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,879 Speaker 1: and listen to it, And he got cognitively worse as 771 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,600 Speaker 1: it went on throughout the two hours. Well at full 772 00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:15,160 Speaker 1: coverage tonight, ninety Eastern on Hannity. Full coverage here tomorrow. 773 00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for being with us, and wow, we have 774 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:18,880 Speaker 1: a lot to talk about