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>> AND JUST A COUPLE THINGS AT THE TOP. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT GOING SO TOMORROW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO BALTIMORE WHERE HE WILL RECEIVE AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE ON RESPONSE EFFORTS FROM THE UNIFIED COMMAND LEADERS FROM.

THE COAST GUARD AND ARMY CORPS AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL SHARE UPDATES ON THE ASSISTANCE THEY ARE PROVIDING TO STATE OFFICIALS IN SERVING AND REMOVING THE WRECKAGE IN THE CHANNEL AND ALLOWING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE TO REOPEN AS SOON AS HUMANLY.

POSSIBLE. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE JOINED MY GOVERNOR MORE AND OTHER MARYLAND AND BALTIMORE AREA ELECTED OFFICIALS. HE'LL ALSO BE JOINED BY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETE BUTTIGIEG. AS WE ALL KNOW, 6 INDIVIDUALS TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN THE FRANCIS SCOTT KING.

BRIDGE COLLAPSE LAST WEEK, THEY WERE HARD WORKERS LABORING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO REPAIR POT HOLES ON THE BRIDGE THAT 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS CROSSED EVERY DAY THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH LOVED ONES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS DURING HIS TRIP.

TOMORROW, THE PRESIDENT IS CONTINUING TO LEAD A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH IN RESPONDING TO THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED AS THE PRESIDENT SAID WITHIN HOURS OF THE COLLAPSE, THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE'LL BE WITH THE PEOPLE OF BALTIMORE. EVERY STEP OF THE.

WAY. SBA ADMINISTRATOR GUZMAN IS IN BALTIMORE TODAY AS PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN NEED. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE A VERY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE EPA ADMINISTRATOR REGAN MADE TODAY.

IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. THEY ANNOUNCED A 20 BILLION-DOLLAR IT 20 20 BILLION DOLLARS IN AWARDS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN ENERGY. TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS. IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND CREATE GOOD PAYING JOBS. THIS.

INVESTMENT THROUGH THE EPA IS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND WILL STAND UP A NATIONAL NETWORK THAT WILL FINANCE 10'S THOUSANDS OF CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS ACROSS AMERICA. AT LEAST 70% OF THESE FUNDS WILL BE INVESTED IN LOW-INCOME AND DISADVANTAGED.

COMMUNITIES. THIS MAKES THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND, THE SINGLE LARGEST NON TAX INVESTMENT IN THE INFLATION PRODUCTION ACT TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY WHILE BENEFITING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT WELL HIGH. AND FINALLY,.

FINALLY, FINALLY, I WANT TO BRIEFLY PREVIEW THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY. WILL HE WILL TRAVEL TO MADISON, WISCONSIN AND DISCUSS HOW HE IS LOWERING COSTS FOR AMERICANS. LATER IN THE WEEK, THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY WILL HOST THE.

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AND HIS WIFE FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS WILL INCLUDE A STATE DINNER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH, THE VISIT WILL UNDERSCORE THE ENDURING STRENGTH OF OUR ALLIANCE, THE UNWAVERING U.S. COMMITMENT TO JAPAN AND.

JAPAN'S INCREASING GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THURSDAY. APRIL, 11TH, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HOST PRIME MINISTER MARCOS OF THE PHILIPPINES, PRIME MINISTER KISHIDA OF JAPAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TRILATERAL U.S. JAPAN, PHILIPPINES LEADERS.

SUMMIT. IN ADDITION, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HOST PRESIDENT MARCOS FOR A MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON APRIL. 11TH TO REVIEW THE HISTORIC MOMENT IN THE U.S. PHILIPPINES RELATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT. THE ADMIRAL IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

THE PRESIDENT'S CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER NOT, YOU KNOW, AND ANY UPDATES SEE A BUSY DAY HERE AND YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. JUST START. TO RECOGNIZE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATO ALLIANCE. GREATEST MILITARY ALLIANCE AND HISTORY OF THE WORLD. AND YOU ALSO.

STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT EARLIER TODAY CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE 75 YEARS, THE NATO ALLIES STOOD TOGETHER FOR FREEDOM AGAINST AGGRESSION. >> PROVIDED ON RIVAL BOURKE OF SECURITY THAT HAS HELPED PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

DURING THAT TIME, OUR NATO ALLIES HAVE COME TO OUR AID IN OUR TIME OF NEED WITH NATO FORCES SERVING ALONGSIDE OURS AND AFGHANISTAN. TODAY, WAS LARGER, STRONGER, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. THANKS IN NO SMALL PART TO THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO.

BUILDING ON ALL THAT PROGRESS IN JULY. WE HOST OUR THIRTY-ONE NATO ALLIES HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR THE NEXT NATO SUMMIT. SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THE PRESIDENT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU EARLIER TODAY. ON THAT PHONE CALL, THE.

PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THAT THE STRIKES ON HUMANITARIAN WORKERS AND THE OVERALL HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA ARE UNACCEPTABLE. MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR ISRAEL TO ANNOUNCE AND IMPLEMENT A SERIES OF SPECIFIC CONCRETE AND MEASURABLE STEPS TO.

ADDRESS A BILLION HARM. MANAGER AND SUFFERING. AND THE SAFETY OF AID WORKERS. HE MADE CLEAR THAT U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO GAZA WILL BE DETERMINED BY OUR ASSESSMENT. ISRAEL'S IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE STEPS. HE UNDERSCORED THAT AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IS.

ESSENTIAL TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION AND TO PROTECT INNOCENT CIVILIANS. AND URGED THE PRIME MINISTER TO EMPOWER HIS NEGOTIATORS TO CONCLUDE A DEAL WITHOUT DELAY TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME. THE 2 LEADERS ALSO DISCUSSED PUBLIC.

IRANIAN THREATS AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE ISRAELI PEOPLE. PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE CLEAR THAT THE UNITED STATES STRONGLY SUPPORTS ISRAEL IN THE FACE OF THOSE THREATS. HAVE SEE. >> ON THAT LAST PIECE THAT, YOU SAID ANY OF SEVERAL TIMES.

THAT HAVE ALSO INTO HE SAID CURRENT ISRAELIS TO POWER IN YEARS. JUST CHANGES THE ASSESSMENTS REALLY WILLINGNESS TO REACH A CEASE-FIRE DEAL, CHANGE IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. >> LOOK, IT TAKES IT TAKES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND THE.

NEGOTIATION OF BOTH SIDES AND THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS URGING. HE CERTAINLY IN THE COLUMN THAT URGING AND THAT THE PRIME MINISTER EMPOWER HIS TEAM TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS DEAL IN PLACE. >> JUST THE SUBSTANCE THE BILL.

PRESENT STATEMENT. THERE. I'M SAYING A CONDITION SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELI OPERATION IN GAZA WHAT ISRAEL DOES. FIRST OFF, WHAT IS AT STAKE, WHAT A FROM ISRAEL IF HE DOESN'T CHANGE AND SECOND, WHAT DO YOU TO SEE FROM WERE TO DO TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND UNITED?.

>> I'M NOT GOING ANY POTENTIAL POLICY DECISIONS COMING FORWARD. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ARE SOME REAL CHANGES ON THE ISRAELI SIDE. YOU KNOW, IF DON'T SEE CHANGES FROM THEIR SIDE. DON'T HAVE TO BE CHANGES FROM OUR SIDE. BUT I WILL PREVIEW WHAT THAT COULD LOOK.

LIKE. NOW. THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. JUST THE BODY COUNTERS, IN TERMS OF CONCRETE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE AND HOPE TO SEE HERE IN COMING HOURS AND DAYS IS A DRAMATIC INCREASE AND THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE GETTING IN ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS OPENED UP.

A REDUCTION IN THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS AND CERTAINLY AID WORKERS. WE WANT WE WANT TO SEE THAT AND EVEN AS THE ISRAELIS WORK THROUGH THEIR INVESTIGATION, THAT THEY ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO TAKE PRACTICAL, IMMEDIATE STEPS TO PROTECT AID WORKERS ON THE.

GROUND AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY THAT THEY HAD THAT CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION IN PLACE. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE BROAD BRUSHES, ALL THAT THESE REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT THEY WILL OR WON'T DO HERE. BUT AGAIN, IN COMING HOURS AND DAYS, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR CONCRETE,.

TANGIBLE STEPS TO TAKE. JUST TO GO BACK TO THAT POINT. >> YOUR READ OUT WHEN YOU SAY THE PRESIDENT MADE CLEAR THAT THE U.S. POLICY RESPECT TO GAZA WILL BE DETERMINED BY OUR ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL'S IMMEDIATE ACTION. COULD YOU DECODE THAT WERE US? WHAT.

EXACTLY IS THE WARNING THAT ISSUE HERE? >> I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR IN THE LANGUAGE WE'RE GOING TO BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONCRETE STEPS TO ALLEVIATE HUMANITARIAN SUFFERING IN GAZA. AGAIN, I WOULD GET AHEAD OF WHAT THE ISRAELIS WILL OR.

WON'T SAY OR ANNOUNCE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONCRETE STEPS TO BE ANNOUNCED HERE SOON. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONCRETE STEPS AND CHANGES IN THEIR POLICIES, BUT IT'S EXECUTION OF THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THOSE DECISIONS AND IMPLEMENTING.

THEM. AND SO WE OBVIOUSLY WILL WATCH CLOSELY AND HOW HOW THEY DO ON THE COMMITMENTS THAT THEY MAKE. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, IF THERE'S NO CHANGES TO POLICY IN THEIR APPROACHES, THEN THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CHANGES TO HOURS. I THINK I THINK WHAT THE WORLD WANTS TO.

UNDERSTAND IS THE WHITE HOUSE WARNING THAT IT MAY WITH MILITARY AID? WHAT EXACTLY IS THE THREAT HERE? STATED IT PRETTY I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING. AS I SAID EARLIER, I'M NOT GOING TO PREVIEW STEPS. I'M NOT GOING TO PREVIEW DECISIONS THAT HAVEN'T.

BEEN MADE YET. BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. THERE ARE TOO MANY CIVILIANS BEING KILLED, A RISK TO AID WORKERS UNACCEPTABLE. AND NOW WE HAVE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECONSIDERING WHETHER THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN.

GAZA. WHILE FAMINE LOOMS. SO THERE HAS TO BE TANGIBLE STEPS. LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ANNOUNCE. LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DIRECT. LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DO. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE SECOND. TRIED ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE THE WE DID, THE PRESIDENT SEEMS TO CENTER TO.

THE PRIME MINISTER MAKE THESE CONCRETE CHANGES OR ELSE IT'S THE OR ELSE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR HERE IS THE PRESIDENT THREATENING TO WITHHOLD AID TO ISRAEL IF THEY DO NOT MAKE THESE CHANGES? THE PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR. >> THAT OUR POLICIES WITH.

RESPECT TO GAZA. WILL BE DEPENDED UPON OUR ASSESSMENT OF HOW WELL THE ISRAELIS MAKE CHANGES AND IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO TO MAKE THE SITUATION GUYS ARE BETTER FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. AND HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU GIVING TO MAKE THESE CHANGES TO IMPLEMENT THESE.

CONCRETE? AGAIN, WE WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE SOME. >> ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CHANGES HERE IN COMING HOURS AND DAYS AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT CHART. WHY TODAY? WHAT A DAY. WHAT? WHY TODAY FOR THE PHONE CALL. WHY? WHY THIS APPARENT SHIFT IN POLICY TODAY? I THINK.

LOOK, PRESIDENT WELL OF US, PARTICULAR THE PRESIDENT WAS CERTAINLY SHAKEN BY THE ATTACK ON THE W C K A CONVOY AND WORKERS. AS I SAID IT WASN'T THE ONLY EVENT. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS LIKE THAT HUMANITARIAN CONVOYS COMING UNDER FIRE AND LOSING PEOPLE.

AND THE PRESIDENT FELT STRONGLY THAT IT WAS TIME TO TALK TO PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU ABOUT HIS CONCERNS. CHARACTERIZE THIS CAUSE. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS CALL IS VERY DIRECT, VERY BUSINESSLIKE, VERY PROFESSIONAL ON BOTH SIDES.

AND AND THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT HIS SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE DIRECTION AND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING AND QUITE FRANKLY, LAID OUT AS HERE IN THE AREA >> WE WILLING TO RECONSIDER OUR OWN POLICY APPROACHES HERE DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE ISRAELIS DO OR DON'T DO JUST.

TELL US WHAT WAS ON THE CALL? BILATERAL CALLED BETWEEN THE 2 PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AND THE PRESIDENT. THEY WERE THE ONLY 2 SPEAKERS ON ON THE PRESIDENT ALSO PRESIDENT HARRIS DID DID ISLAND. YES, SECRETARY OF YES, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS. ALSO LISTENING IN ON.

THE ISRAELI SIDE, BUT THE BUT DISCUSSION WAS BETWEEN THE 2 LEADERS IN JUNE. >> I YOU'RE FINE. ISRAEL TAKEN LIKE DO A BROAD SENSE OF IT. WE WANT TO SEE MORE CROSSINGS OPENED UP. WE WANT TO SEE MORE TRUCKS GETTING PARTICULAR FROM JORDAN WE WANT TO SEE.

TANGIBLE STEPS IT THE MITIGATION OF CIVILIAN HOME PARTICULARLY TO HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY ALSO MEANS. BUT WE WANT TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON PROPER STEPS TO DEACON FLICKED. WITH AID WORKERS AS THEY MOVE AROUND.

THAT THE INFORMATION FLOW IS LANGUAGE. WE'VE HEARD. >> FOR WEEKS NOW, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SORT OF TELLING US HOW EXACTLY YOU WILL MEASURE MEASURABLES DEATHS. I SAID WAS. >> WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING EXAMINE OUR POLICY APPROACHES.

BASED ON RCS MONTH OF THE WAY THE ISRAELI SIDE MODIFIES THEIR BEHAVIOR MODIFIES THERE, POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. AND SO FIRST OF ALL, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY SAY. THEY'RE GOING TO DO. AND THEN LET'S WATCH AND SEE HOW THEY EXECUTE TO WHAT THEY SAY. AND.

I WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THEM AND WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WHAT THEY PLAN TO SAY ABOUT THE CHANGES THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE. BASE OUR POLICY DECISIONS BASED ON ASSESSMENT OF HOW THEY EXECUTE TO THEIR POLICY. DECISIONS ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT POTENTIAL U.S.

POLICY CHANGES ARE ON THE TABLE. CAN YOU SAY WHETHER THE PRESIDENT SHARE THAT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON THIS THE PRESIDENT MADE CLEAR THAT THAT ABSENT CHANGES IN THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS ON THE GROUND. ABSENT CHANGES TO THE VOLUME OF HUMANITARIAN.

ASSISTANCE GETTING IN ABSENT. ABSENT ANY MOVEMENT ON. A CEASE-FIRE THAT WILL ALLOW. HOSTAGES TO GET OUT AND MORE AID TO GET IN ABSENT, YOU KNOW, CALMING THAT HE WILL HAVE TO RECONSIDER HIS OWN POLICY CHOICES WITH RESPECT TO TO AND ONE OF THE 7, 8, WAS.

OBVIOUSLY TO AMERICAN CITIZEN TO PRIME MINISTER, OFFERED THE PRESIDENT AN APOLOGY >> LET THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAK TO HIS SIDE OF THE THE I WOULD NOTE THAT THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES >> THEIR SOUTHERN COMMAND COMMANDER HAS MADE A PUBLIC.

APOLOGY FOR STRIKE AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF STREET OUTCOME. YOU ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE COMING UP AND HOW THAT >> CONVERSATION WAS WAS PRIMARILY >> THE NEED TO GET A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE IN PLACE. THE NEED.

FOR THERE TO BE A PAUSE THE FIGHTING SO WE GET THE HOSTAGES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. THE NEED TO SEE THAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO LEARN FROM THIS STRIKE AND TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE WAY CIVILIAN HARM IS MITIGATED FROM AN OPERATIONAL.

PERSPECTIVE AND THEY DID SPEND TIME AS THE READOUT MAKES CLEAR, TALKING ABOUT THE VERY PUBLIC THREATS FROM FROM IRAN TO ISRAEL AND THE PRESIDENT, AS I SAID, MADE VERY CLEAR TO THE PRIME MINISTER THAT UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL'S ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM.

A RANGE OF THREATS, NOT JUST HAMAS REMAINS IRONCLAD. GET >> THANKS JUST A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST, THE HELP OF THEM TO THE SCHOOL LAST ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO. AND JUST ABOUT TO ME JUST YOU KNOW, WHY? WHY THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN TIME TO BEAT SAID THE GROWING.

FRUSTRATION ON THE PART PRESIDENT BIDEN MESSAGING TO PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO THROUGH. YES, THERE'S BEEN GOING STRAIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ONE QUESTION IS FOR ONE VENEZUELA WE SAW IN THE PAST, BIDEN PUSHING IT'S AN EFFORT TO.

PROTECT CIVILIANS, BUT HOW MUCH MORE MATTER HERE WHEN WHEN ACTIONS THE SAME DAY OF ATTACK ON THE HUMANITARIAN AWARDS, THEY WENT AS WELL AS APPROVING THE WE'RE NOW 6 MONTHS INTO THE WAR. HOW MUCH THE U.S. ACTIONS ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING ISRAEL TO NOT DO.

ENOUGH TO PROTECT CITIZENS? KIND OF GLAD THE QUESTION CAME BECAUSE I WOULD TELL YOU WHEN. >> I'VE SEEN PRESS REPORTING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE ABOUT THE ARM SALES AND THAT KIND OF THING. I WOULD JUST REMIND YOU THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE 2 MONTHS AFTER THE.

ATTACK, WE HAVEN'T REALLY CENT EMERGENCY AID AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE ISRAEL KNOW WASN'T THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE RESULT OF UP PROCESS OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES TO ISRAEL. THAT TAKES YEARS. AND A LOT OF THIS MATERIAL THAT'S.

BEEN REPORTED PUBLICLY WAS NOTIFIED TO CONGRESS MANY, MANY MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS AGO AND ARE IN THE TRAIN TO GET TO ISRAEL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. REMEMBER AS A TRIED TO MENTIONED LAST ANSWER THAT. STILL HAVE THAT A LOT OF THREATS IT FACES. I MEAN,.

WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON HAMAS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THEY STILL FACE ACTIVE THREATS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, INCLUDING FROM IRAN UNITED STATES STILL HAS AN IRONCLAD COMMITMENT TO HELP ISRAEL WITH ITS SELF-DEFENSE. AND SO A LOT OF THESE ARTICLES, INCLUDING.

THE 2000 POUND BOMBS AND THE F 35. THAT'S THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN LONG IN THE TRAIN AND NOT TIED THE SALE THAT FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROCESS WAS NOT TIED TO THIS CONFLICT. >> COULD HAVE ON THAT AS WELL WE CAN BECAUSE YESTERDAY YOU.

CAN LISTEN TO ENACTED A LAW FROM BEING SOFTENED HIS WEDDING ON AND HE ACCUSED UNITED STATES OF USING SECRET MILITARY BASES IT'S A SO WHAT IS YOUR REACTION U.S. CONSIDERING DUE TO OR THEY JUST PARTLY THE DEFENDER, SOMETHING PRESENT PLANS FOR.

SECRET MILITARY BASE. AND WE'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES THAT THAT THERE'S AN 18 99 ARBITRAL RULING ABOUT THE BORDER. >> BETWEEN GUYANA AND VENEZUELA. AND WE WANT BOTH SIDES TO RESPECT THAT RULING AND TO DO IT PEACEFULLY.

>> HE SAID WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE IN AND OUT OF CHANGES. I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS JUST HOPE OR IS IT AN EXPECTATION? IT BASED ON A COMMITMENT WE EXPECTED THERE WOULD >> ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING FROM ISRAEL IN THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS. BUT I WANT TO RESPECT.

THEIR RIGHT TO MANAGE THAT PROCESS ON THEIR OWN. OKAY. THERE ANY UPDATE GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER ON WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED WITH WORLD CONTINUE TO HIGHWAY? THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL STRIKING GREAT DETAIL THAT THE PRIME MINISTER DID REITERATE AS HIS.

MILITARY HAS REITERATED THAT THIS WAS ON THEM, THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS WAS CONCLUDING THAT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING IT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO ME THAT THEY.

DID. OBVIOUSLY THEY TALKED ABOUT, OF COURSE, BUT DID DID THEY GO THROUGH POINT BY POINT THE INVESTIGATION'S FINDINGS? NO, BECAUSE I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE IS STILL EVALUATING THE ACTUAL INVESTIGATION RESULTS JUST THAT TURNING TO GET A.

TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING IF YOU DESCRIBE THE VERY LONG PROCESS OF >> A SUPPLY ARMS TO ISRAEL. >> THIS CONTINGENCY ISN'T MET AND THERE IS A CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY. EASY OR HARD WOULD IT BE TOO? >> SLOW DOWN OR CHANGE.

SHIPMENTS TO ISRAEL BASED ON CURRENT LAW AND ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS ALL THE THINGS YOU JUST DESCRIBED. >> YEAH, AGAIN, WANT TO GET AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE LET'S WHAT THE THE ISRAELI SIDE DOESN'T SAYS. AND WHAT THEY IMPLEMENT, WHERE THEY GO.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT ACTUAL POLICY DECISIONS. I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO CLOSE DOWN DECISIONS BASED WITH THE PRESIDENT. 9 STATES. HE GETS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND YES, THE FOREIGN MILITARY SALE CERTAINLY IS. IS.

SUPPORTED BY LEGISLATION. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN AUTHORITIES THAT YOU CAN DO TO MANAGE THAT. BUT AGAIN, WAS NOT GET AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT SEEING WHAT THE ISRAELIS SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN ACT ON ON THOSE ON THOSE CHANGES.

>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN QUESTIONS ABOUT LEVERAGE ISRAEL IS AN ALLY AND A FRIEND AND A PARTNER AND THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES STRONGLY. AND AS FOR HIS ENTIRE PUBLIC CAREER, THE SECURITY THE ISRAELI PEOPLE AND THE AND THE LONGEVITY OF ISRAELI STATE.

AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE AND SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY AND I DON'T THINK THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD MIND ME SAYING IN THE CALL TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER REITERATED HIS THANKS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN, THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO.

PROVIDE ISRAEL SO LONG STANDING. IT WAS BEFORE 7TH OF OCTOBER. AND IT IS NOW AND THAT SUPPORTS SUPPORTS GOING TO CONTINUE. BUT WITH RESPECT TO GAZA, WE NEED TO SEE CERTAIN AND IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER CHANGES TO OUR OWN POLICY. BUT IT'S.

NOT ABOUT IT'S NOT ABOUT LEVERAGE. IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP AND IT'S ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY. I WOULD EVEN SAY THAT UNIQUE CREDIBILITY. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PRESIDENT HAS IN ISRAEL AND WITH ISRAELI LEADERSHIP BASED ON HIS LONG PUBLIC SERVICE OF SUPPORT.

ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP, YOU THINK THE PRIME MINISTER REALLY LISTEN. IT I THINK IT WAS EVIDENT IN THE PHONE CALL TODAY A IT WAS A A GOOD DISCUSSION, DIRECT. NO QUESTION, BUT A GOOD DISCUSSION. AND AND I I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT MADE.

VERY CLEAR HIS CONCERNS AND THAT THE PRIME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THOSE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF THIS CALL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CALL WAS SET UP. >> AFTER THE STRIKE ON THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN WORKERS. WOULD YOU SAY CALL WAS A.

DIRECT RESULT OF THAT? WASN'T THE REASON BEHIND THE YES. LAST RESPONSE ADDRESS A CHIFFON DRESSES THAT FEE CONVOY WAS ANY RESPONSE FROM THE U.S. AND >> HAVEN'T SEEN THE ISRAELI INVESTIGATION. THEY HAVE SAID THEMSELVES PUBLICLY AFTER A.

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION THAT THERE WAS NO DELIBERATE TARGETING OF WCK CHEF ANDREAS, THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH NOW. IT INDEPENDENT FOLLOW-ON INVESTIGATION, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETE. THE PRIME MINISTER JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BROADLY AND REITERATED THAT TODAY. THE PRIME MINISTER REITERATED TODAY THAT THERE WAS NO DELIBERATE TARGETING OF THAT. THAT AID CONVOY TONIGHT. >> SITTING CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT SO THAT WE HAVE REACHED A MOMENT TO LET STRICKEN DISCRETION CONSIDER.

SO WAS SENT WE IN SYSTEM. >> PRESIDENT, I THINK IT'S CLEAR IN RE DO NOT IN THAT THE PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR TODAY THAT IF WE DON'T SEE CHANGES TO THE THE IDF TREATING INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND AID WORKERS AND THROWING THE INSISTENCE THAT HE'S GOING TO.

HAVE TO RECONSIDER OUR GUYS AND HE WAS VERY DIRECT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT NOT GOING TO CLOSE DOWN HIS DECISION SPACE AS SATISFYING AS THAT MAY BE FOR SOME OF YOU. I CAN'T DO THAT. BUT HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO SEE SOME CHANGES ON.

THE ISRAELI SIDE. IT YOUR BUT VERY DISTURBING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY AN ISRAELI VISION THAT WHITE HOST I PROGRAM UNDER. >> HAS BEEN USED BY THE ISRAELI ARMY TO PUT IT IN GAZA IN WHAT PEOPLE DO. THIS PROGRAM HAS ON 22ND HUMAN.

SUPERVISION AND IT WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN YOU'RE SEEING ARE YOU AWARE OF IT? NUMBER ONE AND SECOND IS THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU THAT THE EYE CAN BE USED THIS WAY WITHOUT SUPERVISION. >> I'M NOT AWARE THAT YOU HAVE TO LET ME TAKE THAT QUESTION. WILL GET BACK TO YOU. THANK.

YOU SO MUCH, GENTLEMEN. START OF THE TRILATERAL SUMMIT GOING TO MOVE ON RHONDA. FIRST OF LOOKING AHEAD, THE TRILATERAL SUMMIT NEXT WEEK. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES? AND WE RECENTLY FOR THE FILIPINO INVESTOR THE U.S. JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES ARE GOING TO.

START THE TROLLS. THE SOUTH CHINA SEA VERY SOON CAN CONFIRM THAT. GIVE DETAILS. THE PENTAGON WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT THIS SO I DON'T I WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THEM ON THAT. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE. >> COOPERATION WITH OUR ALLIES.

IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS TRILATERAL SUMMIT NEXT WEEK. I THINK IT WILL BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SELF DEFENSE TREATY COMMITMENTS WITH BOTH COUNTRIES. AND SO THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH BOTH HIS.

JAPANESE AND HIS FILIPINO KIND, OF COURSE, IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT'S VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT TO DISCUSS. CERTAINLY THE TENSIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ARE NOT GOING AWAY. THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED IN THE PRESIDENT'S.

CALL. PRESIDENT XI JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. AND SO THERE'S THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND A COOL. >> THINK MY ANSWER WAS COOL, IT'S SMALL COUNTRY. DOESN'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DESIGNED TO SEND PRESIDENT CLINTON TRIED.

SERVE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE YOU KNOW, A SHIP SEND 2 WHO ARE UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S LACK OF ACTION WHEN THE GENOCIDE WAS HAPPENING. SECONDLY, WHAT MESSAGE IS PRESIDENT CLINTON TAKING PRESIDENT WHO'S BEEN IN POWER SINCE 1994? IS BECOMING.

INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN. AND THEN FINALLY IN 1998, PRESIDENT CLINTON, THE PLEDGE, THE RWANDAN PEOPLE THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WAS GOING TO WORK TO IDENTIFY TRIGGERS A GENOCIDAL ACTIVITY SO THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. DO YOU THINK.

WASHINGTON HAS IMPROVED ON UP FRONT? YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR EVERY ADMINISTRATION BETWEEN 1998, AND TODAY. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ABSOLUTELY. >> TAKES THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY, PARTICULARLY WHEN.

IT COMES GENOCIDAL THREATS, WHEREVER THEY OCCUR AROUND THE WORLD. AND HE'S VERY GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS AGREED TO LEAD A DELEGATION FROM THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY. 800,000. PEOPLE IN IN THAT AND THAT CONFLICT. AND OUR HEARTS, OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE.

FAMILIES OF OF AND THE SURVIVORS. THOSE WHO WERE WHO WERE KILLED. I'M JUST DID THAT JUST DREADFUL SITUATION. AND AGAIN, THE PRESIDENTS GRATEFUL THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS AGREED TO TO GO DOWN THERE AND REPRESENT THE ADMINISTRATION. >> THANK ON AT THIS POINT. THE.

COMPLEX PRESIDENT BIDEN BELIEVES THAT A MILITARY VICTORY AGAINST HAMAS AS POSSIBLE FOR >> OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE. AS I'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES,.

DIFFICULT TO ELIMINATE AN IDEOLOGY WITH MILITARY MEANS, BUT YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO WHAT MEANS DECAPITATE THEIR LEADERSHIP. DRY UP THEIR RESOURCES. ELIMINATE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, THEIR ABILITY TO TO TO OPERATE STORE WEAPONS, TRAIN TROOPS ALL OF.

THAT STUFF CAN CAN BE TARGETED WITH MILITARY MEANS. THE BOOK. BUT AS I'VE ALSO SAID, AND AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CALL, IT MATTERS HOW YOU DO THAT. IT REALLY MATTERS A LOT. HOW YOU DO THAT. AND IT'S THE HOW THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS FOCUSED ON.

TODAY IN THE THE WAY THESE OPERATIONS ARE BEING PROSECUTED AND ADDITIONAL HARM COMING TO A CIVILIAN AID WORKERS AND INNOCENT GAZANS. SHE REPORTEDLY TOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN DURING THEIR IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> BEIJING PLANS CHEER UNIFIED.

TAIWAN WITH THE MAINLAND CHINA. DID THE CHINESE LEADER? SIMILAR SENTIMENT CALL THE OTHER DAY? SO WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RESPONSE? I WOULD CERTAINLY TAIWAN CAME IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CALL. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE DISCUSSION THAT WE.

>> DON'T HAVE SENIOR LEADERS AND APPEAR SEE WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT TAIWAN. OF COURSE, IT CAME UP. I I WON'T CHARACTERIZE PRESIDENTS. SHE'S COMMENTS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS VERY CLEAR NOTHING'S CHANGED ABOUT A ONE CHINA POLICY. WE DON'T.

SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE FOR TAIWAN, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO SEE THE STATUS QUO CHANGE IN A UNILATERAL WAY AND CERTAINLY NOT BY FORCE. THANK YOU. IT. SAID THAT PROBABLY WASN'T THE POINT OF THIS CONVERSATION AND IT WASN'T DISCUSSED A LOT. DOES THAT.

MEAN THAT THAT IS STILL SORT OF A SEPARATE ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO ONGOING DISCUSSION. >> BETWEEN U.S. AND ISRAELI IT WASN'T A FOCUS OF THIS CALL. >> COLE IS ANSWERED HIM, JAMES, REALLY ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION CHANGES. WE NEED TO SEE. BUT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH ISRAELI COUNTERPARTS IN COMING DAYS, HOPEFULLY IN A WEEK OR SO ON RAFAH SPECIFICALLY. WE HOPE THIS NEXT ONE WILL BE IN PERSON, BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE SAY ABOUT THAT AS WE CLOSER TO IT. SO.

>> AND OPERATION IN RAFAH WITH NOT SORT COUNTER TO TO THESE NEW CONDITIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT SAY THAT ALL. I MEAN, ONE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUND OPERATION IN RAFAH THAT WE'VE EXPRESSED IS THE DAMAGE YOU CAN THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

THAT CAN RENDER TO THAT 1.5 MILLION GAZANS THAT ARE SEEKING REFUGE THERE. SO AGAIN, TODAY'S CALL IS REALLY FOCUSED ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND THAT INCLUDES HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS. >> YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ROSS A.

AND THE POSSIBILITY OF OPERATIONS GOING AFTER THOSE HAMAS POTENTIAL PROFIT WITHOUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DOWN THERE, WHICH IS DIRE A >> CUSTOMERS CAN FIND AGREEMENT. DONALD TRUMP THAT ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS.

TAKING ON TIME. I'M NOT GOING COMPARE THE PRESIDENT USED TO TO MISTER TRUMP. I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND I NEED TO STAY OUT. >> I KNOW THAT ALL I WOULD TELL YOU IS WE HAVE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH OPERATIONS ARE BEING.

CONDUCTED AND THE THE SPEED IN THE ENERGY WITH WHICH WE WANT TO SEE CHANGES TOO. THE WAY THOSE OPERATIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED. AND I THINK I'D LEAVE IT AT THAT. >> THINK THAT ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS TAKING TOO LONG. THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT.

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO GO AFTER THE HAMAS THREAT, WHICH IS STILL VIABLE AND THE PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR AGAIN TODAY THAT WE SUPPORT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, NOT JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY, BUT TANGIBLY, ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST A RANGE OF.

THREATS. CERTAINLY THAT INCLUDES THIS THIS FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS. BUT AGAIN, I WANT I WANT TO REITERATE. WHAT I SAID EARLIER. IT'S NOT JUST THE THREAT OF HAMAS THAT ISRAEL IS FACING. THEY ARE FACING BROADER THREATS THROUGHOUT THE REGION,.

INCLUDING DIRECTLY AND PUBLICLY FROM FROM >> ALL OF THEM AT FIRST DID THE CIA WARNED IT? ISRAEL DID PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNED THAT OUTCOME TODAY ABOUT AND RADIANT PLAN TO ATTACK INSIDE ISRAEL WITHIN 48 HOURS. >> I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS. PETER, I THINK YOU CAN BUT THEY DID TALK ABOUT A VERY AND VERY VIABLE REAL THREAT BY IRAN TO ISRAEL SECURITY. AND I THINK I NEED TO LEAVE IT. THAT'S REALLY AS FAR AS I GO. >> ON OCTOBER 7, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID MY ADMINISTRATION'S.

SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL'S SECURITY IS ROCK SOLID AND WAIVER. THAT'S NOT TRUE. CORRECT. DISTRICT. HOUSING WAVERING. BUT YOU'RE ALSO RECONSIDERING POLICY CHOICES. BOTH CAN BE TRUE. THEY CANNOT BE SURE THERE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. NOW.

>> NO, IT WAS, YOU C'MON. NOW. AS I SAID. AND AS IT SAYS IN THAT ARENA. MADE CLEAR AND AND HE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE PRIME MINISTER HIS CALL THAT OUR SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. SELF-DEFENSE REMAINS IRONCLAD. THEY FACE A RANGE OF THREATS IN THE UNITED STATES, ISN'T.

GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM HELPING ISRAEL DEFEND ITSELF. THAT SAID, YOU CAN SAY ALL THAT AND YOU CAN ACT ON THAT. AND YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT IN THE PRESIDENT DOES AND STILL BELIEVE THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY'RE DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST THE HAMAS.

THREAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD TODAY. BUT BOTH THINGS ARE TRUE. SUPPORTERS, IRONCLAD AND CONSISTENT. IT'S NOT GOING NOT GOING TO STOP NOT GOING TO NOT NOT GOING TO NOT GOING TO WAVER, BUT WELL, THERE ARE PERHAPS BE SOME POLICY CHANGES.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE IF WE DON'T SEE POLICY CHANGES OUT OF ISRAEL. YES. HOW IS THAT WAVERING? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS HERE. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I FEEL BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE ALL THESE CHANGES BECAUSE WE DON'T.

SUPPORT ISRAEL. >> I DIDN'T SAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES. I SAID WE NEED TO SEE WELL, ISRAEL SPAWNS TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISES IN GAZA AND HOW THEY RESPOND TO PROTECTION OF AID WORKERS. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE. I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE YOU.

DON'T WANT TO SEE INNOCENT CIVILIANS KILLED IN YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE GAZANS STARVE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE FAMILY AND DOESN'T >> COURSE. BUT YOU'RE A MAKER AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POLICY THAT IS NOT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. ON OCTOBER 7.

BECAUSE LENDERS HAVE SOLID AND ON. WE WERE ON OCTOBER 7TH. THERE WASN'T NEAR FAMINE AND GAZA ON OCTOBER, 7TH. THERE WASN'T. ADMISSION OF TRUCKS GETTING INTO GAZA ON OCTOBER 7TH. WE DIDN'T SEE. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED. I MEAN, I COULD.

GO ON AND ON THAT. IT WERE TALKING ABOUT A CONFLICT WHICH IS DANG NEAR SIX-MONTH TOUR THIS WEEKEND, 6 MONTHS. AND IT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. >> AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TODAY WAS WE NEED TO SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE WAY ISRAEL IS DEALING WITH THAT.

THREAT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT 2 GOOD FRIENDS AND ALLIES CAN DISCUSS. THIS ISN'T ABOUT ON. THIS IS ABOUT CHANGING OUR SUPPORT TO ISRAEL OR THE SECURITY OF THE ISRAELI STATE. TONIGHT. I JUST HAVE TO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE PREMISE OF THE QUESTION, WHICH IS THE LAST.

WHERE IS PRESIDENT BIDEN ON ANY OF THIS WHEN WANTS TALK ABOUT HOW ANGRY HE IS FRUSTRATED. HE IS ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF INSULIN. >> HE COMES OUT AND GIVES AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH. WHERE IS HE ON ANY OF HE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THIS. HE'S BEEN ISSUED.

STATEMENTS ON THIS. BUT THAT THAT LAST I LOOKED WAS PUBLIC. >> BUT WHERE IS HE? WHY ISN'T HE HERE RIGHT NOW? I'M SURE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS AND MANY OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY. >> BE ALL >> I CAN ASSURE ANYTHING WHITE.

HOUSE VIEWS ON COMING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO PREVENT NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPACE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED >> ACTUALLY CAN. AND IF YOU DON'T I DO HAVE SOME NOTES ALONG. MAKE SURE THEY GET THIS RIGHT. BUT IN LAST MONTH. INVESTOR THOMAS GREENFIELD.

ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN, WE PUT FORWARD A SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION CALLING ON ALL COUNTRIES NOT TO DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN SPACE OR TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE PLACED IN ORBIT AROUND THE.

EARTH. WE WILL BE BRINGING HIS RESOLUTION TO A VOTE IN NEW YORK EARLY NEXT WEEK. NOW THE VOTE SHOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE OUTER SPACE TREATY, WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNED BY MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING RUSSIA. PRC AND OF COURSE, UNITED.

STATES. PROHIBITS THE DEPLOYMENT OF, QUOTE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR OTHER KINDS OF NET WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. AND QUOTE, IN ORBIT. WE HAVE HEARD PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYING THAT RUSSIA HAS NO INTENTION OF DEPLOYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN SPACE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD.

TO RUSSIA. VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY NOT TO IF THEY DO THAT, I THINK THAT SHOULD OPEN UP SOME REALLY GENTLEMEN QUESTIONS TO MISTER PUTIN ABOUT WHAT HIS INTENTIONS REALLY ARE. >> CLARIFY CEASE-FIRE WAS.

PRESIDENT USED THE STATEMENT. HE SAYS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CEASE-FIRE AND THEN THE LIGHTS PRIME MINISTER EMPOWER NEGOTIATORS DEAL WITHOUT DELAY. SO ARE THE 2 TIED TOGETHER OR AS YOU CEASE-FIRE RIGHT NOW? AND THEN THE OTHER THING LATER, I MEAN, WHAT WE I.

CAN'T BELIEVE PRESIDENT'S LANGUAGE WITH WE WANT TO SEE A PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING. WE WANT TO SEE A CEASE-FIRE IMMEDIATELY. >> SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN AND CREATED A SET OF CONDITIONS WHERE AID ORGANIZATIONS FEEL.

BETTER. ABOUT OPERATING INSIDE GAZA BECAUSE AS WE WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IT IN WRITTEN AS A RESULT OF THE ATTACK ON THE WCK, WORKERS THAT SOME AID ORGANIZATIONS NOW PULLING BACK. SO WE WANT TO SEE THAT IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE PUSH. WE ALSO, OF COURSE, AS WE'VE.

SAID, MANY TIMES, I THINK THAT THAT COULD ALSO PROVIDE A WINDOW HERE TO GET THE HOSTAGES OUT. ALL THANK THANK YOU VERY WASN'T ALL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AT >> ALL THE WHITE HOUSE 3 LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL ABOUT THIS. CHANGE IN U.S.

POLICY. WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE? >> WELL, LOOK, I'M I THINK THE ANIMAL MADE IT VERY WE GIVING THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY SERIOUS. HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE SAW THIS WEEK BEING.

KILLED? I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT WE'VE SEEN MORE THAN 200 AID WORKERS IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND SO THAT NEEDS TO STOP. AND SO WE'RE GIVING ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, AS YOU HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE, COME UP WITH SOME SOME WAYS. YOU KNOW, SOME MEASURES HERE.

ON HOW TO AVOID THAT. WE HAVE TO KEEP CIVILIANS UP SO THEY SAY WE HAVE TO KEEP AND TERRY WORKERS SAFE. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. WE'RE ALWAYS HAVING CONVERSATION ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS. I DON'T HAVE A READOUT OUTREACH.

THAT WAS DONE RIGHT AFTER THE CALL. I RECEIVED A CALL AND DID NOT TOO LONG AGO. AND SO DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. BUT I THINK IN THAT READ OUT THE PRESIDENT MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHERE HE STANDS, WHERE HE'S WHERE HE STANDS IN THIS MOMENT. HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR.

AFTER THE YOU KNOW, THE WHAT HAPPENED, THE EVENTS OF 7, 7, YOU KNOW, BRAVE PEOPLE DOING DOING HEROIC WORK. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? HE PUT OUT VERY STRONG STATEMENT. SO I THINK THE PRESS HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR. HE'S OUTRAGED IS HEARTBROKEN AND THIS NEEDS TO.

STOP. WE NEED TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES. THAT'S WHY HE'S HAVING. THAT'S WHY HIS TEAM IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT RAFAH OPERATIONS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THEY'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE DEBATE BACK.

AND FORTH IN AND TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE'RE HOPING EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. IN-PERSON VERY SHORTLY. AND SO THE PRESIDENT BEEN VERY CLEAR, WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES. WE HAVE TO PROTECT HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS CERTAINLY ARE.

GOING TO CONTINUE. YESTERDAY, STATION, BUT DOCTOR GAZA. >> I'M TOO FAMOUS. FIRST INTERACTION SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW THE GROUND, GAZA SINCE THE BOARD WILL BE >> SO A COUPLE OF DIDN'T HAVE. IT WAS A MOMENT TO LOOK INTO THAT. AND SO AS YOU KNOW, THE.

PRESIDENT, HIS SENIOR TEAM HAVE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVELY HONORING THEIR COMMITMENT HE MADE IN CONTINUING THAT ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY OBVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE CONFLICT IN GAZA. AND HE DID THAT BY HOSTING COMMUNITY IS JUST THIS.

WEEK. BUT ALSO YOU SEE THE SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS. I'M GOING TO MICHIGAN GOING TO ILLINOIS IS IN CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. >> WE BELIEVE THAT BY GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HEARING DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY.

LEADERS IN NUMEROUS STATES THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE KEEPING THAT ONGOING COMMITMENT. AND SO LOOK, THE 3 DOCTORS. THERE ARE 3 DOCTORS WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM GAZA WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETING THIS WEEK AND THE SHARE THEIR FIRSTHAND.

EXPERIENCE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND SO WE CAN SAY THAT THERE WERE 3 DOCTORS WERE TRYING TO BE REALLY RESPECTFUL AND KEEPING THE PRIVACY OF THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THESE VERY PRIVATE MEETINGS. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE, I AM ABLE TO SHARE. THERE WERE AT LEAST.

3 DOCTORS WHO HAVE WHO HAVE HAD THE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE GOT TO GAZA AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE TO SHARE THEIR FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT. AND SO I CAN SHARE THAT. BUT ALSO WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMITMENT IN.

KEEPING THESE CONVERSATIONS PRIVATE. AND THAT INCLUDES THE ATTENDEE ATTENDEES. FIRST TIME THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED TO A BODY HAD BEEN ON THE GROUND. SO WHAT I CAN SAY IS THEN GO HAVE NOT CHECKED IN ON ON THAT. WANT TO BE REALLY CARE. >> BUT I THINK 3 DOCTORS.

COMING TO THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY YESTERDAY IN LAYING OUT THERE FIRST ACCOUNT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. 3 DOCTORS WHO ARE HAVE BEEN IN GAZA AND IT SHARE DIRECTLY WITH THE PRESIDENT. WHAT THEY.

HAVE SEEN ON THE GROUND. THAT MATTERS, RIGHT? IT'S SO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR COMMITMENT AND HEARING FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS. THAT'S WHEN OUR COMMITMENT.

FROM VERY EARLY WE UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL THIS IS FOR MANY, WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM AMERICANS. THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO. HE'S A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. HE SAID THAT ANY ISSUE AND ON THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO DO.

THAT AS WELL. >> AND YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT REAGAN PRESENT DESIGNATED FOR WHITE TO MANAGE THIS. SO I'M YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE DO HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN BRIEFED. I THINK I MAY HAVE.

SENT SHARE THAT YESTERDAY AS WELL. LOOK TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC IS VERY SERIOUS. WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. OUR TOP PRIORITY OBVIOUSLY IS TO KEEP COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, SAFE AND INFORMED WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE WHITE HOUSE.

IMMEDIATELY. THE WHITE HOUSE TOOK UP A RESPONSE TEAM WITH RELEVANT AGENCIES LIKE THE CDC FDA USDA TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE WE KEEP COMMUNITIES HEALTHY, SAFE AND INFORMED ENSURE THAT OUR NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY REMAINS SAFE AND.

MONITOR ANY AND ALL TRANS TO MITIGATE RISK AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF AVIAN FLU. WE ARE ALSO IN REGULAR TOUCH WITH THOSE RELEVANT AGENCIES AND RECEIVING DAILY UPDATES BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THIS IS AN ISSUE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE.

AVIAN FLU. THIS IS PUBLIC EXPERTS, HEALTH EXPERTS IN AGENCIES. I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS FOR DECADES FOR 20 YEARS. NOW. AND SO WE HAVE INVESTED THE ABILITY TO TEST THE ABILITY TO PREVENT AND TO TREAT. AND SO AS CDC SAID THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW, THE.

RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM THIS OUTBREAK IS LOW, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. WHICH IS WHY WE SET UP IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TEAM. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR CONTINUE TO MONITOR. AND AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR RELEVANT TRENDS AS IT RELATES TO THE AVIAN FLU.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL AMERICANS SAFE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. >> GREEN A SPEAKER. JOHNSON WERE TO PUT SOME FORM A CONGRESS MY MOVED OUT WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE PRESIDENT. I SUPPORT DEMOCRATS.

WORKING TO KEEP SPEAKER. >> SO WE'VE ALWAYS VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO LEADERSHIP. AND WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING THE SPEAKER, PICKING THE LEADER IN THE SENATE, WE WANT TO CONGRESS STILL WITH THAT. WE WANT IN THIS CASE, IT'S.

SOMETHING THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO DECIDE ON THAT. SOMETHING THAT LEADER JEFFRIES IN HIS CAUCUS HAVE TO DECIDE ON. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS AND WE STAND BY THAT. AND REASON CONTACT.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO READ OUT TO YOU AT THIS TIME. OBVIOUSLY, OFFICE OF LEGISLATORS IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS ON THE HILL. THEY DO WANT TO JUST SAY, AND WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ABOUT THIS WHEN IT.

COMES TO NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL BUDDY, INCLUDES ALL IMPORTANT UKRAINIAN AID. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S BIPARTISAN TO CONTINUES TO BE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND IN CONGRESS. THE SPEAKER NEEDS TO PUT THAT ON THE FLOOR. NEED MAKE SURE THAT PEAK GIVES.

HOUSE MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD GET OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THEIR LIVES AT STAKE. WE'RE LIVE AT STAKE HERE IN UKRAINE. THE BRAVE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THE U.S. TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

FOR THEIR DEMOCRACY. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS. WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE THAT. AND BECAUSE OF CONGRESSIONAL INACTION, WE HAVE SADLY HAVE SEEN THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR THEM. UKRAINIANS LOSING GROUND IN THE BATTLEFIELD. AND SO WE.

BELIEVE PUT IT OUT ON THE FLOOR. SPEAKER NEEDS TO DO THAT. LET COMPRESSION MEMBERS A VOTE ON IT. WE THINK IT WILL GET OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. 70 TO 29 COMING OUT OF THE SENATE FOR THAT NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL. GOT TO MOVE. IT HAS TO MOVE. LIVES ARE AT.

STAKE HERE. WAS THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY SEE. >> THE COMMENTS BY JOSE ANDRES IS YEARS. >> HE'S AWARE HE'S AWARE HE'S BEEN HE'S BEEN BRIEFED AND HE'S AWARE BY THE COMMENTS. LOOK, YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT. PUT THAT IN THE STATE IN HIS.

STATEMENT. OBVIOUSLY, WE MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN HIS STATEMENT HOW HE FELT ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP IS FRENCH FRONT FRIENDSHIP CHEF CHIFFON DRESS. THEY CONSIDERS HIM A FRIEND HE SEES HIM AS A HERO AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE NOT JUST IN GAZA, BUT ACROSS.

THE GLOBE AND FEEDING AND FEEDING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO. HE PROVIDES. WE HAVE SAID THE THE OP-ED THAT HE WROTE IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND HE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE FIRST COUPLE WORDS OUT OF HIS STATEMENT YESTERDAY WAS.

OUTRAGED AND HEARTBROKEN. 7 PEOPLE DIED. CONCERN. >> ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY, BETWEEN CHEF AND LIBERTY ON HIS WORKERS VERSUS WHITE REAL HAVE SAID IN TERMS DESCRIBING THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION, ONGOING INVESTIGATION. WE'RE GOING TO LET THAT.

INVESTIGATION MOVE FORWARD. >> AND WE CERTAINLY I THINK WE ALL CAN UNDERSTAND HOW HEARTBROKEN CHEF JOSE ANDRES IS AT THIS MOMENT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE MOURNING WITH FAMILY MOURNING WITH THE FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR LOVED ONES SO WE CAN BE SENSITIVE TO.

THAT. BUT AS IT RELATES MAKING ANY DECLARATIVE STATEMENT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INVESTIGATION MOVES FORWARD IS WE SEE WHERE THAT TAKES US. THANKS, KAREEN. PRESIDENTS OF THE OF JACOB BLAKE THE AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO KILLED IN WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.

STRAIGHT. >> THEY SAID THIS MORNING, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT EXCEPT FOR THAT FIRST DAY WHEN THEY GOT PATIENTS FROM U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM AS THE PRESIDENT OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE PLAN REACH OUT TO THEM.

>> DON'T HAVE A FOR YOU AT THIS TIME. WE'VE BEEN ALWAYS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS THAT ARE HARD TO MAKE. JUST SAID THIS, TOO. JEFF, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES. IT IS TRAGIC, TRAGIC. WE SEND OUR DEEPEST, DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF JACOB. YOU KNOW, HE.

AND WORLD. WORLDCENTER CENTRAL KITCHEN WORKERS WERE DOING WORK. AS I JUST MENTIONED AND WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND AS THEY WERE DOING WORK IN GAZA IS TRAGIC. IT'S DEVASTATING. IT'S HEARTBREAKING. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CALLS TO.

ROOT OUT RIGHT NOW. I EXPECT MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE WITH THE FAMILY TO EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES DIRECTLY. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING TO AT THIS TIME. BUT OBVIOUSLY OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO LOST, WHO ALSO.

LOST SOMEONE THEY LOVED. >> AND SEVERAL DEMOCRATS ARE NOW CALLING FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE. >> IS THE WHITE CHANGING ITS POSITION ON THIS? >> WE'RE GOING LET IT IS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DO THEIR.

INVESTIGATION AND SEE WHERE THAT TAKES US. I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. THEY'RE DOING AN INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE SAID WE WANTED TO BECOME HENCE IT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE HAS ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WANTED TO BE SWIFT, WANTED TO BE PUBLIC. SO DON'T WANT TO.

GET AHEAD OF THAT. BUT THAT PROCESS AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE THERE. >> I THINK IT'S GREAT. SO YESTERDAY, JOHN KIRBY SAID US WOULD NOT SHIPPED THE POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL UNTIL FINISH THEIR REVIEW OF CENTRAL KITCHEN STRAIGHT. AND JUST SO.

THAT THE U.S. MAY CONSIDER CHANGE. IF THEY DON'T MAKE CHANGES IN GAZA HOURS AND DAYS. SO WHERE IS >> I THINK IT'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED TODAY WITH THE PRESIDENT, AS WE HAVE SAID, IT WAS VERY DIRECT WAS.

PRODUCTIVE. THAT WAS PROFESSIONAL. 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION. AND IT WAS BASED ON HUMANITARIAN PROTECTING 8 WORKERS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT PROTECTING CIVILIANS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS PRIMARILY ABOUT. AND WHAT WE HAVE SAID.

IT'S IN THE READOUT THAT WE WANT TO SEE MEASURABLE CHANGES TO PROTECT THOSE AID WORKERS TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES. AND SO THAT IS WHAT IS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT SWITCH. THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT A STATEMENT THAT WE PUT OUT. YOU HEARD THAT FROM SECOND WEEK IN.

TODAY. AND I THINK THAT'S A THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO SEE MEASURABLE CHANGES 2, HOW HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS ARE PROTECTED. THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT. AND THAT'S THE CHANGES THAT WE.

WANT TO SEE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT PRESENT. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE DAYS TO COME. >> JUST ONE MORE, I'M SURE. THAT AGAINST THE ISRAELI WAR MINISTER CALLED FOR ISRAEL TO HOLD EARLY ELECTIONS. BEST NUMBER, WHERE IS THE WAY THIS?.

>> NOT GOING TO WHAT I CAN GET INVOLVED AND ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OR ANY GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS. THAT IS SOMETHING FOR THEM TO DECIDE COMING FROM HERE. >> QUESTION ABOUT ELECTRIC FORD SAID TODAY IT'S DELAYING PRODUCTION ON AN ELECTRIC SUV.

TESLA EARLIER THIS WEEK SAID THAT SALES ARE PLUNGING DO THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION RETHINK VERY THE POLICY? NO, NOT AT YOU KNOW. >> WHEN IT COMES TO EV SALES, THEY'RE REACHING RECORD HIGHS. THESE ARE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN.

EVER. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE. LAST YEAR. EV SALES SURPASSED 1 MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. THAT'S A 50% INCREASE THAT MATTERS. UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, EV SALES HAVE MORE THAN QUADRUPLED SALES OF HYBRIDS.

AND EVS ARE NOW RECORD HIGH OF 18% OF ALL LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE SALES AVERAGE PRICE OF EV IS DOWN 20% FROM JUST A YEAR AGO. JUST ONE YEAR AGO. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PART OF I SHOULD SAY. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING.

THAT WE CAN TO LOWER COST LOWER PRICES. THIS IS PART OF THAT AND ALSO DO ARE ALL EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DEAL WITH A CLIMATE CRISIS. AND THIS IS PART OF THAT. IS IT REALISTIC TO GO FROM ABOUT 7 OR 8% OF SALES TO 50% OF SALES?.

>> YEARS IF THE AUTOMAKERS THEMSELVES ARE CUTTING ON PRODUCTION. >> WE BELIEVE IN WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT U.S. MANUFACTURERS, U.S. MANUFACTURING JOBS HAVE INCREASED JOBS, HAVE INDEED INCREASE. AND WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF WHOM LIKE THIS, THAT.

MEANS YOU NEED AUTO WORKERS, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T HAPPEN ON ITS OWN. AND SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS WORKING. WE BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS PROMISED. WE WANT TO SEE A MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY THAT'S FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS OF THIS COUNTRY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE.

SEEING. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S WORKING TOWARDS. >> ABOUT YESTERDAY'S CALL WITH PRESIDENT XI, IF PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CONCERNED ENOUGH ABOUT TIKTOK TO BRING IT OUT ON A CALL WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA. WHY IS HE AND WHY IS VICE PRESIDENT? WHY ARE THEY.

STILL MAKING VIDEOS FOR TIKTOK? >> THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE CAMPAIGN. REFERRING TO THAT'S UNDERSTAND IT IS THE CAMPAIGN'S DECISION. I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BAN TIKTOK.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BAN TIKTOK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIVESTMENT. YOU HEARD THAT FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER WHEN HE'S BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES AT THE PODIUM SPEAKING TO A TIKTOK AND THE LEGISLATION AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. IT IS.

A IT IS A A PLATFORM THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NATIONAL SECURITY AND SO TALKED ABOUT NOT BANNING DIVESTING, NOT DIVESTING. SO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. GOOD CARE REPORTING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE SPECIFICALLY.

JUST SCIENCE AND RAIN ARE CALLING A MAJOR BALTIMORE PLAYERS INCLUDING AMAZON, HOME ENCOURAGING THEM TO NOT JOBS IN THE WAKE OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT OUTREACH IS HAPPENING AND OTHER OUTLETS LIKE THAT? AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FROM THE.

ADMINISTRATION TO BIG COMPANY? >> SO A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I THINK I'VE READ THIS OUT BEFORE THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HASN'T RELEASED A SUB SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT THE PRESIDENT SUPPLY CHAIN JUST DISTRIBUTION TASK FORCE HAS CONVENED.

MULTIPLE TIMES AT THIS POINT TO ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF SUPPLY CHANGE WAS HAS SO FAR BEEN MANAGEABLE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. THE TASK FORCE WORKED WITH RAILROADS TO SET UP NEW SERVICE LINES AND WITH PORTS AND OCEAN CARRIERS TO DIVERT VESSELS. THE SBA, THE.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE LOW INTEREST DISASTER LOAN ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES AND SET UP BUSINESS FOR COVER CENTERS TO HELP ON THE GROUND IS REALLY YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CHIEF, THE CHIEF OF STAFF SIGNS AND OTHER SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS.

THEY HAVE THEY HAVE CALLED A MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN THE BALTIMORE AREA, INCLUDING RETAIL CHAINS AND DISTRIBUTORS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO RETAIN WORKERS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THOSE IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF BALTIMORE.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH SBA TO REACH OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND ARE IN TOUCH WITH LOCAL UNIONS ALONGSIDE THE LABOR DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT WE CAN.

IDENTIFY ANY AND ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS. AND SO WE IF ANYTHING, THAT SHOULD SHOW THAT THIS IS ADMISSION MINISTRATION, IT'S BEING ACTIVE AND WE'RE PROACTIVE. OBVIOUSLY IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEAL WITH ANY POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT.

RIGHT NOW, AS I SAID AT THE TOP, WE SEE THIS BEING MANAGEABLE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE THESE THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE CRITICAL WITH ANY UPDATES FROM OUR STATE, LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT CONGRESS MOVING FORWARD THE FUNDING? >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD.

OF THE HE HAS, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO BE THERE ON THE GROUND. I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE MORE TO SHARE LEADER TONIGHT. I AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, HE'S GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS. WE LOST. AS YOU WE LOST LIVES ON THAT AND.

PRESIDENT AS HE DOESN'T, HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A LOSS WILL BE THERE FOR THOSE FAMILIES JUST LIKE CERTAINLY BE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE WAR. IT'S ABOUT STATE DINNER NEXT >> I SAW THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED TODAY THE DINNER.

ITSELF IS GOING TO BE HELD IN THE EASTERN. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THE DINNER WAS HELD ON TENT ON THE SOUTH WAS THE EASTERN CHOSEN OUT OF CONCERN THAT PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN COMING PRESIDENT MIGHT BE SHOUTING OUT. THAT'S NOT THE THAT'S NOT THE STATE DINNER.

THAT'S BEEN HELD IN THE EASTERN. BELIEVE IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, SOUTH KOREA WAS HELD IN THE EAST ROOM. >> SO I WOULD AND I WOULD READ TOO MUCH INTO IT. WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE. APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU VERY A PREVIEW OF.

ASK YOU ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM >> THAT'S GOVERNMENT APPEARS BE A SAY WAS QUESTION. SO I WONDER WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS SEEKING FOR GUARDING THAT MATTER. NATIONAL PRESS PRESS FREEDOM DOES THE WHITE HOUSE HAS STANCE ON THE PENDING PRESS. LEGISLATION PASS THE.

HOUSE AND THAT SENATOR SCHUMER TOLD BECAUSE WE SPENT >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE PRESS SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT AND I SAID THIS, I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES. I SAID THIS LAST WEEK WHERE JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME. WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AS IT RELATES TO.

THIS PARTICULAR I HAVEN'T REVIEWED IT WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO OFFICE OF LEGEND FARES ON THAT PARTICULAR LEGISLATION. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CODIFY THE POLICY TO BAN SUBPOENAS. JOURNALIST RECORDS. THE PRESIDENT.

STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF FREE AND DEPENDENT PRESS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT WHEN HE WAS AT THE GRIDIRON. THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER. HE'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT ABOUT.

THIS AND I'LL JUST QUOTE HIM FOR SECOND. A FREE PRESS IS A PILLAR OF ANY FREE SOCIETY. AND WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH CERTAIN COVERAGE OR ADMIRE IT. WE DO HAVE MY OR THE COURAGE OF THE FREE PRESS JOURNALISM AGAIN IS NOT A CRIME. FOR JUST CONFIRM NO.

STANCE. GET ON FACT THAT YOU'RE WEARING THE SUNSHINE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT >> THAT. KNOW, I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO SHARE BEHALF BESIDES WHAT I JUST LAID OUT JUST LEAVE AS SOMEWHAT I TO TO PREVENT A 5 I UNDERSTAND. HEAR I HEARD THE QUESTION. I'M JUST.

NOT GOING TO BE ON TO WIN. I JUST ATE IT. >> AND THE PERSONAL MATTER AND WHAT TO ASK YOU ABOUT MY REPORTING ON ANTHONY BRUNO ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FIGURES IN THIS WHITE HOUSE. FIRST LADY REPORTEDLY REFERS TO HIM AS FOR WORK HAS BEEN 3 FORMER.

COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AGAINST HIM BUILDING ON WIRE REPORTS OF BULLYING SOME OF THESE SOURCES HAVE WORKED WITH YOU. THINK YOU FIND THEM CREDIBLE. BUT CHIEF OF STAFF SITES ISSUED A STATEMENT DISMISSING.

ALLEGATIONS AS UNFOUNDED ATTACKS WITHOUT EVEN INVESTIGATING THEM, WHICH MY SOURCES SAY THEY'RE ALARMED ABOUT BECAUSE THEY SAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND POLICE REPORTS ON HOW THE WHITE HOUSE POTENTIALLY POSSIBLY JUST A FIGHT, NOT INVEST, INVESTIGATE.

THESE ALLEGATIONS WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL SERVE COUPLE IS I DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR SOURCES ARE. SO >> I CAN'T I JUST WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, RIGHT? I I JUST DON'T. I THEY'RE BLIND SOURCES. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. WHAT I CAN.

SPEAK TO IS USE OUR STATEMENT FROM OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, JEFFREY ZIENTS SAYING THEY ARE UNFOUNDED. YOU SAW A VERY STRONG STATEMENT FROM ANTHONY HIMSELF WAS IN. YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR REPORTING AND HE SAID THE SAME AND I CANNOT SPEAK TO PERSONNEL.

INVESTIGATIONS HERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I WILL NEVER SPEAK TO. AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE IS WHAT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I WILL NEVER I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN DO. HOLD I HAVE KNOWN ANTHONY FOR SOME.

TIME NOW. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIM AND I CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND BUT ALSO A COLLEAGUE THAT I RESPECT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU ALSO HEARD FROM JEFFREY ZIENTS. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE BEYOND.

YOUR REPORTING. THAT'S NOT I JUST JUST SAID TO YOU. >> THAT THEY HAVE SAID THEMSELVES, JEFFREY ZIENTS AND ALSO AT THE BURN ALL THAT THEY ARE UNFOUNDED. I CAN SPEAK TO YOUR SOURCES. THOSE ARE YOUR SOURCES TO SPEAK TO. I CANNOT WITH STATUS COME FROM THE.

FIRST LADY SHOOTING INTO SOMETHING I BELIEVE ANSWER THE QUESTION. I'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION FOR NOT ANTI BRUNELL SPOKE FOR HIMSELF. YOU HEARD FROM OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, OUR CHIEF OF STAFF AND GAVE HERE A PUBLICATION. A STATEMENT, OBVIOUSLY. AND YOU HEARD FROM.

ME, I I I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE SEXUAL GRASP AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE ON WITH. SO WE DON'T END IN THAT >> GUESS I WANT JUST CREATE SOMETHING THAT SPOKE WHICH YOU CARE CHARACTERIZE THE CONVERSATION BEEN TOLD ABOUT ULTIMATUM THAT DELIVER ALL TO.

SHOT ACROSS THE IT WAS IT WAS A DIRECT CONVERSATION. IT WAS HONEST CONVERSATION. >> IT LASTED 30 MINUTES OF YOU HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE AND WE HAVE SAID THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE. YOU'VE HEARD THIS FROM US. YOU'VE HEARD THIS FROM PRESIDENT HIMSELF. THE PRIME.

MINISTER AND THIS PRESIDENT HAVE KNOWN KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR DECADES AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR SOME TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A DIRECT AND HONEST CONVERSATION. AND SO AFTER WHAT WE SAW ESPECIALLY WITH 7, YOU KNOW, 7 LIVES TAKEN FROM.

THE WHO ARE PART OF THE WORLD, CENTRAL KITCHEN WORKERS WHO ARE DOING HEROIC WORK ACTS, PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID. YOU KNOW, AFTER WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT RIGHT. HE WAS OUTRAGE. HE WAS HEARTBROKEN. HE WANTED TO HAVE THIS DIRECT.

CONVERSATION ON HOW TO KEEP HUMANITARIAN AID WORKER SAFE, PROTECTED AND ALSO CIVILIANS, INNOCENT CIVILIANS. AND THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SOME TIME. AND SO ON AND PROTECTING INNOCENT CIVILIAN LIVES. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I STATED.

MOMENTS AGO WHY HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS TEAM AND THE PRIME MINISTER'S TEAM CAME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THEY'RE AWFUL POTENTIAL REFER OPERATIONS BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES AND A MAJOR WELL, A MAJOR MILITARY.

OPERATION WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE HAMAS OPERATIVES IN BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT INNOCENT LIVES HERE. SO THEY HAD A VERY DIRECT CONVERSATION. THAT IS A THAT IS A BECAUSE THEY'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR MANY DECADES.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL SEE IT. COME SEE SOME OF BALTIMORE.

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