>> AND SO PRESIDENT BIDEN VOWED TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS FOR SENIORS AND FAMILIES. AND HE'S DELIVERING ON THAT PROMISE. TODAY THE PRESIDENT WILL VISIT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND, TO KNOW THAT DOZENS OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RAISE PRICES FASTER THAN INFLATION. SURE. GETTING REBATES TO MEDICARE FOR OUTRAGEOUS, OUTRAGEOUS PRICE HIKES. THANKS FOR THE INFLATION REDUCTION AT THAT. THAT EVERY SINGLE CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST TAKEN STEPS TO CAP THE COST OF INSULIN AT 35 BUCKS FOR SENIORS. ALLOW MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES LACK IN $800 PER YEAR IN HEALTH INSURANCE SAVINGS FOR 15 MILLION AMERICANS. THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO CONTINUING TO USE FAIR PRICING CAUSES. TO KEEP PRICES LOW FOR NEW TREATMENTS CREATED WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. PRESIDENT BIDEN REMAINS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THE MEDICINE THEY NEED AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICES AT AFFORDABLE PRICES AND YOUR DIRECTLY FROM HIM SHORTLY. NOW TODAY WE REMEMBER THE 26 SOULS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY 11 YEARS AGO. 20ST GRADERS WERE MERCILESSLY GUNNED DOWN WITH A WEAPON OF WAR. AND 6 BRAVE EDUCATORS WERE ALSO KILLED, SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THEIR STUDENTS. THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST PRAYING FOR THE MOMS AND DADS WHO LOST THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN THAT DAY. FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND SURVIVORS IN THE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY. SO MANY OF THEM HAVE COURAGEOUSLY GONE ON TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE AND THE GUN VIOLENCE RIPPING APART LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. AS THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS MORNING, WE SHOULD NOT LIVE LIKE THIS. THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO STOP THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE. BUT WE NEED CONGRESS TO ACT. WE NEED CONGRESS TO ACT. WE NEED UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. WE NEED A NATIONAL RED FLAG LAW. AND WE MUST BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS LIKE THE ONE USED TO KILL THESE INNOCENT CHILDREN. LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK, 2 PIECES OF NEWS TO SHARE. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TRAVEL TO THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO DELIVER REMARKS PAYING TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR AT HER FUNERAL SERVICE. JUSTICE O'CONNOR DEDICATED HER LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND A RELENTLESS PURSUIT TO STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY BY FINDING COMMON GROUND, REMINDING ALL AMERICANS THAT THERE IS FAR MORE THAT UNITES THAN DIVIDES US. AND ON WEDNESDAY, THE PRESIDENT WILL TRAVEL TO MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, TO DISCUSS HOW BIDENOMICS IS CREATING A SMALL BUSINESS LAUREN COSTS FOR HARD WORKING FAMILIES AND BUILDING AN ECONOMY FROM LITTLE OUT AND BOTTOM HE WILL ALSO DISCUSS HOW UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION AMERICANS HAVE FILED A RECORD. 14.6 MILLION NEW BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING 178,000. IN STATE. IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. WITH THAT, THE ADMIRAL IS BACK IN THE BRIEFING ROOM TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE AND TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW A NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, JAKE SULLIVAN IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CONFLICT IN GAZA. >> SINCE ARRIVING, HE'S HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER AND CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN THEY DISCUSSED A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING WORK THAT WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED STATES OVER RECENT MONTHS TO WORK TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE PEACE BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS, AS WELL AS TO INCREASE THE FLOW OF FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE AND FUEL. AND TO GOD, ISRAEL, JAKE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU MEMBERS OF HIS WAR CABINET. HIS MESSAGE WAS CONSISTENT. UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP BROKER ANOTHER PAUSE SO THAT THE REMAINING HOSTAGES CAN BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AS I SAID YESTERDAY, AND AND HAMAS STARTED WAR. THEY CAN END IT RIGHT NOW BY LETTING THOSE PEOPLE GO ORDERING THEIR FIGHTERS TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS AND BY TURNING IN EVERYONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. JAKE, ALSO DISCUSS THE NEXT PHASE OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY CAMPAIGN. HARD QUESTIONS AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING ABOUT WHAT ALL THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. OF COURSE, JAKE ALSO DISCUSSED EFFORTS. ISRAEL IS NOW UNDERTAKING TO BE MORE SURGICAL IMPRECISE IN THE TARGETING AND EFFORTS THAT THEY ARE TAKING TO HELP INCREASE THE FLOW OF AID. THIS IS JAKE SECOND VISIT TO ISRAEL SINCE THE CONFLICT BEGAN. PART OF OUR ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH BOTH ISRAEL AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS REMAIN THERE TOMORROW AND WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS AND READOUTS OF HIS MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENT TO THEM COULD TURN TO UKRAINE TODAY, VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS ANNUAL PRESS CONFERENCE DOUBLE DOWN ON A SCHOOL CONQUERING UKRAINE AND SUBJUGATING ITS PEOPLE NEARLY 20 MONTHS AFTER HE LAUNCHED HIS BRUTAL AND BARBARIC INVASION. MISTER PUTIN SAID TODAY THAT THAT AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE WILL MODERATE AND THERE WILL ONLY BP'S QUOTE WHEN OUR GOALS ARE ACHIEVED AND COOL. ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT I SURE HOPE. BUT THOSE HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE FOR MONTHS HELD HOSTAGE CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE. HER PUTINS MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. THEY'RE HEADED HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WHILE UKRAINIANS ARE HEADING RIGHT BACK INTO THE FIGHT. THEY'LL FACE MORE SHELLING, MORE AIR ATTACKS, MORE COLD, DARK NIGHT IN JUST OVER THE LAST. 24 48 HOURS WE'VE SEEN ADDITIONAL AIR STRIKES BY RUSSIA ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACE MORE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR HOMELAND. THEY NEED OUR HELP. AND THEY NEED IT RIGHT NOW. NOT AFTER THE EGGNOG. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MOVE YOUR CHANGE YOUR MIND. THINK ABOUT OUR OWN INTEREST HERE. WE KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN TO UKRAINE. SO FOR MORE. IS CHALLENGING THE VERY INTERNATIONAL ORDER THAT WE HELPED BUILD THESE CHALLENGING. THE UN CHARTER IS CHALLENGING THE VERY NOTION OF SOVEREIGNTY. HE'S CHALLENGING DEMOCRACY ITSELF. RUSSIA SEEKS TO REMAKE THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER TO CREATE A WORLD CONDUCIVE 2 TINY PERSONALIZED IMPRESSIVE TYPE OF AUTOCRACY THAT WOULD HAVE PROFOUND EFFECTS ON FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE. SO IN SHORT, WE FORD NOT HELPED. IMAGINE THE COST IN BLOOD AND TREASURE NO LIVES OF OUR OWN TROOPS AND THOSE OF OUR NATO ALLIES. IF WE JUST WALKED AWAY FROM THIS EFFORT, WE JUST LET PUTIN TAKE UKRAINE, WIPE IT OFF THE MAP AS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY. AS PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID, WE KNOW FROM HISTORY THAT WHEN DICTATORS DON'T PAY A PRICE FOR THEIR AGGRESSION, THEY JUST KEEP ON GOING AND MAKE NO MISTAKE. PUTIN IS NOT THE ONLY HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. OTHER NATIONS FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE. WE'LL CERTAINLY LEARN LESSONS FROM OUR ABILITY HERE TO STAND UP. OR INABILITY TO STAND UP IN ACTION. ACTION TOO. IT'S WELL PAST TIME FOR US TO ACT DEFENSE OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES. JUST QUICKLY, I THINK TODAY ALSO SAW WE ANNOUNCED JOINT TREASURY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST AND TORIES, TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION MOSMAN ENGAGED IN THE SMUGGLING OF PEOPLE AND ILLICIT FENTANYL INTO UNITED STATES FROM NEXT MEXICO. THIS IS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S ONGOING EFFORTS COORDINATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO TO TACKLE THE GLOBAL THREAT POSED BY THE SCOURGE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING INTO THE UNITED STATES. SPECIFICALLY TREASURYS ISSUED SANCTIONS AGAINST THIS NOTORIOUS TRANS AND THAT THIS TREND NOTORIOUS TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION AND TO HUMAN SMUGGLERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S DO 2021 EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH TARGETS THOSE INVOLVING GLOBAL RUG TRADE SEPARATELY, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALSO UNSEALED A COMBINATION OF HUMAN SMUGGLING WANT MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES AGAINST 5 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE HEAD I LOST MY TODAY'S ACTIONS, OF COURSE, WERE BASED ON A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY A DHS HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS AND THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. >> LAST SEVERAL GOOD MARKER FOR THAT TO TOMORROW U.S. >> WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING SINCE ALMOST THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THIS THIS COULD TAKE SOME TIME, CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT IT IN IN TERMS OF MONTHS IS NOTHING NEW. THAT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING. BUT >> AND THEN SEPARATELY THIS YEAR REALLY THEM THAT COUNTRY WILL NOT SOLUTION, EVERY COUNTRY IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BE. YOU DOING HERE TO THE >> PROMISE AND THE VISION OF A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. NOTHING'S CHANGED ABOUT OUR POLICY. ALL OF THESE REALLY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. WE STILL BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT STILL BELIEVES IT'S NOT ONLY POSSIBLE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ISRAELI PEOPLE AND THE PEACE ALL POSSIBLE. IF THE ISRAELIS CANNOT >> AS I SAID YESTERDAY, GAME. A 2 STATE SOLUTION MAY SEEM ELUSIVE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT FOR OURSELVES. WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S FOCUS RIGHT NOW IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS, BUT IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION. IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP ON ALL SIDES. YOU TO BE ABLE TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND DO THE RIGHT THING, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR PEOPLE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY IN THE REGION. THE PRESIDENT IS AN OPTIMIST AND HE STILL BELIEVES THAT IT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER THE RIGHT SOLUTION. ANY STILL BELIEVE THAT'S ACHIEVABLE. NOBODY THINKS WE'RE GOING TO PULL A RABBIT OUT OF A HAT HERE AND GET TO IT TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY WHILE THEY'RE IN A A FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UP ON THE EMBERS. AND JUST ONE MORE THING IT UP FROM SASHA WHEN HE WAS IN RIYADH. THIS WAS AN IDEA. THIS WAS JUST THIS NOTION WAS WAS BROUGHT UP BY JAKE WITH WITH THE CROWN PRINCE AND AS YOU KNOW BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH, WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS NORMALIZATION BETWEEN THOSE 2 COUNTRIES. AND THE INDICATIONS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE SAUDIS AND THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN PUSHING FORWARD ON THAT. IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP DOESN'T REQUIRE MORE LEADERSHIP ON THE PART INQUIRY. SHIP ACROSS THE BOARD. I WANT YOU TO QUESTION MENTIONED DOES TO MUCH OF CAMPAIGN IS ACCEPTABLE. NOW, THE TO >> I THINK LOOK, WE WE ALL WANTED TO. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND AS I SAID IN MY OPENING STATEMENT YESTERDAY AND TODAY COULD END TODAY. SEND MORE DID THE RIGHT THING AND JUST LAY DOWN ITS ARMS AND SURRENDERED AND GET GET AND GET AND GET THE HOSTAGES THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKELY RIGHT NOW. THIS WAR STARTED ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT THIS WAR, TO PROTECT THEIR PEOPLE AND TO PROTECT OUR NATION AGAIN, HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE? I CAN'T PREDICT AND WE'RE NOT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DICTATING TERMS TO THE ISRAELIS ABOUT HOW LONG HAS TO TAKE AND HAS TO TAKE AS LONG AS THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO TAKE TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THIS THREAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE ALL WANT TO BE OVER SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> THE U.S. DECISION A THAT POSTWAR ENVIRONMENT GOT THE MOST CONTROLLED I WAS HEALTHY AND HEARTY. US ANY SENSE THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT HEALTHY. ARE INVOLVED GAZA THE WEST BANK SON'S UNIT. ALREADY ONE PASS TO GO. MEDIA. >> WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNMENTS PALESTINIAN AREAS, INCLUDING AND THAT WE BELIEVE. THAT THAT'S BEST ACHIEVED THROUGH A REFORMED AND REVITALIZE PALESTINIAN WHEN AGAIN DICTATING. WHO? YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN BUT WE BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A REGIONAL EFFORT EFFORT THAT WE'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN TO HELP THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BECOME REFORMED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN. CAN MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENTS AND GAZA AND SUGGESTION. >> AND JAY WAS BECOMING HUMANITARIAN AID CORRIDORS GOT MAKE SOME NEWS FOR US TODAY AS GET AN UPDATE ON THAT JUST ONE MORE TIME TIME EYES. YOU WANT THIS TO END SOON AS POSSIBLE, EVERYONE. BUT THERE ARE REPORTS SOLOMON TOLD NETANYAHU THAT ISRAEL HAS TO END THIS CURRENT PHASE OF FIGHTING WEEKS, NOT MONTHS. IS THAT PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT USED TO THAT? >> I'M NOT GOING DIVULGE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH THE ISRAELIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JAKE DID TALK TO HIM ABOUT WAS PROGRESS IN THE WAR AND WHERE THE ISRAELIS THINK IT'S GOING UP AND HE DID TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE TRANSITIONING FROM WHAT WE WOULD CALL HIGH INTENSITY OPERATIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HIM DO NOW LOWER INTENSITY SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TIME STANDPOINT. I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND LAST THING WE WANT TO DO TELEGRAPH TO HAMAS WHAT THAT WHAT THEY'RE LIKELY TO FACE IN COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS JUST WANT TO DOES THE ADMINISTRATION AGREED THAT INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS ARE PROHIBITED UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW? >> IF ATTACKS, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE ARE NOT DONE WITH DO CONCERN CIVILIANS OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THAT'S A DEEP CONCERN. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, STRESS OF THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS FOR AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY SAID THAT ISRAEL IS ENGAGED DISCRIMINATE GAZA SO THAT WOULDN'T STAND TO REASON THAT IS A VIOLATION. HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YESTERDAY I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ADD ON THAT. THE PRESIDENT WAS REFERRING. >> 2 CONCERNS THAT HE HAS AND THAT WE HAVE THAT WE KNOW THE INTENT IS THERE BY THE ISRAELIS TO LIMIT. CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE TO CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT SOMETIMES THE RESULTS DON'T ALWAYS COME OUT THAT WAY. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO, YOU KEEP STRESSING INTENT. THAT ISRAEL'S INTENT TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. BUT THAT CONTENTION WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW BY THE PRESIDENT'S OWN ADMISSION. THEY ARE BOMBING INDISCRIMINATELY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEIR INTENT IS SOMEHOW MORE IMPORTANT THE RESULT? BOTH ARE. MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE RESULTS AND HOW OUTCOMES. BUT IT HAS TO BE DRIVEN BY A SINCERE INTENT. >> TO LIMIT CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. SO BOTH ARE IMPORTANT. LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO DON'T THINK IT'S USEFUL TO REVISIT THE WHOLE DISCUSSION FROM YESTERDAY IS NOT GOING TO GET A DIFFERENT ANSWER. ENEMY. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A SINGLE MORE INNOCENT CIVILIAN KILLED OR WOUNDED. ONE IS TOO MANY. WE'VE WE'VE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THE ISRAELIS AND JAKE'S DOING THAT RIGHT NOW TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO. AS I SAID, MY OPENING STATEMENT TO BE MORE SURGICAL TO BE MORE DISCRIMINATE IN THEIR IN THEIR TARGETING. THAT'S IMPORTANT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES THEY NEED TO GO AFTER A TRULY GENOCIDAL FRONT REPRESENTED BY THESE MONSTERS. HE THAT WASN'T. >> URGING THE ISRAELIS TO START TRANSITIONING FROM HIGH INTENSITY TO LOWER INTENSITY OPERATIONS. YOU'RE TRYING I HOW WOULD THE U.S. DESCRIBED INTENSITY? I THINK THAT'S BEST LEFT TO OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ISRAELIS FOR THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES TO. >> DESCRIBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DAY HAVE SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND DO IT IN THEIR DUE COURSE. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL HERE FROM THIS PARTICULAR PODIUM ABOUT THAT. IF THEY WERE. >> TO TRANSITION INTO LEARNED HAS THE OPERATIONS IN THE COMING WEEKS WITH THE U.S. RECONSIDER WORKERS I'M NOT GOING TO ENGAGE SO NOT THAT THE U.S. IS COMMITTED TO TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE TO PREP POTENTIAL CAUSE COULD BECAUSE SHE ASIAN TO GET HOSTAGES OUT BUT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CALLED OFF THE TRIP MIGHT HAVE MISSED TRAVEL TO QATAR TO RESTART COST HIGHER THE WORK ON THAT SAYING THAT THEY FELT CONDITIONS ARE NOT RIGHT WITH U.S. WITH WE'RE STILL WORKING BY THE HOUR TO TRY TO GET A PASS BACK IN PLACE SO THAT PASSENGERS CAN GET RELEASED. ALL OF THESE REALLY SPEAK TO NEGOTIATORS AND WHERE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. >> I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS JAKES DOING IN THE REGION. I MEAN, IF YOU NEED PROOF, BUT WE STILL WANT TO SEE A PAUSE. JUST LOOK AT WHERE THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER IS TODAY. I MEAN, WE ARE ENGAGING AT ALL LEVELS TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK IN PLACE. AND WE STILL BELIEVE IS POSSIBLE. >> THANK TUNING IN FOR PEOPLE WHO HELP THERE THAT HEAT. LAST 3 GAMES ENGINE ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE AND BASICALLY AND MOVED TO BROADER REGION ACROSS WEST BANK AND POTENTIALLY EVEN INCLUDING COMING >> YES, AND THE PRESIDENT HAS FROM A VERY EARLY TIME IN THIS CONFLICT. TALK ABOUT THAT EXACT CONCERN THAT EXACT THESE NUMBERS ARE TROUBLESOME AS WELL. AND WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND THAT IS YET ANOTHER THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO ISRAELI COUNTERPART. >> SO WHAT WHAT EXACTLY IS PLAN DISORDER? HELP 2.7 MILLION RIGHT NOW. I NEARLY FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES. WINTER IS COMING AND THAT. THAT'S WHY EVEN WHEN THE PAUSE >> FELL APART. WE CONTINUE TO URGE FOR FLOW OF HUMANITARIAN AID ASSISTANCE THAT WAS ABOUT AT THAT LEVEL. WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS REACHED EVERY DAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING VERY HARD TO KEEP THAT LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE UP AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THE UNITED STATES. LITERALLY IS LEADING THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO GET FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE AND FUEL INTO THE PEOPLE GUYS. AND WE KNOW THAT AS WINTER COMES, THAT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE NOT GOING LAY OFF THAT TASK. JOBS CAN BE DONE. BUT THE BUT THE IS BEST WAY TO DO IT GAZA JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO DENSELY POPULATED. AND SO DENSELY URBAN. THE BEST AND SAFEST WAY TO GET IT IN THERE IN IN TERMS OF VOLUME AS WELL IS THROUGH TRUMP'S QUESTION TODAY, THEY'RE WITH AND IT'S HACKER, BRITAIN AND AMERICA. >> DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT GIVE THAT PARTICULAR TIME OR SOMETHING IN THE RED SEA. >> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARTICULAR ATTACK. >> ON THE PRESIDENT'S PHONE CALL WITH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN CAN YOU SHARE ANY DETAILS ABOUT DISCUSSION ABOUT REQUEST TO GET >> WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILED WE DO FOR YOU SHORTLY. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THE PRESIDENT ARE ONE GAME AND CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS TALK ABOUT NATO SWEDEN'S ACCESSION. AND I DO BELIEVE JUST GENERAL SUPPORT FOR AGAIN. WE'LL WAIT FOR THE REHAB, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AT ALL IT WAS ALSO RAISED THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A MODERNIZATION PROGRAM FOR 60'S. >> AND THE DIFFERENCE. ARE YOU WORRIED SANCTION OF GIVES THE FBI CONDUCT WARRANTLESS SPYING? SURVEY LEANING FOREIGN CITIZENS AND AMERICANS WILL DIRECTLY. YOU THINK THAT'S A RISK I MIGHT THAT? 7, 2, YES, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE. >> AND WE BELIEVE 72 GIVES US. I'M VERY IMPORTANT TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY FOCUSING ON THE COLLECTION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE OVERSEAS. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO. AND WE'RE WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE IN THE THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE PUT FORWARD A FULL REAUTHORIZATION OF 72 THAT THAT WE THINK IS IS WORTH LOOKING AT. AND WE URGE EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE TOO. TO TO TO LOOK AT IT SERIOUSLY. THERE'S SOME REFORMS IN THERE THAT I THINK AS I SAID EARLIER, MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO SIGN UP TO. BUT IN GENERAL TO LOOK, I MEAN, ALL HERE RIGHT? THE COLONIAL PIPELINE. I COULD GO AND OF OF THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO TO HELP IMPROVE OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND TO GO AFTER THREATS TO THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT 702, GAVE US. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FROM FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE. AFTER 20 YEARS WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. >> FIGHTING ALSO ICUS. YOU THINK ISRAELIS REALLY GOING TO DISMANTLE HAMMONDS WITH OUR OWN EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT IF YOU CAN GO AFTER THE LEADERSHIP OF AND THAT OF THE TERRORIST NETWORK AND THIS ISN'T JUST A TERRORIST NETWORK THAT ALSO MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. >> THAT YOU CAN HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THEIR ABILITY TO PLAN, TRAIN RESOURCE, RECRUIT, RETAIN AND EXECUTE ATTACKS. WE SAW THAT WITH ISIS SO THAT WHEN AL QAIDA, SO THE IDEA OF GOING AFTER THEIR THEIR LEADERS TO MAKE SOUND MILITARY SENSE, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THE IDEOLOGY. PROBABLY NOT A ISIS STILL EXISTS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AND AL QAEDA STILL EXISTS IN PLACES ALTHOUGH THEY METASTASIZE SOMEWHAT BOTH GROUPS ARE RADICALLY DIMINISHED IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO TO THREATEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY BECAUSE WE FOCUSED SO MUCH ON THEIR LEADERSHIP SO IT CAN HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT. >> THANK JOHN, IT TO ME YESTERDAY THAT A FUTURE GOVERNANCE OUT OF THEM WAS EXCLUDED. HAMAS REQUIRES REFORM THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND REPRESENT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES TO BE SUPPORTING ESPECIALLY ONE IS TO BELIEVE ALLEGATIONS THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS BEEN WORKING TO DIVIDE LEADERSHIP THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. IS THAT OK, THE PALESTINIAN WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING HAMAS BY ALLOWING FOREIGN FUNDS TO TO TO BE RECEIVED BY >> WELL, I DON'T THINK I CAN REALLY IMPROVE UPON WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY. WE BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER GOVERNANCE GUYS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT TO MEET ASPIRATIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. WE KNOW HOW MUCH DOES NOT REPRESENT VAST MAJORITY OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. AND SO WHAT WE BELIEVE, AS I SAID EARLIER IS THE BEST WAY TO GET AT THAT KIND OF GOVERNANCE IS REFORM REVITALIZE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, WHICH SECRETARY BLINKEN A SPOKEN TO QUITE WELL THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK, OF COURSE, WHERE ISRAEL WOULD HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING US MOVE TOWARDS THAT OUTCOME AS WELL AS OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS, ARAB STATES IN THE REGION AS WELL. >> JAKES AND THAT MEANING THE SAUDIS AND YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT NORMALIZATION OF THE PAIN, HOWDY AND ISRAEL WILL BRING THE GOAL OF A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TOGETHER. CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN FOR THESE? HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THE CURRENT HOST OF TOBY 7? WE WE KNOW THAT. >> 2 STATE SOLUTION RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO SEEM ELUSIVE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON SINCE THE 7TH OF OCTOBER. THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GIVE UP ON IT. AND IN HIS MEETINGS IN RIYADH, ONE OF THE THINGS JAKE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CROWN PRINCE WAS THE IDEA OF NORMALIZATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA. THIS IS AN IDEA WE HAD BEEN PUSHING FORWARD BEFORE THE 7TH OF OCTOBER AND WE HAVE INDICATIONS THAT SAUDIS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD. THAT'S A POSITIVE THING. ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE TOMORROW? NO, OF COURSE NOT. BUT THAT AS I SAID YESTERDAY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE TO PERHAPS GETTING TOO A VIABLE TWO-STATE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OR CAIR. >> HAS CALLED ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO RESPOND TO A POINT THE ISRAELI MILITARY, NATIONAL WOMEN, CHILDREN AND BABIES, POLL TAX ACCRETION STYLE AFTER THEY SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE SCHOOL. IN DOES ANXIETY TO THOSE CLAIMS. >> I HAVEN'T. AND I HAVE NO INDICATION TO THAT. VERIFY THOSE ACCUSATIONS TAKING PART TO A PART IN THAT MARATHON. >> MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON ARE IN FACT, CONTACT. OVER THE FATE OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH AND WHAT WE WHICH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY YOU AND OTHERS HERE ABOUT REQUEST TO GET THEM BACK HAWAII. HE SAID WE HAVE NOT REFUSED TO RETURN. STREET JOURNAL COLLEAGUE. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF TALKING TO US AND RUSSIAN? IN TERMS WELL, HE'S RIGHT THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK. >> TO MOSCOW ABOUT GETTING EVAN AND PAUL HOME WHERE THEY BELONG THAT THOSE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, OUR ONGOING IN THEIR ONGOING ACTIVE NOT GO INTO FROM FROM HE'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG THAT HIS GOVERNMENT DID NOT REBUFFED A SERIOUS PROPOSAL. THAT WAS ONE PUT FORWARD AND THEY REBUFFED. IS JUST WRONG. FLAT OUT. >> ONE OTHER THING IN THIS HEMISPHERE, HOW DOES THE WHITE HOUSE MONITORING TODAY'S TALK AS WELL? AND I COULD BECOME A. TO EVER GET TO THAT WE'RE WATCHING THAT VERY, VERY CLOSELY. WE KNOW THAT THE HISTORY HERE GOES BACK TO. >> THE LATE 18 90'S HERE, AN ARBITRATION THAT WAS DONE TO SORT OF SET THAT BOUNDARY AND WE BELIEVE ARBITRAL AWARD SHOULD BE RESPECTED. WE DON'T WANT TO COME BLOWS. THERE'S NO REASON FOR 2 AND OUR DIPLOMATS ARE ENGAGED IN REAL TIME. WENT DOWN THERE WHERE THOSE TALKS ARE. DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TALKS, BUT OUR EXISTING DIPLOMATIC STRUCTURE DOWN THERE, HE IS INVOLVED. >> THANKS, JOHN. GO BACK YOU SAID THAT ADMINISTRATION, ME BE CLEAR TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE NEED TO MADE BY CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. IS IT YOUR SENSE THAT ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, IF YOU THAT ADVICE YOU GET SOME CLARIFICATION AND THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY. HAPPY TO REVISIT THAT. WE HAVE SEEN THEM BE RECEPTIVE TO THOSE MESSAGES. WE'VE SEEN HIM ACT ON THOSE MESSAGES IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE GROUND FORCE THAT THEY THAT THEY USED TO GOING TO NORTH GUYS. IT MIGHT MUCH REDUCED AND WHAT THE THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED. WE SELL THEM ROUND BEGINNING TO RELY LESS ON AIR STRIKES AND BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TROOPS INSERTED. WHEN YOU HAVE TROOPS INSERTED ON THE GROUND, YOU ARE ABLE TO TARGET IN A MORE PRECISE WAY. YOU ALSO TAKE A HIGHER RISK TO YOUR FORCES. THEY LOST 10 OF THEIR SHOULDERS DAY OR 2 AGO, LARGEST LOSS IN A SINGLE DAY. SO THERE'S A RISK TO YOUR FORCE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN THEM, AS I SAID BEFORE, TELEGRAPH YOUR PUNCHES A LITTLE BIT BY PUBLISHING A MAP ONLINE IN SOUTHERN GUYS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO WHERE THEY CAN'T THEY'VE ALSO OPENED UP HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. AGAIN AT OUR WITH THAT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT WITHOUT RISK AS WELL. SO AND BY THE WAY, THEY AGREED TO A WEEK-LONG PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING WEEK LONG PAUSE THAT THAT'S ALL NO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES BECAUSE THERE WASN'T FIGHTING GOING ON. AND OF COURSE, THAT WEEK LONG PAUSE POTENTIALLY ALLOWED HAMAS TO REGROUP WEEK. REAL RESTORE THEMSELVES. SO THEY THEY ARE TAKING STEPS. JAKES MESSAGE TO THEM IS OBVIOUSLY GRATITUDE FOR THE STEPS ARE TAKEN, BUT ALSO TO CONTINUE TO URGE HIM TO TAKE MORE BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE HIM BE MORE PRECISE, MORE SURGICAL MORE DELIVERED, MORE CAUTIOUS GOING FORWARD. >> EXPLAIN JUST WHY THE ADMINISTRATION IS SLOW WALKING THAT TRANSFER RIFLES AND 4, 6, GAMES MADE THROUGH. >> I HAVE FREEZE OF STATE DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S THEIR PURVIEW. >> UNDER THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS UPSET WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT GUYS >> A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I JUST I MEAN, IF I IF I COULD ANSWER A QUESTION WHY SOMEBODY WOULD LEAK, I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE ME PRETTY SMART A LOT SMARTER THAN I THAT LET ME JUST. JUST MUSIC. YOU'VE SEEN. OFFICIALLY END ON THE RECORD. NOT A WEEK. REFUTE THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE STORY THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT. I FOUND THE HEADLINE OF THE STORY. INTERESTING THAT THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING THE WHITE HOUSE YOU FILL IN THE BLANK X Y Z LAST NIGHT WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT AS PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE PART OF THE TEAM AND IF SHE WASN'T OFFERING HER ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT ON INNUMERABLE ISSUES, THAT WOULD BE A STORY. HER JOB IS TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT. >> SO SHE DOES WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOWN WERE CONCERNED PUBLICLY FOR HUMANITARIAN DAMAGED. GUYS WE HAVE I THINK WE'VE ALREADY PUSHED BACK ON THE PREMISE OF THE STORY THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF DAYLIGHT BETWEEN ON THE PRESIDENT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE IN THE MINISTRATIONS, PETER WANTS TO SEE NO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES WANTS TO SEE THE ISRAELIS BE MORE SURGICAL, MORE PRECISE WANTS TO THAT HUMANITARIAN AID IS INCREASED INTO GAZA AND OBVIOUSLY AS THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HERSELF, WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ISRAEL HAS THE TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES THEY NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. IF PRESIDENT BIDEN, PRESIDENT >> HAHA, HAVE BEEN STORED FOR AND ONLY THAT. >> PEOPLE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TEAM ARE GOING TO THE PRESS WITH THIS. PRESIDENT IS >> COMFORTABLE CONFIDENT THAT IN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, HE HAS A REAL TEAM MATE. SIGNIFICANT LEADER WHO UNDERSTANDS THE FOREIGN POLICY DIRECTION THAT HE'S TRYING TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY AND OUR LEADERSHIP ON THE WORLD STAGE AND IS CANDID, FORTHRIGHT, EDUCATED, SMART AND WILLING TO TELL HIM EXACTLY WHAT SHE THINKS. I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT WORD. BISON COUNCIL IS THE PRESIDENT. I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE ALL UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE ISRAEL IS MORE PRECISE, MORE CAUTIOUS AND MORE DELIVERED IN THEIR CHARGING EVEN AS WE ARE SURE AND CERTAIN THAT ISRAEL CONTINUES TO NEED OUR SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO GO AFTER >> THANK YOU, CNN IS REPORTING THAT ACCORDING THIS INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT THAT NEARLY HALF OF RECOGNITION DON'T. I'M IMPRECISE WOULD BE SUPPORT WHAT THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY ISRAELIS ARE USING INDISCRIMINATE DOESN'T WANT AND I CANNOT CONFIRM THE REPORTING REFER YOU TO THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES TO TALK ABOUT TYPES OF MUNITIONS. >> I WOULD FREE TO THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES TO SPEAK TO THE TYPES MUNITIONS THAT THEY'RE DROPPING IN THE STRIKES THAT THEY'RE CONNECTING. I'VE SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACK EVERY SINGLE STRIKE IN EVERY SINGLE ATTACK THAT THEY CONDUCT. QUESTION JUST SAID THIS MUST LAY DOWN THEIR >> INDICATED TODAY THAT IT WOULD WANTING TO BE THAT IS THIS ACCEPTABLE. BUT IN THE WORDS IS ACTIVE WITH WHAT HE TO END THE WAR TODAY IS THE CONDITIONS I JUST LAID OUT AND THERE'S 3 OF THEM AND THEY'RE NOT THAT DIFFICULT. >> DON'T YOUR ARMS TURN OVER THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS AND GIVE UP ALL THE HOSTAGES. 3 SIMPLE THINGS AND THIS TO CAN COULD BE OVER TODAY. >> HAVE A QUICK QUESTIONS. FIRST, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REMAINING AND GOVERNANCE. I'M JUST CURIOUS CONGRESS GETS TOGETHER IN A PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT TO SEE TAYLOR FORCE THAT REMAIN IN EFFECT OR IS HE OPEN TO GOING DIRECTLY TO HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT? >> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REFRESH? MY MEMORY WITH THE TAYLOR FORCE ACT IS TAYLOR FORCE DIRECT FUNDING TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SO LONG AS THEIR POLICY SENDING. AND DISEASE THIS IS ALL PART OF WHAT WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE REFORMED AND REVITALIZED PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SO THAT THEY CAN BE CREDIBLY AN IN CHARGE OF GOVERNANCE OVER PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. SO QUESTION. ANY COMMENT ON HER CONTINUED PRESIDENT PAUL AS PROPOSAL, $2 EYES OR COUNTY THERE. IS THAT SOMETHING WHITE HOUSE THANKS CAN THINK ON UKRAINE. THEM UP NEED IS TO JUST A MEMBERSHIP UKRAINE AND JUST WANT GO TO REACTION TO THAT. AND YOU THAT MEAN TO YOU? IT MIGHT ULTIMATELY BE MORE RELIABLE PARTNER IN THE UNITED STATES. GETTING THE COUPLE ALREADY UNDER A LEVEL PARTNER. JEANNE >> FULLY EXPECT THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE. THERE'S BEEN TERRIFIC UNANIMITY AND WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES ABOUT SUPPORTING UKRAINE, THE EU CAN SPEAK TO THEIR DECISION-MAKING HERE IN TERMS INVITING UKRAINE OR NOT LET THEM TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD COMMENT ON. WE ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE UKRAINE, AS I SAID AT THE TOP HAS WHAT IT NEEDS TO CLEAN STUFF WHERE MUCH. WE'RE ALSO IT WAS JUST A CONFERENCE HERE LAST OVER COMMERCE, WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT LONG-TERM UKRAINE HAS AN ABILITY TO BOTH DEVELOP AND A MORE RESILIENT ORGANIC DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE AS WELL AS TAP INTO THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOME OF OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS SO THAT THERE'S A LONG TIME THAT THEY CAN MEET THEIR OWN LONG-TERM SECURITY COMMITMENTS. IN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS ALSO WORKING PRESIDENT'S OWN TEAM, AS YOU SAW THIS WEEK ON HIS IDEA FOR A JUST PEACE AND WHAT THAT HAS TO LOOK LIKE. AN OPERATIONAL ICING THAT WITH NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. JUST THERE'S A SMALL WORKING GROUP ON CAPITOL HILL. SENATORS LINE FOR AND A MEMBER OF A SAY THAT THEY'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISPUTE PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON CAPITAL, WHICH IS CHANGES IN BORDER POLICY. THEY SAY THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT, OF COURSE, AND EXTENDING THEIR TIME HERE IN WASHINGTON BEFORE THEY GO HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. BUT JUST HAVING THEM SAY THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. IS THAT ENOUGH TO START THE BALL ROLLING AND TO US WHICH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE U.S. ISN'T DOING ANYTHING. JUST SAYING THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS ENOUGH TO GET THE BALL. TERMS ASSUAGING CONCERNS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WATCHING TRYING TO FOLLOW THE U.S. LEAD. >> REGARDING AID TO UKRAINE, I THINK WHAT WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE TO THAT END IS ACTUALLY GETTING A DEAL DONE WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T DISPUTE THE SENATORS. TAKE THAT THERE'S PROGRESS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AGAIN IN GOOD OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS THE PODIUM. >> BUT THE PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT WHAT WHAT REALLY WILL SEND A STRONG MESSAGE NOT JUST TO OUR ALLIES, BUT MISTER PUTIN JUST TODAY SAID HE STILL WANTS TO WIPE UKRAINE AFTER THAT IS ACTUALLY GETTING THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. AND YES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT REQUIRES COMPROMISE AND DISCUSSIONS OVER BORDER POLICY AS WELL AS BORDER SECURITY. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM, WE'RE WILLING TO ENGAGE DISCUSSIONS. >> THANK OKAY. >> HELP RIGHT NOW. NOT AFTER HE WE'RE A, YOU KNOW. >> WHITE HOUSE TRY PRESSURE CHANGE. WHY STRATEGY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT? PRESIDENT HIMSELF SCENE >> AS YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IN REGULAR CONTACT, REGULAR TOUCH AND HE SAID THIS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM BOTH SIDES FROM THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF LEADERSHIP. TALKED I NOT GOING TO GET LIKE HE'S CALLED, BUT OBVIOUSLY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS RIGHT FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND ALSO THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. BOTH PARTIES. AND AS YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN ON ON THE HILL. OUR STAFF HAS BEEN ALSO HIS STAFF HAS BEEN ALSO ON THE HILL NEGOTIATING ON HIS BEHALF AND THE MEN ON TUESDAY. THEY MET AGAIN YESTERDAY AND WE BELIEVE IT'S GOING PRODUCTIVE PLACE WHERE WE REALLY BELIEVE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE BELIEVE THAT CONVERSATIONS, FACT THAT IT'S CONTINUING ITS ENCOURAGING AND WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY OF THE PRESIDENT, WE CONTINUING TO TO TO CERTAINLY NEGOTIATE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS HOW TO NEGOTIATE. WE'VE SEEN HIM DO IT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST ALMOST 3 YEARS IN THIS ADMINISTRATION BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ACROSS THE AISLE AND WORKING ON LEGISLATION MAKING THINGS HAPPEN ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT WAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT. YOU HAVE TO PLAN A BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE TO GET THIS DONE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY SIDE OF IT AND THE FUNNY SIDE OF IT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BORDER IN RELATION TO THE BORDER. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IT CONTINUES ON THE SENATE SIDE. YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT HOW AND SPEAKER SAID THIS HIMSELF, HOW HE'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON VACATION. THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON VACATION WHILE THE SENATE SIDE CONTINUES TO WORK. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT DO IT. THAT'S NOT A LIVING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION AND GO ON CHRISTMAS RECESS TO PRESIDENT BECAUSE WHAT? AND HOW IS HE A PART OF NEGOTIATIONS? IS HE? >> THE WHITE HOUSE NOW? HAVE IF YOU VALUE, PERSONALLY VALUE TO THE SO HE'S IN REGULAR. HE'S IN REGULAR TOUCH. >> WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE FROM HERE. OBVIOUSLY HIS STAFF, HIS STAFF HAS BEEN NOT ON THE HILL YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY TUESDAY AND YESTERDAY HAVING THOSE IN THE CAR, CONVERSATION ON BEHALF OF THIS PRESIDENT NEGOTIATING ON BEHALF OF THIS PRESIDENT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. IT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WE BELIEVE BECAUSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE. AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BOARDER BORDER SECURITY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE WE GET THE SUPPLEMENTAL DOT AND DOING THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS THAT MEAN YOU'LL GET DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON THE DEAL. OBVIOUSLY WE NEEDED TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S KIND OUR TIMELINE HERE. BUT I DON'T SPECIFICS ON IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. THE NEXT DAY WE JUST KNOW IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT'S WHAT MATTERS COUNTRY CREATE ORDER TO, YOU GO SHE ASIANS. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS AND IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS WHO WORRIED WHITE HOUSE? >> GIVING UP TOO MUCH. SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH DEMOCRAT, OBVIOUSLY THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS. I KNOW THAT. THEY HAVE PUT SOME CONCERNS OUT THERE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO READ OUT ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS. A LOOK. HERE'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES. BELIEVES WE NEED TO FIX WHAT'S AT WITH THE BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. HE BELIEVES THAT THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE. THAT NEEDS TO GET FIXED AND HE'S GOING TO FIND A BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE TO GET THAT DONE. AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION. AND THAT'S THE THAT WE'RE TAKING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT. HOW DO WE FIX THIS BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, SOMETHING THAT HE HAS BEEN REALLY TALKING ABOUT DAY ONE WITH HIS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION THAT HE PUT FORTH. AND SO THAT'S THE DIRECTIONS CONVERT THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING IN. HOW DO WE FIND A BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE TO GET THIS DONE? AS WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICY AND THE FUNDING AS IT RELEASED A BOARDER BORDER SECURITY. >> THANKS INFLATION. SO YOU MENTIONED THE PRICE EGGS. MILK AND GAS ARE DOWN OVER THE PAST YEAR. BUT WHAT YOU SAY TO AMERICANS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MONTH THE PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME INTO OFFICE EXERT 24%. MILK IS UP 17%. WELL, THAT'S A GAS IS UP. 37%. THE PRICES OVERALL ARE UP 17%. THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THIS, NOT TOO LONG AGO, I ON TUESDAY, ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND HE SAYS WE KNOW THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE, RIGHT? IT IS. AND THINGS ARE STILL ON AFFORDABLE. >> AND SO WHILE THE PRICES, AS YOU JUST MENTION OF EXAM AND GAS AND MILK AND TOYS AND TV'S ARE DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME AS WE'RE HEADED INTO A HOLIDAY SEASON. AS WE'RE IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE FIGHTING TO LOWER IN INSULIN. THAT'S WHY WE TALK ABOUT JUNK FEES AND HOW WE CAN SAVE AMERICANS MONEY. RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE, THE PRESIDENT'S GOING TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH ONE OF THE PROVISIONS THAT SOME INFLATION REDUCTION ONLY DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR NOT REPUBLICANS IN ORDER SENIORS TO GET REBATE ON ON THEIR MEDICARE. SO ALL OF THOSE TRULY IMPORTANT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING. EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN TO DO THAT. >> AND YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER YOUR SIDE OF THE AISLE BREAK WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING TAXES FOR THE WEALTHY, BIG CORPORATIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID. THE PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM. IS THERE MORE WORK TO BE DONE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE HAVE SEEN SOME PRICES GO DOWN AND ALL THE PRODUCTS THAT I JUST LISTED WE HAVE THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK. BUT WOULD ASK YOU ABOUT ANIMATORS RIGHT IN MATTERS THAT WERE NOT IN NO IT MATTERS IT. MATT, LET'S NOT FORGET WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW. >> RIGHT. WAR, YOU KNOW, WHITE. BUT THAT HAS CAUSED INFLATION THAT HAS CAUSED PRICES TO GO UP. RIGHT. AND SO THE PRESIDENT TOOK ACTION TO MAKE SURE GAS PRICES WENT DOWN, WHICH THEY HAVE RIGHT. AND WE CAUGHT WERE COMING OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE HAVE BEEN PART OF WHERE INFLATION, HIS BUT INFLATION IS MODERATING THE PRESENT GOING CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOWER COST AND LOW PRICES ON THOSE GOODS THAT YOU JUST LISTED ABOUT THE TRANSITION. THE WHITE HOUSE IS ASKING TODAY TO SPEED UP. THE TRANSITION WAS ELECTRIC IN ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ANNOUNCED HIS. >> FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WOULD TAKE THE TRAIN. 250 MILES IS A LIST OF THINGS. I'M WONDERING IF THE PRESIDENT IS TO GIVE UP GREAT, MAKING THE BEAST ELECTRIC. >> SO THAT'S CERTAINLY A QUESTION FOR G GSA AND SERVICE. SECRET SERVICE, OBVIOUSLY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO BOOST IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACCESS TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AND TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND HELP TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS. BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE BEAST, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR GSA AND SECRET MEMBERS WHO TAKE THE THAT TO GET THAT I WOULD I WOULD REFER YOU TO GSA AND ALSO THE SECRET SERVICE BELIEVED TO BE SOME ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BECAUSE A >> I KNOW YOU SAID FARES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WHITE HOUSE ARE INVOLVED NEGOTIATIONS ON BUT HIGHEST RANKING WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL PHYSICALLY LOOK, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OMB DIRECTOR SHALANDA YOUNG WHO'S BEEN IN THIS BRIEFING ROOM MULTIPLE TIMES HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS ON THE HILL. >> TALK ABOUT YOU >> OFFICE ALLEGED AFFAIRS. YES, YOU WANT TO WRIGHT WHO? WHO RUNS THAT? YOU TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR ADVISERS. THERE ARE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE THE TRUST IN THE PRESIDENT TO GET THIS DONE AND TO DO THESE NEGOTIATIONS. REMEMBER, WE HAVE DONE NEGOTIATIONS MULTIPLE TIMES HERE AND HAVE GOTTEN THINGS DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN MANY TIMES IN A BIPARTISAN WAY. SO THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS A TEAM THAT HE TRUSTS THAT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST 2 YEARS, EVEN MORE AND GETTING THESE BIPARTISAN KIND OF CONVERSATION COMPROMISE IS DONE. AND SO HE INTEREST IN THAT WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM TO GET THAT DONE. AND SOMETIME IT'S JAKE SULLIVAN. SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S NOTIONAL. SHE WON. THE YOUNG HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED IN OR MORE CONSISTENTLY IN OIL AND OTHERS. BUT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. WE WORK AS A TEAM WORK AS A UNIT TO GET THINGS DONE BEHALF AMERICA AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE LOOK, I DON'T HAVE I'M NOT GOING TO START LISTING NAMES, BUT OBVIOUSLY HIS SENIOR, HIS SENIOR ADVISERS HAVE BEEN A VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THIS AND HAS THE CHIEFS HAVE. YES, I CAN SAY THAT CHIEF OF STAFF HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BUT AGAIN, HE HAS A TEAM OF FOLKS WHO HAVE CRITICAL PARTS OF A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF GETTING THIS DONE AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS CLARIFIES BUNDLE CAPITAL. I NOT LOOK THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN CAPITOL HILL. PEOPLE HAVE PICKED UP THE PHONE, HAVE CONVERSATIONS, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESS CALL ON THE SIDE WANTING TO TALK TO MAYBE THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND OTHERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS. THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM AND SO CONVERSATION CERTAINLY HAVE HAD HAVE BEEN HAD. I DON'T HAVE LIST OF WHO'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH FROM HERE TO TO THE HELP. SO IT'S BEEN AGAIN, THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM WHO HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE ON NEGOTIATING AND FINDING COMPROMISE, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT MATTER TO AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT CARE. >> 2 QUESTIONS THAT I CAN. HOW CONCERNED IS THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE PREPARATIONS BILLS AND THAT LAWMAKERS GET BACK INTO TOWN AFTER THE HOLIDAY RECESS. THAT FIRST FUNDING DEADLINE OF JANUARY 19, VERY QUICKLY APPROACHING. >> SO LET US NOT FORGET THAT DEAL THAT WAS MADE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINDING NEGOTIATING IN THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM BEING ABLE TO DELIVER RIGHT AND WORKING WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS ON THE HILL. ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR, LAKE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD RESPECT RIGHT THAT BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT THAT WAS MADE. THIS IS TWO-THIRDS OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED ON THAT BILL. ALL AND AND IT GOT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM OBVIOUSLY FROM THE HOUSE AND FROM THE SENATE. AND IT IS NOW LAW. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT THEY PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE OUT OF THE SENATE. THE PRESIDENT SIGNED IT INTO LAW AND IS THE LAWN AND LAW OF THE LAND. IT IS STILL IN EFFECT. SO THAT SHOULD BE HONORED. AND THAT CERTAINLY IT SHOULD BE THE FULL THAT FULL AGREEMENT ADDITION ABIDE BY FULL AGREEMENT. >> QUESTION THIS IS A LOCAL STORY, BUT A PRETTY BIG LOCAL STORY, THE WAY 70 REACTION TO THE POSSIBLE TO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, THE LAKERS IN THE CAPITAL'S AND WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN FOR THE REVITALIZATION DOWNTOWN AFTER COVID. >> SO GOING TO BE VERY CAREFUL. THEIR DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY MORE BROADLY AND I KNOW YOU ALL AWARE OF THIS MONTH. THE WHITE CHIEF OF STAFF, JEFF ZIENTS SENT A MEMO TO CABINET SECRETARIES EARLIER THIS YEAR ON THE IMPORTANCE RETURNING TO TURNING TO THE OFFICE. LET DC GOVERNMENT SPEAK TO ITS PLANS FOR FOR DOWNTOWN. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CALLED FOR FEDERAL AGENCY TO AGGRESSIVELY PLANS TO RETURN TO WORK INTO RETURN, OBVIOUSLY RETURN TO THE THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'VE DONE OUR PART HERE ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT AS IT RELATES TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THERE. DECISIONS HERE. >> INTERESTING PROBLEM BREWING IN MAINE WHERE THE IRS REVERSED POSITION AND TERMS TAXING. ENERGY CENTS TO PAID TO ON DAY FROM HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. BUT IT REALLY FRUSTRATION. PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE. ANGRY ABOUT WHAT THEY YOU CONTACT WITH ME ABOUT THIS. CERTAINLY I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE IRS ON THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION. I SAW SOME OF THE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO OUT TO THE TEAM ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR. >> SITUATION REMAINS WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO TEAM AND ASK MY QUESTION. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I WAS FACIAL, HONEST, AND I JUST HAVE A ONGOING QUESTION RATION AND HOW AMERICANS FEEL PRICES. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORT PUSH >> GO INTO THE COUNTRY. DO YOU ANTICIPATE DOING THE EDGE? IS THERE BIGGER CATEGORIES, RENT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO SHORT YOU IN BEING DONE TO JUST ALLEVIATE PRESSURE FOR AMERICANS, SUSTAINED BRENT. THIS COMING DOWN MODERATE HIGH. YEAH, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHERE THE PRESIDENT SAID THINGS ARE STILL UNAFFORDABLE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT HE SAID JUST RECENTLY JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO ON TUESDAY. >> AND HE SAID HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOWER. >> A COST TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH HE HAS DONE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GAS PRICES. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PRODUCTS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A GROCERY STORE OR TVA. WHAT HAVE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT COSTCO DOWN? WE TALKED ABOUT JUNK FEES, RETIREES GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE REBATE AS IT RELATES TO AND INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS SO IMPORTANT IN THAT GAME, RIGHT IN THE THINGS THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO TO LOWER COST A LOOK AS IT RELATES TO BIND HMIC. THE PRESIDENT JUST ANNOUNCED AT THE TOP OF THE BRIEFING IS GOING TO MILWAUKEE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT BYNUM MIX, INVESTING IN AMERICA. WHAT WHAT BIDENOMICS HAS DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. WE CAN'T FORGET WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PRESIDENT WALKED AND WE SAW A LITERALLY A THE ECONOMY A TAILSPIN. AND SO THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WORKING EVERY DAY TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON ITS FEET. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A MIDDLE CLASS FROM THE BOTTOM UP MIDDLE OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HIM DO. AND THE DATA SHOWS, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED IN YOUR QUESTION, INFLATION IS MODERATING YOU SEE A JOBS CREATED MORE THAN 14 MILLION JOBS. UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT UNDER 4%. ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS PIE TO ITS PART BY NOT MIX. AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY HEAR THE PRESIDENT TALK MORE ABOUT THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS WE AND FINISH CERTAINLY THE YEAR IT'S TOO. >> A QUESTION ON UKRAINE AND ONE GREAT ON UKRAINE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TOLD SPEAKER JOHNSON THAT ADDITION U.S. FUNDING WAS SO URGENT SITE THAT IT COULD PERHAPS WAIT ANOTHER MONTH 2. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING. THIS IS A MUCH MORE URGENT MATTER. YOU EXPLAIN THE DISCONNECT? >> IT CONNECT. WE SAID BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE WOULD BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP UKRAINE. WE WE WOULD BE RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS. I TALKED ABOUT THIS. I THINK KAREN, ASK ME A QUESTION OVER HOW MUCH MUCH OF THE FUNDING IS LEFT? I TALKED ABOUT IT BEING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS LEFT. WE ARE IN THE PLACE WHERE IF WE DON'T GET THAT SUPPLEMENTAL, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP UKRAINE IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AS THEY ARE DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY, DEFENDING THEIR DEMOCRACY, DEFENDING AGAINST RUSSIAN. AND WE'VE HEARD YOU HEARD THE AD WILL TALK ABOUT INTO WHAT PUTIN SAID SAID TODAY AND HOW HE WANTS TO BASICALLY WIPE ON THE MAP UKRAINE AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT. WE WE HAVE TO BE PART OF MAKING SURE UKRAINE IS ABLE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DEMOCRACY. SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDS LEFT, NOT MUCH. AND WE REALLY NEED THAT SUPPLEMENTAL. THAT'S WHY WE CALL EMERGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL BECAUSE WE NEED IT. UKRAINE NEEDS IT. THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEFENDER COUNTRY AND FIGHT AGAINST TYRANNY. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. >> HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED LAST NIGHT TO FORMALLY AUTHORIZE IMPEACHMENT, THAT CERTAIN SEPTEMBER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLY YOU THIS VERY BROAD COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY THE PRESIDENT INTERACTED WITH SO MANY OF HIS RELATIVES OR IT CONTINUES TO 90 IN DIRECTION. HOW SHOULD PEOPLE THINK ABOUT >> LET'S BE VERY CLEAR I TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. DON'T TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT A STATEMENT YESTERDAY THAT WAS VERY CLEAR. IT'S YOU WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS WASTED TIME AND IT IS CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW, BASELESS POLITICAL THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND THEY'RE LEAVING. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE LEAVING THIS WEEK TO GO. YOU KNOW, ENJOY A NICE HOLIDAY, RIGHT? AS MOST AMERICAN SHOULD. BUT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE FUNDING TO UKRAINE? JUST ASKED ME ABOUT UKRAINE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE FIX BUT SPEAKS WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE BORDER. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO START A CONVERSATION OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO AVERT A SHUTDOWN IN JANUARY. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. AND SO, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN 0 EVIDENCE, 0 EVIDENCE. YOU CAN ASK ME ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DONE WITH HIS FAMILY IN CONVERSATION. BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THERE'S WEIGHT WEEK, BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE WRONG DOING. THERE'S NOT ABSOLUTELY AND THAT IS JUST A FACT. YOU HEARD IT FROM REPUBLICANS THEMSELVES. SO THEY'RE WASTING THEIR TIME INSTEAD OF DOING THE WORK OF ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. GO AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S FAMILY. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S A WASTE OF TIME. WAY TO COUNTER THE CENTRAL MESSAGE, THOUGH, THAT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED WITH ASSOCIATES AND HE'S BEEN LYING ABOUT WE WERE NOT LIE ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO DO. IT IS BASELESS. IT IS A POLITICAL STUNT AND HE HAS IT HAS NOT PROVEN THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE ANYTHING WRONG. ANYTHING WRONG. AND SO THEY ARE WASTING THEIR TIME. THEY'RE WASTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S TIME AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING IS THE THINGS THAT I JUST MISSED. IT. THEY'RE GOING TO GO HOME, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN CARE WHAT WE NEED MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING UKRAINE. THERE'S GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY A SHUTDOWN NEXT MONTH. THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. NOTHING TO AVERT A SHUTDOWN. COULD. >> THINK PROBLEM YOU AND THE CONCERNS OF HISPANIC CAUCUS AND SOME OTHER GROUPS. AND THEY'VE NOW BEEN CONTACTED BY WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND INTO THE ONGOING. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM THAT ACT. THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE HAVE WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE BEEN IN REGULAR NOT GOING GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION YOU MENTIONING, HOW THE HOUSES LEFT TOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT CONSIDER POSTPONING ANY CHRISTMAS VACATION PLANS AND HE'S WE'RE HOPING THAT A DEAL IS DONE. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT CHANGES IN THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE. WE STILL HAVE A WEEK LEFT RIGHT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. WE KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATION IS GOING WELL, RIGHT? IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE BELIEVE WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THAT. >> THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM WAS ON THE HILL YESTERDAY AND ALSO TODAY. AND I'M SORRY, ALSO TUESDAY. AND SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING. THAT'S ENCOURAGING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO POLICE. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE AND HAS THE PRESENT SCHEDULE. HE'S GOING TO GO, AS YOU KNOW, THE MILWAUKEE ON THE ON WEDNESDAY AND ON TUESDAY IS GOING TO GO TO THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL TO GET SOME WORDS ON BEHALF OF A ON SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR. AND AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE >> TRADITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL THINGS SHOULD EURONEWS CUT? >> JUST DID A PRESS CONFERENCE. GOT A COSTAR. QUESTIONS. >> THERE WERE 4 THERE WERE 2 BEST OKAY FOR AMERICAN PRESS. LOOK, GUYS, I'M YOU SAID IT NOT. I LOOK HE DID IT TO PUSH TO ON TUESDAY. LAST WEEK IS GOING BY REALLY FAST ON TUESDAY WITH THE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT SPEAK SPEAK PASSIONATELY. IMPORTANT OF IMPORTANT WAY ABOUT THE THE WAY FORWARD WITH FOREIGN POLICY, HOW HE WANTS TO MOVE. CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO AID UKRAINE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ABOUT END OF THE YEAR PRESS PRESIDENT'S GOING TO TRAVEL, AS YOU KNOW, ON WEDNESDAY HEAR FROM HIM TODAY. AND SO YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM HIM BEFORE THE END OF HART COMMUNICATIONS. ON THAT. BUT THAT IS A QUESTION I KNOW THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. THAT. >> HOUSING COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY. SEEN OTHER MIGRATE KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT THERE'S MORE WHAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE WAY ALL HERE TO MAKE IT TO. WE'RE GRANT MUCH LESS HAVE FINAL. >> IT'S A A GOOD QUESTION. YOU'RE THERE ARE AMERICANS WHO ARE VERY SO HAVING A VERY HARD TIME AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING. I'M PAYING THEIR BILLS. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, AS YOU KNOW, EARLY VERY EARLY ON IN ADMINISTRATION, WE PUT FORTH A HOUSING PLAN. AFFORDABILITY PLAN THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO. TRY TRY GET SOME OF SOME SOME OF FAMILIES TO GET OVER THOSE HURDLES. AND WE TALK ABOUT THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND WE STILL NEED TO DO A LOT MORE WORK ON THIS. BUT PUT FORTH A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS. AND THAT'S WHY LAUREN COST THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE MADE ON JUNK FEES, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE DONE THAT WE HAVE MADE ON LOWERING COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO GAS EGGS AND PRODUCTS LIKE THAT IN TV'S ARE ALL IMPORTANT FOR AMERICANS. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE. THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THIS. WE PUT LIKE I SAID, A PLAN TO REDUCE MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS, FOR TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS QUALIFY 4 MORE INCHES. THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL SO THAT WE'VE TAKEN SOME STEPS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO USE THAT TO EASE THAT BURDEN ON AMERICAN FAMILIES. >> I KNOW YOU DON'T TELL. THE FED WANTS HEAR, BUT TERMS OF PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF THE ECONOMY 5 NOMINEES. HOW MUCH OF THAT, HOW MUCH MONEY BACK COUNTRY STRAITS? WITH FACING PLAYS INTO THAT WHEN I'M GOING TO BE REALLY CAREFUL EVEN SPEAKING ON THAT IS SPEAKING ON THE FED, IT IS, AS YOU KNOW, AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY GOING TO BE SUPER MINDFUL ON THAT THEY MAKE THEIR OWN MONETARY POLICIES. SO I'M JUST NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WE'RE CERTAINLY. UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE AND LOWERING COST, BUT I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THE POLICY MONETARY POLICY. THANKS, ♪ ♪