foreign to celebrate our Championship from a year ago it's a great reminder of how lucky we are to be Americans to live in a country where we can chase our dreams and and enjoy um the the fruits of our labor and the celebration of all those around us and to come here today with members of the organization to to celebrate is really something special I was also a very fulfilling for me just a little while ago to take part in a round table on gun violence and gun safety with some senior White House staffers along with Clay Thompson and Moses Moody over the last hour or so we learned a lot about what this Administration is doing to to help create a safer environment in our country as something that's very close to my heart and it's wonderful for me to to learn a lot more than than I knew so coming in today is uh it's a it's a great day on many fronts so thanks for the invitation and I'm going to turn it over to Mr Curry thanks coach uh Echo what he said I want to thank uh President Biden vice president Harris for the invitation to come here it's something that we don't ever take for granted uh seven years ago I believe we were here last celebrating our first championship and now back to celebrate our fourth so to have this opportunity to reflect on the accomplishment last year to bring everybody together to celebrate that to also acknowledge the the play sports has and bringing people together from all walks of life all backgrounds to provide inspiration hope love togetherness and that's what our journey was last year so to have another opportunity to celebrate that means a lot and a great opportunity for us from the basketball Community to thank President Biden and his staff for all their hard work and diligence on getting Brittany Greiner home is a big part of our basketball family and it means a lot to know that she's here in homes safe with their family and all the work they went on behind the scenes to make that a reality so I just want to say thank you there and very excited to be here and celebrate the Day celebrate with our families and I appreciate the invitation this is a truly truly special so thank you to everybody thank you so much thank you guys thank you thanks thank you so much no questions no they have they have a they as you can imagine they have a tight schedule I think they're on their way to meet with the president right now and then as you know you'll some of you will get to see the two of them and the rest of the team uh at the event that we're having for the Warriors in about an hour or less than an hour okay folks uh thank you so much for joining us today and uh it was great to hear from two people who have really been passionate voices uh on the issue that you heard them talk about which was gun violence prevention and we really really are thankful to them for using their platform they're very very big platform to talk about an issue that is truly as you all know in report that is destroying many families across the country many communities and as you know that the president has worked and been a leader on for many decades and and this uh the bipartisan gun prevention bill that was signed this summer just showed the president's commitment to this issue and as you all know it continues it doesn't stop with that legislation on Friday it was reported that Republicans have so-called plan to prioritize payments if Congress fails to address the debt ceiling so I want to be very very clear here as I have been as the president has been this is not a plan it is a recipe for economic catastrophe as President Biden has made clear Congress must deal with the debt limit and must do so without conditions but Congressional Republicans are threatening to hold the nation's full faith and credit a mandate of the Constitution Hostage to their demands to cut Social Security to cut Medicare and to cut Medicaid brinksmanship that threatens the global economy their latest idea is that rather than paying its bills the United States should make payment to wealthy bondholders including foreign investors and stop payments for border security food safety nursing home school lunches the FAA drug enforcement and other programs Americans rely on every single day this so-called prioritization scheme makes Republicans priorities pretty clear crystal clear if I may add they want to put wealthy bondholders over ordinary Americans who want safe foods safe Skies safe communities and secure borders and it does not it does nothing absolutely nothing to change the fact that failing to deal with the debt limit would cause economic catastrophe bipartisan former Treasurer secretaries and independent experts have called out how dangerous failing to raise the debt ceiling would be and for example I'll give you a couple the Chamber of Commerce said it would have catastrophic Economic Consequences end quote in 2011 then treasury secretary Tim Geithner called it unworkable and also harmful and a former Economist to Republican Senators Rob Portman Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney called it really bad idea and I quote disaster this is just another attempt by Congressional Republicans to force unpopular cuts on programs critical to seniors the middle class and Working Families Congress needs to act and do so swiftly there is no excuse for political brinksmanship when American jobs and economic safety is on the line here I also wanted to highlight that this morning the White House released the first ever National strategy to advance Equity Justice and opportunity for Asian Americans native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities the strategy details much needed investment from 32 federal agencies including improved data language access and combating anti-asian hate this unprecedented plan Builds on the administration's broader Equity agenda and President Biden's historic executive order to establish and reinvigorate the White House initiative on a a and nhpis and we're proud that the Biden Harris Administration reflects the rich diversity of America including the first Asian American vice president 14 percent of our appointees and nominees identify as a a and a n h p i double the share of the population you can read the full strategy and more about the initiative on the whitehouse.gov and finally this morning as some of you have have already uh either covered or wrote about a Census Bureau release data that showed that President Biden's first two years in office have been the two greatest years for new small business applications on record with 10.5 million total new business created with unemployment at a record low and the two strongest years of job creation in our history there are reasons for economic optimism all over the country today's new data is the latest confirmation that President Biden's economic plan is indeed working and is building our economy from the bottom up and the middle out Zeke you want to take it thanks Grand uh two questions for you and start off with um over the weekend uh British government participating tanks Q train for the first time will the U.S follow suit and trans request there and then separately I'm Mr Richard in the beginning of the Neo box it is you know Mary and he's actually joining the US and Germany and sending a patriotism system to Ukraine can you confirm that that was the announcement that's coming out of the meeting we haven't gotten to read that yet okay so we're going to have a readout very very shortly so once we have that I will share that with all we will share the team we'll share that with all of you uh as far as uh Patriot missiles um I can say they discussed that the war in Ukraine and the importance of all uh the ongoing security assistance but I I would refer to Dutch for any specifics about their own plans as it relates to that specifically as it relates to the conversation on I'm sorry I forgot the first question so look we are always very um uh very careful in what uh on on what uh are you know we don't like to to to tell our allies what they should or should not do uh but as you know we have we have been partners with them when it comes to Ukraine uh partners with our allies uh and partners um uh with them on how we are continuing to provide assistance to uh Ukraine in this aggressive war that we have saw we have seen this brutal war that we continue to see by Russia but certainly that is not something uh that we will direct uh we will continue to focus we have been the country that has provided the most assistance as you all know when it comes to security assistance when it comes to humanitarian Aid and we are in constant conversations uh with Ukraine on what their needs are and uh and so we're going to continue to do that alongside our partners and also our allies K is going to be ahead of us sending Western tanks to Ukraine they're going ahead listening more than a dozen of them in the coming weeks and months the White House still hasn't approved that so is that in the all thing now for the U.S to LeapFrog ahead back into the leading providing assistance for Ukraine again look we are in constant conversation with the Ukraine with the ukrainians on um on their assistance we have given the most assistance in any other country the president when he walked into the administration he made sure that he brought the NATO together he brought our alliance and partners together to make sure that we we had the backs of the Ukrainian people and so that is something that we're going to continue to do uh certainly I'm not going to get ahead of any announcements from here uh but again this is uh we will be with the Ukrainian people for as long as it takes for them to defend themselves so for them to defend themselves against the brutal uh the brutality that we are seeing from the Russian aggression just on a different topic of running these that discovered classified and official documents of the president's residence in the former office last week um you told I think that it was still that we all can assume American people could assume that the searches were complete and all the documents had been recovered uh on Saturday the White House counsel's Office uh said that five additional classified documents have been found is it safe to assume now that all the documents are have been recovered all the official records all the classified documents are back in the cuts of the National Archives or more searches underway to find out if there's anything else there look I I understand your question we have addressed multiple questions from here multiple questions have been answered by the president I know that you all just spent about some of you some of your colleagues maybe you yourself seek was was on the phone with my colleague for about 45 minutes that addressed a lot of your questions I'm just going to continue to be prudent here I'm going to let this ongoing review that is happening this legal process that is happening and and let that let that process continue under the special counsel we're not I'm not going to comment from here I'm not one of the things that we have said for the last two years when it comes to the Department of Justice when it comes to legal matters when it comes to legal issues we have been very clear that we are not going to comment we are not going to politically interfere and and that continues with this also this legal issue and so I would refer you to the Department of Justice refer you to the special counsel as it relates to specifics on this issue and also my White House Council colleagues are engaging with all of you and will certainly continue to have a conversations on this I will say that we are consistent with what we have said on cooperating fully with the Department of Justice on this issue and we will continue to cooperate fully with the special counsel I think it's great on Friday you stood here though and were asked about this documents issued by our accounts on 18 times at that point the president's lawyers had found the five additional pages of classified documents so did you not know on Friday that those documents have been found when you were at the podium or are you being directed by someone to not be forthcoming on this I'm I have been forthcoming from this Podium what I uh said yes to was what the statement at the time that we all had right you all had the statement uh and I was repeating what the what the council was sharing at that time and so we had that statement so we knew what was in it but you also exactly knew did you not know that I'm telling you I just answered the question I just said that I was repeating what the information that we had at that time right that you all had I was confirming from what the special Counsel had provided to all of you and that we knew as well from here so just to be very very clear and look I've also been very clear about being prudent from here I was also being very clear about being consistent from here and not going uh beyond what is currently happening right and again this is an ongoing I also said this was an ongoing review that was happening with the Department of Justice and as we know with the special counsel I've been very consistent about that as well and that's one of the reasons that your question to me is one of the reasons why I'm I we are being very very careful and very Mindful and to not interfere here and to make sure to make sure the Department of Justice has their independence your question actually proves that and that's why we're going to continue to refer you to Department of Justice and refer you to the special counsel all my colleagues at White House Council does President Biden have confidence in the way his team is handling this with this trickle out of information and the documents being found day after day I can tell you this the president has confidence I can tell you this that the president and his team rightfully took action when they learned that the documents existed they reached out to the archives they reached out to the Department of Justice that is the steps we have been very clear about that the steps in the process that we took here and and look we're going to continue we're going to continue to as we have said fully cooperate with the Department of Justice we're going to fully cooperate with the president's team is going to fully cooperate with the special counsel that does not stop and that will just continue again we are going to respect the independence of the Department of Justice right he's new to us and the conversations you've had with him on this his mood has been very clear I I saw him this morning he's very focused I was with I traveled with him this weekend he wants to make sure that he's continuing and we are continuing to deliver for the American people and we've been you know we've been pretty consistent on that if you think about last week you heard from him about his how his economic plan is working how we have seen inflation go down for six months straight how we have seen unemployment unemployment numbers at its lowest level in 50 years that matters that is also the things that this country the people in this country are also very very concerned about and want to hear what this President is doing every day that's his focus and that's what he's going to continue to talk about go ahead Steve what's the White House reaction to the news and the meatball in the apartment building and killed dozens of civilians so look this weekend strikes are another example as you've heard us say of the brutal and barbaric war that Russia is waging against the Ukrainian people and we have seen this over and over again for about 10 months now 11 months now the United States will continue to provide as I said at the top Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself that is incredibly important that is a promise that the president made to president zielinski when he was here not too long ago and that's including air defense system along with our allies and partners as I just said we will continue our work to hold Russians forces accountable for the atrocities that they've caused and also the war crimes but one of the things that we continue to see Russia do is that they underestimate the strength and the courage and the resolve of the Ukrainian people and they will be proven wrong again in their latest attempts the debt ceiling is supposed to reach its ceiling on Thursday how do you see the debt ceiling fight playing out what's your strategy for getting an agreement so look we have been very clear on this and I said it at the top I said it on Friday and I'll say it today so has the president this should not be political brinksmanship we should be dealing with the debt ceiling without without conditions it is important we're not going to work our way around this we're not going to negotiate on this this is the basic the basic duties of Congress is to deal with this issue and let's not forget in the last Administration they they meaning Democrats and Republicans were able to deal with the debt limit uh three times three times so this is something that needs to be done that should be done and we call on Congress to act lastly is the president going to sit down with Republicans and talk about again this is something that should be done without conditions we have been very very clear about that uh we are not going to be negotiating uh over the debt ceiling but I'll say this more broadly at the start of the new Congress and I actually spoke about this last week we're reaching out to all members in both parties to build relationships and establish points of contact that is something that the office of ledge Affairs has done for the past couple of weeks but you know this has been done when you talk about the debt ceiling it has been done in a bipartisan way and there should be bipartisan cooperation to address this it should not be a political football this should not be a political football and we should do it without conditions okay Phil and I'll come to the back the president's team had a strategy and list of goals heading into this year is there any concern that that may be overtaken by what's been happening over the course of the last week with the investigation I mean I just talked about last week uh What uh what we saw about with the economic plan we saw the CPI data and it's showing that inflation is indeed going down because of the president's Economic Policy we have seen the president do uh bipartisan work bring both sides together when you think about going to the bridge in Kentucky and you saw that for yourselves how the president was able to bring both sides together to talk about an issue that was so important for that region in Kentucky to talk about infrastructure something that many presidents before this president had tried to do and were not able to do it in the last Administration it was a punch line it was a joke when we talked about infrastructure week and now under this President we've been able to do it in a bipartisan way look we're going to continue to do the work we're going to have uh Mayors here in a couple of days we'll share more information about that event and president will talk to to then about the work that we are doing and the work that we're going to continue for the American people we went to to Mexico City just about a week ago we were in Mexico City feels like two weeks ago but yes we were in Mexico City about a week ago and you saw the president on the world stage talking to our closest Partners in North America about how we're going to deal with issues that matter to the American people and you saw the friendly engagement you saw how successful uh the nulls the nals of that Summit was and so that's not going to stop the president he is very much focused on what are we going to do to lower cost what are we going to do to continue to lower costs what are we going to do to continue to deliver for the American people and let me add to what Republicans are putting forward House Republicans the extreme members of the House the Maga Republicans are talking about raising taxes for middle-class Americans they're talking about giving a tax break for the wealthiest Among Us that's what they want to do they're talking about attacking women's rights to choose that's what they want to put forward and the present is going to speak against that as well and try to make sure that we deliver for the American people we can do both as we assume the president weighed in on the issue a couple of times last week the limitations given what you've talked about through the podium that we shouldn't expect the president to give his thoughts or opinions on the ongoing invest ment and you just said it's an ongoing matter right this is an ongoing legal uh process that's happening currently and we are going to continue what we've been doing for the last two years which is when it comes to the Department of Justice when it comes to legal issues we will not comment we are going to be prudent from here we are not going to political into politically interfere because one of the things that the president was very clear during the campaign and has been for the last two years is that we want to give back the the Independence that the Department of Justice has go ahead Peter and then I'll come to that just a follow-up if I can very quickly on this the White House says Republicans are faking outrage on this issue why shouldn't Americans be outraged about classified documents being found in a garage look and I think I've been very clear about this we have answered questions on this at this Podium you've heard as Phil was saying twice from the president talk about this he said that he didn't know right he said that he was surprised and he said that he takes classified information and documents very very seriously we heard directly from the president on this issue now anything else anything beyond that we're just not going to talk about there's an investigation going on there's a legal process here as we've been very very clear about I will let the White House counsel talk about any specific details about that but we're going to be prudent here and make sure that we are not interfering in this process I guess that's why I'm asking though because you've said that you don't want to interfere here and be prudent about the process but the White House did post a statement saying that Republicans are faking outrage So to that point why shouldn't Americans be upset about documents found in a garage that's for uh that's for the American people to decide right is for you all or I'm sure going to talk to many folks out there and have that this conversation but what we do know right what we do know from polling that we have seen over and over again from your coverage uh from what we hear what the president goes out and talk to the talks of the American people they also care about the economy right they also care about what is the president doing to lower costs which is why he took hysteric historic action in making sure that gas prices went down at the gas pump and we saw that happen by more than a buck 70 cents and that's the work that the president's going to focus on you think about the inflation reduction at that's going to lower lower prescription drug cost lower uh medical costs right when you think about that lower energy costs so that's going to be our Focus here we know that's what the American people truly care about as well and it is very important for them that we do that work I'm going to try and go to the back okay thank you Craig um just back on the tanks uh it seems like everybody's talking about tanks the last few days uh in Europe has been a bunch of countries saying that I wanted to give thanks so people should give tanks and then the Germans are being you know on the fence about it everyone's talking about it nothing's actually happening apart from the Brits of course I'm not part of the European Union uh the president's position himself as you know the leader of this whole Alliance pretty much right um is this a moment when he feels maybe he should step in as the leader and either you know control or you probably wouldn't want to use that word but you know talk to the Germans or go with the US tanks the Abrams it's something that'll happen and you know in short exist feels like a bit of a boiling point so a couple of things here um and it the president's view hasn't changed uh and I kind of said it when I was answering Zeke's question which is he believes that it's up to each country to make their own Sovereign decisions here on what types of security assistant and what kinds of equipment they're able to provide Ukraine as Ukraine defends itself against Russia's brutal brutal aggression for instance we welcome Germany's recent announcement that they will send infantry fighting vehicles and Patriot missiles battery system to Ukraine we also support the decision by the UK as I was asked over the weekend to send Challenger tanks to Ukraine we welcome that we have seen incredible solidarity by Nations around the world to support Ukraine and and also I know that secretary Austin is hosting another meeting of the Ukrainian of the Ukraine contact group that which is happening just this Friday this week and we look forward to further discussions on how this broad Coalition of allies and partners can continue to support Ukraine as Russia continues again continues this brutal war and barbaric war against the Ukrainian people but again as I said at the top you know we it's up to each country to make their own decisions on this look again when it comes to when it comes to these types of security uh assistance decision it is up to each country to make that decision and we leave it to them given these documents have shown up in very personal spaces we all know that the president uh you know loves his Delaware owners of extremely personal space fan is rummaging around you know these boxes in the garage and wherever else I mean literally are you are you are you listening to your the question that you're asking me look I'm gonna be very consistent here uh I am going to be very clear here uh as I have been for the past couple of days almost a week now uh dealing with this uh you know we are going to any specific questions that you have about this issue I would refer you to my colleagues at the White House counsel's Office who spent almost an hour taking these questions from all of you many of your colleagues I'm gonna let you ask that question to the White House counsel's office and anything else specific to this I refer you to Department of Justice I refer you to special counsel okay um on month it's raining um on Monday in regards to police shootings the president said um I think I did the only thing I can do is it the opinion of the White House that there will be no more progress on the issue of police reform going forward that there's just nothing more to do Luke the president has been very clear in asking Congress to take action uh he has taken executive action I'm sure you've covered a lot of the uh actions that he's taken the past two years and he believes it's uh it's it's now in the hands of Congress to take action and it is important to do just that and I will leave it there uh one more Stephen Curry up for a first name bases now apparently I know buddies you guys are but they don't even let me call them Stephen Curry uh he mentioned the bring of Brittany Greiner but does the White House have any comment on the Detention of CM at namazi who's in Iran and uh on the on hunger strike and sent a letter to the president so we received the letter and our thoughts are with um uh namazi and his family we remain committed to securing his freedom and the US government is continuing to work to bring him home along with U.S citizens who are wrongfully detained in Iran including Imad chagri and Murad tabas Iran's use of wrongful detention as political Leverage is outrageous the U.S will always stand for our citizens overseas we've been very clear about that and committed you've seen the president take action and you've heard the president say that directly one of our highest priorities is bringing all of our wrongfully detained citizens home safely as soon as possible and resolving the cases of missing and abducted U.S citizens so this will continue to be a priority for the American people for the president does the White House have any reaction to the arrest in New Mexico of a former Republican candidate from the seedhouse there who was allegedly organizing men to shoot at the homes of four Democratic elected officials I don't have a comment on on that at this time I I've heard the stories I just need to check with the team to get the full rundown but I don't have a comment at this time on that thank you I'm gonna follow up on Cecilia's question and sorry if I missed it but on Friday did you or did you not know about the additional I already I literally just answered that question no I mean you're you're not too far sitting next to her so I was very clear I provided I provided the information that you all had at the time no I did not know I'm saying I had the information I actually said this to Cecilia I had the information that you all had at the time right and so this is why I also said to Cecile this is why we are trying to be very prudent here and we're trying to be very consistent and say this is an ongoing legal process and this is why I say we're just not going to comment from here that is a perfect example in Cecilia's question and I was very clear about that when did you learn about the documents found at the Penn Center in November and in Wilmington in December when your team was in was uh doing a story on it got it uh because I was also asked a similar question about if our team has been engaged on this and I've been very clear this is something that the White House Council is handling this is something that is being handled by the president's lawyers and been very clear that's why we are this is why we are being prudent here this is why we're being consistent with what we have done the last two years when it comes to doj Department of Justice investigation we are just not going to interfere well on that note on that note you've repeatedly emphasized the need just as you did today for Independence for integrity um of the Department of Justice investigation one reason why you continue to point us to the doj so I wonder why then did the White House counsel go to Wilmington to facilitate the handing over of documents to the doj that is that separate that is separating the White House from the dot and Ouija I appreciate the questions I know there's going to continue to be dozens more questions probably today and I will say reach out to the White House counsel's Office that's one of the reasons my colleague was on the phone with many of you taking questions today and I'm just going to leave it there that is something for them to answer it's related to something that you keep telling us which is how much it is important to this White House to separate the White House from the doj's investigation but the White House Council was the one to go and facilitate the documents to look for the documents again they have been working very closely with the Department of Justice I would refer you to them if you want to know specifically about their actions specifically about what they're doing I would point you to the White House council's Office look guys you guys can ask me this a hundred times 200 times if you wish I'm going to keep saying the same thing I hear your question it's been asked it's been answered it's been noted and we're just going to try to move on here and we're going to move on false information more because Ian did have that call today and he said that the White House would quote fully cooperate with the investigation does that mean that President Biden is willing to be interviewed if called I'm just not gonna you're asking a question that should go to the White House counsel's office as you just said Ian you spoke to to my colleague just moments ago that is something that the White House counsel's office should be answering any anything specific to the doj or special counsel uh uh uh what they're doing you need to reach out to them go ahead Tim yeah um are you upset that you came out to this Podium on Friday with you incomplete and inaccurate information and are you concerned that it affects your credibility up here well what I'm what I'm concerned about is making sure that we do not politically interfere in the Department of Justice that we continue to be consistent over the last two years and uh and that is continue to refer you all when it comes to an ongoing process and uh and I'll just leave it there and let's not forget there was actually a statement from the council's office that you all had at the same time as well I'm I'm just not going to go down uh Eddie Rabbit Hole here I'm going to be very consistent I'm going to be very prudent and uh again I've been asked just ask that question I've answered it it's been noted the question and we're just going to move on go ahead JJ thanks so just to clarify that debt ceiling again so the White House has no intention of sitting down with leader McCarthy on the debt ceiling in the coming month or even at all what we're saying here is that um we've been very very clear it was clear at the top it was clear when I was just asked this question uh Congress is is going to need to address the debt without conditions uh and and it's just that simple uh this should not be there should be no hostas shaking here uh there should be no attempts to exploit the debt ceiling uh or to to leverage it we're going to be very very uh clear about that and again and I said this before this was done three times uh under the last Administration in a bipartisan way this is the duty of Congress this is something that is their basic duty to deal with the debt ceiling and so we're going to continue to be consistent here about that and again there should be no it should not be used as a political football regular accurately report that the white house isn't doing any Outreach to Republicans well I I have said I said just moments ago one of the things that we did and I laid this out uh pretty clearly when the new Congress started we reached out to Republicans and Democrats alike uh to talk about who their point of contact is to have that conversation to figure out how we're going to work together and so I've I've there is constant conversations happening uh with uh with members of Congress and their and their team that is something that we are doing uh almost uh on a certainly a weekly basis and that always is going to happen those conversations are always going to happen I'm certainly not going to read out every conversation that we're having uh with uh with Congressional members or Congressional staff what I am saying is that we have been very clear that this should be done we're talking about the debt ceiling it should be done without conditions and it should not be used as a political football um just wanted to go back to the the bilat earlier and the one last week with the Prime Minister of Japan these are two countries that are huge players in the semiconductor chain uh have you made any progress in getting those countries to join the efforts that the U.S has started to restrict China's access to those semiconductors to that technology so I just want to be very clear on this as well we don't push any of our allies or our partners we consult with them closely and they make their own decisions and this is how we we move forward with our relationship again with our allies and partners we all recognize the importance of this issue to to National Security and the president did discuss it along with a host of other important Regional and Global issues look this is going to be a continuing part of a group consultation here and I don't have any announcements to make or anything further to share on this but does the president feel that the U.S can be successful in preventing China from getting that technology if these types of countries like the Netherlands like Japan don't join even if it's not exactly the same restrictions but don't join in those types of efforts again we're just not going to push our partners and allies here I again the president it did come up in their conversation I'm just not going to uh getting into a a specific conversations of what happened or what was said what we believe is that our close allies and partners make their own decisions on these types of things okay is there a bipartisan plan for our youth today do we have a focus on either education are we looking at I just wanted to soften the mood of a little bit in the room but is there anything that we're focusing on in terms of Education in terms of funding funding programs that we've come to the table to agree upon well thank you for your question look the Department of Education uh which uh which is leading on that on on education and what we're doing uh to deliver for young people certainly is a priority for this President and for the Department of Education don't have any specific programs or new programs to announce from here but that is uh you know making sure that young people have the what they need for to have a a good strong education of course is a is a priority from for this President let's not forget the first lady is an educator herself and she uh and she talks about that and has done the work as well as first lady on the things that this Administration is doing to move to move that ball forward don't have again don't have anything specific to share but clearly it's a priority for us and our young people across our millions and millions of young people across the country to make sure that they have um you know just and fair opportunities uh that they should have [Music] great okay yeah thanks green um so I want to ask you about trade um we're days away now from the president being two years in office and there have been no completed trade deals why not so a couple of couple of uh a couple things here so when the president was running he made clear uh that we will invest in American workers and communities before pursuing new trade uh deals and this is exactly what we've been doing you've seen it for yourselves you've heard the uh heard the Investments that have been made especially as you think about manufacturing coming back uh to the U.S and that is exactly what we're going to continue to do so you've seen our economic agendas for historic recovery and a manufacturing Boom at home more than 7 750 000 manufacturing jobs were created uh right here under this president at the same time we were working we go back and forth on this Ed I I hear you I'm I'm 750 000 jobs let me finish your your answer you asked me a question but at the same time we are working swiftly to finalize the indo-pacific economic framework which represents 40 of the world GDP and will address the core issues that will Define much of our success in the coming decades like clean energy energy and the digital economy while fortifying our economies against a range of threats from fragile Supply chains to tax Havens we are committed in every region of the world to strengthen trade and investment in a manner that promotes good paying American jobs and also high standards and supply chain resiliency and that has been the president priority at every step of the way we will work with Congress to negotiate and develop trade policies that Advance the interest of all Americans support U.S Innovation and workers and enhance our competitiveness and that has been the president's uh priority that is what he talked about during the campaign and that's what he's been doing and delivering on for the past two years go around go ahead April I'm putting two questions um you just from the podium and in answer to one of the reporters you said something about you don't want to politically interfere when it comes to this investigation on the documents I asked you when we first heard about the documents there is a political component and the legal component but can you expound upon what you don't want to interfere on political political because many pundits uh many lawyers I mean politicians are saying that this is also an issue that could prohibit a lot of work in this 100 with the 118th Congress a lot of work for the American people in this moment could you expound on what you were talking about well look I I'm not gonna get into politics from here um and I've been very clear about that I've answered that question multiple times already what I can say is that the president's going to stay laser focused on delivering for the American people and that's going to continue to be the work that he sees at hand when it comes to the economy when it comes to the bipartisan infrastructure legislation when it comes to implementing the inflation reduction act which we announce a couple of items last week on how important it's going to be for medicare to negotiate that is something that is going to be critical for the American families for American people across the country being able to negotiate the price of drugs and tap it and cap it at uh you know at two two thousand dollars a year that's going to make a difference in people's lives right continuing to do the work that he has been doing to lower costs and we've seen that we've seen that the president's economic plan is indeed working and so look that is not going to stop us that is something we're going to continue to talk about and you're seeing you're seeing how the work that he's put in the last two years his administration the work that he's done with Congress in a bipartisan way in historic Fashions is actually working and so that's going to be our focus and um In This Moment there are Democrats who are saying they're looking to tomorrow it's a bright spot for Democrats with the inauguration of West Moore as Maryland's first black Governor as the third black elected governor in the nation uh what does the president say and what does this White House say about his elevation the citizen Who Rose to the highest Heights in the state of Maryland especially as he uh campaigned for him well the president is very much looking forward to working with uh Governor Westmore and you know you saw the governor I don't even know is he a governor-elect yet or has been a governor Alexa I want to be I want to give him the right Title Here uh and you saw you saw Wes Moore Governor like Westmore and the president many times over the last several months they developed a friendship the president's very much looking forward to working with him uh and we think it's important it's important to have that representation it's important to have someone as uh you know someone who is qualified and passionate about the work as Wes Moore uh be you know be in a position where he can make a change and make a difference for male lenders and so that is critically important uh look you know there is bright spots uh there are just if you look across the country what we saw in state elections and what we saw with governorships what we saw and um and and other really key important States uh State um State offices it was a bright spot and let's not forget one of the reasons that we saw that is because of the president's plan of president's agenda and what he was able to set forth for the midterms remember everyone was talking about the Red Wave and that didn't happen and that didn't happen because of the president's leadership just trying to ask you sir I just want to ask you about something this week you were pretty insistent that you believed that the president's attorneys did the right thing do you still believe that yes they did the right thing when it comes to making sure that when the documents were found they handed it over to the archivist and it was handed over to Department of Justice but again Steve I'm going to be very prudent here I am going to be very consistent it is an ongoing legal process not going to say more but the reason I ask is is that what we now know that the president's Council statement the president's personal lawyer statement she had a bit more light on this but they raised more questions about it namely the first call that the president's personal attorneys made on November 2nd was not to the FBI that they had found what we now know were top secret documents out in the open the first call was to officials here at this White House in the West how is that the right thing is that the right thing when you see some if you're a lawyer and you're you don't have a security clearance and you see a classified document shouldn't you call the Justice Department's National Security office right away again I'm going to refer you to the White House counsel's office that is something for them to answer that is a very specific question that they should answer that they will engage you with engage with on you on this just like my colleague did for almost an hour and had this conversation with us it was about a half hour but let me let me why now why is it the matter of this White House Council deal with documents from two administrations ago these are when I'm talking about presidential records from this white house why is this White House Council involved in this matter at all again this is something for the White House Council uh to address I am not going to address that from here I will refer you to them and I refer you to the special counsel and anything that's that is specific to this particular issue we have to folks have to gather okay folks have to gather I'll see you guys tomorrow six times that turned out to be false are you sorry about that I'll see you tomorrow come talk to me
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