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Georgia Maloney the president will have an audience with the Pope to discuss efforts to advance peace around the world and during his meetings with the Italian leaders he will highlight the strength of the US Italy relationship thank prime minister Maloney for her strong leadership of the G7 over the past year and discuss important challenges facing the world we will provide more information in the days to come and next earlier this week as you all saw the US International Development Finance Corporation announc a$ 1 billion Financial initiative to support cons conservation of the Ecuadorian Amazon this is a result of the president's recent trip to the Amazon and a continuation of the administration's effort to support innovative ways to address climate change through sustainable growth and development without burdening countries facing Financial constraints Switching gears just for a second here today President Biden announced student debt cancellation for another 55,000 Public Service public service workers bringing the total number of individuals who have been approved for student debt relief under his administration to nearly 5 million people the PE the people approved for debts cancellation today include teachers nurses service members law enforcement officials and other Public Service workers who have dedicated their lives to giving back to their communities and who are finally earning the relief they are entitled to under under the law under the Biden Harris Administration more than 1 million Public Service workers have received debt student debt relief more than all other more than all other administrations combined since the Public service loan forgiveness program was first established by Congress in 2007 and finally yesterday US Customs and Border Protection published there November 2024 data which shows that since President Biden's announced new executive actions to secure the border on June 4th unlawful border crossing have dropped by more than 60% that's the lowest levels in four and a half years the Biden Harris Administration has implemented an effective and balanced approach to secure our border and make our immigration system more fair and just with that Colleen what you got um thanks Ken so I wondered if the president has spoken to any lawmakers personally about potential for a shutdown so let me first say this and I know you've seen uh our statements coming from from here this week about this particular issue and we'll just continue to uh reiterate that Republicans blew up this deal they did and they need to fix this period they have to Republican needs to stop playing politics with a government shutdown and they are doing the bidding they're doing the B bidding of their billionaire friends that's what we're seeing at the expense of hardworking Americans and uh just to quote you something that we saw today and I'm sure you all saw from the poach Punchbowl news which is and I quote this has been an absolute disastrous week for the speaker the president elect Donald Trump and Republicans on on Capitol Hill this is a mess that they created and they need to fix this on your question uh the president I can confirm just moments ago the president was able to connect with leader Schumer and leader Jeff and uh and also just to add that the president does indeed get regular updates he has been getting reg regular updates from his team his team has been in touch with uh members uh Congressional members from both sides of the aisle and certainly he will continue to stay updated has there been any communication between um the president of the administration and the incoming Administration on this I think the Pres I think we have to be really clear here and that is this is a mess that speaker speaker Johnson created it is his mess to fix there was a deal on the table they weigh a bipartisan deal a bipartisan deal in this day and age they were able to come up with a bipartisan deal and you know that agreement the speaker Johnson needs to stick to he needs to hold his commitment to that agreement and so they have to fix this this is their this is their mess that they created and they need to fix it and and let's not forget we're not just when we talk about keeping the government opening open we're talking about providing F funds for disasters Disaster Recovery efforts lowering to lower cost of prescription drugs that's what we're talking about and the impact of this would hurt our veterans and would hurt vulnerable Americans across the country that's what we're talking about and Republicans need to do their job and they need to uphold their side of the deal here good thanks Ken why isn't President Biden said anything in the public about this don't the American people deserve to know why millions of federal workers could enter this holiday period without a paycheck no Americans need to know that Republicans are getting in the way here and they are the ones who have created this mess that's the reality that's the fact and the president let me just take a step back we this is not the first time we've been here and the president has had this approach before he understands how Congress Works he's been around for some time he understand what strategy works here to get this done so this is not this is not the first time that we're I'm being asked this question about the president and his Outreach I just mentioned he made two calls he was in touch he was in touch with the leader uh the Democratic leaders on both the house and the Senate Schumer and and Jeff so and his team is continuing to have that conversation but this is the mess that was created by Speaker Johnson he needs to fix this that's what the American people need to be very clear about very clear there was a bipartisan agreement and he's not holding up his side of the bargain here we hear that message from you but why aren't we hearing that directly from the president why haven't we seen or heard from president this is a strategy that we have done many times before not the first time and this is for republicans in Congress in the house specifically to fix they created this mess there was a bipartisan agreement there was there was a bipartisan agreement come in front of cameras bipartisan agreement there was a bipartisan agreement and so what we want to do and what we want to uh what the president wants to make sure we do is he is stands to uh ready to help get a bipartisan deal uh through that's what he wants to see and um you know this is something that uh Republicans should own here uh what they tried to Jam at the 11th Hour uh doesn't reflect and uh what the deal what that bipartisan deal that they came up with obviously with Democrats and you know they're showing Republicans are showing a disregard for the American public just lastly some leading Democrats are calling Elon Musk president musk or co-president musk what is the White House's and President Biden's reaction to this labeling of Elon Musk and whether or not House Republicans are listening more to this billionaire than the president what I can say is Congressional Republicans at the direction and you all know this you all reported this of President Trump and Elon Musk uh are you know trying to pave the way what they're doing is trying to pave the way for $5 trillion to Nash to our national debt that's what this decision does uh I mean you're talking about with cuts for billionaires uh slashing Social Security slashing Medicare slashing Head Start Congressional Republicans did what they did because of what the president-elect said and what Elon Musk said that's the reality you guys all reported this that's why we are where we are today so this is for speaker Johnson to fix this is the mess that he created he needs to fix this again a bipartisan agreement there is a bipartisan agreement green um would the president support a four Bill strategy we've seen discussed today which been separate a clean CR from a farm bill extension disaster Aid and debt limiting I'm not going to get into hypotheticals what I can say is there is a b I'm going to get very repetitive here because it is true and it needs to be said there is a bipartisan agreement there's a deal that was agreed upon and that's what they need to move forward with and when I mean day I mean the Republicans and Congress they need to move forward with that deal that's what they said with the deal that was agreed upon that's what they said uh they would move forward with the speaker said that and he's not holding up his side of the bargain he's not his side of the deal he is not holding up and in response to um president-elect Trump's statements this morning that this is a Biden problem but if Republicans can help solve it they will um I imagine be repeat some of what you just said but in response Congressional Republicans made their decision because of what uh the president-elect said at their Direction the direction of the president-elect and the direct direction of Elon Musk there was a bipartisan deal on the table they were moving forward the speaker agreed to do this uh to move forward the bipartisan deal and they stopped that because of what the president-elect said and what Elon mus said they wanted to clear away for their billionaire friends a tax cut five trillion five trillion to the national debt with tax cuts to billionaires for billionaires so that's the reality you've all reported this we've seen this we saw we saw what was being stated what was being put out there by the president-elect and uh Elon Musk there's no hiding from that that's the reality uh and um and so you know we're talking about this is not politics here we're talking about American the American people who need these programs who need it um and so political Playbook said uh had to say what what they had to say about this Trump picked the fight he picked the fight and it was Trump well with him and Elon Musk who sank the bipartisan deal that's what you all are reporting you can't you can't uh twist the facts or change history here go so based on the White House's assessment of where things stand right now on Capital Hills should Americans be prepared for the government to shut down tonight M night there's still time we believe there's still time for that to not happen for Republicans to do the right thing to hold up their part of the deal and move forward with the bipartisan agreement there's still time and our focus is keeping the government open that's what we want to see and we hope Republicans want to do that Republicans and Congress want to do that as well and there's still time and we've talked a little bit here about how the president really has not been a player at all in these negotiations I know you said he spoke with Schumer and Jeff today but what exactly is the strategy behind that is there a sense that perhaps having him involved at this moment would do more harm than good I I just I kind of took this question I got some formulation of that question moments ago the president knows how to deal with Congress he's been around for sometime as you all know and this is not the first time that we've had this strategy where we have said it is congress's one of their number one jobs is to keep the government open in this particular instance you saw what Republicans did with speaker Johnson obviously leading us to this mess to where we are right now and they need to fix it period it is their mess to fix it is there was a deal a bipartisan deal there was just days ago and they created this mess speaker Johnson needs to fix this Republicans and Congress needs to fix this it is their mess to fix uh and they allowed this bipartisan deal to be scuttled by the president President elect and if the government shuts down for an extended period of time would President Biden commit to remaining here in Washington and not going through with this holiday I don't have anything I can't get into hypotheticals I don't have anything to share on this uh we believe as I just said moments ago there's still time to get to a bip to get to a deal here or move forward I shouldn't say get to a deal move forward with the bipartisan agreement uh they can't avoid a shutdown they can they were on their way to doing that and it was scuttled by the president-elect and Elon Musk this is why we're here today that's why we're here today okay yep okay um Karine you said that um house Speaker Mike Johnson needs to fix this has President Biden spoken to the house Speaker or does he have any plans to I've answered this in so many ways and I'm going to answer it now we got to be really clear speaker Johnson created this mess and he needs to fix it I don't have anything else to add beyond that he knows the speaker knows how to fix this they got to a bipartisan deal he said he was going to move forward with it they stopped it because of the direction that they were given by the president-elect and Elon Musk and right now we need to focus and we need to continue to focus on the American people uh we're talking about shutting down the government that will impact veterans programs services that Americans truly need they know how to fix this Republicans actually know how to fix this that's why they they were able to get a bipartisan agreement on the table they know in order to move forward with this you need a bipartisan agreement and there was one and they did not move forward with it because of what they were told by president-elect Trump and also Elon Musk okay okay I age um I'll go the question another way in this moment is the president leading the president is the president of the United States and he is leading and to be very clear as it relates to this I've said this many times before moments ago and I'll say it again we have done the strategy before this is not new where we have said Congress needs to deal with this this is their number one job is to keep the government open and there was an agreement on the on the table not just an agreement a bipartisan agreement speaker Johnson created this mess he needs to fix it period to be clear the strategy is he is leading by staying in the background the strategy is the Congress Republicans in particular need to do their jobs and get out of their own way and focus on the American people not their billionaire friends that is what needs to happen and that's what the president wants to see does the president believe that the US debt ceiling should be eliminated you all know where the president stands on this his Focus right now is keeping the government open that's what he's going to focus on the vice president cancelled her trip to California can you say why you would have to speak to her office I don't have I I can't speak to that and then finally on Syria really quickly the DoD said yesterday that there are about 2,000 US troops in Syria that's double what the administration has said beforehand why the discrepancy so I would have to refer you to the Department of Defense uh to speak to troop numbers that is their purview that is something that we have always been pretty consistent on that they have to speak to um I know that they said yesterday that the additional forces are considered temporary uh that they are deployed to to meet uh shifting mission mission requirements but I have to leave it to the Department of Defense to the Pentagon to speak to uh troops last question and I know you have tried to answer it several times but shouldn't Americans hear from the president of the United States just hours from a shutdown what Americans need to know is that you have republicans in Congress in the house who got in a way who stopped a bipartisan agreement they got in the way they created this mess and I and I said this Mo earlier uh when I said and you all know this you report this it is not easy to get to a bipartisan agreement here in this town and there was one both sides sat down they came to an agreement which is a good thing for the American people we thought we were moving in that direction and they decided to Republicans decided to instead listen and give um uh give space to their billionaire friends and not put the American people first that's what is happening that's what we're seeing Good Michael thanks um just wonder if you could give us an update on nepon steels P purchase of us steel excuse me the panel that is reviewing that transaction is expected to issue its recommendations soon so I'm just wondering if you have any update on the timing and also um is the president prepared to accept those recommendations regardless of what they are or does he plan to walk I'm not going to get ahead of the president uh I don't have any announcement to make uh and uh and so I'm just going to leave it there just don't have anything to share don't have an announcement to make at this time and certainly not going to get ahead of the president at the podium even the time I don't you know cifas that's a cifas review they are independent we leave it to them uh to uh to make that decision on the time I just don't have anything to share on this good Ken um could you talk a little bit more about the president's trip next month to Italy in your state statement last night you said that he had accepted the invitation of the Pope to visit next month how did that come about did that just happen on the phone call yesterday did the president express interest to the Vatican that he wanted to make this trip it's pretty late in a term to be traveling so soon you know close to the end like that so I don't have any information for you I would have to talk to the team about the timeline look the president is looking forward to uh going back uh to to uh Italy as you all know he's been there a couple of times in this uh in in his first term in this term and so he's going to and he's met obviously a couple times in this Administration alone with his Holiness Pope Francis and obviously he's he looks forward to that uh as you know he is he is a proud Catholic uh and so that is something that he certainly is looking forward to that and and having a conversation about peace around the world we know that is an issue that um his Holiness cares about I don't have specifics or or behind the scenes private conversations on how uh this landed and the timing of this what we can share is that it's happened the president looks forward to it uh and we certainly will have more to share uh as we get closer like we normally do when an aona trip Happ should we expect domestic travel for the president in January is he going to be out there doing any farewell speeches on policy issues in other parts of the country so I would say stay tuned we'll certainly have more to share about what January would look like for the president don't have anything to specifically to announced it right now okay just going to try to ask us a different way president is I'm just going to try he's still in office for a month the American people really haven't heard from him on whether or not the government is going to shut down wouldn't the message hit differently if the president were out there countering the message that we're hearing from the president-elect in Elon Musk why isn't he speaking on this Republicans are breaking their word they are breaking their word to support a bipartisan agreement we would not be in this position if Republicans in the house did not break their word that's where we are and we're talking about um what the agreement when you look about when you think about what the agreement would do it would lower prescription drugs cost and make it harder make it harder to offshore jobs to China we're talking about veterans who need some this these services and they instead what they want to do uh is they they put forth a bill that would pave the way for tax rate for billionaires that's what they did instead of going with a bipartisan agreement they put forth something that pave the way for their billionaire friends that's not about the American people that is just not about the American people and we have been here before when we're trying to make sure that there's not a government shutdown the president has had the same uh kind of the same strategy he knows how to uh work with Congress and so in this instance the Republicans blew this deal up they did they blew it up and they need to fix it this is not for the president to fix this is not for us to fix this is for republicans in Congress to fix this the the mess that they created but has he expressed any thoughts or feelings on the president-elect and Elon Musk you're you're hearing what I'm saying right I speak for the president of the United States so you're when I speak for the president of the United States I am speaking directly for him so you are hearing where he feels about this what his thoughts are about this and we believe and the American people should know this that Republicans need to fix the mess that they cause the speaker knows how to get this right to get this right is to move forward with a bipartisan agreement the bipartisan agreement that they had come to not too long ago we thought we were going to move forward with that agreement and they blew it up they blew it up you good okay than screen um has agencies has the government started informing employees who might be forload um you know those specific folks especially head into the holiday season are they being informed that they might not get their paycheck so look we believe that uh con there's still time for Congress to prevent uh a partial shutdown we believe that uh but in the interest of of prudent planning we want to be prudent here agencies did start notifying their employees uh for of of their potential Furlow today at noon and so on that specific as it relates to furlos I would certainly refer you to O om on those specifics and given the high stakes of this shutdown again during the holiday season affecting people like veterans police officers Etc will the president speak to the American people if there is a shutdown so that they can hear from him directly I am not going to get into hypotheticals because we believe as I just the beginning of answering your last questions that there's still time to prevent a partial shutdown we believe that that Congress Republicans and Congress could get uh to a place where they prevent this when is the next time that people will hear from the president I'm not going to get into hypotheticals it is very easy I hear your question but it's very easy to fix this the mess that Republicans created it is very easy for them to fix this bipartisan deal agreement move forward keep keep your word Republicans and Congress keep your word keep your word go ahead thank you K I have a question on China in the final month of this is Administration we continue to see high level talks between us and China including last week um is President Biden making his final effort to strengthen us China relationship ahead of trump Administration and are you concerned um those mechanisms you've established with China might be abandoned next year thank so um and I'm just going to repeat what the president has said what the National Security adviser Jake Sullivan have said from uh this Podium H about the relationship at the US relationship uh with China and what the president remains doing is uh and is incredibly focused on is managing the most consequential relationship you've heard both of them say that it is the most consequential relationship and it is because of the work of this Administration that we are handling uh handing off uh the US China relationship in a stronger competitive uh position remember in the beginning of this Administration we would talk about how it is about competition that's how we uh wanted to uh kind of see that relationship as well about competition so that's what the president and this Administration is leaving the incoming relationship under uh President Biden we have made America stronger and positioned us to outcompete China through significant investments in the United States uh develop closer relationship with our allies and partners in the Indo Pacific increase our deterrent uh capabilities and diminish China's ability to exploit our most sensitive Technologies at the same time we are carefully managing and we have carefully managed this uh relationship through skilled diplomacy uh to prevent comp competition from vary varying into conflict remember that's what we wanted we want competition not conflict so uh we're going to continue to manage uh this relationship I'm not going to get into hypotheticals of what the next Administration may or may not do but what I can lay out as I just did is how the president has focused on this consequential relationship with with China the US China relationship okay thank you uh just following up on Karen's question on the trip to Italy and what would be the second meeting with the pop um we all know that for the president his face is very important but this isn't a trip he's taking as a private citizen this is a a a trip he's taking as head of state so what's the BR message here why this choice for what might be his final International so we're going to have more information as we normally do we do background calls press calls with all of you as we head into an aonis we're going to do the same nothing has changed and we will lay out the goals the reasons uh what we expect to get out of this trip uh but I tried to give you a little bit of of um of what the president the logistics and what who the president's going to meet uh and um and the discussions that he's hoping to have let's not forget the prime minister is she's she's the leader of the G7 right now right and has strong has shown strong leadership so that's important too to have uh for him to to uh to have um that continue that diplomatic conversations with her as well and so certainly we will have more to share as we get closer to to the travel thanks kareim there are some Republican lawmakers who are actually advocating for a government shutdown one example is margorie Taylor Green from Georgia she says shut it down can you explain the repercussions of what a partial government shutdown would be for specific groups for seniors for veterans uh for those that depend on government services can you explain what this possibility would mean for those individuals and it is sad that I have to explain that really they are Congressional members their one of their duties is to keep the government open because as you just stated uh we're talking about veterans uh we're talking about vulnerable Americans who need services that the federal government provides in order just to make it to the through the day and it is sad that uh you know what we're seeing from Republicans is picking their billionaire friends that's what they're doing not the American people not our veterans uh and we're talking about basic services that are needed uh om certainly could dive in and lay out the different programs that will be affect that that will be um uh impacted uh that will impact Americans if this indeed happens but you know John we can avoid this they can avoid this this does not have to end this way we do not have to end with a government shutdown and and really put uh a negative impact on American families a negative impact on on our veterans this could be avoided republicans in Congress don't have to go this route they don't there was a whole different route that they were going which would have actually been done in a bipartisan way we believe this President believes that it is important as we move policies as we move forward uh on behalf of the American we people people we do it in a bipartisan way and they had that deal do you happen to know if there would be a delay of any kind for social uh security recipients from receiving their checks or members of the military from receiving their pay you're laying out everything that we are concerned about those are the things that we are concerned about yes those are concerns but there's a way out of this there is Republicans need to fix this they need to fix this mess that they created it's very easy to do you do an excellent job advocating on behalf of the president but do you think the president would do a better job if he was out there making those same uh ideas uh present to the public in terms of what a shutdown would mean for all of those vulnerable Americans what I will say is Republicans need to do their job I would not be taking Fielding these questions from you all if Republicans didn't lead us here they did they they created this mess the only reason we're having this back and forth is because the Republicans created this mess in Congress and the house specifically they created this mess and they can fix it they were on their way to fixing this with this bipartisan agreement so I think the onus is on them to get this right okay uh does the administration have any updates on on the whereabouts of Austin Ty compared to last week yeah um don't have any updates to share uh obviously it is a priority uh for this President uh to get uh Austin home uh that is something that uh certainly we want to see um I will speak to um uh uh assistant secretary uh Barbara leaf and Ambassador Roger Carston's travel to uh Damascus Syria uh to engage with Syrian people with the Syrian people including members of Civil Society activists and other syrians about their vision for the future of their country and how the United States can help support them they also met uh with representatives of the interim authorities to discuss transition principles shared by the United States and Regional Partners in their meetings to your question uh they stressed the immense importance of finding missing uh US citizens including Austin TI and bringing them home so that is continues to be a priority any specifics uh about that uh that meeting I would refer to the state department Department I know at 12:30 um uh the two um State State Department officials held a a on the record uh press conference so I would refer you uh to that press conference that they had uh it might still be going but uh they certainly were able to talk in more details and take questions uh about this and again they they talked they touched on on Austin Tyson this and more Broly obviously bringing US citizens home okay does the president have say three top priorities for things he still wants to accomplish in the next 31 days he in office well one of the things that I can say is keeping the government open right we want to make sure that that happens Congress had a bipartisan agreement they should move forward Republicans should not get in the way should pick should choose the America American people first not Republican uh Republican or their billionaire friends and so that is something that we have said many times from here that that was a priority for this President uh certainly we want to uh continue to implement uh Excel the implementation of key uh priorities that the president has had meaning uh the bipartison infrastructure legislation uh the chips and science act we want to make sure that those Investments that continues and we want to Excel on that uh and we've talked about continuing to lower costs as as it relates to prescription drugs uh but lowering costs more broadly certainly for the American people and so that's our Focus that's what we've been doing uh and um and we're going to continue continue certainly to do that and we can expect more announcements at on at least some of those fronts in the next few weeks I look I would say stay tuned uh we are trying to truly truly run through the tape here uh and get as much done as we can for the American people uh and uh we know that the American people wants us to continue to work on on behalf uh on on their behalf and that's what the president is going to be focused on real briefly um since you mentioned the shutdown different angle on that question potential shutdown I should say should the American people be confident that in the event of a shutdown there would still be a smooth transition and inauguration process that has been the president's commitment that has and and that you've heard directly from him uh we want to make sure that there is a responsible uh um committed to a responsible transition and as you know his team he he and his team have certainly been uh working towards that the team has been preparing for months to make sure that happens I will say though uh if there is a uh a shutdown and I don't want to get too much into hypotheticals but this is the reality transition activities will be restricted and uh and with limited exceptions obviously uh but such as prevent imminent threats to uh the safety of human life or the protection of property those are the things that we would uh uh that you know that we would have to be concerned about and so we're doing everything to ensure a smooth transition uh but the choice to allow a transition to move forward is with in the hands of Republicans and Congress you know we can continue to have this smooth transition smooth transition of power if they stop threatening a shutdown uh and a and uh you know they have an opportunity Republicans and Congress have an opportunity to keep the government open so that we can continue uh what the president commitment has has been for months now is to make sure that there is a smooth transition of power okay just two clarifications I guess the first one is this trip to Rome the last foreign trip that the president will take uh what I can say is the president's going to Italy and is going to go on a Kona STP uh in January I I'm always very careful Anything Could Happen uh but what I what I can say for sure is that the president's certainly going to be going to Italy uh we announce that we'll have more to share I don't have anything else to share and then secondly related to uh the CR given what you said about the president's views on on debt limit increases or eliminating the debt limit does that mean that that would be something that would be vetoed by the president if it reached his desk I'm not going to get into hypothe I'm just not I think what is important here is there is a path forward there has been a path forward there is a bipartisan uh agreement that Republicans uh tanked because of what they were directed to du by Elon Musk and president-elect Trump that's what happened that is the reality that we're in now and this is not the direction that we thought we were going just a couple of days ago and so Republicans blew up this deal they can fix it it is their mess to fix and they have to choose the American people they have to do their basic job is choosing the American people and delivering for them thanks everybody [Music] have a good one e e