 They went around the country, and they came here, and he was here from the south, and there was some joke with a toaster that never came out, and so Steve says, here, take the toaster. We used it for like 12 years, and then he said, throw me the letters, thank you. Dave, I'd like to thank you. I'd like to thank you very much. Yes, you can save this letter for tax purposes, but I don't think we'll do you again. Photo, photo, photo. Yeah, we want to see the show coming out. There you go. Wait a minute. There's a two-oh-five. Hello. Call me now. Well, he's got a two-fifteen. Uncle John, friends, what's up? Is it okay if we do the White House press briefing? We'll look into it. That's probably around here somewhere. I'll do it, yeah. I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it. You start to expect your board yet? I'll take that as a no. I'm getting shit from the credit card coverage. You're having an overdue charge that hasn't been entered from a month thing up there. But you know what the sad thing about it is? I bought that ticket a month ago. I don't use that ticket for months from now. I remember it was the same boy trip. You know, I bought the ticket. We waited December. So I probably bought the ticket in November. Well, then the e-mail started coming out about making sure your expense reports were cleared by middle of December. So I sent Susan. I sent to Susan I've got this airline charge. I haven't taken a trip yet because it's not for another week and a half. What do you want me to do? She goes, go ahead and submit it. I said, okay. I'll do that. There's a line in there that says if you use your business, what do I say? Stand by. Don't submit again. I don't do it until... I'm going to try and sit down and judge tonight because I've got some really... Well, I've got... I'm down to just having to do my car rental and, you know... I've got to do that trip. And I've got to do my whole two months of car rental. So I've got gas and car and car wash. That's going to be in a separate report. Then I've got New York and a Rehoboth. Another Rehoboth of a woman. Hey Joe, it's Tracy. Hey man, I have a quick question for you. Can you look at the sheet and see... I put a request in for a lens adapter last Thursday or Friday. Can you see if that's been submitted? Double, double bit. Yeah, I can. Thursday or Friday, yeah. Can you look at the email and see... I mean, it's only like 15 bucks. I'll just call an order. Why just a hundred million? You guys put it in and how long it'll take. Put it in faster if I get it. Right, right. I'm going to give you guys the time for the words that I'm going to understand tomorrow. Yeah, I got lost in the 70s. Do you see what's going on? Oh, yeah, yeah. You don't have to... You don't have to... Okay, all right. Okay. So Ed would put it on the list. I don't want an order to deal with it. It's not on the list. So it's not on the list. All right, thanks. That's all right. Just to summarize, it's simple. It's a place downtown that you can really not do that. It's a low price of one. And I just wanted to... I can't look at my lunch. I can't look at my lunch when it showed up. It's a jumble like a jumble. I can't look at my lunch when it's open. And then it turns out we're going to the same place today. I ordered what I had here. So I'm doing my car rental. It says you've selected a non-preferred vendor. This place is my preferred vendor. I did use her. There's no way for it to say who was your vendor. I always ask. Comment. I'm going to add a comment. Yesterday because we never knew. We was always do. We'll be up, I still... I don't know if we'll see later. You go up earlier or whatever. She has this thing. You know, because you go to Bob's house and if you're hanging around, sometimes he gets answered. So she's not willing... I mean, the kids love, that was great. I mean, that's a good little visit, but he can get pretty. Could be doing something else or whatever. So, you know what it feels like. It might come up later. Yeah, I know, I know. Most people understand that even when mom was there, and you wouldn't let anybody help. Well, there wasn't that much to do. One or two tons of mom was scared, so he could get so much help. And he was only seven, so he could take care of everybody else. He was very, very underwhelmed. Oh, yeah, yeah. People don't understand 24-7 years. Yeah, it took him a while to realize that, but I'm saying to him, I feel like that. Well, nobody else knows how to handle it. Let go, go, get it, I'm going to get right back because mom could be pretty demanding. She almost got herself to go back in the hospital and take care of her. Like, it ought to relax. Oh, my God, I don't get it. It's not weird at all, but mom, the very least 10 minutes ago, you've been waiting for a few minutes to tell them something that's not really a problem. And they're going to keep you here for a little bit. She got a package, so I'm going to take her to the hospital. But in any case, I could see how she could be demanded. But she's probably going to be horrible, come on. She understands everything. But in any case, so we don't know if she's going up in the morning, probably not very well, down near a room or an office. And then we'll go up to a body over a long Saturday. They'll go through here, right? Yeah. I'll say, call in second counsel, my son will be able to take her right back. And while we're doing that, I'm going to go to the hospital. I got to go to the hospital. I thought about it, she got the room for two nights. I got two rooms because it got a little weird for her to be in. We'll do two adult meals and one dearly, a double meal. But you know, you get them a room, and the next thing you know, there aren't quite. She thinks that stuff is out of the ordinary, and I'm like, oh, no. Well, the briefing starts. Yeah. Hey, no, it's too dirty. It's too dirty now? Yeah. It's too dirty. I'm fine. I'm fine. We're good to be brief. I'm fine. I'm fine. Yeah. Yeah. You know, the thing is, with all the people out there who work for Mom, I got an email from a press, but it's a insurance company. You had some sort of fund around duty or something there. And so I checked them out, and they were online. I told Tom about it, but he hadn't gotten anything. And he thought for a minute that it would be like, so he checked them out, too, and contacted them, and so there's, you know, people who have been sick. And they haven't even watched the handover. But never been the old one. Really? Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. So, uh, we'll just go in and we'll be sort of with the bill. I don't know about the wall. There's titles. You want to look at it? You saw it on two? You saw it on two. All right. Don't check the tone real quick. I do like to hear this very much better than you. Is that something Betty on the one? Yep. Solid Betty on two? Yep. I heard that he did call, but I didn't realize it. That's a beautiful girl. Good. We're outside, though. I heard your tone was nice and clear, but you were smiling. Like, that's when we're outside doing my check. 3, 4, rejections. On the way to 1, 2, 3, 4... 6, 7, 8... 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... Check, check, check. Check, check, check. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... All right, on the way to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... Just a little bit more. More... Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right. What you're talking about is you're shocked. A little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit. All the way up to the front. over here so everyone is tracking where we're going. We're going into the oval through the normal colony door. We are going to make a right, and we are going to set up between the fireplace and the co-houch. The chairs that go to sit in for a while at our mood, so there'll be space. Cuts camera is going to follow me to the west side, the far side of there by the private dining room. Head on and still push through the window. He's at the desk. He's at the desk. Chris is standing in for a look at him at the desk to our left, Poison's right. All right, go on with you. You're on with me. All right, let's do it. He'll end up in the hallway. You all right? Yep, yep, yep, yep. Don't appreciate it. I think what they had is pretty enough. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. He'll end up in the hallway. I don't even know what it is. It's a little bigger than I thought. It's bigger than I thought. I think it's bigger than I thought. It's like the person that's waiting for the question kind of to know it all, just like Gary and I said. How he was raised and how he, you know, got to know the whole of it. Plus, the help of mom and his aunt. I mean, we're broke, apparently. I'm not excusing that at all, because no matter how much, I mean, even when we're really in our heart, I mean, you know what the day was, more often than not, more often than not, I mean, driving to work, replanting, but people just don't have the, the limiter. Okay. We'll be out. I'm just trying to support it. I'm sure we'll be doing a little bit of a recovery. So, the way it was, I remember we built in the dinner together, and we're working on it. Somehow we can really get to our current goal. Without knowing it, I'm not excused but I could take those. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm gonna, I'm gonna get up and find out the facts for telling me that we're part of the, uh... We're really, really dying on the scene. It's a cool meeting. We're happy for you. We know what you're thinking about. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. I'm not excused. We're all the same, but I don't, I wasn't in that, I mean, that's actually not bad, but it was not. Yeah, I asked him about this car and all this stuff and he said, well, you know, that's all I've been playing about for three years. You know, the thing is, you know, it's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. Yeah, yeah. Right. Which is it? Okay, last thing. It's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. It's all about how terrible we're at that. All right, man. All right. All right. All right. All right. Good afternoon, everyone. So I have one thing at the top before I turn it over to our guest. So I want to start out by noting that this week we celebrate two years since President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure law. In short time, this administration has made historic progress in rebuilding America from breaking ground on major projects to rebuild our roads and bridges, to delivering clean and safe water to communities across the nation, to cleaning up legacy pollution, expanding access to high speed internet, and building a clean energy economy here in the United States that supports good paying jobs. So far, the bipartisan infrastructure law has enabled us to launch 40,000 infrastructure projects and award in 4,500 communities across the country. This historic investment in America has allowed up to more than 21 million low income households with access to free or discounted high speed internet service through the Affordable Connectivity Program. This has enabled us to provide those two 21 million low income households, start improvements on hundreds of thousands of miles of roads and thousands of bridge repairs, help purchase more than 3,000 clean transit buses, doubling their number on America's roadways as well as 2,400 clean school buses. This has launched 2,300 projects to help communities build resilience to threats such as the impacts of climate change and cyber attacks, and that is not all. The bipartisan infrastructure law and the entirety of the President's investing in America agenda has spurred more than $614 billion in additional private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments since President Biden took office. Not taxpayer dollars, private sector investments, that is bolstering the President's work to create millions of good paying jobs, including a record high number of jobs in the construction sector. That's exactly what Bionomics is all about, investing in America and in American workers to grow the economy from the middle out and the bottom up. And with that, we have Jake Sullivan here, our National Security Advisor to talk through the President's trip to San Francisco this week and also the bilet that you all are going to see later today with President Widodo and take any other foreign policy questions that you all may have. Thank you, Corrine, and thanks everybody. It's obviously an extremely busy time, so I apologize. My opening comments are going to be a little bit longer than usual, but if you bear with me I'll be able to answer whatever questions you have. Today, President Biden kicks off a significant week of high level diplomacy that will showcase the breadth of America's strategic and economic engagement in the world and the value we place on deepening our alliances and partnerships. This afternoon, in fact very shortly, President Biden will host President Joko Widodo of Indonesia. On the cusp of celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Indonesia, our two countries will announce the elevation of our bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, a new chapter that will drive innovation and prosperity and cooperation for both of our countries. President Biden and President Widodo will have the opportunity to discuss a range of key issues, including the clean energy transition, critical minerals, and deepening our security and defense cooperation. On Wednesday, as you have heard, President Biden and President Xi will meet in the Bay Area for a summit. We anticipate that the leaders will discuss some of the most fundamental elements of the U.S.-PRC bilateral relationship, including the continued importance of strengthening open lines of communication and managing competition responsibly so that it does not veer into conflict. The way we achieve that is through intense diplomacy. That's how we clear up misperceptions and avoid surprises. That's how we work together where and when our interests overlap and deliver on key priorities for the American people. And that's why in recent months I've had the opportunity to meet with Director Wang Yi three times and it's why our Secretaries of State, Treasury and Commerce all went to Beijing. It's also why China, for its part, sent its Vice President, its Foreign Minister, and other senior officials here to the United States in recent months. President Biden comes into this summit on a solid footing, given the ways in which he has positioned the United States to be able to compete effectively both at home and around the world. At home we've had the strongest recovery and lowest inflation of any leading economy. We've created 14 million jobs, more jobs in two years than any President in a four-year term. And we've had 21 straight months of unemployment under 4 percent for the first time in half a century. Abroad, President Biden has deepened our alliances and partnerships. In just the last year, he's hosted the leaders from Japan, the ROK, the Philippines, India and Australia for bilateral meetings here in Washington. He formally launched AUKUS. He held a historic trilateral summit with the ROK and Japan at Camp David. He upgraded our relations with Vietnam on a historic trip to Hanoi, and he's hosted two summits at the White House for Pacific Island leaders, as well as a special US ASEAN summit. Finally, at President Biden's direction, we've taken important steps to protect our national security. We've put in place new rules on outbound investment and updated our export controls on semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. And we've continued to uphold freedom of navigation in the region by flying, sailing and operating wherever international law allows. We're also looking for specific outcomes from the meeting on November 15th. I won't get too far ahead of the meeting, and I'll let the President speak for himself after he has the chance to meet with President Xi. But we believe that there are areas where our interests overlap, like our efforts to combat the illicit fentanyl trade. There are also areas where we can more effectively manage competition, for example by re-establishing military-to-military communications. And there are, of course, critical global issues that the two leaders will need to discuss, including Russia's war against Ukraine and the evolving crisis in the Middle East. All in all, we're looking forward to a productive meeting. President Biden has a long history with President Xi. Their conversations are direct. They're straightforward. And President Biden believes that there is no substitute for leader-to-leader face-to-face diplomacy to manage this complex relationship between the United States and China. Of course, this coming week, President Biden will be doing a lot more than just meeting with President Xi. He'll be welcoming leaders from across the Asia Pacific for APEC Economic Leaders Week at a moment when the most dynamic economic region in the world is looking to the United States as the leading economy in the world. While in San Francisco, you'll see President Biden put forward his economic vision for the region. He will speak about how the United States is the preeminent driver of inclusive, sustainable economic growth in the Asia Pacific, and how the Asia Pacific is critical to growth here at home. You'll see the President join leaders from across the region to announce in record time clear outcomes on a number of pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. You'll see him hosting a Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment PGI event with major CEOs and IPEF governments that will demonstrate how we are identifying new ways of working with the U.S. private sector to drive high-standard investment in the Indo-Pacific in infrastructure, in innovation, and other areas to unlock sustainable long-term growth. We're also hosting an event with major foreign CEOs focused on how President Biden's economic policies, combined with our strong partnership with Asia Pacific economies, are driving historic and outsized investments here in the United States in critical and emerging technologies and in other areas and creating good-paying jobs for American workers. Finally, before I take questions, I want to give a brief update on the Middle East. The United States continues to work round the clock to support efforts to rescue and reunite hostages held by Hamas with their families where they belong. This includes many young children, one of whom is a three-year-old American citizen toddler whose parents were tragically killed by Hamas on October 7th. This is a top priority for President Biden, for Vice President Harris, for Secretary Blinken, for me personally. We have all spoken with families of U.S. citizens who are being held hostage by Hamas and have raised this issue with all of our counterparts. This remains a paramount priority for us. Just yesterday, President Biden spoke with the Emir of Qatar to discuss the important efforts and the important negotiations ongoing to try to secure the release of the hostages being held by Hamas. And later today here at the White House, I'll be meeting with some of the families of the Americans who are currently being held. The United States has also been leading efforts to increase the flow of life-saving, sustained humanitarian assistance, food, water, medicine into Gaza. While we've made some progress, much more is urgently needed to alleviate suffering among the civilian population in Gaza. We're glad to see Israel take an important step in this direction last week. And we remain in active discussions with the Israeli government about the importance of tactical humanitarian pauses in the fighting to permit civilians to depart areas of active hostilities, to increase the flow of aid, and to enable hostage releases. We continue to have discussions at all levels, including President Biden with Prime Minister Netanyahu, to urge Israel to continue taking every possible measure to protect civilians. The loss of a single innocent life is a tragedy, whether it's a Palestinian civilian and Israeli civilian that were anyone else. And we grieve for every innocent who has lost. At the same time, we will continue to stand behind the proposition that Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorist attacks. And with Hamas, as I've said, you're dealing with an organization that has come out publicly since October 7th and said that it intends to commit another October 7th and another one and another one until Israel no longer exists. You have a leading spokesman from Hamas saying that the objective of the organization is a permanent state of war with Israel. That is the reality that Israel is confronting, and it's a reality that would be unacceptable for any nation. And with that, I would be happy to take your questions. Thanks, Jay. You said yesterday that the President is at just now in the Oval Office that hospitals in Gaza need to be protected. Do you believe that the Israelis have received that message, and have they had any response? So first, what the President has just said and what I've said is that we do not want to see firefights in hospitals. We want to see patients protected. We want to see hospitals protected. We have spoken with the Israeli government about this, and they have said they share that view, that they do not want to see firefights in hospitals. And you've heard from IDF spokespeople stating things along those lines. The Israeli government has also told us that they are prepared to provide fuel to hospitals to ensure that they can continue to operate, and that for certain hospitals they actually have not been able to be in communication with the people who are actually running the hospitals. So that's something we will continue to work on, but the position of the United States on this matter is clear. Hospitals should be protected. Hospitals should be able to run effectively so that medical care can be given to patients. And finally, to the extent people need to be evacuated from one hospital to another hospital in order to ensure the continuation of care, evacuation routes have to be safe. And the Israeli government has told us as recently as today that there are and will continue to be evacuation routes for people leaving hospital compounds. So these are positions that for us are straightforward. They are clear. We have a constructive discussion with the Israeli government on this, and I believe that they have indicated they hold similar positions on these issues. Now, as for what happens on the ground in a given hour or on a given day, we can't react to every individual report. We can simply continue to state our position and continue to consult with the Israeli government to ensure that they are doing their best to fulfill their stated position on this. And then more broadly, the U.S. is now focused on two wars, one in the Middle East, one in Ukraine. What would it mean for this government, and in particular foreign policy and the military, if there were to be a government shutdown come Friday night? This would be a devastating blow. First of all, to our service members at a very human level, because it would have an impact on the ability of our troops and their families to get all of the benefits and services that they deserve for the service that they are performing for our country. Second, it would send a signal to the world that the United States cannot pull together on a bipartisan basis to sustain government funding and to show a united face to the world at a moment where you see this turbulence around the world. So we will do everything in our power to support Congress coming together around a measure that will fund the government and not have a shutdown occur at the end of this week. The President also said there's an effort to use the flaws to deal with the release of prisoners that has been negotiating with Qatar. Did you amplify on that a little bit? Yes. There have been ongoing discussions with the government of Qatar. And in fact, President Biden, as I mentioned in my opening statement, spoke by telephone with the Emir of Qatar yesterday. Qatar has been talking to Hamas. Israel has been talking to Qatar. The United States has been talking to both Israel and Qatar in an effort to try to move forward these negotiations to a point where hostages can be released and reunited with their families. We're not there yet, but we are continuing to try to make progress on that day by day, hour by hour. And as I said before, the President has no higher priority, which is why he is personally engaged on this issue. On the trip itself, what does the President plan to tell President Xi in terms of getting Iran to rein in its proxy attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East? Well, from our perspective, the PRC should share the interest of every responsible country that de-escalation rather than escalation in the broader Middle East should be the order of the day. So President Biden will make the point to President Xi that Iran acting in an escalatory, destabilizing way that undermines stability across the broader Middle East is not in the interests of the PRC or of any other responsible country. And the PRC, of course, has a relationship with Iran, and it's capable, if it chooses to, of making those points directly to the Iranian government. Yesterday you alluded to Israeli intelligence. Does the U.S. have any independent intelligence that Hamas has military facilities at Bunker, under purely al-Shifa hospital in Gaza? Well, what I said yesterday is that I'm not in a position to comment on intelligence matters, American intelligence matters. I can't divulge that to you. What I can tell you is that we see plenty of open source reporting about Hamas's use of hospitals and other civilian infrastructure to store weapons, to house fighters, to engage in forms of command and control. But beyond that, I'm not in a position to speak specifically to a report about a specific hospital or a specific bunker. And so when the President says that hospitals must be protected, what does the President, what does the United States, want to see done with al-Shifa hospital in particular and Hamas facilities that use open source intelligence to say why under it? Well, your question points up the complexity of this conflict and the added burden that Israel is facing as it goes against murderous terrorists who continue to say their goal is the absolute destruction of the state of Israel. You're dealing with a terrorist organization, Hamas, that takes civilian hostages, including little children, that uses civilians as human shields, that uses civilian infrastructure, even hospitals in the most cynical way possible. That is, as fighting positions, as military operation centers. And so Israel has to confront that while at the same time not wanting to go assaulting hospitals in firefights that could put innocent people who are getting life-saving medical care in the crossfire. So there are not easy answers to this question, but this is the complexity, this is the burden that the Israeli Defense Forces are facing as they conduct their operations. And our position is that Israel has the right to go after Hamas, but it does face this added burden, and that burden does not lessen its responsibility to act according to the laws of war. And so how that plays out in a particular operational dynamic, this tunnel or that bunker, ultimately those decisions lie with the military fighting. The United States can't dictate that, but we will continue to stand for the principle that the laws of war must be respected even as Israel goes after Hamas and the tools and infrastructure of its terrorism. Do you have any proof of the life on hostages, especially the Americans, in the negotiations that have been going on? Has there been anything that could reassure the negotiators, the President, that hostages remain alive and potentially could be rescued? So we have been very transparent about the fact that we have limited visibility into both the whereabouts of the hostages within Gaza and their condition. And I said as recently as yesterday that we have nine missing Americans, one missing green card holder, and I cannot look at me and tell you how many of those hostages are still alive. I do have information, and I'll be careful about how I characterize that, about some of the hostages and the notion that there are a substantial number of hostages who are not just alive but who could potentially be part of a hostage release. But I couldn't give you a number of exactly how many Americans would be included in that. That's something that we will have to work through as we continue these negotiations. And of course, we won't know for certain until we actually get the release of those hostages and they're safely returned to their families. So that's something we're going to continue to work on. Thanks. I wanted to ask about the House spending proposal. It does not include money for national security priorities that the administration has. Israel, Ukraine, particularly Ukraine, what are the next steps for getting funding if the spending proposal is not an option? So I will leave it to Karin to kind of talk about the congressional dynamics and particular measures that have been put forward in the House. What I will say is that the President, the Biden administration put forward a funding request for Israel, for Ukraine, for the Indo-Pacific and for the border. We detailed exactly what we needed, including for Ukraine, and we still need that, and we needed as soon as we can get it. And we are working actively with both the House and the Senate, both Republicans and Democrats, to secure the votes and to get the vote to get that funding. And I continue to remain confident that while this has been a winding road since we began the effort to secure additional funding for Ukraine, that there is a strong bipartisan majority in both houses to do it, and we will ultimately get it done. How exactly, through what vehicle and what measure, that's something that I will defer to the legislative experts on. I will only say that we are continuing to make the case actively. I'm on the phone personally daily with members, both Democrats and Republicans, to make the case. And we are leaning forward in making it clear that the United States national interest will be deeply harmed if we are not able to secure and sustain funding for Israeli, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific and the border. If I may ask about the trip, please. What is the President's message going to be regarding Taiwan's upcoming elections? Will the President warn President Xi directly, for example, against interfering in the elections? I'm not going to preview what exactly President Biden will say to President Xi, because I think he should have the opportunity to speak to him directly in person without me proclaiming it from the podium. I will say that the President, broadly speaking, is going to set out a vision for peace and stability and the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. And he will do that in his meeting with President Xi, but in terms of the specifics of that conversation, I will lead that to the President to do person to person, face to face. Thank you, Jake. How confident is the U.S. that the U.S. and China can restore military to military communications? It's now been more than a year since China suspended those talks, so what are the main sticking points from the Chinese side? I'll defer to, well, not defer to, refer to China on the sticking points, because ultimately they'll have to answer that for themselves. The United States has been ready for that entire period to sustain military to military communications, because we think it's the only responsible thing to do. Having our two militaries in communication as the way you reduce mistake, you avoid escalation, you manage competition, so it doesn't bear into conflict. That to us is an absolutely straightforward factor, and no matter what else is happening in the relationship, those military to military links should remain intact. That's our position going into San Francisco. We believe that the PRC has been constructive in the dialogue we've been having with them on this issue. We will see what happens in San Francisco, and the President will be able to report after the meeting whether, in fact, we've made progress on restoring military to military links. Why the Chinese has been willing to engage so much more in recent months? How much of it has to do with China's economic struggles? And if that's the case, how can you be sure that what comes out of APEC is long-lasting and not just tactical from the Chinese side? Look, I'm not going to speculate as to what China's motives are. Again, that's a question you should pose to them, and they can lay it out for you. I do think your question raises an important point, though, which is nothing stands still in the world, as we've just seen from the October 7th crisis. And there will be, you know, inevitably things that arise that are unanticipated, there will be turbulence as there always is. And the question is, can we create the lines of communication and the broad parameters in the relationship so that through whatever comes, we can manage competition responsibly so it doesn't bear into conflict. That's what the President has set out to achieve in the summit with President Xi. And so he sees this not just as a one-off meeting, but as an important moment to be able to establish the kind of basis upon which we can proceed out into the future. Jay, you mentioned that you guys see this as an important meeting on Wednesday, but I'm curious. Will the President, during his time with the Chinese President, try to hold China accountable for the spy balloon this year? I know obviously it seems like it was 20 years ago, but it was this year. The Chinese have said it was still a weather balloon. They said they should get the technology back. What kind of response are we going to see from the President this week on the spot? Well, as I said before, I'm going to let the President be able to sit down with President Xi and speak to him person to person, face to face, and again, not be doing diplomacy from the podium. And we can report to you afterwards consistent with whatever is appropriate to share publicly on these issues. I would say that President Biden took steps to take down that balloon once it was safe to do so and out of potential harm's way to civilians. We were able to recover it, to exploit it, and from our perspective, the critical thing is that because we were able to protect ourselves along the way of that path, we do not feel that there was any information gain that was problematic. And so the United States, the President, is going to focus at this point on how he stands up for and protects American interests going forward across the full range of challenges in this relationship, of which this is one. Do you want me to apologize? Again, I'm going to let President Biden speak to President Xi. I'm not going to stand here from the podium and kind of create threats or raise questions or make particular demands because I think that will not be the most effective way to secure the diplomatic outcomes the American people are looking for. Thanks, Jay. How would you rate relations between the U.S. and China since President Biden's meeting with President Xi last year? And what would you say that the U.S. has been able to achieve in the relationship as a direct result of their last meeting? Well, first, the most important thing is that this is a complex relationship, a competitive relationship that could easily veer into conflict or confrontation if it's not well managed. And so managing the relationship in an effective way is the single most important responsibility of the President and everyone who works for him on this file. And then beyond that, the U.S. and China have to be able to speak directly to one another on all of the critical issues that face our two countries, including issues in moments of crisis, like the Russia-Ukraine crisis. And President Biden has had a number of candid conversations with President Xi about the question of military support to the Russian Federation in the conduct of its war in Ukraine. President Biden has had the opportunity to engage and so have the rest of us on how we effectively manage peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait so that we can sustain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. So those are some of the issues that through intense diplomacy we have been able to manage intense competition. And then we will look for opportunities to actually generate affirmative outcomes that deliver tangible progress for the American people in areas where our interests overlap. I mentioned, for example, the issue of fentanyl. We're hoping to see some progress on that issue this coming week. And that could then open the door to further cooperation on other issues where we aren't just managing things but we're actually delivering tangible results. We'll continue to work at that as we go forward. The U.S. yesterday launched its third round of strikes against facilities tied to Iran that were in Syria. I mean, you've said that this is in part to try to deter other attacks against U.S. surface members. But in the hours since that attack, at least four times U.S. forces were hit in an attack. So how is this a success if these incidents keep happening over and over? Our goal over time is to ensure that our forces are protected and that we respond if we get hit. That is what we have done. That is what we will continue to do. And this should be measured over the course of time, not over the course of 24 hours. Now, if Iranian proxies continue to strike American forces, we will continue to respond. President Biden has been straightforward about that. We have followed through on that. We will continue to follow through on that because the President's view is ultimately, he has got to look out and safeguard the security and the physical safety of all of our forces in both Iraq and Syria. We're going to continue to do that and we have made clear that if we continue to get hit, we will respond. How do you timeline for when the cart funding to Ukraine is going to run out? So, I mean, there's not a literal day on the clock, but each week that passes, our ability to fully fund what we feel is necessary to give Ukraine the tools and capacities it needs to both defend its territory and to continue to make advances, that gets harder and harder. So, for us, the window is closing, but I cannot point to a date on the calendar because of course this is a dynamic situation and we have to make decisions about drawdown packages, how we size them, what gets sent based on our assessment of the calendar of when we're actually going to get a bill passed. So, I can tell you it is already having an effect on our ability to give Ukraine everything that it needs and that effect will only compound over time. We are still able to supply the military assistance that Ukraine has been asking for, but if we got the full funding, we could do so on a much more certain and consistent basis and that's what we're looking for. President Biden and President Xi are going to agree to a ban on the use of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons. Are you able to confirm that or AI will be a part of your discussion at all? Of course, AI will be part of the discussion, but I cannot confirm that report I saw it this morning and I'm not exactly sure where it came from. Thanks a lot, Jake. What's your level of confidence that China has not provided to Russia any military equipment or munitions or technology as it relates to Russia's war against Ukraine? Our latest assessment is that China has not provided weapons to Russia as part of the war in Ukraine, but I will come back to you to confirm that that remains our latest assessment as of today because my information is a few days old. And then on Gaza, if I may, what's your satisfaction level as it relates to what was announced last week? This humanitarian pause, would you like to see longer pauses beyond just four hours a day? Do you expect that to happen? Well, first I think there are circumstances where more than four hours a day is going to be necessary and in fact, the Israeli government has recognized that they've extended some of these pauses to seven hours, for example, to create the corridor so that people can move around safely. We believe pauses should not be dictated by a strict timetable, they should be dictated by what is necessary to achieve the objectives and those objectives are safe passage, the ability to move around humanitarian aid and then ultimately we'd like to see considerably longer pauses, days, not hours in the context of a hostage release and that's being actively worked on as well. Yeah. On the five Army special ops forces that were killed in a helicopter crash in the Mediterranean over the weekend, because they were there as part of the force buildup because of what's happening in Israel, would you consider their deaths American casualties of that war? I would not. I would refer you to DOD for what the formal assessment would be, but I would tell you just as a straightforward matter, we have forces deployed around the world in every theater and tragically these training accidents do occur. This accident did not occur in combat, it occurred during a training mission and so that's right from my perspective, it would not be from this war. Yeah. I have two questions on Gaza. How did the State Department and USAID accuse the Biden administration of spreading misinformation? The Israeli newspaper, I don't know if I've noted, actually some of the Israelis were killed, were killed by Israeli army on October 7th and the number is 1,200, not 1,400. That's not taken away from what happened on October 7th but you were adamant that you do not trust the Palestinian sources when it comes to casualties. So accurate information is vital, especially in fighting anti-semitism and Islamophobia. So does the White House have credibility when it comes to information and accurate information? Can we rely on you when you have the podium and tell us certain information and statements? When I know information, I will tell it to you. When I don't know information, I'm not certain about it as earlier in this discussion when we were talking about the number of American hostages who are still alive, those who may have been actually killed by Hamas, I will tell that to you. If we get new information that supersedes the information we have before, I will tell that to you and we have a track record from day one of this administration to do all of those things. We will continue to do that every day and I categorically reject the notion that we are peddling any misinformation. You said today, as you said a number of times about the importance of the laws of war being upheld. Israel has killed around 11,000 Palestinians. Around 230 of those are women and children. The situation in the hospitals has died. Israel has dropped an astronomical amount of ordinance in very built up areas. Is Israel in your view abiding by the laws of war? Well, as I said yesterday, I, Jake Sullivan, standing here, am not in a position to be judge and jury to make that determination. It's a legal determination. What I can do is state for you the clear policy of the Biden administration, which we have been unequivocal about from the beginning of this conflict. And that is that even though Hamas is using civilians as human shields, is burrowing into civilian areas with its rocket emplacements, that they are continuing to launch every single day at civilian areas in Israel. That puts an added burden on the IDF, but it does not lessen their responsibility to act in ways that separate terrorists from civilians. It does everything in their power to protect civilian lives. That was the case. That remains the case today. That is the message that we've said publicly, and we communicate to our Israeli counterparts privately, and we do that on a daily basis. The administration's view is that the IDF is doing that. What I told you is that I am not in a position to give you a legal determination to your question. I am not in a position to do that. What I'm in a position to do is to state the U.S. government position on how Israeli operations should be conducted. And that is what I have done. That is what I continue to do. That is what I can do from this podium. Thanks, Jake. Did Governor Gavin Newsom give the White House a heads up on his meeting with President Xi, and have you guys gotten a readout from his team since, and what did you make of all that? We had a heads up. We got a readout. In fact, Ambassador Nick Burns accompanied that delegation on that meeting, so it was fully coordinated between the governor's office and the U.S. State Department. Of course, I won't get into the details of that because those were private diplomatic conversations, but we've had a good opportunity to get a download, as we have from Senator Schumer's bipartisan delegation. And Senator Schumer and I actually just spoke today about some of the outcomes of that conversation, which are feeding into work the President will do this week, and hopefully help result in some tangible progress. Thank you so much. Do you intend at some stage to provide more details about the kind of military equipment Israel is getting from the United States and the way it's using it? Yes, the Department of Defense will lay out what we are providing to Israel. I've stood up here before and told you about some of the key elements of that, which have included interceptors for iron dome, artillery ammunition, precision-guided munitions. And so the DOD and the State Department will follow normal protocol in laying out the sales and transfers of weapons to Israel. Thank you, Jake. I have a question on your meeting with Yermak, but first on the bilat. As I understand, President Witodo will be bringing the resolution from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which includes demand for immediate ceasefire and rejection of Israel's justification that its actions in Gaza is self-defense. So clearly on the international stage, President Biden is losing ground on this issue. We see this at the UN every day. My question is, is he ever at all concerned that he may be on the wrong side of history here, and how does he plan to engage with President Witodo on this issue? President Biden is looking forward to engaging with President Witodo across the full range of issues in the bilateral relationship and regional and global issues. On many issues, they will agree wholeheartedly. In fact, they'll make significant progress. On other issues, they will have different perspectives. President Witodo's position on the conflict in Gaza is well-known, so is President Biden's. They'll both have the opportunity to respectfully exchange views on that issue. They will also have the opportunity to elevate the U.S.-Indonesia bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership and to make tangible progress on issues like critical minerals, like clean energy cooperation, and like investment. So you will see in this the fullness of the relationship between the United States and Indonesia, but also the robustness of that relationship and the way in which it has advanced over the course of the past three years, notwithstanding the fact that there are differences of perspective on certain aspects of the ongoing crisis. The President has cleaned up their streets ahead of President Biden and President Xi's meeting. They moved home west to other parts of the city, cleared tent cities, and trashed off the street. Is the President embarrassed that an American city needs to go through a total makeover to be presentable for his out-of-town guests? The President is incredibly proud of the record that the United States will bring as host to this summit, and I went through some of it today. The strongest economic record of any developed country, the lowest unemployment over a sustained period in half a century, for reaching investments in innovation in ships, rebuilding America's infrastructure. So actually Joe Biden thinks he is walking into the summit on the front foot and able to showcase the United States as the premier destination for investment, good job-creating investment here in the United States, all of which will be on display while he is there. And the countries of the world who are coming are coming with a recognition that the United States is in a strong indeed for a lot of people, an enviable economic position, and that is going to, I think, sustain him very effectively through the course of the week. The Governor just said of the cleanup this. I know folks are saying, oh, they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town. That's true. Does President Biden agree it's more important to impress the leader of China than the American people that live in San Francisco and pay taxes every day? First, I completely reject the premise of your question. But secondly, I don't know what the context of what Governor Newsom said, so I won't respond to it. Last question. Secretary Lincoln said that we're Hamas tunnels under schools, hospitals and mosques. Does the U.S. have intelligence on this outside of what's in the public domain? So I can't speak to intelligence banners, as I've said before, and I feel hamstrung by that because obviously we have intelligence sources ourselves, but I'm not in a position today to be able to share that intelligence. And is it fair to say the conflict in the Middle East is now on at least three fronts, Israel Hamas, Israel Hezbollah and U.S. Iranian proxies? I think it's, I wouldn't necessarily describe it as a free-fund conflict. I would accept that there is an exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah. There's an obvious ongoing military operation in Gaza. And yes, we have been struck repeatedly by proxy groups of the IRGC in Iraq and Syria, and we have responded. Those are all, that is all correct. Thank you, guys. Thank you so much, Jake. Okay, let's continue. This is pre-court today. I unveiled the Code of Ethics on Justices. There's a lot of screening of Justices, a complex interest. Has the President had a chance to preview that? Does he have a position on it? Does he believe it goes far enough? So I'm not going to add more to go beyond what the President has said already in the pro-publicla interview that he shared when we talked about, when he was asked about the Supreme Court ethics. So there are ethics rules that apply to other and lower federal courts, obviously. And so obviously the American people have the right to expect those who are serving in high office to meet high ethics and transparency, obviously standards. And so, but I don't have beyond that. I know the President has talked about this recently. And then there's a security incident overnight with the Secret Service agent, apparently fired a shot and attempted a vehicle theft and break into the Secret Service. Is he going to be guarding one of the President's grandchildren? Has the President been briefed on that incident? And does he believe that the Secret Service hadn't done it appropriately? So for any questions about security matters, I would have to refer you to the Secret Service. Any questions, again, any questions referring to this, I would have to... Oh, I totally understand. This is personal information. Anything that deals with personal information, I would refer you to the Secret Service, especially as we're talking about security matters. Lastly, Jake just said he felt hamstrung by his inability to release U.S. intelligence assessments of Hamas activity. Has the President given any consideration to potentially be classified in that intelligence? We've seen downgrades regarding all sorts of sensitive U.S. collections in the Ukraine context. But has the President considered that in regards to what Hamas is doing, allegedly, possibly? I just don't have anything to add to what Jake Sullivan, our National Security Advisor, shared today at the podium. Thanks, Green. This year, auto thefts are way up. Carjackings are way up. Miling crime is way up here in D.C. A couple of members of Congress were attacked now this overnight. How concerned is the President about the increase of crime in this city where so many government workers live? So we are definitely concerned about what we're seeing, and not just here, across the country, obviously. And that's why the President's first year in this administration, he made sure to get past the American Rescue Plan. And he did that with Democrats and not with one Republican vote. And in that American Rescue Plan, there was billions of dollars that were provided to local cities to make sure that they were able to hire police officers and make sure that they felt like they could have a safer and more effective accountability, community accountability, policing accountability. And that is why he took those actions. Last year, as you know, back in August of last year, he talked about a safer America Plan. Again, trying to call on Congress to invest over $3.35 billion to fund police and fight crime. So the President has taken actions. He would like to do this in a bipartisan way with Republicans on the other clearly in Congress, and they haven't done that. And they've used this as a political weapon, as a political talking point, while the President has taken action to make sure our communities are safer. Are we concerned? Obviously. Obviously we want to make sure Americans and their families feel safe, not just here in D.C., but across communities. But we can't do this alone. The President, again, has taken action. With the American Rescue Plan, billions of dollars were able to go into states and to communities, so that they can provide funding and police and police officers to make sure that their communities are safe. But we need more. We need Congress to act. That's why he put forward the safer America Plan, $35 billion. Congress can act. What does the President need to know about this mattered CR before rendering a judgment on it? So we're going to let the negotiations continue. We're going to be in close contact with Democrats in both the House and the Senate, the leadership there, and make sure that they are having their conversations to see the best path forward for the American people. And that's what the President spoke to. I think he said there was going to be a conversation happening later this afternoon, or pretty much very soon. And so we're just going to let that be. Thanks, Crane. So the House plan includes no aid to Israel or Ukraine is the White House still confident that their supplemental funding request could pass on its own? And what vehicles remain here for Ukraine funding? So look, Jake spoke about this very well from here and talked about the importance of making sure that we continue to fund Ukraine, making sure that we have funding for Israel as well. I'm not going to get into legislative negotiations from here from the podium, but look, I'm going to be very clear, lives are at stake, right? The national security supplemental that we put forward is incredibly important. It's important for our national security. Also, let's not forget the domestic supplemental as well. So it's important for our needs here, our needs across the globe. And so look, we're going to not negotiate from here, but I think Jake laid it out very clearly the importance of continuing to fund Ukraine and the importance of the funding that we've asked for Israel. Can you call the latter and see our unserious, what deal with the White House you wanted to accept given all the snakes you laid out? So, look, I mean, let's be very clear here. I know there's been a lot of questions on this and the supplemental. Look, House Republicans are threatening a government shutdown. That's what we're seeing right now. That would hurt our economy. That would hurt our national security as I just spoke to. And in September, we saw this happen where House Republicans threatened to shut down the government unless they got their radical demands. Then they shut down Congress for three chaotic weeks as they tried to figure out who their next speaker was going to be after ousting the last speaker. And so look, there's work to be done. They have to get the work done. They've got to keep the government open. And so negotiations are going to be happening. Democrat, we're going to continue to talk to Democratic leadership on the House and the Senate. And so that we can make sure that we're moving forward in a way that's best for the American people. And as I stated, this latest proposal is very much untested. It is. It's untested. And where they could have avoided this weeks ago, but instead they were in their own chaos. This is, I'm just speaking about the House Republicans here. And so we're going to continue to have this conversation with Democratic leadership. Is the President concerned that city crime could get this close to his family? Look, I'm not going to speak to the incident. That's something for Secret Service to speak to. I'm not going to talk about it from here. I spoke to the crime more broadly and what the President has done since almost day one of his administration, starting with his first piece of legislation that he signed into law, which is the American Rescue Plan, with billions of dollars going into cities, going into states to make sure that they have the funding available to protect communities to hire police officers. That's something that the President is concerned not just here in the district, but across the country. As it relates to anything else, I would have to refer you to Secret Service. Naomi Biden had been a resident here at the White House. And I wonder, when did that change that she would move to her own residence with her husband? This is a personal matter. This is personal information. Certainly not going to speak from it from the podium. I would have to refer you to Secret Service. The President frequently talks about the fact that he speaks to his grandchildren every day. Do you know if he has spoken with Naomi Biden since this occurred? I'm not going to get into private conversations that the President has with his family. As he stated himself, he speaks to his grandchildren regularly. He's very close to his family. I'm just not going to get into confirming conversations with his family. The White House considered having Mayor Bowser back over here just to talk about crime in general. I know she was here, I think, early when the President took office, but I'm just curious. Any interest in maybe hearing from her? We are in regular conversations with Mayor Bowser about an array of issues, a range of issues that are as important to the residents here. Obviously, in Washington, D.C., that is something that is continuous. We have an Intergovernmental Affairs Office here, and so we are in touch with her as Mayor of D.C., but also other mayors and governors across the country. Look, I've said this moments ago, and I'll say it again. We've been very serious on dealing with the crime that we have seen just across the country, and we'd love to work with Republicans on this. They have not been serious on this. The President, again, put forth the American Rescue Plan, signed that into law, put billions of dollars into communities to help mayors and governors deal with crime in their city and their states. But Republicans aren't serious. He put forth the Safer Americas Plan, $35 billion to continue to invest and make sure that we're actually dealing with this type of crime. We don't hear anything from them. So House Republicans, Republicans more broadly in Congress, if they want to get this done, we're willing to work with them. I'm going to keep going. I'm going to keep going. I'm going to keep going. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. I'm just going to keep going. Go ahead. Thanks, Green. Meta platforms said that it's going to require advertisers to disclose when artificial intelligence or other digital tools are used in Facebook or Instagram ads on social issues, elections, and colleges. I wanted to find out what President Biden thinks about that. So don't have anything to share on their new policy, Meta's new policy. Obviously, the President put forward a pretty comprehensive AI executive order recently. And so outside of that, I'm just not going to really comment on private entities and actions that they're taking. But obviously, the President takes this very seriously and you could see that with the comprehensive executive order that he put forward that touches on many important parts of different industries. Obviously, the goal here is to protect Americans. Could you speak more broadly about what the President thinks social media platforms should be doing within the next couple of months to prepare for potential AI generated misinformation on their platforms, especially going into an election season? So I'm going to be very careful because you're asking me about election season. Don't want to speak to that from here. Obviously, we take this very seriously because we put forward an executive order very recently. That is seen as being comprehensive. That is seen as being transformative. And that is something that we can do here from the federal government. I'm just not going to talk about private companies from here and what they're going to do in the upcoming election. Thank you, Karina. I wanted to follow up on the two-step CR that Republicans are putting out. You've previously said that this would be a recipe for chaos and more shutdowns. I'm wondering what the President's message is to those House Democrats who seem at least intrigued by this proposal. For instance, Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips has said that Speaker Johnson's two-step CR, quote, isn't perfect, but a whole lot better than a shutdown. So the latest proposal, as I just said, is definitely untested. And that's true. It is untested. We are going to continue, and this is something that the President was saying in the Oval Office just moments ago before we came out into the briefing rooms. We're going to be in touch with Democratic leadership in both the House and the Senate. And our goal, our number one goal is to make sure that we move, we take the best path forward for the American people. That's what we're going to focus on. But it is, this is indeed untested. And that is something that we're seeing coming from them. And look, this is something that they could avoid it. And instead of avoiding where we are right now, just a couple of days away from a government shutdown, they've wasted time. They have wasted time. So Democratic leadership is going to have that conversation in both the House and the Senate on how to best move forward. Great. There was an update. I just wanted to address. The House Oversight Committee has now issued a subpoena for the former White House counsel, Dana Remus. I'm also asking for four other transcribed interviews with White House employees regarding the classified documents that were founded for Hobart or Wellington. I'm just curious, would the White House support cooperating with the committees oversight, specifically with this subpoena for Dana Remus? I'm just not going to comment from here, which is consistent with what we've been doing from here. Go ahead. Thank you. Follow-up on Phil's question. Will the House Democrats know the President's position on whether or not he would sign that continuing resolution or whether they have to vote on it? Well, the President literally just talked about this. One of your colleagues asked him about this particular CR, and he said that there's going to be conversations on the Hill, negotiations on the Hill, and he wants to talk to the leadership. And so that's been in the Democratic House and Senate, and that's what we're going to do. We don't have anything else to share. I'm just going to go to the back. Go ahead in the back. Thanks, Green. Some Democrats, particularly in and around the squad, have openly disagreed with the President for being too supportive of Israel. There's also been some grassroots groups that back the President and are now indicating that this could be a deal-of-breaker for them. Is the President worried that this will continue to be a wedge issue within the party, and why can't he get his fellow Democrats on the same page on this issue? So look, you know, in our party, there's going to be various range of agreements and disagreements, and that's the way it is, right, in particular in the Democratic Party. The President's going to continue to be clear about this. You heard it at the top when Jake Sullivan was giving an update on the Middle East, where the President stands, the President has been very clear. And when it comes to Israel, and what we saw on October 7th, Israel has the right to defend itself. They have the right to defend itself. And so we're going to support Israel in doing that. Obviously, there is the rule of law, right, that Jake talked about, that we believe that should be followed. And, you know, we're going to continue to be steadfast in what we believe and what, how we see this moving forward and making sure, we just talked about the supplemental, the national security supplemental, and making sure Israel has what it's need, Ukraine has what it's needs. Let's not forget, they are dealing with terrorism and tyranny. That's what they're dealing with. They're dealing with an organization like Hamas, who was a terrorist organization, who had said, and Jake talked about this, a leader from the Hamas organization said that they would want to see an October 7th happen over and over and over and over again. And that's what Israel is dealing with. All right, one last question. Go ahead, bring it back. Great, thank you. President Biden and President Shear expected to talk about combating illicit fentanyl. What outcome is he looking for here in that talk? Well, look, I'm just going to say this. I'm not going to get ahead of, obviously, that's going to be a discussion that they're going to have. I'm going to let the President speak to that himself. We're going to have that leader-to-leader conversation, as Jake said moments ago, and the President will have more to share once he has his meeting with President Shear. Can you just talk about the importance of addressing this issue? Oh, it's critical. It's important. This is something that we've talked about and taken very seriously when it comes to fentanyl and getting that off our streets. Certainly, we are certainly focused on making sure that we protect Americans and American families. So obviously, this is important agenda item that the President wants to have to discuss. This fentanyl getting that off our streets is certainly a critical conversation that we need to continue to have, and the President certainly has taken actions on doing that. All right, thanks, everybody. We'll see you on the road.