WEBVTT 00:06.140 --> 00:08.500 Hi everybody , wow . This is all for 00:08.500 --> 00:10.980 Pete . I know , I know it's all for 00:10.990 --> 00:13.046 what we like to call him . Secretary 00:13.046 --> 00:15.440 Mayor Pete . Alright , good afternoon 00:15.440 --> 00:17.273 everyone . Good to see everybody 00:17.273 --> 00:19.162 joining us today . Transportation 00:19.162 --> 00:21.200 Secretary Pete buddha . Judge who 00:21.200 --> 00:24.060 surprise surprise is here to talk about 00:24.070 --> 00:25.830 the President's bipartisan 00:25.840 --> 00:27.951 infrastructure deal . I don't want to 00:27.951 --> 00:30.118 steal the secretary's thunder . But as 00:30.118 --> 00:32.229 you all know the once in a generation 00:32.229 --> 00:34.180 bill is the largest ever federal 00:34.180 --> 00:36.520 investment in public transit , clean 00:36.520 --> 00:38.353 energy transmission and electric 00:38.353 --> 00:40.330 vehicle infrastructure and clean 00:40.340 --> 00:42.770 drinking water . It delivers for the 00:42.770 --> 00:45.410 american people by rebuilding our roads , 00:45.420 --> 00:48.030 railroads and rail cars , bridges , 00:48.040 --> 00:51.110 busses , ports and airports all while 00:51.110 --> 00:54.630 creating good paying union jobs . What 00:54.640 --> 00:56.473 with that ? I'll turn it over to 00:56.473 --> 00:58.696 Secretary Buddha Judge . This isn't his 00:58.696 --> 01:00.696 first time at the podium as you all 01:00.696 --> 01:02.862 know , I think this might be his third 01:02.862 --> 01:05.029 time , but it's his first time joining 01:05.029 --> 01:07.307 us as a father . So on a personal note , 01:07.307 --> 01:09.473 congratulations to you and chad Austin 01:09.473 --> 01:11.790 on the birth of Gus and Penelope and 01:11.790 --> 01:14.330 one of the news last week , which we 01:14.340 --> 01:16.118 kind of really thought that was 01:16.118 --> 01:18.190 wonderful . Great news . And so with 01:18.190 --> 01:20.357 that I'm really happy to introduce you 01:20.400 --> 01:21.550 to get thank you 01:24.340 --> 01:27.960 definitely everybody and thank you 01:27.960 --> 01:30.980 Corinne and thanks for the chance to 01:30.980 --> 01:34.050 address you . We are so thrilled , so 01:34.050 --> 01:36.660 excited when our communications team 01:36.660 --> 01:38.771 presents me with a copy usually cross 01:38.771 --> 01:40.827 out the word excited because I think 01:40.827 --> 01:42.938 it's overused and I often rub out the 01:42.938 --> 01:45.104 exclamation points , uh , because it's 01:45.104 --> 01:44.710 not always my style , but we are 01:44.710 --> 01:47.210 excited with an exclamation point about 01:47.210 --> 01:49.321 what we're gonna be able to deliver . 01:49.321 --> 01:51.950 We are so thankful to everybody who's 01:51.950 --> 01:53.839 played a role in this . Thanks to 01:53.839 --> 01:55.894 members of Congress on both sides of 01:55.894 --> 01:58.061 the aisle . President biden's historic 01:58.061 --> 02:00.283 bipartisan infrastructure deal will now 02:00.283 --> 02:02.172 become the law of the land and it 02:02.172 --> 02:04.394 couldn't come at a more urgent time . I 02:04.394 --> 02:06.617 can tell you in the 10 months that I've 02:06.617 --> 02:08.783 been in this job , I have traveled the 02:08.783 --> 02:10.783 country and seeing the state of our 02:10.783 --> 02:13.006 infrastructure , firsthand . I saw mesh 02:13.006 --> 02:15.228 nets hung under bridges to catch pieces 02:15.228 --> 02:17.394 of concrete that fall off from time to 02:17.394 --> 02:19.561 time . Century old tunnels corroded by 02:19.561 --> 02:21.728 seawater that hundreds of thousands of 02:21.728 --> 02:23.672 people depend on every day . Roads 02:23.672 --> 02:25.839 where community members are installing 02:25.839 --> 02:28.160 memorials to lives lost in preventable 02:28.170 --> 02:30.640 traffic crashes , Highways that have 02:30.640 --> 02:33.340 cut communities into infrastructure is 02:33.340 --> 02:35.610 so elemental to our society that when 02:35.610 --> 02:37.832 it's not there to serve us in the right 02:37.832 --> 02:40.054 way , all of us are impacted . But when 02:40.054 --> 02:42.170 it is when it's strong , every 02:42.170 --> 02:44.750 community large and small , rural and 02:44.760 --> 02:46.871 urban , privileged and marginalized . 02:46.871 --> 02:49.530 Every community feels the benefits when 02:49.580 --> 02:51.913 combined with the build back better act , 02:51.913 --> 02:53.969 the bipartisan infrastructure deal , 02:53.969 --> 02:56.191 which collectively , I like to think of 02:56.191 --> 02:58.413 them as the big deal , an answer to the 02:58.413 --> 03:00.636 new deal or the square deal before that 03:00.636 --> 03:02.858 they're going to create a generation of 03:02.858 --> 03:05.080 good union jobs . They're going to make 03:05.080 --> 03:07.191 historic investments in equity and in 03:07.191 --> 03:09.136 the fight against climate change , 03:09.136 --> 03:11.191 they're gonna make sure that America 03:11.191 --> 03:13.136 can compete and win in the decades 03:13.136 --> 03:15.302 ahead . This is the largest investment 03:15.302 --> 03:17.413 in roads , bridges and highways since 03:17.413 --> 03:17.020 the creation of the interstate highway 03:17.020 --> 03:18.910 system , including the largest 03:18.910 --> 03:21.310 investment in our bridges ever . So 03:21.310 --> 03:23.477 that we can avoid devastating closures 03:23.477 --> 03:25.477 and disruptive collapses like we've 03:25.477 --> 03:27.340 seen , including what we saw in 03:27.340 --> 03:29.507 Tennessee and florida and far too many 03:29.507 --> 03:31.620 other places . Mhm . It's also the 03:31.620 --> 03:33.676 largest investment in public transit 03:33.676 --> 03:35.620 ever with funding that will expand 03:35.620 --> 03:37.731 service to communities of all sizes , 03:37.731 --> 03:39.898 including improvements for seniors and 03:39.898 --> 03:41.898 for people with disabilities . It's 03:41.898 --> 03:43.898 gonna replace thousands of outdated 03:43.898 --> 03:45.676 busses with clean zero emission 03:45.676 --> 03:47.970 vehicles and aging rail cars with state 03:47.970 --> 03:50.230 of the art new ones . It's the largest 03:50.230 --> 03:52.397 investment in passenger rail since the 03:52.397 --> 03:54.460 creation of Amtrak itself and 03:54.460 --> 03:56.800 transformative impacts in traffic 03:56.800 --> 03:58.967 safety will be achieved and it's going 03:58.967 --> 04:01.060 to strengthen our supply chain by 04:01.060 --> 04:03.227 improving our ports , our airports and 04:03.227 --> 04:05.060 our freight rail . It's going to 04:05.060 --> 04:07.282 dramatically increase funding for major 04:07.282 --> 04:08.949 projects every year . We have 04:08.949 --> 04:11.116 discretionary programs raise and infra 04:11.116 --> 04:13.060 where we support projects that are 04:13.060 --> 04:15.116 vitally important for local economic 04:15.116 --> 04:17.116 development and the national supply 04:17.116 --> 04:17.020 chain . We're going through the current 04:17.020 --> 04:19.131 round of applications for Ray's right 04:19.131 --> 04:21.242 now and for every dollar that we have 04:21.242 --> 04:23.670 to give out , there are about 10 in 04:23.680 --> 04:25.680 impressive applications coming in . 04:25.680 --> 04:27.791 This allows us to grow those programs 04:27.791 --> 04:29.958 that we can use in very direct ways to 04:29.958 --> 04:32.069 address the issues of our time . I'll 04:32.069 --> 04:34.013 give you an example from the infra 04:34.013 --> 04:36.124 round of grants that happened earlier 04:36.124 --> 04:38.124 this year . We're not funding for a 04:38.124 --> 04:40.124 project in Georgia . It's an inland 04:40.124 --> 04:42.180 ports to help goods move onward from 04:42.180 --> 04:44.347 the port of Savannah . It is to create 04:44.347 --> 04:46.513 a new 300 plus mile freight connection 04:46.513 --> 04:48.458 between the seaport and the inland 04:48.458 --> 04:50.569 ports that makes it faster to get the 04:50.569 --> 04:52.624 goods out of the ports and then sort 04:52.624 --> 04:54.847 them so that they can get on the way to 04:54.847 --> 04:57.069 shells . But like I said for every good 04:57.069 --> 04:56.980 project like this , there are many more 04:56.980 --> 04:58.869 that are worthy but that we can't 04:58.869 --> 05:01.147 support , this helps us to change that . 05:01.147 --> 05:03.091 Uh , later today I'll be headed to 05:03.091 --> 05:04.980 Glasgow and there look forward to 05:04.980 --> 05:06.980 discussing how this legislation can 05:06.980 --> 05:09.147 help ensure the transportation , which 05:09.147 --> 05:11.091 is the biggest sector contributing 05:11.091 --> 05:13.313 greenhouse gasses in our economy can be 05:13.313 --> 05:15.424 a big part of the solution . Uh , you 05:15.424 --> 05:17.520 know , we've seen so many impacts of 05:17.530 --> 05:19.752 climate change on american lives on our 05:19.752 --> 05:22.340 transportation systems themselves . And 05:22.350 --> 05:24.461 that's part of why this plan includes 05:24.461 --> 05:26.128 funding to put people to work 05:26.128 --> 05:28.294 electrifying our power grid , make our 05:28.294 --> 05:30.128 infrastructure more resilient to 05:30.128 --> 05:31.906 extreme weather and build out a 05:31.906 --> 05:33.850 national network of half a million 05:33.850 --> 05:35.906 electric vehicle chargers and expand 05:35.906 --> 05:35.880 public transit as I mentioned earlier , 05:35.880 --> 05:37.713 which is also a huge part of the 05:37.713 --> 05:39.880 climate solution and of course there's 05:39.880 --> 05:41.658 a lot beyond our transportation 05:41.658 --> 05:43.824 elements of this lead pipes , cleaning 05:43.824 --> 05:46.350 up pollution , broadband and more . But 05:46.350 --> 05:48.461 what all of these investments have in 05:48.461 --> 05:50.517 common is that they will create jobs 05:50.517 --> 05:52.628 pipe fitters to replace those pipes , 05:52.628 --> 05:54.739 electricians to install those E . V . 05:54.739 --> 05:56.739 Charging stations , auto workers to 05:56.739 --> 05:56.690 build the cars that plug into them . We 05:56.690 --> 05:58.634 need mechanics maintaining transit 05:58.634 --> 06:00.634 vehicles , drivers operating them , 06:00.634 --> 06:02.857 construction workers , rebuilding those 06:02.857 --> 06:04.968 roads and bridges . And most of those 06:04.968 --> 06:07.190 jobs will be available whether you have 06:07.190 --> 06:09.357 a college degree or not , which is why 06:09.357 --> 06:11.579 the president often talks about this is 06:11.579 --> 06:13.634 a blue collar blueprint for american 06:13.634 --> 06:15.857 competitiveness and it's a generational 06:15.857 --> 06:18.023 investment in every sense of the world 06:18.023 --> 06:20.134 where something that means a lot more 06:20.134 --> 06:22.301 to me now as a new father because this 06:22.301 --> 06:24.023 is how we do right by the next 06:24.023 --> 06:26.079 generation before it's too late . So 06:26.079 --> 06:28.079 thanks again and eager to take some 06:28.079 --> 06:30.400 questions . Yeah . Uh good to judge . 06:30.410 --> 06:32.577 Thanks for being with us , congrats on 06:32.577 --> 06:34.354 your birth of your Children . A 06:34.354 --> 06:36.354 question about the bill , this bill 06:36.354 --> 06:38.521 gives your department an unprecedented 06:38.521 --> 06:40.577 amount of discretionary funds , $100 06:40.577 --> 06:42.799 billion dollars in competitive grants . 06:42.799 --> 06:45.220 Can you spell out how you plan to 06:45.230 --> 06:48.610 prioritize that money and just give us 06:48.610 --> 06:51.270 a sense of what projects you see or we 06:51.270 --> 06:53.437 should expect to see getting money and 06:53.437 --> 06:55.460 getting started first . So our 06:55.460 --> 06:57.571 department has been gearing up hoping 06:57.571 --> 06:59.738 that this bill would pass and now that 06:59.738 --> 07:01.738 it has , we've taken it to the next 07:01.738 --> 07:03.960 level . I would break it into two parts 07:03.960 --> 07:05.793 part of it is handling increased 07:05.793 --> 07:05.750 funding for programs . We already have 07:05.940 --> 07:07.940 like discretionary programs such as 07:07.940 --> 07:10.860 raised formally noticed Tiger and infra 07:11.340 --> 07:13.396 there . What you're gonna see within 07:13.396 --> 07:15.451 the framework of course that the law 07:15.451 --> 07:17.673 puts forward is an emphasis on projects 07:17.673 --> 07:19.673 that taken together . Give us extra 07:19.673 --> 07:21.451 value in the priorities of this 07:21.451 --> 07:23.507 administration , economic strength , 07:23.507 --> 07:25.710 safety , climate equity preparing for 07:25.710 --> 07:27.543 the future . And we see a lot of 07:27.543 --> 07:29.654 projects that overlap in that sense . 07:29.654 --> 07:31.766 Again , if you look at what we funded 07:31.766 --> 07:33.932 with the last round of infra that will 07:33.932 --> 07:33.910 give you a sense and you'll see that 07:33.910 --> 07:36.077 when we announced the res projects for 07:36.077 --> 07:38.077 this year too . But we have so much 07:38.077 --> 07:40.021 more to work with . Then there are 07:40.021 --> 07:39.410 areas where we have to stand up holding 07:39.410 --> 07:41.521 programs safe streets for all . We've 07:41.521 --> 07:43.688 never had a multibillion dollar safety 07:43.688 --> 07:45.854 initiative like that . Uh Reconnecting 07:45.854 --> 07:47.910 communities which we've been talking 07:47.910 --> 07:49.966 about all year responding to . Where 07:49.966 --> 07:49.800 sometimes it was federal dollars that 07:49.800 --> 07:52.440 divided a community often along racial 07:52.440 --> 07:54.880 lines . I think the intent of those 07:54.880 --> 07:57.047 programs is clear but the mechanics of 07:57.047 --> 07:59.213 those , we've got to work very hard to 07:59.213 --> 08:01.436 make sure that we get it right that the 08:01.436 --> 08:03.547 criteria are transparent , that it is 08:03.547 --> 08:05.769 easy to understand how to apply whether 08:05.769 --> 08:07.991 you are a big city with full time staff 08:07.991 --> 08:10.213 here in Washington , D . C . Or a small 08:10.213 --> 08:09.830 rural community trying to navigate that 08:09.830 --> 08:11.886 federal process . And of course that 08:11.886 --> 08:14.108 all those dollars are spent accountably 08:14.108 --> 08:16.163 because we're talking about a lot of 08:16.163 --> 08:18.330 taxpayer money . You have something in 08:18.330 --> 08:17.790 place . Sorry , just a quick follow . 08:17.800 --> 08:19.967 You have something in place to prevent 08:19.967 --> 08:22.189 mismanagement of that money and fraud . 08:22.340 --> 08:24.062 Absolutely , yeah . And that's 08:24.062 --> 08:26.284 something that I know is also happening 08:26.284 --> 08:28.284 at the administration level . There 08:28.284 --> 08:27.550 will be , you know very and the 08:27.550 --> 08:29.772 president made this very clear to us in 08:29.772 --> 08:31.772 the cabinet when the rescue plan uh 08:31.772 --> 08:33.772 dollars came through . We know that 08:33.772 --> 08:35.717 we're gonna be held to a very high 08:35.717 --> 08:35.610 standard by the president as well as 08:35.610 --> 08:37.750 the public . So we have an executive 08:37.750 --> 08:40.190 council with the deputy secretary and 08:40.190 --> 08:42.412 undersecretary as well as myself paying 08:42.412 --> 08:44.634 close attention to how we can make sure 08:44.634 --> 08:46.746 we have all of the right controls the 08:46.746 --> 08:48.968 right rigger to make sure these dollars 08:48.968 --> 08:51.134 are spent . Well , Secretary Secretary 08:51.134 --> 08:54.090 Mayor Pete . Um could you give us the 08:54.100 --> 08:56.044 breakdown of the implementation of 08:56.044 --> 08:58.320 Justice 40 with the infrastructure 08:58.320 --> 09:00.487 package has now passed and signed into 09:00.487 --> 09:04.400 law and also um can you give us the 09:04.410 --> 09:07.550 construct of how you will deconstruct 09:07.560 --> 09:09.560 the racism that was built into the 09:09.570 --> 09:11.570 roadways that you talked to the RIO 09:11.570 --> 09:13.792 earlier when you broke that information 09:13.792 --> 09:15.959 with us . Can you talk to us about How 09:15.959 --> 09:18.126 that could be deconstructed for sure . 09:18.126 --> 09:20.237 Yeah . So the principle of justice 40 09:20.237 --> 09:22.350 is that at least 40% of the clean 09:22.360 --> 09:24.360 investments in this bill will go to 09:24.360 --> 09:26.193 benefit the communities that are 09:26.193 --> 09:27.971 overburdened , overburdened and 09:27.971 --> 09:30.027 underserved . So part one of that is 09:30.027 --> 09:32.138 defining those those investments that 09:32.138 --> 09:32.070 are eligible and that's a lot of it . 09:32.070 --> 09:34.126 And we're working to map out kind of 09:34.126 --> 09:36.210 program by program mod by mod what 09:36.210 --> 09:38.377 would qualify , for example , if we're 09:38.377 --> 09:40.599 buying clean busses , right ? How do we 09:40.599 --> 09:42.488 make sure in terms of where those 09:42.488 --> 09:44.488 busses go ? But also looking at the 09:44.488 --> 09:46.488 business opportunity , the jobs are 09:46.488 --> 09:46.210 going to be created , the businesses 09:46.210 --> 09:48.940 that will have a chance to compete For 09:48.950 --> 09:50.839 the business opportunities . That 09:50.839 --> 09:52.894 creates that too , I think is a very 09:52.894 --> 09:55.117 important element of equity here that's 09:55.117 --> 09:57.450 in the Spirit of Justice 40 . And again , 09:57.450 --> 09:59.672 we have a lot of guidance and oversight 09:59.672 --> 09:58.820 from the White House since that's an 09:58.820 --> 10:01.020 administration wide initiative . We 10:01.020 --> 10:03.076 know that we've got to build our own 10:03.076 --> 10:06.480 internal kind of ways of aligning and 10:06.480 --> 10:08.702 defining that inside the administration 10:08.702 --> 10:10.702 as to where we target those , those 10:10.702 --> 10:12.424 dollars . You know , I'm still 10:12.424 --> 10:14.202 surprised that some people were 10:14.202 --> 10:16.258 surprised when I pointed to the fact 10:16.258 --> 10:19.170 that if highway was built for the 10:19.170 --> 10:21.114 purpose of dividing a white in the 10:21.114 --> 10:24.130 black neighborhood or if an underpass 10:24.130 --> 10:26.000 was constructed such that a bus 10:26.010 --> 10:28.177 carrying mostly black and Puerto Rican 10:28.177 --> 10:30.288 kids , uh , to a beach or there would 10:30.288 --> 10:32.343 have been uh , in new york was , was 10:32.343 --> 10:34.677 designed uh , too low for it to pass by , 10:34.677 --> 10:36.899 but that obviously reflects racism that 10:36.899 --> 10:39.121 went into those design choices . Um , I 10:39.121 --> 10:41.343 don't think we have anything to lose by 10:41.343 --> 10:43.566 confronting that simple reality . And I 10:43.566 --> 10:43.550 think we have everything to gain by 10:43.550 --> 10:45.890 acknowledging it and then dealing with 10:45.890 --> 10:48.057 it , which is why they're reconnecting 10:48.057 --> 10:50.057 communities that billion dollars is 10:50.057 --> 10:52.223 something we want to get to work right 10:52.223 --> 10:54.446 away , uh putting the work , but that's 10:54.446 --> 10:56.223 such a heavy lift . You have to 10:56.223 --> 10:58.112 reconstruct communities that this 10:58.112 --> 11:00.112 happened to . As you said , some of 11:00.112 --> 11:02.057 these beltways and interstates and 11:02.057 --> 11:04.112 roadways were built before the civil 11:04.112 --> 11:06.223 rights Act , before the voting rights 11:06.223 --> 11:08.446 act and we're made meant to be racist . 11:08.446 --> 11:10.760 But how do you go about redefining and 11:10.760 --> 11:12.482 re planning these roadways and 11:12.482 --> 11:14.816 communities that are already settled in ? 11:14.816 --> 11:17.670 Yeah . Since then . So what's 11:17.670 --> 11:19.559 interesting is it's gonna vary by 11:19.559 --> 11:21.726 community and we have to listen to the 11:21.726 --> 11:23.781 community sometimes it really is the 11:23.781 --> 11:23.530 case that an overpass went in a certain 11:23.530 --> 11:25.752 way that is so harmful that it's got to 11:25.752 --> 11:27.863 come down or maybe be put underground 11:27.863 --> 11:30.086 other times , maybe it's not that maybe 11:30.086 --> 11:29.860 the really important thing is to 11:29.860 --> 11:31.749 connect across to add rather than 11:31.749 --> 11:33.971 subtract And that's where we don't want 11:33.971 --> 11:36.027 to impose a one size fits all answer 11:36.027 --> 11:38.249 from here . But when we were out in the 11:38.249 --> 11:38.140 Syracuse , for example , looking at 11:38.140 --> 11:40.860 I-81 , we saw the local vision for how 11:40.860 --> 11:42.971 they want to get past those divisions 11:42.971 --> 11:44.916 and those local ideas are gonna be 11:44.916 --> 11:47.082 taken very seriously as we try to meet 11:47.082 --> 11:49.027 the spirit of this law . Thank you 11:49.027 --> 11:51.138 Secretary to judge you just said this 11:51.138 --> 11:53.193 bill and the passage of it could not 11:53.193 --> 11:55.360 come at a more urgent time . So do you 11:55.360 --> 11:55.280 know when president biden plans to sign 11:55.280 --> 11:58.000 this bill would have to refer you to my 11:58.000 --> 12:00.056 White House colleagues on that , But 12:00.056 --> 12:02.167 I'll tell you that I'll be there with 12:02.167 --> 12:02.080 bells on , but he has not signed the 12:02.080 --> 12:04.510 bill yet . Right . Can you talk about 12:04.510 --> 12:06.677 what the campaign to sell this bill is 12:06.677 --> 12:08.788 going to look like given it will take 12:08.788 --> 12:10.732 time for some of these projects to 12:10.732 --> 12:10.700 actually go into effect and to be 12:10.700 --> 12:12.756 completed And the White House is one 12:12.756 --> 12:14.922 year out from the midterms of course , 12:14.922 --> 12:16.922 which they have tied this bill to ? 12:16.922 --> 12:19.033 Well , I expect that that will be led 12:19.033 --> 12:20.978 by the president traveling to show 12:20.978 --> 12:23.144 where the need is and where the action 12:23.144 --> 12:25.367 is . But I'm certainly eager to be part 12:25.367 --> 12:27.533 of that effort . I mean , look , a lot 12:27.533 --> 12:29.144 of this sells itself because 12:29.144 --> 12:30.867 communities never needed to be 12:30.867 --> 12:32.978 persuaded that there bridge needed to 12:32.978 --> 12:35.144 be fixed or that their airport need an 12:35.144 --> 12:34.590 upgrade or that their ports needed 12:34.590 --> 12:36.812 investment . They've been trying to get 12:36.812 --> 12:38.979 Washington to catch up to them , but I 12:38.979 --> 12:41.034 do think it's important for us to go 12:41.034 --> 12:43.146 out there , especially in communities 12:43.146 --> 12:45.034 where a member of Congress or the 12:45.034 --> 12:47.201 Senate played an important role and as 12:47.201 --> 12:49.312 you know , members from both sides of 12:49.312 --> 12:51.312 the aisle played important roles in 12:51.312 --> 12:53.368 delivering this bipartisan win and I 12:53.368 --> 12:55.534 can't wait to be out there celebrating 12:55.534 --> 12:58.420 good news . Okay , thank you . Thank 12:58.420 --> 13:02.390 you . Mr Secretary , thank you . Um as 13:02.390 --> 13:04.501 you pointed out this was a bipartisan 13:04.501 --> 13:06.970 bill , Was there any discussion of the 13:06.980 --> 13:10.660 president not letting democrats 13:10.820 --> 13:13.060 oppose some of the republicans who are 13:13.060 --> 13:15.116 running or giving them a pass in the 13:15.116 --> 13:17.550 next election ? Not that not that I've 13:17.550 --> 13:19.550 been part of . But what I'll say is 13:19.550 --> 13:21.272 that we're really proud of the 13:21.272 --> 13:23.494 bipartisan character of this bill . And 13:23.494 --> 13:25.550 you know , the conversations that we 13:25.550 --> 13:27.772 had it wasn't transactional like that . 13:27.772 --> 13:29.717 It didn't have to be because these 13:29.840 --> 13:32.480 investments were already so good for 13:32.480 --> 13:34.424 the communities that these members 13:34.424 --> 13:36.536 represented . Uh You know , there are 13:36.536 --> 13:38.647 times when you ask somebody to take a 13:38.647 --> 13:42.400 tough vote . To me , these provisions 13:42.400 --> 13:44.660 were rightly so popular that the only 13:44.660 --> 13:46.570 thing was tough was for some 13:46.570 --> 13:48.626 republicans to stand up to those who 13:48.626 --> 13:50.737 wanted them to choose party over what 13:50.737 --> 13:52.681 was right for their community . So 13:52.681 --> 13:54.848 there was no discussion from your side 13:54.848 --> 13:57.014 about the partisanship of it . I don't 13:57.014 --> 13:59.181 ever remember talking about when I was 13:59.181 --> 14:01.403 talking to any member of either chamber 14:01.403 --> 14:03.626 of either party talking about campaigns 14:03.626 --> 14:05.792 and elections in that way . Uh What we 14:05.792 --> 14:07.903 talked about was how it would be good 14:07.903 --> 14:10.126 now , of course I believe strongly that 14:10.126 --> 14:10.080 good policy is good politics . And I 14:10.080 --> 14:12.480 think it's going to reflect well on 14:12.480 --> 14:15.470 anybody who voted to deliver these big 14:15.470 --> 14:17.414 winds and and these jobs for their 14:17.414 --> 14:19.850 communities . But I think that's just 14:19.850 --> 14:22.017 clear on its face from being such good 14:22.017 --> 14:24.239 legislation . I wanted to ask about the 14:24.239 --> 14:26.690 money for courts in the bill for what 14:26.790 --> 14:30.050 the money reports the bill , how will 14:30.050 --> 14:32.217 that help the supply chain issues that 14:32.217 --> 14:34.217 the U . S . Is facing right now . I 14:34.217 --> 14:36.383 know that's something that you've said 14:36.383 --> 14:38.383 often when you're talking about the 14:38.383 --> 14:40.550 supply chain is in health . Yeah . Let 14:40.550 --> 14:40.220 me offer a couple examples . I mean one 14:40.220 --> 14:42.387 is that we need to make sure our ports 14:42.387 --> 14:44.553 are as efficient as possible , Right ? 14:44.553 --> 14:46.276 And there are cases where more 14:46.276 --> 14:48.053 technology , sometimes physical 14:48.053 --> 14:49.887 technology around the births but 14:49.887 --> 14:51.998 sometimes uh it's more to do with the 14:51.998 --> 14:54.220 systems that help the different players 14:54.220 --> 14:56.331 talk to each other . Remember ports , 14:56.331 --> 14:55.720 not a single entity . Right ? You got 14:55.720 --> 14:57.609 the report itself is kinda like a 14:57.609 --> 14:59.664 landlord . Then you got the terminal 14:59.664 --> 14:59.360 operators , then you've got the 14:59.360 --> 15:01.040 truckers and all of them are 15:01.040 --> 15:03.560 interacting with competing shipping 15:03.560 --> 15:05.671 companies right to try to efficiently 15:05.671 --> 15:07.893 move these containers . They need to be 15:07.893 --> 15:10.060 able to exchange and share data . Will 15:10.060 --> 15:12.171 definitely want to support ways to do 15:12.171 --> 15:11.750 that . So that's an example . Some of 15:11.750 --> 15:13.861 its multi model . If you see a backup 15:13.861 --> 15:16.028 of ships that report it might actually 15:16.028 --> 15:18.083 because it's something that's not so 15:18.083 --> 15:20.139 much on board the ships but inland . 15:20.139 --> 15:22.306 That's why I was pointing that example 15:22.306 --> 15:24.417 in savannah serving savannah where we 15:24.417 --> 15:23.990 have an inland ports so you can rush 15:23.990 --> 15:26.101 those containers out of that precious 15:26.101 --> 15:28.323 sports space and then sort them out and 15:28.323 --> 15:30.434 then it'll be more efficient and more 15:30.434 --> 15:32.601 speedy . So those , those are a couple 15:32.601 --> 15:34.657 examples . Let me point to one third 15:34.657 --> 15:36.768 thing , the idea of the healthy ports 15:36.768 --> 15:36.540 initiative . So there are a lot of 15:36.540 --> 15:38.651 emissions around ports from the ships 15:38.651 --> 15:40.762 themselves , from the trucks from the 15:40.762 --> 15:42.873 equipment . And right now , one thing 15:42.873 --> 15:45.096 that is tough is the neighborhoods that 15:45.096 --> 15:47.040 are close to them . Uh , feel that 15:47.040 --> 15:49.207 impact , including an increased asthma 15:49.207 --> 15:50.929 rates in what are , by the way 15:50.929 --> 15:52.929 disproportionately black and latino 15:52.929 --> 15:52.790 neighborhoods . The healthy ports 15:52.790 --> 15:55.012 initiative helps electrify them so that 15:55.012 --> 15:56.901 you don't have to worry about the 15:56.901 --> 15:59.123 emissions . And to me that goes hand in 15:59.123 --> 15:58.800 hand with those efficiency gains that 15:58.800 --> 16:00.856 were trying to drive for follow up . 16:00.856 --> 16:03.090 Also , you mentioned truckers , have 16:03.090 --> 16:05.312 you thought about it all relaxing motor 16:05.312 --> 16:07.660 carrier regulations further to allow 16:07.670 --> 16:10.350 people 18 to 20 to participate in the 16:10.360 --> 16:12.582 truck drivers . So I believe there is a 16:12.582 --> 16:15.130 provision in this legislation . Yeah , 16:15.140 --> 16:17.362 exactly . But we got to be very careful 16:17.362 --> 16:19.251 about safety . And so the way the 16:19.251 --> 16:21.362 provision works is it's a mentor ship 16:21.362 --> 16:23.529 type apprenticeship type of initiative 16:23.530 --> 16:26.610 that tries to manage the potential for 16:26.610 --> 16:28.832 there to be a safety tradeoff . We want 16:28.832 --> 16:31.330 as many people to be qualified drivers 16:31.340 --> 16:33.560 as possible , but never at the expense 16:33.560 --> 16:35.504 of safety and we'll always look at 16:35.504 --> 16:37.727 other other steps we can take . But let 16:37.727 --> 16:39.727 me mention , we've got to just make 16:39.727 --> 16:41.671 truck driving a better job . Truck 16:41.671 --> 16:43.838 drivers , there's a reason to turnover 16:43.838 --> 16:46.090 is so high and the way they're 16:46.090 --> 16:47.868 compensated , they're often not 16:47.868 --> 16:49.812 compensated for their time , which 16:49.812 --> 16:52.380 means that their time is wasted freely . 16:52.390 --> 16:54.446 Sometimes when they're waiting for a 16:54.446 --> 16:56.223 load of support . For example , 16:56.223 --> 16:58.223 truckers have not had the option to 16:58.223 --> 17:00.490 work from home on zoom . They are the 17:00.490 --> 17:02.657 absolute backbone of a big part of our 17:02.657 --> 17:04.823 supply chain we need to respect and in 17:04.823 --> 17:06.990 my view compensate them better than we 17:06.990 --> 17:08.712 have . Thank you . Thank you . 17:08.712 --> 17:10.934 Secretary of judge President biden said 17:10.934 --> 17:13.157 americans will start seeing the effects 17:13.157 --> 17:15.379 of the infrastructure bill 2-3 months . 17:15.379 --> 17:15.350 Is that also your assessment ? And just 17:15.350 --> 17:17.461 to follow up on , just question , can 17:17.461 --> 17:19.683 you provide a more detailed timeline on 17:19.683 --> 17:21.683 when specific programs will go into 17:21.683 --> 17:23.739 effect ? So again , I would break it 17:23.739 --> 17:25.850 into the existing programs that we're 17:25.850 --> 17:25.820 just going to be able to plus up and 17:25.820 --> 17:28.042 then the new ones that we're gonna have 17:28.042 --> 17:30.098 to stand up . So with something like 17:30.098 --> 17:32.098 infra rays , I think that sees more 17:32.098 --> 17:34.042 than a two fold increase in in the 17:34.042 --> 17:36.264 authorized funding . So here you have , 17:36.264 --> 17:38.376 uh , by the way , they're not waiting 17:38.376 --> 17:40.376 on us in Washington to invent these 17:40.376 --> 17:39.980 construction projects . Right . The 17:39.980 --> 17:42.147 communities are applying with them and 17:42.147 --> 17:44.036 then we're just able to fund them 17:44.036 --> 17:45.980 anymore . And we're already , even 17:45.980 --> 17:45.450 though I'm going through the 17:45.740 --> 17:47.629 applications for this year's race 17:47.629 --> 17:50.180 program now we will in very short order 17:50.180 --> 17:52.402 to be working on next year's and you'll 17:52.402 --> 17:54.569 see a notice go out . But again , some 17:54.569 --> 17:56.736 things we need to stand up a whole new 17:56.736 --> 17:58.347 program safe streets for all 17:58.347 --> 18:00.291 reconnecting communities , healthy 18:00.291 --> 18:02.347 ports and so that will take a little 18:02.347 --> 18:04.458 bit longer . Remember this isn't 2000 18:04.458 --> 18:04.100 and nine . This is an era where it's 18:04.100 --> 18:06.370 about making sure we hit every shovel 18:06.370 --> 18:08.260 ready programs to provide that 18:08.260 --> 18:10.204 immediate short term boost for the 18:10.204 --> 18:12.538 economy . It's short term but long term , 18:12.538 --> 18:14.593 that's why the president talks about 18:14.593 --> 18:14.550 looking back on this moment from the 20 18:14.550 --> 18:17.490 fifties . Just to follow up on that . 18:17.500 --> 18:19.667 We were down in Mississippi talking to 18:19.667 --> 18:21.667 farmers who have had bridges closed 18:21.667 --> 18:23.667 down in their area for two or three 18:23.667 --> 18:25.778 years . So When exactly can Americans 18:25.778 --> 18:27.778 expect to see a difference in their 18:27.778 --> 18:29.889 lives ? Will it be 2-3 months or will 18:29.889 --> 18:31.944 it be sometimes sooner ? Well that's 18:31.944 --> 18:31.710 the beginning , right . I mean , you 18:31.710 --> 18:34.660 know , the short answer is as fast as 18:34.670 --> 18:37.090 many of these agencies and workforces 18:37.090 --> 18:38.979 can absorb those dollars when the 18:38.979 --> 18:41.420 formula increases or when a new grant 18:41.420 --> 18:43.476 is available so something soon . But 18:43.476 --> 18:45.698 again , this is about many , many years 18:45.698 --> 18:46.976 ahead . Starting now . 18:49.640 --> 18:52.720 Mm You go first quite follow up 18:52.900 --> 18:55.011 question on when you're reviewing the 18:55.011 --> 18:57.178 applications , you have adequate staff 18:57.178 --> 18:59.178 dont to review all the applications 18:59.540 --> 19:01.762 Have a great question . Yes . But we're 19:01.762 --> 19:03.984 gonna have to grow as well . And that's 19:03.984 --> 19:03.820 one of the things we've been working on 19:03.820 --> 19:05.876 is how to make sure we're staffed up 19:05.876 --> 19:07.876 properly and how to make sure we're 19:07.876 --> 19:07.610 organized properly and we're talking 19:07.610 --> 19:10.360 about I believe $660 billion dollars 19:10.370 --> 19:12.592 over that stretch of years that we need 19:12.592 --> 19:14.481 to manage responsibly . Of course 19:14.481 --> 19:16.592 there's an admin dimension of that to 19:16.592 --> 19:18.648 make sure that we have the right the 19:18.648 --> 19:20.814 right staffing human power in terms of 19:20.814 --> 19:23.037 the highway money that will go directly 19:23.037 --> 19:22.930 to states . Is there something that you 19:22.930 --> 19:25.810 can do to encourage to make sure that 19:25.820 --> 19:27.820 that money isn't used to just widen 19:27.820 --> 19:29.764 roads and encourage more people to 19:29.764 --> 19:31.820 drive ? Because I know that's been a 19:31.820 --> 19:33.987 concern of some of the progressives in 19:33.987 --> 19:36.042 the transportation , right ? This is 19:36.042 --> 19:38.153 not just about adding , this is about 19:38.153 --> 19:38.030 being smarter in terms of how people 19:38.040 --> 19:40.580 move around now , you know , the best 19:40.580 --> 19:43.380 way to allow people to move in ways 19:43.380 --> 19:45.324 that are better for congestion and 19:45.324 --> 19:47.380 better for climate just to give them 19:47.380 --> 19:49.436 alternatives . So I know our transit 19:49.436 --> 19:51.491 funding doesn't sound like a highway 19:51.491 --> 19:51.430 policy , but actually part of it takes 19:51.430 --> 19:53.430 the pressure off highways . Is this 19:53.430 --> 19:55.374 unprecedented historic funding for 19:55.374 --> 19:57.500 transit ? Right ? Having said that , 19:57.510 --> 19:59.732 you know , we're certainly when there's 19:59.732 --> 20:01.954 any discretion involved , especially on 20:01.954 --> 20:01.680 the discretionary programs , we're 20:01.680 --> 20:03.791 gonna think about what's really going 20:03.791 --> 20:05.902 to help solve the problem . Sometimes 20:05.902 --> 20:08.069 you add lanes to a road , you just get 20:08.069 --> 20:09.958 that many more cars and you're no 20:09.958 --> 20:09.920 better off in terms of congestion or 20:09.920 --> 20:12.087 pollution . Uh , we're also interested 20:12.087 --> 20:14.087 in some of the performance measures 20:14.087 --> 20:16.253 that are being contemplated As part of 20:16.253 --> 20:17.920 the 2nd round , but with this 20:17.920 --> 20:19.976 legislation , we definitely have the 20:19.976 --> 20:19.790 tools to make a positive difference on 20:19.790 --> 20:22.960 that problem . Just 20:23.340 --> 20:25.340 spinning forward to the next bit of 20:25.340 --> 20:27.562 legislation of the larger social safety 20:27.562 --> 20:29.618 net bill . The house version of that 20:29.618 --> 20:31.840 legislation includes , uh family family 20:31.840 --> 20:33.951 paid family leave . If the Senate has 20:33.951 --> 20:35.951 indicated it will be stripped out , 20:35.951 --> 20:38.007 didn't make the presents framework a 20:38.007 --> 20:40.062 couple weeks ago , you just came off 20:40.062 --> 20:42.062 some families that's hoping you can 20:42.062 --> 20:44.340 talk to you about the benefits of that . 20:44.340 --> 20:46.507 Number one and number two . Given your 20:46.507 --> 20:46.390 experience , do you think that should 20:46.400 --> 20:48.622 be a red line for the president to keep 20:48.622 --> 20:50.733 that in there ? So that all americans 20:50.733 --> 20:52.567 have access to that ? Well , the 20:52.567 --> 20:54.733 president put forward a framework that 20:54.733 --> 20:56.844 he's confident can pass the House and 20:56.844 --> 20:56.270 the Senate . I think it's also no 20:56.270 --> 20:58.326 secret how I feel about family leave 20:58.326 --> 21:00.437 and how the president does , which is 21:00.437 --> 21:02.548 why he proposed it I think campaigned 21:02.548 --> 21:04.659 on it and we'll continue to fight for 21:04.659 --> 21:06.770 it . And the importance of it is that 21:06.770 --> 21:08.659 it's , you know , it's not , it's 21:08.659 --> 21:11.310 talked about his time off . Um , it's 21:11.310 --> 21:14.090 time to do work , good work , joyful 21:14.090 --> 21:16.257 work , meaningful work , but it's time 21:16.257 --> 21:18.423 to do important work . But let me also 21:18.423 --> 21:20.590 say as a new parent thinking about the 21:20.590 --> 21:22.757 difference that will be made by what's 21:22.757 --> 21:24.979 in the framework , the Universal access 21:24.979 --> 21:26.979 to three and 4 year old preschool , 21:26.979 --> 21:29.050 making child care affordable for 21:29.050 --> 21:32.470 families across the spectrum , the 21:32.470 --> 21:34.414 child tax credit . I mean that's , 21:34.414 --> 21:36.581 that's going to be huge and it's gonna 21:36.581 --> 21:36.050 make such a big difference for new 21:36.050 --> 21:40.020 parents . All right , thank you . Can 21:40.020 --> 21:42.450 you circle back to your other hand and 21:42.450 --> 21:45.360 supply chain ? I'm sorry . Like what 21:46.240 --> 21:48.550 among the trucker issue , the team's 21:48.550 --> 21:50.494 just have said that these truckers 21:50.494 --> 21:52.439 should be , should be treated like 21:52.439 --> 21:54.606 other stakeholders . Do you agree with 21:54.606 --> 21:56.883 that ? Should they be able to unionize ? 21:56.883 --> 21:58.994 You know , we're very pro union . One 21:58.994 --> 22:00.994 of the things we're proud of is how 22:00.994 --> 22:03.161 this legislation will create more good 22:03.161 --> 22:02.350 paying union jobs . And I think 22:02.360 --> 22:05.320 truckers who are unionized have more of 22:05.320 --> 22:07.320 those protections in terms of their 22:07.320 --> 22:09.542 health in terms of their compensation . 22:09.542 --> 22:11.709 Uh , and that has a lot of benefits in 22:11.709 --> 22:11.270 terms of their effectiveness . Look , 22:11.340 --> 22:13.173 If you have an industry with 90% 22:13.173 --> 22:16.770 turnover , 90% per year turnover at 22:16.780 --> 22:18.980 the larger employers of truckers , 22:19.210 --> 22:21.099 there's clearly an issue with the 22:21.099 --> 22:23.210 quality of the job . And one tool for 22:23.210 --> 22:25.266 improving the quality of that job is 22:25.266 --> 22:26.766 union representation . The 22:26.766 --> 22:28.877 administration has been silent on the 22:28.877 --> 22:30.821 future specific call for this . So 22:30.821 --> 22:33.043 you're endorsing these short haul truck 22:33.043 --> 22:34.877 drivers . I don't know if you're 22:34.877 --> 22:37.154 applying that to a particular employer , 22:37.154 --> 22:39.488 but , but what I would say is that , uh , 22:39.488 --> 22:39.460 you know , we we believe in in what 22:39.460 --> 22:42.380 unions can do to uh , to enhance the 22:42.390 --> 22:44.501 standing of workers in any industry . 22:44.501 --> 22:46.668 And um , but also for , you know , for 22:46.668 --> 22:48.723 independent truck drivers , I mean , 22:48.723 --> 22:50.834 it's very clear that there's an issue 22:50.834 --> 22:53.001 with what happens when they get to the 22:53.001 --> 22:52.920 gate of report , for example , and that 22:52.930 --> 22:54.930 largely has to do with compensation 22:54.930 --> 22:57.152 structures across the industry that are 22:57.152 --> 22:59.930 over and above what what the Union 22:59.930 --> 23:02.041 issue speaks to the next are still in 23:02.041 --> 23:04.152 Los Angeles and Long Beach . Are they 23:04.152 --> 23:06.097 moving in the most recent weeks as 23:06.097 --> 23:08.208 steps have been taken to sort of ease 23:08.208 --> 23:08.140 the country . So I think we've 23:08.140 --> 23:10.362 certainly seen , yeah , we've seen some 23:10.362 --> 23:12.418 steps that are we think making a big 23:12.418 --> 23:14.529 difference there in terms of moves to 23:14.529 --> 23:16.751 clear the containers . Obviously the 24 23:16.751 --> 23:18.862 7 office . But look , the bottom line 23:18.862 --> 23:20.973 is and I think that's important . Not 23:20.973 --> 23:23.029 everybody may maybe following this . 23:23.029 --> 23:25.251 It's not that the ports are moving less 23:25.251 --> 23:27.307 goods that they've somehow been less 23:27.307 --> 23:27.170 able . They're moving more goods than 23:27.170 --> 23:29.226 ever . It's just that it's still not 23:29.226 --> 23:31.337 keeping up with the demand . National 23:31.337 --> 23:33.503 Retail Federation predicts an all time 23:33.503 --> 23:35.726 record high this year . That's enormous 23:35.726 --> 23:37.559 pressure . And whenever you have 23:37.559 --> 23:39.670 enormous pressure on the system , you 23:39.670 --> 23:39.530 will find the weakest links in that 23:39.530 --> 23:42.090 system and that frankly could pop up at 23:42.090 --> 23:44.312 any juncture around the US which is why 23:44.312 --> 23:46.479 we're very focused on the L . A . Long 23:46.479 --> 23:48.534 Beach . That's 40% of the containers 23:48.534 --> 23:50.646 coming in . But , you know , anywhere 23:50.646 --> 23:52.868 including 1000 miles inland . Uh , it's 23:52.868 --> 23:55.090 some multi modal facility that's gummed 23:55.090 --> 23:54.420 up anywhere in the country . You can 23:54.420 --> 23:57.720 see these issues . Anyone are not the 23:57.720 --> 23:59.720 bottleneck anymore , is it moving ? 23:59.720 --> 24:01.553 Because it's not a matter of the 24:01.553 --> 24:03.498 bottleneck , right ? It's a matter 24:03.498 --> 24:03.440 anywhere literally anywhere in our 24:03.440 --> 24:05.329 economy , there is a relationship 24:05.329 --> 24:07.384 between a manufacturer shipper and a 24:07.384 --> 24:09.530 retailer . There are 1000 points in 24:09.530 --> 24:11.752 that chain where something can go wrong 24:11.752 --> 24:13.919 and we're seeing a lot of those points 24:13.919 --> 24:15.752 reveal themselves because of the 24:15.752 --> 24:17.840 enormous demand , the uh the 24:17.850 --> 24:20.130 constraints on supply , the outdated 24:20.130 --> 24:22.241 infrastructure that all runs across . 24:22.241 --> 24:24.408 And then the fact that the pandemic is 24:24.408 --> 24:26.352 poking holes in all of the above , 24:26.352 --> 24:28.519 which is why The other thing , I think 24:28.519 --> 24:28.280 it's important to point out having seen 24:28.280 --> 24:30.820 shortages in , you know , started with 24:30.820 --> 24:33.630 toilet paper . Then it was beef last 24:33.630 --> 24:36.550 year . The best way to end a pandemic 24:36.550 --> 24:38.883 related shortage is to end the pandemic . 24:38.883 --> 24:41.190 And that's why the vaccine push is so 24:41.190 --> 24:43.468 important . Great , thank you . Thanks . 24:44.040 --> 24:46.040 Thanks again . Really . Great thing 24:46.040 --> 24:49.670 with you . Big drop . 24:50.140 --> 24:51.770 Thanks please . Sleepless . 24:53.940 --> 24:55.170 Mhm . Okay . 24:57.840 --> 25:00.230 All right . I got one thing at the top 25:00.240 --> 25:02.950 and then we'll dive in . So later this 25:02.950 --> 25:05.250 afternoon , the first lady will kick 25:05.250 --> 25:08.090 off a nationwide effort urging parents 25:08.090 --> 25:10.090 and guardians to vaccinate eligible 25:10.090 --> 25:12.470 Children . The CDC recommendation of 25:12.480 --> 25:15.500 pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for kids 25:15.510 --> 25:18.710 ages 5-11 represents a major step 25:18.720 --> 25:20.970 forward in the country's fight against 25:20.970 --> 25:23.940 COVID-19 . The first lady and the U . S 25:23.940 --> 25:26.650 surgeon general Dr Vivek murthy will 25:26.650 --> 25:29.500 visit a pediatric covid 19 Vaccination 25:29.500 --> 25:32.010 clinic at franklin Sherman elementary 25:32.010 --> 25:34.400 school in Mclean Virginia . The first 25:34.400 --> 25:37.030 school to administer the polio vaccine 25:37.040 --> 25:41.040 in 1950 for a fun fact . Um coupled 25:41.040 --> 25:43.540 with first ladies push on monday 25:43.540 --> 25:46.510 secretaries . Sarah and Cardona sent a 25:46.510 --> 25:48.490 dear colleague letter to school 25:48.490 --> 25:50.601 superintendents and elementary school 25:50.601 --> 25:53.120 principals across the nation to take a 25:53.120 --> 25:56.270 series of steps to encourage Children 25:56.270 --> 25:58.710 vaccinations , including by holding 25:58.720 --> 26:00.960 vaccination clinics at schools , 26:01.040 --> 26:03.570 hosting community conversations with 26:03.580 --> 26:05.730 pediatricians about the importance of 26:05.730 --> 26:08.510 vaccinations for Children and to answer 26:08.520 --> 26:11.710 parents questions about the vaccine and 26:11.710 --> 26:13.470 providing parents with trusted 26:13.480 --> 26:15.920 information about the vaccine as well . 26:15.930 --> 26:18.260 The administration is also encouraging 26:18.440 --> 26:20.710 districts across the country to set up 26:20.710 --> 26:23.630 school located vaccine clinics by using 26:23.630 --> 26:26.100 their american rescue plan funds to 26:26.100 --> 26:29.050 help operationalize these clinics and 26:29.050 --> 26:31.440 by using providers through the federal 26:31.440 --> 26:34.170 retail pharmacy program to administer a 26:34.180 --> 26:37.070 vaccine with that go for it . 26:37.500 --> 26:40.680 We have a White house responds to the 26:41.090 --> 26:43.800 staying the ocean rule . The vaccine or 26:43.800 --> 26:46.390 test made me fix had taken really 26:46.400 --> 26:50.100 expect there's next year . Um What is 26:50.100 --> 26:51.933 what is concerned that the legal 26:51.933 --> 26:54.044 wrangling surrounding that rule could 26:54.044 --> 26:56.211 delay the implementation of that . And 26:56.211 --> 26:58.267 what's the administration message to 26:58.267 --> 27:00.322 businesses and americans who are who 27:00.322 --> 27:02.156 are subject to that . So broadly 27:02.156 --> 27:04.330 speaking , at least on the confidence 27:04.330 --> 27:06.441 defending a policy is not a new thing 27:06.450 --> 27:08.820 from an administration regardless if 27:08.820 --> 27:10.598 it's a republican or democratic 27:10.598 --> 27:12.820 administration . This is something that 27:12.820 --> 27:14.320 happens all the time . The 27:14.320 --> 27:16.320 administration . The administration 27:16.320 --> 27:18.376 clearly has the authority to protect 27:18.376 --> 27:20.431 workers and actions announced by the 27:20.431 --> 27:22.487 president are designed to save lives 27:22.487 --> 27:24.653 and stop the spread of COVID-19 and as 27:24.653 --> 27:27.020 the Doj said they will be defending 27:27.020 --> 27:29.020 these lawsuits . But I also want to 27:29.020 --> 27:31.187 step back for a second because there's 27:31.187 --> 27:32.964 precedent here , you know , the 27:32.964 --> 27:34.409 Department of Labor has a 27:34.409 --> 27:36.631 responsibility to keep workers safe and 27:36.631 --> 27:38.576 the legal authority to do so , the 27:38.576 --> 27:40.798 secretary determines , the secretary of 27:40.798 --> 27:42.687 the department , Labor determines 27:42.687 --> 27:44.798 workers at risk or what is called the 27:44.798 --> 27:46.909 grave danger . And if you look around 27:46.909 --> 27:49.242 and if we really zero in this past year , 27:49.242 --> 27:52.420 more than 750,000 people have died of 27:52.420 --> 27:55.440 Covid , You have more about 30 , 27:55.440 --> 27:59.200 approximately 1300 people a day who are 27:59.210 --> 28:01.920 also , who continue to die a day . As I 28:01.920 --> 28:04.470 said from Covid , if that's not a grave 28:04.480 --> 28:06.440 danger , I don't know what else is 28:06.450 --> 28:08.760 right . So I want to be really clear as 28:08.760 --> 28:10.871 well , is that the Congress empowered 28:10.871 --> 28:13.450 OSHA with through a law , through a law 28:13.450 --> 28:15.450 that has been in the books for more 28:15.450 --> 28:17.920 than 50 years . So this is an authority 28:17.920 --> 28:20.031 that we believe , uh , the Department 28:20.031 --> 28:22.087 of Labor has , we are very confident 28:22.087 --> 28:24.087 about it , confident about it . And 28:24.087 --> 28:25.920 just just to say , this is about 28:25.920 --> 28:28.087 keeping people safe in the workplace . 28:28.087 --> 28:30.309 And it's critical and it's important to 28:30.309 --> 28:32.531 do . And so that's , that's the message 28:32.531 --> 28:35.350 that we want to send out simply . Who 28:35.350 --> 28:37.780 sees the headlines back rules that 28:37.780 --> 28:41.200 state now . But yeah , well , should 28:41.200 --> 28:43.460 they prepare their employees to get 28:43.460 --> 28:46.350 vaccinated or wait ? No , that's a 28:46.350 --> 28:48.239 great question . I appreciate the 28:48.239 --> 28:50.350 question . We think people should not 28:50.350 --> 28:52.239 wait . We say do not wait to take 28:52.239 --> 28:54.350 actions that will keep your workplace 28:54.350 --> 28:56.517 safe . It is important and critical to 28:56.517 --> 28:58.406 do and waiting to get more people 28:58.406 --> 29:00.572 vaccinated will lead to more outbreaks 29:00.572 --> 29:02.794 and sickness . So this is about keeping 29:02.794 --> 29:04.906 people in a workplace safe and so and 29:04.906 --> 29:06.961 what we're seeing is more businesses 29:06.961 --> 29:09.128 and school closures and most lost jobs 29:09.128 --> 29:11.350 and keep us keep us stuck in a pandemic 29:11.350 --> 29:13.572 that we're trying to end like we do not 29:13.572 --> 29:15.683 want that to happen . We're trying to 29:15.683 --> 29:17.850 get past this pandemic and we know the 29:17.850 --> 29:17.700 way to do that is to get people 29:17.700 --> 29:19.978 vaccinated . So people should not wait . 29:19.978 --> 29:22.060 We should continue to to go move 29:22.060 --> 29:24.004 forward and make sure that they're 29:24.004 --> 29:26.770 getting their workplace vaccinated 29:28.190 --> 29:30.990 to Secretary General . What will the 29:31.000 --> 29:33.167 President sales pitch look like on the 29:33.167 --> 29:36.020 infrastructure bill ? Besides it 29:36.130 --> 29:39.470 traveling is already the senator is 29:39.480 --> 29:41.702 happening out there and particularly at 29:41.702 --> 29:43.702 this time given the lessons learned 29:43.702 --> 29:43.490 from the important care act and other 29:43.490 --> 29:45.657 democratic priorities , the importance 29:45.657 --> 29:47.546 of going out and selling it . How 29:47.546 --> 29:49.601 important does the president believe 29:49.601 --> 29:51.768 that his voice out there talking about 29:51.768 --> 29:51.550 the benefits that there will be to ? 29:51.680 --> 29:53.624 Well it's critically important and 29:53.624 --> 29:55.736 we've you've traveled with us , we've 29:55.736 --> 29:57.624 been across across the country in 29:57.624 --> 29:59.791 different regions of the country where 29:59.791 --> 30:01.736 the President has talked about his 30:01.736 --> 30:03.902 economic policy bill back , build back 30:03.902 --> 30:05.513 better act and the by person 30:05.513 --> 30:07.624 infrastructure and it's it's critical 30:07.624 --> 30:09.347 this is a once in a generation 30:09.347 --> 30:11.347 investment that the President talks 30:11.347 --> 30:13.513 about . We talk about . I mean this is 30:13.513 --> 30:12.760 one of the reasons we had Secretary 30:12.760 --> 30:14.730 Buddha judge here is to have that 30:14.730 --> 30:16.952 conversation and continue to talk about 30:16.952 --> 30:19.400 the key components in here which is the 30:19.400 --> 30:21.480 roads and and also let's not forget 30:21.480 --> 30:23.647 climate change and the bridges and the 30:23.647 --> 30:25.720 ports , all of the things uh that we 30:25.720 --> 30:27.831 need to make sure that there are good 30:27.831 --> 30:30.053 paying union jobs and make sure that we 30:30.053 --> 30:32.053 are investing in our country , make 30:32.053 --> 30:34.387 sure that we are competitive with china . 30:34.387 --> 30:36.609 So the president's going to continue to 30:36.609 --> 30:38.609 have those conversations continue . 30:38.609 --> 30:40.609 Your continue to hear from him . He 30:40.609 --> 30:42.776 will travel and make sure that to your 30:42.776 --> 30:44.998 point the american people hear directly 30:44.998 --> 30:47.164 from him about the importance but also 30:47.164 --> 30:49.387 you'll have the cabinet secretaries out 30:49.387 --> 30:51.276 there . You have is a White House 30:51.276 --> 30:51.230 officials out there . And so it is 30:51.230 --> 30:53.940 important to sell this yes to sell this . 30:53.940 --> 30:56.051 But for the people to understand that 30:56.051 --> 30:57.384 this is going to make a 30:57.384 --> 30:59.551 transformational change in their lives 30:59.551 --> 31:01.960 an investment that we haven't seen in 31:02.120 --> 31:04.176 in my whole entire lifetime and it's 31:04.176 --> 31:06.231 going to be critical and important . 31:06.231 --> 31:09.690 Four good thanks Green . The President 31:09.690 --> 31:11.857 has indicated that he will be making a 31:11.857 --> 31:15.410 decision on the Fed chair soon . He 31:15.420 --> 31:17.650 appears to interview two candidates . 31:17.660 --> 31:19.660 Can you give us an update on anyone 31:19.660 --> 31:21.660 else's interviewing and give us any 31:21.660 --> 31:23.771 sense more in that time . So I cannot 31:23.771 --> 31:26.730 confirm any any interviews that he may 31:26.730 --> 31:28.674 or may not have had somebody asked 31:28.674 --> 31:30.841 asked me about this on Friday look , I 31:30.841 --> 31:32.952 mean the president spoke to this last 31:32.952 --> 31:35.063 week , you were , you were with us in 31:35.063 --> 31:37.230 both Scotland and in Rome where he was 31:37.230 --> 31:39.174 asked that question , I believe in 31:39.174 --> 31:41.286 Scotland . He was asked that question 31:41.286 --> 31:43.452 during his press conference . And so I 31:43.452 --> 31:42.870 don't have any announcements for you 31:42.870 --> 31:45.037 today . The President will continue to 31:45.037 --> 31:47.092 engage with his senior economic team 31:47.092 --> 31:49.440 and a careful and thoughtful process to 31:49.440 --> 31:51.440 appoint a Federal Reserve chair and 31:51.440 --> 31:53.607 that's all I have for you today , jefe 31:53.607 --> 31:55.829 one other topic , The President and the 31:55.829 --> 31:58.051 Vice President's poll numbers have been 31:58.051 --> 32:02.020 falling . Um How big of a concern 32:02.020 --> 32:03.742 is that for this White house , 32:03.742 --> 32:05.798 particularly with an eye towards the 32:05.798 --> 32:08.076 midterm elections just a year from now . 32:08.076 --> 32:10.409 Are you talking about a particular poll ? 32:10.409 --> 32:13.280 No , no , just in general . So look , 32:13.290 --> 32:15.430 you know , one of the things that I 32:15.430 --> 32:17.486 want to say is that we are confident 32:17.486 --> 32:19.530 that our policies will improve the 32:19.530 --> 32:22.080 lives of nearly every american and so 32:22.080 --> 32:24.024 grow our economy and create jobs . 32:24.024 --> 32:26.136 That's our focus to make sure that we 32:26.136 --> 32:27.969 continue to push the President's 32:27.969 --> 32:30.136 economic policies and you know , polls 32:30.136 --> 32:32.136 are all over the map and that's not 32:32.136 --> 32:34.247 going to be our focus right now . The 32:34.247 --> 32:36.191 President was also asked this last 32:36.191 --> 32:38.358 Tuesday and he wants to make sure that 32:38.358 --> 32:40.524 we deliver for the american public and 32:40.524 --> 32:42.691 that is uh that is what we're going to 32:42.691 --> 32:44.969 uh that's what we're going to focus on . 32:44.969 --> 32:46.802 And also like poll after poll um 32:46.802 --> 32:48.747 including the pole that you may be 32:48.747 --> 32:50.969 thinking of or other polls that are out 32:50.969 --> 32:53.080 there has showed us the components of 32:53.080 --> 32:55.247 the bipartisan infrastructure deal and 32:55.247 --> 32:54.840 the build back better framework are 32:54.840 --> 32:57.540 very popular and that's important to 32:57.540 --> 32:59.596 note . And american families want to 32:59.596 --> 33:01.570 see these historic investment in 33:01.580 --> 33:03.636 infrastructure . They want to see it 33:03.636 --> 33:05.358 and care , they want to see in 33:05.358 --> 33:07.247 competitive , they want to see in 33:07.247 --> 33:09.413 addressing the climate crisis . And so 33:09.413 --> 33:11.413 that's what we're seeing and that's 33:11.413 --> 33:13.636 what matters as we're moving forward is 33:13.636 --> 33:13.160 delivering for the american public . 33:14.540 --> 33:17.010 Thank you to follow up on what Jeff and 33:17.010 --> 33:19.070 Sabrina were trying to ask . The 33:19.080 --> 33:21.530 secretary , the president said 33:21.530 --> 33:23.697 americans would feel the impact of the 33:23.697 --> 33:25.808 projects within 2 to 3 months , but I 33:25.808 --> 33:28.340 didn't hear a single specific project 33:28.350 --> 33:30.294 that will be launched . So has the 33:30.294 --> 33:32.850 administration identified any , I don't 33:32.850 --> 33:35.072 have anything and I don't have anything 33:35.072 --> 33:37.294 to announce as to any specifics . We'll 33:37.294 --> 33:39.517 have more on the implementation of this 33:39.517 --> 33:41.628 as the days go by the weeks go by and 33:41.628 --> 33:43.739 so stay tuned , we'll have a lot more 33:43.739 --> 33:45.628 to share . But as you can imagine 33:45.628 --> 33:47.517 implementing this is critical and 33:47.517 --> 33:49.572 important to us . If you look at the 33:49.572 --> 33:51.794 American Rescue plan , which we believe 33:51.794 --> 33:51.530 was a success . That's one of the 33:51.530 --> 33:53.700 reasons we saw the job Numbers that we 33:53.700 --> 33:57.320 saw on Friday with 531,000 jobs in the 33:57.320 --> 33:59.860 last month . So we want to continue 33:59.870 --> 34:02.360 making sure that we deliver . And so 34:02.370 --> 34:04.314 just like we did with the American 34:04.314 --> 34:06.426 rescue plan will make sure to do this 34:06.426 --> 34:08.370 with the bipartisan infrastructure 34:08.370 --> 34:10.481 framework as well . For so long . You 34:10.481 --> 34:12.592 and president biden have talked about 34:12.592 --> 34:14.648 the urgency of passing this bill now 34:14.648 --> 34:16.648 it's past . So why is he waiting to 34:16.648 --> 34:18.814 sign it ? When will he sign it ? So he 34:18.814 --> 34:21.020 talked about this on saturday . He and 34:21.020 --> 34:23.480 he basically said he wants to make sure 34:23.490 --> 34:25.546 the congressional members who worked 34:25.546 --> 34:27.750 very very hard on this when they come 34:27.750 --> 34:29.850 back then we'll figure out a time to 34:29.850 --> 34:31.739 sign it . But you're right , it's 34:31.739 --> 34:33.906 urgent . But we also want to make sure 34:33.906 --> 34:35.850 that the people who spent the last 34:35.850 --> 34:35.620 couple of weeks the last couple of 34:35.620 --> 34:38.290 months just all in delivering on this 34:38.300 --> 34:40.510 on this promise are here for the 34:40.510 --> 34:42.732 signing as well . So do you have a date 34:42.732 --> 34:44.843 in mind ? I do not have a date but it 34:44.843 --> 34:47.066 will be very soon . And then turning to 34:47.066 --> 34:49.177 reconciliation . Does President biden 34:49.177 --> 34:51.343 believe Congress should wait for a CBO 34:51.343 --> 34:53.970 score to vote on it or not ? Well , 34:53.980 --> 34:56.091 here's the thing as you know , we you 34:56.091 --> 34:58.091 and I talked about this probably on 34:58.091 --> 35:00.202 thursday probably on friday . I can't 35:00.202 --> 35:02.369 remember now . Um But uh as you know , 35:02.369 --> 35:04.258 we put forward our score , we put 35:04.258 --> 35:06.330 forward um uh through the Treasury , 35:06.330 --> 35:08.386 there was a Treasury blog . Um There 35:08.386 --> 35:10.608 was also the J . C . T . That put out a 35:10.608 --> 35:12.940 number as well . Which which was the 35:12.940 --> 35:15.660 kind of the first part before before 35:15.660 --> 35:17.827 the CBO puts out their number . And we 35:17.827 --> 35:19.993 said that there's more , it's going to 35:19.993 --> 35:22.104 be more than paid for . I believe our 35:22.104 --> 35:24.327 number was 2.1 trillion . And so we are 35:24.327 --> 35:26.660 confident that this is going to be paid 35:26.660 --> 35:29.360 for . We are confident uh that it will 35:29.360 --> 35:31.640 have $0 to the deficit . Moody's has 35:31.640 --> 35:34.250 said this as well . Uh and so and other 35:34.250 --> 35:36.430 economists have said this and so we're 35:36.430 --> 35:38.800 going to continue to move forward . And 35:38.810 --> 35:40.977 that's why we wanted to be transparent 35:40.977 --> 35:43.130 which is why we worked across the 35:43.140 --> 35:45.380 across agencies across across the 35:45.380 --> 35:47.602 administration to make sure that we put 35:47.602 --> 35:49.713 out a number to show that it could be 35:49.713 --> 35:51.658 raised . He wants them to use that 35:51.658 --> 35:53.658 number or wait for this . Well , we 35:53.658 --> 35:55.824 just wanted to make sure that again we 35:55.824 --> 35:57.880 were transported parent , We put out 35:57.880 --> 35:59.936 what we thought it would be would be 35:59.936 --> 36:02.047 raised . Um and so that's what we put 36:02.047 --> 36:04.590 out there last week . Thank you . The 36:04.590 --> 36:06.812 Energy Secretary says about the cost of 36:06.812 --> 36:08.868 americans heating their homes in the 36:08.868 --> 36:11.090 winter . It will be more expensive this 36:11.090 --> 36:13.090 year than last year . So why is the 36:13.090 --> 36:15.312 administration now considering shutting 36:15.312 --> 36:17.534 down the line five pipeline from Canada 36:17.534 --> 36:19.960 to michigan . So peter that is 36:19.970 --> 36:22.820 inaccurate . That is not , that is not 36:22.820 --> 36:25.260 right . So any reporting indicating 36:25.260 --> 36:27.800 that some decision has been made again 36:27.810 --> 36:30.580 is not accurate . Uh But I will say is 36:30.580 --> 36:32.747 I'll lay this out for you for a little 36:32.747 --> 36:34.969 bit here , where we are at where we are 36:34.969 --> 36:36.969 is with this is that the Canada has 36:36.969 --> 36:40.000 decided to invoke dispute resolution 36:40.000 --> 36:42.700 provisions of the 1977 transit 36:42.700 --> 36:45.230 pipelines treaty . We expect that both 36:45.230 --> 36:47.170 the US and Canada will engage 36:47.170 --> 36:49.630 constructively in those negotiations . 36:49.640 --> 36:52.070 In addition to being one of the closest 36:52.070 --> 36:54.210 allies , Canada remains a key U . S . 36:54.210 --> 36:56.450 Partner in energy trade as well as 36:56.460 --> 36:58.571 efforts to address climate change and 36:58.571 --> 37:01.090 protect the environment . I will also 37:01.090 --> 37:03.146 add this too . Is that the current , 37:03.146 --> 37:05.220 the current Line five pipeline is 37:05.220 --> 37:07.660 subject to litigation between Enbridge 37:07.730 --> 37:09.940 and the state of michigan . So again , 37:09.940 --> 37:12.160 I would it is inaccurate what you just 37:12.160 --> 37:14.880 stated . But the reporting the 37:14.880 --> 37:18.020 reporting about us wanting to shut down 37:18.030 --> 37:20.670 the line five , is it is it being 37:20.670 --> 37:22.170 studied right now ? Is the 37:22.170 --> 37:24.281 administration studying the impact of 37:24.281 --> 37:26.503 shutting down the line ? Yes , we are . 37:26.503 --> 37:28.830 We are that well , I thought you were 37:28.830 --> 37:30.886 saying that we were going to shut it 37:30.886 --> 37:32.608 down , but that is that is not 37:32.608 --> 37:34.608 inaccurate . Okay , great , great , 37:34.608 --> 37:36.719 Great . Great . But the Army Corps of 37:36.719 --> 37:38.941 Engineers is preparing an environmental 37:38.941 --> 37:40.997 impact to look through this . Okay , 37:40.997 --> 37:43.219 now that the president is on the record 37:43.219 --> 37:45.720 as of saturday supporting compensation 37:45.720 --> 37:47.442 for illegal immigrants who are 37:47.442 --> 37:49.664 separated from family at the border who 37:49.664 --> 37:52.010 counts as separated if somebody was 37:52.010 --> 37:54.470 just separated for a few hours or a few 37:54.480 --> 37:57.130 days , would they be eligible to sell a 37:57.130 --> 37:59.660 suit and get this payment from doj . So 37:59.660 --> 38:01.827 peter I will direct you the Department 38:01.827 --> 38:03.993 of Justice for any specifics on that ? 38:03.993 --> 38:05.993 We have , we have , you've asked us 38:05.993 --> 38:08.216 this question , we have answered it and 38:08.216 --> 38:10.104 I will refer you to Department of 38:10.104 --> 38:12.216 Justice on any specific detail though 38:12.216 --> 38:14.382 about The policy . So if he can answer 38:14.382 --> 38:16.604 it , I just , I'm curious going back to 38:16.604 --> 38:18.604 2018 , some illegal immigrants were 38:18.604 --> 38:20.771 given a choice , get deported alone or 38:20.771 --> 38:22.660 get deported with their kids . If 38:22.660 --> 38:24.827 somebody chose to be separated , chose 38:24.827 --> 38:26.993 to go back by themselves without their 38:26.993 --> 38:28.938 family , would they be eligible to 38:28.938 --> 38:30.882 settle one of these lawsuits ? I'm 38:30.882 --> 38:32.716 gonna refer you to Department of 38:32.716 --> 38:34.938 Justice . I don't have anything more to 38:34.938 --> 38:34.870 say . And I'm gonna move on . Okay . 38:34.880 --> 38:36.713 All right . Thank you . Go ahead 38:36.713 --> 38:38.436 Caitlin . Is the White House's 38:38.436 --> 38:40.602 assessment still that democrats should 38:40.602 --> 38:40.570 be able to pass the second piece of 38:40.570 --> 38:42.681 this legislation to build back better 38:42.681 --> 38:45.700 agenda by thanksgiving . So we're gonna 38:45.710 --> 38:48.900 work very hard to make sure that this 38:48.900 --> 38:51.450 gets done . Um , as you know , on 38:51.450 --> 38:54.360 friday , the uh , the House voted on a 38:54.360 --> 38:56.527 rule to make sure that on november the 38:56.527 --> 38:58.527 week of november 15th that it moves 38:58.527 --> 39:00.749 forward out of the House . And so we're 39:00.749 --> 39:02.971 going to just continue the President on 39:02.971 --> 39:05.193 friday was , you know , burning burning 39:05.193 --> 39:07.304 the phone lines and calling members . 39:07.304 --> 39:09.193 Clearly I'm not going to get into 39:09.193 --> 39:11.249 specifics on private conversations , 39:11.249 --> 39:13.304 but making sure that the support was 39:13.304 --> 39:15.416 there too to move that out of the out 39:15.416 --> 39:17.582 of the House . And so we're just gonna 39:17.582 --> 39:19.082 continue to do that . Have 39:19.082 --> 39:21.416 conversations with members of the House , 39:21.416 --> 39:23.304 have count and the and the Senate 39:23.304 --> 39:25.193 clearly , and that will be on the 39:25.193 --> 39:27.138 President's level and also a staff 39:27.138 --> 39:29.193 level . But I don't I don't have any 39:29.193 --> 39:31.360 specifics there , but that is our plan 39:31.360 --> 39:31.010 to try and get this out as soon as 39:31.010 --> 39:33.170 possible . Thanksgiving generally , 39:33.180 --> 39:36.750 I don't have a timing for you . I'm 39:36.750 --> 39:38.806 just saying that we're going to work 39:38.806 --> 39:41.028 really hard to get it done . It's going 39:41.028 --> 39:43.028 to go for a vote out of the week of 39:43.028 --> 39:45.083 november 15th out of the House . And 39:45.083 --> 39:44.530 then we're going to work with Leader 39:44.530 --> 39:46.930 schumer to make sure that get that gets 39:46.930 --> 39:49.580 done okay . And on what the secretary 39:49.590 --> 39:51.312 General of what she was saying 39:51.312 --> 39:53.146 yesterday , what options besides 39:53.146 --> 39:55.479 tapping the strategic petroleum reserve ? 39:55.479 --> 39:57.590 Does the president have to counteract 39:57.590 --> 40:00.950 higher gas prices ? So , um you know , 40:00.960 --> 40:02.960 we've talked about this a couple of 40:02.960 --> 40:05.127 times , you know , we we have we don't 40:05.127 --> 40:07.349 have an announcement yet on anything uh 40:07.349 --> 40:09.860 anything to share at this time . Uh you 40:09.860 --> 40:12.027 know , but we're monitoring it right , 40:12.027 --> 40:14.138 We're monitoring the prices and we're 40:14.138 --> 40:16.249 making sure that we have tools in our 40:16.249 --> 40:18.450 tool belts that we can uh we can uh we 40:18.450 --> 40:21.010 can try and use but at this at this 40:21.010 --> 40:23.370 time , I don't have anything new to 40:23.370 --> 40:25.600 share . You are viewing because 40:25.600 --> 40:27.711 Secretary Granholm has confirmed that 40:27.711 --> 40:29.878 is an option that's on the table . And 40:29.878 --> 40:31.822 the president has said , there are 40:31.822 --> 40:31.610 other tools that he could potentially 40:31.610 --> 40:33.666 use . So could you just lay out what 40:33.666 --> 40:35.499 those other options on that he's 40:35.499 --> 40:37.666 considering ? So I don't again I don't 40:37.666 --> 40:39.777 I don't have anything specific here . 40:39.777 --> 40:41.943 The president spoke to this recently , 40:41.943 --> 40:44.054 but he's also asked FTC to crack down 40:44.054 --> 40:46.110 on illegal pricing . Right ? That is 40:46.110 --> 40:48.332 one thing that he did on Gouging in the 40:48.332 --> 40:50.499 market and the FTC is responding . But 40:50.499 --> 40:52.721 also we're going to continue to monitor 40:52.721 --> 40:54.666 the situation and have a number of 40:54.666 --> 40:54.590 tools in our arsenal . As I just 40:54.590 --> 40:56.479 mentioned , I don't have anything 40:56.479 --> 40:59.370 specific Henry screen . We know 40:59.370 --> 41:01.370 President biden signed an executive 41:01.370 --> 41:03.314 order on september 9th . That that 41:03.314 --> 41:05.092 requires White House and agency 41:05.092 --> 41:07.314 employees to be fully vaccinated by the 41:07.314 --> 41:09.426 november 22nd . We know that a person 41:09.426 --> 41:11.592 needs two weeks after the last shot to 41:11.592 --> 41:11.580 be considered protective . So that 41:11.580 --> 41:13.636 means that we're going to have to be 41:13.636 --> 41:15.802 vaccinated by the end of today . So Do 41:15.802 --> 41:18.024 you have an estimate of how many in the 41:18.024 --> 41:20.191 federal workforce are on track to meet 41:20.191 --> 41:22.302 these requirements ? So agencies will 41:22.302 --> 41:24.358 release their vaccination rates once 41:24.358 --> 41:26.524 they complete complete their process . 41:26.524 --> 41:28.358 But I just wanted to say vaccine 41:28.358 --> 41:30.302 requirements . As we all know , as 41:30.302 --> 41:30.290 we've talked about here work , we 41:30.290 --> 41:32.457 already know the Department of Defense 41:32.457 --> 41:35.630 is at 97% of their active duty troops 41:35.630 --> 41:37.574 vaccinated and we're seeing strong 41:37.574 --> 41:39.241 compliance across the federal 41:39.241 --> 41:41.463 government tens of thousands of federal 41:41.463 --> 41:43.408 workers get vaccinated each week . 41:43.408 --> 41:45.352 Additionally , agencies are moving 41:45.352 --> 41:47.408 forward in real time with collecting 41:47.408 --> 41:49.720 vaccination and compliance data and as 41:49.720 --> 41:52.020 expected numbers continue to rise as we 41:52.020 --> 41:54.340 approach the deadline and more federal 41:54.350 --> 41:56.000 employees uh and put their 41:56.000 --> 41:58.870 documentation . So Federal workers have 41:58.870 --> 42:01.470 until November 22 to get vaccinated . 42:01.480 --> 42:03.258 And as we have made clear , the 42:03.258 --> 42:06.110 deadline is not a cliff for employees 42:06.120 --> 42:08.330 in compliance . They will go through 42:08.340 --> 42:10.580 education , counseling , accommodations 42:10.590 --> 42:12.534 and enforcement as its standard to 42:12.534 --> 42:14.534 their agency . But again , agencies 42:14.534 --> 42:16.534 will release their own on their own 42:16.534 --> 42:18.590 numbers to be transparent about that 42:18.590 --> 42:20.590 releasing the video . Absolute . We 42:20.590 --> 42:23.360 they will be transparent . Can you just 42:23.360 --> 42:25.416 following up on the line and you see 42:25.416 --> 42:27.638 the Army Corps of Engineers is studying 42:27.638 --> 42:29.804 the prospect of closing it or to study 42:29.804 --> 42:32.630 So ? No , no happy too . So the Army 42:32.630 --> 42:34.519 Corps of Engineer is preparing an 42:34.519 --> 42:36.686 environmental impact statement on line 42:36.686 --> 42:38.574 five and the construction of that 42:38.574 --> 42:40.574 replacement line . Uh So that is an 42:40.574 --> 42:42.890 issue here . The E . I . S . Will help 42:42.900 --> 42:45.540 inform any additional action or 42:45.540 --> 42:47.707 position the U . S . Will be taking on 42:47.707 --> 42:49.873 the replacement of line five . This is 42:49.873 --> 42:52.096 a consistent with the President biden's 42:52.096 --> 42:54.151 commitment that every infrastructure 42:54.151 --> 42:56.262 project potential pipelines very much 42:56.262 --> 42:58.540 include included must undergo a full 42:58.550 --> 43:00.500 and fair review that considers the 43:00.500 --> 43:02.410 environmental impact that those 43:02.410 --> 43:05.080 projects would have . And so any other 43:05.080 --> 43:07.080 further information on that I would 43:07.080 --> 43:09.302 refer you to the Army administration is 43:09.302 --> 43:11.302 waiting on the results were waiting 43:11.302 --> 43:13.302 right . There is a review and we're 43:13.302 --> 43:15.358 waiting , going back to the question 43:15.358 --> 43:17.358 earlier , one of the members of the 43:17.358 --> 43:19.524 board announced his resignation if you 43:19.524 --> 43:21.690 have any comment or reaction to . So 43:21.700 --> 43:23.930 yeah , I don't have anything on that 43:23.930 --> 43:25.950 for you . But this obviously just 43:25.950 --> 43:28.590 happened a couple of hours ago and so 43:28.600 --> 43:31.380 we're and we're certainly thankful to 43:31.390 --> 43:34.500 uh to randy Corliss for his service and 43:34.500 --> 43:36.722 I'm sure the President will engage with 43:36.722 --> 43:38.611 his senior economic team and in a 43:38.611 --> 43:40.778 careful and thoughtful process to find 43:40.778 --> 43:43.000 a replacement . You have three spots to 43:43.000 --> 43:45.167 fill over the coming months aside from 43:45.167 --> 43:47.167 Chairman Powell , is there any link 43:47.167 --> 43:49.222 between the number of vacancies in a 43:49.222 --> 43:51.444 decision whether to keep the chair , in 43:51.444 --> 43:53.611 other words , having an opportunity to 43:53.611 --> 43:55.611 remake the border that switching to 43:55.611 --> 43:57.500 share factor into the President's 43:57.500 --> 43:59.722 decision at all . Oh , I'm not gonna go 43:59.722 --> 44:01.889 into what the President , how is he is 44:01.889 --> 44:04.056 making his decision . All I can say is 44:04.056 --> 44:06.056 this is incredibly important to the 44:06.056 --> 44:08.056 President and he's taking this very 44:08.056 --> 44:10.450 seriously . I don't have a timeline . I 44:10.450 --> 44:12.394 know , I know this is an important 44:12.394 --> 44:14.561 question . I know you guys are so into 44:14.561 --> 44:18.130 it . I know , I know , I know , I know , 44:18.140 --> 44:21.920 I know , I know , I know . Mm . 44:22.690 --> 44:24.830 All right . I promise as soon as we 44:24.830 --> 44:27.260 know we'll share that information when 44:27.260 --> 44:29.580 you look at the situation with the vote 44:29.590 --> 44:32.340 on the bipartisan infrastructure the 44:32.340 --> 44:34.520 other night , there were a handful of 44:34.530 --> 44:36.530 progressives who voted against it , 44:36.530 --> 44:38.697 they explained the reasons going in to 44:38.697 --> 44:40.863 build back better , there is no margin 44:40.890 --> 44:42.779 among democrats , really , just a 44:42.779 --> 44:45.001 couple of votes that you could possibly 44:45.001 --> 44:46.890 lose in the House and none in the 44:46.890 --> 44:48.946 Senate . What is the strategy when , 44:48.946 --> 44:51.112 you know , you're not more than likely 44:51.112 --> 44:52.946 not going to have any Republican 44:52.946 --> 44:55.290 support to cover for that ? When it is 44:55.290 --> 44:57.401 possible , there will be changes made 44:57.401 --> 44:59.530 by the Senate that may not be in the 44:59.530 --> 45:01.530 interests shared by the Progressive 45:01.530 --> 45:04.420 Caucus , uh , tightening up some of the 45:04.430 --> 45:06.520 provisions within that . So how will 45:06.520 --> 45:08.631 the president approach that trying to 45:08.631 --> 45:10.750 keep progressives on board ? When six 45:10.750 --> 45:13.090 very prominent progressives voted 45:13.090 --> 45:15.930 against the first piece of the 45:16.800 --> 45:19.090 kelly ? I'll say this , you know , 45:19.230 --> 45:21.452 we're going to approach it the same way 45:21.452 --> 45:23.619 we approach the american rescue plan , 45:23.619 --> 45:25.841 right ? Which people thought we weren't 45:25.841 --> 45:25.380 going to get that done . We're gonna 45:25.380 --> 45:27.269 approach it the same way we're we 45:27.269 --> 45:29.436 approached by by person infrastructure 45:29.436 --> 45:31.213 framework , which folks said we 45:31.213 --> 45:33.158 wouldn't make that happen . And so 45:33.158 --> 45:35.269 right now we're two for two . Right . 45:35.269 --> 45:37.324 And so we believe that this is gonna 45:37.324 --> 45:39.436 get done . The president is committed 45:39.436 --> 45:41.602 to this , this is part of his agenda , 45:41.602 --> 45:43.824 right ? The economic policy agenda that 45:43.824 --> 45:45.824 you hear us , we'd say this all the 45:45.824 --> 45:47.769 time , that uh , 81 million people 45:47.769 --> 45:50.010 voted for last year just a year ago . 45:50.090 --> 45:52.270 Uh , and so this these are popular 45:52.270 --> 45:54.800 components of his economic policies . 45:54.800 --> 45:56.967 When you look at both the beef and the 45:56.967 --> 45:59.830 bipartisan by parts , build back better 45:59.840 --> 46:01.896 act . And so we're gonna just , he's 46:01.896 --> 46:03.951 gonna , we're gonna continue to work 46:03.951 --> 46:05.951 with Congress , want to continue to 46:05.951 --> 46:07.951 work with the speaker , continue to 46:07.951 --> 46:10.173 work with leader schumer and have those 46:10.173 --> 46:12.284 conversations across the aisle to get 46:12.284 --> 46:14.451 it done because this is something that 46:14.451 --> 46:13.660 the american public , the american 46:13.660 --> 46:15.438 people need , this is once in a 46:15.438 --> 46:17.470 generation , uh , you know , uh , 46:17.480 --> 46:19.647 investment , we're talking about child 46:19.647 --> 46:21.869 care , we're talking about elder care . 46:21.869 --> 46:23.924 Uh , we're talking about making sure 46:23.924 --> 46:26.202 that , you know , medical expenses are , 46:26.202 --> 46:28.258 you know , are not your whole entire 46:28.258 --> 46:30.036 check . When you think about uh 46:30.036 --> 46:32.036 pharmaceutical drugs . I mean we're 46:32.036 --> 46:33.980 talking about child child , I said 46:33.980 --> 46:36.091 child care already . But all of these 46:36.091 --> 46:35.550 things climate change . Right . When 46:35.550 --> 46:37.950 you put those two bills together , it's 46:37.950 --> 46:40.172 a historical , in a way that's going to 46:40.172 --> 46:42.006 get us to where we need to go to 46:42.006 --> 46:44.228 fighting climate change in a real way . 46:44.228 --> 46:46.061 So these are so important to the 46:46.061 --> 46:48.228 president , we're going to continue to 46:48.228 --> 46:47.600 work on it . But you know , we got 46:47.780 --> 46:49.724 american rescue plan done , we got 46:49.724 --> 46:51.836 bipartisan infrastructure done . When 46:51.836 --> 46:53.836 people didn't think we would do you 46:53.836 --> 46:55.947 expect the president will add sort of 46:55.947 --> 46:57.947 to his daily briefing the update on 46:57.947 --> 47:00.190 what's happening with infrastructure 47:00.190 --> 47:02.410 projects and things so that there will 47:02.420 --> 47:06.220 be yeah . Uh an inflow of information 47:06.220 --> 47:08.164 about what these projects are in a 47:08.164 --> 47:10.580 practical sense . Will there be a sort 47:10.580 --> 47:12.620 of in the house , inside the White 47:12.620 --> 47:16.380 house um sort of central clearinghouse 47:16.380 --> 47:18.570 for this sense it does deal with many 47:18.570 --> 47:20.792 departments of the government . Well as 47:20.792 --> 47:22.792 you know this is nothing new to the 47:22.792 --> 47:24.959 president when he was vice president . 47:24.959 --> 47:27.240 He was he led the Rescue Act Recovery 47:27.240 --> 47:29.960 Act , pardon me . And uh and so he 47:29.960 --> 47:32.071 knows how this is done , he knows how 47:32.071 --> 47:34.340 implementation works and so knowing 47:34.350 --> 47:36.517 this president he's gonna want to know 47:36.517 --> 47:38.628 every component of how it's going and 47:38.628 --> 47:40.739 so we're going to stay on top of it . 47:40.739 --> 47:42.850 It's going to be key in order for the 47:42.850 --> 47:45.017 american people to feel this . Uh This 47:45.017 --> 47:47.183 has to be implemented . So we're going 47:47.183 --> 47:49.461 to make sure that happens . Good to me . 47:49.461 --> 47:51.517 Thank you . U . S . Is now accepting 47:51.517 --> 47:53.294 fully vaccinated travelers from 47:53.294 --> 47:55.017 countries that were previously 47:55.017 --> 47:57.183 restricted during the pandemic . Given 47:57.183 --> 47:59.239 how rapidly the delta variant spread 47:59.239 --> 48:01.406 here within the United States over the 48:01.406 --> 48:03.461 summer . Why are still no vaccine or 48:03.461 --> 48:05.350 testing requirements for domestic 48:05.350 --> 48:07.790 travel ? So we say this all the time . 48:07.800 --> 48:09.800 Everything's on the table . We just 48:09.800 --> 48:12.050 don't have any announcement to preview 48:12.060 --> 48:15.050 right now on this . Um So I don't have 48:15.050 --> 48:17.217 anything more to share on the domestic 48:17.217 --> 48:19.960 travel and separate topic before his 48:19.960 --> 48:22.071 foreign trip . The president signaled 48:22.071 --> 48:23.860 he was considering some changes 48:23.860 --> 48:26.027 possible changes to the filibuster and 48:26.027 --> 48:28.082 would have more to say soon . Do you 48:28.082 --> 48:30.249 have any update on where he stands and 48:30.249 --> 48:32.082 what he supports a carve out for 48:32.082 --> 48:33.916 example for another debt ceiling 48:33.916 --> 48:36.082 increases . I don't have anything more 48:36.082 --> 48:38.027 to share on that . But I would say 48:38.027 --> 48:40.138 we've talked about this with the debt 48:40.138 --> 48:42.304 ceiling . We believe that it should be 48:42.304 --> 48:44.471 done in regular order just like it was 48:44.471 --> 48:46.527 done just a couple of weeks ago . Uh 48:46.527 --> 48:48.693 and uh that's the way that we think we 48:48.693 --> 48:50.916 should move forward . But clearly we're 48:50.916 --> 48:53.027 going to work closely with members on 48:53.027 --> 48:55.193 the hill with leader leader schumer on 48:55.193 --> 48:58.560 on the next steps on this . Thank you . 48:58.570 --> 49:01.050 Thank you . I have on foreign policy . 49:01.060 --> 49:04.490 I have two related questions on us 49:04.490 --> 49:07.050 Russia relationship . First , could you 49:07.050 --> 49:09.400 give us a readout of dogs ? The CIA 49:09.400 --> 49:12.270 directed birds held in Moscow last week . 49:12.280 --> 49:14.336 He was there with the request of the 49:14.336 --> 49:18.280 president . And secondly , there was 49:18.280 --> 49:21.640 a discussion of a new contact for a 49:21.640 --> 49:23.751 meeting of whatever between President 49:23.751 --> 49:25.973 biden and President Putin . There was a 49:25.973 --> 49:28.196 public side between President biden and 49:28.196 --> 49:30.860 former Minister Lavrov in Rome . Uh 49:30.870 --> 49:34.250 Good to Presidents meet virtually or in 49:34.250 --> 49:36.306 person before the year's out . So on 49:36.306 --> 49:38.306 your second question , I don't have 49:38.306 --> 49:40.417 anything to preview on any meeting on 49:40.417 --> 49:42.560 the first one . As you stated , CIA 49:42.560 --> 49:44.550 Director William Burns at the 49:44.550 --> 49:46.772 President's request led a delegation of 49:46.772 --> 49:49.090 senior U . S . Officials to Moscow On 49:49.090 --> 49:51.423 November two and 3rd as you just stated , 49:51.423 --> 49:53.257 they met with members of Russian 49:53.257 --> 49:55.479 government to discuss a range of issues 49:55.479 --> 49:57.701 in the bilateral relationship . I don't 49:57.701 --> 49:59.868 have anything further . Good thanks so 49:59.868 --> 50:03.190 much regarding the OSHA vaccine case . 50:03.560 --> 50:05.393 You mentioned the high number of 50:05.393 --> 50:07.504 Americans who died over the course of 50:07.504 --> 50:09.560 the year . But cases are following . 50:09.560 --> 50:11.171 Many workplaces have already 50:11.171 --> 50:13.393 implemented safety measures that appear 50:13.393 --> 50:15.171 to be working . So how does the 50:15.171 --> 50:17.116 administration explain what is the 50:17.116 --> 50:19.480 grave danger at this time ? We still 50:19.480 --> 50:22.240 have 1300 people a day , approximately 50:22.240 --> 50:25.160 1300 people a day dying of COVID . That 50:25.160 --> 50:27.382 is that we should not , that should not 50:27.382 --> 50:29.493 be the number that we're looking at . 50:29.493 --> 50:32.370 Um and we believe that in order to get 50:32.380 --> 50:34.580 this pandemic behind us , we get we 50:34.580 --> 50:36.747 need to get more people vaccinated and 50:36.747 --> 50:38.858 this is a way to do that . And we see 50:38.858 --> 50:41.770 vaccination requirements work . Uh and 50:41.780 --> 50:44.040 and also it's important to keep people 50:44.050 --> 50:46.450 safe in their workplace . Uh that 50:46.450 --> 50:48.672 should be should be mission critical in 50:48.672 --> 50:50.839 making sure that that happens . Uh And 50:50.839 --> 50:52.839 so we're gonna , you know , we feel 50:52.839 --> 50:55.006 confident about the legal component of 50:55.006 --> 50:57.230 this . The Department of Labor has the 50:57.230 --> 51:00.120 authority to move forward uh and making 51:00.120 --> 51:02.398 sure that they keep the workplace safe . 51:02.398 --> 51:04.890 And so yeah , we have to make sure that 51:04.890 --> 51:07.510 we get this pandemic behind us on 51:07.520 --> 51:09.742 infrastructure . The president is going 51:09.742 --> 51:11.742 to be out promoting , You've talked 51:11.742 --> 51:13.853 about that . He's going to be getting 51:13.853 --> 51:15.687 his voice out and talking to the 51:15.687 --> 51:17.576 american people directly . I just 51:17.576 --> 51:19.576 wanted to ask , how does he balance 51:19.576 --> 51:21.630 promoting infrastructure while also 51:21.640 --> 51:24.480 kind of , you know , kind of digging in 51:24.480 --> 51:26.480 to make sure that the bigger social 51:26.480 --> 51:28.970 service climate package is conducted . 51:28.970 --> 51:31.750 I mean , how does he tour as well as 51:31.750 --> 51:34.030 you know , work the phones and meet 51:34.030 --> 51:36.860 with members here in Washington to get 51:36.870 --> 51:38.981 the up to get the bigger package done 51:39.260 --> 51:41.220 Well , the president can manage 51:41.220 --> 51:43.760 multiple things at once . Um that's not 51:43.770 --> 51:45.881 unusual from for any president or for 51:45.881 --> 51:48.250 this president and when he did travel , 51:48.260 --> 51:50.570 when he was traveling , talking about 51:50.580 --> 51:52.691 his economic policy , he talked about 51:52.691 --> 51:54.858 both . If you listen to his speeches , 51:54.858 --> 51:56.802 he laid out the advantages and the 51:56.802 --> 51:58.358 importance of the by person 51:58.358 --> 52:00.469 infrastructure bill . And he laid out 52:00.469 --> 52:02.636 the importance of the bipartisan , I'm 52:02.636 --> 52:04.802 sorry , the build back better act uh , 52:04.802 --> 52:06.913 and laid out why those two key pieces 52:06.913 --> 52:09.340 of policies are going to get America 52:09.340 --> 52:11.007 back on track , continue that 52:11.007 --> 52:12.784 investment that we saw with the 52:12.784 --> 52:14.680 american rescue plan . So this is 52:14.680 --> 52:16.902 something that he has been doing and he 52:16.902 --> 52:19.520 will just continue to do Okay , great . 52:19.600 --> 52:22.030 Just like on the messaging questions , 52:22.040 --> 52:24.040 are there specific lessons that the 52:24.040 --> 52:26.096 White House learned from selling the 52:26.096 --> 52:28.262 american rescue plan earlier this year 52:28.262 --> 52:30.373 that they'll apply or do better or do 52:30.373 --> 52:32.484 differently this time around with the 52:32.484 --> 52:32.120 infrastructure . Like it's such a great 52:32.120 --> 52:34.231 question , I don't have any specifics 52:34.231 --> 52:36.370 to pull out or to call out on things 52:36.370 --> 52:38.592 that we can improve on . We believe the 52:38.592 --> 52:40.592 american rescue plan was incredibly 52:40.592 --> 52:42.814 successful . I mean , if you just again 52:42.814 --> 52:45.150 look at the jobs numbers for last month . 52:45.160 --> 52:48.080 If you look at how much the economy is 52:48.080 --> 52:51.730 coming back . 620,000 jobs a month 52:51.730 --> 52:54.410 since the president took office , 5.6 52:54.410 --> 52:58.170 million jobs . 531,000 jobs just last 52:58.170 --> 53:00.281 month . And a lot of that was because 53:00.281 --> 53:02.920 of the american rescue plan and the 53:02.930 --> 53:05.040 decisiveness . The decision that the 53:05.040 --> 53:07.430 president took to make that happen and 53:07.430 --> 53:09.890 also getting people vaccinated . His 53:09.890 --> 53:12.168 vaccination strategy played a big role . 53:12.168 --> 53:15.210 So that's to uh , to your question over 53:15.210 --> 53:17.266 here , the the importance of getting 53:17.266 --> 53:19.488 are turning our economy back on is also 53:19.488 --> 53:21.488 to get people vaccinated . It's all 53:21.488 --> 53:23.599 correlated . It's all connected . And 53:23.599 --> 53:25.766 so that's , that's the important thing 53:25.766 --> 53:28.470 to remember vaccinations . Kansas 53:28.470 --> 53:30.359 Governor laura kelly , a democrat 53:30.359 --> 53:32.526 without a statement friday criticizing 53:32.526 --> 53:34.414 the Ocean roll saying she doesn't 53:34.414 --> 53:36.630 believe this directive is the correct 53:36.640 --> 53:38.918 for most effective solution for Kansas . 53:38.950 --> 53:40.839 You've repeatedly pushing back on 53:40.839 --> 53:43.006 Republican officials in this context . 53:43.006 --> 53:45.006 But as a statement like that from a 53:45.006 --> 53:46.950 Democratic Governor undermined the 53:46.950 --> 53:49.006 White House's message and complicate 53:49.006 --> 53:50.894 your ability to persuade it's the 53:50.894 --> 53:52.894 public that this is the best part . 53:52.894 --> 53:55.061 Well , look , I mean , the way that we 53:55.061 --> 53:57.117 see it and this is the thing that we 53:57.117 --> 53:59.006 repeat all the time . We know the 53:59.006 --> 54:01.061 vaccine requirements work . Uh , and 54:01.061 --> 54:03.228 we're going to continue to push that . 54:03.228 --> 54:05.450 I know we're going to make sure that we 54:05.450 --> 54:07.672 get as many people vaccinated . Uh , it 54:07.672 --> 54:09.783 is , it is uh , it is so important to 54:09.783 --> 54:11.950 get this pandemic behind us and to get 54:11.950 --> 54:14.061 the economy going . And so that's , I 54:14.061 --> 54:16.172 mean , that's going to continue to be 54:16.172 --> 54:18.228 our message , is to tell anyone that 54:18.228 --> 54:20.228 we're working with , whether it's a 54:20.228 --> 54:20.150 democrat or republican , that this is 54:20.150 --> 54:22.317 how we have to move forward uh to make 54:22.317 --> 54:24.428 sure that we get out of the situation 54:24.428 --> 54:26.261 that we're in to get out of this 54:26.261 --> 54:27.928 pandemic . Again , Photo of a 54:27.928 --> 54:29.890 vaccination . Yeah . Um you just 54:29.890 --> 54:32.080 mentioned a lot about stance that you 54:32.080 --> 54:34.690 guys were sighting on friday with the 54:34.700 --> 54:37.600 latest jobs report , but also just jobs 54:37.600 --> 54:39.600 in general since the President took 54:39.600 --> 54:42.130 office and the progress from the from 54:42.130 --> 54:44.260 the rescue plan . How do you square 54:44.560 --> 54:48.470 that with how voters sort of reacted 54:48.470 --> 54:50.470 and felt in the States on Tuesday ? 54:50.470 --> 54:52.248 Obviously , New Jersey Virginia 54:52.248 --> 54:55.240 elsewhere . Clearly , there's a lag at 54:55.240 --> 54:57.073 least in terms of how people are 54:57.073 --> 54:59.350 feeling about the economy . Um and 54:59.350 --> 55:02.570 about the results so far . So , I mean , 55:02.570 --> 55:04.848 it's basically what the President said , 55:04.848 --> 55:07.710 You know , which is why I think it was 55:07.710 --> 55:09.540 a huge step forward , that the 55:09.540 --> 55:13.020 bipartisan infrastructure uh plan got 55:13.020 --> 55:15.260 passed last friday . And that's in 55:15.270 --> 55:18.980 that's in to credit the members on in 55:18.980 --> 55:21.258 the House and both chambers , actually , 55:21.258 --> 55:23.440 and also the President working in 55:23.440 --> 55:26.200 partnership with them . And so , you 55:26.200 --> 55:28.422 know , we have to deliver . That's what 55:28.422 --> 55:30.644 the President said . We have to deliver 55:30.644 --> 55:32.811 and make sure that the american people 55:32.811 --> 55:34.700 see what we're doing here uh in 55:34.700 --> 55:36.644 Washington D . C so we're going to 55:36.644 --> 55:38.756 continue to do that build back better 55:38.756 --> 55:40.644 is going to get done . We're very 55:40.644 --> 55:42.700 confident about that . You heard the 55:42.700 --> 55:44.867 president say that himself on saturday 55:44.867 --> 55:46.867 and he's going to work very hard to 55:46.867 --> 55:48.978 deliver that . Um can you provide any 55:48.978 --> 55:51.860 more clarity on the upcoming 55:52.240 --> 55:54.370 virtual summit with President Xi ? Is 55:54.370 --> 55:57.160 that do you have a maybe a closer 55:57.290 --> 55:59.970 approximation of a date for that ? Yeah , 56:00.280 --> 56:01.280 actually , 56:08.130 --> 56:11.900 so as we've said , we have an agreement 56:11.910 --> 56:14.900 in principle with the PRC that 56:14.910 --> 56:17.210 President XI and President biden will 56:17.210 --> 56:19.600 have a virtual bilateral meeting before 56:19.600 --> 56:21.711 the end of the year . Uh this part of 56:21.711 --> 56:24.280 our ongoing efforts to responsibly 56:24.290 --> 56:26.310 manage the competition between our 56:26.310 --> 56:29.220 countries , not only not about seeking 56:29.230 --> 56:31.286 specific deliverables . So I want to 56:31.286 --> 56:33.520 make clear on that . Uh and working 56:33.530 --> 56:35.586 level discussions were working level 56:35.586 --> 56:37.610 discussions are underway to confirm 56:37.610 --> 56:39.777 details , but I don't have any updates 56:39.777 --> 56:41.999 for you at this time or announcement on 56:41.999 --> 56:44.110 a time on this . Whether that's going 56:44.110 --> 56:46.221 to be before thanksgiving . I don't , 56:46.221 --> 56:48.277 all we have is before the end of the 56:48.277 --> 56:50.499 year , as I just stated another foreign 56:50.499 --> 56:52.500 policy questions on covid . You 56:52.500 --> 56:54.556 mentioned that there are still , you 56:54.556 --> 56:56.778 know , an average of like 1300 people a 56:56.778 --> 56:59.830 day from at the current rate that we're 56:59.840 --> 57:01.870 going to have an idea of when the 57:01.870 --> 57:04.092 pandemic could become an undemocratic . 57:04.130 --> 57:06.463 You know , could cease to be a pandemic . 57:06.463 --> 57:08.686 And what would that , what does the end 57:08.686 --> 57:10.908 game look like at this point . I do not 57:10.908 --> 57:12.852 know . I would refer you to public 57:12.852 --> 57:14.963 health experts . The CDC I that's not 57:14.963 --> 57:17.130 something that we're zeroing in on our 57:17.130 --> 57:19.297 focus is to make sure we do everything 57:19.297 --> 57:21.297 we can to save lives and get people 57:21.297 --> 57:24.360 vaccinated are sort of wondering what 57:24.360 --> 57:26.471 does that look like and how long it's 57:26.471 --> 57:28.527 going to go on ? Obviously you can't 57:28.527 --> 57:30.749 see the future . But is there a picture 57:30.749 --> 57:33.250 of what people can expect as we try to ? 57:33.730 --> 57:36.160 I mean , honestly , Chris Our focus is 57:36.160 --> 57:38.104 to make sure we get as many people 57:38.104 --> 57:40.382 vaccinated , right ? We want to I mean , 57:40.382 --> 57:42.438 if you think about it this time last 57:42.438 --> 57:44.660 year , there were no vaccines , right ? 57:44.660 --> 57:46.882 We've come a long way in just these 1st 57:46.882 --> 57:49.049 10 months . Uh and making sure like we 57:49.049 --> 57:51.670 have 80% of Americans have at least one 57:51.670 --> 57:54.420 shot , 70 Of Americans are fully 57:54.420 --> 57:56.531 vaccinated . Now . We've opened it up 57:56.540 --> 57:59.180 for the ages 5-11 . Thank you . Thanks 57:59.180 --> 58:01.510 to the CDC and FADA . Uh and their 58:01.510 --> 58:03.621 ruling in their decision . And so our 58:03.621 --> 58:05.177 job that we see here in the 58:05.177 --> 58:07.177 administration is to make sure that 58:07.177 --> 58:09.343 these vaccines are readily available , 58:09.343 --> 58:11.566 that they're free , right ? And that we 58:11.566 --> 58:13.732 make it as easy as possible for people 58:13.732 --> 58:15.843 to get vaccinated and that we message 58:15.843 --> 58:18.760 that out . And so that's our focus to 58:18.760 --> 58:20.927 be in a different place than we were , 58:20.927 --> 58:23.149 you know , six months ago . A different 58:23.149 --> 58:25.316 place than we were a year ago . Uh and 58:25.316 --> 58:27.316 really just kind of move forward on 58:27.316 --> 58:31.040 getting people vaccinated , Good follow 58:31.040 --> 58:33.262 up on that . You talked about the first 58:33.262 --> 58:35.540 lady going out there today to Virginia , 58:35.540 --> 58:35.480 that she's gonna be doing events like 58:35.480 --> 58:37.647 this in the coming weeks ? What is the 58:37.647 --> 58:39.869 goal to have the first lady out there ? 58:39.869 --> 58:42.036 And what message is the administration 58:42.036 --> 58:44.202 hoping she can convey ? How can she be 58:44.202 --> 58:46.202 an effective messenger ? And then I 58:46.202 --> 58:48.313 asked this question a couple of weeks 58:48.313 --> 58:47.970 ago , maybe months ago , now that we're 58:47.970 --> 58:50.081 here and that the five through five , 58:50.081 --> 58:52.359 age five through 11 can get vaccinated . 58:52.359 --> 58:54.470 How is the administration shifted its 58:54.470 --> 58:56.692 approach and strategy toward convincing 58:56.692 --> 58:58.859 those parents who are hesitant because 58:58.859 --> 59:01.026 the polls are showing very significant 59:01.026 --> 59:02.914 portion of that age group . Their 59:02.914 --> 59:04.803 parents are worried and waiting a 59:04.803 --> 59:06.692 little bit . You've done this for 59:06.692 --> 59:08.748 adults who have done this routines . 59:08.748 --> 59:08.130 But now these young kids , how does 59:08.130 --> 59:11.110 that strategy change ? So , um , on 59:11.110 --> 59:13.166 your first question about Dr biden , 59:13.166 --> 59:15.000 the first lady , I mean she is a 59:15.000 --> 59:17.560 powerful voice , just as first lady and 59:17.570 --> 59:21.290 also as herself as Dr biden and you 59:21.290 --> 59:23.960 know , a mom , a grandmother , she 59:23.970 --> 59:26.137 understands what parents are feeling , 59:26.137 --> 59:28.248 right . She understands what it means 59:28.248 --> 59:30.980 to go through this process . So I , you 59:30.980 --> 59:33.220 know , I think that we think that she 59:33.220 --> 59:35.770 is incredibly incredible , great and 59:35.770 --> 59:39.020 has a a powerful messenger uh going to 59:39.020 --> 59:42.080 schools and really comforting parents 59:42.090 --> 59:44.146 if they have questions or comforting 59:44.146 --> 59:47.110 kids who are who are getting vaccinated . 59:47.110 --> 59:49.680 And so we're happy to see her out there . 59:49.680 --> 59:52.970 She'll be out there more uh and uh and 59:52.980 --> 59:54.813 uh you know , and we're going to 59:54.813 --> 59:56.758 continue to try and make sure that 59:56.758 --> 59:58.758 parents feel comfortable and people 59:58.758 --> 01:00:00.790 more kids get vaccinated and more 01:00:00.800 --> 01:00:03.740 adults get vaccinated in the process of 01:00:03.740 --> 01:00:06.710 the strategy . Yeah , Vic Dr vic Murphy 01:00:06.710 --> 01:00:08.821 talked about this , talked about what 01:00:08.821 --> 01:00:11.050 is it that they're doing um to address 01:00:11.050 --> 01:00:13.350 the hesitancy of parents . As you can 01:00:13.350 --> 01:00:15.406 imagine . We say we've said this the 01:00:15.406 --> 01:00:17.628 last couple of months is having trusted 01:00:17.628 --> 01:00:20.330 voices are key right there pediatrician , 01:00:20.510 --> 01:00:22.454 making sure you're talking to your 01:00:22.454 --> 01:00:24.566 pediatrician about this , Making sure 01:00:24.566 --> 01:00:26.732 you're talking to public experts . And 01:00:26.732 --> 01:00:28.677 so we'll continue to have those uh 01:00:28.677 --> 01:00:31.640 those conversations . Uh and I would 01:00:31.650 --> 01:00:33.872 also refer you to dr Murphy and what he 01:00:33.872 --> 01:00:35.650 has said in the past on this as 01:00:35.650 --> 01:00:41.740 well ? 01:00:42.210 --> 01:00:44.154 Use that agencies will release the 01:00:44.154 --> 01:00:46.043 vaccination rates . Mr process is 01:00:46.043 --> 01:00:48.210 completed . Will that include how many 01:00:48.210 --> 01:00:49.988 employees can ask the religious 01:00:49.988 --> 01:00:52.154 Presumptions with how many can agree . 01:00:52.154 --> 01:00:54.043 I don't have specifics on how the 01:00:54.043 --> 01:00:56.154 breakdown is going to be . Um , but I 01:00:56.154 --> 01:00:58.321 know that that's where it's gonna come 01:00:58.321 --> 01:01:00.488 from and their release the numbers . I 01:01:00.488 --> 01:01:02.543 don't know , like like the specifics 01:01:02.543 --> 01:01:04.766 now we cast another disaster . Okay , I 01:01:04.766 --> 01:01:06.488 can I can go back and get that 01:01:06.488 --> 01:01:08.940 particular question for you answered . 01:01:08.950 --> 01:01:11.172 But I know that that's where it's going 01:01:11.172 --> 01:01:13.394 to come from . Question for the central 01:01:13.394 --> 01:01:16.230 please thank you . Question . You 01:01:16.240 --> 01:01:19.410 talked about how this infrastructure 01:01:19.410 --> 01:01:21.577 plan is going to impact jobs numbers . 01:01:21.577 --> 01:01:23.743 And we've heard the jobs report in the 01:01:23.743 --> 01:01:25.632 past for the black community is a 01:01:25.632 --> 01:01:27.799 little bit different . So can you talk 01:01:27.799 --> 01:01:29.854 about which which the rate is almost 01:01:29.854 --> 01:01:32.021 double ? Uh So can you talk about with 01:01:32.021 --> 01:01:34.021 this plan , how Is there any target 01:01:34.021 --> 01:01:36.188 number or how specifically is going to 01:01:36.188 --> 01:01:38.299 impact the black community ? And also 01:01:38.299 --> 01:01:40.299 with the going back to the American 01:01:40.299 --> 01:01:42.354 rescue plan with 1.9 Children almost 01:01:42.354 --> 01:01:44.410 hitting the streets , municipalities 01:01:44.410 --> 01:01:46.632 getting ahold of this pot . How are you 01:01:46.632 --> 01:01:48.688 making sure to track that this money 01:01:48.688 --> 01:01:50.688 has been distributed equitably . So 01:01:50.688 --> 01:01:52.743 that is something that the president 01:01:52.743 --> 01:01:54.910 has been very clear about about all of 01:01:54.910 --> 01:01:57.077 his policies , even if you look at his 01:01:57.077 --> 01:01:59.299 covid strategy is to have equity at the 01:01:59.299 --> 01:02:02.990 center of this . Um If you look at uh 01:02:03.000 --> 01:02:05.278 to talk about the american rescue plan , 01:02:05.278 --> 01:02:07.310 if you look at the child tax credit 01:02:07.600 --> 01:02:10.420 about 34 when we talk about cutting 01:02:10.430 --> 01:02:12.700 child poverty for the american for the 01:02:12.700 --> 01:02:14.811 black american community , it's about 01:02:14.811 --> 01:02:17.510 34 36% . It cut child poverty . So 01:02:17.510 --> 01:02:19.843 those things are important and critical , 01:02:19.843 --> 01:02:21.843 but we're going to continue to make 01:02:21.843 --> 01:02:23.954 sure that all of the , all of this is 01:02:23.954 --> 01:02:26.121 done equitable equitably . I mean like 01:02:26.121 --> 01:02:28.232 I said , if you look at the covid the 01:02:28.232 --> 01:02:30.232 covid strategy that we had , it was 01:02:30.232 --> 01:02:32.343 done in equitable way and we're going 01:02:32.343 --> 01:02:34.677 to continue to do that with the America . 01:02:34.677 --> 01:02:34.640 We did that with the american rescue 01:02:34.640 --> 01:02:36.696 plan . And we'll continue to do that 01:02:36.696 --> 01:02:38.807 with both of his economic policies uh 01:02:38.807 --> 01:02:40.918 bipartisan infrastructure clearly has 01:02:40.918 --> 01:02:42.973 been passed and we'll make sure once 01:02:42.973 --> 01:02:45.140 the build back better act is passed so 01:02:45.140 --> 01:02:44.980 that we see that that equity at the 01:02:44.980 --> 01:02:46.880 center of everything that we do 01:02:46.900 --> 01:02:49.320 concerning the jobs numbers . Yeah . So 01:02:49.320 --> 01:02:51.042 you're talking about the black 01:02:51.042 --> 01:02:53.153 unemployment rate . Yeah . So we know 01:02:53.153 --> 01:02:56.250 there's a lot of vitality when When it 01:02:56.250 --> 01:02:58.361 comes to individual groups because of 01:02:58.361 --> 01:03:00.472 small sample sizes . So it's critical 01:03:00.472 --> 01:03:02.490 to look at broader trans instead of 01:03:02.490 --> 01:03:05.070 individual data points . So when you do 01:03:05.070 --> 01:03:07.237 that , you'll see that we've made real 01:03:07.237 --> 01:03:09.348 progress across the board , including 01:03:09.348 --> 01:03:11.680 the African Americans going from with 01:03:11.680 --> 01:03:14.230 African Americans going from 9.2 01:03:14.300 --> 01:03:17.220 9.2% unemployment when the president 01:03:17.220 --> 01:03:20.000 took office 2 7.9% . Like we know 01:03:20.000 --> 01:03:21.833 that's still really too high and 01:03:21.833 --> 01:03:24.056 there's still a lot of work to do , but 01:03:24.056 --> 01:03:26.056 there has been a difference that we 01:03:26.056 --> 01:03:28.056 wanted to point out , so we need to 01:03:28.056 --> 01:03:30.167 continue to build on the strong labor 01:03:30.167 --> 01:03:32.167 market . We have to ensure that the 01:03:32.167 --> 01:03:34.389 growth we're seeing is broadly shared , 01:03:34.389 --> 01:03:36.611 which is so important and we we need to 01:03:36.611 --> 01:03:38.611 deliver on the President's economic 01:03:38.611 --> 01:03:40.389 agenda , which is going to make 01:03:40.389 --> 01:03:42.556 critical investments in pre k the care 01:03:42.556 --> 01:03:44.650 economy , education housing , which 01:03:44.650 --> 01:03:46.800 ebony . I know you ask about a lot on 01:03:46.800 --> 01:03:48.940 housing and other areas that are key 01:03:48.940 --> 01:03:52.070 for creating jobs better jobs , black 01:03:52.080 --> 01:03:54.440 workers and workers from every race and 01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:56.662 background . So equity at the center of 01:03:56.662 --> 01:03:58.890 everything that he does , every policy 01:03:58.900 --> 01:04:00.900 remains to be remains to be the key 01:04:00.900 --> 01:04:03.220 here . Hang on Wednesday , when he's in 01:04:03.220 --> 01:04:05.331 Baltimore , I don't have I don't have 01:04:05.331 --> 01:04:07.553 anything to preview for you . Hopefully 01:04:07.553 --> 01:04:09.387 we'll have something tomorrow to 01:04:09.387 --> 01:04:09.280 preview for the next day . But I don't 01:04:09.280 --> 01:04:11.447 have anything here for you right now . 01:04:11.830 --> 01:04:15.520 Okay , so Corinne , the President said 01:04:16.190 --> 01:04:19.720 in Baltimore that he could not move 01:04:19.730 --> 01:04:21.786 when voting rights at that moment as 01:04:21.786 --> 01:04:24.008 they were dealing with infrastructure . 01:04:24.008 --> 01:04:26.008 Now , the heavy lift on the hill is 01:04:26.008 --> 01:04:28.174 done with infrastructure . What's next 01:04:28.174 --> 01:04:30.174 as it comes to voting rights in his 01:04:30.174 --> 01:04:32.008 push to lean in to deal with the 01:04:32.008 --> 01:04:34.174 filibuster ? Yeah . So , as you know , 01:04:34.174 --> 01:04:36.286 in March , uh , the President said he 01:04:36.286 --> 01:04:38.452 had an open mind about dealing this is 01:04:38.452 --> 01:04:40.508 quote about dealing with the certain 01:04:40.508 --> 01:04:42.619 things that are just elemental to the 01:04:42.619 --> 01:04:44.841 functioning of our democracy , like the 01:04:44.841 --> 01:04:47.063 right to vote . Like the basic right to 01:04:47.063 --> 01:04:49.230 vote . We've amended the filibuster in 01:04:49.230 --> 01:04:51.452 the past . So he's open to it . I don't 01:04:51.452 --> 01:04:50.910 think someone just asked me that 01:04:50.910 --> 01:04:53.140 question . I don't have anything new on 01:04:53.140 --> 01:04:55.470 that particular piece . But look , the 01:04:55.470 --> 01:04:58.250 President is committed to making sure , 01:04:58.260 --> 01:05:01.000 uh , that the fundamental right to vote 01:05:01.010 --> 01:05:03.820 is , you know , still exists , right 01:05:03.820 --> 01:05:06.042 and and it's going to continue to fight 01:05:06.042 --> 01:05:08.209 for this . And he's done things within 01:05:08.209 --> 01:05:10.890 the administration to make sure that 01:05:10.890 --> 01:05:13.001 we're dealing it and doing everything 01:05:13.001 --> 01:05:15.340 that he can from the power of of the of 01:05:15.340 --> 01:05:17.396 the White House ? So the President's 01:05:17.396 --> 01:05:19.396 historic executive order in March , 01:05:19.396 --> 01:05:21.284 which agencies have now submitted 01:05:21.284 --> 01:05:23.451 action plans for working to double the 01:05:23.451 --> 01:05:25.340 voting rights staff and the civil 01:05:25.340 --> 01:05:27.570 rights division at doj and appointing 01:05:27.580 --> 01:05:29.570 uh the the vice president at her 01:05:29.570 --> 01:05:31.792 request to lead the administration wide 01:05:31.792 --> 01:05:33.681 effort using the bully pulpit and 01:05:33.681 --> 01:05:35.737 convening power of the White House . 01:05:35.737 --> 01:05:37.848 Look , you know , we are frustrated , 01:05:37.848 --> 01:05:40.014 just like everybody else is frustrated 01:05:40.014 --> 01:05:41.959 on this . Uh and so we're going to 01:05:41.959 --> 01:05:43.959 continue . The President's going to 01:05:43.959 --> 01:05:45.681 continue to voice , voice , is 01:05:45.681 --> 01:05:47.903 concerned and continue to fight to make 01:05:47.903 --> 01:05:50.126 sure that that we we really address the 01:05:50.126 --> 01:05:52.126 issue of voting rights , especially 01:05:52.126 --> 01:05:54.181 with all these pieces of legislation 01:05:54.181 --> 01:05:53.910 that we're seeing across the country . 01:05:54.790 --> 01:05:57.012 The president believes that he's racing 01:05:57.012 --> 01:05:59.123 against the clock in dealing with the 01:05:59.123 --> 01:06:01.290 filibuster and voting rights . I think 01:06:01.290 --> 01:06:03.457 he sees this as a very important issue 01:06:03.457 --> 01:06:05.950 that needs to be addressed . Um and so 01:06:05.950 --> 01:06:08.117 he's going to continue to do that . He 01:06:08.117 --> 01:06:10.290 did that when he was in pennsylvania , 01:06:10.290 --> 01:06:12.457 he talked about it , he does that when 01:06:12.457 --> 01:06:14.179 he's having conversations with 01:06:14.179 --> 01:06:16.290 congressional members , when he's had 01:06:16.290 --> 01:06:18.457 conversation with civil rights leaders 01:06:18.457 --> 01:06:20.623 about how to move forward , uh and how 01:06:20.623 --> 01:06:20.490 to make sure that we're protecting the 01:06:20.490 --> 01:06:22.657 rights to vote . And so he'll continue 01:06:22.657 --> 01:06:24.657 to continue to make that a priority 01:06:24.657 --> 01:06:26.823 because this is such a weighty issue . 01:06:26.823 --> 01:06:28.768 Did the President is the president 01:06:28.768 --> 01:06:30.879 aware the MLK three was arrested last 01:06:30.879 --> 01:06:32.990 week ? Is he aware that joe Madison , 01:06:32.990 --> 01:06:35.470 um former board member of the NaACP is 01:06:35.470 --> 01:06:38.570 now on a hunger strike over voting 01:06:38.570 --> 01:06:40.737 rights ? I haven't spoken to him about 01:06:40.737 --> 01:06:42.903 that . I'm happy to ask uh ask him and 01:06:42.903 --> 01:06:44.959 and and see what he knows , but I do 01:06:44.959 --> 01:06:47.610 want to make clear um he uh he's 01:06:47.610 --> 01:06:49.760 committed to this issue . This is a 01:06:49.770 --> 01:06:51.826 very important issue . The president 01:06:51.830 --> 01:06:54.820 has been fighting his entire life on 01:06:54.820 --> 01:06:57.440 voting rights . Uh and so this is he 01:06:57.440 --> 01:06:59.590 did this during his Senate years and 01:06:59.590 --> 01:07:01.757 he'll continue doing it as president . 01:07:01.757 --> 01:07:04.500 Thanks . Thank you . 01:07:05.280 --> 01:07:07.224 No problem . Thanks guys . See you 01:07:07.224 --> 01:07:09.900 tomorrow . Thanks , peter . 01:07:10.880 --> 01:07:14.690 Get yeah . All right 01:07:17.630 --> 01:07:21.370 tomorrow , guys , tomorrow . Tomorrow 01:07:21.380 --> 01:07:22.790 I'll hit the back tomorrow .