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at any moment president biden will hold a joint press conference with the uk prime minister sunak from the white house. you're looking at live pictures now from two podiums where we are anticipating the two leaders. this follows first meeting in the oval office between the two since sunak took office amid a bit of political turmoil in the uk. we will of course bring you this news conference live as it happens. first, right now donald trump and a small group of aides are gathering at his club in bedminster, new jersey. it comes as sources tell us the justice department has officially informed the former president that he is a target in the classified documents probe. this the strongest signal yet that he could soon be indicted. >> we're told that his team is bracing for the possibility that he could be indicted on multiple fronts, and that trump himself now expects to be indicted. his team is reaching out to key allies on capitol hill. they're circulating talking

points, as well, attacking special counsel jack smith. we have cnn outside the federal courthouse in miami where there's been a flurry of activity. cnn's paula reid and zach we cohen also joining -- zachary cohen also joining us, and former fbi deputy director andrew mr. speaccabe, as well. >> let's start with the doj telling trump that he is a target in this investigation. what more are you learning? >> reporter: we are waiting to see if there is some culmination of this special counsel investigation that's been going on for more than a year. we knew that there was this great amount of grand jury activity behind closed doors as investigators were pulling in all kinds of witnesses who were around donald trump, had conversations with him, were at mar-a-lago after he left the presidency. and particularly leading up to that moment where the fbi did the search of mar-a-lago and

found more than 100 classified records in rooms including donald trump's private office. and so as we watch, we are watching the federal courthouse particularly because there's been grand jury activity two days in a row here. this is not the court where this originated. we had seen so much happening in the federal court in washington, d.c., where a grand jury also heard testimony about it. but just yesterday a witness came in who was a spokesperson for donald trump, still someone in his close community of advisers, and that person is very likely to have testified about statements donald trump wanted to make after he wanted to say that he turned everything over to the national archives just a year after he left the presidency but had not at that point. and now today we are seeing prosecutors, they're milling about, they're getting snacks, they're still inside the building. the grand jury we believe is in today in that we are seeing the prosecutors around the grand

jury area. but there is no additional information other than this target letter that we are confirming exists and that was given to donald trump and his legal team, sort of thing that happens at the very end of an investigation. boris? >> i'm glad you mentioned snacks. such an important part of this process. from testimony to a grand jury in miami to testimony before another grand jury, want to turn to zach cohen. you have some significant reporting. there's apparently a former white house official who testified before the grand jury that donald trump not only knew but also followed the proper procedure for declassification when he was president. >> yeah, boris, this former career official sat for a voluntary interview earlier this year but laid out the facts for prosecutors, not just in the trump documents investigation but also in the biden documents investigation. and in the trump probe, in his interview with prosecutors there, this former official made clear that trump both knew the proper process for declassifying material while he was president and, you know, carried it out at

times the correct way when it suited him. but what's really interesting here is this is unique in the sense that this person has talked to prosecutors in both investigations and really drew a colorful distinction between the line of questioning and the focus of those two investigations. so while prosecutors were really aggressively focused on securing firsthand testimony and firsthand evidence about conversations with trump, the biden prosecutors were more interested in logistics. they were interested if more the mechanics of how documents were packed and moved to delaware. interesting and rare insight into the comparison between the investigations. >> we should note that an attorney for trump told cnn last month also that trump was aware of this process for declassification while he was in office. >> that's right. there have been various at times conflicting explanations that the former president's lawyers have given for exactly what happened here. they've argued that there was a standing declassification order. they've said he could declassify things with his mind. they've alternatively argued he had no idea that any of these

were packed in boxes. last months one of his currents attorneys told cnn this about his understanding of the process -- let's take a listen. >> he used that bureaucratic process in the middle of his presidency to declassify the cross-fire hurricane matters that are the subject of that 316-page report we saw this week. at the end of his presidency, me relied on the constitutional authority as commander in chief which is to take documents and take them to mar-a-lago while still president, as he was at the time, and to effectively declassify and personalize them. he talked declassifying them but didn't need to. if you look at the constitution, you look at the presidential records act, there is absolutely no basis for saying that bureaucracy rules and the president doesn't have the authority entrusted in him by the voters to possess and to declassify and to hold onto documents. >> so the translation there is that former president trump followed the process until the end of his administration when he followed a different process.

but what's so interesting about zach's reporting is that his expert is completely undercutting that confusing explanation saying, look, he was well aware of the process, he followed it. he should have continued to follow it. one of the reasons this is significant. clearly prosecutors are not buying really anything that the defense team is selling in court of public opinion. >> yeah, it's not just a question of whether he had the documents or not but the intent behind keeping them. for them we turn to former fbi deputy director andy mccabe. andy, i want to take a step back and talk about the historical significance of this. you have a former president receiving this letter indicating that he's a target. not just a subject but a target of this investigation. in your estimation, how likely is it that he's going to be indicted? >> i think it's very likely. i think most legal experts would say with the many signals we've received over the last few weeks, it's extraordinarily likely that he's going to be indicted. you know, go back to the battles over piercing attorney-client privilege which required the

prosecutors to go in front of a federal judge and prove at least to make a prima fascia case that the former president trump had used his attorney to commit a crime. once you've made a showing of proof like that in federal court, in front of a judge who agrees with it, it's almost impossible to imagine walking back from that cliff and saying we're not going to go forward with an indictment. >> i know we all smirked when caitlyn says snacks, but it's an important detail because you don't grab a snack if you can get a sandwich in a half hour. they're going to be there from a moment. there's been a lot of activity with the florida grand jury recently. what do you make of that? >> well, there's a lot of work to do. it's very hard to predict with any degree of confidence exactly when the indictment will happen, if it happens at all. but some of the things you would look for exactly what you're seeing in miami. there's clearly been testimony taken in different grand juries. the one here in d.c., now we have witnesses appearing in miami. wherever they are going to be asked to vote, that grand jury

has to be read or been given a chance to read the testimony that was taken in the other grand jury. after that happens, the prosecutors put on essentially an informal kind of closing argument where they summarize the case, then they read the indictment to the grand jurors before they ask them to vote on it. there's a fair amount of logistical kind of mechanics that have to happen before the decision is made. >> on the note about not only logistics but the fact that there are two grand juries now, if you're the special counsel, jack smith, and you have to weigh filing charges in one or the other, walk us through the pros and cons. >> yeah. it's very simple math. prosecutors would love to have this case in the district that has the most likely favorable jury. that is clearly here in d.c., in an issue of d.c. versus southern florida. however, they are required to bring the case where there is venue. venue means where some elements of the crime were committed. there certainly is an argument to say that you could do that

here in d.c., but there's probably a stronger argument to say that then you should be in southern florida because depends, of course, what the charge would be, but if the charge is retaining documents, that's where they were retained. if the charge is obstructing justice, if that's where the acts of obstruction took place, that, of course, would make venue in southern florida an easier argument. if they choose to go with the tougher argument, they can certainly expect to face appeals and legal challenges about that decision, and that could cause them some trouble. >> nothing about this even as you see the special counsel trying to make clear that he is treating the former president as really any sort of person in any case that would be like this, he isn't any person, he's the former president, and we saw some of the challenges that that posed when it came to the manhattan arraignment, right. what could -- what challenges could this bring if you were to see that in this special counsel case? >> well, if they were to bring charges in d.c., that's going to be more seamless because here

they're used to motors case, right, used to the secret service. there are all kinds of protocols in place. if this was to be brought down in miami and the initial appearance is in miami, there will need to be a plan to accommodate the former president, to accounts for any potential security threats, protests. there is also potentially the option of a virtual appearance. now unlike what we saw in manhattan where there were still photographers allowed in the courtroom, and there are cameras in the hall of the courtroom, so trump got his quote/unquote photo op, that's not going to happen in federal court. interesting to see how they weigh this, the federal criminal charges, no cameras in the court. if it still is appealing to come in person or if they'll potentially, if he is charged, try to do something virtually. it's extremely complicated, like you said. we are again, as we are so often with former president trump, just in a completely unprecedented situation. >> paula, zach, andy, please grab some snacks. very important to this process. stick around because we're awaiting a potential indictment of former president trump. thank you so much. and any moment now president

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we were made to help plan accordingly. ♪ all right. you're looking at the east room of the white house. it's a pretty nice day here in d.c. temperaturerise, but the air is terrible. so you're seeing this take place in the east room. we're going to hear from rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, and president biden shortly. we just got a warning that they are about to make an appearance. in the meantime, though -- and here they are about to -- they're coming, is that right? okay. they're starting to show up

there in the east room for this press conference that is coming at a critical time in the partnership between the u.s. and the uk as it pertains to ukraine. let's listen in as this gets under way in the east room. >> please be seated. i'd like to start with the permission of my british friends to just say a few words about the wildfires in canada and the quality of the air here on the east coast. this blanket over the communities in the east coast and the smoke this past few days. i just put out a more detailed statement, so for the press and for the people i see, but i spoke yesterday with prime minister trudeau. and i've decided to dictate a national interagency fire center response to canada's request for

additional firefighters and the fire suppression assets such as air tankers. we already have 600 american firefighters on the ground, been there for a while in canada, including hot shots and the smoke jumper crews. and it's very important that affected communities listen to the guidance of their state and local officials from this point forward. to keep up to date on air quality in real time, go to the app that we provided. it's called airnow.gov. check on one another. and by the way, what you'll get is something that looks like this with a calibrated piece that says when the air is clean and when the air is dangerous and hazardous. and it dictates what -- to tell you the air quality in your neighborhood. now it's my honor, my honor to welcome prime minister sunak to

the white house. rishi, you're probably tired of meeting. we met in march in san diego to discuss -- with the prime minister of australia, in april we were there for the agreement in belfast. we met and discussed again today the need to get the institution in northern ireland up and running. last month together with our g7 partners in hiroshima, we drove progress in everything from our shared support for the brave people of ukraine to the common principles of engaging with china. today in washington, we have had important and positive discussions that deepen our bilateral economic relationship, and expand our cooperation to shape the challenges and future for this -- remainder of this century. it's a testament to the depth, breadth, i would argue the intensity of our cooperation and

coordination which has existed and continues to exist between the united kingdom and the united states. there's no issue of global point of importance, none, that our nations are not leading together, and where we're not sharing our common values to make things better. and our conversations today, we continue to build on all that we've achieved over these past months. we discussed how we can continue to adapt and upgrade our partnership to ensure our countries remain at the cutting edge of a rapidly changing world. our economic partnership is an enormous strength and source of strength that anchors everything that we do together. we want to harness that power to make sure we're creating good jobs and supporting working class families in both our countries. and that growth is shared broadly and no one gets left behind. so today we're releasing a new plan to equip our economic

partnership for the 21st century. it outlines how we can enhance our cooperation to accelerate the clean energy transition that must take place and is taking place, lead the development of emerging technologies, going to shape so much of our future, and protect technologies critical to our national security. the key piece of that is working together to strengthen our critical mineral supply chains and to make them more resilient so we're not dependent on any one country to meet our goals. when it comes to technology that will shape the future like semiconductors, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, the uk and the u.s. are working together to make sure they are developing safely and responsibly and jointly. we're going to do more on joint research and development to ensure the future we're building remains fundamentally aligned with our value set in both our countries, and we're doing more

to prevent technologies that are invented and developed in our countries from being used for military or intelligence purposes by countries that do not share our values. today we're discussing our unwavering support for the people of ukraine who are defending themselves against the most brutal aggression we've seen in a long time at the hands of russia and putin. the uk and the united states together with more than 50 partners have committed historic levels of security assistance to ukraine. i want to thank the prime minister for his strong, strong leadership, contributing significant amounts of security assistance and training ukrainian troops so they can effectively use the equipment and ammunition we've collectively provided them. in bringing the world together later this month to drive support for ukraine's long-term economic recovery. you're doing a great deal. so mr. prime minister, thank you

for making the journey to washington. earlier this week we marked the 79th anniversary of d-day, and timely reminder of the proud history of our nation and the values that we have long stood together to defend. that's the unshakeable foundation of this special relationship, and it is a special relationship. there's no country closer to us than great britain. today as nato allies, partners in innovation, as friends in a shared vision of the future, and the two nations, our two nations ready to meet the challenges of our time and meet them together. and i'm confident the united kingdom and the united states will continue to lead the world toward greater peace, prosperity, and security for all. so thank you again, mr. prime minister, and the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. president. before i begin my remarks, a word if i may on what happened in france this morning. all our thoughts are with those affected by this unfathomable

attack including the british child and with their families. i've been in touch with president macron. we stand ready to offer any assistance that we can. mr. president, joe, it is an honor to be here at the white house, and thank you for your very warm welcome. not for decades has the relationship between our two nations been so important. the values we share, our belief in freedom, democracy, and the rule of law have never changed. they never will. but what has changed are the challenges that we face. and standing here together as our predecessors have done for generations, i feel confident that through the strength of our relationship we can shape the world once again in our pursuit of liberty, prosperity, and the possibilities of a new age. and that begins with our highest priority, national security. last time i was here in the u.s.

we signed orcas, the most significant defense partnership in generations because we recognize that the security of the atlantic and pacific regions are indivisible. and just a fortnight ago in hiroshima, president biden and i stood with president zelenskyy and our g7 allies in a powerful display of unity. the uk is proud of our contribution including providing tanks, long-range weapons, and training ukrainian soldiers. but let no one doubt, u.s. leadership and resources are the decisive contribution allowing the forces of democracy and freedom to prevail. as i said in congress and i say again now to president biden and to the american people, thank you. and just as we collaborate to protect our national security, so must we increasingly do the same to protect our economic security on which our prosperity

depends. countries like china and russia are willing to manipulate and exploit our openness, steal our intellectual property, use technology for authoritarian ends, or withdraw crucial resources like energy. they will not succeed. today we have agreed the atlantic declaration, a new economic partnership for a new age, of a kind that has never been agreed before. yes, a partnership that protects our citizens, but more than that, a test case for the kind of reimagined alliances president biden has spoken so eloquently about. that means new investment. this week alone, 14 billion pounds of new american investment has been committed into the uk creating thousands of jobs. it means stronger supply chains with a new action plan on clean energy. and it means reducing trade barriers in the technologies of the future with a new secure uk-u.s. data bridge helping tens

of thousands of small businesses. an agreement to work toward mutual recognition of more professional qualifications in areas like engineering, and we're launching negotiations on a new critical minerals agreement. once concluded, this will give uk companies stronger access to the u.s. market. and we're building on our extraordinary shared strengths and cutting edge future technologies in areas like quantum, semiconductors, and ai. now our job as leaders is to ensure that this technological revolution makes us more secure and not less. last week the pioneers of artificial intelligence warned us about the scale of the challenge as well as the opportunity. the u.s. and the uk are the world's foremost democratic ai powers. so today the president and i agreed to work together on ai safety including multilaterally. now the uk looks forward to hosting the first global summit

on ai safety later this year so that we can seize the extraordinary possibilities of this new technological age and do so with confidence. and we are well placed to do so. i know some people have wondered what kind of partner britain would be after we left the eu. i'd say judge us by our actions. we're committed to our values as ever, as reliable an ally as ever, as attractive and investment destination as ever. but we're changing, too. we're strengthening our relationships not just with old friends like america and europe, but with new friends in the indo-pacific, too. and we now have the freedom to regulate the new technologies that will shape our economic future like ai more quickly and flexibly. that is the future that we are creating in britain. confident, proud, and free. let me close with a personal

reflection. as joe and i mentioned, we've seen quite a lot of each other in recent months. i gather our wives have even started to take spin classes together, and we were talking earlier about our hometowns. joe is very rightly proud of scranton, and i was telling him a little about southampton in england, where i'm from. not everyone knows this, but it was in a church in southampton where in the days before he set sail for these shores that john winthrop first spoke about his dream of building a city on a hill. and that reminds us that the relationship between our two nations is unlike any other. our alliance is so strong because it is not abstract, it is rooted in our people. and it's never been about our history alone, but about our ability to grasp the future. we share the same beliefs, pursue the same purpose, and act according to the same ideals.

and that's why today as we meet the challenges of our time we can depend on each other with absolute conviction. when the united states and the united kingdom stand together, the world is a safer, better, and more prosperous place. and that's why ours is the indispensable alliance. thank you. >> thank you, mr. prime minister. all right. first question goes to james of the "financial times." unless he left. >> thank you, mr. president. i appreciate the question. with -- you spoke about your unwavering support for the people of ukraine. so much of that depends on funding from the u.s. congress. and now with the counteroffensive under way, when do you expect to return to congress and ask for new funding?

and how much do you expect you will need? and do you think that speaker mccarthy will agree to it given some skeptical comments that we heard earlier -- >> no, not sure, and yes. >> to prime minister sunak, you spoke earlier this week about the importance of finding long-term security arrangements and agreements for the defense of ukraine for many years ahead. do you think that -- have you found a common position with president biden on that issue? what's your preferred model for a long-term security agreement with respect to ukraine, and does it need to be sorted out before the summit? thank you. >> let me begin by answering your question.

first of all, the ukrainians should speak to the military operations. i won't do that from here. we've done everything we could collectively, but individually in the united states to make them ready, support that -- will continue, and an evolving situation that we're very optimistic. in talks with ukraine and the ukrainians and particularly with zelenskyy and our allies and partners on commitments to ukraine, long-term security, long-term security to deter future aggression after there war ends is the goal. and we're advancing this goal by providing the support ukraine needs now on the battlefield, and helping them strengthen their military over the long term. the fact of the matter is that i believe we will have the funding necessary to support ukraine as long as it takes, and i believe

that we're going to -- that support will be real even though you hear some voices today on capitol hill about whether or not we should continue to support ukraine and for how long we should support them. the fact of the matter is i ask people to picture what would happen if we were not supporting ukraine, do we think russia would stop in kyiv, do you think that's all that would be happening? i think not, i think the vast majority of my colleagues, even the critics, think that would not be the case, as well. there's much more to say about ukraine, but i hope that answers your direct question. >> james, thank you for the question. if i might actually touch on your first question first, and say it's -- actually entirely reasonable for the american people to hear what i say and hopefully acknowledge the thanks that we have for their support of the situation in ukraine, but

also ask if everyone is doing their bit. and that's why as i said the uk is proud to be behind the u.s., the biggest contributor to the military effort in ukraine. and i think it's right that other countries also step up and do their part. we're lucky to have america's investment in european security, but we need to share the burden alongside you which is why defense spending in the uk has been above the 2% nato benchmark. it's on an increasing trajectory, and we would encourage other countries to follow the lead that the u.s. and the uk set because our security is collective. i think the other thing for you to know about us as an ally is we also view security as indivisible between the euro atlantic region and the pacific. that's why the orcas partnership is so important, that's why we're strengthening our engage. alliances -- engagement alliances in that region so the u.s. can count on the uk as a partner and ally, sharing the burden but also working together in every sphere that it matters. and on your latter question, i

agree with what the president said. it's about deterrence. president putin will be thinking he can wait us out, that the alliance will tire, we get fatigued, and will give up. now that is not the case. and the more we can put in place support for ukraine, not just in the here and now, but support that will last for a time and for years to come, i think it sends a strong signal to him that there is no point trying to wait us out, we're not going anywhere. we will be here for as long as it takes, and hopefully that will speed up the calculation in his mind that he should withdraw his forces and stop what is an illegal and unprovoked act of aggression. >> also if you don't mind my making an addendum, i'd point out that not only do we have europe responding, i spent a lot of time in japan. the japanese have stepped up. they've stepped up in terms of their budget, stepped up in terms of their involvement, they

stepped up in terms of the support for ukraine, realizing that an event -- a glaring invasion with no pretext of anything other than conquering land occurring in the 21st century is a danger not only in europe but everywhere in the world. the next question from -- from the pbs news hour, laura? >> thank you, mr. president. >> i think you're going to steal the mic. >> yeah. laura barren lopez with the "pbs news hour." all over the country republican-led states are passing laws, passing anti-lgbtq, anti-transgender laws that restrict rights and medical care, intimidation is on the rise, this week anti-lgbtq protesters turned violent in california. and also recently i spoke to the parents of a transgender girl in

texas who told me that they're afraid and that they are considering leaving, not just their state but the country. sir, why do you think this is happening, and what do you say to parents like the ones that i spoke to, to those families who are contemplating leaving the country because they don't feel safe anymore? prime minister sunak, thank you. you mentioned that ai has been a key parts of your visit. what are the u.s. and the uk, what is the uk doing with the u.s. to protect elections and democracy from ai-generated disinformation campaigns waged at scale by foreign actors? and you also mentioned the warning letter sent by ai leaders about the potential threat to this technology if misused can pose to humanity. how is regulating artificial intelligence going to be any different than what has been done at the global scale so far to deal with climate change,

another existential threat? >> let me answer your first question. first of all, maybe quietly when we finish you can give me the number of that family, and i will call them, let them know that the president and this administration has their back, and i mean that. look, as president, i was proud to end the ban on transgender troops in our military, sign the respect for marriage act, strengthen the civil rights protections for lgbtq americans and advance lgbtq are the around the globe. but our fight is far, far from over because we have some hysterical and i would argue prejudiced people who are engaged in all that we see going on around the country. it's an appeal to fear, and it's appeal that is totally, thoroughly just one fide and ugly -- unjustified and ugly.

it's wrong for that a person can be married in the morning in the united states and fired in the afternoon by their employer because they are gay. it's wrong that the violence and hate crimes targeting lgbtq people is rising. it's wrong that extreme officials are pushing hateful bills targeting transgender children, terrifying families, and criminalizing doctors. these are our kids. these are our neighbors. it's cruel, it's callous. not somebody else's kids, they're all our kids. they're the kids -- our children are the kite strings that hold our national ambitions aloft. it matters a great deal how we treat everyone in this country. and the fact is that i'm announcing today a series of initiatives we're taking to protect the lgbt community. was going to do there at the fore of the south lawn, we're

having pride day. we're going to have to postpone it because of the climate, because of the weather and the pollution out there because of the fires. number one, we're going to strength the physical safety. dedicate resources the federal coordination of better protect pride celebrations, marches, communities centers, health care providers, and small businesses. secondly, we're addressing civil rights violations. a new coordinator to protect lgbtq students from book bans which make it harder for kids to learn and may violent the civil rights at the same time. we're also engaging in mental health and other supports. more mental health resources and funding to help families support their kids, new efforts to protect lgbtq kids in foster care, and steps to end the absolute end of lgbtq homelessness. congress has to pass -- i'm not

giving up on this, just like they told me we couldn't get the marriage act passed. congress must pass, must pass the equality act and send it to my desk. lgbtq americans, especially children, you're loved, you're heard, and this administration has your back, and i mean it. we are not relenting one single second to make sure that they're protected. >> laura, on your question, it's clear that ai can bring incredible and will bring incredible benefits to society, our economies, to all of us, and as one of your leading venture capitalists just published an essay on this which made the point eloquently yesterday. i think it's also clear, though, that it does pose very real risks that we as leaders need to be cognizant of and put in place the guardrails to mitigate against. president biden and i had a very good conversation on this just a

couple of weeks ago in japan, in one of our sessions in hiroshima. and we are aligned in wanting to discuss with other countries what those guardrails should be. here in the u.s. you've convened all the companies together recently. we've done the same in downing street, just a couple of weeks ago. and i think there are a series of measures that we can implement working cooperatively as we have been discussing that will ensure that we can enjoy the benefits of this technology whilst mitigating against their risks. and that's what our citizens would expect, and you talk about climate change, you know, we come together at cop to work multilaterally across multiple countries to bring down carbon emissions, to get funding to the countries that need it, to share research on how we can develop the green technology of the future. indeed, that's part of our conversations and agreement today, that we need to to bring that same spirits -- spirit of urgency to the opportunities

that ai poses because the pace of the technological change is faster than people have anticipated, and i think the letter that you mentioned kind of reminded us that we do need to work urgently to address this issue. i'm delighted that joe and i and others will be doing that with all great haste. i think a couple of questions on our end. could i call on the bbc? >> thank you, chris bison from bbc news. prime minister, your aim as a conservative parties at the last general election was a full free trade deal with america. isn't the simple truth of what's been announced to an acknowledgment of a failure to do that? to the president, why won't you do a full trade agreement with the uk? thank you. >> so if you look at what we've announced today, what it does is respond to the particular opportunities and challenges that we face right now and into the future. and it asks the question what do we need to do working together that can bring most benefit to our citizens as quickly as

possible. and our agreement does that. it's a first of a kind agreement that's ambitious in what it seeks to achieve. i think that -- i structured around a couple different areas. the first is economic security because the challenges we face are much more economic in nature, big subject of our discussions at the g7 recently, and the only way we're going to meet those challenges is to work together, to strengthen the resilience of our supply chains, to research the technologies of the future together. and that's what we've announced today is a partnership that will deepen our cooperation to strengthen the economic security, and that's good for all our citizens at home, and those risks have intense fide in the past couple of years. i think that's dec-- evident. it seeks to create prosperity and create jobs in both our countries. we've announced billions of pounds of investment into the uk which is going to support thousands of jobs, and the agreement that we struck today will continue to do that. it will support tens of thousands of small businesses in

the uk removing unnecessary red tape so that they can trade and do business in the u.s. far easier. and i think those types of specific targeted measures that will deliver real benefits to people as quickly as possible are the right things for us to be focused on. but i think no doubt, as joe and i were discussing earlier, the economic relationship between our two countries has never been stronger. the trade is worth hundreds of buildings of pounds, dollars a year, over a million of our citizens in each other's countries work in each other's companies. we own the largest investors in each other's countries, and that trade is growing at something like 20% last year. so the relationship is strong. it's booming, but our agreement today focuses on the particular challenges, opportunities of the moment we're in. and i think that's the right thing for us both to be focused on. >> i think we had a really good discussion today about our economic relationship, and we've launched negotiations on

critical materials and an agreement to deal with climate crisis. for example, there is no reason why great britain will not play a major role in not only critical materials but in investing in the united states of america, in all of our initiatives relating to the need for critical materials including battery technology and a whole range of things, number one. number two, cooperating on data and ai. it is a limitless capacity and possibility. but we have to do it with great care, not relative to one another but relative to the issue because when i convened the leaders in ai about -- i think there were 13 here in the united states, very architects of this ai, they're also very concerned about it getting out of hand. and we've got to make sure we're all on the same page.

and we're looking to great britain to lead that effort this fall and put together a proposal, a group of nations to deal with how do we deal with this, and not only has the potential to -- to cure cancer and many other things that are just beyond our comprehension, but it's the potential to do great damage if it's not controlled. and so we're looking for -- i'll overstate it, we're looking for watermarks on everything that has to do with produced by ai so we know from whence it comes. there's a lot we have to do. we're also addressing the national security risk posed by certain types of outbound investments. i had a discussion with xi jinping in china, why was i think transferring certain technological capabilities, and i said very simply because you're using them for weapons of mass destruction and

intelligence intervention. i said we'd work out something on that, we'd have a very different relationship. so what we're trying to do is figure out how together we can make sure that we have -- let me back up and say it this way -- i don't think ever in the history of u.n. endeavor has there been as fundamental potential technological change as is presented by artificial intelligence. it is staggering. it is staggering. you have some of these leaders in the industry talking about how they're concerned whether a machine will begin to think for itself, not need to be programmed. i mean, it's just -- i know it sounds like science fiction, but it is close to science fiction, some of the things. enormous potential. and we're looking to great britain to help lead that effort, to figure out a way through this so we're at full, total cooperation because

there's no one -- no country we have greater faith in being able to negotiate this, not negotiate with individuals, negotiate our way through this than the prime minister. and so we -- we're in lockstep. >> last question. >> thank you. last question is the "times." >> thank you, chris mind from the "times." pr prime minister, you've made clear your support of free trade. is today's agreement a recognition in light of covid, the great threat of china, russia's invasion of ukraine that the era of unfettered globalization is over? the u.s. thinks that requires a industrial policy to respond to that. why do you think that approach is wrong for the uk? and mr. president, what do you say to those abroad who say that your new washington con sense us is a fancy way of saying america first? and in light of the warm words just now about uk-u.s. defense

collaboration, particularly in ukraine, do you think it's time for the first british nato secretary general in two decades? >> last question, i'm sorry -- >> is it time for a british nato secretary general? >> maybe. that remains to be seen. we're going to have to get a consensus within nato to see that happen. they have a candidate who's a very qualified individual. but we're going to have -- we have a lot of discussion between us and nato to determine what the outcome of that will be. and with regard to the first part of your question you wanted me to respond to -- >> it box ofwas is the consensu you set out simply another way of saying america first as some overseas think it is? >> look, my economic policy is totally consistency with what i think is in the interest of our nato allies and allies around the world. one of the things that i decided

to do, and i find that the "wall street journal" and i'm sure there's someone here from the "wall street journal," and other publications, they're talking about biden-omics. i didn't realize i had biden-omics going. the bottom line is this, that the fundamental change is taking place in terms of international trade. nobody in at least -- very few people in the united states, and i suspect around the world, knew what supply chain meant or they were talking about supply chain. when we found out during the pandemic that the reason we couldn't build automobiles is because the outfit that we got our semiconductors from in southeast asia had shut down because of the pandemic, we realized that i decided that no longer would we rely on one center of support for any of the things that are needed for our economic growth. and i made it clear to all our nato allies and our partners, as

well, that although we were going to generate a, for example, an ai capacity here -- excuse me, a semiconductor capacity here in the united states attracting literally several hundred billion dollars in investment that that was available to all of our allies, all of our friends. and they're investing as we are and benefiting in a similar way. the bottom line here for me is that i think that the world is changing in a way that globalization is still real, but the measure of what we used to call in the united states trickle-down economics where if the trickle-down economics resulted in democratic and republican administrations for generations, in making sure that we found the cheapest labor in the world, sent the product -- sent the work to those -- to that neighbor or those neighbors

rather than cheapest labor and they sent back their products, i'm not doing that anymore. we're going to make sure that we, in fact, have a flip of that. we're sending capacity here in the united states, we're attracting capacity to build here in the united states, to send product overseas. not the reverse. and i know it sounds simplistic, but it's working so far. and it's not going to hurt any of our allies or friends in terms of the trade piece of this. as a matter of fact, i'm finding they're benefiting from it, as well, because they're engaging in it with us. and at home, they're doing similar things. so that's why we talked about the need to have relationships in terms of certain materials, battery technologies, the share. we rely great britain to produce a lot of that for us. so it is increasing trade, but right now it looks like it is because the united states is doing so incredibly well, it

makes it look like it's only the united states. it's not. it's a change in direction in terms. how we view generating economic growth. >> just to add to that, i'd say i'm absolutely of the view that the united states, this president, does not believe in zero-sum competition amongst allies. that's what we declared together with our g7 partners just a few weeks ago in hiroshima. this is a president and an administration that is completely attuned to the needs and concerns of its allies on these issues, and you can see that. today as the president said, we are launching negotiations between the uk and u.s. on a critical minerals agreement so that the u.s. can provide us with that interaction and cooperation we need, and the atlantic declaration that we've announced today just talks about strengthening, deepening our cooperation. it's not about looking in and being protection, it's about the exact opposite of that. and it's about strengthening

that cooperation across the full spectrum of economic, technological, and other spheres, and that's what you will see, you'll see that from the president, you'll see it from me. you'll see the uk and the u.s. working even more closely together on all the big economic issues of our time because that's what the moment demands, and that's what our citizens need us to do, and that's what the president and i plan to deliver. >> not just our citizens. look, the global south, they're going to be a billion people in africa shortly, one billion. at the g7, it was originally called "build back better world," but we're talking about there's a new ppi -- anyway, an industrial policy that we're all signed on to to provide the countries in africa and in the global south an opportunity to grow, significantly grow, which benefits the united states, benefits europe, benefits every country because the reverse

true. if we don't figure a way in which these countries can grow and participate and have to -- be able to build infrastructure, you know, the canadian -- excuse me, the chinese have a belt road initiative. the belt road initiative turns out to be a dead end confiscation program. not going far. what we're doing with our nato allies, with the g7, is providing opportunities. for example, angola should be in a position very soon to have the largest -- the largest solar facility in the world, generating significant amounts of energy. benefits us, benefits them, brings them into the 21st century in a way that they've never been before. we're talking about building, and i have my team putting together with other countries, as well, to build a railroad from the pacific ocean, the atlantic ocean all the way to

the indian ocean. never occurred before. our departments of agriculture are working with these countries. so there's a significant amount of cooperation not to hoard capacity but to expand capacity to further expand opportunity because we all benefit from it. and one thing i've learned is that we are not going to be able to deal with the global warming which is a consequential single most consequential threat to humanity if we don't do it, unless we engage more together, not fewer, not less together. and so the united states will do what it can do well and invite all of our partners to be part of it if we can. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, please remain in your seats as the

principals and official delegations depart the east room. >> there's evidence that -- you sold out -- do you have response to congressional republicans? >> where's the money? i'm joking. >> mr. president? >> that's a bunch of malarkey. >> what do you say to americans to convince them that they should trust the justice department that your predecessor donald trump repeatedly attacked it? >> because you notice i have never once, not one single time, suggested the justice department what they should do or not do relative to bringing a charge or not bringing a charge. i'm honest. >> joining us, cnn's jeff zeleny and global affairs analyst and senior managing editor of the "military times" kimberly

dozier. interesting in a moment end where he was asked a one-off question. sometimes these two and two news conferences don't always give us so many opportunities to hear the answers to too many questions. what were the takeaways for you, jeff? >> at the end he was asked about the potential indictment for the former president. and he said i have not once suggested what the department of justice should do and said i'm honest and left. this has been a pattern of him not wanting to weigh in on these ongoing investigations which are -- appear to be coming to a head here. beyond that, i think president biden expressed confidence that they would get funding for ukraine from this congress. interestingly the prime minister met yesterday with house speaker kevin mccarthy. we don't know how much of their meeting was on this conversation, but he expressed confidence in that course. >> kimberly, to you, obviously both these leaders have long promised support for ukraine in the long term, and yet both of them at home are facing political headwinds when it

comes to opposition members and even members of their own parties that may be reluctance to make that kind of commitment. >> exactly. we know biden's facing a general election, but the conservatives just got publicasted in local election this past may which means they have to call elections by 2025. they're probably going to do it next year. if the labor party comes in the uk is facing major economic issues, strikes, et cetera. it's likely that the british government will start giving less aid to ukraine, and u.s. might be doing the same thing. that's why other european allies right now are looking at this situation and going, who can we count on? and you know, kyiv is especially worried about that. >> that was the message that the prime minister was trying to send. he was saying that european partners and the u.s., that they're not going to tire, and that russia is counting on the fact that they will. he was basically saying they're going to be disappointed. >> right. he said that there is no point