children that have arrived at avoid, so we want to move the border, then that's coming quick quickly. as quickly as possible. >> just to clarify, the federal from someplace else, and we're going to have to prioritize. contracting seems like an area that it's worked well for you on that's well within our issues like promoting gay rights or contraception policy. authorities and prosecutorial is it fair to assume that attaching this to federal contractors would be the first protection. thing you would think of? my request would be a >> margaret, i'm not going to comprehensive immigration law and we already have something. announce specifics in dribs and until that happens, i have to make choices. drabs. when we've done a thorough that's what i was elected to do. evaluation and understand what our authorities are, i'll let >> margaret telling, bloomberg. you know. >> chris jansing, nbc news. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you, mr. president. along the lines of executive authority, treasury secretary russia said today that it is going to ban food and jack lew has previously said agricultural product imports. that the executive branch of that was about $1.3 billion last government doesn't have the year. authority to slow or stop at the same time defense secretary chuck hagel says that corporate inversion, the practice that you have called the massing of troops along the distasteful, unpatriotic, et border of ukraine increases the cetera. now he is reviewing options to likelihood of invasion. do so and this is an issue that are sanctions not working? a lot of businesses, probably including some of the ones who were paying a lot of attention >> well, we don't know yet to this summit, are interested whether sanctions are working. sanctions are working as in. what i want to ask you is what prompted this apparent reversal?

intended in putting enormous what actions are now under pressure and strain on the consideration? will you consider an executive order that would limit or ban russian economy. that's not my estimation. such companies from getting if you look at the markets and federal contracts? you look at estimates in terms and how soon would you like to see treasury act, given of capital flight, if you look at projections for russian congress' schedule? >> just to review why we're growth, what you're seeing is concerned here, you have that the economy has ground to a halt somewhere between $100 and accountants going to some big corporations, multi national $200 billion of capital flight has taken place. corporations that are clearly you're not seeing a lot of investors coming in new to start u.s. based and have the bulk of their operations in the united businesses inside of russia. states and these accountants are saying we found a great and it has presented the choice loophole. if you just flip your to president putin as to whether citizenship to another country, even though it's just a paper he is going to try to resolve transaction, we think we can get you out of paying a whole bunch the issues in eastern ukraine of taxes. well, it's not fair. it's not right. through diplomacy and peaceful the lost revenue to treasury means it's got to be made up means, recognizing that ukraine somewhere and that typically is is a sovereign country and that

going to be a bunch of it is up ultimately to the hard-working americans who ukrainian people to make either pay through higher taxes decisions about their own lives, themselves or through reduced or alternatively continue on the services. and in the meantime, the company course that he's on, in which is still using all the services case he's going to be hurting his economy and hurting his own and all the benefits of people over the long term. effectively being a u.s. and in that sense, we are doing corporation. they just decided that they'd go exactly what we should be doing through this paper exercise. and we're very pleased that our european allies and partners so there is lengislation workin joined us in this process as its way through congress that well as a number of countries would eliminate some of these around the world. having said all that, the issue tax loopholes entirely. and it's true what treasury is not resolved yet. secretary lew previously said, you still have fighting in eastern ukraine. civilians are still dying. that we can't solve the entire we've already seen some of the problem administratively. but what we are doing is consequences of this conflict in examining are there elements to the loss of the malaysian how existing statutes are airlines airline -- or jetliner. interpreted by rule or by regulation or tradition or and the sooner that we can get back on a track in which there

practice that can at least are serious discussions taking place to assure that all discourage some of the folks who may be trying to take advantage of this loophole. ukrainians are heard, that they and i think it's something that can work through the political wouldírñ really bother the aver process, that they're represented, that the reforms american, the idea that somebody that have already been offered by the government in kiev are renounces their citizenship but continues to entirely benefit implemented to protect russian from operating in the united speakers, to assure states of america just to avoid decentralization of power, the paying a whole bunch of taxes. sooner that we move on those and the sooner that president putin we're reviewing all of our recognizes that, you know, options, as usual, and related ukraine is an independent to the answer i gave jonathan country, you know, it's only at about executive actions, my that point where we can say that preference would always be for the problem has truly been us to go ahead and get something solved. but in the meantime sanctions done in congress. are working the way they're keep in mind it's still a small supposed to. >> the troops that are massing on the border are more highly number of companies that are resorting to this, because i think most american companies trained. they seem to have more sophisticated weaponry according are proud to be american, recognize the benefits of being to intelligence. does that make you reconsider, as a few democrats have american, and are responsible suggested, providing lethal aid actors and willing to pay their to ukraine given those troop fair share of taxes to support movements? >> well, keep in mind that the russian army is a lot bigger

all the benefits they receive from being here. than the ukrainian army. but we don't want to see this trend grow. so the issue here is not whether we don't want companies who have the ukrainian army has some up until now been playing by the additional weaponry. rules suddenly looking over their shoulder and saying what at least up until this point some of our competitors are they have been fighting a group of separatists who have engaged gaming the system and we need to do it too. in some terrible violence, but that kind of herd mentality i think is something we want to who can't match the ukrainian army. now, if you start seeing an invasion by russia, that's obviously a different set of questions. we're not there yet. what we have been doing is providing a whole host of assistance packages to the ukrainian government and to their military, and we will continue to work with them to evaluate on a day-by-day, week-by-week basis what exactly they need in order to be able to defend their country and to deal

with the separatist elements that currently are being armed by russia. but the best thing we can do for ukraine is to try to get back on a political train. david ojito. >> thank you, mr. president. you've been hosting african kings, prime ministers and presidents for the last three days, but back home in africa -- it is becoming increasingly difficult. in egypt our colleagues are -- dozens of journalists -- in kenya, they have passed very bad laws targeting the media. what can the international community do to ensure that we have a strong media in africa and more potentially to secure the release of the journalists

who are behind bars. and two, so many countries in africa are facing threats of terror and you mentioned a few measures you're going to take. but what can the international community do also to neutralize terror threats in mali, cameroon, nigeria, kenya. thank you. >> what was the last part of the question? >> could the terror threats be the reason you have kept kenya in your visits? >> oh, no, no, no, no. first of all, with respect to to journalists and the media, the last session that we had on good governance emphasized that good governance means everybody has a voice, that government is transparent and, there by, accountable. even though leaders don't always like it, the media plays a

crucial role in assuring people that they have the proper information to evaluate the policies that their leaders are pursuing. and so we have been very consistent in pushing governments not just in africa but around the world to respect the right of journalists to practice their trade as a critical part of civil society and a critical part of any democratic norm. you know, the specific issue of the al jazeera journalist in egypt, we've been clear both publicly and privately that they should be released. and, you know, we have been troubled pie some of the laws that have been passed around the world that seem to restrict the ability of journalists to pursue

stories or write stories. we've also been disturbed by efforts to control the internet. part of what happened over the last decade or two is that new media, new technology allow people to get information that previously would have never been accessible or only to a few specialists, and now people can punch something up on the internet and pull up information that's relevant to their own lives and own societies and communities. so we're going to continue to push back against these efforts. as is true on a whole range of issues. and i've said this in the past. you know, many times we will work with countries, even though they're not perfect on every issue. and we find that in some cases engaging a country that generally is a good partner but

is not performing optimally when it comes to all the various categories of human rights, you know, that we can be effective by working with them on certain areas and criticizing them and trying to elicit improvements in other areas. and even among countries that generally have strong human rights records. there are areas where there are problems. that's true of the united states, by the way. and so the good news, and we heard this in the summit, is that more and more countries are recognizing that in the absence of good governance, in the absence of accountability and transparency, that's not only going to have an effect domestically on the legitimacy

of the government, it's going to have an effect on economic development and growth. because, you know, ultimately in an information age, open societies have the capacity to innovate and educate and move faster and be part of the global marketplace more than closed societies do over the long term. i believe that. now, with respect to terrorism, i think there's uniform concern of terrorists' infiltration in many countries throughout africa. obviously there's a concern that we have globally. a lot of the initiatives that we put forward were designed to partner so that countries first and foremost can deal with these problems within their own borders or regionally.

and the united states doesn't have a desire to expand and create a bigfoot print inside of africa. what we do want to make sure we can do is partner with the african union, with individual countries to build up their capacity. one of the encouraging things in the sessions was a recognition that fighting terrorism also requires security forces that are professional, that are disciplined, that themselves are not engaging in human rights violations, that part of the lesson that we've all learned about terrific is that, you know, it is possible in reaction to terrorism to actually accelerate the disease. if the response is one that alienates populations or particular ethnic groups or particular religions, and so the work that we're doing including the security initiatives that i

announced today i think can make a big difference in that direction. it's not just a matter of us providing better equipment or better training, that's a part of it. but part of it is also making sure that these security forces and the intelligence operations are coordinated and professional and they're not alienating populations. the more we do that, the more effective we can be. the last point i'll make, on good governance, one of the best things against terrorist infiltration is a society where everybody feels they have a stake in the existing order and they feel that their grievances can be resolved through political means rather than through violence. so that's just one more reason why good governance has to be part of the recipe that we use for a strong, stable and prosperous africa. >> last question, jerome

cartillia. >> thank you, mr. president. earlier today israeli prime minister described the operation as justified and proportionate. do you agree with these two words? and israel and hamas seems to be at odds over the cease-fire. are you hopeful a true cease-fire can be achieved and what exact role can the u.s. play in the talks going on in cairo? >> i have said from the beginning that no country would tolerate rockets being launched into their cities. and as a consequence, i have consistently supported israel's right to defend itself, and that includes doing what it needs to do to prevent rockets from landing on population centers and more recently as we learned preventing tunnels from being dug under their territory that can be used to launch terrorist

attacks. i also think it is important to remember that hamas acts extraordinarily irresponsibly when it is deliberately sighting rocket launchers in population centers. you know, putting populations at risk because of that particular military strategy. now, having said all that, i've also expressed my distress at what's happened to innocent civilians, including women and children, during the course of this process and i'm very glad that we have at least temporarily achieved a cease-fire. the question now is how do we build on this temporary cessation of violence and move forward in a sustainable way. we intend to support the process that's taking place in egypt. i think the short-term goal has

to be to make sure that rocket launches do not resume, that the work that the israeli government did in closing off these tunnels has been completed, and that we are now in the process of helping to rebuild a gaza that's been really badly damaged as a consequence of this conflict. long term, there has to be a recognition that gaza cannot sustain itself permanently, closed off from the world, and incapable of providing some opportunity, jobs, economic growth for the population that lives there, particularly given how dense that population is, how young that population is. we're going to have to see a

shift in opportunity for the people of gaza. i have no sympathy for hamas. i have great sympathy for ordinary people who are struggling within gaza. and the question then becomes can we find a formula in which israel has greater assurance that gaza will not be a launching pad for further attacks, perhaps more dangerous attacks as technology develops into their country. but at the same time ordinary palestinians have some prospects for an opening of gaza so that they do not feel walled off and incapable of pursuing basic prosperity. i think there are formulas that are available but they're going to require risks on the part of political leaders. they're going to require a slow

rebuilding of trust which is obviously very difficult in the aftermath of the kind of violence that we've seen. so i don't think we get there right away. but the u.s. goal right now would be to make sure that the cease-fire holds, that gaza can be -- can begin the process of rebuilding, and that some measures are taken so that the -- the people of gaza feel some sense of hope, and the people of israel feel confident that they're not going to have a repeat of the kind of rocket launches that we've seen over the last several weeks. and secretary kerry has been in consistent contact with all the parties involved. we expect we will continue to be

trying to work as diligently as we can to move the process forward. it is also going to need to involve the palestinian leadership in the west bank. i have no sympathy for hamas. i have great sympathy for some of the work that has been done in cooperation with israel and the international community by the palestinian authority. they have shown themselves to be responsible. they have recognized israel. they are prepared to move forward to arrive at a two-state solution. i think abumasin is sincere in his desire for peace, but they have also been weakened i think during this process. the populations in the west bank

may have also lost confidence or lost a sense of hope in terms of how to move forward. we have to rebuild that as well. they are -- the delegation that's leading the palestinian negotiators and my hope is that we'll be engaging with them to try to move what has been a very tragic situation over the last several weeks into a more constructive path. all right? thank you very much, everybody. and thank you all who participated in the africa summit. it was an outstanding piece of work. i want to remind folks in case they have forgotten of the incredible young people who participated in our fellows program. we're very proud of you and looking forward to seeing all the great things that you do when you go back home. all right? thank you. >> the president speaking at the conclusion of an africa summit being held in washington. he mentioned 60 or so leaders from across the continent there discussing ways to move forward and also answering some

reporters' questions and some of the pressing news items of the day, domestically and around the world. if news was made, though, in this news conference, i think i missed it. wendell is at the white house. was there something new of substance, wendell? >> well, i think we need to look at the questions in light of an nbc/wall street journal poll. there were not a lot of questions about the summit itself, but this poll that came out today suggests americans don't buy the president's claim that the economy's engines are now revving. 60% dissatisfied with the state of the economy. 70% blame the inability of elected officials to get things done in washington. the appellapresident was asked t of some of his criticism of the george w. bush administration whether he feels -- for exceeding or boosting executive power, whether heefl feels the refusal of house republicans to work with him gives him an imperial presidency. he denies it. he said congress has the power

of the purse. he said americans expect differences between parties that the democrats and republicans should be able to at least move forward on the things they agree on. one pollster says the results of the nbc poll says americans have moved on beyond asking americans to feel our pain, they are saying you are causing our pain. with now only 36% responding to the president's handling of foreign policy, he was asked about the situation in ukraine and the russian sanctions, russia today saying it's going to ban all imports of u.s. agricultural products. he was asked whether that's working. he said we're going to have to wait. the russian economy has ground to a halt, but he'd prefer to keep things on a diplomatic past. in the middle east, the president says he has no sympathy for hamas but great sympathy for the people of gaza. he simply said that we're going to have to hope the cease-fire holds and continue to push on a way to help the people of gaza

and not hamas. >> wendell with the rap for us from the white house this evening. wendell, it's good to see you and thanks very much. that wraps us our coverage of the president's news conference this afternoon from washington. i'll see you tomorrow on our west coast noon news. noon west coast time tomorrow. shepard smith reporting on the fox news channel on satellite and cable. stay tuned to this fox channel for continuing coverage. i'm shepard smith, fox news, new york. >> this has been a fox news special report. roll in the hay ♪ ♪ we turn the lights down all the way ♪ ♪ because i don't look good naked anymore ♪ ♪ no i don't look good naked anymore ♪ ♪ i'm the deep fried double wide version of the man i was before ♪ >> this is a song called "i don't look good naked anymore" first single released by the snake willie oil band. ♪ and i don't look good naked anymore ♪ ♪ with each and every passing year ♪

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