karine jean-pierre: all right. >> thank you. i guess more broadly the audience for the address today, was it like you said, just for the american people to know sort of what you were and kind of how to judge the next four years? or is this kind of a call to action for members of congress for democrats to think before they go along with some of these policies legislatively? jared bernstein: i mean, i think that in some ways sure, the latter of what you said in the sense that the president was very clearly outlining two very alternative economic playbooks. and he was very critical of the former, the trickle down model and you know, very much underscoring the progress that we've made with the invest in america, invest in workers, invest in unions, invest in tax fairness, invest in domestic industries in this country. that's the agenda that he obviously argued today is far superior to growing the economy in a lasting way to trickle down tax cuts for rich people, which , as i said earlier, simply worsen the fiscal outlook and enrich

>> secretary jean-pierre: look, the president values our strong partnership -- >> sandra: karine jean-pierreden's about face for pardon for hunter biden. she was at the podium saying he would not do that but of course he now has. she defended by the circumstances have changed, john peer to perfect is when you think about how the president got to this decision, circumstances have changed. >> john: there is a word president biden likes to use a lot, malarkey. and you can apply that from what we heard from the podium today. andy mccarthy had this pegged a few months ago and the writing was on the wall. do want to know what is malarkey, karine jean-pierre said people don't get prosecuted for this. 2016 when the years hunter biden evaded taxes for and pled guilty, there were 584 tax fraud convictions. in terms of not getting prosecuted for lying under federal firearms application form, 1473 this tobacco and firearms january 10, 20 23, federal prosecutors progressively pursuing those who lie in connection with firearm transactions and u.s. attorney robert jay trust are keeping guns out of the hand

karine jean-pierre repeatedly denying the present would pardon his son, and that obviously changed. what exactly was to that? martha is here, anchor and executive editor of "the story." karine jean-pierre was asked about this and double down on, this is a decision the president has made and they are sticking to it. you can make the case that she sort of made the situation worse in that gaggle. >> a look at those responses from her and i think she should be very angry today. she should go in there and say to president biden and the rest of the leadership, you sent me out there and you made me lie, and that's wrong. she could have been more equivocating and she could've said let's let the system play out and see what happens, he is supposed to be sentenced. just be honest that they were still in the midst of figuring this out. i think that nobody is surprised the president had decided to pardon his son. he's about to be sentenced on the 12th and the 16th of this month. one of the things we are going to talk about, this afternoon on "the story," he posted after he saw it president bide

incoming speech in administration's plan for massive deportations. >> white house press secretary karine jean-pierre roofing now talking about possible shutdown. but of course, blaming republicans and a speaker at mike johnson saying, it is his mess to fix peerless end. >> secretary jean-pierre: and the president -- let me just take a step back. this is not the first time we have been here. the president has had this approach before. he understand how congress works. he's been around for some time. he understand what strategy works here to get this done. this is not the first time i'm being asked this question about the president and his outreach. i just mentioned he made two calls. he was in touch with their leader, the democratic leaders on both the house and the senate when schumer and jeffries. his team is continuing to have that conversation. this is the mess that was created by speaker johnson. he needs to fix this. that is what the american people need to be very clear about. there was a bipartisan agreement. he is not holding up his side of the bargain. >> why aren't we hearing that directly

white house treasury secretary karine jean-pierre said drones flying over new jersey were not foreign. that by itself is caused everyone to think they must be foreign. and fairness to karine jean-pierre she is being backed up by defense department, saying, they are not coming from a foreign entity or adversaries. president biden made aware of this situation. which is very reassuring, right? new jersey congressman jeff van drew said the drones are coming from iran but pentagon denied that. now remember, this is same pentagon that claimed that chinese spy balloons last year did not pose a significant intelligence threat. and strongly advice president biden from shooting them down. if you recall, the pentagon kept repeating this fiction as that chinese spy balloon through over montana and the dakotas including our nuclear missile sites and kept flying until the pentagon shot it down just off of the coast of south carolina. therefore their denials about harmlessness of latest new jersey drone episode are not really very reassuring. so, we await further news. in the meantime, as much as th

[laughter] >> karine jean-pierre will be great on "the view" working that rotation or handing out ons, he is still present even though the americans barely see or hear from the guy anymore. if he didn't pardon his criminal son some would say how horrible of a father is for not doing that while she might walking out of the oval office what many can call the worst presidency of anyone's lifetime. on the other hand if joe did not pardon hunter biden and it's hard to have the name joe these days, president trump would have in the name of unity or chest cold democrats and many allies n the media and completely losing their minds for doing so. but either way and new york post to fox news are vindicated here because we were told from 51 former intelligence offers 2020 right before the elections that hunter biden's laptop was a product of russian disinformation. and every media outlet outside of this month echoed that sentiment as if gospel or absolute fact. twitter run by elon musk, i'm sorry not run by elon mask that jack dorsey and facebook and duplicitous phony mark zuckerberg running it

he wrestled with it now. >> karine jean-pierre did go on to say that she did not. that the president did not believe that his political opponents would let up on their attacks on hunter biden. had he not pardoned him. but while she did backtrack on that comment, it lines up with some reporting from our colleague kayla tausche last night, where she had said that sources close to biden's orbit had started to get the sense that the that president biden would be more likely to pardon his son hunter. after trump won the election. but certainly right now, there are so many questions for president biden as he has really made a stunning reversal after months of saying he would not pardon his son, he went ahead and made that move. and this all lines up with the fact that the president had spent years on the political stage arguing that he would work to maintain the independence of the judicial system. ultimately, the president moving forward, stepping in to give this pardon to his son arlette, thank you so much for that reporting. >> i'm joined now here at the table with so

however, just today, karine jean-pierre said that was a recent development.ch. >> he said he came to this decision this weekend, and he said he wrestled with this. because he believes in the justice system, but he also believes that there were politics infecting the process that led to a miscarriage of justice. >> the justice system is broken? >> he believes in the justice department. >> you just s said it infected with politics. >> i just that i will not interfere. >> how many selective prosecutions are there at the doj? >> what i can speak to is this particular case. >> dana: i'm not going to subject you to this everything, unless we needed, about how karine jean-pierre said a million times from the podium that he would not do the pardon. but that's what happened. we'll take it on the table. judge, let's start with you. the one thing about this pardon is how sweeping it is. like anything he did in that time frame. >> judge jeanine: did you notice that? and some of those years, it encompasses the years that david weiss, is the so-called special counsel, i th

overall, letter grade, what did you think of karine jean-pierre? s i would give her that at this point. she never answered any questions with transparency. profoundly dishonest when it came to the president's cognitive abilities. overall, under donald trump, you will see a press that will be far more accessible because we saw the president-elect, donald trump, last week take questions for more than an hour at mar-a-lago. he didn't have to call on a hand picked reporters that are handed to him with a list that he has to stick by. overall, trump and his final year in office, 35 solo press conferences. joe biden's final year in office, carley, he has held zero solo press conferencessage. >> the theme of the trump many e administration. a secretary who had no business being a press secretary in karine jean-pierre. >> carley: at lot of changes to come come january. joe, thank you for joining us. merry christmas to you and your family. have a wonderful day. >> ho ho ho. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ joy t

. >> it has press secretary karine jean-pierre spoke to reporters aboard air force one. she maintains that hunter was targeted because his last name is biden. echoing a lot of what president biden said last night, enhancing the pardon in a statement that a reasonable person would conclude that hunter was singled out. the jury convicted hunter on federal gun charges and he pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. yet for years the white house insisted the president would not do what he just did. >> from a presidential perspective, is there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son? >> no. >> house oversight committee chairman james comer spent years investigating the biden family. he writes "joe biden has led from start to finish about his family's corrupt influence-peddling activities. president biden and his family continues to do everything they can to avoid accountability." democrats say trump's picks in top justice roles say dumb actually is planning on targeting hunter. the white house says even as hunters trials are finished it doesn't seem th

but what kennedy said about karine jean-pierre i don't know how they are able to look themselves in therine jean-pierre actually said that i have trouble keeping up with him. this tells me she needs to get to urgent care right now. you can't keep up with joe biden? or you in an iron lung? to have lou gehrig's disease? what is wrong with you? so the fact that they said it was this shocking thing like guys, we talked about it, we made fun of it, we brought it up and they said it was a cheap fake and a lie and all of this stuff. it really shows that i won't say i have sympathy for joe biden but i do not know if he is the one to blame because he is clearly incapacitated. he always was a old coot but these people supposedly had their faculties and they like to our faces and we are not going to believe them below. >> tom: up next is te i finally ded? sore throat got your tongue? mucinex instasoothe sore throat medicated drops, uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. that's my babyyy! try our new sugar-free cough drops. instasoooooothe! total beets, america's best selling be

we have seen different adoratioe from karine jean-pierre from the white house briefing room the same way. i think that internally a lot of peoplethe thought by the end oo this term, he was probably going to do it anyway. just so in that sense, it is not a surprise. at two year point the timing ofh it is goine'g to be a lot of reaction on capitol hill. you are already seeing congressman comer say it is apr lie that president bidenes saide would not pardon him and expect a focus on republicans to be ong etthis as they get ready for thr own battles with nominations thatiden president-elect trump s put forward. >> bres t as we are watching the nominations in the senate, does this amp up the oepartisanship or temper it dowr does it have no impact whatsoever on what is alreadyin going to be contentious hearings coming up? >> no, i think it will amp it r up. republicans will use this as a mole against democrats who are going after various nominees. they will be a lot of pointing back to president biden has said he would not do this and here he is. they will be a lot of talk about lawfare in

reporters just grilled white house press secretary karine jean-pierre in an off-camera gaggle on air force one about the president's decision to pardon his son. hunter was scheduled to be sentenced this month. it was december 12th, on federal gun and tax charges, and the sweeping part in space and a possible prison sentence. a complete reversal by the president of united states. >> does the president have any intention of pardoning him. >> even asked that question multiple times. the answer stands which is no. the president has been clear would need for ask this que question. >> is there any possibility the president will end up pardoning his son? >> no. i just said no. >> it is still no. >> will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? >> yes. >> have you ruled out a pardon for yo mack. >> yes. i said i would abide by the jury decision. i will do that and i will not pardon him. >> kayleigh: they were categorical, they were emphatic, and now karine jean-pierre is denying the statements were l lies. >> i wanted to ask you, can those statements now be seen as

>> karine jean-pierre said yesterday we should expect more pardons and clemency before the end of the president's term. we don't know who might be pardoned. >> how much did the incoming administration influence the president's decision? >> karine jean-pierre was asked about that and did say that the president believed they would continue to go after his son. now, there is an outstanding question exactly was that the trigger for this? as we understand according to sources familiar with the discussion the president had been considering this pardon much earlier back in the summer, when hunter biden was convicted. so there's still a lot of questions about how much the incoming trump administration weighed on the president but the white house continues to insist that he took all of this under consideration and that he made his final decision this weekend. jose. >> gabe gutierrez at the white house. anna, senator tuberville said if it was his son he would pardon him too, but how damaging is it that the president and everyone insisted for months there would be no pardon, not even a commutati

but what kenney said about karine jean-pierre, i don't know how they are able to look at themselves in the mirror because karine jean-pierre actually said, i have trouble keeping up with him, which tells me she needs to get to urgent care right now. okay? because you get tested, you can't keep up with joe biden. are you in an iron lung? do you have lou gehrig's disease? like, what is wrong with you? so the fact that the, they said, you know, that it was this shocking thing. and like i said, we talked about it, we made fun of it. we brought it up and they and they said it was a cheap fake and it was a lie and all this stuff. so it really shows that i don't want to say i have sympathy for joe biden, but i don't know if he's the one to blame because he's clearly incapacitated. he always was a crabby old coot, but the rest of these people supposedly had their faculties and they lied to our faces, and we're not going to believe them anymore. >> that's right. it's over. up next is di. finally did. >> sore throat got your tongue? >> mucinex institute sore throat medicated drops uniquely formu

if i can address karine jean-pierre, i had about 45 problems with her briefing.e also missed cited a poll. she said the circumstances changed about the hunter biden pardon. they did not. they set up to the plea deal that they would never pardon him. the only circumstance that changed was joe biden and kamala harris losing and not becoming president, not having democrats continue in that role. then she says he decided this weekend. except we have nbc reporting that they discussed the pardon as far back as june and said publicly they would not do it despite having internal turmoil. she should be livid at the president for putting her in the situation, as should the press. but instead like delicate little wallflowers, they allowed her to mislead them. where was the gym acosta, the kayden collins, the ferocious core of the press corps. >> it was never a question that he was getting a pardon from his dad. never. >> no. if kamala had won, she would pardon him. that was the deal. >> the circumstance has changed. >> that was the circumstance that had changed. she lost. i

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outgoing white house press secretary karine jean-pierre held her first briefing since her boss pardonedon after he repeatedly insisted that would not happen. we also heard confirmation today that president biden is indeed considering other pardons preemptive pardons, senior white house correspondent period doocy was at that briefing today and joins you now from the white house. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, issue sexual harassment the about-face on pardoning hunter biden is pretty simple. it's happening because donald trump won. >> packed room. i wonder why. >> peter: because there are no new questions who is being pardoned next? prominent trump critics who have committed no crime to protect them from prosecution. >> so, look, i'm not going to, get ahead of the president but what i can say is that the president is reviewing other pardons and commutations. >> that review is apparently being done inhouse. >> we have had no communication with the white house as it relates to potential pardons with respect to any sitting members of congress or former members of congress offic

little revenge. >> i don't think he cares either but it was always going to pardon amp and karine jean-pierreng press conference for a couple of days. i wanted to hear her say that president has always loved hunter. his problem is not a problem, baloney! >> steve: daniel penny at the closing argument today about an hour and a half but what does it look like to you? obviously, the defense is saying self-defense and that is why he wrestled back guy to the ground and that i had drugs in his system and all sorts of stuff. >> this comes down to do things was danny pammy justified to use physical force because you can use deadly physical force. he didn't believe he is deadly physical force and in fact go to the police department in minutes, is in his stopped, i let go of him. there were other people joining him to hold down jordan neely. make no mistake on the larger scale, this is about whether or not you can ride the subway in new york city. we are talking about homelessness, mental illness, drugs, and all of the problems people on the jury had seen. a a pen and the court room and i am on my way

>> dana: i am not going to subjected to this other thing unless we needed about how karine jean pierre ad million times on the podium that he wile l not do a pardon, thats what happened judge let's starte with you, the one thing aboutis this pardon is how sneaky it is. everything he died from that timeti. j a scopeae that you notice that? >> judge jeanine: some of these years encompass the yearse i david weiss asd a so-called special counsel, allowed the statue of limitations to run in the highs during the years thatt hunter biden in the years soleld involving his father and his business dealings for look they have done everything they can t try to cover up what they did, they have denied, they have lied it, joe biden started out thised presidency by saying i knowno nothing about myth son's businesses, and he is ending his presidency by lying again and pardoning his son. the bottom line, they are afraid of something, the trump justice department being weapo n eyes andgs going afte dr hunt different things they did not indict him for peer and only donald trump couldn't speak to that blo

a year, would you -- will you pardon hunter biden, joe biden in that question also asked of karine jean-pierrerse, we were told the answer is, no, he would not. and now we've seen that pardon. so karine jean-pierre's now being asked whether or not they owe the american people an apology. >> he thought about it, and he weighed, he -- it was not an easy decision to come to, and he put out a comprehensive, comprehensive statement. and i would certainly, you know, offer that up to folks out there who are wondering. i would say please read the president's response to this in full. >> reporter: -- just very specific --? >> it's not only colleagues who watch this, there's also the american people. so to be fair -- >> reporter: exactly, and they were told by you in july -- >> yeah. >> -- that this would not happen, and pit did. i'm asking you, do you feel like you owe an apology to the american people? if. >> i just laid out the president's thinking. the president laid it out himself in his own words. he did. he laid out how he wrestled with this decision. he said in his statement as a president, as a

we'll see if white house press secretary karine jean-pierre will have anything to say today. she is set to gaggle on air force one tonight as the president heads to angola. >> bill: timing is convenient no doubt. madeleine, nice to see you. >> dana: andy mccarthy and kayleigh mcenany join us. andy, you've written a piece. you mention two things i want to bring up. as a matter of law like the crimes never happened and you have specific information that i don't think people have heard yet. i want our audience to understand why the date of him pardoning his son on december 1st mattered. >> well, i think, dana, the sentenceings were scheduled for the delaware case i think next thursday, the 12th and the following monday he was going to be sentenced on the california charges. so in the federal law, in the criminal law this is a state thing as well, you are not a convicted felon formly until the court enters the judgment of conviction on the record. we talked about this some in connection with what has gone on with president trump's cases -- his case in manhattan. the same situatio

karine jean-pierre said it repeatedly to the american public.were completely -- they were not straight with the american public and people will remember that. >> harris: i don't think biden cares what those people are saying. president biden with one last defender for today. whoopi goldberg. >> i take it he was lying about it. i wanted to ask him when he came on the view. he said so many times he wasn't going to pardon him. that to me is lying to the public. i understand why he would do it. i want to understand why lie about it for so long? >> i would stop calling it a lie. this is very different than any other situation. >> harris: biden said that russian disinformation was real, laptop. all of it was lies. how could you not know he would get to this point? argues the legacy media enabled biden's hunter pardon. their job is to lie for the biden administration and stay silent with joe biden -- flank -- joe biden is as free as hunter to deliver his final insult to the american people. end of quote. clay travis, your top line thoughts. >> joe bide

incoming press secretary reacted to this about-face. >> you tell the truth and i think that karine jean-pierre was lied to or to the american people, a dereliction of duty. >> and molly, now we wait to see if any of the preemptive pardons were coming. molly: it would be fascinating and historical, lucas tomlinson. thanks for covering. griff. gr griff:. >> i'm excited because tom homan is a brother border patrol agents and served in this uniform and i'm excited to see anybody in our green family make good and excited to see what they do. i can tell you deportation represent a consequence, a consequence not following our laws coming into our country the right way. >> the fiscal year just ended and there's been a lot in terms of enforcement, not just gang members, but also narcotics and other dangerous migrant criminals. tell me about the enforcement of the last year. >> almost 520 known gang members, 27 of those are from the notorious tren de aragua gang and the spices, you name it. and 106 on the terror data screening set. and you can imagine going into a movie theater or a restaurant and every

at the white house press briefing yesterday karine jean- pierre acknowledged the president struggled with his ultimate decision after months of publicly denying he would not grant clemency's to his son. >> this weekend he thought about it. he wrestled with it, he wrestled with it, and made this decision. that's what i can tell the american people. >> karine jean-pierre confirmed the key factor in biden's decision, the council of south carolina congressman james clyburn. according to the white house clyburn not only encouraged the president to pardon hunter but also help the president overcome his reluctance to do so. joining me now is congressman james clyburn of south carolina. congressman clyburn welcome back to the saturday show. why did you feel it was important for you to encourage the president to make the decision he did, to pardon his son, hunter? >> weak you very much for having me. it is a season for us to think about these sort of things. i was with the president two fridays ago, and i said to him we were-- season of thankfulness and forgiveness that we are in a period of

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i drought that karine jean-pierre or as nashville calls her, cringe jean-pierre, i don't think she hade this was about to go down, and it was really an unfortunate way for him to end his presidency, by a lie. jason: yeah. i mean, we're just turning the corner into the new year. he still has 20 more days and who knows? i mean, he's already kind of setting records with the number of pardons, gregg jarrett. i mean, and some of the people on those lists, i mean, these are some incredible -- i mean, i don't see any justification for the people that have gotten those pardons. >> no, not all of them are remotely justified. but i love the clips you just played because the litany of biden lies are truly breathtaking, jason. not just lying over and over about not pardoning his son, but biden lied habitually about his family's influence-peddling racket, his own involvement in it claiming he never talked with his son about his business dealings, never met or spoke with his overseas partner partners, that hunter never made money in china, that the laptop was russian disinformation. those are proven

today, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre defended president biden's decision, while speakingporters. >> you can believe in the department of justice system, and you can also believe that the process was infected politically, and that's what the president says. geoff: it all comes less than 2 months before president biden's term ends, and president-elect donald trump's begins. on social media, mr. trump slammed the move, calling it "an abuse and miscarriage of justice." the pardon cannot be rescinded, once he takes office. trump has repeatedly said he'd use his second term to investigate, and prosecute, the bidens. congressman james comer, one of several republicans leading the congressional investigations into biden's family, wrote on x -- "the charges hunter faced were just the tip of the iceberg president biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability." even some democrats joined the chorus of criticism. colorado governor jared polis expressed his disappointment in the president for putting his "family ahead of the country," and he called th

the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre said as recently as last month he bunt commute hisentence or pardon him. he did anyway he said his charges were meant to break him politically. the president saying in part here's the truth i believe in the justice system as i wrestled with this i believe raw politics has infected this process and led to a miscarriage of justice. hunter was found guilty in june on three federal gun charges. in september he pled guilty to nine federal tax charges. he was supposed to have sentencing hearings on december 12th for his gun case and december 16th for his tax case. all of those now gone. but the president's pardon doesn't just cover these offenses. it covers any crime the first son may have committed between january 2014 to key december 20. that time frame is notable. given he joined burisma in 2014 and scrutinized for his foreign business dealings. >> it also shows a degree of contempt for the american people. you know, this is a president who didn't just simply lie about not ever speaking to his son's business associates, have never being

is a fitting, sad finish as he shuffles to the exit sign. >> yeah, katie, i guess, i know, karine jean-pierreg out saying something different that he just made his mind up did fly in the face of that reporting. >> there was never any doubt that hunter biden was going to get a pardon hunter biden didn't work very hard to make the biden family and big guy rich to serve time in a federal prison. that's the question about why did joe biden do this is a lot of reasons. the number one reason is and it was confirmed by the broad timing of 2014 to 2024 that this covers that joe biden and hunter biden were business partners. that there's a lot that hunter biden knows, too much of, for him to go serve hard time. and the question now is who is next? is jim biden who also was involved in the family business with lucrative chinese business dealings where he didn't er with the foreign registration act under investigation by the department of justice for a number of issues? is he going to be next, given he also helped in partnership with joe biden with this family business, which was very lucrative for the

and karine jean-pierre yesterday while on board air force one responded to some tough questions aboutresponded. >> he wrestled with it. he made his decision this weekend. and we've laid out pretty clearly of what he was thinking, his statement lays out pretty clearly. he believes in the department of justice. but he also believes that his son was singled out politically. >> reporter: during that briefing aboard air force one, karine jean-pierre stuck to the written statement the president had put out. notably, the president on this three-day trip to africa, he has not answered any shouted questions regarding the pardon of his son. the only thing we've heard from him or the first lady was yesterday at a christmas event here at the white house. she responded to a shouted question that she, of course, supported that pardon. >> ali vitali, thanks. gabe, stand by. first, barb, i know you believe this pardon was justified. how do you respond to even allies of the president who say this is bad for the rule of law, bad for trust in the justice system and bad press deputy overall to set? >> ye

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in the past hour, the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre gave the perspective on the situation >> we are closely monitoring the situations in syria and have been in contact with the countries in the region. the embassy put out a statement last weekend. the assad regime's ongoing refusal to engage in the political process outlined in unsc are 2054 and its reliance on russia and iran created the conditions unfolding including the collapse of the assad regime alliance in northwest syria. the united states together with its partners and allies urge the escalation, protection of civilians and minority groups and a serious and credible process that can end the civil war once and for all with a settlement consisted with 2254. >> the white house press briefing coming in to the bbc a few moments ago. . the white house monitoring what is happening on the ground. let's pick up on this with caroline rose who is from the new alliance think tank. you researched defense security and illicit trade acrosthe middle east. you were previously in charge of the power vacuums program. is that what we

but according to karine jean-pierre, the fountain of truth and knowledge, her boss is just fine and looking forward to one last taxpayer funded vacation to italy before he leaves office forever. you heard it right. the first part of january, he's going to italy and we're all going to pay for it. joining us now with reaction is fox news contributor tammy bruce and former clinton adviser and democratic pollster doug schoen. thank you both for joining us. tammy. thank you. you watched this. you watched this closely. i can't imagine why and how the president can justify going to italy, and why that's in the best interest of the united states. but he's been absent. but nobody cares. put this in perspective. >> well, we'll see. that's it. when they say he's been awol over the last few days or weeks, he's been awol for four years. right? we've discussed this on various programs. certainly. sean's always discussed it. you've been on top of it. i know douglas knows that this has been the case from the beginning, and it has been disturbing that we've, you know, the country and certain legacy media ha

. >> karine jean-pierre, how many minutes of tape do we have of both of these people telling the american people this will not happen? it's it's a i mean, we could play it all morning. it's a lie and it's a lie to benefit his own family. and that's all that it is. and everybody who went on tv and said, oh, look how he's the modern george washington. he's drained every ounce of credibility from every surrogate if karine jean-pierre had an ounce of self-respect, she'd get off the plane in africa today where they're going so he can avoid the press and resign. he's drained all of her credibility. and everybody else who's defended this, it's draining draining for them forever well, karen, to be fair, we did joe biden. >> we did play that sound earlier, did flat out say on multiple occasions. and the press secretary did that. he would not pardon hunter biden. >> he he sure did. and i will tell you that he probably heard from a lot of people who said, you know what, sir go ahead and do it. you should go ahead and protect your son, because who knows what trump and trump's department of justice wi

i'm not suggesting that karine jean-pierre had any role in the actual decision making process that clearly was a family decision. but this is somebody who as recently as last month, had repeated what is now not true, that he wasn't going to do this and the fact that she is also saying, you know, this isn't something he would have done if kamala harris had won the election. i think a statement like that just can't trust it there's no reason to believe that. and by the way, regardless of the results of the election, the president was going to remain the father of his son that he wanted to protect indeed. >> thanks to all of you. appreciate it. the president elect is stirring debate of his own over his pick to lead the fbi who exactly is kash patel and who exactly is this person and what exactly are these plans to, quote, annihilate the deep state? my next guest has covered patel extensively and says patel would do anything for trump. plus, trump moments ago, warning that there will be all hell to pay if hostages held by hamas are not released before he takes office. in january. the latest fr

visit ncicap.org] >> coming up, we go live to the white house as press secretary karine jean-pierre briefs reporters, that's expected to get under way soon here on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including buckeye broadband. >> bucye broadband supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front ru seat to democracy. >> the u.s. job market rebounded in november, adding 227,000 workers to the economy after a slowdown in october caused by hurricanes and strikes. the bureau of labor statistics also reports that the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.1% to a still relatively low 4.2%. . >> we want to welcome back gwen moore, congressperson of wisconsin. let's talk about the policy pus in place in president trump's first term in office. remind viewers of changes made then and what's set to expire. ms. moore: in 2017 the tax cuts and jobs act, i was not on the ways and means committee at the time but there were very serious changes to the corporate tax rate went down from

karine jean-pierre stepping out to the podium and coming up with new excuses for why joe biden lied forr about it. >> he wrestled with these circumstances, these changing circumstances, ultimately, and the combination of that, the president changing his mind and issuing certainly led to the president changing his mind and issuing this pardon. there has been some circumstances that have changed this right. republicans not letting up, saying they won't stop. they're going to continue to do this. i mentioned the recent trump appointees of legal enforcement positions. right. that said, during the campaign, they would have they they were out for retribution and so no reason to not take them for their word. >> and look who's back. barack obama returning to the spotlight after tarnishing his legacy during the 2024 campaign, the former president sounding very bitter over what happened since total victory is impossible in a country politically split down the middle, the result is a doom loop of government gridlock. >> even greater polarization. when i mentioned to a few friends that our foundati

. ♪ announcer: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre spoke to reporters aboard air force onebout president biden bargaining has sent -- pardoning his son, hunter, and fielded questions on statements made by the president that he would not pardon him. ♪ >> so, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this fun meeting on ukraine in the future of ukraine, especially after the u.s. elections. we could not be more delighted and honored to have the former ukrainian president with us today for this discussion. thank you all for joining a spear -- thank you all for joing us. i will be presiding today's discussion, which will be on the record and debatable later. you will also have the ability to ask questions later in the conversation. you all know petro poroshenko. he was president of ukraine from 2014 through 2019. ahead of russia's full-scale renewed invasion in 2022. his political ambitions are in the past. the european solidarity and the future ukrainian presidential election -- we are very much looking forward to hearing from petro poroshenko, your assessment of the situation in ukrain

here is karine jean-pierre following the announcement. >> i think this announcement, statement from thent, this announcement we're making, nearly 1500 people getting c commutation, it is important about second chances, giving people second chances and that is what the president will focus on. i think it is a good day for many folks who deserve that second chance and who have proven to be able to take that on. >> carley: is it good day? that is up for debate. dickson city manager joins me. you were police chief at the time when rita crumwell was arrested and received 19 years and seven months. >> good morning. rita's crime shocks the conscious, over 20 years she embezzled 54 million dollars from the city of dickson. at her sentencing, the judge said it was essential to reestablish public trust and confidence. what we've seen over the last week is unbelievable and a complete betrayal by federal criminal justice system. >> carley: people are responding, including a congressman, republican, l leniency further erodes integrity of our institution. and a democrat said crumwell getting off scot

. >> more on the government funding deadline with karine jean-pierre and spoke with reporters where things stand at today's white house briefing. karine: good afternoon. the president will travel to italy and meet with the pope and the prime minister of italy, maloney. he'll speak with the pope in efforts to advance peace around the world and during his meeting with italian leaders will highlight the strength of the u.s.-italy leadership and thank prime minister maloney of the g-7 and we will provide more information in the days to come. next, earlier this week, as you saw, the u.s. development corporation announced a $1 billion financial initiative to support conservation of the ecuadorian amazon. this is a result of the president's recent trip to the amazon and a continuation of the administration's efforts to support innovative ways to address climate change through sustainable growth and development without burdening countries facing financial constraints. switching gears for a second here, today president biden announced student debt cancellation for another 55,000 public service work

. >> john: how many time he lied about it and passed it to karine jean-pierre to lie.se in the past if told to get out there and i can live without knowing it was actually a light, they would resign in protest but we are not seeing that happen. remember how the media was behind defending all of this. there was that interview 60 minutes did with with donald trump october 25th 2020 where trump is trying to talk about hunter biden in connection with joe biden and the laptop. and leslie still is pushing back literally every word he said all of which turned out to be true. watch this. >> we can't put all things. just because you open it up because it is bad for biden. >> leslie... >> you told me a long time ago i asked. you said to me, i said that because i needed to discredit you said that when you say things about me, no one will believe you. >> i don't have to discredit you. you discredited yourself. lastly, you discredited yourself. when you say you will not cover biden you ask them what flavor of ice cream he has instead of why did hunter get $3.5 million and instead o

but the thing thatyou i thought even more about later in the day is that joe biden is doing karine jean-pierreyou're going to make aar decision like e this, moreis t sweeping of a pardon than given to richard nixon, and then you fly to africa, and then refuse s from the press saved by the trumpet, and then you send your white house press secretary tosa fend for herself when you told her to say that you were never going to do a pardon, and now she looks like a liar, and she double downs saying that it only came up this past weekend, come on.me and they're making it so much worse fo r her, for jill biden, for joe biden, and hunter. >> he made a fool out of the entire media, charlie. how has the media grappled with this flip-flop. >> it's as much fun as watching the day after the election, where the media has to straighten out what they've gotten wrong for the past year or more. and listening to democrats trying to-splain their -- explain their way ouext of this has been probably the funniest.u and they would be surprised by this, obviously he was going to do this all along and lying about its al

. >> hey, we down here, if karine jean-pierre wants to joint us in west palm beach, we'll ask her and get that. larry: we would love to have you both on a segment on the show, terrific. unbelievable, peter doocy from west palm beach, getting a very good tan. larry: "wall street journal" and main street doing the trump dance that is the subject of the riff. so, small businesses and middle american families doing the trump dance. take a look at whopping confidence numbers hot out of press. small business confidence registered largest one month game in 39 year monthly history of the survey. soaring after the election. middle class working folks are expecting their financial situation to be better off a year from now, jumped to highest reading since february of 2020, that was just before the pandemic. that according to a new york fed survey. on top of that big business starting to do the trump dance. business round table published quarterly survey. based on responses from the ceos of 1 p 56 firms, their confident index jumped to highest level in 2 1/2 years, since month expectations of sa

getting from the bents gone or white house -- pentagon or white house or homeland security or karine jean-pierre. we'll come back to it. john carney and breitbart news and coauthor of the breitbart daily die jest and thank you you're saving and yous we have traffic and technical problems and appreciate it. have you seen any angels over connecticut? >> be not afraid, larry, i believe we're protected by angels so, you know, i believe it. definitely more plausible than the fact that the pentagon don't notice the things flying overhead. pay no attention. larry: over montana. don't pay attention. people of montana, those tough cattle ranchers in montana, they want to shoot it down themselveses >> they could have. they really blew their credibility on this and telling us it's nothing to worry about. wait, we're going to shoot it down. larry: good point. today's number and wall street is ignoring and the inflation rate is ticking in the wrong direction going up slightly rather than continuing on down. >> it's been going up since june and not coming down and they're wrong. it's been described by "the wa