1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000 FOLLOW THE SENATE ON C-SPAN2. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,000 THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING WHEN IT 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,000 STARTS HERE ON C-SPAN. 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 HOUSE COMING BACK WE THINK AT 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 ABOUT 4:00 EASTERN OR SO. 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,000 WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE WHITE 7 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 HOUSE TO GET UNDER WAY, PART OF 8 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,000 THIS MORNING'S "WASHINGTON 9 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:19,000 JOURNAL." 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 MS. SANDERS: GOOD AFTERNOON, AS 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 YOU-ALL SAW THE PRESIDENT 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 DELIVERED REMARKS AT THE LATINA 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,000 COALITION SUMMIT THIS AFTERNOON. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 THE PEOPLE IN ATTEND ARE PROOF 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS BACK 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 STRONGER AND BETTER. LAST YEAR HISPANIC UNEMPLOYMENT 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 REACHED THE LOWEST LEVEL IN 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,000 HISTORY. 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 IT HAS NOW REMAINED BELOW 5% FOR 20 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 THE LONGEST PERIOD EVER 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,000 RECORDED. 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,000 LATINO OWNED BUSINESSES ARE 23 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 THRIVING LIKE NEVER BEFORE 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 CONTRIBUTING NEARLY A HALF 25 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 TRILLION DOLLARS FOR ECONOMY 26 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 LAST YEAR ALONE. 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PRO-GROWTH 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 POLICIES, THIS IS ONLY THE 29 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 BEGINNING. 30 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WE HAVE 31 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 BEEN HIGHLIGHTING SENATE 32 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 DEMOCRATS HISTORIC EFFORTS TO 33 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,000 OBSTRUCT THE ABILITY OF THE 34 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 GOVERNMENT TO FUNCTION. A STUNNING 43% OF THE 35 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,000 PRESIDENT'S HIGHLY QUALIFIED 36 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000 NOMINEES ARE STILL WAITING FOR 37 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 CONFIRMATION IN THE SENATE. 38 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000 START SCHUMER'S TACTICS HAVE LED 39 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 TO 102 FEWER CONFIRMATIONS THAN 40 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 THE NEXT CLOSEST ADMINISTRATION. 41 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 AS I NOTED BEFORE, BLOCKING RICK 42 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 FROM SERVING AS AMBASSADOR TO 43 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,000 GERMANY IS PUTTING OUR NATIONAL 44 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 SECURITY IN JEOPARDY. 45 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,000 TODAY I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT'S 46 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 BEEN ALMOST 150 DAYS SINCE DR. 47 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 POBLI TEFMENT HAS BEEN NOMINATED 48 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ARMS 49 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 CONTROL. SHE WORKED TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE 50 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 OF ARMS CONTROL INCLUDING 51 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000 DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS AND 52 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION. 53 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 WE NEED HER IN PLACE SO SHE'S 54 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 ABLE TO FULLY REPRESENT THE 55 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 UNITED STATES AT UPCOMING 56 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS TO 57 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 DISCUSS SYRIA'S USE OF QUEMS 58 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,000 -SHALL-CHEMICAL WEAPONS. 59 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 AND YET SENATOR SCHUMER IS 60 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 HOLDING HER UP PUTTING THE 61 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,000 SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE 62 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FRANKLY THE 63 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,000 ENTIRE WORLD IN DANGER. 64 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 SENATOR SCHUMER IS BLOCKING 65 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 NOMINEES INDISCRIMINATELY. 66 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 HE FORCES TIME WASTING 67 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 PROCEDURAL VOTES ON NOMINEES AND 68 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 THEN EVENTUALLY VOTES IN SUPPORT 69 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 OF THEM. 70 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 JUST YESTERDAY THE SENATE HAD TO 71 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 WASTE PRECIOUS FLOOR TIME ON A 72 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED NOMINEE. 73 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 TERRY DODDY, CONFIRMED 98-0. 74 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 EVEN SENATOR SCHUMER EVENTUALLY 75 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINEE 76 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 YET STILL DEMANDED THE SENATE GO 77 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 THROUGH ARCHAIC SENATE PROCEDURE 78 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 THAT DELAYS VOTES AND WASTES THE 79 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE'S TIME. 80 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 IT'S A DISGRACE, DANGEROUS, AND 81 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 MUST COME TO AN END. 82 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 WITH THAT I WILL TAKE YOUR 83 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 QUESTIONS. 84 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 RESEARCH ON THE TARIFFS -- 85 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,000 REPORTER: SARAH, ON TARIFFS, IS 86 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 THE PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO SIGN 87 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 THAT TOMORROW. 88 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE THEY 89 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 EXPECTED TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO 90 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 GET AN EXEMPTION? 91 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 MS. SANDERS: WE EXPECT THE 92 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 PRESIDENT WILL SIGN SOMETHING BY 93 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 THE END OF THE WEEK. 94 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 THERE ARE POTENTIAL CARVE OUTS 95 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 FOR MEXICO AND CANADA BASED ON 96 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 NATIONAL SECURITY. 97 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 AND POSSIBLY OTHER COUNTRIES AS 98 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 WELL. BASED ON THAT. 99 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 REPORTER: SPECIFICALLY WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE TO DO? 100 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 MS. SANDERS: AGAIN THAT WOULD BE 101 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 A CASE BY CASE, COUNTRY BY 102 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 COUNTRY BASIS. 103 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 IT WOULD BE DETERMINED WHETHER 104 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 OR NOT THERE IS A NATIONAL 105 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 SECURITY EXEMPTION. 106 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 REPORTER: SO FAR THIS YEAR SIX 107 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 TOP WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS HAVE 108 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 RESIGNED. 109 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,000 THE PRESIDENT SAYS, WHY ARE SO 110 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 MANY PEOPLE LEAVING? 111 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 MS. SANDERS: THIS ADMINISTRATION 112 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 IS -- HAS HAD A HISTORIC FIRST 113 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 YEAR. 114 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS. 115 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 THIS IS AN INTENSE PLACE. 116 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 AS IS EVERY WHITE HOUSE. 117 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 IT'S NOT ABNORMAL YOU WOULD HAVE 118 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 PEOPLE COME AND GO. 119 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO GREAT 120 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 WORK. WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE 121 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. 122 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE 123 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 TO DO. REPORTER: IT IS ACTUALLY 124 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 ABNORMAL. NO ADMINISTRATION IN RECENT 125 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 HISTORY HAS HAD THIS MUCH 126 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 TURNOVER. 127 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 MS. SANDERS: IT'S NOT ABNORMAL 128 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 TO HAVE TURNOVER. 129 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 REPORTER: IF THIS IS NOT THE 130 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 DEFINITION OF CHAOTIC, HOW WOULD 131 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 YOU DESCRIBE WHAT'S HAPPENING? 132 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 MS. SANDERS: IF IT WAS, I DON'T 133 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO 134 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT WE 135 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 HAVE DONE. 136 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 THE ECONOMY IS STRONGER THAN 137 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 IT'S BEEN IN AGES. 138 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 ISIS IS ON THE RUN. 139 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,000 THE REMAKING OF THE JUDICIARY. 140 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 JOBS ARE COMING IN RECORD 141 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 NUMBERS. 142 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 THERE ARE HISTORIC THINGS THAT 143 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE FIRST 144 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 YEAR. 145 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 SOUNDS LIKE A VERY FUNCTIONING 146 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 PLACE OF BUSINESS TO ME. 147 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 REPORTER: POTENTIAL CARVE OUTS, 148 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 ARE YOU ALSO TALKING ABOUT NATO 149 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 ALLIES AS POSSIBLY GETTING THIS 150 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 EXEMPTION? MS. SANDERS: IT WOULD -- IT WILL 151 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 BE A COUNTRY BY COUNTRY, AND IT 152 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 WILL BE BASED ON NATIONAL 153 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 SECURITY. 154 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 REPORTER: TODAY THE PRESIDENT 155 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 TWEETED CHINA HAS BEEN ASKED TO 156 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 DEVELOP A PLAN FOR A $1 BILLION 157 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 REDUCTION IN THE TRADE DEFICITS. 158 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT? 159 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 DID HE MAKE THIS RECENTLY? 160 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 HAS HE BEEN TALKING TO THE 161 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 CHINESE? MS. SANDERS: CONVERSATIONS WITH 162 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 OFFICIALS LAST WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE 163 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. 164 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR 165 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 THAT HE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE 166 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 TRADE IMBALANCE THAT THE UNITED 167 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 STATES HAS WITH A NUMBER OF 168 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 COUNTRIES. HE FEELS LIKE THE UNITED STATES 169 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR 170 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 FAR TOO LONG. 171 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 AND HE'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT 172 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 TO CONTINUE UNDER HIS WATCH. 173 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 REPORTER: HAVE THEY RESPONDED? 174 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,000 MS. SANDERS: WE'RE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. 175 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 REPORTER: YOU SAID REPEATEDLY 176 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 WE HAVE ADDRESSED OUR FEELINGS 177 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 ON THAT WITH REGARDS TO STORMY 178 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 DAMAGES. DID THE PRESIDENT APPROVE OF THE 179 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 PAYMENT MADE IN OCTOBER OF 2016 180 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 BY HIS LONG-TIME LAWYER AND 181 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 ADVISOR, MICHAEL COHEN? 182 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT HAS 183 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,000 ADDRESSED THESE DIRECTLY. 184 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 AND MADE VERY WELL CLEAR THAT 185 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 NONE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE 186 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 TRUE. 187 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 THIS CASE HAS ALREADY BEEN WON 188 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 IN ARBITRATION. 189 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 ANYTHING BEYOND THAT I WOULD 190 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 REFER YOU TO THE PRESIDENT'S 191 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 OUTSIDE COUNSEL. 192 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 REPORTER: WHEN DID THE 193 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 PRESIDENT EXPRESS SPECIFICALLY 194 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,000 THE CAPPED PAYMENT MADE IN 195 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 OCTOBER OF 2016? 196 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT HAS 197 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST 198 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 HIM. AND AGAIN THIS CASE HAS ALREADY 199 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 BEEN WON IN ARBITRATION. 200 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 ANYTHING BEYOND THAT I WOULD 201 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 REFER YOU TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL. 202 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 REPORTER: DID HE KNOW ABOUT 203 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 THAT PAYMENT AT THE TIME? 204 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 MS. SANDERS: I HAVE ADDRESSED 205 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 THIS AS FAR AS I CAN GO. 206 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 REPORTER: DID HE KNOW ABOUT THE 207 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 PAYMENT AT THE TIME? 208 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 MS. SANDERS: NOT THAT I'M AWARE 209 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 OF. 210 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 ANYTHING BEYOND I HAVE ALREADY 211 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 GIVEN YOU I WOULD REFER TO THE 212 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 PRESIDENT'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL. 213 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 REPORTER: HAS HE TALKED TO 214 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,000 ICHAEL COHEN ABOUT THAT? 215 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 HAS HE TALKED TO MICHAEL COHEN 216 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK? 217 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 MS. SANDERS: I'M NOT SURE. 218 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 REPORTER: THIS ADMINISTRATION'S 219 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 NOW IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON NORTH 220 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 KOREA AFTER CONYOU'D CLUDING 221 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 THAT KIM JONG-UN'S GOVERNMENT 222 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 ASSASSINATED HIS HALF BROTHER. 223 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 NOW WE HAVE AUTHORITIES IN 224 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 BRITAIN ANOURNSED A NERVE AGENT 225 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 WAS USED TO TRY TO KILL A FORMER 226 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 RUSSIAN DOUBLE AGENT AND HIS 227 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 WIFE. 228 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 OBVIOUSLY MOSCOW, THE PRIME 229 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 SUSPECT. 230 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,000 WHAT DOES THIS ADMINISTRATION 231 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ATTEMPTED 232 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 ASSASSINATION IN THE U.K. AND 233 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 ARE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA 234 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 LIKELY AS THEY WERE IN THE CASE 235 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 OF THE NORTH KOREANS? 236 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 MS. SANDERS: THIS IS CURRENTLY 237 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 UNDER REVIEW AND I'LL KEEP YOU 238 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 POSTED AS WE HAVE FURTHER 239 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENTS. 240 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000 REPORTER: QUICK CLARIFYING 241 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 QUESTION ON THE CHINA TWEET. 242 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT IT IF 243 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 CHINA DID RESPOND ON THAT 244 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 REDUCTION PLAN THAT THAT COULD 245 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 ASSUAGE OUR AFFECT THE SHAPING 246 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 OF THE TARIFF PLAN? 247 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 IN OTHER WORDS, IS CHINA'S PIECE 248 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 OF THIS TARIFF THING NEGOTIABLE? 249 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 OR ARE WE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 250 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 CANADA AND MEXICO AND E.U. 251 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 COUNTRIES? 252 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 MS. SANDERS: LET ME ADDRESS 253 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 THAT. THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT 254 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 HE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE TRADE 255 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,000 IMBALANCES AND UNFAIR PRACTICES. 256 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD TAKE 257 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 ANYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION. 258 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOVING 259 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 FULLY AHEAD AND ANYTHING THAT 260 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE DONE SO ON 261 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000 A NATIONAL SECURITY BASIS. 262 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 REPORTER: OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE 263 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 GOING TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND 264 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 SPACE ON MAKING THE DECISION, 265 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 BUT CAN YOU GIVE US SORT OF A 266 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 SCOPE OF THE SHORT LIST AND TWO 267 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 NAMES IN PARTICULAR I WANTED TO 268 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 BOUNCE OFF YOU IN THIS ROOM. 269 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 MONG FRIENDS HERE. 270 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,000 HOW MUCH OF A ROLE IS GARY COHEN 271 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 HIMSELF GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE 272 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 THE PICK? 273 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 MS. SANDERS: I'M NOT GOING TO 274 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,000 GET INTO ANY NAMING OR LIST, BUT 275 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 THE PRESIDENT HAS A NUMBER 276 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 PEOPLE UNDER CONSIDERATION. HE'S GOING TO TAKE HIS TIME 277 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:52,000 AKING THAT DECISION. 278 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,000 REPORTER: GAREY COHEN, 279 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,000 REPUBLICAN SENATOR CORN YIRN 280 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 SAID TODAY I'M CONCERNED THE 281 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 PRESIDENT WILL TERN TURN TO FOR 282 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 ADVICE. SHOULD HE BE CONCERNED? 283 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 MS. SANDERS: NO. 284 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 THE PRESIDENT'S GOT A NUMBER OF 285 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 VERY ACCOMPLISHED, SMART, 286 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 CAPABLE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. 287 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 AND HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO 288 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 LEAN ON A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE. 289 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE 290 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED 291 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 OVERWHELMINGLY FOR PRESIDENT 292 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 DONALD J. TRUMP, THEY VOTED FOR 293 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 HIS POLICIES, AGENDA, AND FOR 294 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 HIM TO BE THE ULTIMATE 295 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 DECISIONMAKER. 296 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 I THINK THAT EVERYONE CAN REST 297 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 ASSURED AND THE AMERICAN 298 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 PEOPLE'S CHOICE ON THAT FRONT. 299 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 AND THAT THEY MADE THE RIGHT 300 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:32,000 ONE. 301 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,000 REPORTER: THEY ARE TELLING US 302 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 YOU BRING IN NEW PEOPLE EVERY 303 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 DAY. MS. SANDERS: I REFER YOU BACK TO 304 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 THE PRESS RELEASES OF 305 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 NOMINATIONS AND PERSONAL 306 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,000 ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT HAVE GONE 307 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 OUT. 308 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST THREE. 309 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FORWARD 310 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 THOSE TO YOU IF YOU NOT 311 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 RECEIVING THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS 312 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 RELEASES. 313 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 REPORTER: THE EUROPEAN UNION'S 314 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 BEING VERY SHREWD IN ITS THREAT 315 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,000 TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE TARIFFS 316 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 SAYING THEY WOULD HAVE TARIFFS 317 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 ON BED LINENS WHICH WOULD 318 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 INCLUDE OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, AND 319 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 GEORGIA. 320 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 CHEWING TOBACCO, WHICH INCLUDES 321 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 NORTH CAROLINA. 322 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 CRANBERRY, THE LEADING PRODUCER 323 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 IN WISCONSIN. 324 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 ORANGE JUICE, FLORIDA. 325 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 IS THE PRESIDENT CONCERNED THAT 326 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 HE COULD HURT HIS POLITICAL 327 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 FORTUNES IN SOME OF THESE SWING 328 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 STATES IF HE GOES AHEAD WITH THE 329 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 TARIFFS? 330 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A 331 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 LONG TIME. IT SHOULDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE 332 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 TO ANYBODY. 333 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE CREATED 334 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 UNFAIR TRADE POLICIES FOR 335 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 DECADES THAT HAVE HARMED OUR 336 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 NATIONAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY. 337 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 THE PRESIDENT WANTS A STRONG 338 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 ECONOMY AND A STRONG NATIONAL 339 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,000 SECURITY. 340 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 AND A STRONG U.S. ECONOMY 341 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 BENEFITS ALL AMERICANS, 342 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,000 PARTICULARLY BY HELPING US 343 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:43,000 MAINTAIN A STRONG MILITARY AND 344 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE EVERY DAY 345 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 TO FIGHT FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE 346 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 HAVE STRONG BOTH NATIONAL AND 347 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,000 ECONOMIC SECURITY. 348 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,000 REPORTER: HE WAS GOING TO HIT 349 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 HIM WHERE IT HURTS. 350 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 IS HE PREPARED TO TAKE THE SNIT 351 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT IS 352 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 PREPARED TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. 353 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY 354 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 HE HASEGAWA PRESIDENT IS PROTECT 355 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 OUR ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL 356 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 SECURITY INTERESTS. 357 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:08,000 TO E HAS-S THE PRESIDENT IS 358 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 PROTECT OUR NICK AND NATIONAL 359 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 SECURITY. 360 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 I'M NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF 361 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT WHO 362 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 WILL REPLACE GARY. 363 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 REPORTER: FOLLOW UP ON GARY 364 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 COHEN. THE PRESIDENT TOUTED THE 365 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 STRENGTH OF THE MARKETS. 366 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 THERE'S BEEN VOLATILITY TODAY. 367 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 THE U.S. MARKETS OPENED DOWN, 368 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 THE ASIAN MARKETS. 369 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 IS HE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 370 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,000 VOLATILITY IN THE MARKETS? 371 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT IS 372 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 FOCUSED ON LONG-TERM ECONOMIC 373 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 GOALS. THE ECONOMY IS STILL INFINITELY 374 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 STRONGER TODAY THAN IT WAS WHEN 375 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT 376 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 FOR STROCK ECONOMICPOLICY. 377 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 JOB GROWTH, WAGE GROWTH, AND 378 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 CERTAINLY AN INCREASED NUMBER OF 379 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THIS 380 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 COUNTRY, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY 381 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 SOME OF THE ACTION THAT IS 382 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGH THE 383 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 ANNOUNCEMENT LATER THIS WEEK. REPORTER: ISN'T THE MESSAGE 384 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 FROM THE MARKET THEY ARE 385 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 CONCERNED ABOUT GARY COHEN'S 386 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 DEPARTURE WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR 387 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 THE STABILITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE 388 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 AND U.S. ECONOMY? MS. SANDERS: IF YOU LOOK AT THE 389 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 OVERALL MESSAGE OF THE MARKETS 390 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 IF THAT WERE DOING MUCH BETTER 391 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE HE 392 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 TOOK OFFICE. 393 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 REPORTER: HE CALLED HIM A RARE 394 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 TALENT. DOES THAT MEAN HE'S OPENED TO 395 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 HAVING HIM COME BACK? 396 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 PERHAPS A CABINET LEVEL ROLE? 397 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 MS. SANDERS: THEY MAINTAIN A 398 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 STRONG RELATIONSHIP AND THEY ARE 399 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 GOING TO CONTINUE THAT 400 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 RELATIONSHIP AND CERTAINLY 401 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 CONTINUE TO -- GARY WILL 402 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR 403 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 THE PRESIDENT IN A NUMBER OF -- 404 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:29,000 'M NOT CLOSING THE DOOR. 405 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 [INAUDIBLE] 406 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 REPORTER: THE NEWS REPORT THAT 407 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 A NUMBER OF STAFFERS HAVE HAD 408 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,000 THEIR -- 409 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 MS. SANDERS: I'LL HAVE YOU PICK 410 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:44,000 YOU LEFT OFF. 411 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 REPORTER: YOU SAID THERE IS 412 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 ARBITRATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN 413 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 WON? BY WHOM? WHEN? 414 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 MS. SANDERS: BY THE PRESIDENT'S 415 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 PERSONAL ATTORNEYS. 416 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 FOR DETAILS ON THAT I REFER TO 417 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 YOU THAT. 418 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 REPORTER: YOU ARE AWARE OF 419 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 THEM. 420 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 MS. SANDERS: CAN I SHARE THAT 421 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 ARBITRATION WAS WON IN THE 422 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 PRESIDENT'S FAVOR AND I WOULD 423 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 REFER YOU TO THE PRESIDENT'S 424 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,000 OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON ANY DETAILS 425 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 BEYOND THAT. 426 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 REPORTER: TOMORROW THE 427 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 PRESIDENT WILL BE MEETING WITH 428 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 VIDEO GAME EXECUTIVES. 429 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 WHAT DOES HE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH? 430 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 WHY IS HE BRINGING THEM IN? 431 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT WANTS 432 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON 433 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 EVERY DIFFERENT AREA THAT WE CAN 434 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 TO HELP PROMOTE SCHOOL SAFETY. 435 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 I'M NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF 436 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 THE DISCUSSION THAT THEY ARE 437 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 GOING TO HAVE TOMORROW, BUT WE 438 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT 439 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 DISCUSSION TO HAVE AND ONE THAT 440 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,000 THE PRESIDENT LOOKS FORWARD TO. 441 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 REPORTER: DOES HE THINK THAT 442 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,000 VIDEO GAMES ARE TOO VIOLENT? 443 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 MS. SANDERS: CERTAINLY SOMETHING 444 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. 445 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 AND SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO 446 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT. 447 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 REPORTER: I WAS WONDERING THE 448 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 PRESIDENT TWEETED EARLIER BY 449 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:45,000 AYING THE U.S. -- INTELLECTUAL 450 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 PROPERTY. SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 451 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 301 REPORT IS IMMINENT? 452 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 CAN YOU GIVE US SOME DETAIL 453 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,000 BOUT WHETHER IT MIGHT DAMAGE 454 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 HIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? 455 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000 MS. SANDERS: SOMETHING CERTAINLY 456 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED AND 457 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIVELY. 458 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 I'M NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF 459 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 ANY POTENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 460 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 REPORTER: CAN YOU GIVE -- 461 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 GIVING THE PRESIDENT'S CRITICISM 462 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE 463 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,000 PAST REFERRING MATTERS TO THE 464 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I.G., DOES HE CONCUR WITH 465 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 SEVERAL OF THE G.O.P. 466 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 CONGRESSMEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER 467 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 SPECIAL COUNSEL TO LOOK INTO 468 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 FISA. MS. SANDERS: THE PRESIDENT HAS 469 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 MADE CLEAR HE HAS SIGNIFICANT 470 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 CONCERNS ABOUT THE CURRENT FISA 471 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 PROCESS. NOTHING MAKES THE PROBLEM OF 472 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,000 MORE CLEAR THAN BOTH THE THE 473 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000 DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN MEMOS THAT OUTLINED THE F.B.I. USED 474 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN MATERIAL TO 475 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,000 GET A WARRANT TO SPY ON AMERICAN CITIZENS. 476 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 THEY FAILED TO DISCLOSE TO THE 477 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 JUDGE THAT THE DOSSIER WAS FUNDED BY THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN 478 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000 AND THE D.N.C. EVEN AS IT WAS 479 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 BEING USED TO SPY ON PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRUMP 480 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 CAMPAIGN. 481 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 OBVIOUSLY THOSE DETAILS ALONE 482 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 SHOW THAT THE PROCESS NEEDS TO 483 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY AND 484 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 REFORMED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 485 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO 486 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,000 PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF 487 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 AMERICANS. 488 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 REPORTER: I WANT TO ASK YOU 489 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 ABOUT THE V.A. 490 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 DO I WANT TO FOLLOW ON SOMETHING 491 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 YOU HAVE SAID TWICE THIS WEEK. 492 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000 THE PAYMENT TO THE PRESIDENT YOU 493 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000 SAID, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. 494 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 HAVE YOU ASKED THE PRESIDENT 495 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 THIS QUESTION? 496 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 MS. SANDERS: I'M SORRY. 497 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,000 CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? 498 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 REPORTER: YOU ASKED ABOUT 499 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 WHETHER THE PRESIDENT KNEW ABOUT 500 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 THIS PAYMENT, HIS LONG-TIME 501 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 LAWYER MADE TO FACILITATE STORMY 502 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000 DANIELS. 503 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,000 YOU SAID THEN AND TODAY, NOT 504 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF. 505 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 YOU HAVE ASKED THE PRESIDENT 506 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 THIS QUESTION? 507 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,000 SARAH: YEAH. 508 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 I'VE HAD QUESTIONS WITH THE 509 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS AND AS I 510 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 OUTLINED EARLIER, THIS CASE HAD 511 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 ALREADY BEEN RUN IN ARBITRATION. 512 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 AND THAT THERE WAS NO KNOWLEDGE 513 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 OF ANY PAYMENTS FROM THE 514 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 PRESIDENT AND HE'S DENIED ALL OF 515 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 THESE ALLEGATIONS. 516 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 REPORTER: IS THERE A REASON WHY 517 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE ACTUAL 518 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 SUBSTANCE OF THE QUESTION ON THE 519 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,000 PAYMENT ITSELF? 520 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 IT'S COME UP A FEW TIMES NOW. 521 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 SARAH: I BELIEVE I'VE ADDRESSED 522 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 THIS QUESTION PRETTY 523 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 EXTENSIVELY. AND ONGOING LITIGATION, I'M NOT 524 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 GOING TO COMMENT ANY FURTHER 525 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 THAN I ALREADY HAVE. 526 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 REPORTER: -- THE NEW I.G. REPORT 527 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 COMING OUT, THIS IS AN ISSUE 528 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,000 THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN 529 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 PASSIONATE ABOUT. 530 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 VETERANS' CARE. 531 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 SECRETARY SHULKIN WAS PART OF 532 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 FAILED LEADERSHIP AT THE V.A. 533 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 SO WHY IS HE STILL A PART OF 534 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 THIS ADMINISTRATION? 535 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 SARAH: SECRETARY SHULKIN HAS 536 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 DONE A GREAT JOB AS I OUTLINED 537 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 ON TUESDAY, A NUMBER OF THE 538 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED 539 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 UPON. 540 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 AT THE V.A. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. 541 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT 542 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 WE'VE DONE AND WE'RE GOING TO 543 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN 544 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 TO PROTECT THE VETERANS AND HELP 545 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 VETERANS IN THIS COUNTRY. 546 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE 547 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000 PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT 548 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,000 EXTENSIVELY ON THE CAMPAIGN. 549 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,000 AND HAS DIRECTED DIRECTOR 550 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 SHULKIN TO TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE 551 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 APPROACH AND HE'S DONE THAT 552 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 SINCE BECOMING SEG SECRETARY. 553 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,000 REPORTER: I WANT TO ASK ABOUT -- 554 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 [INAUDIBLE] -- 555 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:46,000 REPORTER: IMSE ALWAYS POLITE. 556 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 SARAH: I DIDN'T SUGGEST 557 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 OTHERWISE. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME SORT 558 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 OF TERRIBLE COMMENT ABOUT HOW I 559 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,000 WAS ABUSIVE TO THE PRESS 560 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000 OTHERWISE. GO AHEAD. 561 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 REPORTER: ME IN PARTICULAR. 562 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000 BUT GO AHEAD. 563 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 REPORTER: I WANTED TO ASK YOU 564 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000 ABOUT ELEPHANT TROPHIES. 565 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE 566 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,000 SERVICE PUT OUT NEW GUIDANCE ON 567 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 EVALUATING ALL PERMIT REQUESTS 568 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 569 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 THIS COMES DOWN TO THE PRESIDENT 570 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 HAS SUSPENDED THE PREVIOUS 571 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 GUIDANCE, LIFTING THE TROPHY 572 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 BAN. THE PRESIDENT CALLS THE PRACTICE 573 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 OF COLLECTING TROPHIES A HORROR 574 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000 SHOW. 575 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 SO I'M WONDERING, WHAT DOES THE 576 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 PRESIDENT THINK OF THIS LATEST 577 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 POLICY IN RELAXING THE BAN AND 578 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 DID HE SIGN OFF ON IT? 579 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 SARAH: THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION 580 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 ON TROPHY HUNTING REMAINS THE 581 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 SAME. 582 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 THE FISH AND WILDLIFE'S 583 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 ANNOUNCEMENT IS A RESPONSE TO A 584 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 COURT DECISION IMPACTING HOW 585 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 TROFEY IMPORT APPLICATIONS ARE 586 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000 REVIEWED. 587 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 ANYTHING FURTHER I'D REFER YOU TO FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. 588 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 REPORTER: DOES THE PRESIDENT 589 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 WANT THEM TO FURTHER CURTAIL 590 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 THAT, GIVEN HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT 591 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 -- 592 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,000 SARAH: THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN CLEAR WHAT HIS POSITION IS AND 593 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. 594 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000 APRIL, I'M SORRY. 595 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I'M A LITTLE SCATTERED TODAY. 596 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 REPORTER: THIS PRESIDENT WAS A 597 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 BUSINESSMAN BEFORE HE BECAME A 598 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 POLITICIAN. 599 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 AND UNDERSTANDING THIS, THE HIGH 600 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 TURNOVER IN A BUSINESS IS 601 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,000 CONSIDERED A MANAGEMENT ISSUE. 602 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,000 WHAT'S THE ISSUE HERE? 603 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 SARAH: I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS 604 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 ONE. THAT'S WHY THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 605 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,000 ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SO 606 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 SUCCESSFUL. AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE OUTLINED, 607 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,000 WE'VE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED A 608 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,000 GREAT DEAL WHAT HAVE THE 609 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 PRESIDENT CAMPAIGNED ON AND SET 610 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 OUT TODAY AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN 611 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 HERE JUST OVER A YEAR. 612 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 SO WE CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE THERE 613 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 ISN'T AN ISSUE BUT ACTUALLY A 614 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS AND A 615 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000 GREAT STORY TO TELL ABOUT THE 616 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,000 PRESIDENT'S FIRST YEAR. 617 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 REPORTER: YOU HAVE A LOT OF 618 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 PEOPLE, 10 TO 13 PEOPLE, IN TOP 619 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000 POSITIONS, LEAVE. 620 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 SARAH: I THINK THE CONFIDENCE 621 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 SHOULD BE IN THE PRESIDENT. AND THE POLICIES THAT HE'S 622 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 OUTLINED. 623 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 AND THE AGENDA THAT HE'S LAID 624 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 OUT. 625 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 626 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 VOTED FOR AND THAT'S CERTAINLY 627 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 WHAT WE'VE SEEN ENACTED OVER THE 628 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 FIRST YEAR AND A HALF AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS 629 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,000 SUCCESS. 630 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000 REPORTER: WE HEARD A TAPE OF THE 631 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,000 PRESIDENT WITH BILLY BUSH AND 632 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 NOW WE HEAR ABOUT STORMY DANIELS 633 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT 634 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,000 TRUE. 635 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 WHAT SHOULD THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 636 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 BELIEVE? AND WHAT DOES THIS PRESIDENT 637 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 WANT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO 638 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:09,000 THAT AFTER HEARING 639 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 BEFORE THE ELECTION AND NOW 640 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000 THIS? 641 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,000 SARAH: THE PRESIDENT'S DENIED 642 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000 THESE ALLEGATIONS. WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS. 643 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE AWARE 644 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 OF THIS, VOTED FOR THE 645 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 PRESIDENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO 646 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 ADD. 647 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 REPORTER: TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ON 648 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 TWO SEPARATE TOPICS. 649 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 HAS ANY COUNTRIES NOTIFIED THE 650 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR INTENT 651 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 TO FILE COMPLAINTS WITH THE 652 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 W.T.O. REGARDING THE IMP 653 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 POSITION OF THESE STEEL AND 654 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 ALUMINUM TARIFFS? 655 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 SARAH: I'M NOT SURE OF ANY 656 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000 SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS. 657 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 REPORTER: THE OWE OTHER 658 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 QUESTION, MICHAEL COHEN HAS 659 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,000 INDICATED THAT HE WAS NOT 660 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 REIMBURSED IN ANY WAY BY THE 661 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 TRUMP ORGANIZATION OR THE TRUMP 662 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 CAMPAIGN FOR THE $130,000 THAT 663 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,000 HE PAID TO STORMY DANIELS. 664 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 AT THE SAME TIME, HE'S BEING 665 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 REIMBURSED FOR HIS LEGAL FEES BY 666 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. 667 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,000 THEY'VE ALREADY PAID $214,000 IN 668 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,000 LEGAL FEES TO A FIRM THAT'S 669 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 REPRESENTING MR. COHEN. 670 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 I DON'T WANT TO GET NEW TROUBLE 671 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 WITH THE HATCH ACT, BUT DO 672 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 HAPPEN TO KNOW WHY IT IS THAT 673 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS PAYING HIS 674 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 LEGAL FEES? 675 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 SARAH: I DON'T. 676 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE 677 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 CAMPAIGN. 678 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 I'D REFER YOU TO THEM. 679 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 REPORTER: CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS 680 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 TRIP TO CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK AND 681 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG FOR THE 682 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 PRESIDENT TO VISIT CALIFORNIA? 683 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 SARAH: I CAN'T CONFIRM THE 684 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 PRESIDENT DOES PLAN TO MAKE A 685 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 TRIP TO CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK. 686 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, I THINK 687 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,000 IT'S BECAUSE HE'S BEEN BUSY 688 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 GROWING THE ECONOMY, CREATING 689 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 JOBS, DEFEATING ISIS, REMAKING 690 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 THE JUDICIARY. 691 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 I'D BE HAPPY TO NAME OFF SOME 692 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 OTHER SUCCESSES. 693 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY 694 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 ENOUGH. 695 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,000 BUT, YES, I CAN CONFIRM THE 696 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 PRESIDENT WILL BE HEADED TO 697 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK. 698 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 WE'LL TAKE ONE LAST QUESTION. 699 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 REPORTER: JOHN'S QUESTION ON THE 700 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 HATCH ACT. 701 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,000 THE WHITE HOUSE IS REASONING 702 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 THAT KELLY ANNE CONAWAY DID NOT 703 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 VIOLATE THE HATCH ACT WHEN SHE 704 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 SAID THAT A CANDIDATE IN ALABAMA 705 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 WOULD BE A QUOTE, A VOTE AGAINST 706 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 TAX CUTS, WEAK ON CRIME, WEAK ON 707 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 BORDERS, STRONG ON RAISING 708 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 TAXES. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT AS NOT 709 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,000 ADVOCATING AGAINST A CANDIDATE? 710 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 SARAH: SHE DIDN'T ADVOCATE FOR 711 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 OR AGAINST THE ELECTION OF ANY 712 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 PARTICULAR CANDIDATE. 713 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 SHE SIMPLY EXPRESSED THE 714 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 PRESIDENT'S OBVIOUS POSITION 715 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 SPECIFIC TO POLICY THAT HE HAVE 716 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE 717 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000 WHO WOULD SUPPORT HIS AGENDA. 718 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A 719 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 SECRET TO ANYBODY THAT THE 720 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 PRESIDENT IS GOING TO WANT 721 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 PEOPLE, BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND 722 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 SENATE, THAT ARE GOING TO HELP 723 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 PUSH FORWARD POLICIES THAT HE 724 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 SUPPORTS AND PUSH FORWARD 725 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000 POLICIES AND HIS AGENDA. 726 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 IN FACT, KELLYANNE'S STATEMENT 727 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 SHOWS HER INTENTION AND DESIRE 728 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 TO COMPLY WITH THE HATCH ACT AS 729 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 SHE TWICE DECLINED TO RESPOND TO 730 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 THE HOST'S SPECIFIC INVITATION 731 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF 732 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 ALABAMA TO VOTE FOR THAT 733 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 REPUBLICAN. 734 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 THANKS SO MUCH, GUYS. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. 735 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE 736 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,000 NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, 737 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. 738 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,000 VISIT NCICAP.ORG] 739 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:54,000 [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL ABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2018] 740 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 >> TODAY'S WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING, 741 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,000 WANT TO REMIND YOU THE ECONOMIC 742 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 ADVISOR, KEVIN HASSETT, 743 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 TESTIFYING AT THIS HOUR. THAT'S OVER ON C-SPAN3. 744 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 HERE ON C-SPAN, THE U.S. HOUSE 745 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 WILL BE GAVELING BACK IN THIS 746 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 AFTERNOON. 747 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 WE THINK AROUND 4:00 EASTERN. 748 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000 WHEN THEY RETURN, THE FIRST OF 749 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 TWO EMISSIONS BILLS THIS WEEK. 750 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 THIS BILL DEALING WITH E.P.A. 751 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR BRICK 752 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 AND CLAY KILNS. 753 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000 WE'LL HAVE THAT WHEN THEY GAVEL 754 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 BACK IN. 755 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY, 756 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,000 MEANWHILE, SAID THIS WEEK THE 757 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 HOUSE NEXT WEEK WILL VOTE ON THE 758 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE ACT OFFERED 759 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 BY FLORIDA REPUBLICAN JOHN 760 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 RUTHERFORD. 761 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000 A BILL TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO 762 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 TRAIN STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND 763 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND LOCAL LAW 764 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 ENFORCEMENT. 765 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000 THAT'S NEXT WEEK. LIVE HOUSE COVERAGE HERE ON 766 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 C-SPAN WHEN THEY RETURN. 767 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 IN THE MEANTIME, SENATE 768 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000 DEMOCRATS FROM EARLIER TODAY 769 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000 HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE UNVEILING 770 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL. 771 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,000 WE'LL SHOW YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN 772 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 UNTIL THE HOUSE RETURNS.