Chase Center on the RiverfrontWilmington, Delaware 4:15 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. Sorry to get you down here late on Saturday afternoon, but I want to provide an update on the deadly and devastating tornadoes that moved across several states in central United States, including touching down across 227 miles of Kentucky alone.…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 21, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:02 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Happy Friday. Okay, I only have one item for you all at the top: a brief preview of the President’s schedule for next week. On Monday, he will visit FEMA headquarters in D.C. to receive a briefing on the Atlantic hurricane outlook and preparedness…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Hanoi, Vietnam 11:15 A.M. IST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. (Inaudible.) We wanted to make sure that we, kind of, gave a little bit of a preview of our next leg. As you all know, we’re heading to Viet- — Vietnamese, and so — or Vietnam, I should say. (Laughs.) And…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Milwaukee, Wisconsin 10:32 A.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right, I have a topper for you. So, today we’re headed to Milwaukee, as you all know, where President Biden will visit the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce to highlight how Bidenomics is helping drive a Black small-business boom. Black business own-…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 6, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:15 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Hi, Jen. MS. PSAKI: Happy Tuesday. No bunny today. I promise. Q Chicks perhaps? MS. PSAKI: Chicks. Maybe candy. A couple of updates for all of you at the top. We provided a bit of an update on what the Jobs…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:02 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. As President Biden said, recovering from a devastating pandemic will require all of us doing our part. We are not out of the woods, but we know what we need to do as a country. The President has now laid…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:04 A.M. EST ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Thank you for joining us for our White House COVID Response briefing. I have a few important updates for you this morning, and then I will turn to Doctors Fauci and Walensky. First, on our efforts to mobilize the country to defeat COVID-19, and second, on our…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Buffalo, NY
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Buffalo, New York 9:07 A.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello, hello, hello. Okay. I’ll try and speak loudly. Good morning. As you all know, we are headed to Buffalo, where the President and the First Lady will mourn with a grieving city. During the trip, the President and the First Lady…
Readout of Biden Administration Calls with Gulf Coast Elected Officials
This morning, Senior Advisor and Director of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham convened calls with members of the Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi congressional delegations as well as with Louisiana local leaders to update them on the Administration’s preparations for Hurricane Ida, which made landfall today as…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Aboard Air Force Oneen Route Houston, Texas 11:26 A.M. CST MS. PSAKI: Hi. Thank you for your patience. I’m sorry. All right. So, welcome again to Air Force One. We are thrilled to have Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall with us. She’s going to give us an overview of the first stop on the President’s trip to provide…