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00:00:00:00 SOTS: WX-OBAMA/STEPS TO TAKETRT: 44OC: TAKE THOSE STEPS 14:46:28 Things are getting better Our engines are revving a little bit louder And the decisions we make right now can sustain and keep that growth and momentum going Unfortunately, there are a series of steps that we could be taking to maintain momentum, and perhaps even accelerate it There are steps we could be taking that would result in more job growth, higher wages, higher incomes, more relief for middle class families And so far, at least, in Congress, we have not seen them willing or able to take those steps 14:47:12 WX-OBAMA/BIG TICKETS STALLEDTRT: 34OC: NOT GETTING DONE 14:47:55 Now it's good that Congress was able to pass legislation to strengthen the VA and i want to thank the chairman and ranking members who were involved in that It's good that Congress was able to at least fund transportation projects for a few more months before leaving town Although it falls far short of the kind of infrastructure effort that we need that would actually accelerate the economy But for the most part, the big ticket items, the things that would really make a difference in the lives of middle class families, those things are just not getting done 14:48:29 WX-OBAMA/PARTISAN MESSAGE BILLTRT: 44OC: SOLVE THE PROBLEM 14:48:31 Let's just take a recent example, immigration We all agree that there's a problem that needs to be solved in a portion of our southern border And we even agree on most of the solutions But instead of working together, instead of focusing on the 80% where there is agreement between democrats and republicans, between the administration and congress, House Republicans, as we speak, are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable versions of a bill that they already know is going nowhere They can't pass the senate And that if it were to pass the senate, I would veto They know it They're not even trying to actually solve the problem 14:49:15 WX-OBAMA/HOPE FOR NEXT MONTHTRT: 30OC: OUR COUNTRY'S SUCCESS 14:52:54 When Congress returns next month, my hope is that instead of simply trying to pass partisan message bills on party lines that don't actually solve problems, they're going to be willing to come together to at least focus on some key areas where there's broad agreement After all that we've had to overcome, our Congress should stop standing in the way of our country's success 14:53:24 WX-OBAMA/UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE ASAPTRT: 14OC: SOON AS POSSIBLE 14:54:25 I want to make sure that they [Hamas] are listening, if they are serious about trying to resolve this situation, that soldier needs to be unconditionally released, as soon as possible 14:54:39 WX-OBAMA/WEIGH ON CONSCIENCETRT: 16OC: TO PROTECT THEM 14:55:33 Now at the same time, we have also been clear that innocent civilians in Gaza caught in the crossfire have to weigh on our conscience and we have to do more to protect them 14:55:49 WX-OBAMA/CEASEFIRE DIFFICULT TO HONORTRT: 27OC: BE HONORED 14:57:20 The point is, when they sign on to a cease-fire, they're claiming to speak for all the Palestinian factions And if they don't have control of them, and just moments after a cease-fire is signed, you have Israeli soldiers being killed and captured, then it's hard for the Israelis to feel confident that a cease-fire can actually be -- be honored 14:57:47 WX-OBAMA/CONSTANT CONSULTATIONTRT: 28OC: WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE 14:57:50 I'm in constant consultation with Prime Minister Netanyahu Our national security team is in constant communication with the Israeli military I want to see everything possible done to make sure that Palestinian civilians are not being killed And it is heartbreaking to see what's happening there 14:58:18 WX-OBAMA/AMERICAN INFLUENCE HISTORYTRT: 1:05OC: PALESTINIAN PEACE DEAL 15:02:33 If you look at the 20th century and the early part of this century, there are a lot of conflicts that America doesn't resolve That's always been true That doesn't mean we stop trying And it's not a measure of American influence on any given day or at any given moment that there are conflicts around the world that are difficult Conflict in Northern Ireland raged for a very, very long time until finally something broke, where the party decided that it wasn't worth killing each other the Palestinian/Israeli conflict has been going on even longer than you've been reporting You know, and I don't think at any point was there a suggestion that America didn't have influence, just because we weren't able to finalize an Israeli/Palestinian peace deal 15:03:28 WX-OBAMA/UKRAINE CONSTRAINTSTRT: 32OC: LONG-TERM INTERESTS 15:05:27 With respect to Ukraine, I think that we have done everything that we can to support the Ukrainian government, and to deter Russia from moving further into Ukraine But short of going to war, there are going to be some constraints in terms of what we can do if President Putin and Russia are ignoring what should be their long-term interests 15:05:59 WX-OBAMA/REPUBLICANS VS REPUBLICANSTRT: 28OC: THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS 15:09:15 We agree! So we put forward a supplemental to give us the additional resources in funding to do exactly what they say we should be doing And they can't pass the bill They can't even pass their own version of the bill So that's not a disagreement between me and the House Republicans That's a disagreement between the House Republicans and the House Republicans 15:09:43 WX-OBAMA/I'LL ACT ALONETRT: 39OC: THINGS GET DONE 15:11:12 I'm going to have to act alone, because we don't have enough resources we've already been very clear We've run out of money And we are going to have to reallocate resources in order to just make sure that some of the basic functions that have to take place down there, whether it's making sure that these children are properly housed or making sure that we've got enough immigration judges to process their cases, that those things get done 15:11:41 WX-OBAMA/ENDING EXTRAORDINARY INTERROGATION TRT: 1:02OC: IN THE FUTURE 15:26:15 After I took office, one of the first things I did was to ban some of the extraordinary interrogation techniques that are the subject of that report And my hope is that this report reminds us once again that, you know, the character of our country has to be measured in part not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard And when we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line And that needs to be -- that needs to be understood and accepted And we have to, as a country, take responsibility for that so that hopefully we don't do it again in the future 15:27:17 WX-OBAMA/REMAKRS ON EBOLATRT: 1:00OC: COUNTRIES ACCOMPLISH THAT 15:31:44 More broadly, the CDC and our various health agencies are going to be working very intently with the World Health Organization and some of our partner countries to make sure we can search some resources down there and organization to these countries that are pretty poor and don't have a strong public health infrastructure so that we can start containing the problem keep in mind that Ebola is not something that is easily transmitted That's why generally outbreaks dissipate But the key is identifying, quarantining, isolating those who contract it and make sure that practices are in place that avoid transmission And it can be done, but it's got to be done in an organized, systematic way and that means we have to help the countries accomplish that 15:32:44 Rough Log 14:45:27 jobs - 300k jobs in june 6 month streak with mnew jobs each month 14:45:45 over the eyar we add more jobs than befoer and we create 99 mill jobs longest streak in our historyu 14:46:03 strong pace in the spring consumers are spending, all booming and thanks to decisions we made we recovered faster and came farther than any advanced country on earth 14:46:32 things are getting better, engines revving louder and deisions can sustain the momentum but there are series of steps we could be takign to maintain momentum nad accelerate them that woudl resiult in more job growthand so far in congress we havent see nthem willing or able to take those steps *************************************** 14:47:24 ive proposed some and advocate higher min wage, air pay, paid laave, all would help working families stay stable and secure but all blocked by GOP in congress thats why my admin take our actions to help working famileis its goof congress pass leg to strengthen DA its good that congess fund transsp for a few months befroe leaving town but falls short for the most part the big ticket itrems are not getting done*********************************** 14:48:37 immigration - a problem that needs to be solved and we agree on most solutions but instead of working together and 80 of agreement btween admin and congress gop trying to pass unworkable verisions of a bil lthey know is going no where I EWOULD VETO IT ******************** 14:49:22 they made it more extreme so they can chack a box befoer leaving town 14:49:34 our efforts help to slow migrants coming to our couintry but without moe help from congress we wont have resoures to solvethe rblem 14:49:55 when they are out of town i will have to make choices 14:50:06 hse gop since they dont have a bill i can sign 14:50:20 keep in mind they voted to sue me for acting on my own and when they couldtn act they saiud i shoudl 14:50:37 so immigration not done, student loan bill not done 14:51:15 last night for poltical reasons 14:51:22 raise such an uproar they let russian amb pass even while we are dealing with ukraine 14:51:40 leone even with an ebola outbreak 14:52:27 to keep moving country fwd 14:52:55 get into middle class when cgress returns i hope instead of trying to pass partisan bills they will be willing to come together to focus on key areas with broad agreement*************************** 14:53:26congress to stop acting on questions why should israel embrace ceasefire? 14:53:57 important to note that we have and i have condemned hamas and pal factions killing 2 israeli soldiers and abducting a third minutes after ceasefire (0:00) / 00:00:00:00 14:54:28 i want to make sure that they are listneing if they are serious of trying to stop this they need to release him***************** 14:54:48 israel has a right to defend itself 14:55:00 no country can or would tolerate tunnels dug to launch terrorist atacks not only are we supprotve of israel to defend itself 14:55:24 we try to cooperate to make sure israel able to protect its citizens 14:55:43 innoents in gaza have to weigh in on our consionce and we have to try to protec them ******************************** 14:56:07 israel commited to that ceaserfire and it was violated and tyign to put it baqck together is hard but we wil lcontinue to try 14:56:28 kerry working very hard, unfair criticism to get to the point where the killing stops and issues of israel security and concerns of palestinians in gaza can be addressed we wil lkeep working towards that it will take time 14:57:04 hard to bput ceasefire togeter again if they cant feel confident that they cant follow through on a ceasefire 14:57:22 not whether they ordered an abduction, they weill speak on behalf of the factions 14:57:36 israeli soldiers bein gkilled, its hard for israelis to be confient a ceasefire can be honored******************************* 14:57:55 im in contact with netanyahu and their military i want to see everything possible done to make sure paler citizens not bein gvkilled its heartbreaking*************************************** 14:58:39 right in the middle of civilian for people end up being 14:59:05 to reconcile israels legit need to defend itself with concern to those civilians 14:59:40 14:59:55 a comon theme apparentlky ppl forgot america most powerful stil doesnt control everything around the world so our diplomatic efforts often take time, often will see progress and a step backwards, thats true in mideast and asia its the nature of world affiars 15:00:43 ukrainem for example, we made progress on delivering what we said we would do 15:00:56 we cant conrtol putin but we can say if you continue on the path - violating international law then you will face consequences hurting your country 15:01:31 skeptic on our ability to cooperate with europeans and w do whatwe say 15:01:43 like ancitons this week 15:02:45 always things we cant do but that doesnt mean we dont stop trying*********************** 15:03:15 israel conflict going on since before you were reporting (laughter) not a point america couldnt have influence if we couldnt do a peace dael************************* 15:04:13 as indespensible we are - whats right whats jsut and that we are building coalitions of like countries to you done more? 15:04:49 the natuer of being pres - what moer can you 15:05:05 enourmous framework for peace - kerry gave loits of time in the end up to parties to make a decision 15:05:24 we can try to show them a path but they need to want it 15:05:35 urkaine - we have done everything we can to try to deter russia from moving onto ukrain but short of war there is constraint of what we can do if putin ignoring what hould be their long term interests*********************************** 15:06:14 putin should want to resolve this diplomatically 15:07:34 a path for those doc workers who may have ties here are coming out of the shadows 15:07:55 if we are attracting fpor jpbs ots good for economy 15:08:43 house gop and business community and evangelical community 15:08:58 thats on the comprehensive bill short term in respect to rio grande valley saying we need mor border security 15:09:18 we agree so a supplimental for funding to do exaclty they say we should be doing and they cant evne pass the bill not even their version of the bill thats a disagreement between the house gop and the house gop***************************** 15:09:55 point is, on a range of these issues - they would be considered mainstream ways 15:10:52 vanilla legislation cant pass bc gop consider it a obama victory, we have to take action or else we wont be making progress 15:11:17 i will ahve to act alone - we ran out of money and we will ahve to realocate resources so the functions that have to take place down there get done******************************* 15:11:54 if house gop concerned about me - then the easiest way is lpass legislation to get things done 15:12:24 on the supplimental, we agree on 80 percent of the issues 15:12:57 there is no doubt we can do better on everything and make calls to boehner and having more convos with some house gop leadership but in the end the challenge is that they are not able to act even on what they say thier priorities aer and not able to work and compromise wth sen gop on some isues and ocnsider whats traditionall gop supported initiative somehow a betrayal of the cause 15:14:10 a prgoram in which we helped to providfe financing around the world 15:14:25 championed by GOP and right now house gop decided we sholdnt do this menas when US company 15:15:25 like me having a dealership - we will loose business so theres nsome big issues why we have differneces 15:16:38 these are career diplomats not political types making sure to pass leg to strengthen borders those shouldnt be controvertial and you would be hard pressed to see where i woundlt help them 15:17:25 MICHELLE: tunnel ops? a change of approach? 15:17:40 ceasefire would have given israel ability to dismantle tunnels they can without so i think israelis need to be dismantled and there is a way to do that and les s bloodshed sometimes in conflicts ppl have to feel deeply the costs and ppl seeing the images should recognize the costs they have children getting kileld and women and israelis lives disrupoted and living in fear and those are avoidable if a ceasefire that preserves israels ability to defend itself an capacity to assurance they wont be threatened with rocket power in the future and agreement recognizing the pal ability to make a living and live a dence life but its hard to get there a lot of anger 15:19:41 and despair an thats a volitile mix but we have to keep trying15:19:57**************************** 15:20:08 we aer willing to pulnge in and try it when other countries wont, in all these crisis - we have special responsibilities 15:21:37 no other country is going in there to make efforts 15:21:45 as consequence we get better outcomes - true with iraq and reminding folks in my first term if i had a press conf ppl asking aobut economy and why not jobs not created and housing market still bad, why not working - we did work and economy is back and when i say we had 6 months of jobs that hasnt happened in years it shows you persistance************************* birthday? 15:23:18 i will address two points 15:23:27 ive been giving you questions brennan 15:23:38 the reoprt is transmitted the declassified version to be released by sen cmte i have full confidnce in him hes apologized to feinstien saud his personnel not handle that right poor judgement and hes stood up a task force so lessons learned 15:24:51 the aftermath of 911 we did some wrong this, tortured folks, contrary to our values i kunderstand why it happened its important to recall how afriad ppl were after twin towers fell and ppl ddnt know if more attacks coming 15:25:45 its impaortnt for us not to feel too sanctimonious about the tough job those folks ahve and they were working hard under pressure and real patriots we did some things that were wrong and thats what that report reflects 15:26:20 after i took office i banned some of the interrogation techniques and i hope the report remins us the charachter of country measured when things are hard and when we engaged in these interrogations we crossed a line andthat needs to be accepted and we haveto take reponiblity for that*(**************************************** summit 15:27:33 a gathering of african leaders - impoirtance - africa growing economy with other countries interested in worknig with africa not to extract 15:28:16 thriving markets and talent among people there and africa where its popular for our way of life and progress over years not just providing aid 15:29:17 this gives us a chance to do this and security issues as we have seen terrorist networks try to find places where govnts weak 15:30:13 traffic will be bad, warning but we are really loking fwd to this ebola 15:30:38 we take this serious, when an outbreak that could have effects the cdc with world health org to try to make sure we have appropriate resoinse more aggessive ebola outbreak but still affecting parts of countries andw we have 50 countires at the summit we are doing 2 things precautions, folks from marginal risk of having been exposed we are doing screening on that end and additional screening 15:31:48 broadly the cdc and our health agencies will be working intently with the WHO and partner countries to surge resounrse and organization to the poor countries to contain the problem, its not easily transmited so outbreaks dissipate but key is id'ing isolating those who contract it and avoid tranmission***************** birthday (0:00) /