ORIG. COLOR 520 SOF. MAG. DR. SMITH AND DR. SHIVERLY ARE APPEARING BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS FOR PERFORMING ILLEGAL ABORTIONS ON WOMEN WHO HAD GERMAN MEASELS DURING THEIR PREG- NACIES. THE BABIES WERE IN DANGER OF BEING BORN DE- FORMED. INTERVIEW WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEY, EDWARD LAMB, WHO HOPES TO CHANGE THE LAW. INTERVIEW WITH DR. SHIVELY. CI: HEALTH - ABORTION. PERSONALITIES - SHIVELY. PERSONALITIES - SMITH. CRIMES - ABORTION.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court today hears the case of the woman who allegedly tried to drink her baby to death during her pregnancy.The State Supreme Court will decide whether charges of attempted homicide and reckless injury apply to a woman who, 2 years ago, admitted trying to drink her fetus to death.Prosecutors say Deborah Zimmerman should stand trial on the charges... because she told hospital workers she drank to kill her fetus.Her blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.Zimmerman's attorney argues the charges should e dropped... because she has the right to do what she wants... with her own body.Zimmerman gave birth to a baby girl.. the 2 year old now lives with a foster family.Doctors say she suffers from mild physical abnormalities attributed to her mother's drinking.end.

Pre-G20 Summit: report on security surrounding Barack Obama's visit to London; Pre-G20 Summit: report on security surrounding Barack Obama's visit to London; ENGLAND: London: INT Kanya King (Mobo Awards organiser) interview SOT - hope people will have opportunity to see and hear him Regent's Park: EXT Reporter to camera outside US Ambassador's residence WIPE TO... Reporter to camera in Whitehall WIPE TO... Regent's Park: Reporter to camera outside US Ambassador's back garden London: NBC News Offices: INT Set-up shots of Savannah Guthrie (NBC News) in newsroom and interview SOT - saying most Londoners won't see Obama due to his schedule and security

Pre-G20 summit report: unified response to economic crisis unlikely; ENGLAND: London: Reporter to camera

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INTV W/ PROFESSOR GEORGE ANNAS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON FETAL DETECTION DOWN SYNDROME 16:54:05 WELL I THINK TO SCREEN A PREGNANCY AND TRMINATE FOR DOWN SYNDROME YOU WANT TO KNOW 11 WEEKS 16:54:37 NUMBER YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS YOU'RE PREGNANT 16:54:46 IT'S MEDICALLY SAFER TO HAVE ABORTION IN FIRST TRIMESTER 16:55:13 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WOA WHO WANTS TO HAVE A CHILD 16:55:20 BUIT THIS ALSO A WOMAN AND COUPLE WHO DECIDED THAT THEY DO NOT WANT A DOWN SYRDROME CHILD 16:55:34 I THINK THAT'S TRUE PSYCOLOGICALLY CERTAINLY TRUE PHYSICALLY 16:55:49 IT'S PHYSICALLY SAFER BECAUSE IT'S TEN TIMES SAFER TO HAVE TERMINATION IN FIRST TRI THAN SECOND EVEN THOUGH NEITHER ONE IS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS. IT'S PSYCOLOGICALLY BETTER TO TERMINATE EARLY PREG 16:56:24 WELL IT DEPENDS HOW MUCH IT IS USED 16:56:29 IF IT'S USED ROUTINELY 16:57:04 I THINK IT';S ALWAYS BETTER TO KNOW EARLIER THAN LATER 16:57:10 EARLIER ARE LESS ETHICALLY PROBLEMATIC 16:57:20 WELL IF YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO COTINUE THE PREG 16:57:27 GOOD TO KNOW AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WHETHER YOUR CHILD 16:57:36 THE MAJOR ISSUE IS MOVES US CLOSER TO THE POINT OF UNIVERSAL TESTING 16:57:47 NOT JUST WOMAN OVER 35 16:57:56 MORE DIFFICULT DECISION

ORIG. COLOR 500 SOF. MAG. VS CHILDREN WITH SPEECH AND HEARING DEFECTS AT BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER. THEY ARE PRE-SCHOOL AGE. INTERVIEW WITH MRS. PEARSON, WHO HAD GERMAN MEASLES IN THE THIRD MONTH OF HER PREG- NACY. HER CHILD WAS BORN WITH A HEARING DEFECT - SHE SAYS THAT SHE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ABORTION IN THE 4TH WEEK OF HER PREGNACY IF SHE KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE A SEVERELY DEFORMED CHILD. INTERVIEW WITH MRS. DEBBIE WOOSLEY, MRS, CAROL GOBBA, MRS. FREDDIE BROWN, MRS. ALYCE DEA AND SUSAN HEIDECKER WHO HAS MEASLES DURING PREGNACY. CI: HEALTH - ABORTIONS- CALIFORNIA LAW.

Pre-G20 summit report: unified response to economic crisis unlikely; FSA logo (Financial Services Authority) INT Lord Turner (Chair, Financial Services Authority) interview SOT Good shots hand placing casino chips, croupier placing cards in Black Jack game Shirley Beglinger (Insurance regulation consultant) interview SOT CUTAWAY Hands placing casino chips Reporter to camera

TAPE_NUMBER: EF00/1065 IN_TIME: 18:47:25 // 19:13:08 LENGTH: 02:00 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat XFA The United States joined its major allies on Friday in a coordinated effort to prop up the troubled euro. The U-S move was prompted by concern that the slump of the new 11-nation European currency could threaten the world economy. U-S Treasury Secretary Larry Summers announced on Friday that the U-S had taken part in a coordinated effort to use the dollar and other currencies to buy euros. He made the announcement in a pre-G7 news conference, but did not provide exact details of the extent and timing of the intervention. SOUNDBITE: (English) "At the initiative of the European Central Bank, the monetary authorities of the United States and Japan joined with the European Central Bank in concerted intervention in exchange markets because of their shared concern about the potential implications of recent movements in the euro for the world economy. The British and Canadian authorities also took part in this operation, purchasing euros with their currencies." SUPER CAPTION: Larry Summers, U.S. Treasury Secretary It was the first concerted intervention backing the euro since its launch in January 1999, and the first time in two years that the U-S Treasury had sold dollars to prop up a foreign currency. The last time was in 1998 in its efforts to rescue the tumbling Japanese yen in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. But as far as the U-S dollar is concerned, Summers reiterated that the U-S policy of no intervention would remain unchanged. The United States is in a difficult position in that a strong dollar has been a major factor keeping inflation low there because it lowers the price of foreign goods imported into the United States, which have been hitting record levels of late. The intervention was announced the day the G-7 summit in Prague which will host meetings among finance ministers and central bank presidents of the world's seven wealthiest countries - the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada. Summers said he expects the G-7 finance ministers will discuss energy market issues this weekend but he wouldn't go into details. Crude oil prices have been surging and have reached record levels recently. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Many are predicting that this year we will see the most rapid global growth in a long time, continuing good outlook for next year. Recent developments in oil markets are obviously a concern for consumers and businesses and around the world. I expect that energy market issues will be among those discussed in Prague this weekend. More stable prices, in line with historic norms, are in the mutual interest of both oil producers and consumers." SUPER CAPTION: Larry Summers, U.S. Treasury Secretary And he refused to be drawn on the issue of oil prices and what he believed the ideal price of a barrel of oil to be for consumers and producing nations. SHOTLIST: Washington, DC, USA - 22 September 1. Wide of press conference and Summers approaches podium 2. Cutaway cameraman 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Larry Summers, U.S. Treasury Secretary 4. Cutaway 5. Wide of Summers at podium 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Larry Summers, U.S. Treasury Secretary 7. Cutaway to audience 8. Wide shot of press conference, zoom in to Summers?

Pre-G20 summit report: unified response to economic crisis unlikely; ENGLAND: London: INT Good shots Croupier's hands rolling ball on roulette wheel Croupier's hands placing chips (casino) Roulette wheel spinning Reporter to camera

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Pre-G20 summit report: unified response to economic crisis unlikely; EXT General view of London offices of insurer AIG

Pre-G8 Summit protests in the Czech Republic & Germany 14:19:00 Anti - Bush demo EVN2 Date Shot: 04-JUN-2007 Location: PRAGUE Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Source: CZCT Shotlist: gathering and start of demo Dopesheet: Some 100 people gathered outside the U.S. embassy to protest against the possible stationing of a U.S. radar system in the Czech Republic this afternoon. The demonstrators chanted slogans such as "Say No to War, Say No to Radar" and delivered speeches. The protest is organised by the Communist Youth (KSM) and the Communist Party (KSCM) on the occasion of today's arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush in Prague. On Tuesday, Bush will discuss with Czech representatives first of all the planned construction of the U.S. radar base in the Brdy military grounds southwest of Prague. The demonstration of opponents of President Bush outside the U.S. embassy has been calm so far. Police are monitoring the gathering. At 18:00, another demonstration against the U.S. radar base is to start outside the Foreign Ministry. The event is organised by the No To Bases group. ---------------------------------- 14:21:10 TCR MISSED THIS - THEY ARE GETTING IT REFED NOW: More anti-Bush demo 17:16-17:18 GMT 04-JUN-2007 EVF Date Shot: 04-JUN-2007 Location: PRAGUE Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Source: CZCT Dopesheet: Hundreds of Czechs protested peacefully on Monday against U.S. plans for a missile defence shield, rallying near Prague's historic castle hours before U.S. President George W. Bush was due to arrive in the capital Date Shot: 04-JUN-2007 Location: PRAGUE Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Source: CZCT ********SHOTLIST WAS SENT AFTER FEED HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN******* Shotlist: - beginning of the demo, happening showing man with a mask of pdt Klaus, man with glasses impersonating pdt Bush - demo in process, banners - pople watching the demo from windows - soundbite man talking as pdt Bush:" I think I have done everything in name of love for people, for my country, for freedom, freedom is so important and god! everything I´ve done I´ve done with God´s blessing, so judge God if you have something against things I have done. Amen " - more demo - banners: stop radars, bush to prisin, radar stink of death - soundbite participant:" I disagree with the location of the US radar base on the Czech Republic territory, as I can see no reason for that, I think that it might only invoke further tension in the world and it won´t solve any problems" Dopesheet: Several hundred people protested against the possible stationing of a U.S. radar system in the Czech Republic near the building of the Czech Foreign Ministry around 18:00. The organisers claim that over 1,000 demonstrators gathered today. The protest is held on the occasion of today's arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush in Prague. Bush is to arrive at Prague airport later today. On Tuesday, he will discuss with Czech representatives first of all the planned construction of the U.S. radar base in the Brdy military grounds southwest of Prague. The demonstration started with a performance showing a trial of President Bush after an anarchist revolution. The gathering is organised by the No To Bases group. People who protested against the radar base outside the U.S. embassy earlier this afternoon joined the demonstration, too. The gathering of the opponents of the radar base and of President Bush has been calm so far. A number of foreign and domestic journalists arrived on the spot of the event. --------------------------- 14:23:21 070604#066 PROTEST 3 APTN DIRECT DATELINE: Rostock, 4 June 2007 SHOTLIST 14:23:27 police and demonstrators scuffling 14:23:54 demonstrators, one of them crying 14:24:01 demonstrators chanting slogans, arms locked 14:24:11 Police and demonstrators scuffling, police grabbing and pushing woman with face painted as a clown 14:24:20 demonstration / music 14:24:23 banner 14:24:36 Pan to the right of protesters sitting down holding red and yellow flags 14:24:38 protesters staging peaceful demo, police standing by 14:24:41 Tilt down of man showing the contents of his backpack to a police officer 14:24:51 protesters talking to police 14:24:56 Close of protester holding banners reading in English "G8 Kings on Tour. Never Mind the Poor" 14:25:01 Pan right to protesters gathering 14:25:09 police walking 14:25:21 protesters walking 14:25:23 Close up of protesters' feet while marching 14:25:28 protesters holding up large banner reading in German "Stop the G8 Raid" 14:25:33 Close up of banner 14:25:38 protesters having their bodies painted 14:25:42 Close of woman's back being painted 14:25:48 body painted protesters holding flags, chanting and clapping 14:25:54 small boat donning the flags of G8 countries, pulling a floating world globe, carrying passengers masked as British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President George Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel 14:26:14 Zoom in on body painted protesters jumping in the water 14:26:28 body painted protesters swimming towards small boat and floating world globe, forcing boat to capsize 14:26:50 Zoom in on last standing passenger masked as Angela Merkel losing balance and falling in the water 14:26:56 protesters chanting 14:27:03 body painted protesters pulling floating world globe from the water 14:27:07 people masked as Bush, Blair and Merkel on a red carpet holding each other and covering their faces 14:27:15 SOUNDBITE (English) Protester: "In fact I think it is very necessary for people to come and demonstrate peacefully, because of have seen on Saturday there was a lot of black people around and I'd like to see more colourful people who demonstrate peacefully." 14:27:33 body painted protesters sitting and chanting STORYLINE: Demonstrations against this week's Group of Eight (G8) meeting continued for the third day as thousands of people gathered in Rostock for several protests against the summit. Police scuffled with the demonstrators during separate protests in the morning and during an afternoon demonstration in downtown Rostock thousands were seen engaging in more scuffles with authorities. Several protests have been held ahead of a three day conference of leaders of the world's major industrial powers gathering on the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm on Wednesday. In the morning, body painted protesters staged peaceful demonstrations by the Rostock harbour. Some could be seen throwing themselves in the river and swimming towards a small boat carrying passengers masked as leaders from the G-8 countries. ------------------------- 14:28:14 070604#041 AP-APTN-1030: ++Germany Protest 2 Monday, 4 June 2007 DATELINE: Rostock, 4 June 2007 SHOTLIST Lichtenhagen, area of Rostock 14:28:16 Pan right from line of anti G8 protesters walking to building in the street 14:28:26 police walking, protesters in the background 14:28:35 police and protesters scuffling 14:28:59 protesters with arms in the air, police in the foreground 14:29:09 Protesters and police scuffling 14:29:23 Police arresting demonstrators 14:29:35 Protester being dragged away by police towards police vans 14:29:47 Police and protesters scuffling, woman on the ground screaming, man being helped up by woman in yellow vest 14:30:11 Police dragging screaming protester towards police vans 14:30:26 Police and protesters scuffling 14:30:39 police behind shields STORYLINE: Protests against this week's Group of Eight (G-8) meeting continued for the third day as hundreds of protesters gathered in the Lichtenhagen area of Rostock on Monday, staging a demonstration against immigration laws. Police scuffled with the demonstrators, some of which were seen being detained. The protest followed another on the same day in Rostock that also gathered 800 hundreds of anti-G8 demonstrators in a sit in protest outside Rostock's Immigration office building, calling for immigration laws to be relaxed.

00:00:00:01 Logged in DC by Courtney Battle- battlec DC MS ID# 10568481 (HO), 10568483 (CUTS) AX MS ID# 10569544 (HO), 10569552 (CUTS) SHOT DATE: 10/29/14 LOCATOR: DC SOURCE: CNN RX (WX): 406 (HO), 407 (CUTS) TX (AX): 761 (HO), 762 (CUTS) EVENT INFORMATION: Daily press briefing with Press Secretary Josh Earnest. FONTS: Josh Earnest White House Press Secretary SOTS: WX-EARNEST/EARLY VOTING TRT: 14 OC: THEY ARE 12:23:42 Looking at the president's schedule today, it doesn't have anything that suggests that today is Election Day. And I'm wondering whether (inaudible). EARNEST: The President early voted so... QUESTION: True, but the rest of the nation is still voting. EARNEST: They are. 12:23:56 WX-EARNEST/ELECTION DAY TRT: 23 OC: INFRASTRUCTURE'S EXPERTISE {Asked about the President's campaigning in states that he won his own election, and the closer races in states he did not win} 12:29:14 The vast majority of voters are making a decision on election day based on the merits associated with the candidates at the top of the ballot. And we've seen in a number of ways that the President has sought to boost the prospects of those individual candidates, whether it's raise money or campaigning or lending his campaign infrastructure's expertise. 12:29:37 WX-EARNEST/AL-NUSRA TRT: 32 OC: OR OUR ALLIES {CNN's Jim Acosta asked about strikes targeted towards Al-Nusra in Syria} 12:40:47 I can say that as a general matter, the United States remains concerned about all threats emanating from Syria, including the threat that's posed from by the Nusra Front. That's driven by the fact that Nusra -- that the Nusra Front has been public in threatening the West. But what we will continue to do here in the United States is to work closely with our coalition partners to take strikes in Syria that are focused principally on denying a safe haven to those extremists and organizations that are seeking to do harm to the United States of America or our allies. 12:41:19 WX-EARNEST/SENATOR HAGAN TRT: 32 OC: BENEFIT HER CAMPAIGN {CNN's Jim Acosta asked about the radio spot President Obama did for her campaign} 12:39:16 Senator Hagan has a track record in North Carolina. She knows the voters of North Carolina very well. And so ultimately, she and her campaign team are going to make the decision about how to -- how to announce the President's support for her campaign and how to announce the President's participation in a radio ad benefiting her campaign. And she certainly is entitled to -- again, it's her name that's on the ballot, and it's she and her team who should decide how best to use the President and his popularity in North Carolina to benefit her campaign. 12:39:48 WX-EARNEST/VOTING MONITORS, ELECTION RULES TRT: 17 OC: ALL AGREE ON 13:05:46 It is all motivated to this idea that every eligible American citizen should be able to cast a ballot if they choose to do so today. And that is a principle, I think -- again, this is -- election day seems to be a unifying (ph) day. I think this is the kind of principle the Democrats, Independents, and Republicans can all agree on. 13:06:03 WX-EARNEST/GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY TRT: 33 OC: SUMS OF MONEY 12:57:53 You know, over the course of the next 24, 48 or maybe even 72 hours, many of you will be spending a lot of time talking about and interpreting whether or not the elections were good for Democrats or good for Republicans. Were they bad for the president, or were they bad for Speaker Boehner? I think the one thing that we can agree on at this point is the -- the fact that we're having Election Day, it's good for the country, that it's an opportunity -- this is the one day in which the playing field is leveled and that the voice of the average American is not drowned out by special interests and significant sums of money...12:58:26 WX-EARNEST/SENATE DEMS TRT: 02 OC: TO BE OPTMISTIC {Asked if the President still felt that Democrats would win in the Senate} 12:59:24 The president and everybody here at the White House continues to be optimistic. 12:59:26 WX-EARNEST/BURKINA FASO TRT: 58 OC: FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 13:19:54 The United States remains concerned about the unfolding events in Burkina Faso, and we offer condolences to the families of those who have been killed and injured there recently. And we call on all parties to avoid further violence to work together toward a peaceful transition of power. The United States condemns the military's attempts to impose its war on the people of Burkina Faso, and we call on the military to immediately transfer power to civilian authorities. We are encouraged by reports that the military will see power to a transitional government. We further encouraged by calls by the African Union for a return to civilian authority in no more than two weeks. The African Union has stated intent to impose consequences if such actions are not taken. We, for that reason, welcome the African Union's appointment of a special envoy for Burkina -- for Burkina Faso. We urge that this process should occur under civilian leadership that is guided by the spirit of the constitution so that Burkina Faso can move immediately toward free and fair presidential elections. 13:20:52 WX-EARNEST/ELECTORAL MAP 2016 TRT: 09 OC: IN THE WAY {Asked about the electoral map favoring Democrats in 2016, if the President will take that into consideration, if suggestions that he may be more willing to compromise over the next couple of years might be a bit premature} 13:14:30 So I think the President stands ready, regardless of what the map looks like in 2016, to work with Republicans to make progress for middle-class families. The president is not going to let politics get in the way. 13:14:39 WX-EARNEST, REPORTER/SHIRLEY SHERROD TRT: 24 OC: HAS NOT CHANGED 13:00:58 EARNEST: I think just for the sake of accuracy, I'll restate again that what we have said -- what we said in 2010 and what we're saying today, is that the decision to ask for Ms. Sherrod's resignation was made by the Department of Agriculture. 13:01:10 BUTT TO: 13:02:06 QUESTION: Is there a feeling of regret of what happened? EARNEST: Well, I think my understanding is that the Secretary of Agriculture has already indicated that was the case, and he did that many years ago, and that sentiment has not changed. 13:02:18 WX-EARNEST/VP BIDEN TRT: 26 OC: PERSONAL PHONE CALL {Asked about CNN's interview with Vice President Biden, if he apologized to the Turkish president} 12:55:28 Well, that's -- the statement from his office certainly indicated that. I think the point that the Vice President was making is that the message that he was trying to deliver specifically to President Erdogan related to his regret about the way that his comments were interpreted. And he wanted to make sure that he was clarifying exactly what he had said, or at least what he had meant when he spoke with President Erdogan. And he believed, given the strength of his personal relationship with President Erdogan, that that required a personal phone call. 12:55:54 WX-EARNEST/CUBA TRT: 47 OC: UNITED STATES AND CUBA 12:45:47 So, the president's been pretty clear that it's -- as he said in the past, and it's worth reconsidering our policy as it relates to Cuba, reflecting however the significant concerns the United States retains about the human rights record, their failure to observe basic human rights, as it relates to not just the illegitimate detention of Mr. Gross, but as it relates to the basic rights to free speech and political expression of the people of Cuba. And we continue to have concerns about that. But -- but again, I think the bottom line here is that Cuba's failure to release Mr. Gross is hurting the relationship between the United States and Cuba. 12:46:34 WX-EARNEST/NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT TRT: 52 OC: OF WORLD LEADERS 12:30:13 The United States regrets Russia's decision not to participate in last weeks preparatory meeting for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit. As far as the United States is concerned, the door remains open to Russia joining future meetings like this. The Nuclear Security Summit brings together more than 50 countries and four international institutions to take concrete action to secure nuclear materials. And the group that meets as a part of the Nuclear Security Summit has made significant progress over the course of the last four and a half years. The personal attention of the leaders at the biannual conference is a unique mechanism to spend more aggressive action toward success on this important security priority. We'd hope that Russia still shares the view that secure, loose nuclear materials and combating the threat of nuclear terrorism remains a priority led with the personal attention of world leaders. 12:31:05 ROUGH LOG: Q&A 12:23:54 the pres early voted************************************* 12:24:04 the pres is focused today on a couple of core amer priors- meeting with sec of def, sitting down with dir of imf to discuss range of intl econ issues, mtg for imp discussions in advance of trip to asia, g20 mtg, also convening team who focused on ebola, full schedule today, imp part of his leadership of the country 12:24:53 over course of the last sev months, spent time talking abt elections- fundraisers, aggresively made case for dems, 12:25:15 pres had opp to make case in series of rallies and other events to drum up support 12:25:29 pres aggressively made case for dems, but the other thing tht happens to be true- this is a time for field ops to thrive, org energy focused on turning out supporters******************* 12:26:14 pres wld do a couple of act today like that, taped a number of robo calls in support of dem candidates, idk of any specific radio intv he's doing, can follow up if he is, can't in advance, but after elections can provide mkore info 12:27:34 feel good abt chances of dem candidates being elected, reelected, but ultimately, it's the quality of these cand tht is going to be driver, ample opp for pres to raise money when his camp apparatus expertise, do some campaigning with gubernatortial cand, looking to be supportive, ultimately its these cand whose record is on ballot, interested in being supportive, ample data to indicate maj of ppl making decisions on cand themselves and not on obama, most recent is cnn poll- 54 percent not trying to send msg to pres obama with vote*********************************** 12:29:09 msg of support 12:29:13 indication that the vast maj of voters are making decision on election day based on merits associated with cand, seen pres has sought to boost prospects, raising money or campaigning, 12:30:17 us regrets decision not to participate, as far as us concerned, door remains open, brings together countries to secure nuc materials, group made sig progress over course of last 4.5 yrs, unique mechanism to spur action 12:30:57 hope russia still...combatting threat remains prior worth attn of world leaders********************************** 12:31:09 note pres obama is the one who lead this effort, conceived under pres obama, more than 50 participated, clear 12:32:39 dont have detailed readout 12:32:43 pres has urged his top advisers to understand that his top prior is expanding opp for middle class 12:32:59 hard at work on implementing ideas and policies to do exactly that 12:33:08 can execute unilaterally 12:33:13 efforts to work with dems and gop on capitol hill 12:33:20 expanding opp for middle class is something to agree on 12:33:32 safe to assume environment for cooperation will improve 12:33:41 whether that leads to action remains to be seen 12:33:46 pres cont to make expanding opp a top prior 12:34:14 many fams across country tht feel like they ben from falling prices at the pump, a lot is testament to kind of historic levels of production 12:34:35 oil and gas, but also as it relates to renewable fuels 12:34:43 fuel standards tht have enhanced eff of cars 12:34:53 also saving middle class fams at pump, reinvigorated us auto industry, jobs 12:35:06 there is a pretty strong econ ben associated with advancement of domestic energy industry 12:35:30 the amer energy sector cont to be imp part of tht jim acosta ?************************ 12:35:41 it's not 12:35:43 the voters again, pick up phone indicated tht least a maj of them nt tryin to send msg to pres with vote 12:36:02 tough to discount those cnn polls, tougher for you than me 12:36:43 driving voter decisions, cnn unearthed data on this, more tht will give greater insight 12:36:58 dont think it's controversial to cite most voters deciding based on name that's on ballot not the name that's not- sought to support dem cand that share his view, stark contrast to a lot of gop- think policy making shld be geared toward bens at the top- pres has diff view- our econ is best when middle class growing and thriving, philosophy pres pursued, most agree with philosophy, why pres worked so hard to ben cand, some states where pres didn't do so well, and where he did, up to those to make decisions for themselves abt how best******************************************************* 12:39:04 what's driving decisions are driven by what's in best interest of candidates 12:39:14 noone knows better than cand themselves, has traack record in n carolina, she and her camp team make decision abt how to announce pres support for camp, entitled to - her name on the ballot, she and her team how best to use the pres and his popularity********************************************* 12:40:06 not gonna entertain tht hypothetical, will have ample opp to discuss 12:40:40 seen those, dont have a whole lot to say abt future mil planning 12:40:49 us remains concerned abt all threats, incl by this front, driven by fact they have been public in threatening the west, will cont to do- work closely with partners, take strikes focused on denying safe haven to orgs seeking to do harm to us or allies,************************************** 12:41:27 that is the strat tht has attracted support of more than 60 nations 12:41:38 aware of fact tht the success of this strat is contingent upon local force in syria tht can take the fight to isil and other orgs seeking to establish safe haven 12:41:57 they will be successful when they are backing up an eff fighting force on the ground 12:42:08 why you've seen us ramp up assistance train and equip, getting close cooperation with turkey, saudi arabia who have agreed to host 12:42:26 strat under the way, focused on denying safe haven 12:43:16 what I can tell you is all of pres advisers and pres himself - cand themselves who can determine strat 12:43:42 wh view it is the prerog that they shld determine their camp strat- have said they shld get to drive tht decision, pres is eager to do what they ask to support them 12:44:05 said the pres did every single thing sen dems asked him to do 12:44:20 only way you test is eval on election day 12:44:27 opp to eval this success of any ind strat 12:45:12 as a gen matter, us believes mr gross shld be released immediately, not approp, not justified, time to be reunited, time for him to come home 12:45:35 cont detention is an obstacle in relationship, wld interfere with any effort 12:45:48 pres been clear that it's as he said in past, worth reconsidering policy reflecting concerns us has abt human rights record, as it relates...rights to free speech 12:46:20 cont to have concerns abt that, bottom line here is that cuba's failure to release is hurting relationship*************************************** 12:46:53 i dont have any neg to talk about , has been clear he shld be released 12:47:45 success, effectiveness on sanctions is reg reviewed 12:47:53 pretty clear the neg impact on global sec and wellbeing is most sig when it comes to the destab aactions russia took in ukr, basic intl norm at stake- not approp for big countries to interfere with countries on their border, cits shld have opp to det their future, principle us and allies are standing up for, pursuant to tht support, us and allies put in place sanction regime tht has sig toll on econ, intl comm prepared to start rolling back, there is opp, question is will russians seize it************************* 12:49:17 other areas where us and russia cont to cooperate very eff 12:49:26 working closely in context of p5 1, iran nuc program, syrian cw stockpile 12:49:43 engaged with intl comm to achieve imp progress 12:50:00 no doubt talks ben from constr involvement 12:50:08 space program, cont to work closely 12:50:15 us astronaut tht was transported to intl space station via russia rocket 12:50:28 relations btw two are complicated, where there are opps to cooperate, cont eff ************ 12:50:58 last camp tht will have direct bearing on his own presidency 12:51:54 increase transparency, try to make sure we are not drowning out voices of amers 12:52:08 not surprising gop are the ones who are blocking leg tht wld reduce influence of special interest money 12:52:47 think the pres preference wld be the best way to ensure voices of amers not drowned out is to have greater transparency, lims on pol act 12:53:15 does seem unlikely- after all, many of thse there bc they enjoyed strong support of special interest money, unlikely they'll reverse course 12:54:26 one party supporting leg to curtail special interst money, one party blocking cnn vp intv?************** 12:55:07 the diff is- might be matter of semantics 12:55:14 didnt listen in on phone call 12:55:19 statement put out that reflected what I had related as well 12:55:30 indicated tht 12:55:33 point was msg he was trying to deliver to pres related to his regret on way comments were interpreted, tht req personal phone call, approp thing*************************** 12:56:21 steps the turks have taken been very beneficial 12:56:30 one of the reasons us has such strong relationship- vp biden experience working 12:56:46 conf any sort of confusion were subs cleared up in phone call he placed 12:57:13 dont think its a surprise tht vp is braver than I am, rooted in his knowledge of pols, someone who spent time to campaign in support of dem cand, put a lot of stock in his analysis, great thing abt election day is we'll know results shortly******************************** 12:57:54 over course of next 24-72 hrs, many of you will spend time talking about if they were good for dems, gop, pres, speaker, one thing we can agree on is it's good for country- one day in which playing field leveled, voice is not drowned out by special interest, money, ************************* 12:58:33 imp opp for ppl to make voice heard, reason why I had a little bounce in my step- appeals to idealism, sift through results, decide if outcome good for party, office holder*************************** 12:59:26 pres cont to be optimistic************************ 13:00:05 decision to ask for resignation made by dep of agriculture, wh informed of tht decision, what wh said since 2010, anything tht changed that 13:00:37 was their decision to ask sherrod for resignation, what we said in 2010, 2014 13:00:59 I think for the sake of accuracy, what we said in 2010 and today is tht decision was made by dep of agriculture****************************************** 13:01:19 the emails reported on today say there were convos, but do not rebutt assertion we have been consistent about 13:01:42 litigated all of this, 13:02:10 my understanding that was the case, has not changed************************ vp radio intv? 13:03:02 has not indicated, can't acct for any convo vp had, not aware of special knowledge, idk who he's talked to, but mr ormond running as ind, determine if he's elected first 13:03:40 hasn't made endorsement 13:04:10 ppl who- in terms of voters wanting to know...voice is pretty distinctive 13:04:25 deferred to campaigns 13:04:29 once camp over, have more latitude to share 13:05:05 remains to be seen- ag announced civ rights div will send monitors to polling places, on the ground gathering info 13:05:23 inc questions related to .. 13:05:29 adequately serving rights of ind with disabilities, bilingual materials 13:05:41 there are some areas that the election monitors focusing on, 13:05:49 every amer cit shld be able to cast ballot if they choose to do so, tends to be unifying day*************************** 13:06:39 as gen matter, pres clear abt few things- 13:06:46 bound and det to do everything he can in exec branch to make progress for middle class fams 13:07:00 act aggressively to use exec auth 13:07:09 gop have not dem any willingness to consider bipartisan proposal that passed through sen 13:07:23 prepared to use exec auth 13:07:27 using exec auth 13:07:30 can anticipate announcment before end of yr 13:07:36 look for ways to use auth to ben middle class fams 13:07:45 look for partners who are willing to work with him 13:07:50 keep saying that bc at top of pres agenda, leave no stone unturned 13:08:02 might be opp for dems and gop to agree on early childhood education 13:08:12 these kinds of programs proven to be good investment 13:08:22 closely correlated with things like higher grad rates, literacy, lower teen preg, incarceration 13:08:36 pretty good when eval impact on middle class 13:09:11 one area wld be investments in early childhood education, infrastructure, another opp to agree and str econ 13:09:27 3rd thing will be on implementing so many of the imp achievements tht have been passed or carried out using exec auth 13:09:54 need to cont to be focused on aca, next enrollment coming up, attracted attn of a lot of off at hhs, 13:10:09 one area of implementation 13:10:13 yesterday met with janet yellen, she along with another set of regulators focused on .... 13:10:30 cont to be close 13:11:11 kinds of issues pres believes strongly in- hse gop opposed to 13:11:20 likelihood of passing disclose act 13:11:26 cont to try to push tht issue 13:11:31 applies to the area of climate change 13:11:36 still too many gop deny basic fact tht climate change occurring, policy makers 13:11:48 exec action, cont to talk abt in way tht lays groundwork 13:11:57 so again, maybe a little longwinded, pretty good idea of how pres and wh looking at imp two yrs 13:12:54 been on the books for a while 13:12:57 appeard with him a couple of weeks ago, support and engagement talked about for a couple of weeks 13:13:42 best determine by talking to campaigns themselves 13:13:49 something that has been planned 13:14:16 think that's interesting question 13:14:23 willingness to compromise in pursuit of goals 13:14:31 pres stands ready regardless of map to work with gop to work for middle class fams, not going to let pols get in the way****************** 13:15:01eval each piece based on criteria 13:15:16 leg that's not in best 13:15:22 discussed on camp trail quite a bit 13:15:29 depends on what sen and house decide to pass 13:15:48 congratulate you on your announcement on ret 13:16:12 as gen matter, admin in part the experts closely monitoring oil supply and demand 13:16:24 the - any sort of announcments wld not be made by me, rather come from agency 13:16:45 what I think I wld say, decisions related to reserve, made by dept of energy 13:16:56 best position to eval 13:19:50 dont think I can compare- us remains concerned abt unfolding events, offer condolences, call on parties to avoid viol, condemn attempts, call on mil to transfer power to civ auth, encouraged by reports, encouraged by calls to african union- stated intent to impose cons if such actions not taken, welcome au appt of special envoy, urge this process to occur under civ leadership so can move toward free and fair elections************************ 13:21:31 too early to eval the strat tht was employed by cand 13:21:40 still being cast, reserve judgment, others may not 13:21:47 reserve judgment until we see results 13:21:54 dont think it is controversial notion for pres to adopt posture 13:22:05 that is a pretty common sense notion, failure to do that cld lead to strange outcomes 13:22:17 so that said, the admin and pres worked closely with dem camp comm to do everything possible, every... 13:22:37 take robo calls, raising money to support 13:22:42 some rallies for cand, try to boost cand and turn out voters, lent the org and tech expertise of camp apparatus 13:23:00 do have camp drawing on same reservoir of act, volunteers, etc 13:23:16 number of ways pres asked to be helpful 13:23:22 the pres and team done everything sen dems asked of him 13:23:30 close coordination and collaboration, leading role cand shld play 13:24:01 he's more likely to have partners who share comm to middle class priors 13:24:12 unfortunately vast maj have adopted approach tht places interst of wealthy ahead of middle class 13:24:26 pres has struggled to work with ind who are unwilling 13:24:49 any observer conclude likelhood of cooperation more likely after elections passed 13:25:41 hard conclusion to draw 13:25:46 reserve judgment 13:25:49 thnk for a good and logical reasons, resp of those ind who have names at top of ballot 13:26:02 follow their lead, do everything we cld to support camp, sr strat 13:26:17 pres has done everything 13:26:21 comm to supporting cand who believe middle class 13:26:44 he'll be watching results in wh residence, 13:26:51 do anticipate pres will be updated reg by mems of pol strat and outreach who have been in touch with strat to give him updated info abt returns 13:27:13 not publicly reported, 13:27:17 monitoring results like amers 13:27:23 periodically updated, idk abt formal briefing 13:27:43 early voted ############################################ 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