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00:00and of course in the cabinet meeting not that there's anything to say thank you
00:08for being here I appreciate it it's a I think it's still a lovely day out but
00:11someone should tell April to not think that she's February somebody's got to
00:15check in with her see what's going on thank you all very much for being here
00:20I appreciate it and let's start with a couple of announcements here as usual of
00:25course I'm Tammy Bruce your spokesperson for the State Department to begin we are
00:29pleased to share that American Kassinia Carolina is on her way back to the
00:34United States Kassinia was detained in Russia for more than a year and will
00:39soon be reunited with her loved ones we have not forgotten about all of those
00:43who Russia continues to unjustly detain including American Stephen Hubbard
00:48president Trump's team at his request engaged with Russia on Kassinia's case
00:54secretary Rubio special envoy Whitcoff CIA director Ratcliffe national security
01:00adviser Waltz and special envoy Bowler mobilized their teams to bring her
01:04home we thank the government of the UAE for their support at enabling the
01:10exchange president Trump and secretary Rubio will continue to work for the
01:14release of all unjustly detained Americans and now to trade president Trump
01:21continues to put American workers first by bringing trading partners around the
01:25world to the table with a fresh perspective to achieve reciprocity and
01:30fairness yesterday the president allowed the promise of showed the promise of his
01:35support more than 75 countries recognize the benefit in working with the
01:41United States many negotiations are now underway president Trump has also been
01:45very clear on China China's decision to retaliate is emblematic of its decades of
01:51aggressive and unfair trade policies and president Trump has taken appropriate
01:56action in response announcing the United's that the United States tariff on all
02:02goods from China has again increased China's unfair trade practices are hurting
02:08not only the United States and our workers but also market economies around the
02:12world China has actively undermined the world trading order for decades it is high
02:18time to correct that imbalance president Trump is the first world leader brave
02:23enough to do so lastly I want to share a message from secretary Rubio to the
02:29people of the Dominican Republic as the secretary said we are quote united in
02:35prayer as the people of the Dominican Republic grieve the recent tragedy that took
02:39place in jet set nightclub in Santo Domingo which also resulted in the unfortunate death of at
02:46least one US citizen and US legal permanent residents while while rescue efforts remain ongoing our hearts go
02:56out to the families and loved ones affected by this devastating event the US stands ready to support our
03:02Dominican allies amid this obviously horrible and difficult time and now turning it
03:10over to questions where will I begin Matt Lee with the AP hello thank you ma'am two
03:16things I just want to check to make sure that you don't have anything to add either on
03:20the release of the American or on the Russia US talks in Istanbul from the
03:26statement do you have anything to add on I have well I have a few things I can add
03:30because I'm you know I'm talking and I can't shut up that's that's that's my my situation here so
03:36obviously we know the situation is that one thing I want to reinforce that I mentioned in my announcement
03:43is calling on Russia to release Stephen Hubbard who has been detained for nearly three years we continue
03:52to work to free mr. Hubbard and all other Americans unjustly detained and we have not forgotten about all
04:00those Russia continues to detain in this manner to say the least to secure Ksenia's release Russian
04:10national Arthur Petrov your alarms going Arthur Petrov was returned to Russia and that is all I'll share in
04:21that regard but obviously she is on her way home and that is what the story is in that regard and that's a
04:28promise a promise President Trump made when he first came into office was to make sure that all Americans
04:34being held around the world would in fact be home and your other issue well on the Ukraine oh sorry
04:41not Ukraine to Istanbul meeting between the US and Russia presumably this swap did not come up there
04:47but do you have anything to add to what was in the statement that came out earlier I do and let me get that for
04:58us I think we have that right here and I'm quite sure why why I don't I might have to run right
05:14I'll just go to my last one what I can for those of you not knowing what he's asking about is is a a
05:21technical meeting in Istanbul regarding the bilateral relations and the embassies for both of us and that's
05:30that's again that has happened before again has nothing to do with Ukraine nothing to do with expanding our
05:37relationship in any fashion in that regard but really just about the nature of our embassies and
05:43the ability to manage them and conduct business as one would normally expect to be able to do so
05:48in a diplomatic mission okay so then to my question that maybe you can answer a little bit on is the
05:56departure of ambassador Brink from from key do you have anything to say about that I do I do says Tammy
06:07Bruce Wow all right because we had just discussed this right well we also had discussed something a
06:20little bit yes what what is the the the blanket statement that we the State Department do not
06:26discuss personnel matter well that is that is something we've discussed at great length and
06:30in this particular case the ambassador Brink's been ambassador at the embassy in Ukraine for three
06:38years during a time of war for those three years an extraordinary performance there and we wish her
06:46well at the same time of course it's a reminder when it comes to the issues that we think about that
06:53surround this conversation is that we know that we're working for that war to end and that is our focus
07:00and we expect of course our work that will continue in that regard but that's that's the nature of what
07:08we're focusing on here and we we wish her well and that's really all we would we would say in that regard yes
07:17Andrea a bit there are several Americans in Russia that were at least identified by Mickey Bergman and other
07:28groups who are active in in this regard with trying to get Americans out who are not designated yet
07:35as wrongfully detained and I'm wondering if you could check or take the question as to whether there's
07:41any progress on elevating them to the level of wrongfully detained which could accelerate them getting released I
07:50think that was done by the administration with Mark Fogel right I do know yes again the question
07:57about Americans who don't have a designation of being wrongfully detained is that if an American is being
08:03held we are regularly looking at those cases we're constantly addressing the nature of how they're held why they're
08:13held and if that designation might change so it's it's not something we look away from it's a it's a regular effort and
08:20so in the regard of anyone who's not been designated in that fashion it is something as you've noted like with
08:26Mr. Fogel that can change if circumstances merit it and can you can you give us any details there's some confusion
08:33according to her lawyer she was supposedly um Xenia was arriving at 4 p.m. there are other reports that it is as late as 9 p.m. can you give us any clarification about and when she'll be if she'll be coming going to the White House or do you know anything more and I have one more question
08:51well well um yeah you're going to work army medical well clearly there's still issues of privacy here where I'm not really going to talk about the choices she's made where specifically she is going
09:05uh uh or what the plans are for her uh involved in that with which are decisions that uh are going to be made in that environment and with her which would not be appropriate to discuss
09:20uh and certainly I can't discuss the nature of the negotiations that occurred uh which clearly did
09:26um but um maybe that's for another day but here I can't do that okay and speaking of negotiations
09:32can you uh give us an update on what is expected on Saturday with the Iran talks because um foreign minister
09:41Arachi's column in the wall in the uh Washington Post yesterday made it very clear that there would be no
09:48talks if the U.S. was insisting that they are direct and of course the position as repeated today
09:55uh in the cabinet meeting was they will be direct talks so do you still expect these talks to take
10:01place on Saturday and uh will they be will they begin in direct talks and then move to direct or is there
10:10some resolution of that well I'm not on the team that makes that decision or has those conversations
10:16right and we're we're not going to litigate that here uh as I said on Tuesday and repeatedly say really
10:24about uh everything if the president says something that's my north star and they're the ones in the
10:30midst of the discussions regarding the arrangement of this meeting uh and we'll leave it to them so I'm
10:35not going to speculate on that or what will happen there are clearly some very very good and very important
10:41diplomats uh involved in this including of course special envoy Witkoff and we'll we'll leave it
10:47there we'll find out at this point yes that is still underway it is it's happening and uh we look
10:53forward to it as a good first step to find out if the Iranians are serious all right yes in the back
10:57there yeah thank you a couple questions just to be super clear a little bit Nadia please yeah just to be
11:03super clear did you just confirm the resignation of ambassador Brink I'm sorry did you uh ambassador
11:09Brink's resignation did you just confirm that because you wish her well uh well she she is um
11:15she's returning home yes so that's that's official thanks so much uh for those of us who have been
11:20following you know this from the very beginning we couldn't help but notice that ambassador Brink has
11:24been limited with naming Russia you know recently particularly in the past couple of weeks when it comes to
11:30talking about Russian attacks on Ukraine was there any instruction any pressure on her for not naming
11:36Russia from this building well I'm I'm not aware of anything like that certainly I wouldn't speak to
11:41anything regarding that regarding personnel regarding a diplomat and the internal dynamics that might occur
11:47so no that's not something I'm going to speculate about or guess out or speak to again my follow-up on
11:52Ukraine as well tomorrow marks 30 days one month since Ukraine you know uh did uh basically sign in
11:59your ceasefire deal and Russia refused has been delaying since then and as we speak they keep
12:05attacking on Kyiv right now may I get your perspective on that well the perspective I think everyone
12:10understands the perspective is that President Trump is involved in this we've got the best diplomats in
12:14the world with uh certainly uh being led by Secretary Rubio uh uh all of our leadership but particularly
12:20President Trump and Secretary Rubio in public have made it clear what's at stake uh when it comes to the
12:26nature of this situation ending uh it is a dynamic that will not be solved militarily it is a meat grinder
12:35there is uh nothing else can be discussed for the outcome until the shooting and the the the killing
12:41stops uh Secretary Rubio made clear uh at NATO in his press conference that we would in fact know in a
12:48matter of weeks if Russia was serious and so we'll we'll take that him at his word certainly as we do
12:55uh and I think uh Russia certainly needs to take that seriously and we'll play that out but this is
13:00not going to go on for six months or a year or anything else and uh the the president has also
13:06made it clear we want diplomacy uh but the fact is is that we're watching and judging as this process
13:12continues uh yes sir thanks um I wanted to have a comment uh the French president yesterday uh said that he
13:22would France would recognize the Palestinian state within months and uh he suggested that he could do
13:29it uh alongside Saudi Arabia at a UN conference in New York uh in June um the US has long opposed any
13:38unilateral recognition is that still your position do you have a comment on well I can tell you that
13:44we are aware of of course the reports that you refer to regarding um the French government's remarks and
13:50we refer you to them for further comment what I can also though say is that the United States stands
13:56firmly with the state of Israel in its pursuit to bring all the hostages back home and the defeat of
14:03Hamas the groundbreaking Abraham Accords and the devastating October 7th attacks have forever
14:09changed the Middle East as a special envoy Whitcoff has said we need to explore new policy prescriptions
14:18that ultimately end up in a better life for the Gazans and the Palestinians look at the discourse that's
14:25now happening today he said we're actually engaging in a productive conversation around what is best
14:31for Gaza and how we can make people's lives better this administration will continue to engage
14:37our partners in the region on a serious solution
14:41uh for uh Gaza that secures peace and the release of all the hostages among them five Americans including
14:51Edan Alexander
14:54can I just follow up on that sure very quickly it's not just about Gaza there's West Bank also so I mean
15:02well these are these I think it's fair to say that this is a region that has been in turmoil
15:07because of the support of death squads by Iran and so you have this dynamic that has been continuing
15:14and predictable and and not stopping and ceasefires being broken by the same groups that's why when we
15:21say yes new ideas uh for Gaza and the new idea that could break uh the Gazan people free from being
15:29hostages themselves of Hamas uh is the same kind of solution that is also going to help the entire
15:35region that is that is it this is not a an isolated framework that only fits into a corner this is a
15:44solution that is for the region and our regional partners of course understand that as well Nadia
15:50thank you Tammy just to follow up on your question um the president said that he's open to different
15:55ideas so when the secretary goes with him to Saudi Arabia next month will that meeting also be
16:01expand expanded to have a Middle Eastern conference whereby the Palestinian issue will be discussed
16:08well I don't uh know what the plan is when it comes to the content uh that is something that we would
16:13have to speculate about or guess at and we really shouldn't do that obviously with a multitude of issues
16:20facing the region uh so it's it's the details I can't imagine about it's it's uh not something I'm going to
16:27do but um uh I think that that kind of a visit of course is at the hallmark of uh President Trump's
16:33vision uh when it comes to his own presidency but also how to uh change uh the course of the Middle East
16:40and uh to make it better for everyone there so I know that he's looking forward to having conversations
16:46uh that surround that aspect yes sir just just follow up one more go ahead just on the technicality
16:53so is this meeting on Saturday is going to be one off or it depends on what has been achieved on
16:58Saturday and will be a direct talk ie in the room it will be two delegation the Iranians and Americans
17:06and the Omanis in the middle or the exchange of uh conversation will be across the table well
17:11what happens on Saturday would I suppose determine whether there's more right now this is a meeting
17:17that is arranged it is not part of some larger scheme or framework it is a meeting to determine
17:23whether or not the Iranians are serious and so that clearly would would be the goal of that singular
17:30meeting and effort as far as the arrangements or what the rooms are or who's in which rooms
17:37I don't have that for you and I'm not going to speculate yeah yes sir yes sir
17:41I just want to go back to your response to Leon where you said uh we want we need to explore new
17:49policy prescriptions that ultimately end up in a better life for the Gazans and the Palestinians
17:55are they one in the same in your mind or are you disassociating the Gazans from Palestinians so I'm
18:00talking about the people in the region the people who live in the Gaza Strip uh that's who we're talking
18:06about the people who face a danger every single day because of the nature of what Hamas has done
18:11uh to that region and uh to that strip of land I think that no matter who you are and how you
18:17identify the fact is is that no human being deserves to remain in that kind of an environment because
18:25Iran is funding death squads that take over the space and use you as a human shield while it may
18:32while we may become inured to that kind of hell and the people in it generationally become
18:38uh affected and also believe that this is just normal life uh that is a crime in and of itself
18:46and there is the the human spirit is is so strong that we do know especially for those who survived
18:54October uh 7th those who got out of the hostage framework uh one woman whom we honored here at the
19:01state department uh who was a survivor of that massacre the strength in these individuals who move
19:09through this is astounding how they survive psychologically and and physically that is what
19:16unifies us all of us in this room all of us engaged in this kind of a framework it's that it's human beings
19:23it's families it's mothers and fathers it's young people dancing at a music festival it's people of faith
19:30it's people of no faith it's people who just simply are looking forward to that night or to getting
19:35married or to having children or thinking about college or thinking about moving somewhere or just
19:41living their life as their parents live their lives that's who i'm talking about and that's what every
19:48peace effort that president trump and secretary rubio work for every single day if there is one thing
19:55our generations can look to here is the fact that we at the very least seriously try and so when i refer
20:03to someone where whatever part of the world they're in that's who i'm referring to the israelis uh the the
20:10arabs the egyptians uh the palestinians people of gaza uh jordan whomever this is where we have to move
20:19past is the nature of what keeps us together and what unifies us yes yes yes yeah please please
20:24side please on that the u.n secretary general called gaza killing field he noted it's been more than a
20:30month since israel has allowed aid into gaza are you guys pushing israel to allow humanitarian aid into
20:35gaza given it has been a month and conditions are incredibly dire people are dying you just mentioned
20:40folks need to be able to live sure yes they do and uh when there was of course a ceasefire aid was flowing
20:47into the region people were getting food and uh other aid that they needed including medical aid because
20:55of the ceasefire uh that allowed that to move forward uh we of course uh stand by our ally israel
21:02uh there the ceasefire was uh abandoned by hamas uh you you know my uh it's not just a feeling it's a
21:10fact of the matter that there was a ceasefire and aid was flowing hamas abandoned that ceasefire
21:16decided that it was i don't know what they would decide but uh it's uh the kind of thing that
21:22monsters do and continue to do so obviously the work does continue every single day in that region and
21:29other regions to stop the fighting to make sure that civilians are protected that the next day that
21:36they might still be alive so because you might not see something in the news and i know this is your
21:42business doesn't mean or you you don't see announcements doesn't mean that that work isn't
21:47continuing to regain that ceasefire so that aid can continue as we also stand by israel and and the the
21:56nature of what's happening for them and how as they still deal with uh the the fighting is this is not
22:03good for any anyone in that region but yes uh our work continues to get back to that ceasefire
22:10to make sure that people can get aid and to survive this which is the sole focus of all of our efforts
22:16for that region can i just quickly yes sir sir please please go ahead sir yes thank you um with regard to
22:23extradition of the hubba rana who was convicted in the mumbai terrorist attack and sought after in india
22:28he had been trans transferred to india right now he landed in india this morning uh u.s time
22:33uh how how does the secretary sees this as as a message to the terrorist who has operations from u.s uh yes
22:44one uh that we do have an update for you on that um
22:51hmm this might be i do i want to be able to do this and um tommy could you come up here and give me a hand
23:02because something changed up here and this was something very specific because we're um can let's
23:14because i don't want to speak um randomly here there we go thank you sir tommy pickett everyone
23:22you're gonna my principal deputy uh you'll be seeing him soon uh briefing you when i'm unable to brief
23:31tommy is the one next in line so there you go already proving himself he is he's a fan favorite
23:38with it with the the team here in the building as well thank you sir all right so uh good question
23:44sir on april 9th the united states extradited tower tower hussein rana to india to face justice for his role
23:54in planning the horrific 2008 mumbai terrorist attacks some of you may some people watching
24:02may not remember these but i encourage you to look them up and to find out exactly how horrible this
24:08was and the importance of this situation today these attacks resulted in the tragic loss of 166 lives
24:16including six americans that shocked the entire world the united states has long supported
24:22india's efforts to ensure those responsible for these attacks are brought to justice and as president
24:28trump has said the united states and india will continue to work together to combat the global scourge
24:35of terrorism so it is uh he is in uh their possession and um we are very proud of that dynamic thank you
24:46yes all right yes you're in the glasses here the senior advisor to the iranian leader ali shabhani
24:53today said that if military threats continue against iran iran will kick out ia inspectors and
25:00hide its uh enriched material what's the u.s reaction to that all right um
25:09first of all these actions uh the threat of that kind of action of course is inconsistent
25:15with iran's claims of a peaceful nuclear program right uh also expelling iaea inspectors from iran
25:23would be an escalation and a miscalculation on iran's part the united states remains deeply
25:32concerned that iran is amassing a growing stockpile of highly enriched uranium for which there is no credible
25:39peaceful purpose iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state producing highly enriched uranium at this
25:48level also beyond the threat to expel the international nuclear inspectors but also a threat threatening to
25:56transfer its stock of uranium to secret locations and again why would one need to do that if it was for
26:05peaceful energy work doesn't make much sense so again uh it is uh an escalation and a miscalculation
26:13on iran's part if they were to do so all right yes go ahead and then you you afterwards you next go go ahead
26:23wait one second eric go ahead thank you um so a quick question about a wall street journal report
26:29they're saying that chinese officials acknowledged in a secret meeting last december that they were
26:34behind a widespread series of cyber attacks on american infrastructure and they linked the attacks
26:40to escalation over taiwan i just wanted to ask you if that if chinese officials have made any kind of
26:46similar statements to this administration or if this administration was briefed on that apparent
26:51admission uh during the transition that is a good question and we're going to have to take that away
26:56and get that back to you when i do that by the way for people watching we really actually do get back
27:02to the reporters with the answer to their questions so that's a genuine framework we ask all right eric go
27:09ahead yeah thank you tammy um i'd like to ask about uh some reporting that we have today that uh israeli
27:16officials are laying the groundwork for a full military occupation of gaza and whether this is something
27:24that's concerning to the state department whether uh it's seen as any kind of an overreach or anything
27:29that is would further inflame the situation uh in the middle east right now well it's clear that um
27:38president trump has uh explained uh his uh goals here when it comes to the nature of a diplomatic solution
27:46and to ending the fighting uh but of course on any other uh issue i'm not going to discuss what another
27:53country might be contemplating or it's it's uh separate diplomatic conversations or considerations
28:02it may have so you want me to speculate uh or hypothesize i'm not going to do that all right yes
28:07ma'am thank you i just want to switch to afghanistan um are you aware of the case of a british couple
28:15peter and barbie reynolds who are still detained by the taliban they were taken at the same time as the
28:21american fay hall who is a friend of that couple uh who as you know was released a couple of weeks ago
28:28um uh they are americ they are british but they have american uh children grandchildren and great
28:34grandchildren who have given an appeal via video which they've posted online which we at cbs we've
28:42reported about um appealing to trump for help and being able to release their parents i was wondering
28:48if you are aware of whether there was any effort to coordinate between the us and the british
28:52governments to get all of them out at once and if there has been any outreach to offer to help with
28:57their uh with the us helping to get their release uh from taliban custody since well it's uh we're aware
29:04of the reports of course we're aware that they're they're held uh they're british citizens i i would
29:10suggest i don't know if you've checked with the british government i think they would have the most
29:13uh specific actions if they're being taken for the for their citizens uh but so that's all i that's all
29:20i have for you and can i just have one on to the taliban as well relatedly um uh there were reports a few
29:27days after that visit uh by former uh envoy for afghanistan zalma halil zad and uh the special
29:33government employee adam bola and when they visited kabul in march a few days after that and american george
29:40glasman was released a few days after that um the uh bounties on uh senior taliban officials heads were
29:48lifted um did the u.s government lift bounties on taliban officials in order to get americans out
29:55is that something you're aware of and do you have any comment um i know that this this i think you'd asked
30:01this once before um what i can tell you is is that those frameworks are always being looked at and
30:08dealt with um i i can't speak to any kind of exchange in that regard uh we do know that he did
30:15about it as well he did tweet about george glasman and mentioned that the taliban um you know that they
30:21shouldn't be doing this and so i was just wondering if the two well they're they're still uh these are
30:26individuals who are designated terrorists the groups are remain designated terrorist groups uh none of
30:31that has changed uh and that's that's what i can tell you that's i think what the uh the story here is
30:36that none of that has changed uh yes sir thank you tammy appreciate it um relative to the iran talks
30:43meeting friendly chat whatever it's a meeting it's just a meeting yes i don't know if it'll be friendly
30:48it'll be a meeting an important one i want to go back to an older story that's kind of petered out a
30:54little bit a former special envoy for iran rob malley uh was suspended and had a security clearance
31:00revoked as a result of some alleged violations of security processes republicans were screaming
31:08about getting documents from the state department in an update and then january rolled around and
31:13republicans kind of went silent on the issue i'm trying to find out if the state department can
31:18provide any update or commit to providing any update on that scenario that well i can get you an update
31:25once we take it back and look for that update thank you i'll definitely i'll get that to you for sure
31:30yes ma'am thank you tommy i have two questions on north korea first question north korean kim jong-un
31:37recently said that the u.s and south korea and the japan's efforts to denuclearize
31:46north korea are nonsense does the u.s believe that north korea must completely denuclearize second
31:55question president trump has mentioned that the north korea is a nuclear state will the state
32:03department to formally recognize north korea as a nuclear state thank you well i would say for questions
32:11about what president trump might do you you must check with the white house uh we do know of course
32:16that the administration has made it clear that north korea has to be a denuclearized state so there's
32:24that that's the only thing that's acceptable in that regard uh yes please just a couple of questions
32:30coming back to the russia uh prisoner swap i'm wondering this swap that happened um today uh how do
32:38you see how do you see that as connected to the talks you know is this is this a positive sign
32:43for russia's willingness to uh to come to make concessions when it comes to ukraine you know the
32:54i think that there's been i think the president's been very clear that there's one thing on the table
32:59with russia which is the ceasefire yeah uh that there's no other dynamic that's going to be addressed
33:06or uh facilitated until that is dealt with the president did make a few comments uh at his
33:14cabinet meeting uh regarding the situation uh and how it was brought to his attention and uh the fact
33:21that uh he pledged again this is not a lark on his behalf this was a pledge that he's made made
33:27throughout the campaign and has been a hallmark of his administration and he's acted on that
33:32uh in this particular case uh it happens to be uh this young woman who comes back uh i i think that
33:40you know as as especially also with stephen hubbard still being um uh detained there uh it's clear that
33:48this is an ongoing framework uh regardless we're not going to choose or not choose a country uh based
33:53on a circumstance the president's going to act on it on americans who need to be freed and on the
33:58the russian who was who was released in the swap uh arthur uh petrov petrov yeah um so he he was
34:05detained and um extradited from from cyprus i believe uh regard related to rules that the previous
34:12administration had imposed on russia which which were about making sure that the russians didn't get
34:18access to u.s microelectronics for their military programs right so the fact that you've released this
34:23guy who was detained for for you know for breaching that well he was returned to russia he wasn't
34:29okay released into the wild he was he was returned to russia does that signal some softening of the u.s
34:35well the viden administration hadn't talked to russia at all i mean the president trump
34:40is the first to engage with russia for years so when we think about the nature of of either
34:46administration uh but this is about leadership it transcends partisanship it's about how do you
34:51conduct your business to get things done do you just simply not talk to people and turn a blind eye
34:56and and do nothing or do you engage uh when it comes to stopping the carnage stopping wars uh getting
35:04people released from being uh unjustly held uh or just even getting americans back home uh you've got to
35:11engage with people to do this and and secretary rubio's made it very clear is that you when they've
35:16asked if if he was going to if he trusted putin as an example he talked about that it's in this
35:22dynamic you have to deal with what people do and what they don't do if that trust really isn't about
35:28isn't the issue it's about expectations what people are supposed to do and whether they do them or not
35:34and this and you can then talk you must be able to talk with everyone if you want to get results and i think
35:41that that's what we have in this administration and we see it every day including uh today and with
35:47her release and we'll see it on saturday we'll see it constantly from both secretary rubio and president
35:53trump uh as we work to make the world a better place and that is it for today thank you everyone
35:59next tuesday i will see you then someday you will be entertained by tommy pickett um yes he's uh he's
36:07he's he's he's gonna be he's very good so i feel uh very safe that you'll be in his hands