Transcript for Biden leaves St. Croix, heads to Kentucky to tout economy
LOST ABOUT 70% OF THEIR VALUE
LAST YEAR.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HEADING
BACK STATESIDE AFTER A WEEK
LONG FAMILY VACATION IN ST.
CROIX, ABC NEWS ALEX PEREZ HAS
BEEN COVERING THE PRESIDENT
FROM ST. CROIX AND JOINS US NOW
LIVE IN KNOW.
ALEX , EVERYONE HAS BEEN GIVING
YOU A HARD TIME ABOUT THIS
BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE COVERING
THE PRESIDENT.
SO I WON'T EVEN GO THERE, EVEN
THOUGH THE BACKGROUND
IS AMAZING AND I'M LOVING
YOUR SHIRT.
BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN RETURNS
TO A REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE IN
WASHINGTON, RIGHT.
HIS FIRST EVER BIG EVENT THIS
WEEK IS BIPARTISAN WITH SOMEONE
YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT.
SO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FROM
THE BEACH, WILL YOU?
KYRA PHILLIPS?
>> I'LL DO MY BEST.
SO, YES, THE PRESIDENT THIS
WEEK IS GOING TO BE HEADED
TO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA
TO TOUT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
IN KENTUCKY.
AND OHIO.
AND , YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF
CAPITALIZES ON A MESSAGE THAT
HE HAD FOR NEW YEARS, SAYING
THAT HE WAS OPTIMISTIC FOR THIS
COUNTRY IN THIS NEW YEAR.
>> HE'S GOING TO BE JOINED
BY LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING SENATE
MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL
AND ALSO OHIO'S
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
MIKE DEWINE.
AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
HERE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
THE COMPOSITION OF CONGRESS
IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
WITH HIS INCOMING CONGRESS.
THIS INCOMING HOUSE BEING
REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED, DIVIDED
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING
TO BUILD MOMENTUM OFF THE JUMP
TO SAY THAT, HEY, THERE'S STILL
ROOM FOR BIPARTISANSHIP GOING
FORWARD.
>> WELL, TALK TO US MORE ABOUT
THIS AND WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
IS SAYING ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING
TO DEAL WITH THE NEW CONGRESS.
>> WELL, SO CERTAINLY THIS TRIP
AND THE OPTICS OF IT, RIGHT,
BEING WITH MITCH MCCONNELL
AND ALSO REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
MIKE DEWINE SETS A TONE.
>> BUT I THINK WHILE
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
STEADFAST IN SAYING THAT WE'RE
WILLING TO WORK WITH BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
A LOT OF THESE BIG SWEEPING
WINS THE DEMOCRATS HAD DURING
THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF HIS TIME
IN OFFICE, THERE'S NOT GOING
TO BE AS MUCH OF AN APPETITE
TO PASS SOME OF THESE SWEEPING
LEGISLATIONS THROUGH THROUGH
CONGRESS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE
IS BIPARTISANSHIP LANDS?
I MEAN, I THINK INFRASTRUCTURE
IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S
BROUGHT EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE,
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS HERE.
I THINK ONE OTHER THING, TOO,
THE WHITE HOUSE IS WAITING,
TOO, TO SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT
AS THE LEADERSHIP WITHIN THAT
REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE THIRD IS GOING
TO BE A BIG DAY FOR
REPUBLICANS.
THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHILE THERE IS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH LEADER
KEVIN MCCARTHY, THERE ARE
ALREADY MEMBERS OF THIS
INCOMING REPUBLICAN HOUSE THAT
ARE LOOKING TO LAUNCH
MORE INVESTIGATIONS INTO
THE WITHDRAWAL FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
ALSO, HUNTER BIDEN'S BUSINESS
DEALINGS, PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY
SAID THAT HE THINKS THAT
CONGRESS SHOULD BE WORKING
TO DO MORE TO GET THINGS DONE
IN LESS INVESTIGATING.
BUT ALL THAT COULD IMPACT WHAT
ROOM THERE IS FOR
BIPARTISANSHIP GOING FORWARD.
>> SO THE PRESIDENT DOES SAY
THAT HE WILL HAVE A CLEARER
IDEA IN THE NEW YEAR
ON THE PROSPECT OF A TWENTY,
TWENTY FOUR PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
SO DO YOU THINK WE COULD EXPECT
ANY KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT SOON?
WELL, KYRA, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.
>> SO FRIDAY, THE PRESS SAW
THE PRESIDENT LEAVING
A RESTAURANT AND HE WAS ASKED
ABOUT THIS IS RUNNING IN
TWENTY , TWENTY FOUR .
HE KIND OF JOKED, OH, I DIDN'T
KNOW THERE WAS AN ELECTION
GOING ON .
>> BUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE, SPECIFICALLY
FROM WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF
RON KLAIN, IS THAT, YES, THIS
IS A VACATION FOR THE BIDENS AT
THE TIME TO DINE THIS TIME
TO PLAY SOME GOLF.
BUT IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIM TO TALK WITH HIS FAMILY
ABOUT THE VIABILITY OF A TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR RUN.
RON KLAIN ALSO SAYING, THOUGH,
THAT HE EXPECTED THE DECISION
TO BE MADE SHORTLY AFTER
THE HOLIDAYS AND THAT
THE DECISION WOULD BE TO RUN.
ALL RIGHT.
STAY TUNED.
SO, ALEX , YOU THINK WE CAN
GET YOU TO COME BACK HOME?
IT'S PRETTY BEAUTIFUL THERE.
LISTEN, KIRAN, LOBBYING TO SET
UP A BUREAU HERE.
I'D BE HAPPY THAT IT'S A BIRD
AND I'D BE WILLING TO BEAR IF
YOU WOULD DO SO.
WELL, DO I DON'T BLAME IT WOULD
BE A FUN ST. CROIX BUREAU,
ABC BUREAU ALEX PEREZ
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