President Obama's Press Conference

Mar 25, 2009

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

Chip Reid talked about the previous night's press conference by President Obama, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. He also addressed the issue of whether he knew in advance that he would be called on to ask a question.
Chip Reid talked about the previous night's press conference by President Obama, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. He also addressed the issue of whether he knew in advance that he would be called on to ask a question.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:14 Unidentified Speaker IT IS KIND OF WHAT I EXPECTED. I EXPECTED HIM TO SAY THAT YOU NEED TO INVEST IN ENERGY AND HEALTH...
00:00:55 HOST HOW MUCH STOCK GOES INTO USING THE WORD YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE WHEN TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT?
00:01:03 GUEST REPUBLICANS WERE THROWING THAT IRAN JUST A DAY, SOME SAID IT WAS THE MOST IRRESPONSIBLE BUDGET IN...
00:01:26 HOST DID YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT YOU WOULD BE ASKING A QUESTION? GUEST:NO. WE DON'T NEED ANY ADVANCE...
00:01:53 HOST CHIP REID IS OUR GUEST TODAY. THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN, GO AHEAD AND DIAL IN. HE IS MEETING WITH...
00:02:11 GUEST THE DEMOCRATS, THEY HAD 16 MODERATE SENATORS SAYING THEY WILL CUT BACK ON HIS BUDGET. THE MIDDLE CLASS...
00:02:57 HOST WHAT DID YOU LEARN LAST NIGHT?
00:03:02 GUEST I THINK WHAT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE WAS ABOUT, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WAS TO CREATE CONFIDENCE. BASICALLY...
00:03:33 HOST IS TIMOTHY GEITHNER IN TROUBLE?
00:03:38 GUEST I THINK HE IS SAFE RIGHT NOW. HE WAS VERY GOOD IN THE CLOSED- DOOR BRIEFINGS, ROLLING OUT THE TOXIC...
00:04:22 HOST IS THE AIG BONUS SITUATION A LEGITIMATE DEAL?
00:04:32 GUEST IT IS A SMART -- SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, COMPARED TO ALL OF IT. IT IS SOMETHING, WHEN PEOPLE GET THAT...
00:05:22 HOST YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN WASHINGTON. DOES IT 2009 FEEL DIFFERENT TO YOU THAN IN THE PAST?
00:05:35 GUEST TO BE SITTING RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT ROW WITH THE PRESIDENT, EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT TO ME NOW....
00:06:18 HOST YOU ARE ON WHICH IT READ. CALLER: THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THINK THAT BARACK OBAMA IS GOING TO SNAP...
00:07:15 GUEST THOSE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. IF WE HAD GOTTEN DOWN TO THE 15TH, OR THE 25TH QUESTION, MAYBE WE WOULD...
00:08:03 HOST ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE ACCESS YOU HAVE TO HIM?
00:08:07 GUEST NOT REALLY. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE PRIME-TIME PRESS CONFERENCES. HE IS IN CONTROL. HE DOES...
00:08:39 HOST ALABAMA, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: I DON'T SEE WHERE OBAMA THINKS HE GETS THE AUTHORITY TO DUMP SOME...
00:09:17 GUEST THAT IS THE ARGUMENT HERE. HE BELIEVES THAT GOVERNMENT HAS A BIGGER ROLE THAN MANY REPUBLICANS BELIEVE....
00:09:46 HOST FLORIDA, YOU ARE ON. CALLER: DOWN HERE WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT. HE HAS BEEN SAYING...
00:11:01 GUEST I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE CIGARETTE TAX SITUATION. PERSONALLY, IF THE MILLIONAIRE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS...
00:11:44 HOST TODAY IS BUDGET DAY ON CAPITOL HILL. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR?
00:11:50 GUEST YOU HAVE MODERATE DEMOCRATS SAYING, WE CANNOT SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY. THE PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE-CLASS...
00:12:42 HOST FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR, HOW IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CONGRESS?
00:12:48 GUEST I THINK IT IS GOOD. I THINK THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS FOR -- SUPPORT FOR HIM. EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS, SOME...
00:13:12 HOST WASHINGTON D.C.. CALLER: A WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND...
00:14:08 GUEST PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER. ONE ISSUE IN THIS, AS MUCH OF A CRISIS THAT HEALTHCARE...
00:14:39 HOST DO YOU FORESEE HEALTH-CARE REFORM LEGISLATION THIS YEAR?
00:14:43 GUEST SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE IT DONE AFTER...
00:15:00 HOST LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS. CALLER: WHY DOES CBS NEWS AND C- SPAN NOT COVERED --?
00:15:21 GUEST CHARLES FREEDMAN, I DID NOT COVER THIS BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH ECONOMIC LIFE AND DEATH. I DO...
00:15:40 HOST PENNSYLVANIA, REPUBLICAN. CALLER: I WANT TO AIR A GRIEVANCE. I KEEP HEARING THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT...
00:16:31 GUEST THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION, AND HIS RESPONSE IS, IT MAY NOT BE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT...
00:16:55 HOST LEAD STORY IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THIS MORNING, A TAX ON AND BONUSES SLOWS. THIS IS SLOWING SIGNIFICANTLY,...
00:17:14 GUEST THAT IS GOOD NEWS. BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING ON THIS. ANDREW CUOMO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL...
00:17:49 HOST OBAMA EVENT YET TO SELL OUT. THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR, HELD WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON,...
00:18:01 GUEST THAT'S A SHOCKER. TONY BENNETT IS PERFORMING. YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE....
00:18:09 HOST WILL YOU BE ATTENDING THAT?
00:18:12 GUEST I WILL NOT. I HAVE BUT CBS FUNCTION TONIGHT. I TRIED NOT TO DO SOMETHING EVERY NIGHT, BUT MY WIFE...
00:19:08 HOST YOU DON'T TRUST THE NEWS CONFERENCES? CALLER: NOT AT ALL. I WATCHED A LOT, AND I WOULD RATHER SEE...
00:19:29 GUEST THAT IS A WORRY FOR ME. PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE APPROVE OUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME....
00:21:07 HOST OHIO, YOU'RE ON. CALLER: MAYBE IF MR. OBAMA WOULD STOP PONTIFICATING SO LONG, HE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME...
00:22:31 GUEST THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE CLEAR THAT HE SUPPORTS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. ON THE OTHER HAND, DOING...
00:23:05 HOST I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. HE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, TALKING ABOUT HIS GROWTH RATE IS DIFFERENT...
00:23:20 GUEST WHO KNOWS WHAT THE GROWTH RATES ARE GOING TO BE? IT IS PIE IN THE SKY. I WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO GET...
00:24:18 HOST THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR EUROPE. WILL YOU BE TRAVELING WITH HIM?
00:24:26 GUEST I WILL BE TRAVELING WITH HIM. HE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE G 20, IT IS REALLY THE 19 LARGEST ECONOMIES...
00:25:31 HOST DIDN'T THE PRESIDENT TAKE A SWIPE AT EUROPE LAST NIGHT, ABOUT THE BANK BAIL OUTS?
00:25:38 GUEST I WASN'T SURE. HE IS NOT PLEASED ABOUT WHAT SOME COUNTRIES IN EUROPE ARE DOING.
00:25:48 HOST LEWISOHN, MICHIGAN. CALLER: LAST NIGHT I KNOW IT WAS NOT ADDRESSED AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT I...
00:26:31 GUEST THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS. YOU DON'T REALLY HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
00:26:41 HOST WHAT ARE YOU COVERING TODAY?
00:26:45 GUEST I WILL BE COVERING THE TRIP UP HERE TO MEET THE SENATE DEMOCRATS. THE FALL OF FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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