The president urges democrats to adhere to the socalled schumer role and that holds the government hostage in an attempt to advance a radical, political agenda. We must fully fund our military and make sure our brave men and women in the uniform have what they need. Theyre always there for our country and we must not let partisan bickering getting in of taking care of them. The president wants a clean funding bill that takes care of our military and keeps our people safe. I will take your questions. The president said he not only lost his job, but steve bannon also lost his mind. Does he regret hiring him . Sanders i think the president s statement is pretty clear on what his opinion of steve bannon is and i do not think there is anything to add. Closey had a long and working relationship. Is there a sense of betrayal . Ms. Sanders once again i think the present posse statement fully addressed his position. April. Question, is the president now blocking cspan from calling his cell phone . Ms. Sanders im am not aware they are calling his cell phone but the last situation to place in the early part of december. What does this do for the president s base . Ms. Sanders i dont think anything to the supported the president and his agenda and those things have not changed. The president is exactly who he was yesterday as he was two years ago when he started out on the campaign trail. And i think the base is extremely happy. I think theyre pretty happy with where he is. Some people may not what happens there . Ms. Sanders that is in question you have to ask steve bannon p president s is very solid and has not changed because the president has not changed. We have continued to accomplish what we did last year and will do a lot more at the beginning of 2018. You dont like i can handle the hardwoods . Hardwon . The hard ones . Requeste does the president think his son committed treason . Ms. Sanders i think that is a ridiculous question. You call that a total farce. I think i would look accomack, if anyone has been inconsistent, it has in him, certainly not the president for ms. Sanders no, he was not part or aware of that. The nuclear threats, should americans be concerned about the president s Mental Fitness that he appears to be taking lightly think the people of this country should be concerned about the Mental Fitness of the leader of north korea, who has he will make sure he does what he promised to do, to stand up and protect the american people. Will keep moving. Is it possible he could misinterpret that question mark you said he is unpredictable. I didnt say that. I think it is extremely clear what the president s position is in our position on north korea has not changed since the beginning. This is a president who is committed to protecting americans and the people of this country and he will not back down. John. John it is not the first time steve bannon has been here at the white house he made reference to his interview on 60 minutes. Briefing onpress december 11, we were pretty much hands off in terms of going out after cspan and the president did not respond in any particular way. What has changed between then after the interview he apparently did . Once again, the president and his feelings toward steve bannon, there is not much to add beyond that. This is a dramatic falling out between the president and someone worked on his campaign and also who worked on the white house closely every day. Wondering,ryone is there is quite a dramatic falling out, was at the loss of roy moore in the senate race, is , stevedirect response bannon calling the president ss son unpatriotic ms. Sanders . Unpatriotic. Ms. Sanders i think oil you for president son in an outrageous is not a good way a notice planing how the book came to be said for 18 months, including many 200 people, many of the president ms. Sanders he never sat down with the president to be clear. There was one brief conversation that had nothing to do originally what the book. It was around five to seven is the in total and that only interaction has had. That is the only interaction he had since he took office. Reconcile the present posse statement with the author posse statement about how the book came to be. Ms. Sanders i am not sure what the authors statement is. I know it has a lot of things. So far what we have seen that are completely untrue, you have many people who have quotes that are now coming out publicly and saying those things are not true. To at thet speak authors comments rp or i can only speak to the white house. Does the white house have a copy of the book . Ms. Sanders i believe some individuals do. Very little influence in the white house but the president elevated him to the same level as chief of staff and put him on the national six rarity outsole. How do you reconcile that . Ms. Sanders i would not say he elevated him to the same level as chief of staff. The president was clear it did not have a lot of influence on him or decisionmaking process threat his time at the white house. Many of us have seen Michael Wolff at the white house on multiple occasions. We know he was here. Who gave him access to the white house, and what was he here for . Can you explain any of that . So far in the over one dozen interactions with officials at the white house, close to 95 were done so at the request of mr. Bannon. Other white house officials were not working with him in helping ms. Sanders ms. Sanders any who did as far as we can tell monday at 5 00 p. M. , can we , where its on that will be televised, will there be any i do not want to spoil anything but there are quite a few individuals who will be up for those awards. Beyond that, we will have to see what happens monday. We will keep you posted. It might be hard for him to present trophies if you are not there but we will have to wait and see what happens monday. Justin. One on policy. A letter from the department of transportation, just so the administration the framework for the rail tunnel in new jersey, this infrastructure, i wonder if the president [laughter] in principle supports the 50 50 split and if not, what has changed from the bipartisan delegation last year. As we get further into the year and further into conversations on infrastructure, we will roll out details on what we want to do, what we want to accomplish, and what the plan is to do that. You say shorter list on the demands on immigration, i wonder as part of the special. It is possible it comes up. The primary focus today is on the budget. We would like a clean budget bill. It is not what our focus is going into the meeting. Our priorities are what we they include and a migration. He said the last time the president spoke to steve bannon was the early part of september. Before or the special election in alabama . Ms. Sanders i would have to look at the exact date. Rather lengthy, he dictated and wrote in his own hands. Ms. Sanders i think the president s words are very clear and there is not much to add beyond that. It was reported he was furious. Depiction . Accurate ms. Sanders when you make completely false claims against the president and his administration and his family. How surprised were you with what you read some of the things attribute it to mr. Bannon . Did that surprise you in any way and if so, how . Surprising. I believe the president could or would win otherwise it would not have dedicated so much time to it. I worked in the white house since the very first day and a lot of characterization of that i saw that he was pushing out was the opposite of what i saw today place every day i had been here. Klesko to north korea, some folks in town say listen, it doesnt help, despite the idea being that we will be forceful and push back, some say it does not help limit tweets come out the way they do. We know the president made clear i am who i am and i will tweet the way i want to. Has there been a consideration that tweets like the one on north korea actually do not advance the agenda, working with other partners in the region . Ms. Sanders what did not help is the complacency in the silence of the Previous Administration. This president leads through strength and he will do that and inus on everything he can do order to keep americans safe and he will not be pushed around by the leader of north korea, our policy with north korea has not changed. To applyingtted maximum pressure and working with all of our partners in the region including south korea, whom we have a better relationship with now than ever before. Hopefully north korea will start making better decisions. Should people question the Mental Fitness of kim jongun . Isnt it the date dangerous for the president to be talking to him on twitter taunting him on twitter . Ms. Sanders i do not think it is taught to stand up for the people in this country. It is dangerous to ignore the continued threat here if the Previous Administration had done anything and doubt with north korea and iran instead of sitting by doing nothing, we would not be in this mess now. It is a taunting tweet to say he has a larger button. About theit say president s priorities that he released a four paragraph statement about steve bannon one tweet about north korea . Ms. Sanders the president has released a number of statements secretary jim mattis, of defense, they have all talked extensively about north korea and to try to limit it down to one tweet is disingenuous. Saying it is actually bigger, but the reality the president is aware of how the process works and what the capacity of the United States is and it is greater than that of north korea. Yesterday you said it would be a more detailed. Seems to report administration plans to announce wednesday and thursday that it will cut off ms. Sanders we will keep you posted as decisions are finalized. Regarding jerusalem and israel, the president tweeted last night that we have taken jerusalem, the toughest part of the negotiation, off of the table, but israel would have to pay more. Table,taking it off the when the president announced jerusalem was the capital of israel, the Administration Policy stated that the borders had not been decided and it does not affect negotiations. The tweets seem to contradict that. Ms. Sanders i do not think so. We want to continue conversations and the peace process. We are committed to that and we hope to push forward on that point. Pay more thing . He says israel has to pay more. Ms. Sanders i do not know the details. I will check. Will the white house reconsider a position to block public release of the visitor logs . Will he release is her locks to the public . Ms. Sanders i do not foresee any changes but i will make you aware. Two questions. First, during the campaign, the president said repeatedly that entitlements were off the table and he would preserve social security, medicare, medicaid, Medicare Part d, as they were. Now, with the passage of tax reform legislation and the recent statements of House Speaker paul ryan that entitlements should be considered, has the president changed his decision from the campaign . Ms. Sanders the president has not changed his decision at this point. Sorry. Question. Is it safe to say steve bannon is off invitation for the white house . [laughter] probably so. Those are controlled by the first lady and her statement is clear as well. Would you describe steve bannonss role in the white house when he was serving the administration . The president addressed what he feels it was and that is the most important voice in the process to he has spoken clearly on that front. Is the president looking for a an apology from steve bannon question mark what is he looking for in the future . I dont think anything. Discussing earlier the idea that kim jongun would be the one who is mentally ill, is the president concerned that tweeting about nuclear war could cause someone like kim jongun to act with military force . Ms. Sanders i have addressed this. I think the president is theerned about threats individual has made toward the United States and others and he will not allow him to continue to do that without saying something and standing up for the people of the country. Three former secretaries said the deadline for daca is really this month and there is not put a new program in place by march if it is not done this month. Do you agree . Like you make you feel have to get it done sooner . There have been talks here ms. Sanders we would like to get something done but we want to make sure we have complete and responsible Immigration Reform and we are not dealing with just a piece of it here we have lived out laid out priorities. We look forward to having conversations and getting that done. Does it have to be done this month as they are saying . Ms. Sanders i do not know. We would like to make a deal on for the borderg wall, ending the program, interior enforcements, we would like to do that right away. If democrats are willing to make the deal, we would be happy to get it done by the end of the month. Quick one here. I just dont understand the timing of something. Steve bannon left in the summer, the late summer. The president said he lost his mind when he left. Why did he for so many months . The president continued to have conversations for him, also often asked the president. It does not mean he cannot hold that position. Your comments about kim jongun, is that the Psychological Assessment was that your opinion . Ms. Sanders i will not get into any further details on that front. I will come back. Andrew, go ahead. President enjoyed a slight bump in popularity when golfing. Is it possible americans like him more when he is out . Think americans like the fact that he got the largest tax cut in history done and the fact that they will see a lot more of their paycheck and the fact that American Companies are investing in this country and other ones. They like the fact that american massives are giving out bonuses across the board. Everyday we are seeing more and more companies and decisions like that. I think that is what most americans are certainly very happy about as they went into the Holiday Season and had a little more money to consider spending as they celebrated christmas with their families. One last question. A day or so between when the president attacked the press and the Justice Department and now steve bannon. Is this a president engaging in authoritarian behavior . Ms. Sanders not at all. He is responding often to news of the day. If the president cannot respond individualy to an like the leader of north korea who continues to threaten americans, that is a dangerous place we do not want to go down. Go ahead. The president called for him to be fired from his job. That is not the president of north korea. We have seen you and the president to call for quick to be fired from their job. Ms. Sanders i cannot think it is necessarily critics peer we are happy for people to have different opinions but there is a difference between a different opinion and different fax. People are entitled to an opinion but not their own facts. We have a big problem with people putting a misleading information. Those are different. Thanks so much. That his press secretary sanders p regimented at the beginning, congressional leaders meeting with white house officials about government bending and gathering taking place on capitol hill in the House Speakers office, at the meeting, House Minority leader nancy pelosi, Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, and Senate Minority leader chuck schumer, and also joining them is the white house director of legislative affairs and the white house budget director mick mulvaney. And street journal writing ironing out of differences between spending and the pentagon. Republicans are pushing for a boost on military funding. Democrats current Government Spending expires on january 19. Sunday on q a i propose action and instead of words. I propose it now before it is too late. For the sake of a better world that iay again and again propose it for our own american self interest. Meyer with his book. 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