identified perspectives based on what channel you turn on, what network you look at, what network or cable you look at. and it is never quite been like that. anyway. reporter: mr. president on behalf of the correspondent association, thank you very much, sir, for standing for a questions. we hope the public has found it as enlightening as us in the room have. i want to ask you go president biden: your still standing. reporter: we appreciate it, we do. the question i want to ask is accountability on the top concerns, the coronavirus and the government response to it whether confusion over what style of mask to wear. when to test, how to test, where to test? the public is confused, sir, and you see that in the drop off and the pulling out this question. why did you tell jeff you were
republicans, like for example, they get very upset. i said, there are 16 members of the president of the united states senate who voted to extend the voting rights act. now, they got very offended by that. it is not an accusation, just stating a fact. what has changed? what happened? what happened? i d did not see a single republican but it s not the republican party. reporter: is the country more unified than when you first took office? president biden: the answer is based on some of the stuff we have gotten done, i would say yes, but it is not nearly as unified as it should be. look, i still contend and i know we will have a right to judge me by this, i still contend that unless you can reach consensus
i knew that. and the fact of the matter is, we got an awful lot done. an awful lot done. and there is more to get done. but look, let me ask a rhetorical question. no, i won t anyway. thank you. yes. be careful, don t get hurt. reporter: mr. president, thank you. sebastian smith from abc. another question for ukraine. ukraine ordered four nato countries. how concerned are you or are you concerned that a real congregation in ukraine, the russians are going they are that it could suck in nato countries that are on the border and you end up with an actual competition of some kind?
position taken like from bull connor. that is an interesting read. in the journal i know you have it in the journals because you like to write. reporter: do you expect that to work with senators manchin and sinema? president biden: here is the thing, there are some things that are so consequential that you have to speak from your heart as well as your head. i was speaking out forcefully from what i think to be a mistake. that is what it is. by the way, no one, no one forgets who was on the side of king or on the side of bull connor. no one come at the history books will noted. don t think this is a freebie. you don t get to vote this way and somehow, it goes away. this will be and stick with you the rest of your career long after you are gone. reporter: mr. president
folks, it is now almost 6:00. with all due respect, i m going to see you next conference, okay? thank you. we have been listening to president biden s marathon news conference as he marks the end of his first year in office, addressing some of the major issues facing his administration right now. president biden making a lot of news in that conference, saying he would support splitting up the bill to build back better, pass components of it. he predicted russia will invade ukraine and suggested a minor incursion by putin would elicit a lesser response than a full-scale invasion of the country. president biden called for the federal reserve to do more to help combat inflation, noting it s the fed s job to stabilize prices. the president also acknowledged frustration and fatigue many americans are feeling because of