president tried to lay out what he viewed as clear successes in his first year, he also made clear he understood the frustration, fear, and concern of the american people. however, he said he was satisfied with his current team and laid out three things he wanted to do differently in the weeks and months ahead. one of those things, get out of the white house more often. the second, listen more to outside experts and opinion leaders in terms of what to do. the third, be deeply involved in those races that will make up the midterm election. phil mattingly at the white house, thank you very much. let s break all of this down. dramatic news indeed with our correspondents, analysts, and commentators. gloria boernrger, the president looking for a reset. year one tomorrow will be over. was this it, was this the reset? no, this wasn t a reset at all. i think it was more of a replay of what he had done, taking credit. he said, i didn t overpromise, i outperformed what anybody thought would
of his hits. look, look, um, so, look, look, very few schools are closing. over 59% are still open. 95% are still open. and i got strom thurman to vote for it again, i m taking too long answering your questions, i apologize. i think that. pete: despite plenty of awkward pauses and lots of whispering, biden made sure to pat himself on the back for the failure his presidency has become. i didn t overpromise. but i have, probably, outperformed what anybody thought would happen. look, um, i didn t overpromise, but, i think if you take a look at what we have been able to do you would have to acknowledge we made enormous progress.
he ll meet with his russian counterpart in geneva tomorrow. and president joe biden did say yesterday that he doesn t imagine that ukraine will join n.a.t.o. any time soon, that is not clearly going to assuage russia, we ll see how that plays out too. carley: absolutely, a lot of news on the russia-ukraine front during the press conference yesterday. president joe biden marks one year in office today and is giving himself high marks despite the onslaught of crises facing our nation. did you over promise to the american public what you could achieve in your first year in office. president joe biden: i didn t overpromise, i have probably outperformed anything that anyone thought would happen, everything is changing, getting better. carley: on the first year rancher and c.e.o. bill bullard and sergeant betsy brantner smith. spokeswoman for the national
when it came to russia he said they will move in on ukraine and if they invade they will pay. then, brian, he defended afghanistan s withdrawal. he said i make no apologies. brian: which is sin of with 13 dead and biggest embarrassment in military history. what he did with russia says expects incursion. you can t walk that back. one president at a time. his words matter. can you imagine being ukrainian and seeing that while we pledge to give money and arms, can we get them there already? here s the president with his response to an opening question. look, i didn t overpromise. but i have, probably, outperformed what anybody thought would happen. the fact of the matter is that we re in a situation where we have made enormous progress. you mentioned the number of deaths from covid. well, it was three times that not long ago.
how do you plan to proceed? why are you such an optimist? i don t overpromise, but i probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen. the fact of the matter is that we are in a situation where we have made enormous progress you mentioned the number of deaths from covid. well, it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down. everything is changing. it s getting better. look, i didn t overpromise. but i think if you take a look at what we have been able to do, you would have to acknowledge, we have made enormous progress. but one of the things that i think is something that one thing i hadn t been able to do so far is get my republican friends to get into the game of making things better in this country. for example, i was reading the other day i wrote a quote down so i don t misquote him. a quote from senator sue knew