Figure out how to expedite that process. But the idea that were sitting around having a discussion about personnel, inhibiting the care that veterans deserve really does not bode well for the reflection that we want in this country. People who served this nation, we should be bending over backwards to make sure that the benefits and the care and the services that they frankly earned is something that is given the highest priority and something the president remains highly committed to. Miriam . Hi. [ inaudible question ] i would like to know how President Trump sees the relations with spain. So, im not going well have a read out after the call but i imagine they are going to talk about shared commitment to defeating isis and theyll discuss our bilateral relati relationsh relationship. We will have a read out of the call with spain. I dont want to get too far ahead of it. I would imagine the current relationship that we have with spain and our commitment to isis will be at the forefront of that. Maria pena . Yeah, here. Thank you. Kind of loud in here. Twopart question. One, can you confirm whether or not the white house has accepted the credentials of the new mexicoambassador . And also, this morning the president said he plans to introduce a bill [ inaudible ] would the president rally behind that ball . First, i have to get back to you on the ambassadors credentials. I dont know. I dont know that right off the top of my head and im not going to comment. We dont put out statements until a bill has gone through the process. Allie . Two questions. Following up on health care. The president campaigned for 18 months on replacing the Affordable Care act. Where is his plan . Hes working with congress. I just answered that question. Hes working with speaker ryan. Does he owe the American People something now . Hes been very clear. He owes the American People a result thats gonna lower costs and provide more access. Thats what he continues to work with speaker ryan on. I think the speaker was very clear on it, that they are having meetings legislatively and at the principle level to make sure this gets done. You heard speaker ryan. We continue to be optimistic about getting this thing completed by this year. Its an mammoth bill that they passed. We have to make sure that we do this right. We dont want to end up with the same results democrats did. They rushed it through. No one was able to read the bill. Premiums have sky rocketed. Access has gone down. We have to make sure we dont end up with the same result. Question on yemen. Worlds mo terrorists is taunting President Trump calling him a fool after that raid. Right. Any response from the white house . Absolutely. He was not the raid that was conducted in yemen was an intelligence gathering raid. Thats what it was. It was highly successful. It achieved the purpose that was going to get, save the loss of life that we suffered and the injuries that occurred. Was he is target . Absolutely. The goal of the raid was intelligence gathering. And thats what we received and thats what we got. Thats why we say it was a success. John roberts . I know you believe you have a good case to lift the temporary restraining order. If the president does not prevail with the court of appeals will he take this to the Supreme Court . Lets see where we go. Could i just finish . Yes. Im sorry. And is he concerned that if i does go to the Supreme Court with the current 44 makeup that this temporary restraining order may become a little more permanent . Remember tonight is about just restraining order. Right. I understand. Its important to explain this to everyone, john. I know you get it. I just want to make sure. Tonight is about the restraining order. It has nothing to do with the merits of the case. Thats why we feel confident. The question is, does the restraining order get lifted or not . Regardless of what happens tonight, the merits of the case still need to be discussed. And i think the merits of the case, as they were in boston, are ones that we feel very confident on because the law is Crystal Clear on this. The president has the authority to do this. It was done so in an interagency process that ensured that all the appropriate people were consulted. We went through that with flying colors. I have zero concerns that at the end of the day we will be fine. Its just a question of going through the process. And i get all that, as you pointed out. But if he does not prevail at the 9th circuit, will he take this to the Supreme Court . Lets see where this goes first. Our goal is to get to a point where we can argue on the merits. We feel confident based on how the court has reacted in massachusetts that were going to be good on the merits. Thanks for your question. [ inaudible question ] with respect to what . I have said this before. Well have further updates on that. Go ahead. Immediately. I understand that. I have said before the president will have further updates on both daca and dapa. We have been very clear on immigration, what the president s priorities would be as you heard secretary kelly testify in front of congress today. There will be continued progress on the wall and immigration as a whole. We will have time to address this. Right now hes trying to do it in a systemmatic way in accordance to where we find the biggest problems. He has been very clear in the past that those in this country that pose a threat to us or with a criminal record are where his priorities will be first and foremost. Sara . Thank you. The ayatollah c encouraged iranians to march against the american leader this week. Does the president have a cons to those aggressive comments and does he plan to take additional action against iran if the leaders continue to escalate tensions. I think the ayatollah will realize there is a new president in office. This president will not sit by and let iran flaunt its violations or apparent violations to the joint agreement. But he will continue to take action as he sees fit. The president s also made clear time and time again that hes not going to project what those actions will be and he will not take anything off the table. I think iran is kidding itself if they dont realize theres a new president in town. On thursday, weather permitting, the president is going to meet with Airline Executives throughout the country. Two complaints from Airline Executives as well as the Pilots Association have been, one, that Norwegian Airlines got a special advantage, a foreign carrier permit from the Obama Administration and also that the airlines of the emeritz are state subsidized. Both cases are violations of the blue skies act between the u. S. And the eu. Is this something hes going to address . And is he considering ending president obamas foreign carrier permits . Well, again, that will be something that, that will be decided when they meet, what theyll talk about. Obviously the president is going to want to talk about Economic Growth and job creation. How hes enacting orders to make sure the country is safe. In the case of the norwegian, they are having 50 of the crew and pilots be americans, theyre flying boeing planes. Theres a huge economic interest that america has in that deal right now. I dont want to get ahead of the president on that. Just to be clear, we are talking about u. S. Jobs, both in terms of the people who are serving those planes and the persons who are building those planes. Thats a very big difference. Few minutes ago you said the president wanted to remind the American People of how prevalent terror attacks are and that europe is a dangerous place. That breaks the rhetoric we have seen in the bipartisan administration, encouraging American People to go about their daily lives. Does this president his message to the American People is he is fully committed to doing everything he can to keep the country safe. I think that theres a big difference between what youre saying and the point that he was making yesterday. I think what hes getting at, he was making a point to the exposure that attacks get. Thats what he was getting at. We see these things. They are becoming too prevalent. Thats why i think he wants to become ever vigilant. To make sure that we dont ever get lax. We need to be reminded that places and groups like isis continue to seek to do us harm, and that it is his job as commander in chief to do everything he can to get ahead of the curve and keep this country safe. I think when you look at the poll that came out last weekend, 67 of the American People agreed with his proposition to put further restrictions on people. Make sure we have countries sending people to our country, that they are coming here for peaceful purposes. If we cant guarantee the countries have the proper vetting when they are outbounding to the United States, then we need to do what we can, and he will do what he has to as president , to make sure this country is safe. And so i think the point that he was making was not to put fear into anybody, but to rather reassure them that as president of the United States, he is taking every single step to do what he has to to get ahead of the threat, to get ahead of the concern so were not looking in the rear view mirror to say, what should we have done, what could we have done . Whether its the raid in yemen, the laws that hes enacting. Hes going to do whatever he can to make sure this homeland and its people are safe. Laura . Thank you. Two questions. When the president tweeted if something happens blame the judge and the court systems, did he mean if a terror attack is committed by somebody from thaoe seven countries or any terrorist attack . I think the point the tweet is pretty clear. I think point is that kind of dove tails what i was just saying. Hes doing everything he can. He walks into office. Theres seven countries that the Obama Administration has already identified as not having proper systems in place to guarantee our safety. His Immediate Reaction is to do what he has to do to make sure that were not looking back and saying do you know what we should have been done . We should have made sure we had stricter vetting in place for those seven countries. So he took immediate and Decisive Action to make sure this country and our people are protected. Thats what hes talking about. Making sure a month from now, two months from now, a year from now, we havent done something to protect people. So he acted as quickly as possible to make sure that we put the systems in place to protect our people. I dont think theres any other way to read that. Can i get my second question . You said hell negotiate crises. He ran on negotiating crises for medicare. I just want you to clarify where he is on that. When he met with big pharma the other day, before the meeting he said we have no choice, we have to get prices down. After the meeting he said he would oppose anything that makes it harder for these companies to bring their drugs to market including price fixing by medicare. So is he for medicare negotiating drug prices or not . Hes for it, yes. Absolutely. When you look at the cost not just drug cost. The u. S. Government has not done i mean, frankly, the easier way to look at this is to see what other countries have done. As drug prices continue to escalate, that drives up Health Care Costs for every american. Its a burden on americas seniors. I think in many cases you have People Living on a fixed income. Health care costs, rising Health Care Costs and prescription drugs continue to be a burden on their ability to live out their lives in a much more enjoyable manner. So his commitment is to make sure that he does what he can. I think rather successfully uses his skills as a business man to drive them down. Can you clarify two things. Secretary kelly, when he was on the hill today, said that the administration right now is not looking at adding other countries to this temporary travel ban. Is the white house still giving itself room to add some countries to that list . I think what his point was is that right now hes not doing it. He went through the fact that were still in this review process. That he is committed to make sure that we look at all of the countries. As of this moment there is no immediate desire to add to that. He is looking at all of the other countries, the procedures that we have with them, the systems that we have in place to check them. Nothing is final until the end of the review period. I have a second question. You said still leaving room to do that. Something that the president continues to say as a phrase. Im hoping you can define it for us. Is that this is about testing who truly loves america and making sure those entering the country are those who truly love america. How do you quantify that . Whats the president thinking of . Is that a specific test . What does that mean . I think the president s goal is to make sure that people arent coming here to do us harm. Theyre going through the proper extreme vetting in cases where we dont have the information required to make a good judgment on them based on what their country is willing to provide. We are taking the next proper steps to protect us. If someone is coming here to do us wrong or espouse things that would give us a good indication that theyre not coming here for the right reasons, then we need to do everything we can to, a, vet them and, b, unless were 100 certain, keep them out of the country. Its a background check . Its not. To the extend we can, it will be extreme vetting. Its not just letting someone in on a quick check. If theres any cause for concern, he wants to go through every step possible to make sure that the people who are entering this country are doing so because they want to come here for the right reasons and peaceful reasons. [ inaudible question ] what the mostly important [ inaudible question ] thank you. He had a conversation the other day. We look forward to finishing that conversation. Obviously the threat of north korea is the most prominent issue that faces south korea in our alliance right now. He wants to reassure the south korean government that we will do what we can to make sure that we stand with south korea and prevent any more hostile actions from north korea. The safety of our country, of south korea, of the region, are going to be clearly the greatest focus. Yeah . When the president submits his budget, is he committed to pushing congress to approve sufficient funding for all American Students to have either an outstanding Public School education or the public funding for them to reach an outstanding private School Education . I think the president s talked extensively about education during the primary. Whether its an associates degrees, bachelors degree or ph. D. Or vocational training. We have to give students these days the options they need for the work force. A vo Tech Education in some cases is whats in the interest of students in terms of their success. Giving them the skills to work on cars or become a computer engineer or whatever. But as we head into, as we look toward the future we have to make sure were preparing our students to have the skill set that we need. As people get older and Certain Industries start to turn the corner because of technology, that were allowing people the tune for retraining to give them the skill set that they need to reenter the work force and continue to be productive. As you will see, look, we literally will swear in the secretary of education, hopefully later this evening, which we will let you all know, probably around the 5 00 or 6 00 hour. Thats something he will continue to have conversations with secretary devos about. I think thats something that secretary devos will be speaking a lot about, about the Education Funding and skill set and opportunities that we give not just our children but people older in life who are looking to get back into the work force through another avenue. How about k12 . I think well have plenty of time to discuss the president s budget as he sort of develops that. Today were excited that secretary devos will get sworn in. Thanks a lot, guys. Have a great one. Take care. Sandra White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer wrapping up his Daily Briefing on a very busy day, to say the least in washington. Its not over yet by a long shot. Hello everyone thanks for joining us. The white house defending that executive order as we expected with a legal showdown looming. Lawyers set to make arguments in a federal Appeals Court just hours from now. The Trump Administration says delaying the ban is putting National Security at risk. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts joins me now live. John, we were all listening there with you. What is the case that the white house is laying out for that . Reporter well, there really is four parts. I think this is yours. Little chaotic here this afternoon, heather. It really is four things that the white house will be arguing before the 9th Circuit Court of appeals tonight. First they will argue that the president has the Statutory Authority to sign an executive order like he did. That federal statutes give him the power to exclude certain groups of people who would want to come into this country, either immigrants or nonimmigrants. And they believe longstanding not only statutes of the Unit