CSPAN2 — AG Blanche Holds White House Briefing
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[00:01:40] >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON,
[00:01:45] EVERYBODY. >> SO BEFORE BEFORE TAKING QUESTIONS, I THOUGHT IT MADE
[00:01:48] SENSE TO, SINCE IT IS ME HERE,
[00:01:50] THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO JUST SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING
[00:01:54] ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. UM, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
[00:01:57] JUSTICE. THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS
[00:02:01] TERRORISM. SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:02:02] RETURNED TO OFFICE, FBI DATA
[00:02:05] SHOWS 4260 ARRESTS RELATED TO
[00:02:11] FTOS, INCLUDING 1039 INDIVIDUALS
[00:02:15] PREVENTED FROM CARRYING OUT ALLEGED TERRORIST ATTACKS.
[00:02:19] THAT'S 38% INCREASE FROM THE
[00:02:21] LAST ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME RECENT CASES. AN
[00:02:25] ISIS, BUTLER COUNTY, PA, BUTLER
[00:02:28] COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, TERRORISM
[00:02:29] ARRESTS THAT JUST TOOK PLACE
[00:02:33] THIS MORNING. OUT OF OUR PITTSBURGH OFFICE. A 21 YEAR OLD
[00:02:36] MAN, JONATHAN KRAMER, WAS CHARGED AND ARRESTED FOR
[00:02:39] RECEIVING A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT
[00:02:43] TERRORISM ON BEHALF OF ISIS. HE WAS ARRESTED. THE INVESTIGATION
[00:02:46] IS ONGOING, AND THERE'LL BE
[00:02:47] MORE FROM THAT IN THE FUTURE.
[00:02:51] JUST TODAY, IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AN
[00:02:55] INDICTMENT WAS RETURNED THAT CHARGING MULTIPLE RUSSIAN
[00:02:59] INDIVIDUALS THAT SINCE 2020, FOR
[00:03:00] THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED FOR
[00:03:04] THE SERVICES OF THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, WERE
[00:03:07] CHARGED WITH FINANCING TERRORISM
[00:03:09] AND CONSPIRING TO COMMIT MURDER
[00:03:12] FOR HIRE AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING EFFORTS TO TO TO
[00:03:16] MURDER A RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO
[00:03:19] THEY BELIEVE WAS LOCATED IN THE
[00:03:21] WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA. I WANT TO
[00:03:25] TALK NEXT ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT IT ALL THE
[00:03:27] TIME, BUT IT'S NEVER IT'S NEVER
[00:03:30] TOO MUCH. AND REDUCING CRIME IN THIS COUNTRY UNDER PRESIDENT
[00:03:34] TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP, CRIME IS
[00:03:36] THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IN MODERN
[00:03:39] HISTORY. IN 2025, MURDER RATES
[00:03:41] WERE DOWN NEARLY 20%, VIOLENT
[00:03:46] CRIME WAS DOWN NEARLY 10%. DOJ IS FEDERAL LAW PARTNERS. OUR
[00:03:49] STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS. WE'RE
[00:03:54] WORKING TOGETHER AND COORDINATING AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE
[00:03:57] THE RESULTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING
[00:04:00] TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE. UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER POINT TO TALK
[00:04:03] ABOUT IS, IS THE WORK THAT WE'VE
[00:04:05] DONE IN MEMPHIS TODAY IS, IS THE
[00:04:09] ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF US SIGNING THE, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH MEMPHIS TO DO
[00:04:12] THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'VE DONE
[00:04:13] OVER THE PAST YEAR. UM, NEARLY
[00:04:18] 13,000 ARRESTS IN THE MEMPHIS
[00:04:18] AREA, MORE THAN 2000 ILLEGAL
[00:04:22] FIREARMS SEIZED, AND NEARLY 1500
[00:04:23] KNOWN GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED OVER
[00:04:26] THE PAST YEAR. WE ALSO LOCATED
[00:04:27] MORE THAN 200 MISSING CHILDREN.
[00:04:32] SAINT LOUIS, OVER THE PAST FOUR
[00:04:35] WEEKS. OUR HSF PLATFORM HAS BEEN
[00:04:40] EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL, ARRESTING OVER 250 VIOLENT
[00:04:43] CRIMINALS, MANY WITH OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL
[00:04:46] HISTORY. AND THEY'VE TAKEN OVER 100 ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE
[00:04:49] STREETS. THAT'S JUST IN THE
[00:04:50] PAST FOUR WEEKS. UM, AND TODAY,
[00:04:54] YOU MAY HAVE HEARD DIRECTOR
[00:04:57] PATEL ANNOUNCE THAT THE FBI HAS ARRESTED TEN OUT OF TEN OF THE
[00:05:01] CRIMINALS ON THE FBI'S TEN MOST
[00:05:03] WANTED LIST IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
[00:05:06] WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT FRAUD.
[00:05:09] UM, YESTERDAY WE WERE I WAS IN I
[00:05:12] WAS IN MISSOURI WITH THE VICE
[00:05:15] PRESIDENT, TALKING ABOUT A COVID FRAUD TAKEDOWN THAT WE'VE BEEN
[00:05:18] WORKING ON IN MISSOURI AND THE NEIGHBORING STATES. THIS SURGE
[00:05:22] RESULTED IN FRAUD ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS SPANNING OVER 160
[00:05:25] CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS, AND
[00:05:32] INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY $245 MILLION IN INTENDED LOSS. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS AN EFFORT JUST
[00:05:34] BETWEEN JUNE MID JUNE AND SEPTEMBER 1st OF THIS YEAR. UM
[00:05:38] WE WORKED WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND
[00:05:41] THEIR OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OR THE FBI. OUR FEDERAL
[00:05:45] PROSECUTORS, AND 40 U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICES TO OBTAIN,
[00:05:49] OBTAIN THESE, THESE CHARGES BETWEEN NEWLY CHARGED
[00:05:52] DEFENDANTS, APPROXIMATELY 43 DEFENDANTS HAVE ALREADY PLEADED
[00:05:56] GUILTY TO SBA RELATED COVID
[00:05:58] FRAUD. UM, WITH WITH NEARLY $50
[00:06:00] MILLION IN INTENDED LOSS. AND ONE MORE, ONE MORE HIGHLIGHT ON
[00:06:04] FRAUD. THIS IS JUST TODAY, OUR
[00:06:07] GREAT U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE
[00:06:09] SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, ADAM GORDON, JUST HELD A PRESS
[00:06:13] CONFERENCE AND ANNOUNCED JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THAT THERE
[00:06:15] WERE 12 DAYCARE FRAUDSTERS WHO WERE ARRESTED THIS MORNING FOR
[00:06:18] FUNNELING MORE THAN $10 MILLION
[00:06:24] INTENDED TO HELP LOW INCOME FAMILIES PAY FOR CHILDCARE TO, TO, TO WHAT? WE'RE REALLY JUST
[00:06:27] COMPLETELY BOGUS DAYCARE FACILITIES. NOW, ALL 12 OF THESE
[00:06:31] INDIVIDUALS WERE NATURALIZED CITIZENS FROM SYRIA,
[00:06:35] AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN, IRAQ, AND
[00:06:39] SOMALIA. WHEN IT COMES TO UNLAWFUL VOTING, WHICH I EXPECT
[00:06:43] THERE MAY BE A QUESTION ABOUT IN A MOMENT, THE DOJ AND DHS ARE
[00:06:45] WORKING TOGETHER TO PRIORITIZE
[00:06:48] UNLAWFUL VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS. ELECTION INTEGRITY
[00:06:52] SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE. THOSE WHO ARE NOT LEGALLY
[00:06:54] ALLOWED TO VOTE SHOULDN'T. AND IF YOU KNOWINGLY BREAK THE LAW,
[00:06:58] YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IN JUST THE PAST TEN DAYS, THE
[00:07:02] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
[00:07:04] ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST 11 INDIVIDUALS FOR ILLEGALLY
[00:07:07] VOTING. IN 2024 AND 2022, OR
[00:07:11] FRAUDULENTLY REGISTERING, FRAUDULENTLY REGISTERING TO VOTE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS
[00:07:15] ILLEGAL ALIENS VOTING, NON-CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT
[00:07:19] ELIGIBLE TO VOTE VOTING, OR THOSE FRAUDULENTLY REGISTERING TO VOTERS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
[00:07:23] TO VOTE. SO JUST TO PUT A FINER
[00:07:27] POINT ON THIS, IN UNDER TWO YEARS, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
[00:07:30] CHARGED NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS
[00:07:32] MANY NON-CITIZEN VOTING CASES AS
[00:07:34] THE LAST ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT
[00:07:37] IN FOUR YEARS. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING HUNDREDS
[00:07:41] OF CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND OUR, UM, OUR GREAT U.S.
[00:07:44] ATTORNEY, RYAN RAYBOULD, AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WILL
[00:07:47] BE ANNOUNCING A BIG DEVELOPMENT
[00:07:49] ON THIS TOPIC IN ABOUT AN HOUR
[00:07:53] OR SO, SHORTLY AFTER, UM, THIS
[00:07:55] BRIEFING. SO WITH, WITH THAT, I
[00:07:57] WILL, UM, TAKE QUESTIONS IF
[00:08:00] THERE ARE ANY. AND I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAN
[00:08:04] BEFORE. I NOTICED YOU GUYS ARE SWEATING, WHICH IS NICE. I LOVE
[00:08:07] TO SEE THAT. UM, WE'LL START,
[00:08:09] WE'LL, WE'LL START OUT WITH,
[00:08:12] UM, CAROLINE DOWNEY FROM THE NATIONAL. THEY GIVE YOU A LIST,
[00:08:15] GUYS, EVERYBODY CALM DOWN. UM, CAROLINE DOWNEY FROM THE
[00:08:18] NATIONAL REVIEW
[00:08:21] >> SO MUCH
[00:08:23] >> OH, SORRY. DOES THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON THE MAIL IN
[00:08:26] BALLOT EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESENT
[00:08:30] AN OBSTACLE TO FUTURE BALLOT FRAUD? PROSECUTION, IN YOUR
[00:08:31] VIEW? AND AS WE LOOK TO 2028, DO
[00:08:34] YOU FORESEE A FUTURE LEGAL BATTLE FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING
[00:08:37] NON-CITIZENS FROM VOTING?
[00:08:41] >> THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TODAY OR YESTERDAY DOESN'T
[00:08:45] AFFECT ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO ILLEGAL VOTING? NO. I MEAN, LOOK, I
[00:08:48] THINK THE WE, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
[00:08:51] THERE'S NOTHING. THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING SURPRISING ABOUT WHAT
[00:08:54] WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO MAIL IN VOTING, WHICH IS WE WANT
[00:08:57] >> WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
[00:08:59] IS SAFE VOTING, AND THAT THERE
[00:09:02] IS INTEGRITY, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, AND THAT THERE IS ONE PERSON PLACING ONE VOTE, AND
[00:09:06] THAT THAT PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO
[00:09:08] VOTE. AND SO WE'RE. YOU SAW,
[00:09:12] UM, PART OF THE DECISION WAS THE TIMING AND THAT, THAT, THAT WE RAN OUT OF TIME BECAUSE, BECAUSE
[00:09:16] OF THE LITIGATION, IN PART. AND
[00:09:18] SO OUR EFFORTS TO. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE
[00:09:21] THAT WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO STOP,
[00:09:24] UM, JUST IN NOVEMBER OR AFTER OR THEREAFTER. SO I EXPECT YOU'RE
[00:09:27] GOING TO SEE THAT WORK CONTINUE.
[00:09:30] UM, MARY MARGARET.
[00:09:38] >> HELLO. THANK YOU SIR. I HAD TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, IF
[00:09:41] THAT'S OKAY. UM, THE FIRST TOM HOMAN SAID ON SUNDAY THAT
[00:09:44] HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS IS ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING ILHAN
[00:09:48] OMAR. IF SHE'S FOUND A COMMITTED IMMIGRATION FRAUD WITH THE TRUMP
[00:09:52] ADMINISTRATION, DEPORT HER, AND
[00:09:52] THEN SECOND QUESTION IS, UH,
[00:09:56] THERE'S CONCERN AMONG THE MAGA BASE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
[00:10:00] IDEOLOGICAL ACTORS IN THE FBI AND DOJ STILL THAT ARE WAITING
[00:10:03] OUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. AND THE NEXT POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK TO
[00:10:06] DOING WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT? AND
[00:10:10] WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THAT? >> SO ON THE FIRST, I'M NOT
[00:10:14] TALKING ABOUT ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. AND SO I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
[00:10:17] ABOUT YOUR FIRST QUESTION OR ANYBODY THAT'S. OR PUBLIC
[00:10:21] REPORTING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT ONGOING
[00:10:23] INVESTIGATIONS. UM, IDEOLOGICAL, UM, ANY IDEOLOGY THAT ANY
[00:10:27] FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HAS, WHETHER IT'S A FEDERAL AGENT OR
[00:10:31] SOMEBODY, A DEPARTMENT OF
[00:10:31] JUSTICE OR ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT
[00:10:35] WORKS IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND THE EXECUTIVE IS NEVER, IS
[00:10:38] NEVER A GOOD THING, WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
[00:10:41] AND SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO,
[00:10:45] EXCEPT FOR JUST GENERALLY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIRECTOR PATEL HAS BEEN DOING, AND THAT
[00:10:48] THAT I'VE BEEN DOING, AND OTHER CABINET SECRETARIES HAVE BEEN
[00:10:51] DOING, IS MAKING SURE THAT
[00:10:55] EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, WHETHER YOU'RE A CAREER OR A POLITICAL, ARE DOING
[00:10:58] WORK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. AND THAT'S
[00:11:02] WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORK IN THE EXECUTIVE. THAT'S WHAT ARTICLE TWO SAYS.
[00:11:05] AND SO, UM, I DON'T IT'S NOT
[00:11:07] SOMETHING THAT I, QUOTE, WORRY ABOUT, UNQUOTE. BUT WHEN WE, AND
[00:11:11] IF WE LEARN ABOUT THAT HAPPENING, WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE
[00:11:13] CAN TO, TO STOP IT YOU SORRY,
[00:11:19] YOU HAVE TO USE MICROPHONES. IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO CATCH MY BREATH. NO WORRIES. GOOD.
[00:11:23] >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. UM, TWO THINGS I WANT TO CLARIFY.
[00:11:26] YOU SAID PROSECUTIONS OF
[00:11:29] POTENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD ARE
[00:11:30] GOING TO
[00:11:37] CONTINUE DESPITE THE COURT RULING. BUT DOES THE JUSTICE
[00:11:39] DEPARTMENT PLAN TO.
[00:11:50] YOU AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS THREE SUPREME COURT NOMINEES THAT THEY, QUOTE, ARE NOT THE PEOPLE
[00:11:53] I INTERVIEWED TO SERVE ON THE
[00:11:56] UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. THEY ARE MERELY A SHELL OF THEIR ORIGINAL SELVES.
[00:11:59] >> SO, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO
[00:12:02] COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION, AS WE ALWAYS DO. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT
[00:12:06] GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE FREE
[00:12:10] AND FAIR ELECTIONS. AND AGAIN,
[00:12:13] THERE'S THIS, THERE'S THIS,
[00:12:15] UM, CONSTANT PRESSURE AND THIS, THIS EFFORT BY THE MEDIA AND BY,
[00:12:19] MOSTLY BY DEMOCRATS, THAT SOMEHOW DOING THAT IS A BAD
[00:12:23] THING. EVERYBODY SHOULD WANT THAT. THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SHOULD WANT FREE AND
[00:12:26] FAIR ELECTIONS. SO, SO WHILE, WHILE THE SUPREME COURT DID WHAT
[00:12:29] IT DID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. BUT WE ARE, OF COURSE, GOING TO
[00:12:33] GOING TO FOLLOW THE, THE ORDERS OF THE COURT. AS FAR AS
[00:12:37] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S, UM, TRUTH
[00:12:39] ABOUT, ABOUT THE JUSTICES, HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED. AND I WASN'T AT
[00:12:43] THE INTERVIEWS THAT HE. >> THAT HE PARTICIPATED IN
[00:12:47] DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION. WHEN HE SELECTED THESE THESE
[00:12:51] FOLKS TO BE ON THE SUPREME COURT. HE HAS EVERY RIGHT, AND
[00:12:54] INDEED, HE SHOULD COMMUNICATE
[00:12:58] HIS CONCERNS WITH THE SUPREME COURT WHENEVER HE HAS THEM. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
[00:13:01] DONE IT, AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST. HE'S ALSO PUBLICLY VERY
[00:13:04] APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHEN WHEN THERE'S
[00:13:07] DECISIONS THAT HE VERY MUCH AGREES WITH. THAT'S WHAT A DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT. A DEMOCRACY
[00:13:11] IS ABOUT THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:13:14] BEING CRITICAL OF, OF, OF FOLKS ON THE SUPREME COURT. WE VERY
[00:13:18] MUCH DISAGREE WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. AND THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS FROM OUR
[00:13:22] PAPERS AND FROM OUR WHAT WE'VE SAID PUBLICLY ABOUT THE CASE.
[00:13:25] AND AND SO I, I, I AM ALSO UPSET
[00:13:29] ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION, BUT THE IDEA THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULDN'T BE
[00:13:32] ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HIS FRUSTRATION.
[00:13:36] I DON'T SHARE THAT. NEXT, JUST
[00:13:39] NEXT TO YOU SEE, THERE'S A MICROPHONE, SO I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
[00:13:41] DON'T YOU LOVE THAT? NEXT QUESTION.
[00:13:45] >> UH, DID YOU ASK FOR JOE DIGENOVA RESIGNATION? AND DID HE
[00:13:49] TELL YOU THAT HE FELT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRAND
[00:13:52] CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION? >> SO I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS I HAVE WITH
[00:13:56] PROSECUTORS. UH, IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM. IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE
[00:13:58] PROCESS. UM, I, I HE RESIGNED
[00:14:02] LAST WEEK. HE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO HELP, TO HELP THE PRESIDENT AND TO HELP US. AND
[00:14:06] WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT HE DID. UM, BEYOND
[00:14:09] THAT, THERE'S BEEN A FEW NEWS STORIES ABOUT, HE SAID SOME
[00:14:12] DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT OUTLETS, WHICH IS FINE. I'M JUST
[00:14:16] GOING TO LEAVE IT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, THAT
[00:14:18] HE DID FOR US AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. ANY
[00:14:21] INVESTIGATIONS THAT HE'S WORKING ON, OF COURSE, CONTINUE LIKE
[00:14:24] THEY DO, LIKE ANY INVESTIGATION DOES. WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES. UM,
[00:14:28] AND, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLOW
[00:14:30] DOWN JUST BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY LEAVES. UM,
[00:14:34] REPLACEMENT. UM, JARED, JARED
[00:14:35] HALPERN, JARED HALPERN.
[00:14:41] >> UH, THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
[00:14:43] FIRST, FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT
[00:14:46] PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT ARTIFICIAL
[00:14:49] INTELLIGENCE? WHAT REGULATIONS ARE NEEDED? DO YOU THINK THERE
[00:14:51] SHOULD BE A SLOWDOWN IN THAT TECHNOLOGY, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW
[00:14:55] IT'S BEING USED INCREASINGLY IN
[00:14:58] LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS? AND THEN SECONDLY, MORE BROADLY,
[00:15:01] WHAT ROLE SHOULD AMERICANS EXPECT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO
[00:15:04] TAKE IN THE UPCOMING MIDTERM
[00:15:06] ELECTIONS
[00:15:08] >> SO I'LL ANSWER THE FIRST
[00:15:11] QUESTION. UM, THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN
[00:15:15] ELECTIONS. THAT'S NOT NEW TO THIS ADMINISTRATION. IT'S NOT NEW TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
[00:15:18] AND SO OUR ROLE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME ROLE THAT THAT FEDERAL
[00:15:22] GOVERNMENTS, UM, PLAY IN
[00:15:24] ELECTIONS UNDER THE LAW, AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, AND AS WE
[00:15:27] SHOULD DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THIS
[00:15:30] ELECTION, JUST LIKE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID IT DURING, DURING THE ELECTIONS, WHEN, WHEN
[00:15:33] BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT. AND SO, AS
[00:15:36] FAR AS AI IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF
[00:15:40] CRIMINAL LAWS. AND SO IF ANYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH AI, UM, VIOLATES
[00:15:43] CRIMINAL LAW, WILL, WILL INVESTIGATE THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE, THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY
[00:15:47] OF CASES INVOLVING AI THAT WE'VE CHARGED INDIVIDUALS. I, I DO NOT THINK IT'S THE JOB OF THE
[00:15:51] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO REGULATE WHERE PROSECUTORS, NOT
[00:15:55] REGULATORS. SO WE'RE NOT GOING
[00:15:56] TO TRY TO REGULATE AI. AI IS
[00:16:00] EXTRAORDINARILY BENEFICIAL TO OUR SOCIETY. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT AI DOES. AND,
[00:16:04] AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT CONVENIENTLY HAS BECOME A
[00:16:07] FLASHPOINT THIS WEEK. AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, AND I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH HIM.
[00:16:11] BLANCHE. THE SECOND, SECOND ROW,
[00:16:17] UM, STEVEN NELSON IT'S MY FAVORITE PAPER OF THE NEW YORK POST. AMAZING.
[00:16:20] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ACTUALLY. >> DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I CALLED ON HIM, I PROMISE.
[00:16:24] >> OH, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE IRAN WAR AND ABOUT
[00:16:27] ANTHONY FAUCI ON THE IRAN WAR. CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE TODAY
[00:16:31] INTRODUCED ARTICLES OF
[00:16:36] IMPEACHMENT AGAINST SECRETARY HEGSETH, WHO DID THOMAS MASSIE FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING THE WAR
[00:16:38] POWERS RESOLUTION BY CONDUCTING THE WAR WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION. WHAT'S YOUR
[00:16:42] CURRENT LEGAL ASSESSMENT OF HOW LONG THE WORK COULD CONTINUE
[00:16:45] WITHOUT SPECIFIC CONGRESSIONAL
[00:16:47] AUTHORIZATION? AND SECONDLY, ON ANTHONY FAUCI, COULD YOU
[00:16:50] DESCRIBE THE STATUS OF YOUR
[00:16:53] REVIEW OF HIS ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS? UM, ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO CHARGES THERE? AND CAN
[00:16:57] YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOUR DEPARTMENT DIDN'T PROSECUTE HIM FOR
[00:17:00] ALLEGEDLY PERJURING HIMSELF?
[00:17:03] >> SO, UM, THE FIRST QUESTION IS
[00:17:06] SECRETARY HEGSETH IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB, AND THE
[00:17:10] SECRETARY OF WAR DOESN'T JUST GO OFF AND DO THINGS. SO HE
[00:17:13] FOLLOWS THE LAW. AND SO THE DOJ PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT. AND WE
[00:17:17] PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN MAKING SURE THE LAWS ARE COMPLIED WITH. YOU CALLED IT A WAR. I DISAGREE
[00:17:20] WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION, AS DOES MOST OF CONGRESS. UM, AND
[00:17:25] SO THERE'S BEEN VOTES ON WHETHER IT'S ON WHETHER ON
[00:17:27] WHETHER IT'S A WAR AND WHAT TO DO AND WHY VOTES THROUGH
[00:17:30] CONGRESS, WHICH HAS DETERMINED THERE WAS, HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. AND THE PRESIDENT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING
[00:17:34] WRONG, SHOULD RESULT IN ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. I GUESS YOU'LL
[00:17:37] HAVE TO TALK TO, TO MASSIE ABOUT THAT. AS FAR AS DOCTOR, AS FAR
[00:17:41] AS FAUCI, UM, WE'RE AGAIN,
[00:17:45] IT'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
[00:17:46] UM, SO WE'RE, WE TAKE ANYTIME
[00:17:50] ANYBODY LIES TO CONGRESS OR POTENTIAL LIES TO CONGRESS SERIOUSLY. BUT BEYOND THAT, I
[00:17:53] DON'T HAVE A COMMENT. JOHN
[00:17:56] DECKER.
[00:18:00] >> THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP
[00:18:02] WITH YOUR REMARKS REGARDING THAT
[00:18:05] DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT REGARDING MAIL IN VOTING. AS YOU
[00:18:08] SAID, THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT PLEASED BY THIS RULING BY THE
[00:18:12] SUPREME COURT, AND HE PUT OUT A LENGTHY SOCIAL MEDIA POST. HE
[00:18:14] SAID, IN PART, THE SUPREME COURT HAS REALLY LET OUR COUNTRY DOWN.
[00:18:18] CERTAIN JUSTICES ARE PETRIFIED
[00:18:21] OF THESE CRAZED AND DEPRAVED
[00:18:23] DEMOCRATS AND ARE TOTALLY UNABLE
[00:18:26] TO SHOW THE COURAGE NECESSARY TO
[00:18:28] SAVE OUR AMERICA. YOU USED TO BE
[00:18:30] THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LAWYER.
[00:18:32] YOU USED TO BE IN PRIVATE
[00:18:34] PRACTICE. WOULD YOU EVER
[00:18:36] ENCOURAGE ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS TO
[00:18:39] DISPARAGE A COURT IN THE MANNER
[00:18:41] THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DISPARAGED THE SUPREME COURT? UH.
[00:18:45] >> I MEAN, HE'S SO YOU CAN'T
[00:18:47] TALK ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND
[00:18:50] THEN ASK ME WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SO THE REAL
[00:18:53] QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
[00:18:57] IS ALLOWED TO BE CRITICAL OF ANOTHER BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
[00:19:00] AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY. OF COURSE HE IS. AND
[00:19:03] AND BY THE WAY, WHAT HE WROTE ABOUT THAT IS THE SAME THING THAT HE SAID PUBLICLY,
[00:19:07] REPEATEDLY. IT'S THE SAME THING THAT DOJ BRIEFS HAVE SAID ABOUT
[00:19:11] THE ISSUE. WE DO THINK THAT THIS DECISION IS NOT THE RIGHT
[00:19:14] DECISION. THAT IS OKAY. THAT'S THE WAY. THE WAY DEMOCRACY
[00:19:17] WORKS. AND SO WHAT I WOULD HAVE ADVISED THE CLIENT, OR WHAT I
[00:19:21] WOULD HAVE DONE WHEN I WAS A PROSECUTOR OR WHEN I WAS
[00:19:23] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYER, UM, ISN'T IN ANY WAY OR SHAPE
[00:19:26] RELEVANT TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE
[00:19:29] DOING IN COMMUNICATING TO THE, TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:19:33] >> AG BLANCHE
[00:19:37] >> ARE NICE. I LOVE THAT.
[00:19:42] >> ARE, YOU. >> KNOW, I'M COMFORTABLE. IT'S
[00:19:43] ACTUALLY REALLY NICE. I HAVE
[00:19:46] WATER IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. I WANT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THAT LAST
[00:19:50] QUESTION. AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO IT.
[00:19:54] ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT, SPECIFICALLY, THAT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND
[00:19:57] THIS DECISION AREN'T THE PEOPLE
[00:20:01] HE INTERVIEWED. DOES THAT UNDERMINE EVEN THE PERCEPTION OF THE COURT'S INDEPENDENCE, IN YOUR VIEW?
[00:20:05] >> NO, NOT AT ALL. NO. I MEAN, UM, HE WANTS ANOTHER ONE.
[00:20:08] THAT'S OKAY. HE CAN HAVE ANOTHER ONE. UM, NO, I DON'T THINK IT UNDERMINES LIKE, I
[00:20:12] THINK LOOK WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE DOBBS DECISION. MEMBERS OF
[00:20:16] CONGRESS, THE ADMINISTRATION CAME OUT BASICALLY THREATENING JUDGES FOR MONTHS ON END.
[00:20:20] THERE'S A FULL SECURITY FORCE,
[00:20:22] OKAY. AROUND EVERY JUSTICE BECAUSE OF THE RHETORIC. AFTER
[00:20:26] THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED THAT DECISION. AND SO THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT ISSUES A TRUTH,
[00:20:30] SAYING THAT THE THE JUSTICES THAT INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF
[00:20:34] HIM, YOU KNOW, 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO, EIGHT YEARS AGO, ARE NOT THE
[00:20:37] JUSTICES HE'S SEEING NOW THAT THAT UNDERMINES THE. NO, I
[00:20:41] DON'T THINK IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IT DOES THAT. I THINK
[00:20:44] THAT THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE MEDIA
[00:20:46] WANTS TO PUT ON IT. HE HAS A.
[00:20:50] THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT, ABOUT CASES THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO
[00:20:54] HIM, WHICH THIS ONE, WHICH THIS ONE IS. >> AND.
[00:20:57] >> AND, AND, AND RELATED TO THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION, AFTER ALL THIS
[00:21:00] BACK AND FORTH. ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL THAT VOTERS MAY
[00:21:04] BE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ACTUALLY ARE NOW TO VOTE BY MAIL? AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
[00:21:07] WILL THE DOJ DO TO KIND OF
[00:21:10] EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE FALLOUT OF
[00:21:11] THIS CASE NOW?
[00:21:15] >> I'M NOT SURE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOLLOW THIS AS
[00:21:17] CLOSELY AS, AS THE FOLKS IN THIS
[00:21:20] IN THIS BEAUTIFUL ROSE GARDEN
[00:21:23] DO. UM, SO, NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SUGGESTION OR ANY INFORMATION OR HEARD FROM
[00:21:26] SECRETARIES OF STATE THAT, THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE. THAT'S THE
[00:21:29] RESPONSE. I MEAN, LISTEN, BALLOTS ARE CONFUSING IN EVERY
[00:21:33] ELECTION. THE WAY THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED, THE WAY THEY'RE TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S SOMETHING
[00:21:36] THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THE STATE
[00:21:38] AND LOCALS HANDLE VERY WELL EVERY SINGLE ELECTION CYCLE FOR
[00:21:41] ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. SO NO, THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T
[00:21:44] CONCERN ME. GO AHEAD.
[00:21:52] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE OVAL
[00:21:55] OFFICE, AND THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BE WATCHING HERE. SO IF AT ANY POINT HE WANTS TO COME OUT. I
[00:21:59] DON'T THINK. AND TAKE OUR QUESTIONS. >> HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING. I DON'T THINK THE MERE FACT I'D
[00:22:03] LOVE. >> TO SEE HIM. AG BLANCHE. >> NO OFFENSE. I'M STANDING
[00:22:07] RIGHT HERE. OKAY. >> YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. TWO QUESTIONS HERE. UM, THE
[00:22:10] FIRST, YOU KNOW, YOU GO AFTER CROOKS AND CRIMINALS AND
[00:22:14] THIEVES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT CHINA HAS
[00:22:18] BEEN STEALING FROM OUR AI
[00:22:21] COMPANIES. SO IS IT TIME TO GO
[00:22:25] AFTER CHINA? AND PARTICULARLY PRESIDENT XI, WHO WILL BE HERE
[00:22:28] IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK, IS A TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TALK
[00:22:30] TO HIM ABOUT HOW CHINA HAS BEEN STEALING FROM US.
[00:22:34] >> WELL, SO WHEN YOU SAY CHINA, YOU'RE TALKING TO ABOUT AN
[00:22:37] ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND SO THE PRESIDENT HAS THOSE TWO
[00:22:40] PRESIDENTS HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, AND THEY'RE
[00:22:44] THEY'RE THEY GET ALONG, THEY MAKE DEALS TOGETHER. BUT DOES THAT ARE THEY'RE SEPARATE ISSUES
[00:22:47] WITH ACTORS IN CHINA AND COMPANIES IN CHINA AND BAD
[00:22:51] ACTORS. THAT HAS EXISTED LONG BEFORE THIS ADMINISTRATION AND
[00:22:54] WILL EXIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. AND, AND THE DEPARTMENT
[00:22:56] OF JUSTICE AND OTHER AGENCIES IN
[00:23:00] THE EXECUTIVE, OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COMBAT THAT AND TO GO AFTER THAT
[00:23:03] IN THE RIGHT, IN THE RIGHT WAY. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO
[00:23:06] JUST LABEL CHINA AS A COUNTRY. THERE'S BAD ACTORS IN CHINA THAT ARE DOING IT, WHICH WE'RE
[00:23:10] DEFINITELY GOING TO GO AFTER. ALL RIGHT, SOMEBODY IN THE BACK.
[00:23:13] UM, YEAH. THE GUY POINTING TO
[00:23:15] HIS OWN HEAD. THAT'S PRETTY
[00:23:18] GOOD. CAN'T HEAR YOU. SORRY I
[00:23:24] CAN'T HEAR YOU. >> HEY. HEY, THERE. THANK YOU.
[00:23:27] UH, WILLIE NELSON WITH SRN. MR.
[00:23:29] ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS SAY ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETTIERE MAY
[00:23:33] HAVE DIED AFTER TAKING A PILL LACED WITH FENTANYL. THE DEA IS
[00:23:36] LOOKING AT HER ALLEGED DEALER. WHAT IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
[00:23:40] GOING TO DOING TO GO AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT SELL THESE FAKE
[00:23:43] PILLS? AND MY SECOND QUESTION
[00:23:45] IS, UH, IS THE AI DOOMSDAY TALK
[00:23:49] A REAL NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE, OR IS IT A WAY TO PUT THE
[00:23:52] GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF THE INTERNET?
[00:23:54] >> SO WHEN IT COMES TO FENTANYL, THEY'RE NOT FAKE PILLS. THEY'RE
[00:23:58] DEATH PILLS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE PILLS THAT KILL PEOPLE. AND THERE'S A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT
[00:24:01] ALLOWS US TO GO AFTER IT.
[00:24:03] ASSUMING WE CAN, WE CAN PROVE WHO THE DEALER IS TO GO AFTER
[00:24:07] THEM AND PUT THEM IN PRISON FOR MURDER. AND WE DO IT IN EVERY
[00:24:11] DISTRICT IN THIS COUNTRY. AND IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG EMPHASIS
[00:24:14] OF, OF, OF DEA MINISTER COLE AND
[00:24:18] OUR PROSECUTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO WHEN WE CAN PROVE.
[00:24:20] AND SOMETIMES IF SOMEBODY IS AN ADDICT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO PROVE
[00:24:24] WHO THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE PILL FROM. BUT IN THE CASES WHERE WE, WHERE WE KNOW WHO THE DEALER
[00:24:28] WAS, AND WE CAN PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THAT THE
[00:24:32] PERSON SOLD THE, THE DEATH PILL TO THE, TO THE VICTIM WHO THEN
[00:24:36] DIES. THAT'S A, THAT'S A FEDERAL CRIME. AND THAT'S
[00:24:39] SOMETHING THAT WE WILL READILY PROSECUTE AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. AS
[00:24:42] FAR AS THE AI QUESTION, I ANSWERED IT EARLIER, BUT I MEAN,
[00:24:45] THERE'S NO I MEAN, I THIS
[00:24:47] SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING NEWS THAT
[00:24:49] THIS AI, UM, ISSUE THAT'S SUDDENLY COME UP TWO MONTHS
[00:24:52] BEFORE AN ELECTION IS BEING THE
[00:24:54] PRESIDENT CALLS IT A HOAX. THE
[00:24:56] WAY THIS HAS COME AROUND TODAY AND NOT THREE MONTHS AGO. I
[00:25:00] MEAN, I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS TODAY, EVERY DEMOCRAT SENATOR
[00:25:03] SUDDENLY RACES TO A MICROPHONE TO TALK ABOUT AI AFTER BEING
[00:25:07] EERILY SILENT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. SO TO TALK
[00:25:10] ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS AS BEING NOTHING BUT AN EFFORT TO,
[00:25:13] TO INFLUENCE THE MIDTERMS, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD, OF COURSE, THAT WHAT IT
[00:25:16] IS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE WHAT
[00:25:20] DRIVES THE, THE, THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AROUND AI. WE
[00:25:24] CAN'T LOSE THE AI RACE TO
[00:25:26] CHINA, RIGHT? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT. EVERYBODY SAYS THAT, BUT THEY SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S
[00:25:30] TRUE GO SECOND ROW. YES.
[00:25:37] >> LANDERS WITH PBS NEWSHOUR. UM, THE FBI CONDUCTED A RAID AT
[00:25:40] FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, BACK IN JANUARY THIS YEAR. AND THEY
[00:25:43] ALLEGE THAT THERE WAS IMPROPRIETY WITH THE 2020 ELECTION THERE. HAS THE
[00:25:47] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOUND ANY
[00:25:49] EVIDENCE FROM THE FBI OF THAT? WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG IF YOU
[00:25:53] ALL THINK THAT THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD IN 2020, WHY HAS THAT NOT COME FORWARD? WHERE IS
[00:25:57] THE EVIDENCE? >> WELL, SO IT WASN'T A THE FBI
[00:26:01] CONDUCTED A RAID. IT'S THAT A JUDGE AUTHORIZED A SEARCH
[00:26:03] WARRANT BASED UPON PROBABLE CAUSE TO ALLOW US TO SEARCH AND
[00:26:07] COLLECT THOSE RECORDS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
[00:26:10] RECORDS, AND THEY ARE NOW MANY,
[00:26:12] MANY YEARS OLD. AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE QUESTION ABOUT
[00:26:16] TIMING IS. BUT BUT WHAT WHEN?
[00:26:18] WHEN WE HAVE AN ANSWER, WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, YOU
[00:26:22] WILL KNOW I'M NOT YOU CAN'T RUSH AN INVESTIGATION LIKE THAT.
[00:26:25] REVIEWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS FROM MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. THERE'S THAT'S SOMETHING,
[00:26:29] AGAIN, IT'S AN ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. SO GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING
[00:26:32] AND NOT DOING ISN'T APPROPRIATE. BUT, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT
[00:26:35] APPROPRIATE TO, TO SUGGEST THAT
[00:26:37] THIS IS JUST THE FBI OR THE DOJ GOING AND SEIZING RECORDS. IT'S
[00:26:41] A JUDGE REVIEWING, IT'S A JUDGE REVIEWING, REVIEWING AN
[00:26:44] AFFIDAVIT, AND FINDING THAT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE. ALL
[00:26:46] RIGHT. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK.
[00:26:50] YES. YOU SURE?
[00:26:57] >> WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT HIS SON
[00:27:00] WAS ACCEPTING A GIFT FROM
[00:27:02] RUSSIAN OLIGARCH WHEN HE DECIDED
[00:27:04] NOT TO GO TO BAHAMAS TO HIS WEDDING? WHAT WAS HIS REACTION
[00:27:08] WHEN HE LEARNED ABOUT IT? AND TO
[00:27:15] OFFICIAL, UH, WAS IT APPROPRIATE
[00:27:17] THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
[00:27:20] STATES TO ACCEPT SUCH A GIFT
[00:27:22] FROM A FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN, FROM
[00:27:24] A FRIEND OF PUTIN? AND ARE YOU
[00:27:27] GOING TO INVESTIGATE IF
[00:27:30] EVERYTHING WAS APPROPRIATELY UH, AS A GIFT?
[00:27:32] >> SO THE PRESIDENT ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT. SO I WASN'T
[00:27:36] WITH THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE LEARNED. SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT, BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.
[00:27:40] OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS. I THINK
[00:27:44] OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY DON'T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS. THE PRESIDENT'S SON HAS SAID
[00:27:47] THAT HE'S A VERY CLOSE FRIEND AND THAT HE ACCEPTED A GIFT IN
[00:27:51] THE WEEKEND OF HIS WEDDING. UM, I'M NOT SO, SO I DON'T I'M NOT
[00:27:55] SURE WHAT. WHEN YOU SAY, AM I INVESTIGATING? AM I
[00:27:58] INVESTIGATING WHAT? AND WHEN YOU SAY THIS PERSON IS A FRIEND OF
[00:28:01] PUTIN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT. SO I LIKE
[00:28:05] THAT IT'S, IT'S FUN TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE
[00:28:09] RHETORIC AROUND IT. BUT, BUT I THINK ALL THE RELEVANT PEOPLE INVOLVED, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
[00:28:13] KIDS, HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW THIS PERSON EITHER.
[00:28:17] SO I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT BEYOND THAT. OKAY.
[00:28:20] WE'LL TAKE JUST A COUPLE MORE.
[00:28:21] YOU YOU, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE,
[00:28:25] THE BALD GUY, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT. OH.
[00:28:28] >> UH, KARA CASTRONOVA FROM LINDELL TV, THANK YOU SO MUCH
[00:28:31] FOR TAKING MY QUESTION TODAY. AND I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE DEEPLY, I THINK, IMPORTANT
[00:28:35] TO OUR AUDIENCE. ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[00:28:38] WEAPONIZATION WORKING GROUP, AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT WORKING
[00:28:42] GROUP IS. SPECIFICALLY, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, WILL THE DOJ FINALLY INVESTIGATE THE
[00:28:45] TREATMENT OF THE JANUARY 6th POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE FOUR
[00:28:49] DEATHS THAT OCCURRED THAT DAY, INCLUDING THE KILLING OF TWO
[00:28:51] WOMEN BY POLICE AND ANY FEDERAL
[00:28:54] AGENCY INVOLVEMENT? AND WILL YOU ALSO CONSIDER INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE WAS ANY IMPROPER
[00:28:58] CONTACT, AS IT WAS REPORTED BY SOURCES BETWEEN MERRICK
[00:29:02] GARLAND'S DOJ AND ACTIVIST DC JUDGES.
[00:29:05] >> SO ON. SO, AGAIN, THE SAME
[00:29:10] QUESTION ABOUT ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT
[00:29:12] THEM, AND IT NEVER WILL BE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEAPONIZATION
[00:29:15] WORKING GROUP, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OUT A WORK PRODUCT
[00:29:19] ALMOST EVERY MONTH FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, INCLUDING IN
[00:29:22] AUGUST, ADDRESSING ANOTHER ONE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE ISSUES
[00:29:25] THAT WE WERE CHARGED WITH LOOKING INTO. SO THAT WORK
[00:29:29] CONTINUES. THE, ALL THE WORK
[00:29:30] THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THE,
[00:29:33] UM, AROUND THE ANTI WEAPONIZATION, THE FIXING WHAT
[00:29:37] WE BELIEVE AND WHAT WE KNOW WENT WRONG DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T JUST
[00:29:40] HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT INVOLVES, LIKE ANY INVESTIGATION, REVIEWING RECORDS AND INTERVIEWS
[00:29:44] AND HAVING LAWYERS AND AGENTS,
[00:29:47] IN SOME CASES DO WORK. AND SO THAT WORK CONTINUES. BUT IT'S
[00:29:50] NOT FAIR TO THE PROCESS, TO THE PROSECUTORS OR TO ANYBODY
[00:29:54] INVOLVED. FOR ME TO GIVE NUGGETS ALONG THE WAY OF WHAT WE'RE
[00:29:57] DOING OR NOT DOING. SO I'M NOT
[00:29:58] GOING TO DO THAT. YES, YOU.
[00:30:07] >> CAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY
[00:30:09] GENERAL. UM, SO ON. OPENAI HAS
[00:30:11] SAID THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH
[00:30:14] GOOGLE AND ANTHROPIC ON SECURITY MEASURES FOR THEIR AI MODELS. DO
[00:30:18] THEY NEED ANTITRUST WAIVERS? DO YOU SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE?
[00:30:21] PLUS, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT WHO CONTROLS THE INFORMATION
[00:30:24] THAT IS COMING OUT OF AI MODELS?
[00:30:29] >> WELL, WHETHER WHETHER ENTITIES NEED AN ANTITRUST WAIVER IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN ANSWER FROM THE PODIUM OF THE
[00:30:33] WHITE HOUSE. THERE'S DOZENS OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT. AND
[00:30:36] AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A
[00:30:39] KIND OF A PROCESS THAT DOJ AND OTHERS USE TO DETERMINE WHAT I
[00:30:43] CAN'T ADDRESS, THAT I CAN SAY THAT THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT
[00:30:47] THAT, UM, THOSE COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO REGULATE THEMSELVES
[00:30:50] OR FIX PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD DO
[00:30:53] THAT. BUT, BUT WORKING WITH US, IF NECESSARY. SO THAT'S ALL I
[00:30:56] CAN SAY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT,
[00:31:00] ONE MORE. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. >> SORRY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GET
[00:31:02] I'LL COME TO YOU NEXT
[00:31:08] >> TWO QUESTIONS. EARLIER TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT THERE
[00:31:12] WAS NEW EVIDENCE IN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BUTLER,
[00:31:15] PENNSYLVANIA. HE SAID IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC PLOT. MOMENTS LATER,
[00:31:19] KASH PATEL TESTIFIED THAT THE
[00:31:20] SHOOTER WASN'T SPEAKING TO ANYONE OTHER THAN HIS PARENTS.
[00:31:24] CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN BOTH HOW THIS WAS A DEMOCRATIC PLOT AND
[00:31:27] WHAT THIS NEW EVIDENCE IS? AND A
[00:31:30] SECOND QUESTION, WHICH IS IN THE SAME POST, HE SAID THAT
[00:31:33] CHRISTOPHER WRAY SHOULD BE
[00:31:38] PUNISHED FOR HIS LACK OF OVERSIGHT DURING THIS INVESTIGATION. IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERING BRINGING
[00:31:41] CHARGES AGAINST CHRIS WRAY? >> SO THE THE DEPARTMENT OF
[00:31:44] JUSTICE DOESN'T PUNISH, BY THE WAY. BUT, UM, SO, LOOK, I, I WAS
[00:31:47] WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING THE TIME PERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER THE
[00:31:51] ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. AND HE WAS SHOT. HE
[00:31:54] WAS A VICTIM. THERE WAS AN
[00:31:57] INNOCENT MAN KILLED. THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THAT
[00:32:01] HAPPENED. UM, WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID TODAY ABOUT THE NEW
[00:32:04] INFORMATION, AND THIS NEW INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT,
[00:32:06] THAT WE FOUND THAT THE FBI FOUND
[00:32:09] THAT PRODUCED TO, TO THE SENATE IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES THAT
[00:32:12] THEY HAD. IT IS NEW INFORMATION
[00:32:14] ABOUT THE SHOOTER AND ABOUT HIS
[00:32:16] BACKGROUND, ABOUT HIS HISTORY. AND THAT'S STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T
[00:32:20] KNOW BEFORE. SO THAT'S THE NEW INFORMATION. AS FAR AS THE
[00:32:24] PRESIDENT'S FRUSTRATION WITH THE FBI. I WAS THERE WITH HIM, I
[00:32:27] LIVED IT. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A
[00:32:29] SITUATION WHERE WHERE IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHAT THE LEADERSHIP
[00:32:32] OF THE FBI WERE DOING IN THE
[00:32:34] WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD OF THE
[00:32:37] ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT'S
[00:32:40] THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY TRYING TO PUT HIM
[00:32:43] IN PRISON UNTIL HE DIES. SO, SO
[00:32:45] HIS FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE THE FORMER
[00:32:48] DIRECTOR WAS DOING, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NEW. HE
[00:32:51] SAID THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, I WAS WITH HIM DURING THE
[00:32:54] INVESTIGATION AND TRYING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED
[00:32:57] PRESIDENT, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
[00:32:59] WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY. AND, AND
[00:33:03] DIRECTOR PATEL HAS HAS UNDERTAKEN A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO
[00:33:05] GO THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND
[00:33:08] UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS MISSED, IF ANYTHING, AND TO PROVIDE ANYTHING THAT HADN'T COME
[00:33:12] FORWARD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S DONE. OKAY.
[00:33:16] LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
[00:33:17] >> THANK YOU HERE. TWO
[00:33:22] QUESTIONS. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN
[00:33:48] >> THE FIRST ONE WORKING WITH TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT AND
[00:33:52] DHS, WE WE SPEND A TREMENDOUS
[00:33:55] AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND EFFORT
[00:33:57] TO KEEP OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM CLEAR OF ANY TERRORIST FINANCING. IF WE FIND MONEY THAT
[00:34:01] IS LINKED TO TERRORISM, TO FREEZE THAT MONEY AND TO SEIZE
[00:34:05] IT, IF WE ULTIMATELY CAN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS DO AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO. AS
[00:34:08] FAR AS WHAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH, WITH PRISONERS IN THOSE
[00:34:11] COUNTRIES, IT DEPENDS. I MEAN, IF THE PRISONERS ARE CHARGED HERE WITH CRIMES, WE'LL
[00:34:15] OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT PEOPLE WE CHARGED WITH CRIMES TO COME HERE
[00:34:17] AND FACE JUSTICE, BUT IT DEPENDS
[00:34:20] ON ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THAT. OKAY. CAN I JUST SAY, AND
[00:34:23] CAN I. NO, I'M, I'M DONE WITH QUESTIONS. I STAYED TEN MINUTES
[00:34:27] LONGER THAN I WAS SUPPOSED TO.
[00:34:29] UM, I, UH, I WILL TELL YOU THE FACT THAT KAROLINE LEAVITT DID
[00:34:33] THIS FOR AS LONG AS SHE DID IS INCREDIBLE. UM, SO THANK YOU
[00:34:36] GUYS VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME,
[00:34:40] UH, JOIN YOU ALL TODAY. I'M VERY SORRY THAT YOU'RE SWEATING. I'M
[00:34:43] NOT REALLY SORRY. UM, BUT. BUT
[00:34:46] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WANT
[00:34:48] TO THANK, UH, PUBLICLY. THANK KAROLINE LEAVITT FOR DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME FOR PRESIDENT
[00:34:52] TRUMP. SHE'S A, SHE'S A VERY, SHE'S A LOT BETTER THAN ME.
[00:34:55] AND, UH, AND SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
[00:34:59] >> IS THERE A.
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[00:36:00] >> DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS AN UNFINISHED CREATION. >> DEMOCRACY IS WORTH DYING FOR.
[00:36:04] >> DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO US ALL. >> WE ARE HERE IN THE SANCTUARY
[00:36:07] OF DEMOCRACY. >> GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES FALL
[00:36:11] ONCE AGAIN TO THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES. >> AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS BIGGER
[00:36:15] THAN ANY ONE PERSON.
[00:36:16] >> FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE
[00:36:21] CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED. >> WE ARE STILL, AT OUR CORE, A
[00:36:24] DEMOCRACY. >> THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE
[00:36:27] VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR FREEDOM.
[00:36:31] >> [MUSIC]
[00:36:37] >> THE CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE AI DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
[00:36:40] ANTHROPIC, DARIO AMODEI, SPOKE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE
[00:36:42] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY DURING A CONFERENCE HOSTED BY
[00:36:46] SALESFORCE IN SAN FRANCISCO. MR. AHMADI'S BRIEF REMARKS COME
[00:36:49] AFTER HIS CALLS FOR A SLOWDOWN
[00:36:54] IN AI DEVELOPMENT. >> AND HERE WE HAVE THE CEO OF ANTHROPIC RIGHT HERE, DARIO.
[00:36:58] HELLO, MARIO. HOW ARE YOU? >> [APPLAUSE]
[00:37:00] >> HEY, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. FANTASTIC. >> [APPLAUSE]
[00:37:04] >> GREAT JOB. DARIO. YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB LEADING THE
[00:37:07] AI INDUSTRY, GUIDING IT. ALL RIGHT. FROM OUR SLACK
[00:37:11] HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. WE WATCH YOU EVERY DAY.
[00:37:13] >> WE'RE WATCHING IT FROM YOU >> IT'S ALL GOOD KARMA, ISN'T
[00:37:17] IT. AND WE'RE WATCHING YOU DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB. YOU
[00:37:20] BECOME THE NUMBER ONE AI IN THE
[00:37:22] WORLD, THREE TIMES LARGER THAN THE NEAREST PROVIDER. IT'S BEEN
[00:37:25] AMAZING TO BE PARTNERED WITH YOU. IT'S ALL BEEN VERY KARMIC
[00:37:28] AND KISMET AND GOOD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE TO ASK YOU
[00:37:32] BEFORE WE GET INTO THE INTERVIEW, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AI. OF COURSE, I WANT TO
[00:37:35] TALK TO YOU ABOUT CLOUD FORCE. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU'RE RUNNING YOUR OWN
[00:37:38] BUSINESS. BUT WOW, YOU WROTE, YOU KNOW, YOU, I MEAN,
[00:37:42] EVERYTHING FROM YOUR FIRST ESSAY THAT YOU WROTE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT
[00:37:45] LOVING GRACE TO, TO THE ESSAY
[00:37:47] THIS WEEKEND ON PACING HAS BEEN
[00:37:50] INCREDIBLE. BUT GIVE US YOUR
[00:37:51] STATE OF THE AI INDUSTRY AND PACING AND WHERE YOUR MIND IS
[00:37:55] RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S MAYBE
[00:37:58] EASIEST TO EXPLAIN IT BY AN ANALOGY. SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE
[00:38:01] RUNNING A CAR COMPANY AND ANOTHER CAR COMPANY, NOT YOURS.
[00:38:05] THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF SAFETY INCIDENT, RIGHT? SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. YOU KNOW,
[00:38:08] SOMETHING WITH THE MANUFACTURING. NOW, YOU BELIEVE
[00:38:12] YOU HAVE THE BEST SAFETY RECORD IN THE INDUSTRY. WHAT DO YOU DO?
[00:38:14] HOW DO YOU APPROACH IT? OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY TEMPTING TO ATTACK YOUR COMPETITOR AND
[00:38:18] SAY, THESE GUYS ARE UNSAFE OR
[00:38:21] SAFE, BUT I THINK THE MORE
[00:38:24] RESPONSIBLE WAY TO RESPOND TO IT IS TO SAY, HEY, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S LOOK. LET'S LOOK AT OUR
[00:38:28] OWN RECORD, RIGHT? WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD THIS BIG HIGH PROFILE
[00:38:31] INCIDENT, BUT I'M SURE WE'RE NOT PERFECT. LET'S LOOK AT EVERYTHING, AND WE CAN ALWAYS BE
[00:38:35] BETTER. LET'S MAKE OUR PRACTICES BETTER. UM, LET'S
[00:38:39] RECOMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY. LET'S INVEST MORE IN SAFETY. THEN
[00:38:41] LET'S ORGANIZE THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY AND SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO
[00:38:45] TO SET STANDARDS FOR EVERYONE? WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE EVERYONE
[00:38:49] STANDARDS BETTER? AND THEN FINALLY, THERE SHOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT.
[00:38:53] AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE THREE STEP PLAN THAT I LAID OUT,
[00:38:56] THAT I LAID OUT IN THE ESSAY, THE FIRST OF WHICH WE COMMITTED
[00:38:59] TO, AND THE, THE OTHERS OF WHICH
[00:39:01] WERE GOING TO HAVE A DIALOG WITH THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY ABOUT.
[00:39:05] AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO LEAD THE INDUSTRY
[00:39:09] FORWARD, TO SET AN EXAMPLE, TO SAY THAT EVERYONE CAN ALWAYS BE
[00:39:12] BETTER >> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION,
[00:39:15] DARIO. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AMAZING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE
[00:39:18] TO ACCOMPLISH, LIKE I SAID, BUT
[00:39:21] THERE ARE A LOT OF SURPRISES ALSO THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH.
[00:39:24] SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TELL US, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST SURPRISE
[00:39:28] OVER THE LAST DECADE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN
[00:39:31] HEADS DOWN IN AI NOW FOR TEN YEARS, REALLY IN EARNEST.
[00:39:35] WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST SHOCK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW?
[00:39:37] >> YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S BEEN THE
[00:39:40] PACE OF THE PROGRESS, NOT JUST
[00:39:42] OF THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT OF THE
[00:39:44] ECONOMIC SIDE OF IT. SO WE, YOU
[00:39:47] KNOW, I FORMULATED THE SCALING LAWS, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY CO-FOUNDERS, WHICH TELL YOU THAT
[00:39:51] AI MODELS GET SMARTER AND SMARTER. THE MORE COMPUTE YOU
[00:39:54] THROW INTO THEM. AND SO WE HAD A PREDICTION OF JUST HOW CAPABLE
[00:39:58] THESE MODELS WOULD BE. BUT I THINK WHAT WE DIDN'T APPRECIATE
[00:40:01] IS THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO THESE COMPANIES GROWING SO FAST, TO
[00:40:05] ALL THESE INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON. AND YOU'VE BEEN
[00:40:08] TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY WOULD BECOME
[00:40:12] CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. RIGHT? I JUST WATCHED THE TALKS BEFORE
[00:40:16] THAT, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT MCP AND COWORK AND
[00:40:19] CLAUDE SKILLS, AND THESE ARE ALL NEW THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST
[00:40:23] BEGINNING TO USE, BUT THEY'RE BEING ADOPTED SO QUICKLY BECAUSE
[00:40:27] THE ECONOMIC VALUE IS SO IS SO GREAT. SO I'VE JUST BEEN
[00:40:31] SURPRISED THAT SUCH A PACE IS POSSIBLE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
[00:40:34] >> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, SALESFORCE, WE ARE HUGE COWORK
[00:40:37] FANS. AND ALSO, WHEN I WAS IN EUROPE, I MET WITH SO MANY
[00:40:40] CUSTOMERS WHO ARE COWORK FANS. IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU'VE
[00:40:43] DONE WITH THE PRODUCT. I NOTICING OVER YOUR SHOULDER
[00:40:46] HERE, YOU'VE GOT A FEW SALESFORCE ALUMNI BEHIND YOU WHO
[00:40:49] ARE HELPING YOU TO RUN YOUR COMPANY, WHICH. >> YOU TRAIN THEM WELL, MARK,
[00:40:52] YOU TRAIN THEM WELL. >> TRYING TO DO MY BEST TO HELP
[00:40:55] THE WHOLE INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW I
[00:41:00] MEASURE MYSELF BY HOW MANY CEOS,
[00:41:01] CEOS, AND CROS ARE IN OTHER
[00:41:04] COMPANIES THAT ALL CAME FROM SALESFORCE. >> YOU. >> DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF THAT.
[00:41:08] NO, TRULY, TRULY YOU DO.
[00:41:11] >> THANK YOU. BUT WHAT I WANT TO
[00:41:12] SAY IS THIS. I, I WANT TO SAY,
[00:41:15] YOU KNOW, YES, WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE PACE OF AI. YOU
[00:41:19] KNOW, IT'S BEEN AMAZING WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER TEN YEARS. NO ONE
[00:41:21] COULD HAVE WRITTEN THE STORY.
[00:41:24] NOW, THESE INTERFACES ARE TRULY AMAZING. THE DEMO WE JUST SAW IS
[00:41:28] REMARKABLE. I THINK EVERY CUSTOMER HERE WANTS TO HAVE THAT
[00:41:31] SAME INTERFACE ON ALL OF THEIR SYSTEMS. EVERYBODY WANTS TO
[00:41:35] UNLOCK THE TRAPPED VALUE, YOU
[00:41:38] KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR KIND OF RECOMMENDATION FOR EVERYONE IN
[00:41:41] THIS ROOM? AND THE VIRTUAL ROOM? OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TEN, 000 PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS
[00:41:45] ROOM, BUT 10 MILLION JOINING US
[00:41:48] ONLINE. YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTIONS DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE?
[00:41:52] >> YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD,
[00:41:53] I WOULD JUST SAY, WHEN I LOOK AT
[00:41:57] THE TECHNOLOGY VERSUS HOW MUCH