Jean-Pierre: This morning, [Biden] spoke with President Zelensky to underscore that the United States will never recognize Russia's purported annexation of Ukrainian territory, and will continue to support Ukraine as it defends itself from Russia aggression.
Jean-Pierre: American consumers are paying far less at the pump than they were several months ago, because of the historic steps that [Biden] has taken.
[the 'historic steps' include draining the Strategic Reserve]
Reporter: Do you think the missile launch was a direct response from North Korea to [Harris] visiting the DMZ recently?
Jean-Pierre: I'm not going to get into hypotheticals, or get into the mind of the North Korea leader.
Jean-Pierre: We are aware of Russia's announcement that Brittney Griner will be forced to undergo another sham judicial proceeding. She should be released immediately.
[Griner violated Russia law; no indications of being framed or unlawfully convicted]
Reporter: You said [Biden] was responsible for gas prices coming down. Is [Biden] responsible for gas prices going up?
Jean-Pierre: It's a lot more nuanced than that. There have been global challenges that we all have dealt with…Putin's was has increased gas prices at the pump.
Reporter: There are consumers in California paying $6.41/gallon, Nevada $5.51, Oregon $5.46. Who can afford that?
Jean-Pierre: We understand that. That's why [Biden] has worked so hard the past several months, to make sure that he did everything we can to bring gas prices down…we've seen the fastest decline in gasoline prices in over a decade.
Jean-Pierre: We estimated about ten million Americans got their updated COVID-19 vaccines in the month of September.
[approximately 3% of population]
Jean-Pierre: It's a shame that you have republicans out there, republican groups, republican states, that are trying to stop Americans from getting a little bit of a breathing room, a little bit of a break. We're talking about 40 million Americans that could benefit from getting student loan relief.
[the 'loan relief' is not lawful]
Governor DeSantis [press conference]: We've had four looters that were arrested…three of the four are illegal aliens. They should be prosecuted, but they need to be sent back to their home country. They should not be here at all.