Sullivan: We are going to do everything we can to support Ukraine and it's defense of it's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we are also going to proceed in a way that avoids World War III…how that gets applied in practice; we have tried to fit to the circumstances as we find them along the way.

Reporter: Why doesn't [Biden] trust [Harris] to lead these [debt] negotiations while he is in Asia?

Jean-Pierre: I disagree with the premise of your question.

Reporter: She is in Los Angeles, she could be at the Capitol. Why isn't she?

Jean-Pierre: [Biden] entrusts [Harris]…he has taken her consult and taken her advise.