Mr. Biden: Over the past two years, a third of Americans have been personally affected by extreme weather conditions. With the impacts of climate change rapidly intensifying, more and more Americans will be affected.
Mr. Biden: We're gonna deal with the debt ceiling…I think things are going as planned, God willing.
Kirby [White House Press Conference]: In just this here month of May, Russia has launched seventeen different air assaults against Kiev…in response, the United States is gonna continue to support Ukraine…we've got an upcoming package here, which will be the thirty-ninth drawdown of equipment from the Department of Defense inventories.
Kirby: We don't have any specific information that tells us who is responsible [drone attack on Moscow].
Kirby: There's not an investigation going on. There was forensic analysis done on the material we recovered from the payload of the spy balloon. That was done by the FBI and Quantico, largely. I don't know the status; I don't know whether they are complete.
Kirby: We don't tell them [Ukraine] where to strike. We don't tell them where not to strike. We don't tell them how to conduct their operations.
Reporter: Does the White House believe that her [Tara Reade] allegations may have been motivated by her allegiance to, affinity for, Russia?
Kirby: Difficult to say…the allegations that her life was at risk by the United States government, absolutely false, baseless. There's nothing to that.
Kirby: I think the American people are smart enough to realize that if we just walk away from this, and we just let Putin take Ukraine…then what's next? …we can't just walk away from this, and the American people I think understand that.
Reporter: Does the White House believe that Tara Reade is part of a Russian influence operation?
Kirby: I've seen no evidence or proof of that….it should come as no surprise to anybody that Mr. Putin would show an interest in making it hard for [Biden] to win election, and to try and interfere in his ability to govern…whether this particular move, by this particular individual, is some sort of Russian information op or propaganda campaign, I just don't know.
Reporter: What do you say to the majority of Americans who believe that [Biden] himself is corrupt?
Kirby: [Biden] has spoken to this [bribery, IRS cover-up, influence peddling scheme], and there's nothing to these claims. As for the whistleblower issue…and the document, I believe the FBI has spoken to that and you're going to have to go to them on that.
Reporter just mentioned that Jayapal will vote 'no' on the debt limit/budget deal.
Reporter: Whte House Press Office continues to pre-screen reporters allowed into large, indoor events, that under past presidents were open to all journalists…last July you said that ending the restrictions was a priority, yet they remain…will you commit once and for all to doing away with this mysterious pre-screening process?
Jean-Pierre: Every event is different, but no matter what the venue setup, we always credential as many reporters in the room as possible…we want to continue to make sure you guys have access to [Biden]….there is no restriction. Every event is different.
[every event pre-screens reporters, and only planted questions from a list are chosen]