Reporter: On the border deal, [Biden] had earlier said he was out of options when it comes to executive actions. Does the fact that he's considering other actions mean that there was more he could have done earlier? What changed?

Jean-Pierre: I'm going to be very clear. The bottom line; the only way to we could have had move forward, we could move forward in a effective, more comprehensive way, was to move forward with the bi-partisan legislation that came out of the senate.

Reporter: What makes these sanctions [against Russia] any more effective than the hundreds announced before?

Jean-Pierre: These sanctions are cumulative. These are five hundred new, targeted sanctions that are now being sanctioned; the targets are being sanctioned for the first time…these targets are within Russia's defense industrial base, it's financial system, and it will continue to impose costs on Russia to make it harder to carry out it's brutal war, and vicious war in Ukraine.

Reporter: You've had four thousand sanctions in the last two years. It hasn't stopped the war. How should the success of these sanctions be measured?

Jean-Pierre: We believe they've been effective. That's what we believe.

[Russia's economy increased by over 3% in 2023]