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Press Gaggle: Joe Biden Speaks to Reporters at a Tea Shop in Las Vegas - February 5, 2024

  • Joe Biden
    Person
  • Unidentified
    Person
  • Question
    Person
  • Note
    Person

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:00:00-00:00:10 (10 sec)
"We have the original milk tea, chai tea, brown sugar, milk. Some other ones, like [Inaudible] mango [Inaudible]" 1

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:10-00:00:21 (11 sec)
"I'm going to try the pineapple coconut twist." 2

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:00:21-00:00:27 (6 sec)
"Pineapple coconut twist, sure. What size would you like, sir?" 3

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:27-00:00:30 (3 sec)
"[Inaudible] in the car, so [Inaudible]" 4

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:30-00:00:32 (2 sec)
"So small, medium?" 5

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:32-00:00:33 (1 sec)
"Medium." 6

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:00:33-00:00:34 (1 sec)
"Medium, sure." 7

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:34-00:00:35 (1 sec)
"Go ahead guys." 8

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:00:35-00:00:37 (2 sec)
"Would you like a boba?" 9

Joe Biden

Positive
00:00:37-00:00:39 (2 sec)
"Yes." 10

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:39-00:00:42 (3 sec)
"Of course." 11

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:42-00:00:43 (1 sec)
"Anything else?" 12

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:43-00:00:47 (4 sec)
"I'll have a brown sugar milk tea. A small." 13

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:47-00:00:50 (3 sec)
"Small." 14

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:50-00:00:52 (2 sec)
"I'll do the [Inaudible]" 15

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:52-00:00:54 (2 sec)
"Make that two." 16

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:54-00:00:56 (2 sec)
"Two originals?" 17

Unidentified

Positive
00:00:56-00:00:57 (1 sec)
"Yes." 18

Joe Biden

Leans Positive
00:00:57-00:01:00 (4 sec)
"You guys want anything? For real?" 19

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:01:00-00:01:06 (6 sec)
"We're good, thank you sir." 20

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:01:06-00:01:07 (1 sec)
"You sure?" 21

Unidentified

Slightly Negative
00:01:07-00:01:08 (2 sec)
"No boba for the mango." 22

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:08-00:01:11 (2 sec)
"Anyone else want one? I'm -- I'm loaded today." 23

Note

Neutral
00:01:11-00:01:11 ( sec)
"[Laughter]" 24

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:11-00:01:13 (2 sec)
"Thank you, Mr. President." 25

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:13-00:01:14 (1 sec)
"Thank you." 26

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:01:14-00:01:14 (1 sec)
"Okay." 27

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:14-00:01:18 (3 sec)
"$28.72 please." 28

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:18-00:01:22 (4 sec)
"$20.72?" 29

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:22-00:01:25 (4 sec)
"$28.72." 30

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:25-00:01:29 (3 sec)
"$28.72." 31

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:29-00:01:30 (2 sec)
"[Inaudible]" 32

Unidentified

Slightly Positive
00:01:30-00:01:36 (6 sec)
"Thank you sir. I'm sorry?" 33

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:36-00:01:38 (2 sec)
"[Inaudible] for the staff." 34

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:38-00:01:40 (2 sec)
"Thank you, sir." 35

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:40-00:01:40 ( sec)
"[Inaudible]" 36

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:01:40-00:01:41 (1 sec)
"Yeah, sure." 37

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:41-00:01:44 (3 sec)
"I gave him a big tip [Inaudible]" 38

Note

Neutral
00:01:44-00:01:44 ( sec)
"[Laughter]" 39

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:01:44-00:01:50 (5 sec)
"Are you sure? Thank you sir. Thank you Mr. President." 40

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:01:50-00:01:50 ( sec)
"Alright." 41

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:01:50-00:01:53 (3 sec)
"Give us a few minutes, please?" 42

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:53-00:01:53 ( sec)
"[Crosstalk]" 43

Note

Neutral
00:01:53-00:01:54 (1 sec)
"[Break in video until Joe Biden leaves the shop.]" 44

Question

Very Positive
00:01:54-00:01:59 (5 sec)
"Mr. President, Donald Trump said he's ready to debate you right now. Do you accept?" 45

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:59-00:01:59 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 46

Question

Neutral
00:01:59-00:02:03 (4 sec)
"He just said that on radio. [Inaudible] -- wants to debate you immediately, he says." 47

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:03-00:02:03 ( sec)
"Immediately?" 48

Question

Positive
00:02:03-00:02:04 (1 sec)
"Yes." 49

Question

Neutral
00:02:04-00:02:06 (2 sec)
"Will you debate him?" 50

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:02:06-00:02:19 (13 sec)
"Well, I -- if I were him, I'd want to debate me too. He's got nothing else to do. [Laughter]" 51

Question

Very Negative
00:02:19-00:02:27 (8 sec)
"How worried are you about the border bill, sir? How worried are you?" 52

Question

Neutral
00:02:27-00:02:30 (2 sec)
"What's your message to Speaker Johnson?" 53

Joe Biden

Leans Negative
00:02:30-00:02:46 (16 sec)
"My message to Speaker Johnson is: Pay attention to what the Senate is doing. We've got a bipartisan deal, and you're going to see the detail of it this week. It'll be introduced on Wednesday. The border -- I've been asking since the first thing -- the first bill I introduced was on the border. We don't have enough agents." 54

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:46-00:03:11 (25 sec)
"We don't have enough folks. We don't have enough judges. We don't have enough folks there. We need help. Why won't they give me the help, all this time? And now, they're starting about the -- about the border. "It's out of control." Well, guess what? Everything in that bipartisan bill gives me control, gives us control without being -- and still meets the needs of the people being able to come at all -- legally come across." 55

Joe Biden

Negative
00:03:11-00:03:32 (21 sec)
"We want to open avenues of legality and shut down the ones that are not coming through the points of entry. So, there's a lot we can do. And the one thing I am disappointed in we didn't get done in the Senate's piece was -- I think it's about time that -- we have all those young people who came and now -- the DREAMers." 56

Joe Biden

Very Negative
00:03:32-00:03:55 (24 sec)
"It's ridiculous. Can you imagine? You're four years old and your mom says, "We're crossing the Rio Grande." And you say, "No, Mom, leave me here. I don't want to go." Come on. What the hell is going on here? And they've become contributing Americans that are doing good jobs, and they're decent. So, it's about time we give them not only compassion, but a little brain -- some brains in our head about what to be doing." 57

Joe Biden

Somewhat Negative
00:03:55-00:04:05 (10 sec)
"And, by the way, I've asked for money for those machines that detect fentanyl. We have these machines that can de- -- and these guys are screaming about fentanyl." 58

Unidentified

Neutral
00:04:05-00:04:07 (2 sec)
"All right." 59

Unidentified

Positive
00:04:07-00:04:07 ( sec)
"Thanks, guys." 60

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:07-00:04:08 (1 sec)
"And, by the way —" 61

Note

Neutral
00:04:08-00:04:08 ( sec)
"[Crosstalk]" 62

Question

Neutral
00:04:08-00:04:12 (4 sec)
"How does the bill getting passed in the Senate? How does the bill get through the Senate?" 63

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:12-00:04:15 (3 sec)
"With 60 votes, and you're going to watch." 64

Question

Neutral
00:04:15-00:04:16 (2 sec)
"Are you going to speak to Speaker Johnson?" 65

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:04:16-00:04:18 (2 sec)
"Okay, thanks everybody." 66

Unidentified

Positive
00:04:18-00:04:19 (1 sec)
"Thanks, press." 67

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:04:19-00:04:25 (5 sec)
"Thank you. Thanks, everybody. By the way, this stuff is good. [Points at tea] You ought to -- you should've taken me up on it. [Laughter]" 68