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Press Gaggle: Joe Biden Speaks With Reporters While Walking Dogs With Jill Biden - February 12, 2021

  • Joe Biden
    Person
  • Question
    Person
  • Jill Biden
    Person
  • Unidentified
    Person

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:00-00:00:01 (1 sec)
"Press is gonna think it's for them!" 1

Question

Positive
00:00:01-00:00:02 (2 sec)
"What's your gift for Valentine's Day?" 2

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:02-00:00:06 (4 sec)
"Ah, it's not Valentine's Day, I'm not tellin' you!" 3

Joe Biden

Positive
00:00:06-00:00:09 (3 sec)
"[Crosstalk] Valentine's Day's a big day. Jill's favorite day. For real." 4

Question

Positive
00:00:09-00:00:10 (1 sec)
"What inspired you to do this?" 5

Jill Biden

Very Positive
00:00:10-00:00:18 (8 sec)
"I just wanted some, you know, joy, and I think these have been, you know, so with the pandemic, just, everybody's feeling a little down, so it's just a little joy, little hope, that's all." 6

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:00:18-00:01:09 (51 sec)
"First year as Vice President, you know, you've got the press walked out of the Executive Office Building, I walked into my office and every single pane, the Vice President's Office, you see those panes, there are three, six, nine, eighteen panes in these window, she had taken her school kind of paint that kid's put on poster boards, put a heart that said, "Joe loves Jill." None of them said, "Jill loves Joe," it was, "Joe loves Jill," on every one." 7

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:09-00:01:13 (4 sec)
"I went in the next morning, remember Juju Chang?" 8

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:01:13-00:01:13 (1 sec)
"I do." 9

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:01:13-00:01:29 (16 sec)
"I did an interview with her. She said, "I understand that you and your wife have a great love affair," and I said, "I hope so," and I said, "But everybody knows I love her more than she loves me," and she said, looked me straight in the eye and said, "That's what everybody says."" 10

Question

Very Positive
00:01:29-00:01:32 (3 sec)
"How do you extend that love story to the American people that are feeling so down right now, so discouraged?" 11

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:01:32-00:02:15 (43 sec)
"Tell them there is hope, there's hope, you just have to stay strong. Lot of people have gone through unbearable suffering and lost their families, lost their children, lost their husbands and wives, moms, dads, and it's almost unbearable. The only thing I can say to them is that they're still in your heart, think about them in your heart." 12

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:15-00:02:20 (4 sec)
"They really are. Can tell you from experience, they're in your heart. [Crosstalk]" 13

Jill Biden

Positive
00:02:20-00:02:28 (8 sec)
"So we hope this lifted your spirits. [Laughs]" 14

Joe Biden

Positive
00:02:28-00:02:31 (3 sec)
"I hope it [Inaudible] this winter, it's so damn cold! [Laughs]" 15

Question

Neutral
00:02:31-00:02:33 (3 sec)
"Next time bring us coffee too?" 16

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:02:33-00:02:33 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 17

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:33-00:02:40 (7 sec)
"[Crosstalk] I wasn't sure you'd all be here, but --" 18

Question

Neutral
00:02:40-00:02:42 (2 sec)
"We'll be here." 19

Question

Neutral
00:02:42-00:02:43 (1 sec)
"How are your dogs?" 20

Question

Neutral
00:02:43-00:02:44 (1 sec)
"They live here." 21

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:44-00:02:46 (2 sec)
"Yeah, thanks. Champ's an old one, he's [Crosstalk]." 22

Question

Neutral
00:02:46-00:02:48 (2 sec)
"Which one's the old one, Mr. President?" 23

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:48-00:03:04 (16 sec)
"Well, he's almost 14 years old, I had him here when I was [Inaudible] Vice President, he was [Inaudible], but he was [Inaudible] like this guy, this is Major. We have Major, he's a German Shepherd, he's a rescue dog. We asked the vet, "What can we do to keep Champ going?" He said, "Get him a young dog." And so [Crosstalk] keep him going." 24

Question

Neutral
00:03:04-00:03:04 ( sec)
"Aww." 25

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:03:04-00:03:05 (1 sec)
"So -- Right, Champ?" 26

Question

Neutral
00:03:05-00:03:05 ( sec)
"They're buddies!" 27

Jill Biden

Slightly Positive
00:03:05-00:03:06 (1 sec)
"Yeah, they are buddies." 28

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:03:06-00:03:09 (3 sec)
"They are buddies. [Laughs] Well, thank you, I'm sorry I didn't get you any." 29

Question

Positive
00:03:09-00:03:10 (1 sec)
"You got a nice pair there, uh, Joe." 30

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:10-00:03:11 (1 sec)
"Say again?" 31

Question

Very Positive
00:03:11-00:03:13 (2 sec)
"You got a nice pair of dogs, there. We love 'em." 32

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:03:13-00:03:15 (2 sec)
"I do, they're good boys. They're good." 33

Question

Neutral
00:03:15-00:03:19 (3 sec)
"I'll bring the donuts next Friday if you come back." 34

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:03:19-00:03:19 ( sec)
"[Laughs] Okay." 35

Joe Biden

Leans Positive
00:03:19-00:03:26 (7 sec)
"I tell you what, I apologize, here I didn't, I didn't have a taste." 36

Question

Somewhat Negative
00:03:26-00:03:28 (1 sec)
"Oh, I'm sorry, no." 37

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:28-00:03:31 (3 sec)
"I didn't even, I didn't even have a taste, here, come on." 38

Question

Neutral
00:03:31-00:03:31 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 39

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:03:31-00:03:32 (1 sec)
"I promise you, I --" 40

Question

Negative
00:03:32-00:03:34 (2 sec)
"I'm gonna get in trouble, I don't have my mask!" 41

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:34-00:03:36 (2 sec)
"I give you my word, I didn't have any." 42

Question

Very Positive
00:03:36-00:03:41 (5 sec)
"Well, thank you, I appreciate it." 43

Joe Biden

Positive
00:03:41-00:03:42 (1 sec)
"Okay? Okay." 44

Question

Neutral
00:03:42-00:03:42 ( sec)
"[Laughs]" 45

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:42-00:03:43 (1 sec)
"See you guys." 46

Question

Somewhat Positive
00:03:43-00:03:45 (1 sec)
"Thank you, sir." 47

Question

Positive
00:03:45-00:03:47 (3 sec)
"Bye, Mr. President! Thank you!" 48

Question

Very Positive
00:03:47-00:03:50 (3 sec)
"Happy Valentine's. Happy Valentine's! " 49

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:03:50-00:03:55 (5 sec)
"Champ, you're a good boy. [Inaudible], we're going this way. Come on, old guy." 50

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:03:55-00:03:55 (1 sec)
"Come on." 51

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:55-00:03:57 (1 sec)
"Come on, buddy." 52

Jill Biden

Neutral
00:03:57-00:03:58 (1 sec)
"Come on." 53

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:58-00:03:58 (1 sec)
"Here, come." 54

Question

Positive
00:03:58-00:04:00 (1 sec)
"See ya, Champ." 55

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:04:00-00:04:04 (5 sec)
"See ya, guys. [Laughs] Say goodbye, Champ. He's like, "I'm going in the house." Move. [Crosstalk]." 56

Question

Positive
00:04:04-00:04:05 (1 sec)
"Good morning." 57

Question

Very Positive
00:04:05-00:04:07 (2 sec)
"Great, got it here. Okay." 58

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:04:07-00:04:19 (11 sec)
"I think it's, we've done something like this every year. Valentine's Day is Jill's favorite day. More than birthdays, Christmas, it's her favorite day. But it's not Valentine's Day and we're going to be up at Camp David for Valentine's Day." 59

Question

Neutral
00:04:19-00:04:21 (2 sec)
"What are you guys going to do off at Camp David?" 60

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:04:21-00:04:51 (30 sec)
"Oh, just hang out with the family and do what we always do. Go out, depending on how cold, we'll get those bikes up there and head out. But anyway, it's uh -- She did this last year. I mean not last year, my first year as Vice President. My office was, like, the corner office there with the big stained glass windows." 61

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:04:51-00:05:03 (12 sec)
"She got the, she got the [Inaudible] put up a ladder, and every time she wrote, Joe loves Jill. Not Jill loves Joe but Joe loves Jill. That's how it works." 62

Question

Somewhat Positive
00:05:03-00:05:06 (2 sec)
"She must like you." 63

Joe Biden

Somewhat Negative
00:05:06-00:05:08 (2 sec)
"I'm crazy about her, man." 64

Question

Neutral
00:05:08-00:05:20 (12 sec)
"Mr. President, um, [Inaudible] with CNN. How are you? Um, with um, you talked about vaccines for 300 million Americans by July. How long will it take to actually get the shots in arms?" 65

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:05:20-00:05:37 (17 sec)
"Well, it's gonna -- That, it's never been done before. The hope is that we'll be able to, by the end of the summer, everybody have, uh, almost everybody, a shot. But it's going to take time. It's going to take time." 66

Question

Neutral
00:05:37-00:05:46 (10 sec)
"And Mr. President, do you have any more thoughts on the impeachment trial, now that the, the, uh, you know, impeachment managers --" 67

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:05:46-00:05:52 (5 sec)
"No. I'm just anxious to see whether, what my Republican friends do when they stand up." 68

Question

Neutral
00:05:52-00:05:56 (4 sec)
"And you're not planning to speak with any of them about what they should do or how they should vote --" 69

Joe Biden

Very Negative
00:05:56-00:05:58 (2 sec)
"No. No, I'm not." 70

Question

Neutral
00:05:58-00:06:02 (5 sec)
"And do you think, do you think the former President should be convicted?" 71

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:06:02-00:06:05 (2 sec)
"Thank you. " 72