Factbase Transcripts

Question

Neutral

00:00:00-00:00:03 (4 sec)

"Mr. President, what do you think of the site?" 1

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:03-00:00:18 (15 sec)

"It’s incredible. I mean, this is -- first of all, these guys deserve an incredible amount of credit going down here. And while this was going on, they tell me the gas leak was -- explain what you said to me about the noise." 2

Unidentified

Positive

00:00:18-00:00:21 (3 sec)

"There was just a very loud -- like a jet engine. (Inaudible.)" 3

Joe Biden

Very Negative

00:00:21-00:00:33 (12 sec)

"And you can see -- you see it coming out on the other side of the concrete there, this side, up by the crane. And were you worried that that -- that there had been an explosion or that there had been a collapse?" 4

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:33-00:00:38 (4 sec)

"We weren’t sure whether the gas had caused this or whether the leak was, you know, a result of --" 5

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive

00:00:38-00:00:38 (1 sec)

"Yeah." 6

Unidentified

Very Negative

00:00:38-00:00:42 (4 sec)

"-- the bridge collapse. So we just weren't sure at that time." 7

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:00:42-00:00:45 (3 sec)

"How long did it take the company to shut off the gas?" 8

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:45-00:00:46 (1 sec)

"Probably --" 9

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:46-00:00:47 (1 sec)

"I’d say about a half hour." 10

Unidentified

Neutral

00:00:47-00:00:52 (4 sec)

"Half hour, 45 minutes. So that was just continuing outside of the -- out in the air." 11

Unidentified

Slightly Positive

00:00:52-00:00:55 (3 sec)

"So there’s -- obviously there’s another line right here as well." 12

Joe Biden

Very Positive

00:00:55-00:00:57 (2 sec)

"On this side as well, yeah." 13

Unidentified

Slightly Positive

00:00:57-00:01:00 (3 sec)

"Yeah. So that was rushing out. So --" 14

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:01:00-00:01:04 (4 sec)

"And it was probably too early for joggers to be down there." 15

Unidentified

Neutral

00:01:04-00:01:11 (8 sec)

"There was a few joggers actually. There was a few. One of them actually helped us get some people out of the cars there. So --" 16

Joe Biden

Leans Negative

00:01:11-00:01:13 (1 sec)

"Well, I’ll be damned." 17

Unidentified

Slightly Positive

00:01:13-00:01:13 ( sec)

"Yeah." 18

Unidentified

Very Positive

00:01:13-00:01:16 (3 sec)

"It’s a miracle, Mr. President. It’s a miracle." 19

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive

00:01:16-00:01:36 (20 sec)

"It really is. It really is. It’s astounding. You all realize -- I’ve been coming to Pittsburgh a long time and as a former Pennsylvanian. But I didn’t realize there are literally more bridges in Pittsburgh than in any other city in the world. Did you know? More than in Venice. I mean, I knew there are a lot of bri -- I had no idea that." 20

Joe Biden

Neutral

00:01:36-00:01:52 (16 sec)

"And we’re going to -- they’re going to fix them all. Not a joke. This is going to be a gigantic change. And there’s 43,000 nationwide. And we’re sending the money. And, by the way, we’re going to give you guys more money too -- cops." 21