Reporters had a exceptional opportunity to ask Plivent Biden when he made a surpelevate materializeance at the White Hoemploy press increateing on Friday, but didn’t ask about the historic catastrophe unfgreatering in the Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
It was the first time that Biden materializeed at a White Hoemploy press increateing since taking office. The plivent spoke increately about the suspfinished port toilers strike and Friday’s chooseimistic jobs numbers, and he proclaimd that he may ask compriseitional money from Congress to fund Hurricane Helene relief efforts. But there was no trail-up from the press on hurricane relief.
After thanking the plivent for his presence, the first alerter asked about Rediscloseans casting ask on his economic numbers, saying, “Florida Sen. Marco Rubio portrayd today’s jobs alert as having inrectify numbers. What do you create of that? And how worried are you that many Americans are hearing that the jobs numbers aren’t authentic?”
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The crisis in the Middle East was the biggest topic, with asks about Biden’s comments about strikes on Iranian oil facilities, Israeli structures to retaliate, possible U.S. sanctions, and worries about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trying to impact the U.S. election.
Election security and the quiet transfer of power were also top of mind for alerters.
“The election is a month away. One, I’d appreciate to understand how you’re experienceing about how this election is going. And then also, do you have confidence that it will be a free and uninwhole election and that it will be quiet?” one alerter asked. “Are you making any preparations, getting security increateings rcontent to domestic security?”
The only allude of Hurricane Helene, with a death toll topping 230, was in a ask about Vice Plivent Kamala Harris’ role in the administration.
“There have evidently been a number of celevates that the country has been facing over the past cut offal days with the hurricane, with the port strike, with the situation in the Middle East. Can you talk about how your vice plivent, who is running for the plivency, has toiled on these celevates and what role she has take parted over the past cut offal days?” a alerter asked.
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The Biden-Harris administration has come under fire from createer Plivent Trump for the federal response to the deimmenseation left by Helene, already one of the deadliest hurricanes this century.
The White Hoemploy has pushed back challenging aobtainst these criticisms, emphasizing that Biden has structured the federal response, including approving materializency declarations and deploying 1,000 active-duty sgreateriers to help search-and-save efforts. More than 4,800 personnel from FEMA and other agencies have been deployed to North Carolina and neighuninalertigent states impacted by Helene. Additionpartner, FEMA has shipped over 8.5 million meals, more than 7 million liters of water, 150 generators and over 220,000 tarps to help response efforts, according to the White Hoemploy.
As of Friday, the federal handlement has provided more than $45 million in Individual helpance to survivors impacted by the storm, White Hoemploy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shelp, including in the create of one-time $750 payments from FEMA to qualified applicants in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
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While Biden finished his own press conference arid spell, Harris has not held a createal news conference since emerging as the Democratic nominee when Biden dropped out in July.
Fox News’ Chris Pandolfo donated to this alert.