00:00Where do things stand after yesterday's talks?
00:02I think you heard from the administration and the State Department yesterday that there was a little bit of progress
00:07made, but we're still very far apart on some issues.
00:09I believe the Iranians are expected to come back to us with some more detail in the next couple of
00:15weeks.
00:15And so the president will continue to watch how this plays out.
00:18Sure.
00:19I'll follow up on that. Thank you, Caroline. On these Iran talks, I mean, how much time is the president
00:24willing to give it before he is seriously maybe considering military action?
00:28Is he willing to give it that full two weeks? And has he given the Iranian officials a deadline on
00:33when he wants to see a deal?
00:34It's a fair question, Rachel, but I'm not going to set deadlines on behalf of the president of the United
00:38States.
00:39And then just one more on the shutdown. We're now in this partial shutdown over DHS funding.
00:45Has the president personally spoken to the Democratic leaders in Congress?
00:49Can we expect to see them at the White House to try to make a deal on this?
00:52Not to my knowledge. He hasn't had any direct conversation or correspondence with Democrat lawmakers recently.
00:57It doesn't mean he's not willing to. I'm just not aware of any conversations that have taken place.
01:02I do know the White House and the president's representatives have been in direct conversations with both Democrats and Republicans.
01:09But, of course, Democrats are the reason that the Department of Homeland Security is currently shut down.
01:14They have chosen to act against the American people for political reasons.
01:19And now we have FEMA workers, the men and women of the United States Coast Guard, men and women of
01:24TSA who keep our airports moving, who will be working without paychecks for no good reason other than the Democrats
01:31wanting to pick a fight with Donald Trump.
01:33And the president thinks that is irresponsible and despicable.
01:36He wants the government to be open.
01:38And we've been engaged in good faith negotiations with the Democrats.
01:42Last night, they sent over a counterproposal that, frankly, was very unserious.
01:46And we hope they get serious very soon because Americans are going to be impacted by this.
01:51Sure.
01:52Thanks, Caroline.
01:53President Trump has talked about a forthcoming executive order on voter ID.
01:57Is there more details you can provide for that?
02:00And can you talk about any steps that you're taking to overcome core challenges that you've kind of faced in
02:05this area before I'm voting?
02:07Well, as the president said in that Truth Social post, he's discussing and exploring legal options for a potential executive
02:13order with respect to voter ID.
02:15But this is something he's made very clear.
02:17He wants Congress to get done.
02:19The Save America Act is a common sense piece of legislation that has now passed the House of Representatives to
02:26ensure that voter ID is a requirement in the United States of America.
02:29This is a common sense policy that nearly 90 percent of the country agrees with.
02:35You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol.
02:38You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book.
02:41And so the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections.
02:45And I know the vast majority of Americans agree with him on that.
02:48And he wants Congress to move and move quickly to get it done.
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