00:00Talked a little bit about what the president might say tonight, but the other question is who is running the
00:04teleprompter tonight after this report that the other guy is now under investigation for making money off of reading the
00:11president's speech?
00:11Obviously, I'm aware of the report. The president is too. I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply
00:17unfortunate and frankly a disgrace.
00:19And the individual that was cited in that report is complying with the CFTC but has been put on paid
00:25administrative leave. So there will be a teleprompter operator tonight, of course, but it will not be the one, unfortunately,
00:32in that story.
00:32One more on Iran. The vice president, J.B. Vance, went on this podcast with Joe Rogan yesterday, talked about
00:38Israel, in which he said that there are some people within their system that we know beyond a shadow of
00:44a doubt who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely. Does
00:51the president agree with that statement?
00:53I think the president would certainly agree that, yes, foreign countries certainly do try to persuade American public opinion. There's
01:00no doubt about that. I think it's just a basic fact.
01:02Ed.
01:02Good to see you, Caroline. Following up on the teleprompter and then one on tonight's speech, what steps is the
01:08White House taking to ensure something like that doesn't happen yet?
01:11Well, the White House has extremely strict ethical guidelines with respect to issues like this. And as I just told
01:18you, this individual will no longer be here. He'll be on paid administrative leave. I'm sorry, without pay. The administrative
01:25leave is unpaid, to be very clear. That was a decision by the president. So I think that speaks for
01:31itself.
01:31On the concerns about the election, will the president accept the results of November's election?
01:39Look, Ed, you should tune into the president's speech tonight before you jump ahead to conclusions about what's actually in
01:45the speech. Again, I've seen a lot of reporting and misreporting about what the president will say. We hope CBS
01:50will take the speech and all Americans should take it.
01:53Okay, but I'm not presuming...
01:54Okay, but I'm not presuming...
01:54Okay, but I'm not presuming...
02:00Be very specific to it.
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