Embassy and consulates are ready to provide necessary and appropriate assistance. Looking on, the present was honored to announce that the digital mcmasters will be as National Security advisor. General mcmasters served his nation in the army for over three decades including during iraq in Operation Iraqi freedom and Operation Enduring freedom and desert storm. The president met with many distinguished and qualified candidates for the position and he has said he will continue to consider many of them are other positions within the administration. He is a special Police General catalog will stay on a stash is a Great Council chief the president is proud to welcome general mcmaster to the team. We have full authority to structure the office to his desires to best serve its ultimate mission which is to protect the American Interest at home and abroad. This morning secretary kelly and the department of Homeland Security release memos regarding the implementation of two of the president s executive orders that are designed to protect the homeland. These two memos provide explicit guidance to dhs staff on how to carry out to executive order signed by the president on january 25. When dealing with the interior enforcement and when dealing with Border Security. Perhaps most critically the president is empowering dhs to carry out the immigration laws currently on the books. Of course dhs gave a full briefing on these memos this morning. But just a previous summers a few of the facts. The memo regarding the executive order enhancing Public Safety in the interior of the United States outlined several practices and policies in order to strengthen the efficient and faithful execution of this countries immigration laws. That includes hiring more ice agents and officers as well as Additional Mission support and legal staff necessary to support their activities. This memo directs the establishment of victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office within ice fulfilling another Major Campaign promise of the president. This office will facilitate the engagement with victims and the film is to ensure that their questions and concerns regarding Immigration Enforcement efforts are addressed. The memo regarding executive order Border Security and Immigration Enforcement improvements outlined the step the dhs will take to secure the nations southern border, prevent further illegal immigration and to repatriate Illegal Immigrants swiftly, consistently and humanely. This includes immediately identifying and allocate all sources of available funding for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of the wall along our southern border and hiring of additional personnel including 5000 additional cbp border agents. Again i would refer you to dhs for further comment on the specific memos. There are fact sheets and q a on the dhs website that address many of the intricacies and areas within each of these executive orders that you might have questions on. Also this week in the present had calls to the present of panama and the Prime Minister of trinidad and debacle. Readouts of those calls have both been provided. The abrasions teams week and had a very productive meeting on the president s plan to repeal and replace obamacare and ensure it is replaced with a system that works for all americans. Back to the president s scheduled date and on a black achievement the present started the day by visiting the National Museum of africanamerican history and Culture Museum opened last september and is quickly become one of washingtons most visited attractions. The president was joined by a group of individuals that included his daughter, dr. Ben carson and his wife, senator tim scott, the niece of dr. Martin luther king, jr. , Museum Director lonnie bunch, dr. David corcoran, and as well as others. The president commented several times during the tour about how impressed he was with the museum. Some of the exhibits he was particularly drawn to included the section on harry tubman which featured shop which is going to bite Queen Victoria in the late 1800 the psychic museum which featured a a courageous cultivation of africanamericans that have made tonight is his military and the president was particularly please buy the mom at all the the quote i shook up the world, prominent display. The president enjoyed doing for the first time with doctor and mrs. Carson the exhibit dedicated to his extraordinary life. Similarly ill be making could never viewed the Museum Exhibit on her uncle, the present was honored he was able to share this experience with the two of them specifically. The president for the express his appreciation for the two essay looks forward to returning. Is desires to honor the immense cultivation of courageous africanamerican leaders throughout our history by building a more unified country dedicated to liberty and justice. This afternoon the present letter we can classify nationals give the council in the situation room in addition to his president ial Daily Briefing which you received earlier this morning. Then receiving the present level dinner with the Vice President. Im sure they would discuss the Vice President s recent trip to europe. The Vice President was an incredible representative for our nation and the president during his time or he reiterate our for european allies and unified pursuit of the noble idea that Freedom Democracy and justice and the rule of law in d discussing and the more to encourage all nato allies to meet their financial obligations and commitments. During his speech before the Munich Security Conference on saturday the Vice President conveyed the administrations unwavering commitment to europes peace and prosperity, especially remember the tens of thousands of americans who gave their lives to defend those ideals during both world war i and two. These shared sacrifices are the backbone of our lines and our mission of security through strength. During his time in munich the Vice President also met with nine world leaders. The Vice President discussed these issues most pressing Team Including the escalating violence in Eastern Ukraine and the role of nato in the fight against isis. The Vice President met in brussels with the president of the task Vice President task of the council of European Union as nato secretary the nato secretarygeneral. As a candidate for Office President trump called attention repeatedly to the fact that for too long many of her other nato allies have not been sharing their financial burden. The president looks forward to working closely with the need to advance our shared objective, a strong nato means a safer world and the United States looks forward to working with our partners in nato to achieve just that. Looking ahead to the president s upcoming schedule, tomorrow he will meet with second estate tillerson fresh off his trip from germany for the g 20 foreign minister summit. It would discuss the president s foreignpolicy agenda and the secretaries Upcoming Trip to mexico. Thursday morning to have a listening session regarding job creation in the Manufacturing Sector with cbos and Business Leaders from different industries. On friday will deliver remarks to conservative Political Action conference and w were just one week out from the president joint address to congress. The president will continue to work closely with this team to craft a speech that lays out his ambitious policy agenda that will benefit all americans. Plans are in the works for pre and post address activity for the provision and the step and will have more updates as the week goes on. Before i take a question want to address the recent threats and acts of vandalism on Jewish Community centers throughout the country. The president said, quote the antisemitic threats targeting our Jewish Community centers are horrible and painful and very sad reminder of the work that we must do. The work that must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. With that, take some of your questions. Jim stinson. Thank you. I was curious if the president wants to clarify his characterization by the way, to questions of the media as an enemy . The present has been very clear that certain outlets have gone out of their way to not represent his record accurately. And it is a concern to him. And i think some reporters have deep respect for the first amendment, for the role of the press. Ive addressed this multiple times in the past. Theres a healthy respect for the press but there is a twoway street as of also said for us to the present understands certain outlets have gone out of their way to not be completely accurate and fair in the coverage of whats going on. Speaking of the media, ive noticed two times in the last week that you have been directly contradicted by two modes of media. One of them build more of hbo who said that in front of maralago the present was briefed on classify north korean situations say that again. Im sorry spewing the president and the Prime Minister of japan were i didnt say that. No, no, no. This is what was being said on hbo. That the president and the Prime Minister were briefed on classified information in front of guests in maralago. I try to clarify, did that happen . No. I think i walked to this timeline before, jim. And its amazing, i forget puts out. The president has piece of paper and the conclusions hes got to be talking a classified information. The president was briefed on the situation in north korea are to the dinner in a skiff at maralago. He went and identity he discuss the logistics of the press, which i thought you all about before. Theres a question as to where to hold a press conference. They had a discussion about the logistics and subsequent to the dinner he was briefed again in the skiff with update on the situation in north korea. Thats it plain and simple. To your first question i think its amazing that the immediate jump of conclusion to several outlets was theres a piece of paper. It must be classified. I dont, its amazing to see that. And to see people jump to that conclusion that he is surrounded by his staff and members of the japanese delegation. The conclusions they must be doing something nefarious are wrong. He followed the procedure thats laid out. I think in some cases its disheartening to realize that those are the kind of any conclusions that somebody jumps two. So when you talk about coverage, we have a free press. We have the right for people to say and do what they believe that at some point it is in, dont want people to try to get it right in the case wasnt even an attempted it was a jump to conclusions by many to say the must do Something Else going on. When, in fact, reopened to write a very, very clear tech talk as far as what happened. Jessica. Spirit question about the resignation. That happened last week and in the letter they said about we can no longer serve our president and his policies [inaudible] first of all what is the white house reaction and do you plan to appoint your own members to this counsel . Those members of council are political appointees of the Obama Administration to their terms are set to expire this year so its not surprising in the sense that they were appointees of barack obama. Theyre going to other terms expire. Id again, i get it but most political appointees from other agencies whatever would automatically resigned because of the trim of these individuals they would carry through to later in the year. I dont think its surprising to people who are appointed by barack obama to fulfill his agenda suddenly understand that there is a new administration in town and didnt want to stay aboard. Well make sure that we appoint people to the task force. Its important, something is provided guidance to multiple president s in the past and will continue to do that. Janet. On the Statement Today about the antisomatic what specifically is the president going to do to address that issue . Along those lines, there were reports early on he was considering changing the mandate of this countering Violent Extremism Program to focus just on islamic extremist groups. Is he still considering that or we also are you talking about the travel this is the countering Violent Extremism Program that i think were getting ahead of ourselves. Theres nothing to announce on the front. Secondly to the first part, the president will do what hes talked about since Election Night. Its too did an action talk about how we can find this country and speak out against hate, antisemitism, racism piggies going to continue to do that. I think that he will show you over the course of months and years through what he does in terms of his policies and his speech that he is going to be a president that brings people together, that unites them and speaks very, very forcefully against those who are seeking to do hate or to care people down because of their religion or their gender, the color of their skin. Those are all things i think the president is done. The next big piece in the immigration profile here that the white house is going to an executive order is the president confident that this one will pass legal muster . If he is, what gives the confidence . Well, first i want to be clear that we feel confident were still going to prevail on the case, the merits of the case. I think as we seen in the case of massachusetts, once it is fully adjudicated will prevail because the authority is granted to the president to do what he has to to protect the country. I feel very, very confident about where the second track is made very clear as well until that occurs will have a dual track system and will make sure we implement a second executive order that is tailored to achieve the same goal but in accordance with what the court said. We have been working very closely with the department state, departmental insecurity, department of justice and the white house to make sure that the next step achieve surprise his goal of protecting the country does so in a way that recognizes the concerns of the court had until we prevailed at a later time. Its a dual track thing. Will this administration to send american terror picked up oversea to Guantanamo Bay for interrogation . Im not going to discuss that right now. As the president said very clearly before we dont telegraph what were going to do. I think he is made very clear though that he believes that Guantanamo Bay does survive very for a healthy purpose in our National Security and making sure we terrorists to our seas but im not going to get into what we may or may not do in the future. I cannot just not going i want you to respond to some because i think the president s remarks and your clarification about what he stands on antisemitism is clear but after the famous quote made by the president , a pretty strongly worded one saying that these remarks are a bandaid on the cancer within the current administration, saying that there is rather less or otherwise a sense of xenophobia within this administration. Look, the president has made clear since the day he was elected at frankly going back to the campaign that he is wanting to unite this country gets brought a Diverse Group of folks into his administration, both in terms of actual positions and people here sought the advice of. And i think he has been very forceful with his denunciation of people who seek to attack people because of their hate, excuse me, because of their religion, gender, because of the color of their skin. Theres something he will continue to fight and make very, very clear that he has no place in this administration. But its ironic that no matter how many times he talks about this that its never good enough. Enough. Today i think was an unbelievably forceful comment by the president as far as his denunciation of the actions that are currently targeted towards jewisthe Jewish Community cente. But i think hes been very clear i saw that statement. I wish that they had praised the president for his leadership in this area and i think that hopefully as time continues to go by the recognized his commitment to civil rights, to voting rights, to equality for all americans. On that starting early with the two question. I think that the president in terms of his desire to combat radical islamic terrorism he understands people want to express a peaceful position have every right in our constitution. But if you come here and want to express views that will do our people are country harm he will fight it aggressively when there is domestic acts here or attempts through the