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Speechwriting team on presenting his vision to the congress and american people. have i a few updates as we're a few days out. the theme of the address will be the renewal of the american spirit. the address will particularly focus on public safety, including defense, increased border security, taking care of our veterans. and then economic opportunity including education, job training, health care reform, jobs and tax and regulatory reform. with that, i'm glad to take a few of your questions. >> reporter: two questions. first, the white house said previously that travel ban was quickly out of...

President, whether it's safe zones or how we deal with syria and the problems -- >> reporter: but, i'm thinking on the key point -- >> i understand that. thank you. >> reporter: can i -- >> no. >> reporter: on other question on syria. northern syria, an important development on the battlefield, creates some space in that that town is full of turks and opposition. is that the sort of space that the president would like to see a safe zone? >> i don't -- we're not trying to be preciptive in terms of a geographic location of a safe zone. right now the president's goal is to get commitments from ot...

That's going on and create, while other -- while the rest of the conflict ensues. i think that we've got -- we've got to dual track this. deal with the conflict as a whole, how we address it, deal with isis and combating it. there's a humanitarian piece to this as well with respect to the safe zones. i think we're looking at both pieces of this as well. >> reporter: thanks, sean. since the election secretary of state rex tillerson has expressed some disquiet about pulling out of the paris agreement and climate change and the president has also heard from some world leaders about that. can you ...

This guidance, which is in violation of how it was executed. so, there's a big -- hold on. let me answer the question. there is also a strong reading when you read 1182 u.s. code that it is very clear that the president does have the authority. so, they are very much apples and oranges issues. one, it's very clear that the president is told by congress in u.s. code he has the authority to do what's necessary to protect the american people. that's -- and there's no way anybody above a fifth grade reading level could interpret that difference. there is a difference looking at a statute from 1972...

Know. i want to talk about something different, that's the border adjustability tax. with the manufacturers at the white house today, states like michigan, wisconsin, others have a great concern about this tax. there seems to be a disconnect between some ceos, some republicans on capitol hill and the president as to whether or not this is appropriate. i guess the question is, could this tax have a chilling affect on manufacturing at times when places like ohio, the upper midwest are trying to jump start the economy with manufacturing jobs? i wish for you to clarify, if you could, the president...