President Joe Biden holds first formal news conference since taking office

President Joe Biden is holding a press conference Wednesday, his first since taking office in January.

The event comes during an early transition period for the Biden administration.

The president signed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill earlier this month. The measure sent $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans and allowed for billions of dollars in aid to state and local governments, among many other provisions. Millions of people are getting Covid vaccines each day, and the president announced his new goal for the effort: 200 million shots within his first 100 days in office. The economy’s recovery is picking up steam, as well.

Now the administration is gearing up to release another sprawling spending package, this time focused on infrastructure, climate change and income inequality. It is widely expected to include tax increases for the wealthy and corporations. Battle lines over the bill are already being drawn.

Biden will also likely face questions about the problems at the border involving a significant increase of unaccompanied migrant children. The president put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of overseeing the matter.

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[oliviakirby]

Never let Dementia hold you back from achieving your dreams.

[donhinojosa]

I'm not with any party but this man is not the man in charge.

[rkw]

Reporter: Do you plan to run for re-election?
Biden: Re-election for what?
Reporter: For President!
Biden: I'm President?

[jaidemmon]

I've been searching through comments on every news outlet and can't seem to find a single positive one for JB.

Interesting...

[MeeZyStudioZ]

5 hours after posting this video, it has accumulated 35 Likes, and 337 Dislikes... 🤔🤣

[seananderson]

“I’m going to say something outrageous. I have never been particularly poor at calculating how to get things done in the United States Senate. So the best way to get something done, if you... if you... hold near and dear to you... that you uh... like to be able to uh... well, anyway... I... we’re going to get a lot done.” -Biden

[tristar]

This guy belongs on a comedy stage. For those who suffer from insomnia - HERE IS THE CURE. This was PAINFUL to witness and the reason as to why they HID HIM AWAY for so long is now so obvious.

[mrwalleyepa]

Tune in next year for his second reading.

[andrewespino]

Come on man he was reading from a paper and still can't firgure out what to say🤦

[RAD_Vlad]

pre-scripted, not "LIVE" but pre-recorded and uploaded with 1-5 minutes difference on multiple networks.

[lockehegemon]

That whole thing was just sad. Way to go “Free Press” those hard hitting questions were sure to keep us informed. I wonder what flavor ice cream Joe likes? Maybe you Investigative Reporters can get on that. Joe was a sad performance but the Media’s performance was even worse than Joe’s.

[epicscoreCS]

Tumph already did it and hes taking credit for it, so funny he come in acting like it is something new.

[firstlast]

I wish I could set goals accomplished by my predecessor.

[anniewolf]

An afternoon presser because we all know people with cognitive issues function better than at night.

[HR-tlmq]

They should thank Trump for those vaccines

[kickass]

This court jester is reading off a script at his first press conference in 47 days🤣😂😭

[johnmartinez]

Typical places that ask for Picture ID: Marihuana Stores, liquor store, department of social services, free cell phone from the low-income program, Food stamp from the department of agriculture, department of transportation for free ride or senior discount card, section 8 (free rent) low-income housing. When applying for Medical or medicare benefits, Banks, cashing your wage check, cashing your stimulus check, filing your taxes, cashing your income tax return, visiting a family member at the hospital, jails, or retirement housing. The gas company, power, and water services registering your car, buying car insurance, at the school when enrolling your kids, college when your kids are applying for FAFSA. IF THAT PERSON DON'T DO ANY OF THIS THINGS, THEN THAT PERSON ALREADY PASSED AWAY OR DOES'T EXIST. Period!

[texaskeeton]

Love the amount of deflection, and reading the comments in the live streams was great! Nothing positive was said about biden in the comments that I could catch. Ironic for the most popular president of American History.

[heinz]

86 million votes and more than Obama! Lol 😂

[johncsaszar]

Love how he takes credit for all of President Trump's successes... This guy is pathetic.