>> Carley: THE END OF AN ERA.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JEN
PSAKI GIVES HER FINAL BRIEFING
TODAY.
>> Brian: OUR OWN PETER DOOCY
HAS BEEN THERE FROM THE START.
>> Steve: HE JOINS US FROM THE
NORTH LAWN.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Steve: YESTERDAY, JEN PSAKI
WAS ASKED IF SHE WOULD MISS YOU
AND SHE SAID YES, I WILL.
SAID YOU GUYS HAD A VERY GOOD
PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
ARE YOU GOING TO MISS HER?
>> I THINK SO.
YES.
AND IT IS THE END OF THE ERA,
EVERYWHERE I’VE GONE FOR THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE
PEOPLE ROLLING DOWN THEIR CAR
WINDOWS SAYING PETER, YOU HAVE
TO ASK JEN ABOUT X, Y OR Z.
SHE HAS NEVER SAID I’M NOT GOING
TO ANSWER ON THAT TOPIC AND
THAT’S BEEN A BIG HELP TO
EVERYBODY THAT’S WATCHING RIGHT
NOW.
WE WILL MISS THAT.
>> Brian: SHE GAVE MORE PRESS
CONFERENCES I THINK SHE’S RIGHT
THAN ANY -- THAN THE WHOLE TRUMP
-- ANYONE DURING THE WHOLE TRUMP
FOUR YEARS, RIGHT?
>> YES, AND SHE’S GIVEN A TON
MORE Q&A THAN THIS PRESIDENT AND
A LOT OF TIME WHEN PEOPLE WILL
ASK WHY DON’T WE HEAR FROM JOE
BIDEN MORE?
THEY’LL SAY JEN PSAKI IT AT THE
PODIUM.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT THEY
HAVE SENT HER OUT TO GIVE HIM
COVER AND SHE’S DONE THAT VERY
EFFECTIVELY IF YOU’RE A WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIAL LOOKING AT THIS.
THAT ENDS TODAY, WE HOPE.
SHE HAS ALWAYS CALLED ON FOX
EVERY BRIEFING, MORE THAN 220 OF
THEM I THINK I SAW SOMEWHERE.
WE HOPE THAT CONTINUES.
>> Ainsley: OUR AMAZING TEAM PUT
TOGETHER THE DOOCY AND PSAKI
GREATEST HITS.
WATCH THIS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ALL
MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY
MASKED AT ALL TIMES ON FEDERAL
LANDS LAST NIGHT.
>> I THINK, HE WAS CELEBRATING.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ONCE SAID IN
1983 HE THOUGHT --
>> TIME BACK MACHINE.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> DID I SAY IT’S NOT A
POLITICAL ISSUE?
>> YES, YOU ACTUALLY SAID SOME
CALL IT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
IT IS NOT.
>> I’M ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION WITH YOU EVEN ABOUT
YOUR AWESOME SOCKS YOU’RE HAVING
ON TODAY.
>> DOES THE WHITE HOUSE THINK 16
CENTS OFF BARBECUE HAS MORE OF
AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE’S LIVES THAN
GAS BEING $1 MORE THIS TIME?
>> I WOULD SAY IF YOU DON’T LIKE
HOT DOGS, YOU MAY NOT CARE IN
THE REDUCTION OF COSTS.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE HOT DOGS.
>> 16 CENTS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN EVER BEEN TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER?
>> IN HIS LIFE?
>> YES.
>> I WILL HAVE TO LOOK BACK IN
MY HISTORY BOOKS.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO DO AT
THE SOUTHERN BORDER?
WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON
THE POLICIES?
>> WHY DOESN’T HE WANT TO GO?
OUR TEAM IN TEXAS IS SAYING
YOU’RE STARTING TO GIVE
SMARTPHONES TO BORDER CROSSERS.
>> DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE
SUGGESTION OF HOW THEY SHOULD BE
TRACKED?
>> I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NOT BEEN
ASKED TO MAKE U.S. IMMIGRATION
POLICY.
>> TODAY IS YOUR MOMENT.
>> WHY DID YOU GUYS DECIDE TO
REBRAND THE RISE IN GAS PRICES
AS THE #PUTINPRICEHIKE.
>> IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT ON
FOX, I WELCOME THAT.
>> OH, I THINK IT WILL GET A LOT
OF AIR TIME.
>> CAN I PROVIDE ONE OTHER
UPDATE TO YOU SINCE YOU ASKED ME
ABOUT CRIME YESTERDAY?
>> MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT --
>> YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT
CRIME YESTERDAY.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
EXTRA INFORMATION.
I FOLLOWED UP FOR YOU, PETER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT
ON FOX LATER TODAY.
>> IT’S ON FOX RIGHT NOW.
>> I BET IT IS.
>> Steve: THAT WAS VERY
ENTERTAINING FOR THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF.
I READ ONE OF THE INTERVIEWS
SHE’S DONE OVER THE LAST WEEK OR
SO.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN A MILLION OF
THEM.
AND SHE SAID AT ONE POINT THAT
WHEN SHE WAS PREPARING THAT BIG
BOOK OF ANSWERS SHE HAS THERE
WITH -- THAT HAS THE OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENT STANCE, THE WHITE
HOUSE STANCE, THAT SHE WOULD TRY
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT QUESTION OR
QUESTIONS WILL PETER DOOCY ASK?
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD HER
GUESSING.
>> I WOULD SAY IN THAT MONTAGE
WHICH IS GREAT, GOOD JOB FOR THE
"FOX & FRIENDS" FOR PULLING THAT
STUFF, A LOT OF VERY SERIOUS
TOPICS.
BUT IT COULD BE SPORTY.
AND THAT’S FUN.
AND THAT’S OK.
AND SOMETHING THAT YOU NOTICE
THERE, IT’S NOT JUST ME ASKING
QUESTIONS.
SHE WOULD ASK ME QUESTIONS RIGHT
BACK.
WHEN I WOULD GO IN THERE WITH
SOMETHING THAT WAS WAS NOT PART
OF THE WHITE HOUSE TALKING POINT
FOR THE DAY, SHE WOULD ASK ME
EVERY SINGLE TIME, WHO WAS
SAYING THAT ABOUT US?
WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THAT FROM?
SO I ALWAYS HAD TO HAVE IT READY
RIGHT AWAY.
AND I THINK THAT ALL THAT EXTRA
HOMEWORK THAT I KNEW I HAD TO DO
BECAUSE WHEN I CHALLENGED HER,
SHE WOULD CHALLENGE ME RIGHT
BACK, PROBABLY HAS MADE ME A
BETTER REPORTER AND SO I’M
GRATEFUL TO HER FOR THAT.
>> Ainsley: I LOVE THE LINE.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
I HAVEN’T BEEN ASKED TO SOLVE
THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
>> STILL HAVEN’T.
BUT THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME
CLAM --!
>> Brian: YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK
IS GOOD?
PETER, JUST LIKE YOUR APPROACH
WAS DIRECT BUT IT WAS POLITE.
I THINK THAT THE TONE IS SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU GOT TO
RESPECT THE OFFICE.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO GET ANSWERS.
SO I THINK THAT WAS GOOD.
AND I DON’T CARE IF YOU LIKED
HER OR NOT, SHE WAS PROBABLY ONE
OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE PEOPLE IN
THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE AT WHAT
SHE DID.
THEY ARE GOING TO MISS HER
MESSAGING.
>> IF YOU’RE JOE BIDEN AND YOU
INHERIT A TON OF PROBLEMS, YOU
WANT SOMEBODY LIKE JEN PSAKI OUT
THERE DEFENDING YOUR POSITION OR
EXPLAINING YOUR POSITION.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE SEE
SOMETHING ON TIKTOK OR TWITTER
OR RIGHT THERE, THERE IS A LOT
MORE CONTEXT.
IT WASN’T ALWAYS SUCH AN
ARGUMENT.
JEN AND I HAVE HAD A NICE
RELATIONSHIP.
AND WE’VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE
THE FIRST WEEK WHEN SHE CALLED
ME STEVE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.
>> Steve: SHE APOLOGIZED FOR
THAT.
>> Ainsley: DID SHE SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT?
WAS THAT INTENTIONAL?
>> NO, SHE APOLOGIZED AND THAT’S
THE ONLY TIME THAT HAPPENED.
>> Ainsley: YOU LOOK A LOT LIKE
YOUR DAD.
>> Steve: HOW MANY APOLOGIES
HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM THIS WHITE
HOUSE?
>> I’LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
I GOT TO GO DO MY HOMEWORK.
>> Steve: ALL RIGHT, GOOD JOB
OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
>> THANK YOU AND IT’S JEN’S LAST
DAY BUT NOT MY LAST DAY.
I’LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY.
>> Steve: YOU’RE NOT GO TO GO TO
MSNBC TO PEP UP HER SHOW?
>> NO.
NO.
>> Steve: JUST CURIOUS.
>> NO.
>> Ainsley: CHECK YOUR E-MAIL.
DOES SHE HAVE A PINK SLIP?
>> Brian: YOU NEVER KNOW.
HAS SHE OFFICIALLY SAID SHE’S
LEAVING FOR MSNBC?
>> Steve: NO, THAT’S THE
SPECULATION.
>> Brian: WE KNOW SHE IS.