Pool Reports by Christopher Cadelago, POLITICO
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| November 17, 2023 09:57 PST |
Travel pool report #1 — En route to APEC Good morning on the final day APEC. It's about 56 degrees and the clouds have cleared up on San Francisco's Nob Hill. The motorcade is heading from POTUS RON to Moscone Center, less than 10 minutes away. The pool did not see POTUS on the way out. We are rolling at 9:57 a.m. A bit behind schedule. |
| November 17, 2023 10:03 PST |
Travel pool report #2 — arrival The pool arrived at Moscone Center about 10 a.m. Mexican and Chinese flags were spotted along the route, as were American flags and a guy in a suit wearing a Joe Biden mask. List of travels: Traveling with the President via motorcade en route to the George R. Moscone Convention Center: Secretary Antony Blinken, Department of State |
| November 17, 2023 10:14 PST |
Travel pool report #3 — AMLO The pool was escorted into POTUS' bilat room at Moscone about 10:13 a.m. The spray is starting now. |
| November 17, 2023 10:23 PST |
Travel pool report #4 — more AMLO POTUS concluded his opening remarks at 10:15 a.m. Among his comments — he says AMLO charmed FLOTUS at their dinner last night. Biden also said he wants to share with AMLO some work product from his conversations with Xi about stemming the flow of deadly fentanyl. "We are fully aware of the damage that it poses to the United States' youth," AMLO added of the drug, in his … longer … opening. He called Biden "a good man." Biden didn't respond to shouted questions about the Israeli hostages. From the White House: The President is participating in a bilateral meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico. U.S. Manifest Mexico Manifest On Nov 17, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Bayless, Allyson N. EOP/WHO wrote: Traveling with the President via motorcade en route to the George R. Moscone Convention Center: Secretary Antony Blinken, Department of State |
| November 17, 2023 11:32 PST |
Travel pool report #5—leaders retreat Their excellencies filed into the main meeting room for the APEC economic leaders meeting. China's Xi walked slowly and confidently in from the leaders' lounge around 11:20 a.m. An aide had moments before placed a hot beverage at his seat. Everyone was seated when POTUS arrived at 11:29 a.m. Biden joked that he would be extending APEC another five days, and Xi smiled and nodded. The event is streaming now … From the White House: The President is delivering remarks at the APEC Leaders Retreat. U.S. Participants APEC Leaders Additional Participants |
| November 17, 2023 11:42 PST |
Travel pool report #6—leaders retreat opening remarks POTUS dismissed the press around 11:38 a.m. Biden passed the ceremonial torch to Peru's Dina Boluarte. Pool holding now. |
| November 17, 2023 13:47 PST |
Travel pool report #7—loading to SFO The pool departed the Moscone Center at 1:45 p.m. Did not see POTUS load up. |
| November 17, 2023 14:14 PST |
Travel pool report #8 — departure The pool pulled up to SFO around 2 p.m. and immediately saw a large group of pro-China demonstrators, in addition to those chanting Free Tibet. The pool while pulling up saw POTUS board the plane about 2:05 p.m. Wheels up shortly. |
| November 17, 2023 14:18 PST |
Travel pool report #8a — travelers to Philly Traveling with the President aboard Air Force One en route to Philadelphia International Airport: Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs |
| November 17, 2023 22:00 EST |
Travel pool report #9 — arrival in PHL AF1 touched down at 9:43 a.m. in Philadelphia. The long ride was uneventful. POTUS deplaned at 9:57 p.m. Passing off to supplemental pool. Have a great weekend. |
Pool Reports below by Lalit K Jha, Press Trust of India
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| November 17, 2023 09:57 PST |
Foreign Pol Report # 1 Hi, I am your foreign pooler for the day. The pool van is now on the move towards Moscone center for POTUS's engagements. POTUS has two meetings on his schedule before he leaves SFO this afternoon. 10 a.m PST: The President will host a bilateral meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico. This bilateral meeting will have an out-of-town pool spray at the top. Watch Live: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7kQODhVxBW0 (looks like we are running behind schedule) 11 am PST: The President will host the APEC Leaders Retreat. During the event, President Biden will formally transfer the APEC Chair to President Boluarte of Peru. This event will have an out-of-town pool spray at the top. Watch Live https://youtube.com/watch?v=PPt8cwYAdLE Per WH: President Biden during his meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, will discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship and address issues of shared concern. President Biden and President López Obrador will also discuss how we can continue to work together as partners to manage migration at our shared border and mobilize a hemispheric-wide response to this challenge. Migration is one of the major issues that the two leaders are expected to discuss. Other issues include fentanyl and Cuba. The website https://lopezobrador.org.mx/ gives information about Pres Mexico's activities at APEC summit and in SFO Fact sheet of US-Mexico relationship. Biden and López Obrador previously met in Mexico City in January this year. As per White House, the two leaders then discussed counter narcotic efforts, economic integration, climate commitments and irregular migration. |
| November 17, 2023 09:58 PST |
Foreign Pool Report # 2 Traveling with the President via motorcade en route to the George R. Moscone Convention Center: Secretary Antony Blinken, Department of State |
| November 17, 2023 11:51 PST |
Foreign Pool Report # 3 Pool arrived at the Moscone Center at 10 am. After a brief hold, pool entered the bilat room at 10.13 pm PST. After about 10 seconds giving poolers to take their position, POTUS welcomed the President of Mexico. "Good to see you again. At dinner last night, I told you, you sat next to my wife. You are so captivating and I was worried she likes you more than she likes me now. POTUS said: Nothing is beyond our reach. In my view, I really mean Mexico and the United States stand together and work together. We've seen in our security cooperation, …we are working side by side combat, arms trafficking, to combat, tackle organized crime and to address the opioid epidemic and including fentanyl which, when we talk privately, want to tell you about my great conversation with Xi Jinping on that issue. POTUS said: We're growing our economies from the bottom up in the middle out not just from wealthy benefit, but all our citizens benefit from our economic growth. We see it in our work just transit supply chains, including through the Americas partnership for economic prosperity. We have cooperated there as well. We've seen our cooperation to address historic levels of migration. POTUS said: I want to thank you, Mr. President and your team. I really need it for the cooperation, your leadership and taking on this challenge. I President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico spoke next. He said: "We are highly satisfied of joining you here in San Francisco and have the opportunity to meet President Biden. The relationship between our countries is excellent. Our people, our friends, this is a respectful and cooperative relationship for development. In recent years, basically due to this great relationship we have with our neighboring and brother country, we are commercial partners, we are the main trade partners in the world. Which is outstanding. President of Mexico said: At the same time there are around 40 million Mexicans working and living with decency in the United States which strengthens our bonds. Of course, further progress needs to be made to address the migratory phenomenon. We're working on that jointly in coordination. We wish to thank President Biden because he is the first president in recent times in opening legal pathways for migration. The president said: In the past, there were no possibilities for people who needed to come to the United States. There were no legal possibilities opening. It is President Biden who opened up this possibility, upon request placed by Central America and the Caribbean countries. They file the petition and after an assessment is made they are allowed to enter the United States, which means that they no longer have to cross our country with others suffering and risks. …It's a humane way to address the migratory phenomenon. We need to continue to support one another. Migration is an option and not enforced. .. We are fully satisfied in holding this meeting. And as regards to drug control, the president said Mexico's undertaking is to continue to support so we do not allow the introduction of chemical components and chemical precursors to fentanyl. Because we're fully aware of the damage it poses to the United States youth. This is a matter of humanism as an act of solidarity. We are sincerely committed to continue to assist at our fullest capacity to prevent drug trafficking; mainly the entrance of fentanyl and other chemical precursors. The president said: I'm pretty certain that we will continue to evolve a good relationship. I would like to also take this opportunity to greet … the Mexican migrants who are living at making a life and working in the United States. Around 40 million people have made the United States their second home their second country. I would also like to inform those who may not be aware of this that in recent years there are many American citizens who are moving to Mexico to stay there to live in Mexico. So welcome because we are brotherly countries. This is what I wanted to say as long as that we have a great relationship and you have an extraordinary president in the United States. A man with convictions. Pool was rushed out at 10.21 pm Participants as per WH The President is participating in a bilateral meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico. U.S. Manifest Mexico Manifest |
| November 17, 2023 12:23 PST |
Foreign pool report # 4 Leaders Retreat At 11.29 pm POTUS arrived and started speaking soon thereafter. At 11.35 pm PST POTUS said he is passing the ceremonial torch to President Boluarte of Peru. She concluded her remarks at 11.38 pm when the pool was asked to leave. APEC leaders started arriving in the Leaders Retreat Room 10 minutes before POTUS's arrival. Unlike yesterday, President Xi today appeared to be more confident and was seen chatting with other leaders in the room along with an aide. He spent quite a few minutes with PM Kishida of Japan. PM Albanese of Australia was also seen chatting with Prex Xi. PM Trudeau of Canada was also seen chatting with other leaders. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva walked to President Xi and was seen speaking to him. Secretary of State Blinken was seen chatting with Prime Minister Anwar bin Ibrahim of Malaysia. The event was streamed live on WhiteHouse.Gov In his remarks, POTUS said: Over the last few days we've worked together, and I think that's not hyperbole, We've worked together to find ways to build an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economies for the Asian Pacific. And we talked about that progress that requires partnership. POTUS announced the launch of Women in the Sustainable Economy Initiative. Partners in this initiative have already pledged more than $900 million to increase women participation in blue and green industries like forest management, clean energy, fisheries and recycling. And if you wonder why I'm so enthusiastic about this, I've got more women in my cabinet than men. So I've got to get this straight. POTUS said he and President Xi of China had a brief discussion about the impact of artificial intelligence and how they have to work on it together. We must ensure the change is for the better. We must ensure the digital technologies like artificial intelligence are used to uplift, not limit the potential of our people. At 11.35 pm PST, POTUS passed the ceremonial torch of APEC Leadership to President Boluarte of Peru. In her remarks, President Boluarte said: Next year Peru will celebrate APEC 2024. We take this responsibility quite seriously. But we also take on this commitment with the great affection that Peruvians have right here. President Boluarte said: "We have worked on such an important issue, which is caring for our planet, which is the only home we have. And I believe that the economies who are here today, the leaders here today must take on this serious responsibility of continuing to work on this development, on searching for a better way to care for our home, for planet earth. She said: "We hope to see each and every one of you in Peru next year…We will work together, hand in hand, all of us so that APEC next year shines with its own light from our imperial city of …. our beloved Peru out towards the world. So, we wish you a warm welcome next year and we will welcome you there with our greatest affection. (As usual, pls check against official transcripts) Participants as per WH U.S. Participants APEC Leaders Additional Participants |
| November 17, 2023 14:09 PST |
Foreign Pool Report # 4 Correction Correction Pres Xi was talking to Indonesian President Joko Widodo and not PM Kishida of Japan. Thanks Chia-Hui (Jessica) Ni from TVBS TV network for prompt correction |
Pool Reports below by Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor
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| November 17, 2023 21:23 EST |
Supplemental Pool Report #1 – Week Ahead Hello from Philadelphia International Airport, where I am the supplemental pool reporter for POTUS' trip to Delaware. Pool is awaiting the president's arrival here at PHL. Here's the week ahead from the White House: WEEK AHEAD 11/18-26 On Sunday afternoon, the President and the First Lady will depart Wilmington, Delaware en route to Norfolk, Virginia. Later, the President and the First Lady will kick off an advance screening of "Wonka",an upcoming film providedby Warner Bros. Discovery, for military servicemembers and their families. The movie screening event is also supported by the USO. After, the President and the First Lady will participate in a Friendsgiving dinner with servicemembers and military families from the USSS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USSS Gerald R. Ford, as part of the White House's Joining Forces Initiative, co-hosted by the USO and Robert Irvine Foundation. In the evening, the President and the First Lady will return to the White House. On Monday, the President will pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a ceremony on the South Lawn. The President will celebrate the 76th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, reflect upon the time-honored traditions of Thanksgiving, and wish American families a safe and healthy holiday. The 2023 National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate were raised in Willmar, Minnesota. On Tuesday, the President and the First Lady will travel to Nantucket, Massachusetts where they will remain over the Thanksgiving holiday through Sunday. On Thursday, the President and the First Lady will call members of the military to thank them for their service. On Sunday, the President and the First Lady will return to the White House. |
| November 17, 2023 22:01 EST |
Supplemental Pool Report #2 – Arrival at PHL Air Force One landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 9:43. POTUS descended the steps at 9:57 and walked straight over to board Marine One. Pool did not see M1 lift off. Pool is loaded onto an Osprey and will lift off shortly for the New Castle Air National Guard Base. |
| November 17, 2023 22:30 EST |
Supplemental Pool Report #3 – Arrival at DANG M1 touched down at Delaware Air National Guard Base at 10:23 pm and the president disembarked at 10:26. He saluted before getting into a black SUV. The motorcade is rolling at 10:30. |
| November 17, 2023 22:44 EST |
Supplemental Pool Report #4 – Lid The motorcade dropped POTUS at his Wilmington home at 10:42 and the White House called a lid. Good night everyone! |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Pool Reports of November 17, 2023 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/367907