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The presser will be carried on all major TV news networks, and will also be available for streaming through C-SPAN, PBS and YouTube, beginning at 1:15 p.m. Here’s what you need to know ahead of Thursday’s presser: Where to watch I am going to deal with all of those problems, Biden pledged. He had not, however, faced reporters alone in an extended presser since becoming leader of the free world. In his first 64 days in office, Biden had answered reporter questions in passing during brief encounters, generally before boarding presidential aircraft or after concluding official events.

Former President Barack Obama held one 20 days into the job. President Joe Biden will deliver the first solo press conference of his presidency Thursday afternoon - marking a new record for the longest a commander in chief has gone in the last century without speaking to the media formally.īiden went longer than his 15 most recent predecessors - stretching back at least 100 years - without taking questions from journalists at an extended official forum.Īll 15 prior presidents held a solo press conference within 33 days of taking office, according to a CNN analysis of data from the American Presidency Project.įormer President Donald Trump held his first solo press conference 27 days after taking office. Biden administration reverses course, clears way for new border wall by waiving environmental lawsīiden’s dog Commander booted from ‘hostile’ White House as staff sound alarm over more attacks: ‘We have to speak up’īiden will forgive $9B more in student loan debt with rule tweakĭems’ ‘bipartisanship’ fib, the Hunter hot potato and other commentary
