Episode Details

Katie Zacharia steps up to the podium for her first briefing as the new White House Press Secretary. She opens by thanking President Trump and the American people, then walks through the midterm blitz: last night's rally in Youngstown, Ohio, the new Navy submarine component repair center coming to Cleveland, and upcoming stops in Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. From there she covers real wages, prescription drug prices, manufacturing jobs, energy dominance and the Venezuela oil deal, trillions in new investment including a $15 billion steel complex in Iowa and a South Korea energy package, the administration's fraud recoveries, Greenland and the fight against fentanyl. Then she takes questions. Nick Gilbertson of Breitbart asks about the new media seat Karoline Leavitt opened up, and Katie says it stays and will expand. Peter Doocy asks about her role heading into the midterms and about intel sharing with Ukraine. Alina Shirazi asks about Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, who the White House has asked to resign, and how Katie will balance the job with her four kids. Here's the full briefing.