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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:56 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  All right.  I have a couple of items for all of you at the top, and some charts.  We love charts in here.  In today’s encouraging report, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level and below 400,000 for the first time since the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:43 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  All right.  Just wanted to start with one topper for all of you.  President Biden has directed the administration to work urgently to ensure that infant formula is safe and available for families across the country during the Abbott Nutrition voluntary recall. …

Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Kalamazoo, Michigan 12:57 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Looking forward to our trip to Kalamazoo.  At the Pfizer facility, President Biden will see where most — much of the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine is being manufactured.  He will meet with those on the frontlines producing these vaccines and get an…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:17 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Happy Monday to everyone.  A couple of announcements at the top: First, as a part of this administration’s accessibility and inclusion efforts, starting today, we will have an ASL — an American Sign Language — interpreter for our daily press briefings. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:54 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  All right.  I see — oh, my goodness — some waving happening.  And welcome back.  I see some folks are back.  All right.  And Happy Monday, everyone.  So, joining me today is NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby.  We know…

3:58 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Apologies for the delay.  I so apologize for that.  But thank you for all being here.  We know there’s a lot of interest today on some international issues out there, so we wanted to make sure that we had someone from NSC,…

12:50 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Good afternoon.  All right, I promise we will keep you all on time — who’s going to the President’s event. A couple of items for all of you this afternoon.  Today, the President is meeting with business leaders and CEOs that have instituted vaccine requirements or are working to implement…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:25 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  There’s a lot of pink in this room today.  (Laughter.)  Zeke — Zeke and Mary are going to the prom together.  (Laughter.)  Well, you know. Okay, just one item for all of you at the top. On Monday, the President will join…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:20 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon. Q    Good afternoon. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Oh, it’s so good.  Love it. I just want to say a few words about the verdict — the Brittney Griner verdict. So, today’s sentencing is a reminder of what the world already knew:…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:40 P.M. EDT   MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Hello.  Q    Heads up. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Heads up.  Heads up. Q    Sorry. Q    Good to see you. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Starting with you or without you. Good afternoon, everybody.  I do want to take a couple of minutes to make some announcements that all of…