Good afternoon. Before I get started I want to make one brief announcement. Earlier today the President designated three Mexican organizations under...

With today's actions the Department of Treasury will be permitted over the months and years ahead to block or seize any assets, accounts or securities...

And --

It is a designation under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which dates back, I believe, to either the late -- very late '80s or the early...

I don’t know of particular communications. As I said yesterday, the administration and I believe all those involved are anxious for the North Koreans...

I think the next U.S. step is involving each of the nations that take part in these talks to help also convince the North Koreans to come back and be...

Well, I think there is -- let me talk a little bit about the process. You know, these were tests that were designed by the Fed and are being implemented...

No, no --

Well, no, no, no, no. I think --

-- primarily, again, this is primarily the reason that originally the Secretary in outlining these tests talked about the transparency of the amount...

I don’t know if there's a specific response to protests as much as there is -- I think you saw the President today talk about as candidate Obama promising...

I could check with CBO on some specifics -- not CBO, OMB, sorry, I got my vowels all mixed up. We'll check on that.

Yes, sir.

People make a decision to smoke.

Well, people get on airlines and pay taxes to land a plane at O'Hare or in Washington. Those people also got a tax cut. I don’t know how much they...

This is not the first time we've disclosed the full income tax returns of the President and the First Lady. It's the first time we've done it as President...

MR. GIBBS: I think 2:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m.-ish was when they were going to get everything cued up.

Yes, sir.

Let me check with those guys, in terms of the foreclosure moratoriums. Obviously the President proposed one during the campaign.

I think in combination...

Well, look, there are few things involved here. I mean -- and I said this back in February when we did the housing speech. There are people that got...

Well, you can speak to the organizers, I guess, on whether they're contrived. I think -- the statistics I read I think are pretty clear. If you make...

I don’t think the effort of the President or the reception that anybody might get is dependent upon the number of times one has visited this region...

There's no specific policy details, except the President has talked about this repeatedly. He talked about the notion of being able to fill out --...

Well, let me not get ahead of what we might do in a second term.

Not today. (Laughter.) Give him a couple more years and see if he wants to do that.

I think the President has talked about over the course of...

Helen, I think you -- I think to subtract listening from leadership -- I think listening is a big part of leadership.

He's aware of many of the problems. I think it's important, though, that he hear also from those that are experiencing those firsthand in their own...

Well, I think the issue of immigration is not one country’s problem; I think it’s both countries to deal with. We have security concerns along the...

Well, meaning the reaction of certain people to the agenda?

I haven’t spoken specifically to him about the report. I think the Secretary of Homeland Security has and will make a statement about this today. ...

I, on occasion, read The Washington Times. (Laughter.)

I have not spoken to DHS about this. But like I said, I've seen news clippings of the report.

No, the President can say with much justification that he’s cut taxes for the largest number of --

Let’s not -- I don’t know if you are handing out tea, but I just want to -- (laughter.)

Well, whether this is a "read my lips" or however -- it’s a statement and a promise that the President has made.

He didn’t say, I make this promise at or until April 15th of 2009. I think you can assure people across the street that that's not the case.

I would restate what he said in the campaign, and that is he won’t raise taxes on people that make above $250,000 a year.

I’m sorry, below. See? (Laughter.) You've even confused me. (Laughter.) Now I'm all flummoxed.

Again, I can’t speak to what you said in terms...

I don’t know how much polling NPR has done; I've certainly seen it from other organizations that denote even this week healthy support among the American...

He is.

He is.

Yes, sir.

If we didn’t sit in the same room with people that were critical of this country, we’d probably be sitting in a room all alone. We certainly wouldn’t...

Well, are you then denoting that health care is somehow going to be on the easy part of the political change spectrum?

The President has often said, at least in meetings that I've been in, when he gets to the point of making decisions it’s because they’re all difficult....

You look a little wet.

They’re not giving out umbrellas at the tea party?

I think having the luxury of sitting in a room not unlike this with many important and captive reporters repeating the message is probably important....

I don't know if they will. I mean, look, do I -- I have no doubt that some of them are politically of a persuasion that may never be supportive of...

Taxing?

Well, I mean it's -- the statement didn't come with caveats.

Well --

Well, let's -- no, the President has said that everybody involved -- and Congress, the President, interest groups representing doctors and patients,...

I would point you to any number of the commercials that we ran during the campaign on that topic.

I said he was open to --

No, no, no, no. I said he was open to people bringing their ideas.

I think we can discuss those ideas. The President isn't particularly supportive of -- as he was in the campaign, or wasn't in the campaign -- of that....

I know, I think I've answered your question like seven times. So I don't know if eight will make it more or less clear.

No, I --

Maybe I should go stand in the rain. (Laughter.) I think I was clear. I'd be happy to read back the answer that I gave to you.

Margaret.

We can get the stenographer to read back the question.

Well, everything is on the table for people to bring their ideas to discuss. The President has talked about -- you all covered in the campaign -- a...

I'm not going to get into -- how about we get a bill through Congress before we get through particular veto scenarios about what may or may not be involved...

Just because I'm a glutton for absolute and utter punishment, sure. (Laughter.)

Speaking of torture.

Well, as you said there is a pending court case in California relating to a Freedom of Information Act suit brought by a group seeking disclosure of...