U.S. First Lady: Comments on Brett Kavanaugh
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(6 Oct 2018) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY US POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY Giza - 6 October 2018 1. US first lady Melania Trump walking by Great Sphinx 2. Trump approaching cameras, greeting reporters, UPSOUND (English): Trump: "Isn't this incredible (gestures at Sphinx)? Beautiful." (Reporter off-camera: How's your trip in Africa been so far?) Trump: "Incredible. Unforgettable." (Reporter off-camera: What is message that you want to send to the world on behalf of your husband's administration with this trip?) Trump: "That we care, and we want to show the world that we care." 3. Close of Trump 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US first lady: (Reporter off-camera: Given some of his derogatory comments reported about African countries, what will you tell him in response to that and did that come up at all on your trip, did anybody discuss that with you?) Trump: "Nobody discussed that with me, and I never heard him saying those comments. And that was anonymous source and I would leave it at that." 5. Mid of Trump speaking 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US first lady: (Reporter off-camera: Back home, 'Me Too' is a huge debate and your husband said it's a tough time for men. Given that your trip here has centred on children and girls, do you agree with him?) Trump: "Well I... but I would say that... if we're talking about the Supreme Court and Judge (Brett) Kavanaugh, I think he's highly qualified for the Supreme Court. I'm glad that Dr. (Christine Blasey) Ford was heard, I'm glad that Judge Kavanaugh was heard, FBI investigation was done, is completed, and Senate voted. (Reporter off-camera: Did you believe Christine Ford?) Trump: "I will move on that, and I think that all the victims, we need to help all the victims, no matter what kind of abuse they had. But I am against any kind of abuse or violence." 7. Zoom out of Trump speaking to man 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US first lady: (on what influence she has over her husband) "Well I don't know always agree what he tweets, and I tell him that. I give him my honest opinion and honest advice. And sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't. But I have my own voice and my opinions, and it's very important for me that I express what I feel." 9. Close of Sphinx 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US first lady: "No, I tell him my opinions, what I believe, and maybe in some of them we don't, you know, maybe we don't agree, he will do... he's, I'm not elected, so... he's the president. But I give him my opinion." 11. Close of Sphinx 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US first lady: (Reporter off-camera: Today and yesterday there's been some discussion about your hat yesterday and your outfit today...) Trump: "You know what, we just completed an amazing trip. We went to Ghana, we went to Malawi, we went to Kenya. Here we are in Egypt. I want to talk about my trip and not what I wear and that's very important, what I do, what we are doing with USAID, and what I do with my initiatives. And I wish people would focus on what I do, not what I wear." 13. Various of Trump with others by Great Sphinx 14. Various of Trump posing for photos 15. Various of Trump at meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and his wife, Egypt's first lady Entissar Mohameed Amer 16. Trump shaking hands with el-Sissi and Amer STORYLINE: Melania Trump brushed off a controversy over a pith helmet she wore during a safari in Kenya, saying she wished people would focus more on her work than what she wore. Many reacted angrily to the sartorial choice, saying it represented colonial rule. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/58139703d7acf2652d2798bc617ff703
