Obama tells Lauer No Quick Fix For Economy

Mon, February 02, 2009 - 11:07 AM

NBC aired more of Today Show host Matt Lauer's interview with President Barack Obama today. The president sat down with Lauer Sunday night before the Super Bowl for a brief talk that aired live before taping a longer interview.

In the portions aired this morning, the President warned that the economic recovery would be a slow process and that things will get worse before they get better.

"And there's no silver bullets to this," Obama said. "The fact of the matter is, is that we are suffering from a massive hangover from a binge of risk taking."

Topics covered during the interview ranged from closing the Guantanamo Bay prison to reviewing FDA operations in light of the peanut butter salmonella contamination. The president noted that was a health crisis that hit close to home, since his daughter Sasha eats peanut butter for lunch "probably three times a week."

You can read a transcript of the interview aired today here, or watch the video below.



- Mark Young