THE PRESIDENT: You are so respected. And what Kanye is doing has been incredible. All over the world they're talking about this. And I have to tell you, I had important meetings today with senators and with everything. Nobody cared. They wanted this meeting. This is the meeting. Is that right? I can say that to Jon.
Q We care about other stuff, too.
THE PRESIDENT: The others were good, right? But this is what they want.
MR. BROWN: (Inaudible) honor you would be here.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's my honor, Jim. I want to tell you. I've been a fan of yours for a long time.
MR. BROWN: Well, thank you very much.
THE PRESIDENT: Long time. Nobody like you. Nobody like you. No athlete like you.
MR. BROWN: Well, you know why I'm here? I'm here to serve.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. That's really nice, Jim.
MR. BROWN: I'm not here to ask of anything. (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: And you know, that's always been the way Jim has been - for a long time. And he just wanted to help. And it's something special.
Jennifer, did you have a question?
Q I guess - just you - what do you feel about stop and frisk? Are you going to, you know -
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we're going to look at it.
Q - back-track on your comment (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm open to everything. Hey, look, I think it's a shame what's happening in Chicago.
Q And what else can be done in Chicago?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm in Chicago a lot, too. I have nice things in Chicago. You know that, right? And I hate to see what's happening. They're having numbers - the numbers of people being shot and killed and it's - it's not for this country. So they have to do something. And I am totally open. If we can do it a different way, Kanye, I'm totally open. I mean, we all agree they have to do something, that's for sure.
Q Mr. President, is it a law enforcement issue? A legislation - a legislative issue?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, maybe it's a combination of both. Yeah, I guess it is. But I think it's probably a combination of both. And it's also a respect issue. They respect this guy. They respect this guy. That's a big thing. Right now, they're not respecting, let's say, your mayor, or let's say your leadership in Chicago. But certainly it shouldn't be happening. What's going on there should not be happening.
Steve? Go ahead.
Q Sir, what do you want this meeting to lead to in terms of prison reform?
THE PRESIDENT: Honestly, from our standpoint, this was just set up to be a lunch of two people that I like. And I guess they like me. And we're going to have lunch. We're going to talk.
MR. WEST: You said - you said, I guess, you know I love you.
THE PRESIDENT: I know.
MR. WEST: Did I -
THE PRESIDENT: But I don't want to take - I don't want to put you in that spot, but -
MR. WEST: No, I'm standing in that spot. I love this guy right here. Let me give this guy a hug right here. (Laughter.) I love this guy right here.
THE PRESIDENT: That's really nice. Come here. That's really nice. And that's from the heart. I didn't want to put you in that position. (Laughter.) But that's from the heart. Special guy.
These two are special people. Whether you like it, whether you don't like it, they're special people. And I appreciate it. Jim, Kanye, I appreciate it. So let's go have some lunch.
Thank you all very much.
