Watch KITV’s One-on-One Interview With Obama
President Barack Obama says the sashimi just isn’t the same in Washington D.C. as in Hawaii. He misses kalbi, too.
But in all seriousness, he wants Congress to support for his Fix It First plan to fix aging infrastructure. In Hawaii, that could mean $32 million to improve the H-1 from Middle Street to Ward Avenue.
Our partners over at KITV scored an exclusive one-on-one interview with Hawaii’s native son at the White House earlier this week. Evening anchor Yunjie De Nies asked him about his Fix It First initiative, the presidential library coming to Hawaii and whether he’ll retire in the islands.
“I’m going to be spending more time post-presidency in Hawaii than I’ve been able to do as president,” Obama told KITV.
He said he likes bringing his kids to Hawaii because “they see how people of different cultures and backgrounds can respect each other and grow up in an environment where everybody’s accepted. And I think that’s always been the great strength of Hawaii.”
