>>
>> J.R.:
>> J.R.: AS PROMISEDS OUR STATEHOUSE INSIDERS ARE WITH US NOW.
ANTOINE, GUYS, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE 20204@ RACE
OUT OF THE U.S. SENATE INCUMBENT
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM ONE POLL
ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO
SHOWED HIM ABOUT SEVEN POINTS UP
ON JAMIE HARRISON AS DEMOCRATIC
CHALLENGER AND ANOTH4@ER POLL TT
CAME OUT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO
ANTOINE SHOWS THAT LEAD GROWING
UPWARDS IT POSSIBLE BY 20
POINTS.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT?
>> WELL BE CONSISTENT IN MY
THOUGHT POLLS ARE A SNAPSHOT OF@
THE TIMES AND A VERY FLUID
ENVIRONMENT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY
GET NOMINEES4@ RESPECTFULLY JAME
HAS A PRIMARY UNTIL BOTH OF THEM
I THINK GO AT EACH OTHER.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
POLLS FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON T4E
MOOD OF THE PEOPLE BEING
SURVEYED4@.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE DEVIL
IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAIL AS FOR
POLLING DATES.
WHO IS ASKING THE QUESTION AND
WHERE -- WHERE THE POLL HAS BEEN
TAKEN FROM.
>> RIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO
MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT GO
INTO A 4@POLL.
IT'S NOT JUST WHO YOU SUPPORT
THIS ONE OR THIS ONE.4@
OFTENTIMES THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS AGO INTO IT AND YOU
ALWAYS HAVE TO4@ THINK ABOUT 4@E
FACT THAT NATIONAL POLITICS AND
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ANY GIVEN
POINT IN TIME CAN SWAY PEOPLE'S
OPINIONS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT4@ OTR
THINGS HAD A ARE GOING TO GOING
ON ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
PLAY INTO THAT4@ AND4@ ANTOINE S
RIGHT ON TH4@IS PARTICULAR ITEM.
YOU CAN'T TRUST THE ONLY POLL.
THE ONLY PO4@LL YOU CAN TRUST IS
RIGHT ON TH4@IS PARTICULAR ITEM. YOU CAN'T TRUST THE ONLY POLL. THE ONLY PO4@LL YOU CAN TRUST I@
THE ONE ON ELECTION DAY.
>>ED WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO
ASKED THE QUESTION AND SAMPLES.@
THERE ARE A LOT OF 4@THINGS WE
DON'T KNOW IN ORDER FOR US TO
SAY YEA OR NAY THAT IS THE TONE
OF THE DAY.
>> BUT TO SAY THAT IS JAMIE
HARRISON GOING TO BE LEADING
AGAINST LINDSEY GRAHAM RIGHT
NOW?
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE
HAPPENING.
>> J.R.: LET'S MOVE ON TO A
STORY I DIDN'T BELIEVE GOT A LOT
OF MEDIA PLAY LAST WEEK AND IT
DEALS WITH TOM STIRE4@ ONE OF TE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES RUNNING
FOR PRESIDEN4@T.
HIS DEPUTY SOUTH CAROLINA
DIRECTOR RESIGNING AFTER THE
DISCOVERY THAT HE4@ STOLE
VOLUNTEER DATA FROM THE CAMPAIGN
OF KAMALA HARRIS.4@
IT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF HEADLINES
LAST WEEK BUT IS THIS A BIG
DEAL?
>> IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE4@ O
LAST WEEK BUT IS THIS A BIG DEAL? >> IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE4@ OA
CANDIDATE A BILLIONAIRE RUNNING
A DEMOCRAT PRIMARY WHERE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WILL HAVE A
LARGE SAY SO4@ AND WHAT THE
A DEMOCRAT PRIMARY WHERE AFRICAN-AMERICANS WILL HAVE A LARGE SAY SO4@ AND WHAT THE4@
OUTCOME WILL BE.
THE ONLY FEMALE CANDIDATE WHO
HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB
BUILDING4@ INFRASTRUCTURE AND
VOLUNTEERS THE4@ COSMETICS LOO4K
AND SOUND BAD.
IT SHOULD HAVE GOT MORE PLAY BUT
I THINK IT ALSO IS THE
INDICATION OF NOT MANY PEOPLE
KNOW WHO TOM4@ STIRE IS, WHAT HS
GOT GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
>> AND DOES HE NOT HAVE4@ THE
TRACTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE'S BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON
TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT BUT
HE'S GOT A BILLION DOLLARS TO
PLAY WITH.
IF YOU ENDED UP WITH A4@
BILLIONAIRE VERSUS BILLIONAIRE
RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 2020,
THAT WOULD BE QUITE A STATEMENT
TO THE WORLD.
BUT I THINK THAT THE THING THAT
THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT HERE IS
THIS IS THAT4@ PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND WHEN INFORMATION IS
TAKEN FROM ONE CAMPAIGN TO4@
ANOTHER, IT'S REALLY NO
DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF
ESPIONAGE THAT GOES ON.
IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF THING THAT
WE SEE GOING ON WHEN YOU WANT IT
TALK ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
STEAL AN ELECTION.
YOU CAN'T LET THAT SORT OF STUFF
TAKE PLACE AND IT SHOULD NEVER
HAVE HAPPENED ON A DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN SIDE4@ EVER.
>> RIGHT.
IF IT HAD BEEN A REPUBLICAN
STEALING FROM A REPUBLICAN OR
VICE4@ VERSA DEMOCRAT STEALING
FROM A REPUBLICAN WOULD THERE
HAVE BEEN MORE HEADLINES?
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH
LARG4@ER CONVERSATION.
I AGREE WITH YOU THE LOUD HORN
SHOULD HAVE BLOWN MUCH LOUDER
ABOUT THIS.
WHAT I'M SO FRUSTRATED ABOUT IS
THE THE 4@CAMPAIGN4@ FROM THE4@
ABOUT THIS. WHAT I'M SO FRUSTRATED ABOUT IS THE THE 4@CAMPAIGN4@ FROM THE4@A
I SEEN WAS DEFENDING THE EFFORTS
SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT4@ STEALIG
WHEN CLEAR AS CHRISTMAS DAY MOST
PEOPLE WOULD AGREE IT WAS
STEALING.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING
TO4@ STOP THE WHEELS ON4@ KAMALA
HARRIS' TRAIN FROM GOING DOWN
THE TRACK.
I DO THINK THIS IS ANOTHER BUMP
IN THE ROAD FOR THE STIRE
CAMPAIGN.
>> IT DOES POINT OUT AN ITEM
THAT ANTOINE BROUGHT UP IN THE
PAST AND IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE IN THIS
ELECTION4@ IS AN ESSENTIAL PART
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE IN THIS ELECTION4@ IS AN ESSENTIAL PARTF
THE STRATEGY THAT THEY ARE
PLAYING.
>> 61% OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAST4@
THEIR VOTE IN THE STATE WILL BE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
>> RIGHT IN.
THAT PARTICULAR CASE IN4@
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE A
FEMALE DEMOCRATIC
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHOSE
INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN.
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT
MORE PLAY INTO THIS THAN THERE
HAS BEEN.
>> I WANT TO MOVE ONT4@O
IMPEACHMENT.
WE GOT A FEW MINUTES TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT NICK MULVANEY4@
THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN WHO IS
NOW THE ACTING WHITE HOUSE CHIEF
STAFF.
DEMOCRATS SAY THAT WEEKS AGO AT
THAT PRESS CONFERENCE HE4@
APPEARED THAT THAT HE CONFIRMED
A QUID PRO QUO WITH THE UKRAINE.
BASICALLY AND H4@ERE'S HIS QUOT.
HE SAYS WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME
WITH FOREIGN POLICY AND I HAVE
NEWS FOR EVERYBODY.
GET OVER IT.4@
THERE IS GOING TO BE POLITICAL
INFLUENCE IN FOREIGN POLICY BUT
HE QUICKLY WALKED BACK THOSE
CO4@MMENTS SAYING THAT HIS
COMMENTS HAD BEEN MISINTERPRETED
AND MISCONTRUD.4@
>> THERE ARE -- MISCONSTRUED.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS.
HE'S -- AROUND HIS OWN WORDS4@
BECAUSE HE ADMITTED ON CAMERA
THAT THE PRESIDENT COMMITTED
QUID PRO QUO, SOMETHING THE
WHITE HOUSE HE HAD DENIEDED NOW
WE SHIFT THE CONVERSATION FROM
THAT TO HIM WALKING BACK TO NOW
THE GOOD SENATOR 4@FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA LINDSEY GRAHAM AND
OTHERS ARE SAYING THAT'S4@ 4@NO
THE GOOD SENATOR 4@FROM SOUTH CAROLINA LINDSEY GRAHAM AND OTHERS ARE SAYING THAT'S4@ 4@NOA
CRIME AN IMPEACHABLE DEFENCE.
THE FACT IS IT IS AS CLEAR AS
CODE.
IT IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENCE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO SPIN THE
WHEELS ON THIS.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT THE GOOD
NEWS IS VIDEOTAPE DOES NOT LIE.
WHEELS ON THIS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS VIDEOTAPE DOES NOT LIE.@
>> V4@IDEOTAPE DOESN'4@T LIE BUT
VIDEOTAPE IS ALSO NOT EVIDENCE
IN COMPLT THE THING YOU HAVE TO
LOOK AT --
>> YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
>> HIS STATEMENT -- HIS
STATEMENT IS NOT EVIDENCE.
HIS STATEMENT4@ IS AN -- HE
OFFERED.
EXCUSE ME.
>> THE -- PRESIDENT.
>> SO THE THING ON T4@HIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE
TO T4@AKE A LOOK AT IS YOU'RE
RIGHT THERE.
PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE TO T4@AKE A LOOK AT IS YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.4@
SHOULD NOT BE ANY LEVEL QUID P4O
QUO TH4@AT GOES ON BUT TO THINK.
>> IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.
>> TO THINK THAT IN AMERICAN
POLITICS IT HAS NOT HAPPENED4@.
>> DAVE, DAVE DO YOU -- ANTOINE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
ANTOINE HOW DO YOU THINK THE
BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN 30 YEARS
AGO THIS WEEK?
THOSE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU
PUT PRESSURE ON PEOPLE.4@
>> IT HAPPENED NEVER LEVEL.4@
>> YOU ARE MUDDYING THE EFFECTS.
> NO.
WE'RE TALKING HISTORY.
>> LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IN HIS ADMINISTRATION
WITHHELD FUNDING BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT PROVIDED TO A FOREIGN
NATI4@ON THAT DEPENDS ON I4@T IN
ORDER TO APPLY PRESSURE TO GET
HIM TO INVESTIGATE HIS POLITICAL
OPPONENT IN 2016.4@
THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN.
NO, NO, NO.
NOW YOU START OFF SAY4@ING THER@
NO QUID PRO QUO.
NOW YOU'RE SAYING WELL THERE IS@
BUT IT'S NOT WRO4@NG.
>> NO, I'M SAYING YOU WERE
SITTING HERE GIVING AMEN AND
BENEDICTION TO IT, DAVE.
>> THE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO4@
UNDERSTAND IN4@ THIS PARTICULAR
INSTRUCT ALL OF THIS THAT'S
GOING ON IS THE FACT THAT WHILE
THOSE THINGS HAD BEEN HAPPENING@
THROUGHOUT HISTORY4@ THAT.4@
>> WE HAVE4@ APPLIED POLITICAL
PRESSURE.
>> NOT TO INVESTIGATE POLITICAL
OPPONENT.
>> THE ITEM UP FOR BIDS HERE IS
HIS4@ SON AND WHAT WENT ON IN4@
UKRAINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IMPROVEMENT TO NOT DO A4@NYTHING
WRONG.
HE INVESTIGATED HIS POLITICAL
OPPONENT.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.
>> J.R.: YOU BRING UP POLITICAL
OPPONENT BECAUSE THAT LEAVES ME
TO THE WHISTLE BLOWER4@
CONNECTION.
HIS NAME HAS BEEN OUT THERE BY
SOME OUTLETS.
IT'S THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
IF REPORTS ARE TRUE THE WHISTLE
BLOWER USED TO BE CONNECTED TO
THE JOE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND I
BELIEVE THE RE4@PUBLICANS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE SPIN ON THIS.
THIS ISN'T REALLY A WHISTLE
BLOWER.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WITHIN AXE TO
GRIND.
>> IT WAS A WHISTLE BLOWER WHO
TALKED WITH A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
TO SAY HEY LISTEN HOW SHOULD I
DO THIS BEFORE I GO AND R4@ELEAE
IT.
>> I KNOW IT'S CUTE TO PUT
MAKE-UP ON BUT LET'S BE CLEAR.
WHISTLE BLOWERS HAVE BEEN AN4@
ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS AMERICAN
EXPERIMENT WE ALL ENJOY.4@
AND THEY ARE CONFIDENT AND THEY
ARE4@ -- T4@HEY ARE CONFIDENTIAY
IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS.
THAT'S BEEN TRUE FOR DEMOCRATIC
AND REPUBLICANS ADMINISTRATIONS
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
IN UNTWO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A
HE OR SH4@E SO I DON'T4@ KNOW S
THAT'S NUMBER ONE. IN UNTWO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A HE OR SH4@E SO I DON'T4@ KNOW SM
NOT GOING TO BUY INTO IT.4@
SO NUMBER THREE IF THE NAME IS
TRUE HAD BEEN RELEASED THIS
PERSON HAS DONATED A MILLION
DOLLARS IT REPUBLICAN CAUSES SO
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT T4@HIS IS
SOMEBODY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC
CHASMP OR FROM THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN.
LET'S BE CLEAR.
CHASMP OR FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN. LET'S BE CLEAR.4@
-- CAMP.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IF IT'S HE
OR SHE BECAUSE YET KNOW BECAUSE
WE AS PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE
NEWS AND WE HAVE TO GIVE FAIR
BALANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AT4@
HOME SHOULD NOT BUY INTO WHAT WE
DO NOT KNOW.
>>4@ THE WE DO NOT KNOW IS THE
WHISTLE BLOWER TALKED4@ TO A
MEMBER OF CONGRESS BEFORE
RELEASING THAT INFORMATION AND
COORDINATED WITH HIS4@ OFFICE.
>> THAT'S THE TRUE.
>> THE SAME MEMBER OF CONGRESS
WHO THEN MADE A PARODY OF WHAT
HE THOUGHT WOULD SOUND GOOD.
>> T4@ALKING ABOUT ADAM SCHIFF4.
>> MADE A PARODY ABOUT WHAT HE
THOUGHT.
>> SPOKE TO CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
ABOUT HOW TO OFFICIALLY RELEASE
INFORMATION.
HERE'S THE PART YOU WON'T SAY
AMEN TO.
THE FACT IS THE WHISTLE BLOWER
CLAIMS HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND
SET AMEN BY SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO
FOR ME WITH THE CALL WHO WERE
FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, WHO KNEW WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
SO YOU CAN DISCREDIT HIM ALL YOU
WANT BUT THE FACT OF THE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE OR ERASE
FACTS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE
THINGS RIGHT THERE.
ANTOINE, DAVID, GUYS THANK YOU.