HE SAYS THE U.S. WILL CONTINUE
TO ENGAGE WITH CHINA.
>> Bill: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY FORMER
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KEY
STATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARIES.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE THIS MORNING.
WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
A BIG WEEK FOR YOU AND WANT TO
GET TO ALL THIS NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, JOE BIDEN, THE
PRESIDENT, CALLED PETER
ALEXANDER OF NBC NEWS AFTER THE
PRESS CONFERENCE FROM YESTERDAY
AND ONE OF THE QUOTES GIVEN AND
MADE PUBLIC.
I THINK THE LAST THING THE G
WANTS IS TO FUNDAMENTALLY RIP
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED
STATES AND ME.
HE SAID THAT IN MISSTATEMENT ON
CAMERA.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
WAS THAT SUFFICIENT AND WAS IT
WORTH THE WAIT?
>> YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT WE
WOULD SIT THERE AND LOOK TO THE
SKY AND HAVE A CHINESE SPY
BALLOON LOOKING BACK AT US IS A
NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE TO
START TREATING CHINA LIKE THEY
DESERVE TO BE TREATED AND BIDEN
IS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.
YOU CAN’T HAVE THEM BUYING UP
FARMLAND THAT IS NEAR OUR
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OR HAVE
THEM PUTTING MONEY IN OUR
UNIVERSITIES UNLESS WE WILL PULL
OUR MONEY AND TAKE CHINESE MONEY
OR OURS.
WE CAN’T HAVE THEM STEALING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALLOON
FLYING OVER YOU HAVE TO START
LETTING CHINA KNOW WHAT WE
EXPECT OF THEM NOT WORRY ABOUT
WHETHER THEY WANT TO KEEP A
RELATIONSHIP OR NOT.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WE HAVE TO START TREATING CHINA
THE WAY THEY SHOULD.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS FOR
TOO LONG THOUGHT IF WE WERE NICE
TO CHINA THEY WOULD WANT TO BE
LIKE US.
THEY DON’T.
THEY’RE COMMUNIST.
WE NEED TO ACT TOGETHER AND MAKE
SURE THEY KNOW WHERE THEY STAND
NOT THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
WHERE WE STAND WITH THEM.
>> Sandra: GREAT TO HAVE YOU
THIS MORNING AND GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, WERE YOU
AWARE IN RECENT YEARS OF --
UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION OF
THESE BALLOONS?
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
CONFIRMING THIS IS NOT NEW FOR
CHINA TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM.
AND THAT THEY ARE ONLY
DEVELOPING IT TO BE BIGGER AND
BIGGER.
WHAT EXACTLY DID WE KNOW ABOUT
THIS IN THE PAST?
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING ABOUT
IT?
>> SO THAT GOES TO THE HEART OF
ANOTHER PROBLEM.
WHY DID OUR INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES KNOW THIS AND WHY DID
THEY NOT TELL THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES?
WHY DID THEY NOT TELL OTHER
CABINET DIRECTORS THAT COULD DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
THAT’S A PROBLEM.
WE HAVE TO GO LOOK INTO OUR
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES AND LET
THEM KNOW THEY DON’T GET TO
DECIDE THESE THINGS.
IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION LIKE
THIS, THIS IS VALUABLE NATIONAL
SECURITY INFORMATION THAT WE
NEED TO KNOW.
THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD US THAT
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE’VE ALLOWED
CHINESE SPY BALLOONS TO GO OVER.
WHEN IT ENDED IN SOUTH CAROLINA
WASN’T AN ACCIDENT.
SOUTH CAROLINA IS A MILITARY
STATE.
THAT BALLOON WENT OVER OUR
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND THE
IDEA THAT OTHER BALLOONS DID
THAT BEFORE MEANS WE NOT ONLY
HAVE A CHINA PROBLEM, WE HAVE A
GOVERNMENT PROBLEM IN THE FACT
THAT NORAD SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP
ON THIS BALLOON BUT OUR
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SHOULD
HAVE TOLD THOSE DECISION MAKERS
EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING FROM
CHINA SO WE COULD HAVE DEALT
WITH THIS EARLIER.
>> Bill: ANOTHER TOPIC HERE.
YOU GOT ON THE NEWS FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON.
IT IS A BIG TURN AWAY FROM
BEIJING AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
POLITICS BUT THIS WAS A COMMENT
THAT HAPPENED ABOUT 24 HOURS
EARLIER ON CNN.
THIS IS HOW IT WENT.
>> THIS WHOLE TALK ABOUT AGE
MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
I THINK THAT IT’S THE WRONG ROAD
TO GO DOWN.
SHE SAYS PEOPLE POLITICIANS NOT
IN THEIR PRIME.
NIKKI HALEY ISN’T IN HER PRIME.
WHEN A WOMAN IS IN HER PRIME IS
20s, 30s, 40s.
THAT’S NOT ACCORDING TO ME.
>> PRIME FOR WHAT?
>> DEPENDS, PRIME IF YOU LOOK --
IF YOU GOOGLE WHEN IS A WOMAN IN
HER PRIME IT WILL SAY 20s, 30s,
40s.
>> Bill: I DON’T THINK HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT AMAZON PRIME.
HE TWEETED LATER
>> Sandra: HE SAID THE REFERENCE
I MADE TO A WOMAN’S PRIME THIS
MORNING WAS INARTFUL AND
IRRELEVANT AS COLLEAGUES AND
LOVED ONES POINTED OUT AND I
REGRET IT.
A WOMAN’S AGE DOES NOT DEFINE
HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONALLY.
I HAVE COUNTLESS WOMEN IN MY
LIFE WHO PROVE THAT EVERY DAY.
IS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU AS AN
APOLOGY?
>> YOU KNOW, LOOK, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FACED ALL
OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS DON LEMON YESTERDAY,
WHOOPI GOLDBERG THE DAY BEFORE.
SOMEBODY ELSE TOMORROW.
I HAVE ALWAYS MADE THE LIBERALS
HEADS EXPLODE.
THEY CAN’T STAND THE FACT THAT A
MINORITY CONSERVATIVE FEMALE
WOULD NOT BE ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE.
THEY KNOW I PULL INDEPENDENTS
AND SUBURBAN WOMEN AND
MINORITIES OVER TO WHAT WE’RE
TRYING TO DO.
LOOK, HE MADE THAT COMMENT.
I WASN’T SITTING THERE SEXIST
MIDDLE AGE CNN ANCHORS NEED
MENTAL COMPETENCY TESTS.
HE MAY HAVE JUST PROVEN THAT
POINT.
WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT.
THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING
KEY DECISIONS FOR US AMERICANS
ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND KEEPING
OUR KIDS SAFE AND THE DEBT, YES,
WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY THAT
WE’RE SENDING PEOPLE THAT ARE
MENTALLY COMPETENT TO DO THAT.
LOOK, THE LIBERALS WILL CONTINUE
TO SHOW THEMSELVES.
THEY CAN’T STAND THE FACT THAT I
AM A REPUBLICAN AND I AM A
CONSERVATIVE AND IT ROLLS OFF MY
SHOULDERS.
I DON’T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
>> Bill: THE NEW YORK CALLS IT
LEMON SQUEEZED.
MAYBE YOU FEEL THE SAME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WELL
OH HE SPEAK DOWN THE ROAD.