THAT.
THE BULGARIANS DON'T CARE ABOUT
THE USMCA I WOULDN'T THINK.
MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
TURNS OUT PELOSI SIGNALING
ACCORDING TO THE HILL, IT IS
WITHIN RANGE, CLOSE QUOTE.
WE'RE WITHIN RANGE.
SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED
AGREEMENT.
NOW WE NEED TO SEE THE PROGRESS
IN WRITING THAT SHE AND ROBERT
LIGHTHIZER DISCUSSED.
AS YOU KNOW, STEVE IS DOUBTFUL
BUT I SAY, WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
DAYS LEFT BETWEEN THANKS GIVING
AND CHRISTMAS I THINK IT GOES UP
FOR A VOTE.
STEVE: I THINK THAT WOULD BE
GREAT ULTIMATELY.
SHE WILL HOT DO IT BEFORE THE
END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE IT WOULD
BE GIVING THE PRESIDENT A WIN AT
THE SAME TIME THAT SHE IS TRYING
TO IMPEACH HIM.
BRIAN: IF YOU WANT WIN, DON'T
YOU WANT TO WIN WHEN NO ONE IS
LOOKING?
PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON CRACKER
BARREL, CHRISTMAS, DID USMCA
PASS?
WHO DESERVES CREDIT FOR THAT.
THAT IS MY HOPE.
THE OTHER THING, TO KEEP IN MIND
TOO, IS THAT WE ARE WAITING
KELLYANNE CONWAY.
SHE WILL PROVIDE SOME COLOR.
STEVE: SHE IS GETTING WIRED UP
ON THE NORTH LAWN OF THE
WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
EMILY: EXCELLENT.
WE HAD DEVELOPMENT LIGHTHIZER
CAME TO WITH CHINA.
THAT IS A STEP FORrd.
BRIAN: IT IS NOT DONE YET BUT
OPTIMISTIC.
EMILY: A STEP FORWARD.
EVEN THOUGH DEMOCRATS ARE
PREVENTING DEVELOPMENT ON THE
LEFT WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE
RIGHT.
STEVE: SPEAKING OF DEMOCRATS,
"POLITICO" HAD AN ITEM YESTERDAY
OR DAY BEFORE, TALKED ABOUT HOW
VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
LET'S BRING IN KELLYANNE CONWAY.
SHE IS WIRED UP IN THE PRESS
BRIEFING ROOM.
LET'S TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I'M SURE YOU SAW THE "POLITICO"
ITEM TALKING ABOUT HOW
VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS ARE
WATCHING IN HORROR BECAUSE A
REPUBLICAN ALIGNED GROUP IS
RUNNING TV ADS IN THEIR HOME
DISTRICTS, IT IS REALLY
IMPACTING THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION
WHAT IS GOING ON REGARDING
IMPEACHMENT.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING, HEY,
NANCY PELOSI AND COMPANY, YOU
KNOW, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO HAVE
OUR BACK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE
BEING LEFT OUT TO DRY?
>> INCREASINGLY THAT IS WHAT IS
HAPPENING AND THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO HAPPEN AS I PREDICT AS THEY
ARE HOME FOR THE THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY AND CONSTITUENTS
LOGICALLY ASK THEM WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE LATELY?
THE ANSWER IS I'M BUSY
IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT.
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT AS ADAM
SCHIFF'S EGO TRIP, NOT A SERIOUS
EXERCISE.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
CONGRESSWOMAN BRENDA LAWRENCE,
HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT,
HILLARY CLINTON CARRIED 60% OF
THE VOTE IN 2018, CHANGING HER
MIND FROM OCTOBER 4th.
I'M NOT THERE FOR IMPEACHMENT.
MAYBE I WILL GO FOR CENSURE BUT
I'M NOT THERE FOR IMPEACHMENT.
YESTERDAY A FRESHMAN
CONGRESSWOMAN FROM IOWA SAID THE
SAME THING.
SHE IS ASKED WHAT ARE YOU DOING
THERE?
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
THIS IS BEFORE THE ARTICLES ARE
BEING DRAFTED.
THIS IS AFTER TWO WEEKS AND 12
WITNESSES AND 30 HOURS OF
TESTIMONY AND A BIG NOTHING.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW, THEY
SEE THE SPLIT SCREEN.
IMPEACHMENT OVER HERE AND WHAT'S
IMPORTANT TO THEM OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO
THEM?
THE PRESIDENT RECEIVING A
FOREIGN LEADER YESTERDAY.
APPLAUDING CONAN THE DOG THAT
WAS THERE WHEN AL-BAGHDADI, THE
WORLD'S MOST WANTED TERRORIST
WAS TAKEN OUT AND DETONATING THE
SUICIDE VEST THAT KILLED
CHILDREN, THIS ANIMAL.
YET THE MEDIA WAS CRITICIZING
THE WAY THE PRESIDENT RECEIVED
CONAN THE DOG, MUCH THE WAY THEY
CRITICIZED HIM TAKING OUT
BAGHDADI AFTERWARDS.
YOU KNOW WHAT AMERICAN PEOPLE
THINK?
THEY SEE A PRESIDENT THAT STANDS
UP FOR AMERICA AND AMERICAN
NATIONAL SECURITY.
YESTERDAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE HE
SIGNED TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION.
ONE IS THE CENTENNIAL COIN, TO
COMMEMORATE THE 100 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE,
WHICH THE CELEBRATION WILL CARRY
INTO NEXT YEAR.
HE TURNED AROUND AND SIGNED INTO
LAW THE PREVENT CRUELTY ACT.
NO PRESIDENT HAD EVER DONE IT.
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP MAKES
IT A FELONY TO TORTURE OR CRUSH
OR KILL AN ANIMAL FOR NO GOOD
REASON.
TODAY HE WILL SIGN AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER ON MISSING OR MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
WE HAVE 5000 NATIVE-AMERICAN
WOMEN, ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN ARE
MISSING OR MURDERED.
THE CRIME RATE THERE, THE
TRAFFICKING RATE THERE, DRUG
RATE IS SO SIGNIFICANT.
THIS PRESIDENT IS TAKING ACTION.
PEOPLE SEE THE SPLIT SCREEN.
THE STOCK MARKET HIT ANOTHER
ALL-TIME HIGH YESTERDAY.
SO THIS IS WHY THE DEMOCRATS AND
NOT JUST THE ONES BEGINNING WITH
THE NOT JUST THE ONES ANY LONGER
IN THE 31 DISTRICTS THAT
TRUMP-PENCE CARRIED IN 2016.
DEMOCRATS WON IN 2018.
IT IS ACTUALLY METASTASIZED
BEYOND THAT.
BRIAN: KELLYANNE, I WAS SAYING
"THE HILL" HAS A STORY TODAY
THAT NANCY PELOSI SAID THE USMCA
IS WITHIN RANGE OF A DEAL.
>> OH OKAY.
BRIAN: WHAT THEY NEED ROBERT
LIGHTHIZER TO PUT DOWN IN
WRITING WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT A
COUPLE DAYS AGO.
WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
COULD YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON
THAT?
DO YOU THINK THERE IS ENOUGH
LEGISLATIVE DAYS IF NANCY PELOSI
WANTED TO TO PUT THAT ON THE
BOARD?
>> NANCY PELOSI IS UNDER
ENORMOUS PRESSURE TO MAKE GOOD
ON HER STATED PROMISE THEY WOULD
GET A VOTE ON USMCA QUOTE, BY
END OF THE OCTOBER.
LAST I CHECKED THE CALENDAR,
NOVEMBER 26th WE'RE AT END
OF NOVEMBER.
SUPERSEDING CIRCUMSTANCE IS THE
IMPEACHMENT EGO TRIP FOR
DEMOCRATS IN SAFE DISTRICTS LIKE
HER AND SCHIFF.
SHE SHOULD DO THIS.
THE USMCA WOULD BE GREAT FOR
FARMERS, GREAT FOR AUTO
MANUFACTURERS, GREAT FOR BUYERS,
GREAT FOR AUTO WORKERS.
IT IS GREAT FOR THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
JUST YESTERDAY, MEXICO AGAIN WAS
URGING NANCY PELOSI TO, SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE, TO PUT IT TO A
VOTE.
HOW EMBARRASSING IS IT TO
AMERICA, MEXICO AND CANADA LONG
AGO APPROVED THE USMCA DEAL FOR
THIS CONTINENT, THIS HEMISPHERE
AND THEY'RE WAITING ON THE U.S.
CONGRESS?
THEY TURN ON THE TV OR FLIP ON
THE INTERNET SEEING THIS IS THE
WAY YOU ARE SPENDING YOUR TIME?
PELOSI IS UNDER ENORMOUS
PRESSURE TO HAVE WINS, OTHER
THAN IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT OR
RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN A TWEET.
WE'RE ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
HER BECOMING SPEAKER AND SHE AND
THE SQUAD HAVE SQUAT TO SHOW FOR
IT.
SHE IS UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE
TO PASS USMCA.
PRESIDENT IS HERE PEN IN HAND.
AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER WORKS
EVERY DAY TO WORK ON IT.
I THINK SHE IS UNDER PRESSURE TO
DO IT.
THE LAW HAS BEEN READY OVER A
YEAR.
INFRASTRUCTURE, DRUG PRICING.
DRUG CRISIS, FIRST LADY WILL BE
IN BALTIMORE THIS MORNING
SPEAKING TO LARGE GROUP OF YOUTH
ABOUT A DRUG-FREE LIFE.
WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
YOU HAD CHAD WOLF, THE ACTING
DHS SECRETARY ON EARLIER.
WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD ON
PRESIDENT'S PROMISES.
BRIAN: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CHINA
DEAL THAT THEY ARE MAKING
POSITIVE STATEMENTS ABOUT?
ARE YOU READY TO SEND YOUR
DELEGATION, MNUCHIN AND
LIGHTHIZER OVER TO BEIJING?
DO YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE THE YES IN
IS?
>> WE HAVE RECEIVED CHINA HERE
MANY TIMES.
WE CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE BUT THE
FORCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS,
THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,
THE TRADE IMBALANCE OF HALF A
TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR WITH THE
WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY,
CHINA, MAKES NO SENSE TO PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT WANTS A DEAL.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP ALWAYS WAITS
FOR THE BEST DEAL.
HE COULD HAVE HAD A DEAL LAST
MAY.
HE LEFT IT ON THE TABLE BECAUSE
HE FELT THE CHINESE CHANGED
TERMS LAST MOMENT.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
FIRST PHASE IS SIGNIFICANT.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO IT IN
PHASES, INTERIM PIECES.
IT IS A LARGE HISTORIC TRADE
DEAL.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WITH KOREA,
WHAT HAPPENED WITH JAPAN AND
CHINA.
CHINA IS BUYING CHICKEN.
CHINA AGREED TO START BUYING OUR
BEEF AND PORK.
ALL OF THAT CONTINUES.
WE FEEL THAT DEAL IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK ARDUOUSLY
TOWARD THAT.
EMILY: KELLYANNE WE HAVE
QUESTION ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT
UNFOLDED YESTERDAY.
FORMER NAVY SECRETARY RICHARD
SPENCER SAYS THE PRESIDENT DOES
NOT UNDERSTAND THE FULL
DEFINITION OF A WAR FIGHTER.
BRIAN: LET'S LISTEN.
>> WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND
TO THE TROOPS?
>> WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT SEND?
>> YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THINGS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE GOOD ORDER AND
DISCIPLINE.
THAT IS THE BACKBONE OF WHAT WE
DO.
I DON'T THINK HE REALLY
UNDERSTANDS THE DEFINITION OF A
WAR FIGHTER.
WAR FIGHTER IS PROFESSION OF
ARMS.
PROFESSION OF ARMS HAS STANDARDS
THEY HAVE TO BE HOLD TO.
THEY HOLD THEMSELVES TO.
BRIAN: THERE HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE EDDIE GALLAGHER CASE.
THE PRESIDENT SAID, ESSENTIALLY,
THIS GUY WILL END UP WITH A HIS
RETIREMENT -- AND MR. SPENCER
SAID, OKAY, APPARENTLY HE WAS
DEALING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
LAWYER AND HE SAID, LET'S DO
THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY
BUT WE'LL HAVE A SECRET BACK
CHANNEL WAY WHERE HE WILL GET
HIS RETIREMENT BUT WE WILL ALSO
HAVE A REVIEW BOARD.
ULTIMATELY THE PRESIDENT FIRED
HIM BEFORE HE COULD RESIGN.
>> SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARK
ESPER ALSO, HE FIRE HIM BY
SAYING, EXCUSE ME.
YOU CAN'T TRY TO MAKE BACK DEALS
AND SIDE DEALS ON MATTERS SUCH
AS THIS.
SO I'M SURE IT HURTS TO LOSE
YOUR POSITION BUT THE PRESIDENT
STANDS BY HIS DECISION AND HE
WAS THERE.
HE DIDN'T DO THIS I IMPULSIVELYO
HE DIDN'T DO THIS I IMPULSIVELYR
GINGERLY.
HE DID IT AFTER A FULL REVIEW
AND I THINK MR. GALLAGHER HAS
BEEN ON TV MANY TIMES, AS HIS
WIFE.
THEY HAVE STATED THEIR CASE.
THE PRESIDENT STANDS BY HIS
DECISION.
THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING
RETWEETED SOMETHING I THINK
AMERICA SEES FULL ON WITH HE
WILL ALWAYS STAND BEHIND OUR
GREAT WARFIGHTERS.
WHAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE FOR
THE MILITARY AND FOR VETERANS IS
TRULY UNPRECEDENTED.
IT IS PART OF WHY HE RAN IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
HE WOULD TELL US ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL, CERTAINLY ON THE
WHITE HOUSE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, AND THAT HE CAN'T
BELIEVE VETERANS WERE LITERALLY
DYING WAITING FOR CARE IN
ARIZONA OVER FIVE YEARS AGO.
LOOK ALL HE HAS DONE WITH WITH T
LOOK ALL HE HAS DONE WITH WITH E
LOOK ALL HE HAS DONE WITH WITH V
LOOK ALL HE HAS DONE WITH WITH A
MISSION OR CHOICE ACT.
2.2 MILLION VETERANS SINCE
JUNE 4th ACCESSED PRIVATE
CARE THROUGH THE VA CHOICE ACT
WE'RE TOLD BY SECRETARY OF THE
VA ROBERT WILL KEY.
WE HAVE THE 24/7 VA HOTLINE.
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT.
8,000 PEOPLE IN THE VA FIRED FOR
CAUSE SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP CAME
INTO OFFICE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT SERVING IN
IRAQ WITH THE SECOND LADY.
THIS IS PRO-AMERICAN,
PRO-MILITARY PRESIDENT.
HE LOOKED AT THE CASES MADE A
DECISION.