>> GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH
>> ROBERT COSTA, YOU AS WELL
>>> MOMENTS AGO I WAS SITTING
DOWN WITH DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND ABOUT THE
WHOLE QUESTION OF IMPEACHMENT.
HERE IS MORE ABOUT OUR
CONVERSATION
CONVERSATION >> WELCOME
>> WELCOME THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
IMPEACHMENT, IT’S THE HOT TOPIC.
WHERE DO YOU STAND
DO YOU THINK IT JUSTIFIES THE
HOUSE PROCEEDSING NOW WITH
IMPEACHMENT?
IMPEACHMENT? >> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP THAT ON THE TABLE
I THINK WE NEED A PROCESS AND
WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR IS AN
UNREDACTED VERSION OF THE
REPORT
REPORT I’M LOOKING FOR TESTIMONY FROM
ROBERT MUELLER AS WELL AS McGAHN
AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
I THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET THE
TRUTH AND GET ALL THE FACTS.
I THINK IT’S AN OUTRAGE THAT
THIS ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO
CHANGE THE PURPOSE OF THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL STATUTE BY
HAVING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
PLACE HIMSELF BETWEEN THE REPORT
ITSELF AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
FIRST WITH THE SUMMARY
SECOND WITH TRYING TO HAVE A
PRESS CONFERENCE AND THIRD WITH
MULTIPLE REDACTIONS.
MULTIPLE REDACTIONS. THE CONGRESS MUST HAVE A FULLY
UNREDACTED COPY.
UNREDACTED COPY. ONCE WE HAVE THAT WE CAN DECIDE
WHETHER WE MUST PROCEED.
I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE
GET TO THE TRUTH
>> YOU’RE A LAWYER
YOU READ THE REPORT.
FROM THE REPORT ITSELF THERE ARE
11 INSTANCES THAT MANY SAY WOULD
RISE TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
IF NOT FOR THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT’S PROHIBITION AGAINST
TAKING A PROSECUTION OF A
SITTING PRESIDENT.
SITTING PRESIDENT. WHY NOT PROCEED NOW?
>> I BELIEVE THERE’S AN
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND
PROCEED TO IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS BASED ON WHAT WE
KNOW
KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE REPORT
FULLY KNOWN BEFORE REPROCEED
I THINK WHAT CONGRESSMAN NADLER
PROPROSED IS WIDE AND
APPROPRIATE.
APPROPRIATE. I SUPPORT THAT FULLY
>> ELIZABETH WARREN AND KAMALA
HARRIS ARE SAYING GO TO
IMPEACHMENT NOW.
IMPEACHMENT NOW. DON’T WAIT
DON’T WAIT THERE’S A MORAL ISSUE.
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE POLITICAL
BACKLASH WITH A SOLID ARGUMENT
THIS WOULD ONLY HELP RE-ELECT
THE PRESIDENT?
THE PRESIDENT? >> NO.
>> NO. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT WE LEAVE
IMPEACHMENT ON THE TABLE BUTI
WANT TO HAVE A PROCESS TO GET
THERE.
THERE. I DO WANT TAKE THIS TESTIMONY
AND HAVE THE FULL UNREDACTED
REPORT PRODUCED TO CONGRESS
FIRST.
FIRST. THEN WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE
FACTS AND MAKE AN INFORMED
DECISION
DECISION FOR MYSELF, HAVING RAETEAD THE
UNREDACTED PARTS, I THINK
THERE’S NUMEROUS BASIS TO FIND
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
PARTICULARLY BY ASKING McGAHN TO
FIRE MUELLER, ASKING HIM TO LIE
ABOUT IT AND WRITE A MEMO.
THERE’S THREE EXAMPLES OF WHAT I
WOULD VIEW AS OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE AND THE BASIS FOR
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING >> JARED KUSHNER WAS INTERVIEWS
AND ASKED TO RESPOND
>> QUITE FRANKLY THE WHOLE THING
IS A BIG DISTRACTION FOR THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. YOU LOOK AT WHAT RUSSIA DID AND
IT’S A TERRIBLE THING.
I THINK THE INSLESVESTIGATIONS A
SPECULATION THAT’S HAPPENED FOR
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS HAD A
MUCH HARSHER IMPACT ON DEMOCRACY
THAN A COUPLE OF FACEBOOK ADS.
>> HE SAID THIS IS A DISTRACTION
AND WHAT RUSSIA DID WAS A COUPLE
OF FACEBOOK ADS.
>> HE CLEARLY HASN’T READ THE
REPORT HIMSELF
REPORT HIMSELF WHAT HE SAID IS OUTRAGE.
FOR HIM TO MAKE LIGHT OF A
FOREIGN ADVERSARY PURPOSELY
TRYING TO UNDERMINE OUR
ELECTIONS IS UNTENABLE
I’M GRAVELY CONCERNED THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO NOT
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND THOSE
STATEMENTS ARE HIGHLY
INAPPROPRIATE.
INAPPROPRIATE. >> NOW YOU HAVE RELEASED, TODAY,
YOUR PRINCIPLES.
YOUR PRINCIPLES. YOU HAVE 2020 PLEDGES THAT
INCLUDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, AID
OR ENCOURAGE HACKERS OR FOREIGN
ACTORS IN ANY ATTEMPT TO
INFLUENCE ELECTIONS OR
COMPETITOR’S CAMPAIGNS
COMPETITOR’S CAMPAIGNS NEVER SEEK OUT INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.
FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. SO WHERE WOULD YOU STAND BASED
ON WHAT RUDY GIULIANI SAID THIS
WEEKEND?
WEEKEND? WHAT’S WRONG WITH HAVING FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE
INTERFERENCE IT’S NOT AGAINST THE LAW
WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT
>> IT IS AGAINST THE LAW
I THINK IT’S AN OUTRAGE FOR ANY
CAMPAIGN TO KNOWINGLY ACCEPT
HACKED MATERIAL FROM A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY.
ADVERSARY. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP DID IN HIS OWN CAMPAIGN
AND WHAT WAS REVEALED TO THE
MUELLER REPORT, WE KNOW THAT
THIS IS VERY HARMFUL TO OUR
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. I HOPE EVERY CANDIDATE FOR 2020
WILL TAKE THIS PLEDGE BECAUSE
THE TRUTH IS, WE SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWING FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO
INTERFERE AND UNDERMINE THE
BASIS OF OUR FAIR ELECTIONS IN
THIS COUNTRY
THIS COUNTRY >> JUST LOOKING AT THE POLLS,
EARLY POLLS ARE MISLEADING,
OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY. RIGHT NOW BERNIE SANDERS FIRST
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
PETE BUTTIGIEG MOVING UP
JOE BIDEN HAS NAME RECOGNITION
WHY DO YOU THINK WHITE MALE
CANDIDATES ARE DOING BETTER THAN
ANY OF THE WOMEN CANDIDATES?
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW.
THIS IS A MARATHON AND NOT A
SPRINT
SPRINT I KNOW THAT I HAVE A VISION FOR
THIS COUNTRY AND THE EXPERIENCE
TO GET IT DONE AND PLAN TO GET
IT DONE.
IT DONE. MY VISION IS FOR THINGS THAT
SIMPLE AS NATIONAL PAID LEAD, AS
PROD
PROD BROAD BASED AS NATIONAL PUBLIC
SERVICE.
SERVICE. REALLY TRYING TO GET TO FULL
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT WE’RE DEALING WITH UNDER
EMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN GET A
BETTER EDUCATION
BETTER EDUCATION THAT KIND OF VISION, YOU NEED
KNOW HOW TO GET IT DONE.
GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
MAKING SURE THE GREED AND
CORRUPTION DOESN’T PREVAIL
THAT’S WHY I’M RUNNING ON
PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS AND
HAVE A RECORD OF ACTUALLY
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
I STARTED MY PUBLIC SERVICE
CAREER IN UPSTATE NEW YORK WHERE
IT WAS A TWO TO ONE REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT
DISTRICT I NOT ONLY WON THAT DISTRICT
TWICE, LAST TIME WITH A 24-POINT
MARGIN BUT BROUGHT MY STATE
TOGETHER WITH HIGHEST VOTE
THRESHOLD IN THE HISTORY OF THE
STATE.
STATE. I DON’T JUST BRING THE RED
PLACES AND THE BLUE PLACES
TOGETHER
TOGETHER I ALSO DO IT LEGISLATIVELY
THAT’S WHY EVEN IN THE LAST
CONGRESS, I PASSED 18 BILLS WITH
REPUBLICAN HOUSE, SENATE
PRESIDENT AND PASSING BIG BILLS
LIKE DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL
REPEAL
REPEAL REPEAL
REPEAL >> YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE
REPRESENTING A VERY REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT, YOU HAD DIFFERENT
POSITIONS ON GUNS.
WE HAVE LITIGATED THAT
>> INTERESTINGLY, I HAVEN’T LOST
THOSE VOTES.
THOSE VOTES. THOSE TEN COUNTIES OF MY FIRST
HOUSE DISTRICT, I’VE WON THEM BY
A HIGHER MARGIN SINCE BECOMING A
SENATOR AND IN LAST ELECTION, I
WON BACK 18 TRUMP COUNTIES THAT
WENT FOR TRUMP IN NEW YORK
STATE.
STATE. >> THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC
DELEGATION AND NOT THE GOVERNOR
OR THE SENATOR
>> I CAN PROMISE YOU THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS NOT
ABOUT WHO ENDORSES YOU
IT’S ABOUT WHETHER YOU CONNECT
WITH VOTERS ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES.
THIS AN ELECTION NOT ABOUT THE
ELITES, IT’S ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
I’VE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN IOWA
NOW FOUR TIMES
I’VE BEEN IN NEW SHAMP HIREHAMPS
THE PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE TO BRING
THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE DIVIDED.
I HAVE A RECORD OF BRINGING THE
RED PLACES AND BLUE PLACES
TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE.
>> JOE BIDEN WILL BE ANNOUNCING
THURSDAY, I’VE BEEN TOLD, AND
WILL MAKE THE SAME CLAIM TO
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, RED AND
BLUE STATES.
BLUE STATES. HE
HE SEVERAL WOMEN SAID HE WAS TOO
FAMILIAR
FAMILIAR DO YOU THINK THAT SHOULD BE
DISQUALIFYING OR AN ISSUE IN THE
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN >> IT’S NOT DISQUALIFYING BUT IT
IS AN ISSUE THAT I’M SURE VOTERS
WILL WANT TO ASK HIM ABOUT
WHEN HE BECOMES A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, WHICH HE EXPECTS TO
DO SHORTLY, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS
THAT HE’LL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR
THE VOTERS
THE VOTERS >> DO YOU THINK IT’S UNFAIR TO
CONFLATE THAT AS SOME DO WITH
THE METOO THAT IS ARGUABLY VERY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> METOO WAS ABOUT CREATING
SPACE FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO COME
FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT SEXUAL
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THEIR LIVES
AND NOT ONLY RAISE THEIR VOICES
AND BE HEARD BUT HAVE A
POSSIBILITY FOR JUSTICE.
THE METOON MOVEMENT IS PART OF A
MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION.
THE MOMENT THEY WERE IN, YOU
KNOW, IT’S MUCH MORE ABOUT
GIVINGGIVE
GIVINGGIVE ING OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN TO BE
HEARD, TO BE BELIEVED AND HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE VALUED.
IT’S WHY THIS CONVERSATION IS
BROADER THAN JUST SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND HARASSMENT BUT ALSO EQUAL
PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
IT’S ABOUT AFFORDABLE DAY CARE
AND UNIVERSAL PRE-K.
>> YOU STILL BELIEVE BILL
CLINTON SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED
>> I’VE SAID ALL I’M GOING TO
SAY ON THAT ISSUE.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WHO HAS OVER 12
ALLEGATIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND THAT WE AS SOCIETY HAVE TO
LOOK AT THESE ISSUES FAR MORE
BROADLY AND HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. THE TRUTH IS, THIS MOMENT THAT
WE’RE IN ISN’T JUST ABOUT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
IT’S ABOUT WHETHER WE VALUE
WOMEN.
WOMEN. THAT’S WHY WE NEED A LEADER WHO
WILL BRING IDEAS TO THE FORE
LIKE NATIONAL PAID LEAVE,
AFFORDABLE DAY CARE, UNIVERSAL
PRE-K, MAKING SURE WE HAVE EQUAL
PAY FOR EQUAL WORK AND MAKING
SURE YOU AND I DON’T HAVE TO
ACCEPT A STANDARD OF HARASSMENT
OR ASSAULT OR HAVING TO ASSIGN
MANDATORY NONDISCLOSURE
MANDATORY NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS AS A MEASURE OF
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT WE NEED A LEADER WHO IS WILLING
TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR ALL
AMERICANS AND MAKE SURE ALL OF