>> Melissa: FOX NEWS ALERT,
NEW QUESTIONS AS THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL FIELD
IS QUICKLY GROWING.
SO OUR TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR THE
CANDIDATES.
THIS MORNING, DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS ANNOUNCING
THAT SHE IS IN.
DECLARING A RUN FOR PRESIDENT
AND SAYING SHE WILL BE LAUNCHING
HER CAMPAIGN IN OAKLAND LATER
THIS MONTH.
NOW SENATOR HARRIS AS WELL AS
OTHERS, LIKE NEW YORK
SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND,
FACING GROWING SCRUTINY OVERPASS
POLICY STANCES.
SENATOR HARRIS FACING QUESTIONS
OVER HER RECORD AS DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, AND THEN CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND OVER
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND GUN
RIGHTS.
SENATOR GILLIBRAND'S PAST WAS
THE FOCUS OF
"THE WASHINGTON POST" PIECE THIS
WEEKEND, AND IT HIGHLIGHTED HOW
HER VIEWS QUICKLY CHANGED AS SHE
MOVED FROM THE HOUSE TO THE
SENATE.
SENATOR GILLIBRAND WAS PRESSED
YESTERDAY OVER HER PAST
OPPOSITION TO AMNESTY FOR
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, EVEN AS
TODAY SHE CALLS
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICIES
RACIST.
WATCH THIS.
>> THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T
EMPATHETIC AND THEY WERE NOT
KIND.
I DID NOT THINK ABOUT SUFFERING
AND OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
ONE THING I DID TEN YEARS AGO,
WHEN I BECAME SENATOR, I WAS
GOING TO REPRESENT 20 MILLION
PEOPLE ACROSS OUR STATE.
I RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF PLACES
IN MY STATE WERE DIFFERENT AND I
NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE
CONSTITUENTS NEEDED, TOO.
>> Melissa: I WILL GO RIGHT TO
OUR DEMOCRAT, HERE.
SHE OPPOSED AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
SHE OPPOSED DRIVER'S LICENSES
FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AND SHE
VOTED FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR
ICE OFFICIALS.
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
DEPORTATION.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS -- IT'S A
BIG RECORD OF THINGS THAT SHE
NOW IS CALLED RACIST.
>> Dagen: I HAVE FOUR.
SHE WANTED TO MAKE ENGLISH THE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
SHE BOASTED A PERFECT READING
FOR THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION, AND TOLD REPORTERS
AT ONE POINT FOR PROTECTION AT
HOME BUT SHE SLEPT WITH TWO LONG
GUNS UNDER HER BED.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Capri: I HAVE A HIGH RATING
WITH THE NRA AS WELL, BUT I DID
NOT SLEEP WITH TWO LONG GUNS
UNDER MY BED.
>> Melissa: WOULD YOU SAY SHE
IS INVOLVED?
WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE HER?
>> Capri: MY ADVICE IS TO BE
CONSISTENT PAIRED OBVIOUSLY
SHE'S NOT TAKING THAT ADVICE.
>> Melissa: IT'S TOO LATE, SO
NOW WHAT?
>> Capri: WHAT SHE IS TRYING
TO SAY IS, "I WAS FROM UPSTATE
NEW YORK, I WAS WERE PRESENTING
THIS CONSTITUENCY IN MY HOUSE
DISTRICT.
NOW THE BIG STATE OF NEW YORK IS
A DIFFERENT DEAL.
NOW I HAVE TO CHANGE MY VIEWS TO
ACCURATELY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF
THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK."
OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH, BUT I THINK
SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FACE
QUESTIONS.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENS HERE -- AND
THIS IS A FLAW IN THE PRIMARY
PROCESS IN GENERAL -- IS THAT
EVERYBODY IS LURCHING TO THE
LEFT, AND WE SEE THAT SOMETIMES
ON THE RIGHT AS WELL.
BUT EVERYBODY'S LURCHING TO THE
LEFT SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE
PRIMARY.
WHAT HAPPENS IS AT A GENERAL
ELECTION THEY BECOME UNELECTABLE
BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY DID IN
THE PRIMARY TO GET THE FAR LEFT
VOTE HAS BEEN HELD AGAINST THEM.
AND THAT IS A PROBLEM.
I THINK WE NEED TO REFORM THE
PRIMARY SYSTEM.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO APPROACH
THAT, BUT I PERSONALLY THINK,
FOR ME, CONSISTENCY IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE IS
REPRESENTING DIFFERENT PEOPLE
NOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE A CORE
SENSE OF VALUES UNDERLYING YOUR
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
>> David: WHEN YOU HAVE A
POLITICIAN WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING
FOR HER NEXT JOB, WHICH IS WHAT
SHE'S DOING HER ENTIRE CAREER,
IT'S THE SCHUMER MODEL.
THE NEW YORK POLITICAL DEMOCRAT
MODEL.
IN NEW YORK IT'S A VERY UNIQUE
MODEL.
EVERY REPRESENTATIVE THAT HAS
COME THROUGH HERE FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS HAS DONE THAT.
SHE IS GOING TO EVOLVE ON EVERY
ISSUE.
IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THAT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUY HER ON
THE NATIONAL SCOPE.
HE'S MY ADVICE -- GET OUT.
>> Melissa: BUT IS NOT ABOUT
PRIMARIES NECESSARILY.
THIS IS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT
SHE -- WHEN SHE WAS
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND BEFORE, IT
WAS JUST REPRESENTING HER
DISTRICT, SHE HAD DRAMATICALLY
DIFFERENT VIEWS THAT SHE NOW
CALLS RACIST.
>> Kennedy: YES.
THAT'S NOT AN EVOLUTION.
THAT IS ALMOST A FORM OF MENTAL
ILLNESS.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE A
BERNIE SANDERS COMING OUT
SAYING, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WANTED A FREE MARKET MEDICAL
SYSTEM BUT I WANT THE GOVERNMENT
CAN FULLY OUT OF HEALTH CARE."
AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DID.
SHE MADE A DIAMETRIC SHIFT.
THAT SOMETHING WHERE THEY ARE TO
EXPLAIN.
NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE A LOT
OF VOTERS WHO LOOK AT THE WAY
SHE TREATED AL FRANKEN, WITHOUT
ANY DUE PROCESS.
AND THERE WAS PROTOCOL IN THE
SENATE THAT THEY COULD HAVE
FOLLOWED SO HE COULD HAVE HAD
HIS DAY.
>> Dagen: HER FORMER SQUASH
PARTNER, SHE WAS THE FIRST
SENATOR TO THROW HIM IN.
>> Kennedy: FOR HER OWN AGAIN.
>> Dagen: SPEAKING OF OWN
GAIN, SHE SAID THAT
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SHOULD
HAVE RESIGNED OVER THE MONICA
LEWINSKY AFFAIR AFTER
BASICALLY --
YEAH, GOOD LUCK RAISING MONEY
FROM WALL STREET WITHOUT ONE,
LADY.
>> Melissa: SHE'S NOT THE ONLY
ONE SUFFERING FROM THIS.
AS WE MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING, KAMALA HARRIS, TOO,
AND A NEW YORK OP-ED -- THIS WAS
FROM A LAW PROFESSOR OUT OF
CALIFORNIA SAYING THAT SHE WAS
NOT A PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTED FOR
THE SENATOR WAS OFF AND ON WRONG
SIDE OF HISTORY WHEN SHE SERVED
AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL
AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERA.
THIS WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER
IN HER CAREER.
I'M SURE HE BUTCHERED HER NAME,
BUT SHE'S A LAW PROFESSOR.
FORMER DIRECTOR OF LOYOLA LAW
SCHOOL IN PROJECT FOR THE
INNOCENT IN LOS ANGELES.
ANOTHER CASE WE HAVE SOMEBODY
COMING BACK AND BRING TO LIFE
NOT JUST THINGS THAT YOU'VE SAI,
BUT THE WAY THAT YOU VOTED
AND BEHAVED IN THE PAST.
AND NOW TRYING TO RUN AS
SOMETHING ELSE.
WHAT THE ANSWER?
YOU SAY I EVOLVED, OR WHAT?
>> Dagen: "I EVOLVED IN A
BETTER WAY, BETTER THAN THE END
OR OF A CANDIDATE STANDING ON
THE DEBATE STAGE."
>> Capri: YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN
HOW YOU EVOLVE.
>> David: BUT SHE DIDN'T
EVOLVE.
>> Capri: YOU HAVE TO SAY WHY
AND HOW.
>> Dagen: THIS IS THE PARTY OF
IDENTITY POLITICS, IS IT NOT?
SO WHO IS THE MOST GUILTY OF A
FAUX PAS ON THAT NOTE?
IT MIGHT BE ELIZABETH WARREN.
ALLOWING HARVARD LAW SCHOOL TO
PRESENT YOU AS THEIR FIRST WOMAN
OF COLOR?
AND THE NEW CAME OUT WITH A DNA
TEST AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO
THE LATE 1700s TO FIND YOUR
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE?
SHE IS GOING TO GET LAMBASTED.
>> Kennedy: WHAT'S AMAZING, AS
WE WATCH THE SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN,
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, "WE CAN'T
TRUST THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HIS
VIEWS ON THE WALL HAVE CHANGED.
HIS LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED."
>> Melissa: GOOD POINT, WE ARE
THAT IN THE LAST BLOCK.
>> Kennedy: HIS IDEOLOGY IS
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME.
THE MANIFESTATION IS DIFFERENT.
BUT THIS IS A COMPLETE SHIFT IN
IDEOLOGY.
I'M GLAD THE KAMALA HARRIS
RECORD IS COMING OUT IN
CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE IT IS
ABHORRENT.
AND YOUR VIEW ON CIVIL PEOPLE TO
ROT IN JAIL WHEN THEY ARE
ESSENTIALLY INNOCENT, AND SHE
HAS THE POWER TO EXONERATE OR
FREE THEM AND SHE DOESN'T TAKE
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES -- I'M GLAD
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" PUBLISHED
THAT PIECE BY THE LOYOLA LAW
PROFESSOR.
>> Dagen: CAN A RECENT ISSUE
REALLY QUICKLY?
ARE THEY GOING TO HAMMER EACH
OTHER WHEN THEY DEBATE CUSTOM