>> Shannon: TONIGHT THE
PRESIDENT INSISTS HE IS THE SOLE
DECISION-MAKER AT THE
WHITE HOUSE AS REPORTS OF
FRICTION AND SIDE PERCOLATE.
IS THERE SOME SORT OF
INTERVENTION IN IRAN ON THE
HORIZON.
HAWAII CONGRESSWOMAN IN 2020
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER AT
DEMOCRATIC TULSI GABBARD.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> Shannon: LET'S TALK ABOUT
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
QUOTING A SENIOR DEFENSE
OFFICIAL SAYS THIS IS A CASE
WERE CREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE THAT
DROVE MEASURED, APPROPRIATE
OPERATIONS.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING
MEASURES IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY
ACTUALLY KNOW?
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THAT BRIEFING.
I CAN TELL YOU AS A SOLDIER I
SERVED IN THE ARMY
NATIONAL GUARD, SERVED FOR OVER
16 YEARS.
I'VE DEPLOYED TWICE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND IN CONGRESS I'VE
SERVED OVER SIX YEARS ON BOTH
THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEES
AND I NOTE TWO THINGS VERY WELL.
FIRST IS THE HIGH HUMAN COSTS OF
WAR, THESE WARS ACROSS THE
MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ, THOUSANDS
OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
UNIFORM LOST THEIR LIVES, MANY
MORE INJURED.
THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE HAVE
SPENT SINCE 9/11 ALONE ON WAGING
THESE WASTEFUL REGIME CHANGING
WARS, HOW THOSE WARS HAVE
UNDERMINED OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
AND HOW THEY HAVE STRENGTHENED
TERRORIST GROUPS LIKE ISIS AND
AL QAEDA.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A POTENTIAL
WAR WITH IRAN WHICH IS LOOKING
LIKE WE ARE WALKING VERY
DANGEROUSLY DOWN THAT PATH, WHAT
I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW IS THAT
A WAR WITH IRAN WOULD MAKE THE
WAR IN IRAQ LOOK LIKE A
CAKEWALK -- THE DEVASTATION AND
THE COST WOULD BE FAR GREATER
THAT ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
>> Shannon: THE PRESIDENT WAS
ASKED POINT-BLANK ARE WE HEADED
TO WAR WITH IRAN, HE SAID I HOPE
NOT.
SECRETARY POMPEO SAID THAT'S THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WANT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
TELLING HIS AIDES I DON'T WANT
THIS TO ESCALATE -- YOU KNOW
DURING THE CAMPAIGN HE TALKS ALL
THE TIME ABOUT GETTING US OUT OF
PLACES, HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE
SOMEBODY WHO GETS INTO FOREIGN
INCURSIONS THAT WE DON'T NEED T
TO.
TODAY, HE DESCRIBED THE
SITUATION IS SERIOUS AND
POTENTIALLY IMMINENT THREAT TO
U.S. FORCES AND THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S RIGHT TO
REPOSITION MILITARY ASSETS
SHOULD IRAN LASH OUT AT U.S.
INTERESTS IN IRAN OR THE
MIDDLE EAST.
DOES IT CONVINCE YOU KNOW HE SEE
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT TO CHANGE
HIS MIND?
>> I WOULD LOOK AT TWO THINGS.
AS A SOLDIER, I UNDERSTAND THE
NEED FOR US TO BE PREPARED AND
KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE,
TO PUT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AT
THE FOREFRONT.
WHAT IS CONCERNING TO ME IS THAT
WHILE TRUMP AND OTHERS IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION SAY THEY DON'T
WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN, I
HEAR THEM SAYING THAT MORE NOW
THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF
PUSHBACK FROM OUR ALLIES LIKE
THOSE IN THE U.K. WHEN IN FACT
THE ACTIONS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TAKING
OUR TELLING US ANOTHER STORY,
IT'S ACTUALLY PUSHING US CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE PROSPECT OF A
WAR WITH IRAN.
THIS IS WHAT I'M VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COST
ON OUR TROOPS AND ON THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, ON CIVILIANS
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE
REGION, CREATING MORE REFUGEES,
CREATING MORE INSTABILITY IN
EUROPE, THE COST WOULD BE VERY
GREAT.
THEY HAVE NOT PRESENTED THAT
EVIDENCE TO CONGRESS YET.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT
INFORMATION, CONSIDERING IT VERY
CAREFULLY.
>> Shannon: WE HAVE BRAND-NEW
POLLS, FOX NEWS POLL HAS YOU IN
11TH PLACE AT 1%.
>> 11TH OUT OF HOW MANY?
>> Shannon: A LOT!
IT FEELS LIKE 24 PEOPLE NOW.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT SO
MANY OF THE MEN DOING WELL ARE
TALKING ABOUT I'M GOING TO ADD A
WOMAN, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M
GOING TO DO TO MY TICKET.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY CLEVER AT
KAMALA HARRIS TALKS ABOUT BEING
ADDING ON SOMEBODY'S TICKET.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS PROVEN HE KNOWS
HOW TO DO THE JOB.
>> Shannon: WHAT DO YOU THINK
TO THIS TALK THAT A WOMAN NEEDS
TO BE ADDED TO THE TICKET?
>> IT'S OFFENSIVE TO WOMEN, THIS
IS AS FAR AS WE LOOK, JUST TO
OUR GENDER RATHER THAN SAYING
WHO IS THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON
TO SERVE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF?
AND WHO IS THE BEST QUALIFIED
PERSON TO SERVE AS YOUR PARTNER
AND RUNNING MATE?
THAT'S THE KIND OF DISCUSSION I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE RATHER THAN
STICKING --
>> Shannon: HOW DO YOU GET
BEYOND 1%?
>> THAT'S THE MESSAGE I'M
BRINGING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHY AM QUALIFIED TO SERVE THEM
AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
SERVING AS A SOLDIER FOR OVER 16
YEARS AND HAVING THAT EXPERIENC
EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTANDING THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY AND UNDERSTANDING THE
HIGH COST OF WAR.
BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE AND
JUDGMENT TO THE FOREFRONT,
PREPARED TO DO THAT JOB OF
PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN
CHIEF.
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON
THE SPECTRUM, THEY WANT WAR
VETERANS HAVING VOICE IN OUR