FEDERAL DEBT REACHED AN ALL-TIME
HIGH.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS SENATOR
DAVID PERDUE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MARIA: WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THE
THESE NEGOTIATIONS THESE NEXT
THREE WEEKS?
>> I LOVE WHAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN
JUDD SAYS, THE DEMOCRAT FROM THE
HOUSE.
I HOPE WE GET TO A REASONABLE
SOLUTION HERE.
IT'S THERE TO BE HAD.
THE LAST FOUR PRESIDENTS HAVE
BUILT SOME FORM OF BORDER
SECURITY, BORDER BARRIERS,
WALLS, IF YOU WILL.
BARACK OBAMA BUILT 135 MILES.
WHAT THIS PRESIDENT IS TALKING
ABOUT IS 230 MILES OF NEW BORE
HE DEER BARRIER -- BORDER
BARRIER.
I BELIEVE THE MOVE IN CONGRESS
IS TO SAY LOOK, BORDER SECURITY
IS SOMETHING DEMOCRATS LAST YEAR
CALLED FOR, THEY CALLED THE
SITUATION AT THE BORDER OVER THE
LAST 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS SINCE
PRESIDENT CLINTON THAT THIS IS
AN EMERGENCY, THIS IS A CRISIS
AS THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
IT'S TIME TO GET TOGETHER AND
FINALLY GET THIS DONE.
WE HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 15th.
MARIA: IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT
NANCY PELOSI SAYS IT'S IMMORAL
WHEN WE KNOW SHE HAS A WALL IN
HER OWN STATE, A WALL SEPARATING
TIJUANA FROM SAN DIEGO.
>> IF YOU TELL THEM YOU WERE
GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY, THEY
WOULDN'T LIKE THIS EITHER.
THEY DON'T WANT TO FUND IT
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP WANTS IT.
I TOLD HIM IF HE WANTS A BORDER
WALL, TELL THE DEMOCRATS HE
DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING DONE.
THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE
HYPOCRISY OF THE POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT IS VERY VISIBLE AND
VERY OBVIOUS.
I HOPE WE GET PAST THAT.
MARIA: SHOULD THE PRESIDENT
CALL A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO GET
THE MONEY HE WANTS?
IS HE PREPARED TO SHUT DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT AGAIN IF HE DOESN'T
GET THE MONEY?
>> TWO THINGS ARE SEPARATE.
I THINK SHUTTING THE GOVERNMENT
DOWN AND CALLING FOR AN
EMERGENCY ARE TWO DIFFERENT
THINGS.
I THINK HE WANTS TO GET -- HE'S
COMMITTED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HE WILL FULFILL HIS
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE
LET HIM BUILD 130 MILES OF WALL
SO FAR.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE A DEBATE
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR THE
DEMOCRATS AND I HOPE THAT THIS
COMMITTEE WILL GET US PAST THAT.
MARIA: THAT'S TOO BAD.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA.
PRESIDENT MADURO SAID HE'S READY
TO NEGOTIATE WITH OPPOSITION
LEAD HER
LEADERER
LEADER GUAIDO.
HE'S REFUSING TO STEP DOWN.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS
A FAILED SOCIALIST STATE.
IT'S INTERESTING IN OUR OWN
POLITICAL DEBATE HERE AND THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2020
YOU'LL HEAR A LOT FROM THE
DEMOCRATS ABOUT THE VALUES OF
SOCIALISM.
HERE'S A FAILED STATE BECAUSE OF
SOCIALISM.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR -- I GIVE
THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
A LOT OF CREDIT FOR BACKING THE
OPPOSITION LEADER DOWN THERE,
GUAIDO, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE
CALLING FOR IS FREE AND OPEN
DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS UNDER THEIR
CONSTITUTION.
AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THAT.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT 16
OTHER COUNTRIES, THIS IS A
PRECEDENT, MARIA, 16 OTHER
COUNTRIES BACK PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION
LEADER THERE IN VENEZUELA.
MARIA: YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT
ABOUT SOCIALISM.
ANY OTHER IMPACT TO THE UNITED
STATES, GIVEN THIS UNREST?
I KNOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS
WE SHOULDN'T TRAVEL THERE.
>> IT'S A HUMAN CATASTROPHE
THERE.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING FOR $3 A MONTH
N HAVE 300 POLITICAL PRISONERS.
MADURO'S GOT TO GO.
HE'S NOT -- HE WAS NOT ELECTED
PROPERLY.
MARIA: UNBELIEVABLE.
>> THIS IS A TIME TO HAVE OPEN,
DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
REQUESTING OR DEMANDING.
MARIA: REAL QUICK, SUPER BOWL
HEADED TO YOUR STATE, GEORGIA,
YOUR STATE HOSTING THE SUPER
BOWL THIS WEEKEND IN ATLANTA.
THIS COMING AS THE POLAR VORTEX
IS SET TO DISRUPT FLIGHTS INTO
ATLANTA ALL WEEK.
THE NATION'S LARGEST AIRPORT.
TELL US ABOUT THE PREPARATIONS.
HOW'S GEORGIA PREPARING FOR THE
BIG GAME?
>> GEORGIA'S THE BEST STATE IN
THE COUNTRY TO DO BUSINESS IN.
I WISH OUR TEAM WAS IN THERE.
WE WELCOME THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A HECK OF A
WEEKEND.
YOU TELL YOUR VIEWERS TO COME ON
DOWN.
MARIA: WHO'S GOING TO WIN?
>> I WOULDN'T DARE DO THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU THIS.
I PREDICT IT WILL BE JUST AS
GOOD A GAME AS THE TWO PLAYOFF
GAMES THAT LED TO THESE TEAMS