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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
6:00 A.M. HERE IN NEW YORK CITY.
1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON IN MOSCOW.
AND WE START WITH A FOX NEWS
ALERT.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
NOW THREATENING TO USE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND PUTIN SAYS I’M NOT
BLUFFING.
>> Ainsley: SABER RATTLING COMES
AS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HEADING TO
THE UNITED NATIONS.
THAT HAPPENS LATER TODAY TO
ADDRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
>> Brian: PUTIN IS HUMILIATED
ALREADY.
WHAT WILL HE DO?
WE CAN’T TELL.
WE HAVE KEVIN CORKE TO BRING US
UP TO DATE ON WHAT’S AT STAKE.
KEVIN?
>> GOOD MORNING, DIES, ACTUALLY
PRETTY REMARKABLE IF YOU THINK
ABOUT HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.
THINK ABOUT TO HOW THIS CONFLICT
HAS ACTUALLY EVOLVED IN UKRAINE.
AT THE OUTSET YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
THERE WERE SOME, INCLUDING U.S.
GENERAL MARK MILLEY WHO
SUGGESTED THAT KYIV COULD FALL
TO THE RUSSIANS IN AS LITTLE AS
72 HOURS.
NOW, MONTHS ON, THE RUSSIANS ARE
CALLING UP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF RESERVISTS TO USE AS WELL
THEY’RE THREATENING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, IF NEEDED.
>> I THINK IT IS NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL OF THE
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND THE
GENERAL STAFF TO CONDUCT A
PARTIAL MOBILIZATION IN RUSSIA.
I REPEAT, WE ARE ONLY TALKING
ABOUT A PARTIAL MOBILIZATION.
>> PARTIAL MOBILIZATION.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
300,000 PEOPLE.
SO, MORE TROOPS IN THE SHOT TERM
BUT MUCH MORE THAN THAT AS I
MENTIONED COULD BE ON THE TABLE
IN THE FUTURE AS VLADIMIR PUTIN
NOW SAYS HE WILL NOT RULE OUT
THE POSSIBLE USE OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS TO DEFEND RUSSIA’S
ACQUISITION OF UKRAINIAN SOIL,
WHICH TO HEAR THOSE ON THE
GROUND TELL IT COULD BE A VERY
BIG MISTAKE.
>> AND THOSE WHO TRY TO
BLACKMAIL US WITH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS SHOULD KNOW THAT THE
PREVAILING WINDS CAN ALSO BLOW
IN THEIR DIRECTION.
>> STRONG WORDS THERE BY THE
RUSSIAN LEADER.
MEANTIME, BACK HERE AT HOME
PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKES A VISIT TO
THE BIG APPLE TO DELIVER REMARKS
BEFORE THE 77TH SESSION OF THE
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HE WILL DO SO AROUND 10:35.
I HAVE COVERED THESE BEFORE.
THEY TEND TO SLIDE.
OF COURSE OTHERS WILL BE THERE
WE ALSO EXPECT THE PRESIDENT --
THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL AND
SOME TIME AFTER 1:00 HOST A
BILAT WITH THE BRAND NEW PRIME
MINISTER OF U.K.
THAT VISIT TO NEW YORK COMES AS
BEIJING CONSIDERS ITS RESPONSE
TO THE PRESIDENT’S REPEATED
INSISTENCE THAT THE U.S. MIGHT
STEP IN IF CHINA INVADES TAIWAN.
>> WOULD U.S.S. FORCES DEFEND
THE ISLAND?
>> YES, IF, IN FACT, THERE WAS
UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK.
>> TO BE CLEAR, SIR, U.S.
FORCES, U.S. MEN AND WOMEN WOULD
DEFEND TAIWAN IN THE EVENT OF A
CHINESE INVASION?
>> YES.
>> YOU COULD TELL THAT RESPONSE
SURPRISED THE REPORTER.
OBVIOUSLY SURPRISED SOME PEOPLE
OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL.
NOW, THE ADDRESS IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO PLACE CHINA AND IRAN
FRONT AND CENTER AND, DESPITE
HIS COMMENTS TO THE CONTRARY,
NO, ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, INCLUDING
JAKE SULLIVAN.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN U.S.
POLICY VIS-A-VIS TAIWAN AND
CHINA.
>> HE WAS ASKED A QUESTION, A
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION IN THIS
INTERVIEW.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WANTS TO ANNOUNCE A
POLICY CHANGE, HE WILL DO SO.
HE HAS NOT DONE SO.
>> OF COURSE, THE BIG MEETING IS
GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND THE U.N. GENERAL
SECRETARY.
AGAIN, I SAY THIS IS A BIG
MEETING BECAUSE IT’S MORE THAN
JUST U.S. POLICY ON THE LINE
THERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
THE GLOBAL RESPONSE SO SOME OF
THE MANY ISSUES HAPPENING AROUND
THE WORLD.
OF COURSE HAVE CONTINUOUS
COVERAGE RIGHT HERE ON FOX NEWS
CHANNEL.
BUT FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.
>> Steve: ALL RIGHT, KEVIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Brian: GO AHEAD.
>> Steve: WHAT I WAS GOING TO
SAY IS PUTIN IS ORDERING THE
MOBILIZATION OF 300,000 BECAUSE
HE DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE THE
SUPPORT OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, HE COULD HAVE ORDERED
A FULL ONE, AND IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN GUY BEGAN PARTICULAR.
RIGHT NOW THE PUBLIC OPINION,
BOTH STATE-RUN MEDIA AND
PRIVATELY HELD POLLS SHOW THAT
MOST RUSSIANS SUPPORT THE WAR
BUT THE ENTHUSIASM IS MORE
SUBDUED THAN IT WAS EIGHT YEARS
AGO WHEN HE GRABBED CRIMEA.
>> Ainsley: PUTIN IS SAYING
WESTERN NATIONS ARE ENCOURAGING
THE UKRAINIANS TO HIT THIS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THAT’S
CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA.
IT HAPPENS TO BE IN UKRAINE.
THEY ARE SAYING NO, IT’S NOT US.
IT’S ACTUALLY RUSSIA DOING THAT
AND THEN, ALSO, PUTIN SAYS HE IS
ACCUSING THE OFFICIALS IN NATO
COUNTRIES OF SPEAKING ABOUT
USING WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION AGAINST RUSSIA.
BUT THE NATO OFFICIALS SAY THEY
HAVE NOT THREATENED RUSSIA WITH
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
>> Brian: WHAT’S PRETTY
ASTOUNDING IS SOME OF THEIR
SUPPORTERS ALLOWED TO BE ON THE
AIR OR USE FORUMS LIKE TELEGRAM
HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAR
AND THERE TO MAKE SURE THE
PUBLIC WAS IN SUPPORT ARE
BEGINNING TO QUESTION THE
TACTICS AND THE EFFORT AND
WHETHER THE RUSSIANS CAN WIN OR
NOT.
THIS EMERGED OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND FOR THE PRESIDENT, IF HE
SAYS SEARCH DRAFTED, THAT WOULD
JUST BLOW UP IN HIS FACE.
EVEN THINK 300,000.
I’M GOING TO NEED THE RESERVES
BACK IN UNIFORM.
THAT SHOWS A DEGREE OF PANIC.
REMEMBER, HE HASN’T DECLARED A
WAR.
HE CALLS IT A SPECIAL OPERATION.
REALLY?
BY THE WAY, WHAT ABOUT THE BODY
BAGS COMING BACK BY THE TENS OF
THOUSANDS AND BY THE WAY, WHAT
ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOUR MEN ARE
DROPPING THEIR UNIFORMS AND
RUNNING AWAY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES
AND LEAVING WEAPONRY BEHIND?
YOU THINK WE ARE GIVING THEM A
LOT OF WEAPONS IN THE RUSSIANS
ARE LEAVING THEM BEHIND.
NOW WE ARE CONSIDERING GIVING
THEM TANKS.
IT YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO
ANNOUNCE IT, WE SHOULD JUST BE
DOING IT.
THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND,
TOO.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
FAKE VOTE AND ANNEX LUHANSK,
DONETSK, KHERSON AND
ZAPORIZHZHIA, I’M SURE I
MISPRONOUNCED THAT NAME.
AT THAT TIME THEY WILL
REFERENDUM PART OF RUSSIA TRY TO
DEFEND IT AND RALLY THE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE BEHIND IT.
HERE’S THE THING.
THEY DON’T HAVE THE FORCES.
THEY DON’T HAVE THE
ORGANIZATION.
THEY DON’T HAVE THE LEADERSHIP.
AND THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE THE
WEAPONRY TO CONTINUE THIS FIGHT.
REMEMBER, THEIR GREATEST ALLIES
IN THIS EFFORT AND WE HAVE NOT
PRESSURED INDIA AND THAT’S
CRIMINAL IN MY MIND.
MODI HUMILIATED THEM AND SAID
THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU DO
THINGS IN THIS CENTURY.
AND HE WAS REBUKED BY CHINA AND
FLAT OUT SAID CHINA HAS SOME
PENETRATING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
WAR EFFORT.
THINGS ARE COLLAPSING ON THAT
THUG RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES.
>> Ainsley: THIS JUST SHOWS YOU
THERE ARE SETBACKS AND PUTIN IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BY SAYING I
NEED TO NOW CALL IN MY
RESERVISTS.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT DON’T
EXPECT TO GO TO WAR UNLESS THE
GUYS WHO WERE ENLISTED CAN’T
COULD THE JOB.
THEN THEY SEND IN THE RESERVIST.
>> Brian: THEY HAVE BEEN USING
PRISONERS.
PRISONERS TELLING PEOPLE WHEN
THEY ARE CAPTURED TRY TO COME
OUT AND KILL YOU OR STAY IN
PRISON.
TAKE MY WEAPON.
>> Steve: PUTIN THIS TIME SAYS I