RACHEL: ALL RIGHT.
THE U.S. CALLS OFF THE SEARCH
FOR TWO UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
SHOT DOWN AS VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS REASSURES AMERICANS.
>> WE WILL MAINTAIN THE
PERSPECTIVE THAT WE HAVE IN
TERMS OF WHAT SHOULD BE THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND
THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE, BUT
SURELY AND CERTAINLY THAT
BALLOON WAS NOT HELPFUL, CANS
WHY WE SHOT IT DOWN -- WHICH IS
WHY WE SHOT IT DOWN.
RACHEL: NOT HELPFUL.
THIS AS CHINA MOCKS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SAYING CAN THE
U.S. TELL US WHY IT’S ABLE TO
SEE THE BALLOON BUT SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN BLIND TO THE TOXIC
MUSHROOM CLOUD OVER OHIO?
FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL
WALTZ JOINS US NOW TO REACT.
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ALL
MORNING.
FIRST OFF, WELCOME.
>> WELCOME TO THE DAYTONA.
RACHEL: I KNOW, AMAZING.
SO TROUBLING, SO MANY THINGS.
WE WERE JUST AUGUST THE OFF
CAMERA HERE, WE’LL -- TALKING
THE OFF CAMERA, HE’LL START WITH
THIS, OF COURSE.
YOU’RE ON ARMED SERVICE, INTEL.
YOU’RE ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE.
WE HAD SENATOR RICK SCOTT, HE
SAYS I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING MORE
THAN YOU, WILL AND PETE.
>> YEAH.
RACHEL: WHAT DO YOU KNOW, AND IS
IT POSSIBLE THAT OUR
REPRESENTATIVES DON’T KNOW
ANYTHING?
>> LOOK, THEY CALLED OFF THE
SEARCH.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE
HAD THE ALASKAN NATIONAL GUARD
UP THERE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN
-20.
S.
I DON’T THINK WE’RE EVER GOING
TO GET ANY OF THAT DEBRIS.
HOWEVER, THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS
BOTTLENECK BALLOON BRIGADE HAS
DECLARED ONE OF THEIR 10 CONCERN
$100 BALLOONS MISSING.
RACHEL: IT’S ’EM BASING --
>> WE DIDN’T SHOOT DOWN THE SPY
CRAFT UNTIL AFTER THE SPYING WAS
DONE, AND THEN WE WENT TRIGGER
HAPPY AND ARE SHOOTING DOWN BOY
SCOUT BALLOONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU,
AND I STILL DON’T FROM AN
OVERSIGHT PERSPECTIVE UNDERSTAND
WHAT OUR SHOOT-DOWN CRITERIA
ARE.
AND CHINESE PROPAGANDA ARE
BLASTING THIS ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
WE’RE THE PREEMINENT POWER, THEY
CAN’T EVEN DEFEND AGAINST A
BALLOON.
RACHEL: YOU WERE IN THE
MILITARY, WHERE DOES THAT CALL
COME FROM TO SHOOT THAT BALLOON
CONCERN.
>> THAT WOULD GO UP TO THE
PRESIDENT.
THE COMMAND RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEFENDING OUR AIR SPACE HAS NOT
SHOT ANYTHING DOWN IN ITS
65-YEAR EXISTENCE, AND NOW WE
HAVE FOUR IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK.
RACHEL: YEAH.
S THE EMBARRASSING.
I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT OX THETIC CLOUD
SITUATION.
WHAT -- TOXIC CLOUD SITUATION.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT --
I KNOW YOU AND I DIFFER ON THE
UKRAINE SITUATION.
>> YEAH.
RACHEL: YOU SAY WE SHOULD BE
THERE, I’M NOT SURE IF IT’S IN
AMERICA’S --
>> I SAY THAT BY PROVIDING THE
THINGS THAT PREVENTS US FROM
BEING THERE, THE SOVIETS -- THE
RUSSIANS DRAG US IN.
RACHEL: THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE
THE WAR STARTED.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
100% AGREE.
RACHEL: YEAH.
AND WE COULD HAVE HELPED WITH
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
THAT ASIDE, THERE’S A LOT OF
MONEY GOING TO UKRAINE, AND OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED
THIS TOWN THE, THIS POOR TOWN IN
OHIO.
>> IT’S A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP,
YOU KNOW?
YOU LEARN AND YOU KNOW IN THE
MILITARY AND BUSINESS WHEN YOU
HAVE A CRISIS IN YOUR BUSINESS,
YOU HAVE A CRISIS IN YOUR UNIT
AROUND THE WORLD AS THE LEADER,
AS THE COMMANDER, YOU SHOW UP TO
THE SCENE AND TALK TO THE
TROOPS, TALK TO THE PEOPLE
AFFECTED, SHARE THE RISK.
WHY ISN’T PETE BUTTIGIEG
BREATHING THAT AIR, DRINKING
THAT WATER AND SHARING WHAT HE’S
SAYING IS PERFECTLY FINE WITH
HIS CONSTITUENTS?
WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
RACHEL: SUCH A GREAT POINT.
I’D LAO TO SEE JOE BIDEN -- LOVE
TO SEE JOE BIDEN AND EVERYBODY
AT THE EPA THAT’S TELLING THOSE
WATER IS FINE GO DOWN THERE
AND --
>> STAY IN THE HOTEL, BREATHE
THE AIR, ABSOLUTELY.
IT’S A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.
RACHEL: WE NEED TO K3WE9 TO
ANOTHER TOPIC.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
ELECTED, WITHIN MONTHS WE GOT
RID OF ISIS, SOMETHING WE DIDN’T
THINK COULD HAPPEN IN HOW MANY
YEARS OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
ISIS IS BACK.
>> ISIS IS BACK.
IT IS A SIMMERING POWDER KEG IN
THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
ISIS FIGHTERS IN THESE PRISON
CAMPS THAT ARE BEING GUARDED BY
THE KURDS, AND THEY ARE --
RACHEL: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN IN.
>> WELL, IT’S LEFTOVER.
NOBODY WANTS TO THE TAKE THEM
BACK, AND THEY ARE RECRUITING
INSIDE, THEY ARE LAUNCHING
ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF THESE CAMPS.
THANK GOD FOR OUR SPECIAL
OPERATORS THAT ARE STILL THERE.
AND, LOOK, FOR EVERYBODY WHO
SAYS JUST BRING THE TROOPS HOME,
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE HELICOPTERS
THERE, THE DRONES THERE, AND WE
JUST HAD A RAID A FEW NIGHTS AGO
WHERE WE HAD FOUR OF OUR SPECIAL
OPERATORS WOUNDED INCLUDING A
SERVICE DOG THAT THEY TOOK OUT
YET ANOTHER ISIS COMMANDER.
I WANT TO KEEP ’EM ON THEIR BACK
FEET OVER THERE RATHER THAN
WAITING TIM THEY COME -- TIL
THEY COME HOME OVER HERE.
THE TERRORISTS DIDN’T GET THE
MEMO FROM BIDEN SAYING THE WAR
ON TERRORISM’S OVER BECAUSE HE
WISHED IT WAS THE OVER.
RACHEL: YEAH, WELL, THE TALIBAN
JUST INHERITED A LOT OF OUR
WEAPONS, HOW MANY MILLIONS OF
COLLARS?
>> BILLIONS.
AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
IS BLINKING RED THAT ISIS AND
al-QAEDA ARE REBUILDING IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND I NOW THEY HAVE
OUR WEAPONS AND A TALIBAN-RAN
GOVERNMENT TO WORK WITH.
RACHEL: I JUST DON’T KNOW, OR
CONGRESSMAN, HOW MANY MORE
FRONTS DOMESTICALLY AND IN, YOU
KNOW, INTERNATIONALLY WE CAN BE
FAILING AT.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
PROJECT WEAKNESS.
BUT YOU WON’T SEE THAT HERE AT
THE DAYTONA 500.
THERE WON’T BE ANY KNEELING AT
THIS RACE.
RACHEL: NO.
WE’RE ALREADY HEARING THE SOUND
OF FREEDOM --
>> RIGHT.
THE LAST SOUND TERRORISTS EVER
HEAR ARE THE SOUND OF THOSE
JETS.
RACHEL: REALLY QUICK, PRAIXES?
>> BUBBA WALLACE, WOULDN’T MIND
SEEING THAT.
BUT I’M GOING TO GO WITH VEGAS
ON THIS ONE AND DEB THENY