IRAN DENIES IT PLAYED ANY
ROLE IN THE ATTACKS.
>> Martha: THANK YOU,
JENNIFER.
JOINING ME NOW MIKE HUCKABEE
A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
GOVERNOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU
TONIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE BEEN VERY
OUTSPOKEN SUPPORTER OF
ISRAEL.
YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE MIDDLE
EAST MANY TIMES.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON WHAT
IRAN HOPES THE OUTCOME OF
THIS PROVOCATION WILL BE?
>> I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO
IMAGINE UNLESS THEY ARE
POKING AT THE BEAR JUST TO
SEE WHAT THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER COUNTRIES WILL DO.
BUT IT'S RIDICULOUS FOR THEM
TO CLAIM THEY HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH IT.
IT'S LIKE WHO ARE YOU GOING
TO BELIEVE IRAN OR LYING
EYES.
THERE IS THE TAPE.
IT'S CLEAR WHAT THEY'RE
DOING.
THIS IS A REGION AND COUNTRY
AND REGIME THAT HAS BEEN SO
DISHONEST AND SO BRUTAL NOT
ONLY TO THEIR ENEMIES LIKE
ISRAEL AND THE REST OF THE
WORLD, BUT ALSO TO THEIR OWN
PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS
PLAYING THIS RIGHT.
IS HE NOT RUSHING INTO
MILITARY ACTION WHICH WOULD
BE A HUGE MISTAKE.
IS HE BEING VERY CAREFUL AND
CALCULATING.
BUT I THINK HE IS ALSO BEING
VERY CLEAR THAT THIS KIND OF
BEHAVIOR IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD,
NOT JUST THE U.S. IS GOING
TO SIT BACK AND TOLERATE.
>> Martha: WELL, IT'S
CLEARLY A TENSE SITUATION
AND SOMETHING THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR VERY CLOSELY IN THE
COMING DAYS AND WEEKS.
LET ME TURN YOUR ATTENTION
TO ANOTHER ISSUE, WHICH IS
THE RESIGNATION OF YOUR
DAUGHTER FROM HER JOB AS
PRESS SECRETARY AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
SHE HAS BEEN GETTING, YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF VERY STRONG
COMMENTS ABOUT HER TENURE
THERE AND THIS ONE COMES
FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
FORMER TOP ADVISOR DAVID
AXELROD.
WATCH THIS.
>> IF YOU ARE THE
SPOKESPERSON FOR A HABITUAL
LIAR, IT'S LIKE BEING FIRE
MARSHALL FOR A PIRO MANIAC.
IT'S NOT GOING TO END WELL
FOR YOU.
IN THIS JOB, SHE WAS CALLED
UPON TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HER
FIDELITY TO TRUMP AND HER
FIDELITY TO THE TRUTH.
AND SHE CHOSE TRUMP.
I MEAN HER LEGACY IS ONE OF
DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE.
>> Martha: SEAN SPICER GOT
THE SAME KIND OF TREATMENT
AND YOUR DAUGHTER SARAH
HUCKABEE SANDERS ALSO LINED
UP FOR IT WHEN SHE TOOK
OVER.
>> WELL, THE TRUTH IS PEOPLE
THAT DON'T LIKE DONALD TRUMP
DON'T LIKE MY DAUGHTER.
AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T
LIKE HER BECAUSE MOST OF
THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW HER,
THEY JUST DON'T LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THAT'S
UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE A LOT OF
US DO LIKE HIM AND WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR WHAT HE IS
DOING.
I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THIS
CAME OUT OF AXELROD.
HE IS A BETTER PERSON THAN
THAT HE KNOWS BETTER.
AND I AM REALLY SHOCKED AND
SURPRISED THAT HE WOULD GO
THERE TO THAT DEGREE.
BUT, AGAIN, IS HE A CNN
CONTRIBUTOR.
WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO?
THEY PAY PEOPLE TO HATE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THAT'S WHAT THEY PAY THEM TO
DO.
SO I GUESS HE EARNED HIS
PAYCHECK ON THAT PARTICULAR
SEGMENT.
>> Martha: I KNOW YOU'VE
HEARD THE TALK AND I THINK
YOU COMMENTED ON IT A LITTLE
WHILE AGO ABOUT WHAT SHE
MIGHT DO NEXT.
YOU ARE THE FORMER GOVERNOR
OF ARKANSAS.
AND THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION
THAT PERHAPS SHE WOULD LIKE
TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS
TO THE STATE HOUSE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> WELL, I WOULD BE THRILLED
TO DEATH IF SHE DECIDED TO
DO THAT SHE PROBABLY IS THE
ONLY PERSON EVER MOVING INTO
THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION WHO
HAD LIVED THERE BEFORE WHO
SPENT MOST OF HER GROWING UP
THERE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND
OF INTERESTING.
SHE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE
BODIES ARE BURIED.
I THINK SHE HELPED BURY SOME
QUITE FRANKLY.
>> Martha: WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO.
I FRANKLY DON'T THINK SHE
KNOWS EITHER.
SHE HASN'T HAD TIME TO COME
UP FOR AIR IN THE PAST THREE
OR FOUR YEARS.
SHE IS GOING TO SPEND SOME
TIME WITH HER CHILDREN.
SHE IS GOING TO REASSESS.
DECIDE WHAT'S NEXT BUT I CAN
TELL YOU THIS: SHE IS SO
GRATEFUL TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SHE HAD.
AND IF ANYBODY WONDERS, I
CAN ASSURE YOU SHE LOVES
THIS PRESIDENT VERY LOYAL TO
HIM, DIDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE OF
ANYTHING NEGATIVE IT'S A
TOUGH JOB AND SHE HAS THREE
SMALL CHILDREN AND THOUGHT
IT WAS THE GREAT TIME TO
MAKE THE MOVE.
>> Martha: ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF TRAVEL AND PUT IN
EXCRUCIATING HOURS DONE SO
WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINT.
I KNOW THE PRESIDENT FEELS
VERY STRONGLY ABOUT HAVING
HER THERE.
JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE I LET
YOU GO.
HE HAS ALSO SAID SPEAKING OF
LOYALTY THAT HE IS NOT GOING
TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE
KELLYANNE CONWAY TO LEAVE
BASED ON WHAT A WATCHDOG
AGENCY HAS DETERMINED ARE
HATCH ACT VIOLATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK HE HAS
ATTENDANT RIGHT POSITION.
KELLY ANN LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE IN THE ADMINISTRATION
IS UNDER SCRUTINY TO A LEVEL
THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED.
AND I REALLY THINK IT'S
RIDICULOUS TO SAY WHAT WHAT
KELLYANNE HAS SAID VIOLATES
THE HATCH ACT.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
SHE IS BEING TARGETED LIKE
THAT.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS
RIGHT TO STAND HIS GROUND
AND STAND BY HIS PEOPLE
BECAUSE, WHEN HE DOES THAT
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE LIKELY