>>> WELCOMeñ BACK. -Q8Q&ISTS HERE.xWn
-Q8Q&ISTS HERE.xWn KORNELL BELCHER.
KORNELL BELCHER. WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.
BEFORE I GET TOqñrt( TURKEY,i] 2
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT HE SAID
AND HE DIDNT SAY AND WHAT HE
WASfálp TRYING TO IMPLY?
>> OH, SOLID AMERICANw3 OPPOSED
WHAT HE THINKS AS A FOREIGN Cy T
ADMINISTRATION IN NORTHERN
SYRIA.
SYRIA.
I THINK HE WAS FRANK i>UT ONE OF HIS CENTRAL CONCERNS WHICH IS
HOW THE ALLIES AND FRIENDS OF
THE UNITED STATES VIEW THIS
DECISION.
DECISION.
TO ABANDO&■] PEOPLE WHO HAVE LON BEEN OUR FRIEND WHAT DID HE NOTN
BEEN OUR FRIEND WHAT DID HE NOT SAY?Ñi
SAY?Ñi
I "9Oejz IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR HE
DID NOT WANT TOB.■ GET INTO HIS EXPERIENCES OF AND OBSERVATIONSx
OF THE PRESIDENT HE SERVED AS
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ONE
WONDERS IF HE WILL EVER DECIDE
)EzxDÑi PERHAPSq BY HIS WONDERS IF HE WILL EVER DECIDE FEELS CONSTRA
)EzxDÑi PERHAPSq BY HIS POSITION AND THE POSSIBILITY OFq
DOING ANY DAMAGE.
IM NOT SURE HOW HES THINKING.
>> A MARINE IS A MARINE.
I THINK HEYm■ VIEWS HIMSEw AS
BEING A MARINE FIRST, NOT A
POLITICAL WORRY.
POLITICAL WORRY. >> ASKo■ ALWAYS I THOUGHT THE
INTERVIEW WAS óBRILLIANT.
AxD LOT OF THINGS HE SAIDq BUT
DIDNT SAY, YOU KNOW RIGHT OUT
THATS GOING TO MAKE US WEAKER. >> ACTUALLY, LOOK,fá THE
REPUBLICANok CRITICISM OF THISq
DECISION, LIZlp qi]jFCHENEY, IMP
TO UNDERSTAND.
TO UNDERSTAND. MARCOÑiÑ)p RUBIO, PULL MY NAME
THE I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP LIST.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE REALITY.
OKAY, THEYVE CRITICIZED THE
DECISION.
DECISION.
NOW WHAT?f >> THATS WHYt( YOUVE SEEN SO
MUCH CONCERNS IN THE COURT
BECAUSE OF WHAT 1!<■ REPORTED
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING.
I HAVE TO SORT OF REITERATE HOW STUNNING IT IS TO HAVEERATE HOW
STUNNING IT IS TO HAVE REPUBLICANS BREAK WITH THIS
PRESIDENT ON ANYTHING.
SO TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND
GIVE THAT DEGREE OF CRITICISM i]
/97M■ THERE IS DEEP, DEEP ALARM
UNDER THE SURFACE.
THEY NEVER, EVER, BREAK WITH
HIM.
HIM.
WHATS NEXT?
I DONT KNOW.
THERE IS TALK OF BIPARTISAN SANCTIONS --K OF BIPARTISAN
SANCTIONS -- >> ELLIOT ENGEL TALKED ABOUT
THAT.
THAT.
>> THEY COULD HAVE A VETO-PROOF MAJORITY.OULD HAVE A VETO-PROOF
MAJORITY.
THERE IS THAT.
AT A CERTAIN POINT WHATñr THE
PRESIDENT RESPONDS TOÑi MOST IS
HISjFjF BASE.
THE SENATE REPUBLICANS. >> YOU THINK THATS A BIG DEAL?
>> WHYÑii] DO YOU ASK THEM TO CA
MORE FORxDÑH■YOU?
MORE FORxDÑH■YOU? THOSE ARE THE PEOPLEx:" STAND
BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE END OF STAND
BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE END OF IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT.
THATS IT.
THERE IS NO MORE e1MUELLER.
NOTHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO.
SO WHY ASK MORE OF THEM INfá THI
SITUATION?
SITUATION?
>> I CAN TELLñr YOU ALSO THEIR - I THINK IT ISyr YOU ALSO THEIR -
I THINK IT ISy ASKING, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
HOW DID THIS ÑiHAPPEN?
A PHONE CALL WITH TURKEYS
LEADER ERDOGAN?
LEADER ERDOGAN? >> ITS HAPPENED TWICE NOW, IT
WAS RIGHT AFTER AN ERDOGANÑi PHO
CALL, BOTH TIMES.
THE FIRST TIME HE ANNOUNCED,+■ I
ASKED GENERALxWMATTIS WHAT IS IT
ABOUT ERDOGAN?
ABOUT ERDOGAN? HE GOES, THATS POLITICS.
IMr
IMr YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE
EXTENDED PLAY VERSION.
ERDOGAN CLEARLYlp HAS THE PLAYBO
IN HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE
PRESIDENT TO HIS POINT OF VIEW.
>> YEAH, IT LOOKS TO ME, I DONT
KNOW ENOUGH TO SAY THIS, BUT ONE
HAS THE SUSPICION IS PRESIDENT
WAS ROLLED.
WAS ROLLED. IM SORRY, BUT THE PRESIDENT OF
Ko IM SORRY, BUT THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY í9iQM■ SOMETHING
Ko CAN I HAVE THIS?
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THEÑi UNITE
STATES SAYS, xDSURE.
AND THERE AREñr nMn■REPERCUSSION
IMPLICATIONS ON THIS DECISION
THAT WERE PERHAPS NOTKxDÑiIMAGIN
>>Ko■ IMxD GOING TO PUT UP SOME
SUSAN GLASSER WROTE.
>> IM NOT HERE TOÑi AMUSE
KORNELL.
KORNELL.
>> THE Ió THINK THAT IS YOUR JO
IT xDMERGES THESE TWO ISSUES OF
IMPEACHMENT>!S" THE SERIOUS
SITUATION.
AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, THE
REPUBLICAN FURY AT THE PRESIDENT
OVER THE DECISION SEEMS LIKE AN
ALMOST okIMCOMPREHENSIBLE ACT OF
HYPOCRISY.
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM TRUMPS
THREATENe1 óABANDON.
?
ASHLEY.
>> THEY ARE AND THEY ARENT
DIFFERENT.
WHAT YOU KNOW THE IMAGES YOU SAW
TODAY YOU HAVE MILITIAS
EXECUTING PEOPLE ON THE SIDE THE jFROAD.EOPLE ON THE SIDE
THE jFROAD. BUT WHATñr WE SAW WITH UKRAINE
WITH THE PRESIDENTi] ASKING FOR
FAVOR, fáASKING FOR A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTñr TO POTENTIALLY
INTERVENE AND DIG UP DIRT ON
ARRIVAL.
ARRIVAL.
THATS COMING ON THE HEELS OF WE KNOW THAT RUSSIA MEDDLED IN THE
2016ok ELECTIONS WITH THE GOAL O
HELPING THE PRESIDENT AND
ASSESSMENT OFRS< HIS INTELLIGEN
COMMUNITY HE DOESNT ALWAYS
ACCEPT.
ACCEPT.
>> THAT IS ALSO INCREDIBLY DESTABILIZING AÑi BASICALLY OPEN
INVITATION FOR ANY FOREIGN
COUNTRY TO MEDDLE IN OUR
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS.
YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT COMING
OUT CALLING ON THEM ON RUSSIA,
UKRAINE AND CHINA.
>> THAT I CAN SEE TH&) IS NO
REPERCUSSIONS ANDñr THE MERExD F
IS DESTABILIZING TO DEMOCRATICf
CONSTITUTIONS.
>> THE ONE REPUBLICAN I CAN
THINK WOULD LINK THESE TWO IS
MITT ROMNEY ON THE SENATE SIDE. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SURPRISE
TO ME IF MORE START PUBLICLY
LINKING THIS TYPE OF POLICY.
SORT OF A ROGUE FOREIGNi] POLICY
>> THATS THE OTHESó THING OF TH
CALL WITH ERDOGAN THAT JUST
D
D ITS THAT EXACT SAME ISSUE AT
THE ROOT OF THE UKRAINE PROBLEM.
AND THAT IS Afá CALL WITHi] A
FOREIGN LEADER IN WHICH THINGS
)áG DISCUSSED THAT MAYBE DONTf
LINE UP WITH THE qCOUNTRYS
FEELING ABOUT OUR FOREIGN
POLICY, THINGS THAT YOU KNOW
SECRETx
SECRETx TO WORK THIS SYSTEM.
SO AMID AN INVESTIGATION, ANñr
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATIONr
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATIONr THAT ISSUE ON r
AHEAD AND YOU DO A DEAL WITH
TURKEY.
TURKEY.
>> OH, BY THE WAY, THERE IS A
LINK.
RUDY GUILIANI.
RUDY GUILIANI HAS A CLIENT THATN
jT(z IS REALLY INTERESTED IN,
RUDY GUILIANI HAS A CLIENT THATN
I
jT(z IS REALLY INTERESTED IN,
WHO IS A TURKISHy1 GOLD TRADER I
TURKEY.
NEVER MIND UKRAINE.
F RUDY TIES THESE
NEVER MIND UKRAINE.
THE IRONYñr h
F RUDY TIES THESE
TWO PHONE CALLS IN SOME WAY? >> I SPENT AxD LOT OF THIS WEEK
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND RUDY
GUILIANIS CLIENT.
GUILIANIS CLIENT.
ITS HARD TO GET YOUR HEAD
AROUND.
I STRUGGLED.
AT THE ROOT OFU■ ITS7■ IS THIS
PROBLEM.M&Ti SPU+Q) OUT THERE DO WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THERE DO
WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. >> I FEEL WE HAVE TO PASSxD A LA
TO PREVENT THIS?
>> IF THE PRESIDENTt(xD NEEDED
INVESTIGATORS, HES IN CHARGE OF
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
HE HASn!■( FBI
HE HAS A ÑiCIA. FBI