HAVE YOU BEEN BRIEFED?
>> YEAH, BRIAN, I HAVE BEEN
BRIEFED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
BY THE SENIOR OFFICIALS,
MILITARY OFFICIALS.
NOT BIDEN MILITARY OFFICIALS
FROM NORTHERN COMMAND.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE SHOW
JUST FRIDAY, BOY, WHAT AN
UNPRECEDENTED WEEKEND.
MY ADVICE CONTINUALLY FOR NOW
HAS BEEN TWO THINGS: HEY,
CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE
AIRSPACE, THAT’S YOUR JOB,
NORTHERN COMMAND.
SHOOT DOWN THINGS THAT YOU DON’T
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, IF THEY ARE
A THREAT.
BUT THE REAL KEY RIGHT NOW, IN
MY VIEW, IS SURGE OPERATIONS TO
RECOVER THESE OBJECTS THAT WE
HAVE SHOT DOWN SO WE UNDERSTAND
THE NATURE OF THE THREAT.
THEY ARE DOING THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO GET OUR HANDS ON
THESE THINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THEY ARE AND DO THEY POSE A
THREAT?
>> Brian: SENATOR, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE LAST COUPLE DON’T -- THEY
ARE NOT REALLY IN COMMAND OF
THEIR NAVIGATION, MUCH LIKE --
UNLIKE THE LAST ONE THAT WE BLEW
UP WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO FISH
OUT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATERS
OFF MYRTLE BEACH.
THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE.
WE ALSO SEE THAT CHINA MIGHT
HAVE DEPICTED SOME TYPE OF
OBJECT OVER THEIR LAND.
ARE WE ANSWERING THEM
OFFENSIVELY, DOING WHAT THEY ARE
DOING TO US PERHAPS?
>> WELL, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER,
ON FRIDAY, ON "FOX & FRIENDS," I
SAID THE NUMBER ONE THING WE
NEED TO DO IS REESTABLISH
DETERRENCE, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO CHINA.
RELATES TO CHINA.
I WOULD BE VERY SCEMENT WHAT
CHINA.
THEY ARE SAYING THE ONE SHOT
DOWN WAS A WEATHER BALLOON.
THAT’S NOT TRUE IT WAS A SPY
BALLOON.
THESE ONES SHOT DOWN THEY ARE A
DIFFERENT NATURE.
THE ONE THAT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER
ALASKA IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE
SHOT DOWN OVER CANADA, ACCORDING
TO THE BRIEFINGS THAT I HAVE
BEEN WITH REGARD TO CHINA WE
NEED TO ASSUME THE WORSE ON WHAT
THESE BALLOONS MIGHT BE.
>> ASSUME THAT THEY ARE
ADVERSARY SURVEILLANCE.
ASSUME THAT THEY’RE OBJECTING
THAT ARE PROBING FOR WEAKNESS IN
OUR DEFENSES.
IF WE’RE WRONG, THEN, OKAY, WE
CAN BE WRONG ON THAT.
RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT’S SMART TO
ASSUME THE WORST.
AND IF THEY ARE MORE BENIGN WHEN
WE FIND THAT OUT LATER, OKAY.
BUT AT LEAST WE’RE DOING THE NUM
ONE THING WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING WHICH IS PROTECTING OUR
NATION.
>> Brian: SENATOR, WHY ARE WE
PICKING THIS STUFF UP NOW?
WHY ARE WE SEEING THE OBJECTst
IN THE SKY?
HAVE WE CHANGED THE SENSITIVITY?
HAVE WE CHANGED OUR FOCUS OR ARE
THEIR MORE THINGS IN THE SKY?
HAVE YOU GOTTEN AN ANSWER ON
THAT?
>> WELL, LOOK, RIGHT NOW THEY’RE
SAYING THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE
FOCUS.
I’M NOT SO SURE THAT’S TRUE.
ALL RIGHT?
AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING TO
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, NOW,
THIS GOES BEYOND OUR MILITARY.
WHO I THINK IS, BY THE WAY,
DOING A GREAT JOB.
AS YOU KNOW, BRIAN, THESE
MENTIONS, OUR GUYS IN ALASKA ARE
DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK.
THEY ARE WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK.
THESE ARE NOT EASY MISSIONS.
BUT, WITH REGARD TO WHY, AND
WHAT WE’RE SEEING, THIS IS WHERE
I THINK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
NEEDS TO PROVIDE MORE
TRANSPARENCY TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, OUR MILITARY, INTEL
AGENCIES, THEY ARE NORMALLY
SECRETIVE, BUT WE LIVE IN A
DEMOCRACY.
IF YOU DON’T START PROVIDING
INFORMATION, PEOPLE CAN WILDLY
SPECULATE.
AND WE DON’T WANT THAT.
SO WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS
MORE INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE
KIND OF INCIDENCES SO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE FULL
INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
>> Brian: YEAH.
SENATOR, IT’S JUST SO OBVIOUS.
IF YOU SAY WHAT YOU KNOW AND YOU
CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS IS WHAT WE
DON’T KNOW YET.
WE APPRECIATE THAT WHEN YOU
REFUSE TO TALK TO US AND THE
SYMBOLISM OF THE PRESIDENT
RUNNING BY AS REPORTERS ASK ONE
QUESTION FROM 50 YARDS AWAY,
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER IS
GIVING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE?
I THINK WE DESERVE BETTER AND I
THINK YOU AGREE WITH ME.
SENATOR SULLIVAN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> BRIAN, I AGREE 100 PERCENT.