CHERYL: ALWAYS DOWN TO THE
WIRE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
LIVE REPORT.
CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUSY PASSING
A BILL TO AVERT A RAIL STRIKE
BUT CRITICS ARE SLAMMING BOTH
CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN
CLAIMING THEY BE TRADE UNIONS
AND WORKERS.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
H A HUSBAND AND -- ASA
HUTCHINSON JOINS THE, SHOULD
THEY HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN
THIS AT ALL?
>> NOT IN AN IDEAL SITUATION.
FIRST OF ALL YOU HAD TO STOP
OUR RAIL STRIKE.
WHEN WE HAVE SUPPLY-CHAIN
ISSUES WE ARE SO DEPENDENT ON
THE RAIL AND DELIVERY AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS, WE CAN’T HAVE
THAT STOP.
IT NEEDED TO BE RESOLVED.
IT IS DISAPPOINTING WE HAD TO
GO TO CONGRESS, PRESIDENT BIDEN
COULDN’T CUT THE DEAL AND HAVE
THE SITUATION RESOLVED WITHOUT
GOING TO CONGRESS BUT IT NEEDED
TO BE DONE.
I’M GLAD WE ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE THE STRIKE, THE WORKERS
ARE GETTING A 24% INCREASE
WHICH IS WELL-EARNED, BUT
PREFERABLY YOU ALWAYS WANT
THESE THINGS TO BE RESOLVED
WITH THE BARGAINING BETWEEN THE
EMPLOYER AND THE WORKERS UNION,
THAT IS HOW THESE THINGS SHOULD
BE RESOLVED, CONGRESS IS THE
LAST RESORT.
WE HAVEN’T BEEN TO CONGRESS ON
THIS TYPE OF THING SINCE THE
1990s SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN VERY
OFTEN BUT IN THIS CASE WE
CERTAINLY NEEDED TO AVERT THE
STRIKE.
CHERYL: IT DOES GIVE THE
APPEARANCE ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE
AND FOR THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF
THAT HE’S NOT PRO UNION.
THIS IS AMTRAK JOE, REMEMBER,
RAILROAD JOE, UNION JOE, HE’S
HAD A FEW NAMES AND IT LOOKS
LIKE HE BETRAYED THE UNIONS.
WE WERE SAYING THIS ON AIR FOR
WEEKS THAT GETTING CONGRESS
INVOLVED WOULD BE BAD FOR THE
WORKERS AND SOME ARE VERY UPSET
ABOUT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.
>> IT WAS NOT HANDLED WELL BY
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
HE CLAIMED TO HAVE A DEAL WORKED OUT MONTHS AGO AND IT
WORKED OUT MONTHS AGO AND IT
DIDN’T HAPPEN.
SO HE MISHANDLED THAT AND NOW
HE’S COMING ACROSS AS NOT BEING
SUPPORTIVE OF THE UNION.
THEY DIDN’T GET THIS PAST, HAD
TO GO TO CONGRESS TO AVERT THE
STRIKE AND SO IT DOES SHOW
WEAKNESS IN HIS LEADERSHIP AND
HIS ABILITY TO GET THIS DONE
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO
CONGRESS.
CHERYL: LET’S MOVE ON TO 2024.
DEMOCRATS ARE GETTING SET TO
DITCH IOWA AS THE FIRST RACE IN
THE PRIMARY CAUCUS SEASON,
DIVERSITY, LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA,
PRESIDENT BIDEN PERFORMED VERY
POORLY IN IOWA BUT HE WON SOUTH
CAROLINA.
YOUR READ ON ALL OF THIS.
>> WE WILL GET TO SOUTH
CAROLINA, BUT THE ORDER WE HAVE
IS IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, IT
GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY TO
CAMPAIGN, IN IOWA, WITH
INCREDIBLE MANUFACTURING THAT
IS GROWING SO THERE IS
DIVERSITY THERE IN A DIFFERENT
WAY, YOU GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
YOU GO TO THE NORTHEAST, THAT’S
A DIFFERENT PART OF THE
COUNTRY, GEOGRAPHICALLY AND
THEN YOU COME TO SOUTH CAROLINA
WHICH THERE IS GREATER RACIAL
DIVERSITY.
THE ORDER THAT WE HAVE IS GOOD,
THE DEMOCRATS CAN DO WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO, THAT’S THEIR
PREROGATIVE AS A PARTY BUT I DO
LIKE THE TRADITION, ALSO THE
WAY IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE TAKE IT
SO SERIOUSLY, THEY LOOK AT
CANDIDATES, YOU’RE ABLE TO DO
RETAIL POLITICS IN THOSE
PLACES, GET TO KNOW PEOPLE,
THEY ARE SMALLER STATES AND
THEN YOU GET INTO THE
SUPERTUESDAYS, SOUTH CAROLINA,
THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL
THE DIVERSITY, AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS
THEMSELVES.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATS JUST WANT
TO CHANGE THINGS.
CHERYL: I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE
NEW POLL THAT CAME OUT, THIS
CAME OUT FROM THE ECONOMIST,
56% RESPONDED THEY DID NOT WANT
80-YEAR-OLD JOE BIDEN TO RUN
AGAIN IN 2,024 BUT ABOUT THE
SAME PERCENTAGE SAID THEY DON’T
WANT TO SEE DONALD TRUMP RUN
AGAIN IN 2,024.
YOU HAVE SAID YOU WERE
CONSIDERING A RUN FOR PRESIDENT
FOR 2,024, YOU ARE FACING A
TERM LIMIT AS GOVERNOR.
ARE YOU THAT NEW CANDIDATE, THE
FRESH BLOOD THAT APPARENTLY
AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR?
>> WE WILL SEE, WE ARE AWAY IN
THAT HEAVILY WE WILL MAKE A
DECISION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
I KNOW OTHERS ARE WEIGHING IN
AS WELL.
WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
SAYING IS WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH
THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
LEADERSHIP ON ENERGY POLICY
THAT HAS FAILED US, THE WAY HE
HANDLED THE STRIKE ISSUE AND
ALSO VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES AND
A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES THAT ARE
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT INCLUDING
THE BORDER.
I HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
I HAD A RECORD AS GOVERNOR FOR
TWEE 8 YEARS.
I LOVE THE WAY GOVERNORS HAVE
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SAYING
WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE
CURRENT LEADERSHIP AND DONALD
TRUMP, WE DON’T NEED THAT CHAOS
AGAIN.
WE NEED STEADY LEADERSHIP,
COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVE
LEADERSHIP SO I THINK THAT WILL
BE OFFERED.
WE WILL SEE, THE DECISION I
MAKE AS WELL AS OTHERS AFTER
THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.