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>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SCORCHING
THE EARTH IN HIS MANY VICTORY
LAPS TODAY.
LAPS TODAY. TAKE A LOOK.
>> INSTEAD OF WANTING TO HEAL
OUR COUNTRY AND FIX OUR COUNTRY,
ALL THEY WANT TO DO, IN MY
OPINION, ALMOST LIKE THEY WANT
TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY.
WE CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN.
>> JOINING ME NOW, FRESH FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE CELEBRATION,
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BIGGS OF ARIZONA.
CONGRATULATIONS CONGRESSMAN.
CONGRATULATIONS CONGRESSMAN. I SAW YOU GOT A SHOTOUT DURING
THE FESTIVITY THERE IS?
>> I DID, CHARLES.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT COVERED A
GAMUT OF EMOTIONS.
CERTAINLY HE WAS GRATEFUL.
HE WAS GLAD.
I THINK HE IS ALSO LOOKING
FORWARD.
FORWARD. I GOT A SENSE OF OPTIMISM STILL
IN HIM THAT WAS LINGERING ON FOR
BOTH THE ACQUITTAL AND THE STATE
OF THE UNION ADDRESS.
CHARLES: ON THAT NOTE, TWO
THINGS THAT WERE REALLY
REMARKABLE.
REMARKABLE. YOU COULD CERTAINLY SEE A SPRING
IN HIS STEP.
AS HE WENT THROUGH THE ROOM,
RECALLED PERSONAL STORIES HOW
SOMEONE WAS POLLING THREE OR
FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT
EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.
HE KNEW ALL THE ANECDOTES.
THIS GUY HAS LOOT ON HIS PLATE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY
IMPRESSIVE.
IMPRESSIVE. DESPITE THE FACT HE IS OBVIOUSLY
STILL UPSET WHAT HE HAS GONE
THROUGH PIVOTING WHAT HE IS
TALKING ABOUT NOW,
INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE. >> ANECDOTE, WHEN I WAS IN
CONGRESS, FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS
MOUTHS WHO WON THE DISTRICT, YOU
OR ME?
OR ME? WE LAUGHED AND CHUCKLED.
HE KNEW I OUT-POLLED HIM EIGHT
POINTS IN THAT DISTRICT AT THAT
TIME.
TIME. WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH ABOUT THAT.
HE KNOWS THOSE THINGS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY, VIRTUALLY
EVERYBODY’S DISTRICT.
EVERYBODY’S DISTRICT. HE IS HAVE VERY IN TUNE WITH
THAT.
THAT. HE IS IN TUNE WHAT HE WANTS TO
SEE HAPPEN.
SEE HAPPEN. WHETHER TRANSPORTATION
WHETHER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE. HE TALKED ABOUT PHARMACEUTICAL
PRICING.
PRICING. HE TALKED ABOUT A MYRIAD OF
ISSUES THAT HE THINKS ARE
IMPORTANT DOMESTICALLY, AND EVEN
INTERNATIONALLY.
INTERNATIONALLY. ALL WRAPPED UP IN THIS KIND OF,
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
FIN SPEECH WHERE HE IS BEING, HE
IS HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH
PEOPLE THAT APPRECIATE HIM.
THAT HE APPRECIATES.
CHARLES: WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD
THESE THINGS CAN BE DONE IN THE
MIDST OF THIS LINGERING
ANIMOSITY?
ANIMOSITY? WE KNOW USMCA WAS FINALLY PASSED
IN A MAJOR BIPARTISAN VOTE AND
IT FELT LIKE EARLY ON
INFRASTRUCTURE WAS LOW-HANGING
FRUIT.
FRUIT. >> I’M WITH YOU, CHARLES.
I GAVE THAT PREDICTION ABOUT A
YEAR AGO, I THOUGHT
TRANSPORTATION AND
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THE EASIEST
THING WE COULD DO IN A BIPOLAR
TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT HERE.
BUT REALITY IS, WE SEE THAT EVEN
THAT’S BEEN VERY HARD.
SO I THINK WE’LL HAVE TO PICK
OUT INDIVIDUAL POLICIES, MAYBE
INDIVIDUAL BILLS, SMALLER BITES
OF THE APPLE.
WOULD I SAY THINGS LIKE, YOU
MIGHT GET SOME FISA REFORM EVEN.
SOME OF THESE THINGS.
BOTH SIDES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH,
WITH HOW FISA HAS BEEN USED.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> MAYBE SOME ANTITRUST ISSUES
WITH REGARD SO TOM OF THESE
PLATFORMS.
PLATFORMS. THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE WE
CAN GET DONE.
>> ONE OF THE VIEWERS CAME ON
BEFORE HE TWEETED AT ME, I’M
WAITING TO SEE THE NEXT HOAX
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I BET IT INVOLVES MARTIANS.
SORT OF TONGUE-IN-CHEEK.
DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE MORE
ATTEMPTS TO GET HIM OUT OF
OFFICE?
OFFICE? >> I DO.
>> I DO. THAT IS PART OF THE THING THAT
NEVER SEEMS TO GO AWAY.
THE JERRY NADLER AND HIS, HIS
COUNSEL HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT
THEY WILL OPEN UP ADDITIONAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. CHAIRMAN NADLER ALSO SAID HE
WANTS TO BRING IN WITNESSES HE
FELT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED IN
THE SENATE THAT WEREN’T.
I WONDER IF HE WILL ALLOW
REPUBLICANS TO BRING IN
WITNESSES WE THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN CALLED IN THE HOUSE THAT HE
WOULDN’T LET COME IN?
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE
MENTALITY.
MENTALITY. WE’LL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
I THINK WE REACHED AN APEX OF
THIS OR A NADER, DEPENDING HOW
YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT.
TIME TO MOVE ON.
SEE IF WE ACCOMPLISH THINGS, SET
ASIDE DIFFERENCES FOR THE BEST
OF THE COUNTRY.
CHARLES: I GOT TO TELL YOU IT’S
NUTS.
NUTS. THIS WEEK ALONE FROM GALLUP,
POLL OF PEOPLE, PERSONAL LIVES,
90% OF PEOPLE SAID THEY ARE
THRILLED WITH THEIR PERSONAL
LIFE.
LIFE. THAT’S A RECORD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVAL RATING
49% IS A RECORD.
GOP APPROVAL RATE, 51%, BEST
SINCE 2005.
SINCE 2005. ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW?
RECORD 59%.
RECORD 59%. WILL YOU BE BETTER OFF A YEAR
FROM NOW?
FROM NOW? 74% A RECORD.
EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT.
EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT. OVERALL SATISFACTION.
OVERALL SATISFACTION. THE NUMBERS ARE ALL THROUGH THE
ROOF SINCE THIS BEGAN.
IT WOULD BE MIND-BOGGLING IF THE
DEMOCRATS INSISTING ON TRYING IT
AGAIN.
AGAIN. I HOPE CONGRESSMAN BIGGS, TALK
TO YOUR FRIEND ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE AISLE.
PERHAPS YOU ALL GET TOGETHER TO
WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO SENT YOU
THERE.