I MAY BE EATING PARTS OF PIZZAS. >> AND NOW YOU KNOW.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MEETING
WITH NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK
ABOUT THE NEW FEDERAL BAN ON NEW
YORKERS ENROLLING IN EXPEDITED
TRAVELER PROGRAMS LIKE GLOBAL
ENTRY.
ENTRY. HERE IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD TO
SAY AHEAD OF THAT MEETING.
>> IT’S NOT ABOUT SAFETY.
IF THE WHITE HOUSE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THINKS THEY NEED ACCESS TO OUR
DATABASE TO RUN THIS TRAVELER
PROGRAM, I TOLD THEM, THEY CAN
HAVE IT.
HAVE IT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT IT’S ABOUT,
WILLIE.
WILLIE. IT’S ABOUT RETALIATION.
IT’S ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL
OPINION.
OPINION. IT’S ABOUT PUNISHING STATES THAT
DON’T AGREE WITH THEM.
>> NBC’S KELLY O’DONNELL IS AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
KELLY, WE JUST HEARD FROM THE
GOVERNOR THERE.
GOVERNOR THERE. WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION’S
POSITION HERE?
POSITION HERE? WE GOT A TWEET FROM THE
PRESIDENT THIS AFTERNOON,
ROLLING OUT THE CARPET HERE FOR
THE GOVERNOR, I GUESS YOU COULD
SAY.
SAY. >> OF COURSE HE IS A FORMER NEW
YORKER, NOW FLORIDA IS HIS
OFFICIAL HOME, SO HE KNOWS
ANDREW CUOMO AND KNOWS A LOT OF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE, BUT THIS
IS NOT THE KIND OF MEETING THAT
WE OFTEN FIND AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE
BROUGHT IN, WHERE THE PRESIDENT
MAKES REMARKS.
MAKES REMARKS. COCERTAINLY CHANGE HIS MIND AND
DO THAT, AND HE WOULD WELCOME
THAT, WANTING MORE ACCESS, NOT
LESS TO WHAT’S HAPPENING INSIDE
BUT THIS IS A MEETING ON THE
PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE WITHOUT IT
HAVING ANY PUBLIC COMPONENT, NO
MEDIA COVERAGE, THAT KIND OF
THING.
THING. SO IT WILL BE A QUESTION AS TO
WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT WHAT TAKES
PLACE INSIDE THE MEETING.
OFTEN WHEN THE PRESIDENT HAD
THESE SORTS OF SESSIONS AND NOT
A PART OF THE PUBLIC SCHEDULE,
WE GET A LIMITED LEAD-OUT OF A
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEETING.
CERTAINLY THE ADMINISTRATION
BELIEVES THAT IN ORDER TO
PROPERLY VET THOSE APPLICANTS
WHO LIVE IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK OR A PROGRAM LIKE GLOBAL
ENTRY, WHERE THEY GET PREFERRED
STATUS AS TRAVELERS IN THE
IMMIGRATION PROCESS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS THEY NEED
ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, THAT
HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THIS, OF
COURSE, IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT’S
HARD LINE ON IMMIGRATION, HIS
OPPOSITION TO THINGS LIKE
SANCTUARY CITIES AND SANCTUARY
STATES AND THIS RATCHETED UP THE
PRESSURE ON NEW YORK BY
AFFECTING THOSE PEOPLE WHO
TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY, WHO ARE
DOING THAT FOR BUSINESS, OR
DOING THAT FOR PLEASURE, WHO MAY
HAVE MORE RESOURCES, AND
INFLUENCE TO TRY TO BRING THEIR
CONCERNS TO THE STATE
GOVERNMENT, MEANING THE GOVERNOR
OF NEW YORK, TO TRY TO PUT
PRESSURE FOR A CHANGE ON THIS.
SO THIS IS HARDBALL FOR SURE,
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION GOING
AFTER THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON
THIS, AND GOVERNOR CUOMO WANTING
TO TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.
SO HE HAS COMMENTED PUBLICLY IN
ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE
PRESIDENT’S VIEW ON THIS WILL BE
AFTER THE MEETING.
THE PRESIDENT TOOK A SHOT AT THE
GOVERNOR’S BROTHER, MAKING A
COMMENT ABOUT HIM ON TWITTER.
OF COURSE HE’S AN ANCHOR THE
CNN, SO THE PRESIDENT SORT OF
FORMING THE PATHWAY FOR GOVERNOR
CUOMO BEFORE THIS MEETING TODAY.
>> KELLY, THE PRESIDENT REACTING
TO REMARKS BY JOHN KELLY, WHO
DID A BIG EVENT IN NEW JERSEY
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. JOHN KELLY IN THOSE COMMENTS
REBUKING OR CRITICIZING HIS BOSS
FOR ABRUPTING REMOVING ALEXANDER
VINDMAN LAST WEEK, KEY WITNESS
IN THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIREYINQUI
KELLY IS DEFENDING VINDMAN
SAYING "HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HIS
TEACHING WAS TO DO CRADLE TO
GRAVE, TOLD HIS BOSS WHAT HE
JUST HEARD "THE LATEST IN A
STRING OF CRITICISM WE HEARD
FROM JOHN KELLY OF THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: KELLY, SPEAKING AT
AN EVENT THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE
OFF THE RECORD, ALTHOUGH I’M
SURE HE KNOWS WITH THE DEGREE OF
HIS PROFILE THAT MAKING THESE
KINDS OF COMMENTS WOULD BE
NEWSWORTHY AND STANDING UP AS A
FORMER MARINE GENERAL FOUR-STAR
FOR AN ARMY OFFICER WHO IS
CURRENTLY ACTIVE DUTY IN A CASE
OF ALEXANDER VINDMAN AND HIS
BROTHER, WHO WAS ALSO REMOVED
FROM HIS POSITION AT THE NSC,
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND
BACK RETURNING TO THE ARMY.
THE WHITE HOUSE, THROUGH THE
PRESS SECRETARY CALLED THIS
DISAPPOINTING, AND SAYING THAT
JOHN KELLY HAD BEEN SUPPORTIVE
OF THE PRESIDENT DURING HIS TIME
HERE, AND THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED
BY THESE COMMENTS, AND THE
PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT FIRING
JOHN KELLY, AND SAYING THAT AT
THE TIME, EVEN REFERRING TO
KELLY’S WIFE SAYING SHE HAD SAID
THE GENERAL KELLY WAS SO FOND OF
THE PRESIDENT, WOULD ONLY SAY
GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM AFTER THEY
LEFT THEIR TIME IN GOVERNMENT
SERVICE.
SERVICE. SO AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT VERY
PRICKLY ABOUT THIS KIND OF
CRITICISM, AS JOHN KELLY STOOD
UP FOR THE MAN IN UNIFORM, WHO,
ACCORDING TO KELLY, WAS
FOLLOWING THE LAW AND FOLLOWING
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AS HE
UNDERSTOOD IT, EXACTLY WHAT
KELLY SAYS AN ARMY OFFICER
SHOULD DO, AND SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN PUNISHED BY REMOVING HIM
FROM A PRESTIGIOUS POST HERE AT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
SO MORE BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THE
PRESIDENT AS WE’VE SEEN HIM SO
OFTEN LASHING OUT AT ANY
CRITICS.
CRITICS. >> KELLY, AS YOU KNOW, THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WATCHING THE
DEMOCRATIC CONTEST WITH
FASCINATION.
FASCINATION. WE SAW HIM ON THE NIGHT OF THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY WEIGHING
IN AS THE CANDIDATES MADE THEIR
SPEECHES.
SPEECHES. THE WAR OF WORDS WITH THE
DEMOCRATIC PRTIAL CANDIDATE
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, FORMER MAYOR
OF NEW YORK CITY INTENSIFIES A
LITTLE BIT AS HE TALKED ABOUT
THE MAYOR’S HEIGHT, ABILITY TO
DEMOCRATICALLY DEBATE.
DEMOCRATICALLY DEBATE. MIKE BLOOMBERG SHOOTING BACK "WE
KNOW MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE IN
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. BEHIND YOUR BACK THEY LAUGH AT
YOU AND CALL YOU A CARNIVAL
BARKING CLOWN."
BARKING CLOWN." WHY IS HE FIXATED ON MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG?
BLOOMBERG? >> Reporter: CERTAINLY THE
PRESIDENT LIKES TO LOOK AT HIS
FIELD OF RIVALS ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE AND CLEARLY
BLOOMBERG HAS A LOT OF MONEY
BEHIND HIM IN TERMS OF THE MEDIA
BUYING THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING
AND IS CAPABLE OF DOING WITH HIS
SUB
SUB SUBSTANTIAL WAR TRUST.
THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF
KNOWING EACH OTHER OVER THE
YEARS IN NEW YORK AND CERTAINLY
THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO SEEING THE
CHANGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD,
NOW THAT THEY’RE TWO CONTESTS
IN.
IN. THE PRESIDENT SAYING IN A
SEPARATE INTERVIEW HE THINKS IN
HIS WORDS BIDEN IS SHOT, MEAN
RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE SENSE OF
HAVING A TOUGH START TO BEGIN
WITH.
WITH. ALSO CRITICIZING BLOOMBERG THE
PRESIDENT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE
BLACK COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG BECAUSE OF THE
POLICY IN NEW YORK AS MAYOR OF
STOP AND FRISK AND THE PRESIDENT
CRITICIZING HIM FOR APOLOGIZING
FOR IT LATER AND SAYING THAT IT
WAS TOO VIOLENT AND TOO MUCH.
THE PRESIDENT THEN CLAIMING HE’S
DOING MORE FOR THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES.
THE PRESIDENT NOT LEAVING ANY
RIVAL UNMARRED BY HIS AGGRESSIVE
APPROACH, AND CERTAINLY MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG GIVING IT BACK WITH
TWEETS IN RESPONSE.
WE DON’T ALWAYS SEE THAT FROM
OTHER RIVALS.
OTHER RIVALS. SOME TRY TO KIND OF MOVE ON AND
NOT ENGAGE TWEET FOR TWEET.