DATE IS HOPEFULLY.
>> Bill: THANK YOU.
DOUG McELWAY IN WASHINGTON
>> THE TRIANGLE OF TERROR
STRETCHING FROM HAVANA IS THE
CAUSE OF IMMENSE HUMAN
SUFFERING.
WE'RE TAKING DIRECT ACTION
AGAINST ALL THREE REGIMES TO
DEFEND THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY
AND BASIC HUMAN DECENCY IN OUR
REGION.
>> Sandra: JOHN BOLTON DRAWING
A CLEAR LINE IN THE SAND
ANNOUNCING NEW SANCTIONS ON
VENEZUELA AND CUBA WITH THE
PROMISE OF ADDITIONAL PENALTIES
FOR NICARAGUA.
THE THREE COUNTRIES SINGLED OUT
FOR WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION
CLAIMS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS AND POLITICAL
REPRESSION.
LET'S BRING IN FORMER C.I.A.
STATION CHIEF DAN HOFFMAN.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS MOVE?
>> I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION
ASSESSED THAT HELPING THESE
THREE ROGUE STATES TO GROW
THEIR ECONOMIES WOULD NOT PUT
US ON A PATH TO DELIVER THE
POLITICAL REFORM THAT THE
PEOPLE IN THOSE NATIONS VERY
MUCH DESERVE.
IN FACT, TO THE CONTRARY, IT
PROVIDES THE RESOURCES FOR
THOSE COUNTRIES TO PURSUE
POLICIES WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY
IN OPPOSITION TO U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY AND ENABLES THEM TO
TRAMPLE ON THEIR PEOPLE'S
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT CALL FOR
SURE.
>> Sandra: THE NEW SANCTIONS
WERE ON VENEZUELA AND CUBA.
HE SAID SANCTIONS AGAINST
NICARAGUA WERE COMING IN THE
VERY NEAR FUTURE.
CAN YOU ESTIMATE FOR US WHAT
THE IMPACT OF THESE SANCTIONS
WOULD OR WILL BE?
>> I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS A
WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH.
THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT OF THE SANCTIONS.
THAT COUPLED WITH JUST GENERAL
MISMANAGEMENT IN THOSE
COUNTRIES.
VENEZUELA SITS ON THE WORLD'S
LARGEST OIL RESERVES AND
BECAUSE OF THEIR ECONOMIC
MISMANAGEMENT THEIR ECONOMY IS
STRUGGLING.
WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR CHINA
AND RUSSIA IN PARTICULAR.
BOTH OF WHICH HAVE INTERESTS IN
THE REGION AND ARE PURSUING
THOSE INTERESTS VERY MUCH AT
ODDS WITH OUR STRATEGY.
>> Sandra: IT IS INTERESTING
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
HE ACTUALLY TOOK A MOMENT
DURING THAT SPEECH TO HAIL THE
ELECTIONS OF WHAT HE REFERRED
TO AS LIKE-MINDED LEADERS IN
COLUMBIA AND BRAZIL WHERE AS WE
KNOW THAT RIGHT WING CANDIDATE
WON THE PRESIDENCY IN BRAZIL
JUST LAST WEEK.
HIS WORDS, HE SEES IT AS
POSITIVE SIGNS FOR THE FUTURE
OF THE REGION, DAN.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS
BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE
ROLE THAT WE WANT TO PLAY.
YOU ARE SEEING AMBASSADOR
BOLTON USING THE BULLY PULPIT
THERE TO BE I THINK AN
INSPIRATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF
THE REGION.
AND EXPRESSING U.S. POLICIES IN
SUPPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT WAY TO
GO.
>> Sandra: THAT BRANDING, THE
TROIKA OF TYRANNY.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
MESSAGE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING
FORWARD WITH THIS TYPE OF
ANNOUNCEMENT AND IN PARTICULAR
THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE
USING, DAN?
>> I THINK WE'RE SUPPORTING THE
FORCES OF DEMOCRACY IN THOSE
NATIONS.
AND I THINK IT COULD BE A REAL
POWERFUL INSPIRATION FOR THOSE
IN OPPOSITION.
I HARKEN BACK THE RONALD
REAGAN'S EVIL EMPIRE SPEECH
THAT HAD A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT
ON DISSIDENTS IN THE SOVIET
UNION.
THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRIES
BEING SUBJECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES AND DENIED THE FREEDOM
OF OPPORTUNITY WE ENJOY IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE TO BE LISTENING
WITH GREAT APPRECIATION.
>> Sandra: HE WENT TO GREAT
LENGTHS TO DISTANCE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES HERE
FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
FINALLY I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE U.N.
AMBASSADOR WITH NIKKI HALEY ON
THE WAY OUT THERE IS A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT HEATHER NAUERT.
HERE IS THE PRESIDENT ON NAUERT.
>> President Trump: SHE IS
UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
THEY HAS BEEN A SUPPORTER FOR A
LONG TIME AND SHE IS REALLY
EXCELLENT.
SHE IS UNDER VERY SERIOUS.
WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE A DECISION
NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
WANT THE JOB AND A LOT OF
REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.
>> Sandra: AS WE KNOW, HEATHER
NAUERT IS THE CURRENT
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
FORMERLY A COLLEAGUE OF OURS
HERE AT FOX NEWS.
>> NIKKI HALEY SET THE BAR
SUPER HIGH AS AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.N.
SHE WAS EXCEPTIONAL RIGHT FROM
THE FIRST DAY WHEN SHE CALLED
OUT NATIONS WHO WEREN'T GOING
TO HAVE OUR BACK.
SHE WOULD BE TAKING NAMES.
I THINK HEATHER NAUERT HAS
DEVELOPED A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY SHE HAS
THE PRESIDENTS EAR AND TRUST.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF
INDEED SHE IS CHOSEN AS
AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THERE ARE MANY
WHO WOULD LIKE THE JOB AND THE
PRESIDENT PROBABLY HAS A LONG
LIST FROM WHICH HE WILL CHOOSE
IN THE BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE.
>> Sandra: THE PRESIDENT SAYING
SHE IS UNDER VERY SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE A DECISION