OF DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS THAT
OCCURRED WITHIN 13 HOURS OF
EACH OTHER.
OUR HEADLINER KELLYANNE CONWAY
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT.
WELCOME.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO AMERICA
TODAY?
WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,
KELLYANNE?
>> THE PRESIDENT PUT HIS
MESSAGE PERFECTLY LAST HOUR
CALLING FOR UNITY AND HEALING.
HE IS GOING THE DAYTON AND EL
PASO TO EXPRESS CONDOLENCES ON
BEHALF OF AN ANGERED, OUTRAGED
AND GRIEVING NATION AND TO
THANK THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND
HERROISM AND MEET WITH VICTIMS,
FAMILIES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
AND EVERYBODY AFFECTED BY THE
BACK-TO-BACK TRAGEDIES IN OUR
COUNTRY.
I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME WHEN
WE'VE SEEN MORE OF A SPLIT
SCREEN, THOUGH.
YOU HAVE THE
POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED
POLITICIANS MANY WHO THINK THEY
SHOULD BE PRESIDENT ON ONE SIDE
SCREAMING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT
NOT TAKING THE BAIT AND JUST
KEEPING A VERY LOW TONE AND
CALLING FOR THE COUNTRY TO
HEAL, TO UNIFY AND PUTTING
FORTH CONCRETE PROPOSALS ON --
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, ABOUT RED
FLAGS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO
LEGISLATORS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE.
AFTER ALL, CONGRESS HAS FAILED
TO DO ITS JOB ON HEALTHCARE, ON
IMMIGRATION, YES, ON SAFETY AND
SECURITY.
HE STANDS READY.
HE IS HERE IN WASHINGTON
WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> Sandra: CAN WE DIG INTO THAT?
WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT MEAN BY
THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING HE IS
HEARING IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR
CHANGE THERE?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS, SANDRA.
FIRST OF ALL IT IS THE
PRESIDENT IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE
NATION IF NOT THE WORLD THAT HE
INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF THE RED
FLAGS AND THAT IS THE RED FLAG
LEGISLATION, OF COURSE, WOULD
HELP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
TO KEEP GUNS, FIREARMS OUT OF
HANDS OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
PROBABLY COULD HAVE HELPED IN
DAYTON, OHIO.
WE ALL KNOW THE SICK, TWISTED
INDIVIDUAL MURDER, THE MONSTER
HAD A KILL LIST FOR BOYS AND A
RAPE LIST FOR GIRLS.
PEOPLE KNEW THIS ABOUT HIM FOR
YEARS BUT IT WASN'T IN HIS
RECORD WHEN HE WENT TO PROCURE
FIREARMS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF
THE HIPAA LAWS, BECAUSE OF THE
PRIVACY.
WHY CAN'T WE CARVE OUT
EXCEPTIONS TO THAT AS WE HAVE
FOR OTHER ISSUES.
>> Bill: 17 STATES IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE RED FLAG
LAWS.
>> HE IS CALLING ON THE FEDERAL
LEGISLATURE TO TAKE THE BEST
PRACTICES FROM THE STATES AND
PUT IT INTO FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
HE TALKED TO LINDSEY GRAHAM,
REPUBLICAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE IS WORKING WITH HIM AND DICK
BLUMENTHAL, DEMOCRAT OF
CONNECTICUT.
ANOTHER BIPARTISAN BILL THAT
COULD HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
MITCH MCCONNELL HAS SAID THAT.
EVERYBODY FOR DECADES SCREAMS
DO SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, AND
THEN THEY MARCH AWAY TO
SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY JUST LEAVE THAT AND TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO WILL DO
SOMETHING BECAUSE HE HAS DONE
IT ON EVERY ISSUE SINCE HE HAS
GOTTEN HERE.
HE SAYS ALSO THERE IS A
POLITICAL APPETITE FOR THIS AND
A PUBLIC DEMAND.
BUT IT'S THIS PRESIDENT TALKING
ABOUT THE CONCRETE PROPOSALS.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT A POLL
CAME OUT YESTERDAY OF THE
DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
20 ARE BELOW THE MARGIN OF
ERROR.
TWO OF THEM ARE AT 2%.
4 AT 1%.
20 OF THEM ARE UNDER 1% AND
THEY'RE USING THIS TRAGEDY TO
TRY TO GAIN LEVERAGE?
THE OTHER TWO CABLE STATIONS
SAID IT IS BETO'S MOMENTS.
>> Bill: YOU SAID HE HASN'T
TAKEN THE BAIT.
HE DID TAKE ON BETO O'ROURKE ON
TWITTER.
TRUMP OFFERS NO MORAL
LEADERSHIP OR UNIFYING THE
NATION.
NO EVIDENCE THE PRESIDENCY HAS
AWAKENED HIS CONSCIENCE IN THE
LEAST.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS
EMBRACED A POLITICAL STRATEGY
OF HATE, RACISM AND DIVISION.
THAT'S FROM BIDEN.
YOUR RESPONSE?
>> THAT'S A POLITICAL SPEECH
THAT DOESN'T PREVENT ANOTHER
MASS SHOOTING OR HEAL THE
WOUNDED.
IT'S THE PRESIDENT, NOT THE
WANNA BE PRESIDENTS WHO IS
GOING TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER AND RETURNING TO
WASHINGTON TONIGHT BILL AND
SANDRA, WAITING FOR CONGRESS TO
DO ITS JOB.
PUT LEGISLATION ON HIS DESK HE
CAN SIGN AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
I WOULD SAY TO JOE BIDEN SINCE
HE SAID IT FIRST AND MAKING
THESE REMARKS, THAT AGAIN DON'T
HEAL A SINGLE OR BRING DOWN A
LITTLE INNOCENT THAT WAS GUNNED
DOWN.
I WOULD SAY YOU GOT ELECTED TO
THE SENATE WHEN YOU WERE 29.
YOU ARE CLEARLY EVIDENTLY 78 OR
SO NOW.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50
YEARS.
YOU WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
WHERE I WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS
AND YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT?
YOU WERE IN THE DEBATES LAST
WEEK.
YOU COULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS
ISSUE UP ON YOUR OWN AND YOU
DIDN'T.
SO THEY ARE REACTING AND
CRAVING FOR POLITICAL POINTS
AND MY BOSS, OUR PRESIDENT, IS
DOING IT.
>> Sandra: OUT OF RESPECT FOR
THOSE THAT ARE ANTICIPATING THE
PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL IN TEXAS
AND OHIO JUST MOMENTS AND HOURS
FROM NOW, KELLYANNE, STICKING
WITH THIS SUBJECT AND WHAT WE
JUST HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT
AS HE MAKES HIS WAY THERE ALONG
WITH THE FIRST LADY HE SAID I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISE OF ANY
GROUP OF HATE, ANY KIND OF
SUPREMACY.
HE IS ADDRESSING CRITICISM OF
HIS OWN RHETORIC AS WELL.
I JUST WONDER WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SAYING IN
THE WAKE OF THAT CRITICISM
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WHEN THERE
HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR HIM TO TONE
DOWN HIS OWN RHETORIC IN THE
HIGHLY POLITICIZED ENVIRONMENT.
SOME HAVE CHOSEN TO BLAME THE
PRESIDENT.
>> HE HAVE.
HE IS NOT BLAMING THEM BACK.
WHAT HE IS SAYING IS HE JUST
ANSWERED THIS.
HE WAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTION
AN HOUR AGO AND THE PRESIDENT
SAID I HAVE TONED IT DOWN AND
I'M TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER AND UNIFY.
THAT'S THE STORY TODAY.
HE IS NOT DOING THIS FOR PEOPLE
WHO WANT HIS JOB.
HE IS DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS
HIS JOB.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THESE
CANDIDATES MAKE SPEECHES ABOUT
PEACHES TODAY.
NOBODY REALLY CARES IF THEY'RE
USING IT FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
THIS PRESIDENT DOES WHAT
PRESIDENTS DO.
WHAT THEY'VE DONE EVERY TIME
WE'VE HAD A TRAGEDY.
THEY WENT TO THE TREE OF LIFE
SYNAGOGUE AND WENT TO LAS VEGAS
AFTER THE SHOOTING.
THEY WENT TO PARKLAND, FLORIDA
AND THEY'VE BEEN ON THE GROUND
WITH NATIONAL DISASTERS AND
DAMAGED LIVES.
THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THIS
COUNTRY AND THEY WILL DO THE
SAME THEY'VE DONE FOR 2 1/2
YEARS AND DO FOR THE NEXT 5 1/2
YEARS AS PRESIDENT AND FIRST
LADY TODAY AON THE GROUND.
THIS PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR
UNITY AND HEALING.
ALL I CAN SEE IS PEOPLE FROM
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL
AISLE INSTEAD OF SAYING HOW CAN
WE COME TOGETHER AND HELP THIS
NATION, WHAT CAN WE DO
EMOTIONALLY AND LEGISLATIVELY
AND CULTURALLY.
THEY'RE TELLING HIM NOT TO COME.
THEY DON'T RUN HIS SCHEDULE.
THIS PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED
SPECIFICALLY RACISM, BIGOTRY,
HATE, EVIL AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
HIS COMMENTS AN HOUR AGO ARE
IMPORTANT.
CHRIS WRAY HAS BEEN TESTIFYING
WE HAVE ALL FORMS OF HATE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WHITE SUPREMACY, ANTIFA AND
ANTI-SEMITISM.
THERE ARE ALL FORMS OF HATE.
WE NEED TO GET OURSELVES AROUND
THAT.
THE PRESIDENT TALKING TO THE
NATION, OPPONENTS ARE TALKING
ABOUT HIM.
>> Bill: HE SAID MY CRITICS ARE
POLITICAL PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE
POINTS.
JOAQUIN CASTRO FROM TEXAS SENT
OUT A TWEET YESTERDAY THAT
IDENTIFIED SOME DONORS FOR THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
HE WENT ON MSNBC90 MINUTES AGO
DEPENDING THAT POSITION AND
SAID THE FOLLOWING.
>> WHEN YOU MAKE A POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTION ESPECIALLY TO A
FEDERAL CANDIDATE, THAT'S A
PUBLIC RECORD AND SO THAT
GRAPHIC LISTS PEOPLE'S NAMES.
MANY ARE BUSINESS OWNERS SO
THEY OWN THOSE COMPANIES.
THEIR MONEY IS BEING TAKEN AND
USED TO FUEL THESE HATEFUL ADS
AND IT HAS PUT MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY IN FEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
LIVING IN FEAR AND I DON'T
THINK THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS
THAT.
>> Bill: TO BE FAIR, HE WAS
CHALLENGED ON THE AIR AS TO WHY
HE DID THAT BECAUSE THE NAMES
AND COMPANIES ARE NOW MADE
PUBLIC.
SOME OF THEM ANYWAY.
HE HASN'T BACKED DOWN.
THE TWEET IS STILL UP.
YOUR MESSAGE ON THAT IS WHAT?
>> HE SHOULD TAKE DOWN THE
TWEET.
APOLOGIZE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
AND SET A BETTER EXAMPLE AS A
MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND HIS TWIN
BROTHER IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID YOU CAN'T
DO THIS.
DOESN'T MATTER IT'S PUBLIC
RECORD.
HE PUT TOGETHER A TARGET LIST
AND HE IS MAKING -- TRYING TO
MAKE LIFE MISERABLE FOR
CITIZENS PUTTING THEIR MONEY
WHERE THEIR POLITICS IS.
THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT
REELECTED.
THEY'RE PRIVATE CITIZENS.
HE IS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
HE HAS RESPONSIBLE TO PROTECT
THE POPULATION NOT MAKE THEM A