I'M KENNEDY.
HOW EXACTLY DOES IT WORK?
WE'LL ASK JUDGE ANDREW
NAPOLITANO.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY WORK ON
THE STORY.
>> THE 25th AMENDMENT WAS
RATIFIED IN 1967, FOUR YEARS
AFTER THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
WHEN THERE WAS A FEAR AND
CONCERN, SUPPOSE HE HAD SURVIVED
AND WAS BRAIN DAMAGED, WHO WOULD
BE THE PRESIDENT?
PRESIDENT AFTER WOODROW WILSON
HAD A STROKE 2/3 OF THE WAY
THROUGH HIS SECOND TERM.
AND HE COULDN'T COMMUNICATE.
MAJORITY OF THE CABINET, 9 HUMAN
BEINGS, DECIDE THE PRESIDENT IS
INCAPACITATED, HE'S
THINK OF THIS.
9 PEOPLE TO NULLIFY THE WISHES
OF 60 MILLION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ARGUED, I
AMONG THEM, THIS IS THE BASIS
FOR A LAWFUL COUP.
THE TAKEOVER OF THE GOVERNMENT
BY NON-DEMOCRATIC MEANS.
IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION.
IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND.
OF COURSE, IT'S NEVER BEEN USED.
IF THE PRESIDENT SIGNS A
PETITION I AM TODAY PASS 8.
THEN IT GO TO THE CONGRESS AND
IT WOULD TAKE 2/3 OF BOTH HOUSES
TO KEEP HIM OUT PERMANENTLY.
KENNEDY: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF
THAT HAPPENING?
>> IT'S EXTREMELY NARROW.
THE WHOLE THING IS EXTREMELY
NARROW WITH HIM.
THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF
INCAPACITY.
WE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE HISTORICAL
RECORD FROM 1967.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS THE
TYPE OF THINGS THAT ARE ARCTIC
LATE, EVEN IF YOU TAKE THEM AS
BEING TRUTHFUL, AND SOME PEOPLE
ARE CHALLENGING THEM, IN MICHAEL
WOLFF'S BOOK.
EVEN IF EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK
IS TRUE, DOES THIS RISE TO THE
LEVEL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LEVEL.
YOU WANT HIP OUT BECAUSE YOU
DON'T LIKE WHAT HE EATS AND THE
WAY HE SOUND AND WHAT HE SAYS
ABOUT HIMSELF OR DO YOU THINK
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
THIS IS NOT THE CLOAK ROOM OF
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE WHERE
THERE IS EXTREME HATRED FOR THE
WORK FOR HIM.
IF THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
25th AMENDMENT THIS IS
DANGEROUS STUFF AND WE ARE IN
DANGEROUS TIMES.
KENNEDY: WHAT DO WE .NOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT ADVICE TO
GIVE HIP.
THE ADVICE I HAVE BEEN GIVING
HIM IS NOT TO BE INTERVIEWED BY
NO SERIOUS CRIMINAL DEFENSE
LAWYER WOULD EVER, EVER, PUT AS
MANY EVERS AS YOU WANT, LET HIS
CLIENT BE INTERVIEWED BY THE
PEOPLE PROSECUTING HIM.
KENNEDY: ALAN DERSHOWITZ SAID
THE SAME THING.
>> NOT ONLY IS HE THE PRESIDENT
HIS LAWYERS, GET ME A MEETING
WITH MUELLER AND I'LL TALK HIM
OUT OF THIS.
MR. PRESIDENT, THEY WON'T.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO SET A TRAP
FOR YOU AS THEY DID WITH GENERAL
FLYNN AND PAPADOPOULOS AND
I'LL TALK WITH BUCK SEXTON ABOUT
THAT LATER.
I WANT TO GET BACK TO THIS
25th AMENDMENT ISSUE.
IT GOES TO SHOW THE
POLITICIZATION AND SEPARATION
AND THE FOMENT AND DESIRE TO
WAS UNJUST.
IS THERE ANYTHING THE PRESIDENT
CAN DO AT THIS POINT TO JUST
SIMPLY GOVERN, TO SIMPLY LEAD.
>> GIVE HIP CELL PHONE TO
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ROARING AND
KENNEDY: YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS
KIND OF SPENDING AND TAX CUTS
AND EXPECT TO SUSTAIN THE
GROWTH.
THEY HAVE TO CUT SPENDING IF
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
MEANINGFUL LONG-TERM.
>> YOU ARE PREACH TOGETHER
CONCERTED ON THAT.
IF YOU SERVE FOUR YEARS AND I
BELIEVE HE WILL.
$25 TRILLION IN DEBT.
$1 TRILLION A YEAR IN DEBT
SERVICE.
WHAT IS $1 TRILLION A YEAR?
40% OF FEDERAL TAX REVENUE GOING
TO PAY INTEREST ON THE DEBT.
NOT GETTING ANYTHING FOR IT.