.
WE CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION
WITH CONGRESSWOMAN ILLEANA ROS-
LEHTINEN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS
IN THE NEWS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND
DAISIES LIKE A MONTH.
IT'S BEEN SEVEN DAYS SINCE
TAPING THIS COME ON THE STRIKE
ON SYRIA.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE STRIKE
AND DO YOU BELIEVE THE U.S. HAS
A COHERENT POLICY WHEN IT COMES
TO MOVING FORWARD ON SYRIA?
THAT IS A SERIOUS TOPIC.
LET ME APOLOGIZE TO MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALES.
I DID NOT MEET TO DROP HER UP
AND SHE HAS A LAWSUIT AND SHE
IS A GREAT COMMISSIONER, I HAVE
SPOKEN TO HER AS WELL, MUCH TO
SICK -- MUCH SUCCESS TO YOU AS
WELL.
ON SYRIA WE NEED A STRATEGY.
WE NEED A PLAN.
WHAT IS IT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
THEIR?
ARE WE SAYING ASSAD SHOULD GO?
NO NOW WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT
THAT HE WILL SAY.
ARE WE WILLING TO FIGHT THE
RUSSIANS AND IRANIANS?
APPARENTLY IRAN HAS A FOOTHOLD
THERE AND RUSSIA HAS A FOOTHOLD
THERE AND WE ARE OKAY WITH
THAT.
WE ARE NOT OKAY.
THE ONLY THING WE ARE NOT OKAY,
YOU CAN'T USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
TO KILL YOUR PEOPLE. ARE YOU
GOING TO KEEP YOUR PEAK -- KILL
YOUR PEOPLE WITH CONVENTIONAL
WEAPONS?
GO RIGHT AHEAD APPARENTLY WE
ARE FINE WITH THAT I THINK IT
MAY HAVE MOVED TOO FAR TO NOW
BEING ENGAGED BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT HAS MADE TOO MANY
STATEMENTS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE A PLAN THAT
WE NEED FIRST, A PLAN.
WHAT DOES THE ADMINISTRATION
WANT TO DO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS HAVE US
BE ENGAGED.
HAVING COME TO CONGRESS HAVE A
VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF
FORCE.
I THINK THEY COULD BE THERE IF
WE HAVE A STRATEGY, IF WE HAVE
A PLAN AND SAY WE DON'T WANT --
IF WE SAY NEVER AGAIN WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN SYRIA IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
I CAN'T SAY WE DON'T HAVE
NATIONAL INTEREST THERE, WE
HAVE U.S. TROOPS THERE ALREADY.
WE NEED TO GET RUSSIA OUT OF
THERE, GET I RAN OUT OF THERE.
IF THEY SEE WE HAVE A SERIOUS
MILITARY OPERATION UNDERWAY,
THEY WILL DECIDE ON THEIR OWN
TO GET OUT BECAUSE THERE IS
NOTHING MIGHTIER THAN THE U.S.
MILITARY.
COME TO CONGRESS, LET'S HAVE A
DEBATE, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.
IN CUBA WE SAW FOR THE FIRST
TIME THE PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNTRY IS NOT A CASTRO FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS.
DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING?
A DOZEN.
I WISH IT DID.
CASTRO IS STILL THE PUPPET
MASTER.
VERY MUCH PART OF THE MAIN
STAGE OF THE SIDELINES BECAUSE
AS LONG AS RAUL CASTRO IS THE
HEAD OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, HE
IS THE ONE CALLING THE SHOTS.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT PLAY OUT IN
RUSSIA, WE HAVE SEEN IT PLAY
OUT IN THE OLD SOVIET UNION AND
IN EVERY COMMUNIST
DICTATORSHIP.
WHOEVER IS THE HEAD OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY, DEFINITELY
PERSONALITY DRIVEN.
WE HAVE THIS USEFUL IDIOT, IN
CHARGE NOW.
HE HAS EVEN SAID I OWE IT ALL
TO FIDEL, TO RAUL.
I WILL DO WHAT THEY SAY HE IS A
LOYAL SOLDIER.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN
VENEZUELA.
CUBA AND VENEZUELA SADLY HAVE A
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
TERRIBLE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MUELLER
PROBE IN . WOULD YOU BE IN
FAVOR OF TAKING A VOTE TO GIVE
HIM PROTECTION TO MAKE SURE HE
CAN'T BE FIRED?
ABSOLUTELY.
I AM A COSPONSOR OF THAT BILL,
TO PROTECT MUELLER FROM BEING
FIRED.
I THINK HE NEEDS THE FREEDOM,
THE LIBERTY TO CARRY ON THIS
INVESTIGATION AND I THINK AS
AMERICANS WE WANT TO KNOW THE
TRUTH.
MUELLER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
TAKE THE INVESTIGATION TO ITS
END.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING
TO LEAD TO BUT OUR INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY IS ONLY A FRAGMENT OF
THAT.
WE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
HANDLED THIS?
VERY MUCH.
WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, I
HAVEN'T BEEN ON THEIR LONG, IT
WAS A NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE
WHICH IS AS IT SHOULD BE.
NOW THE DEMOCRATS ISSUE REPORT,
REPUBLICANS ISSUE A REPORT,
THAT IS NOT HOW WE SHOULD
HANDLE INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT.
WE HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WEAKNESS HANDLED IT.
I HOPE ONCE THIS BLOWS AWAY IN
THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT WE CAN GET
BACK TO LOOKING AT THE REAL
THREATS THAT SURROUND US.
NORTH KOREA, SYRIA, RUSSIA.
ONE THING WE SHOULD NEVER LOSE
SIGHT OF AN RUSSIA MEDDLED IN
OUR ELECTIONS.
THEY WANTED TO INFILTRATE OUR
VOTING SYSTEMS, NO DOUBT ABOUT
IT AND WE NEED TO TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY
OR ANY OTHER NEFARIOUS ACTOR
DOES NOT DO IT AGAIN.
WE CAN'T TAKE OUR EYES OFF THE.
WHETHER IT WAS COLLUSION,
COORDINATION, ALL OF THAT MAY
BE INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT
BUT WE NEED THE SANCTITY OF OUR
ELECTORAL PROCESS.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE AROUND
THE BEND.
HOW SAFE ARE WE NOW FROM
BEFORE.
COULD YOU BELIEVE, PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP OR JAMES COMEY?
ALL OF THEM HAVE CREDIBILITY
ISSUES.
I AM NOT A FAN OF PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP. I
DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM, I DON'T
SUPPORT HIM, I DON'T SUPPORT
MANY OF HIS POLICIES.
NOT BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONALITY,
HIS POLICIES I DON'T AGREE
WITH.
HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB ON CUBA, A
GOOD JOB ON VENEZUELA.
COMEY HAS BEEN BEEN BEFORE OUR
COMMITTEE MANY TIMES.
WE KNOW HE HAS A BOOK OUT THERE,
OUT THERE SELLING THESE MEMOS.
I THINK THAT THE NARRATIVE WE
HAVE ALREADY SEEN.
I DON'T KNOW THERE ARE ANY
BOMBSHELLS.
HE TALKS ABOUT HIM IN HIS BOOK,
NO BIG SURPRISES.
I THINK BOTH OF THEM HAVE
CREDIBILITY ISSUES.
DEMOCRATS ARE MAD AT CALL ME
BECAUSE HE THINKS HE DERAILED
THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY,
REPUBLICANS ARE MAD AT COMING
BECAUSE HE DID A LOT OF DAMAGE
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE IS IN NO MAN'S LAND.
THE TIME WE HAVE REMAINING
LET'S TALK ABOUT BARBARA BUSH,
FORMER FIRST LADY WHO PASSED
AWAY.
YOU KNEW HER?
I DID I HAD THE GREAT HONOR
OF WORKING WITH HER, PUTTING
TOGETHER A LITERACY EVENT IN
BROWARD COUNTY AT ONE OF OUR
LOCAL COLLEGES.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT I HAD
BEEN RECENTLY ELECTED AND I GET
TO WORK WITH THE FIRST LADY FROM
SHE WAS GRACIOUS, KIND,
COMPASSIONATE BUT NO-NONSENSE.
THEY CALLED HER AT THE
ENFORCER.
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE ARE
SO CLOSE TO THE BUSH FAMILY
BECAUSE JEB, OUR GUY DOWN HERE,
I HAVE BEEN A JEB SUPPORTER
FOREVER.
WHAT A BIG LOSS FOR THE
COUNTRY.
73 YEARS THEY WERE MARRIED.
IT IS A PRESIDENTIAL FIRST,
MARRIED SO LONG.
SHE SAID I MARRIED THE FIRST
BOY I KISSED AT 16, HE WAS 17.
ONE OF THE BEST STORIES WHEN
SHE WAS THE COMMENCEMENT
SPEAKER AT WELLESLEY, A LIBERAL
WOMEN'S COLLEGE AT THE TIME,
AND THE LADY STUDENT SAID NO WHY
SHOULD WE HONOR SOMEONE WHO IS
FAMOUS FOR THE PERSON SHE
MARRIED.
BUT SHE WON THEM OVER WITH HER
GRACE.
SHE REALLY BROUGHT THAT
AUDIENCE WITH HER.
SHE GOT A STANDING OVATION AT
THE END.
I THINK THE LINE SHE USED
WAS MAY BE SOMEBODY OUT THERE,
THERE IS SOMEBODY WHOSE SPOUSE
WHO COULD BE A GREAT FIRST
HUSBAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND I WISH HIM WELL.
EXACTLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING,
ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME YOU
ARE COMING IN.