THAT IS WASHINGTON.
MARIA: WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON
JAMES MATTIS, SHOULD HE LEAVE
AND NOW WE ARE ALSO, THINKING
ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO TAKE
OVER FOR TN AMBASSADOR.
>> SO THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT
SOME POINT EVERYBODY LEAVES,
THESE ARE TOUGH JOBS, AND
QUITE DEMANDING.
MY OWN HOPE THAT IS GENERAL
MATTIS DOESN'T LEAVE ANY TIME
SOON I HAVE KNOWN HIM A LONG
TIME A GREAT SOLDIER DEFENSE
OF OUR COUNTRY, HE IS A --
SCHOLAR OF HISTORY MILITARY,
STRATEGY, HE IS A STRONG
ADMINISTRATOR DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT, HE WOULD BE A
LOSS.
SO I HOPE HE STAYS ON THAT THE
PRESIDENT DOES EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO KEEP HIM ON.
>> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
HAS AN ADEQUATE BENCH FOR SOME
IMPORTANT POSITIONS WHETHER IT
IS DEFENSE SECRETARY U.N.
AMBASSADOR TO REPLACE NIKKI
HALEY ARE YOU CONFIDENT --
>> YEAH HE DOES IT IS A
DIFFERENT KIND OF
ADMINISTRATION UNCON
INVENTIONAL THE TRUTH IS HE
HAS CAPABLE PEOPLE IN THE KEY
POSITIONS, NOW, HE HAS POMPEO
SECRETARY OF STATE, BOLTON
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY
MNUCHIN TREASURY ABOVE AVERAGE
PEOPLE, AND NO SIGN THAT
ANYONE IS GOING TO LEAVE, AND
MY GUESS IS HE FINDS SOMEBODY
GOOD FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY BUT
AS I SAY MATTIS IS THE BEST,
SO I HOPE HE DOESN'T LEAVE
SOON.
>> LET ME SWITCH GEARS ASK YOU
ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA SENATOR
BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH
WORK IN TERMS OF IRAN, WE KNOW
THAT IRANIAN THREAT OUT THERE,
SAUDI ARABIA ARE REPORTEDLY
ALLOWING TURKEY TO SEARCH IN
CONSULATE THIS AFTERNOON A
JOINT SEARCH OF THIS CONSULATE
FOLLOWING DISAPPEARANCE OF
JAMAL KHASHOGGI PRESIDENT
TRUMP SPOKE OUT OVER THE
JOURNALIST'S SUSPECTED MURDER
PROMISING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF IT THREATENING SEVERE
CONSEQUENCES THE PRIVATE
SECTOR RESPONDING WE KNOW ALL
PEOPLE ARE PULLING OUT, OF
THIS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
PLACE, NEXT WEEKS.
YOUR REACTION TO ALL SNSTSDZ.
>> WELL MY FIRST REACTION IS
-- OBVIOUSLY, THE FACT THAT WE
ARE BEING TOLD DON'T KNOW
ABOUT KHASHOGGI'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
ARE TROUBLING, BUT I THINK IT
IS TIME TO STEP BACK TAKE DEEP
BREATH LOOK AT PICTURE MORE
BROADLY SAUDI ARABIA IS OUR
ALLY REALLY BEEN MODERNIZING
UNDER CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMAD
BIN SALMAN TURKEY HAS NOT BEEN
ALLY IN THIS CASE OF
KHASHOGGI, ERDOGAN DOESN'T
COME TO THIS CASE WITH AS WE
USED TO SAY IN THE LAW CLEAN
HANDS, HE HAS A TERRIBLE HUMAN
RIGHTS RECORD, ARRESTS
JOURNALISTS ARRESTS POLITICAL
OPPONENTS THAT DISAPPEAR ET
CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I WOULD BE CAREFUL TO WAIT
UNTIL WE SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE
FACTS ARE, BECAUSE AGAIN I
WANT TO SAY SAUDI ARABIA IS
OUR ALLY NOT JUST
ECONOMICALLY, THE PRESIDENT
HAS CORRECTLY REFERRED TO, BUT
IT IS ALSO OUR NUMBER ONE ALLY
IN THE REGIONAL CONFLICT THAT
MATTERS MOST POUS WHICH IS
WITH US ALMOST AIC REPUBLIC OF
IRAN IF THE CASE IS MADE
AGAINST THE SAUDI ARABIA,
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING BUT I -- I HOPE THAT
WE STOP SHORT OF A BIG BREAK
IN OUR RELATIONS WITH SAUDI
ARABIA STOP SHORT OF -- WITH
MOHAMMAD BIN SALMAN I CONTINUE
TO BELIEVE BEST HOPE FOR
MODERNIZING SAUDI ARABIA IN A
LONG TIME.
>> IMPORTANT POINTS OBVIOUSLY
AMERICA HAS DONE BUSINESS WITH
OTHER PEOPLE, WHO WE DO NOT
AGREE WITH, IN TERMS OF THE
WAY THEY GOVERN THE WAY THEY
-- THEY LOOK AT HUMAN RIGHTS.
>> RIGHT.
MARIA: AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING
ON EVIDENCE, THE TURKEY SAYS
WE'VE AUDIO VIDEO WE KNOW
SAUDIS KILL THEM BUT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT EVIDENCE.
>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT RIGHT.
MARIA: .
>> IF YOU WERE TO SEE IT
SENATOR YOUR STOPPING SHORT
THE WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS OF
SAYING REVERSE ARMED SALE DAL
SAYING REVERSE ARMED DELE DAL
SAYING REVERSE ARMED DEAL DAL
SAYING REVERSE ARMED DEAL YAL
SAYING REVERSE ARMED DEAL YOU
DON'T THINK BEST INTERESTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
>> I WOULD BE CAREFUL NOT
BECAUSE I WOULD BE CAREFUL OF
IT I DON'T WANT TO GET US INTO
A POINT WHERE WE NO LONGER
HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
ONE OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT
TRUSTED ALLIES, IN THE REGION,
WHICH IS SAUDI ARABIA.
>> EXACTLY WHAT IRAN WOULD
WANT.
>> EXACTLY WHAT IRAN WOULD
WANT.
IF THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT
SAUDI ARABIA REALLY WAS
INVOLVED IN THE MURDER OF
KHASHOGGI, WE HAVE TO TAKE
SOME ACTION.
BUT I WOULD BE CAREFUL TO
REALLY DESTROY NOT TO DESTROY
OUR RELATIONS WITH SAUDI
ARABIA.
>> UNDERSTOOD SIMILAR TO WHAT
PRESIDENT SAID AS WELL ON
SUBJECT WE ARE WAITING WE ARE
WAITING, ANY THOUGHTS ON IRAN
WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW?
IN TERMS OF THEIR
NUCLEARIZATION?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY ARE IN
TROUBLE I MEAN I THINK THE
POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT HAS
TAKEN POSITIVE PULL US OUT OF
THAT IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL REI AM
POEF SANCTIONS SQUEEZED
IRANIAN ECONOMY MORE SANCTIONS
ARE COMING, ECONOMIC PRESSURE,
EARLY IN NOVEMBER.
SO THE HOPE HERE IS THAT
EITHER THE IRANIANS COME BACK
TO THE TABLE AND RENEGOTIATE A
BETTER DEAL IN WHICH THEY
REALLY GIVE UP NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM, OR THEY FACE
CONSEQUENCES I THINK KWEPGS
MAY BE UPRISING OF IRANIAN
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH
THEIR LIVES UNDER THISS
EXTREMIST REGIME THE 150 PLAN
IRANIANS GOT AS RESULTED OF
IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT DIDN'T
REALLY GO TO PEOPLE OF IRAN IT
WENT TO FINANCE HEZBOLLAH
HALAS, THE IRANIAN ALLIES IN
YEMEN, AND THAT INFURIATES
PEOPLE OF IRAN.
>> TO TWEET THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA
WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT HE JUST
SAID, THE PRESIDENT WROTE THIS
JUST SPOKE TO THE KING OF
SAUDI ARABIA DENIED ANY
KNOWLEDGE OF WHATEVER MAY HAVE
HAPPENED TO OUR CITIZEN HE
SAID THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY
WITH TURKEY TO FIND AN ANSWER
I AM IMMEDIATELY SENDING OUR
SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET
WITH KING THERE YOU GO,
SECRETARY POMPEO IS GOING TO
MEET WITH SAUDI KING, TO TRY
TO GET FURTHER ALONG HERE BUT
LIKE YOU JUST SAID, WE ARE
WAITING ON EVIDENCE, AND YOU
DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD
DESTROY THE RELATION WITH
SAUDIS RIGHT NOW GIVEN THREAT
OF IRAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT GIVEN THE
CHANGES OCCURRING IN SAUDI
ARABIA, UNDER MOHAMMAD BIN
SALMAN I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT,
TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT, IT
IS WELL DONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU TALK TO
KING SALMAN IN SAUDI ARABIA
THAT IS OUR ALLY, THEY ARE
WORKING WITH THE TURKS TO FIND
OUT WHAT FACTS WERE LET'S PULL
BACK FOR A MINUTE TOO MUCH ON
THE LINE TO BE POPPING OFF,
AND TO EFFECT YOUR RELATION
WITH ALLIES.
>> VERY GOOD CALM COMMENTARY
THERE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
BORDER YESTERDAY ON "SUNDAY
MORNING FUTURES" HOUSE
MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY
JOINED ME TO TALK ABOUT HIS
NEW BILL HE SAYS HE IS GOING
TO BRING TO THE FLOOR GOING TO
VOTE ON IT, AFTER THE
MIDTERMS, TO FULLY FUND OWE
BORDER WALL PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS BEEN ASKING FOR HERE IS
WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY.
>> WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED THE
FIRST REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENT
TO START BUILDING THAT WALL AT
1.6 BILLION WILL FINISH THE
JOB AT 25.
BUT MORE THAN JUST BUILDING
THE WALL WHAT THIS IS ABOUT,
IS SAFE COMMUNITIES OUR
CHILDREN PROTECTING FROM
FENTANYL PROTECTING FROM GANG
MEMBERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
WHAT THE BILL DOES IS EVEN
FURTHER GIVES ADVANCED
APPROPRIATION THAT FULLY FUNDS
THE WALL MORE IMPORTANTLY IT
GOES INTO PROTECT THEM.
MARIA: SO MCCARTHY GOING TO
BRING THIS TO THE FLOOR ANY
CHANCE OF PASSAGE IN YOUR
VIEW?
>> WELL, DEPENDS WHO THIS I
MAJORITY ?
THE HOUSE NOT SENATE THERE HAS
TO BE COMPROMISE AVKNOWS WHAT
A GOOD COMPROMISE STRONG
IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL SHOULD
INCLUDE AND IT HAS TO START
WITH MORE BORDER SECURITY.
IT DOESN'T END THERE.
SO I THINK WHAT KEVIN MCCARTHY
IS TALKING ABOUT COULD BE
BEGINNING OF A COMPROMISE,
THEN YOU YOU GOT TO GET INTO
DEALING WITH PEOPLE HERE
ILLEGALLY, AND WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT, SO IT IS A FIRST STEP
WE'RE IN CAMPAIGN SEASON SO
YOU KNOW, EXPECT A LOT OF
STATEMENTS FROM BOTH PARTIES
DPEERD MORE TOWARD ELECTION
DAY THAN TOWARD THE NEXT
CONGRESS.
>> YES ELECTION IN THE AIR FOR
SURE, SENATOR GOOD TO SEE YOU