ALONG JTB TO THE BEACHES IN BACK. YOU’RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND THAT’S A KEY
PERSON. TOYOTA TIME SAVER
TRAFFIC.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: LESS THAN 24
HOURS AGO IN A STATEMENT ON
TWITTER, FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO SAID AT SOME POINT SOON
PUTIN WILL HAVE TO BEGIN TO
TARGET THE SUPPLY CONVOYS
COMING INTO UKRAINE AND THE
RISK THAT THIS WOULD LEAD TO
AN ATTACK AGAINST NATO FORCES
INSIDE OF POLAND DUE TO
MISTAKES IN THIS CALCULATION
ARE SIGNIFICANT. YESTERDAY I
TALKED WITH THE SENATOR ON
ZOOM IN, ASKED HIM IF IT WAS
TIME FOR NATO TO PUT ALL
OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. WE WILL
GET TO THAT QUESTION. BUT THAT
INTERVIEW STARTED WITH
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ONGOING
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON. SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING ME HERE IN THE MORNING
SHOW. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF THINGS TO COVER THIS
MORNING. LET ME START WITH THE
ONGOING CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
BROWN JACKSON SAID AFTER
MEETING AND AFTER
CONVERSATION, IT DID NOTHING
TO EASE YOUR CONCERNS BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO HAVE STARKLY
DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ROLE
AS THE SUPREME COURT. NOW, I
KNOW YOU SAID YOU WOULD KEEP
AN OPEN MIND UNTIL AFTER THE
HEARINGS AND BUT YOU LIKELY
VOTE AGAINST HER NOMINATION.
WHAT MIGHT POSSIBLY CHANGE
YOUR MIND.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO SUPREME
COURT REALLY IS WHAT WE LIKE
TO MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
NOT STREET-PORTER ACT AS
LIKABLE BUT INCREDIBLY
INTELLIGENT, VERY TALENTED. A
GREAT PERSONAL STORIES. AND
THAT’S CERTAINLY THE CASE
HERE. AND THEN SHE ACTUALLY
ENDED UP GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL
WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATE
YOUR HEAD AND YOU JUST, YOU
KNOW, THE RIDE, THE SCHOOL
JUST DOWN THE STREET. SO IT’S
A STORY THAT’S FAMILIAR TO ME.
AND I DON’T KNOW PERSONALLY
EXCEPT FOR A MEETING THAT I
LIKE VERY MUCH AS PERSON AND
SHE’S CREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE AS
A VERY INSPIRING STORY. YOU
HAVE TO SEPARATE THAT FROM
WHAT I BELIEVE. SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES, JOHN ROBERTS, I
BELIEVE THEIR JOB IS TO APPLY
AND TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THE
CONSTITUTION ACCORDING TO ITS
ORIGINAL MEANING, ACCORDING TO
THE PLAIN TEXT AND WHAT IT
MEANT TO PEOPLE WHO WROTE
THOSE WORKS. AND I NEED TO
LOOK AND SEE HER RECORD, NOT
JUST WORDS, BUT THE RECORD
THAT SHE HAS A HISTORY OF
DOING THAT AND IN PARTICULAR
WITH THIS YOUNG STANDS AT THE
ROLES IN COURT IS TO BE A TRY
OR IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER YOU
AGREE WITH THE OUTCOME THAT
AND NOT TO TRY FACTS, WHICH IS
TRACK OF AND I’M EATING IT OR,
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
A LITTLE BIT. I DIDN’T GET.
DANCE. ONE SURPRISE. BUT GET
THE ANSWERS THAT I I WAS VERY
CLOSE. I EXPECT DO VERY WELL
BE TREATED VERY RESPECTFULLY.
I ANTICIPATE SHE WILL BE
CONCERNED STEP TO VOTE
CONFIRMATION. BUT ITS EFFORTS
TO ME, IT’S GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
BUT I WANT OUR YOU I STAY THAT
STAY THAT JUST YET BECAUSE I
DO WANT SEE THE ENTIRE HERE
AND SEE WHAT COMES OF IT.
>> SWITCHING TOPICS, LET ME
ASK YOU ABOUT THE RUSSIAN WAR
WITH UKRAINE. PRESIDENT BIDEN
TRAVELING TO EUROPE TO MEET
WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NATO
ALLIED NATIONS. AT THE END OF
THE DAY, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW IS
PRESIDENT PUTIN’S ACTIONS
BASICALLY A WAR OF ATTRITION
AT THIS POINT. DO THE NATO
ALLIES RIGHT NOW HAVE TO
RETHINK THEIR OPTIONS? PERHAPS
A NO-FLY ZONE, PERHAPS PUTTING
MORE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE NATO
RESPONSE RIGHT NOW IS WORKING
TERMS OF YOU SEE THAT THE
UKRAINE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
RETAKE GO ON DEFENSE.
>> AND ALL OF THAT IS BECAUSE
OF THE THAT CONTINUE TO FLOW
INTO THE COUNTRY SEE THE
STRONGER NOW SUPPLIES AND
CONTINUE INTO THE SO I THINK
THAT’S WORK THAT THE NO-FLY
ZONE IS NOT THAT ONE OF LAST
TO HAVE SLICE. THE PROBLEM IS
A NO-FLY ZONE. THIS SOME FAA
DECORATIONS. INTERESTING. YOU
PUT OUT TO HAVE A NO-FLY YOU
HAVE TO GO INTO RUSSIA AND
BELARUS HAVE TO KNOCK OUT
>> SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES
ATTACK RUSSIA BASICALLY AND
THEN YOU HAVE TO SHOOT DOWN
RUSSIAN PLANES. AND BY THE
WAY, YOU HAVE A FEW WERE SHOT
DOWN WELL THEIR SURFACE TO AIR
SYSTEMS ARE A PRETTY ADVANCED.
THIS IS NOT SYRIA OR IRAQ
AFGHANISTAN SO I THINK PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE NO-FLY
ZONE EQUATES TO WAR BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA
WHERE THEY WANT TO CALL IT
THAT OR NOT.
>> MARY OVAL HAS BEEN REDUCED
TO ASHES MUCH OF UKRAINE RIGHT
NOW IS IS CRUMBLING. HOW MUCH
LONGER DOES THIS GO ON? HOW
MANY MORE CITIES HAVE TO
TUMBLE?
>> I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY THE
STRATEGY NOW IS NOT JUST TO
LAY SIEGE TO 5 TO 6 KEY SINCE
TRY TO CAPTURE THE POST
BECAUSE HE DEFINITELY WANTS TO
TURN THE BLACK SEA TO WHAT
SEEMED TO RUSH THE LAKE AND
THEN BASICALLY LACEY’S CIRCLE
A BUNCH OF OTHER CITIES
INCLUDING T POUNDED WITH
ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE AND
SOME STRATEGIC AIR WEAPONRY
AND JUST UNTIL HE BELIEVES
HE’S DEVELOPED LEVERAGE TO
FORCE UKRAINE INTO A
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT. THAT
INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, FORFEITING
LANDS LIKE FROM HERE IN THE
PUTTING NEUTRALITY IN THE
CONSTITUTION. DEMILITARIZING.
>> AS THE DESPERATE ENOUGH TO
USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND IF HE
DOES, WHAT ARE THE NATO ALLIES
DO?
>> UNDERSTAND IS IT IF HE
BELIEVES THAT SOMETHING REALLY
A LOSS IN THE TRAINING WILL
ENDANGER HIS GRIP ON POWER AND
HIS GOVERNMENT STABILITY. HE’S
CAPABLE OF DOING THINGS THAT
ARE UNIMAGINABLE EVEN BEYOND
WHAT HE’S ALREADY DONE.
>> AS FAR AS OUR RESPONSE
EXACTLY WHAT TALKING ABOUT.
SOME OF THESE CHEMICAL OR
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS DON’T
RESPECT IT CAN SPREAD ACROSS
BORDERS AND IMPACT NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING MEMBERS
OF NATO LIKE POLAND. AND AT
THAT POINT, THINK THE QUESTION