PICK HIS OWN REPLACEMENT BUT
THAT APPOINTEE WILL HAVE TO BE
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.
JEFF: SENATOR RON WYDEN JOINS
US.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE G 20
SUMMIT AND THE PRESIDENT'S
PHILOSOPHY ABOUT AMERICA FIRST
IS AN ISOLATIONIST PHILOSOPHY.
HAVE WE ABDICATED SOME
LEADERSHIP GOING INTO THIS
SUMMIT?
IT DOES SEEM THAT
WE ARE
CREATING A VACUUM AND CHINA
WANTS TO FILL IT.
ONE OUT OF FIVE JOBS IN OREGON
REVOLVES AROUND INTERNATIONAL
TRADE AND THEY OFTEN PAY BETTER.
PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT MY ECONOMIC
PHILOSOPHY AND I SAY, LET US
GROW IT HERE, ADD VALUE TO IT
HERE, AND SHIP IT SOMEWHERE.
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE CHINA
PICKING UP THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
JENNIFER: WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT MEETING VLADIMIR
PUTIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A
SITDOWN SETTING.
WILL HE ASK
THE RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT ABOUT MEDDLING?
THERE ARE A HOST OF ISSUES
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SYRIA IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT.
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ON THE
SIDE OF ASSAD.
WE ARE NOT.
I HOPE THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
BLUNT AND SAY THAT IT IS CLEAR
THAT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
HACKED THE ELECTION.
DO NOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
JEFF: THE PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT
NORTH KOREA BEFORE THE G 20
SUMMIT.
LET US LISTEN AND I WILL ASK FOR
YOUR COMMENTS.
AS FAR AS NORTH KOREA IS
CONCERNED, I DO NOT KNOW.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I DO NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
I HAVE PLANNED.
I DO NOT DRAW
RED LINES.
JEFF: YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN
THIS PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO
RESPONDING TO NORTH KOREA.
MY VIEW IS THAT IT IS
TIME TO
TAKE SOME VERY CONCRETE STEPS.
OR EXAMPLE, TRADE BETWEEN CHINA
AND NORTH KOREA SEEMS TO HAVE
GONE UP 34% RECENTLY.
CLEARLY, WE HAVE TO SEND A
MESSAGE TO THE CHINESE THAT THAT
IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND THEN, I BELIEVE CHINA WILL
REALLY TAKE US SERIOUSLY ON THIS
WHEN WE MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE
CHINESE THAT THEY HAVE TO
SUPPORT BANKING RESTRICTIONS.
AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
STEPS IF THEY DO NOT, TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO UP THE ANTE.
JENNIFER: CONFIDENCE ASIDE,
BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESSFUL
MISSILE LAUNCH, IN GENERAL, AS
AMERICAN PEOPLE, SHOULD WE BE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT?
YES.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE NORTH
KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS CLEARLY ON
A MARCH.
A RELENTLESS MARCH TO DEVELOP A
MISSILE CAPABILITY THAT WILL
REACH OUR SHORES.
THE QUESTION IS -- WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
THEY HAVE BEEN PURSUING THIS
STRATEGY FOR SOME TIME AND IT
SEEMS TO ME BOTH IN TERMS OF
ENFORCEABLE TRADE MEASURES,
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SENDING A
MESSAGE TO CHINESE FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS, AND MOBILIZING A
GLOBAL COALITION TO DEAL WITH
NORTH KOREA -- THOSE ARE THREE
PRACTICAL STEPS WE CAN TAKE.
JEFF: HEALTH CARE.
DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICANS
QUARTER -- DO YOU THINK THE
REPUBLICANS, DURING THIS RECESS,
CAN COME TOGETHER AND COME UP
WITH A PLAN THAT DEMOCRATS CAN
GET BEHIND?
MITCH MCCONNELL
SAID TODAY THAT
MAYBE WE SHOULD FIX OF
OBAMACARE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT DEMOCRATS WERE
SAYING BEFORE THIS BEGAN?
MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN
REPUBLICANS COME BACK, A WILL
SAY AS WE HAVE SAID IN AMERICA,
WHENEVER WE HAVE HAD A BIG
ISSUE, IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE
BIPARTISAN.
THEY WILL DROP WHAT IS CALLED
RECONCILIATION.
WHICH IS KIND OF -- OUR
WAY OR
THE HIGHWAY KIND OF APPROACH.
AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE MADE MY TOP
PRIORITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE,
WORKING IN A BIPARTISAN WAY ON
HEALTH CARE.
WE HAVE GOT TO DO THAT.
THESE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
ARE GOING THROUGH THE
STRATOSPHERE.
I HAVE IDEAS LIKE MY "SPIKE
BILL
" WHICH REQUIRES COMPANIES TO
JUSTIFY THESE HUGE PRICES.
JENNIFER: RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE
GOING TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
WE HAVE POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT
YOU ARE GOING TO BE HERE, AND WE
GOT A LOT OF RESPONSE.
CAN YOU TELL PEOPLE WHERE THEY
CAN MEET YOU?
WE WILL BE IN REDMAN
TOMORROW, AND ON SATURDAY,
SPRINGFIELD.
THESE LOCATIONS ARE
POSTED ON MY
WEBSITE.
I HAVE HAD 51 OF THESE TOWN HALL
MEETINGS, MORE THAN WE HAVE EVER
HAD.
THERE IS UNPRECEDENTED INTEREST
IN THE ISSUES.
WE WANTED TO PROVIDE
UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE
CITIZENS.
THEY CAN GET IT ALL ON OUR
WEBSITE.
WE WILL HAVE 54 TOWNHALL
MEETINGS BY THE END OF THE
WEEKEND.