MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARING
CERTAINTY WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN OF
SUCCESS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
HERE IS THAT THE PRESIDENT TOLD
HANNITY LAST NIGHT.
>> THE KING OF PRUSSIA IN THE
UNITED STATES, 90% OF THE
HE ALSO SAID HE WANTS TO BE VERY
HELPFUL WITH NORTH KOREA.
WE ARE DOING WELL WITH NORTH
KOREA.
COMMITTEE MEMBER CONGRESSMAN
JOHN CURTIS OF UTAH.
PRESSURE FROM HERE?
WOULD YOU THINK RUSSIA CAN OFFER
THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT IS
YOUR REACTION TO WHAT TOOK PLACE
IN THE MEETING?
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
REMEMBER IS RUSSIA IS NOT OUR
FRIEND.
HISTORY HAS PROVEN UNLESS
SOMEBODY STANDS UP TO RUSSIA
THEY JUST KEEP ON GOING.
MARIA: RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY AREAS YOU THINK
YOU TALK TO SEAN HANNITY ABOUT
EARTH KOREA.
SYRIA AND IRAN IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
DO YOU SEE ANY OPENINGS TO
ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL TO THE
UNITED DATES?
WE KNOW IS NOT A FRIEND.
BAD BEHAVIOR.
THEY ARE BREAKING INTERNATIONAL
LAW COMMENSURATE IN A BORDER IS
COMING USING CYBERATTACKS COME
AT INTERFERING WITH ELECTIONS.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A PLACE TO
GET WHERE THEY HELP US WHEN WE
GET PAST THESE POINTS WERE THERE
TRYING TO HURT US.
DAGEN: -- IS DAGEN MCDOWELL.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT
MEDDLING?
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT
MEDDLING IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION
STOP IT?
>> WE ARE ALSO FRUSTRATED WE ARE
NOT DOING ENOUGH.
FIRST OF ALL, WE KNOW THAT THEIR
AGGRESSIVE THAN THE LOOK FOR ANY
OPPORTUNITY AND THEY WILL FOLLOW
THEIR WORD.
ALL OF US NEED TO BE VIGILANT
AND FIND EVERY ASPECT OF EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT THIS
GOING FORWARD.
>> CONGRESSMAN, HOW DID THE
PRESIDENT DO YESTERDAY IN
HELSINKI IN YOUR ASSESSMENT AND
WHAT IS THE NEED TO DO NEXT
AFTER THE MEETING?
>> I THINK WHAT IS FRUSTRATING
PEOPLE AS IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE
WAS OFF BRAND.
HIS BRAND IS THE PAST EVEN WITH
OUR GOOD FRIENDS.
WHAT IS NOT TOUGH WITH SOMEBODY
THAT'S PERCEIVED TO BE HER
ENEMY, PEOPLE FIND THAT
FRUSTRATING.
>> WHAT IS THE NEED TO DO NEXT
AFTER THIS FRUSTRATING
PERFORMANCE?
>> I THINK PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE HIM DO WHAT HE DOES SO WELL
AND THAT IS TO BE TOUGH COMING
TO PUT THE UNITED STATES FIRST
AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR BEST
INTERESTS.
MARIA: IS THERE ANYWAY TO STOP
RUSSIA FROM UNDERMINING THE
WEST?
WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN TAKING
PLACE FOR DECADES.
IS THERE ANYWAY TO STOP IT?
>> FOR SWEENEY TO ADMIT IT AND
CONFRONTED TALK ABOUT IT.
THAT IS PART OF THE FRUSTRATION
FROM YESTERDAY.
DAGEN: JUST WANT TO RAISE THE
INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW CHRIS
WALLACE DID WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT
HACKED E-MAILS FROM THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN, HE SAID IT WAS ALL
TRUE.
WHICH WAS JUST ASTONISHING.
ADMITTED IT.
>> OF COURSE WE ARE NOT
IT IS GOOD TO HEAR FROM HIM.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE WILL DO
THIS AGAIN.
MARIA: YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
WAS NOT TOUGH ENOUGH IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE BECAUSE HE
FEELS ADMITTING THAT RUSSIA IS A
BAD ACTOR PUTS HIM IN A CORNER
BECAUSE THE LEFT HAS POSITIONED
THAT THERE WAS COLLUSION EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY
EVIDENCE OF IT?
>> THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT
NEVER GETS BACKED INTO A CORNER.
AS PART OF WHO HE IS.
HE WILL SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE
SAID NO MATTER WHAT.
MARIA: LET ME SWITCH GEARS AND
ASK ABOUT CHINA.
U.S. FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE
U.S. TRADE NOW.
THE LATEST STAGE IN TIT-FOR-TAT
RETALIATION PROMPTED BY
NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST IN
UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES.
AGAIN, CHINA A BAD ACT OR
STEALING OUR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY FOR DECADES.
IS EVIDENCE THAT NOBODY WINS A
TRADE WAR.
I WOULD ADVOCATE WE NEED TO
RECOGNIZE THE INVALID IN THE
OVERPRODUCTION IN ALL THIS IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS IN THE
TOOLBOX THAT WE NEED TO BE USING
THAT DON'T PUT AMERICAN
BUSINESSES AND AMERICAN JOBS AT
POINT OF ESCALATION WHERE
CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO ACT HAVE
TO ACT IN A MORE BINDING
LANGUAGE INTO POLICY ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT NOT PUTTING TARIFFS
INTO EFFECT.
THE SENATE PASSED A NONBINDING
BILL.
WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING DOWN THE
ROAD?
>> THE SENATE PASSED THAT 88 TO
11 AND THAT SPEAKS LOUDLY.
THE HOUSE IS TAKING IT UP AS
ROLL A MESSAGE WE WANT TO BE
INVOLVED.
TO TALK ABOUT TAX REFORM TO
POINT OUT.
THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME THIS WAS
COMING WHEN HE INTERVIEWED HIM
LAST MONTH.
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID.
>> WILL BE DOING IT IN OCTOBER,
MAYBE SOONER THAN NOT.
WE DID A LOT FOR THE MIDDLE
CLASS, BUT THIS'LL BE MORE AIMED
AT THE MIDDLE CLASS.
BRING IN THE 21% DOWN TO 20% OF
THE MOST PART THE REST WOULD GO
TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
MARIA: THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN KEVIN BRADY
ON MONDAY WHO BASICALLY LAID OUT
WHAT HE SEES TAX REFORM TO POINT
OUT LOOKING LIKE.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TAX CUTS
AND REFORM WAS ABOUT CHANGING
THE ECONOMIC DIRECTION AND THE
CULTURE IN WASHINGTON WHERE WE
DON'T WAIT 30 YEARS BETWEEN
FIXING THE TAX CODE.
WE GET BETTER EVERY YEAR AND
CONTINUE TO LEAD THE REST OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS HAD WILL BE THE
CENTERPIECE OF THIS.
PEOPLE OVERLOOK THE GROWTH AND
TAX LONG-TERM.
THAT ALONE COULD HELP CREATE A
MILLION AND A HALF NEW JOBS IN
AMERICA, CONTINUE TO RAISE
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON THE REST OF THE
ELEMENTS AND TO POINT OUT.
MARIA: WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY IN
TERMS OF TAX PLAN TO POINT OUT,
CONGRESSMAN?
>> AS CHAIRMAN BRADY SAID, THE
PERMANENCY FOR INDIVIDUALS IS