THANK YOU FOR STAYING UP LATE,
BRET AND BEING UP EARLY AGAIN.
SOME OF THE MEDIA TODAY ACCUSED
OF RUSHING TO JUDGMENT ON
AMBASSADOR SONDLAND'S TESTIMONY
WITH HOURS OF QUESTIONS STILL
HAD OF HIM.
BECAUSE THIS TESTIMONY IS
INCREDIBLY DAMAGING.
>> I CAN'T EMPHASIZE HOW
EXPLOSIVE THIS IS.
>> VERY EXPLOSIVE.
>> SO EXPLOSIVE.
>> COMPLETELY DEVASTATING.
>> IS A PROBLEM FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> GORDON SOLOMON'S
TESTIMONY TODAY CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
>> EVERY FANTASY ABOUT HOW
CORRUPT THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS
IS ACTUALLY TRUE.
>> Shannon: LET'S BREAK IT OUT
FOX NEWS MEDIA ANALYST AND HOST
OF "MEDIA BUZZ," HOWARD KURTZ.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING UP LATE
WITHOUT SPRAY THE START OF
IMPEACHMENT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE MEDIA
COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THUS
FAR?
>> SOME OF THE MEDIA WOULD LIKE
DONALD TRUMP TO RESIGN
YESTERDAY.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUMP THE
GUN BECAUSE THE FIRST BREAK IN
THE HEARING CAME, AFTER THE
DEMOCRATIC QUESTIONING.
EVEN ON FOX NEWS, THERE WAS A
LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW GORDON
SONDLAND'S TESTIMONY DID NOT
HELP THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE HE
IS, AFTER ALL, A TRUMP APPOINTEE
TALKING ABOUT A QUID PRO QUO,
SAYING EVERYONE WAS IN THE LOOP,
TALKING ABOUT HIS CONTACTS WITH
RUDY GIULIANI, TALKING ABOUT HOW
HE BRIEFED MIKE POMPEO.
OF COURSE, THE REPUBLICANS DID
UNDERSCORE THE PARTS OF THE
TESTIMONY WHERE HE MADE
ASSUMPTIONS, THAT THE PRESIDENT
NEVER TOLD HIM TO DO THIS, BUT
AS OF HOW WE PUT TWO AND TWO AND
FOUR TOGETHER.
I THINK IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A
MAKE A BOMBSHELL THAT SOME OF
THE MEDIA HAVE PORTRAYED HIS
TESTIMONY AS BEING BUT I ALSO
THINK THAT HE KIND OF GIVE A
GIFT TO THE DEMOCRATS TODAY IN
THE HEARINGS.
>> Shannon: BOTH SIDES ARE
CELEBRATING AND FINDING THINGS
THEY THINK ARE POSITIVE BASED ON
WHAT THEY HEARD AND WITH THE
WITNESSES AS WELL.
LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT
WHAT YOU SAW, WHAT STOOD OUT TO
YOU AS FOR -- I GUESS IT'S
AROUND FIVE OF THE LATEST
DEMOCRATIC DEBATES.
>> THIS WAS THE LOWEST ENERGY
DEMOCRATIC DEBATE OF THIS
SEASON.
VERY FEW FIREWORKS, VERY FEW
SPARKS, LOTS OF TALKING POINTS.
I LOOKED AT THE QUESTIONS,
PEOPLE LIKE RACHEL MADDOW,
NETWORKS ULTRALIBERAL POST, HER
VERY FIRST QUESTION TO
ELIZABETH WARREN WAS, WILL YOU
TRY TO CONVINCE YOUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON
IMPEACHMENT.
ANDREW MITCHELL GOING TO
ELIZABETH WARREN, DO YOU NEED TO
BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER TO
ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS.
I THINK THE REPORTERS ON THE
PANEL, MSNBC'S KRISTIN WHELCHEL,
"WASHINGTON POST" ASHLEY PARKER,
MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY DIDN'T
BREAK MUCH NEW GROUND.
THEY DELIVERED THEIR STUMP
SPEECHES, AND THEY ALL AGREED
THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A HORRIBLE
PRESIDENT.
THEY ARE FOR DAY CARE AND
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> Shannon: OKAY.
WITH THAT IN MIND,
PETE BUTTIGIEG WENT INTO THIS
THING IS A FRONT-RUNNER TONIGHT.
YOU THINK YOU GOT TOUGH
QUESTIONS ARE NOT?
LET ME PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
ANDREA MITCHELL ASKED HIM AND
THEN WE'LL GET YOUR ANALYSIS.
>> WHY SHOULD DEMOCRATS TAKE THE
RISK OF BETTING ON YOU?
>> BECAUSE I HAVE THE RIGHT
EXPERIENCE TO TAKE ON
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Shannon: HOW HE WENT ON
FROM THERE TO MAKE HIS CASE, LAY
OUT HIS RESUME.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS
PERFORMANCE?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A REASONABLY
GOOD QUESTION TO SAY YOU HAD
ONLY 11,000 ROADS IN WRITING AS
MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND.
ALL APPOINTMENTS SAID THAT
BECAUSE HE HAD SURGEON A DIVERSE
PLACE, HE WOULD TAKE A LOT OF
FLAK, HE WOULD BE ON THE HOT
SEAT.
ALL THE PUNDITS, AND I DID NOT
HAPPEN.
ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THAT THE
MODERATORS DO NOT REALLY
CHALLENGE HIM VERY MUCH, AS THEY
DIDN'T WITH MOST OF THE
CANDIDATES.
THE OTHER CANDIDATES WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF THE
LOWER TIER PEOPLE, DID NOT
REALLY MIX IT UP WITH BUTITIGIEG
EITHER.
I THOUGHT HE KIND OF SKATED.
I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR MSNBC
IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" BUT
PERHAPS FOR BUTTIGIEG.
BECAUSE THE WAY YOU BREAK OUT OF
THE WAY YOU CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT SUPPORTING YOU, MAY
BE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY OR OTHER GROUPS WERE
HE NEED TO DO SOME WORK, IS BY
HITTING MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHING.
IF WHEN THE BALLS ARE COMING
STRAIGHT OVER THE PLATE, HE DID
NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BREAK THROUGH.
HE DOES FIND IN EVERY DEBATE.
I THINK HE DID FINE.
NOTHING THAT CREATES A BIG
HEADLINE.
>> Shannon: I WANT TO PLAY A
LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THE SOUND
THAT YOU REFERENCED EARLIER AND
THEN WE WILL PING OFF OF THAT.
>> WILL YOU TRY TO CONVINCE YOU
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN THE
SENATE TO VOTE THE SAME WAY?
>> DO YOU NEED TO BRING THE
COUNTRY TOGETHER IF YOU BECOME
PRESIDENT TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?
>> ONLY ABOUT 1% OF AMERICANS A
SERVER IN THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY RIGHT NOW.
SHOULD THAT NUMBER BE HIGHER?
>> Shannon: NOT FIRST PLACE IN
A COUPLE OF STATES BUT SHE GOT A
LOT OF ATTENTION,
SENATOR WARREN.
>> SHE GOT A LOT OF THE
QUESTIONS.
FOR A WHILE THERE, JOE BIDEN
WASN'T GETTING VERY MANY.
I AGREE WITH BRET BAIER, HE MAY
HAVE HAD IS MOST SOLID
PERFORMANCE WITH THE FEWEST
SYMBOLS BUT BY 10:00 TOMORROW
MORNING, NO ONE IS GOING TO CARE
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE MEDIA
WILL BE BACK TO IMPEACHMENT.
LOOK, THOSE QUESTIONS INDICATE
THAT BASICALLY THE MODERATORS
TEED UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH
A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO ENABLE THE
CANDIDATES TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE
SOCIAL ISSUES.
THEY REALLY WEREN'T VERY
ADVERSARIAL, AS I THINK THEY
SHOULD BECOME A DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN DEBATES.
THAT IS WHY I THINK IT FELL
FLAT, LEAVING ASIDE THE FACT
THAT IT WAS UTTERLY OVERSHADOWED