>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LAID WAYS FROM SO MANY NORMS.
THE PUBLIC INFIGHTING DETAILED
WITHIN THIS WEEK IF AN
EXTRAORDINARY "NEW YORK TIMES"
OP-ED.
OP-ED. TO ABRUPT ABOUT FACES.
WE ARE IN A FEUD WITH CANADA
WHILE THE PRESIDENT LAVISHES
PRAISE ON NORTH KOREA.
JOINING ME NOW, JOHN KERRY.
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
PARTICULARLY IN STATE, WHICH IS
KIND OF AN ALMOST INDEPENDENT
BEACHHEAD IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. SO I AM CURIOUS OF WHAT YOU MAKE
OF THIS ANONYMOUS OP-ED, IF YOU
THINK THIS IS COWARDLY, BRAVE,
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, GLAD TO
SEE IT.
SEE IT. >> ANY TIME YOU HAVE THE TRUTH
BEING PUT OUT ON THE TABLE 1 WAY
OR ANOTHER, IT IS IMPORTANT.
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED LIKE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THIS PERSON
MADE HIMSELF KNOWN AND CAME OUT
PUBLICLY AND RESIGNED WHICH THEY
WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE.
THEY SEE THEMSELVES SO KEY IN
PREVENTING THE PRESIDENT FROM
DOING BAD THINGS.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WEIGHED
THAT COMPONENT AND DECIDED THEY
NEEDED TO GO PUBLIC WITH THIS.
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY INFORMATION.
I MEAN IT IS CONFIRMED BY AND IT
CONFIRMS BOB WOODWARD’S BOOK AND
IT CONFIRMS EVERYTHING THAT
EVERYONE HAS BEEN HEARING AND
TALKING ABOUT IN WASHINGTON FOR
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >> YOUR OLD COLLEAGUE BOB CORKER
SAID IT OUTLOUD WHEN HE CALLED
IT ADULT DAY CARE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. AND IT REALLY I THINK HEIGHTENS
THE LEVEL OF CONCERN IF NOT
CRISIS OVER THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT
CLEARLY NOT CAPABLE OF CARRYING
OUT THE DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
PRESIDENCY IN A WAY ONE SHOULD.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN HE DOESN’T
MAKE A DECISION HERE OR THERE
THAT IS SOMETHING POSITIVE.
AND HE THINKS IT OUGHT TO BE
MADE A POLITICAL TOOL IN
ELECTION SEASON, OR WHEN YOU
HAVE PRESIDENT WHO MAKES SUCH A
CRAZY DECISION THAT PEOPLE
WITHIN HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION
FEEL COMPELLED TO STEAL PAPERS
OFF HIS DESK OR COUNT A MAN HIS
ORDER.
ORDER. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A PRESIDENCY
IN TOTAL CHAOS AND CRISIS.
YOU DON’T HAVE A FULL MEASURE OF
A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> ELIZABETH WARREN IS
SUGGESTING 25th AMENDMENT.
OTHER DEM CONTRACTSDEMOCRATS ON
SIDE CALLING FOR THAT
>> GO OUT AND VOTE IN TWO
MONTHS.
MONTHS. THE SINGLE BEST REMEDY WE HAVE.
THE 25th AMENDMENT, WHATEVER IT
IS, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE
FOREVER.
FOREVER. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THE KIND
OF OF IMPACT THAT THE AMERICAN
CITIZEN HAS.
CITIZEN HAS. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAD
IN THE LAST ELECTION ARE AT A
LOW LEVEL.
LOW LEVEL. 52.4%.
52.4%. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED
IT WAS ABOUT 62.3%.
THAT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> BUT I WANT TO STAY ON THIS.
YES, I AGREE THAT IS WHAT
CITIZENS SHOULD DO EITHER WAY.
>> THAT IS GOING TO HAVE THE
GREATER IMPACT.
GREATER IMPACT. IF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FLIPS THEN YOU CAN BEGIN TO
CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY ON THIS
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES STILL HAS TREMENDOUS
POWER IN THE SPHERES OF WAR, WAR
MAKING AND IN THE SPHERES OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT OP-ED GETS
READ IN SAUDI ARABIA -- I AM
SERIOUS.
SERIOUS. >> IT IS BEING READ IN EVERY
CAPITAL AND EVERY LEADER AND
EVERY GOVERNMENT AND EVERYBODY
ELSE.
ELSE. >> AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
WHAT IS THE CAPABLE YOU SEND
BACK TO THE CAPITAL.
>> I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE
CABLES, BUT I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING, I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF
THEM.
THEM. THEY ARE CONCERNED.
THEY RELY ON THE UNITED STATES
FOR ITS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO
LEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND
BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WILL
AND WHEN THEY SEE THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES GO TO
HELSINKI AND STAND UP WITH
PRESIDENT PUTIN WHO IS BOTHERING
THEIR PROCESS TOO AND THE
PRESIDENT CAVES AND LITERALLY
PRAISES PUTIN AND HAS NOTHING TO
DO ABOUT HIS HACK CANING OF AMER
THEY REALIZE SOMETHING IS WRONG.
AND THEY ARE CONCERNED.
THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE POLL IS
IS FROM DAY-TO-DAY
>> THE PRESIDENT DID GET AN
ENDORSEMENT FROM SOMETHING HE
WORKS WITH.
WORKS WITH. KIM JONG-UN PROCLAIMS UNWAVERING
FAITH IN PRESIDENT TRUMP, THANK
YOU TO CHAIRMAN KIM.
WE WILL GET IT DONE TOGETHER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PROCESS
THAT IS PLAYING OUT THERE?
>> I THINK IT IS LACKING IN ANY
REAL RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT SO
FAR.
FAR. IT IS LACKING IN SUBSTANCE.
THE PRESIDENT GOES TO SINGAPORE
AND GAVE TO KIM JONG-UN
SOMETHING THAT KIM JONG-UN’S
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER ALWAYS
WANTED AND NEVER GOT, WHICH IS A
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
WITHOUT GETTING MORE.
HE BLOWS IT UP.
AND MAKES A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT
AND GIVES UP NOTHING.
WE GAVE UP THE EXERCISE AND HAVE
NO RESPONSE YET WITH RESPECT TO
THE DETAIL ACCOUNTING WITH THE
WEAPONS THEY HAVE, HOW MANY, AND
SO FORTH.
SO FORTH. HIS INTERPRETATION OF
DENUCLEARIZATION IS DIFFERENT
THAN OURS.
THAN OURS. >> YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE FOR YEARS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DRAMA
TODAY WITH THE KAVANAUGH
HEARING.
HEARING. RELEASING DOCUMENTS AND THE
MAJORITY SAID THEY ACTUALLY
RELEASED.
RELEASED. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE
SENATE AND SAY MITCH McCONNELL
HAS VIOLATED SENATE NORMS.
>> THE VERY BEST THEN OF ALL, I
MEAN I AM NOT AGAINST A
LEGISLATIVE ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE.
IF THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE THINK
THEY HAVE TO DO, FINE.
BUT THE IMPACT WILL COME IN
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. TWO MONTHS FROM NOW WE HAVE A
MIDTERM ELECTION AND THAT IS
WHEN PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE DEFINING
HOW THEY STAND AND WHERE THEY
STAND AND WHERE WE OUGHT TO HAVE
A ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT IS NOT
A JOKE.
A JOKE. I CAN’T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW
MUCH THINGS CHANGES THINGS.
IN 1970s, WE HAD THIS PHENOMENON
OF EARTH DAY.
THE RESULT WAS THEY LABELLED THE
12 WORST VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, THE DIRTY
DOZEN.
DOZEN. AND SEVEN OF THE 12 LOST THE
ELECTION THAT YEAR.
AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED, ALL OF
A SUDDEN, THE ENVIRONMENT HAD
BECOME A VOTING ISSUE AND THEY
PASSED THE CLEAN AIR ACT,
COASTAL
COASTAL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, THE EPA
WAS CREATED.
WAS CREATED. WE DIDN’T HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY UNTIL PEOPLE
LOST THEIR SEATS IN CONGRESS.
THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
PEOPLE NEED TO LOSE.
MORE NEW PEOPLE NEED TO WIN.
>> THE BOOK TRACES YOUR LIFE.
"EVERY DAY IS EXTRA."
AND FASCINATING ABOUT YOUR
CHILDHOOD AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF
HOW YOU WERE RAISED AND YOUR
SERVICE IN VIETNAM AND IN TERMS
OF YOUR LIFE IN THE POLITICAL
SPHERE, WHAT IS THE THING THAT
CHANGED THE MOST.
>> THE DISRESPECT OF FACTS AND
DISRESPECT OF OTHERS.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE COMPROMISED
AND WORKED IN A BIPARTISAN
FASHION SEEMS TO BE SHATTERED BY
EXTREMIST ELEMENTS WHO COME IN
AND TERRORIZE THEIR OWN MEMBERS
OF THEIR OWN CAUCUS.
IT BEGAN IN THE 1990s.
IT CARRIED ON INTO THE TEA
PARTY.
PARTY. AND THE SAME PROCESS OF
POLARIZATION HAS TAKEN.
SO IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BASELINE
OF FACTS TO START WITH, AND ALL
YOU DO IS GO TO YOUR OWN COMFORT
LEVEL NEWS WE ARE IN TROUBLE IN
TERMS OF MAKING OUR DEMOCRACY
WORK.
WORK. >> SECRETARY JOHN KERRY, THE
BOOK IS CALLED "EVERY DAY IS
EXTRA."
EXTRA." >> IT IS NOT A POLICY BOOK.
I LOOK AT WOODWARD’S BOOK.
IT STATES THE PROBLEM AND
SUMMARIZES.
SUMMARIZES. WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO DO IN MY
BOOK IS STATE THE SOLUTION.
AND SHOW THROUGH STORIES AND THE
JOURNEY OF A COUNTRY IN THE LAST
70 YEARS HOW YOU SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. AND IT IS SOLVABLE.