TRUMP MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER
THAT THE COMMITTEE ALREADY
LOOKED AT WITH A FINE TOOTH
COUPLE.
MICHAEL GOODWIN.
WE MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE THERE.
MORE COMPELLING THE HEAD OF THAT
COMMITTEE IS A REPUBLICAN.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> WELL, MELISSA, THAT IS WHY
THE PRESIDENT IS SURPRISED.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SURPRISED, MYSELF INCLUDED, THAT
RICHARD BURR, THE SENATOR FROM
NORTH CAROLINA, HEAD OF THAT
COMMITTEE ALONG WITH MARK WARNER
FROM VIRGINIA, WARNER IS THE
RANKING DEMOCRAT, AND THEY HAVE
MADE A, SORT OF FETISH OUT OF
ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE IN
BIPARTISAN LOCKSTEP ALL OF THE
WAY.
NONETHELESS IT IS A MAJORITY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
MELISSA: YEAH.
>> SO TO HAVE DON, JR.
SUBPOENAED, APPARENTLY DECLINED
TO COME VOLUNTARILY.
THAT IS ONE REPORT I READ.
MELISSA: YEAH.
>> IT IS SOMEWHAT AFTER MYSTERY,
WHY THEY WOULD DO THIS WHAT THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR.
IF IT WAS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
MUELLER HIMSELF WOULD HAVE MADE
MORE OF A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.
MELISSA: THEY TRIED THIS, THE
EXPLANATION WE HEARD SO FAR THEY
WANT TO GO BACK OVER TERRITORY
THAT MICHAEL COHEN OPENED UP.
THAT THE ORIGINAL TESTIMONY
ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM
DON, JR. DIDN'T MATCH.
MICHAEL COHEN SAID, NO, HE WAS
MUCH MORE INVOLVED IN THE TRUMP
TOWER IN RUSSIA THAT HE LED ON.
THEY HAD BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS TO
TALK ABOUT THIS.
THE PRESIDENT'S SON SAID I
ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING I'M
GOING TO SAY.
NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HIM
IN.
WHAT DOES IT TELL BUT THE TENOR,
HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO BEING DONE
WITH ALL OF THIS?
>> WE'RE NOT CLOSE ACCORDING TO
THAT BUT IT VERY MUCH SMACKS OF
THE SAME ATTITUDE THAT IS GOING
ON IN THE HOUSE WHICH IS
CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS WHICH
IS, THAT MUELLER IS NOT THE END
OF ANYTHING.
MUELLER IS JUST THE START OF A
WHOLE NEW SECOND ROUND.
MUELLER INSTEAD OF BEING THE
HOLY GRAIL IS JUST GIVEN US, YOU
KNOW, MORE ROAD MAPS.
I THINK THIS IS THE ATTITUDE.
AS I SAY, IT'S A SURPRISE TO SEE
RICHARD BURR GO DOWN THAT LINE
BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, IF IT ALL
HANGS ON MICHAEL COHEN, HERE IS
A MAN WHO IS GOING TO FEDERAL
PRISON, IS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR
LYING TO CONGRESS AMONG OTHER
THINGS, ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE.
MELISSA: VERY TRUE.
SO WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE, YOU
HAVE AN OP-ED IN THE
"NEW YORK POST" THAT SAYS,
QUOTE, WE CAN ONLY DREAM THAT
DE BLASIO IS COMING TO HIS
SENSES TO RUN, ON A 2020 RUN.
THE POST-IS REPORTING THAT THE
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR IS PLANNING
A RALLY OUTSIDE OF TRUMP TOWER
ON MONDAY NIGHT, MONDAY
SOMETIME, TO PROMOTE HIS TAKE ON
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
ON ONE HAND HE SEEMS TO HAVE
PHONED IN YOUR WRITING, MOST OF
HIS TIME IN GRACIE MANSION BUT
HE IS TAKING TIME AWAY FROM NOT
DOING THAT JOB TO GO PROTEST IN
FRONT OF TRUMP TOWER TO TALK
ABOUT A GREEN NEW DEAL HE WANTS
TO IMPLEMENT LONG AFTER HE IS
OUT OF OFFICE?
>> RIGHT.
FOR BILL DE BLASIO DONALD TRUMP
IS JUST A GIFT.
HE IS RUNNING AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE IS LOUSY
MAYOR IN NEW YORK.
SO HE WILL GO TO PULL THIS
STUNT.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
HE IS TRYING TO FIND A PLACE FOR
HIMSELF IN THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONVERSATION, LOOKING
FOR A LANE.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE IS SERIOUSLY
THINKS HE IS GOING TO BE
PRESIDENT BUT HE DOES NEED A
JOB.
HE IS TERM-LIMITED IN THIS JOB.
AND HE HAS NO FUTURE IN POLITICS
THAT ANYONE CAN DETECT.
SO HE IS GOING TO TRY TO, I
THINK, GO OUT THERE, MAKE A FOOL
OF HIMSELF ON THE NATIONAL
STAGE.
MEANWHILE BACK AT HOME, MELISSA
YOU THINK OF ALL THE THINGS HE
IS NOT DOING.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT GETTING
BETTER.
INSTEAD HE IS PLAYING ALL KINDS
OF RACIAL QUOTA GAMES, TRYING TO
DESTROY THE BEST SCHOOLS WITH
RACIAL QUOTAS.
HE IS NOT ATTENTIVE TO THE JOB
AT HAND.
ALWAYS THE POLITICAL ANGLE.
HOW DOES IT SOUND?
HOW DOES IT LOOK BUT NEVER ABOUT
WHAT HE DOES.
IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS,
WHAT HE BELIEVES, HOW HE