KENNEDY: BY NOW WE ALL KNOW
RUSSIA HAS BEEN DOING EGG THEY
CAN TO FUSS WITH OUR DEMOCRACY.
BUT ACCORDING TO VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE PALES IN COMPARISON
TO WHAT CHINA IS DOING, AND HE
SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF THE
PRESIDENT'S TOUGH STANCE ON
TRADE.
>> TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP IS WORKING,
AND CHINA WANTS A DIFFERENT
AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
CHINA IS MEDDLING IN AMERICA'S
DEMOCRACY.
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID JUST
LAST WEEK, WE HAVE IN HIS WORDS
FOUND CHINA HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING
TO INTERFERE IN OUR UPCOMING
MID-TERM ELECTIONS.
KENNEDY: THE CHINESE FOREIGN
MINISTRY CLAIMS THAT THOSE WORDS
ARE UNWARRANTED ACCUSATIONS.
BUT THE VICE PRESIDENT SAYS
CHINA'S BAD DEEDS ALSO INCLUDE
THE THEFT OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY
WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS REAL.
BLOOMBERG REPORTS CHINESE
HACKERS INSTALLED TINY MICRO
CHIPS IN THE SERVERS OF BIG TECH
COMPANY SERVERS TO STEAL THOSE
SECRETS.
MARC LOTTER IS BACK.
AREN'T WE NAIVE TO THINK RUSSIA
IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS
BEEN MEDDLING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AS YOU SAW FROM THE VICE
PRESIDENT TODAY.
CHINA -- FOR TOO LONG AMERICA
HAS SAT AROUND AND TALKED ABOUT
THE BAD ACTIONS OF CHINA.
SLAPPED THEM ON THE WRIST AND
LOOKED THE OTHER WAY.
THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO
CONFRONT CHINA WHETHER IT'S ON
THE HIGH SEAS, IN THE AREA OF
CYBER-SECURITY OR ELECTIONS
SECURITY OR TAMPERING WITH OUR
ECONOMY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW IN STARK
TERMS TODAY.
KENNEDY: THIS SORT OF STATE
SPONSORED TECH ESPIONAGE IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
AMERICAN COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON
AND APPLE SAY WE HAVE FOUND NO
EVIDENCE OF THIS.
APPLE SAYS THEY DID NOT GO TO
THE FBI WITH EVIDENCE OF THESE
MICROCHIPS, AND THEY ARE TINY
THINGS THE SIZE OF A HALF A
GRAIN OF RICE.
DO YOU BUY THAT STORY FROM
APPLE?
>> THAT'S COVERING THEIR OWN YOU
KNOW WHATS.
WHETHER THEY WANT TO ADMIT IT OR
NOT.
CHINA HAS THE TECHNOLOGY, THE
MEANS AND INTEREST TO DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
COMPROMISE OUR TECHNOLOGY
SERVICES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY
ARE OBTAINING A LOT OF THAT
SELLING SO THEY CAN TURN IT
AROUND AND USE IT TO HARM OUR
ECONOMY.
KENNEDY: THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT
20 MORE YEARS TO CATCH UP.
UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF AMERICAN
COMPANIES ARE ACQUIESCING AND
GIVING OVER THIS INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY WANT
ACCESS TO THAT MASSIVE MARKET.
WHAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA?
>> WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION
INTEGRITY WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
KIND OF HACKING INTO ELECTION
SYSTEMS OR PROBING ELECTION
SYSTEMS LIKE WE SAW DURING THE
201 CAMPAIGN.
YOU ALL -- DURING THE 2016
CAMPAIGN.
AND YOU SAW FAKE ACCOUNTS
THROUGH RUSSIAN TROLLS.
CHINA IS MUCH MORE OVERT.
THEY PLACED AN INSERT INTO THE
DES MOINES REGISTER THAT MADE IT
LOOK LIKE NEWS ARTICLES
ATTACKING THE PRESIDENT'S TRADE
POLICIES.
VERY TARGETED POLITICALLY
BECAUSE OF WHAT IOWA REPRESENTS.
KENNEDY: WHY IS VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE THE BAD COP?
WHY IS HE BEING THE MOST OF
VOCAL ABOUT THIS?
>> THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED IT A
WEEK AGO.
I CAN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS
WHY TODAY'S EVENT WAS DONE BY
THE VICE PRESIDENT.
OBVIOUSLY THE PRESIDENT IS IN
MINNESOTA.
THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN
PLANNING TO SPEAK AT THE HUDSON
INSTITUTE FOR A WHILE.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TODAY WAS
BASICALLY PROVIDING VOICE TO THE
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES AND AT THE
PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION OF HOW WE
ARE GOING TO HANDLE THIS.
KENNEDY: I THINK YOU ARE SEEING
THE SAME THING FROM NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR JOHN BOLTON
WITH REGARD TO IRAN AND THE
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING A
MULTI-TIERED APPROACH TO FOREIGN