TOP STORY THIS HALF AN HOUR,
BORDER BATTLE.
A FEDERAL JUDGE TBLOKING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ASYLUM RULES
WHICH LOOK TO PREVENT IMMIGRANTS
FROM SEEKING ASYLUM IF THEY
CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER
ILLEGALLY, IT COMES ON TOP OF A
FIGHT OVER IMMIGRATION ON
CAPITOL HILL FUNDING THE BORDER
WALL, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS KEEPING
THE DOOR OPEN TO A PARTIAL
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW IS FOX NEWS SENIOR
STRATEGIC ANALYST GENERAL JACK
KEANE, GENERAL, GOOD TO SEE YOU,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
YOUR REACTION TO JUDGE'S RULING.
>> I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM WAS
TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE IS NOT A
PROCESS THAT DENIED ASYLUM,
QUITE THE CONTRARY, A PROCESS SO
THAT IT WOULD BE ORDERLY, THE
PEOPLE WOULD BE PROTECTED.
YOU DO IT AT PORT OF ENTRY JUST
WHERE CARS COME IN AND THEREFORE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY
$5,000 TO TAKE A MOTHER AND TWO
KIDS ACROSS THE RIVER AT NIGHT,
THAT'S THE NONSENSE THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE I
THINK THAT WE HAVE THIS
INTERPRETATION.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE
ANOTHER LOOK AT IT IN A FEW
WEEKS AND MAYBE THE PRESIDENT
WILL GET A BETTER RULING OUT OF
IT.
MARIA: THIS COURT IS BASICALLY
SAYING THAT ANYONE SEEKING
ASYLUM CAN COME TO THE BORDER
AND JUST GET IN, THEN?
>> YEAH, HE'S SAYING THAT THE
LAW OF OUR LAND STATES AND HE
KNOWS BETTER THAN I BECAUSE HE
LOOKED AT IT THAT IF YOU'RE
SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED
STATES, YOU CAN DO THAT FROM ANY
PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES,
PLACE OF YOUR CHOOSING AND YOU
CAN ASK FOR THAT ASYLUM, THAT'S
THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO
PEOPLE BY THE LAWS OF OUR LAND.
MARIA: AND THEN THERE'S THE
CATCH AND RELEASE, THOUGH, THEN
IF YOU'RE CAUGHT CROSSING THE
BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET CAUGHT
BUT YOU GET COURT DATE AND WE
JUST TO RELEASE YOU SO YOU MAY
OR MAY NOT SHOW UP FOR COURT
DATE.
>> THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE ARE
CAUGHT ALL OVER THE EXTENT OF
THE BORDER AND WE DO NOT HAVE IN
PLACE A SYSTEM AND A PROCESS TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM SO
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
ORGANIZE THE PROCESS, GET THE
TENTS THERE, GET THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM THERE SO WE CAN SPEED
THAT PROCESS UP AND DO IT
PROPERLY AS OPPOSED TO BEING
FORCED BECAUSE WE CAN'T SUSTAIN
AND SUPPORT IT, THE TO RELEASE
SOMEBODY, TAKE A BUS SOME POLICE
AND HEAD ON OUT TO AMERICA,
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
MARIA: INCREDIBLE WHAT'S GOING
ON.
MEANWHILE THE DEFENSE BUDGET,
NEW CONCERNS HERE, MILITARY
SERVICES REPORTEDLY LOOKING FOR
PLACES TO CUT AS DEMANDED BY THE
WHITE HOUSE GOING INTO THE TWO
APPROPRIATION'S BILLS THEY HAVE
TO GET DONE BY DEADLINE
DECEMBER 7TH, YOU TOOK PART IN
BIPARTISAN REPORT PROVIDING FOR
COMMON DEFENSE WHICH WAURNS
ABOUT THE RISKS ABOUT CUTTING
BUDGETS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS TO
LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO
AHEAD OF DECEMBER 7TH DEADLINE?
>> I HOPE THERE'S NOT
SIGNIFICANT CUTS, I UNDERSTAND
THE PRESSURE ON DEFICIT AND
CERTAINLY ON THE DEBT.
BUT THE REALITY IS WHAT WE TRY
TO SAY IN OUR REPORT IS THAT
BECAUSE OF THE 9/11 WAR, 17
YEARS, BECAUSE ALSO
SEQUESTRATION THERE HAS BEEN
SERIOUS EROSION OF U.S. MILITARY
CAPABILITY SO MUCH TO A POINT,
MARIA, WE DON'T GUARANTY ANYMORE
THAT WE COULD WIN A WAR AGAINST
CHINA AND RUSSIA, WE HAVE
COMMANDERS OUT THERE WHO DOUBT
THAT SERIOUSLY AND WE HAVE
SPOKEN TO THEM.
THIS IS A CALL, WE ARE TRYING TO
RAISE AWARENESS THAT WE REALLY
HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE AND
RESOURCES ARE A PART OF IT AND I
WOULD HOPE THE CONGRESS WOULD
STEP UP TO IT.
MARIA: WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE
EASY PLACES TO CUT IF ANYWHERE?
>> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THIS
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
THIS TO THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE
TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE POSITION, I SAID THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS NOT A
BUSINESS, BUT IT HAS
BUSINESS-LIKE FUNCTIONS, PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA, AND WE
DON'T RUN THEM LIKE BUSINESS
LIKE FUNCTIONS, WE DON'T DO COST
ANALYSIS AND TRY TO TAKE COSTS
OUT LIKE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE
DON'T DO FINANCIAL REVIEWS FIND
EVERY DIME THAT'S NOT BEING
SPENT PROPERLY, IF WE GOT THAT
SYSTEM IN PLACE AND REALLY PUT
SOME INTO IT WE CAN FIND MONEY
IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, I'M