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BRIAN: YOU JUST HER FROM JOHN
ROBERT AS THE UNITED NATIONS.
YOU'VE BEEN SEEING REPORTING
THROUGH WASHINGTON.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TOMORROW AT
4:00 WILL MEET WITH OTHER
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AND WOMEN
TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO ABOUT
POSSIBLY IMPEACHING THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
JOINING SITTING CONGRESSWOMAN
WHO WANTS TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE AND EVENTUALLY THE
PRESIDENT, CONGRESSWOMAN TULSI
GABBARD OF HAWAII.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
FIRST OFF YOU CAN'T BE THERE AT
4:00 TOMORROW.
>> ACTUALLY I WILL BE THERE
TOMORROW.
BRIAN: YOU WILL BE THERE.
WILL YOU TO TO THE MEETING?
>> YEAH.
BRIAN: WHERE DO YOU STAND RIGHT
NOW IN TERMS OF IMPEACHMENT OR
INQUIRY?
>> I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT SAYING I
BELIEVE IMPEACHMENT IN THIS
JUNCTURE WOULD BE TERRIBLY
DIVISIVE FOR THE COUNTRY AT A
TIME WHERE WE'RE ALREADY
EXTREMELY DIVIDED.
THE HYPERPARTISANSHIP IS ONE OF
THE MAIN THINGS DRIVING OUR
COUNTRY APART.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.
THAT IS WHY I'M RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BE HEARD.
BRIAN: PEOPLE VOTING FOR YOU
YOUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
EXPERIENCE, THE TIMES YOU
SERVED.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF
SAUDI ARABIA AND OUR ALLIANCE
WITH THEM.
YESTERDAY, BRITAIN, FRANCE,
GERMANY, JOINED THE U.S. BLAMING
IRAN FOR THE ATTACKS ON
SAUDI ARABIA.
DO YOU BELIEVE SINCE
SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN A LONG
TIME ALLY, THAT AMERICA HAS A
ROLE IN SOMEHOW MAKING THEM PAY
FOR THAT TYPE OF HEINOUS ACT?
>> NO.
I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
CLEARLY THE SITUATION THAT
EXISTS.
FIRST OF ALL THE UNITED STATES
HAS NO TREATY ALLIANCE OR
SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH
SAUDI ARABIA.
SO THE UNITED STATES RESPONDING
ON BEHALF OF SAUDI ARABIA WOULD
BE REALLY UNPRECEDENTED.
SECOND WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IRAN IS RETALIATING.
THIS SITUATION JUST DIDN'T COME
OUT OF NOWHERE.
THESE CRIPPLING SANCTIONS HAVE
REALLY CRIPPLED IRAN'S ECONOMY
AND SO THIS RESPONSE IS BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SELL THEIR
OIL ON THE MARKET.
THE DANGER OF CONTINUING THIS
TIT-FOR-TAT, THIS CYCLE OF
MUTUAL RETALIATION, WHERE DOES
IT END?
IT ENDS IN ALL-OUT INFERNO
ACROSS IRAN AND MIDDLE EAST,
COSTING US AMERICAN LIVES,
COSTING AMERICAN TAXPAYERS
DOLLARS.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
>> INCREASING THE REFUGEE CRISIS
IN THE REGION.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
SERVES OUR INTERESTS OR ANYONE
ELSE'S.
BRIAN: I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE
BETWEEN HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS,
FINANCING OF THAT THEY CREATE
MORE UNREST OF ANY OTHER PLAYER.
>> I MAKE NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT
IRAN DOES.
OUR INTERESTS NEED TO BE WHAT IS
BEST INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE KEEP
THAT AT THE FOREFRONT.
BRIAN: YOU'VE BEEN UPSET A
LITTLE BIT THE DNC GOING FAST
AND LOOSE WITH THE DEBATE RULES
AS YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
YOU JUST COME OUT AS OF
YESTERDAY, NEW RULES AND
CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT
ROUND OF DEBASEMENTS HERE WE GO.
YOU NEED DONATIONS FROM 165,000
SEPARATE DONORS.
600 UNIQUE DONORS IN 20 STATES.
YOU'RE LOOKING WITH ME FOR THE
FIRST TIME, RIGHT.
>> CAME OUT LAST NIGHT.
BRIAN: 3% OF AT LEAST 4 APPROVED
NATIONAL OR EARLY STATE POLLS OR
NEW HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
IOWA OR NEVADA.
HAVE YOU HIT THIS CRITERIA OR
ARE YOU CLOSE?
>> WE HAVE FAR SURPASSED THE
GRASSROOTS DONOR REQUIREMENT
WEEKS AGO, EITHER PREVIOUS
REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS THE NEW
ONE THAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.
IT IS POLLING REQUIREMENTS THAT
HAVE REALLY BEEN KIND OF
ARBITRARY WHICH POLLS THEY, THE
DNC RECOGNIZES AS CREDIBLE,
WHICH ONES THEY DON'T.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
NOT JUST FOR ME AND MY CAMPAIGN
BUT REALLY THE PROBLEM IS FOR
VOTERS WHO ARE SEEING A LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY, LACK TRUST IN THE
PROCESS AND ARE QUESTIONING IS
THIS REALLY WORKING FOR US OR IS
THE DNC JUST TRYING TO BE THESE
GATEKEEPERS IN WASHINGTON
DICTATING TO VOTERS IN THE EARLY
STATES ESPECIALLY LIKE IOWA AND
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO CHOOSE FROM TO BE OUR
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
BRIAN: I KNOW ONE THING IS
PRETTY CERTAIN, YOU'RE ONE
CANDIDATE WHO WILL NOT BE
INTIMIDATED.
YOU MADE THAT CLEAR.
>> NOT AS A CANDIDATE, NOT AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.