CHARLES: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE
WOULD QUOTE, TOTALLY WILLING TO
SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT IF
CONGRESS DOES NOT APPROVE
FUNDING FOR BORDER WALL.
LAWMAKERS MUST PASS A SPENDING
BILL BY DECEMBER 7th TO KEEP
THE GOVERNMENT OPEN.
CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH
FROM NEW JERSEY.
MOST RECENT SCENES FROM THE
CLASH AT THE BORDER, REINFORCING
A NOTION THAT IT IS NOT SECURE,
THAT IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM.
ALL-AMERICANS I THINK WILL LOVE
TO AVOID THOSE SORT OF ISSUES IN
THE FUTURE.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT, CHARLES.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
CONSISTENTLY GOING BACK TO 2006,
WHEN WE PASSED THE SECURE FENCE
ACT ODDLY ENOUGH WAS BACKED BY
BARACK OBAMA WHEN HE WAS A
SENATOR.
WE NEED TO SECURE OUR BORDERS.
WE MAY NOT GET TO THE FULL FIVE
BILLION THE PRESIDENT ASKED FOR
THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK A
COMPROMISE AND SHUTDOWNS ARE US
ALWAYS LOOMING.
LIKE YOGI BERRA SAID, DEJA VU
ALL OVER AGAIN.
IT'S A CONCERN BUT I DON'T THINK
OF TOO BIG OF A CONCERN.
NEIL:
CHARLES: HOW WOULD A COMPROMISE
LOOK?
>> MORE MONEY TO HAVE A MORE
SECURE BORDER TO MITIGATE THESE
ILLEGAL CROSSINGS.
CHARLES: THAT IS WHAT IS ALWAYS
BOYS DOWN TO.
RECORD MONEY COMES INTO
GOVERNMENT COVERS, DEBT KEEPS
MOUNTING.
ALL THE BILLS, THERE NEVER
REALLY TRUE SACRIFICE.
HEY, LET'S WRITE CHECKS TO
EVERYONE?
>> WELL WE DO HAVE GREAT NEEDS
THAT NEED TO BE MET.
WE HAVE A AN AGING POPULATION
THAT REQUIRES MORE MONEY FOR
MEDICAID, MEDICARE.
PART OF IT IS DEMOGRAPHICALLY
DRIVEN.
ALSO THINGS LIKE DEFENSE DOES
REQUIRE, I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT IT,
TO INSURE THE DETERRENT
CAPABILITY OF OUR WAR FIGHTER IS
SECOND TO NONE.
CHARLES: RIGHT.
>> SO I DO THINK THE MONEY IS
WELL-SPENT.
BUT I THINK WE ATTEMPT TO SPEND
IT WELL.
CHARLES: ALL THESE TEMPORARY
CEILINGS BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW
DECADESES, THEY KEEP GETTING
NUDGED HIGHER AND HIGHER.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
BOTH PARTIES PUT A FINGER IN THE
AIR WHO WILL TAKE THE BLAME IF
WE SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT THIS
TIME?
I WILL SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP,
UNLIKE POLITICIANS IN THE PAST,
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TOO
INTIMIDATED BY THAT, MAYBE
BECAUSE THE PRESS WILL NEVER
WRITE A GOOD STORY ABOUT HIM
ANYWAY.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE
ADDING TO THE CALCULUS HERE WHO
IS GOING TO TAKE THE BLAME?
>> WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A
SOLUTION FIRST AND FOREMOST.
I KNOW MITCH McCONNELL AS WELL
AS PAUL RYAN HAVE ALL MADE IT
VERY CLEAR, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
A SOLUTION.
I DO HOPE, DECEMBER 7th IS
NOT THAT FAR AWAY BUT IN TERMS
OF LEGISLATIVE TIME IT'S A LONG
TIME AWAY.
THERE IS A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS
GOING ON.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET CLOSER TO A
COMPROMISE THAT BOTH SIDES CAN
LIVE WITH.
CHARLES: I WANT TO SHIFT GEARS
TO CHINA, WHICH THIS MORNING PUT
OUT THREATS TO RETALIATE IF U.S.
SANCTIONS GO THROUGH AND, BUT,
THEY REALLY STARTED TO TALK
ABOUT TOP U.S. OFFICIALS
RESPONDING TO WHAT THEY SAY ARE
ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
FOLLOWING MASS DETENTION, STRICT
SURVEILLANCE OF MUSLIM GROUPS.
CONGRESSMAN, I KNOW YOU ARE PART
OF A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
LAWMAKERS ENTERED LEGISLATION
CALLING FOR SANCTIONS.
I FIRST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.
THE GLOBALISTS KEEP SAYING HEY,
DON'T CHANGE THE STATUS QUO WITH
CHINA CAN'T TELL ME WHY AMERICAN
VALUES SHOULDN'T COME INTO THE
EQUATION WHEN THEY HAVE ONE
MILLION PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY IN
CONSOPERATION CAMPS BECAUSE OF
THEIR RELIGION.
TELL US ABOUT THE BILL.
>> I HAVE EXCUSED THE BILL THE
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT.
THE IDEA BEHIND IT TO HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE THOSE CHINESE
OFFICIALS THROUGH THE MAGNITSKY
ACT, A GLOBAL EFFORT THAT PASSED
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I WAS ONE OF
THE HOUSE SPONSORS OF THAT, TO
SAY YOU CAN'T GET A VISA TO COME
TO THE U.S. YOU CAN'T DO
BUSINESS HERE IN THE U.S. IT'S A
MODEST BUT NECESSARY
RESTRICTION.
IT ALSO CALLS FOR, CALLS ON
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO RESTRICT
THE SALE OF THOSE KINDS OF
CAPABILITIES LIKE SURVEILLANCE
EQUIPMENT WHICH IS BEING USED
LIKE ORWELLIAN STATE TODAY IN
CHINA THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE AUTONOMOUS
REGION WHERE THEY ARE.
A MILLION PEOPLE, HERE IS
SOMETHING EVERY JOURNALIST IS
CONCERNED ABOUT, I KNOW YOU ARE,
THANK YOU FOR THIS, SIX ASIA
FREE JOURNALISTS IN THE UNITED
STATES DO A WONDERFUL JOB WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH WEGERS.
THEIR FAMILIES ARE ARRESTED,
INCARCERATED, SOME DISAPPEARED.
WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS
DOING IT IS CRUSHING THE MUSLIM
FAITH IN THIS REGION OF THE
COUNTRY RIGHT.
>> THEY'RE LIKEWISE CRUSHING
CATHOLICS, CHRISTIANS, TEBBIT
ANS, IT IS GONE LARGELY
UNNOTICED AND FOCUSED UPON BY
THE U.S. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
IT TO YOUR VIEWERS.
CHARLES: THANKS A LOT FOR