ADMINISTRATION GOES ON.
TONIGHT U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO, MR. SECRETARY,
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
LOU: I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN IF I
MAY WITH THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND ITS CHAIR
ADAM SCHIFF.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE HEARINGS ARE
LEGITIMATE AND APPROPRIATE?
>> SPHWRT BEGINNING I HAVE BEEN
UNHAPPY.
OFFICERS FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD TO TESTIFY
WITHOUT COUNSEL AND WITHOUT
HAVING THE CHANCE TO PREPARE.
WE COULDN'T HAVE COUNSEL IN THE
ROOM.
I REGRET THAT.
I WISH THINGS WERE OPEN AND FAIR
AND A PROCESS THAT REFLECTED
WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DESERVE.
LOU: ADMINISTRATION HAVING TO
CONTEND WITH ALL THE EXTERNAL
FORCES WHEN RUNNING INTO WHAT
THESE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
HEARINGS REPRESENT.
IT HAS TO BE A DIFFICULT
DISTRACTION.
TODAY IRAN ANNOUNCING IT'S
RUNNING TWICE AS MANY
CENTRIFUGES AS WOULD HAVE BEEN
PERMITTED UNDER THE 2015
AGREEMENT.
THEY CONTINUE ACCORDING TO YOUR
DEPARTMENT'S REPORT TO FUND
TERRORISM, HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS, THE
PALESTINIAN ISLAMIST JIHAD.
ARE SANCTIONS REALLY WORKING?
>> THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CONFRONT WHEN HE
BECAME PRESIDENT.
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWED
IRAN TO HAVE ALL THE MONEY IT
NEEDED TO CONDUCT THE TERROR
CAMPAIGN YOU ARE SEEING.
THEY WERE ENGAGED DURING THE
JCPOA.
OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN AIMED AT
THREE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
CAMPAIGN.
IT'S DENIED THE RESOURCES.
SOME ISLAMIC MADEO LEADERS IN
IRAN ARE HAVING TO MAKE MORE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
BUDGET.
SO NOW 5 MONTHS AND 6 MONTHS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE PRESS
AND WE NEED THE WORLD.
IT PRESENTS A REAL THREAT.
>> ARE YOUR EUROPEAN ALLIES
REALLY FULFILLING THEIR
OBLIGATIONS AS YOU SEE IT, AS
THE ADMINISTRATION SEES IT, TO
ENFORCE THESE SANCTIONS?
>> WE HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW
THAN THE EUROPEANS SINCE THE E-3
SINCE I BECAME SECRETARY OF
STATE.
BUT I THINK THE EUROPEANS HAVE
COME TO SEE THE IRANIANS ARE
MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
WITH URANIUM ENRICHMENT.
I THINK IT EUROPEANS WILL SEE
THIS FOR WHAT IT IS, A REGIME TO
USE NUCLEAR MATERIALS AS
BLACKMAIL TO EXTORT MONEY FROM
THE WEST.
I HOPE THEY WILL JOIN US IN OUR
CAMPAIGN.
LOU: LET ME TOUCH ABOUTR UPON
THIS, YOU MENTIONED THE UNITED
STATES WITHDRAWING FROM THE
PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND
GIVING THE ONE-YEAR NOTICE,
MAKING IT FORMAL THE UNITED
STATES WILL BE EXITING.
IS THAT GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN?
>> IT IS.
THE PRESIDENT MADE A DECISION A
LITTLE WHILE BACK THAT WE WOULD
LEAVE THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORDS.
IT WAS AMERICAN JOBS THAT WOULD
BE LOST.
IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE AMERICAN
WORKERS.
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY WE COULD
FILE THE DOCUMENT WE DID TODAY.
AND 12 MONTHS ON WE'LL FILE IT
FORMALLY.
LOU: YOU MADE A SPEECH LAST
WEEK.
LET'S PUT UP THE LINE THAT I
THINK IS FUNDAMENTAL.
YOU SAID IT'S NO LONGER
REALISTIC TO IGNORE THE
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
OUR TWO SYSTEMS, THE PRC,
COMMUNISTS, UNITED STATES.
FREE NATION, AND HERE WE ARE.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY THAT WE ARE
STILL UNDERGOING CYBER ATTACKS.
THEY CONTINUE TO STEAL
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THE LIST GOES ON.
YOU KNOW IT BETTER THAN ANYONE.
IT'S STUNNING STUFF AS WE TRY TO
CREATE A MEANINGFUL ALBEIT
REDUCED SCOPE TRADE AGREEMENT.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS ON THE
READ MARKS.
I FELT LIKE THEY WERE IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE WORLD
UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS FROM THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE
RAMIFICATIONS, WHAT WE ALL LET
GO FOR TOO LONG.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS RECOGNIZED THE THREAT
AND WE ARE TAKING IT HEAD ON.
I HOPE WE CAN PROCEED DOWN THAT
PATH.
I KNOW THE PRESIDENT WANTS THAT.
WHERE WE CAN FIND PLACES TO
COOPERATE WE SHOULD.
BUT YOU MENTIONED A HANDFUL.
WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA THAT POSES RISKS TO
COUNTRIES LOT ASIA.
THESE ARE SERIOUS RISKS.