PRACTICING.
LIZ: NO I HAVE NOT.
STUART: MOVE ON.
POLITICS, PRESIDENT TRUMP
TWEETING THIS MORNING, HERE WE
GO.
SPYGATE COULD BE ONE OF THE
BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDALS IN
HISTORY AND TWEETED THIS OUT
TOO, LOOK HOW THINGS HAVE TURNED
AROUND, THEY GO AFTER PHONEY
COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA AND END UP
GETTING CAUGHT IN MAJOR SPY
SCANDAL THE LIKES THE COUNTRY
HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY, REPUBLICAN
FROM LOUISIANA.
THE PRESIDENT IS COMING OUT
SWINGING, MR. SENATOR, DO YOU
APPROVE OF THAT?
>> WELL, HE'S ENTITLED TO.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY ELSE IS COMING
OUT SWINGING AT HIM.
HE'S ENTITLED TO SWING BACK.
STUART: HAS HE GOT A POINT?
DO YOU THINK THERE WAS -- WOULD
YOU --
>> I'M SORRY, I LOST YOUR AUDIO.
STUART: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> STUART, I CAN'T HEAR YOU,
MAN.
STUART: WE WILL HOLD ON WITH THE
SENATOR FOR A MOMENT.
>> HERE I AM.
I GOT YOU BACK.
STUART: WOULD YOU USE THE WORD
SPY TO -- AS AN INFORMANT INSIDE
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN?
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE SPY WORD?
>> I DON'T MIND THAT HE USED --
THE PRESIDENT IS VERY FRANK.
HE SAYS WHAT'S ON HIS MIND.
I TRY TO DO THE SAME THING.
HE HAS HIS OWN STYLE AND ALL
HE'S DONE IS DO WHATEVER EVERY
OTHER AMERICAN HAS A RIGHT TO
DO, HE'S CONTACTED THE FBI AND
SAID I WANT YOU TO CONDUCT AN
INVESTIGATION, SOMEBODY FROM
JUSTICE OR THE FBI WAS ASKING A
LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE
OF MY CAMPAIGN AND I AS A
CITIZEN AND AS PRESIDENT WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
NOW, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR
ANY INVESTIGATION I WANT, YOU
HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR AN
INVESTIGATION.
THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO REPORT
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SHOOTER IN
PARKLAND IN FLORIDA HAD THE
RIGHT TO ASK FOR INVESTIGATION
AND IT'S UP TO THE FBI AND THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO DO AN INVESTIGATION
AND WHAT TO INVESTIGATE.
STUART: MR. SENATOR, MY QUESTION
WAS, DO YOU APPROVE, I KNOW HE
HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT --
>> I WOULD NOT HAVE USED THE
WORD SPY, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THE
PRESIDENT WHAT WORDS HE CAN USE
AND WHAT HE CAN'T.
I'VE GOT TROUBLE PADDLING --
ENOUGH TROUBLE PADDLING MY OWN
CANOE.
STUART: DO YOU APPROVE OF THIS
MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH THE
PRESIDENT IS TAKING?
>> I THINK HE'S CERTAINLY
ENTITLED TO DO IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
I BELIEVE -- I BELIEVE I WOULD
FIGHT BACK.
AND THE PRESIDENT -- I MEAN, I
KNOW HE'S BEEN CRITICIZED,
STUART, FOR STICKING UP FOR
HIMSELF, BUT HE IS ENTITLED TO.
EVERY AMERICAN IS ENTITLED TO.
NOW, IS IT ALWAYS PRUDENT, DOES
IT FRUSTRATE HIS LAWYERS, I'M
SURE IT DOES.
AND -- AND I'VE SUGGESTED BEFORE
TO THE PRESIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW,
TWEETING A LITTLE LESS WOULDN'T
CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE BUT HE LIKES
TO TWEET.
AND THAT'S -- AND THAT'S HIS
PREROGATIVE AS AN AMERICAN.
STUART: SIR, YOU ARE THE MASTER
OF ONE-LINERS, YOU ARE A SOUND
BITE MACHINE.
SIR, CAN YOU HANDLE THIS ONE FOR
US BRIEFLY?
TELL US ABOUT THE BILL THAT
YOU'VE AUTHORED AIMED AT
DRAINING THE SWAMP, GIVE ME
ONE-LINER?
>> IT'S GOING TO INFORM SENATORS
AND CONGRESSMEN IF THEY HAVE
BEEN MEETING WITH SOMEBODY WHO
HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF TRYING TO
BRIBE A CONGRESSMAN.
ALL IT'S GOING TO DO AMEND THE
LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT THAT SAY
IFS YOU'VE BEEN CONVICTED OF
FRAUD OR BRIBERY OR KICKBACKS,
YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT.
YOU REGISTER AS LOBBYIST YOU
DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHETHER
YOU'VE EVER BEEN CONVICT OFFED
FRAUD, FOR EXAMPLE AND IT'S NOT
-- THIS BILL IS NOT GOING TO
BRING PEACE TO OUR TIME BUT I
THINK IT FILL IT IS GAP THAT
NEEDS TO BE FILLED.