CRIMINAL PROBES.
JOHN.
>> John: CHAD, THANK YOU.
SANDRA.
>> Sandra: ARI FLEISCHER IS
HERE, FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU
YESTERDAY, WE CATCH SO MANY OF
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFINGS,
YESTERDAY JOHN KIRBY TOOK TO THE
MICROPHONE, I’M SURE YOU WERE
WATCHING, TOO.
JONATHAN TURLEY WEIGHED IN AFTER
THIS EXCHANGE HAPPENED WITH
ADMIRAL KIRBY, HE TOOK TO THE
MICROPHONE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM
YESTERDAY.
>> JOHN, HOW HARD IS IT TO WALK
OUT OF A SCIF WITH CLASSIFIED
MATERIAL?
>> EVERYBODY WHO GOES INTO A
SCIF KNOWS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS
ARE TO GO IN AND KNOWS WHAT THE
REQUIREMENTS ARE TO GO OUT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T BRING
PERSONAL DEVICES IN AND YOU
CERTAINLY CAN’T LEAVE WITH
MATERIAL UNLESS THAT MATERIAL IS
APPROPRIATELY SECURED.
>> Sandra: YOU DON’T EVEN GET A
FRACTION OF THAT ANSWER WHEN YOU
HEAR KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, THE
PRESS SECRETARY TAKING QUESTIONS
ON THE ISSUE.
JONATHAN TURLEY TWEETED THIS,
WHY CAN THE COORDINATOR FOR
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, JOHN
KIRBY, ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS
ABOUT CLASSIFICATION RULES BUT
NOT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY?
BOTH APPEAR IN THE PRESS ROOM TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS AND KIRBY HAD
NO DIFFICULTY ANSWERING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RULES
REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF
CLASSIFIED DOCS FROM SCIFS.
THE POSITION OF THE WHITE HOUSE
IS ENTIRELY UNTETHERED, HE SAYS,
FROM ANY LEGAL OR LOGICAL
JUSTIFICATION.
WHAT REMAINS IS A CALCULATED USE
OF THE INVESTIGATION TO
STONEWALL THE PUBLIC AND THE
PRESS.
BRINGS UP AN INCREDIBLY FAIR
POINT.
WHY ARE THEY NOT ANSWERING MORE
QUESTIONS IN THOSE BRIEFINGS?
>> YEAH, THE PRESS SECRETARY IN
THIS CASE, HER POLITICAL AND
PERSONAL NEEDS DOVETAIL
PERFECTLY WITH THE STONEWALLING
NEEDS OF THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE.
AND THAT’S WHY SHE WON’T ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE PLAYED
THAT GAME MANY TIMES AS PRESS
SECRETARY BUT YOU GET TO THE
POINT YOU SAY I’VE GOT AN
OBLIGATION, THESE ARE FAIR
QUESTIONS, GOOD QUESTIONS, AND
THEY DESERVE ANSWERS, I’M THE
PRESS SECRETARY, IT’S MY BURDEN
TO ANSWER THEM.
AND THAT’S WHAT YOU DO AS PRESS
SECRETARY.
IT’S NOT -- I MEAN, SO MANY
WAYS, I WOULD FEEL SHAMED IF
SOMEBODY ELSE TOOK TO THE PODIUM
AND ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT
IT WAS MY JOB TO ANSWER, AND I
THINK A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IS
WHAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY.
>> Sandra: AND CLEARLY A MOMENT
THAT SHOWED THERE ARE WAYS YOU
CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT
WILL NOT GET IN THE WAY OF THE
INVESTIGATION WHICH IS WHAT SHE,
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE SAYS SHE IS
TAKING ISSUE WITH.
A LIVE LOOK, WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE
THE PRESIDENT, ARI, AND EXPECTED
TO TOUT THE ECONOMY, A MOMENT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING SKY HIGH
INFLATION IN THIS COUNTRY, THE
COSTS OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
IS HIGHER AND WHILE GAS AND OIL
WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, IT’S ON
THE WAY BACK UP, TOO.
HE’S GOING TO TOUT THE ECONOMY
AND OUR REPORTER JUST SAID IT IS
HIGHLY EXPECTED HE IS GOING TO
TAKE DIRECT AIM AT REPUBLICANS.
WHY IS HE DOING THIS, ARI?
>> WELL, SMART POLITICS TO PLAY
OFFENSE IN THIS BUSINESS.
OTHER OFFENSE OR DEFENSE AS THE
SAYING GOES AND THE FACTS OF THE
ECONOMY WOULD MAKE YOU THINK THE
BIDEN WHITE HOUSE NEEDS TO PLAY
DEFENSE BECAUSE INFLATION IS SO
HIGH, PRICE OF GAS IS HIGH, HOME
HEATING OIL, ELECTRICITY.
ALL THESE FACTORS THAT HAVE HURT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE
POCKET BOOK AND PEOPLE KNOW IT.
BUT, IF YOU ARE THE BIDEN WHITE
HOUSE AND YOU WANT TO RUN FOR
RE-ELECTION, YOU HAVE TO TURN IT
AROUND AND SO YOU TURN IT AROUND
BY BASHING THE OTHER GUY, AND
AGE-OLD DEMOCRAT BASH ON
REPUBLICANS IS THAT REPUBLICANS
WANT TO CUT MEDICARE AND SOCIAL
SECURITY.
SO, THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE SEEING,
SANDRA.
THIS IS A PAGE OUT OF POLITICS
101, AND THAT’S WHY THIS WHITE
HOUSE IS DETERMINED TO PLAY
OFFENSE.
>> Sandra: I TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT THE
NUMBERS SHOW THAT THIS IS STILL
NOT A HEALTHY ECONOMIC SITUATION
FOR SO MANY IN THIS COUNTRY,
ARI.
THIS -- THIS SURVEY, JUST OUT BY
NATIONWIDE RETIREMENT SURVEY
SHOWS THE IMPACT INFLATION IS
HAVING ON AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS
OVER THE PAST YEAR IS NOT GOOD.
17% HAD TO RECEIVE FOOD OR GOODS
FROM A FOOD BANK.
WE HAVE SEEN THE LINES RIGHT
HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, 18% HAVE
HAD TO SKIP MEALS OR NOT BUY
GROCERIES DUE TO HIGH PRICES,
CAR LOAN DEFAULTS ARE ON THE
RISE.
THAT IS THE REALITY OF THIS
SITUATION.
WE ARE LIKELY TO HEAR SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE IN A MOMENT.
REAL QUICK.
>> YEAH, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A
WEAK HAND BUT HE’S TRYING TO
PLAY IT.
PLAY IT WITH OFFENSE.
A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR
REPUBLICANS AND THE EVENT
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TO SHOW THEY
CAN USE THE TRUTH AND THE FACTS
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AGAINST