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>> TRANSLATOR: DO NOT BELIEVE
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COUNTRY.
GLORY TO UKRAINE.
MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
THAT WAS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY FIGHTING TO THE BITTER
ENAS RUSSIAN TROOPS ARRIVE NEAR
HIS DOORSTEP.
JOIN JOINING ME NOW IS THE
RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL McCAUL,
AND THE ONLY GREEN BERET IN
CONGRESS, FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
MICHAEL WALTZ, A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE ARM ARMS SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
GENTLEMEN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME.
MICHAEL WALTZ, WE WANT TO GET
WITH YOUR TAKE ON THIS
INSURGENCY, BUT FIRST,
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL McCAUL,
ASSESS WHERE WE ARE NOW THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS PUT HIS
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FORCES ON ALERT.
>> THIS IS TRULY A NIGHTMARE
SCENARIO THAT WOULD SPARK A
GLOBAL THIRD WORLD WAR.
HE THREATENED THE WEST WITH
CONSEQUENCES GRAVER THAN WE HAVE
EVER SEEN IN HISTORY IN MANKIND.
THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
AND NOW TO HEAR HIM PUT THE
NUCLEAR FORCES ON HIGH ALERT,
I’M REALLY STARTING TO QUESTION
THE COMPETENCY, MENTAL FITNESS.
HE SEEMS TO BE DELUSIONAL A,
VERY ISOLATED.
AND THEN THIS IS REALLY
TERRIFYING NOT JUST FOR UKRAINE,
BUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.
LET ME JUST SAY LASTLY I’M VERY
PROUD OF ZELENSKYY AND THE
UKRAINIANS STANDING UP BECAUSE
THE MILITARY ASSESSMENT AS I
UNDERSTAND IT IS THE RESISTANCE
HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BEATING
BACK THE RUSSIANS WHO THOUGHT
THEY WOULD HAVE THIS OVER IN A
MATTER OF DAYS, AND THAT’S WHAT
WE WERE BRIEF ON AS WELL, AND
THEY’RE FIGHTING BACK.
AND WE NEED TO ARM THEM.
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND, CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL WALTZ,
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
WHEN WE SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND,
YOU CALLED IT A MODERN DAY
CHURCHILL, OBSESSED -- ASSESS
ZELENSKYY, AND ALSO YOU ARE
SEEING A REAL SPECIALTY, YOU’VE
ALWAYS HAD THIS SPECIALTY IN
INSURGENCIES, SO I WANT TO GET
YOUR TAKE ON DELIVERING THIS
EXTRA ARMAMENT THAT NOW MANY
COUNTRIES HAVE HAD SECOND
THOUGHTS ABOUT, GERMANY IN
PARTICULAR.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DELIVER
WHAT’S NEEDED IN TIME?
>> BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FROM
GERMANY, RIGHT?
MARIA, THERE’S THREE THINGS YOU
NEED FOR A SUCCESSFUL
INSURGENCY.
YOU NEED THE TO FIGHT, YOU NEED
THE RESOURCES, AND THEN YOU NEED
A SANCTUARY TO LOGISTICALLY
PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES.
ZELENSKYY AND THE UKRAINIANS ARE
CLEARLY SHOWING THE WILL TO
FIGHT.
I DO BELIEVE HE’S TURNING OUT TO
BE A MODERN DAY WINSTON
CHURCHILL.
WE NEED TO HELP HIM STAY ALIVE.
BIDE BIDEN DOESN’T NEED TO BE
OFFERING TO EVACUATE HIM, WE
NEED TO BE GIVING HIM SECURE
COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ABILITY
TO CONTINUE TO LEAD.
YESTERDAY BIDEN FINALLY,
BELATEDLY, APPROVED $350 MILLION
IN MILITARY AID.
THAT’S NOT CASH, THAT WILL
ACTUALLY BE AMMUNITION, BODY
ARMOR, SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND
WHAT THEY REALLY NEED ARE
ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES,
STINGERS.
WE WERE FLYING IN THAT PREVIOUS
AID THAT BIDEN HAD APPROVED.
NOW WITH THE AIR SPACE SHUT DOWN
BY THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE, WE’LL
HAVE TO MOVE IT OVER LAND, AND
THAT LEADS TO THE SANCTUARY.
POLAND AND ROMANIA WILL HAVE TO
STEP UP TO PROVIDE THOSE ARMS
OVER THEIR BORDER.
AND HERE’S WHERE NATO COULD GET
DRAWN IN.
IF RUSSIA DECIDES TO TRY TO STOP
THAT AID FROM COMING INTO THE
UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE AT THE
POLISH BORDER, THAT COULD GET
VERY DICEY.
ONE OTHER THING TO WATCH, MARIA,
IS TURKEY.
ZELENSKYY HAS ASKED TURKEY TO
CLOSE DOWN THE CARD ELSE IN AND
NOT ALLOW RUSSIAN SHIPS INTO THE
BLACK ARE SEA.
OF I THINK WE NEED TO BE LEANING
HARD ON TURKEY TO DO THAT, AND
IF THEY DO, IT COULD CHOKE OFF
RUSSIA’S FLEET AND TRULY AID THE
UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE.
MARIA: REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS
FROM YOU BOTH.
I KNOW THAT AT THIS MOMENT IT
APPEARS THAT ZELENSKYY AND IS
UKRAINE MIGHT BE WINNING IN
TERMS OF HOLDING DOWN THEIR
LAND.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT RUSSIA HAS
A LOT MORE FIREPOWER, AND IT’S
ONLY USING HALF OF THE TROOPS SO
FAR AT THE BORDER.
SO I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
WHAT’S NEXT TO HAPPEN.
I ALSO, CONGRESSMEN, WANT TO GET
YOUR TAKE ON WHY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IN THE FOG OF WAR
JUST GAVE THE CCP AN INCREDIBLE
CONCESSION, SHUTTING DOWN THE
INVESTIGATION INTO CHINA’S
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT AND
SURVEILLANCE.
THAT’S NEXT.
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>> WE WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO
PROTECT AND DEFEND EVERY ALLY
AND EVERY INCH OF NATO
TERRITORY.
MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
THAT WAS NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
JENS STOPLIGHTEN BURG ON
FRIDAY -- STOLTENBERG ANNOUNCING
THE ALLIANCE WILL PROVIDE MORE
AID IN WEAPONS TO UKRAINE
INCLUDING AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
BACK WITH CONGRESSMEN MICHAEL
WALTZ AND MICHAEL McCAUL.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE U.S. AND
ITS ALLIES SHUTTING OUT CERTAIN
RUSSIAN BANKS FROM THE SWIFT
NETWORK?
HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT?
AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE NOW?
>> WELL, I’VE SAID ALL ALONG
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS PRE-INVASION, NOT POST, AND
THE LETHAL AID PRE-INVASION, NOT
POST.
BUT HERE WE ARE.
THE FACT IS I’M GLAD THEY’RE
DOING THE SWIFT SANCTIONS AND
SANCTIONING PUTIN HIMSELF.
BUT THE BIG EXEMPTION THAT’S
CARVED OUT, MARIA, IS ENERGY.
THIS IS PUTIN’S BIGGEST SOURCE
OF INCOME, REVENUE COMING INTO
RUSSIA.
40%, EUROPE’S 40% TIED TO IT.
THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE
LIFE OF ME I DON’T KNOW WHY THE
PRESIDENT WAIVED NORD STREAM 2
SANCTIONS THAT I WORKED SO HARD
TO PUT ON THAT PIPELINE.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IF
YOU CARVE OUT ENERGY, THAT’S HIS
LIFE BLOOD, PUTIN’S LIFE BLOOD.
AND IT ALSO -- THE IDEA THAT
WE’RE IMPORTING RUSSIAN ENERGY
IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER OUR
PRESIDENT SHUT DOWN KEYSTONE,
MADE US NOT ENERGY INDEPENDENT
ANYMORE, BUT RATHER NOW
DEPENDENT ON RUSSIA AND THEN
PUTTING PUTIN’S PIPELINE INTO
EUROPE MAKING EUROPE DEPEND ON
RUSSIAN ENERGY IS SUCH A HUGE
FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL
SECURITY FAILURE THAT WE FIND
OURSELVES NOW.
I WOULD SAY UNLEASH THE ARSENAL
OF SANCTIONS RIGHT NOW.
NOW’S THE TIME.
DON’T WAIT ANY LONGER.
MARIA: WELL, I MEAN, MICHAEL
WALTZ, SOCIAL SECURITY TO
OBVIOUS FOR -- IT’S SO OBVIOUS
FOR ANYBODY TO SEE HOW BAD
POLICY HAS RESULTED IN TERRIBLE,
BAD OUTCOMES.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHY ENERGY IS
EXEMPTED, AND WHY, BY THE WAY,
HAS THE U.S. INCREASED ITS
IMPORTS OF OIL FROM RUSSIA?
>> YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
WELL, IT’S BECAUSE EUROPE IS
HOOKED ON, IS ABSOLUTELY
ADDICTED AND HOOKED ON RUSSIAN
OIL AND GAS.
AND THE IRONNY OF IT ALL,
BIDEN’S ENERGY SECRETARY,
JENNIFER GRANHOLM, ADMITTED TO
HE IN A HEARING IT’S SOME OF THE
DIRTIEST FORM OF GAS IN THE
WORLD.
SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARGUMENT
DOESN’T EVEN HOLD UP.
BUT SINCE THE UNITED STATES HAS
MOVED AWAY FROM VENEZUELAN OIL,
RIGHTLY, AND SINCE BIDEN THEN
SHUT DOWN U.S. DOMESTIC OIL,
WE’VE BECOME MORE DEPENDENT WITH
7% OF OUR IMPORTS NOW COMING
FROM RUSSIA.
WE’VE ACTUALLY DOUBLED THE
AMOUNT --
MARIA: YEAH.
>> -- OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS
THAT WE’VE IMPORTED IN THE LAST
YEAR.
IT’S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
IT’S UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT’S
GOTTA STOP, AND I HOPE BIDEN
ANNOUNCES A REVERSAL AT THE
STATE OF THE UNION, BUT I’M NOT
OPTIMISTIC.
>> AND, MARIA, WHY --
MARIA: YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> WHY IS HE IN UKRAINE TO BEGIN
WITH, RIGHT?
LEGACY, REGAIN THE GLORY OF THE
EMPIRE.
BUT IT’S TO CONTROL THE BLACK
SEA.
HE WANTS THE PORTS, ODESA,
MARIUPOL.
HE WANTS TO CONTROL THE BLACK
SEA.
THAT THAT’S WHAT THIS WHOLE
THING IS ABOUT.
MARIA: THAT’S A GREAT POINT.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS RIGHT,
CONGRESSMAN.
AND, MICHAEL WALTZ, I WANT TO
SWITCH GEARS AND ASK YOU ABOUT
WHY THE U.S. IN THE FOG OF WAR
HAS GIVEN THE COMMUNIST CHINESE
PARTY AN INCREDIBLE CONCESSION
HERE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
ENDED THE TRUMP ERA CHINA
INITIATIVE FOLLOWING WHAT THEIR
CALLING CONCERNS OVER BIAS.
WE HAVE HAD A STRING OF
INDICTMENTS OF, YOU KNOW,
ACADEMICS, EMBASSY STAFF, PEOPLE
WHO WERE GETTING PAID BY THE CCP
AND SENDING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OF AMERICA, EVEN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT IS
USED IN OUR MILITARY TO THE CCP,
AND NOW THE DOJ SHUTS THIS
INVESTIGATION DOWN?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT’S INEXPLAINABLE.
BUT LOOK, THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY IS STEALING THEIR WAY TO
THE TOP MILITARILY.
THE HYPERSONIC MISSILE THAT THEY
LAUNCHED, THEIR NEW BALLISTIC
MISSILE SUBMARINES ARE BEING
BUILT BASED ON AMERICAN ADVANCED
RESEARCH, NANOTECHNOLOGY,
SUPERCOMPUTING, ADVANCE99
MATERIALS -- ADVANCED MATERIALS,
AND THEY’RE STEALING IT FROM OUR
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH
INSTITUTES.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I’M ON A
COMMITTEE, THE SCIENCE COMMITTEE
THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION,
PASSES BILLIONS ON TO OUR
UNIVERSITIES IN RESEARCH GRANTS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LARGE THEIR
SECURITY OFFICE IS, MARIA?
IT’S ONE WOMAN.
AND THEY RECEIVED 1,000%
INCREASE IN REFERRALS FROM THE
FB, -- FBI ON RESEARCH THEFTS,
AND YOU HAVE AMERICAN PROFESSORS
THAT MAKE ALL KINDS OF MONEY ON
RESEARCH GRANTS FROM THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT AND NASA THEN GOES
OVER AND MOONLIGHTS AS A SECOND
JOB OVER IN CHINESE UNIVERSITIES
MAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS A MONTH.
THE TRUMP, THE OJ START -- DOJ
STARTED AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
CALLED THE CHINA INITIATIVE TO
INVESTIGATE THESE PROFESSORS AND
THESE STUDENTS AND THIS THEFT,
AND NOW THE BIDEN DOJ IS
SHUTTING IT DOWN.
AND IT’S INEXPLICABLE.
MARIA: MICHAEL McCAUL, YOU
WERE THE HEAD OF THE CHINA TASK
FORCE.
YOU KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE DOJ IS GOING TO
SHUT9 THIS INVESTIGATION DOWN?
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> WELL, IT’S NOT A PRIORITY FOR
THEM.
THEY CITE KIND OF THIS WOKE
POLITICS, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
ARGUMENT FOR SHUTTING IT DOWN.
YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN TEXAS, WE
SHUT DOWN THE HOUSTON CONSULATE
FOR A REASON.
THEY WERE STEALING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY FROM UNIVERSITIES, FROM
SCIENTISTS, FROM NASA, AND
THAT’S WHAT IT WAS ALL GEAR
TOWARDS.
I WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.
I MET WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ON THIS VERY ISSUE.
WE HAD A LOT OF INDICTMENTS
COMING DOWN IN THE PREVIOUS ADD
MANY MANAGERS, AND NOW WE’RE
SEEING IT -- ADMINISTRATION, AND
NOW WE’RE SEEING IT DRYING UP.
WHY IS THAT?
I HAVE TO ASK THAT BROADER
QUESTION.
WHEN YOU SAW PRESIDENT XI AND
PUTIN AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS IN
THIS UNHOLY ALLIANCE, THIS IS --
MARIA: YEAH.
>> -- AND WE TALKED ABOUT IRAN
AS WELL, BUT THIS, TO IGNORE THE
THREAT FROM WITHIN, THE ENEMY
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES WHICH
IS REAL AND THE ESPIONAGE IS
REAL, AND MIKE’S RIGHT, THAT
HYPERSONIC WAS BUILT ON THE
BACKBONE OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY.
THAT’S GOTTA STOP.
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MARIA: UNBELIEVABLE.