BEFORE CHARGES ARE FILED OR
ANNOUNCED, GUYS?
STEVE: THAT RIGHT, BRIAN ON THE
STREETS OF ATLANTA BRIAN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW LET’S GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE
AND WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
KAYLEIGH MCENANY JOINS US FROM
LOOKS LIKE THE NORTH LAWN GOOD
MORNING TO YOU, KAYLEIGH.
GOOD MORNING.
STEVE: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THESE POLICE OFFICERS DOWN
IN ATLANTA BEING CHARGED
YESTERDAY WITH DIFFERENT
OPINIONS SOME SAY THE CHARGES
WERE APPROPRIATE, SOME SAY THAT
THE OFFICERS WERE OVERCHARGED,
SOME SAID IT WAS PREMATURE.
DOES THE PRESIDENT FEEL THE
CHARGES WERE APPROPRIATE?
>> WELL THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID
THIS WAS A TERRIBLE SITUATION.
IT WAS SAD BUT HE NOTED LAST
NIGHT THAT LOOK, YOU CAN’T
RESIST A POLICE OFFICER.
IF YOU HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH
THEM, HE SAID YOU TAKE IT UP
WITH THEM AFTER AND HE’S
REITERATED HE HOPES THIS OFFICER
GETS A FAIR SHAKE IN COURT.
IT’S UP TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND THE STATE COURTS BUT HE
WANTS THE POLICE OFFICER TO GET
A FAIR SHAKE BECAUSE ALL TOO
OFTEN POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT.
BRIAN: ALL RIGHT, KAYLEIGH THE
OTHER BIG STORY YESTERDAY
WAS SENATOR TIM SCOTT’S BILL,
SENATE ENGINEERED BILL ON
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM I SHOULD
SAY POLICE REFORM, OR
IMPROVEMENT.
DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW ABOUT
THIS IN DETAIL AND WORK AT ALL
WITH TIM SCOTT ON THIS?
AND DOES HE EXPECT DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS TO TRY TO GO IN, GET
THEIR, ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES
, AND HAVE INPUT ON THIS
AND GET IT OUT OF COMMITTEE
>> YES, THE PRESIDENT, THE
ADMINISTRATION WE DID WORK
VERY CLOSELY WITH SENATOR SCOTT.
THIS IS A GREAT BILL, IT’S ONE
THAT CLOSELY TRACKS THE
PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER
AND IT’S A VERY STRONG, IT’S
FAIR.
IT’S EVEN HANDED.
WE WHO EPIDEMIC TO SEE IT PASS.
WE HOPE DEMOCRATS WILL COME AND
JOIN US IN THIS ENDEAVOR BECAUSE
ALL TOO OFTEN THEY PLAY PARTISAN
POLITICS AND THE BILL THE
DEMOCRATS PUT OUT IS AN
ABSOLUTE NONE-STARTER.
FOR INSTANCE THEY ROLLED BACK
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY SOMETHING
THAT’S EXISTED FOR A VERY LONG
TIME IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE HA
RLOW COURT WHEN THE
SUPREME COURT RULED IN THAT
CASE SAID LOOK IF QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY THEY ARE A BIG SOCIAL
COST IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT THERE.
NAMELY POLICE OFFICERS PULLING
BACK, NOT PATROLLING THE STREETS
THAT’S AN EXAMPLE IN SOMETHING
THAT BE DEVASTATING FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
WE SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
SEATTLE AND WE SEE THE LAW AND
ORDER ISSUES WE’VE HAD ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WHEN THERE AREN’T
ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AINSLEY: SO KAYLEIGH THE DOJ
FILED THAT COMPLAINT IN FEDERAL
COURT TO PREVENT JOHN BOLTON’S
BOOK FROM BEING RELEASED NEXT
TUESDAY.
HE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH ANOTHER
NETWORK.
THIS IS A PORTION THAT WAS JUST
RELEASED FROM THAT NETWORK.
WATCH THIS.
>> I DON’T THINK HE’S FIT FOR
OFFICE.
I DON’T THINK HE HAS THE
COMPETENCE TO CARRY OUT THE
JOB.
THERE REALLY ISN’T ANY GUIDING
PRINCIPLE THAT I WAS ABLE TO
DISCERN OTHER THAN WHAT’S GOOD
FOR DONALD TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION.
HE WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE
RE-ELECTION THAT LONGER TERM
CONSIDERATIONS FELL BY THE WAY
SIDE, SO IF HE THOUGHT HE
COULD GET A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
WITH KIM JONG-UN AT THE
DEMILITARIZED ZONE IN KOREA
THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS
ON THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AND THE
PRESS REACTION TO IT, AND
LITTLE OR NO FOCUS ON WHAT SUCH
MEETING DID FOR THE BARGAINING
POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES.
AINSLEY: SO THIS IS ALL OVER
EVERY NETWORK THE RELEASE OF
THIS BOOK RIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE
TIMING OF THIS?
>> MY REACTION IS THAT JOHN
BOLTON HAS DISCREDITED HIMSELF.
HE IS A MISGUIDED HAWK ON
FOREIGN POLICY AND THIS MAN IS
SOMEONE WHO PRAISED PRESIDENT
TRUMP AS BEING STRONG ON FOREIGN
POLICY NOT MAKING THE MISTAKES
OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS,
PERFECTLY PREPARED.
THESE ARE ALL QUOTES FROM JOHN
BOLTON.
HE SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP
UNDERSTANDS PRESIDENT RONALD
REGAN’S PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
HE’S ON THE RECORD SAYING THIS
SO JOHN BOLTON’S BOOK IS DE
BUNKED BY NONE OTHER THAN JOHN
BOLTON.
HE’S DISCREDITED ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE AISLE AND IF YOU THOUGHT
COMEY WAS MOST DISLIKED MAN IN
AMERICA I THINK JOHN BOLTON HAS
NOW TAKEN THAT TITLE.
STEVE: LET’S SEE WHETHER OR NOT
THE BOOK DOES COME OUT AS
SCHEDULED ON TUESDAY OR IF
THE COURTS ARE ABLE TO STEP IN.
MEANWHILE LET’S TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE WEEKEND.
WE’RE GOING TO RESTART THE RALL
IES, THE PRESIDENT IS
DOWN IN TULSA.
KAYLEIGH, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SAID LOOK, IT’S TOO EARLY AT
THIS POINT BECAUSE IT’S SOCIAL
DISTANCING TO PUT SO MANY PEOPLE
INTO A JAM PACKED ARENA, AND DR.
FAUCI YESTERDAY SAID THAT HE
WOULD NOT ATTEND BECAUSE HE SAID
HE WAS IN ONE OF THE HIGH RISK
GROUPS GOING FORWARD.
WE UNDERSTAND APPARENTLY THE
NATIONAL SECURITY HAS BEEN
CALLED IN AS WELL TO HELP AND
SOME ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS NOT TAKING THE
COVID PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY.
HE’S JUST MORE INTERESTED IN
GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD AND
GETTING HIS BASE ENERGIZED.
>> WELL THE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN
COVID SERIOUSLY IT WAS AFTER ALL
THE PRESIDENT WHO PUT IN PLACE
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, ACTED EARLY
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE CALLING
THAT MOVE XENOPHOBIC BUT WITH
REGARD TO THE RALLY OKLAHOMA IS
ENTERING PHASE III AND THIS IS
PERMITTED UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES
AND IT’S INTERESTING TO WATCH
THE MEDIA, SOME IN THE MEDIA,
NOT ALL BUT SOME, REALLY NOT
LISTEN TO SCIENCE, BUT INSTEAD
CHERRY PICK SCIENCE WHEN IT’S
IDEOLOGICALLY CONVENIENT BECAUSE
WE’VE SEEN SOME IN THE MEDIA
PRAISE THE PROTESTERS, MAKE NO
MENTION OF THE FACT THAT THEY’RE
NOT SOCIALLY DISTANCED OR
WEARING MASKS IN SOME CASES BUT
THEN TARGET THE TRUMP RALLY OR
TARGET A CHURCH WHEN A CHURCH
WANTS TO REOPEN APPROPRIATELY
SOCIALLY DISTANCE.
STEVE: SURE KAYLEIGH I
UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME AN INDOOR STADIUM
HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH PACKED TO
THE RAFTERS.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T SEE THE NBA,
YOU DON’T SEE ANY PROFESSIONAL
SPORTS TEAMS OUT AND ABOUT AT
THIS POINT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A STEP WE HAVE
NOT YET SEEN DURING THIS
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> WELL THIS IS PERMITTED UNDER
PHASE III.
STEVE: I UNDERSTAND IT IS BUT
NOBODY ELSE HAS DONE IT BEFORE.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT?
WE ARE LEADING ON THAT.
THERE WILL BE HAND SANITIZER,
THERE WILL BE MASKS HANDED OUT
AND PRECAUTIONS TAKEN SO WE
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONGREGATE AND TO
REALLY CELEBRATE THE GREAT
THINGS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES
EACH AND EVERY DAY IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
BRIAN: BEFORE I GET TO MY
QUESTION JUST TO FINISH THIS OFF
, KAYLEIGH, BEING THAT
DEMAND IS SO HIGH, HAS THERE
BEEN TALK ABOUT MOVING THIS TO
MAYBE A STADIUM OUTDOORS?
>> THAT BE A DECISION FOR THE
CAMPAIGN, SO I’M UNAWARE
IF THEY ARE CONSIDERING MOVING
IT OUTDOORS OR NOT BUT RIGHT
NOW IT’S INDOOR IN THAT NEW
ARENA.
BRIAN: OKAY.
I’VE GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
ANTHONY FAUCI.
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO HE CAME OUT
AND SAID WELL, I ADMIT THAT I
DID NOT DOWNPLAY THE EFFICIENCY
OF FACE MASKS EARLY ON, BECAUSE
HE WANTED NURSES TO HAVE FACE
MASKS SO HE BASICALLY TOLD US
NOT TO WEAR THEM, AS I
PARAPHRASE, SO HE ESSENTIALLY
WAS BEING DECEPTIVE WHEN THE
PANDEMIC FIRST HIT, INSTEAD
OF SAYING GRAB A BANDANA, NOT A
MASK, HE SAID DON’T WORRY ABOUT
IT.
DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW HE WAS,
DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW HE WASN’T
BEING HONEST ABOUT THE
USEFULNESS OF A MASK?
>> SO I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO THE
PRESIDENT DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT
QUOTE FROM DR. FAUCI BUT WHAT I
WOULD SAY IS THE ADMINISTRATION
DID CONNELL:LY EMPHASIZE THAT
N-95 RESPIRATORS SHOULD NOT BE
USED BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO SAVE
THOSE FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL SO
IN TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT ON
THAT QUOTE HAVEN’T SPECIFICALLY
SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THAT.