>> THERE WERE THE CHINESE SPY
BALLOONS AND NOW THERE ARE
CHINESE SPY CRANES, THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL IS COMPARING THEM
TO TROJAN HORSES AND USED AT 80%
OF U.S. PORTS.
>> ON THE CRANES, DON’T HAVE
ANY COMMENT ON THAT SPECIFIC
REPORTING.
I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHO
HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH CONGRESS
TO YOU STUDY THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
>> THIS IS A DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION LEAD, DOES
SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG HAVE
EXPERIENCE WITH --
>> IT’S NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION, IT’S ALSO THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE.
MARIA: THAT WAS WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY KARINE
JEAN-PIERRE YESTERDAY, DEFERRING
TO THE P DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ABOUT A REPORT
THAT SHIPPING P CRANES MADE IN
CHINA ARE BEING USED FOR SPYING
AT PORTS IN AMERICA.
80% OF THE PORTS IS WHAT PETER
DOOCY JUST SAID.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE
BUTTIGIEG IS FOCUSING ON
PRESSING AIRLINES TO CUT JUNK
FEES, HE TWEETED THAT HES IS,
QUOTE, GETTING RESULTS.
JOINING ME NOW IS NEW JERSEY
CONGRESSMAN, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY, TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEES, JEFF
VAN DREW IS HERE THIS MORNING.
CONGRESSMAN, IT’S GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
DOWHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HE THESE
CRANES FIRST OF ALL THAT ARE
SPYING AT PORTS, ANOTHER
DANGEROUS SURVEILLANCE TOOL FROM
COMMUNIST CHINA AND THEY’RE
PUTTING PETE BUTTIGIEG IN
CHARGE.
>> WELL, CHINA’S HAVING ITS WAY
WITH US.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST ONE MORE
SIGN OF WEAKNESS.
YOU KNOW, MARIA, YOU AND I SPOKE
ABOUT WHEN THIS ADMINISTRATION
STARTED AND I SAID -- YOU SAID
WHAT’S THE ONE WORD, IT’S
WEAKNESS.
WE HAVE A WEAK PRESIDENT, A WEAK
ADMINISTRATION, A WEAK SECRETARY
HERE IN TRANSPORTATION WHO
DOESN’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HE’S
DOING AND REALLY DOESN’T CARE.
I MEAN, HALF THE TIME HE’S AWAY
ON TRIPS ENJOYING HIMSELF WHEN
SOME OF THE OF MOST SERIOUS AND
IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE GOING ON.
IT IS SHAMEFUL.
CHINA IS HAVING ITS WAY WITH US,
WHETHER IT’S LITERALLY WE’RE SPENDING -- WE’RE SHOOTING HALF
SPENDING -- WE’RE SHOOTING HALF
MILLION DOLLARS MILL MISSILES TO
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.
WE LET A SPY BALLOON GO ACROSS
THE NATION BEFORE WE COULD DO
ANYTHING AT ALL.
THAT’S JUST AN EXAMPLE.
WHAT THEY’RE DOING WITH
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, WE TALKED
ABOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND
THE FACT THAT IT’S BEEN STOLEN
BY CHINA, IT STILL IS.
NOTHING REALLY IN MY MIND HAS
BEEN DONE ABOUT IT AND IT NEEDS
TO BE DONE.
CHINA RESPECTS STRENGTH.
AND THEY KNOW THAT WE DON’T HAVE
THAT STRENGTH AT THIS POINT IN
TIME AND IT’S SHAMEFUL.
MARIA: WELL, IT JUST FEELS --
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS
REPORTING ABOUT THESE CRANES AT
PORTS.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM FROM
COMMUNIST CHINA IS VERY MUCH
EMBEDDED IN AMERICA IN ALL SORTS
OF PLACES.
YOU’VE GOT THE SPY BALLOON
OBVIOUSLY BUT NOW WITH THESE
CONSTRUCTION CRANES THAT ARE
MADE IN CHINA, WHY WOULD THE
U.S. BE USING CHINESE MADE
CONSTRUCTION CRANES AT OUR
PORTS?
>> THEY SHOULDN’T BE.
I MEAN, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL THAT
WE SHOULD HAVE RIGHT NOW AND I
DON’T MEAN TO BE REPETITIVE BUT
IT’S TO MAKE THE U.S. STRONG.
WE SHOULD PRODUCE.
WE SHOULD MANUFACTURE.
WE SHOULD MAKE.
WE CAN DO ALL THIS.
WE HAVE -- WE’RE THE INVESTOR OF
ALL THIS.
LOOK AT CHINA’S EVEN DOING,
BUYING AMERICAN FARMS THAT ARE
LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
VERY SENSITIVE SITES, MILITARY
SITES.
AGAIN, THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, THE LEVEL OF STUPIDITY
AND INCOMPETENCE IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS JUST
BREATHTAKING AND IT HAS TO STOP
OR WE’RE GOING TO LOSE OUR
COUNTRY.
I MEAN, THIS IS NO JOKE.
THEY’RE PLAYING FOR REAL.
MARIA: YEP.
JOHN LEVINE, JUMP IN HERE.
LET ME READ YOU WHAT THE JOURNAL
IS REPORTING, JOHN.
U.S. OFS ICIALS OFFICIALS ARE GR
CONCERNED THAT GIANT CHINESE
MADE CRANES OPERATING IN PORTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING
SEVERAL USED BY THE MILITARY,
COULD GIVE BEIJING A POSSIBLE
SPYING TOOL HIDING IN PLAIN
SIGHT.
THESE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE, JOHN.
>> CERTAINLY VERY DISTURBING.
I BELIEVE IT.
SO MY QUESTION FOR THE
CONGRESSMAN WOULD BE, YOU KNOW,
IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE CHINA
THREAT BE HANDLED IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY AND DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS SEE EYE TO EYE ON
THE NATURE OF THE THREAT AND I
KNOW YOU USED TO BE A DEMOCRAT
BEFORE BECOMING A REPUBLICAN IN
2019.
DO YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE AISLE UNDERSTAND THE
NATURE OF THE THREAT?
DO YOU THINK THEY GET IT IN
CONGRESS?
DO YOU STILL HAVE RELATIONS
THERE?
DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT CAN BE BUY PART A SAN.
>> -- BIPARTISAN.
>> I THINK TO SOME DEGREE IT
CAN BE BIPARTISAN.
I ALSO LOOK FOR BIPARTISANSHIP
WHEN YOU CAN FIND IT.
IT’S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
HADS THIS NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY
IS NOT THE SAME AS THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OLD.
AND THERE ARE REAL
RELATIONSHIPS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHY BIDEN ALLOWS ALL OF THIS TO
HAPPEN.
IS IT HIS PAST RELATIONSHIPS
WITH CHINA AND HIS FINANCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS INCLUDING HIS SON
WITH CHINA OR IS IT JUST MERE
STUPIDITY AND WEAKNESS?
IT’S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT
IT IS BUT WHATEVER IT IS, IT
REALLY NEEDS TO STOP AND I WOULD
HOPE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS
SEE THAT.
I WOULD THINK THAT WE, TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU, THE REPUBLICANS
ARE STRONGER ON IT AND I THINK
WE CERTAINLY WILL -- ARE GLAD TO
AND WANT TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS
BUT WE CAN’T WAIT FOR THEM.
WE’VE GOT TO GET IN THERE.
WE’VE GOT THE MAJORITY.
WE’VE GOT TO GET A JOB DONE
HERE.
MARIA: LET ME SAY THAT THE
CONCERN IS THAT CHINA COULD
CAPTURE INFORMATION ABOUT
MATERIAL BEING SHIPPED IN OR OUT
OF THE THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT
U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS AROUND
THE WORLD.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY COULD SEE
IF WE’RE SENDING EQUIPMENT TO
TAIWAN OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE CRANES COULD ALSO PROVIDE
REMOTE ACCESS FOR SOMEBODY
LOOKING TO DISRUPT THE FLOW OF
GOODS.
THEY’RE CALLING IT THE NEW YOU
HUAWEI AND CHINESE ARE COMING
BACK SAYING THE U.S. IS PARANOID
DRIVEN BUT THERE’S ANOTHER ISSUE
GOING ON RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR
FACES, CONGRESSMAN.
23 RIOTERS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC
TERRORISM AFTER ALLEGEDLY
ATTACKING A POLICE TRAINING
CENTER IN ATLANTA.
21 OF THE SUSPECTS ARE NOT FROM
GEORGIA.
ONE PERSON, A SOUTHERN POVERTY
LAW CENTER LAWYER.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY
WEREN’T EVEN AWARE OF THE ATTACK
UNTIL MONDAY AND THEN OF COURSE
WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
IN MEXICO, FOUR AMERICANS
KIDNAPPED.
WE’RE WAITING FOR SOME ANSWERS.
BUT IT JUST UNDERLININGS UNDERLI
THREAT THE UNITED STATES FACES
FROM DANGEROUS DRUG CARTELS AS
WELL IN MEXICO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS JUST IN YUMA, ARIZONA A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THERE WERE SOME OF US THAT WENT
AND THEY ARE SO ARROGANT, THE
DRUG CARTELS, A THAT AS WE WERE
DRIVING UP AND DOWN ALONG THE
WALL INSPECTING WHAT REMAINS OF
THE WALL, WATCHING THE HORRIBLE
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, THEY
WERE DOING U-TURNSES INTURNS IN
US, GOING IN AND OUT, PASSING
US, LAUGHING AT US.
THIS WAS THE DRUG CARTEL AND
THESE WERE OFFICIAL VEHICLES
THAT WE WERE IN.
IF YOU DON’T SHOW STRENGTH,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE WEAK.
MARIA: REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU
GO, CONGRESSMAN, I WANT TO GET
YOUR TAKE ON WHAT’S GOING ON
WITH WHALES.
SINCE DECEMBER, 23 WHALES HAVE
WASHED UP ON THE EAST COAST, AT
LEAST 12 WASHED ASHORE IN NEW
JERSEY AND NEW YORK.
NEW INJURY SIGH IS REQUESTING
MORE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT
PROPOSALS, CLAIMING THERE ARE NO
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE DEATHS
AND THE WIND FARMS, CONGRESSMAN.
WE HAD AN EXPERT ON YESTERDAY.
SHE SAID THE ONLY THING THAT HAS
CHANGED IN THE WATER ARE THESE
HUGE WIND TURBINES SO WHERE ARE
ALL OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA
PUSHERS, PUSHERS OF WIND
TECHNOLOGY, IF IN FACT THESE
WIND TURBINES ARE KILLING OUR
WHALES AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.
WE DON’T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT’S
THE REASON.
>> IF ANYTHING ELSE WAS KILLING
WHALES LIKE THIS THEY WOULD BE
GOING CRAZY AND THEY SHOULD.
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
ANIMALS.
WHAT’S HAPPENING, THIS IS MY
HOME.
I REALLY KNOW THIS AREA.
I GREW UP HERE.
AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST, BADDEST
THING I HAVE EVER SEEN HAPPEN.
IT THOSE DO WITH A LOT OF MONEY,
FOREIGN POWER, BILLIONAIRES
AROUND THE WORLD.
THE OUR ENERGY IS GOING TO BE
LEDCONTROLLED BY OTHER COUNTRIES
IT’S GOING TO HURT TOURISM, IT’S
GOING TO HURT FISHING, IT’S
GOING TO HURT THE ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS BAD AND WE’VE GOT TO
FIGHT IT AND I’M GOING TO BE
FIGHTING WITH EVERYTHING I’VE
GOT.
WE’RE HAVING A HEARING IN
DISTRICT WITHIN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
MARIA: WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT.
OF COURSE, THERE’S THE WHALES,
THE DEATH OF THE WHALES.
CONGRESSMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH