THE RADICAL DEMS AND RHINOS ARE
DEAD WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO
TRADE POLICY.
OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT,
REMARKABLE EVENT IN THE OVAL
OFFICE TODAY, RADICAL DEM
LEADERS, PELOSI AND SCHUMER
DEBATING WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
CAMERA IN FULL VIEW OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEY TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
DEMAND FOR BORDER SECURITY AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BORDER
WALL.
PELOSI AND SCHUMER SHOWED US WHY
IT IS NOT A FAIR FIGHT.
THEY DID SO A NUMBER OF TIMES.
AS THEY TRIED TO MOVE THE DEBATE
INTO A PRIVATE SETTING AWAY FROM
THOSE TRYING CAMERAS AND PRYING
MEGAPHONES.
PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE
DISCUSSION WAS ALL ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY.
>> WE CAME IN HERE IN GOOD FAITH
AND WE ENTER INTO A CLIMATE OF A
DISCUSSION IN THE PUBLIC VIEW.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT IS NOT THAT,
NANCY.
FULL TRANSPARENCY.
LOU: TRANSPARENCY.
PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR HE WILL
SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN A
BORDER WALL AS PART OF HIS
BORDER SECURITY PLAN.
AFTER THOSE CAMERAS WERE SHUT
OFF THE PRESIDENT SAID PROGRESS
WAS MADE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, IT WAS A FRIENDLY MEETING.
YOU SAW THE BEGINNINGS BUT IT
WORKED OUT TO BE - I DID PRETTY
GOOD.
I HAVE LIKE THEM FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME AND RESPECT THEM
BOTH.
WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
LOU: A LOT OF PROGRESS.
JOINING US TONIGHT CONGRESSMAN
ANDY BIGGS, SERVES ON THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, SCIENCE
SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE FREEDOM
CAUCUS.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT VERY
PUBLIC DISCUSSION AMONG PELOSI,
SCHUMER AND THE PRESIDENT?
>> LOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED
FOR JUDGMENT PRESIDENCY AND THEY
SURE GOT IT.
THIS IS FIRST AND A GREAT
DISCUSSION AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
MADE THE POINT, VERY CLEAR, WE
HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM AND A
NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM ON THE
BORDER AND IT'S THE REPUBLICANS
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP THEY WANT TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IF THE OTHER SIDE THAT DOESN'T.
WE HAVE TO GET IT DONE.
LOU: HAVE TO GET IT DONE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AGAIN, AS WE
EXAMINE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE
DEMOCRATS THAT EXAMINE FIRST
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TWO YEARS.
PAUL RYAN REFUSED TO BUILD A
WALL.
HE REFUSED TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT
ADDITIONAL MONEY.
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
$.6 TRILLION FOR SOMETHING
CALLED BORDER SECURITY.
AND A MORE DISTURBED THAN THAT
NOTHING IN ITS AMBIGUITY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT SOLD OUT
TO THE OPEN BORDERS INTEREST OF
THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE, COOK BROTHERS, WALL
STREET, YOU NAME IT AND THE
WESTERN GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
COME ON.
THIS IS REALLY APPALLING TO
WATCH.
>> LOU, I WILL TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
ONE THING WAS SAID BY NANCY
PELOSI THAT WAS REALLY TRUE AND
I DON'T THINK SHE MEANT TO SAY
IT BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED
BECAUSE SHE SAID WE HAD THE
HOUSE AND SENATE AND WE SHOULD
HAVE DONE THIS.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT BUT
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS 1.5
YEARS AGO.
I HAVE A BILL SITTING OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW SIGNED TO SEVEN
COMMITTEES THAT WOULD BUILD THE
BORDER WALL.
WE SHOULD PUT THAT UP CLEAN AND
SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOUSE.
LOU: HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE
SPEAKER?
>> YES, I HAVE.
LOU: DID HE TELL YOU TO GO TO
HELL OUT RIGHT OR LIGHT YOUR
FACE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE THE
FIGHT NOW.
I'M ABLE TO FIGHT IN TRYING TO
URGE HIM TO PUT THIS TO THE
FLOOR.
LOU: HE'S BETRAYED THE PRESIDENT
AND THE AMERICAN FIRST AGENDA
WHICH THIS PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED
AND LIED TO THE PRESIDENT AND
LIED TO THE CONFERENCE AND LIED
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND BEEN
IN OFFICE FOR EIGHT MONTHS
BEYOND HIS RESIGNATION
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I MEAN, HOW MUCH SORRIER CAN ONE
MAN GET THEN PAUL RYAN?
>> WELL, WHAT WOULD BE .
LOU: BY THE WAY, THE OTHER PART
IS HOW DUMB CAN ANY, TO BE TO
PUT UP WITH IT?
>> WELL, I'VE GIVEN YOU THIS
TECHNOLOGY BEFORE BUT IF SOMEONE
IS NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH BUT
KEEP BELIEVING THEM IS NOT THAT
PERSON'S PROBLEM BUT THE FOLKS
WHO BELIEVE IN.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY IS I
TURNED THIS BACK TO MARK MEADOWS
AND PRAYING THAT HE BECOMES THE
CHIEF OF STAFF.
WHETHER HE WANTS IT OR NOT.
HE WOULD DO GREAT.
HE CAN HELP THE PRESIDENT WITH
THE CONFERENCE NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO HE WILL GET PEOPLE
AROUND HIM THAT WILL HELP HIM
FACILITATE MOVING THAT AGENDA
FORWARD.
WE ARE MOVING TO A REAL
DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T
DO THIS BY JANUARY 3rd AT NOON
AND DON'T PASS A BORDER WALL BY
JANUARY 3rd AT NOON THE ODDS
OF US GETTING SOMETHING DONE ARE
NOT GOOD WHICH IS NOW WHY WE
MOVED TO THIS CRISIS POINT WHERE
NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.
LOU: AND WHO WILL NOTICE?
THE PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARY SEEM
TO BE THE ESTIMATED 22,
32 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WHO WAS OF THE REAL
BENEFICIARIES LEAVING THIS OPEN?
IS NOT THE AMERICAN WORKING MAN
OR WOMAN.
IT'S NOT THE ENTREPRENEUR WHO
DEPENDS ON GOVERNMENT.
WHO THE HECK IS THE BENEFICIARY
BESIDES THE ELECTED OFFICIALS,
INCLUDING YOURSELF, CONGRESSMAN?
WHO BENEFIT FROM THE PAYCHECK
AND NICE COMFORTABLE OFFICE IN
THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN POLL
AFTER POLL AFTER POLL ARE SAYING
THEY'VE HAD A BELLYFUL OF WHAT
IS PASSING FOR A GOVERNMENT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> RIGHT.
WHO CAN BLAME THEM?
SERIOUSLY.
LOU: I DON'T BLAME THEM.
>> RIGHT, I LOOK AT IT AND SAY
WE HAVE NOT DELIVERED WHAT WE
PROMISED.
ANYTIME WE DO THAT YOU LOSE
ELECTION.
LOU: YOUR MEMBER WHEN RIGHTS
PREVIOUS, FAILED CHIEF OF STAFF,
HE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE
ELECTION OF 2012 WHICH MITT
ROMNEY AND DID I MENTION PAUL
RYAN WERE THRASHED IN PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S REELECTION EFFORTS.
THAT AUTOPSY, AS THEY CALLED IT,
REVEALED ALL THE WEAKNESSES OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THERE SHOULD BE AN AUTOPSY OF
THIS CONGRESS AND THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE BECAUSE MY GOD, AT
LEAST IF IT WILL BE A CORPSE AT
LEAST IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT AND WHO DID
THE DAMAGE.
DO YOU AGREE?
>> I DON'T DISAGREE.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
YOU NEED TO TAKE HONEST STOCK,
LOOK IN THE MIRROR, IS IT MINE
IN ANY BIG STOCK?
ARE NOW MOVING INTO A SCENARIO
WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TRUST
US TO CONTINUE.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS BUT THEY DID
NOT TRUST US TO CONTINUE BECAUSE
THERE WERE PROMISES.
LOU: ABSOLUTELY.
THEY UNDERCUT THIS PRESIDENT AND
THREW AWAY, IN MY OPINION, 40
SEATS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE