>> A FEW REPUBLICANS IN THE
SENATE ALL YOU NEED IS 51 TO GET
IT OUT OF THE SENATE SO TO PASS
THE HOUSE, WITH A HANDFUL OF
REPUBLICAN VOTES THAT COME TO
THE SENATE IT MIGHT GET 51, ITED
GET VETOED BY THE PRESIDENT AND
REPUBLICANS WILL STAND WITH THE
PRESIDENT TO SUSTAIN HIS VETO,
AND IT WILL BE DEADER THAN DEAD.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT THAT WAS SOUTH
KOREA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM,
LAST WEEK WITH ME HERE ON SUNDAY
MORNING FUTURES SHARING HIS
PREDICTION ON THE FATE OF A
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE RESOLUTION
INTENDED TO BLOCK PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S NATIONAL EMERGENCY
DECLARATION TO BUILD A BORDER
WALL.
THE SENATE WILL SOON CONSIDER
THE MEASURE AFTER IT PASSED THE
HOUSE LAST WEEK.
SOME REPUBLICANS ARE SIGNALING
THEIR SUPPORT OVER CONCERNS A
FUTURE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT
COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO GO THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY ROUTE, TO
BYPASS CONGRESS.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PUSHING BACK
ON THIS JOINING ME IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IS FLORIDA
REPUBLICAN SENATOR RICK SCOTT
SITS ON THE SENATE HOMELAND AND
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEES AND SENATOR
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO VOTE IN THAT MEASURE?
>> I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR BORDER
SECURITY.
I'M GOING TO VOTE WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO VOTE
ON THIS OUGHT TO GO DOWN TO THE
BORDER LIKE I DID, TALK TO
BORDER PATROL AND THEY WILL TELL
YOU ONE, THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE.
TWO THEY NEED NEW TECHNOLOGY THE
TECHNOLOGY IS DECADES OLD AND
THREE, THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE
BARRIERS SO THEY HAVE
OPERATIONAL CONTROL.
SO, IF YOU GO TALK TO THEM
THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD THEN
SAY OH, I'M GOING TO VOTE
AGAINST BORDER SECURITY.
THE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT BORDER
SECURITY.
AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTS BORDER
SECURITY, THEY WANT RESULTS I
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
THE PROCESS NONE OF US LIKE THIS
PROCESS.
IT'S ALL CAUSED BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRATS DON'T BELIEVE IN
BORDER SECURITY.
I WANT RESULTS I KNOW THE
PRESIDENT WANTS RESULTS.
MARIA: SO WHAT ABOUT YOUR
COLLEAGUES WHO SAY THE REASON
THAT I HAVE TO PUSHBACK AND NOT
VOTE WITH THE PRESIDENT IS
BECAUSE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT
IN THE FUTURE MIGHT TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SAME THING.
THIS HAS BEEN USED WHAT, 60
TIMES, CALLING A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
>> WELL LOOK, PEOPLE CAN COME
UP WITH THE RATIONALE FOR VOTING
AGAINST THINGS I THINK THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC THEY WANT
RESULTS.
THE PRESIDENT TRIED.
LOOK, HE'S TRIED TO GET THE
DEMOCRATS TO FUND THE BORDER.
HE OFFERED THINGS, HE SAID LET'S
TALK ABOUT DACA, LET'S TALK
ABOUT FIXING THE TPS PROGRAM AND
THEY SAID NO WAY, THEY DID
EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO MAKE
SURE THERE WAS NO BORDER
SECURITY SO THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO TAKE
CARE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WHICH BELIEVES IN HAVING A
SECURE BORDER, AND I'M GOING TO
VOTE WITH THE PRESIDENT, AND
HELP EVERY REPUBLICAN AND THE
DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE THE TIME, GO
TO THE BORDER, ONCE THEY DO,
THEY HAVE ONE CHOICE EITHER VOTE
FOR BORDER SECURITY OR GO TELL
BORDER SECURITY THAT YOU DON'T
CARE ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AND
AMERICANS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT
THEIR SAFETY.
IT'S A SIMPLE CHOICE IN MY
OPINION.
MARIA: WELL WHAT ABOUT YOUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE, THAT ARE GOING AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
WHY AREN'T YOUR COLLEAGUES
FIRMLY BEHIND THIS PRESIDENT
THEN?
>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW
, THEY WANT TO SAY THAT THIS
IS NOT THE RIGHT PROCESS AND I
AGREE.
IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PROCESS.
I MEAN, NOBODY WANTS THIS TO BE
THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
BECAUSE WASHINGTON IS COMPLETELY
DISFUNCTIONAL.
THAT'S IT.
WASHINGTON DOESN'T WORK I'VE
BEEN THERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
IT DOESN'T WORK.
BUT THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT FUND
WHAT AMERICANS WANT.
AMERICANS WANT BORDER SECURITY.
THE PRESIDENTS DOING HIS JOB,
SECURE THE BORDER.
MARIA: WHEN YOU SAY WASHINGTON
DOESN'T WORK, IS THAT BECAUSE
THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE
CONGRESS HAVE THEIR OWN
IDEOLOGIES AND THEY'RE NOT DOING
WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS REALLY
WANT THEM TO DO?
>> I THINK THERE'S A BUNCH OF
ACTORS.
I THINK LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY WILL GIVE US TALK ABOUT
BORDER SECURITY AND VOTE AGAINST
IT.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF ACTORS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET PEOPLE THAT WE
HAVE TO GET NEW PEOPLE UP THERE
THAT ARE JUST ABSOLUTE COMMITTED
TO GETTING SOMETHING DONE.
WE SHOULDN'T PAY PEOPLE, IF YOU
SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT IF YOU
DON'T PASS A BUDGET THAT'S YOUR
JOB.
THERE'S BASIC THINGS THAT I'M A
BUSINESS GUY.
MARIA: RIGHT.
>> IN BUSINESS, YOU TRY TO GET
THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
MARIA: LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
THE BILL IS GOING TO COME TO THE
SENATE FLOOR WHEN?
WHAT'S THE TIMING ON THIS SOME
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO VOTE?
>> WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT.
I THINK IT'S STILL ANOTHER
COUPLE WEEKS AT LEAST THAT'S
GOING TO COME.
IT'S GOING TO COME I THINK TO
ARMED SERVICES FIRST, SO THEN WE
HAVE A 15-DAY SO I THINK IT'S AT
LEAST TWO MORE WEEKS.
MARIA: MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT
IS BACK FROM HANOI WITH HIS
MEETING WITH KIM JONG-UN, YOUR
REACTION TO THAT, THE PRESIDENT
TALKS A LOT ABOUT HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH KIM JONG-UN,
SO BUT WE ARE YET TO SEE ANY
REAL MOVEMENT TO DETERMINE
DENUCLEARIZATION.
>> WELL FIRST OFF, LET'S
REMEMBER, HE'S A DICTATOR.
KIM JONG-UN IS A DICTATE
DICTATOR, HE'S A THUG, A
MURDERER THAT'S WHAT HE IS.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS DOING
THE RIGHT THING BY TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE OUR
COUNTRY SAFER BY SITTING DOWN
WITH HIM SAYING YOU NEED TO
DENUCLEARIZE AND THIS IS WHY YOU
AND YOUR CITIZENS WILL BE IN A
BETTER POSITION.
NOW IN BUSINESS, YOU KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE TO WALK AWAY FROM DEALS
A LOT.
THAT'S THE WAY IT HAPPENS OFTEN
BEFORE YOU GET THE DEAL YOU HAVE
TO WALK AWAY FROM IT.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT DID THE
RIGHT THING.
HE WALKED AWAY BECAUSE HE'S NOT
GETTING WHAT HE WANTED OUT OF
THE DEAL AND I'M PROUD OF HIM
FOR DOING THAT.
MARIA: YEAH, BUT WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT ON THIS ISSUE?
>> WELL, WHAT YOU HOPE FOR IS
THAT NORTH KOREA COMES TO THEIR
SENSES AND SAYS LOOK, I WANT TO
HAVE FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, I
WANT TO HAVE OUR CITIZENS WITH
PLENTY OF FOOD.
I WANT TO HAVE THEM GREAT JOB
THAT'S WHAT YOU HOPE.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS
GUY IS A THUG, HE MURDERS HIS
OWN CITIZENS HIS OWN FAMILY, SO
YOU HAVE TO HAVE LOW EXPECTATION
S.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT WE WILL LEAVE