>> Dana: IT'S GOOD THAT WE
HAVE YOU ON THE CASE.
WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU IF WE NEED
TO.
ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT
MOMENTS LAST NIGHT WAS
TULSI GABBARD SAME
PRESIDENT TRUMP AS BLEVINS HANDS
WERE ORDERING OUR TROOPS OUT OF
NORTHERN SYRIA.
SHE BLAME LAWMAKERS ON BOTH
SIDES WAS A PARTY WHERE WHAT SHE
CALLS THE REGIME CHANGE MORE.
SHE SAID THAT ABOUT 25 TIMES.
SHE BLASTED SIENNA IN
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" WHICH ARE
HOSTING THE DEBATE FOR THEIR
ATTACKS ON HER.
>> "NEW YORK TIMES" ON CNN HAVE
SMEARED VETERANS LIKE MY SELF OR
CALLING FOR AN END TO THIS
REGIME CHANGE WAR.
TWO DAYS AGO
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" PUT OUT AN
ARTICLE SAYING THAT I AM A
RUSSIAN ASSET AND A ASSAD
APOLOGIST.
THIS MORNING, CNN SAID ON
NATIONAL TELEVISION, A
COMMENTATOR SAID I'M AN OUT OF
RUSSIA COMPLETELY DESPICABLE.
>> Dana: LET'S BRING IN
REBECCA HEINRICH.
I WANT TO START WITH HER
PUSHBACK AGAINST THE MODERATORS,
CNN AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
CNN AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
JUSTIFIED IN HER OUTRAGE ABOUT
IT.
>> I THINK SHE IS JUSTIFIED.
I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARTICLES,
IF THEY DIDN'T ESPECIALLY CALL
HER A RUSSIAN ASSET, ARE
DEFINITELY IMPLYING THAT SHE IS.
BECAUSE SHE TAKES CONTRARY
POSITIONS ON FOREIGN POLICY.
I THINK SHE'S RIGHT TO BE
SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE ANYTIME THE MEDIA
DOESN'T LIKE A CANDIDATE WHETHER
IT'S TULSI GABBARD OR
DONALD TRUMP, THEY START
PLANNING RUSSIA AND SOME SORT OF
CONSPIRACY TO HELP THE RUSSIANS.
>> Dana: SHE DID SAY THE
REGIME CHANGE WAR.
I WANTED TO GET YOUR TAKE
BECAUSE SHE TALKING ABOUT ASSAD.
I RECALL UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP,
REGIME CHANGE FOR ASSAD WAS OFF
THE TABLE.
>> IT WAS OFF THE TABLE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA RECEIVED ALL
KINDS OF FLAK BECAUSE OF HIS
HESITATION FOR PUNISHING ASSAD
FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
SHE'S WRONG ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT
OF THAT.
ASSAD IS STILL IN POWER AND
SYRIA.
TULSI GABBARD I THINK OF HER AS
SORT OF THE FRANKENSTEIN A
FOREIGN POLICY.
SHE WANTS TO BE HAILED AS THE
PEACE CANDIDATE SIMPLY BECAUSE
SHE INSISTS THE UNITED STATES
SHOULD HAVE PEACE.
ALL OF HER SOLUTIONS FOR
ACHIEVING PEACE GO CONTRARY TO
ACHIEVING PEACE WHETHER IT'S
DECIMATING THE DEFENSE BUDGET,
CUTTING AMERICAN NUCLEAR
WEAPONS, OR PARTNERING WITH ITS
BUTCHERS LIKE ASSAD OR
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> Dana: SHE HAD AN EXCHANGE
WITH A FELLOW CANDIDATE AND ALSO
A VETERAN, MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG.
LET'S WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
EXCHANGE.
>> I KNEW ONE OF THE THINGS
KEEPING US SAFE WAS THE FACT
THAT THE FLAG ON MY SHOULDER
REPRESENTED A COUNTRY KNOWN TO
KEEP HIS WORD.
SPIGOTS ARE REALLY WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, MAYOR PETE, IS THAT YOUW
SAYING, MAYOR PETE, IS THAT YOUU
SAYING, MAYOR PETE, IS THAT YOUD
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAVING
U.S. TROOPS IN SYRIA FOR AN
INDEFINITE PERIOD NEXT TIME.
TO CONTINUE THIS REGIME CHANGE
WAR THAT'S CAUSED SO MANY
REFUGEES TO FLEE SYRIA.
>> YOU CAN PUT AN END BACK TO
ENDLESS WAR WITHOUT EMBRACING
DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES.
>> WHAT IS AN ENDLESS WAR IF
IT'S NOT ANOTHER REGIME CHANGE
WAR?
>> Dana: YOU FOLLOWED IT
CLOSELY AND I WONDER IF YOU
THINK, WHAT WAS IT GOOD
DISTILLATION OF WHERE THE DEBATE
STANDS?
>> I THINK IT WAS AN IMPORTANT
MOMENT.
THAT'S WHY TULSI GABBARD IS
POPULAR BECAUSE AMONG
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, SHE'S
AGAINST THESE ENDLESS WARS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY
LIKE PETE BUTTIGIEG TO EXPLAIN
WHAT HE HAS AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE IS HE'S
RUINED SOME TRUST OR HE HAS PUT
A CRACK AND SOME TRUST IN
REPUBLICANS FOR THE WAY HE'S
GOING ABOUT TRYING TO WITHDRAW
FROM SYRIA.
PETE HAS A HARD TIME EXTENDING
WILD AND ALTERNATIVE IS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO WITHDRAW.
OUR TROOPS ARE IN HARM'S WAY.
EVACUATION IS CAUSING PROBLEMS.
TURKEY IS VIOLATING AGREEMENTS
AND THREATENING U.S. FORCES.
WE COULD HAVE A RISE OF ISIS AND
WE ARE ABANDONING THE KURDS HAVE
HELPED THE UNITED STATES.
ALL OF THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT
ARE PRESENTED BY THE WAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SUDDENLY
WITHDRAWN.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN
ALTERNATIVE.
IF NOT THIS WAY, THAN HOW DO WE
DO IT?
>> Dana: PRESIDENT TRUMP
ADDRESS ALL THOSE POINTS IN HIS
PRESS CONFERENCE A LITTLE BIT