WE START WITH THE IMPEACHMENT
TESTIMONY, AND AMBASSADOR
SONDLAND SAID THAT PERRY WAS IN
ON GETTING BURISMA INVESTIGATED.
HE SHARPLY DENIES THAT, AND IF
THEY'RE THINKING OF PRESIDENT
REMOVED FROM OFFICE, ANY AGAIN.
>> AMBASSADOR SONDLAND GOES UP
TO THE IMPEACHMENT HEARING AND
INVOKES YOUR NAME, AND TESTIFIES
THAT YOU'RE MORE IN ON THE
PRESIDENT'S INVESTIGATION OF THE
BIDENS THAN YOU LET ON.
>> THE RECORD IS VERY CLEAR,
I'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE GET
GO, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
CORRUPTION.
WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT
UNBUNDLING OF NAFTA GAS.
WOO
WO
WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT
POROSHENKO BEFORE ZELENSKY GOT
INTO OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO
UNBUNDLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
RULE OF LAW, YOU MUST MAKE SURE
THERE'S NOT CORRUPTION GOING ON
IN YOUR GOVERNMENT IF YOU EXPECT
AMERICANS TO COME IN AND INVEST
HERE AND HELP YOUR COUNTRY GET
AWAY FROM THE RUSSIAN INFLUENCE.
THAT'S BEEN THE STORY DAY AFTER
DAY, NOT ONCE WAS THE NAME
BURISMA OR BIDENS MENTIONED TO
ME, NOT BY THE PRESIDENT, NOT BY
RUDY GUILIANI AND NOT BY GORDON
SONDLAND.
IF ANYONE ELSE IS SAYING
ANYTHING DIFFERENT THEN THEY'RE
SURMISING AND THAT'S NOT A WISE
THING TO DO.
I KNOW WHAT I SAW.
I KNOW WHAT I HEARD AND I STAND
BY MY STATEMENTS THAT I MADE ALL
ALONG AND WILL CONTINUE TO.
ED: SO YOU'VE BEEN AROUND
POLITICS A LONG TIME.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS ENDING FOR
THE PRESIDENT?
>> WELL, I THINK THE PRESIDENT
WILL -- HE WILL MUSCLE RIGHT ON
THROUGH THIS.
HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
INDIVIDUAL, TO STAY FOCUSED ON
DISCIPLINED FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A
MISSION HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO
GET THROUGH IT AND MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BUYING INTO THIS
THING.
ED: DO YOU SEE ANY CHANCE OF
REPUBLICANS REMOVING HIM FROM
OCHS?
>> LORD NO.
ED: YOUR CRITICS SAY YOU DON'T
CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT
THIS ADMINISTRATION IN THE
LAST--
OR IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE SPENT
MORE MONEY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
THAN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
IN THEIR LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE
INCREASED THE BUDGET OF OUR
NATIONAL LABS BY 43% AND A LOT
OF THAT GOES TOWARDS, YOU KNOW,
TECHNOLOGY, THE NATIONAL ENERGY
RENEWABLE LAB, BUT HERE IS
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT
UNDERSTOOD THAT AMERICAN LNG
COULD REALLY IMPACT THE
EMISSIONS ISSUE IN EUROPE, AND
HE BASICALLY SAID, I WANT YOU TO
GO SELL LNG LIKE THE WORLD LOOKS
FLAT.
GO GET THIS DONE.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID WHEN I WAS
SITTING IN HIS OFFICE, GETTING
ENERGY BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF
2016.
PERRY, HERE IS WHAT I WANT YOU
TO DO, I WANT YOU TO GO DO FOR
AMERICA WHAT YOU DID FOR TEXAS.
I'VE GOT IT DONE, MR. PRESIDENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'RE SELLING AMERICAN LNG INTO
36 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON FIVE
CONTINENTS.
THE EUROPEANS SAVED $8 BILLION
LAST YEAR BECAUSE AMERICAN LNG
AND THE COMPETITION IT BROUGHT
TO THE MARKET OVER THERE AGAINST
RUSSIAN GAS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY
NOT HELD HOSTAGE BY RUSSIAN GAS,
THEY'RE ALSO SAVING MONEY.
AMERICANS, AMERICANS BECAUSE OF
THE SHALE REVOLUTION, OVER$200
BILLION SAVED LAST YEAR AND YOU
DO THE MATH ON THAT, THAT'S FOR
A FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT'S ABOUT
$2500 A YEAR THAT AMERICANS
SAVED BECAUSE OF THE REGULATIONS
AND THE TAXES THAT BASICALLY
SAID TO THE -- IN THIS CASE, THE
FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, GO OUT AND
DEVELOP THIS AND THEY HAVE.
HERE IS THE RESULT.
OUR EMISSIONS ARE LOWER THAN ANY
COUNTRY THAT'S A SIGNATURE TO
THAT PARIS AGREEMENT.
AND IN 1987 ENERGY RELATED
EMISSIONS.
THAT'S A GOOD STORY.
ED: WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU
LOOK ACROSS AT THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY HAD ANOTHER DEBATE LAST
NIGHT AND YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
THIS AS YOU SAY A FEW TIMES.
>> I HEAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT IF YOU VOTE FOR
ME, HERE IS WHAT I'LL GIVE YOU.
FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE.
I THINK THERE'S A TV AD THAT
SAYS THAT, ISN'T IT?
WHAT THEY'RE GIVING AWAY FREE.
THERE ARE NO FREE LUNCHES.
STUFF COSTS.
WE NEED TO GET THIS COUNTRY
FOCUSED ON HOW BLESSED WE ARE
TODAY TO HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT
WE HAVE, TO HAVE THE FREEDOMS
THAT WE HAVE, AND DON'T LET THEM
GET AWAY FROM US.
ED: I WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
YOU'RE GOING NEXT, BUT WHEN I
WENT TO YOUR OFFICE AND SAW THE
PILLOW WITH DAVY CROCKETT, YOU
ALL CAN GO TO HELL, I'M GOING TO
TEXAS.
>> AND DAVY CROCKETT WAS ELECTED
TO CONGRESS, AND THIRD TIME HE
GOT DEFEATED.
HE WENT TO JACKSON, TENNESSEE.
LAMAR ALEXANDER AND I WERE
TALKING ABOUT THIS, HE WENT TO A
LITTLE COURTHOUSE IN JACKSON,
TENNESSEE AND STOOD UP ON THE
COURTHOUSE AND SAID, SURE
ENJOYED WORKING FOR YOU, BUT HE
SAID YOU ALL MAY GO TO HELL, I'M
GOING TO TEXAS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
SIMILAR, GOING TO CAPITOL HILL,
THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> I'M GOING TO TELL ANYBODY TO
GO TO HELL.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE FOUR --
THREE YEARS OF WORKING UP HERE
AND I'M -- I LOVE MY WIFE AND I
LOVE TEXAS.
ED: YOU CAN CATCH PART TWO OF MY
INTERVIEW WITH SECRETARY PERRY
HERE ON SUNDAY AND HE TALKS
ABOUT HIS FAITH AND REVEALS HE
RECENTLY GAVE THE PRESIDENT A
ONE-PAGE MEMO ABOUT OLD
TESTAMENT PROPHETS SENT BY GOD
TO DO GOOD THINGS.
A REVEALING LOOK INSIDE THE OVAL