THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOINING US TONIGHT, WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY STEPHANIE
GRISHAM.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THE PRESIDENT IS TO BE
CONGRATULATED.
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM IN
PARTICULAR FOR TAKING OUT A MAN
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN LIVES
BEING LOST IN IRAQ AND THE
SPREAD OF STATE-SPONSORED
TERRORISM FROM IRAN.
YOUR THOUGHTS TONIGHT, THE MOOD
IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WITHIN
THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> WELL, CERTAINLY IT'S A GREAT
DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISIVE ACTION,
THOUSANDS MORE AMERICAN LIVES
AND OTHER LIVES WILL BE SAVED --
SAVED.
THIS MAN, THIS TERRORIST WAS
BRUTAL, AND NOT ONLY WAS HE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF
DEATHS OF AMERICANS, BUT
THOUSANDS OF HORRIBLE INJURIES
TO AMERICANS AND OTHERS.
HE WASN'T GOING TO STOP
TARGETING AMERICANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THE PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, HE KNEW
THERE WAS IMMINENT DANGER.
WE HAD GOOD INTEL THAT THERE WAS
IMMINENT DANGER AND THAT
AMERICANS WERE GOING TO BE
KILLED AND SO HE TOOK THE BOLD
AND OFTEN TIMES HARD ACTION THAT
HE HAD TO AS PRESIDENT KNOWING
THAT HE WAS GOING TO SAVE LIVES
AND SAVE LIVES THEN AND IN THE
FUTURE TOO.
LOU: AND TO HEAR THE DEMOCRATS
AT LEAST MANY OF THEM TELL IT,
THIS WAS AN IMPOSITION ON A
STABLE WORLD ORDER IN THE MIDDLE
EAST THAT ONLY PRESIDENT TRUMP
SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT.
I MEAN, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS WHAT I
HAVE HEARD TODAY IN THE COURSE
OF THE MORNING, EARLIER, FROM
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.
IT'S AS IF THEY ARE COMPLETELY
UNHINGED.
>> WELL, THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO BE SO
DISAPPOINTED BY THESE DEMOCRATS.
NO MATTER WHAT THIS PRESIDENT
DOES, IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE HAPPY
ALONG WITH THE REST OF THIS
COUNTRY THAT AMERICAN LIVES WERE
SAVED, AND INSTEAD THEY WERE
COMPLAINING THAT THEY WEREN'T
NOTIFIED.
YOU KNOW, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS ARE GOING
DOWN.
THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO
PROTECT AMERICANS WHEN THEY ARE
IN DANGER.
ALSO, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, SCHUMER WAS COMPLAINING
THAT HE WASN'T BRIEFED, AND THEN
WHEN HE GOT BRIEFED TODAY, HE
WAS COMPLAINING THAT IT WASN'T
GOOD ENOUGH AND HE STILL HAD
QUESTIONS.
THEY JUST CONTINUE TO --
LOU: STEPHANIE, I THINK --
>> I'M SORRY, YES.
LOU: I THINK CHUCK SCHUMER WAS
BORN COMPLAINING.
AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANY QUICK
CHANGE IN HIS BEHAVIOR.
IT IS ALSO I THINK A GOOD CASE
COULD BE BUILT, IT WOULD BE
UTTERLY IRRATIONAL OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO BRIEF THE VERY
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO UNSEAT
HIM, REMOVE HIM FROM POWER, TO
OVERTHROW HIS PRESIDENCY AND TO
HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR
POWER TO DO SO.
I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY A NEUTRAL VOICE IN THIS --
SAY IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA ISN'T
SAYING WHAT ARE THE DEMOCRATS
TALKING ABOUT?
AND WHY WOULD THEY EXPECT
ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO BE FOUND
UNTRUSTWORTHY BY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES?
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY
BECAUSE THERE IS NO MUTUAL VOICE
IN THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, THE WASHINGTON POST
TALKED ABOUT SULEIMANI AS THE
MOST REVERED MILITARY LEADER.
AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING INTO, YOU
KNOW, HE WAS A TERRORIST.
HE WAS A MURDERER.
WATCHING CABLE NEWS TODAY, IT
WAS LIKE THEY WERE HOPING FOR
RETALIATION.
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LIKE SCARING
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR RATINGS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, AGAIN,
THE MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATS
AREN'T HAPPY ALONG WITH THE REST
OF THIS COUNTRY THAT OUR
PRESIDENT TOOK THE BOLD ACTION
TO KILL A MURDERER.
WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD
TODAY, AND WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY
HAPPY THAT AMERICAN LIVES ARE
SAVED.
LOU: NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND LET'S TURN TO A DIFFERENT
SUBJECT HERE TONIGHT, AS WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO COVER THIS
THROUGHOUT THIS HOUR, WITHOUT
QUESTION, BUT THE IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
TODAY STANDING UP I THOUGHT TALL
AND BOLD SAYING THAT NANCY
PELOSI, HER TIME ON THE STAGE OF
IMPEACHMENT HAS ENDED.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
HE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB LAYING
OUT THE CASE OF, YOU KNOW, THE
PROCESS THUS FAR, HOW UNFAIR IT
WAS.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, LOU,
AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24
HOURS, I THINK THIS IMPEACHMENT
STUFF JUST SEEMS ALL THE MORE
SILLY AND PATHETIC.
IN THE TIME THAT THIS
IMPEACHMENT, YOU KNOW, SCAM HAS
BEEN GOING ON, THE PRESIDENT HAS
KILLED TWO TERRORISTS IN THIS
WORLD AND AGAIN SAVED THOUSANDS
OF LIVES.
SO THE IMPEACHMENT SCAM, IT WILL
CONTINUE.
IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT
SHE WILL TURN THE ARTICLES OVER.
WE EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A
TRIAL IN THE SENATE.
WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE ACQUITTED BECAUSE HE DID
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG.
THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS
NEW EVIDENCE FROM A "NEW YORK
TIMES" STORY.
THERE ARE E-MAILS THAT SAY THE
PRESIDENT WANTED THE AID TO BE
WITHHELD.
HE HAS ADMITTED THAT HIMSELF.
HE WANTED IT TO BE WITHHELD TO
MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO
CORRUPTION.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
AGAIN, SADLY IN THE LAST 24
HOURS, THERE ARE A LOT BIGGER
THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD.
IT IS SATURDAY THIS CONTINUES.
LOU: IT'S SAD.
IT'S ALSO OUTRAGEOUS, AND IT'S
ABOUT TIME I BELIEVE THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY JUST SIMPLY
DRAW THE LINE AND SAY UNTIL THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY BEGINS TO ACT
LIKE THE LOYAL OPPOSITION,
INSTEAD OF AN OPPOSITIONAL FORCE
AT EVERY CORNER TRYING TO REMOVE
A PRESIDENT, THAT THEY CAN
EXPECT NOT TO BE BRIEFED AND NOT
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
>> I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU
MORE.
YOU'VE GOT MY VOTE THERE.
LOU: STEPHANIE GRISHAM, THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FROM A
GRATEFUL NATION.
THOSE TWO TERRORISTS THAT
STEPHANIE MENTIONED, LEADER OF
THE ISIS TERRORISTS AND OF
COURSE SULEIMANI, A LEADER OF
THE IRANIAN QUDS FORCE, TWO