♪ HERE I AM, BABY.
BRIAN: IT'S YOUR SHOT OF THE
MORNING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING A
BRAND NEW STRETCH OF BORDER
WALL IN SAN DIEGO,
CALIFORNIA.
AINSLEY: USING A SHARPY.
THE PRESIDENT AUTOGRAPHING
THAT PART OF THE WALL.
BEEN PROMISING TO BUILD THE
WALL SINCE HIS CAMPAIGN IN
2015.
STEVE: DESIGNED TO RETAIN
HEAT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM
CLIMBING IT.
CAN YOU SEE THERE IT'S
LITERALLY HIS SIGNATURE
ISSUE.
BRIAN: OUR ENED HEADRY HAD A
CHANCE TO TALK TO THE ABOUT
THE WITH THE WALL.
AINSLEY: ED HENRY JOINS US
NOW WITH MORE.
HEY, ED, WHAT ARE.
SO HIGHLIGHTS YOU LEARNED
YESTERDAY AFTER TALKING TO
HIM.
ED: IT WAS FANTASTIC.
I WALKED UP TO INTRODUCE
PRESIDENT SORT OF RIGHT
AFTER HE SIGNED IT.
HE HAD ALL THESE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS AROUND.
HE SPIED ME AND SAID WHAT'S
ED HENRY DOING HERE.
OH YEAH WE ARE DOING AN
INTERVIEW.
COME ON, LET'S TALK.
HE WILL WENT RIGHT AT IT.
LONG DAY PROBABLY TIRED
BETWEEN JET LAG AND THE FUND
RAISING HE WAS DOING,
MEETING WITH THE BORDER
PATROL FOLKS.
HE GOT FIRED UP WHEN WE
STARTED TALKING AND HERE'S
WHY.
WE HAD DEMOCRATS ON THE SHOW
SAYING THE PRESIDENT IS NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CLAIM WHEN
HE SAYS AND BOASTS THAT
THERE IS NO WALL BEING
BUILT.
I'M HERE TO SAY THE
PRESIDENT IS RIGHT.
AND THEY ARE WRONG.
AND THAT'S NOWFTZ AN
OPINION.
THAT'S MY ROUTEING WITH MY
OWN TWO EYES.
I WAS THERE.
THERE IS, IN FACT, MILES AND
MILES OF NEW WALL BEING
BUILT.
AND IT'S WORKING, NUMBER
ONE, WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT
NUMBER TWO, THE PRESIDENT
TALKED ABOUT IRAN.
THAT HE WANTS PEACE NOT WAR.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE
FED RATE CUTS.
IF YOU ARE THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE FED WAKING UP WATCHING,
THIS YOU MAY WANT TO POUR
ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE.
WATCH.
>> LET'S START WITH SOME
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FED
TODAY.
YOU WERE PRETTY UPSET THAT
THEY ONLY CUT IT A QUARTER
OF A PERCENTAGE POINT AND
YOU SAID CHAIRMAN POWELL HAS
NO GUTS, WHY?
>> THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE
BECAUSE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE
DONE MORE.
IF YOU LOOK AT GERMANY AND
JAPAN AND SO MANY OTHERS,
THEY ARE CUTTING MUCH MORE.
IN FACT, THEY ARE BORROWING
MONEY AND GETTING PAID TO
BORROW MONEY AND WE ARE
PAYING INTEREST.
WE ARE THE MOST PRIME IN THE
WORLD.
WE HAVE THIS GREAT ECONOMY.
WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN WE
HAVE EVER DONE.
OUR EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE
THE BEST THEY HAVE EVER
BEEN.
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, ALSO.
WE ARE DOING GREAT.
BUT WE SHOULD BE CUTTING.
THERE IS NO INFLATION.
ED: YOU ARE WORRIED HE IS
PUTTING A WET BLANKET AHEAD
OF 2020.
>> I THINK WHAT HE DOES -- I
DON'T THINK HE KNOWS HOW TO
PLAY THE GAME VERY WELL.
THEY HAVE RAISED TOO FAST.
AND I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS
OPENLY.
ED: UM-HUH.
>> AND THEY HAVE LOWERED TOO
SLOW.
HE TOOK 25. SOME PEOPLE
WERE HOPING FOR 50.
HE TOOK 25.
BUT THE FACT IS WHEN GERMANY
GETS PAID TO LOAN MONEY,
THEY ARE LOANING -- THEY ARE
BORROWING MONEY SO THEY'RE
BORROWING -- THINK OF IT,
THEY BORROW MONEY AND WHEN
IT COMES TIME TO PAY BACK,
PEOPLE PAY THEM.
ED: RIGHT.
>> WE CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN
THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE
FED.
SO I'M NOT THRILLED PUT FED.
BUT, DESPITE THAT WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE ECONOMY AND WE
DON'T HAVE INFLATION.
ED: CHAIRMAN POWELL'S JOB IS
SAFE.
>> IT'S SAFE, YEAH.
IT'S SAFE.
SURE, WHY NOT.
ED: YOU PAUSED?
>> NO, I DON'T PAUSE.
HE HAS GOT A JOB.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN HIM.
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN
HIM.
I THINK HE RAISED FAR TOO
FAST.
HE DID QUANTITATIVE
TIGHTENING WHICH IS NOT A
GOOD THING TO DO.
BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT.
AND, LOOK, WE HAVE A GREAT
ECONOMY AND IT'S NOT GOING
TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US AN
EDGE AND INSTEAD SOMEBODY
ELSE HAS AN EDGE.
THEY ARE SO FAR BEHIND US
THEY CAN'T CATCH US.
ED: ON IRAN TOUGH NEW
SANCTIONS THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" REPORTING YOU ARE
BEHIND THE SCENES TRYING TO
WORK DIPLOMATIC ANGLES AT
THE U.N. AND HAVE SOMETHING
SHORT OF ACTUALLY WAR.
WHY DID YOU TWEET LOCKED AND
LOADED IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
GO TO WAR?
>> WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU MAY HAVE VERY STRONG
HIT.
STRONGEST MILITARY BY FAR.
WHEN I CAME IN WE WERE
DEPLETED.
NOW WE ARE VERY POWERFUL.
WE HAVE NEW PLANES, IN
MISSILES, NEW EVERYTHING.
EVERY FORM OF EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE BUILDING MANY NEW
SHIPS AS YOU KNOW.
NEW SUBMARINES.
WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT WE
HAVEN'T DONE IN MANY, MANY
YEARS.
I CAME, IN WE WERE DEPLETED.
I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY VERY
LOW ON AMMUNITION.
AND I'M BEING NICE WHEN I
SAY THAT I SAID THAT SHOULD
NEVER HAPPEN TO ANOTHER PUT.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
A LOT OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN
IF WE CAN HAVE A PEACEFUL
SOLUTION THAT'S GOOD.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT
WON'T HAPPEN.
BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A
STRONGER COUNTRY MILITARILY.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
ED: LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
BEHIND YOU BECAUSE I HAVE
INTERVIEWED VARIOUS
DEMOCRATS ON THE SHOW AND
THEY WILL TELL ME THIS IS A
FAN TEAS.
THERE IS NO NEW WALL BEING
BUILT.
THEY HAVE SAID THAT.
>> THIS WAS NOT HERE TWO
WEEKS AGO.
SO THIS IS ALL BRAND NEW
WALL.
THIS GOES MILES UP THE
MOUNTAIN OVER HERE.
THIS GOES I MEAN YOU ARE
SEEING IT.
THIS GOES MILES DOWN THIS
DIRECTION.
ED: ABOUT 14 MILES SO FAR
JUST HERE.
>> THIS SECTION IS 14.
BUT WE ARE BUILDING MANY
THAT ARE 50 AND 40 AND 17
AND DIFFERENT AREAS WE ARE
BUILDING ON MANY DIFFERENT
SITES.
ALL UP AND DOWN ALONG THE
BORDER.
AND THEY GET HOOKED, IN
DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS BID IT
OUT.
THIS WOULD BE FAR TOO MUCH
FOR ONE CONTRACTOR TO BUILD.
YOU SEE THE LENGTH OF THIS.
ED: ABSOLUTELY.
ALSO HAVE YOU TWO LEVELS
HERE BECAUSE HAVE YOU 18
FEED OVER HERE.
>> THIS IS TIJUANA.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY
TOUGH SECTION.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE OVER
THERE TRYING TO GET INTO OUR
COUNTRY.
THEY CAN'T GET.
IN TIJUANA WE HAVE A DOUBLE
WALL.
THAT'S AN 18-FOOT WALL.
THAT'S THE BORDER.
AND THEN IF THEY GET OVER
HERE, THEY CAN'T GET UP THIS
WALL.
ED: I INTERVIEWED BORDER
PATROL AGENTS DOZENS CAN GET
OVER WITH LADDERS NONE OVER
THE 30 FEET.
>> WE HAD CHAMPIONSHIP
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS AND TESTED
VARIOUS WALLS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SEE
THROUGH AVAILABILITY
OTHERWISE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO
IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET
OVER THIS WALL.
ED: ONE TOLD ME NO PRESIDENT
HAS BROUGHT THIS KIND OF
ATTENTION OR RESOURCES SO
NOW CAN I DO MY JOB.
THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME.
>> THEY ARE MAKING THE JOB A
LOT SAFER, TOO.
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING
PEOPLE AREN'T COMING UP.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE GOING WAY
DOWN AND WE'RE NOT DOING
WATCH AND RELEASE ANYMORE.
WE WISH WE HAD HELP FROM THE
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS BUT
THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS.
THEY WANTS CRIMINALS TO COME
IN.
THEY WANT HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.
CROOKS.
ED: WHAT ABOUT REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS, YOU HAD TWO
YEARS IN THE BEGINNING.
>> THE PROBLEM IS I DIDN'T
HAVE THE VOTES BECAUSE IN
THE SENATE WE NEEDED 60
VOTES AND WE ONLY HAD AS YOU
KNOW WE WERE NINE VOTES
SHORT.
SO WE HAD 51.
NOW WE HAVE THEN HAD A GOOD
ELECTION.
ED: YOU WOULD GRANTS
REPUBLICANS IN THE POWER IN
THE SENATE AND HOUSE SHOULD
HAVE PUSHED HARDER.
>> IN THE HOUSE WE HAD NO
PROBLEM WE COULD GET IT
APPROVED, RIGHT?
IN THE SENATE WE HAD 51
VOTES WE NEEDED 60.
THAT MEANS WE NEEDED 9 OR 10
DEMOCRAT VOTES THEY WOULDN'T
GIVE US ANY.
NO DEMOCRATS.
TOTAL MISNOMER.
WE HAD A TINY MAJORITY AND
WE NEEDED 9 TO 10 VOTES AND
IF WE DIDN'T GET THEM AND WE
COULDN'T GET.
THEY WE HAD THE REPUBLICAN
VOTES BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
DEMOCRAT VOTES.
SO THEY WOULDN'T GIVE US THE
VOTES.
STEVE: ED?
ED: YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THOSE TWO WALLS, SO
YOU SAW THE 30-FOOT WALL
BEHIND HIM.
ACROSS THE WAY ABOUT
50 YARDS CLOSER TO TIJUANA,
MEXICO IS THAT 18-FOOT WALL.
I WAS TOLD BY SOME BORDER
PATROL AGENTS ON SOME DAYS
YOU WILL GET 100 TO 200
PEOPLE GET LADDERS LONG
ENOUGH TO GET OVER THE
18 FEET.
BUFF I WAS TOLD THAT ZERO,
ABSOLUTELY ZERO HAVE THEN
MADE IT OVER THE 30-FOOT
WALL THAT'S RIGHT THERE
BEHIND THE PRESIDENT.
THAT TELLS YOU THAT THIS IS
ACTUALLY WORKING.
IT'S A SUCCESS THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S CREDITS
PARTICULARS DON'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT.
BRIAN: ED, THE OTHER THING
IS, FOR PEOPLE TO SAY THERE
WAS A WALL THERE, THIS IS
JUST BETTER.
WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM?
>> I TELL THEM THAT THIS IS
THE BEGINNING OF BUILDING
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
DOZENS AND DOZENS MORE MILES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
KEEP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OUT.
THE PRESIDENT POINTED OUT
THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN.
IT'S BEEN 20% IN THE LAST
THREE MONTHS.
EACH MONTH 20% DOWN IN TERMS
OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS.
BY THE WAY NEXT HOUR THE
PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT GUN
CONTROL.
MAKES NEWS ON THAT.
TALKS ABOUT 2020 AND WHO HE
WANTS TO FACE.