>> Stephen: WE'RE HERE WITH CHRIS WALLACE OF "FOX NEWS
SUNDAY."
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND STICK AROUND.
THERE'S A GREAT NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT YOUR FATHER, THE GREAT
MIKE WALLACE.
TO YOU, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT HIS
JOURNALISTIC LEGACY.
>> THERE'S THIS GREAT DOCUMENTARY OUT AND I HOPE
PEOPLE WILL GO TO SEE IT, ALL THE FOLKS THAT USED TO WATCH MY
FATHER AT 7:00 OR 6:00, WHENEVER YOU WATCHED HIM ON "60 MINUTES."
YOU CAN SEE HIM IN ACTION.
YOU CAN SEE HIS SKILL.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF WHAT DROVE HIM.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF HIS INSECURITIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL.
I THINK THE THING THAT PEOPLE MISTAKE, THOUGH, IS THEY THINK
THAT MY FATHER WAS JUST A PERFORMER AND HE JUST ASKED
GREAT QUESTIONS.
THE FACT WAS, HE WAS A GREAT JOURNALIST.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 50s
BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE WAS.
HE DID A DOCUMENTARY CALLED "THE HATE THAT HATE PRODUCED" ABOUT
THE BLACK MUSLIMS IN THE 1950s.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WALKED IN AND DID THE
INTERVIEW WITH THE AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI DURING THE IRANIAN
HOSTAGE CRISIS IN 1979 BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE GOT THERE.
THE REASON HE DID WAS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN COVERING THE MIDDLE
EAST, HE HAD INTERVIEWED ALL OF THE LEADERS IN ISRAEL, THE
PALESTINIANS, YASSER ARAFAT, HE DID A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS WITH
THE SHAH OF IRAN.
HE WAS A GREAT JOURNALIST.
AND, YES, HE WAS VERY GOOD ON THE AIR, AND AS YOU KNOW, HAVING
DEALT WITH HIM ON THE AIR WHEN YOU INTERVIEWED HIM, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS A GREAT PERFORMER.
BUT HE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
>> Stephen: THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENTARY IS "MIKE WALLACE IS
HERE."
NOW, WHEN PEOPLE WOULD HEAR THAT TBRAIZ "MIKE WALLACE IS HERE,"
THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE SOME SPHINCTERS SNAP SHUT.
>> EVEN WITH HIS SON
>> Stephen: WHAT DID IT MEAN?
WHY THAT TITLE, DO YOU THINK, FOR THAT, BECAUSE--
>> WELL, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DOCUMENTARY OTHER THAN
THE FACT THEY LIVED IT.
BUT I THINK WHAT IT MEANT WAS YOU WERE A BUSINESSMAN, YOU WERE
A POLITICIAN, AND SUDDENLY THE SECRETARY PICKS IT UP AND SAYS,
"MIKE WALLACE IS HERE," YOU KNEW YOU WERE IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE.
THERE WAS A REASON HE WAS HERE.
AND HE WAS GOING TO HOLD YOU TO ACCOUNT.
HE WAS THE COP ON THE BEAT WAY NIGHT STICK, AND HE MIGHT COME
UPSIDE YOUR HEAD WITH IT.
>> Stephen: LAST SUMMER IN A PUTIN INTERVIEW THAT YOU DID.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: "THE WASHINGTON POST" SAID YOU WERE TOUGHER TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN THAN DONALD TRUMP WAS.
IS THAT A COMPLIMENT TO YOU?
OR AN INSULT TO THE PRESIDENT?
>> PROBABLY A BIT OF BOTH.
( LAUGHTER )
UP TODAY-- WAS THREE DAYS BEFORE THE INTERVIEW, ROBERT MUELLER,
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, HAD INDICTED 12 MEMBERS OF RUSSIAN
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
SO I'M TALKING TO PUTIN, AND HE HAD ALWAYS SAID UP TO THIS
POINT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOVERNMENT."
BUT THIS WAS RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
SO I POINTED THAT OUT, "THAT YOU ALWAYS SAY THIS."
AND THEN I HAD THE INDICTMENT, AND I SAID, "AND HERE IS THE
INDICTMENT OF THESE 12 MEMBERS OF YOUR GOVERNMENT."
NO, NO, NO.
HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE, HE DIDN'T TOUCH IT.
HE WENT LIKE THAT AND I PUT IT ON THE TAWBL NEXT TO HIM.
I WILL TELL YOU THERE WERE KREMLIN OFFICIALS AND RUSSIAN
SECURITY IN THE STUDIO-- I MEAN IN THE ROOM WHERE WE WERE DOING
IT.
( GASPING ) BIG INTAKE OFFING BREATH.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER GET NERVOUS THAT SOMEBODY LIKE
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS GOING TO PUT A TARGET ON YOU BECAUSE HE DOESN'T
LIKE JOURNALISTS?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
I'M STUPID ENOUGH THEY DON'T.
IN FACT, BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW-- IT WAS IN HELSINKI RIGHT AFTER
THE SUMMIT-- I HAD ALREADY ARRANGED FOR A VACATION WITH MY
WIFE.
GUESS WHERE?
RUSSIA.
SO THE INTERVIEW END.
I INTRODUCE MY WIFE TO PUTIN, AND I SAY, "AND BY THE WAY,
WE'RE GOING TO RUSSIA TOMORROW."
AND HE SAID, "WELL WHAT, CITIES ARE GOING TO?"
I SWEAR.
AND "HOW MANY DAYS ARE YOU SPENDING IN EACH CITY?"
EVERYTHING TURNED OUT FINE.
I'M HERE.
I WILL SAY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE WOULD BE DRIVING ALONG AND WE
WOULD STOP IN A TRAFFIC JAM AND I WOULD SAY TO MY WIFE,
LORRAINE, THIS IS WHEN THE HIT HAPPENS.
>> Stephen: I'M GLAD IT DIDN'T.
THANK YOU, CHRIS.
SO NICE TALKING TO YOU.
I HOPE YOU COME AGAIN.
THE FILM "MIKE WALLACE IS HERE" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
CATCH CHRIS EVERY WEEK ON "FOX NEWS SUNDAY."
HE'S REALLY VERY GOOD.
CHRIS WALLACE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACTOR JAMIE BELL.