BRIAN, WE WILL HAND IT OVER TO
YOU.
BRIAN: NOW TO A FOX NEWS ALERT.
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
SAYS THE U.S. HAS HAD ENOUGH
WHEN IT COMES TO CHINA AND THEIR
ACTIONS.
>> IT’S BEEN A LONG CHALLENGE OF
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
STEALING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID ENOUGH.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS
TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
WE ARE SETTING OUT CLEAR
EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY IS GOING TO
BEHAVE.
WHEN THEY DON’T, WE WILL TAKE
ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
BRIAN: THE STATE DEPARTMENT
ORDERING THE CHINESE CONSULATE
IN HOUSTON TO CLOSE.
LOCAL WITNESSES CITED DIPLOMATS
BURNING DOCUMENTS.
NOW CHINA IS THREATENING TO
RETALIATE AGAINST THE U.S.
I’M SURE THEY WILL.
HERE TO DISCUSS IT STATE
DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN MORGAN
ORTAGUS.
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS, BRIAN.
GOOD MORNING.
BRIAN: BIG MOVE IN HOUSTON AND
THE BURNING OF DOCUMENTS.
IS THAT NOTEWORTHY?
>> WELL, THEY HAVE TO CLOSE THE
CONSULATE BY 4:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY
AS ORDERED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
AND, BRIAN, I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR YOUR VIEWERS TO
KNOW THE REASON WHY WE TOOK THIS
ACTION OF CLOSING THE HOUSTON
CONSULATE.
WE UNCOVERED THROUGH OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FBI AND DOJ
THAT HOUSTON WAS THE PERTINENT
OF RESEARCH THEFT IN THE UNITED
STATES BY THE CHINESE COMMUNEST
PARTY.
THINGS GOING ON CHINESE CALL THE
THOUSAND TALENTS PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO RECRUIT CHINESE
CITIZENS TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES TO STEAL FROM OUR
STATES TO STEAL FROM OUR
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS LIKE MD
HENDERSON.
STEAL FROM TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
WE HAVE UNCOVERED, OF COURSE, A
SPY RING.
WE HAVE UNCOVERED MASK AT LEAST
A BILLION DOLLARS OF RESEARCH
THEFT IN JUST ONE CASE ALONE
THAT THE FBI HAS UNCOVERED AND
SO WE ARE PUTTING A STOP TO THE
STEALING OF AMERICAN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THE STEALING OF AMERICAN
RESEARCH, WHICH OF COURSE,
ULTIMATELY TAKES AMERICAN JOBS.
BRIAN: WHEN WE LOOK AT
CONSULATES IN BOSTON AND SAN
FRANCISCO, WHY NOT PICK THEM?
WHY DID YOU PICK HOUSTON?
WAS IT THE MOST EGREGIOUS IN
HOUSTON AND WILL YOU BE PREPARED
TO SHOW THAT TO MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND APPRECIATE THEIR
SUPPORT ON HOLDING THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY A LOT
OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOU WHICH
CONSULATE WE DETERMINE TO DO WE
WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FBI TO SEE
WHAT NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES,
STEALING GOES ON.
WE MADE THE DECISION BECAUSE
HOUSTON WAS THE EPICENTER OF
RESEARCH THEFT FOR THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY IN THE UNITED
STATES IT WAS UNTENABLE TO KEEP
THAT CONSULATE OPEN.
BRIAN: AS WE LOOK AROUND THE
WORLD, WE SAW THE U.K. PUSH BACK
ON HUAWEI AND 5G.
WE SAW AUSTRALIA CHANGING THEIR
DEFENSE STRATEGIES AND ALMOST
DEFEND NOW WITH THE MARINES AND
OTHERS AGAINST A POSSIBLE CHINA
ATTACK.
BECAUSE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO
TENSE BETWEEN THEM.
THOSE ARE TWO BIG ALLIES WITH
US.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING THE
CHINA-IRAN ALLIANCE UPSET SAUDI
ARABIA.
THIS IS A WINDOW, IT SEEMS, FROM
THE OUTSIDE FOR THE U.S. TO
CONSOLIDATE ALLIES AND THOSE ON
THE FENCE AGAINST CHINA.
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
>> BRIAN, YEAH.
I COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER
MYSELF.
WE WERE JUST -- I WAS WITH
SECRETARY POMPEO THE LAST FEW
DAYS IN LONDON IN COPENHAGEN
WITH PRIME MINISTER BORIS
JOHNSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY
THIS THREAT AND HOW WE RALLY THE
WORLD TOGETHER AGAINST THE NEW
CHINESE TYRANNY.
NEW AGGRESSION UNDER CHAIRMAN XI
THE HEAD OF THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
BRIAN, THAT OVER THE PAST 40 TO
50 YEARS, WE HAVE TRIED THROUGH
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATIONS.
WE TRIED OPENING UP TO CHINA.
WE TRIED APPEASEMENT.
WE HAVE TRIED DOING MORE
BUSINESS AND GETTING BOTH
COUNTRIES TO COME TOGETHER,
BRINGING THEM IN TO
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY AT
AROUND 4:30 EASTERN TIME,
SECRETARY MIKE POMPEO WILL BE AT
THE NIXON LIBRARY TO GIVE WHAT I
THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST
HISTORIC SPEECHES AS IT RELATES
TO FOREIGN POLICY THAT ANYONE
WILL GIVE IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
HE IS GOING TO LAY OUT EXACTLY
WHAT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
HAS DONE.
HOW OUR OPENING TO CHINA HAS
FAILED.
AND HOW WE ARE NOW EMBARKING ON
A NEW POLICY, WHICH IS DISTRUST
AND VERIFY AS IT RELATES TO THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
BRIAN: THAT WILL BE EXPANDED TO
THE NIXON LIBRARY TODAY THAT IS
GREAT SPOT NIXON OPENED THE DOOR
TO CHINA.
WE HAD GREAT HOPES BUT WE HAVE