AT ANY MOMENT.
KRISTIN FISHER, THANK YOU.
>> Bill: A TIDAL WAVE OF
REACTION, AS YOU CAN EXPECT REAL
IT'S ART WITH JOE MANCHIN.
SENATOR, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, BILL.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Bill: I'M FINE, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, SENATOR?
>> I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WE ARE
THE ONLY SUPERPOWER LEFT IN THE
WORLD.
TO BE A SUPERPOWER TAKES MORE
THAN JUST MILITARY MIGHT OR
SUPER FINANCIAL NIGHT.
IT TAKES SUPER DIPLOMACY.
I THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO SHOW THE TRUE SUPER
DIPLOMACY THAT CAN BRING
EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER AND CALM
THIS THING DOWN.
WE HAVE SO MANY TROOPS ON THE
FRONT LINES, SO MANY FAMILIES.
WE OWE THAT TO EVERYBODY TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING AND
RATCHET THIS DOWN IF WE CAN.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET IRAN
HAVE IT SWAYED, IF YOU WILL.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS NOT A
SURPRISE, THE ATTACK LAST NIGHT.
WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING.
THEY TELEGRAPH THAT PRETTY
OPENLY.
THAT WAS THEIR MESSAGE, AND THEY
CAN SAVE FACE, DIPLOMACY SHOULD
NOW TAKE SHAPE SO WE CAN GET
BACK SOME TYPE OF DISCOURSE OR
SOME TYPE OF BASIC RE-STABILITY.
THAT WE CAN WORK, EVEN THOUGH WE
HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES COME
WITHOUT A FULL-BLOWN WAR.
>> Bill: IF YOU LOOK A LAW OF
THE
ENGLAND
OUT A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE, YOU
LOOK UP TO IT FROM PRESIDENT AND
THE FOREIGN MINISTER,
JAVAD ZARIF.
HE TALKED ABOUT TAKING MEASURES.
WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE IS WITH THE
AYATOLLAH SAID IN TEHRAN.
THAT REVENGE IS SOMETHING ELSE,
THIS WAS JUST A SLAP IN THE FACE
LAST NIGHT.
SO LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT YOU TAKE FROM THAT?
SPEAK A LANGUAGE, BILL, IS
IMPORTANT ON BOTH SIDES.
OVER THEIR LANGUAGE IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
THEIR HONOR, HOW THEY TAKE
THINGS IN SUCH A PERSONAL WAY,
AND WANT REVENGE ON EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE
STANDPOINT THAT WE ARE THE
SUPERPOWER OF THE WORLD.
WE ARE THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD.
WE ARE BASICALLY THE
PEACEKEEPERS OF THE WORLD, WE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THAT.
WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR
THAT.
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AMERICA HAS
THE MIGHT TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO
DO IN ORDER TO BRING PEACE
ABOUT.
NOT JUST FROM A STANDPOINT OF
WHAT IRAN AND THE BAD ACTORS --
I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE JCPOA.
I DIDN'T THINK IRAN WOULD EVER
KEEP ITS BARGAIN.
I WANT THE PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED.
I WANT HIM TO WORK WITH CONGRES
CONGRESS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THIS
COUNTRY AND EVERY CITIZEN OF
THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF AMERICA OF
OURS.
HE ALSO DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT
TO TAKE US TO WAR WITHOUT
CONGRESS BEING INCLUDED IN THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
RIGHT NOW --
>> Bill: YOU ARE NOT
SUGGESTING WE ARE HEADED THAT
WAY, ARE YOU?
>> I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, AND
I SHOULD PRAY TO THE GOOD LORD
IT DOESN'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE
KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE AUTHORITY
TO USE MILITARY FORCE.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE CONGRESS'
INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.
IT HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 2002
AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACK IN 2001.
WHETHER IT BE A DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, IT IS NOT
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I SAID THIS -- I PERSONALLY
LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT I
LOVE MY COUNTRY AND I WOULD
THINK WE ARE THINKING ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY MORE THAN WE ARE --
WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT OR YOU LIKE AND WHO YOU
DISLIKE.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN THAT.
>> Bill: DID YOU SUPPORT THE
KILLING OF SOLEIMANI LAST FRIDAY
MORNING?
>> THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THIS WAS
A BAD ACTOR.
THIS PERSON PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN, FOR ALL PURPOSES, FROM A
WAR STANDPOINT, HOW HE HAS
RAISED WAR AGAINST AMERICANS AND
AMERICAN TROOPS, TAKEN OUT IN
SOME FASHION MANY, MANY YEARS
AGO.
THIS PERSON HAS BEEN AROUND AND
A BAD ACTOR FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING
BACK ON BOTH SIDES?
THE PRESIDENT HASN'T BEEN THAT
FOND OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES,
ALL OF THE SUDDEN THIS BECOMES
THE GOSPEL.
HOPEFULLY TODAY AT 2:00 WE WILL
BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE --
>> Bill: THAT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BRIEFED YET
BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS
AFTERNOON?
>> OURS HAPPENS AT 2:00 TODAY.
WE HAVE ALL FOUR OF THE TOP
PEOPLE.
>> Bill: ONE LAST QUESTION ON
THAT.
SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE
BRIEFED YESTERDAY.
HAVE YOU BEEN PRIVY TO ANY OF
THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE
GIVEN?
>> WE HAVE THE GANG OF EIGHT.
ON THAT LEVEL, THAT'S THE
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT,
HIS INTELLIGENT STAFF.
BUT THEY ARE MEETING WITH THE
EIGHT LEADERS, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS, THERE HAS TO BE
SOME CIVILITY.
THIS PARTISAN DIVIDE HAS TO
STOP, BILL.
WE CAN'T CONTINUE.
I'M AN AMERICAN PAID WHETHER I'M
A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, I'M AN
AMERICAN FIRST.
THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT,
I WANT THEM TO SUCCEED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I WANT THEM
TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S THREE
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND WE
HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> Bill: SENATOR, THANK YOU.
JOE MANCHIN, THE DEMOCRAT FROM