>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE HERE ARE THE CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS 16th DISTRICT
ADAM KINZINGER.
DO YOU TALK TO THE PRESIDENT.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU.
>> I DO BECAUSE-- .
>> Stephen: I MEAN ELYS A LOT.
AND I'M NOT JUST TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL HERE, ELYS AS A
DEFAULT.
>> I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE PRESIDENTMENT I HAVE MET WITH
THE PRESIDENT A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
AND I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE HIS HEART.
I MEAN AFTER SYRIA, WHEN THE PRESIDENT MADE THE DECISION TO
PULL ALL THE TROOPS OUT OF SYRIA, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT
THAT.
I SAID THAT IS THE WRONG DECISION.
I SAW IN HIS EYES, I REALLY FELT THE WEIGHT HE WAS ABOUT TO DO
AND HE REVERSED HIS DECISION ON IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE STATUS NOW OF U.S. TROOPS IN SYRIA.
>> I MEAN WHO KNOWS.
WE ARE KEEPING A COUPLE HUNDRED TROOPS IN THERE.
>> WELL, WE CHANGE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW THAT.
LEAVING SYRIA, WE ARE STAYING IN.
>> WHY DO YOU TRUST HIM IF YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS.
>> IT'S NOT HIM.
>> HE'S COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> YOU'RE HEARING IT EVERY DIFFERENT DAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE STAYING IN, THAT IS THE FINAL THING, GETTING
INTELLIGENCE TO FIND OUT AND BLOCK IRAN'S POSITION.
>> WOULD YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL RESERVE IN
THE MILITARY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MILITARY, THE PENTAGON WAS NOT
INFORMED AT ALL.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE INDECISION OR THE DOUBT COMES
FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION NOT THE PENTAGON'S POSITION.
>> YEAH, HE JUST CAME OUT ONE DAY AND TWEETED.
IT SURPRISED ME.
I TWITTED THAT TOO.
>> TRUST WORTHY LEADERSHIP TO YOU.
>> THE PRESIDENT CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> IT IS SOMEONE'S RESPONSIBLE TO PUSHBACK.
>> ARE YOU AT ALL CONFUSED BY PEOPLE'S CONFUSION, QUITE
SERIOUSLY.
ARE YOU CONFUSED BY PEOPLE'S CONFUSION AT REPUBLICANS
BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT.
BECAUSE HE SEEMS TO BREAK A LOT OF LONG TIME WORN REP AN RULES.
>> RIGHT.
>> MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND THIS IS I'S REPUBLICAN POSITION,
PERSONAL MRALLITY, FAMILY VALUES, MIGHT BE A HEARING FOR
THE CONSTITUTION, NOT HAVING TOO MUCH EXECUTIVE OVERREACH,
DEFERRING TO THE DECISIONS OF THE GENERAL.
>> I DON'T TRUST HIM BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, WE FEAR.
>> ALL I CAN SAY TOR FOR ME, I GOT ELECTED BY 700,000 PEOPLE
WHICH IS EVERY TIME I THINK OF IT ISING, A MIDDLE CLASS KID
WHOSE DAD RAN A HOMELESS SHELTER AND SAND SAID ALL I DO EVERY DAY
BEST CAN I IS SAY I WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
IF THAT MEANS CALLING THE PRESIDENT ON SOMETHING LIKE I
DID WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, THEN HAVE I TO, IF IT MEANS HAVE I TO
SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT WITH SOMETHING LIKE I DID WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA TOO, SOMETIMES THAT COST ME IN EYE OWN PARTY,
JUST DOT RIGHT THING BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I'M NOT GOING TO BE
IN CONGRESS THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T LIKE THE JOB.
>> TO BE QUITE HONEST, ANYBODY THAT TELLS YOU THEY LOVE THE JOB
IS EITHER CRAZY OR LYING TO YOU, BUT YOU BELIEVE IN IT.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT IT IS HARD, YOU
KNOW.
I WENT FROM A JOB AS A MILITARY PILOT WHERE 95% OF AMERICANS
LOVE YOU TO ONE WHERE 95% OF AMERICANS DES PIES YOU AND THINK
ARE YOU ALWAYS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
>> Stephen: SO A CONGRESSMAN SAYS THEY LOVE THE JOSH THEY ARE
CRAZY OR LYING.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE LOVES HIS JOB, IS HE CRAZY OR LYING.
>> GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU.