MIKE, BACK TO YOU.
>> Mike: KEVIN CORKE AND
WEST PALM BEACH.
THANKS A LOT.
OUR FIRST GUEST HAS A HAND IN
BOTH OF TONIGHT'S TOP STORIES,
BEGINNING WITH IMPEACHMENT
INTRIGUE, STARTED WITH A TREAT
DURING THE MARATHON HOUSE
HEARINGS.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR
JONATHAN TURLEY SAYING "THE
WITHHOLDING OF THE ARTICLES IS
NOT WHOLLY FACIALLY
INAPPROPRIATE, IT SHATTERS THE
FRAGILE RATIONALE FOR THE
HOUSE'S RUSH TO IMPEACH."
CONGRESSMAN JIM BANKS OF INDIA
AND US.
HE SITS
ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
AS WELL.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THIS WAS DAVE FOUR OF JOE BIDEN
TRYING TO ADDRESS HOW HE WOULD
HANDLE A SUBPOENA FROM SENATE
REPUBLICANS.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS
PLAY THE GAME.
HE'S DONE THIS HIS WHOLE CAREER.
TO GET THE ATTENTION.
AND THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS
MAKING.
I WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE ANY
LEGITIMACY TO THE NOTION OF
CALLING AS A WITNESS.
>> Mike: THIS HAS BEEN GOING
SINCE FRIDAY.
YOUR REACTION, CONGRESSMAN?
>> MIKE, POLITICIANS DON'T MAKE
UP A COLOSSAL FLIP-FLOP LIKE
THAT UNLESS THEY TOOK A POLL AND
REALIZE THAT THEY MADE ONE HECK
OF A POLITICAL MISTAKE.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS NOW THAT
HE IS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND
A HARD PLACE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S
CORRUPT ACTIVITIES WITH HIS SON,
HUNTER BIDEN, SERVING ON THE
BOARD OF AN ENERGY COMPANY IN
UKRAINE, SELLING ACCESS TO HIS
FATHER AND THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
THAT IS WHAT HAS GOT US TO WHERE
WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO
KNOW MORE.
AND IF HE IS SUBPOENAED TO
APPEAR BEFORE A COMMITTEE DURING
THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS IN THE
SENATE, JOE BIDEN KNOWS THAT HE
IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT AND
IT IS NOT GOING TO GO WELL FOR
HIM OR HIS PRESIDENTIAL
PROSPECTS.
>> Mike: I'M SURE SOME ON THE
OTHER SIDE WOULD SAY, UNPROVEN
CORRUPT, YOUR COLLEAGUE IS
EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION.
>> YOU DON'T GO THROUGH THE
FIRST PART IN THE HOUSE AND THEN
QUEUED THIS UP FOR A SENATE
PROCESS WITH A GUY THAT IS GOING
TO BE IN CHARGE OF ORCHESTRATING
THE ENTIRE SENATE TRIAL, HAVING
SAID THAT THE WHOLE THING IS
ALREADY BAKED AND COOKED AND
THERE IS NOTHING THAT ANYBODY
CAN DO ABOUT IT.
THAT WOULD MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM.
>> Mike: DO YOU HAVE ANY
CONCERNS ABOUT THE SENATE TRIAL?
>> I HAVE CONCERNS THAT ALL
ALONG THE WAY MY FRIEND JOE AND
NANCY PELOSI AND OTHERS IN THE
HOUSE HAVE MADE THIS PROCESS UP
AS THIS WENT ALONG.
NOW HERE THEY ARE IN THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT
HOW MUCH OF A JOKE THIS HAS
BECOME WHERE THE LEADERS IN THE
HOUSE ARE REFUSING TO SEND THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE
SENATE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS IS
A FLIMSY CASE, THEY FAILED
FUNDAMENTALLY TO MAKE THE CASE
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT
IMPEACHMENT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD,
AND I HAVE NANCY PELOSI, WHO
SAID THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY, THAT
WE NEED TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OF NATIONAL
SECURITY, IMPORTANCE OF
UPHOLDING OUR DEMOCRATIC
SYSTEMS, AND NOW SHE IS PROVING
THAT ALL ALONG THAT WAS ALLIED
AMONG MANY OTHER LIES BY NOT
MOVING FORWARD AND ALLOWING THE
SENATE TO DO THEIR JOB IN THE
NEXT STEP OF THIS PROCESS.
EVERYONE SEES THROUGH THIS.
THEY SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS, AND
NANCY PELOSI'S STALL TACTICS
SHOW THAT ONCE AGAIN.
>> Mike: I WANT TO GET TO
IRAN, LAUNCHING STRIKES OVER THE
WEEKEND, CLEARLY TRYING TO SEND
A MESSAGE TO THE REGIME IN
TEHRAN.
YOU ARE ON THE ARMED SERVICES
MEDIA.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> MIKE, ONE OF THE UNTOLD
STORIES AND ALL OF THIS IS THE
REMARKABLE RESTRAINT AND WISDOM
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SHOWN
IN OUR ENGAGEMENTS WITH IRAN
EVER SINCE THE DAY THAT HE CAME
TO OFFICE.
WE REPLACED THE FAILED POLICIES
OF WEAKNESS AND APPEASEMENT THAT
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION,
THROUGH THE JCPOA, THROUGH
REWARDING IRAN FOR BAD
ACTIVITIES, WITH THE MAXIMUM
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE SHOWN
STRENGTH EVERY SENSE OF THE WAY.
THE RECENT STRIKES ON IRAN HAVE
BEEN AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO
IRAN'S ACTIVITIES OF LATE.
IRAN HAS BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS,
AND THE STRIKES THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION PULLED OFF IN THE
LAST DAY OR SO HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATE, EFFECTIVE, AND A
THAT WE SHOWED THAT WE
THAT WE SHOWED TRET WE