>> Sandra: YOU BEEN LISTENING TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE
SENATE.
SENATE. CHUCK SCHUMER THEY’RE SPEAKING A
MOMENT AGO.
MOMENT AGO. CHRIS WALLACE JOINING US HERE ON
SET IN MIAMI ON WHAT WE JUST
HEARD.
HEARD. I SEE YOU WRITING THINGS DOWN,
CHRIS.
CHRIS. WHAT STRUCK YOU?
>> THE LINE THAT IF THE
REPUBLICANS DON’T VOTE FOR
WITNESSES, THIS WILL BE THE
GREATEST COVER-UP SINCE
WATERGATE.
WATERGATE. THE PRESIDENT’S ACQUITTAL WILL
BE MEANINGLESS BECAUSE IT WILL
HAVE BEEN A SHAM TRIAL.
AND THEN WHEN THE TRUTH COMES
OUT LATER, ACCORDING TO
SENATOR SCHUMER, THAN EVERY
REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED AGAINST
WITNESSES IS GOING TO HAVE TO
ANSWER FOR IT.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT EVERY SIDE
IS GOING TO COME OUT A WINNER IN
THIS PRELUDE MAYBE FOR THE
EXPLAIN, SANDRA.
EXPLAIN, SANDRA. I THINK THE REPUBLICANS AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WILL BE WINNERS
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
ACQUITTED, AND THE TRIAL TO
REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE WILL HAVE
FAILED.
FAILED. I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WHO KNEW
THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO GET THE
PRESIDENT REMOVED WILL BE ABLE
TO ARGUE, JUST AS SCHUMER DID,
FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER, THAT
THIS WAS A COVER-UP AND THAT ALL
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO WERE
UP FOR REELECTION IN 2020 WERE
PART OF THAT COVER-UP.
AND I THINK JOHN BOLTON WILL
BENEFIT BECAUSE HE GETS UNTOLD,
FREE PUBLICITY FOR HIS BOOK.
SO IT’S A LITTLE CYNICAL, BUT
BUT I THINK THIS WILL END UP
WITH ALL SIDES GETTING WHAT THEY
WANTED.
WANTED. >> Sandra: REALLY INTERESTING
ANALYSIS THEY ARE.
I WANT TO READ A CHUNK OF
LAMAR ALEXANDER STATEMENT.
YOU HEARD IT, CHUCK SCHUMER
DIRECTLY QUOTING HIM AND AT
TIMES PARAPHRASING HIM.
BUT HE ULTIMATELY SAID, "LET’S
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT THEY
HEARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS."
HE SAID, "THE QUESTION IS NOT
WHETHER THE PRESIDENT DID IT BUT
WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SENATE
OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD
DECIDE WHAT TO DO ABOUT WHAT HE
DID.
DID. I BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION
PROVIDES THAT THE PEOPLE SHOULD
MAKE THAT DECISION, IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT
BEGINS IN IOWA ON MONDAY."
AND HERE WE ARE.
IF THIS DOES GO UP FOR AN UP OR
DOWN VOTE TONIGHT, AND THIS ENDS
WITH THE ACQUITTAL OF THE
PRESIDENT, OFF WE GO.
>> OFF WE GO IN ANY CASE.
BUT YES, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE PAID
PRECIOUS LITTLE ATTENTION TO
IOWA BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SO
CONSUMING.
CONSUMING. ONCE THIS TRIAL IS OVER, THE
WORLD IS GOING TO -- THE
POLITICAL WORLD’S VISION AND
ATTENTION WILL SHIFT TO IOWA,
AND A WEEK LATER TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE WAS ANOTHER THING THAT
LAMAR ALEXANDER SAID YESTERDAY.
HE BASICALLY SAID THAT EVEN IF
EVERYTHING THE DEMOCRATS ALLEGE
IS TRUE, THAT THE PRESIDENT DID
-- AND HE INDICATED HE THOUGHT
THE CALL WAS AN APPROPRIATE, BUT
EVEN IF EVERYTHING THAT THE
PRESIDENT DID WITH REGARD TO
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY OF UKRAINE
WAS TRUE, IT DIDN’T RISE TO THE
LEVEL OF AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A
FAIRLY STRONG ARGUMENT FOR THE
REPUBLICANS ALL ALONG.
BUT MAYBE THE CALL WASN’T
PERFECT, AS THE PRESIDENT
CONTENDS.
CONTENDS. MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR POLITICAL HELP
INVESTIGATING THE BIDENS.
WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO
REMOVE A PRESIDENT -- AND THIS
GETS TO HIS SECOND POINT -- DO
YOU REALLY WANT TO REMOVE A
PRESIDENT EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS
BEFORE AN ELECTION?
>> Sandra: HE WENT ON TO
QUESTION THE PRECEDENT THIS
WOULD SET IF HE WERE TO VOTE YES
ON THIS.
ON THIS. LET’S GO TO THE SUPER BOWL PICK,
BECAUSE RIFABUTIN DON’T LIKE
SITTING A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY
, MIAMI.
, MIAMI. SOUTH BEACH.
SOUTH BEACH. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THE FOX COMPOUND, THERE’S A
FERRIS WHEEL OUT HERE, --
>> THERE ALSO HALL OF FAMER’S
WALKING AROUND LIKE ANTS AT A
PICNIC.
PICNIC. I SPENT SOME TIME WITH
BRETT FAVRE.
BRETT FAVRE. YOU SAID I WAS STARSTRUCK.
INDEED, I WAS.
I’VE SEEN OTHERS HERE.
LET ME JUST SAY, WHAT A GREAT
PLACE TO COVER THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL IN WASHINGTON AND THE IOWA
CAUCUSES, FROM SOUTH BEACH,
MIAMI.
MIAMI. >> Sandra: TERRY BRADSHAW,
JOE MONTANA.
JOE MONTANA. AS YOU SAID, WE ARE IN THE TENT,
I TURNED AROUND AND THERE WAS
BRETT FAVRE.
BRETT FAVRE. CHRIS WALLACE GETS UP.
YOU WERE A LITTLE STAR TRUCK,
IT’S FUN TO SEE THAT.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE.
ANYWAY, THAT’S THE CROWD NOISE
YOU HEAR.
YOU HEAR. FOX SPORTS HAS THEIR SET UP NEXT
TO US.
TO US. A LOT OF ENERGY ON THE GROUND
HERE IN SOUTH BEACH.
IT WAS GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH
YOU, CHRIS!
YOU, CHRIS! WHO ARE YOU PICKING FOR THE
SUPER BOWL, BY THE WAY?
>> I’M PICKING KANSAS CITY.
I THINK IT’LL BE A VERY CLOSE
AND EXCITING SUPER BOWL.
I THINK PATRICK MAHOMES IS THE
SINGLE MOST DYNAMIC AND EXCITING
PLAYER IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW.
AND I LIKE ANDY REID, AND HE HAS
WON A SUPER BOWL.
HE’S THE WINNINGEST COACH WHO
HASN’T WON A SUPER BOWL.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY. >> Sandra: A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE CHIEFS FANS WANT THE CHIEFS
JUST BECAUSE OF COACH READ, THEY