"SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES."
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MARIA: FIRST THIS MORNING,
RUSSIA’S TERROR ON UKRAINE
SPARKING CALLS TO PROTECT
AMERICA AGAINST THE OTHER MAJOR
THREATS, COMMUNIST CHINA.
>> THE EMERGENCY BASIS IN THE
LAST 15 DAYS IN UKRAINE BY
PROVIDING THEM WEAPONS.
EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING TO BREAK
AWAY FROM THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY TO
PUT A DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR
ECONOMY AND THEIR SPIRIT TO GET
OUR COMPANIES OUT OF RUSSIA, WE
SHOULD BE DOING IN CHINA AGAIN
RIGHT NOW.
MARIA: RETURNING FROM TAIWAN AND
SINGAPORE, IN TAIWAN HE RECEIVED
A VERY WARM WELCOME WITH
BILLBOARDS AND A MEDAL OF HONOR
CELEBRATION, FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE MIKE POMPEO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> MARIA, IT’S GREAT TO BE WITH
YOU THIS MORNING.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO YOUR
TRIP IN TAIWAN, I WANT TO GET
YOUR TAKE.
YOUR REACTION TO THE BREAKING
NEWS THIS MORNING.
AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST,
PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED.
IN THE FIRE THAT HAS CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
SECRETARY.
>> I’M OBVIOUSLY SAD FOR THAT
JOURNALIST IN THE JOURNALISTS
FAMILY.
BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FAIL AT
THE CORE MISSIONS OF AMERICAN
SECURITY WHICH IS TWO TO TOUR
THE BAD GUYS FROM CONTINUED
AGGRESSION.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN BEHIND SINCE LAST SUMMER.
WE HAVE KNOWN FOR MONTHS THAT A
LOT AMIR PUTIN WAS BUILDING
FORCES AND BUILDING CAPABILITY
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELPING THE
UKRAINIANS BUILDING FORCES AND
CAPABILITY.
TOO LATE, TOO SLOW, TOO SMALL.
THERE IS STILL ENORMOUS
HESITATION, MARIA.
IF WE DO ANYTHING -- MY
OBSERVATION I THINK THE WORLD
CAN SEE IS WHAT IS PROVOCATIVE
IS THE WEAKNESS.
BEING BEHIND.
LETTING VLADIMIR PUTIN DRIVE THE
AGENDA AND THE MISSION AND THE
TIMELINE NEAR THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STAND UP TO
DEFEND THEIR HOMELAND AND WE’VE
LET VLADIMIR PUTIN WALK ALL OVER
THEM.
THERE WAS A SERIOUS TIMELY AND
STRONG TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS
THEY NEEDED TO DO THAT.
>> BUT WHY?
WHY ISN’T THE RESPONSE BETTER?
WHY IS IN IT MORE IMMEDIATE?
THESE ARE TERRORIST THAT ARE
TERRORIZING A PART OF THE WORLD.
WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
LIMITATIONS TO THE SUPPORT WE
CAN OFFER?
>> IT IS PRETTY UNEXPLAINABLE IN
SOME SENSE.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE STRATEGY
THAT THE BIDEN TEAM LAID OUT
WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO OFFICE
AND THE THINGS HE CAMPAIGNED ON,
THE TOP PRIORITY WAS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
PREPARED TO WORK WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN, ALL COMERS IF THEY COULD
GET SOMEONE TO SHUT DOWN A
COAL-FIRED COAL PLANT.
HE UNDERSTANDS HARD POWER.
HE UNDERSTANDS REAL STRENGTH.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TALKED
ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE FEMORAL
AND TEMPORARY AND WEAK.
REMEMBER WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN
DELL COLONIAL PIPELINE IN THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATES.
THE RESPONSE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN
WHEN BIDEN MET WITH HIM WHAT
DON’T DO THAT AGAIN.
THAT IS NOT A SERIOUS RESPONSE
THAT PUTIN WOULD RESPECT.
YOU CAN SEE IS RATCHETING UP THE
PRESSURE.
HIS OBJECTIVES HAVE NOT CHANGED.
HE WILL CONTINUE THIS ASSAULT
UNTIL HE MEETS THE UNITED STATES
THAT IS PREPARED TO HELP THE
UKRAINIANS DEFEND THEMSELVES IN
A SERIOUS WAY.
MARIA: LET ME MOVE ON TO YOUR
TRIP TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE
CCP AND ITS NEXT MOVE GIVEN THE
PAST COMMENTS ABOUT TAKING BACK
OR REUNITING WITH TAIWAN.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR ON THE GROUND?
>> I’VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT UKRAINE IS AN ABSOLUTE
TRAGEDY.
WE’VE BEEN BEHIND.
WHAT I’M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
HIS CASCADING SERIES OF CRISES
OVERNIGHT.
THERE WERE MISSILES FIRED NEAR
HIM U.S. CONSULATE IN IRAQ.
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME
THING.
A SERIES OF CASCADING CRISES
THAT AFFECT THEM IN THEIR LIVES.
I MADE THE STATEMENT WHEN I WAS
IN TAIWAN WE OUGHT TO DO THE
SIMPLE THING.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY HAVE NEVER
BEEN PART OF COMMUNIST CHINA.
THEY DON’T WANT TO BE.
WE OUGHT TO BE DOING THIS THINGS
THAT WE FAILED TO DO LAST SUMMER
WE OUGHT TO BE DOING FOR TAIWAN.
WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE
WEAPONS TO THE TAIWANESE.
THEY ARE PREPARED TO DO THE HARD
WORK THEMSELVES.
THEY WILL NEED SUPPORT FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND JAPAN, SOUTH
KOREA.
THE SOUTHEASTERN ASIAN COUNTRIES
THEY KNOW SHE SHOULD PING IS
WATCHING.
HE HAS WATCHING THE UNITED
STATES GET ROLLED BY VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
WATCHING THE THINGS THAT AMERICA
IS WILLING TO DO TO HELP OUR
ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.
IF WE DON’T HELP, THIS WILL ONLY
EMBOLDEN HIM.
>> LET ME RUN THIS SOUNDBITE
FROM MARCO RUBIO THIS WEEK IN
THE HEARING IN THE SENATE.
LET ME GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS
PART OF THIS CONFLICT.
WATCH THIS.
>> DOES UKRAINE HAVE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS?
>> UKRAINE HAS BIOLOGICAL
RESEARCH FACILITIES WHICH, IN
FACT, WE ARE NOW QUITE CONCERNED
RUSSIAN FORCES MAY BE SEEKING TO
GAIN CONTROL OF.
>> IF WE KNEW THAT UKRAINE HAD
THE BIOLOGICAL FACILITIES BEFORE
PUTIN WENT IN THERE, WHY DID WE
NOT MOVE TO PROTECT THEM?
NOW WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR CHEMICAL
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AS WELL AS
THESE TALKS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS
AS WELL.
>> REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF
UKRAINE.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS THERE.
THEY WERE LARGELY DISMANTLED AND
MOVED IN THE 1990s.
BUT THERE IS A LONG LEGACY OF
THE SOVIET UNION THAT REMAINED
INSIDE OF UKRAINE.
WE’VE ALL WATCH THESE NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS COME UNDER ATTACK
THE RUSSIANS AS WELL.
WE SHOULD NOT UNDERESTIMATE
VLADIMIR PUTIN’S DETERMINATION
WHETHER IT’S LEGACY BIOLOGICAL
SYSTEMS INSIDE OF UKRAINE, THE
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS THEMSELVES.
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAD INTENT ON
SUCCEEDING.
YOU HAVE TO GET BACK THE
CAPSTONE LEVEL OF DETERRENCE
THAT I WORK SO HARD TO CONVINCE
VLADIMIR PUTIN, I TOLD THEM WE
WOULD PUT PRESSURE ON THEIR
REGIMES AT THE COST OF THESE ARE
ENTITIES FAR EXCEEDING ANY
POSSIBLE BENEFIT FOR THEM.
WHEN YOU LOSE THAT, UNDER
SECRETARY NEW LINT ABOUT
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BIOLOGICAL
SYSTEMS INSIDE OF UKRAINE, THOSE
ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT PUT
THE WORLD THAT RISK, NOT JUST
THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF.
THEY SENT THE VICE PRESIDENT TO
THE REGION THIS WEEK AND SHE HAS
ONLY SHOWN CONFUSION AND WE SPEARED I PROMISE YOU PUTIN IS
SPEARED I PROMISE YOU PUTIN IS
WATCHING THOSE VIDEO CLIPS, TOO.
>> WHAT DO YOU ADVISE THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DO RIGHT NOW.
>> GAVE UKRAINE EVERY TOOL THAT
THEY NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE SHOWN THEIR
WILLINGNESS AND CAPABILITY OF
DOING IT.
THEY HAVE SHOWN THEY KNOW HOW TO
EXECUTE AGAINST THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY.
THE RUSSIANS ARE DETERMINED
SPEARED THEY ARE BIG.
THEY ARE POWERFUL.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN KNOWS THAT IT
COMES AT BLOODSHED OF THEIR
MILITARY AND THE COST BACK HOME.
NATO EUROPE OR THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
BALANCE IS RIGHT SO IN THE END
PUTIN HAS TO CONCEDE TO MAKE A
SET OF DECISIONS THAT ARE VASTLY
DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES HE’S
BEEN MAKING THE PAST FEW MONTHS. >> SECRETARY, FINAL QUESTION.
>> SECRETARY, FINAL QUESTION.
DO YOU EXPECT THE CC P TO INVADE
TAIWAN AFTER WHAT YOU WITNESS IN
THIS DEBACLE AND UKRAINE.
>> DETERMINED SPEARED HE HAS
MADE CLEAR HIS INTENTION TO
UNIFY WITH TAIWAN.
WHAT TOOLS, TACTICS AND TIMING
IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW.
I ONLY KNOW THIS.
IT IS NOT PREDETERMINED THAT HE
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT.
IF WE THINK TAKING ACTION TO
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE -- IT IS NOT.
THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT NATION.
THEY KNOW IT, THE WORLD KNOWS
IT.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM THE
TOOLS THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN
THEIR OWN SOVEREIGNTY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE
WORLD AND THE CENTRAL IDEA THAT
HAS ALLOWED WESTERN CIVILIZATION
TO ADVANCE A WEIGHT HAS THE LAST
FEW YEARS.
WE CANNOT WALK AWAY FROM THAT.
>> UKRAINE IS AN INDEPENDENT
NATION AS WELL.
>> SECRETARY, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE