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>> THANK YOU, GREAT SHOW.
WELCOME TO "FOX NEWS @ NIGHT."
I AM MIKE EMANUEL IN WASHINGTON
IN FOR SHANNON BREAM.
THE PRESIDENT ARRIVING BACK FROM
PENNSYLVANIA AND RESPONDING TO
AN EXCLUSIVE -- EXPLOSIVE REPORT
IN THE ATLANTIC CLEANING THAT
THE WAR HEROES FROM BELOW BATTLE
AND WORLD WAR I.
CLAIMING THAT THE PRESIDENT DID
NOT JOIN HIS THEN CHIEF OF STAFF
JOHN KELLY ON THEIR TRIP,
BECAUSE THE WORLD WAR MEN WERE
LOSERS AND SUCKERS, THAT IS A
QUOTE FROM THE PIECE.
THE PRESIDENT RESPONDING A SHORT
TIME AGO AND IT WAS IMPROMPTU,
SO THE LIGHTS WERE DOWN.
>> GENERAL KEEFE, A HIGHLY
RESPECTED MAN, COULD NOT BELIEVE
WHEN HE HEARD IT.
AND HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT
ALL OF IT.
AND TO THINK THAT I WOULD MAKE
STATEMENTS NEGATIVE TWO OUR
MILITARY AND OUR FALLEN HEROES
WHEN NOBODY HAS DONE WHAT I HAVE
DONE WITH THE BUDGETS, WITH THE
MILITARY BUDGETS, WITH GETTING
PAY RAZORS FOR THE MILITARY.
AND IT IS A DISGRACEFUL
SITUATION FOR A MAGAZINE THAT IS
TERRIBLE MAGAZINE.
I DON’T READ IT, I JUST HEARD
ABOUT IT.
THEY MADE IT UP AND PROBABLY IT
IS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN FAILURES IN THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT I GOT RID OF
AND NOT FAST ENOUGH, BUT IT WAS
MADE UP.
IT IS UNTHINKABLE, AS FAR AS
JOHN McCAIN IS CONCERNED, I
WAS NEVER A FAN AND I WILL ADMIT
THAT OPENLY, I DISAGREED WITH
HIM ON THE ENDLESS WARS, I
DISAGREED WITH HIM WITH RESPECT
TO THE VETS AND TAKING CARE OF
THE VA.
I WANTED TO DO AT A MUCH
DIFFERENT WAY.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS PROVEN TO
BE A MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL WAY
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUCCESS WE
HAVE HAD WITH THE VA.
AND WITH THE VETS, WITH CHOICE
AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT I HAVE GOT.
SO I DISAGREED WITH
JOHN McCAIN, BUT I STILL
RESPECTED HIM.
AND I HAD TO APPROVE HIS FUNERAL
AS PRESIDENT.
WE LOWER THE FLAG.
I HAD TO APPROVE THAT.
NOBODY ELSE, I HAD TO APPROVE
IT.
WHEN YOU THINK AS I AM JUST
THINKING BACK.
I HAD TO APPROVE EITHER
AIR FORCE ONE OR A MILITARY
PLANE TO GO TO ARIZONA TO PICK
UP HIS CASKET.
AND I APPROVED IT IMMEDIATELY.
I HAD TO APPROVE THE FUNERAL,
BECAUSE HE HAD A FIRST-CLASS AAA
FUNERAL THAT LASTED NINE DAYS, I
HAD TO APPROVE IT.
ALL OF THAT HAD TO BE APPROVED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
I APPROVED IT WITHOUT
HESITATION, WITHOUT COMPLAINT.
AND I DISAGREED WITH HIM ON
THINGS, BUT I FELT HE DESERVED
IT.
FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY THE THINGS
THAT THEY SAY I SAID IS A TOTAL
LIE, IT IS FAKE NEWS.
IT IS A DISGRACE AND FRANKLY IT
IS A DISGRACE TO YOUR
PROFESSION.
WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, YOU
WILL SPEAK TO A KEEFE KELLOGG
AND OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE LET ME
JUST GO INTO -- IF I MIGHT INTO
THE TRIP TO EUROPE AND FRANCE.
I WAS READY TO GO TO A CEREMONY,
I HAD TWO OF THEM, ONE THE OTHER
DAY, IT WAS POURING AND I WENT
TO THAT, BUT THE HELICOPTER
COULD NOT FLY HER TO THE REASON
THAT IT COULD NOT FLY WAS
BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING ABOUT AS
HARD AS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
AND ON TOP OF THAT IT WAS VERY,
VERY FOGGY.
AND THE HELICOPTER WAS UNABLE TO
FLY.
IT WAS A LONG HELICOPTER FLIGHT,
BUT IT WAS A VERY LONG DRIVE.
IN ORDER FOR ME TO GO, THEY
WOULD’VE HAD TO LEAVE
IMMEDIATELY AND GO TO VERY BUSY
AREAS OF I GUESS PARIS, BUT A
VERY HEAVILY TRAVELED AREA, A
BIG CITY.
I THINK THAT IT WAS PARIS.
AND THE SECRET SERVICE TOLD ME
YOU CAN’T DO IT.
I SAID I HAVE TO DO IT.
I WANT TO BE THERE.
THEY SAID THAT YOU CAN’T HAVE --
DO IT.
THEY SAID FOR YOU TO DO THAT
MAKE THAT TRIP NOT BY HELICOPTER
FLYING OVER EVERYTHING, WE HAVE
TO WORK WITH THE POLICE.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH EVERYTHING.
I THINK YOU’LL FIND ON RECORD
THE POLICE FORCE IN THE AREAS
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AREAS
OF PARIS THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU WILL FIND IT ON
RECORD REQUESTS.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE
SECRET SERVICE THAT I WILL ASK
TO GIVE YOU DETAILS.
THEY SAID YOU CAN’T DO IT.
IT WAS TWO AND HALF HOURS OR TWO
HOURS OF DRIVING.
IT WAS A LONG DRIVE, THEY SAID
YOU CAN DO IT.
SO I SAID, NO, I WANT TO DO IT.
THEY SAID YOU CAN’T.
THERE WAS NO WAY I WOULD’VE BEEN
ABLE TO DO IT AND THEY WOULD
HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET THE
POLICE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN
LINE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT GO
THROUGH A VERY CROWDED AND
CONGESTED AREA.
SO I WENT AND I SPOKE TO MY
WIFE.
I SAID I HATE THIS, AND CAME
HERE TO GO TO THAT CEREMONY.
AND TO THE ONE THAT WAS THE
FOLLOWING DAY, WHICH I DID GO
TO.
I SAID I FEEL TERRIBLY.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
NOW SOMEBODY MAKES UP THIS
HORRIBLE STORY THAT I DID NOT
WANT TO GO.
AND AN EVEN WORSE STORY CALLING
CERTAIN NAMES TO THE FALLEN
HEROES, IT IS A DISGRACE THAT A
MAGAZINE IS ABLE TO WRITE IT,
AND IF THEY REALLY EXIST, PEOPLE
REALLY EXIST THAT WOULD HAVE
SAID THAT, THEY ARE LOWLIFES AND
LIARS.
AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO SWEAR
ON ANYTHING THAT I NEVER SAID
THAT ABOUT OUR FALLEN HEROES.
THERE IS NOBODY THAT RESPECTS
THEM MORE.
SO I THINK THAT IT IS A
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE THING.
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE THING.
WE MADE A GREAT EVENING INTO
FRANKLY A VERY SAD EVENING WHEN
I SEE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT.
NO ANIMAL, NOBODY WOULD SAY SUCH
A THING.
AND I THINK THAT ALMOST ANYBODY
THAN TO HELP OUR MILITARY I HAVE
DONE THINGS.
SPEAK TO A SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE
APOLOGIZE FOR THE LIGHTING, THE
IMPROMPTU REMARKS AT JOINT BASE
