STEVE: THEY DO, INDEED, RICK,
LIVE WITH THE LATEST, LET'S
BRING IN SARAH SANDERS, YOU
REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS AT PODIUM
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE JOINS US
FROM LITTLE ROCK.
AINSLEY: GOOD MORNING.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, GUYS.
STEVE: IN THE LAST WEEK THE
COUNTRY OF IRAN AFTER THEY
KILLED AMERICAN THERE'S A NEW
SHERIFF IN TOWN, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, I THINK IT'S BEEN
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE
NOT WORKING WITH THE SAME
AMERICA THAT THEY USED TO.
UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
THEY PROJECTED WEAKNESS,
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES EVERYTHING
COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF THAT AND
FINALLY PROJECTING STRENGTH AND
LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY WILL
NOT BE PUSHED AROUND, THERE'S A
READ LINE AND IF THEY CROSS IT
HE WILL RESPOND, THAT'S FRANKLY
THE ONLY THING THAT IRAN IS EVER
GOING TO UNDERSTAND, THE ONLY
THING THAT'S GOING TO DETER THEM
IS STRENGTH, WE HAVE A VERY
CLEAR CHOICE IN FRONT OF US, WE
CAN EITHER GO DOWN THE PATH OF
APPEASEMENT THAT WE SAW UNDER
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OR WE
CAN GO DOWN A PATH OF STRENGTH
WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN US
SO FAR THAT IS CLEARLY A MUCH
BETTER POSTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AINSLEY: SARAH, THE PRESIDENT
SAID THE U.S. IS READY TO
EMBRACE PEACE AND CALLING FOR
MORE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND SAID
IRAN IS STANDING DOWN, WHY IS
THE HOUSE PUTTING RESOLUTION TO
TRY TO LIMIT THE PRESIDENT'S
POWERS?
>> YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF
ANYTHING DUMBER THAN ALLOWING
CONGRESS TO TAKE OVER OUR
FOREIGN POLICY, THEY CAN'T SEEM
TO MANAGE TO GET MUCH OF
ANYTHING DONE, I THINK THE LAST
THING WE WANT TO DO IS PUSH
POWERS INTO CONGRESS' HANDS AND
TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE
PRESIDENT, ANY DEMOCRAT THAT
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICA
IS SAFER NOW THAT ONE OF THE
MOST WORST TERRORISTS IS ROTTING
IN HELL AND THE LAST THING I
WANT TO SEE TAKE POWER AWAY FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PUT IT INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
>> "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WRITE
TODAY THE SPEECH THE PRESIDENT
GAVE TODAY WAS MANY WAYS SOUND
OF MUDDLED POLICY, THE 3 YEARS
IN OFFICE MR. TRUMP HAS YET TO
RESOLVE TWO CONFLICTING
INSTINCTS, NATIONAL SECURITY AND
SPEECHES, WHEN -- ONE IS
DISENGAGEMENT.
HE LOOKED AWAY FROM THE SAUDI
ATTACK, TANKER ATTACK, BUT
DIDN'T LOOK THE OTHER GUY ON THE
EMBASSY ATTACK?
>> NOT AT ALL.
NO LONGER FOCUSED MAKING SURE WE
MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN
AND PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS,
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS TIME
AND TIME AGAIN DEMONSTRATED THAT
STRENGTH ASK THE ONLY WAY TO
DETER, I'M PROUD OF THE
PRESIDENT AND ACTIONS HE'S TAKEN
AND HE HAS A GREAT TEAM AROUND
HIM AND THEY ARE DOING AN
EXCELLENT JOB AND I DON'T THINK
WE CAN HAVE ANYBODY BETTER IN
THE POSITION.
AINSLEY: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THE SPEECH, I PROMISE AS LONG AS
I'M PRESIDENT IRAN WILL NOT HAVE
NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES AND THEN
GOOD MORNING.
BRIAN: ADDED THAT.
>> IT'S CLASSIC TRUMP.
LOOK, HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE BIG TAKE AWAY HERE IS THAT
AMERICA WILL NOT BE PUSHED
AROUND AS LONG AS HE IS
PRESIDENT AND MAKE SURE THAT
IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR
WEAPON, AT THE SAME TIME HE'S
GOING TO HAVE A HOSPITABLE AND
GREAT NATURE ABOUT HIM BUT HE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BIG TAKE
AWAY WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
PEOPLE HEARD AND I THINK IT WAS
A STRONG AND GOOD MESSAGE AND
ONE THAT ALL AMERICANS CAN REST
EASY, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY AND NOT
FOCUSED ON APPEASING THE
RADICALS OF IRAN WHICH IS
INCREDIBLE BY IMPORTANT.
>> YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
CAME OUT AFTER THE HIT ON
SOLEIMANI AND MUTED RESPONSE
THAT IT'S WIN FOR THE PRESIDENT,
THAT'S THE LAST THING THE
DEMOCRATS WANT TO SEE IN THIS
2020 AND NOW WE KNOW THAT NANCY
PELOSI CLEARLY DESPITE THE FACT,
SARAH, THAT SHE SAID WE HAVE TO
PASS THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
BECAUSE IT IS URGENT TO STOP
THIS GUY, MAYBE IT WASN'T SO
URGENT BECAUSE SHE'S STILL
SITTING ON THEM AND NOW THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS AND WE
WILL PUT PICTURES UP INCLUDING
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, YOU KNOW WHAT,
IT'S TIME, WE DON'T GET WHAT THE
DELAY IS, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO
AHEAD AND SHOOT IT ON OVER, HAVE
A COURIER TAKE IT OVER TO THE
SENATE, LET'S GET THIS THING
OVER WITH.
>> ABSOLUTELY, IF ANYBODY HAS
ANY TYPE OF MUDDLED POLICY IT'S
THE DEMOCRATS, THEY SEEM
COMPLETELY LOST BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEAT THE
PRESIDENT, HE CONTINUES TO WIN
ON EVERY FRONT AND THEY SIMPLY
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT,
I THINK THAT THE IDEA THAT ALL
OF A SUDDEN IT'S NO LONGER
URGENT FOR US TO FORCE THIS
IMPEACHMENT SHAM DOWN AMERICA'S
THROAT THE WAY THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE SHOWS
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS ALL ALONG,
IT WAS A POLITICAL PARTISAN
PROCESS THAT WAS NOTHING MORE
THAN A MEANS TO ATTACK THE
PRESIDENT, I THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SAW THROUGH IT, THAT'S
WHY THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR IT
AND THAT'S WHY YOU CONTINUE TO
SEE PEOPLE SAYING LET'S JUST GET
THIS OVER WITH SO WE CAN GET
BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY,
I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THE
PRESIDENT GIVE HIS STATE OF THE
UNION AFTER HE'S BEEN FULLY
VINDICATED BY THE SENATE RIGHT
THERE IN FRONT OF NANCY PELOSI,
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
INCREDIBLE MOMENT AND ONE I
THINK WE CAN ALL LOOK FORWARD TO
WATCHING.
>> SARAH, LOOKS LIKE "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" SAYS FOREIGN POLICY
OF IRAN IS MUDDLED, LOOKS LIKE
THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO JOINED US
30 MINUTES AGO, YOU KNOW WHAT'S
MUDDLED THE WHOLE IMPEACHMENT
PUSH, HE DOES NOT GET THE DELAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
WE HEARD THE WORD URGENT FROM
THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN THE
HOUSE AS THEY RAMMED THROUGH
THEIR SHAM INVESTIGATION WHERE
THE WHITE HOUSE WASN'T ALLOWED
TO HAVE COUNSEL PRESENT AND
WASN'T ALLOWED TO CALL
WITNESSES, THEY PASSED A
PARTISAN IMPEACHMENT VOTE OUT OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
THE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HAS
BEEN SITTING ON IT FOR A MONTH,
SO WHERE'S IS URGENCY?
BRIAN: ENDED LIKE THIS BUT HE
WENT ON, THE URGENCY IS A
PROBLEM THAT EVEN DEMOCRATS
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, HOW DOES THIS
PLAY OUT?
>> WELL, I THINK THE VICE
PRESIDENT IS EXACTLY RIGHT, IT'S
WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING, WE SAW
WHAT A SHAM THIS WHOLE THING HAS
BEEN, PELOSI IS COMPLETELY
BEHOLDING TO THE FAR LEFT OF HER
PARTY, WE SAW THAT PLAY OUT,
THEY KNOW IT WAS A BAD MOVE BUT
SHE HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE
PARTY IN A -- ANYMORE, YOU THE
SQUAD PUSHING FOR INSANE
POLICIES AND I THINK IMPEACHMENT
HOPEFULLY IS A LESSON THAT
THEY'VE LEARNED, WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT GO
TO THE SENATE BE COMPLETELY AND
FULLY VINDICATED AND STAND IN
FRONT OF NANCY PELOSI AND ALL OF
THE REST OF AMERICA AND THE
WORLD AND CLAIM VICTORY ON THAT
AND ALL OF THE OTHER GREAT
SUCCESSES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION
WHEN HE GIVES STATE OF THE UNION
HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.
>> WE KNOW THAT NANCY PELOSI IS
DOING IT BECAUSE SHE'S SPEAKER
AND SHE CAN, SHE HAS A
VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS IN SWING
STATES, PURPLE DISTRICTS BUT A
LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE
SUGGESTING THEY COULD PAY THE
PRICE NEXT NOVEMBER, THIS
NOVEMBER?
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO AND I
THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
MUCH SMARTER THAN DEMOCRATS GIVE
THEM CREDIT FOR AND I THINK WE
WILL SEE THAT PLAY OUT IN
NOVEMBER, I THINK THE PRESIDENT
IS GOING TO COME TO A LANDSLIDE
VICTORY AS WELL AS A LOT OF
HOUSE REPUBLICANS TAKE NEW
SEATS, HOLD THE MAJORITY AND
EVEN PICK UP SEATS IN THE
SENATE, I THINK THE MORE THE
DEMOCRATS CONTINUE ON THE PATH
OF DESTRUCTION THAT THEY'RE ON,
I THINK ONLY HELPS REPUBLICANS
IN THE FALL.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ENJOYED
HAVING A BREATHER AND ENJOYED
HOLIDAYS WITHOUT THE STRESS OF
WASHINGTON, HAVE YOU DECIDED IF
YOU'RE GOING RUN FOR OFFICE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> NO DECISIONS YET.
RIGHT NOW MY ONLY FOCUS -- MY
ONLY FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON 20,
ANY ELECTION HERE IN ARKANSAS
WOULD BE IN 2022, SO WE HAVE A
LOT OF TIME TO LOOKING FORWARD
TO MAKING SURE THE PRESIDENT AND
OTHER REPUBLICANS ELECTED HERE
