ALL OF THAT WITH A CANDIDATE
WHO'S ALREADY HAD HER FOX
TOWN HALL.
SENATOR AMICO WHICH ARE JOINING
US FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
ACROSS THE STATE IN NASHUA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR A
"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" SIT DOWN.
WELCOME BACK.
>> Senator Klobuchar: THANKS,
CHRIS, IT'S GREAT TO BE ON.
>> Chris: EIGHT STATES NO,
EIGHT STATES, HAVE PASSED TIGHT
NEW RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION,
THAT PRO-LIFE GROUPS HAVE BEEN
PUSHING AND AS THEY SAY,
DRAMATICALLY RESTRICT RIGHTS OF
ABORTION.
ALABAMA WOULD BAN ABORTIONS AT
ANY POINT EXCEPT ON MATTERS OF
THE EXTREME HEALTH OF THE WOMAN.
THE QUESTION IS IF THE
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS
ROE VS. WADE, WHEN YOU BECOME
PRESIDENT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
>> Senator Klobuchar: IF THE
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS
ROE V. WADE I WOULD MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE CODIFYING
ROE V. WADE INTO LAW.
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE FOX NEWS
VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
THESE ARE NUANCES ANYMORE.
THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE LAWS
THAT THEY HAVE PASSED IN THE
STATES WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO
THAT NO ONE COULD GET AN
ABORTION AND AT THE SAME TIME
WHILE WE WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER
OF ABORTIONS BECAUSE OF MAKING
CONTRACEPTION MORE AVAILABLE ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY THROUGH PRINT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND OTHER
WAYS, THEY'VE ALSO MOVED TO
DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THIS IS DANGEROUS.
IT IS A PLACE THAT WE HAVE NEVER
SEEN.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS
WARNED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AT
ITS ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
AND WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE,
WHETHER THEY ARE PRO-CHOICE OR
THEY ARE PERSONALLY OPPOSED TO
ABORTION, A LOT OF THEM, CHRIS,
DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO THIS
DIRECTION.
73% OF AMERICANS DON'T WANT TO
OVERTURN ROE V. WADE.
IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION HERE
WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PUT
DOCTORS IN PRISON 99 YEARS,
THAT'S WHAT THE ALABAMA LAW
SAYS.
THIS IS A LAW THAT THEY PASSED
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IF SOMEONE
WAS RAPED.
IF A COLLEGE STUDENT WAS RAPED,
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE A CHOICE IN
THE PREGNANCY.
I DON'T THINK THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS ARE WHERE THE
REPUBLICANS ARE ON THIS ISSUE
RIGHT NOW.
>> Chris: BUT SENATOR,
PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING
BACK, THERE'S A GROUP CALLED
RESTORATION PACK AND THEY ARE NO
RUNNING AN AD ON FACEBOOK THAT
WE ARE SHOWING RIGHT NOW SHOWING
WHAT IT CALLS THE PARTY OF DEAT
DEATH.
SIX DEMOCRATIC SENATORS RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT, INCLUDING YOU,
WHO HAVE OPPOSED RESTRICTIONS IN
THE LATER STAGES OF PREGNANCY.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE EXTREME, AS
YOU CALL IT ON ONE SIDE -- LET
ME MAKE THE CASE, AND YOU CAN
ANSWER IT ON THE OTHER SIDE
BECAUSE FOLKS SAY THAT ONE OF
THE CONCERNS IS THAT A NUMBER OF
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS ARE NOT
WILLING TO SEE RESTRICTIONS ON
LATE-TERM ABORTIONS, ABORTIONS
AFTER 24 WEEKS AS WE ENTER THE
THIRD TRIMESTER.
THAT'S ONLY 1% OF ALL ABORTIONS
IN THE COUNTRY, BUT EVEN 1% IS
6,000 ABORTIONS AFTER 24 WEEKS
WHEN A FETUS MIGHT WELL BE
VIABLE.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?
>> Senator Klobuchar: I'M OKAY
WITH THE LAW, CHRIS, AND WHAT
THE LAW SAYS IS THAT IN THAT
THIRD TRIMESTER IT IS ALLOWED TO
PROTECT THE HEALTH AND THE LIFE
OF THE MOTHER.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID, CHRIS.
THE PRESIDENT MISLED THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
WHAT HE SAID AT A RALLY WAS
BASICALLY A DOCTOR WOULD BE
HOLDING A BABY AND KILL THAT
BABY.
THAT'S ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW.
THAT IS ALREADY A CRIME.
I KNOW THIS.
I'M A FORMER PROSECUTOR.
>> Chris: ARE YOU OKAY -- LET
ME ASK YOU, I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE ARGUMENT AGAINST
INFANTICIDE, AND THAT'S AN
OVERSTATEMENT.
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS ARE YOU
OKAY WITH ABORTIONS AFTER 24
WEEKS?
>> Senator Klobuchar: TO
PROTECT THE LIFE AND THE HEALTH
OF THE MOTHER.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE
SUPREME COURT RULING SAYS, AND I
AM OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT, CHRIS, FOR YOUR FOX
VIEWERS TO KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S
SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE
THAT WHAT THESE LAWS DO IS
EXTREME.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS WHO SAID THEY ARE
OPPOSED TO THEM.
IF THEY ARE EXTREME.
THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT
MISLEADING THE PUBLIC AND
TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS ABOUT
BASICALLY KILLING A BABY AFTER A
BABY IS BORN.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT,
THAT IS A CRIME.
I THINK WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND HERE IS THAT WE ARE
AT A POINT WHERE A NUMBER -- IT
IS NOT JUST ALABAMA.
THIS HAS HAPPENED IN OHIO, THIS
HAS HAPPENED IN MISSOURI.
IF THIS HAPPENED IN GEORGIA.
THERE'S A LAW THAT'S BEING
PASSED IN MICHIGAN THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IS GOING TO
VETO.
THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE.
THIS IS A VIOLATION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
>> Chris: ATTORNEY GENERAL
BARR SAT DOWN WITH OUR BILL
HAMMER EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HE
SAID HE COULD UNDERSTAND WHY
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLED THE
RUSSIA PROGRAM AND WITCH HUNT, A
HOAX, BECAUSE HE SAYS
PRESIDENT TRUMP FELT THAT HE WAS
FALSELY ACCUSED AND THE MUELLER
REPORT SEEMED TO BACK THEM UP
AND THEN HE ALSO SAID THAT HE
INTENDS TO DRILL DOWN ON HOW THE
FBI AND THE INTEL AGENCIES
HANDLED THE PROBE.
HERE IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> I THOUGHT WHEN I CAME IN FROM
OUTSIDE THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS
THAT I HAD, MANY OTHER PEOPLE
HAD IT WOULD BE READILY ANSWERED
ONCE I GOT IN.
BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND THAT TO BE
THE CASE.
>> Chris: AREN'T THERE
LEGITIMATE REASONS TO
INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS,
SENATOR  ?
>> Senator Klobuchar: I DON'T
THINK THERE ARE.
AND THIS REALLY BOTHERS ME,
BECAUSE WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
TWO THINGS.
ONE OF THEM IS TO GET TO THE
TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND
WE ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO GET
DIRECTOR MUELLER IN FRONT OF US
SO WE CAN FIND OUT.
I REMIND YOU THIS INVESTIGATION
WAS STARTED UNDER A REPUBLICAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WITH A FORMER REPUBLICAN
APPOINTED U.S. ATTORNEY, ROD
ROSENSTEIN, WITH A FORMER
REPUBLICAN APPOINTED FBI
DIRECTOR.
THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.
THEY STARTED INVESTIGATION
BECAUSE OF LEGITIMATE NEWS THAT
THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN TALKING TO OTHERS ABOUT
RUSSIA AND EXCHANGING
INFORMATION.
WE KNOW THAT.
THE SECOND THING THOUGH, THAT IS
MOST DISTURBING TO ME, WE HAVE
SOMETHING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
THE CURRENT FBI DIRECTOR AND THE
CURRENT DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE
HAVE TOLD US THAT RUSSIA IS
GETTING BOLDER.
THAT WHAT WE'VE JUST SEEN WAS A
DRESS REHEARSAL AND GET ANY
ATTEMPT THAT I'VE MADE WITH THE
SECURE ELECTIONS ACT, WHICH IS A
BILL THAT I HAVE WITH
CONSERVATIVE SENATOR LANKFORD,
THAT BASICALLY WOULD SAY LET'S
GET SOME BACK UP PAPER BALLOTS,
LET'S GET SOME AUDITS IN PLACE.
WE CANNOT ALLOW A FOREIGN POWER
TO INVADE OUR ELECTION AGAIN.
THEY DIDN'T DO IT WITH TANKS OR
MISSILES, THEY DID IT WITH A
CYBER ATTACK.
HE THEN STOPPED THEM IN THEIR
TRACKS.
THE WHITE HOUSE MADE CALLS TO
STOP THAT BILL DESPITE STRONG
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.
SO THAT IS WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT
OF US AND BARR IS OFF TALKING
ABOUT WHATEVER HE WANTS TO TALK
ABOUT POLITICALLY.
BUT WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING IS
TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
ELECTIONS AND OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> Chris: AS YOU KNOW,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEREWITH BOTH
ARE, ALTHOUGH IN DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE STATE, IS AMONG THE FIVE
STATES WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF
OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS IN THE
COUNTRY, TWICE THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
IF YOU HAVE RELEASED A HUNDRED
BILLION DOLLARS, 10-YEAR PLAN TO
DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
THEY ALL SOUND ROUGHLY THE SAME.
PREVENTION, TREATMENT, RECOVERY,
SO I GUESS I WANT TO ASK YOU,
JUST FOCUS ON ONE THING, ONE
THING THAT YOU THINK THAT MAKES
HER PLAN DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT
FROM ALL THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC
PLANS TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.
>> Senator Klobuchar: THIS IS
AN ISSUE THAT NO PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE HAS TAKEN ON REALLY IN
HISTORY, AND I WOULD EMPHASIZE
HERE THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT OF
IT.
ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
FOR ME, THE MENTAL HEALTH
ADDICTION ISSUE COMES FROM MY
HEART.
MY DAD STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOLISM
HIS WHOLE LIFE, HAD TWO DWIS AND
THEN A THIRD RIGHT BEFORE I GOT
MARRIED AND AT THAT POINT IN THE
'90s HE WAS FACING EITHER JAIL
OR TREATMENT.
HE CHOSE TREATMENT AND IN HIS
WORDS, HE WAS PURSUED BY GRACE.
I THINK EVERY AMERICAN HAS THAT
RIGHT TO BE PURSUED BY GRACE AND
WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS LAYOUT A
THOROUGH PLAN SO WE HAVE BEDS
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXTREME
PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, SO
THAT WE HAVE COUNSELORS FOR
PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
WITHOUT A 33% INCREASE IN
SUICIDES, INCLUDING FARMERS,
INCLUDING VETERANS, INCLUDING
STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTRY IN 15
YEARS AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S
UNIQUE ABOUT MY PLAN IS I SHOW
HOW I'M GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
IF I FIGURE IF YOU'RE RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT, YOU BETTER BE
ADDRESSING REAL PROBLEMS WITH
REAL SOLUTIONS AND SHOW HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
I WOULD PAY FOR IT BY TAKING ON
THE FARMER COMPANIES THAT GOT A
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AD
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AC
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AO
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AB
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AG
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AN
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AW
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE AT
BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DON'T LIKE A.
YOU CAN DO IT WITH A FEE -- A
PER MILLIGRAM FEE ON THE OPIOIDS
BEING SOLD AND THEN THERE'S
GOING TO BE A MAJOR MASTER
SETTLEMENT WITH THOSE COMPANIES
THAT PROFITABLE OFF OF PEOPLE'S
ADDICTIONS, THAT GOT PEOPLE
HOOKED, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET
THE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS.
>> Chris: I'VE GOT ABOUT
3 MINUTES LEFT, I WANT TO GET TO
TWO MORE SUBJECTS WITH YOU, ONE
OF THEM IS IMMIGRATION.
THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED A NEW
PLAN THIS WEEK THAT EMPHASIZES
MERIT, SKILLS, EDUCATION, OR
FAMILY TIES.
HERE'S HOW THE PRESIDENT
DESCRIBED IT.
>> WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
GENIUS.
WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
BRILLIANCE.
WE WON'T ANYMORE.
ONCE WE GET THIS PASSED.
>> Chris: CANADA AND AUSTRALIA
HAVE MERIT BASED SYSTEMS WHY
SHOULDN'T THE U.S.?
>> Senator Klobuchar: YOU CAN
DO BOTH.
YOU CAN HAVE SOME PEOPLE COMING
IN THAT GET DEGREES HERE ON
MERIT, BUT I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE
TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE DON'T
HAVE THOSE DEGREES AND I'M
TALKING HERE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED
WORKERS RIGHT NOW IN OUR FIELDS,
IN OUR FACTORIES, WE HAVE
OPENINGS IN OUR NURSING HOMES.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LABOR AND
SOME OF OUR STATES FOR THOSE
KINDS OF JOBS AS WELL.
SO WHAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S PLAN IS THE FACT
THAT HE DOESN'T DEAL WITH THE
DREAMERS.
HE DOESN'T DEAL WITH THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE
WITH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
HE DOESN'T DEAL WITH THE
10 MILLION PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE
NOW.
MANY OF WHOM WOULD LIKE TO SEE
IF THEY FOLLOW THE LAW, LEARN
ENGLISH, THEY WANT TO BE ON A
PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.
AND A LOT OF OUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES, PEOPLE LIKE MIKE
ROUNDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND
JOHNNY ISAKSON OF GEORGIA, THEY
JOINED WITH DEMOCRATS TO TAKE
THIS ON.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAS
CARVED OUT ONE NICHE HERE
INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE
OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION ISSUE.
THAT -- AS PRESIDENT, THAT'S
WHAT I WOULD DO.
>> Chris: SENATOR, I WANT TO
TALK A LITTLE 2020 POLITICS IN
THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT AND I WANT
TO PUT UP THE REAL CLEAR
POLITICS AVERAGE OF THE LATEST
POLLS.
IN IOWA, YOU'RE IN A PLACE WITH
3% SUPPORT AND HERE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE YOU'RE ALSO IN
EIGHTH PLACE WITH 1.5% SUPPORT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY
EARLY, WE ARE STILL MONTHS AWAY
FROM PEOPLE VOTING THEIR IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE NOT
GAINED AS MUCH TRACTION SO FAR
IN THE CAMPAIGN AS OTHER
CANDIDATES, FOR INSTANCE,
MAYOR PETE, WHO'S GOING TO BE
HERE FOR THE TOWN HALL THIS
EVENING?
>> Senator Klobuchar: CHRIS, I
THINK BEING IN THE TOP TEN IN A
25 PERSON RACE WHEN YOU'RE FROM
THE MIDDLE OF A COUNTRY IN A
STATE THAT'S NOT SO BIG, AT SOME
OF MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK THAT'S
PRETTY GOOD, AND I WOULDN'T
COUNT ME OUT.
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE,
WHETHER IT'S TAKING ON 48 HOUR
HOSPITAL STAY FOR NEW MOMS AND
BABIES WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK
I COULD GET THAT DONE, I GOT IT
DONE.
OR WHEN I WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO
RUN FOR D.A. AND MY STATE IN THE
BIGGEST COUNTY, I GOT IT DONE IN
THE NEXT TIME AROUND, NO ONE
EVEN RAN AGAINST ME.
THEN I GO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE,
RUNNING AGAINST THE CONGRESSMAN
AND WIN BIG TIME.
I AM SOMEONE THAT TAKES ON
CHALLENGES AND FINDS A WAY TO
GET THERE.
NO ONE THOUGHT I COULD RAISE
MONEY WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR
SENATE.
I FINALLY JUST CALLED EVERYONE I
KNOW IN MY LIFE AND I RAISED AN
ALL-TIME SENATE RECORD, $17,000
FROM EX-BOYFRIENDS.
THAT IS MY HUSBAND HAS POINTED
OUT, IT'S NOT AN EXPANDING BASE.
I WILL FIND A WAY TO WIN.
NO ONE THOUGHT A PEANUT FARMER
FROM GEORGIA WAS GOING TO WIN.
JIMMY CARTER'S POINT OUT TO ME
THAT HE HAD LESS SUPPORT AT THIS
POINT THAN I DO.
NO ONE THOUGHT A GUY NAMED
BARACK OBAMA COULD BECOME
PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW POLITICS.
IT IS A LONG ROAD.
>> Chris: IS FOREVER.
LISTEN, BUT IT IS A SNAPSHOT OF
WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
CERTAINLY NOT COUNTING OUT,
