U.S.-CHINA CONTINUE TALKING
ABOUT A DEAL, TEXAS SENATOR
TED CRUZ PENNING A NEW OP-ED
THIS MORNING IN "USA TODAY"
DETAILING CENSORSHIP BY
CHINESE GOVERNMENTS FRERN OFF
THE VISIT TO HONG KONG ONGOING
PROTESTS NBA BACKLASH CRUZ AND
OP-ED THIS MORNING WRITES FOR
TOO LONG CHINA HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO CARRY OUT ITS
TYRANNICAL ACTIONS IN THE DARK
OF NIGHT, THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY USED COERCION
BLACKMAIL TO BUY SILENCE NOT
JUST FROM NBA RECEIVES
BILLIONS FROM THE COUNTRY BUT
ALSO FROM INDUSTRY EMPIRES
APPLE GOOGLE NICKELL JOINING
ME RIGHT NOW FOX BUSINESS
EXCLUSIVE LIVE FROM CAPITOL
HILL FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE
ASIA TOUR CONCLUDED SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBER
TEXAS SENATOR TEE TED THANKS
FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING GOOD TO BE
WITH YOU.
>> I LOVE THIS OP-ED I LOVE
THE FACT THAT YOU BEGAN THE
PIECE TALKING ABOUT WITH
JACKIE ROBINSON THE GREAT
JACKIE ROBINSON TELL US ABOUT
IT.
>> WELL WHEN JACKIE ROBINSON
INTEGRATED MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL WANT SIMPLY PLAYING A
GAME WAS CHANGING CULTURE
SOCIETY BREAKING DOWN
BARRIERS, AND SPORTS HAS
ENABLED PEOPLE TO DO THAT OUR
LEAGUE LIKE NBA IS A GLOBAL
LEAGUE THAT THEY HAVE POWER
THEY HAVE PRESTIGE, WHAT
HAPPENED LAST COUPLE WEEKS
DECEMBER MAYING STARTED FROM A
SIMPLY TWEET DARYL MOREY SAID
STAND WITH FREEDOM STAND FOR
HONG KONG BENIGN TWEET
VIRTUALLY EVERY AMERICAN
FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE ACROSS
WORLD AGREE WITH CHINA LOST
THEIR MIND THEY IMMEDIATELY
RESPONDEDED BY BANNING HOUSTON
ROCKETS FROM TELEVISION IN
CHINA, BANNING THEM FROM
INTENT BROADCAST STIPULATING
RESPONSE ORSHIPS DEMANDING NBA
TAKE TAX IT WAS SAD NBA
RESPONDED WITH GROVELING
APOLOGY PULLED DOWN OUTLETS
FROM CHINA IT ISN'T RIGHT U.S.
COMPANIES AND IN PARTICULAR A
GLOBAL SPORTS LEAGUE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO BE DRAGOONED INTO
BEING CENSURES FOR YOU
COMMUNISTS TOO MANY COMPANIES
ARE WILLING IS TO HELP THEM BE
INSULATED FROM FREE SPEECH.
>> WITH REGARD BROADER
COMPLICATIONS SENATOR I AGREE
FAR TOO LONG AMERICAN
COMPANIES HAVE BEEN MORE
INTERESTED IN GETTING PRODUCTS
IN FRONT OF 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE
IN CHINA MAKING MONEY ON
PEOPLE REGARDLESS WHAT IS
GOING ON FACIAL RECOGNITION,
THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, THEY ARE
TRACKING ALL SINCE COMING UP
WITH A SCORE AT THE END OF THE
YEAR IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE
WAY YOU LIFE MAYBE YOU SMOKE
MAY BE YOU DO SOMETHING THAT
THEY DON'T LIKE, THEN YOU WILL
GET A DEMERIT YOU WON'T MAYBE
NOT BE ABLE TO GET ON A TRAIN
NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL SO ALL
COMPANIES SO WILLING TO GET
PRODUCTS IN FRONT OF 1.4
BILLION PEOPLE FORGOT TO
PROTECT IT FORGOT ABOUT HUMAN
ABUSES I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT
THE TRADE WITH CHINA IS
IMPORTANT, BUT ONE OF THE BIG
ARGUMENTS WHEN WE OPENED UP
THAT TRADE TO BEGIN WITH WAS
CHINA SAID WELL, IF WE ENGAGE
IN COMMERCE WITH CHINA WE WILL
EXPORT OUR VALUES WE WILL
BRING THE VALUES OF FREEDOM
AND DEMOCRACY TO CHINA, TO
MAKER THAT WE ARE NOT -- I AM
PORTING THEIR VALUES THE
VALUES OF CENSORSHIP TO
TOTALITARIANISM, I UNDERSTANDS
A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY I MEAN
THAT LED TO THE RATHER SAD
MOMENT LAST WEEK WHERE YOU HAD
LEBRON JAMES GOING OUT
DEFENDING THE CHINESE
COMMUNISTS DEFENDING -- AND
SAYING WELL HE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND HE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON,
LOOK THE ONLY THING THAT NBA
IS UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW
THEY WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF
BUCKS SELLING A LOT OF
SNEAKERS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CHINA --
ROUTINELY TORT RZ MURDERS
SHINS NEARLY A MILLION UIGHUR
MUSLIMS IN IMPROVED IN HAVE
CONSCIOUSNESSTRATION CAMPS
CHINA WON'T ALLOW YOU TO SAY
WORD I THINK BET TVRD OF
PEOPLE THAT WANT FREEDOM SO
BAD THE MOVIE DR. STRANGE THEY
CHANGED ANCIENT ONE TO KELTIC
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO OFFEND THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE HOLLYWOOD
ACTING AS THE CENSURES FOR TO
TOTALITARIAN REGIME YOU CAN'T
GOOGLE TIANANMEN SQUARE GET
THE TRUTH, GOOGLE HAS AI LAB
IN BEIJING WALKED AWAY FROM
WORKING WITH PENTAGON THINGS
YOU MENTIONED I KEEP BRINGING
UP QUOTE XI JINPING MADE LAST
MONTH WHEN HE WAS IN AT THE
PRIME MINISTER NEPAL HE SAID,
ANY ATTEMPT TO SPLIT CHINA
WILL END IN CRUSHED BODIES AND
SHATTERING BONES, I MEAN THIS
IS THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA,
TELLING YOU WHO HE IS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS CHANGED THE
CONVERSATION ON THIS
SITUATION, YOU ARE BACK FROM
HONG KONG SAW THINGS
FIRSTHAND, TELL US WHAT IS
GOING ON IN HONG KONG BECAUSE
WE HAD JIMMY LAY ON A NUMBER
OF TIMES FROM CHINA, AND HE
SAYS THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED
IN HONG KONG WHEN XI JINPING
GOT TO POWER.
AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE WAS
DICTATOR FOR LIFE WHAT DID YOU
SEE ON THE GROUND.
>> JIMMY LAI IS TERRIFIC ONE
THAT I MET WITH AS NOTED I WAS
ON ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR WHEN I
WENT TO JAPAN, I WENT TO
TAIWAN I WENT TO INDIA I WENT
TO HONG KONG.
AND THE ENTIRE TRIP STARTED
OUTGOING TO PEARL HARBOR
MEETING WITH PACIFIC DEMAND,
PACIFIC FLEET MILITARY
BRIEFING ON MILITARY THREATS
BY CHINA MASSIVE GROWING THEY
ARE INVESTING IN ENORMOUS ANTS
MODERNIZING MILITARY IN
SIGNIFICANT PART WITH
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STOLEN
BY US, BECAUSE IT IS A STATE
POLICY TO STEAL INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY.
AND IN TRAVELING TO EACH
COUNTRY THAT WAS ENVISIONED AS
FRIENDS AND ALLIES TOUR HE
EACH COUNTRIES WE HAVE STRONG
ALLIANCE WITH EACH DEALING
DIRECTLY WITH CHINESE
INCREASED MILITARY
AGGRESSIVENESS ECONOMIC
GREVENGS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
HONG KONG KNOWLEDGEABLE OVER
TWO MILLION CAME TO STREETS
PROTESTING FREEDOM PROTESTING
FOR DEMOCRACY, AND AMAZING TO
SEE THEM HOLDINGS UP QUOTES
FROM THE AMERICAN FOUNDING
FATHERS THE PEOPLE OF HONG
KONG THEY HAVE ENJOYED
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY WHEN PART
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND WHEN THEY
RETURNED TO CHINA, CHINA
ENTERED AN INTERNATIONAL TREAT
COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THEIR
AUTONOMY PROTECT THEIR
POLITICAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT NOW
CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING
TO STOMP THEM UNDER FOOT, AND
I WILL TELL YOU EVERYONE ELSE
IN THE REGION IS WATCHING
CAREFULLY WHAT HAPPENS IN
CHINA FOLKS IN TAIWAN NERVOUS
ABOUT WHAT ENHANCE IN HONG
KONG IF THEY CAN DO IT THERE
GOING TO KEEP TRYING TO IT
DOES ELSEWHERE AS WELL.
MARIA:  THAT WAS THE WHOLE
POINT OF HONG KONG IN THIS
EXPERIMENT, TO YOU KNOW HONG
KONGERS MAYBE WE CAN CONVINCE
CHINA THAT FREEDOM WORKS, THAT
DEMOCRACY WORKS TO BECOME A
VIBRANT PLACE, TO DO FOR A
LONG TIME HONG KONG HAS BEEN
SEEN AS VIBRANT FOR
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS I DON'T
KNOW THAT I SEE IT THAT WAY
ANYMORE GIVEN CHINA'S
AUTHORITARIAN HAND DO YOU I
WANT YOU TO TALK TO US ABOUT
WHEN YOU WANT CONGRESS TO DO
YOU ARE CALLING ON CONGRESS TO
PASS HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS
DEMOCRACY ACTING TO BE SIGNED
GO LAW BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> -- SENATOR CRUISE ARE YO
>> -- SENATOR CRUZSE ARE YO
>> -- SENATOR CRUZ A ARE YO
>> -- SENATOR CRUZ ARERE YO
>> -- SENATOR CRUZ ARE Y YO
>> -- SENATOR CRUZ ARE YOU
WITH US?
THE CONGRESSIONAL MOVES ARE
GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT IN
TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT HOW
TOUGH AMERICA CAN BE, VERSUS
CHINA, IN THIS TRADE DEAL SO
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM
SENATOR CRUZ WHAT HE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF A
POTENTIAL DEAL, TELL ME
SENATOR WHAT YOU WANT CONGRESS
TO DO THEN WHAT YOU WANT A
KEEL TO LOOK LIKE WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> WELL, WITH REGARD TO TRADE
DEAL I HOPE WE GET APPLE TRADE
DEAL I HOPE GOOD TRADE DEAL IF
YOU LOOK AT TRADE CHINA HAS
LONG BEEN VERY UNFAIR HOW THEY
TREAT UNITED STATES, EVERY
YEAR, CHINA EXPORTS TO THE
U.S. ABOUT 500 BILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOODS.
AT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR WE
EXPORT TO THEM ABOUT 100
BILLION DOLLARS OF GOODS SO A
FIVE TO ONE DIFFERENTIAL, AND
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THEY
HAVE MYRIAD OF NONTARIFF
BARRIERS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
TO SELL OUR GOODS AND SERVICES
AND INTO CHINA.
I WILL GIVE YOU EXAMPLE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO I MET WITH
SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF JOHN
DEERE WAS TALKING ABOUT
TRACTORS, THEY TALKED ABOUT
HOW UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT TO
SELL A TRACTOR IN CHINA
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WHAT
TRACTOR HAS TO DO WHEN THEY GO
DESIGN A TRACTOR TO MEET
SPECIFICATIONS, THEY CHANGE
THE SPECIFICATIONS, SO WONDER
OF WONDERS ONLY CHINESE
TRACTOR MEET THEM SORT OF
GAMES THEY PLAY ROUTINELY I
APPLAUD PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR
LEANING IN HARD ON CHINA TO
TRY TO TEAR DOWN THOSE
BARRIERS I THINK OPENING UP,
THAT MARKET TO MORE GOODS AND
SERVICES I THINK THAT WOULD BE
A VERY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT --
>> GO AHEAD.
THERE ARE REPORTS CEO OF APPLE
TIM COOK IS GOING TO SERVE AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CHINESE
ECONOMIC SCHOOL THREE YEARS
REPORTEDLIES ON THE BOERT IN
FACT PAST SO HAS FACEBOOK CEO
ZUCKERBERG COMPANIES ARE
TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN DO,
TO STAY IN GOOD SFAE
TO STAY IN GOOD INAE
TO STAY IN GOOD INSTEAD WITH
CHINESE LONE.
>> TIM COOK DOES BUSINESS IN
CHINA FINE CAN BE GOOD FOR
MERCK HE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE
THAT APPLE DOESN'T OBEY
CHIMNEY OF CHINESE
DICTATORSHIP I WAS
DISAPPOINTED WHEN APPLE PULLED
DOWN WHY APP TAIWANESE FLAG IN
HONG KONG YOU COULDN'T FIND
TAIWANESE FLAG THEY PULLED IT
DOWN BECAUSE CHINESE MASTERS
DEMAND IT ALSO PULLED DOWN
HONG KONG PROTESTERS, HAVE A
WHEFG USING TO PULL DOWN AGAIN
PRESUMABLY AT BEHEST OF
CHINESE GOVERNMENT ONE THING
TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM, BUT
IT IS IF AMERICAN COMPANIES
ARE WILLING TO BE PARTICIPANTS
IN SUPPRESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH
THAT IS A MUCH MORE TROUBLING
LINE TO CROSS.
MARIA:  SO YOU WANT TO SEE
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION HERE, IN
TERMS OF -- IN TERMS OF THE
HONG KONG PROTESTERS WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO SEE OUT OF
CONGRESS IN TERMS OF HONG KONG
HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRACY ACT.
>> WELL I AM A COSPONSOR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ACT A FEW
WEEKS AGO THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON WHEN I
SERVE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BILL
BIPARTISAN EVERY DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN CAME TOGETHER
PASSED IT I HOPE THE SENATE
TAKES UP SOON IDEALLY THIS
WEEK HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRACY
ACT WE PASS IT PASS INTO IT
LAW POWERFUL TO STAND WITH THE
PROTESTERS IN PRONG PRONG SAY
AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORT
FREEDOM WHEN I WAS IN HONG
KONG I GOT A CHANCE TO SIT
DOWN, WITH A NUMBER OF THE
PROTESTS LEADERS ACTIVISTS
ENCOURAGE THEM SAY EYES OF THE
WORLD ARE ON YOU ONE THING I
ENCOURAGED FOLLOW THE PATTERN
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
FOLLOW NONVIOLENCE THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TURN THESE
INTO VIOLENT CLASHES, BECAUSE
THAT IS HOW THEY DEWILL HE GET
MYSELF YOU, I HOPE PATH THEY
CONTINUE.
>> BULLYING IS JUST DISGUSTING
QUICK BEFORE YOU GO ON THE WAY
OUT THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
DEMOCRATS BLOCK DIAGNOSE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO CENSURE
ADAM SCHIFF OF THE HANDLING OF
INVESTIGATION, HOW DO YOU
THINK THIS PLAYS OUT IN TERMS
OF OF IMPEACHMENT, SIR.
>> LISTEN I THINK THE HOUSE
RIGHT NOW IS TURNED INTO A
PARTISAN CIRCUS, I THINK THE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS THEY DON'T
CARE ABOUT FACTS SIMPLY WANT
TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TO
INTOOECH00 HIM SINCE HE GOT
ELECTED, WATCHING THE HOUSE
NOW REMINDS ME OF FAMOUS LINE,
FROM ALICE IN WONDER LAND
VERDICT FIRST TRIAL LATER THAT
IS THEIR ATTITUDE THEY CON
INVITING HIM ALREADY IF YOU
LOOK AT PROCESS, THEY ARE NOT
ALLOWING MINORITY
PARTICIPATION, THEY ARE NOT
ALLOWING IT PUB NOT ALLOWING
MINORITY WITNESSES CALLED NOT
FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENCE OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TO PROTECT BASIC DUE PROCESS,
AND I THINK IF WE JUST WATCH A
POLITICAL SHOW, THAT HAVE AT
THE END OF THE DAY IS NOT GOOD
FOR COUNTRY.
>> I SAID EARLIER THEY HAVE
