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guilfoyle and jason chaffetz, see you next sunday when "the next revolution" will be televised. . mark: hello, america. i'm mark levin, this is "life, liberty & levin." we have two great guests. we have congressman ron desantis, how are you, sir? >> how are you? >> congressman lee zeldin, how are you? >> great. mark: you served on the house committee on foreign affairs and i wanted you here to discuss north korea and some of the other major events that are taking place in the world today but i want america to know about you. ron desantis running for governor in florida in the republican primary.
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you have been serving wonderfully in the u.s. house of representatives for some period of time. you went to yale university where you graduated with honors. then you went to harvard law school, covered both your bases there, graduated with honors from yale. also you served in the navy and you have active duty service. you supported operations, terrorist detention center at guantanamo bay in cuba. deployed to iraq as adviser to u.s. navy s.e.a.l. commander and support of the s.e.a.l. commission in saudi arabia in riyadh. lee zeldin represented first congressional district, you were member of the state senate in new york before you became a congressman, you graduated from state university of new york albany, suny. >> or harvard on the hudson.
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>> you were the youngest attorney, 23 years old. served active duty, military officer, military magistrate while assigned to the elite 82nd airborne division in 2006. you were also deployed to iraq with infantry battalion in support of operation iraqi freedom. you are exactly the two men i want to talk to tonight. and let's start with you, congressman desantis. north korea. the president is about to have a summit in north korea, he moved considerable military assets off the peninsula of korea. several ships, submarines, and has put enormous pressure on korea as well as economic pressure. how do you think he's doing so far with respect to north korea? >> i think it's been great. kind of reminds me when reagan came in. we had the cold war, but throughout the 70s it was detente, all the smart people in washington, communism is
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here to stay and reagan is like no, we win, they lose, that's my policy. he upped the rhetoric. he was deploying missiles into europe with allies. all the people in washington thought the guy was nuts, this is crazy and look what ended up happening. eventually gorbachev realized he wasn't going to be able to beat the united states and that led to the fall of the berlin wall and the expiration of the soviet union. now north korea isn't as big a problem as the soviet union was in the cold war, but i think it's similar in the sense the last 25 years everyone in washington has basically had the same basic posture, let's hope it gets better, don't really do anything, leave it be. obama for eight years did absolutely nothing but let it fester and had the gall to tell president-elect trump north korea is going to be a big one, take care of it. trump comes in with a record of fail, and you are he bucks a lot of the conventional wisdom in washington. he's not captive to what people here think about him, and he's
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willing to chart new territory. and i think that's what he's done. it's really been a full spectrum pressure campaign. yes, you mentioned the military. treasury department what they're doing, the state department, and his rhetoric upping the rhetoric and rattled north korea, rattled kim jong-un, it's still a very tough problem. we've got a long way to go. we have a much better chance of getting an acceptable outcome because the president decided to take the bull by the horns and exercise leadership. mark: and yet, congressman zeldin, leading up to this point, he's come under enormous criticism from the democrats, from the left, from some in the media the way he's handle north korea. why is that? >> his hand was on the bible, the streets of washington, d.c. were lined up with people holding up signs that said impeach him now. we have colleagues in congress, people across america who pledge to oppose this president on anything and everything. they say you cannot work with the president, if you work with him you are legitimizing his presidency.
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they are delegitimizing themselves and disrespecting the oath they took to represent their constituents and their country. in reflect of what they said, people who -- nancy pelosi when she was making remarks after president trump said that the summit was off, and he was celebrating it and mocking it as if this was a good thing for kim jong-un. so the president has opposition where he can do noight by, but fortunately the american people are standing with him, that includes by the way, there are people who didn't vote for donald trump who want him to be successful in north korea and are rooting for him and want to support him, and i really do hope we are able to see peace on the korean peninsula, we are able to see a denuclearized north korea. kim jong-un who is known to be homicidal not suicidal realized that donald trump is donald trump tweeted out and said fire and fury. the fact is if north korea attacked the united states, they would be met with fire and fury and the military option
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became real and other things became real as well. mark: now as for kim jong-un, do we know much about him? you fellas sit on this very, very important committee. do members of congress know much about him? >> north korea is the toughest country on the globe to collect intel on. kim jong-un is one that, as i mentioned, he has proven to be homicidal but he wants to stay in power, wants to stay alive, that certainly is something that i think is important to leverage in understanding that we can achieve our results by utilizing that and letting him know that maybe taking on his regime is a possibility if he doesn't, not only stop the bad behavior, but also engage in the denuclearization to the next level. i think as far as the country goes, what's very different than iran, iran you have millions of iranians that will overtake the streets and overthrow the government. north korea, they don't believe their problems are because of
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kim jong-un, but it's in spite of his best efforts in pursuing a better path for the north koreans, i think he has more support from his people. and i also believe that economically that the sanctions that were ramped up in 2017, we had unanimous vote, thankfully able to get china, even russia voted for effectively coming off over one-third of north korean exports in august of 2017. i think economically, they need this. they need the summit, they need this agreement more than a lot of americans and people around the world realize, and that's a good thing for getting the results we're looking for. mark: congressman desantis, do you really think that kim jong-un, the third generation of the stalinist regime is prepared to completely denuclearize north korea? do you think there's a way, if he says he will, to really ensure that he does? i mean we've had the agreements
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with north korea over the last, well, since his grandfather, but really in the last 30 years or so, going back to reagan and every other president, i remember the days when south korea had 100 nuclear warheads, ours, we removed them because under george bush 41, north korea said okay, you denuclearize and we will not build nukes. now we have and they have nukes and south korea doesn't. so i know they can't be trusted, but is there really any way to make sure they follow through? >> i know that from the president, secretary of state, the national security adviser, they all are very mindful of the history that you sketched out. they are not interested in repeating some of the dog and pony shows we've seen in the past and it will need to be up-front verification of denuclearization, if they want any type of economic. we want the inverse of the iran deal, the iran deal was give
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them 150 billion up-front, airlift them up 1.7 billion in cash and hope they follow through with their promises about their nuclear program. of course, we don't have the ability to check their military site, so that is not what you want to do, and if they what's they end up going down the road, that will be a mistake. kim does want to stay in power, but how does he perceive to do to stay in power? i'm not sure he's that rational in frame of the analysis. in terms of ideology, it's remain in power. one of the problems we face is qaddafi was worried that having a nuclear program made his regime less stable because they saw the united states was serious about weapons of mass destruction, so he gave up his program. obama comes in, six, seven years later and helps take the guy out. that sends a signal to people like kim jong-un, gee, why would i want to do a deal with the united states, if they're going to end up pulling the rug out from under me later?
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and that's why trump has said, look, we will do protection because i think obama's policy there really did damage to our denuclearization efforts not just with north korea but other countries. mark: congressman zeldin, it's still a genocidal police state, they have the gulags with tens of thousands of people in them. they execute people willy-nilly, people are starving to death there. is that a country we want to protect? in other words, if the deal is, look, we'll take out our nukes, help feed usupport us and make sure you don't think about removing this regime. is that a deal we want to make? >> i think everything needs to be on the table, learning lessons from negotiation with iran and as ron was pointing out with regards to the verification regime with, regards to the iran deal being failing flood for what's in it. we didn't deal with all of
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iran's other nefarious terrorist activities. north korea, learning the lessons on the verification front, barack obama said it's not built on trust, it's built on verification, referring to iran. the iaea and iran that when secretary kerry testified before us, admitted he hasn't read then. we did learn they collect soil samples and inspect nuclear sites. the leverage that brought the iranians to the table and the north koreans to the table is that they want money, they want to be able to do business with neighbors and others around the world. we need to not only be talking to the north koreans about that pursuit of a denuclearized, peaceful korea. we have to be talking about all the other bad activities north korea engages in. we should be talking about cyber warfare that the koreans are engaged in. the list goes on. i think it would be a mistake not have the dialogue now when
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it's possible a year or two, when we want to deal with the other issues, maybe the leverage isn't there and the north koreans around at the table. mark: china, china is not going to sit and watch all this. china is invested in north korea. china is invested in the nuclear program. they wouldn't even have a nuclear program but for china and despite the sanctions, china still cheats. we've seen the satellite pictures with the oil freighters on the high seas and so forth. what's china's deal here? what do they want to get out of this? >> our interests and china's interests are not aligned in this respect. china's making a play for dominance in the pacific. we see what they're doing in the south china sea. obviously we've seen what they're doing with intellectual property theft, cyberattacks. it's interesting, the media here is so concerned about the russia hacking of democrat party e-mail. china hacked millions of our personnel files for federal employees including people involved with national security. that's a massive cyberattack
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and yet it was a one-day story because it didn't fit the media's narrative. china is not somebody. they're a competitor at best and it's somebody that we're going to continue to deal with. trump instinctively is tough on china. he's been tough on china rhetorically for decades now, so what i want to see is we have this issue with the zte phone company. there's kind of some of the side negotiations going on. how does that play into the overall north korea situation, and very well may be that some of the negotiations are kind of a prelude to getting china to be a little more productive than how they've been with north korea. mark: does north korea answer to china? >> i think so. i can't think of any option that deals with the north korean issue that doesn't involve china. if we came up with top 14 different ways, plans to tackle a situation with north korea involves china, and i believe that china's influence is helpful in getting the north koreans to the table to engage
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in better behavior, to possibly enter into a deal where they're denuclearizing themselves. i think for the north koreans, that is one that can potentially be a good thing in reverse while china might be, they have their own selfish goals. we have ours, south korea has theirs, japan has theirs, for korea to know they have a neighbor that wants to do business with them and smell, see the prosperity that is elusive for them. that relationship is a good thing, and if it's ignored, actually i don't think there's any way we're going to achieve the results we're looking for. one other thing i would point out is the president, and he has good people around him. mike pompeo is the secretary of state, and john bolton now the national security adviser, president trump is not going to get played, and i think that it's important up-front to make sure that the north koreans are willing to get the results we're looking for. mark: we're going to expand on this in a second. go to levin tv, crtv.com, where
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. mark: welcome back. congressman desantis, what's china want to get out of this? i go back and forth. do they want the peninsula denuclearized? maybe, because maybe they think the young fella is out of control and can't control him completely, and maybe it creates problems for their geopolitical agenda. on the other hand, i look at china, they're enormously aggressive. they're aggressive geopolitically, economically, militarily with the phony islands they built. they now militarized. they threaten the philippines, threaten japan, threatened vietnam, vietnam is looking to us for help. you look at cyber warfare. they're stealing us blind on our technology through a multiple of methodologies that they're using and so forth and making alliances with enemies like iran. they have ties with russia. what does china want to get out of our discussions with north korea, do you think? >> well, look, north korea in
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many ways provides a buffer for them against u.s. influence, against japanese influence. i mean, north korea and that regime particularly a nuclearized north korea is not as good for the good guys in the region. not as good for the united states, south korea, not as good for japan. all of our allies in the pacific do not want to see a nuclearized north korea. so in that respect, it ain't the best thing in the world. i think china understands the nature of the regime, but at the same time, it's not clear to me that a denuclearized korean peninsula is necessarily something that china views that's in its best interest if it is hell-bent, which i think it is, expanding power throughout the region. mark: congressman zeldin, what do you say to people who say, yeah, they can give up nukes in north korea because they have the relationship with china. and china will expand its umbrella to cover north korea? >> the north koreans have a
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path here that not only will they be a safer economically, but also safer with their national security and what they view as existential threats to their nation. i think that that could be part of north korea's calculation in deciding to denuclearize is understanding that there are people around them in this new path forward for their nation that they will be safer, they'll be more secure. i think that they've also -- here in our country and we heard secretary mattis say national debt is a national security concern. i think in north korea, their economic problems, at this point, they're viewing that too as a national security concern. yes, you have developed more nuclear capability than you used to have, but what do you have to show for it? what are you going to do with it that is non-nuclear, that's peaceful, that's going to lead to prosperity. so i think that there is not just -- and it goes hand in hand, i think there's a path forward for north korea where
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they're safer economically, they're safer with regards to what they might view as existential threats, the physical security of their country too. mark: in a way, i can't imagine china wants us to have a relatively, i won't say close relationship, quasi working relationship with north korea because it doesn't serve china's purpose. there on china's border, china is expanding. china is trying to influence our alliances, and so that's why i don't trust china. am i wrong about that? >> i think that china has an important role to play in helping rebuild north korea because very consistent with president trump's approach to foreign policy is that we have a goal of negotiating concessions as it relates to a nuclear program and bringing the korean peninsula together, but president trump isn't looking to sit down at that table and all of a sudden assume all of the huge infrastructure costs and what it is going to take to rebuild
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their nation that's been devastated. mark: talking about south korea and japan kicking in money to help? >> i think it's certainly important for more nations in that region to be taking a leadership role. we see it in other challenges that we face. middle east and elsewhere, where nations in that region of the country taking on a leadership role in rebuilding their region and working with their neighbors and not making it the united states responsibility to fix it for them. mark: congressman desantis, this isn't a piece in our time moment, is it? where they say we'll denuclearize, we want tens of billions of dollars, we don't care where it comes from. american allies, america, china, no matter where it is? >> i think president trump is not interested in the same old charade we've seen time and time again for years with north korea and other instances. if there's going to be an agreement, they're going to have to do this first and we're going to have to be able to
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verify it, and that's just the ball game, and if kim, look, if kim is understanding that all this pressure is bringing bear to him because of this program that he's clinging to, perhaps that may be a reason for him to say, you know what? i may solidify myself and power if i can do this, but it's not going to be where we're giving them money and hoping that they follow through. that is totally off the table. mark: let me ask you about this, i'm a little confused about something. on the one hand, china is stealing our technology to build up its economy, certainly the military. they have committed acts of cyber warfare against us, developing weapons that have as their purpose to attack us or neutralize our most sophisticated weapons. they've been very aggressive geopolitically including in the south china sea and in the east china sea. in other ways very, very provocative, on the other hand, we rely on them to help us with
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north korea. in the end, who wins out here? china? >> i think that china will, i think everybody ends up winning out if we're successful here. south korea will be stronger, japan, the united states, that's one of the great things about this entire conversation and all the prospects that are possible right now. nothing is certain. and i think that for china specifically it's a complex situation, but we haven't really stood up for ourselves as a nation in pushing back on all of the complexities of that relationship. so president trump wants to -- he is showing an ability to look multidimensionally at the relationship with china. we understand there isn't a good option that doesn't involve china so working with them on north korea, but at the same time, we're trying to fix a trade imbalance. we're pushing back on patent infringement and other ways the products may be coming to market where ideas are stolen
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from great american entrepreneurs and companies. so we have a challenge of having to look at this multidimensionally but the president is showing he's up to it, and i think china will respect us more for it. i think these nations like china and north korea and iran and elsewhere, they respect us when we are being strong, and when we are weak, they're watching us be weak to other nations, they smell on it and prey upon it. mark: we'll be right back. does this map show the peninsula trail? you won't find that on a map. i'll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales. oop. you hear that? (vo) our subaru outback lets us see the world.
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from being on his feet. dr. scholl's. born to move. >> live from america's news headquarters i'm lauren green. president trump and kim jong-un are both in singapore with less than 24 hours to go until their summit. the president saying that kim has one shot to show he's serious about ridding the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. the north korean leader meeting with the prime minister of singapore and thanking him for hosting the event. president trump will have his own sitdown in just a few hours. one person is dead and other critically injured in a home explosion in ohio. it happened this afternoon in east cleveland. the blast leveling the house and setting at least four others on fire. neighbors say the explosion was so powerful it shattered windows up and down the street. no word what caused it. i'm lauren green, now back to "life, liberty & levin."
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. mark: congressmen, you both have mentioned iran, that hangs over us like a dark cloud. and really it's an example of what not to do, right? so let's talk about this briefly. we had this iran deal, it skirted the treaty provision of the united states senate, and one of the reasons we have this treaty provision of the united states senate is so you can't skirt congress and so-called side deals have to be made available, and hamilton said that, you know, we want the full body politic involved in the treaty, and so we get into the debates what's a deal, what's a treaty? we know this, if it involves nuclear weapons and icbms and billions of dollars, that involves a treaty. that's not a deal. there's been information released in the past week that indicates that some of the testimony that was given by the
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obama administration officials was flat-out dishonest about money moving from iran through our banks. you can explain that a little bit and tell us why this is a big deal? >> there was a statement in position made by the obama administration they would not allow iran access to our financial markets and before, sdpurg after the negotiations on so many different aspects of the negotiation and the jcpoa, the obama administration was dishonest, as you mentioned as part of your comment about the treaty. secretary kerry when he came to testify in front of the senate foreign affairs committee saying the reason they didn't present it as a treaty is it wouldn't have passed. that's the legal definition? you wouldn't have gotten it passed. going to be phased in based on compliance. the irans say the relief is immediate, no suspension of actions. no uncertain terms you will not
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access our military sites, they said it before, during and after the negotiation and said there was not a ransom when we had to pay cash at the same moment as releasing american hostages and one more is when they embarrassed our 10 navy sailors, secretary kerry's words in response were thank you. not even pushing back and giving a hard time for it. actually used it as an example how this is proving we have better relations the way they released our sailors. what we've learned over the course week that once again they were dishonest in a new aspect and we did allow them to have access to the dollar, to our markets and once again we have more evidence that the american public were being fed lies. it was being orchestrated at the white house. they had a white house-taxpayer-funded fiction writer, ben rhodes, using these different levers of the media and the american public to pull the wool over our eyes and get
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us to think that this was a good deal, and they were, as we're learning once more, they weren't telling the truth in too many aspects. mark: congressman, this latest disclosure, they were trying to launder their currency which is worthless through our banks to get exchange for american dollars and apparently the obama administration was pressuring banks which were resisting because they said in the deal, it says we're not supposed to do this sort of thing, and same with some of the european banks, and as congressman zeldin said, there were constant representations, no, we're not going to do this sort of thing, they did do this sort of thing. what's the consequences? they lie and go on tv trashing the trump administration for everything? >> wow, the iran deal, talk about a plunder in deceit. massive amounts of money going there and built on a pack of lies. no doubt about it. what can we do going forward? one thing we did do in 2016, we elected a new president who
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pledged he was going to get rid of the iran deal and president trump followed through on thamp the people who complained, oh, he violated the terms of the deal. it was never ratified as a treaty, heck, it wasn't statute. they didn't get a majority of congress for anything in the deal, it was an agreement effectively between barack obama and ayatollah khamenei and a new president can come in and change the policy as they see fit. totally constitutional and lawful for trump to do what he did. that's a big part of it but more and more is exposed. netanyahu with the israeli intelligence heist that they did. one of the reasons we are so concerned about the side deals initially when debating this in 2015. if you don't know what the previous military dimensions were of nuclear program, it's awfully hard to judge what they're doing going forward. they did not produce the agreements between iran and the iaea which is in violation of
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the corker-cardin, a dumb law, but they didn't require, that they didn't do that. now we know there is a reason why they didn't do that. there was a robust nuclear pursuit leading up to the deal. the president did the right thing, they are going to be incumbent for congress, shut off the money to the itollas and the irgc, shutting off the money and working to open social networks in the iranian society, that society does not want to be governed by totalitarian islamists. they are much more western looking. middle class for decades. i think the more we can connect people and expand social networks there, i do think that this regime's days are numbered, and the more success we have in choking off the money and opening up the networks means their demise will be met quicker. mark: looks like the economic sanctions are working, they were working before obama stepped. in looks like they're working now. i want to ask you this question when we come back. . the democrats put out a list of
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demands they expect to be met in the negotiations such as they are with the north koreans. i don't remember them putting out a list of demands for barack obama when it comes to iran. so we know they're hypocrites. we know what they're up to, unfortunately. and a major issue like this dealing with nukes. my question is, if the president comes up with a deal and it's a significant deal, and it involves nukes and involves the united states making some concessions and so forth, will we demand that it be treated as a treaty? i assume it will depend what it is because now it's just theoretical. and should we? and should we allow both political parties to take a position on this so the american people know and shouldn't every aspect be vetted so the american people know, even if it's a hostile press and hostile democratic party. when we return, i'd like you to answer that question. remember, every week night,
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. mark: i'm here with congressman lee zeldin and congressman ron desantis, candidate for governor. candidate for the election to the house of representatives. let me start with you, congressman zeldin. so my question was, okay, we get this deal. depending on what the deal is, if it's a significant deal that involves significant actions by the united states, it could well be a treaty. you have a problem with that? >> no. i would like to see what it is. i believe that the iran deal should have been submitted as a treaty, that we're on track to, if this is negotiated, it would be a treaty. now learning our lessons from iran, we should ask for a signature. we didn't even ask the iranians
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to sign the jcpoa, but more than presenting a signature, present it to congress and i would be shocked. doesn't mean we'll have a unanimous vote, but the idea that these congressional democrats, that enough of them are so much against this president, that they're willing to take this down, and the consequences of what that means to american national security to servicemembers in harm's way, consequence of region for our economy, presented the treaty on its merits, let it be debated, vetted and passed. mark: you agree? >> i think it depends if it's obligating us to do something to change our laws, to have commitments vis-a-vis other countries, then that's something that should be submitted to the united states senate for ratification as a treaty. and the thing is, it does make it harder to get it across the measure line. if you get it across the finish line, it's going stick, and it's going to be difficult to repeal that at that point, so it's actually much more, the
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founders understood that was the way to do it, and had obama tried that on the deal was so bad it would have been ratified. maybe it would have forced them to stop giving so many dog gone concessions because they had an eye on the senate ratifying itself. i don't think trump is going to want to submit anything he's not proud of. he's going to drive a hard bargain. mark: you agree? >> yeah, no, absolutely. i think if we were vetting out the iran deal as a treaty, then our questions about the verification regime would have gone answered. but they, through august recess, if you remember at 2015, that was going through the process, they racked up enough votes in the senate to ensure that you would be able to survive the iran nuclear agreement review act, the corker-cardon bill. once they got through the votes in the august recess. the transparency stopped, answering questions we needed answers to. iran is collecting its own soil
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samples. we as members of congress are told this deal is not built on trust, it's built on verification, not only do you tell us what the regime, is you don't know yourself? john kerry as secretary of state he hasn't read the side deals between the iaea and iran? if the trump administration and anyone who has to go to committee of jurisdiction and it involves the treasury department, the energy department, this is more than just the state department. if they know they have to testify before congress and answer the questions to ensure this passes, then through the process, as ron just said, they will be working towards ensuring that we have not just the right agreement, but also the answers to those questions so they're not embarrassing themselves and they're not tanking their own deal. mark: don't the american people have a right to know what's in the deals too? our representatives need to know. you're funding some of these things, whatever, isn't that the whole point of the treaty provision. whole body politic has a right
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to know, our representatives have a right to know. the senate. you need a super majority to pass it. what they did on the iran deal is flipped it on its head. corker-cardon deal was you needed a super majority in congress to stop the obama deal, and as it turns out, you didn't even know what you were voting on because you didn't get the information on the side deals and this information that comes out today where, they were absolutely deceiving congress, which is, they were pressing banks in america and overseas to basically launder that iranian currency to help the iranian economy, though they told you guys they weren't going to do that. >> the founders, from them watching down on the iran debate, they were all rolling over in their graves. that is exactly what they didn't want in terms of how to conduct american foreign policy. not just in terms of the substance of it, that would be problematic to them. just the accountability factor and the fact it is something to
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represent the will of the american people, and the fact is the iran deal did not represent the will of the american people. all they need to do is get 41 votes to filibuster the resolution of disapproval. how nuts is that? so it was absolutely not the right way to go, and yes, for north korea, the american people have a right to know what the country is committing to and what that requires of our nation. mark: we'll be right back. well, i told you they wouldn't have it. rawwggwwrughh! it's ok, it's ok. we've got time. ♪ [impact collision] rawwggwwrughh! [impact collision] ...ughhhh! what!!! seeing your real-life millennium falcon get damaged is painful enough. filing your insurance claim shouldn't be. esurance makes it easy. so you can get on to your next adventure. oh, we gotta pick up my mom. ...ughhhh! ♪ esurance. see solo: a star wars story now playing.
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. mark: congressman desantis and zeldin, you both had a big role in pressing this government, before trump was elected, to follow what congress said should be done, which is move the embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. the president campaigns on it, he actually does it, then he's attacked for, it even though congress -- it's the law, even though he did it. you were in israel. what did you see in israel when you there were when the embassy was opened in jerusalem? >> well, it was an act of a friendly nation paying respects to an ally. it's their capital. it's been their capital for thousands of years, going back to biblical times and so the president doing that fulfilled, as you said, longstanding u.s. law, i think it has implications beyond israel because it showed leadership where other presidents have not been willing to lead and take the heat and you will see beneficial aspects of foreign
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policy beyond those borders, and so i think when you're leading with purpose and conviction, good things happen, hey, let's recognize the golan heights, israeli sovereignty, we're on a roll, get this done, absolutely. mark: so he recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. he moves the embassy like you said he would, he kills the iran deal which is a disastrous deal, like he said he would, and the left is attacking him for not only doing what he said, but many of them actually voted to move the embassy, schumer and others, and when it comes to the iran deal, the left doesn't know exactly what's in the iran deal, but they back it regardless. what do you make of what the president did? >> he is not fulfilling his own campaign promises but the campaign promises of presidents in the past, and most importantly the right thing to do, because as ron just said, it is israel's capital. and we are standing strong shoulder to shoulder with our nation's if not our nation's
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greatest allies, you have a free beacon of democracy in every region of world and we're standing with them. and leadership showed the next day with guatemala moving their embassy and paraguay and other countries talking about moving their embassies, the president did the right thing and what the american people may not recognize is that the streets were lined up with signs that were pro-usa, pro-trump, five-story tall signs on the side of buildings. mark: they love trump in israel, don't they? >> thousands of thousands, you were there, we saw this firsthand. thousands up thousands of kids, israeli kids holding up american flags and israeli flags and cheering, clapping and chanting, it was all good and treating israel like israel, iran like iran. mark: what message do you think north korea took out of this? >> that there's a new sheriff in town. that barack obama is not the president of the united states and president trump is not only
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willing to stand up to adversaries and treat them as adversaries and be strong, but also build stronger relationships with friends when you aracing like a good world citizen, when you are working with us, we'll work with you, and it will be better for both countries. mark: what do you think north korea saw? >> they saw a strong president. we had a weak president for eight years, and other presidents before him made the same commitment as obama, they didn't follow through on it. this president did. that he cancels the iran deal. that is a sign of strength, and especially in that region and rogue regimes, the strong horse is who they respect. president's a strong horse. mark: we'll be right back. lease the 2018 e350 for $339 a month for 36 mths. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight
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in someone's patient and eating tito's. i like our presidents chances here. he will tell kim jong-un to go pound sand. >> the stars are aligned and i think he will make these concessions and i do have faith that we are prepared for it and we are going in any way for all the work was done in advance and we will not get rolled at the table the same way barack obama got rolled with iraq. mark: he is quite widely with a great team. you got pompeo and bolton and others. i think it will work out well. we still need to see what comes out of this because he won't be president forever. you have to figure out how to enforce it on future presidents who might be at the left s
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reeith you. it's been a great pleasure having both of you. thank you for your service to your country before in congress and thank you for your service now. good luck on reelection and your race for governor. i will see you next time on "life, liberty and levin". good evening and welcome to a special edition of america's news headquarters i'm ed henry reporting live from singapore. the state cannot be higher and it was near months. trump was warned "fire and fury" as us intel officials warned us the north korea was working on a missile that fits inside small
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