>>> THE GREAT SILENT MAJORITY OF AMERICA IS RISING LIKE NEVER
BEFORE.
>> DONALD TRUMP, 40 POINTS AHEAD IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AND
HAS BEEN INDICTED IN FOUR DIFFERENT CASES.
>> THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA. THANK YOU, SOUTH CAROLINA.
GOD BLESS YOU.
>> THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT AN UPHILL BATTLE THIS IS FOR SOME OF THE
CANDIDATES.
>> I THINK THE WINDOW IS CLOSING.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME. 3 1/2 MONTHS UNTIL THE CAUCUSES.
>> CAN ANY OF THE CANDIDATES CATCH UP WITH DONALD TRUMP?
>>> BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ISRAEL. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU HAS DECLARED THAT ISRAEL IS AT WAR!
>> IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY, ISRAELIS WOKE TO A
SUDDEN ASSAULT FROM GAZA MILITANTS.
>> THE TERRORIST GROUP HAMAS LAUNCHING DEADLY AMBUSHES ON
CIVILIANS, HOMES, AND A CONCERT.
>> THIS IS EXTREME BRUTALITY, AND THE NUMBERS KEEP GROWING.
>> THEY'RE CALLING IT "THEIR 9/11."
>> ALREADY, ISRAEL HAS RESPONDED WITH AIR STRIKES.
PALESTINIAN FSHL PALESTINIAN FSOFFICIALS IN GAZA
SAY HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN KILLED.
>> ISRAEL IS NOW CALLING UP THOUSANDS OF RESERVES FOR WHAT
COULD BE ONE OF THE BLOODIEST CONFLICTS IN DECADES.
♪ ♪
>> LIVES HAVE BEEN BROKEN, FAMILIES TORN APART.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING. THE UNITED STATES STANDS WITH
ISRAEL. WE WILL NOT EVER FAIL TO HAVE
THEIR BACK. WE'LL MAKE SURE THE JEWISH AND
DEMOCRATIC STATE OF ISRAEL CAN DEFEND ITSELF TODAY, TOMORROW,
AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.
>> WILL THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON NOW PRIORITIZE FOREIGN POLICY?
>> WE NEED STABILITY. WE NEED TO PULL IT TOGETHER.
WE TALKED ABOUT DOMESTIC POLICY. LET'S TALK ABOUT NATIONAL
SECURITY.
>> WHERE'S THE LEADERSHIP? DID THEY WAKE BIDEN UP SO HE CAN
MAN THE POST FOR US?
>> IF IT CAN HAPPEN OVER THERE, IT CAN CERTAINLY HAPPEN OVER
HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE LEADING VOICES LIKE DONALD
TRUMP, VIVEK RAMASWAMY, AND RON DeSANTIS SIGNALING RETREAT FROM
AMERICA'S ROLE AS LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD.
>> UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, WE WILL STAND WITH ISRAEL AND WE WILL
NOT LET THEM FAIL. DON'T FORGET, YOU KNOW, I DID
HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH ISRAEL, THOUGH.
♪ ♪
>>> IT'S CHAOS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I DO FEEL A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
PLAYED OUT WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
>> IT'S RIDICULOUS. THERE'S NO LEADERSHIP AT THE
TOP.
>> THE WHOLE WORLD WAS AT PEACE WHEN TRUMP WAS IN IN.
>> PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP AND REALIZING WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> THE WORLD WAS CALM WHEN HE WAS THERE, AND THE WORLD IS
CALLING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO COME BACK.
>> JEN, WHO DO WE HAVE ON HERE?
>> WE HAVE TIM MILLER.
>> I MISS YOU, JEN.
>> I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
>> WE'RE ALL HERE IN IOWA. JEN IS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN RACE,
BUT THEN HOSTILITY BUT THEN HOSTILITIES BREAK OUT
IN ISRAEL OVER THE WEEKEND AND HAMAS LAUNCHES A COORDINATED
ATTACK.
>> JUST A HORRIFIC STORY. 700 PLUS ISRAELIS DEAD.
150 HOSTAGES. AND TODAY, ISRAEL DECLARED A
FULL SIEGE OF GAZA, CUTTING OFF ELECTRICITY AND WATER.
>> THIS IS THE REAL WORLD INTERVENING IN A REAL WAY WITH A
REAL CRISIS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
THE CAMPAIGNS DEAL WITH THIS, THIS WEEK.
>> THE SAN BERNARDINO DOMESTIC TERROR ATTACK HAPPENS.
ON THE CAMPAIGN, WE THINK MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
SERIOUSNESS, STRENGTH. MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE ROAD, WHAT
DID DONALD TRUMP DO? MUSLIM BAN.
>> DONALD J. TRUMP IS CALLING FOR A TOTE
FOR A TOTAL AND CLEAT SHUTDOWN OF MUSLIMS ENTERING THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THAT WAS SUCH A BIG IMPRINT OF DONALD TRUMP'S DNA TO SAY WHO
HE IS AND WHAT HE REPRESENTED. UP UNTIL NOW, THIS HAS BEEN A
STABLE RACE. THIS IS THE THING THAT CAN
DESTABILIZE IT.
>> WE LOST 100 DAYS TO THE IOWA CAUCUSES, AND THE ONER
CAUCUSES, AND THE ONE ER CAUCUSES, AND THE ONE
IRREDUCIBLE, UNDENIABLE FACT IS TRUMP IS CRUSHING EVERYBODY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A CANDIDATE THIS DOMINANT SINCE 1999 WHEN THE
CANDIDATE WAS UP BY 33 POINTS.
>> TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE WILLING TO AFFIRM HIS SUPERIORITY NO
MATTER WHAT HE DOES. BEING INDICTED, NOT DEBATING.
IT'S NOT SEEN AS WEAKNESS, IT'S SEEN AS A WAY OF DIFFERENTIATING
HIMSELF FROM THE PACK. OF COURSE, THE PACK ISN'T REALLY
DOING THEMSELVES ANY FAVORS WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING ON TRUMP.
THEY JUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES.
>> ALL OF THE CANDIDATES, IF TRUMP DOES GET BEAT IN IOWA OR
NEW HAMPSHIRE, IT'S OVER. SO THERE'S THE CANDIDATES WHO
ARE ALL IN, IN IOWA AND THEN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AND A VERY NARROW SLICE THAT ARE STRADDLING BOTH PLACES.
>> DeSANTIS IS GOING ALL IN. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN
HERE OR NOT AT ALL. HE'S TRYING TO BECOME GOVERNOR
OF IOWA, AND HE'S GOING TO EVERY SINGLE COUNTY.
HE'S MOVED HIS STAFF HERE FROM TALLAHASSEE.
>> ONE PROBLEM IS McCAIN LIKED PEOPLE.
>> HE'S THE NUMBER TWO HERE. HE'S A LITTLE OVER 20%, 30
POINTS BEHIND TRUMP, BUT HE'S GOING IN.
>> THE MOST ALL-IN ON NEW HAMPSHIRE BY FAR IS CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
>> NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF STATE.
INDEPENDENTS CAN VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
BUT THERE WAS A POLE LAST WEEK, AND CHRIS CHRISTIE, WHO HAD BEEN
IN SECOND PLACE, FELL TO THIRD.
>> THE PROBLEM IS, JUST HOW MUCH THE BASE HATES HIM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE IOWA NUMBERS, CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS A FAVORABLE
NUMBER LOWER THAN ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. WITH REPUBLICAN
VOTERS HERE.
>> THE CANDIDATE THAT IS MOST ASSERTIVELY TRYING TO STRADDLE
BETWEEN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRYING TO GO IN BOTH PLACES?
>> NIKKI HALEY.
>> THIS WEEK, SHE'S HERE IN IOWA, ON HER WAY TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
>> SHE'S SEEN UPTICKS IN POLLING AND IN FUND-RAISING AFTER BOTH
DEBATES.
>> THIS WEEK WITH THE ISRAEL CRISIS HAPPENING, AS FORMER U.N.
AMBASSADOR, THIS GOES RIGHT TO HER BACK GROUND.
THIS IS RIGHT IN HERE WHEEL HOUSE.
>> THE BIG QUESTION FOR HER THIS WEEK, WILL SHE GO AT TRUMP?
THIS IS A CLEAR DIFFERENCE WHERE THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HER AND THE FRONT-RUNNER.
DO WE WANT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT THAT WILL BE A STRONG
LEADER ON THE WORLD STAGE OR SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO BE
AMERICA FIRST?
>> ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES, ALL OF THEM, ARE GOING TO TRASH JOE
BIDEN. BUT CAN ANYBODY FIND A WAY TO
TURN THIS CRISIS INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN GROUND ON
TRUMP?
>> IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE FAMOUS FOR THE LATE SURGE, THE
DARK HORSE CANDIDATE. THE LAST-MINUTE SURPRISE.
THE SHOCK OF THE WORLD.
>> THINGS CAN CHANGE FAST HERE, RIGHT?
>> THERE'S THIS BUBBLE AROUND THESE CANDIDATES.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC ISSUES AND YOU LIVE IN THIS
WEIRD SPACE OF CAMPAIGN RHETORIC AND TWEETS.
BUT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE HAMAS AND ISRAEL HAPPENS OR A
FINANCIAL CRISIS OR COVID, IT PIERCES THE BUBBLE.
AND THEN REALITY COMES RUSHING IN.
♪ ♪
>> WHAT A GREAT DAY IN IOWA, RIGHT?
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, NIKKI HALEY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO IOWA. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I HAVE TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SADNESS THAT
HAS HAPPENED IN ISRAEL. THE WAY WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THIS IS WITH STRENGTH, IS UNITED.
LET'S REALIZE THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT
HAS MORAL CLARITY. WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A NEW
GENERATIONAL LEADER. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE NEED THE PRESIDENT AND EVERYBODY TO HAVE ALL HANDS ON
DECK. AND RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A
PRESIDENT THAT IS MISSING IN ACTION.
THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY
OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY
HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, TO THE HILT.
>> MIKE PENCE IS ATTACKING YOU ON THE ISSUE OF ISRAEL SAY THING
IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE LEADING VOICES LIKE DONALD TRUMP
AND RON DeSANTIS SIGNALING A RETREAT FROM AMERICA'S ROLE AS A
LEADER IN THE FREE WORLD.
>> IF MIKE PENCE WANTS TO BLAME ME FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING, I THINK
THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD JUST LAUGH AT THAT.
WHAT A JOKE.
>> THE WAR AGAINST HAMAS IS INTO ITS FOURTH DAY.
>> ISRAEL IS CARRYING OUT PUNISHING AIR STRIKES IN GAZA,
AS ITS AS IT S
AS ITS IRON DOME INTERCEPTS MISSILES.
>> AT LEAST 1600 LIVES HAVE BEEN CLAIMED ON BOTH SIDES.
>> REPERCUSSION ALSO BE FELT BEYOND THE REGION.
>> THE WORLD ORDER IS BEING RESHUFFLED AS WE SPEAK WITH
PUTIN ROLLING INTO UKRAINE, WITH CHINA THREATENING IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER. AND NOW WITH ANOTHER OUTBREAK IN
THE MIDDLE EAST. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
OPEN TO SOMEONE WHO IS SMART, RATIONAL, TOUGH, AND THIS IS A
TIME FOR THE CANDIDATES TO STAND UP AND SHOW THAT.
♪ ♪
>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
THIS IOWA RACE IS IMPORTANT, BUT EVERYONE IS STILL DOING WHAT
THEY TEND TO DO HERE. NO ONE IS POINTING OUT TRUMP --
OTHER THAN PENCE. DOES THAT SEEM STRANGE THAT
THERE IS NOT MORE CONTRAST GOING ON?
>> THERE ARE WAYS TO GO AFTER TRUMP THAT WORKS BETTER THAN
OTHERS. THE FRONTAL ASSAULT HAS NOT
WORKED FOR ANYBODY. IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE TRUMP IS AT
IN IOWA, HE'S 15, 20 POINTS LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL POLLS.
SO IOWANS TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, THEY REALLY DO.
WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE OPEN TO SOMEONE OTHER THAN TRUMP,
THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH. IS IT POSSIBLE TO BEAT TRUMP
HERE? MAYBE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT IOWA'S JOB IS.
I THINK IOWA'S JOB IS TO HELP RESOLVE THIS FIELD DOWN TO TWO
PEOPLE BY THE TIME YOU GET TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND GOING INTO
SUPER TUESDAY. THAT'S IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE'S
JOB.
>> THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE.
>> IT IS TRUE.
>> IF DONALD TRUMP WINS IOWA, THE CAMPAIGN'S OVER.
>> NO, THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING ON.
>> HE'S WINNING THE OTHER STATES MORE THAN IOWA.
>> IT'S THE DELTA BETWEEN TRUMP AND SECOND PLACE.
IF IT'S TRUMP 35, JOE SHMO 25, AND EVERYBODY ELSE 10, YOU HAVE
A RACE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. PEOPLE WILL DROP OUT AND IF YOU
GET THROUGH THAT AND THAT SECOND PLACE FINISHER HAS ANOTHER
STRONG PERFORMANCE, YOU'LL HAVE A RACE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
NEVADA. ARE WE ABLE TO RATIONALIZE IT
DOWN TO TWO PEOPLE? THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TRUMP CAN BE
DEFEATED.
>> YOU'VE GOT HALEY, YOU'VE GOT DeSANTIS, WHO WERE SEEN AS THE
TWO NON-TRUMP CANDIDATES IN IOWA.
ANY OTHER REPUBLICAN, DO YOU SEE ANY SIGN OF LIFE IN THIS STATE?
>> NO, NO.
>> SO THERE'S DeSANTIS WHO IS TRENDING DOWN, SLOWLY, A LITTLE
BIT. AND NIKKI HALEY IS TRENDING UP.
START WITH DeSANTIS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIM IF
>> HE'S DOING THE IOWA THING RIGHT.
HE'S GOING EVERYWHERE. HE'S GOT AN EXCELLENT TEAM ON
THE GROUND. I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THE
CONSTITUENCY HERE THAT HE NEEDS, WHICH IS THE EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANS THAT TEND TO COALESCE LATE.
>> A WHICH HAVE OF DOOM ABOUT RON DeSANTIS, IN GENERAL AND
HERE, DO YOU GET THE SENSE THIS IS NOT YET A CORPSE BUT COULD BE
SOON?
>> THERE'S A REASON HE'S PUTTING ALL THE CHIPS ON THE TABLE HERE.
TRAJECTORY MATTERS A LOT. NIKKI HALEY HAS BEEN RISING
SINCE THE FIRST DEBATE. SHE'S A STRONG, TOUGH, FEMALE
CANDIDATE WHO CAN DELIVER A LINE.
DOES SHE NEED TO CONTRAST WITH TRUMP?
PROBABLY. THERE'S ALSO TIME FOR IT.
THIS CAMPAIGN IS JUST GET MAG CHUR HERE.
NO, SERIOUSLY. THIS STUFF BREAKS LATE.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A FANTASY WORLD, WHERE EVERY ONE OF
TRUMP'S CHALLENGERS ARE PRETENDING LIKE THE PERSON THAT
IS WINNING BY 40 POINTS AND WAS THE SITTING PRESIDENT AND
INDICTED FOUR TIMES DOESN'T EXIST.
>> EVERYBODY JUST PRETENDS LIKE HE'S NOT THERE.
WHY ARE WE HERE? SHOULD
SHOULDN'T THEY FIND AN ISSUE WHERE THEY CAN OFFER A STRONG
CONTRAST TO HIM?
>> WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO SORT OUT WHO IS GOING TO TAKE HIM ON ONE
ON ONE. TRUMP LOOKS VULNERABLE TO JOE
BIDEN, WHO SHOULD BE BEATABLE BY EVERYBODY.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THIS IS A ONE ON ONE RACE
WITH A TALENTED, COMPETENT POLITICIAN WHO CAN TAKE HIM ON.
THE DOOR'S OPEN. SOMEBODY HAS TO WALK THROUGH.
>> MORE EVIDENCE KEEPS COMING TO LIVE OF THE DEPRAVITY WHICH
HAMAS BEGAN THESE TERROR ATTACKS FOUR DAYS AGO.
>> YOUR HEARTBREAKS AND SINKS THINKING ABOUT THE STORIES TOLD
AND THOSE YET TO UNCOVER.
>> THIS IS AN ACT OF SHEER EVIL. MORE THAN 1,000 CIVILIANS
SLAUGHTERED IN ISRAEL. AMONG THEM, AT LEAST 14 AMERICAN
CITIZENS KILLED. PARENTS BUTCHERED USING THEIR
BODIES TO TRY TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN.
STOMACH TURNING REPORTS OF BEING BABIES BEING KILLED.
ENTIRE FAMILIES SLAIN. THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION FOR
TERRORISM. THERE'S NO EXCUSE.
HAMAS DOES NOT STAND FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO
DIGNITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION. THE STATED PURPOSE IS THE EYE
THE STATED PURPOSE IS THE E ANNIHILATION OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL. LET THERE BE NO DOUBT, THE
UNITED STATES HAS ISRAEL'S BACK.
>> CERTAINLY THE MOST IMPASSIONED SPEECH THAT ANY
PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN IN HISTORY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
>> JOE BIDEN ON TUESDAY SPOKE FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE THE
ATTACK WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
BIDEN PLEDGED THAT THE U.S. COULD OFFER WHATEVER RESOURCES
THE COUNTRY NEEDED.
>> JUST REMEMBER HOW MUCH SAFER THE WORLD WAS UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. I WAS ALSO PROUD TO BE THE BEST
FRIEND ISRAEL HAS EVER HAD IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BY FAR.
YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH ISRAEL, THOUGH.
WHEN WE TOOK OUT SOLEMENI, IT WAS US AND ISRAEL WORKING
TOGETHER. THE NIGHT BEFORE I GOT A CALL
THAT ISRAEL WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT BEBE NETANYAHU LET US DOWN.
WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED. AND THEN THERE WAS THE
INEVITABLE ATTACK, WHICH I PREDICTED.
AND THEN TWO NIGHTS AGO, I READ ALL OF BIDEN'S SECURITY PEOPLE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE NATIONAL DEFENSE PEOPLE, AND THEY SAID, GEE, I
HOPE HEZBOLLAH DOESN'T ATTACK FROM THE NORTH, BECAUSE THAT'S
THE MOST VULNERABLE SPOT. I SAID YOU KNOW, HEZBOLLAH IS
VERY SMART, THEY'RE ALL VERY SMART.
SO THE FOLLOWING MORNING THEY ATTACKED.
SAY WHAT YOU WANT, ISRAEL WAS NOT READY.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP THEIR GAME AND THE UNITED
STATES WILL HAVE TO STEP UP THEIR GAME.
WE'RE REALLY LED BY THE WRONG PEOPLE.
BUT IT COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO WORLD WAR III.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS FACING BACKLASH FROM MEMBERS
OF HIS OWN PARTY.
>> HE BLASTED BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND CRITICIZED ISRAELI
INTELLIGENCE.
>> WILL THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS?
>> LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE REMARKS THAT HE'S BEEN
ROUNDLY CRITICIZED FOR.
>> I DON'T WANT TO HEAR HOW GREAT HEZBOLLAH IS.
DONALD TRUMP WAS THE RIGHT PRESIDENT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
I DON'T THINK HE'S THE RIGHT PRESIDENT NOW.
>> VICE PRESIDENT PENCE HAS ALSO BEEN VERY CRITICAL.
>> THIS IS NO TIME FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE SENDING
ANY MESSAGE OTHER THAN AMERICA STANDS WITH ISRAEL.
BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO IN THAT RHETORIC LAST NIGHT, LOOK,
HEZBOLLAH IS NOT SMART. THEY'RE EVIL.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE SAID TRUMP PRAISES THE MURDERERS AND
ATTACKS ISRAELI OVER PETTY, PERSONAL GRIEVANCES.
BUT SURPRISINGLY, RON DeSANTIS, WHO HAS BEEN LOATHE TO GO ON THE
ATTACK AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, WAS THE FIRST OUT OF THE BOX.
>> NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE DOING LIKE WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID
BY ATTACKING PRIME MINISTER BEBE NETANYAHU.
ATTACKING ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER, SAYING SOMEHOW THAT
HEZBOLLAH WERE VERY SMART.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THE GLOVES WERE COMING OFF, THAT THIS VERY
SERIOUS FOREIGN POLICY SITUATION HAS PROVOKED A BIG CHANGE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
>> THANKS FOR COMING OUT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT GOING
ON IN THE WORLD NOW, PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN ISRAEL. WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS
LEADERSHIP.
>> HERE'S THE THING. I DON'T THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL ELECT HIM AGAIN, AND I THINK THE DATA HAS SHOWN THE
VOTERS THAT DISLIKE BIDEN AND TRUMP, MOST OF THEM DISLIKE
TRUMP MORE. THE COUNTRY WANTS A CHANGE FROM
BIDEN, BUT THEY WANT TO START FRESH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> DISTURBING NEW DETAILS OF HAMAS' ATROCITIES CONTINUE TO
EMERGE.
>> HAMAS TERRORISTS MURDERED, RAPED, TORTURED, AND BURNED
INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
>> THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS CARRIED OUT THOUSANDS OF STRIKES
ACROSS THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY.
>> PALESTINIANS ARE FREEING AFTER ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
ORDERED MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE TO IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE.
>> A MASS EVACUATION THE U.N. SAYS IS IMPOSSIBLE.
>> THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENS BY THE HOUR.
>> YOU WERE THE FIRST OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES TO CRITICIZE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AFTER THE
HAMAS ATTACKS. EVEN BEFORE HIS SPEECH ON
WEDNESDAY, YOU SAID THAT HIS APPROACH WAS SIGNALLING A
RETREAT FROM AMERICA TO THE WORLD.
IS THAT SOMETHING NEW OR SOMETHING YOU WITNESSED AS VICE
PRESIDENT?
>> I'M PROUD OF THE RECORD OF THE TRUMP/PENCE ADMINISTRATION.
WE STOOD FOR OUR ALLIES, STOOD UP TO OUR ENEMIES.
BUT AS I SAID HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE A FEW WEEKS AGO, NOT
ONLY THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT SOME PEOPLE IN THE PRIMARY HAVE
BEEN SIGNALING RETREAT AS AMERICA'S ROLE AS LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD.
>> DO YOU SENSE SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> WHEN WE RAN IN 2016, HE RAN ON A PLATFORM OR ENDING FOREVER
WARS, BRINGING THE AFGHANISTAN WAR TO A CONCLUSION.
>> SO WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT CHANGE?
>> I THINK IT'S IN PART BECAUSE OF THE FAILED DOMESTIC AGENDA OF
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE HURTING,
ENERGY PRICES ARE UP, INFLATION AT A 40-YEAR HIGH.
IT'S GIVEN IMPETUS TO THE MOVE THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
SOLVING PROBLEMS AT HOME AND BEING THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD. I REJECT THAT CHOICE.
WE CAN DO BOTH.
>> YOU'RE BLAMING BIDEN'S FOR TRUMP -- YOU'RE CRITICIZING --
>> I THINK THE CHOICE WE FACE IN THE PRIMARY IS BETWEEN POPULISM
AND CONSERVATISM.
>> BUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE POPULISM. THAT WAS SOMETHING --
>> NO, THAT WAS JUST TRUMP.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT HE HAS THE MORAL CLARITY TO BE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES?
>> TO ME, IT'S LESS ABOUT WORDS THAT BE IT IS ABOUT DEEDS AND
ACTION. WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY YEARS AS
VICE PRESIDENT WAS SIMPLY THAT AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES IN THE
WORLD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY, THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU
DO.
>> JUDGE US BY OUR ACTIONS, NOT BY OUR WORDS.
FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, PRAISING HEZBOLLAH, THOSE THINGS
AREN'T IN YOUR VIEW DISQUALIFYING TO BE COMMANDER IN
CHIEF?
>> I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, BECAUSE I THINK DONALD TRUMP
SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AGAIN, FOR A WHOLE
RANGE OF REASONS.
>> RIGHT.
>> I THINK WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HEZBOLLAH THIS WEEK WAS OVER THE
LINE. TO CRITICIZE THE PRIME MINISTER
OF ISRAEL IN THE WAKE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC ATTACK ON THE
JEWISH PEOPLE, I THINK IT WAS RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> BUT NOT QUITE DISQUALIFYING?
>> LOOK, I HAVE ONE VOTE IN THE PRIMARY, THE INDIANA PRIMARY.
I DON'T LIKE TELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT'S
DISQUALIFYING AND NOT.
>> WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN IF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AGAIN?
>> I THINK IF AMERICA SHRINKS BACK IN ANY WAY FROM ISRAEL, OUR
SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL AND NATO ALLIES, THAT WE WILL INHERIT THE
WHIRL WIND IN THE 21st CENTURY.
>> SO FRIDAY MORNING, WE ARE IN THE CAPITAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN
CONCORD, ABOUT TO WATCH A RITUAL, WHICH IS CANDIDATE'S
OFFICIAL FILINGS. WE HAVE NIKKI HALEY FILING THIS
MORNING.
>> I REMEMBER PREPPING CANDIDATES.
IT'S NOT LIKE A REALITY, BUT YOU WANT A HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN IF THE CANDIDATE GOES IN THERE FOR THE
FILING AND THERE'S ONLY A FEW OLD LADIES IN THERE.
I REMEMBER THE NERVES.
>> WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING NIKKI HALEY.
THE QUESTION IS, IS SHE GOING TO TAKE A SHOT AT TRUMP?
SO FAR, IT'S BEEN ADJACENT BUT NOT REALLY GETTING IT.
>> IF SHE'S GOING TO TAKE OFF IN THE POLLS, SHE HAS TO DO IT NOW.
ATTACKING TRUMP ISN'T THE ONLY PART OF THAT, BUT IT'S A PART OF
IT.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PIECES OF FURNITURE FROM THE
1800s. IT'S A TRADITION FOR
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO SIGN.
>> THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THE PRESS CONFERENCE FROM HERE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START IT.
>> SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACK, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
NEED FOR MORAL CLARITY AND LEADERSHIP.
YOU WORKED WITH THE FRONT-RUNNER.
WE HEARD HIS COMMENTS THIS WEEK. DOES HE HAVE MORAL CLARITY?
>> WHEN I SAY WE NEED A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER, WE HAVE TO
LEAVE THE BAGGAGE AND NEGATIVITY AND CHAOS OF THE PAST.
LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE NOW. WE HAVE DEMOCRAT CHAOS WITH
INFLATION, WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE CLASSROOMS,
OPEN BORDERS, WE HAVE IT WITH CRIMES ON OUR STREET.
AND NOW WE HAVE IT WITH THREATS AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU DON'T FIX DEMOCRAT CHAOS WITH REPUBLICAN CHAOS.
AND IF YOU KEEP LIVING IN THE PAST, THAT'S WHAT AMERICA IS
GOING TO GET.
>> DOES HE HAVE THE MORAL CLARITY TO LEAD RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK TO GO AND GIVE CREDIT TO HEZBOLLAH AND TO GO AND
CRITICIZE THE HEAD OF A COUNTRY WHO JUST SAW MASSIVE BLOODSHED,
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED IN A PRESIDENT.
WHAT WE NEED IN A PRESIDENT IS SOMEONE THAT KNOWS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, WHO KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. YES, RIGHT HERE.
>>> WE ARE ENDING OUR WEEK AT THE FIRST IN THE NATION NEW
HAMPSHIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT. IT'S BASICALLY THE BIG
REPUBLICAN CATTLE CALL. ALL THE CANDIDATES ARE COMING
HERE TODAY AND TOMORROW. WE ARE COMING HERE TO SEE ONE
CANDIDATE IN PARTICULAR. THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE
REPUBLICAN FIELD WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY, OPENLY, DIRECTLY,
FIERCELY TAKEN ON DONALD TRUMP, THAT'S CHRIS CHRISTIE.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD DROP OUT AND ENDORSE SOMEONE BETTER
POLLING THAN YOU?
>> UMM, NO. NEXT.
>> I WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU FOCUSED ON RIGHT AWAY, YOU SAID PETTY
PERSONAL GRIEVANCES.
>> YEP. WHEN YOU SAY THE THINGS HE SAID
ABOUT NETANYAHU THIS WEEK IN THE CONTEXT OF, YOU KNOW, THE FACT
THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS THE GREATEST LOSS OF JEWISH LIFE IN
ONE INCIDENT SINCE THE HOLOCAUST.
HE IS MENTALLY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT.
>> YOU'VE KNOWN HIM REALLY WELL BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT, THEN
OFF AND ON AS PRESIDENT. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS CHANGED?
WHAT IT IS, DO YOU HAVE A THEORY WHY HE IS WORSE?
>> HE LOST, HE KNOWS HE LOST AND CAN'T BEAR IT.
AND HE LOST TO JOE BIDEN, WHO NO ONE HAS LOST TO OUTSIDE THE
STATE OF DELAWARE IN HISTORY.
>> THE REST OF YOUR REPUBLICANS IN THE FIELD, UNTIL THIS WEEK,
TO SOME EXTENT, HAVE BASICALLY BEEN LIKE WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING
BAD ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. THAT WOULD BE SUICIDE.
>> THEY'RE COWARDS. THEY'RE COWARDS AND COMPLETELY
SELF-MOTIVATED. THEY ALL, YOU KNOW, SAY WELL, I
WANT TO BE PRESIDENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF NOT, I DON'T
WANT TO NECESSARILY TAKE MYSELF OUT OF THE RUNNING TO GET
SOMETHING IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IT IS SUCH A GROSS ERROR. BOTH IN TERMS OF STRATEGICALLY
TRYING TO WIN THE RACE, BUT ALSO IT SHOWS YOU TO BE DISHONEST.
>> THE ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS WOULD BE, LOOK AT CHRIS
CHRISTIE. HE'S TAKEN TRUMP ON EVERY DAY.
2/3 OF NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS SAY THEY DON'T WANT ANY PART OF
HIM, AND WHAT THEY WOULD DEDUCE FROM THAT IS, THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ISN'T LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
>> I STILL THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO CONCLUDE THAT'S RIGHT.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THE STUFF HE'S DONE THIS WEEK WILL HAVE
SOME IMPACT UPON HIM. AND WE HAVE FOUR MONTHS BEFORE
ANYBODY IS GOING TO VOTE.
>> THAT'S WHY THIS WEEK COULD MATTER.
IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT TRUMP COLLAPSES.
IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN LIKE THIS WEEK, TRAGIC AS IT IS, BUT
IT HAS POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS, THAT COULD PIERCE THE BUBBLE OF
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND SHIFT ENOUGH TO WHERE IT'S
COMPETITIVE.
>> IF YOU WANT TO WIN, YOU HAVE TO BEAT HIM.
AND I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS WORKS OR
NOT. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THE ONLY
THING THAT MIGHT. ♪ THERE'S A DARKNESS UPON YOU ♪
♪ AND THEY TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG AND WHAT'S RIGHT ♪
♪ AND IT FLIES BY DAY, AND IT FLIES BY NIGHT ♪
♪ AND I'M