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BRIAN:
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IRAN VOWING TO RETAILUATE AFTERU
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IRAN VOWING TO RETAILUATE AFTERS
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IRAN VOWING TO RETAILUATE AFTER.
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AIRSTRIKES TAKE DOWN QASSEM
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SOLEIMANI.
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STEVE: HERE WITH HER REACTION IS
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HOUSE ARMED SERVICES MEMBER
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TULSI GABBARD WHO JOINS US FROM
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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SHE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
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TULSI, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
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>> GOOD WHO MORNING.
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ALOE E THAT.
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STEVE: STEVE LOW THAT, INDEED.
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WE KNOW YOU WERE HAVING A TOWN
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HALL LAST NIGHT WHEN THIS NEWS
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BROKE.
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WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
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PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO TAKE OUT
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SULEMANI?
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>> THIS WAS VERY CLEARLY AN ACT
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OF WAR BY THIS PRESIDENT WITHOUT
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ANY KIND OF AUTHORIZATION OR
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DECLARATION OF WAR FROM
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CONGRESS.
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CLEARLY VIOLATING THE
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CONSTITUTION.
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IT FURTHER ESCALATES THIS TIT
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FOR TAT THAT'S GOING ON AND ON
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AND ON, WILL E LIS SIT A VERY
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SERIOUS RESPONSE FROM IRAN AND
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PUSHING US DEEPER AND DEEPER
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INTO THIS QUAGMIRE, AND IT
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REALLY BEGS THE QUESTION FOR
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WHAT?
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WHAT ARE WE --
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AINSLEY: HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY
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THAT?
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>> WHAT IS THE END STATE AND THE
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GOAL HERE?
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LOOK, I'VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME
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THAT GOING TO WAR WITH IRAN
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WOULD MAKE THE WAR IN IRAQ AND
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EVEN AFGHANISTAN LOOK LIKE A
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PICNIC.
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IT WILL BE FAR MORE COSTLY AND
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DEVASTATING IN AMERICAN LIVES
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AND IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
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AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE AMERICAN
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PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH
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IRAN.
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THEY UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS
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IS.
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AINSLEY: CONGRESSWOMAN, HOW DO
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YOU JUSTIFY IT WHEN YOU LACK AT
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THE STATISTICS?
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70% OF ALL U.S. DEATHS IN IRAQ
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FROM 2003-2007 WERE ORCHESTRATED
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BY ASSUME HANDNY.
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WHEN THEY -- SULEMANI.
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ARE WE SUPPOSED TO JUST STAND BY
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AND LET THE IRANIAN-BACKED
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MILITIAS INVADE OUR TERRITORY
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AND POSSIBLY KILL AMERICANS?
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>> NO, LOOK, THERE IS NO
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QUESTION ABOUT HOW EVIL THIS GUY
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IS.
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NO ONE SHOULD SHED A SINGLE TEAR
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FOR HIS DEATH.
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BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE
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QUESTION HERE.
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THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE
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TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IN
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THIS COUNTRY, AND WHERE WILL
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THIS DECISION THAT THIS
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PRESIDENT MADE TO ESCALATE THIS,
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THESE TENSIONS AND THIS CRISIS
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AND COMMIT THIS ACT OF WAR
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WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL
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AUTHORIZATION?
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IT WILL LEAD US TO AN OUTCOME
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THAT ACTUALLY FURTHER UNDERMINES
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OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND
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NEEDLESSLY SENDS MORE OF OUR
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TROOPS INTO HARM'S WAY.
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YOU KNOW, TRUMP TALKED A LOT IN
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HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCY
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AND EVEN SINCE HE'S BEEN IN
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OFFICE ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO END
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FOREVER WARS, BUT HIS ACTIONS
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TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
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JUST SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR
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ALONE, MAY OF 2019 ALONE, WE'VE
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SEEN MORE THAN 15,000 U.S.
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TROOPS, ADDITIONAL U.S. TROOPS
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BEING DEPLOYED ACROSS THE MIDDLE
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EAST.
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ALL OF THESE ACTIONS PUSHING US
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CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THIS WAR
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WITH IRAN.
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AND THIS STEP THAT HE JUST TOOK
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LAST NIGHT SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY
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ESCALATED THE SITUATION.
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BRIAN: SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR
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INFLUENCE IN IRAN, WHEN YOU
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LOOK -- EXCUSE ME, IN SYRIA,
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT IRAN'S
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INFLUENCE IN LEBANON, WHEN YOU
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LOOK AT IRAN'S INFLUENCE IN
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IRAQ, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR
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INFLUENCE WITHOUT THE,
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THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND NOW
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THEIR PURSUIT, COVERT AND OVERT
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OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON, ARE YOU
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COMFORTABLE WITH US JUST PULLING
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BACK AND WATCHING, SITTING IN
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THE STANDS AND SAYING PASS THE
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POPCORN?
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>> NO.
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I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
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WHY AND HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS
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POINT WHERE IRAN HAS A MUCH
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GREATER LEVEL OF INFLUENCE AND
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PRESENCE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.
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AS YOU MENTIONED.
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IT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR REGIME
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CHANGE WARS IN IRAQ AND AND
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LIBYA AND SYRIA THAT WE'VE SEEN
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THESE COUNTRIES TURN IRAQ AND
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SYRIA ESPECIALLY TURN MORE
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TOWARDS IRAN FOR HELP AND FOR
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ASSISTANCE, STRENGTHENING THEIR
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PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLOWING FOR
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IRAN TO GAIN FAR GREATER
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INFLUENCE AND PRESENCE IN MANY
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DIFFERENT RESPECTS IN THESE
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COUNTRIES.
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REALLY THE QUESTION THAT WE NEED
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TO ASK OURSELVES NOW IS WE HAVE
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MEN AND WOMEN IN HARM'S WAY
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TODAY IN THESE COUNTRIES, AND
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WHAT PURPOSE ARE THEY SERVING?
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ORIGINALLY IT WAS THAT THEY
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NEEDED TO GO AND TO PREVENT
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ANOTHER al-QAEDA INSURGENCY,
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AN ATTACK AND THREAT TO THE
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UNITED STATES, TO DEFEAT THESE
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TERRORISTS THAT ATTACKED US ON
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9/11.
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THAT'S THE CONGRESSIONAL
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AUTHORIZATION THAT OUR TROOPS
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ARE THERE FOR.
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BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW
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IS THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE CASE.
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al-QAEDA'S STRONGER, AND IT IS
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BECOMING MORE CLEAR THAT OUR
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TROOPS ARE REALLY THERE TO FIGHT
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AGAINST IRAN.
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ONCE AGAIN, A WAR THAT CONGRESS
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HAS NOT AUTHORIZED.
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THERE HAS BEEN NO --
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BRIAN: RIGHT.
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I DON'T THINK --
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[INAUDIBLE]
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[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
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I THINK THAT WAS A RESPONSE TO
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THE --
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>> IT JUST HAPPENED.
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IT JUST HAPPENED THOUGH.
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STEVE: CONGRESSWOMAN, YOU
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MENTIONED CONGRESS.
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CONGRESS RETURNS TO WORK
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TOGETHER.
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THAT'S YOUR OTHER FULL-TIME JOB
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IN ADDITION TO RUNNING FOR
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PRESIDENT.
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YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
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LOOKING IN AT NANCY PELOSI AND
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WONDERING WHAT EXACTLY IS
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HAPPENING WITH IMPEACHMENT.
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SHE STILL HASN'T TURNED OVER THE
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ARTICLES TO THE SENATE AS IS
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REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION,
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AND NOW WE HEAR THAT JOSH HOWLEY
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FROM THE GREAT STATE OF
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MISSOURI, THE SENATOR THERE --
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>> MISSOURI.
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STEVE: -- ON MONDAY IS GOING TO
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ESSENTIALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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LET'S MOVE TO REMOVE THESE
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BECAUSE, LET'S THROW THEM OUT
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BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS PLAYING
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POLITICS WITH THIS.
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>> I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT SENATOR
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HOWLEY HAS DOWN, BUT I WILL --
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HAS DONE, BUT I WILL SAY WHAT
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I'VE SAID REALLY ALL ALONG, THIS
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IMPEACH APPOINTMENT HAS ONLY
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PROVEN TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN
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TRUMP.
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IT'S INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD
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THAT IT'LL BE HARDER FOR US TO
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DEFEAT HIM, IT'LL INCREASE THE
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LIKELIHOOD THAT REPUBLICANS TAKE
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THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WHICH I
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DON'T THINK IS A GOOD THING FOR
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THE COUNTRY.
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I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND I
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BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REMOVE HIM
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FROM OFFICE AT THE BALLOT BOX.
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WE CAN DEFEAT HIM AT THE
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ELECTION IN 2020 SO THAT WE CAN
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BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THIS
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COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY BRING ABOUT
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THAT POSITIVE CHANGE, YOU ARE
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SCHERR IN -- USHER IN THAT NEW
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ERA OF OPPORTUNITY AND RESPECT
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AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS.
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THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING TOWARDS.
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STEVE: ARE YOU -- GO AHEAD.
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AINSLEY: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
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THE IOWA CAUCUS IS IN LITERALLY
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A MONTH.
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I THINK IT'S FEBRUARY 3RD,
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RIGHT?
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>> IT IS, YOUR RIGHT.
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AINSLEY: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
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TO GET THE ANTICIPATION OF THE
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VOTERS?
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>> REACHING OUT AND VISITING
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WITH VOTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY
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ACROSS THE EARLY STATES AND
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CONNECTING WITH THEM.
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AND WHAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE AND
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INSPIRING TO ME IS THAT, YOU
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KNOW, AT OUR TOWN HALL LAST
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NIGHT AND EVERY SINGLE DAY WE
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HAVE DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,
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INDEPENDENTS AND LIBERTARIANS
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WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER AND
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REALLY PUTTING COUNTRY FIRST.
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WANTING TO BREAK THIS
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HYPERPARTISAN GRIDLOCK IN
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WASHINGTON THAT'S STANDING IN
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THE WAY OF PROGRESS AND
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RECOGNIZING, HEY, WE WILL AGREE
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TO DISAGREE ON MAYBE A FEW
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ISSUES OR MAYBE EVEN A LOT OF
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ISSUES.
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BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AND
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STAND TOGETHER AS AMERICANS
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ROOTED IN OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR
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BILL OF RIGHTS, WHO WE ARE AS A
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COUNTRY, THEN WE CAN WORK
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TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE AND FIND
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THAT PATH FORWARD TOWARDS THAT
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BETTER AND BRIGHTER FUTURE.
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STEVE: WAS THE WATER OFF OF NEW
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HAMPSHIRE COLDER THAN THE WATER
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OFF OF HILO ON THE FIRST TODAY
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OF THE YEAR -- FIRST DAY OF THIS
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YEAR?
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[LAUGHTER]
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>> ONLY SLIGHTLY.
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I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH
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COLD IN MY LIFE.
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IT WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL WAY
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TO USHER IN THE NEW YEAR.
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I HAD A WET SUIT ON THAT DAY,
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AND SO IT WAS JUST MY FACE THAT
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WAS EXPOSED THAT WAS