Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. Right now President Biden is on his way to new york where hes slated to meet with World Leaders at the United NationsGeneral Assembly, including ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The stakes could not be higher for the ukrainian leader as his country faces an Uphill Battle in its counteroffensive against russian forces. Hes expected to seek more support from the u. S. And its allies. But as the president prepares for another moment on The World Stage, hes facing Major Political headaches back here in washington. House republicans are moving forward with an Impeachment Inquiry against him. When asked about it at the white house earlier this afternoon, he laughed and told reporters his response to mccarthy is, quote, lots of luck. And thats just one fight up on capitol hill. A Government Shutdown is also looming as the deadline to get a Spending Bill passed in congress inches closer. Lets discuss that and more with republican congressman tim burchett of tennessee. Congressman, thanks so much for being with us. Let me ask you this. As you any, one of your republican colleagues in the house, ken buck, is making some headlines for condemning the republican impeachment effort against President Biden. He says the gop is relying on what he calls an imagined history. What do you think . Do you agree . Kens a former prosecutor. Hes an honorable guy and a dear friend. As a matter of fact, we were sitting side by side On January 6th when all that went down. So i would i listen to what he says. He doesnt speak often, but when he does, he does it with a great deal of class and intellect. So i take everything he says seriously, jim, honestly. I wouldnt brush it off because he makes some valid points. Hes stated how does that tie when he was Vice President , all this Criminal Activity, how does that, you know, forward into being president . And theres a gap there. So i think thats what you know, honestly, i think thats what part of the inquiry im not an attorney, but i think thats what the inquiry will do, will allow for more of that activity. There isnt any evidence of any Criminal Activity during that time when he was Vice President thats been put forward. I mean just to jump in there and ask you specifically, do you think its a good idea to launch this Impeachment Inquiry, or do you have some reservations about it . Oh, i dont have any reservations about it. Its an inquiry. Its not an impeachment. And if you think were going to get the votes to do it, 60 votes in the senate, even if we get it in the house, the impeachment, i think its a pipe dream. But i believe the basis is not requesting. Theyre demanding it. As ive stated so its being done for political reasons . No, no. I think its being done because people are you know, we live in a democracy. To say anything in washington is political, you know, the soft drink you drink in the committee room, its political. We have chickfila for lunch, its political. Everything we do down there is political. Its a political town. Were political officers. So in ta sense, it is, but wer just doing our duty. Its what were asked to do. Youre old enough to remember, just as i am, when House Republicans impeached president clinton back in the late 90s. That wasnt exactly good for the Republican Party back then. It came at a cost for the gop and helped bill clintons approval numbers. Might this backfire on House Republicans and help President Biden . It might, and thats why ive encouraged us to move ahead with the budget situation. Were 32 trillion in debt. The conservative proposals out there are spending you know, all estimates show were going to take in around 5 trillion, and were going to spend around 7 trillion. Where is that conservative in any shape, form, or fashion . I think we need to walk and chew gum at the same time. I think Jody Arrington is a very capable chairman of the Budget Committee. I wish i was still on the Budget Committee because, you know, in 30 years or so, we havent passed a budget in congress, and i would like to see his Committee Move forward with a budget that would, in fact, balance our budget in a reasonable amount of time. And i think they can do that. I think thats one of the concerns, and its a valid concern, is that we just stay focused on one issue. But i think if were allowed to play this out, i think that the other committees will go ahead with their job and move ahead with that because thats whats going to sink this country. You know, the conservatives, on one hand theyre saying we need to kick joe biden out of office. I say, do you want Kamala Harris as your president. Theyre all, no, no. I said thats whats going to happen. So you better have you a plan. Thats why ive stated we need to move ahead with some budget talks because down deep, that is why the republicans have a majority. We know were out of control spending, and weve got to get control of it. But to do that, do you think theres going to be a Government Shutdown . Possibly. Possibly. I saw the do you support that . Well, if we dont have if were not reducing the amount of money were spending, i would support it. Theyre saying it could cost us 3 billion to shut down, but lets put that in perspective. Weve sent basically 114 billion unchecked to ukraine. I think the conservatives and frankly some of the moderates are concerned about the border situation, the fentanyl. Youve seen the numbers. Its ridiculous. Theres no other reason to do that other than to say weve made a mistake at the border. That mistake is multipresident ial, and it continues on into the Biden Administration exponentially. I think theres a lot of things tied into that. Congressman, let me ask you about former President Trump. Im sure you saw earlier today he was on Meet The Press. He was speaking out on his attempts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, and he says pushing his unsubstantiated claims of Election Fraud that the election was rigged, which of course is not true, was his idea. Lets listen to that. You called some of your outside lawyers you said they had crazy theories. Why were you listening to them . Were you listening to them because they were telling you what you wanted to hear . You know who i listened to . Myself. I saw what happened much i thought the election was over at 10 00 in the evening. Were you calling the shots, mr. President , ultimately . As to whether or not i believed it was rigged, sure. Okay. It was my decision. Congressman, youhe seems to admitting it was his decision to try to overturn the 2020 election. Is that a good idea to go on Meet The Press and acknowledge that sort of thing when hes under investigation by the Special Counsel . Id need to go back and watch. I dont watch Meet The Press, so i wouldnt know exactly what he said, i wouldnt know if that was a cutup clip or not. But i suspect what hes saying is he does not believe that he lost that election, and in his heart, he doesnt believe he lost that election, and a lot of folks do, and a lot of the base do. All i can tell you is isnt that a little silly for him to continue to say that . Well, our Secretary Of State runs a clean election in tennessee, and weve had received very few complaints. Thats really all i ever comment on is tennessee. But, yeah, i your election wasnt rigged, was it . You won. No. I won overwhelmingly, so i sure hope it wasnt. Im usually the most underfunded candidate out there. So im doing something right, i guess. I guess you get what im saying, right . I do. It boggles the mind a little bit why the former president continues to say that. Trump continues to say the election was rigged. Why doesnt somebody tell him to knock that off . Nobody believes that except him. Well, hes trump. I mean nobody told george bush either bush what to do, and i suspect nobody told president obama what to do. Ultimately they have big egos, and they do what theyre going to do, and theyre going to say what they want to say. Thats the problem with leadership. Thats one problem i do not have. Ive got people around me all the time that tell me what i dont do right. In my household, i get that quite a bit, and im generally wrong when they tell me that. But, you know, im not president of the United States. Hes also blaming the House Speaker for what took place On January 6th. Lets listen to a bit of that. I want to know who you by the way, nancy pelosi why would i tell you that. You dont want to talk about that . Nancy pelosi was in charge of security. She turned down 10,000 soldiers. If she didnt turn down the soldiers, you wouldnt have had january 6th. Did you call military or Law Enforcement . What . Did you call military or Law Enforcement at the moment the capitol was dr. Im not going to tell you anything. Okay. Let me put it this way. I behaved so well. I did such a good job. Congressman, isnt it true that its Donald Trumps fault that january 6th happened . Had he just accepted the results of the election, there never would have been a january 6th. Why continue to blame the speaker at the time, nancy pelosi . It doesnt make any sense. Well, dan bishop and i were walking up the steps to the capitol, running a little late. And there was one capitol hill policeman there on the gates, and they had all the fencing up and everything. And they made us go around and go through the tunnel. And i said to bishop, i said, thats kind of odd, you know. Usually they have more people here when they have a veterans or a biker rally or a right to life rally. I think there was a complete failure all the way around. They did not see it. Speaker pelosi was doing a documentary with her daughter that covered all of her activity. Frankly, jim, i would love to come on and i tried to talk to the january 6th commission about what i saw On January 6th. I was the last house member to leave the house floor, literally, and i could not and i saw Somebody Filming in the tunnel, and i couldnt get them to call me back. Ive called them twice. Then finally i went and viewed the camera rodney davis took me in, and we viewed the cameras ourselves, the film. I think there was a lot at fault there. But none of that would have happened if trump had just accepted that he lost the election. If trump had well if he just accepted he lost the election like your democratic opponent in tennessee when you won reelection. That person said, you know what . Tim burchett won the election. Im going to go on my way and move on with my life. Donald trump didnt do that. Well, im still lying about it being rigged. You understand my point. Listen, if President Trump had gone on the news and said, yall cool it, it would have stopped. Youre right there, absolutely, 100 . It put peoples lives at risk, and i thought it would have been a great opportunity for him to make press, but he didnt. Nobody else did either. And it just went on, and it went from bad to worse. Congressman, we appreciate your time very much. I do want to get into the uap investigation that youre doing up on the hill. Were going to get you to come back another time and talk about that as well. Thanks as always. Always good to talk to you. Appreciate it. Jim, its always a pleasure. I look forward to your special on regular folks tonight. Thanks for looking after those dogs. I got three rescues, and im a rescue. Weve got three dogs, four cats, and a couple of horses. So i appreciate anything you do on those grounds. Its the best decision i ever made well, one of the best. Thanks, congressman. Appreciate it. Sure. Still ahead, former President Trump sits down for his first interview in a while with the press about what took place On January 6th. Well talk about the challenges of questioning him. Plus, Drew Barrymore hits the pause button on restarting her talk show amid the ongoing Writers Strike. What shes saying p her decision. And later, from being a child living on welfare to an aide in the Obama White House, Alejandro Campo verde joins us to share her story in a new memoir. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. dog bark its just smarter, healthier pet food. Its Amazizing What Real Food can do. Un Monde Pliable by Jeongpill SongCamera Shutters Camera Shutte hey hon. Hey dad. sniffs that smell could be 8,000,000 odor causing bacteria. Good thing adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99. 9 of bacteria that detergents leave behind. 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I see somebody that loves this country in me, that loves this country. I see tremendous unfairness. I think very few people would have been able to handle what i handled. I just want to hear from you on this. I want to know whats in your head. When you go to bed at night, do you worry about going to jail . No, i dont really. I dont even think about it. Trump also said it was, quote, my decision, as in his Decision Torks try to overturn the 2020 election results. He said republicans, quote, speak very inarticulately about abortion and slam statelevel restrictions on abortion that could alienate americans across the country. And that while he likes democracy, it had to be added, quote, i dont consider us to have much of a Democracy Right N Now which of course is not true. Lets discuss with reporter oliver darcy. We didnt really highlight it there, but he made a number of false statements, lets just call them lies, once again in this interview. Interviewing the former president is difficult. Hes sort of like the usain bolt of lying. He lies so fast, its hard to keep up. It raises this issue of factchecking him in real time. Yeah, jim. Thats exactly right. I think its very difficult to interview the former president. I think this interview showed again how challenging it is. Like you said, his mouth is like a machine gun, and he uses it to fire off lies at a rapid, rapid clip. But, jim, i also want to be frank. You know, nbc news spent the past week hyping newly minted Meet The PressModerator Kristen Welker as someone who met the moment under Donald Trumps administration when she was a white house correspondent, and she did fail to meet that moment unfortunately during her interview with donald trump. There were a number of times where he said things that were just simply untethered from reality, and she did not aggressively factcheck him in a meaningful way.