Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2017

FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier September 11, 2017

Characterizing as a humanitarian crisis. Steve here again starts us off from naples. Good evening, steve. Bret, the trees are down. The power is out. Naples dodged deadly flooding. We got a heck of a storm. More than 24 hours after Hurricane Irma madeley involved as a category 4 storm, nearly 6 million homes and businesses are without power. Thats half the state. Communities littered with downed trees, power lines, standing water. Naples, feeling the brunt of the storm, record gusts of 142 miles per hour. This is got to be the wall eye. Over 100 now. Also weathering the storm, deanna. Irma ripping the roof off her store. Everyone is safe. Irmas impact is far from over. Jacksonville dealing with historic flooding. The st. Johns river rising and turning downtown roads into streams. The water levels exceeding an alltime record set in 1964 from hurricane door. Floridas Army National guard members are assisting with high water rescue. Its bad now. Its going to get worse. This dire tweet from the sheriff urging people along evacuation zones to get out now. This advice from the mayor. If you need to get out, please put what represents a white flag, anything white somewhere on your house that can be seen from outside. The keys were first to feel the wrath. Cudjoe key, 135 miles per hour. Daylight revealing the damage. Siding peeled off homes, boats tossed around like rag dolls. Spigot was very windy, and the waves were coming in the living room of the downstairs. Officials are concerned about possible humanitarian crisis facing the 10,000 people who decided to ride out the storm in the keys. Food and water is scarce, and the cell service is sketchy. The only road in and out closed until further notice. Governor rick scott assessing the damage from the air today. Its horrible what we saw. In miami, they are gearing up for a massive cleanup effort and unfortunately the storm brought out the worst in some people. Numerous reports of looting around south florida. I am a police shaming suspects on social media. And chaos reported in parts of the caribbean in irmas wake. French and dutch authorities discussing the goat dispatching troops. As residents wait in long lines for food and fuel. No electricity or phone service. But no deaths either. Bret steve harrigan, thank you. Meteorologist Rick Reichmuth is here to tell us whats left of irma. I want to show you the last six days of the storm. Its a spectacular storm, stronger than any other storm anywhere on the planet ever for such a long time. 37 hours of wins in at 185 miles an hour. Friday night, made landfall as a cat 5 storm in cuba. The amount of time it spent here, almost 24 hours, right along the coast, certainly we can the storm and made what could have been a worse catastrophe lessened a bit. Didnt have a chance to get its act back together in the way it had been. Thats great news. We see the damage done all the way up and down florida, even across parts of South Carolina and the georgia coastline, had it been worse, you can imagine what that wouldve looked like. We are dealing with the impacts across north georgia. Wins have been gusting into the 60s across areas as far north as north georgia. Rainfall totals have been extreme. We are going to see it continuing to pull north. Tomorrow evening we will mostly be done. Bret hopefully you will get a break. Nice job. Now to our other major story, the 16th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Today was President Trumps turn to guide the nation through the memories. Here is john roberts. For the first time in his presidency, as his predecessors have done for 15 years prior, President Trump led a moment of silence at the white house today for the victims of 9 11. From the white house to the pentagon to wear 184 people died. We know not a single day goes by when you dont think about the loved ones stolen from your life. The president , who has launched a newly aggressive policy against terrorism, insisted 9 11 will stand as a beacon in the fight against extremists. We are making plane to these savage killers that theres no dark corner beyond our reach. No sanctuary beyond our grasp and nowhere to hide anywhere on this very large earth. The solemn anniversary comes as millions of people in the south are dealing with the second major hurricane to hit the u. S. In as many weeks. White House Homeland Security advisor tom bossert with the update this afternoon saying the news for the florida keys is not good. The keys are going to take a while. We have not assessed the Structural Integrity of the bridges. I would expect the keys are not fit for reentry for weeks. I talked to the fema administrator and he is not certain that weve had a good assessment of where people might be. Neither of us would be surprised if lives were lost. Steve bannon continues to make news in his interview with 60 minutes predicting the battle over what to do about daca will ignite a civil war in the republican party. I am worried about losing the house because of daca. Bannon appearing to acknowledge he was against firing fbi director james comey and that the president doing so, was a grave mistake. Because i dont think theres any doubt that if james comey had not been fired, we would not have a special counsel. Someone said to me you describe the firing of james comey. You are a student of history. As the biggest mistake in political history. That would probably be too bombastic even for me but modern political history. That met at a sharp response sanders. Since the directors firing, weve learned new information about his conduct that provided further justification for the firing, including giving false testimony, licking privileged information to journalists. He went outside the chain of command and politicized an investigation into a president ial candidate. Speak i asked the press secretary about her claim that james comey gave false testimony. Does she believe he perjured himself before congress or misled congress. She said thats a matter for the department of justice to decide. Shes not an attorney. Bret thank you. The names of those killed on 9 11 16 years ago or read this morning in a ceremony that has become a solemn tradition. Senior correspondent eric shawn is in Lower Manhattan tonight. 16 years have passed but it seems as if not one day has gone by. Once again, family members and officials gathered for this somber and solemn remembrance for those who perished. There were four moments of silence, one each for when the planes hit the twin towers and when the buildings crumbled. The methodical reading of the names, 2,753 souls. Emotional and deeply personal attributes. We love you. We miss you. You are always in our hearts. The toll continues. More than 1,001st responders, volunteers and others have died from cancer and other diseases. In shanksville, pennsylvania, a tribute was paid to the passengers of united flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers and crashed in a field. Invisibly emotional Vice President mike pence, indiana congressman at the time, recalled standing at the u. S. Capitol. I and others were able to go home that day to hug our families because of the courage and selflessness of the heroes of flight 93. For me, its personal. In new york, personal too for so many. Its important for everybody to remember. Its also a reminder for us that we have to continue to be vigilant. Tonight the lights will illuminate the night sky. Two twin spotlight beams that evoke the twin towers, a reminder of what was lost and the threat that remains. Bret eric, thank you. I sat down with cia director mike pompeo for an exclusive interview this afternoon. I started by asking him if al qaeda is stronger or weaker today 16 years after the 9 11 attacks. It is weaker than it was. The u. S. Government and our allies have done really good work to take out their Senior Leaders. But the threat from radical islamic terrorism remains. Whether its isis or any of the other couple dozen groups out to do harm, the threat remains and we must remain ever vigilant so Something Like what happened 16 years ago today can never happen again. Today is not only the 16th anniversary of the attacks in new york and shanksville and washington but the fifth anniversary of officers being killed in benghazi, libya, along with a state department official. We have to remember the enemy gets a choice about whether this is over. Today they have not concluded they are defeated. Bret al qaeda was 16 years ago, the big player. These splinter groups have multiplied and expanded. Thats a fair statement. I never want to underestimate al qaeda itself. There are still Senior Leaders. There is still some of the old guys from the bad old days out there. Lots of other places, other folks with a common theme of mission to execute jihad against the west and the United States. Bret hunting the Senior Leaders has always been important. Is there a hunt on the way for bin ladens son. Daily, every day. My team is working diligently to bring them to justice. Bret any positive signs . If i were them, i would count my days. Bret barack obama ran for reelection on al qaeda on the run. He called isis to the u. S. Intelligence assessments support the claims as they were making them . No, the estimate of isis has always been they posed a serious threat. Its never been the case that this was a secondtier threat. In fact, there have never been as many foreign fighters in any one place as there are in syria today. In the heyday of al qaeda, they werent as many foreign fighters. There is still a lot of work to do. Bret the territory is less for isis but the strength or its lethality is stronger. The capacity to do a complex attack in the United States is diminished as a result of the pressure we put on them. But we see this around the world. We see it in europe, the threat here in the United States of these localized actors inspired by or working alongside isis figures still remain. Bret we spent a lot of time at special report covering a passion of documents captured in the raid of Osama Bin Laden. They said in intel was a treasure trove. The documents that virtually untouched. Intel bureaucracies fought over access. Have released fewer than 600 of them. Bret youve worked to have the documents released. When will the American People see them . Very soon, very soon. We will release all but there is some pornography, copyrighted material, and everything other than those items will be released in the weeks ahead. Bret everything from those documents. Correct. I want to get the documents out. Once we are sure there is not classified material and that there is not things we cant release, i want to make sure the world gets to see them. Bret how would you describe irans relationship with al qaeda . They have always made a devils bargain with al qaeda to protect them. That protection was offered contingent on a deal which steadily protect you, you wont attack us here in tehran. It bret different from how it was described in the obama administration. Thats a characterization i think the Intelligence Community has consistently held. Bret when you were commerce and, we asked you about the iran nuclear deal. Is there anything that is good about the deal . I cant think of a thing that split america in a better position as a result of this deal. Bret now the president has this decision whether to reauthorize the iran nuclear deal. My role as a bit different. This is what i would say. The president has made clear his view that he doesnt think the deal was worth a darn. Thats not proprietary. He has tweeted it. Most of the members of the Administration Share that view. The aunt the missile tests, the activity of that she and shia militia. The activity around the world has dramatically increased since the deal was struck. Bret how would you describe irans relationship with north korea with respect to missile technology, nuclear fuel, weaponization. I prefer to stay out of the intelligence. Bret is there some relationship . Its fair to say the North Koreans have a long history of being proofreaders. Sharing their knowledge, technology, capacities around the world. As they continue to improve its ability to do longerrange missiles and put Nuclear Weapons on those missiles, its very unlikely that if they get the capability they wouldnt share it with lots of folks and iran would be someone willing to pay them. Bret do you have a good window into the capabilities and intent of north korea . Capabilities, yes. The intent is proven and incredibly difficult intelligence problem. We think we have an understanding. We think kim jong un wants these weapons for protecting his regime and ultimately the reunification of the peninsula. There is still a lot the Intelligence Community needs to learn. Bret has china been doing more to reign in north korea . Yes, they have been doing more. But we know theres more they could do. 80 of the hard currency trade with north korea. I believe the chinese know they can do more and i hope they will come alongside us. Bret there is a lot thats been written about how President Trump operates. You brief them. How does he get intel . Whats his preferred method and how does he react to it . Thats probably one of the biggest fallacies thats emerged from the story line at the white house. How the president doesnt like the intel community. I hear it all the time from mostly folks in the media. My team knows its different. We have asked for more authority, we had been given it. When we ask for more resources, we get it. The cia director nearly every day is in the white house, sharing with the president the truth as best we know it. The president is attentive, he listens. We have a schedule for 25 minutes. It usually goes over that. Hes asking hard questions. He was a pompeo, thats not what you told me three weeks ago. This is the kind of consumer of intelligence our agency loves. Bret for all thats been written about the deep state, whats your thought is the head of one of the agencies thats said to be part of the deep state . The leaks and everything else. Speak with the leaks tragic and they are wrong. They are not only unlawful, they are immoral. I am working diligently to ensure they are not coming from the people who work for the Central Intelligence agency. My team understands its mission. Its mission is to tell truth every day as best we know it. Bret if you are asked what keeps you up at night, is it a lot of things . Yeah, its a busy world. I worry first and foremost about the threat from north korea in the sense that we have a place thats now on the cusp of having the capacity we hoped they had d never have. Theres lots of things we are very focused on at cia. Bret mr. Director, thanks for the time. When we come back, north korea issues new threats against the u. S. , and the u. N. Considers tough new sanctions. Breaking news after the break. Hi. So i just got off the phone with our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. So the incredibly minor accident that i had tonight four weeks without the car. Okay, yup. Good night. With accident forgiveness your rates wont go up just because of an accident. Switching to allstate is worth it. This is a story about mail and packages. And its also a story about people. 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Ambassador from japan speaking. The vote was unanimous on the u. N. Sponsored resolution calling for more sanctions against north korea unless it halted its Nuclear Program. This is the eighth round of sanctions. The u. N. Ambassador said that previous resolutions, north korea exports are curtailed some 90 . She said the resolution would not have passed if not for the close relationship with between President Trump and the chinese president. She also said the u. S. Is not looking for war. Here is more what the u. S. U. N. Ambassador had to say. Today we are saying the world will never accept a Nuclear Armed north korea. And today the Security Council is saying that if the north korean regime does not halt its Nuclear Program we will act to stop it ourselves. This resolution is a significantly watereddown version of an earlier draft. That draft called for freezing the assets and a travel ban on kim jong un. It also called for halting all the oil sales north korea. Thats now out. The new version restricts how much refined oil and crude Member States consult north korea. The resolution targets pyongyangs pocketbook, halting the export of all textiles. This weekend kim jong un held a banquet to honor those who helped make his country and nuclear power. Today the countrys Foreign Ministry issued a statement lashing out at the u. S. For sponsoring the latest resolution saying in case the u. S. Eventually does rig up the illegal and unlawful resolution on harsher sanctions, the d

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