Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2018

FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier October 4, 2018

The latest on where things stand on capitol hill. Good evening, mike. At this critical stage all our reading body language and hanging on every word from undecided senators. Emotions are clearly running high ahead of a critical vote, make or break vote on the senate store. Dueling activists converge on capitol hill. While on the other side, critics are calling on senators to cancel kavanaugh. I am angry, and i own it. But Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said lawmakers will not be intimidated. Its a senate thats on trial here mr. President , can we be scared with all of these people are rampaging through the halls . Senators in the mic and a handful of authorized staffers have been moving in and out to identify the supplemental report on kavanaugh, and Judiciary Committee say they must now settle. We are dealing with the Demolition Derby and they just about destroyed a good person. Democrats argue the fbi review was incomplete and suggested they didnt completely exonerate kavanaugh. I disagree with senator grassleys statement that there was no hint of misconduct. A north dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp up for democratic demc reelection says no. This will be very close vote and will hang on if you democrats and republicans. If i were to guess today, he would be narrowly confirmed. Susan collins had described the fbi report as a a thorough review. Jeff flake said there is no additional corroborating information about the kavanaugh allegations but the left, alaskas Lisa Murkowskis is most difficult to read it. Ill have been lobbied by george w. Bush and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice who both worked very closely with kavanaugh and are trying to close the deal. Lindsey graham says the undecided should feel better, democrats were never going to be satisfied. Why dont we dock in the water and vote. Enough, enough already. Today, his high school and College Friends wrote about something that came up in last weeks hearing. They said the devils crack triangle referred to a drinking game similar to quarters which is what kavanaugh had testified and noted it was not. Mike, thank you. The Trump Administration is pushing hard to get the votes to confirm kavanaugh but democrats are not giving up calling the report a sham. John roberts joins us now with that part of the story. After three bruising months the confirmation process with so many twists and turns, the white house believes it is closing in on the finish line. But it is leaving nothing to chance. I think he is very well. I think he is doing fairly well, the judge is doing well, right . Is President Trump weaned his way to minneapolis today, the white house was putting the full court press republican senators jeff flake, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to confirm judge kavanaugh. Also, steele tried to convince democrats to prove the judge. Donnelly has said he is a noble but the white house feels he may still have more room to move. The president as well as a number of white house officials have been engage throughout the process. If talk to a number of senators and will continue to do so until the boat takes place. The white house spent much of the day beating back democrats insisting that it was a sham. We are reiterating our call to make the directive that the white house and counsel mcgann sent to the fbi public, because we believe it greatly constrained the investigation from the getgo. The white house revealed that investigators conduct, contacted ten people conducting comprehends of interviews with nine and obtaining a sworn statement from the tenth. The white house insists the investigation went well beyond what the senate had it initially asked for. There was initial list of four provided to us by the senate, they were interviewed and leads were followed up on. The biggest will make a complaint from democrats was that the fbi interview with Christine Blasey ford was met with defiance from officials who said the democrats wanted to know more about fords claims, they should have asked her during last weeks hearings. The white house accommodated the senate request, anyone who pushes back on the fact that dr. Ford wasnt given ample opportunity to make her case and to state her case has been living in a cave. She sat before four hours for the very individuals that make that decision and answered every question i was put in front of her. The democrats complained they didnt have enough time in five minute increments, much of what was taken back political statements to question ford. While the full list of who the fbi contacted has not been released, we do know they interviewed kavanaughs mark judge, leland keiser, bj smyth, tim gaudet, who was to me in the calendar entries, and a second accuser, ramirez. The government claim today that no amount of investigation would ever satisfy democrats who determined to torpedo kavanaugh, tweeting this is the seven times the fbi has investigated judge kavanaugh. If we made it 100, it would be good enough for these democrats. White house officials told fox news today that they were confident that judge kavanaugh would ultimately be confirmed to the Supreme Court although they do acknowledge they think the vote will be a squeaker. Jchris john roberts reporting from the noisy north lawn. Vice president pence is doubling down on President Trumps accusations. China is trying to interfere in our Midterm Elections. Today, they say china wants a different u. S. President. Correspondent kevin corke has more. The United States navy will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever International Law allows, and our National Interest demands. We will not be intimidated, and we will not stand it down. The message was unmistakably clear. The United States may not see china as an outright enemy but most certainly not the u. S. s friend. To put it bluntly, President Trumps leadership is working and china wants a different. Vice president mike pence today accused china of hostile activities including meddling in the 2018 Midterm Elections. What the russians are doing pales in comparison to what china is doing across this country. And the American People deserve to know that. That echoed a charge made by the president on twitter last week when he noted that china placed propaganda ads in the Des Moines Register and other papers, made to look like news. China, they are draining us, taking our money and rebuilding themselves. One of the ads that constitute the election meddling is open to interpretation but whats clear is the Trump Administration is engaging in a strategic counter attack on beijing including massive tariffs in chinese made goods. New laws including substandard steel and a targeted legal strategies meant to punish chineses intellectual property theft. They remain vigilant in combating chinese cyber infiltration among reports that amazon and Apple Network servers may have been compromised by a chinese spy microchips. And it new warnings about chinese hacking groups targeting chinese interests as well as increase tensions in the in south china. For its part, china continues to work carefully but has yet to officially comment on the Vice President s remarks. Chris . Jchris kevin, thank you. The administration is releasing a new report tonight detailing just how big the threat china poses to our National Security. Peter navarro, one of President Trumps top advisors on trades joins me now with mor more. Good evening. Good to talk to you, chris. Lets start off with the problem. You talked annual report about major areas of industrial decay and 300 socalled vulnerabilities are identified in the National Security area. How serious are these vulnerabilities . Its very serious, thats the bad news. The good news is we have a very strong action plan to immediately begin filling the gaps. The key concept here, President Trump believes that Economic Security is National Security and we need a Strong Manufacturing and Defense Industrial base. When you see a situation where you only have one company that builds propellers for ships and subs, or one company that provides the gun turrets for tanks, and, and, we cant tolerate that still on. , this should be widely read and disseminated, the public needs to know this. Jchris there are other countries that are talked about here about the report identifies china as a major threat. I want to put up one statement from the report. It says china represents a significant and growing risk for the supply of materials deem strategic and critical. Two u. S. National security. Is it your belief that, and simply that they are filling the vacuum left by failures or decay and our industrial days. Thats because of Economic Strategy and china likes to put the rest of the world out of business. So what they do is try to dominate, both the downstream and upstream portions of that cycle. They dumped that onto prices and they take it over. Thats purely economic. From the Military Point of view, the report doesnt speculate that. But we do know theres critical on her abilities not just with china but for a whole range of countries where we are relying on them. Things like night Vision Systems for example. So what we are trying to do with this assessment is not just have a report that sits on the self but begin immediate reaction. The president will also be signing several president ial determinations for funding for Small Companies and the supply chain. We have secretaries of commerce, energy and labor all cooperating on this and is taking steps. So we will act forcefully, fiercely, to defend this country. But in the process, chris, we will be creating good jobs and good wages and our Manufacturing Base so Economic Security is National Security. Jchris i want to get a little specific here and we only have a little over a minute left, but what is the president intending to do about it . We talked about an action blend, give me an idea of the specific actions hes going to take to fill these gaps in our Industrial Base . I will give you a couple of examples. Tomorrow, you assign to president ial determinations which will create funding for a couple of items. Sophisticated allied fuel cells which are used in naval applications, lithium seawater batteries which are used in antisubmarine warfare. The sector that those are involved and need some help. We will give it to them so they can modernize and expand. The National Defense stockpile for example, we will more aggressively use that to build up stockpiles in these materials, which we were overly dependent on foreigners. So these are some of the kinds of things that we are going to do in order to increase the defense spending that we have which will help a tremendous amount of getting our Aircraft Programs back on track with the new generation fighters. Jchris peter navarro, one of the top treated biases on the north north along. Thanks for your time. Up next, a disabled veteran is accused of gunning down seven officers in South Carolina. First, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Box 13 in salt lake city, where a group is asking a federal judge to keep a medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative from going before voters in november. The latest attempt to stop the metric goes after claims that medical marijuana violates the mormons of religious beliefs and would hurt Property Owners rights. Fox ten in phoenix, where an Arizona Company is recalling more than six and a half Million Pounds of beef for possible salmonella contamination. The raw beef was package from july 26th through september 7th. So far 57 people in 16 states have reported getting sick. And this is alive look at chicago from fox 32, the big story there tonight, jury deliberations have begun in the murder trial of Police Officer jason van dyck. Van dyck faces life in prison if convicted in the shooting death of le quan mcdonald. Chicago police are bracing for protests and activists to shutdown the city of van dyck is not convicted. Thats two nights alive look outside the beltway from special report. We will be right back. Introducing the new 2019 ford edge with the confidence of ford copilot360™ technology. The most available Driver Assist technology in its class. The new 2019 ford edge. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. 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It was a rough day on wall street, the dow dropped 102 points in the s p 500 lost 24. Nasdaq finished down 146. A South Carolina Police Officer was killed wednesday night during an intense standoff that also wounded six other officers. Tonight, a suspect is in custody who has a law and military background. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie has more. We pray for the family who lost the bravest Police Officer that i have ever known. At the South Carolina Law Enforcement community is in shock over Police Sergeants death, Terrence Carraway was a 30year veteran and fatally shot while trying to assist sheriffs deputies, ambushed while carrying out a search warrant in an upscale neighborhood. This guy has a Higher Powered rifle in firing at an officer. Officer down at this time, he is precaution. The Sheriffs Office brought in this heavily armored and wrap the vehicle he procured from the military. When the officer is taking fire they will do everything they can to get to that citizen, to rescue them and protect them. After a two hours standoff, officials rescued several children from the home and arrested frederick hopkins, a disbarred lawyer who has previous charges including a 2014 count of disorderly conduct. Last night President Trump tweeted about the incident, saying my thoughts and prayers are with the Florence County Police Police department. We are forever grateful for whatever officers do 24 7, 365. Three deputies and three officers were treated for gunshot wounds. To have been released from the hospital and one remains in serious condition. Jchris thank you. Up next, whos more likely to go to the polls this november . But first, beyond our borders tonight. First Lady Melania Trump continued her tour through africa with a stop in malawi. Mrs. Trump wraps up her first solo foreign trip, wisconsin, kenya and egypt. Irans Supreme Leader is promising to rebuff the u. S. By defeating new sanctions targeting his country. He also dismissed comments that he said President Trump made two european leaders that the Islamic Republic would collapse in coming months from american sanctions. The sanctions have heard irans already shaken, shaking economy. And a Russian Space capsule with two americans and one russian has landed safely after a sixmonth mission on board the International Space station. The capsule landed in kazakhstan during their 197 day stay, and the two ame

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