Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Story With Martha MacCallum 20200812

And so does our reputation around the world. Martha joe biden at 77 leads opening questions about how long he would be in office, so that makes this choice perhaps more crucial than in the past. Or joe biden started by saying that kemal harris, as you saw, would be ready on day one. And biden in the past has said this. Look, i view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There is an entire generation that you saucepan behind me, they are the future of this country. Martha postwar territorial board went as far to write the effect between President Trump and Kamala Harris. So what you think about that . Does she bring something to the ticket when it comes to the midwest . For instance . And a former democrat bluecollar workers who voted for trump. Here now somebody who knows that area very well, a pivotal swing state, cochair of the democratic policy and communications committee. It was good to see you. Thank you for being here tonig tonight. Martha, its good to be with you. Martha what do you think about that, he said she would be ready on day one could he said that he knew she could govern. Does this feel a little bit different this time in terms of the way that people will look at her role in this potential administration . Look, i think we will elect a team. Lets be clear. I think that the country is ready for someone like joe biden who is going to be a healer, a unifier, he is going to bring us together. I think first and foremost he is somebody that this country needs with experience. And he knows how to get people to Work Together across the aisle as well. But i think that this is a very strong ticket. You know, and as a woman, im going to tell you, i was proud to see so many strong women they are to be considered. And i think that the Vice President race, all of these women, we all got to know a lot of great talented capable women across the country going through the process. But i have been out in the campaign road, she is a friend. I think what these two people have is empathy and compassion, i have been with people who ive seen on both sides of the aisle, quite frankly, that are rubbing lines, they dont enjoy being with people, these two people like people and are going to connect in a way that hasnt happened. Martha there were a couple of midwest options in the mix early on, you had amy klobuchar, gretchen whitmer, the governor of your state. Discussed for some very good reasons in the battleground states like michigan. Heres a flashback of you on november 21st, 2016, talking about that election. Weve got to do some deep soulsearching about what went wrong, and how are we going to be a party that is an inclusive party. How are we going to keeping a voice for those that need us to be a voice . We are desperate, we have to get through the midwest. How can we make sure that we are protecting everybody that needs to be protected, but we are also delivering for everybody . Martha there been a lot of long pieces written, and your comments touch on it about democrats lost a lot of the bluecollar workers across the middle part of the country. Is Kamala Harris going to be somebody that speaks to them . Somebody that makes them go from voting for trump to back to voting for biden . I think that she is absolutely going to be somebody that will be able to do that, and so is joe biden. I probably amount to more than i should be. Im always in a mask and keeping my distance, but i probably did 14 events last weekend. I am starting to see my autoworkers at events outdoors. There are some trump voters, but they are taking a second look. They listened already, her joe bidens economic plans. They are working hard to bring jobs back. If they are worried about covid, everybody is worried about the handling of covid in this country. They both know that they have to care about all workers. Working men and women. On the front line, in the plan, how are we going to bring jobs back to the country and we need to create more jobs. I think that both of them coming you saw them today talk about that and understand anxiety in a whole lot of working men and women about whether their jobs are safe, how are they going to do it. Martha lots more to talk about. I hope that you will come back. Good to see you, from michigan tonight. Also joining me now, mercy mercedes slap, thank you for being here as well. What did you think today . I mean, a lot of people watch that and said, she is a formidable speaker, she was empathetic. She was reaching out to people, of all walks of life. A campaign speech, for sure, but are you concerned about the addition of Kamala Harris to joe bidens ticket . Oh, absolutely. When you have the fact that doug schrock rated her as the most liberal senator in the senate, it is incredibly troubling. And when you look at her record, i mean, this is clearly the complete socialist takeover of joe biden by adding Kamala Harris to the ticket. And i think that once you dig into the record, you find that there are some serious problems. They are very much far to the left. We can take the case for example that she cosponsored Bernie Sanders singlepayer medicare for all that would cost 32 trillion. She also opposed a bipartisan usmca, something that was a better trade deal that would benefit many of our states and our farmers and our manufacturers, and as well what she has mentioned it she would eliminate the ban and make sure that they put a ban on fracking. So that is critical, because martha joe biden had to walk that back, they are saying that it would be current leases, that would exist, but no new leases on fracking, that is clearly a vulnerable area for them, because a lot of families really want that option that they would not be offering. Heres President Trumps reaction after harris was pick picked. Donald trump has already started his attacks, calling kamala nasty whining about how she is mean to his appointees. Its no surprise, because whining is what donald trump does best better than any other president in American History. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or a strong women the board . Martha obviously that is candidate joe biden talking about what President Trump said when he called Kamala Harris nasty. What do you say to that . First of all, President Trump has surrounded himself with very strong women in this administration in key positions, and he listens to the women who work with him and really solving very complicated issues that we are dealing with in our country today. So i think kamala was quite nasty to joe biden when she went after him on accusing him of being a racist, that he toweled around with the segregationists like robert byrd. I think politics is a tough game. You have to have tough skin, and the reality is that our goal will definitely be to expose kamalas record and to joe bidens weak record as what we have seen in terms of his inability to create a Strong Economy during the time he served as Vice President. It was the weakest recovery since the great depression. Martha pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, things that will be comfortable on both sides. Look at these, these are the votes. Lets look at the chart so that i can explain it. You have 393,000 black voters in michigan on the left side. Who did not vote in 2016, 11,000 voted for President Trump. And you go down the line, pennsylvania 360,000 black voters who did not vote in pennsylvania, 129,000 and wisconsin. Does the choice of Kamala Harris change that dynamic in a way that makes it tricky for President Trump to win . Look, i think that the democrats have constantly used identity politics as their failed political strategy. It did not work in 2016. It will not work now. I will tell you something about this campaign. The black voices for Trump Coalition is the biggest coalition we have in the campaign. We have open up Community Centers in many of the targeted states, including in pennsylvania and in michigan. Our goal is to continue to talk about the president s record, how he has uplifted the black community. How he will keep fighting for them to build a prosperous economy. And especially during this time that we are dealing with this global pandemic, he was a champion for criminal justice reform. There was a bipartisan legislation. So the president has done so much for the black community, and we as a campaign are dedicated to taking that message directly to the community and ensuring that we bring them to come and vote for President Trump. Martha before i let you go, he tweeted the suburban housewife will be voting for me, do you think thats a good way to address those women . As a former housewife myself raising my five kids, there are plenty of stayathome moms that worked very hard every single day as well as the moms that managed you know, martha, managing the household and working at a job, it is really tough. But his message is very clear. And that is that these moms like myself, we are worried about the safety of our community. We dont like to see the chaos on the streets that these democrat mayors and these liberals are pushing. And let me tell you something, joe biden does not condemn this violence, and they want to want to defund the police. We want to defend the police and keep our communities safe. Martha i have to leave it there. Mercedes, thank you. The nearly impossible path of how to satisfy the teachers, parents, and students and get our kids back to school for all those women across america and the dads too who need that this fall. 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I think that the science is so clear that the risk of death or hospitalization for children with this virus is so, so low, but we know the risk of missing school are catastrophic. I would like the money to follow the students, this way you can make your own choice. I visited two schools this week in South Carolina that have Charter Schools, students are in class. Teachers are there. They are learning, they are playing with each other, i mean, it has been a great experience. It is interesting, one thing we have learned during the horror show of the china plague is that virtual is not as good as being there. Virtual is not the same thing. Martha they all agreed that that experiment did not work well. It has been a deeply polarizing struggle, one of my next guest is facing firsthand as a superintendent. The wall street journal says he fears losing academic gains made under his watch in his district, which shows went from 37 low performing schools in 2015 to eight in 2019, so Real Progress made on his watch. Dallas Independent School district superintendent joins me now. Doctor, thank you very much for being with me. One of the things that you suggested with your teachers, you said that you wanted them all to come back into the classroom, even if the students didnt coming is said that it would be unprofessional if their kids are yelling in the background, dogs barking, husbands walking back and forth, and he wanted them to be in the classroom even if there were no kids they are and they were not okay, back even if there were no students . No, we had a difficult struggle enforcing that expectation. One of the reasons is that our local county Health Officials said that they did not want teachers even out in the community, so we had to back down from that expectation. But it is unprofessional to have your dogs bark while you are trying to teach a lesson to students. So we had to back down off of that one, but we need to press forward, we need students back in the building whenever possible. Martha you are so concerned about the loss of learning for the students, and i would imagine that most of these teachers are going grocery shopping, they are probably going to the market, they are probably leaving their house, so why would they not be able to sit in the classroom and talk into a monitor . I think there is a lot of fear out there. When we asked teachers who was coming back, 90 said they would come back in person, but when we had a spike in texas, that went down to 60 . But half of our parents want to come back. But we need to have our teachers they are to execute inperson instruction. We have had to move from august 17th 1st day to september the 8th. We are trying to work with everybody, but this is a no win situation for everybody. Martha it is a rough one, and texas has been peaking, we understand that experience in new york and new jersey. We went through it a while ago. But i hope it ends soon and we get past it. Which is what the experience was here. In georgia offensive a bunch of students went back, they did not have masks on, than they had a Board Meeting to argue about all of this because they had to shut down. There is that famous picture that Everybody Knows now. And im sure that you will recognize that backandforth that is heard at this school Board Meeting. Watch this. My children were to have to stay at home consistently and try to do this online with me and my wife working full time, my children, they are not going to make it. Im sorry. I have six students out of 80 students wearingmaking fun of ti choose to wear a mask. Thats unacceptable. Martha they are both sides of the battle right there, sir. We have 45 speakers lining up to speak to the board tomorrow. Martha that will be a long meeting. Its going to be a long meeting, all day long. We have to do what is best for everybody. So we are trying to find a solution. Martha im curious what you think about the push of that lot of parents are wanting some school choice, because they do see as you heard that one gentleman at the white house today, said that he visited Charter Schools that they found a way to get up and running and parents who have the ability to find another option would love to have that portability of their taxpayer dollars that they put towards education to make that choice. Do you think that that is something they should be able to do . Absolutely. We have a Public School opportunity in dallas isd, where the president s let mack parents choose, and we are allowing parents to choose. We want you in the school, but if you dont want to do school, you can do it at home or try to do virtually. We have to do better, but we do agree that the parents need to have a choice in that type of educational setting that they have. Martha thank you very much, we wish you well. We know that you are in a tough spot. I can tell that the students best interest is in your heart and we hope that that prevails. Thank you very much, sir. Good have you with us today. Yes, maam, thank you. Martha up next senator ron johnson, one of the ones leading the charge on the russia probe, but now facing scrutiny to you about doing russias dirty work to take down a president ial candidate. We will talk about that and more when we come back. Actively working to denigrate joe biden. My question is, ron johnson, senator from wisconsin is also working to denigrate joe biden, are they in cahoots . And other Money Managers dont understand why. Because our way works great for us but not for your clients. Thats why were a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. So, what do you provide . 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Russia is actively working to denigrate joe biden. My question is ron johnson, senator from wisconsin is also actively working to denigrate joe biden. Are they in cahoots . Martha joining me now is ron johnson, Governmental Affairs committee, senator johnson, thank you for being here. So the suggestion is that the russians, i hope that we did not lose the signal, do we have him . We lost him. You see how that happens, when the rainbow comes up in the person goes away, thats the world we are living in right now when everybody is coming in from home, so we will try to get him back. Do we have him back . All right, we will go over to our next segment, and then we will get back. Because we have a lot of questions to talk about today, so we will get that reestablished. In the meantime, the closely followed polling analysis site 538 declared today that it is way too soon to count trump out. Noting the significant lead in the polls giving President Trump a 25 chance of beating joe biden in november, but those odds are looking exactly the same as they did on election day 2016 when the president s chances of beating Hillary Clinton were also 29 . Then we watched, remember that night, that five make 538 dial leaning over, so here charlie hurt, opinion editor at the washington times. And senior fellow us, both fox news contributors. I know that you were up in a little bit come so we are glad that you were standing by. Charlie, you remember as well as i do that evening and watching that dial start to move. The way they calculate this is very different than the polls that people are used to looking at in terms of the chances that someone could win. Did i know that you say today with this introduction of Kamala Harris as a running mate, you think that the whole election starts today . Yeah, i do, actually. In a couple of things, i think that its interesting and remarkable to look at when you look at a lot of those polls that wound up turning out to be wrong in 2016, but when you look at those four years ago comparing them to what we are seeing today, it is remarkable. It is uncanny how similar so many of those models are similar today. But honestly, any given election year, most voters dont really tune in until about labor day, and in a year like this when you have a pandemic, you have an economic collapse, you have this writing. You have a lot of reasons people are really not tuning in until a little bit later, obviously people like you and me and richard, we are paid to sit around and look at this stuff all the time and talk about it all the time, but a lot of people have regular jobs, so they have not really tuned in. I think today and in the next couple of weeks are going to be when we get a far better feel for where people are in regards to this election. Martha when you look at those numbers and you remember what happened on election night, and i know when you read into the analysis, they say that there is reasons to think it is different this time around. I know a lot of the polls are weeded a little bit differently, but they looked eerily similar to what they were like last summer at this time, four years ago. I think charlie is right, they look very similar, but here is what is different. What is different is that this election will be like no other election in American History that you wont wake up and roll out of bed and go to your local post office or school to go vote. Many by mail, they will be voting absentee, and that will start in the next four weeks. So this election will come down to how donald trump and mike pence martha do you agree that there should be a debate before that starts happening . Its one of the things that the Trump Campaign really wants. They are like if we are going to start putting in our ballots, we might want to watch them go at each other so that we can figure out what we want. Beyond the debate, people are going to be looking at what the Current Society looks like, how is donald trump martha you are saying it does not matter if we hear from joe biden . I think it matters to hear from joe biden and donald trump. We hear from donald trump every day and continues to tell the American People that everything is going well, but we saw in the earlier segment, School Systems are concerned, parents are confused, people dont know if they should send theirs kids to school or not, this is what he will be judged for one people get their ballot starting in the next couple of weeks. Martha it looks like that is the Center Square for the bidenharris campaign, they will go squarely at the management for the virus and tried to stoke whatever real or imagined fears are out there. I think also the idea of politicizing Something Like a pandemic is a very, very dangerous political strategy for anybody. I think a lot of people feel like, my hunch is that i think most people sort of thing that that is probably outofbounds. But if democrats want to try to politicize a pandemic and make it all about that, when you go through the list of states where that have had the highest proportion of their population die from covid, from the wuhan virus, nine of the 17 places that have had the highest death rates are all run by democrats. So it is not something you can lay entirely at the president s feet. For more of that you can lay add to charlie. Martha thank you. You cant say that i cant politicize a virus when you are politicizing the virus by pointing out which dates have us bike and which dont. Its hitting all americans equally and the fact that Donald Trumps leadership on it has been poor. Martha it is fair to say that all of the local governments, and we will talk to janice keane in a moment with andrew cuomo, so there is plenty of blame to spread around. Thanks you guys, thanks a lot. Coming up, senator ron johnson back right after this. I am totally blind. And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. Martha ron johnson, chairman of Homeland Security and federal chairs committee is back with us, thank you for being here tonight. You have been getting some incoming from all sides over the last 24 hours, the piece that we played initially is criticism that the reason that you were digging into hunter biden for example is that you were in cahoots with the russian government who is trying to metal and affect his chances of becoming numb the next president , how do you respond to that . Well, martha, it is completely false and an absurd charge. In 2015, as chairman of the subcommittee i hold eight hearings of russian propaganda and disinformation and how they stabilize the regimes in montenegro, and europe, i was well ahead of the curve. Ive been concerned with what russia has been doing around the world for quite some time, i was not surprised at all in 2016 they were meddling in the u. S. Elections, what outraged me was the extent of corruption in the transition process and what happened in the fbi, the diversionary tactics, quite honestly, to draw peoples attention from the wrongdoing in the Obama Administration, and in this whole russian false narrative of russia collusion in the Trump Campaign, and now democrats are in the exact same play book against me and senator grassley. Its incredible, quite honestly. But they have their storm in the Mainstream Media and they think they can get away with it again. Martha here is dr. Joe biden talking about these investigations and what gets thrown into campaigns. Watch this. I dont think you should be attacking my family. My family is not fair game. Joe is running against him, thats different. Not my children. Martha that was on sunday that she was referring to hunter biden, and the rest of her family. So is investigating what he was up to with burisma and all the rest fair game . I would ask your listeners, i released an 11 page open letter that weighs out the history and going as an far as our investigation, we did not target the bidens, we were looking at dnc involvement in the Obama Administration was Vice President biden and Hunter Bidens actions that put them in the middle of some investigation. We did not put them there, they put themselves there with the glaring conflict of interest, and the timeline is pretty stark. Two months after the revolution of dignity, which is really all about the ukraine ridding itself of corruption, you have devon parts her, Hunter Bidens Business Partner meeting with joe biden at the white house. Five days later he travels to ukraine. A day later, devon archer joins the board a brief smile, six days later the owner of burisma, his bank account receives money after joining the board. And lets face it, ukrainian officials were trying to rid themselves of corruption if you want u. S. Support, which i desperately need, dont touch burisma, a glaring conflict of interest, Vice President biden ought to ask and be answered martha i think those questions should be answered, and i dont doubt that they will be, we will hear more going forward, but you did an interview with hugh hewitt on the radio, he went after you big time for it he said that he is basically disgusted that there have not been subpoenas from your committee, and that the American People can watch questioning of james comey, questioning of mccabe, questioning of john brennan, he feels that that opportunity was lost and you could lose the senate and never get that opportunity back. And he pointed the finger very much at you. What i was trying to point out is that we have a Committee Process and i respect that. People have legitimate concerns. My Community Members when they gave me the authority. And i have the authority to subpoena james comey, but they wanted me to get the documents on voluntary basis. We have been trying and working very hard. Martha you say that you have a number let me ask you, you say that you had a number of Committee Members who are highly concerned about how this looked politically, and you said that some of them were republicans. He tried to get you to tell them what to republicans on your committee dont want that to happen, dont want to see that subpoena. Again, i was not going to name names. There are legitimate concerns. I was happy to try to take these documents on a voluntary basis. It was important to obtain documents before we bring witnesses into testify. Look at the testimony of Rod Rosenstein and sally yates, what was accomplished out of that . Because they are slippery, they dont recall things, so you really need to document so that you can question these folks in a deposition from my standpoint and what prosecutors basically asking those questions that are detailed. If you really get to the bottom of all of the corruption that occurred during the transition. Martha ron johnson, thank you for your time. Good to see you tonight. Stay healthy. Martha you too. Thank you. As promised, new york governor accused of covering up his states catastrophic failure to protect the elderly from covid19. We have all documented this very carefully of how this was handled. For our janice dean, it is a very personal story. She was supposed to testify on this, but then she got cut from the list, and if you have been following her on twitter and the story, you may have some thoughts on why that might have happened. Is next. 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According to the ap so far the administration of democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo has refused to divulge the number leading to speculation that the state is manipulating the figures to make it appear it is doing better than other states to make a tragic situation less dire. Janice dean has been fighting to testify in front of the new york state legislator about her heartbreaking loss of her inlaws, both of them. Of this crisis she writes today i believe that it is not me or my story they are uncomfortable with, it is the truth of what happened in the new york Nursing Homes and the coverup that followed. My voice was silenced. Janice dean joined me now. I have followed the story from the beginning, and my heart goes out to you and sean and your family and the loss of both of his parents. Why do you think you were robbed of the opportunity to testify before the legislator . I was told, i was told why i was robbed, some of the lawmakers were uncomfortable. Martha we would not want them to be uncomfortable, would we . Its because of my work, my friend. Unfortunately, and they do not do their homework. I am the meteorologist. You know better than anyone, i am not a political person. I do not talk about politics, no one knows who i voted for, and the only reason i am speaking out is because it has affected my family deeply losing both of my inlaws, my husbands parents and my sons grandparents, and i have their story to tell, and i want lawmakers to listen to it, because it is my story and other people stories that will change the law and make sure that it never happens again because we could have a second wave and we need the information to make sure that it does not happen to other families. Martha in new jersey they like the policy is so much, senator murphy did the same exact thing where they basically forced people into these homes and did not allow them to be tested to see if they had it. And it spread like wildfire through a lot of these homes. So any idea what the number actually is . 6600 seems low, 20 seems low that given across the country the number is closer to 50 . My motherinlaw was one of those that werent counted, because she got covid and her assisted living residents and which transferred to the hospital before she died. To sew her number is one that is not counted, and i am seeing totals in excess of 10,000. Thats why it is important to get an independent bipartisan investigation, not just tearing, but subpoena power to make sure that we have people and they are telling the truth, and we have Health Officials that are making sure that they are telling the truth. Until then we will not to know the answers, and that is why i am trying to spread my voice and how this platform to make sure that they hear my voice and i am representative of the other families that want answers too. Martha i am so glad youre doing that. The truth is a lot of people say, older people get hit by this, and it is just the way that it is part of the truth of the matter is, and ive heard this from people who work in other facilities, that many of those people couldve recovered. And that is the tragedy. To those numbers could be much, much lower than they are. And to janice, i thank you for bringing your story here, and i encourage you to keep going, janice. Thank you, my friend. Good to see you. Martha coming up next tonight, the story of mr. Neri heroism from the grandson of one of the brave men who led us to victory, we are celebrating 75 years of this week in world war ii. I remember vividly holding my grandfathers metal the first time, and over my shoulder he said, freedom isnt free. Find your getupandgo. Find pants that arent sweats. Find your friends. Find your sense of wander. Find the world is new, again. At chevy wed like to take you there. 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He was severely burned by the blast, but his actions likely saved the lives of his pilot and fellow airmen. That act of heroism earned him the militarys highest declaration. His grandson john retells the story. Is normally mission over the man, but a colonel named strauss was so moved by what he saw, turn this plane around and it was this incredible series of impressive events that led to this race against time to get my grandfather the medal of honor before he died. Martha he lived to be more than 80 years old, more than half a century longer than the doctors initially expected. His grandson john erwin joins me now, the author of beyond valor, world war ii story of heroism, sacrificial love and a race against time, great to have you with us, john. You say that when you first held his medal of honor, your grandfathers, you felt a wave of guilt. Why guilt . Yeah. Actually at his funeral and thanks for having me i remember very early when i was six, seven years old, he let me hold the metal and he said over my shoulder freedom isnt free, and i didnt really know what that meant for a very long time but i didnt listen to his stories. I think so many in my generation, we dont take time to appreciate, you know, that freedom isnt free and the stories of the men and women who paid the price for the life that we live and as a teenager, i didnt listen to a story the way i should have and it wasnt until his funeral and the incredible honor that was bestowed on him that i woke up to what did i miss, who was my granddad . And that led to this quest to discover the story and sort of a journey across the United States to interview ever when i could, to sort of right that wrong and sit and listen to his stories as i should have and that led to the book and i cant recommend enough people my age just stopping. There are so few of the greatest generation left and theres so much to learn through their stories and that was my journey. Sort of retracing his story and finding his original crew members and i remember one of his crewmembers set i never got to properly thank them, he didnt save 11 men, he saved generations of people. So that journey, and its in the book. He martha that is so true, i give you so much credit. I made a similar journey in the book that i wrote about iwo jima and i know how rewarding it is for the person whos learning all of it to get to tell these peoples stories. What you think his message would be on the 75th anniversary . I think its interesting what he said, the congressional medal of honor is of course our nations highest military honor, but he said of it, he said im not a hero. He would always say that. [inaudible] that died, they are the heroes. And i wear this metal in their honor and i think that would be his message and i think its so important to stop and remember what that generation did for us. Martha i couldnt agree more. Thank you. Im all set a time. I encourage everybody to read it. Thank you so much for being here tonight, john. Thanks for having me. Martha you can read more stories of these heroes in my book unknown valor. That is the story wednesday august 12th, have a great night, the story goes on, we will be back tomorrow. Tucker good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. There are a lot of things you ought to know about Kamala Harris, and we aim to tell you, but the first thing to know about harris isnt just a few months she can run your country. If joe bynes wins, she will effectively become the president of the United States. Everyone knows that, democratic donors understand it best of a all. Americas big banks have long controlled with joe biden. 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