Transcripts For KTVU Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016

KTVU Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace November 13, 2016

Fox news sunday exclusive. Plus, as trump begins to make a big adjustment we will look strongly at immigration, the border, we will look strongly at healthcare and we are looking at jobs. Big league jobs. We will ask our sunday panel which trump well see, the blustery candidate or the disciplined president. All right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. After pulling off one of the biggest stunners in the history of american politics, donald trump is now moving quickly to fills his administration and pursue his agenda. In a moment we will speak with Kellyanne Conway, Senior Advisor to the trump transition. And later with one of the Top Republicans in congress, House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy. But first lets bring in doug mcelway with the latest from trump tower in new york city. Doug. Reporter hi, chris. Outside of trump tower things are calm this morning after a fourth day and night of protests. The entire block is ringed with heavy security and blocked off to traffic with police barricades. These kinds of security precautions will remain in effect until january 21st, after inauguration day. Meanwhile inside the Transition Team continues its furious around the clock pace, the team is headed up by Vice President elect mike pence, it includes three of trumps Adult Children as well as his soninlaw Jared Kushner as well as other trusted advisors. They have to fill more than 4,000 jobs and they have only nine weeks to do it. Campaign chief Kellyanne Conway yesterday indicated that the choice of chief of staff is all but made and speculation is rampant that its going to be rnc chairman Reince Priebus. Its imminent. You know, its imminent. I think chairman priebus there are several people being considered. Mr. Trumps decision ultimately. Reporter as you might recall trump showered praise on priebus on election night. That could be a sign that he may be just too valuable an asset to pass up. The chief of staff job widely regarded as the second most important job in the white house serving as gatekeeper to the president. And to that point now trumps team reflects a cad dra of competing interests, pens on one hand seen as sober minded a social conservative with deep washington ties when steven ban nan is known for his take no prisoners attitude and has been deeply critical of establishment washington types. It raises questions of whether trump might go for staffers who are willing to work within the bureaucracy of washington or staffers who might want to blow it all up. Doug, thanks for that joe joining us now live from fox news in new york Kellyanne Conway, one of trumps top transition advisors. Kellyanne, lets start with the president s agenda and whether he will keep the promises he made on the campaign trail. In his first interview as president elect mr. Trump told the wall street journal, either obamacare will be amended or repealed and replaced. Kellyanne, i have to tell you i never heard him talk once on the campaign trail about amending obamacare. As you know the house and senate under republican control, chris, has repealed obamacare dozens of times, but they never had a republican president to go the next step. I think mr. Trump has made very clear what his Healthcare Plan would look like and it would not look like the Affordable Care act and obamacare. It would do what obamacare doesnt do, let you buy Health Insurance across state lines the way you can buy Auto Insurance and other goods and services, it would block grant medicaid to the states, create Health Savings accounts to individuals which is a free Market Solution that works in the private sector in many places and he would also get rid of the obamacare penalty practically on day one through his tax reform. He also has talked about convening a special session on january 209 after he is swo your honor in as president of the United States to do this very thing, to repeal and replace obamacare. It would be a pretty remarkable move. What you see with donald trump is what you get and i believe thats why the voters gave him this election and this mandate. I want to get back to this question of whether hes going to repeal it or amend it because mr. Trump said one of the reasons for his possible shift away from repeal was his meeting with president obama. Here is what mr. Trump told the journal. I told him, the president , i will look at his suggestions and out of respect i will do that. Again, president obama persuaded mr. Trump on obamacare . I wouldnt take it that far. I believe that president elect trump is being properly respectful to president obama. This is obviously his signature domestic legislative achievement to hear president obama say it, but at the same time this has been an incredibly important issue to millions and millions of voters who have been disappointed in the ill effects of obamacare. Their premiums have increased, their quality has gone down, it was a lie, it was a completely lie uttered dozens of times by the president and others that if you liked your plan you can keep your plan, if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. You hear people talking about a lack of access. And now with the obamacare premium notices coming into your mailboxes and on your computer screens in october, Many Americans woke up and said, wait, now i have to make tough choices about every day affordability when it comes to paying the rent or mortgage, food, consumables and my Health Insurance. So this is an issue also politically speaking, chris, that helped the republicans win and keep the house and senate in 2010 and 2014 in those off year elections and in 2016 they went president who had Obamacare Repeal and replacement as a centerpiece of his messaging, including if not spaerm in his last weeks this october. I just want to make it clear. Theres the possibility that he would amend the law rather than repeal the law. I understand hes going to change it, but he might amend it rather than repeal it . We dont know because he also has to work with the congress which the electorate also decided should be republican, house and the senate. Also decided he should be working with the republican majority leader in the senate, republican speaker of the house. This election was not close, it was not a squeaker. There is a mandate there and it is a mandate for his 100day agenda as well. I have to tell you, chris, the voters have also said stop hiding behind divided government. For both sides and both the legislative and the executive branch, stop using the excuse that you dont have one party rule where you can actually get things done. That excuse has been removed and i think you are going to see him take some significant action on obamacare and on these other issues that he has talked about like tax reform and defeating radical islamic terrorism, energy and infrastructure investments, educational opportunities. He has put all this forth in his 100day plan. As people read that they will know exactly what you will get. This is also a legislative process, he has to work with the people on capitol hill as well as Vice President pens to make sure they can actually pass and become law. Lets turn to the Transition Team that mr. Trump has put together. Here is what he said on the campaign trail. My contract with the American Voter begins with a plan to end government corruption and to take our country back from the special interests. We are going to washington, d. C. And we are going to drain the swamp. But, kellyanne, the leaders of the Transition Team that mr. Trump has put together are all familiar politicians and the staff includes lobbyists who are weighing in on who is going to run the agencies that oversee the industries that those lobbyists represent. Those are the folks that are going to drain the swamp . Yes, they are, if they want to be part of the Trump Administration they are, chris. Look, these are people who are talented and have done this before. You cant just appoint novices, you have to have people who know what theyre doing, but at the same time moving forward this is an administration thats going to run9f2 differently than typi washington. Finally the voters got what they wanted, what theyve been begging for for 30 years which is give us the opportunity, give us a person who actually represents the outsider, nonwashington business experienced type of profile, somebody who goes to washington owing nobody anything. And i will tell you at the Trump Campaign none of us got rich off the Trump Campaign and i am telling you that will continue into the way he runs his government. The gravy train is about to have its wheels blown off and its engine completely ripped from its bearings because there is just no reason to keep this consultant lobbyist access at speech axis at such a level where people feel like their interests are not being served. Part of the corrupt system that he was giving voice to was the one we heard from voters. They dont appreciate all the adjuncts of washington, d. C. Working against them. This is an administration for the forgotten man and woman. Nobody thinks of lobbyists and consultants as the forgotten man or forgotten woman. Let me talk to you about one specific choice because you said yesterday and you really spurred a lot of consternation and speculation that the choice of white house chief of staff is in your words, quote, imminent and a lot of people here in washington believe that that choice, whoever the president decides on, is going to be telling. The two leading candidates are reportedly Republican Party chair and insider Reince Priebus and campaign ceo steve ban nan who is a fierce antiestablishment critic of washington. Dont that, yellyian, tell us a lot about how mr. Trump plans to govern, whether he chooses an insider, maybe he still wants to change it, but by using an insider or whether he chooses somebody from the outside who really does view washington as a swamp . Well, it tells you a great deal about President Trump that both of those men are thought to have very important roles in his administration, very senior roles, and that regardless of title that is absolutely whats going to happen and that is probably the case for most of his very small but loyal and frankly effective senior team inner circle. But, you know, the thing about steve bannon that people dont understand is that in this campaign he has been the general and he has worked closely with Reince Priebus and the rest of us as part of that small core team. We couldnt have done it without priebus or bannon, i can say that unequivocally. But bannon has a background as a naval officer, a Goldman Sachs managing partner, he has been successful in hollywood as well and people dont know that about him because its just so easy if you dont know someone to always think of the negative. In fact, if youre part of the Trump Campaign thats what weve lived through for the last however many months. But the two of them i know will have very important roles in this administration and this inner circle and mr. Trump president elect trump, love the sound of that, president elect trump will rely on them and a kaud dra of other supporters. When you say imminent are we going to learn it tomorrow . Imminent means happening soon, as you know im very careful with word choice. It means really soon. It means really soon and of course that timeline and that choice belongs to one man president elect donald j. Trump. Look, hes filling many different positions, chris, over at trump tower we feel as busy as we did when we were winning this campaign as we were, you know, gaming out to win this campaign, bust the blue wall, turn those 197 counties from obama counties to trump counties and grow the party on his terms and his way which he did. I have to tell you were busier now because transitioning and filling these spots is incredibly important. Folks are working 24 7 and that includes mr. Trump. Let me turn to one last subject area. Mr. Trump also told the wall street journal that one of his Top Priorities as president is to bring the country together. Here is what he said in his victory speech. For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, im reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can Work Together and unify our great country. But since the election there have been dozens of protests, some of them violent as you well know across the country. How does mr. Trump intend to reach out to the protesters and to the millions of other people who are scared of his presidency . Well, hes off to a great start in that victory speech by saying i represent all americans, even those who did not support me. I would say the protesters and those who they supported have a responsibility to come together for a peaceful transition and in the name of the worlds greatest democracy and recognize that regardless of what they say, quote, he is their president. And you know if the shoe was on the other foot peoples heads would be exploding all across the country that somehow the trump the trump voters would not accept Hillary Clinton as their president. I think that the president of the United States, secretary clinton, bernie sanders, perhaps, others can come forward and ask for calm and ask for a peaceful transition and ask their supporters, which are masquerading as protesters now, many of them professional and paid by the way im sure, ask them to give this man a chance so that this country can flourish. By the way, donald trump has also been hearing from republicans that have not supported him. Hes received calls in the last few days from carly fiorina, jeb bush and john kasich. And he is happy to receive those calls as well because he won michigan and ohio without the help of the republican governors in those states. But i can tell you knowing him very well and knowing his management and his leadership style he is willing to work with everyone who is willing to work with him, even those who are going to be dragged along. Let me ask you about working with everyone. Finally Senate Democratic leader harry reid issued a statement on friday and i want to read some of it to you and to our viewers. Reid wrote, if this is going to be a time of healing we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs, at the feet of donald trump, a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate. Kellyanne, how do you respond to senator reid . With complete disappointment. Im really pleased as are Many Americans that he wont be the Senate Minority leader much longer. He has resigned his need seat. The majority leader will be Mitch Mcconnell. I find harry reids Public Comments and insults about donald trump and other republicans to be beyond the pale. Theyre incredibly disappointing. Talk about not wanting my children to listen to somebody. And he should be very careful about characterizing somebody in a legal sense. He thinks he thinks hes just being some kind of political pundit there, but i would say be very careful about the way you characterize it. Wait. Are you how is that for accepting accepting the Election Results . Are you suggesting when you say in a legal sense are you suggesting that donald trump might sue harry reid . No, im not suggest that go at all. Im calling for responsibility and maturity and decency for somebody who has held one of the highest positions in our government in a country of more than 300 Million People. I hope president obama calls harry reid today and says cut it out. I just met with president elect trump, governor pens has met with Vice President biden, the first ladies have met. Everybody is looking for a peaceful transition here in the name of democracy and you have the Senate Minority leader acting like a garden variety political pundit. Thats whats got to stop. What was the big narrative going into the election, chris, where most people in the Mainstream Media were convinced and in fact were cheering for if not aiding and abetting a Hillary Clinton win. What do they all say . We hope donald trump and his supporters will accept the Election Results. And we have harry reid coming out and egging people on. I would put at his feet the fact that a lot of these protesters i walked right into the firestorm yesterday getting into trump tower. A lot of these protesters are not there peacefully. Are not there because they just want to express themselves and make a point or make the difference. They are there for nefarious conditions, theyre booing us, spitting on us, causing all kinds of havoc. He has to stop. He has a responsibility. Harry reid has a platform to do good here and he ought to rise to the occasion and do that. Kellyanne, as Ronald Reagan used to say i think i touched your thermostat there. Thank you. I dont like it. I want the children of america to see decency and honor from our leaders and our elected officials and they are seeing that in presi

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