BRIAN: ALL EYES ON CAPITOL HILL

WHERE MORE HEARINGS ARE EXPECTED

AS PART OF DEMOCRATS PUSH FOR

IMPEACHMENT.

STEVE: REPUBLICANS ARE TURNING

THE TABLES.

THEY WANT ADAM SCHIFF TO TESTIFY

HIMSELF AS THEY CONSIDER MOVING

A KEY FIGURE ON THEIR END TO THE

HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.

THE PANEL SET TO CONDUCT THE

INITIAL PUBLIC HEARING.

SPEAKING OF THE KEY FIGURE, WE

HAVE HIM HERE.

AINSLEY: CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN

ESSENTIALLY LED GOP EFFORTS IN

THE CLOSED-DOOR IMPEACHMENT

PROCEEDINGS HUSBAND FAR.

HE JOINS US NOW.

THERE ARE THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT BE

MOVED TEMPORARILY TO THE

INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SO YOU

CAN QUESTION ADAM SCHIFF

POTENTIALLY AND --

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SCHIFF.

WE'LL SEE.

THAT IS A CALL FOR LEADER

McCARTHY.

AINSLEY: WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?

BECAUSE YOU'RE A BULLDOG?

>> THAT IS THE KEVIN, LEADER

McCARTHY'S CALL.

IF KEVIN AND RANKING MEMBER

NUNEZ WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN, I

WANT TO HELP OUR TEAM.

I WANT OUR COUNTRY TO SEE THE

TRUTH HERE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP

DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING, IT

IS PARTISAN, UNFAIR.

FRANKLY RIDICULOUS THE

PARTICULARLY THE WAY WITH SECRET

MEET NATIONAL THE BUNKER OF THE

BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL.

BRIAN: DEM --

STEVE: DEMOCRATS RELEASED

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT TRYING TO

ESTABLISH THE PRESIDENT IS A BAD

GUY.

THIS ALL GOT STARTED UKRAINIAN

THING WITH THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO

TOLD A STORY THAT WAS LEAKED

TURNED OUT NOT TO BE TRUE.

NOW I KNOW YOU'RE SIDE SAYS WE

SHOULD HEAR FROM THE

WHISTLEBLOWER ABOUT THE

CONSPIRACY?

>> HECK YEAH.

ONE WAY YOU DETERMINE SOMEONE'S

CREDIBILITY, WHAT THEIR

MOTIVATION IS, WHAT BIASES THEY

MAY HAVE, THEY NEED TO BE UNDER

OATH, ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS

AND FRANKLY THE POSITION WE HAVE

IS THE SAME POSITION ADAM SCHIFF

HAD SIX WEEKS AGO.

REMEMBER WHEN THIS FIRST

HAPPENED ADAM SCHIFF SAID WE

NEED TO HEAR FROM THE

WHISTLEBLOWER.

THEN, SIX WEEKS LATER, NO, NO,

WE DON'T.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SIX-WEEK

TIME FRAME.

NAMELY WE HEARD ADAM SCHIFF'S

STAFF MET WITH THE

WHISTLEBLOWER.

WHEN THAT CAME OUT, SUDDENLY

CHANGED THEIR STORY.

THE IDEA WE IMPEACH THE

PRESIDENT 12 MONTHS BEFORE NEXT

ELECTION BASED ON A WHISTLE

BOYAR WITH BIAS AGAINST THE

PRESIDENT, WHO WORKED FOR

JOE BIDEN IS RIDICULOUS AND WE

DON'T QUESTION IMUNDER OATH AND

DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF BUYS THEY

MAY HAVE?

STEVE: APPARENTLY READY TO

ANSWER WRITTEN QUESTIONS.

>> THAT IS NOT GOING TO FLY.

STEVE: WHY?

>> HE NEEDS TO COME IN.

WHAT I SAID, YOU WANT TO LOOK

THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE EYE, ASK

HIM QUESTIONS SEE HOW THEY

RESPOND IN THE MOMENT, ANSWERING

QUESTIONS.

NOT JUST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

HAVE, BUT FRANKLY 63 MILLION

AMERICANS, 100 MILLION AMERICANS

ARE TRYING TO OVERTURN THE

ELECTION WHO WE VOTED FOR.

BRIAN: THE TRANSCRIPTS, MIKE

McKINLEY, FORMER TOP AID TO

SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO

AND FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE

UKRAINE, WERE CONCERNED ABOUT

OPERATION LED BY RUDY GIULIANI,

POLITICAL PURPOSES TO AFFECT

UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELATIONS.

THEY WERE CONCERNED.

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?

>> THEY'RE CONCERNED.

BUT REMEMBER THE PRESIDENT OF

THE UNITED STATES IS THE GUY WHO

IS IN CHARGE.

HE CAN HAVE WHOMEVER HE WANTS

TRYING TO MOVE POLICY FORWARD IN

THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE

COUNTRY.

STEVE: BEEN WORKING LIKE THAT A

VERY LONG TIME.

>> OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF

THE DIPLOMATIC CORE WILL DO

DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS FOR THE

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

THEY DIDN'T PARTICULARLY LIKE

THAT.

THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S CALL.

THERE IS FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN

FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE

DIPLOMATIC AREA SOMEHOW

UNELECTED PEOPLE TELL THE

ELECTED PERSON WHAT TO DO.

THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS IN OUR

GREAT QUESTION.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES IS ONE WE THE PEOPLE WHO

ELECTED.

HE IS ONE WHO DETERMINESES

POLICY.

HE CAN DECIDE WHO IS THE

AMBASSADORS AND DOT DIPLOMATIC

MISSIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

AINSLEY: HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT?

YOU MIGHT QUESTION ADAM SCHIFF

AND QUESTION THE WHISTLE-BLOWER

BUT IT IS UP TO THE DEMOCRATS

BECAUSE ADAM SCHIFF IS IN

CHARGE.

REALISTICALLY THAT WILL NOT

HAPPEN.

HOW WILL THIS ALL PLAY OUT?

>> THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION.

I SAID IT IS RIBBON ON A SHAM

PROCESS.

IT IS STILL A SHAM PROCESS.

ADAM SCHIFF IS STILL IN CONTROL.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A WITNESS

LIST.

ADAM SCHIFF DECIDES IF THEY COME

OR NOT.

HE IS IN CHARGE.

I DON'T THINK HE WILL TESTIFY.

I THINK HE SHOULD.

HE STILL DETERMINES WHO

WITNESSES ARE.

HOW THIS ALL OPERATES.

BRIAN: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

IN THE BIG PICTURE YOU CAN SIT

THERE AND SAY THE PROCESS A

PROBLEM.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GO WITH.

YOU COULD SAY PEOPLE ARE

EMBEDDED IN THE STATE.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GO WITH

THERE.

YOU COULD SAY, WHY WAS THE

PRESIDENT LOOKING TO UKRAINE.

WAS THERE A REASON?

WHAT WAS HUNTER BIDEN DOING?

COULDN'T FIND OUT FOR SURE.

SO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT

GETTING ON THE OFFENSE AND

PROVING THERE WAS A REASON FOR

THE PRESIDENT TO BE CONCERNED

INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THIS

SAYING THIS IS NOT IMPEACHABLE?

>> THERE IS CERTAINLY A REASON.

UKRAINE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF

ALL KINDS OF CORRUPTION.

ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT NATIONS

ON PLANET.

BRIAN: SENATOR SCHUMER TOLD ME

THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 2016

ELECTION.

>> THEIR AMBASSADOR TO THE

UNITED STATES WRITES AN OP-ED ON

AUGUST 4, 2016 CRITICIZING THE

PRESIDENT.

THEIR INTERIOR MINISTER DOES

SOCIAL MEDIA POST CALLING

PRESIDENT ALL TERRIBLE THINGS.

HE STILL IN THE GOVERNMENT.

THERE WAS CLEAR CONCERN IN 2016

THE PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR

OFFICE, JUSTIFIED CONCERN THE

PRESIDENT HAD HOW UKRAINE IS

OPERATING.

PRESIDENT IS NOT A BIG FAN OF

FOREIGN AIDE.

HE HAS GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

TO THIS COUNTRY.

HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ZELENSKY

IS THE REAL DEAL.

TURNS OUT HE IS.

PRESIDENT WAS JUSTIFIED BEING

CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

STEVE: ONE YEAR FROM NOW IS THE

ELECTION.

WHAT WILL DEMOCRATS BE ABLE TO

RUN ON?

>> THE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE A

STRONG RECORD TO RUN ON, THAT IS

FOR SURE.

CUTTING TAXES.

LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN 50 YEARS.

>> WHAT WILL THE DEMOCRATS RUN

ON?

>> WHO KNOWS.

THAT IS WHY THEY ARE GOING AFTER

THE PRESIDENT.

AS MR. GREEN SAID, THEY WILL TRY

TO IMPEACH HIM BECAUSE HE THINK

HE WILL BE REELECTED.

I DO TOO.

BRIAN: HELPING PEOPLE IN MIDDLE

AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA, PASS

THE USMCA.

>> HECK YEAH.

EVERY REPUBLICAN WOULD VOTE FOR

IT AND MOST DEMOCRATS.

BRIAN: YOU DEMAND IT.

>> HECK YEAH.

BRIAN: YOU'RE JIM JORDAN.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT,