HAVE TO STOP BEING OBSESSED OVER

IMPEACHMENT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY

STRIKES MANY AMERICANS LIKE A

BALL GAME WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT

THE SCORE IS GOING TO BE AND

START ACTUALLY DIGGING IN AND

SOLVING THE PROBLEMS THAT GOT

DONALD TRUMP ELECTED IN THE

FIRST PLACE.

WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY

OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A NEW

POSITIVE VISION FOR THE COUNTRY,

A NEW WAY FORWARD TO HELP BEAT

HIM IN 2020 BECAUSE MAKE NO

MISTAKE, HE'LL BE THERE AT THE

BALLOT BOX FOR US TO DEFEAT.

NEIL: THIS IS THE ONLY TIME

DONALD TRUMP SAID I AGREE WITH

SOMETHING A DEMOCRATIC

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAID AND

THAT CAUSED SHOCK WAVES IN THE

LAST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, ONE

THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID ANDREW

YANG WON HANDILY, AT LEAST

CHALLENGING PARTY CONSENSUS ON A

WHOLE HOST OF THINGS INCLUDING

IMPEACHMENT.

HE JOINS ME RIGHT NOW.

ANDREW, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE, THANK

YOU FOR HAVING ME, NEIL.

NEIL: THE REACTION YOU'RE

GETTING IS SOMETHING THAT'S

PICKED UP CONSIDERABLY SINCE YOU

AND I SAT DOWN FIRST AFTER YOU

JOINED THE JOIST.

RACE.

>> I'M PLEASED, I'M THRILLED.

I FELT THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR A

DIFFERENT APOACH TO POLITICS.

I'M NOT A POLITICIAN, I'M A

PARENT AND AND--

>> WE SHOULD EXPLAIN, YOU'RE AN

ENTREPRENEUR SO YOU'RE NOT KEEN

ON SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOUR

OPPONENTS HAVE LIKE A WEALTH

TAX.

WHERE DO YOU STAND?

>> YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THE

IDEAS COMING OUT OF THE PARTY

COULD USE SOME REEXAMINATION.

NEIL: LIKE WHAT?

>> WELL, THE WEALTH TAX EXAMPLE

YOU RAISED, THE FACT IS,

GERMANY, FRANCE, DENMARK,

SWEDEN, ALL TRIED A WEALTH TAX

AND REPEALED IT BECAUSE IT

DIDN'T WORK.

IF YOU'RE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

WE SHOULD BE PUTTING FORWARD

IDEAS THAT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN

THAT WILL WORK BECAUSE THEY'VE

WORKED IN OTHER PLACES, NOT

IDEAS THAT WE'VE SEEN PROBLEMS

WITH IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

NEIL: THE RAP AGAINST YOUR

PARTY, AND IT MAY BE LED BY THE

MOST VOCAL CRITICS, THAT IT

HATES RICH PEOPLE.

BERNIE MARCUS, THE CO-FOUNDER OF

HOME DEPOT WAS ON WITH ME

YESTERDAY AND RAILING AGAINST

THAT SENTIMENT FROM ELIZABETH

WARREN.

I WANT YOU TO REACT TO THAT.

>> SURE.

>> LOOK AT HER, HOW MUCH MONEY

IS SHE WORTH TODAY AND WHAT THE

HELL DID SHE DO TO GET THAT

MONEY?

DID SHE WORK THE WAY I WORKED?

I DOUBT IT VERY MUCH.

NEIL: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF

THAT?

>> I THINK THAT IF THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES ANTAGONIZE

ANYONE WHO HAS MADE A CERTAIN

AMOUNT OF MONEY IN OUR SOCIETY,

TO ME, YOU SHOULD BE PRAISING

PEOPLE WHO SUCCEED BECAUSE MANY

OF THEM WORKED VERY, VERY HARD

TO GET WHERE THEY ARE.

AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE

BALANCE THE ECONOMY SO IT WORKS

FOR MORE PEOPLE, FOR MORE OF US.

THE TOUGH PART, AMERICANS CAN

SENSE THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS

SLIPPING AWAY FOR MORE AND MORE

OF US.

IF YOU WERE BORN IN THIS COUNTRY

IN THE 1940'S, 93% CHANCE YOU'D

DO BETTER FOR YOUR PARENTS.

IN THE '90S, A 50-50 SHOT AND

IT'S DECLINING FAST.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO FIX.

FIXING THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY

MEAN TRYING TO DEMONIZE ANYONE

WHO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

NEIL: ALL RIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU

LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP AND YOU

LOOK THE AT FACT THAT HE TALKS

ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET, TALKS

ABOUT JOB GAINS AND THEN I HEAR

CANDIDATES TALKING ABOUT THE

FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN

AWFUL ECONOMY, FOR A LOT OF

PEOPLE THERE'S A DISCONNECT

THERE.

I KNOW YOU DRAW A DISTINCTION

BETWEEN COMPANIES MIGHT BE

MAKING MONEY HAND OVER FIST, BUT

THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE FEWER

BANKRUPTCIES OR FEWER

AMERICANS--

IT'S A TOUGH SELL.

>> WHEN YOU REFLECT BACK TO THE

DONALD TRUMP, FAKE NEWS AND THAT

AMERICANS WERE LEAVING THE WORK

FORCE.

NEIL: IS THAT TO SAY THE GAINS

WE'RE HAVING AREN'T REAL?

>> THERE ARE GAINS IN THE

TOPLINE MEASUREMENTS, BUT THEY

DON'T CORRESPOND TO THE

DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCE OF MANY

MILLIONS AMERICANS AROUND THE

COUNTRY AND I SEE THIS FIRSTHAND

WHEN I CAMPAIGN.

WHEN YOU SAY THE STOCK MARKET IS

DOING WELL, THIS MIGHT BE

DIFFERENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

WATCHING YOUR PROGRAM, FRANKLY.

BECAUSE THE TOP 20% OF AMERICAN

HOUSE OLDS HOLD 92% OF STOCK

MARKET WEALTH AND BOTTOM 50%

HOLD ESSENTIALLY ZERO.

IF I SAY HEY, GREAT NEWS, THE

STOCK MARKET IS UP.

FOR HALF OF AMERICANS IT'S

IRRELEVANT.

NEIL: FOR HALF OF AMERICANS IT

IS NOT.

>> YES.

NEIL: AND AT FOX BUSINESS IF YOU

DON'T GET, YOU SHOULD DEMAND.

IF YOU SAY THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THE HALF WHO

ARE NOT, BUT OBVIOUSLY.

HALF ARE.

THEY'RE LIKING WHAT THEY'RE

SAYING.

>> IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF STOCKS,

YOU'RE HAPPY WHEN PRICES GO UP.

THE BOTTOM--

AND WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE THE

ECONOMY FOR MORE AMERICAN AND

THAT DOESN'T GET IN THE TOPLINE

MEASUREMENTS.

NEIL: YOU'RE THE SON OF

IMMIGRANTS FROM TAIWAN.

>> YES.

NEIL: AND I REPORT A LOT ON

CHINA, WHAT IT'S DOING.

IF YOU WERE TO BECOME PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES, HOW WOULD

YOU DEAL WITH THE CHINESE?

OF COURSE, NO FANS OF THIS

COUNTRY EVER MAKING OVER TO

TAIWAN.

THAT WOULD BE TRICKY, WOULDN'T

IT?

>> OUR JOB HAS TO BE TO

OUTCOMPETE THE CHINESE,

PARTICULARLY IN ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE THAT COULD WELL

DEFINE THE NEXT CENTURY.

ONE STORY I LIKE TO SHARE, MORE

PEOPLE IN CHINA WATCHED

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BEAT THE

GAME THAN THE SUPER BOWL.

FOR THEM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

IS THE SUPER BOWL.

THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTING

ACCORDINGLY, PUTTING TENS OF

BILLIONS TO WORK.

OUR JOBS HAS TO BE OKAY, WE SEE

THE GAME, WE CAN'T LET CHINESE

LEAPFROG US IN AI, WE HAVE TO

REMAIN THE LEADER.

IF WE DO THAT THEY'LL BE MUCH

BETTER ABLE TO PUSH OUR VALUES

AND POSITIONS TO THE CHINESE

MORE SUCCESSFULLY.

>> WOULD YOU BE ANY MORE PRO

LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD AND

RECOGNIZING TAIWAN ON EQUAL

FOOTING WITH CHINA?

>> I HAVE FAMILY IN TAIWAN AND I

THINK THAT THE STATUS QUO IS

SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD

PRESERVE, WHICH IS THAT IT'S

WORKING WELL ON BOTH SIDES OF

THE STRAIT AND THERE'S NO REASON

FOR THAT TO CHANGE IN MY VIEW.

>> YOUR PRESIDENTIAL RUN, YOU

TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT OTHER

CANDIDATES DON'T TALK ABOUT, THE

IMPEACHMENT FOCUS, FOR EXAMPLE.

IS IT THAT--

YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT WAS A

MISTAKE, BUT THAT THE OBSESSION

OVER IT IS AND MAYBE THE PARTY

HEARD YOU OR NANCY PELOSI AND

OTHERS, BY DEMONSTRATING THEY

COULD WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE

SAME TIME.

THEY MUST BE WORRIED THAT WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT.

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S ALL

ME.

I'VE SAID ON THE DEBATE STAGE

THAT IT STRIKES MANY AMERICANS

LIKE A BALL GAME YOU KNOW THE

OUTCOME.

NEIL: AND DOES IT AFFECT A

DELAY--

.

I THINK THAT MANY AMERICANS HAVE

OPINIONS WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID

AND WHETHER IT RISES TO THE

LEVEL OF IMPEACHMENT.

NEIL: AND YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE

IMPEACHED.

YEAH, I THINK THAT DELAYING AID

TO A FOREIGN LEADER IS BEYOND

THE PALE AND IMPEACHMENT IS THE

REMEDY.

AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO FACE

FACTS THAT IMPEACHMENT IS

UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED WITHOUT 20

REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVING A

CHANGE OF HEART OR A CHANGE OF

MIND.

AND SO, THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME

IS DONALD TRUMP SAYING TOTAL

VINDICATION, TOTAL EXONERATION

IN TWO-MONTHS OR SO AND THOSE

ARE TWO MONTHS THAT WE COULD

HAVE BEEN USING TO MAKE A

POSITIVE CASE TO THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE ABOUT SOLVING THE

PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT

IN MY VIEW HELPED GET DONALD

TRUMP ELECTED IN THE FIRST

PLACE.

NEIL: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE

HERE YOUR CAMPAIGN JUST STARTED.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF

GIVING EVERYBODY IN THE UNITED

STATES $1,000, NO MATTER WHO YOU

ARE, A BILLIONAIRE OR BLOOMBERG.

AND NO WAY WE COULD PAY ABOUT

THAT.

THE VALUE ADDED TAX AT 10% SO

YOU RAISE TAXES TO PAY FOR THAT.

YOU SAY?

>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK UP

AND SAY--

THIS IS LIKE A WILLY SUTTON JOKE

I LIKE TO SHARE, WHY DO YOU ROB

BANKS?

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY

IS.

WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING IN OUR

ECONOMY, AMAZON A TRILLION

DOLLAR TECH COMPANY PAYING ZERO

IN TAXES AND CLOSING 30% OF THE

AMERICA'S STORES AND MALLS WHILE

DOING IT AND NO ONE LIKES THE

FACT THAT AMAZON IS PAYING ZERO

IN TAXES AND I TALK TO

REPUBLICANS AND THEY'RE NOT

LIKE, YEAH, AMAZON WITH ZERO

TAXES, THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.

SO IF YOU PUT A TOLL WHERE WE

GET OUR FAIR SHARE, A TINY, TINY