DAN: HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND A LOT
GOING ON, HUH?
ANNOUNCER: THE "STATE OF MIND"
WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY --
DAN: I SAW A TWEET
THIS MORNING
FROM DONALD TRUMP, AND IT CHANGE
THE COURSE OF SOME MORE THAN 100
VOTES IN CONGRESS.
A TWEET.
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS IS
GOING TO -- YOU KNOW, THIS IS
GOING TO BE A STRAP IT ON, PUT
YOUR HELMET ON, KIND OF 2017.
NO DOUBT, THE NEWS CYCLE WILL BE
CHASING DEVELOPMENTS LIKE IT
NEVER HAS BEFORE.
GOOD EVENING.
NICE TO HAVE YOU ABOARD IT
MICHAEL KENNEDY IS HERE TODAY,
THE PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT BROWN
UNIVERSITY, ONE OF THE FIRST
BROWN DEEP THINKERS I HAVE HAD
ON THE BROADCAST HERE AT HE IS
VERY, VERY SMART ON THINGS,
UKRAINE, AND THE LIKE, AND WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH THIS NOTION
THAT DONALD TRUMP KNOWS
SOMETHING WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT
RUSSIAN HACKING.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A GOOD GUY
TO COME IN.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN
SEGMENT NUMBER TWO OF THE
BROADCAST.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS I
WOULD LIKE TO SET UP FOR 2017,
BUT WE WILL GET TO THAT.
MEANTIME, IT WAS THIS STORY THAT
WAS BUZZING OUT OF WASHINGTON
OVER THE WEEKEND, RIGHT?
HOUSE REPUBLICANS IN THE PLAN TO
GET THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS
PANEL, HOLDING THE PLAN AFTER A
TRUMP TWEET.
THE HOUSE PANEL THAT REALLY HAS
BEEN THE PLACE OF REVIEW,
REFORM
WAS SLIPPED UNDER ETHICS, HOUSE
ETHICS, OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE
VOTE AND REPORTEDLY, THE
LEADERSHIP DID NOT LIKE IT, BUT
LEADERSHIP DID NOT DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
BUT THEN TRUMP TWEETED.
GUYS, HE TWEETED.
A TWEET
HE SAID, DID THEY REALLY HAVE
TO MAKE THE WEAKENING OF THE
INDEPENDENT ETHICS WATCHDOG BEEN
NUMBER ONE ACT AND PRIORITY?
CARE, AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS
OF FAR GREATER IMPORTANCE.
SHORTLY AFTER, HOUSE SPEAKER
PAUL RYAN RESPONDED WITH A
STATEMENT ON THE CLOSED-DOOR
VOTE BY REPUBLICAN NEVER THAT
THE HOUSE LA C13
HE SAID, THE OFFICE OF
CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS IS IN NEED
OF REFORM BUT THAT IT WILL
CONTINUE TO OPERATE
INDEPENDENTLY BUT WITH OVERSIGHT
FROM A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
CHAIRED BY REPUBLICAN WHOSE JOB
IT IS TO MAKE SURE THE OFFICE IS
PROPERLY FOLLOWING ITS RULES AND
LAWS.
RYAN SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE VOTE
LAST NIGHT, AS DID DE
WARNED THE CHANGE EFFECTIVELY
MAKES IT HARDER FOR CONGRESS TO
POLICE MEMBERS WHO ARE CORRUPT.
MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON IT TODAY.
REPUBLICANS ALSO PLAN TO MAKE IT
ON A PROMISE TO REPEAL THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT STARTING
THIS AFTERNOON.
SENATORS WILL VOTE ON A MEASURE
TO SHIELD THE REPEAL FROM
DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTERS THAT CAN
SLOW THINGS DOWN.
MR. TRUMP TWEETED THIS MORNING
-- OBAMACARE JUST DOES NOT WORK.
IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE, AND IT IS
LOUSY HEALTH CARE.
GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN DOUG COLLINS
AGREES.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WHAT
SOUNDED GOOD TURNED OUT TO BE A
DISASTER.
BUT DEMOCRATS SAY MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WOULD LOSE THEIR NEW
INSURANCE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HEADS TO CAPITOL
HILL TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT HE CAN
DO TO SAVE HIS SIGNATURE
ACHIEVEMENT.
DAN: THAT IS AMAZING.
TWO STORIES IN THAT
PACKAGE.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT TO SAY
ABOUT BOTH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANKS FOR COMING.
PROF. KENNEDY: MY PLEASURE.
DAN: WE BROUGHT YOU IN
ORIGINALLY, BECAUSE WE SCHEDULE
THESE SHOWS, ON THE RUSSIA
THING, AND THERE IS A LOT TO
TALK ABOUT THERE.
BUT CLEARLY, I SURE YOU HAVE A
LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS
DEVELOPMENT.
DO YOU FILL THE WAY I DO ABOUT
THE WAY THIS THING IS ROLLING
OUT?
PROF. KENNEDY: I HAVE BEEN
FASCINATED BY AMERICAN POLITICS
LIKE I HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
IT IS COMPLETELY
UNPRECEDENTED,
UNEXPECTED, AND ALL THE
EXPERTISE WE THOUGHT WE HAD HAS
FLOWN UP THE WINDOW.
SO WE NEED TO RETHINK NOT JUST
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN AMERICA BUT
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE WORLD.
BECAUSE WE ARE, I THINK,
ENTERING A NEW STAGE IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD TH3
HAVE TO REFINE OUR LENSES,
RE-THINK OUR FOUNDATIONS, TO
RECOGNIZE WHAT IS GOING ON.
DAN: I MEAN, HEAR WH13
SAYING, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT
YOU MEAN BY THAT.
HAS ONE MAN CHANGED WHAT HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED?
PROF. KENNEDY: BY ONE MAN, YOU
MIGHT MEAN OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT.
HE IS NOT THE ONLY MAN CHANGING
THE RULES OF THE GAME.
YOU CAN THINK ABOUT BREXIT, TOO,
WHICH WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.
PERHAPS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT BY
THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED FOR IT,
MANY THINKING NOW, WHAT DID WE
DO?
KIND OF LIKE A POLITICAL ONE
NIGHT STAND.
BACK IN THE FALL OF 2015I 3
AN ESSAY FOR EUROPEAN
PUBLICATION.
BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS WE'RE
FACING IN THIS WORLD ARE SO
COMPLEX, SO DIFFICULT, AND
NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE GOOD
ANSWERS, SO MANY OF US ARE
PUTTING OUR FAITH IN THOSE WHO
CLAIM TO HAVE ANSWERS.
SO WHEN BREXIT WAS SUPPOSED TO
SOLVE EVERYTHING, WHEN PUTIN
PROMISES TO SOLVE EVERYTHING,
WHEN H
UNGAR
PROMISES TO SOLVE EVERYTHING,
PEOPLE WANT TO PUT THEIR FAITH
IN SOMETHING.
SO THOSE PROMISES MATTER.
AND TRUMP IS CONTINUING IN THE
TRADITION.
DAN: THIS IS A THEME BEING
ECHOED BY A LOT OF SMART
POLITICAL PEOPLE, THAT WE HAVE A
-- I DON'T KNOW -- KIND OF AN
AUTHORITARIAN, POTENTIAL
TOTALITARIAN, KIND OF FLAVOR
THAT IS JUST ALL AROUND US.
OF COURSE, OUR DEMOCRACY IS
BUILT TO WITHSTAND THAT KIND OF
DYNAMIC, BUT THERE IS GOING TO
BE, AT LEAST IN THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT, AND FEELING
LIKE HE CAN DO THINGS BECAUSE HE
JUST WANTS TO DO THINGS, AND IT
WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE
IF HE CAN.
PROF. KENNEDY: RIGHT.
DAN: LET'S TALK ABOUT TODAY.
TODAY FUELED HIS FIRE.
HE WAS ABLE TO TWEET ON WHAT
FELLOW HOUSE REPUBLICANS WERE
DOING.
WITH A TWEET, HE SAID THEIR
PRIORITIES WERE NOT STRAIGHT.
NOT THAT I DISAGREE WITH HIM ON
THIS, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO TO EAT
THIS AND CHANGE THAT SHE WAS
ABLE TO TWEET -- HE WAS ABLE TO
TWEET THIS AND CHANGE THE COURSE
OF A BACKDOOR VOTE OVER THE
WEEKEND.
GOOD THING, BAD THING?
PROF. KENNEDY: OH, IT IS A GOOD
THING FOR THE COUNTRY.
HE MADE A GREAT CALL.
AND THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP WAS
OPPOSED TO THIS CALL FOR
ABOLISHING THAT.
DAN: PROFESSOR, I ALWAYS HAVE A
HOUSE OF CARDS DISPOSITION WITH
THIS KIND OF STUFF, THAT THE
HOUSE LEADERSHIP KIND OF WENT
THE WAY OF, YONOW, I WISH OUR
RANK-AND-FILE HAD NOT DONE THIS
-- OOPS, SORRY.
I DON'T KNOW, IT IS HARD TO
BELIEVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF
THERE ANYMORE IN SOME WAYS.
THE LEADER KEEP THE
RANK-AND-FILE REPUBLICANS DOWN
FROM REALLY TAKING WHAT WAS IN
THEIR MINDS AND OPPRESSIVE
ETHICS PROCESS OFF THE TABLE.
TWEETED.
THAT IS FASCINATING.
PROF. KENNEDY: FASCINATING.
DAN: SO IF HE IS RIGHT ABOUT
THEM TIMES IN HIS NEW WAY OF
DOING THIS, WE ARE GOING TO BE
IN GREAT SHAPE.
IF HE IS WRONG A BUNCH OF TIMES
--
PROF. KENNEDY: RIGHT.
LAW TO GET US OUT OF TROUBLE.
DAN: OOH, MEANING?
PROF. KENNEDY: MEANING HE HAS
THE PRACTICE OF TAKING EXTREME
STANDS KNOWING THAT HE CAN
RECOVER.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY
BANKRUPTCIES
HAS HE HAD?
SIX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
SO WE HAVE A SYST THAT
PROTECTS PEOPLE AND ENABLES
PEOPLE TO START AGAIN.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, WE CANNOT HAVE A
BANKRUPTCY POLICY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS OR DOMESTIC GOVERNANCE.
DAN: SO THIS ONE
REALLY, IN
ESSENCE, MINOR DEVELOPMENT
YOU ON THE BIGGER PICTURE?
PROF. KENNEDY: IT ADVISES ME
THAT I NEED TO RETHINK THE POWER
OF PRAYER.
DAN: HMM,
SAY -- WE NEED TO
RETHINK THE POWER OF TWITTER.
DAN: ESSAY THAT SLOWLY AGAIN.
PROF. KENNEDY: WE NEED TO
RETHINK THE POWER OF TWITTER.
I TWEET.
BUT I KNEW I COULD MAKE
MISTAKES.
TRUMP IS MAKING MISTAKES ALL THE
TIME.
BUT HE IS NOT LIKE RONALD
REAGAN, THE TEFLON PRESIDENT.
HE IS SOMEHOW DIFFERENT THAT HE
CAN ABSORB THESE MISTAKES AND
JUST SAY, HEY, I DO NOT REALLY
SAY THAT, OR, OH, I CHANGED MY
MIND.
THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE
IN THE NEW YORKER RECENTLY IN
WHICH THEY TRY TO IDENTIFY HIS
IDEOLOGY.
BEYOND THE RACE QUESTION, WHICH
WOULD BE COMPLICATED FOR ANYONE
WHO IS WHITE.
FIRST, THEY SAID HE IS AN
ECONOMIC NATIONALIST.
SECONDLY, THAT HE IS TRYING
TO
INTRODUCE A STYLE OF GOVERNANCE
WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
HE IS NOT EVEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR
HIMSELF.
WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY DOES NOT
CONSTRAIN HIM FROM SAYING
SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
TODAY.
DAN: WHICH IS FINE IF HE IS
WRONG ORIGINALLY.
PROF. KENNEDY: THAT IS RIGHT.
WE SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH TO
CHANGE OUR MIND AND ACKNOWLEDGE
OUR MISTAKES.
HE CHANGES HIS MIND WITHOUT EVER
ACKNOWLEDGING IT.
DAN: AND IGNORING OR DENYING
WHAT HE'S A PRIOR.
AND WITH OBAMACARE, THERE WAS
DISCUSSION OF THE PACKAGE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING.
MY GUESS IS WE WILL HAVE A WHOLE
LOT LESS CHANGE TO THIS HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM THAN SOME
PEOPLE THINK.
DO YOU A3
PROF. KENNEDY: SURE.
KELLY CONWAYON THE NEWS
THIS MORNING AND SAID, OF
COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KICK
ANYONE OFF HEALTH INSURANCE THAT
HAS IT NOW.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OBAMACARE.
THERE ARE THINGS TO IMPROVE.
DAN: THERE ARE 20 MILLION MORE
FOLKS ON HEALTH INSURANCE.
THERE IS A, YOU KNOW,
PRECONDITION CLAUSE THAT NO ONE
WANTS TO SEE, PRE-E13
CONDITIONS.
AND THEN THERE IS THE 25,
26-YEAR-OLD FAMILY DOLLARS,
WHICH DRIVES THE COST OF THIS
THING.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHERE THE MECHANISMS ARE
DISSOLVE THIS EXPENSE ISSUE,
WHICH IS REALLY THE THING IT IS
ABOUT, ABOUT THE COST.
IT IS NOT ABOUT ACCESS.
IT JUST COSTS MORE.
PROF. KENNEDY: OF COURSE,
ALL
AROUND, THEY HAVE DONE WELL WITH
THIS, RELATIVELY SPEAKING.
THEN COME TO A POINT.
WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT RUSSIA
WHEN WE COME BACK.
BY THE WAY,
WITH THIS BRAND-NEW
YEAR, A LOT OF US ARE MAKING
SOME RESOLUTIONS TO CIVIL FIVE
OUR LIVES.
DON'T MUCH -- TO SIMPLIFY OUR
THERE ARE MOBILE BANKING
FEATURES THAT THE CREDIT UNION
HAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE FOR
2017.
WITH THE MOBILE BANKING APP, YOU
CAN PAY BILLS, DEPOSIT CHECKS,
SAID SPENDING LIMITS.
YOU CAN SEND OR RECEIVE CASH
THROUGH TEXTS.
QUICK AND EASY, JUST A FEW CLICK
SPIRIT YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT
THEIR WEBSITE.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS
TELLING US RUSSIA DID IT, BUT
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT SAYS, YOU
KNOW, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS
STUFF -- HEADLINE HERE.
REALLY?
HERE IS WHAT WE
LEARN FROM CBS.
CBS NEWS HAS LEARNETHAT
U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
INVESTIGATING NEW AND
POTENTIALLY SUCCESSFUL CYBER
INTRUSIONS, RAISING CONCERNS
THAT THE RUSSIAN HACKS MIGHT
HAVE BEEN MORE EXTENSIVE THAN
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
AND GOVERNMENT ANALYSTS ARE
STTING IF RUSSIAN
HACKERS SUCCESSFULLY BREACHED
VERMONT'S ELECTRICAL
GRID.
A MALICIOUS CODE ON A UTILITY
COMPANY LAPTOP HAS BEEN TRACED
TO A WIDESPREAD CYBER ESPIONAGE
OPERATION LINKED TO RUSSIA.
MR. TRUMP: A JUST WANT THEM TO
BE SURE BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS
CHARGE.
BUT ELECT TOP CONTINUES TO
EXPRESS DOUBTS RUSSIA'S
INVOLVEMENT.
MR. TRUMP: I KNOW A LOT ABOUT
HACKING, AND IT IS A VERY HARD
THING TO PROVE.
IT COULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE.
I ALSO KNOW THINGS THAT OTHER
PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THEM A SO
THEY CANNOT BE SURE OF THE
SITUATION.
MR. TRUMP PROMISED NEW
INFORMATION ON TUESDAY OR
W ABOUT SEAN SPICER,
THE TRANSITION SPOKESMAN, SEEMED
TO WALK THAT BACK.
REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
IS PRIVY TO A LOT OF CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS.
HE GETS BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL
SECURITY TEAM DAILY.
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE MR.
TRUMP OR HIS NATIONAL SECURITY
TEAM IS GETTING THEIR
INTELLIGENCE REPORTS.
ALL U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, WITH THE
BLESSING OF VLADIMIR PUTIN,
ORCHESTRATED CYBER ATTACKS PRIOR
TO AND DURING THE U.S. ELECTION.
DAN: HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT
HACKING.
I DON'T KNOW.
PROF. KENNEDY: I DON'T KNOW THAT
HE ASSURES ME.
DAN: THAT IS THE STUFF THAT
MAKES YOU WORRY.
MAKES ME WORRY.
PROF. KENNEDY: IF THAT WERE
NOT
ATTACHED TO HIS DISREGARD FOR
WHAT ALL OF THE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES ARE TELLING US, I WOULD
SAY, EH, HE HAS LICENSE TO SAY
RIDICULOUS THINGS ONCE IN A
WHILE.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST RIDICULOUS,
THIS IS POSITIVELY DANGEROUS
FOR, I WOULD SAY, GLOBAL
SECURITY, NOT JUST AMERICAN
SECURITY.
DAN: BECAUSE?
PROF. KENNEDY: BECAUSE HE'S
UNDERMINING U.S. CREDIBILITY IN
THE WORLD BY SAYING THAT SOMEHOW
OUR PRESIDENT IN POWER NOW AND
ALL OF OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT, SO THE NEXT TIME
WE COME UP, EVEN UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP, TO SAY WE HAVE THESE
FACTS, PEOPLE CAN GO BACK
AND
SAY, WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT THOSE FACTS
WERE WR BACK WHEN YOU
DISAGREED WITH THEM?
SO WE DISAGREE WITH THEM, TOO.
DAN: YEAH, HE DID NOT SEEM TO
CARE ABOUT THE PROCESS GOING
FORWARD.
HE LIVES IN THE NOW.
TO YOUR POINT LAST SEGMENT,
HE
VERY WELL MAY, AND IF YOU LISTEN
TO WHAT HE WAS SAYING THERE IN
THE CLIP WHERE HE WAS CAUGHT ON
THE FLY, HE WELL
MAY, AFTER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DOUBLES,
TRIPLES, AND QUADRUPLES DOWN ON
THIS INFORMATION AND LAYS IT OUT
SO THAT IT IS ALMOST,
PRACTICALLY OR ABSOLUTELY
UNDENIABLE THAT THERE WAS
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION, AND THEN
HE TAKES OFFICE.
HE IS APT TO SAY,
HEY, YOU
KNOW, NOW THAT I HAVE THIS NEW
INFORMATION, NOW THAT I HAVE
DONE MORE INVESTIGATION ON
HACKING EVEN THOUGH I KNOW A LOT
ABOUT HACKING, I DO THINK THEY
PLAYED A ROLE.
AND WE WILL ALL SAY, OH, OK.
IT WILL END OF THAT WAY.
I EXPECT HE WILL DO THAT.
PROF. KENNEDY: YEAH.
DAN: THERE IS KIND OF
A BUILT-IN
THRESHOLD OF PAIN FOR HIS --
RIGHT?
PROF. KENNEDY: RIGHT.
I EXPECT HE WILL DO THAT, BUT IN
THE PROCESS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IS THAT SOMEHOW PUTIN HAS BEEN
MADE TO LOOK LIKE A RATIONAL
GUY, IN THE U.S.
EXTREME -- AND
THE U.S. EXTREME.
WHY?
BECAUSE WE COULD OUT DIPLOMATS,
CAKE OUT SPIES THEM AND THEY
DON'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY HOLD BACK.
OF COURSE, ELECT PUP PRAISES
PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT-ELECT
TRUMP PRAISES PRESIDENT PUTIN
FOR DOING THAT.
SO THE BROMANCE THAT BEGAN SOME
TIME AGO IS NOW GROWING.
THAT CAN CREATE POSSIBILITIES.
BUT MY CONCERN IS, EVEN AS --
EVERY PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BUSH,
THE SECOND TRIED IT, PRESIDENT
OBAMA TRIED IT, EVERY PRESIDENT
TRIES TO BEGIN REDEFINING THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA,
BEGINNING ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
TRUMP IS NO DIFFERENT.
HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS DIFFERENT IS THAT WE ARE
MAKING OUR ALLIES INSECURE.
WE ARE MAKING OUR ALLIES
WORRIED.
THAT NATO IS LESS OF A PRIORITY
THAN THE BROMANCE WITH PUTIN.
DAN: HMM.
YOU KNOW, I GET TO THE POINT
WHERE I RUN OUT OF QUESTIONS ON
THIS.
BECAUSE I
DON'T -- I JUST THINK
IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH THE
DAY-TO-DAY DISCOURSE.
I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS AT STAKE,
AND I DO NOT KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE ELECTED HIM.
PROF. KENNEDY: TWO THINGS CAN
HAPPEN THAT WOULD IMPROVE
EVERYTHING DRAMATICALLY.
THE FIRST IS THAT SOME PEOPLE,
INCLUDING OUR FORMER AMBASSADOR
TO RUSSIA, ARE ADVOCATING THAT
WE SHOULD HAVE A BIPARTISAN
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATE, PUBLICLY
AND TRANSPARENTLY, WHAT THIS
RUSSIAN HACK WAS.
POINT NUMBER ONE, THAT BRINGS
CONGRESS TOGETHER AND GETS US
AWAY FROM THIS INTENSE --
DAN: HE HAS GOT TO ACQUIESCE TO
THAT.
WITH OR WITHOUT HIS
ACQUIESCENCE.
PROF. KENNEDY: THEY ARE GOING TO
DO IT.
DAN: AND HE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT, I AM BETTER INFORMED.
PROF. KENNEDY: EXACTLY.
THE SECOND THING THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, AND THE REASON WHY
THIS RUSSIAN HACK IS MORE THAN A
RUSSIAN HACK -- IT DID NOT
DECIDE THE ELECTION, IT SHIFTED
PUBLIC DISCOURSE MORE CRITICALLY
TOWARD HILLARY CLINTON AND LESS
CRITICALLY TOWARD TRUMP.
IT DID AFFECT IT IN THAT WAY,
BUT IT DID NOT CHANGE VOTES.
WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
THAT WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A
POINT OF CONCERN IS THAT WE
REALLY DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF
PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION IN RUSSIA
AND WITH WHOM HE IS TIED.
EVEN THOSE WHO ARE
SYMPATHETIC TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
ON MOST ISSUES ARE SAYING THAT
PART OF THE REASON HE DID THIS
TODAY WAS TO "BOX IN
"
PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP.
DAN: THAT WAS KELLY CONWAY LAST
WEEK TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
SENDING DIPLOMATS PACKING.
OF COURSE, DONALD TRUMP WAS ABLE
TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, COOLER
HEADS WILL PREVAIL HERE.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT,
I THINK
THERE WILL BE A SITUATION WHERE
CONGRESS WILL STEP IN AND TRY TO
HAVE THE SIGNATURE ON THIS
TOPIC.
BUT THE BIGGER QUESTION IS
INVESTMENT IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
PROF. KENNEDY: RIGHT.
DAN: AND WHETHER OR NOT DONALD
TRUMP'S POSITION IN ALL OF HIS
INVESTMENTS START TO REFLECT
GUYS LIKE PUTIN WHO RUN THE
COUNTRY FOR THEIR OWN PROFIT.
I THINK WE ARE WILL BUILD
TO
SEIZE THE MOMENT AND GO AGAINST
THAT.
THAT IS WHAT DISCLOSURE IS ALL
ABOUT IT SO FAR, NOT SO GOOD.
PROF. KENNEDY: THIS IS A POINT
THAT GOES BEYOND PARTISANSHIP.
OBVIOUSLY, TRUMP'S OPPONENTS
WANT HIM TO DISCLOSE AND
DIVEST,
BUT EVEN HIS SUPPORTERS SHOULD
WANT TO DO THIS.
WHY?
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND
HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THERE IS
NOT SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL
INTEREST THAT IS MOVING HIS
DECISION-MAKING.
AND WE CAN HEAR THAT IF WE KNOW
WHAT ALL OF HIS INVESTMENTS ARE,
WHAT ALL OF HIS CONTACTS ARE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS THIS
ORGANIZATION CALLED BAY
ROCK,
AND A RECENT PIECE BY A GUY
NAMED JAMES HENRY, ARGUED THAT
THIS DAY ROCK IS SORT OF
DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE
RUSSIAN MOB.
NOW I DO NOT KNOW IF I BELIEVE
THIS, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT
THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
SO THE ONLY WAY THAT TRUMP IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO REASSURE THE
WHOLE PUBLIC, BECAUSE HE IS THE
PRESIDENT OF ALL AMERICANS, NOT
JUST OF REPUBLICANS WHO ARE NOT
NEVER-TRUMPERS, HE IS THE
PRESIDENT OF ALL AMERICANS.
HE HAS TO REASSURE ALL OF
AMERICANS THAT THERE IS NOTHING
IN HIS FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO THAT
ALLOWS PUTIN OR EVEN THE NEXT
ONE WHO HAS TIES TO INDONESIA
AND THERE IS A POLITICAL FIGURE
WHO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR
OFFICE WHO IS HIS PARTNER.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
SOMEHOW HIS FINANCIAL TIES ARE
NOT SHADING HIS DECISIONS.
I AM NOT DOUBTING HIS INTEGRITY,
BUT I DO NOT WANT THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC TO HAVE A REASON TO DOUBT
IT.
THAT WILL BE SOLVED ONLY BY HIS
RELEASING AT LEAST HIS TAXES.
DAN: WHICH HE WILL NOT DO UNLESS
HE REALLY STEPS IN IT SOMEWHERE
AND THE TIDE TURNS ON HIM.
I THINK THIS GUY HAS THE CHANCE
TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
PRESIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE
COUNTRY
AND ALSO WORST, NOT SURE
WHICH.
PROF. KENNEDY: IN FACT, THIS IS
HIS WEAKEST -- THERE ARE SO MANY
REASONS WHY PROGRESSIVES AND THE
LEFT AND PEOPLE OF COLOR WILL
OBJECT TO HIM, AND WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
HOWEVER, EVERYONE WILL OBJECT TO
SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY USING HIS
PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PERSONAL GAIN.
THAT IS CALLED CORRUPTION.
THERE IS A GUY WHO IS REALLY
GOOD ON THIS WHO WROTE A PIECE
RECENTLY, AND HE IS ACTUALLY
TRYING TO HELP TRUMP SEE THAT
HIS INTEREST IS IN ACTUALLY
BECOMING TRANSPARENT, NOT
BECOMING WHAT HE WAS.
DAN: THE TRUMP FACTOR HAS BEEN
UNPRECEDENTED, BUT THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC KNOWS ONE THING.
IT GOES LIKE THIS ON AN ISSUE.
AND IF CORRUPTION ARE WORRY
ABOUT INVESTMENTS AND CONFLICT
ENDS UP BEING A TOP CONCERN, IT
HAPPENS LIKE THAT, DOESN'T IT?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
DAN: TOMORR3
NIGHT, STATE
REPRESENTATIVE TOUCH RUSSIA
MORGAN, WHO LEADS THE
REPUBLICANS, WILL BE IN HERE.
-- STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOUCH
RUSSIA MORGAN WILL BE HERE.
THE BIG DOI IS HARD TAXES,
RUBBER, THAT KIND OF THING
PRESSING FOR THE TAXPAYERS.
WE WILL BE ON THAT TOMORROW.
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