Governor Chris Christie On Opioid Crisis: We Have A 9/11 Every 2.5 Weeks | Morning Joe

>>> THE OPIOID CRISIS IS AN EMERGENCY, AND I'M SAYING
OFFICIALLY RIGHT NOW, IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
IT'S A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. WE'RE GOING TO DRAW IT UP AND
MAKE IT A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. >> EFFECTIVE TODAY, MY
ADMINISTRATION IS OFFICIALLY DECLARING THE OPIOID CRISIS A
NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
>> IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF SEMANTICS BETWEEN NATIONAL
EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
THE DIFFERENCE CARRIES REAL IMPACT IN THE AMOUNT OF SPEED OF
FEDERAL FUNDING. WELCOME BACK TO "MORNING JOE."
IT'S FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. DONNY DEUTSCHE IS STILL WITH US.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE REQUESTED I BE HERE.
>> OF COURSE I DID. BRINGS A WHOLE LOT OF CLASS.
>> YOU AND I TOGETHER -- >> RAISES THE LEVEL, BABY.
>> HEIDI PRISBELLA RAISES THE BAR.
JOINING THE CONVERSATION, CHRIS CHRISTIE OF NEW JERSEY, THE
LEADER OF THE WHITE HOUSE OPIATE TAX FORCE.
>> THIS GOVERNOR WAS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS ISSUE FOR YOU.
YOU TALKED ABOUT IT -- >> I THINK ONE OF YOUR BEST
SPEECHES IN THE CAMPAIGN WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THIS ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU. >> INCREDIBLY MOVING.
>> PERHAPS THE BEST SPEECH OF THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
BUT WE ALL KNEW. WHEN MY SON WENT TO SCHOOL,
THERE WERE GOOD KIDS FROM GOOD FAMILIES THAT WEREN'T, YOU KNOW,
WHOSE DADS SPENT COLLEGE GETTING DRUNK AND DRIVING THEIR CAR INTO
A DITCH, AND INSTEAD, WHEN THEY MADE A MISTAKE, IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN WITH THEIR PARENT'S, OPIOIDS, AND THEY WENT TO SLEEP
AND DIDN'T WAKE UP. THAT TOUCHED THE LIVES OF FIVE
PEOPLE THAT MY SON AND MY FAMILY KNEW WHEN HE WAS IN ALABAMA FIVE
OR SIX YEARS AGO. I REMEMBER THINKING WHAT'S GOING
ON? THIS IS GOING ON STILL.
AND IT'S WORSE. >> LISTEN, IT'S -- 175 PEOPLE A
DAY IN THE UNITED STATES DIE OF DRUG OVERDOSE RIGHT NOW.
175 PEOPLE A DAY. WE HAVE 9/11 EVERY TWO AND A
HALF WEEKS. AND SO WHEN I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN MY PARTY ARGUE WITH ME ABOUT WHAT DO YOU SPEND ON
THIS. WHAT I SAY TO THEM IS IF WE HAD
A TERRORIST ATTACK EVERY DAY THAT KILLED 175 AMERICANS, HOW
MUCH WOULD YOU SPEND TO MAKE IT STOP IN AND THAT'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING. IT'S A MURDER OF OUR PEOPLE FROM
WITHIN. AND WE HAVE TO GO AFTER IT.
>> HOW DID THIS START? HEROIN -- REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE
GROWING UP, HEROIN IS WHAT PEOPLE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
SOCIETY IN THE WORST PARTS OF NEW YORK CITY DID, AND IT --
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND DRUGS GOT LIGHTER
AND KIDS WERE JUST SMOKING POT AND LA LA LA.
AND NOW, BOOM, WHEN I SAY JUST, THAT'S NOT HOW I FEEL ABOUT
SMOKING POT. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON IT.
MY SON IS -- MY SON AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE ANGRY AT
ME. >> TOTALLY OPPOSED.
I'M WITH YOU, JOE. >> HOW DID WE JUMP TO HEROIN?
>> IT STARTED IN DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES. WE CONSUME 85% OF THE WORLD'S
PRESCRIPTION OPIATES. 85% WITH 4% OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION. THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT WAS
STARTED BY OUR PHYSICIANS, BY OUR HOSPITALS.
BY OUR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THE FACT IS IF WE DON'T GET AT THIS ROOT OF IT, THINK ABOUT
THIS. FOUR OUT OF EVERY FIVE HEROIN
ADDICTS TODAY IN AMERICAN STARTED ON PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS.
>> GOVERNOR, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION BASED ON THAT.
FIRST, I'VE TAKEN MY SHOTS OVER THE YEARS.
I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU. THIS IS AN AMAZING CAUSE AND AN
AMAZING PART OF YOUR LEGACY. I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THE
PRESIDENT, YESTERDAY HUMAN,

WE HAVE TO START WITH THE DOCTORS.
WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN?
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE THE DRUG CZAR, AND WE HAVE TO START WITH THE
DEALERS. >> WE'VE RECOMMENDED TO THE
PRESIDENT THEY NOW REQUIRE A COUPLE THINGS.
EVERY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN AMERICA, YOU NEED TO HAVE TRAINING FOR
DOCTORS INCLUDING OPIOID ADDICTION, HOW TO DEAL WITH AND
PREVENT ADDICTION. SECONDLY, WE HAVE THE DEA GIVING
OUT LICENSES TO WRITE THE PRESCRIPTIONS AND RENEWING THEM.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AN
HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS. DOCTORS ARE NOT BEING TRAINED ON
ASSISTANCE ONCE THEY ARE ADDICTED.
A LACK OF TRAINING AT THE FRONT END, A LACK OF ONGOING TRAINING,
AND THEN A LACK OF TREATMENT ONCE PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION.
>> I HAD BROUGHT UP MARIJUANA, AND I TALKED ABOUT MY SON
LIBERTARIAN, OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE
MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AGAIN, SORT OF A
LIBERTARIAN. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
LEGALIZING MARIJUANA A LONG TIME AGO.
I TALKED TO AN EDUCATOR THIS PAST WEEK.
HE SAID HE'S WORRIED ABOUT SMART PHONES, BECAUSE THEY'RE REWIRING
CHILDREN'S MINDS, AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE LEGALIZATION
OF MARIJUANA. I SAID WHY.
HE SAID BECAUSE THE OPIOID CRISIS STARTED WHEN KIDS STARTED
TAKING THEIR PARENT'S OPIOIDS. THAT'S HOW IT STARTED IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGES. I FEAR THE LEGALIZATION OF
MARIJUANA ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL DO THE SAME THING.
THE PARENTS BUY THE MARIJUANA AND 12, 13, 14-YEAR-OLD KIDS
START SMOKING IT, AND AT THAT AGE, IT REWIRES THE BRAIN.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE LIBERTARIANS WHO ARE GOING TO
KILL ME THE REST OF THE DAY FOR EVEN DARING TO BRING UP -- AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT WORK HERE -- THAT WOULD KILL ME FOR
THE REST OF THE DAY, BUT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING, SAME THING
IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MARIJUANA.
IT DOESN'T KILL YOU WE UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT CAN REWIRE THE BRAIN. >> NO PARTISAN ORGANIZATION,
JUST CAME OUT WITH A REPORT THAT SAID YOU'RE TWO AND A HALF MORE
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE AN OPIATE ADDICT IF YOU INGEST
MARIJUANA. TWO AND A HALF TIMES MORE
LIKELY. >> WHO SAID THAT?
>> NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
LIBERTARIAN, LIBERAL ORGANIZATION, THEY ARE THE
UMPIRES OF HEALTH IN THE COUNTRY.
>> AND BY THE WAY -- >> THEY'RE SAYING.
IT'S WRONG. WE SHOULD STOP IT BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY MORE MEDICATED.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE MORE MEDICATED.
>> THE PROBLEM ALSO IS, AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK I AM
COMPAING OPIOIDS TO MARIJUANA. I'M SAYING ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE
MORE AND MORE AMERICANS, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING, THAT
ARE ON DRUGS WERE PSYCHIATRIC NEEDS, AND YOU START MIXING
THOSE WITH POSSIBLY OPIOIDS OR A HEAVY DOSE OF MARIJUANA,
SUDDENLY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERMEDICATION OF AMERICA,
AND SUDDENLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE COOL AND I'M OKAY AND
YOU'RE OKAY, GETS THROWN INTO A TOXIC BREW.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BARRELLING DOWN THE HILL.
THE SNOWBALL IS BARRELLING DOWN THE HILL.
I WONDER, GOVERNOR, WHAT DOES WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID YESTERDAY
CREATE, MEANINGFULLY THAT WASN'T ALREADY UNDERWAY, AND THEN
SECONDLY, WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS THERE, BECAUSE
I THINK THIS EXPIRES WITHIN 60 TO 90 DAYS?
>> 90. >> WHAT KIND OF FOLLOWUP IS
THERE GOING TO BE? WHAT'S NEW, AND WHAT KIND OF
FOLLOWUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES SOMEWHERE?
>> THAT'S FIRST. I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT RENEWED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN 90 -DAY PERIODS.
IT'S THE WAY THE STATUTE IS. I THINK THE PRESIDENT WILL
CONTINUE TO RENEW IT. ON WHAT'S NEW, ONE OF THE BIG
THINGS THAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT IS HE TALKED ABOUT
GIVING WAIVERS TO THE IMD RULE. THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVE AN
INSTITUTION IN A STATE THAT HAS MORE THAN 17 BEDS IN IT, AND
YOU'RE GIVING DRUG TREATMENT, MEDICAID WON'T PAY BASED UPON A
RULE THAT SAYS THAT'S A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF EMPTY TREATMENT BEDS THAT ARE NOT
BEING USED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE MEDICAID RULE.
THAT WAS THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WE MADE IN THE
REPORT. HE SAID YESTERDAY HE'S ORDERING
THE WAIVER OF THAT RULE. WHAT IT WILL DO IN MY STATE IS
OPEN UP IMMEDIATELY, NOT HAVING TO BUILD THEM, BUT OPENING
EXISTING TREATMENT BEDS TO THE POOR IN THE HUNDREDS.
IT WILL DO THAT IN EVERY STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW THAT WILL MEAN A SIGNIFICANT FLUX OF
FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE STATES TO MATCH.
>> SOME OF THE CRITICISM IS THE BUDGET, THE PRESIDENT CUTS
MEDICAID. HOW DO YOU SQUARE THOSE TWO?
>> I THINK THAT INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS PART OF THE ACA CHANGES AND
THE REST OF THAT. THE FACT IS I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM.
HE KNOWS THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE TO INVEST.
WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO GET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED.
YESTERDAY HE MADE A KEY POINT #HIS SPEECH WHEN HE SAID
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PREVENTING WHICH HE TALKED ABOUT, BUT HE
ALSO SAID THERE ARE MILLIONS OF ADDICTED PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO TREAT THEM. WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HELP
THEM. THE PRESIDENT MADE SOME
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS YESTERDAY THAT -- LET ME SAY THIS.
NO PRESIDENT IN MY LIFETIME ON THIS ISSUE HAS SAID.
HE GAVE COMPASSION YESTERDAY, AND HOPE TO THOSE FAMILIES THAT
ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED LET
ALONE THE PEOPLE WE'VE ALREADY LOST.
>> IS HE GOING TO GET THE MONEY HE NEEDS?
THERE WERE COMPLAINTS YESTERDAY, FROM WHAT I SAW, THAT HE TALKED
ABOUT IT, BUT THEY WERE JUST WORDS.
THAT USA TODAY, HEIDI'S PAPER, OPIOID SURVIVORS SEEK MORE
MONEY. >> RIGHT.
I THINK THAT WILL COME. THAT'S CONGRESS'S JOB.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY TO PUT IN THIS.
>> WILL THIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FUND IT?
>> I THINK THEY WILL. >> HOW MUCH?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT NEED TO BE SPENT.
LET'S REMEMBER THIS. IN THE ACA BILL, THE
GRANT/CASSIDY BILL THAT DIDN'T PASS, THEY HAD APPORTIONED $45
BILLION FOR OPIOID TREATMENT. CONGRESS IS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
THE ONE THING THAT'S TREATMENT, THE COMMISSION HELD A MEETING
WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. WE INVITED ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO
COME. THERE WERE MORE DEMOCRATS AN
REPUBLICANS IN THE ROOM. BUT ONLY BY THREE OR FOUR.
THIS WAS A BROAD SWATH OF REPUBLICANS.
DEMOCRATS REGARDLESS OF IDEOLOGY.
WE HAD MAX AND WATERS NEXT TO ROB PORTMAN.
BUT THEY WERE. >> THIS IS BIPARTISAN.
>> IT'S THE FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SANDY.
WE'VE GOT AN INTERESTING STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I'D LIKE YOU TO COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE.
I AM PROUD TO BE A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE.
>> I AM PROUD TO BE A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE
IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM.
AND THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- >> THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE
RAISE OF THE PARTY. >> YOU'RE ASKING ME.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE, DONNY, BUT WHAT I
WOULD SAY IS I'M STILL PROUD OF THE IDEA OF BEING A REPUBLICAN,
BECAUSE I STILL THINK WE BELIEVE IN THE IDEA THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS.
THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THERE TO HELP BUT NOT TO SOLVE EVERY
PROBLEM. >> CAN I GIVE YOU A MUCH QUICKER
ANSWER? >> I AM PROUD TO BE A REPUBLICAN
BECAUSE JOE SCARBOROUGH IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF MY PARTY.
MUCH FASTER. >> NO.
NO. >> IT CUTS THROUGH.
BY THE WAY, IT HAS UNIVERSAL APPEAL.
>> IT DOES HAVE UNIVERSAL APPEAL, BUT NOT TO ME, JOE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN OUTLIER. I WANT YOU BACK, JOE.
I WANT YOU TO COME BACK. COME BACK TO THE MOTHER LAND,
JOE, PLEASE. COME BACK TO HOME.
>> BY THE WAY, I SAID WE'RE GOING TO SHOW POLL NUMBERS YOU
AREN'T GOING TO LIKE. IN PART --
>> THAT'S OKAY. >> EVERY TIME YOU COME ON THE
SHOW, IF WE HAVE ANY CIVIL CONVERSATION WITH YOU, WE'RE
BASHED FOR THE NEXT 12 DAYS. HOW COULD YOU LET HIM OFF THE
HOOK. IT DOESN'T HELP YOU THAT YOUR
POLL NUMBERS ARE AT 3% IN NEW JERSEY.
>> THEY'RE NOT. >> I KNOW.
>> I'M NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING. IT'S LIBERATING.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT
JOB ON SANDY, ESPECIALLY THE YEARS AFTER SANDY.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MONMOUTH POLL, ARE
YOU? >> I AM.
LET ME GET IT OUT FIRST. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT YOU HURT
YOUR POLITICAL CAREER BECAUSE YOU HUGGED BARACK OBAMA BECAUSE
YOU SAID WHAT I'M SAYING THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO HAS TO
DO. >> I'M A LOVER.
>> EVEN IF DONALD TRUMP IS TREATING PUERTO RICO BAD, I SAY
IT'S STILL THE GOVERNOR'S JOB TO BE POSITIVE.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE GUY THAT BRINGS IN THE MONEY.
WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM NOT, ATTACK HIM LATER IN YOUR MEMOIR.
THIS POLLING ARE YOU SATISFIED OR DISSATISFIED WITH SANDY
RECOVERY EFFORTS SO FAR. VERY SATISFIED, 9.
SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 35. 44% SAYING THEY'RE SATISFIED.
ABOUT A THIRD VERY DISSATISFIED. THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED A GOOD
BIT SINCE 2013. DO YOU THINK THAT JUST TACKS
ALONG WITH YOUR PERSONAL APPROVAL RATING?
>> WHEN YOU READ THE POLL, WHAT THE POLLSTER SAYS, THIS IS NOT A
SCIENTIFICALLY SIGNIFICANT SURVEY.
SO THANKS FOR PUBLISHING IT. SERIOUSLY, LET ME TELL YOU THIS.
365,000 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN SANDY.
1200 FAMILIES LEFT TO GO BACK. NOW, IN FIVE YEARS TO GO FROM
365,000 TO 1200 IS A PACE THAT OUTSTRIPS NEW YORK, LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI. WE'RE PROUD OF IT.
NOW -- I WON'T BE COMPLETELY SATISFIED UNTIL THOSE 1200
PEOPLE ARE BACK. >> WE KNOW IN ANY STORM, THERE
ARE PEOPLE STILL HURTING OUT THERE.
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED OR WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE, THE THIRD THAT ARE
DISSATISFIED? >> THE 12 00 FAMILIES THAT
AREN'T OUT, GET THEM BACK. FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES, THEY'RE
STILL RECEIVING RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF NEW
JERSEY TO HELP TO PAY THEIR RENT WHILE THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR HOMES
AND TO HELP TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGES.
THEY'RE STILL GETTING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR ANY MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT PERSIST BECAUSE OF THEIR PAIN FROM
SANDY. WE'RE STILL THERE EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY WITH THESE FOLKS. LISTEN, IF IT WERE ME, AND I
WASN'T BACK IN MY HOME, I'D BE DISSATISFIED.
BUT IF YOU GO FROM 365,000 TO 1200, THAT WAS PROBABLY A PRETTY
GOOD RESULT FROM ANY GOVERNMENT. >> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT
PUERTO RICO AND THE RECOVERY IN PUERTO RICO?
IT SEEMS TO BE GOING AT A SLOWER CLIP?
>> REALLY CONCERNED. I THINK THE BIGGEST REASON IS
PUERTO RICO WAS IN SUCH TOUGH SHAPE BEFORE THE STORM CAME.
WE HAVE AN ISLAND THAT WAS NEARLY BANKRUPT, FUNCTIONALLY
BANKRUPT. THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY
HADN'T INVESTED IN IN A LONG TIME.
WHEN A DESTRUCTIVE STORM COMES INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE
WORKING FROM GROUND ZERO. >> YOU'RE NOT BLAMING THE PEOPLE
OF PUERTO RICO? >> NO.
THIS IS THE STATE -- THAT WAS THE STATE OF WHAT HAPPENED
OVER -- FROM REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS OVER 50
YEARS THERE. >> AND WE HAVE TO TELL OUR
VIEWERS THAT IF YOU DIDN'T FOCUS ON PUERTO RICO BEFORE THE
DISASTER THERE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HEARD POLICY MAKERS
SORT OF RUBBING THEIR HANDS ABOUT WRINGING THEIR HANDS ABOUT
FOR YEARS, THE BANKRUPTCY, THE PUERTO RICANS TELLING US ALL THE
TIME THE SITUATION IS SO BAD. >> REALLY BAD --
>> IT MAKES THE TRAGEDY EVEN GREATER.
>> AND IT MAKES THE RECOVERY EVEN WORSE.
WE SENT MORE PEOPLE TO PUERTO RICO THAN ANY STATE IN THE
COUNTRY. WE'VE SENT 1100 NATIONAL GUARD
AND STATE POLICE TO PUERTO RICO. THEY'RE DOING TWO-WEEK TOURS.
THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS LOGISTICALLY, THEY HAVE ALL
THESE SUPPLIES AT THE PORT. MORE THAN THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH. THE ROADS IN PUERTO RICO HAD
BEEN SO WASHED OUT AND DI DESTROYED THAT UNTIL THEY
REBUILD THEM, THEY HAVE TO AIR LIFT STUFF TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
SAN JUAN. THAT INSFRUR A PROBLEM.
>> YOU WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS WITHOUT ANY
TYPE OF BAD TONE TO IT. I NOW ASK YOU ABOUT TRUMP.
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT HE WAS REALLY INSENSITIVE
TOWARD PUERTO RICO AND EVEN HIS TROOPS THERE WERE OPTICALLY
DISASTROUS. YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT GETTING
THE TRUTH OUT THERE, GOING THERE.
HAVING THE REAL CONVERSATION. SENATOR FLAKE, BOB CORKER HAD
TOUGH WORDS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND FOR THE STATE OF THINGS, THE
STATE OF THE DISCOURSE OVER THE PAST WEEK.
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE IF MORE SITTING
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN WENT THERE AND SPOKE TO WHAT THEY
REALLY ARE SEEING? >> WHAT I THINK WOULD BE MORE
PRODUCTIVE -- >> WITH THIS PRESIDENT?
>> WHAT I THINK WOULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IS IF THEY JUST GOT
THEIR JOB DONE. >> HOW CAN YOU --
>> WHAT IF THE PRESIDENT JUST GETS HIS JOB DONE?
>> BY THE WAY, YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, I WOULD HAVE SAID THE
SAME THING. I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT THIS IS A TIME IN OUR HISTORY WHEN WE HAVE ENORMOUS
POSSIBILITY TO GET THINGS DONE THAT CURRENT REPUBLICANS LIKE
MYSELF AND FORMER REPUBLICANS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR DECADES. RIGHT?
AND SO THE DISCOURAGING THING TO ME IS THIS STUFF IS NOT GETTING
DONE. AND YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF BLAME
AROUND WASHINGTON FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING THAT.
I WOULD SAY THIS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY CALLED
IT THE WAY I'VE SEEN IT. AND ALSO SAID TO FOLKS, YOU
KNOW, WHEN I THOUGHT THEY WERE JERKS, I TOLD THEM THAT.
>> AND THEN CONTINUED WORKING. >> BUT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK.
IN THE END, BOTH SIDES HAVE TO DO THAT ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN
THE WHITE HOUSE. AND AS I'VE SAID, I THINK PART
OF WHAT'S GONE ON HERE IS EDUCATION OF SOMEBODY, MEANING
THE PRESIDENT, WHO SPENT HIS LIFE IN NEW YORK REAL ESTATE
MARKET. MANY OF US INTERACT WITH HIM FOR
YEARS. THIS IS A DIFFERENT WORLD.
AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO OPERATE IN THE DIFFERENT
WORLD. I THINK YESTERDAY YOU SAW THE
PRESIDENT SPEAK IN A WAY ABOUT THIS OPIATE ISSUE THAT WILL
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND I HOPE THAT THAT EXTENDS TO
OTHER THINGS AS WELL. BUT I THINK THE REASON HE DID IT
WAS BECAUSE HE PERSONALLY REALLY CARES ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I
THOUGHT YESTERDAY YOU SAW MORE OF THE PERSONAL DONALD TRUMP
THAT WE KNOW. HE'S THERE.
>> YOU SAW THAT? >> I DID.
>> BEFORE YOU GO, I WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MIKA
IS GOING TO HATE. BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF
THE BEST MLB POST SEASONS WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
LET ME START WITH THE NEWS, THOUGH, THE DAILY NEWS TALKS
ABOUT "MORNING JOE." THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT JOE
GIRARDI. I HATE THE YANKEES.
I HATE THE EVIL EMPIRE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN I SAW GIRARDI, I WAS LIKE CAN'T HATE HIM THAT MUCH.
THAT IS A GOOD GUY. HE'S A LEADER.
I THOUGHT THEY TREATED HIM BADLY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I AGREE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE GREAT MANAGER IS THEY THINK THEY'RE
BRINGING IN. >> LESLIE BAKER FOR JOE GIRARDI?
I DON'T THINK SO. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT GAME TWO OF
THE WORLD SERIES. WAS THAT ONE OF THE BEST WORLD
SERIES YOU SEEN IN A WHILE. >> ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I'VE
SEEN IN A WHILE. 7-6?
INCREDIBLE. >> DODGERS, ARE THEY GOING TO
WIN THIS? >> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> REALLY? >> NO.
>> YOU THINK THE ASTROS ARE A TEAM OF DESTINY?
>> I DO. >> YOU LOVE THIS, MIKA.
>> I DON'T. IT'S SO STUPID.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOTHING. IT'S JUST MUMBO JUMBO.
>> I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN A LONG TIME.
I LOVE BEING AROUND THIS TABLE WITH MUMBO JUMBO.
>> IF GIRARDI GOES TO WASHINGTON, WILL THE NATIONALS
WIN A WORLD SERIES IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS?
>> NO. >> REALLY?
>> NO. BECAUSE THE NATIONALS' PLAYERS
JUST CAN'T WIN THE BIG ONE. THEY JUST CAN'T.
>> THEIR LEADING PLAYER DOES NOT MAKE OTHER PLAYERS BETTER, BRYCE
HARPER. >> A COLUMNIST SAID THEY DON'T
HATE LOSING ENOUGH. AND FOR YOU TO WIN, YOU HAVE TO
HATE LOSING. >> AND MATT WEEDER IS BEHIND THE
PLATE. PLEASE, I WOULDN'T LET HIM BOX
MY GROCERIES. DID YOU SEE THAT PERFORMANCE.
A FORMER CATCHER? DISGUSTING.
TERRIBLE. >> I KNOW.
RIGHT. >> IDIOTS.
CHRIS CHRISTIE, THANK YOU. >> THAT'S TERRIBLE.
>> THE DODGERS WON BY A TOUCHDOWN?
>> SHUT UP. STIL
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