HONG KONG.

THE SECOND DAY OF DISRUPTIONS AT

THE AIRPORT, ONE OF THE BUSIEST

ON THE PLANET.

174 MILLION PASSENGERS GO THERE

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND GOT VIOLENT

AND GOT FOLKS WORRIED.

HERE WITH US, FROM THE

JUDICIALRY COMMITTEE, DOUG

COLLINS.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

>> Neil: WHAT SHOULD BE THE

EXTENT OF OUR REACTION, MESSAGE,

WHAT IS UNFOLDING IN HONG KONG?

>> I THINK WE ALWAYS SUPPORT

FREEDOM.

YOU'RE SEEING THAT FOLD OUT ON

THE STREETS.

YOU'RE SEEING THE AMERICAN FLAG,

HEARING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

WE'RE IS SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND

HOPE.

IT'S BEING PLAYED OUT FROM

PEOPLE THAT ARE FEELING THE

OPPRESSION THAT THEY FEEL

CREEPING IN ON THEM AND THEY

WANT THE FREEDOM THAT THEY'VE

HAD IN HONG KONG.

>> Neil: SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

ON OUR PART?

IF THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO US?

THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY

CAUTIOUS, TRYING TO BALANCE

THIS, TO DEAL WITH THIS, TO DEAL

WITH TRADE.

YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE MORE

DIRECT?

YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE

THREATENING?

HOW WOULD YOU PLAY IT?

>> I'M NOT SURE THREATENING IS

THE RIGHT ANSWER.

CONTINUING OUR SUPPORT AS WE

ALWAYS HAVE ACROSS THE WORLD.

WE SHOULD BE THE COUNTRY THAT IS

SUPPORTING FREEDOM AND

SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE

CLAMORING TO BE FREE.

HE'S ALSO THE -- THE PRESIDENT

IS PLAYING THIS IN A WAY HE HAS

TO.

WE'RE DEALING WITH TRADE ISSUES

AS WELL.

PUTTING THE TWO TOGETHER IN A

SITUATION THAT WE KNEW WAS

HEADED TOWARDS THE RECOMBINATION

OF HONG KONG AND MAINLAND CHINA

IS JUST GETTING CLOSER AND

CLOSER.

WE'LL SEE MORE OF THIS AS IT

GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT

DATE.

>> Neil: IF IT GETS VIOLENT,

SIR, IF THEY CRACK DOWN LIKE

THEY DID IN TIANANMEN SQUARE 30

YEARS AGO, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?

>> I HOPE THEY DON'T DO THAT.

THAT WOULD GET A REACTION FROM

THE WORLD.

THE WORLD WOULD REACT.

THERE WOULD BE A VALID REACTION

FROM THE UNITED STATES.

IF YOU SEE AN OPPRESSION LIKE WE

SAW IN TIANANMEN SQUARE AND

ESPECIALLY HONG KONG, WHICH IS A

BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE ECONOMY AND

SOUTHEAST ASIA.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS

OPEN.

THAT WOULD ELICIT A VIOLENT

RESPONSE FROM THE WORLD IF THAT

WERE TO HAPPEN.

>> Neil: THAT WAS THE HOPE AFTER

TIANANMEN SQUARE.

THE CHINESE CRACKED DOWN AND

FIGURED THE WORLD WOULD GET OVER

IT AND MOVE ON AND THEY DID.

YOU WORRY ABOUT HISTORY

REPEATING ITSELF?

>> A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS DIFFERENT.

IN CHINA, THEY CAN SWALLOW UP

THE TIANANMEN SQUARE INCIDENT

AND GO BACK INTO THEIR -- AGAIN,

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE TIME HERE.

YOU'RE DEALING IN A MUCH

DIFFERENT CHINA THAN WE DEALT

WITH BACK THEN.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN

MIND.

THEY'RE ALSO HAVING TO TAKE INTO

ACCOUNT THEIR POSITION ON THE

WORLD STAGE, THEIR ECONOMIC

POSITION AND HONG KONG IS VERY

DIFFERENT THAN SOMETHING

HAPPENING INTERNALLY THERE IN

BEIJING.

IT'S DIFFERENT IN THAT RECORD.

IT WILL BE HARD TO COVER THIS

UP.

>> Neil: THE MARKETS STORMED

BACK ON THE NOTION THAT MAYBE

THE PRESIDENT WAS DANGLING A

CARROT TO THE CHINESE TO DELAY

SOME TARIFFS AND THAT HOPES ARE

BUILDING THAT THERE CAN BE A

DEAL.

DO YOU THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO A

DEAL?

DO YOU FEAR THAT OUR HOPES JUST

GOT UP OR WHAT?

>> NO, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING --

THIS UNDERESTIMATED HERE.

EVERYBODY IS SORT OF LOOKED AT

THE CHINA AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS

THROUGH THE LENS OF THE OLD WAY

THAT WE GO BACK AND FORTH.

ONE WOULD GIVE, ONE WOULD NOT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE A

FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING THE

CHINESE OFF BALANCE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

THAT'S NOT A BAD THING WHERE

THEY'VE HAD THE UPPER HAND FOR

SO LONG.

I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS COMING

BACK AND SAYING, YOU DID THIS,

NOW LET ME GO BACK AND CHANGE,

THIS I'LL HOLD OFF.

HELP OUR CONSUMERS.

THE SAME TIME, IT MAKES CHINA

SAY WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE LONG

HAUL AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO CAVE

IN.

>> Neil: YOU THINK ANY OF THIS

IMPEACHMENT TALK GOES FURTHER

AND FURTHER BACK AND THAT THOSE

IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT

WERE ENTERTAINING THAT HAVE TO

LOOK AROUND AROUND SAY, ALL

RIGHT, IT'S NOT GOING IN I

WHERE?

>> THEY WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT

ANYTHING THAN THE ECONOMY,

ANYTHING THAN THE JOBS MARKET OR

ANYTHING WITH THE CONSUMER

CONFIDENCE RISING.

THEY WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT A

PRESIDENT THAT THEY HAVE HATED

SINCE 2016 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED.

THEY WANT TO DISTRACT.

MY CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN GOING

AROUND, MEDIA ALL OVER SAYING

THEY'RE IN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

HE KNOWS THAT'S NOT TRUE.

>> Neil: I WANTED TO ASK YOU

ABOUT THAT HE SAID IT'S AN

IMPEACHMENT -- TECHNICALLY IT'S

NOT.

BUT HE SAID THAT.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT?

>> WELL, HE WANTS TO HAVE IT

BOTH WAYS.

THIS IS WHAT I'VE SEEN.

WE'RE A COMMITTEE OF PRESS

RELEASE.

WE WANT TO HAVE A TWITTER MOMENT

THAT WE DO NOTHING.

WHAT HE'S SAYING HERE, HE WANTS

HIS BASE, HIS HARDCORE BASE --

HE HAS A PRIMARY AFFECTING HIM

HERE.

HE WANTS TO SAY LOOK, I'M BEING

TOUGH ON THE PRESIDENT.

IN REALITY, IT'S ALSO SPEAKER

PELOSI WHERE THEY'RE PROTECTING

MEMBERS LIKE HERE IN GEORGIA.

OTHERS ON THE COMMITTEE AND

OTHERS IN THEIR MAJORITY THEY

DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON A FORMAL

INQUIRY.

THERE'S ALWAYS POLITICS HERE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT

THE GOOD IS PRESIDENT IS DOING,

THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP HIM BUT

THEY WANT TO MAKE THEIR BASE

APPEAR THEY'RE ATTACKING HIM,

WHICH IS FALSE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR

MEMBERS AT THE SAME TIME.

>> Neil: YOU'VE BEEN HERING THIS

ANTHONY SCARAMUCI BACK AND

FORTH.

YOU CAN SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE

PRESIDENT AND HE BURIES YOU.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS BACK

AND FORTH?

>> SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH

TV TIME AND SCARAMUCI IS ONE OF

THEM.

LET'S CONTINUE THIS PROCESS OF

STATE YOUR POSITIONS AND MOVE

ON.

THE PRESIDENT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT

HE MAKES HIS DISPLEASURE FELT.

HE WILL TELL YOU IF HE FEELS

LIKE HIS BEING MISPORTRAYED.

LOOK, PEOPLE GOING ON TV AND

SAYING THEIR POSITION, IT HELPS

THEM TO GET MORE AIR TIME AS

WELL.

WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT

THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO FOCUS

ON.

LET'S FIX THE ECONOMY.

LET'S GET A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH

CANADA AND MEXICO, WHICH SPEAKER

PELOSI IS HOLDING UP.

SHE'S HOLDING UP THE TRADE

AGREEMENT GOOD FOR MEXICO, THE

U.S. AND CANADA.

WE NEED THAT DONE.

AND THEN LET'S GET ON -- LET'S

DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE

DOING AND HAVE BIPARTISAN WORK

ON IMMIGRATION AND THINGS THAT

MATTER TO EVERYDAY AMERICANS.

SCHOOL STARTS BACK.

PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE

ECONOMY IS GOOD, KIDS IN SCHOOL,

EDUCATION.

THOSE ARE THE MEAT AND POTATOES

THAT AMERICANS CARE ABOUT.

WATER NOT DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

>> Neil: THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN

SUICIDE IS RAISING EYEBROWS.

IT'S SORT OF NURSING A LOT OF

THE BIG CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

YOU FIND IT SUSPICIOUS THE WAY

HE DIED?

>> VERY MUCH SO.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD NOT.

HERE'S A VERY HIGH PROFILE

PRISONER, BEEN ON SUICIDE WATCH.

WHY WAS HIS CELL MADE NOT IN

THERE.

WHY WERE THEY UNDERSTAFF?

THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED THIS

QUESTION OF THE BUREAU OF

PRISONS.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS

HAPPENED.

YOU'VE HIT SOMETHING THAT IS

VERY TRUE.