This week on the Brody File: The Brody File crew is in full presidential campaign mode as we bring you interviews with four presidential candidates: Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson and Scott Walker (he’s almost a candidate).
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David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," WE'VE GOT
SOME POLITICAL HEAVY-HITTERS
AS THREE MORE REPUBLICANS
JUMP INTO THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL POOL.
MIKE HUCKABEE JOINS THE
FIELD, AND SO DOES BEN
CARSON, WHO HAS A MESSAGE
FOR THE MEDIA.
I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT
THEY DO.
BECAUSE I'M NOT A
POLITICIAN, AND I'M NOT
GOING TO DO WHAT IS
POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT, AND
I'M NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO
THINK WHAT THEY THINK I
SHOULD DO.
I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IS
RIGHT.
David: PLUS, SHE IS
THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE
POLITICAL FIELD, ONE-ON-ONE
WITH CARLY FIORINA.
I AM QUITE CERTAIN I
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ENDURE THOSE THINGS WITHOUT
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS CHRIST.
I'M JUST CERTAIN OF THAT.
David: AND SCOTT
WALKER IS WITH US, WHO TELLS
US HOW HE STANDS OUT FROM
THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
CROWD.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS
ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS FOUGHT
THE GOOD FIGHT ON ISSUE
AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AND
WON.
David: WE'RE ON ACROSS
AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY TO ANOTHER
TANTALIZING EDITION OF "THE
BRODY FILE".
> WE'RE FINALLY BACK HERE
IN D.C., IN THE STUDIO,
AFTER WEEKS OF CHASING
CANDIDATES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN THE BLAZING
HEAT.
NOW, I MUST HAVE LOST, I
DON'T KNOW, 10 POUNDS DOING
THAT, AND, THEN AGAIN, I
PROBABLY GAINED 10 POUNDS BY
EATING WHITE CASTLE AND
WENDY'S ON THE ROAD.
WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO
THE AIR CONDITIONED STUDIO.
ANOTHER BIG CHASE IS ON, AND
IT IS THE CHASE FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHICH CAN ONLY MEAN ONE
THING: TIME FOR THE MAD
SCRAMBLE.
BEN CARSON, CARLY FIORINA,
AND MIKE HUCKABEE ALL JOINED
THE G.O.P. SCRAMBLE AND
ANNOUNCED THEIR RUNS FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHILE CARLY FIORINA AND BEN
CARSON ARE NEW FACES TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL FIELD, THERE
WILL BE OTHERS WHO ARE NOT.
LIKE HUCKABEE, IT IS HIS
SECOND BID FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THIS TIME AROUND, HE HAS A
NEW ATTITUDE AND HE IS
TALKING TOUGH ABOUT RADICAL
ISLAM.
MIKE HUCKABEE CHOSE A
FAMILIAR ARKANSAS LOCATION
FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CARRIES A
MESSAGE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.
HOPE.
BUT HERE IN THIS SMALL TOWN
CALLED HOPE, I WAS RAISED TO
BELIEVE THAT WHERE A PERSON
STARTED DIDN'T MEAN THAT'S
WHERE HE HAD TO STOP.
I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT A KID
COULD GO FROM HOPE TO HIGHER
GROUND.
David: HUCKABEE, WHO
DID WELL WITH EVANGELICAL
VOTERS IN 2008, WILL
EMPHASIZE A BROADER POPULOUS
MESSAGE THIS TIME AROUND.
RECENTLY POLLING SHOWS HIS
LIKEABILITY RATINGS ARE
THROUGH THE ROOF.
IT IS GOOD NEWS.
IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT THEY CAN TRUST YOU.
THAT YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
AND YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.
IN THIS DAY IN POLITICS, I
BELIEVE THAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT COMMODITY OF ALL.
David: AND ANOTHER
QUALITY HE WILL NEED IS TO
SHOW HE IS TOUGH ENOUGH TO
FIGHT THE WAR ON TERROR.
HE IS STRIKING WITH ADS LIKE
THIS ONE, COMPARING RADICAL
ISLAM TO A RATTLE SNAKE.
YOU TAKE THEIR HEADS OFF
WITH A SHOTGUN OR A HOE
BEFORE THEY BITE YOU.
WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING
THAT IS INHERENTLY EVIL,
LIKE RADICAL JIHADISM, LET'S
QUIT KIDDING OURSELVES AND
PRETENDING WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT.
THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE ON
EARTH TO KILL EVERY ONE OF
US IN THE NAME OF GOD.
David: HE IS HOPING A
COMBINATION OF TOUGH TALK
WITH A DOWN-HOME NATURE WILL
BE THE WINNING TICKET IN
2016.
THAT WAS MIKE HUCKABEE.
AS FOR NEWCOMER CARLY
FIORINA, SHE MAY NOT HAVE
ANY EXPERIENCE AS AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL, BUT SHE IS VERY
COMFORTABLE WITH TAKING ON A
LEADERSHIP ROLE.
RECENTLY THE FORMER
HEWLETT-PACKARD EXECUTIVE
SAT DOWN WITH US AND SPOKE
CONFIDENTLY ABOUT HER
EXPERIENCE WITH FOREIGN
POLICY AS WELL AS HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST.
TAKE A LOOK.
David: I WANT TO ASK
YOU A NATIONAL SECURITY
QUESTION OR A DEFENSE
QUESTION.
YOU HAVE THE RAND PAUL WING
OF THE PARTY, SO TO SPEAK,
THE FOLKS WHO FEEL A LITTLE
MORE ON THE LIBERTARIAN SIDE
OF THE FOREIGN POLICY, AND
LINDSEY GRAHAM ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT
LINDSEY GRAHAM AND RAND PAUL
AT OPPOSITE ENDS, BUT WHERE
DO YOU PUT YOURSELF WHEN IT
COMES TO HANDLING WORLD
AFFAIRS?
FIRST, I THINK THAT
AMERICA HAS TO FACEOUT WARD
FACE OUTWARD INTO THE
WORLD.
BECAUSE THE WORLD IS A MORE
DANGEROUS PLACE WHEN AMERICA
ISN'T LEADING.
AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR
ADVERSARIES UNDERSTAND THE
WORLD IS A DIFFERENT PLACE
WHEN WE ARE LEADING.
TODAY, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY
WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
OUR ALLIES HAVE DECIDED THEY
CAN'T COUNT ON US, AND OUR
ADVERSARIES HAVE DECIDED
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT US.
AND THEY'RE BOTH RIGHT,
UNFORTUNATELY.
OUR ALLIES HAVE ASKED US FOR
A LOT OF SPECIFIC THINGS
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THE KURDS HAVE ASKED US TO
ARM THEM, AND WE HAVEN'T.
THE EYPTIANS HAVE ASKED US
TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE, AND
WE HAVEN'T.
WE HAVEN'T PR PROVIDED THE
MODERATE SYRIAN REBELS, WHO
ASKED FOR SUPPORT AND WE
DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THEM.
WE SHOULD PUSH NATO TO PUSH
BACK ON VLADIMIR PUTIN.
AND I KNOW MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE, SO I KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING.
I SAT IN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE,
AND THERE WERE JUST THREE
PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE, ME,
MY HUSBAND, AND FRANK, AND
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IRAN.
AND THEY REALLY ARE A
DANGER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WAR IS
ALWAYS A LAST RESORT.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT
PUTTING AMERICAN BOOTS ON
THE GROUND WON'T HELP.
WE MISMANAGED GOING INTO
IRAQ IN A TERRIBLE WAY, AS
WE MISMANAGED COMING OUT.
WE WERE FOOLISH WHEN WE
THOUGHT WE COULD BUILD A
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND WE WERE
FOOLISH WHEN WE THOUGHT WE
COULD BUILD A CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ.
BUT HAVING THE MOST CAPABLE
MILITARY FORCE IN THE WORLD
IS A NECESSITY, AND EVERYONE
HAS TO KNOW IT.
David: BOY, WE ALL
JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH IT,
UPS AND DOWNS, AND THAT'S
WHAT LIFE IS, I GUESS.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR LIFE.
I KNOW IN THE 2009/2010
PERIOD, BREAST CANCER, LORI
ANN, AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE
FOR YOU, AND WHAT KIND OF
LOW POINT, AND EVENTUALLY
RISING FROM THE ASHES, KIND
OF HIGHER POINT, DID YOU
TAKE, IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT
WITH US.
BATTLING CANCER AND THE
DEATH OF OUR YOUNGER
DAUGHTER, LORI ANN, I AM
QUITE CERTAIN THAT I WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENDURE
THOSE WITHOUT A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST.
I'M JUST CERTAIN OF THAT.
AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL
THAT I REDISCOVERED A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD BEFORE THAT HAPPENED.
I GREW UP KNOWING I HAD A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS.
AND I PRAYED EVERY DAY ALL
MY LIFE, BUT SOMEHOW IN THE
COURSE OF MY LIFE, IT GOT A
LITTLE MORE ABSTRACT FOR
ME.
AND I CAME TO THINK OF GOD
SORT OF AS C.E.O.
THEY COULDN'T PAY ATTENTION
TO EVERY DETAIL, BUT
GENERALLY SPEAKING THINGS
WERE WORKING THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT HOW COULD JESUS KNOW
WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON
WITH ME?
AND HOW COULD GOD ANSWER MY
PRAYERS SPECIFICALLY?
AND THEN I HAD A PASTOR
FRIEND WHO PUSHED ME REALLY
HARD ON THAT, AND SO IT
CAUSED ME TO THINK ABOUT HOW
COULD I BE CONVINCED THAT
GOD HAS A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF US
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST?
AND IT SOUNDS CORNY, BUT IT
IS TRUE.
ON A CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT
MASS, I PRAYED FOR A SIGN.
HELP ME RESOLVE THAT.
AND ON THAT CHRISTMAS
MORNING, I WOKE UP AND IT
WAS LIKE A REVELATION.
YOU KNOW, IF HUMAN BEINGS
CAN CREATE A GLOBAL
POSITIONING SYSTEM THAT
KEEPS TRACK OF BILLIONS AND
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF
MOVING PEOPLE AND THINGS IN
EVERY MILLISECOND AND
PROVIDES PRECISE
INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU
OUGHT TO BE GOING -- MAKE A
LEGAL U-TURN AT THE NEXT
AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY -- IF
PEOPLE CAN DO THAT, GOD CAN
DO THAT.
GOD CAN KEEP TRACK OF US
ALL.
GOD CAN TELL US WHERE TO
GO.
WE HAVE TO LISTEN.
SO I KNOW THAT I HAVE A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS CHRIST, AND I KNOW
THAT GOD ANSWERS THE PRAYERS
THAT HE SHOULD.
David: THAT'S CARLY
FIORINA HERE ON "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE HAVE YET ONE MORE
ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE AS
WELL.
HOW COULD WE FORGET THE GOOD
DOCTOR, DR. BEN CARSON.
YOU CAN BE SURE OUT OF ALL
OF THE CANDIDATES OUT THERE,
HE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE
THAT IS THE LEAST
TRADITIONAL.
HE IS NOT A POLITICIAN, AND,
OH, BY THE WAY, HE LIKES IT
THAT WAY.
HERE IS WHAT HE TOLD ME
RECENTLY AT C-PAC 2015.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HOW THIS
MEDIA WILL TREAT YOU?
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
WELL, I REALLY DON'T CARE
WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE I'M NOT
A POLITICIAN.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO WHAT
IS POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT.
I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IS
RIGHT.
I BELIEVE THERE IS SUCH A
THING AS RIGHT AND WRONG.
IF I GOT ELECTED, I DON'T
CARE IF I GET RE-ELECTED.
IT IS NOT ABOUT
RE-ELECTION.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING I EVEN
WANT TO DO IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
BUT I DO WANT TO GET OUR
COUNTRY MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
David: BEN CARSON HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
WHEN WE COME BACK, A LOOK AT
THE "NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER."
LATER IN THE SHOW, IT IS
CLINTON VERSUS CLINTON.
FIND OUT WHY FORMER
PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYS HE
SUPPORTS HILLARY'S DECISION
TO RE-THINK SOME OF HIS
POLICIES ON CRIME.
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
LAST WEEK MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS GATHERED ACROSS
THE NATION TO PRAY FOR THE
SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE
COUNTRY.
AND WASHINGTON, D.C. WAS NO
EXCEPTION, AS MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS TOOK TIME OUT TO
PRAY IN THIS YEAR'S
"NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER."
NOW, OF COURSE, "THE BRODY
FILE" TEAM HAD IT COVERED.
PLEASE.
FN THAT MEANS IAND THAT
MEANS IT IS TIME FOR A JENNY
AND THE "B" BLOCK
APPEARANCE.
Reporter: AT THIS
CHURCH IN MITCHELLVILLE,
MARYLAND, PEOPLE CAN DRIVE
THROUGH FOR PRAYERS.
WE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO
THEM FOR A FEW MOMENTS, LIKE
THEY DRIVE UP TO
McDONALD'S WIN WINDOW.
I'M HERE SO I CAN BE
PRAYED FOR.
WE'RE ABLE TO JOIN
TOGETHER IN PRAYER, THINKING
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES AND
PUBLIC SAFETY.
I PRAY FOR PEACE.
FOR SAFETY NOT ONLY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BUT FORTHE
COMMUNITY.
Reporter: THEFORME
THIS YEAR'S "NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER" WAS: "LORD, HEAR OUR
CRY."
FROM 1 KINGS.
HEAR THE CRY AND THE
PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANT, WHO
IS PRAYING IN YOUR PRESENCE
TODAY.
Reporter: ON CAPITOL
HILL, DECISION-MAKERS
HUMBLED THEMSELVES BEFORE
GOD.
IT IS TIMES LIKE THIS
WHEN WE BOW OUR HEAD IN
PRAYER.
Reporter: SOME
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TOOK
TIME TO PRAY, INCLUDING
SENATOR TED CRUZ.
WE PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS
AND ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM
WISDOM.
Reporter: DR. BEN
CARSON WAS THERE, TOO.
IT IS UP TO US, WHO ARE
THE TRUE BELIEVERS NOW, TO
STAND UP.
TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WE
BELIEVE.
TO HAVE THE COURAGE AND THE
FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT GOD
WILL GET US THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT PERIOD.
IF THE BELIEVERS WOULD
JUST TAKE ONE DAY, IF
EVERYBODY PRAYED AT THE SAME
TIME, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT
GOD WOULD DO?
THAT'S WHAT THE "NATIONAL
DAY OF PRAYER" IS ABOUT.
Reporter: FOR "THE
BRODY FILE," I'M JENNIFER
WISHON.
David: ALL RIGHT,
THANKS, JENNY.
UP NEXT, THE BALTIMORE
RIOTS.
WE SAW THE BAD AND THE
UGLY.
AND NOW WE TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE GOD THAT
CHRISTIANS ARE DOING TO
BRING PEACE TO A VERY
DIVIDED CITY.
THAT'S NEXT.
David: ALL RIGHT,
WELCOME BACK TO "THE BRODY
FILE."
THE RECENT PROTESTS IN
BALTIMORE HAVE SPARKED A
NATIONAL DEBATE OVER THE
OVERCRIMINALIZATION OF
CERTAIN MINORITY GROUPS.
FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON
EXPLAINED WHY IT MAY BE TIME
FOR HILLARY, AND MEMBERS ON
THE LEFT AND RIGHT, TO
RE-THINK HIS FORMER STANCE
ON CRIME.
SPECIFICALLY HIS 1994 CRIME
BILL, AND THE THREE STRIKES
BILL THAT MANY BELIEVE LED
TO THE OVERPOPULATION OF
PRISONS.
TAKE A LOOK.
MY CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE WAS TO PUT
100,000 MORE POLICE ON THE
STREET, CREATE MORE POSITIVE
ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS, AND
LIMIT THE MAGAZINE SIZE,
PASS THE BRADY BILL.
AND THE REPUBLICANS
BASICALLY WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE THREE STRIKES AND
YOU'RE OUT AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO PASS THE
BILL, SO I DID GO ALONG WITH
IT.
THE PROBLEM IS, THE WAY IT
WAS WRITTEN AND IMPLEMENTED,
WE CAST TOO WIDE A NET.
WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN
PRISONS.
WE PUT SO MANY PEOPLE IN
PRISON, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH
MONEY LEFT TO EDUCATE THEM,
TRAIN THEM FOR NEW JOBS, AND
INCREASE THE CHANCES WHEN
THEY CAME OUT THAT THEY
COULD LIVE PRODUCTIVE
LIVES.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT WHAT SHE
IS DOING.
I THINK ANY POLICY THAT WAS
ADOPTED WHEN I WAS
PRESIDENT, AND FEDERAL LAW
THAT CONTRIBUTED TO IT,
SHOULD BE CHANGED.
David: WELL, THE
DEBATE OVER POLICE TREATMENT
OF CERTAIN RACIAL GROUPS HAS
BEEN HEATING UP FOR A
WHILE.
BUT IT SPILLED INTO
BALTIMORE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WHILE IMAGES LIKE THIS ONE
FLOODED TV SCREENS FOR DAYS,
SEVERAL CHURCHES TOOK TO THE
STREETS OF BALTIMORE TO SHOW
CHRIST'S LOVE IN THE MIDST
OF IT ALL.
John: A STONE THROW
AWAY FROM A C.V.S. THAT WENT
UP IN FLAMES, BUSINESSES
SHOW THEIR DETERMINATION,
PICKING UP THE BROKEN PIECES
AND PLANNING TO REOPEN THEIR
DOORS.
FOR OTHERS, LIKE MONTREL IN
SEMINARY SCHOOL, THE RESULT
ISN'T JUST ABOUT PHYSICAL
THINGS --
MAN, I AIN'T GOING
NOWHERE.
I'M HERE.
John: IT IS ABOUT
COMMUNITY, HOPE, AND LOVE.
IT ENCOURAGES ME TO SEE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES COME
IN AND FLOODUS WITH LOVE.
I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE
HARD WORK.
I KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
A CAKEWALK FROM HERE, BUT I
AM ENCOURAGED NONETHELESS.
BALTIMORE IS KNOWN AS
CHARMED CITY, BUT IT IS THE
UNREST AND VIOLENCE THAT HAS
DRAWN MEDIA ATTENTION AND
OUTSIDE PROTESTORS.
BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN A CALL
FOR CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES
TO ORDER HOPE AND HEALING TO
THE COMMUNITY.
FATHER, TAKE US FROM THE
FOUR WALLS OF THE CHURCH
INTO THE CITY.
John: THIS CHURCH'S
MEMBERS SHOWED THEIR LOVE
AND SUPPORT.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
HEARTBREAKING TO SEE A CITY
THAT SO DESPERATELY NEEDS
JESUS, AND TO SEE THE OUTCRY
OF A PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE
THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
WE SERVE THE INVISIBLE
GOD, BUT I BELIEVE HE GAVE
THE WORLD A VISIBLE CHURCH.
John: OTHERS, LIKE THIS
CHAPLAIN, TRAVELLED A LITTLE
FARTHER, AND HAD THREE
PEOPLE PRAY THE SINNER'S
PRAYER.
THIS AREA WAS BIRTHED
LAST YEAR IN MISSOURI AFTER
THE DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN.
ONE THING WE LEARNED FROM
FERGUSON, WE HUG PEOPLE.
John: OTHERS ARE
TARGETING THE CITY'S YOUTH,
AIMING TO MENTOR YOUNG MEN,
ASKING THEM TO DON A HAT AS
A REMINDER OF HOW MEN USED
TO ACT.
IT SHOWS THAT MEN HAVE
RESPECT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WALKED
INTO A BUILDING, YOU TOOK
YOUR HAT OFF.
BUT WHEN YOU STEPPED
OUTSIDE, YOU PUT YOUR CROWN
BACK ON.
John: FOR MONTREL, THE
EFFORTS OF ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT MINISTRIES SHOWS
THAT SOMETHING GOOD CAN COME
FROM THE BAD.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT
CAN'T GET ANY WORSE, BUT I
THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT
EXAMPLE FOR THE LORD TO SHOW
HIS STRENGTH AND KNOWLEDGE
AND HOW POWERFUL AND GREAT
HE IS.
John: JOHN JESSUP,
REPORTING FOR "THE BRODY
FILE."
David: ALL RIGHT, WHEN
"THE BRODY FILE" ROLES ON,
HE IS A CHEESEHEAD, HE IS A
GOVERNOR, AND HE COULD BE
THE PRESIDENTIAL
FRONT-RUNNER.
ONE-ON-ONE WITH SCOTT
WALKER, NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
WE'RE WAITING FOR WISCONSIN
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER TO
ANNOUNCE HE IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
IT IS PRETTY MUCH A FOREGONE
CONCLUSION.
HE HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING
AROUND MUCH OF THE COUNTRY,
INCLUDING SHOWING UP AT
EVENTS LIKE THE IOWA FAITH
AND FREEDOM GET TOGETHER.
TH"THE BRODY FILE" HAD A
CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND GET
TOGETHER WITH THE BIG CHEESE
OF WISCONSIN.
GOVERNOR WALKER, THANK YOU
FOR DOING THIS.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU
AGAIN.
David: HERE WE ARE
AGAIN.
LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS SAYING,
91.5% CHANCE I'M RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
ONLY LINDSEY GRAHAM.
WHERE ARE YOU IN THIS
PROCESS?
EVERYBODY IS WAITING FOR YOU
TO DECLARE, AND THEY LOVE TO
PUT THAT FRONT-RUNNER, OR AT
LEAST CO-FRONT-RUNNER STATUS
ON YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL
THIS?
ONE THING IS I NEED TO
GET THE BUDGET SIGNED AND
DONE BEFORE JUNE, SO I WANT
TO GET THAT DONE FIRST.
AND EVEN AT THAT POINT, I
THINK WE'RE A BIT OF AN
UNDERDOG BECAUSE GOVERNOR
BUSH IS A FRIEND AND GOOD
GUY, BUT ULTIMATELY WILL BE
THE FRONT-RUNNER BECAUSE OF
THE MONEY.
IF WE GET IN, WE'RE GOING TO
TRY TO MAKE A CASE ON THE
GROUND.
David: TELL ME A
LITTLE ABOUT WHERE YOU SEE
THIS COUNTRY GOING.
WHAT MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL
CAMPAIGN THEME, CAMPAIGN
SLOGAN FOR A SCOTT WALKER
PRESIDENTIAL RUN?
I THINK MORE THAN
ANYTHING WHAT I HEAR
AMERICANS WANT IS SOMEONE
WHO FIGHTS AND WINS FOR
EVERYDAY AMERICA.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE WON
ELECTIONS BEFORE.
BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE
ANYBODY GETTING IN WHO HAS
FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT ON
ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AFTER
ISSUE, COMMON SENSE REFORMS
AND WON.
IN OUR CASE, WE HAD WON
THREE ELECTIONS WHICH HASN'T
GONE REPUBLICAN SINCE '84.
David: CHRIS CHRISTIE
COMES OUT AND SAYS MEANS
TESTING, ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW LINDSEY GRAHAM
BELIEVES IN MEANS TESTING.
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF SOCIAL
SECURITY?
SHOULD WE GET IN, I WILL
LAY IT OUT IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT AS A CONCEPT -- IF I'M A
CANDIDATE IN THE FUTURE, I'M
GOING TO WEIGH OUT DETAILED
PLANS ON THIS AND A WHOLE
SERIES OF ISSUES, BUT A
GUIDING CONCEPT FOR ME IS I
WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 2nd,
1967.
ANYONE OLDER THAN ME SHOULD
BE PROTECTED.
HEY, YOU MADE PLANS FOR YOUR
RETIREMENT, NO MATTER WHO
YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
INCOME.
YOU MADE DECISIONS ABOUT
YOUR RETIREMENT BASED ON A
COMMITMENT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT MADE, A
COMMITMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SAY
YOU WORK THIS MANY YEARS
UNDER THE SYSTEM, AND
ULTIMATELY, THIS IS WHERE
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
ARE GOING TO BE AT.
I THINK THOSE INDIVIDUALS
SHOULD BE PROTECTED GOING
FORWARD.
FOR PEOPLE MY AGE AND
YOUNGER, WE LIVE IN A 401K
SOCIETY, WE'RE READY FOR
REFORM.
I THINK IT IS REALISTIC FOR
NOT JUST OURSELVES, BUT SOME
DAY OUR GRANDCHILDREN, THAT
WE PUT IN PLACE REFORM.
SHOULD WE GET INTO THE RACE
FOR PRESIDENT, ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER AFTER THE JUNE
BUDGET, CERTAINLY THAT WOULD
BE A PART OF IT.
David: AND THAT WAS
SCOTT WALKER HERE ON "THE
BRODY FILE."
AND WHEN WE COME BACK, AN
David: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE BRODY FILE."
WE TAKE A LOT OF TRIPS HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE" IN ORDER
TO BRING YOU NEWS AND EVENTS
DIRECTLY FROM THE NEWSMAKERS
THEMSELVES.
BUT IT IS NOT ALL GLITZ AND
GLAMOUR.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
BUMPS FROM OUTTAKES FROM
"THE BRODY FILE."
IT IS THIS WEEK'S OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
David: PETER OR
PETER -- I MEAN PETER OR
PETE.
YOU JUST SAID BOTH NAMES
THE SAME.
HONESTLY.
UPTOWN FUNK.
David: OH, MY GOSH,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET
A HAIRCUT.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO SAY
THAT.
David: I'M HOT.
IT'S LIKE A RAINFOREST IN
HERE.
WHERE CANDIDATES COME HERE
TO POTENTIALLY DO SOMETHING
THAT I'M AD LIBBING ABOUT.
OUT CUE.
David: ALL OF THE FUN
AND MISHAPS OF A BRODY FILE
ROAD TRIP.
THAT DOES IT FOR THIS WEEK.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, EVERYBODY,
GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GREAT
WEEK.