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The Brody File: Presidential Candidate Overload - May 14, 2015

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). Read Transcript


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.

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