KRISTIN FISHER, THANK YOU.

>> Bill: A TIDAL WAVE OF

REACTION, AS YOU CAN EXPECT REAL

IT'S ART WITH JOE MANCHIN.

SENATOR, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING, BILL.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> Bill: I'M FINE, THANK YOU

FOR YOUR TIME.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, SENATOR?

>> I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WE ARE

THE ONLY SUPERPOWER LEFT IN THE

WORLD.

TO BE A SUPERPOWER TAKES MORE

THAN JUST MILITARY MIGHT OR

SUPER FINANCIAL NIGHT.

IT TAKES SUPER DIPLOMACY.

I THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE

PRESIDENT TO SHOW THE TRUE SUPER

DIPLOMACY THAT CAN BRING

EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER AND CALM

THIS THING DOWN.

WE HAVE SO MANY TROOPS ON THE

FRONT LINES, SO MANY FAMILIES.

WE OWE THAT TO EVERYBODY TO DO

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING AND

RATCHET THIS DOWN IF WE CAN.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET IRAN

HAVE IT SWAYED, IF YOU WILL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS NOT A

SURPRISE, THE ATTACK LAST NIGHT.

WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING.

THEY TELEGRAPH THAT PRETTY

OPENLY.

THAT WAS THEIR MESSAGE, AND THEY

CAN SAVE FACE, DIPLOMACY SHOULD

NOW TAKE SHAPE SO WE CAN GET

BACK SOME TYPE OF DISCOURSE OR

SOME TYPE OF BASIC RE-STABILITY.

THAT WE CAN WORK, EVEN THOUGH WE

HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES COME

WITHOUT A FULL-BLOWN WAR.

>> Bill: IF YOU LOOK A LAW OF

THE

ENGLAND

OUT A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE, YOU

LOOK UP TO IT FROM PRESIDENT AND

THE FOREIGN MINISTER,

JAVAD ZARIF.

HE TALKED ABOUT TAKING MEASURES.

WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE IS WITH THE

AYATOLLAH SAID IN TEHRAN.

THAT REVENGE IS SOMETHING ELSE,

THIS WAS JUST A SLAP IN THE FACE

LAST NIGHT.

SO LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT.

WHAT YOU TAKE FROM THAT?

SPEAK A LANGUAGE, BILL, IS

IMPORTANT ON BOTH SIDES.

OVER THEIR LANGUAGE IS VERY

IMPORTANT.

THEIR HONOR, HOW THEY TAKE

THINGS IN SUCH A PERSONAL WAY,

AND WANT REVENGE ON EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE

STANDPOINT THAT WE ARE THE

SUPERPOWER OF THE WORLD.

WE ARE THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD.

WE ARE BASICALLY THE

PEACEKEEPERS OF THE WORLD, WE

HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THAT.

WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR

THAT.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AMERICA HAS

THE MIGHT TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO

DO IN ORDER TO BRING PEACE

ABOUT.

NOT JUST FROM A STANDPOINT OF

WHAT IRAN AND THE BAD ACTORS --

I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE JCPOA.

I DIDN'T THINK IRAN WOULD EVER

KEEP ITS BARGAIN.

I WANT THE PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED.

I WANT HIM TO WORK WITH CONGRES

CONGRESS.

THE PRESIDENT HAS THE

RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THIS

COUNTRY AND EVERY CITIZEN OF

THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF AMERICA OF

OURS.

HE ALSO DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT

TO TAKE US TO WAR WITHOUT

CONGRESS BEING INCLUDED IN THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT.

RIGHT NOW --

>> Bill: YOU ARE NOT

SUGGESTING WE ARE HEADED THAT

WAY, ARE YOU?

>> I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, AND

I SHOULD PRAY TO THE GOOD LORD

IT DOESN'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE

KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE AUTHORITY

TO USE MILITARY FORCE.

IT NEEDS TO HAVE CONGRESS'

INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.

IT HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 2002

AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACK IN 2001.

WHETHER IT BE A DEMOCRAT OR

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, IT IS NOT

AGAINST THE PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I SAID THIS -- I PERSONALLY

LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT I

LOVE MY COUNTRY AND I WOULD

THINK WE ARE THINKING ABOUT OUR

COUNTRY MORE THAN WE ARE --

WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN OR

DEMOCRAT OR YOU LIKE AND WHO YOU

DISLIKE.

THIS IS BIGGER THAN THAT.

>> Bill: DID YOU SUPPORT THE

KILLING OF SOLEIMANI LAST FRIDAY

MORNING?

>> THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THIS WAS

A BAD ACTOR.

THIS PERSON PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE

BEEN, FOR ALL PURPOSES, FROM A

WAR STANDPOINT, HOW HE HAS

RAISED WAR AGAINST AMERICANS AND

AMERICAN TROOPS, TAKEN OUT IN

SOME FASHION MANY, MANY YEARS

AGO.

THIS PERSON HAS BEEN AROUND AND

A BAD ACTOR FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING

BACK ON BOTH SIDES?

THE PRESIDENT HASN'T BEEN THAT

FOND OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES,

ALL OF THE SUDDEN THIS BECOMES

THE GOSPEL.

HOPEFULLY TODAY AT 2:00 WE WILL

BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE --

>> Bill: THAT IS MY

UNDERSTANDING.

YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BRIEFED YET

BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS

AFTERNOON?

>> OURS HAPPENS AT 2:00 TODAY.

WE HAVE ALL FOUR OF THE TOP

PEOPLE.

>> Bill: ONE LAST QUESTION ON

THAT.

SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE

BRIEFED YESTERDAY.

HAVE YOU BEEN PRIVY TO ANY OF

THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE

GIVEN?

>> WE HAVE THE GANG OF EIGHT.

ON THAT LEVEL, THAT'S THE

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT,

HIS INTELLIGENT STAFF.

BUT THEY ARE MEETING WITH THE

EIGHT LEADERS, DEMOCRATS AND

REPUBLICANS, THERE HAS TO BE

SOME CIVILITY.

THIS PARTISAN DIVIDE HAS TO

STOP, BILL.

WE CAN'T CONTINUE.

I'M AN AMERICAN PAID WHETHER I'M

A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, I'M AN

AMERICAN FIRST.

THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT,

I WANT THEM TO SUCCEED.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I WANT THEM

TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S THREE

BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND WE

HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> Bill: SENATOR, THANK YOU.

JOE MANCHIN, THE DEMOCRAT FROM