Sen. Mark Warner slams Trump's primetime speech: "Incredible lies"

[0:00] VIRGINIA, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MARK [0:01] WARNER IS WITH US NOW. [0:02] HE IS VICE CHAIR OF THE SENATE [0:04] INTEL COMMITTEE. [0:05] SENATOR WARNER, DID YOU HEAR [0:07] ANYTHING THAT TO YOUR EARS WAS [0:09] NEW TONIGHT? [0:10] NO. [0:12] AND A MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE I [0:15] START, I JUST, AS AN AMERICAN, [0:16] NOT AS AN ELECTION OFFICIAL, I [0:18] WAS EMBARRASSED THAT THE [0:20] PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES [0:21] WENT BEFORE OUR WHOLE COUNTRY [0:22] AND NETWORKS LIKE YOURS CARRIED [0:24] THIS AS NEWS AS OPPOSED TO A [0:27] REHASH OF FALSEHOODS AND IT IS [0:31] INCUMBENT UPON YOU AND ANY [0:33] RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISTS TO PUSH [0:34] BACK ON THESE FALSEHOODS. [0:36] I'VE BEEN EITHER CHAIRMAN OR [0:37] VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE [0:38] COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST DECADE. [0:39] SENATOR, IF I MAY ON THAT [0:41] POINT SINCE YOU RAISED IT. [0:42] IF I MAY JUST FINISH, SIR. [0:44] IF I MAY FINISH, SIR. [0:45] IF WE DON'T CALL INTO QUESTION [0:47] THESE FALSEHOODS, THIS PRESIDENT [0:49] IS TRYING, HE'S GOING TO LOSE A [0:51] FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. [0:53] AND UNLESS RESPONSIBLE [0:55] JOURNALISTS AND THE AMERICAN [0:56] PEOPLE STEP UP AND SAY OUR [0:57] SYSTEM WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST [1:02] OF TIME IS NOT GOING TO BE [1:04] UNDERMINED BY THIS KIND OF [1:05] FALSEHOODS, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE [1:07] ALL WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH [1:08] THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES. [1:09] SENATOR, WHAT I WANTED TO [1:11] INTERJECT IS YOU ARE CALLING FOR [1:13] CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS AND [1:14] PUSHBACK. [1:14] YOU ARE ON THE SHOW RIGHT NOW [1:16] GIVING IT AND ACTING AS THOUGH [1:17] IT'S NOT HAPPENING. [1:18] I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT [1:20] THE REASON YOU'RE ON IS BECAUSE [1:21] YOU AND I THAT THIS IS A [1:23] VITALLY, VITALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC [1:25] AND THE PRESIDENT HAS A TERRIBLE [1:27] TRACK RECORD ON IT. [1:28] AS WE SAID AT THE TOP AND AS [1:30] WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUTTRESS [1:31] AND FACT CHECK AND GIVE [1:33] CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS FOR [1:34] THROUGHOUT. [1:36] WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO [1:38] START ON THE LEVEL OF FALSEHOOD, [1:40] YOU KNOW, JUST INCREDIBLE LIES? [1:43] LET'S START WITH THE INITIAL [1:45] COMMENTS ABOUT CHINA IN 2018, [1:47] 20. [1:48] ALL OF THIS TOOK PLACE UNDER [1:53] DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION. [1:54] HIS CURRENT CIA DIRECTOR WAS THE [1:55] DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL [1:56] INTELLIGENCE. [1:57] WE HAVE 18 INTELLIGENCE [1:58] AGENCIES. [1:59] THEY ALL COLLECT INFORMATION [2:00] FROM THOUSANDS OF SOURCES [2:01] EVERY DAY. [2:02] THEIR JOB IS TO DO AN HONEST [2:03] ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S TRUE OR [2:04] FALSE. [2:05] THEY CAME TO A COMPLETE [2:07] CONCLUSION THAT THERE WAS, [2:08] WHILE THERE'S EFFORTS BY [2:10] GOVERNMENTS, YOU KNOW, HE [2:11] MENTIONED CHINA A LOT. [2:12] HE DIDN'T MENTION RUSSIA, [2:13] WHICH WANTED HIM TO WIN OR [2:15] IRAN WHICH WAS AGAINST HIM. [2:17] THEY TRIED TO DISSEMBLE AND [2:19] PUT OUT PROPAGANDA. [2:20] THEY TRIED TO AMPLIFY ON SOCIAL [2:22] MEDIA IN MANY WAYS. [2:23] THAT DID NOT CHANGE ANY VOTES. [2:25] THE EFFORTS TO TRY TO ACTUALLY [2:27] INTERFERE DID NOT CHANGE ANY [2:28] VOTES. [2:29] THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION DRIVEN [2:31] BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, [2:33] NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE LEADERS [2:37] THAT WAS PRESENTED TO DONALD [2:39] TRUMP ON JANUARY 7TH. [2:41] NOW, FIVE AND A HALF YEARS [2:43] LATER, HE'S MAKING THESE [2:45] BASELESS CLAIMS. [2:46] VIRTUALLY EVERY DOCUMENT HE [2:48] HAS CITED, THE INTELLIGENCE [2:49] COMMITTEE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY [2:51] HAS SEEN AND REVIEWED. [2:53] IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL [2:55] ANALYSTS TALKING TO EACH OTHER [2:57] THAT WERE NOT PART OF A [2:58] CONCLUSION, WE'LL LOOK AT [2:59] THOSE. [3:00] BUT THE WHOLE NOTION, AS I [3:01] MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU GET [3:02] THOUSANDS OF INPUTS. [3:03] THE JOB OF THE INTELLIGENCE [3:05] COMMUNITY IS PUT THESE TOGETHER [3:06] AND COME UP WITH A CONCLUSION. [3:07] AND WHAT HAS BEEN SO, YOU KNOW, [3:09] JUST MAKES ME CRAZY IS THAT [3:10] WE'VE SEEN IN THIS [3:12] ADMINISTRATION OVER THE LAST [3:13] YEAR WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK TRUTH [3:14] TO POWER AND TELL THE TRUTH. [3:15] FOR EXAMPLE, THE GENERAL THAT [3:17] WAS IN CHARGE OF THE DEFENSE [3:18] INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, HE SAID [3:20] HEY, WHEN WE FIRST BOMBED IRAN, [3:22] THEIR NUCLEAR SITES, WE DID A [3:23] PRETTY GOOD JOB BUT WE DIDN'T [3:24] OBLITERATE THEM AS TRUMP SAID. [3:25] HE SPOKE THE TRUTH, HE GOT [3:26] FIRED. [3:27] WE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T OBLITERATE [3:28] THEM SINCE WE'RE STILL AT WAR [3:30] WITH IRAN. [3:31] WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE IDEA [3:33] THAT SOMEHOW THESE COUNTRIES [3:35] ARE GATHERING VOTER FILES, THESE [3:37] ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. [3:38] YOU DON'T HAVE TO HACK INTO [3:39] THEM, YOU CAN BUY THEM. [3:40] SO, SENATOR. [3:41] SO, THIS WAS, I'VE NEVER [3:43] SEEN A COMMENT LIKE THIS FROM A [3:44] PRESIDENT AND I SAY IT DOESN'T [3:45] MATTER WHAT PARTY. [3:46] THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH PARTY. [3:47] THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH PARTY. [3:48] THAT IS SO LESS CONNECTED TO [3:50] TRUTH THAN THIS. [3:51] AND IF WE DON'T STEP UP AND YOU [3:54] GUYS AS JOURNALISTS AND PEOPLE [3:56] ACROSS THE POLITICAL AISLE STAND [3:58] UP AND SAY OUR ELECTION INTEGRITY [4:00] IS TOO IMPORTANT TO MESS AROUND [4:02] WITH, THEN SHAME ON ALL OF US. [4:04] SENATOR, WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY [4:06] IS TOO IMPORTANT TO MESS [4:08] AROUND WITH, THEN SHAME ON ALL [4:10] OF US. [4:11] SENATOR, WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY [4:13] ON THE 220 MILLION VOTER FILES [4:16] THAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS CHINA HAS [4:18] ACCESSED IS THAT THOSE ARE [4:20] PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AND THAT'S NOT [4:21] A BIG DEAL. [4:22] I HEAR THAT ANSWER. [4:23] I CAN TELL YOU THIS. [4:25] RUSSIA HAS PROBABLY GOT MORE. [4:26] IRAN HAS BEEN DOING IT. [4:28] RUSSIA HAS DONE THIS MUCH MORE [4:30] ACTIVELY FOR YEARS. [4:32] AND FOR BOTH 2016 AND 2020, HE [4:35] FORGETS TO ADMIT THE FACT THAT [4:37] RUSSIA WANTED TRUMP TO WIN. [4:39] ORION, TO HIS CREDIT, WAS [4:41] AGAINST TRUMP. [4:42] CHINA WAS KIND OF MIXED. [4:44] BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOME [4:46] GREAT BREAKTHROUGH THAT OTHER [4:48] COUNTRIES AND VIRTUALLY EVERY [4:50] AMERICAN COMPANY THAT TRIES TO [4:51] REACH OUT TO AMERICANS BUYS THE [4:53] VOTER FILES TO CONTACT AMERICANS. [4:54] SENATOR, ON THE OTHER POINT [4:56] THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING ABOUT [4:58] NONCITIZENS ON THE ROLES, HE [4:59] EXTRAPOLATES OUT TO 250,000. [5:01] THE ACTUAL NUMBER WAS 28,000. [5:03] WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, DO YOU [5:05] THINK EITHER ONE IS TRUE AND [5:07] DOES IT CONCERN YOU? [5:08] DO I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE [5:10] REGISTERED TO VOTE, THAT PEOPLE [5:11] ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO VOTE, GET [5:14] REGISTERED AT TIMES? [5:15] YEAH. [5:16] BUT AT ANY LEVEL, THE IDEA YOU [5:19] ARE GOING TO EXTRAPOLATE A NUMBER [5:22] ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND MANY [5:25] PEOPLE, THERE WAS A REVIEW ON ONE [5:28] OF THESE THAT SAID SOME OF THE [5:30] PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE NONCITIZENS [5:32] BECAUSE THE NATIONAL DATABASE [5:34] THEY USE AT DHS IS OUTDATED. [5:36] MOST OF THEM ACTUALLY HAD BECOME [5:39] CITIZENS. [5:40] SO THIS WHOLE PEOPLE SAID THEY [5:42] WERE NONCITIZENS BECAUSE THE [5:44] NATIONAL DATABASE THEY USE AT [5:46] DHS IS OUTDATED. [5:47] THEY WERE NONCITIZENS. [5:49] SO THIS WHOLE OBSESSION ABOUT [5:51] NONCITIZENS VOTING, THIS HAS BEEN [5:53] REVIEWED BY YOUR NETWORK, BY [5:55] INDEPENDENT GROUPS, I BELIEVE [5:57] EVEN BY FOX, THAT HAVE SAID, [5:59] YOU KNOW, DOES ANYBODY SLIP [6:00] THROUGH, BUT IS THE NUMBERS [6:02] SIGNIFICANT? [6:03] DOES ANYTHING A CHANGE OR AFFECT [6:05] ANY ELECTION? [6:07] SHOW ME ANY LEGITIMATE GROUP [6:09] FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THAT SAYS [6:11] THAT TAKES PLACE. [6:12] AND THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THIS [6:14] IS THE PART THAT I JUST WOULD [6:16] ASK YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO. [6:17] I THINK IT IS A PART OF THE [6:19] DEMOCRATS. [6:20] THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS, AND [6:22] THIS IS THE IRONY, THAT WE'RE [6:24] SET UP IN THE FIRST TRUMP [6:25] ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT OUR [6:26] ELECTIONS. [6:27] THE FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE [6:29] CENTER, CYBERSECURITY AGENCY, [6:31] THE ELECTIONS ASSISTANCE [6:32] COMMISSION. [6:33] DONALD TRUMP'S TEAM AND HIS [6:35] SECOND ADMINISTRATION HAS [6:36] DISMANTLED ALL OF THESE. [6:37] RECENTLY TOOK THE ELECTIONS [6:39] ASSISTANCE COMMISSION AND FIRED [6:41] INFLUENCE. [6:42] THAT GROUP WAS TO WORK WITH ALL [6:44] OF THESE STATES AND THEIR LOCAL [6:46] REGISTRARS ON HOW WE DO BETTER [6:48] PROTECTIONS. [6:49] YEAH. [6:50] ONE OF THE GREATEST STRENGTHS [6:51] OF OUR SYSTEM IS THAT OUR [6:53] ELECTIONS ARE NOT NATIONALIZED. [6:54] THEY ARE LOCAL AND STATE RUN. [6:56] AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE [6:57] CONSTITUTION. [6:58] AND THAT HAS BEEN A STRENGTH OF [6:59] OURS, NOT A WEAKNESS. [7:00] SENATOR, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING [7:02] ON. [7:03] I THINK THIS INTERVIEW HAS BEEN A [7:04] STRENGTH OF OURS. [7:05] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [7:06] AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE TALKING [7:07] MORE TOMORROW AND TO MARGARET [7:08] ON SUNDAY. [7:09] I APPRECIATE IT.