>> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A HOSTILE >> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A HOSTILE FOREIGN ACTOR, WHEN WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT. NOW HE IS LITERALLY OPENLY MOCKING THE PRESIDENT AT THE UNITED STATES FOR HIS OWN AMUSEMENT, AND FRANKLY I FIND IT, AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, HUMILIATING. >> Harris: SEAN HANNITY ON RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT, CHALLENGING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO A LIVE TELEVISED DEBATE. THIS AFTER THE PRESIDENT CALLED PUTIN A KILLER AND SAID HE WOULD PAY A PRICE OVER THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON RUSSIA TRYING TO INTERFERE IN THE 2020 ELECTION. HERE IS HOW THE WHITE HOUSE REACTED TO PUTIN’S SUGGESTION. >> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE ENTERTAINING, I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT TO YOU IN TERMS OF A FUTURE MEETING. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN GEORGIA TOMORROW AND QUITE BUSY. GO AHEAD. >> Harris: I THINK SHE ALMOST SAID "CIRCLE BACK" AND SWALLOWED IT. ANYWAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE LAST HOUR AND SAID HE WOULD SPEAK WITH PUTIN AT SOME POINT, BUT NOTHING MORE SPECIFIC. BUCK SEXTON, YOU ARE TAKING? >> Buck: REMEMBER WHEN BIDEN WAS BROUGHT INTO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AS THE VP BECAUSE HE HAD SUCH A LONG HISTORY OF FOREIGN POLICY? AND THEN PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION TO FOREIGN POLICY POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF BEING WRONG FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS ON EVERY MAJOR FOREIGN
POLICY CHALLENGE THAT HE EVER POLICY CHALLENGE THAT HE EVER TACKLED OR DEALT WITH. ON THE ISSUE OF HOW HE IS GOING TO SHOW AMERICA TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, I THINK THAT OUR ADVERSARIES, NOTABLY THE COUNTRIES THAT CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, RUSSIA, CHINA, CHINA BEING THE BIGGER OF THE CONCERNS, SEE THIS AND THEY VIEW BIDEN AS SOMETHING OF A CLOWN. WHAT BIDEN IS SAYING IS MEANT TO PLAY TO THE RUSSIA COLLUSION BASE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY BY SAYING THINGS TO PUTIN THAT ARE UNHELPFUL AND CAUSES NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, REALLY, BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS WHERE HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH RUSSIA AND BIDEN IS GOING TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS DECISIONS, I CAN ASSURE YOU. >> Harris: I’M CURIOUS, KATIE, WHAT EXACTLY PUTIN LEAD -- IF HE’S SINCERE ABOUT THIS -- EVEN WANT TO CHAT ABOUT. THOSE ARE MY WORDS, CALLING IT A DEBATE, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE WOULD CALL PEOPLE WHO DON’T AGREE GETTING TOGETHER AND TALKING THE ISSUES. HE CALLS IT A DISCUSSION, A CHAT. WHAT WILL THEY TALK ABOUT ON LIVE TV? >> Katie: [LAUGHS] LIVE TELEVISION. IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT TWO WERE LEADERS WHO ARE ADVERSARIES WOULD GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS DONE THAT WITH PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, INCLUDING BARACK OBAMA AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. THIS IS NOT ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER AND HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT POLICY AND SANCTIONS AND ENERGY FROM RUSSIA TO EUROPE. THIS IS ABOUT WATCHING JOE BIDEN OPERATE AND SEEING THAT JUST THIS WEEK HE IS REFERRING TO KAMALA HARRIS AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DURING A VERY BENIGN STATEMENT ABOUT VACCINE DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES. HE IS SEEING WEAKNESS IN JOE BIDEN’S ABILITY TO MAKE BASIC STATEMENTS, AND HE IS SEIZING ON IT TO EMBARRASS THE PRESIDENT. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT RUSSIA. HE SAW CHINA YESTERDAY, MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN ALASKA, AND FAIRLY EMBARRASSING US THERE ON AMERICAN SOIL. USING TALKING POINTS FROM THE LEFT ABOUT THE STATUS OF RACE IN AMERICA AGAINST OUR SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SITTING BY AND KIND OF TAKING IT LIVE IN FRONT OF REPORTERS. IT HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD WEEK IN TERMS OF THE STRENGTH THAT AMERICA IS SHOWING AGAINST RUSSIA OR THE CHINESE. >> Harris: I CAN’T HELP BUT THINK, KATIE, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU, THAT THIS ISN’T ALSO THE DETERMINATION, THAT HOW DARE AMERICA TALK TO US ABOUT FREE SPEECH WHEN THEIR OWN PRESIDENT WON’T GO LIVES WITH FREE MEDIA. IT DOES MAKE US LOOK LIKE THEY ARE HYPOCRITICAL. >> Katie: WELL, YEAH, THE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE LATEST PRESIDENT TO DO IT, AND ALSO LET’S NOT FORGET THAT THEY HAVE LOCKED OUT REPORTERS FROM THE BORDER DETENTION FACILITIES. THEY ARE NOT LETTING ANYBODY IN, THEY HAVE LOCKED THEM OUT AS RIGHT-ALONGS AND NOT ASKING QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. IF BIDEN CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS, HE CAN’T CERTAINLY DO A ONE-ON-ONE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN ON LIVE TELEVISION. >> Harris: HE’S LIKELY TO SHOW UP LIKE THAT PICTURE, ON A HORSE. [LAUGHTER] >> Kim: WE KNOW THAT THESE TWO HAVE A LONG HISTORY TOGETHER. BACK IN 2009, THEN-VP BIDEN SAID RUSSIA WAS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICA. HE CONTINUES TO SAY THAT. REMEMBER, HE SAID HE WANTED TO DO A RESET, PUSH A RESET BUTTON WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH RUSSIA. THAT IS WHAT HE HOPES VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM. THEN HE DID AND OF COURSE HE BACKED OUT ON SAYING HE WAS GOING TO RESET WITH RUSSIA. IT’S A LONG HISTORY WITH THESE TWO. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN RESPONDED TO JOE BIDEN’S KILLER STATEMENT BY SAYING IT TAKES ONE TO NO ONE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO IN THAT STATEMENT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LIVE INTERVIEW, RUNNING FOR OFFICE MYSELF THOSE ARE THE BEST INTERVIEWS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THERE’S A LOT OF EDITS DONE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LIVE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE TWO. I THINK THEY SHOULD HASH IT OUT. WHY NOT BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH RUSSIA AND WITH AMERICANS THAT WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON? >> Harris: LOOK AT KIM KLACIK, STEPPING UP AND GETTING READY FOR A LIVE DEBATE, AND WE CAN’T GET THE PRESIDENT. I THINK WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT THURSDAY, HOW MANY QUESTIONS HE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE. REAL QUICKLY, BUCK, YOUR LAST THOUGHTS? >> Buck: LOOK, JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO HAVE TO STEP IT UP A LOT -- OR, RATHER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALIZE AROUND THE WORLD THAT HE IS NOT UP FOR THE CHALLENGE, AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN FEELING ALL ALONG LIKE THAT WAS CLEAR, WE SEE EVIDENCE IN THESE EARLY INDICATORS ON FOREIGN POLICY, WE FORGET ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT WING STUFF WE’VE SEEN ON THE DOMESTIC FRONT AND SAY WE TOLD YOU SO. WE ARE ALREADY GETTING TO THE "WE TOLD YOU SO" POINT, THAT JOE ISN’T UP FOR THIS. >> Harris: WELL, MITCH McCONNELL TOLD ME. HE SAID, "I DIDN’T EVER SEE HIM AS A MODERATE, I ALWAYS KNEW HE’D HAVE A LEFT-WING GOVERNMENT
