‘About to go DOWN’: Waltz says Cuban diplomat shoved staffer, slapped phone away

T. THE NIGHT, MANY PEOPLE SLEEPING. IN THE METRO SYSTEM. PETER? PETER: TREY, THANK YOU. FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN THE. U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED. NATIONS, MIKE WALTZ. AMBASSADOR, IN THIS INTERVIEW. WITH TREY YINGST, ZELENSKYY IS. KIND OF DEFIANT. HE SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD HIM. NOT THE TARGET THE REFINERIES IN. RUSSIA, AND HE'S DOING IT. ANYWAY. IS THAT WHAT'S SLOWING DOWN THE. PEACE PROCESS HERE? >> HE ALSO MENTIONED PATRIOTS, AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT THE. ADMINISTRATION IF JUST APPROVED. A $2.1 BILLION PACKAGE JUST TWO.

DAYS AGO OF PATRIOTS TO UKRAINE. MISSION TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. THAT WANTS -- IN ADDITION TO THE. REST OF THE WORLD THAT WANTS. THEM AND NEEDS SCHEDULE THIS IN. ADDITION TO WHAT WE NEED IN OUR. OWN STOCKPILES, WHY THE. PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY THE. HEGSETH MADE SUCH INVESTMENTS. INTO OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE SO WE. CAN GET THOSE INTERCEPTORS OUT. FASTER. YEAH, PETER, THE PRESIDENT HAS. ASKED BOTH SIDES IS, STOP. ATTACKING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND STOP ATTACKING ACTUALLY. GRAIN AND FOOD EXPORTS. HALF A BILLION AFRICANS ARE.

GOING TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE. 30% OF THE WORLD'S GRAIN COMES. OUT OF THOSE TWO COUNTRIES, AND. IT'S WHY OUR NEGOTIATORS ARE AT. LEAST TRYING TO GET THE TWO. SIDES TO STOP THAT THAT'S. AFFECTING THE REST OF THE WORLD. MY HAT'S IDENTIFY TO THE FIRST. LADY -- OFF TO NOT ONLY DROVE A. CEASEFIRE IN TO LESH KEY WHICH. IS IN ONE OF THE MOST. CONTENTIOUS AND HARD-FOUGHT. AREAS, BUT HUMANITARIAN AID IS. GOING IN, PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT.

IT WAS A VERY SMALL TEAM AROUND. THE FIRST LADY, SHE GROVE THAT. DEAL PERSONALLY -- DROVE THAT. DEAL WITH TWO SIDES THAT, AS. YOU'VE SEEN, REALLY HATE EACH. OTHER AND WILL BARELY TALK AND. BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL, I'M. TOLD, TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND THROUGH HER PERSISTENCE, IT'S GETTING IMPLEMENTED, AND. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AMERICAN. MEDIA DOCUMENTING AND VERIFYING. IT. >> Reporter: AND THE REASON. PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS BOTH SIDES. TO STOP BLOWING UP PLACES THAT. ENERGY COMES FROM IS BECAUSE HE. THINKS THAT IS DRIVING UP THE. GLOBAL COST OF OIL --.

>> IT IS. PETER: -- DIESEL, WHICH IS A. HOOPING THING FOR THE MIDTERM. CYCLE. >> YEAH. MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANTS TO POINT. EVERYTHING AT THE STRAITS OF. HORMUZ. WE HAVE PREWAR LEVELS COMING OUT. OF THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ, ZERO. IRANIAN OIL, ZERO IRANIAN OIL ON. THE WATER AND MORE THAN WHEN THE. WAR STARTED IN IRAN COMING OUT. SO IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S THE DIESEL REFINERIES, AND. RUSSIA IS A HUGE EXPORTER OF. REFINED DIESEL. AND THAT'S IN OUR TRACTORS,

TRUCKS, AIRLINES. IT'S ONE MORE REASON THE. PRESIDENT'S DETERMINED TO STOP. THE WAR, STOP THE FIGHTING, STOP. THE KILLING, STOP THE WAR. PETER: AND WHILE WE'RE MANY THAT. NECK OF THE WOODS, THERE WAS. THIS VERY URGENT BULLETIN FROM. RUSSIA YESTERDAY. THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW IS A. AWARE OF A CREDIBLE THREAT OF A. MASS CASUALTY EVENT TODAY, THAT. WAS YESTERDAY, IN MOSCOW. IS THAT LINKED TO UKRAINE? IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE IN AND. HOW OFTEN DOES THE UNITED STATES. HELP RUSSIA WITH INTEL? >> PETER, I HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED. ON THE DETAILS OF IT, SO I CAN'T.

SPEAK TO IT. BUT WE DO -- I WAS ON THE. INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IN THE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND. STILL GET FULL BRIEFINGS, I JUST. HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED ON THAT. WE DO HAVE A DUTY TO WARN, AND. IF IFER -- IF WE ARE AWARE OF AN. IMMINENT MASS CASUALTY ATTACK, WE ARE GOING THE WARN THE OTHER. SIDE, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE. DETAILS. PETER: MAYBE THE SOUND BITE OF. THE WEEK THIS WEEK, YOU EXPELLES. EXPELLED A DIPLOMAT FROM CUBA. AFTER HE APPROACHED YOYOU IN NEW.

YORK AND THIS HAPPENED. >> THIS ISN'T HAVANA, I'M. FINISH. >> I'M SUSPENDING THE MEETING. >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. INTIMIDATE ME. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHO YOU'RE. DEALING WITH? THIS IS AMERICA. BACK UP. PETER: EXPELLING THAT GUY BACK. TO CUBA, THAT HAD TO FEEL KIND. OF GOOD. >> WELL, THAT WAS, TO BE CLEAR, THAT WAS SECRETARY RUBIO'S ORDER. TO BOOT THE GUY. BUT THE GUY THAT WE ACTUALLY PUT. ON A ONE-WAY FLIGHT BACK TO HIS. CRUMBLING COUNTRY SHOVED ONE OF.

MY STAFF, SLAPPED THE PHONE OUT. OF HIS HAND, WAS TRYING TO BULLY. THE U.N. STAFF INTO, RIGHT, INTO. CUTTING MY MICROPHONE. THEN THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER GETS. UP OUT OF HIS CHAIR AND RUSHES. THE PODIUM. IF THEY'LL DO THAT ON THE FLOOR. OF THE U.N. IN FRONT OF. DIPLOMATS AND THE WORLD, IMAGINE. WHAT THEY DO TO THE POOR CUBAN. PEOPLE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I'M A 27-YEAR GREEN BERET. THEY MESSED WITH THE WRONG. DIPLOMAT. I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TO. GO DOWN, MAN. OKAY. LET'S --.

PETER: JACKET COMING OFF RIGHT. THERE IN FRONT OF ALL THE. DIPLOMATS. >> WHAT GOT HIM SO UNGLUED WAS. FOR THE FIRST TIME I STARTED. HOLDING UP PHOTOS OF CASTRO'S. PRIVATE ISLAND, HIS LUXURY JET, THE ROLEXS THAT THE CURRENT. REGIME WEARS AROUND THE WORLD. THE LUXURY VACATIONS, THE. YACHTS. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, AS WE'VE SEEN. WITH COMMUNISM THROUGHOUT. HISTORY, THE ELITES ARE LIVING. LIVES OF LUXURY WHILE THEIR. PEOPLE STARVE. THEY USE THE U.N., THEY TRY TO. USE IT TO BLAME US, FURTHER.

THEIR PROPAGANDA, AND WE SMACKED. IT DOWN ALMOST LITERALLY. [LAUGHTER]. PETER: I DO WISH HE WOULD HAVE. MADE IT A COUPLE STEPS --. >> LET'S USE WORDS, NOT BULLETS, BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO. THERE, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. PETER: PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE. LAST COUPLE MONTHS ADD TEASED. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST CUBA. DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS HELP? >> LOOK, WE'RE MAKING IT CLEAR. THAT THEY CAN BLAME EVERYTHING. ELSE THAT THEY WANT, COMMUNISM. HAS NEVER WORKED, DOESN'T WORK. AND WILL NEVER WORK. AND WHY DOES THAT MATTER TO.

EVERYDAY AMERICANS? GO LOOK AT SECRETARY RUBIO'S. REPORT ON HOW THE CUBAN REGIME. HAS BEEN EXPORTING COMMUNISM, THEIR MARXIST IDEOLOGY THROUGH. LEFTIST GROUPS AND CURRENT. POLITICIANS RIGHT HERE IN THE. UNITED STATES. SO A LOT OF THE UNREST AND THIS. CON SENSE YOU SEE HERE GOES BACK. TO 67 YEARS OF PUTTING -- COMMON. SENSE. LOOK, I THINK THE CUBAN PEOPLE. WILL SEE FREEDOM ON PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S WATCH, AND I'LL JUST. LEAVE IT AT THAT. PETER: I'VE GOT TO SAY, I HAVE. TANGLED WITH MANY DIFFERENT.

PEOPLE IN LIVE POLITICAL EVENTS, NOTHING LIKE THIS THOUGH. SO I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE NOTES. WE'LL SHARE NOTES AFTER THE. SHOW. [LAUGHTER]. >> DEAL. PETER: AMBASSADOR WALTZ, THANK. YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >>> STILL AHEAD, MICHELE TAFOYA, HERE TO MAKE HER CLOSI.