1 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:26,519 Speaker 1: And hello, how are you welcome to the Big Podcast. 2 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:32,640 It's Friday today. It's a twenty twenty fourth day of April, 3 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:35,399 Year of Our Lord, twenty twenty six. 4 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,079 Speaker 2: My name is Tom Sullivan. We are well. I was 5 00:00:39,119 --> 00:00:41,280 thinking about this, the fact that we're doing more and 6 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:42,600 more war and more warring. 7 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:50,119 Speaker 1: It's what's happening is every day things change, and today 8 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,399 we have some decent size changes that are going on, 9 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:59,759 not just the deadlines that keep moving around, but this 10 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:04,959 time we've got action going on. With the Iranians. There 11 00:01:05,159 --> 00:01:10,920 is going to be a summit in Pakistan. Work came 12 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:16,319 out late morning early afternoon that iran was going to 13 00:01:16,359 --> 00:01:22,079 be sending a delegation to Pakistan, and the first reporting 14 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:25,560 was that the Iranian delegation was going to talk to 15 00:01:25,599 --> 00:01:28,840 the Pakistani people who are helping with the negotiations to 16 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,000 see what to do next, and basically to report to 17 00:01:33,079 --> 00:01:37,280 Pakistan that the Iranians have their act together and they 18 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,599 know who's in charge and they can fulfill a deal 19 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,840 and all of that. So the word was on that 20 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,200 the Iranians were going to go to Pakistan. The Foreign 21 00:01:49,359 --> 00:01:53,920 Minister is going to be the head of this of 22 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:56,799 this delegation its sounded like it was a one sided deal, 23 00:01:56,879 --> 00:01:58,719 that Iran was going to go to Pakistan, they were 24 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:01,159 going to talk to Pakistan. And then and all of 25 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,359 a sudden, Caroline Levitt, the Press secretary for the President, 26 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:09,039 came out to the driveway and announce the following. 27 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 3: As you know and I spoke about it earlier this week, 28 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,240 the President was flexible in granting an extension of the 29 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:19,120 ceasefire throughout this time, the President has decided to dispatch 30 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:23,879 Special Envoy Witcoff and Jared Kushner back to Islamabad. The 31 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,719 Iranians want to talk, they want to talk in person, 32 00:02:26,759 --> 00:02:29,240 and so the President is, as I've said many many 33 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,560 times to all of you, always willing to give diplomacy 34 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:34,039 a chance. So Steve and Jared will be heading to 35 00:02:34,039 --> 00:02:37,759 Pakistan tomorrow to hear the Iranians out. We hope progress 36 00:02:37,759 --> 00:02:40,400 will be made, and we hope that positive developments will 37 00:02:40,439 --> 00:02:43,639 come from this meeting. And we will see and the President, 38 00:02:43,759 --> 00:02:46,439 the Vice President, the Secretary of State will be waiting 39 00:02:46,719 --> 00:02:50,080 here in the United States for updates. And the Vice President, 40 00:02:50,159 --> 00:02:52,280 I understand, is on standby and we'll be willing to 41 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,319 dispatch to Pakistan if we feel it's a necessary use 42 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:55,719 of his time. 43 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 2: K Yeah, you heard that right that JD is not going. 44 00:02:59,319 --> 00:03:02,439 Speaker 1: The Vice President is not going with Wikoff and Kushner, 45 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,240 and they're leaving tonight because they have to leave tonight 46 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:07,919 that they're going to have these meetings that are now 47 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:14,879 scheduled for tomorrow. JD is on standby Nick Robertson the 48 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,159 reporter is in Pakistan right now and this is what 49 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,039 he's seen on that side of the world. 50 00:03:21,319 --> 00:03:25,039 Speaker 4: So this news is very fast paced and coming literally 51 00:03:25,039 --> 00:03:28,240 come from a meeting with government officials here who I 52 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,800 don't think were even aware that Jerry Kushner and Steve Wikoff, 53 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:35,039 would you hear over the weekend? Now, what we'd heard 54 00:03:35,039 --> 00:03:39,680 from Pakistani officials earlier was that they hoped that their 55 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,919 bilateral meeting with the Iranian foreign minister would lead to 56 00:03:44,039 --> 00:03:48,520 more US Iranian face to face talks. But the impression 57 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,199 had been created by the Iranian Foreign minister because he 58 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,000 said he was going to come first here to Islamabad. 59 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,520 Everything we were understanding about that visit that was going 60 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,919 to happen in the coming hours was going to be short. 61 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,560 Within about four hours or so, he'd be leaving to 62 00:04:02,639 --> 00:04:05,800 go on to Oman for talks there, and then onto 63 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:10,080 Moscow for talks there. So the narrative coming from the 64 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,199 Iranian Foreign Minister's side was this was just touch and 65 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,839 go talks where the Pakistan is here. But this is 66 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,720 now entering a whole different realm. As we've seen the 67 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,639 logistics to get a delegation from the East coast of 68 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:28,360 the United States to Islamabad, Pakistan is almost a twenty 69 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,959 four hour process to get them in place. Is it 70 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,240 conceivable that the Uranian Foreign Minister does his touch and 71 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,879 go here, moves off for his other meetings, then circles 72 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,560 back into Islamabad to have that face to face with 73 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,959 the President's Special Envoy and his son in law, Jared Kushpa. 74 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,800 Is that the frame that we should be looking at here. 75 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,560 What that Pakistan is already hoping to get out of this, 76 00:04:51,639 --> 00:04:55,759 from what we understand, is really to re energize the talks, 77 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,519 the peace thoughts that really appeared to sort of stagnate 78 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:00,639 over the part days. 79 00:05:01,439 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: Well, a couple of things from what Nick Robertson was 80 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,600 talking about. Number One, this came together, like you said, 81 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,560 very fast, So it's kind of this doesn't seem like 82 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:16,639 it's a very organized, well thought out plan to have 83 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,879 these talks. It was there were no talks, and we 84 00:05:18,879 --> 00:05:21,639 were waiting, and we had a deadline. Then we did 85 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,319 not have a deadline. Then we extended the deadline, and 86 00:05:24,319 --> 00:05:26,120 then all of a sudden, the Iranians say, hey, we're 87 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,319 going to Pakistan. And Nick Roberts said, the news is 88 00:05:30,399 --> 00:05:32,480 moving fast. In other words, nobody knew it. He was 89 00:05:32,519 --> 00:05:35,560 talking to Pakistani officials who had no idea that this 90 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,439 was going to happen. And so it started off just 91 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,600 with Iron going to Pakistan. And then all of a 92 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,480 sudden the White House said, okay, Jared and what coff 93 00:05:43,639 --> 00:05:45,160 you guys get on the plane and get going. 94 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 2: So they got I don't know if they're. 95 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: On their way now, but they've got to leave sometime 96 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,360 this evening in order to have meetings tomorrow. 97 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 5: Yeah. 98 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,519 Speaker 1: The other item of note here is that the Iranian 99 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:02,959 Foreign Minister or the foreign minister, he's a rubber stamper. 100 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,279 He has no authority, so he might go and talk 101 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:09,839 and maybe it's just a way the Iranians do things. 102 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,199 They love to string things out, but he doesn't have 103 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:18,600 the power to agree to anything. So all right, long 104 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:22,839 plane trip for Witkoff and Jared Kushner. But we'll see 105 00:06:22,879 --> 00:06:25,959 what happens over the weekend. So before that news broke, 106 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:31,959 Beth Sander, former National Security Advisor, was asked about her 107 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,480 thoughts on the status of this conflict with Iran. 108 00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:40,879 Speaker 6: Well, I mean, clearly, this is what the President said 109 00:06:40,879 --> 00:06:44,680 as well yesterday. So he's repeating this idea that the 110 00:06:44,879 --> 00:06:49,920 entire shebang now in terms of the war aim is 111 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,199 no nuclear weapons for Iran. And you know, the question 112 00:06:54,399 --> 00:06:59,439 is given that the nuclear program was significantly, you know, 113 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,519 to obliterated. It's hard to completely remove a nuclear program 114 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,279 before this war, and in fact, hardly any strikes were 115 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,639 taken against the nuclear program during this war, and so 116 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,959 it kind of begs a question of what was actually accomplished. 117 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:16,240 What kind of dealer are we going to be able 118 00:07:16,319 --> 00:07:17,920 to get on the nuclear issue? 119 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 7: And I suspect the reporting that Nick has about Aragchi, 120 00:07:24,079 --> 00:07:28,160 the Foreign minister coming to Pakistan is they need to 121 00:07:28,199 --> 00:07:31,600 talk at a lower level about the basic US demand 122 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,079 that was put on the table on this is what 123 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,160 we want you to agree as the baseline on the 124 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,879 nuclear program. My view on that is that it was 125 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:43,680 too maximalists for them to say yes on and it 126 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:45,720 was part of the reason that they didn't show up. 127 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,079 So I think we're now going to be negotiating on 128 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:49,920 that issue. 129 00:07:50,079 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So we have to negotiate on how 130 00:07:53,399 --> 00:07:56,680 are we going to get the nuclear dust is much 131 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,560 more than us It's about one thousand pounds of uranium. 132 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,839 How are we going to get that out? And on 133 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:05,959 top of that, how are we going to get the 134 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 mines out of the Strait of Hormuz. So we've got 135 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,399 to open the Straight of Hormos and we have to 136 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:17,759 clear the nuclear enrich uranium. Those are the two big 137 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,439 issues at this point. But don't take your eye off 138 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,759 of what I've been griping about this whole time. You 139 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:28,639 cannot have that regime stay in power, not even close 140 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,039 to power. They are the ones that will rebuild as 141 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,240 fast as they can. They lie, they cheat, they steal, 142 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:38,039 they will the minute you're out of there with your 143 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,399 uranium dust and you got the mindes cleared, they're going 144 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,440 to go right back. 145 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: To their old ways, you know it. 146 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: So they still well, let's add it. You got to 147 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,320 get the enriched uranium out of there, clear the minds, 148 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,759 and open the Strait of Hormus and get rid of 149 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:55,799 the regime. I know the President said he wasn't doing 150 00:08:55,879 --> 00:09:01,879 regime change, but I think he needs to. Admiral William mccraven, 151 00:09:02,039 --> 00:09:08,600 former head of Seals Sealed Team six, he's really an 152 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,639 impeccable guy. He waited on what's going on with the war. 153 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:14,919 Speaker 8: Well, you know, as we're saying, the military hope is 154 00:09:14,919 --> 00:09:17,000 not a strategy, right, So yeah, it would be great 155 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:20,039 to get the Iranians to the negotiating table. But I 156 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,879 still think there are going to be some red lines 157 00:09:21,919 --> 00:09:23,600 that they're going to draw that they're going to be 158 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,840 problematic for the Trump administration. But certainly getting them to 159 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:28,360 the table is that's the first step. 160 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 9: You got to do that. 161 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: Okay, so now they're getting to the table, but is 162 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,480 it really anybody Again, go back to the question of 163 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,799 who's in charge and the people that are going to 164 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,840 the media and Pakistan are not in. 165 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 8: Charge without boots on the ground. You looked at this before, 166 00:09:44,919 --> 00:09:46,919 and I've been through the straight a number of times. 167 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,840 I mean, I don't think you have to put boots 168 00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:52,120 on the ground, but it is risky if you're talking 169 00:09:52,159 --> 00:09:54,879 about putting a military convoy as we did back in 170 00:09:54,919 --> 00:09:57,559 the eighties, you are still going to be threatened by 171 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,919 Iranian drones, Iranian short range blistic missiles, the fast attack boats. 172 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:06,960 So if the Iranians continue to hold the straight hostage 173 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:10,679 with again, whether it's minds or fast tag boats, then 174 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,919 it becomes a very challenging problem. Somebody asked me the 175 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,559 other day if I was advising the president, what would 176 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,279 I advise them on? I would say, look, if you 177 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,200 want to get the Iranians to the negotiating table, you're 178 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,399 going to have to lift the blockade. The problem is, 179 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,799 from the president standpoint, the blockade is his leverage, but 180 00:10:25,879 --> 00:10:29,639 from the Iranian standpoint, you know, the straits are their leverage. 181 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,320 So you say, look, well, part of the ceasefire, you 182 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:35,120 lift the blockade, but you open the straits and then 183 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:39,519 we'll begin the negotiations. And from the Iranian standpoint, you 184 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,960 know the blockade is a violation of international law and therefore, 185 00:10:44,039 --> 00:10:46,559 and of course it's crushing them economically, of course, But 186 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,879 again from the president standpoint, you want to end up 187 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:51,679 at a better strategic position after all this is done. 188 00:10:52,039 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 9: So the Trump administration wants the straits open. 189 00:10:54,879 --> 00:10:56,799 Speaker 8: Right, and they want to figure out a way to 190 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,919 ensure that the Iranians reduce the enrichment of uranium. Those 191 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,679 are the two objectives he really needs to have at 192 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,600 this point in time. You have to bring them to 193 00:11:04,639 --> 00:11:07,559 the negotiating table and if the FOREI minister comes and 194 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,200 they have good discussions, great, But you could lift the 195 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,240 blockade and they open the straight and that becomes part 196 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,919 of the initial negotiation and. 197 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 9: The blockade it's a switch. 198 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 8: So if all of a sudden they are not complying 199 00:11:21,039 --> 00:11:22,919 with then you you flip the switch and the blockade 200 00:11:22,919 --> 00:11:23,320 goes back on. 201 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 1: And ask you what which is why I keep saying 202 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,200 you have to change the regime? 203 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,759 Speaker 8: Back to the admiral, Yeah, you know, certainly retaliation was 204 00:11:31,799 --> 00:11:34,200 on their list, but we would have thought at our 205 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,279 air bases and alue deed and again UAE, we have 206 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,279 some air bases in UAE hitting you know, the high 207 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,840 rise apartments and the hotels in ua. That was that 208 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,879 was something I think probably surprised a lot of people. 209 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,120 But no retaliating against US or Israeli interest in the 210 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,759 Gulf absolutely on the table. 211 00:11:51,919 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 9: Yeah. 212 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,799 Speaker 8: Well but again what I would offer is I think 213 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,679 the Iranians have again you know, from a tactical standpoint, 214 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,840 they played this pretty well because by going after the 215 00:12:00,879 --> 00:12:04,679 Kuwaitis and the Saudi's and the Qataris and the Emiords, 216 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,080 now they've been playing the whole region and they have 217 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,559 it a little bit at again held hostage. This means 218 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,679 the economy is going up. The global economy is rising. 219 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:14,120 As you'll know. 220 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 9: This puts a lot of pressure on President Trump. So 221 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:18,600 it was a tactic. 222 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 8: I'm not sure we thought about it in that much 223 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,279 detail in terms of the civilian targets that the Iranians. 224 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:25,399 Speaker 9: Would come at. 225 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,759 Speaker 8: But one thing I've said from the very beginning is 226 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,279 if the regime in Iran survives, they win. 227 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 2: If they survive, they win. What does that mean? 228 00:12:36,039 --> 00:12:38,639 Speaker 8: If they survive, they win. So look, at the end 229 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,960 of the day, the president hoped to change the regime 230 00:12:41,039 --> 00:12:44,440 in Iran. That was always going to be challenging. It 231 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,000 doesn't mean it's impossible. It was always going to be challenging. 232 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,600 And if the regime survives and over time they continue 233 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,360 to rebuild, unless you can get them to the table 234 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,120 and they agree and you can have inspectors that they're 235 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,279 not going to continue to enrich the uranium to the 236 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,000 level that you can build. 237 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: Obama, I mean, I want to believe that the Admiral 238 00:13:04,039 --> 00:13:07,120 doesn't believe that they would stick to any agreement. They 239 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,080 may come to an agreement and they may promise this 240 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,240 and that and everything else, but I just they have 241 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,960 a long forty seven year history of lyne cheating and 242 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,759 renegging on any agreement. So as far as changing the regime, 243 00:13:22,159 --> 00:13:25,360 that's on my list as well. I hope it is 244 00:13:25,399 --> 00:13:28,600 on the presidents as well. So speaking of agreements, we 245 00:13:28,639 --> 00:13:31,320 did have an agreement. President Obama came to an agreement 246 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,840 that was in twenty fifteen. The person that led that 247 00:13:35,519 --> 00:13:43,039 negotiation was John Kerry, and he's still upset about the 248 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,720 fact that that agreement had been ripped up by the 249 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:46,639 Trump administration. 250 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: Here's John Kerrey. 251 00:13:48,639 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 10: At the time that the President and President Trump decided 252 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,240 to pull out of the agreement. 253 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:54,919 Speaker 2: The fact is that. 254 00:13:56,639 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 10: The Israeli intelligence, Chinese, Rush, French, German, British EU all 255 00:14:04,279 --> 00:14:09,240 agreed that the around nuclear agreement was working, that we 256 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,440 had at least a year during which time they could 257 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,919 not break out, possibly creating a weapon. What President Trump 258 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,399 now has to do is frankly, get them to again 259 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,759 agree to what they already agreed to, which should underscore 260 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,279 the absurdity of the situation that we're finding ourselves in. 261 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,519 Speaker 1: I have no use for John Kerry. He is, I 262 00:14:30,559 --> 00:14:33,399 don't know, some sort of elitist snob who doesn't understand 263 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:38,480 the real world. Because that agreement, the Iranians were violating it. No, 264 00:14:38,559 --> 00:14:42,559 not every he just absolutely lied through his teeth. Mike Lawler, 265 00:14:42,639 --> 00:14:48,039 who is a congressman from New York, basically points that out. 266 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:54,519 Speaker 11: He's delusional. The fact is this is revisionist history on 267 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,440 the part of John Kerry. That deal was a disaster. 268 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,200 Iran would have a nuclear way and right now had 269 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,960 we stuck with that deal. And the fact is the 270 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,799 only thing that put pressure on Iran was the maximum 271 00:15:08,879 --> 00:15:11,720 pressure campaign by President Trump in his first term. 272 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 2: They were literally broke, and. 273 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 11: It was Joe Biden who eased the sanctions, who allowed 274 00:15:17,039 --> 00:15:20,279 the illicit oil trade with China to the tune of 275 00:15:20,399 --> 00:15:23,840 hundreds of billions of dollars. That's what funded hamas has 276 00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:27,240 bela the houthis, that's what funded the October seventh attacks, 277 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:32,000 That's what funded their ballistic missiles capabilities and their nuclear ambitions. 278 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,039 It's President Trump who has taken action by striking their 279 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,240 three nuclear facilities last summer and after forty seven years 280 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:45,440 eliminating the Ayatola, the Clerics, the leadership of the IRGC, 281 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:50,039 we have gone after their ballistic missiles, capability, their naval fleet. 282 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,320 What is outstanding here is negotiating with the remnants of 283 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,759 this regime if they can figure out who's in charge 284 00:15:57,639 --> 00:16:03,120 over their financing of terror and the highly enriched uranium 285 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,360 which has CBS News reported last week they could produce 286 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,080 between nine to eleven bombs. So what did John Kerry 287 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,200 want us to do? Wait until they had the bomb, 288 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,039 that's what he wanted. 289 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's what would have happened. I believe I 290 00:16:15,639 --> 00:16:18,120 may be wrong, but I believe that the JCP Away 291 00:16:18,159 --> 00:16:22,600 Agreement that John Kerry negotiated would have let them have 292 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,320 a full nuclear bomb capability by ten years. Well ten 293 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:30,360 years was last year, twenty twenty five. It was signed 294 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:32,879 in twenty fifteen. That would have put in twenty twenty 295 00:16:32,919 --> 00:16:35,799 five they would have been working on and we're working 296 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,960 on building a nuclear bomb. So they would now have 297 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:44,240 nuke bombs and they again have threatened America, threatened Israel. 298 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:49,360 They are the leading sponsor of terrorism in the world, 299 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:51,519 and you want them to have a nuclear bomb. That 300 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,080 was what was so ridiculous about that agreement, beyond all 301 00:16:56,120 --> 00:17:00,639 the other delusional things. As Congressman Lawler said, So back 302 00:17:00,679 --> 00:17:06,400 to what's going on today, Admiral Fozzi Miller is looking 303 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,759 at all of this and kind of sizing up where 304 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:11,079 we are in our eighth week of this war. 305 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,599 Speaker 12: We spent the week wandering if we're going to get 306 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,680 back to negotiations or not, if the ceasefire was the 307 00:17:16,759 --> 00:17:20,039 right thing to have done. It wasn't really entirely clear 308 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,359 all week until today, we're really starting to see the 309 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,400 momentum shift. I think we're understanding better how fractured the 310 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,400 regime is. We're understanding much better what the impact of 311 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,319 the blockade is on the ability of the regime just 312 00:17:34,519 --> 00:17:37,559 stay in power. So I think we are making progress. 313 00:17:37,759 --> 00:17:40,640 We have an extraordinary amount of naval power, either already 314 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,880 there or coming into the area with a bush carrier 315 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,000 strike group coming in the Boxer amphibious writing. This group 316 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:49,720 with another twenty two hundred Marines is on its way 317 00:17:49,759 --> 00:17:53,559 and almost there. So we have air power, we have seapower. 318 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,640 We're backed up as a joint operation, so we've got 319 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:01,759 special operations forces there, We've got air force SS there 320 00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:04,960 all over the region, and so we've got quite a 321 00:18:05,079 --> 00:18:09,759 force and the only option left for the Iranian military 322 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,559 is to block the regime or to lob missiles at 323 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:13,200 their neighbors. 324 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,799 Speaker 2: But don't forget what Admiral mccraven said. 325 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: If they don't, if they don't get killed, if we 326 00:18:20,519 --> 00:18:23,799 don't wipe out the regime, if they can stay in power, 327 00:18:24,559 --> 00:18:28,759 they win. Forget about all the nuclear material, forget about 328 00:18:28,759 --> 00:18:32,160 the strait. That's to them their measure of who wins. 329 00:18:32,279 --> 00:18:34,759 And if they can stay in power, they win. And 330 00:18:34,799 --> 00:18:39,039 they know that because they will once they're clear of 331 00:18:39,079 --> 00:18:42,440 the Americans and they can get back to rebuilding their 332 00:18:42,559 --> 00:18:45,759 nuclear ambitions. Back to Admiral Miller. 333 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 12: It's interesting when you look at the regime. The pressure 334 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,799 of the blockade puts on the regime has a number 335 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:55,400 of different effects. That takes away their ability to do 336 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:58,200 ce trace. So that's about eight percent of their economy. 337 00:18:58,599 --> 00:19:02,160 IERGC is every where. Even though we don't know who's 338 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,000 in charge in Iran, we know that the IRGC has 339 00:19:06,039 --> 00:19:08,039 the guns, so they've got fifty one percent of the 340 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,720 vote right now. It's not clear that the new Supreme 341 00:19:10,799 --> 00:19:15,640 Leader has the gravitas to be able to force the 342 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,839 IRGC into negotiations, and so. 343 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 9: We're watching all that go. 344 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 12: But we have pressure there in that we can start 345 00:19:24,279 --> 00:19:27,400 combat all over again at a moment's notice, or we 346 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:28,599 can continue the blockade. 347 00:19:28,599 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: It's pretty amazing how much military power, how much firepower, 348 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,799 we have parked all around Iran, and yet there's squirrely 349 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,319 and they're trying to just hang on and hope that 350 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:47,279 the Americans basically stop and not try to remove them. 351 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:50,599 They're fine with everything else, I think at this point. 352 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,839 But we'll see what happens with this weekend. I am 353 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,240 expecting next to nothing coming out of the Pakistan meetings. 354 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:59,880 I'll be shocked if there's anything of substance. Another form 355 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,319 National Security advisor now part of the Heritage Organization Victoria Coats, 356 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:09,400 and she was asked about our relationship with Western Europe 357 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:09,839 in NATO. 358 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:11,279 Speaker 11: Now. 359 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:14,559 Speaker 13: I think this is a very necessary reality check for NATO, 360 00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:17,759 and I think it's also critical that we look at 361 00:20:17,799 --> 00:20:21,200 the partnership that's been demonstrated by the United States and Israel. 362 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,319 This is how an ally acts. An ally is right 363 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,400 there with us in the flight, putting their skin in 364 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,559 the game, taking the fight to the enemy, and we 365 00:20:29,599 --> 00:20:32,440 could not ask for more than Israel has done. And 366 00:20:32,559 --> 00:20:36,599 anyone who wants evidence of the just wonderful outcomes we've 367 00:20:36,599 --> 00:20:40,359 had from the historic US investment in Israel's security needs 368 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,240 to look no further than Operation Emic Fury, and that 369 00:20:43,279 --> 00:20:46,279 should also be a cautionary tale for the Europeans. This 370 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,079 is what we're looking from from you. We need you 371 00:20:49,279 --> 00:20:51,359 to do more in the Mediterranean because we may be 372 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,160 called to the Pacific, and then we can also look 373 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,119 at an ally like Japan as they rebuild their military 374 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,599 and try to build that joint capability with them. 375 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, don't forget about the Pacific, don't forget about China. 376 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,319 And I would love to know what they're doing in Beijing. 377 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:12,640 They're watching its closely. Obviously, back to Victoria Coats. So overnight, 378 00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:18,319 the couple of top officials, supposedly top officials in Iran said, 379 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,960 don't worry about us. You're asking who's in charge. We're 380 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,640 all in charge. We're all on the same page, doesn't 381 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:30,240 matter moderate, hardline or whatever. Don't worry. We're all the same. 382 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,680 And a couple of these officials sent out basically the 383 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,680 same tweet at almost the same moment. Here's Victoria Coach 384 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:39,480 talking about it. 385 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 13: That was a very interesting ex post from President Possesskin 386 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:50,839 because the Foreign Minister Araghji posted exactly the same tweet 387 00:21:51,079 --> 00:21:53,599 within about a minute of each other, suggesting neither of 388 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,359 them are in control of their social media accounts, that 389 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,400 somebody else is doing this, And I would say the 390 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,359 Iranians themselves. I don't know who's leading the country. My 391 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,559 understanding is in the negotiations that did happen in Islamabad, 392 00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:09,400 they couldn't even call back to Tehran to find out 393 00:22:09,799 --> 00:22:13,119 where the position was of the senior leadership because nobody 394 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,440 wanted to use their cell phones. They thought the Israelis 395 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,119 were probably tracking the calls out of Islamabad, and that's 396 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,119 probably a valid fear. So it may take them a 397 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,759 little bit of time to organize themselves to be able 398 00:22:23,799 --> 00:22:26,640 to get back to the table. But as we've been discussing, 399 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,079 that time is very much on the side of the Americans. 400 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,839 Speaker 1: So we wait for the conference over the weekend. Again, 401 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,160 don't hold your breath on that meantime. Today, well, let 402 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,200 me set this up. The President has been on Jaypowell, 403 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,839 the head of the Federal Reserve, to lower interest rates. 404 00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:47,480 We all know that we all know his position on that. 405 00:22:48,079 --> 00:22:53,519 Every president has bugged the Federal Reserve for lowering interest 406 00:22:53,599 --> 00:22:57,319 rates thinking that that would help them politically. So this 407 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,319 isn't anything new, but President Trump brings to new levels 408 00:23:02,079 --> 00:23:06,559 of basically doing everything he can. And so what they've 409 00:23:06,599 --> 00:23:10,960 done now is they've opened up an investigation into J. 410 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 2: Powell. 411 00:23:12,559 --> 00:23:17,279 Speaker 1: And the one thing that reporters constantly get wrong is 412 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:23,440 that the Federal Reserve doesn't use touch spend one penny 413 00:23:23,759 --> 00:23:27,680 of taxpayer money. All of their money and all of 414 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,759 the overspending on their building is all done by their 415 00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:35,000 own money that they collect from the banks around the country. 416 00:23:35,039 --> 00:23:39,599 They're this central bank, and yet one reporter after another 417 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,559 talks about the fact that they're using and wasting your 418 00:23:42,599 --> 00:23:47,920 taxpayer dollars. It's not true. So today, well, they went 419 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:52,799 to a grand jury to indict J. Powell, and the 420 00:23:52,839 --> 00:23:56,200 grand jury told him, naw, we're not going to indict him. 421 00:23:56,599 --> 00:23:59,680 It's pretty hard to not get an indictment from a 422 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:05,240 grand jury. So then Judge Bosberg, the chief judge in 423 00:24:05,319 --> 00:24:11,480 the Federal District of Washington, said, throughout the entire charges, 424 00:24:11,559 --> 00:24:17,079 all the indictments that they wanted from Janine Piro's office, 425 00:24:17,079 --> 00:24:20,400 the US Attorney's office in Washington, and said, there's there's 426 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,160 nothing here. This is just political vengeance, that's all it is. 427 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:30,759 And so today, after listening to the testimony of the 428 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:34,839 President's nominee Kevin Walsh a couple of days ago, and 429 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:40,799 he did really well before the Banking Committee, but everybody said, Okay, 430 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:43,720 we can't do anything because Tom tell Us, the Senator 431 00:24:43,759 --> 00:24:47,799 from North Carolina, Tillis likes Kevin Walsh, but he says, 432 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,519 I'm not going to approve voting for him, and he 433 00:24:51,559 --> 00:24:56,480 can block the whole thing until this bogus investigation and 434 00:24:56,599 --> 00:25:02,200 charges against Jay Powell are dropped. Well, crickets from the 435 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,519 White House the last couple of days. And today we 436 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:10,599 find out that Janine Pirot, the US Attorney for DC, well, 437 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,839 it was reported that she dropped the charges, not exactly. 438 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,359 But let's start with Evan Perez, one of the lawyers 439 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,799 in the media out of Washington, and he has the latest. 440 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:27,519 Speaker 14: It means that the nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace 441 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,160 Kevin Jerome Powell can now go forward. As you know, 442 00:25:31,799 --> 00:25:35,480 Tom Tillis, who is one of the senators who has 443 00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:39,400 been raising concerns about this investigation. Has essentially said this 444 00:25:39,559 --> 00:25:42,519 is not going to go forward if this investigation is 445 00:25:42,519 --> 00:25:45,839 still ongoing because of the concerns that there was no 446 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,119 evidence to support this investigation. And this is not just 447 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,920 the Senate saying this, but also a judge who looked 448 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,319 at a subpoena that the Justice Department issued in this 449 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,400 investigation and tossed it and said there was no evidence. 450 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,680 I think we have some sound from Tillis, you describe it. 451 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is Tom Tillis from a couple of months 452 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,880 ago talking about the fact that he was not going 453 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,279 to let this thing go forward as long as there 454 00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:11,960 was an investigation of Jay Powell. 455 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,839 Speaker 2: Here's Tom, Senator Tom tell Us. 456 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 5: Let's get washed in there. Let's get Chair Powell comfortable 457 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,680 with actually exiting at some point, not to twenty twenty eight, 458 00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:26,160 and do that by eliminating a bogus investigation. Let's start 459 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,079 at this whole drama. 460 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,799 Speaker 1: So it looked like that the federal government blank at 461 00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:35,359 the White House, blank that Janine Piro blanked. Evan Perez 462 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,519 describes the what's really going on now? 463 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 14: And look, there's been signs that this investigation really wasn't 464 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,960 about a real investigation. And more about the political pressure 465 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:51,400 that it could bring to Jerome Powell. We know that 466 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,799 because the FBI was not actually involved in any of 467 00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:57,279 this investigation, the FBI was not doing this and timely. 468 00:26:57,319 --> 00:26:59,960 You know from covering the Justice Department for many years 469 00:27:00,279 --> 00:27:02,680 that if you're doing a criminal investigation, the FBI is 470 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,240 the one that does witness interviews. They are the ones 471 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,960 that do the fat gathering. And so the question here 472 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,279 has always been when would this happen? And so I 473 00:27:11,279 --> 00:27:14,279 should read just a little bit of what the US 474 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:18,279 attorney Janine Piro said. She said she expects a report 475 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,240 from the Inspector General from the FED in short order 476 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:24,000 that she believes will wrap this up. She also said, however, 477 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,960 I will not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should 478 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,119 the facts warrant. So, so she's essentially trying to find 479 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,319 an easy way, an off ramp for this nomination to 480 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:35,160 be able to go forward. 481 00:27:35,759 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, they didn't want to say that we're dropping the charges. 482 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,319 But they're dropping the charges. But they're trying to say 483 00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:44,839 that they're not dropping the charges. I mean, a judge 484 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,640 has turned them down, a grand jury has turned them down. 485 00:27:48,279 --> 00:27:53,200 It was totally bogus, but Caroline Lovett. She is the 486 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,319 spin master and this is her spinning. 487 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 3: As you saw Judge Janine Piro, or a former judge 488 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:03,640 Janine to me now put out a statement saying that 489 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,960 the case is not necessarily dropped. It's just being moved 490 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,440 over to the Inspector General, who has critical tools at 491 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,880 their disposal to continue to look into the financial mismanagement 492 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,880 at the FED. This has obviously been a priority for 493 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,200 the President if you drive by the FED building. The 494 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,240 President has a point. This is a project that's been 495 00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:24,359 going on for a very long time. It's costing taxpayers 496 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,599 billions of dollars, and I think it's in the best 497 00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:28,799 interest of the taxpayer to get to the bottom of it. 498 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,559 So the investigation still continues. It's just under a different authority, 499 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,279 and that's what you'll continue to see. 500 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: Okay, she said the same thing that is wrong, and 501 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,440 she says it over and over again. There's no tax 502 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:48,400 dollars involved, not a penny, but it's a political vendetta. 503 00:28:49,119 --> 00:28:52,559 Barrett Berger is a former federal prosecutor. She was asked 504 00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:53,200 about all of this. 505 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,759 Speaker 15: I mean, it's surprising to see DOJ walk away from 506 00:28:56,759 --> 00:29:00,240 an investigation that they had been very public about and 507 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,039 one in which the President had seemed to be encouraging. However, 508 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:09,079 given Judge Bosberg's decision last month essentially saying that prosecutors 509 00:29:09,119 --> 00:29:12,720 couldn't get the grand jury subpoenas that they were asking 510 00:29:12,799 --> 00:29:16,960 for because they hadn't presented any actual evidence that there 511 00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:19,960 was a crime that had been committed, I guess the 512 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,119 writing may have been on the wall given the judge's 513 00:29:22,119 --> 00:29:26,519 decision there. You know, it's interesting to hear Janine Piro 514 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,519 saying that she retains the right to bring charges in 515 00:29:30,599 --> 00:29:35,359 the future if the Inspector General returns anything. You know, 516 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,480 I think that's probably not likely to happen here. I 517 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,000 think if they had had some sort of evidence that 518 00:29:42,079 --> 00:29:44,759 there had been a crime committed, they probably would have 519 00:29:44,839 --> 00:29:46,160 brought charges in the first place. 520 00:29:46,839 --> 00:29:52,279 Speaker 1: So hopefully this truly does die, and Janine Perrot and 521 00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:54,960 the President can save face on it, and j Palell 522 00:29:55,079 --> 00:29:59,839 can rest easy that the bendette against him is now 523 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:02,400 over and we can get back to running the Fed 524 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,799 with because Jay Powell's term expires next month, and we 525 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,200 can get Kevin Warshon there, who I think will be 526 00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:13,839 a breath of fresh air for the Federal Reserve. I'm 527 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,759 looking forward to it. So remember we told you that 528 00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:20,920 the Congress failed to the Democrats are blocking the funding 529 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:26,480 for DHS, and that was covered by an emergency executive 530 00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:30,359 order by the President, but that that executive there's no 531 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,079 more money, emergency money for that to happen again. And 532 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,799 yesterday we played for you a clip of Mark Wayne Mullen, 533 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,519 the new head of the DHS, saying he's got enough 534 00:30:41,559 --> 00:30:43,759 money for the payroll at the end of this month 535 00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:47,920 and then that's it. And could you imagine if they 536 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,920 don't have the money for payroll, then TSA agents, We're 537 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,119 going to be back to the long lines in the airport. 538 00:30:55,079 --> 00:31:00,279 So today Chuck Schumer was standing before the set a 539 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:05,799 microphone and he said something that really irked Mark Wayne Mullen. 540 00:31:05,839 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 16: Adding one hundred and forty billion dollars to an agency 541 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,000 that nobody to two two two groups, border Patrol and 542 00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:16,960 Ice that nobody respects in this country. 543 00:31:17,119 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 2: That was it. 544 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,519 Speaker 1: Nobody in this country respects the Border Patrol or Ice. 545 00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:25,720 And I got news for sure. I think there's a 546 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,039 lot of people that do. In fact. In the polling, 547 00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:32,119 Fox News out with a poll that shows that brether 548 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,359 thand Trump's getting beat up pretty badly on a lot 549 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,960 of things, but not on the border. The people love 550 00:31:39,319 --> 00:31:42,559 the fact that Donald Trump has closed the border, and 551 00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:45,039 that's because of the border patrol and the work that 552 00:31:45,079 --> 00:31:49,440 ICE is doing. So Mark Wayne Bullen, he's all upset. 553 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,839 Speaker 17: It takes a lot to get me upset. But Chuck Schumer, 554 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,519 no one respects you. The definition of a lying scumbag politician, 555 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,720 that is you. You would be the definition if you 556 00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:02,240 googled you right now. You didn't because you're for open 557 00:32:02,279 --> 00:32:06,119 borders and you're for the criminals running a mock in 558 00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:08,279 our cities. And for you to say that is so 559 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,160 disrespectful to the law enforcement that that is out there 560 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,720 protecting you. Because he has a detail with him. How 561 00:32:14,759 --> 00:32:17,319 about he walks around these city streets without a detail. 562 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,079 I wonder how safe he would feel. 563 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: Mark Wayne Wallen, he's a former champion, a mixed martial 564 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:26,960 arts champion. You don't want to get Mark Wayne Ullin 565 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,920 upset at you. But that's what's going on today. Let's 566 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:35,000 see what the markets are doing. So begin with the 567 00:32:35,039 --> 00:32:39,799 gas average average price. Triple A gas prices today four 568 00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:44,319 dollars and six cents. That's up three cents from yesterday, 569 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,160 and for you truckers, the diesel average across the country 570 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:54,720 five dollars forty seven cents. The West coast is getting 571 00:32:54,759 --> 00:32:58,039 worse now. We instead of two states being above five dollars, 572 00:32:58,079 --> 00:33:04,119 we've got four, the state of Washington five dollars forty 573 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,359 one cents average. Oregon that's new to the list. Five 574 00:33:08,559 --> 00:33:12,960 oh one California. They're the granddaddy, of course, at five 575 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,039 eighty nine in Hawaii. I get Hawaii. They've got to 576 00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:20,960 ship all of their oil and gas to them. They're 577 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:26,079 at five dollars and sixty five cents. The price of oil. 578 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,880 It was on the commodities markets. It kind of went 579 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,759 back and forth between ninety two up to ninety eight. 580 00:33:31,799 --> 00:33:37,079 Pretty big swing. Finished today just under ninety five dollars 581 00:33:37,119 --> 00:33:41,000 for a barrel of oil. Well straight to Dow down 582 00:33:41,079 --> 00:33:45,559 seventy nine at forty nine thousand and two, thirty, SMP 583 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:52,000 up fifty six, Nasdaq up three hundred ninety eight. Intel, 584 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,519 good old Intel, hit a record that came out with 585 00:33:56,559 --> 00:33:59,359 their earnings today and the stock is an all time 586 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,480 record high for Intel. The reason for it is is 587 00:34:02,519 --> 00:34:06,559 because apparently this next wave of AI chips is going 588 00:34:06,599 --> 00:34:12,239 to be needing Intel's chips. So Intel up twenty one 589 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,400 percent today to an all time record high, and that 590 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,039 pushed the they're part of the S and B, they're part. 591 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,119 Speaker 2: Of the Nasdaq, so that pushed both of those higher. 592 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: The price of gold up seven dollars to four thousand 593 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,119 and seven point thirty one. Like I said, oil bouncing 594 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:30,199 around a little bit today, finishing just under ninety five 595 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,519 dollars for a barrel of oil. So that's it for today. 596 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:36,000 Thank you for coming by. We I hope you have 597 00:34:36,039 --> 00:34:39,280 a wonderful weekend and we'll be back on Monday. I 598 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,239 hope to see you then.