1 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: And hello, Welcome, welcome, one and all with a big 2 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:32,119 podcast on this Friday. Today is the twenty seventh day 3 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:38,600 of February. You're of our Lord twenty twenty six. Man. 4 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,840 We got through February pretty quickly. So yeah, this is 5 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,439 the last business day of the month and we've got 6 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,079 a lot to cover. We've got the most serious topic 7 00:00:49,119 --> 00:00:51,679 to keep an eye on is are we going to 8 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:57,159 war or not? And it seems like it's everybody's trying 9 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,119 to delay it. The talks to Ron have come to 10 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:06,519 an end without any agreement, so then the question is 11 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:12,159 what happens. And at least the President, who has gone 12 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,359 down to Texas today, he's done on Corpus Christy. But 13 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:17,760 he before he left the White House he did the 14 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,920 usual thing with the reporters and he was talking about 15 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,920 the fact that he's not happy about it, that he wishes, 16 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:29,920 you know, that there could have been an agreement, and 17 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:35,159 that he indicated talks will continue, which means again he 18 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,680 doesn't he's trying to drag things out. But at the 19 00:01:37,719 --> 00:01:41,959 same time, our embassy in Tel Aviv and or is 20 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,640 in Jerusalem has said that they are offering any personnel 21 00:01:48,719 --> 00:01:52,079 to leave basically, and we have other embassies in the 22 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:55,680 Middle East that they're getting the same message of non 23 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:01,079 essential personnel are basically pushed out. They go get out 24 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:03,680 of here, which makes you think that work could start 25 00:02:03,719 --> 00:02:09,479 off any time. Iran in their talks not only were 26 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:12,479 we far apart, but in addition to that, the question 27 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,439 about well, if you're going to just have if you're 28 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:22,719 going to enrich uranium just enough to create energy for 29 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,840 your country, then we want to have inspectors come in 30 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,240 and inspect your facilities to make sure you're not enriching 31 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:32,680 it all the way up to where you can make 32 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,960 a bomb out of it. And Iron said, no way are. 33 00:02:36,039 --> 00:02:41,199 We are not allowing you access to our country. No 34 00:02:41,439 --> 00:02:46,319 new inspectors. So I mean, well, listen to General teen. 35 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,879 He has no use for the Iranian leaders. He thinks 36 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:52,159 they're just a bunch of liars. 37 00:02:52,879 --> 00:02:54,879 Speaker 2: Well, I think the people who are involved in talks 38 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,520 always see them as positive because they continue to talk, 39 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:00,879 and not in itself as positive. But the reality is, 40 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:04,599 when you look clearly at what Iran is and what 41 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,360 they represent, you've got to come to the conclusion that 42 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,639 they're very unlikely we won't achieve anything. Why is that 43 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:15,240 because Iran does want to recover its nuclear program, no 44 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,919 matter what lies and pretense to putting forward in these talks. 45 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:24,199 Number Two, Iran clearly is already recovering this ballistic missile program, 46 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,719 and that is one of the drum beats that's beating 47 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,800 here in terms of what damage they could do to 48 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,120 Israel and also to the United States. Number Three, Iran 49 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,520 is already continuing to support the proxies in the region, 50 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,800 which means at some point they will be upgunned again 51 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,560 with a potential to attack Israel. Those are the things 52 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,120 that are truly happening. And we've already had the evidence 53 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:50,560 that Iran is willing to kill as many people as 54 00:03:50,599 --> 00:03:54,840 it takes inside their country to put down any idea 55 00:03:55,039 --> 00:03:58,960 of a protest or an internal regime change. That is 56 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,719 who we're dealing with, and what does that actually present 57 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,080 to us then? And historic opportunity because Iran is vulnerable 58 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:09,240 and weak, weaker than they've ever been in the forty 59 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:12,879 six year history of the regime right now today, that 60 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 gives us up an opportunity to put in place a 61 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:22,439 comprehensive joint operation with Israel to really set the conditions 62 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,240 for a regime change. Now, look at President Trump is 63 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,879 a peace president. There is no doubt about it, given 64 00:04:27,959 --> 00:04:31,160 what he's done over thirteen months on resolving conflicts that 65 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:34,120 were too challenging for others to resolve, but particularly the 66 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:37,240 United Nations, which doesn't show up at all when it 67 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:38,040 comes to peace. 68 00:04:38,879 --> 00:04:40,439 Speaker 3: But here's the difference. 69 00:04:40,959 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: This president is willing to use force to achieve a 70 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,279 peaceful outcome, and I believe that is the path we 71 00:04:49,319 --> 00:04:52,399 are on right now. 72 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: So you can tell the General is going, this is 73 00:04:54,319 --> 00:04:57,639 a perfect time. This is the most opportunity we've ever 74 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,439 had to get rid of this regime. It's been there 75 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:04,000 for forty six, forty seven years. But there are always 76 00:05:04,079 --> 00:05:07,279 people in an administration that are saying, oh, wait a minute, 77 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:12,079 be careful, there will be casualties here. At the General's 78 00:05:12,079 --> 00:05:12,920 response to that. 79 00:05:14,079 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly, and there usually is in any administration. There's 80 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:19,800 always folks are going to look at it and just 81 00:05:19,959 --> 00:05:25,399 focus on the negative adverse consequences they and then that 82 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,480 leads them to what to do nothing, to take to 83 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,720 do nothing here and to give Ran another ten years 84 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:36,439 to impose their will on the region and continue to 85 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,399 destabilize it. We've been with these guys almost fifty years now. 86 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,120 Do we really want to do that when the vulnerability 87 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,839 and weakness is right in front of us, the historic 88 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,720 opportunity to stabilize this Middle East once and for all, 89 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,160 to have the abram Accords kick in, and we already 90 00:05:53,199 --> 00:05:55,720 know those countries would be willing to do that. If 91 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,000 we get Iran off the board here, that is a 92 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,199 huge opportunity. To do nothing is to continue This makes 93 00:06:03,319 --> 00:06:06,600 no sense. So yes, there always will people who are 94 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,399 going to advocate. Well, there will be casually if to 95 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:12,360 the operation. It's going to be complicated. Three, there's not 96 00:06:12,399 --> 00:06:16,360 a clear definition in terms of an end state. And listen, 97 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:19,279 when you conduct even an operation with a ground force 98 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,399 to conduct decisive operations to change the regime as we 99 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,279 did in Panama in eighty nine, Haiti and ninety four, 100 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:31,920 Afghanisan in one, and Iraq and three, there's always ambiguity 101 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,199 in terms of what follows after that. 102 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: Again, you can tell the general is just looking at 103 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,759 as chops thinking this is a perfect time militarily. You 104 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,279 know how he's going to vote. 105 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 2: Well, I believe what our military commanders believe, and I 106 00:06:49,759 --> 00:06:52,120 know what they believe, and I know what the Israelis believe. 107 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,319 They believe it conduct a military operation will be highly 108 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,680 successful based on the resources they have. It doesn't mean 109 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,040 that we're casualty free. I mean Iran. You always recognize 110 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:06,160 an adversary here has opportunities. They got to vote here. 111 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,040 But we can conduct a very comprehensive campaign with the 112 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,040 Israelis to deal with what civilian and military leadership, the 113 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:19,000 entire infrastructure that props this regime up and sustains it, 114 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:24,040 ballistic missiles to be sure, drones that are in storage sites, 115 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:29,040 and any attempt for Iran to recover their nuclear operation, 116 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:32,639 and many other things as well. In a general sense, 117 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:38,199 an indicator of what a comprehensive campaign would actually look 118 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:42,519 like and the resources in the region. Two purposes, One 119 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,959 to help defend US spaces in the region and the 120 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,519 Israeli basis as well as the Israeli people, and two 121 00:07:49,639 --> 00:07:55,279 to conduct a very comprehensive offensive campaign which would reduce 122 00:07:55,399 --> 00:07:58,000 dramatically Iran's capability to retaliate. 123 00:07:58,079 --> 00:08:01,279 Speaker 1: So general is definitely in the question is what about 124 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:05,480 everybody else? Peterberg and I have a very high regard 125 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:08,360 for this man. He knows the Middle East like the 126 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:13,360 back of his hand, and he's watching the fact that 127 00:08:13,399 --> 00:08:15,360 there is a clock ticking. 128 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 4: There's some clocks that are ticking. One is President Trump 129 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,360 said last Thursday that there was a ten to fifteen 130 00:08:22,439 --> 00:08:26,839 day window four talks to be resolved that would put 131 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,680 us into this coming weekend or next week for strikes 132 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,519 if there isn't a resolution. And there's another clock ticking, 133 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:39,720 which is Congressman Massey and Congressman Khanna are both proposing 134 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,600 a resolution that would basically block the president from Iran, 135 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,200 a ward against Iran that could come to the floor 136 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,960 next week. So both of those clocks are ticking. And 137 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,200 I'm sure that Trump is aware that there is some 138 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,600 opposition in the House, including from Republicans, on this, and that, 139 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,080 you know, if he can do a quick strike that 140 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,120 in some senses is performative, you know that that this 141 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:09,879 may be the time. 142 00:09:10,039 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: But it's a little off topic. But the Supreme Court 143 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:16,360 just basically said, mister President, you can't do everything. You've 144 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,600 got to go to Congress. They were talking about the tariffs, 145 00:09:19,799 --> 00:09:24,120 the i EPA law. But there's a lot of pressure 146 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:27,960 on Congress to act like a congress that they have 147 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,519 a voice, and so the question is are they going 148 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,679 to start beating their chest and try to stop the 149 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:38,240 president from any sort of military actions against Iran, or 150 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,320 will the President beat them to it and attack Iran 151 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,639 before they get around to even trying to do something 152 00:09:45,639 --> 00:09:46,240 in Congress. 153 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 4: You know, the only person who can really answer that 154 00:09:48,279 --> 00:09:51,679 is President Donald Trump. And you know, you know it's 155 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,799 also possible that if there was a strike, the Iranians 156 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:57,399 could then also back channel to the United States. So look, 157 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,600 we need to take action, but you know we're planning 158 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,360 action at certain places. This is what they did in June. 159 00:10:03,919 --> 00:10:07,159 So they struck Alu Daid Air Force Base and Cutter 160 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:10,399 in June after the United States had attacked those of 161 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,399 Iranian nuclear sites. They're about one hundred American servicemen had 162 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,840 traumatic brain injuries of various kinds, ranging from mile too serious. 163 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,639 But you know, Urranians are given a head heads up 164 00:10:21,639 --> 00:10:25,200 to the Americans, so you know, there's these back channels 165 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,679 can be productive in a certain sense. On the other hand, 166 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,840 you know, if there's a total breakdown in trust, as 167 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:33,200 it could be, there may be no back channel, and 168 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,200 you know, you risk the idea of further escalation, which 169 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,559 you know, going up the escalation ladder without control would 170 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:42,080 not be good. 171 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,279 Speaker 1: So another national security analyst to David Sander, he also 172 00:10:47,519 --> 00:10:50,120 is looking at all this and he's his ears are 173 00:10:50,159 --> 00:10:53,080 popped up on the news from the American embassies that 174 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,639 are telling their staff to evacuate. 175 00:10:55,799 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 5: The question is how sincere at this point is this effort. 176 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:06,639 The announcement from the US Embassy in Israel and from 177 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,960 Ambassador Huckabee similar announcements we're seeing elsewhere in the region. 178 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:16,440 The British have told their employees in the Iran embassy 179 00:11:17,639 --> 00:11:22,120 to evacuate. All suggests that military action seems to be 180 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,559 in the office. We don't know how quickly, we don't 181 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,320 know how big. I do think it was interesting the 182 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,960 Vice President Vance yesterday told the Washington Post that he 183 00:11:34,039 --> 00:11:37,879 didn't believe that you necessarily had to get into a 184 00:11:38,039 --> 00:11:42,399 prolonged conflict, that this is something that if they needed 185 00:11:42,399 --> 00:11:46,399 to do, they could do more surgically. But let's remember, 186 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:52,440 this is not like removing President Maduro from Venezuela. This 187 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,000 is not like striking the sites that were taken out 188 00:11:57,039 --> 00:12:02,279 in Iran in June. To go do this, presumably it 189 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,799 is not only to set back nuclear program, but to 190 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,679 do broader strikes, and we don't know how that would 191 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,639 turn out, or how the Iranians might retaliate. 192 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: Well, you never know, you ever, All your battle plans 193 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,360 go out the door in the minute the battle starts. 194 00:12:19,159 --> 00:12:22,279 But there's another little clue popped up today. That was 195 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,639 Marco Rubio, our Secretary of State is planning to be 196 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:32,279 in Israel on I believe it's Tuesday. 197 00:12:33,159 --> 00:12:35,799 Speaker 5: That's right. The States Party has announced that he'll be 198 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:41,120 there on March two and three. That does raise the 199 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,639 interesting question would they start a conflict, you know, while 200 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:48,320 the Secretary is there and so who knows and his 201 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,240 plans could change. But you know, I think Brett struck 202 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:54,399 at just the right point here, because even if they 203 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:58,240 came to an agreement on the nuclear issue, the President 204 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,320 raised in his State of the Union address the missile program, 205 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,120 which I think he made sound more like there was 206 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,320 greater imminence of being able to strike the United States. 207 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,159 There's not for another decade or so. And of course, 208 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:17,559 the protesters Iran's supportive proxies none of those were even 209 00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:21,519 taken up in Geneva yesterday. And if the administration thinks 210 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:26,080 that's caused for conflict, then they may simply go ahead. 211 00:13:27,159 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: He mentioned. Brett McGirk, also former National Security Advisor let's 212 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,159 last one. Let's see what he thinks is going to happen. 213 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 6: Well, those are prudent measures that I think embassies take. 214 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,240 There's a process for this that if you're seeing signs 215 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,159 of potential conflict, you take those steps. So look, we 216 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:45,360 were at this table yesterday predicting how these talks in 217 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,360 Geneva would go. I think they play it out exactly 218 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:50,480 as we as we predicted. There are two maxims in diplomacy. 219 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,080 One is if you hear a diplomats say we agreed 220 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,000 on something in principle, it actually means nothing was agreed 221 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,639 in practice. All the statements that came out yesterday from 222 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,200 the Iranians and the Omani or that we agreed on 223 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,360 building blocks, and I would put that in that category, 224 00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:05,720 that means really nothing was agreed. For nothing from the 225 00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:09,720 American envoys since yesterday. I think that is also very telling. 226 00:14:10,159 --> 00:14:11,879 Also in diplomas, you have to see is there a 227 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,679 zone of any possible agreement with SOOPA. And again here 228 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,240 the two sides are very far apart on the critical 229 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,000 issues of nuclear Richmond and sanctions. So this diplomacy seems 230 00:14:21,039 --> 00:14:23,679 to be heading for a deadlock, and that opens the 231 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,080 window for President Trump's decision on military strikes ultimately is 232 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,679 his decision. He will retain that decision space until the 233 00:14:30,759 --> 00:14:33,559 last moment. But I think, as David said, this seems 234 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:37,000 to be heading towards that direction. Now it's easy to 235 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:42,559 start military confrontation or strikes, it's harder, particularly in this case, 236 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,720 because as David said, it's not a confined mission such 237 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,440 as the strikes against the nuclear facilities in June or 238 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,639 the Maduro operation. This is potentially much more open ended 239 00:14:51,879 --> 00:14:54,279 and much more dynamic. How does Iron respond and the 240 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,519 how do we respond to that? Does Israel get into 241 00:14:56,519 --> 00:14:58,440 the conflict? So a lot of big questions here that 242 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,679 I think are going to unfold here quite rapping. 243 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:04,919 Speaker 1: Meantime, the President's going about business as usual. He left 244 00:15:04,919 --> 00:15:09,759 the White House midday today going to Corpus Christi, Texas, 245 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,559 where he is going to be meeting with all three 246 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,360 of the candidates that are running for US Senate for 247 00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:22,440 the Republican nomination. And before he left the White House, 248 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,759 he took a bunch of questions at you know, the 249 00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:30,200 reporters lined up. They asked him, of course about Epstein 250 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:31,879 and all of that, and we'll get to that in 251 00:15:31,919 --> 00:15:35,639 a minute. But he said a couple different times. He 252 00:15:35,759 --> 00:15:41,279 said he doesn't like seeing Bill Clinton deposed. He says, 253 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:45,320 and he said, I like them, I don't like seeing 254 00:15:45,519 --> 00:15:49,320 them deposed. So he was talking about Hillary as well, 255 00:15:49,879 --> 00:15:53,320 and well, let's get in, let's get into that. Yeah, 256 00:15:53,399 --> 00:15:55,919 let's just go ahead and get into the whole Epstein thing. 257 00:15:55,919 --> 00:15:58,080 We'll get to the Texas business in just a minute. 258 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:03,000 But here's Hillary after she did her six and a 259 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:09,360 half hours of deposition yesterday. She is an old pro. 260 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,840 She came out and she looked like she was trying 261 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,159 to keep a smirk from coming up on her face. 262 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:22,600 But she had a look like that was fun. I 263 00:16:22,639 --> 00:16:26,320 think she loves the sparring with the Republicans. I think 264 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,639 she just craves it, and she had kind of a 265 00:16:29,679 --> 00:16:32,519 swagger to her. This is what she said after her 266 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,320 six and a half hours yesterday. 267 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 7: I answered every one of their questions as fully as 268 00:16:40,519 --> 00:16:45,120 I could based on what I knew, and what I 269 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,399 knew is what I said in my statement this morning. 270 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:54,919 I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had any connection or 271 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:01,480 communication with him. I knew Gallainne Maxwell actually as an acquaintance. 272 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,839 But whatever they asked me, I did my very best 273 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:05,839 to respond. 274 00:17:06,799 --> 00:17:09,559 Speaker 1: And of course they're fulling up photos now of where 275 00:17:10,039 --> 00:17:17,799 she's in photos with Epstein and Bill and so she tough, 276 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:22,160 and she knows exactly where to go and what to do, 277 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:27,119 and so Bill Clinton's being grilled as we speak today. Meantime, 278 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:30,559 before she was done the Hillary did get a shot 279 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:34,960 in at some of the Republicans who asked, in her opinion, 280 00:17:35,039 --> 00:17:36,160 ridiculous questions. 281 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 7: I started being asked about UFOs and a series of 282 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:47,519 questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy 283 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:53,519 theories that was propagated on the Internet that was serving 284 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:56,839 as the basis of a member's questions to. 285 00:17:56,839 --> 00:18:00,759 Speaker 1: Me, remember that that's what under the list of of 286 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:06,759 the oldies that was the most outrageous conspiracy theory. The 287 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:12,839 theory was that Hillary Clinton was running a child pedophile 288 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,440 sex ring in the basement of a pizza parlor in Washington, 289 00:18:17,559 --> 00:18:21,000 d C. It got to the point where a guy 290 00:18:21,079 --> 00:18:23,200 I don't know where he was from, he wasn't from DC, 291 00:18:24,279 --> 00:18:27,599 went to our nation's capital with the gun and went 292 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,759 to the address of the pizza parlor and opened up 293 00:18:31,759 --> 00:18:34,839 his gun. Nobody got hurt, but no, he was going 294 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,720 to shoot the place up. The real giveaway was there 295 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,599 wasn't a basement, there wasn't any children to be seen, 296 00:18:44,839 --> 00:18:49,359 so they actually somebody wanted to find out more about Pizzagate. Now, 297 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,279 I personally I think it's a valid question to ask 298 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,160 Hillary about UFOs. But hey, that's just me. This morning. 299 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,359 Everybody upright and early. They get back to chap Quah, 300 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,119 they're outside the building standing in the snow. We still 301 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,200 have a ton of snow around here, so they were cold. 302 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:09,640 But they asked the questions and James Comer, the chairman, 303 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:11,480 set up the day. 304 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,799 Speaker 8: In her knowledge, she said Clinton didn't didn't go to 305 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,680 Epstein Island, even though we read three emails from three 306 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:25,000 different witnesses that said they saw Bill Clinton on Epstein Island. 307 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:28,359 So we had all the evidence, and you know, Miss 308 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:33,000 Clinton under oath denied everything or deferred to her husband tomorrow. 309 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:36,519 Speaker 1: So I don't know. I wasn't surprised at all by 310 00:19:36,559 --> 00:19:40,640 the fact that she didn't remember meeting Epstein and she 311 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,319 didn't remember that Bill was on the island. Nancy Mace, 312 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,200 there was actually quite a lengthy interview. I chopped it up. 313 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,759 We'll play the pieces of it. Nancy Mace is on 314 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:58,599 the Oversight Committee, and she is very aggressive about sexual 315 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:04,799 harassment sexual attacks against women, especially those that are in 316 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:10,039 members of Congress. So she has a history where she 317 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,079 was I believe, attacked and raped, and so it's a 318 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,079 sensitive point for her. Here's a little bit of what 319 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,400 Nancy Mace had to say. 320 00:20:17,079 --> 00:20:18,599 Speaker 3: Well, there were statements that have been made. 321 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 9: I have to be careful about what I say because 322 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,880 the transcript is not public yet, neither is the video 323 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,720 from the interview. But statements have been made, I believe, 324 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:30,440 publicly about President Trump and why he should be called in. 325 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,240 And I think it's fair to ask questions about the 326 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,640 standard of the types of people who they are and 327 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,400 why they should be called in for. 328 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 3: The Oversight Committee. 329 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,839 Speaker 9: And I was making a comparison based on certain statements 330 00:20:41,839 --> 00:20:45,759 made yesterday and making that clear that everybody should be 331 00:20:45,759 --> 00:20:48,599 treated equally and in the same standard apply to her husband. 332 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,039 Speaker 3: That was the line of questioning I was going for. 333 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: She was asked about, well, if you can bring in 334 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:58,519 former President Bill Clinton, are you going to call Donald Trump? 335 00:20:58,599 --> 00:21:02,839 And since you brought in Hill, what about the current 336 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,039 first Lady Millennia. 337 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,279 Speaker 9: I don't believe so, and I don't believe that President 338 00:21:07,279 --> 00:21:09,880 Trump because should be called before the Oversight Committee. He 339 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,440 has answered questions, and the victims that I've spoken to 340 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:18,039 actually exonerated President Trump. And so the victims I've spoken 341 00:21:18,079 --> 00:21:21,640 to and their family members have not exonerated people like 342 00:21:21,839 --> 00:21:25,160 former President Bill Clinton who's denied being on the island. 343 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 3: But I will bring. 344 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 9: Out some documents today that show that Jeffrey Epstein was 345 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:31,680 directing victims and or witnesses to. 346 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 3: Deny he ever was at the island. 347 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 9: And I think this is going to be There are 348 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:36,599 going to be a lot of people that need to 349 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:39,000 come before the Oversight Committee today. This morning I said 350 00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:41,960 that Howard Lutnik needs to come before the Oversight Committee. 351 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,720 He should answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. 352 00:21:45,039 --> 00:21:46,960 I think these are all things that are on the table, 353 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,599 Republican and democratic like not Milania, not President Trump, because 354 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,480 of the information I've gathered talking to victims. I'm focused 355 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,640 on getting justice for the victims, getting the facts right, 356 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,359 and ensuring that the truth eventually comes out. 357 00:21:59,599 --> 00:22:03,759 Speaker 1: Then what about the fifty three pages of missing documents? 358 00:22:04,079 --> 00:22:05,240 What do you want to know about that? 359 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:06,559 Speaker 3: Absolutely? 360 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 9: And I actually wrote a letter to the DOJ I've 361 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,400 written a letter to the CIA and to the Southern 362 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,960 District of New York about missing documents. My understanding is 363 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,680 the DOJ responded, I believe yesterday that those other documents 364 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:19,640 were duplicates. 365 00:22:19,799 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 3: Potentially, I'd like to know if that is the truth. 366 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,559 Speaker 9: And then the other thing is that my understanding is 367 00:22:24,599 --> 00:22:27,720 after that interview, or a series of interviews, the FBI 368 00:22:27,839 --> 00:22:30,720 deemed the witness or excuse me, the alleged victim not credible. 369 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,920 I do not believe she received a settlement from the 370 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:38,079 Epstein estate either. I've warned the media that twenty nineteen 371 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,319 and later some of the claims in there are crazy 372 00:22:41,519 --> 00:22:44,559 and wild and insane. I'm even in the files after 373 00:22:44,599 --> 00:22:48,240 twenty nineteen, which is just oddly bizarre. But we've got 374 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,160 to be careful, and we don't want to mention names 375 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,759 on the floor, for example, that aren't. 376 00:22:51,559 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 3: Real individuals involved, you know. 377 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 9: But I want to take everything seriously, and I'm not 378 00:22:56,799 --> 00:22:58,759 looking at this through a partisan lens. 379 00:22:58,759 --> 00:22:59,799 Speaker 3: And when you see me come out with. 380 00:22:59,799 --> 00:23:02,759 Speaker 9: A lot of people that need to be interviewed by oversight, 381 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:05,839 You're going to see Republicans and Democrats alike. You're even 382 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,519 going to see women who I believe were selling other 383 00:23:08,559 --> 00:23:09,720 women to Jeffrey Epstein. 384 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: Well, Nancy Base is not going to run for Congress. 385 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,119 She's running for governor of South Carolina. We'll see how 386 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,640 she does in that race. Jason Shavitz, former congressman, Fox 387 00:23:22,799 --> 00:23:29,359 News contributor, standing outside the meeting room inside or outside 388 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,200 the building in Chappaquah in the snow, had this to say. 389 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:39,559 Speaker 10: Well, look at sexual predators, just human trafficking, particularly of miners. 390 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,920 It's a big issue. It's a big, broad issue. And 391 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,880 you had one of the most notorious pedophiles out there 392 00:23:47,319 --> 00:23:52,079 using influence, creating proximity to powerful people. And we got 393 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:53,920 to make sure in this country that we tackle that. 394 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,400 There are a lot of victims here. And to get 395 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,160 to the bottom of that, you've got to understand who 396 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,880 is doing what and how and how is that influence peddled. 397 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,200 And you know, unfortunately the Clintons seem to have great 398 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,720 proximity to this predator. 399 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: Then you get into the legal weeds a little bit. 400 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:14,559 Andy McCarthy, former federal prosecutor, wanted to make sure that 401 00:24:14,599 --> 00:24:18,680 there's a difference between state and federal laws regarding all 402 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,400 the things that Epstein was up to I. 403 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:24,599 Speaker 11: Think this has always been one of the major problems 404 00:24:24,599 --> 00:24:27,279 in mis understandings with this. There are a lot of 405 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,599 you know, truly disgusting, heinous crimes involved in these you know, 406 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:38,000 people who were in Epstein's orbit, Epstein himself. But I 407 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,079 think what people need to understand about federal law as 408 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,920 opposed to state law, and you'll understand this. Of course, 409 00:24:47,079 --> 00:24:51,200 having sexual relations with a prohibited person, whether it's a 410 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:57,599 minor or other context, is not necessarily a prosecutable federal violation. 411 00:24:58,279 --> 00:25:01,319 So you can find a lot of evidence about truly 412 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,400 heinous behavior and not be able to prosecute it in 413 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,720 federal court. For example, having sex with an underaged minor 414 00:25:09,039 --> 00:25:12,720 is a state crime. What federal prosecution is interested in 415 00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:18,599 mainly the business of sex trafficking, and particularly the business 416 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,039 of sex trafficking bringing people across state lines with respect 417 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,000 to minors. So you can find a lot of activity 418 00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:29,119 that's very disturbing, but that won't necessarily mean it's prosecutable 419 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:30,000 in federal court. 420 00:25:30,319 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: So they're doing their growing up der Schlickmeister as we speak. 421 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,359 We'll find out later. I'm sure Bill and Hillary are 422 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,599 going to be sitting around this evening comparing notes about 423 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,240 how that whole thing went. And speaking of sex crimes, 424 00:25:45,519 --> 00:25:51,720 I told you yesterday about a prisoner in California who 425 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:57,720 was released because of the fact that he was considered 426 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:03,519 an elderly convict. And for the life of his name 427 00:26:03,559 --> 00:26:07,720 is David Funston. He's sixty four and he was paroled. 428 00:26:08,599 --> 00:26:13,200 And everybody's pointing and saying at California who wrote the law. 429 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,720 That the law was that you can get you they 430 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,000 can release people when they get to be elderly, because 431 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,200 some little old man isn't going to go out there 432 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,119 and hurt somebody. That was the theory. But the problem 433 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:29,160 was they put the age at sixty something and then 434 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:34,400 they changed it to fifty fifty. That you can be 435 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:39,880 released under the elderly prisoner rules when you're fifty years 436 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,319 of age or older. Oh, and that you've served twenty years. 437 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:48,200 And I'm thinking this guy was convicted. He had sixteen 438 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,880 counts against him, convicted. They brought just three cases. They 439 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,720 had many, many more. Three cases forward where he brutally 440 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:02,480 sexually assaulted two little girls and a boy three different 441 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:08,200 instances and was put in jail for twenty five to 442 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:14,079 life and consecutively. So in other words, three life terms 443 00:27:14,079 --> 00:27:16,359 if you will, and they'll let him out because he 444 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,599 was over fifty. And so everybody started screaming about it, 445 00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:23,720 and they pointed the finger at who signed this law. Well, 446 00:27:23,799 --> 00:27:27,319 Gavin Newsom signed the law. So Newsom is doing all 447 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:34,039 kinds of backflips trying to say the pro board is independent, 448 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,119 I had anything to do with this. So they're all 449 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,720 scramming because he wants to be president and now he's 450 00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:42,279 got this on his back about the fact that he's 451 00:27:42,319 --> 00:27:45,079 signed a law that says, if you're fifty and you've 452 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:49,000 served twenty years in California, that you'll get released because 453 00:27:49,039 --> 00:27:54,640 you're elderly. I don't think a lot of people think 454 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:59,519 fifty is elderly, so hold on. So I got a 455 00:27:59,599 --> 00:28:03,200 nice e mail today from somebody who wants to remain 456 00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:09,240 anonymous about basically sent me something from the Plaster County 457 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:16,279 District Attorney's office. This is in northern California County and 458 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,839 out of Rosevild, California, And the notice from the district 459 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:25,200 attorney today says the District Attorney's office had filed charges 460 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,799 against David Allen Funston, aged sixty four, for loud, delascivious 461 00:28:29,839 --> 00:28:33,319 acts upon a child. A no bail warrant was issued 462 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,440 and the defendant is now in custody in the Plaster 463 00:28:37,559 --> 00:28:41,359 County Jail. The charges stem from the sexual assault of 464 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,279 a young child in Roseville, California, nineteen ninety six. At 465 00:28:45,319 --> 00:28:49,279 the time of the original investigation and prosecution, the defendant 466 00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:53,319 had been convicted in Sacramento County and sentenced to three 467 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:57,640 life terms in prison for his crimes. And the interest 468 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,359 of justice, and because these life sentences insured the defendant 469 00:29:01,359 --> 00:29:05,559 would be removed from society, the Plaster County District Attorney 470 00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:08,880 did not pursue a separate prosecution at that time. They 471 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,680 go on to say, however, due to recent developments under 472 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:18,799 California's elder parole program, the defendant has been released. So 473 00:29:19,039 --> 00:29:23,400 in the interest of justice, Plaster County DA has refiled 474 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,680 the nineteen ninety six charges. They never prosecuted him for 475 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,359 this one particular charge at worry molested a young child 476 00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:33,599 in nineteen ninety six, so there after him again got 477 00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:37,279 a no bail warrant on him. So he's back in jail, 478 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,519 Thank goodness. Anne Marie Schubert was the DA who prosecuted 479 00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:43,480 him originally. 480 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,839 Speaker 12: I think this decision rests completely upon Gavin Newsom and 481 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,880 our legislature and that parole board that he actually appointed, 482 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,920 because it's Gavin Newsom that signed the law that's allowing 483 00:29:55,039 --> 00:29:59,079 him to be released and without having any exclusion for 484 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,599 serial sex effect. I mean, who in their right mind, 485 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,880 any rational person thinks that a man that is kidnapped 486 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,440 seven little kids under the age of seven, done horrific 487 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,359 things to them, that fantasizes about children and still continues 488 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,440 to fantasize about them. Who thinks that this is a 489 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,920 good idea to let this man out when he earned 490 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,720 a sentence of three life terms. 491 00:30:19,319 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to the justice system in California. It's such a 492 00:30:22,279 --> 00:30:27,279 messed up state. Donna Ratuno is a criminal defense lawyer. 493 00:30:27,319 --> 00:30:28,599 This is her thought. 494 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 13: Well, he should absolutely stay locked up now that there 495 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:33,440 is a new warrant, now that they are bringing back charges. 496 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,640 So in terms of the history of this at the 497 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:40,119 time he received these three life sentences, which side note, 498 00:30:40,359 --> 00:30:42,920 if you get a life sentence, you should never be 499 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,920 eligible for parole. Your state needs to reevaluate life should 500 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,920 mean life period. There's a lot of states like where 501 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,319 I live in Illinois, where if you get life that 502 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,160 means life. There are crimes that are one hundred percent crimes, 503 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,279 and if you get thirty years, you're getting thirty years. 504 00:30:59,319 --> 00:31:00,119 Speaker 3: That's how it works. 505 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,279 Speaker 13: So here life should mean life, especially three times over. 506 00:31:03,599 --> 00:31:06,319 But that being said, when he received those life sentences, 507 00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:09,720 there were other cases that were dismissed as part of 508 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,480 that resolution. So now the government said, Okay, I think 509 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,359 you're getting out, we are going to resurrect these cases 510 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,519 that you never stood trial for, or you never pled to, 511 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,039 or you never answered for. So that's what's happening, and 512 00:31:22,079 --> 00:31:25,000 that's why we now have these cases. He will not 513 00:31:25,079 --> 00:31:28,240 be released because on that new charge, he will be 514 00:31:28,279 --> 00:31:31,240 held and should be held, and now that case will 515 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,799 be litigated, and most likely, depending on what those charges are, 516 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,440 he will be looking at significant time and will not 517 00:31:37,559 --> 00:31:39,599 come out. The other thing a lot of states have 518 00:31:39,759 --> 00:31:42,920 that I've not heard about here is something called sexually 519 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,079 violent Person's laws. So even if you have a parole 520 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,240 availability to you, they have these special hearings under the 521 00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:55,559 SVP or Sexually Violent Persons Standard or statues, and they 522 00:31:55,599 --> 00:31:59,480 then can hold you because you're not passing these evaluations. 523 00:31:59,519 --> 00:32:02,440 They're coming out and telling us he's still having fantasies 524 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,079 about young children, and we're talking about releasing him. 525 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,039 Speaker 3: This is crazy, and so this. 526 00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:10,519 Speaker 13: Other charge being resurrected will keep him in. 527 00:32:10,839 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: Paul Morrow even has some thoughts about this crazy story 528 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:15,799 out of California. 529 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 14: First of all, he's not getting out all right. You 530 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,920 can only imagine the bat signal that went up from 531 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,119 the governor's office when they realized what they were getting 532 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,759 into here. He's getting out. Oh, I'm against this because 533 00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:28,279 I want to run for president. Well, you appointed the proboard, 534 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,039 all right, give me my options fast. 535 00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:30,599 Speaker 3: What do we do. 536 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 14: Well, we can charge him over here under the same 537 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,279 state charges. Because in the original case it wasn't a 538 00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:37,119 plea deal. They just dropped the charge. They didn't go 539 00:32:37,119 --> 00:32:39,200 any further because he had three life sentences. They said, 540 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,359 in the interest of justice, why waste the time and 541 00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:43,640 no money? And that does happen. Well, thank god, they 542 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,200 said to themselves, we can resurrect the case over here. 543 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,839 Speaker 4: So that's what they did. 544 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,079 Speaker 14: Number Two, they're never going to let him out pending 545 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,079 the new case, because California does have a version of 546 00:32:53,119 --> 00:32:55,599 the danger standard, and so the judge has a safe 547 00:32:55,599 --> 00:32:56,920 harbor to say, well, I'm not going to let this 548 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,079 guy out pending this next case. He's getting charged in 549 00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:01,680 a new case. Okay, we're going to keep them in, 550 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:03,599 but I want to expand the playing field a little bit. 551 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,319 It's a recent New York Times op ed pedophilia a disorder, 552 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:08,319 not a crime. 553 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,279 Speaker 11: Oh all right, that's what I look it up. 554 00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:13,359 Speaker 14: This is relatively recently a pedophilia a disorder, not a crime. 555 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,880 This is where this stuff leads. Okay, this is the 556 00:33:18,039 --> 00:33:21,440 continuum from the criminal justice reforms that will put in 557 00:33:21,559 --> 00:33:25,000 place entirely by the defense bar. And then everybody on 558 00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:27,240 the far left progressive side of things are trying to 559 00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:29,279 elbow each other out of the way to out virtue 560 00:33:29,359 --> 00:33:32,799 signal each other forgetting the kids here, because they all 561 00:33:32,839 --> 00:33:34,720 want to show how much better they are, and they 562 00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:37,640 are competing for ng O money. Let's be frank, And 563 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,920 that's where this leads. Check yourselves, because this is where 564 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,680 it leads. Bill Malusian's X feed is a must read. 565 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,880 He pins out who the people who have been putting 566 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,240 this stuff in place, that lowered it from I think 567 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,160 sixty or sixty five down to fifty. 568 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:52,119 Speaker 3: He names them. 569 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 14: That's what you got to do. You gotta name and 570 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,319 shame these people because they're shameless. 571 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: So I mentioned the presidents in Texas and he's down there. 572 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:03,240 The big primary, it's early voting ends today, but the 573 00:34:03,279 --> 00:34:06,960 primary for in person voting is on Tuesday. It's not 574 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,119 only Texas, there's four or five other states too that 575 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,840 have a primary on Tuesday. But it's getting interesting because 576 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:18,519 you've got three Republicans running for the Republican nomination and 577 00:34:18,599 --> 00:34:23,239 two Democrats running for the Democrat nomination. And we'll wait 578 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,599 till Tuesday to see how the voters of Texas decide. 579 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,719 The Democrats are all excited. They think they have an 580 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:36,079 opportunity to win some big blue seats in red Texas. 581 00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:41,519 We'll give the people a chance there to do that. Also, 582 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:48,480 Warner Brothers Discovery Netflix through in the town. Netflix said 583 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:52,480 the deal is no longer financially attractive. So that means 584 00:34:52,559 --> 00:34:58,639 Paramount is the new owner of Warner Brothers Discovery. So 585 00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:04,159 I'm not I'm so sure. Look at good luck to them. 586 00:35:04,679 --> 00:35:06,840 I just don't know about buying a whole bunch of 587 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:11,760 television stations. But Warner Brothers also has a lot of film, 588 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:18,519 big film library, so they think it makes sense for them. Oh, 589 00:35:18,559 --> 00:35:24,239 there's a lady that has three or four times. I 590 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,480 think it's the fourth time. She's a stowaway. She works 591 00:35:27,519 --> 00:35:32,360 her way into walking onto an airplane going to Europe, 592 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,320 and they caught her this time on a flight to Europe. 593 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,760 She was in the air in the plane. She's done 594 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,239 that before. They have to take her and send her back. 595 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,519 But it makes you wonder. I mean, part of it 596 00:35:47,559 --> 00:35:51,519 is kind of funny, except for it's dead serious that 597 00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:55,159 how's that security at the airport going when this little 598 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,719 lady can four times now she's been able to get 599 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,400 past security, no ticket, never checks in with TSA, never 600 00:36:03,519 --> 00:36:06,480 checks in with a with a person at the gate, 601 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:11,239 just walks into the airport and gets on a plane. 602 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:16,480 We've just done it again Wall Street today, the roner 603 00:36:16,519 --> 00:36:20,440 Kosha continues. We've been up, down, up down. Today was 604 00:36:20,519 --> 00:36:25,440 down down five hundred twenty one, the Dow at forty 605 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:32,119 eight and nine seventy seven, SMP down thirty, nasdack down 606 00:36:32,159 --> 00:36:36,519 two hundred and ten. Gold was up eighty seven dollars 607 00:36:36,559 --> 00:36:39,760 at five thousand and two eighty one, and oil. There 608 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,639 you go, it's starting to move a little bit more again. 609 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:48,039 Everybody's working at the weekend. Will there be military action 610 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,559 in Iran over the weekend. So oil up two bucks. 611 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,360 It's at sixty seven dollars and some change. So that's 612 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,920 it for today. Have yourself a wonderful weekend. We'll be 613 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,840 back on Monday. I hope to see you then