1 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,559 Speaker 1: And welcome to the Big Podcast. It's Monday. Today's the 2 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:33,799 sixteenth day of March, Year of Our Lord, twenty twenty six. 3 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,799 My name is Tom Sullivan. I hope you had a 4 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:45,359 wonderful pie day Saturday. Those three dot one fours your 5 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,799 math people out there, just I'm sorry, it's just a 6 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:52,799 math thingy with me. Welcome to the Welcome to the program, 7 00:00:52,799 --> 00:00:56,679 to the podcast. And well we've got the update on 8 00:00:56,759 --> 00:01:00,200 how things are going with the war in Iran. The 9 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,719 media is getting focused in on by the government oil 10 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,959 prices continuing to go higher. Department of Homeland Security. The 11 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,239 Republicans and Democrats are both blaming each other for not 12 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,200 funding the full DHS. So we'll get through all of this, 13 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,879 and then one side note. Today the President had a 14 00:01:25,079 --> 00:01:33,719 board meeting of the Trump Kennedy Center at the White 15 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:38,079 House and it's goofy. It's too many people. I mean, 16 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,200 a good board is usually less than a dozen people, 17 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:43,599 and I don't know there's twenty thirty people that were 18 00:01:43,599 --> 00:01:47,439 in this meeting. In any case. At the meeting, Susie Wilds, 19 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:53,239 his chief of staff that everybody seems to like the President, 20 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:58,159 said that she has a diagnosis and needs to take 21 00:01:58,239 --> 00:02:00,519 some time, but go do it right away. And it 22 00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:06,200 turned out where Susie Wilds has been has been diagnosed 23 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:12,039 with breast cancer. So we wish her a good success 24 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,879 in getting that cancer out of her and a speedy recovery. 25 00:02:16,439 --> 00:02:18,759 That came out of that meeting today at the White House. 26 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:24,960 Meantime to the war, how's it going? What's going on? 27 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,159 The focus team is still on oil and on the well, 28 00:02:29,759 --> 00:02:32,319 we all learned a little piece of geography. Maybe one 29 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:35,360 of you knew already about it, but did anybody know 30 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,439 where carg Island was before this weekend? And carg Island 31 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,319 I didn't know the name, but I knew there was 32 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,159 a place in the Persian Gulf. And it's actually there's 33 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,439 four or five different places, but a big giant distribution 34 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,080 point where the oil tankers pull in to the Persian 35 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,159 Gulf and they pull up to carg Island, which has 36 00:02:58,199 --> 00:03:01,639 a number of docks where they can pull up to 37 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,000 and load up the oil so Iran. In order for 38 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:08,439 them to ship their oil, they need the ships to 39 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,039 come in mostly to carg Island. And over the weekend 40 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,800 our forces attacked the military part of it, but did 41 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:25,439 not destroy the oil shipping area areas and the equipment 42 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:29,520 that it takes for the ships to load up. Because 43 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:35,240 if that happened, and let's just spin the dial ahead 44 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,840 a little bit, we win the war. But Iran doesn't 45 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:42,000 have any way to ship their oil. When they are 46 00:03:42,039 --> 00:03:44,520 defeated and there's a new regime and all the other 47 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,960 aspirations of this war, they're going to need money and 48 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,080 they're going to and the world will need the distribution 49 00:03:54,479 --> 00:03:58,879 of Iraq Iranian oil along with Saudi oil and all 50 00:03:58,879 --> 00:04:02,520 the other oil producers. Most of the oil that comes 51 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:08,159 out of Iran goes to Asia. China relies heavily upon 52 00:04:08,319 --> 00:04:11,879 Iranian oil. The other place that goes about eighty percent 53 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:14,639 of it goes to Asia about twenty percent of it. 54 00:04:14,719 --> 00:04:17,480 The ships come out of the Persian Gulf, go around 55 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,439 the bottom of Saudi Arabia, go up the Red Sea 56 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:26,800 and through the Suez Canal and into deliveries for Europe. 57 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,319 And so this is where a big stink has propped 58 00:04:31,399 --> 00:04:38,839 up where the president wants NATO countries to assist with 59 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:43,800 helping to open the Strait of Hormuz. Everybody knows the 60 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,399 sooner we get the Strait of Horror moves open. Oil 61 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:51,639 prices will start to recover and go back down again, 62 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,279 not quickly, not immediately, because oil doesn't there's no flipping 63 00:04:56,319 --> 00:04:58,959 of the switch when it comes to oil. But at 64 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,639 least that's where you have to start. Well, if twenty 65 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:07,079 percent of it goes to Europe, I don't think we 66 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:12,399 get a drop from there. We have all the oil 67 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,000 we need. The only thing we're faced with is we 68 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,519 don't have a shortage of oil. We don't have I mean, 69 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,199 so we really don't need the Straight of Horn moves 70 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,120 opened for supply reasons. We need it open so that 71 00:05:25,319 --> 00:05:31,040 world oil prices will decline. And so at this point, 72 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:34,040 the President says, Hey, NATO countries, how about helping us 73 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,040 out here. You got some military ships to help us out, 74 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:47,000 And much to the President's chagrin, they are going, yeah, maybe, 75 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,879 maybe not. Here's what the President had to say today 76 00:05:51,079 --> 00:05:53,519 when he was talking to this board meeting at the 77 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:54,120 White House. 78 00:05:54,439 --> 00:05:58,439 Speaker 2: You know, I spoke to him yesterday. I don't do 79 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:03,720 a hard selling them because my attitude is we don't 80 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:07,000 need anybody. We're the strongest nation in the world. We 81 00:06:07,079 --> 00:06:09,279 have the strongest military by far in the world. We 82 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,480 don't need them. But it's interesting I'm almost doing it 83 00:06:13,519 --> 00:06:15,759 in some cases, not because we need them, but because 84 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:18,319 I want to find out how they react, because I've 85 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,439 been saying for years that if we ever did need them, 86 00:06:20,439 --> 00:06:21,199 they won't be there. 87 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,199 Speaker 3: Not all of them, but they won't be there. 88 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 2: I was very surprised with the United Kingdom because the 89 00:06:27,079 --> 00:06:30,800 United Kingdom two weeks ago, I said, why don't you 90 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,920 send some ships over? And he really didn't want to 91 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:35,720 do it. I said, you don't want to do it. 92 00:06:35,759 --> 00:06:39,079 We've been with you a year, our oldest ally, and 93 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,600 we spend a lot of money on NATO and all 94 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:45,879 of these things to protect you. I mean we're protecting them. 95 00:06:45,959 --> 00:06:49,519 We're working with them on Ukraine. Ukraine's thousands of miles away, 96 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,680 separated by a vast ocean. We don't have to do that. 97 00:06:53,879 --> 00:06:55,759 We did it well, Biden did it. I mean, I 98 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:58,800 have to be honestly. It's three Biden got taken to 99 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,920 the cleaners. But we worked with them in Ukraine. We 100 00:07:02,959 --> 00:07:05,399 don't need to work with them in Ukraine. And then 101 00:07:05,439 --> 00:07:08,879 they tell us that we have a mind shift around 102 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:10,439 and they don't want to do it. 103 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: I think it's I think it's terrible. No, I was 104 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:14,399 very surprised. 105 00:07:14,439 --> 00:07:17,759 Speaker 2: I told him, you know, we requested two aircraft carriers, 106 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:18,639 which they had. 107 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:22,199 Speaker 3: And he didn't really want to do it. 108 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,519 Speaker 2: And then right after the war essentially ended, you know, 109 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:29,920 meaning they were obliterated, he said, I would like to 110 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:33,279 send the aircraft carriers. I said, I don't need them 111 00:07:33,279 --> 00:07:36,360 after the war has ended and won I needed before 112 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:36,720 the war. 113 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,519 Speaker 3: So I was very upset with not upset, I was 114 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,600 not happy with the UK. 115 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,879 Speaker 1: So he went on to talk about the rest of 116 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:52,319 the European countries and yeah, so Kure's starmer. The British 117 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:58,680 Prime Minister, well he's come around now, but he was 118 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,639 not willing to say and anything to help us out 119 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:08,879 with attacking Iran and France like the President was talking about. 120 00:08:08,959 --> 00:08:11,680 He said, well, he's eight out of ten, he's most 121 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,560 of the way to help us out. Germany just said, 122 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,160 no way, we're not going to go help you. This 123 00:08:18,319 --> 00:08:22,040 isn't our war, it's not a NATO war, so don't 124 00:08:22,079 --> 00:08:27,160 bother us. And so we're getting the President said, he's 125 00:08:27,199 --> 00:08:32,759 getting an attitude check on our European friends to see 126 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,519 just what they would do when we asked them for 127 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,679 some help. And the answer is not a lot. You know, 128 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:45,360 President Trump talks aspirationally. He lives in the world that 129 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,840 he wants to see, so he thinks he says this, 130 00:08:48,919 --> 00:08:51,679 and the media criticizes him for it. But he talked 131 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,480 about I wanted you when we were fighting, not when 132 00:08:54,519 --> 00:08:58,000 we've already won the war. We haven't won the war, 133 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:01,879 but in his mind, and I think in most people's minds, 134 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,440 it looks like we're going to be successful. But they're 135 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,440 still drip dripping. They're still sending a drone or two 136 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:11,639 or sending a missile or two, and they're using what 137 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,840 they're instead of ballistic missiles or using these missiles that 138 00:09:15,919 --> 00:09:20,320 when they come over Tel Aviv, for example, they're cluster bombs, 139 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,600 and a whole bunch of cluster bombs that can evade 140 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,440 the interceptors, then goes ahead and strikes and hits a 141 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:33,080 lot of different places. They're not as powerful, but they 142 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,759 still do damage and they set buildings on fire and 143 00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:38,919 they can kill people. So in any case, the president 144 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,960 was looking for help from the UK, from Germany, from France. 145 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,480 I think Spain and the president of the President of 146 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,360 the United States and the head of Spain that are 147 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,799 not even talking to each other. They don't like each 148 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,679 other at all. So that's kind of where things were 149 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,639 going today, was about is anybody willing to help us out? 150 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,720 Pure starmer like I said, he kind of came around. 151 00:10:03,799 --> 00:10:05,000 Here's what he had to say. 152 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 4: Now, we've already acted alongside other countries to release emergency 153 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:15,679 oil stocks at a level that is completely unprecedented. But 154 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,320 ultimately we have to reopen the straight off Hoole moves 155 00:10:21,039 --> 00:10:26,080 to ensure stability in the market. That is not a 156 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:31,039 simple task, as. 157 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: That was Parliament all buzzing about it. No, it's not 158 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:37,399 a simple task. But they basically, with that one little 159 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:45,120 piece of geography have basically hijacked the entire global energy markets. 160 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,679 And that's why the prices are so high. As far 161 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,360 as gas prices, let me look here, gas prices, the 162 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,519 average across the country for the cheap stuff today now 163 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,159 up to three dollars and seventy two cents. That's up 164 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:06,279 seventy or since from before we started attacking Iran diesel. 165 00:11:06,519 --> 00:11:11,559 You truckers out there, the average four dollars ninety nine cents. 166 00:11:12,159 --> 00:11:16,279 That's up from abut thirty five from where it was 167 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:20,320 a month ago. So and that means everything that you 168 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:23,000 get comes in the truck, which means everything that you 169 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:27,360 get is going to be more expensive. As far as 170 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:34,320 the Iranian Foreign minister, he was doing American television over 171 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,919 the weekend. Here's a little of what he had to say. Yeah, 172 00:11:37,039 --> 00:11:40,600 this is the Iranian Foreign Minister on Sunday. 173 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 5: They are open to countries who wants to talk to 174 00:11:43,799 --> 00:11:47,000 us about the safe passage of day vessels. I cannot 175 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:51,200 mention any country in particular, but we have been approached 176 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,759 by a number of countries who wants to have a 177 00:11:54,799 --> 00:11:57,639 safe passage for day vessels. So we provide them security 178 00:11:57,639 --> 00:12:01,000 to pass because we have not closed this straight. They 179 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,159 are not coming themselves because of the insecurity, which is 180 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,240 because of digression by the US. 181 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: So in other words, you want to bargain with Iran, 182 00:12:09,039 --> 00:12:11,159 maybe you can get your ships through. And I'm thinking 183 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:17,759 obviously China, Russia, maybe India is in all of that. 184 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:21,039 In fact, Phil Flynn, the oil trader in the CNME 185 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:24,799 in Chicago kind of specifically talked about those countries. 186 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 6: You bet it is, And I agree with the president. 187 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,759 You know, this is an international waterway. When it was 188 00:12:31,799 --> 00:12:37,320 disrupted illegally by Iran, it's really every country's responsibility in 189 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,000 the world to get it reopen. You know, once again, 190 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,519 the United States is carrying the heavy load, and every 191 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,679 country in the world's been impacted. Iran's mistyed over the 192 00:12:47,759 --> 00:12:52,200 last fifty years, whether it's paying more for oil, a terror, premium, 193 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,080 disruption and supply. So it's really time that these other 194 00:12:56,159 --> 00:12:59,639 countries step up now. Having said that, when you listen 195 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,600 to the i ran It Rainyan foreign minister, he's basically saying, hey, 196 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,720 this trait is open to our friends. That means China, 197 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,200 that means India, I guess in some other countries. So 198 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,879 if that's the case, you know, we might get more 199 00:13:12,919 --> 00:13:15,679 oil through the straits faster than we think. 200 00:13:15,919 --> 00:13:20,039 Speaker 1: Which is an oil trader, he's looking at how the 201 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,639 volume of oil going out of Iran to the rest 202 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,240 of the world, how that impacts oil prices. 203 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 6: He's right, you know, at the end of the day, 204 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:30,200 and listen, the barrels that we're buying from Russia are 205 00:13:30,279 --> 00:13:33,519 barrels that are already pumped, they're floating, and are already 206 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,639 we're accounted for. And Russia is not going to get 207 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,799 all of that money, believe it or not. And at 208 00:13:38,799 --> 00:13:40,519 the end of the day, when you look at the 209 00:13:40,639 --> 00:13:43,320 price of gasoline going up if we don't get the 210 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,039 strait of horror moves though, and there'll be a lot 211 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,279 higher than that. So by buying these Russian oils for 212 00:13:48,399 --> 00:13:51,080 the short term, it will put downward pressure on price, 213 00:13:51,519 --> 00:13:55,120 keep prices under control. And that's a short term solution. 214 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,320 It's not a long term answer, but it's something that 215 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,759 we have to do to keep these prices low. 216 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: New Well, so it's a little bit of a poker game, 217 00:14:02,639 --> 00:14:06,360 but the idea is to try to keep the pressure 218 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,480 downward on oil prices. And they did go down five 219 00:14:09,519 --> 00:14:12,360 bucks a day for a barrel of oil on the 220 00:14:12,399 --> 00:14:18,360 commodities trading today. Chris Wright, the Secretary of Energy, he's 221 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,480 optimistic about all of this. 222 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,799 Speaker 7: Yeah, after the conflict is over, you'll start to see 223 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,360 prices come back down. It is a short term disruption 224 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,600 the flow of energy. Americans are feeling it right now. 225 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,399 Americans will feel it for a few more weeks. But 226 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,120 at the end we will have removed the greatest risk 227 00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:40,440 to global energy supplies. We'll go to a world more 228 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,240 abundant in energy, more affordable in energy. 229 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: Well, I think he's right. I mean, one of the 230 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,840 things about iron is they have been able to control 231 00:14:49,919 --> 00:14:55,360 oil prices singularly. In many cases, Bob McNally is considered 232 00:14:55,399 --> 00:15:00,639 one of the gurus in the oil market, and this 233 00:15:00,679 --> 00:15:01,879 is what he had to say. 234 00:15:02,159 --> 00:15:04,679 Speaker 8: My team, Rapid Energy Group, we modeled it last year. 235 00:15:04,679 --> 00:15:05,720 And look, there's two things. 236 00:15:05,759 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 9: From the military folks, you hear, we've been planning to 237 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:12,559 clean up hor moves and protect it for four decades. 238 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,240 We know how to do it, but it'll be a 239 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,399 week's long process because it's difficult a lot of moles 240 00:15:19,399 --> 00:15:19,879 to wax. 241 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,799 Speaker 8: That's from the military. The oil folks will tell. 242 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 9: You if we don't have horror moves for three to 243 00:15:25,279 --> 00:15:28,200 four weeks, we are going to have a price problem. 244 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:33,440 Maybe not a supply problem in America, but a price problem. Therefore, therefore, 245 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,360 if you're going to go to war with Iran, the 246 00:15:36,399 --> 00:15:39,559 first thing you want to do is start that process 247 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:43,080 of protecting horn Moves from the very first seconds. But 248 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,000 I totally agree with the oil industries. Just tell them 249 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,360 the presidence, just the way the oil flows. It's just 250 00:15:47,399 --> 00:15:48,799 simple math and logistics. 251 00:15:49,039 --> 00:15:52,919 Speaker 1: So if McNally thinks we need to focus, focus, focus 252 00:15:53,039 --> 00:15:56,159 on the straight of horror moves, what about this idea? 253 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,960 Were the President's asking European countries who are big beneficiary 254 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,320 of the oil coming out of the point port of 255 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:09,000 horror moves that will their help make any difference, you. 256 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,399 Speaker 8: Know, it's probably pretty essential. 257 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,399 Speaker 9: They have boats, they have diplomatic leverage, they have helicopters, 258 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:15,120 they have other. 259 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 8: Assets that we can use. It's a big job. 260 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,799 Speaker 9: The navy folks, military folks tell me it's a big 261 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:26,480 job cleaning up those mines, suppressing those thousands of drones, 262 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,600 and then hundreds of boats and so forth. So the 263 00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:30,720 more the merrier, Plus we all should be working together 264 00:16:30,759 --> 00:16:34,480 on something like this. After all, especially Asia, they depend 265 00:16:34,559 --> 00:16:37,000 on the flow, the actual supply. We're going to see 266 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,279 shortages of fuel in Asia. The United States, we're going 267 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,759 to see very high prices, I'm afraid, but I don't 268 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:45,120 think you have to worry about shortages. But in Asia 269 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:47,399 they have even more of an interest than we do 270 00:16:47,559 --> 00:16:50,919 and making sure that that artery to the world's you 271 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,840 know body, if you will, is open and healthy mping. 272 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: So if the prices are going to skyrocket in Asia 273 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,879 and we buy a lot of our we import a 274 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,240 lot of products from Asia, whether it's China or Japan 275 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:09,079 or Singapore, stand by for our imported goods to cost 276 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:14,119 even more, which will even further exacerbate our trade deficit 277 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,440 with those nations. But everybody here is trying to figure 278 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,440 out how to do a war against Iran and also 279 00:17:20,559 --> 00:17:23,880 keep oil prices and other prices, keep inflation down. 280 00:17:24,039 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 9: Yeah, you know everybody wants prices to go down. Secretary 281 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:27,079 is right? 282 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:27,599 Speaker 8: Is correct? 283 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,599 Speaker 9: Everybody's waiting for this to be over and then the 284 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,000 price is going to collapse. I'm looking, of course, mister 285 00:17:32,039 --> 00:17:34,119 worst case scenario? Could it get worse? Are we going 286 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,480 to start hitting critical infrastructure? Car ros Chanura ab Cake 287 00:17:38,519 --> 00:17:40,960 would be the worst. That would be bad. That means 288 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,079 it's permanent damage. Even if Purmuz opens up, that would 289 00:17:44,079 --> 00:17:46,440 be bad. On the good side, is are we going 290 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,680 to see signs just like we're degrading the missile launches 291 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:49,079 from Iran? 292 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 8: Other things? 293 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:53,039 Speaker 9: Are we killing those shore based assets? And can we 294 00:17:53,079 --> 00:17:55,440 start getting ships going through safely? Those are the two 295 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:56,160 things we're watching. 296 00:17:56,319 --> 00:17:59,039 Speaker 1: Well. Once again, that's why on carg Island we took 297 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:01,920 out their roads and all the military stuff that they 298 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,079 had there, but we did not take out the ability 299 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,440 of Iran to pump their oil down those pipes to 300 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,319 the ships. Because we want after all the military stuff 301 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:17,720 is over, we want that supply to be in the 302 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,240 world's market. And I mean the world's because a lot 303 00:18:21,279 --> 00:18:26,400 of countries Asia and Europe count on that little geography 304 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,400 count on Iranian oil to supply the energy needs for 305 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,160 those countries. Back to Phil Flynn. 306 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think the best thing to do is to win. 307 00:18:37,319 --> 00:18:39,839 That's it. And I think we're holy in the United 308 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,319 States military is going to win and absolutely, and that's 309 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,319 how we're going to put this terror Reiching behind it. 310 00:18:46,519 --> 00:18:50,000 That is disrupted peace added to terror premium and the 311 00:18:50,039 --> 00:18:51,880 price of oil. So that's how we're going to do it. 312 00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:53,880 And I think the rest of the world they're going 313 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,599 to look at this situation where they didn't come to 314 00:18:56,599 --> 00:18:58,920 our defense, you know, and they're going to feel embarrassed, 315 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 right because this is a turning point in history that 316 00:19:02,079 --> 00:19:05,799 can actually lead to global stability of lower prices and 317 00:19:05,839 --> 00:19:08,519 a boom for the economy. And that's going to pain 318 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,839 gividends down of the world. So we've got a whim 319 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,599 this thing. I think we're gonna win this thing. And 320 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,119 in the short term, like I say, the President just 321 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:17,039 has a long memory. 322 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 10: As you know, we're. 323 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,759 Speaker 1: Dealing with a port. Let's check out with some admirals 324 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,880 to see what their thoughts are about this whole effort. 325 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,920 FIR stuff is Admiral Mark fox Well. 326 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 11: The geography is fixed, the straighth Horn moves is about 327 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:38,480 maybe twenty miles or so wide at its narrowest point. 328 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,920 The gulf itself is long, the Iranian coastline is very long. 329 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,640 But I think the most important thing from a certainly 330 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,279 from a military point of view, we need to have 331 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,519 what we would refer to as an ISR, that's intelligence 332 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,839 surveillance and reconnaissance, a soak of staring at all of 333 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,960 the different points there in the strait of hormones. It's 334 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,960 so much easier to find minds if you've seen them 335 00:20:08,079 --> 00:20:11,480 being put over the side. And so I haven't heard 336 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:14,160 any specific reports that there are minds in the water, 337 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:16,640 but we I would expect fully that there is a 338 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,920 concerted effort to have a really strong surveillance and reconnaissance 339 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,680 posture so we can see what's going on there. And 340 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:30,279 you know, we've eliminated so many of their military capabilities, 341 00:20:30,319 --> 00:20:33,880 but small boats with single minds are a hard problem, 342 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,240 and we need to be staring at it. 343 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: So we've also asked about this business of getting other 344 00:20:38,319 --> 00:20:41,720 nations and their navies to come help us clean up 345 00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:44,240 the point of horror moves. 346 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 8: Now, I think that you know, that's a political issue. 347 00:20:49,079 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 11: This is a military problem that we're trying to solve, 348 00:20:51,519 --> 00:20:54,680 and that is to kill or disable all of the 349 00:20:54,799 --> 00:20:59,119 launchers or the means that the Iranians are capable of using, 350 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,599 either to put minds in the water or to shoot 351 00:21:01,599 --> 00:21:03,279 coastal defense cruise missiles. 352 00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 12: The Iranians have shown their true stripes. They have attacked Oman, 353 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:10,079 for Pete's sake, that's the that's the Switzerland, and the 354 00:21:10,079 --> 00:21:13,000 Middle East. They've they've hit all of their neighbors. So 355 00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:15,599 they're the Paria nation here, and I think it's time 356 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,519 for the World Coalition to kind of gather together and 357 00:21:18,559 --> 00:21:19,680 say we won't stand for this. 358 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,799 Speaker 1: So he says it's a political issue, but at the 359 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,759 same time he seems to be enthused about the idea 360 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:29,519 of having other navies help out. 361 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 11: Well, it's always good when you when you find alongside 362 00:21:34,799 --> 00:21:38,039 your allies and your partners, that's always a good way 363 00:21:38,079 --> 00:21:41,319 to go. At the same time, we bring the preponderance, 364 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,079 preponderance of force and surveillance and reconnaissance to this. The 365 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,559 Israelis are doing a magnificent job. They've got incredible intelligence 366 00:21:49,079 --> 00:21:51,240 and so it's a but it's a team effort. Nobody 367 00:21:51,279 --> 00:21:54,319 does it all by themselves, and so the more people 368 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,200 we have on our team, the better off it'll be. 369 00:21:56,599 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: So Admiral Hardward, he is Hardward as a guy who 370 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:04,839 was asked basically about the fact that, well, the Iranians 371 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,079 can't be the ones that control the point of horror moves. 372 00:22:09,519 --> 00:22:11,200 This is what he had to say. 373 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,279 Speaker 10: Well, the issue and the truth is they can control it, 374 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,839 and they've been able to do that for decades. And 375 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,839 if we're not dealing with the regime the end state, 376 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,079 his problem will always exist. So why should one country 377 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,559 be able to control the free flow of commerce in 378 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,119 and out of the region so it reinforces this regime 379 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,920 Their intent not just now but long term. So at 380 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,799 the end of the day, we have to solve this 381 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,839 immediate problem, but more importantly the longer term problem to 382 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,880 ensure that commerce is free not just today but for 383 00:22:44,039 --> 00:22:47,839 the long haul. And as Mark so astuteley recognize our 384 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,599 ability to see why areas are not just the straits 385 00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:54,559 but the land mass where they can launch the cruise 386 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,160 missiles and the drones from especially these shaiheeds they've moved 387 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,680 around on Charles. Have a wide area of surveillance to 388 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:06,799 see all this time, real time, persistently as part of 389 00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:10,759 the solution to take care not just the mining issue, 390 00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:13,920 but the drone issue and not will allowed commerce to flow. 391 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: So over the weekend there was news that apparently we 392 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,599 were going to be sending the Marines and twenty five 393 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,119 hundred of them, and then another article was said, yeah, 394 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,519 twenty five hundred marines and twenty five hundred sailors five thousand, 395 00:23:29,319 --> 00:23:33,160 and the question is are they going to go back 396 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,359 to carg Island again? Are we going to try to 397 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,319 occupy that or not? Well, a marine, a retired Marine 398 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:46,319 General General Junaro had the answers about what the Marines 399 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:47,279 were not going to do. 400 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 13: The thirty first Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable and 401 00:23:51,519 --> 00:23:56,480 that's a reinforced Infantry battalion rifleman. They have the vertical 402 00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:59,920 takeoff and landing Joint Strike Fighter. They have attack helicopter, 403 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:03,400 they have utility helicopters, and they're trained and they train 404 00:24:03,519 --> 00:24:07,200 for months and months and months for these deployments on 405 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,000 a three ship amphibious ready group and they can operate 406 00:24:10,039 --> 00:24:13,960 from the sea logistical support for up to two weeks independently. 407 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:17,119 They can do direct action, they can seize things, they 408 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,079 can do an extremist hostage rescue if we have to 409 00:24:20,079 --> 00:24:24,440 bring people out, they can go in and hold territory, etc. 410 00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:29,440 So there's an extremely capable, extremely versatile, highly trained capability. 411 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,000 I want to reassure people, and I know the President 412 00:24:32,039 --> 00:24:35,039 has as well and as as our military, We're not 413 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,279 going to do a ground invasion of Iran. That was 414 00:24:37,319 --> 00:24:39,799 one of the most difficult scenarios that we ever had 415 00:24:39,839 --> 00:24:43,519 in any of our contingency plans. And as capable as 416 00:24:43,519 --> 00:24:47,079 the thirty first mewsak is, that's not a ground invasion 417 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,519 for us. But they have a tremendous direct action capability 418 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,359 if the Commander in Chief and our military deems that 419 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:54,240 they need it. 420 00:24:54,319 --> 00:24:58,839 Speaker 1: So no ground invasion, but they are sending marines and 421 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:06,200 sailors to the area for I guess just in case meantime. 422 00:25:07,319 --> 00:25:12,200 Department of Homeland Security, No, they're not funded the republic 423 00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:15,000 The Democrats are coming out and saying we have had 424 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,240 five different proposals on the floor for the Republicans to 425 00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:20,640 vote for and they won't vote for it. And the 426 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,440 reason why they say, we'll fund everything except for ICE. 427 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,400 They'll get TSA back to work, they will get oh 428 00:25:29,519 --> 00:25:33,720 talk about TSA. The lines at the airports are getting 429 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,240 under the number of TSA officers that are just quitting. 430 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,519 They're not calling in sick, they're quitting. And apparently airports 431 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,440 like Austin, Texas, there was some video from this morning 432 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,440 where there were people in these huge, long lines in 433 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,640 the airport out the door and into the parking lot. 434 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:58,319 It was blocks and blocks long. And apparently Detroit also 435 00:25:59,079 --> 00:26:04,359 feeling long, long, long delays when you get to the airport. 436 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,119 So it's still bad. But the Democrats are saying, we 437 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:08,880 put it on the table. What they put on the 438 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,799 table was we will pay, we will fund DHS, but 439 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,880 we need to revamp ICE. 440 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 3: Well. 441 00:26:16,759 --> 00:26:21,079 Speaker 1: ICE has been funded through twenty twenty eight, but they 442 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:24,839 don't care. They say we want to redo how ICE operates, 443 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,640 and the Republicans have told them to pound sand. So 444 00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:33,119 here is Eric Schmidt, the Republican senator from Missouri. 445 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 14: We should be funding the Department of Homeland Security at 446 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,440 this moment. The risk has certainly heightened. The Democrats are 447 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,279 playing petty politics about it. There are tens of thousands 448 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,400 of murderers, hundreds of thousands of violand criminals that are 449 00:26:45,759 --> 00:26:48,319 in our communities because of Democrat policies. I've got a 450 00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:50,240 bill called the Scam Act that would allow us to 451 00:26:50,279 --> 00:26:52,279 do that. So if you've committed acts of terrorism, if 452 00:26:52,279 --> 00:26:54,880 you've committed the welfare fraud like we saw in Minneapolis, 453 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,839 if you're part of a cartel, if you're engaged in 454 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,640 that kind of activity, we can denaturalize you and sent 455 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:01,119 you home. 456 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: James Gagliano, former NYPD, he is saying, Yeah, there's definitely 457 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,400 an increase in foreign violence and crime. 458 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 15: I think it's deeply concerning. And look, there's only so 459 00:27:15,559 --> 00:27:18,559 much that law enforcement can do. Remember, the bad guys 460 00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:21,279 only have to get it right once. We have to 461 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:24,279 get it right every single time. And going back to 462 00:27:24,319 --> 00:27:28,200 the attack on the synagogue that took place in West Bloomfield, Michigan, 463 00:27:28,759 --> 00:27:31,799 that individual on the synagogue attack, you see his photo 464 00:27:31,839 --> 00:27:34,000 on the far right up there on the screen. That 465 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,200 individual had a brother who is a member of Hezbollah 466 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,240 in Lebanon. I'm old enough to remember it being a 467 00:27:40,279 --> 00:27:43,680 West Point cadet in nineteen eighty three, and four months 468 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,079 later the attack on the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut Lebanon. 469 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,480 Two hundred and forty one Marines slaughtered there. This is 470 00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:54,400 something that is not going away. And here's the issue. 471 00:27:54,559 --> 00:27:57,039 All of the terrorists that I've interviewed across a twenty 472 00:27:57,079 --> 00:28:00,519 five year career all told me, you don't have the 473 00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:01,880 patients as Americans. 474 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:02,599 Speaker 3: We do. 475 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: We will wait you out. 476 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:06,839 Speaker 15: If we don't get you, we'll get your children or 477 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,640 your children's children. 478 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,599 Speaker 1: Now they keep repeating that what are the Americans? Were 479 00:28:12,599 --> 00:28:16,400 the watches? But the terrorists say, we have the patients, 480 00:28:16,599 --> 00:28:19,160 we have the time, and they will wait us out. 481 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:24,160 That's what they've always said. So it's the same story ongoing. 482 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,839 But yeah, the reason why this guy's brother, the guy 483 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:32,640 that attacked the West Bloomfield, Michigan synagogue that his family 484 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,079 he said was killed in the attacked by the IDF, Well, 485 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,079 his brother was not just Hesbala, he was the manager 486 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,720 of the missiles that they have underground and stored in 487 00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:51,200 apartments in Beirut. Beyroot is an interesting place because Hesbelah 488 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,599 has been diminished, but not completely. They're firing rockets into 489 00:28:54,720 --> 00:29:00,359 Israel daily and nightly a bunch of them because Ron 490 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,720 gave them thousands and thousands of missiles, and how many 491 00:29:05,759 --> 00:29:08,960 are left I don't know, but they keep firing them. 492 00:29:09,559 --> 00:29:12,240 And that's the thing about this war, continuing to try 493 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,559 to wear us down. And if they can drip drip, 494 00:29:15,759 --> 00:29:21,480 drip missile fires against Israel and others, they people in 495 00:29:21,519 --> 00:29:25,400 America will get tired of it and say no, no more, stop, 496 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,079 get let's get out of this war. That they know 497 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,519 that we don't have the patients, and that you hear 498 00:29:33,559 --> 00:29:36,559 people all the time, Oh my gosh, this is what said. 499 00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:40,839 Let me look at my calendar, day seventeen seventeen days. 500 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,279 People are squealing about the price of gas. I get it. 501 00:29:46,279 --> 00:29:49,440 But at the same time, if you want to try 502 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:53,400 to break the back of the number one sponsor of 503 00:29:53,519 --> 00:29:57,000 terrorism in this country, at Iran, it's going to take 504 00:29:57,039 --> 00:30:00,079 more than seventeen days. It's probably so we're starting in 505 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,079 our third week and they're talking about maybe five six weeks. 506 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,240 But even that, I don't want to put a I 507 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:10,599 don't want to put a stopwatch on any of this. Meantime, 508 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,680 the Federal Communication Commission, the head of that is a 509 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,240 guy by the name of Brendan Carr, and he is 510 00:30:20,359 --> 00:30:26,319 threatening the major networks with pulling their licenses because of 511 00:30:26,359 --> 00:30:30,440 the fact that he apparently doesn't think that they're reporting 512 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:35,799 on the war properly. And I've never seen of FCC 513 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,480 commissioner talk about how they want things reported. One of 514 00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:44,279 the things that's critical is a free press. No, you're 515 00:30:44,319 --> 00:30:47,160 not going to agree with a lot of them. I've 516 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,359 said it a million times. I know who the New 517 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,319 York Times is. The New York Times is a liberal newspaper. 518 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,200 I know who Fox News is. Fox News is a 519 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:03,200 conservative television network. It's okay, just understand the fact that 520 00:31:03,279 --> 00:31:06,680 who they are, and they have an audience, but the 521 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,599 biggest audience in the country by far is Fox. So 522 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,279 it seems like people seem if you're a conservative, you've 523 00:31:14,279 --> 00:31:17,440 got to give some solace in the fact that other 524 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,920 people think like you because they watch Fox. But if 525 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,680 you're a liberal, well you've got a big audience too. 526 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:28,000 They subscribe to The New York Times and watch MS 527 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,960 now or whatever it's called. So in any case, I 528 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,960 don't like the I just don't like the government rubbing 529 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,599 their nose into the private sector. And one of my 530 00:31:39,759 --> 00:31:43,759 complaints about the Trump administration is they Donald Trump has 531 00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:46,559 a hard time separating the fact he was in business 532 00:31:46,599 --> 00:31:49,559 in the private sector his whole life. And he still 533 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,200 is having a hard time remembering he's the government now, 534 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:55,920 not the private sector, because he's getting deep. I mean, 535 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,640 he's getting he has to have a deal. He got 536 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,720 a piece of in Hell, he's got a piece of 537 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,599 of na VIDIA and video he's got He's gotting all 538 00:32:04,599 --> 00:32:07,720 these pieces. And then Brendan Carr is sticking the government's 539 00:32:07,799 --> 00:32:12,720 nose into how these networks are reporting on the war. 540 00:32:13,839 --> 00:32:18,960 Marjorie Taylor Green, the former congresswoman from Georgia, she's not 541 00:32:19,119 --> 00:32:21,920 happy with it either. You know. 542 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:24,559 Speaker 16: I think freedom of press is one of the most 543 00:32:24,599 --> 00:32:28,400 important rights that we have as Americans, and I think 544 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,400 it always needs to be protected. And I think it's 545 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:36,279 the responsibility of journalists and media companies to get the 546 00:32:36,359 --> 00:32:39,920 truth out to the American people. And I never want 547 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,880 to see a government take control and try to take 548 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:44,440 that away. 549 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,279 Speaker 8: I think that's this. 550 00:32:46,359 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 16: I feel the same way about freedom of speech, and 551 00:32:49,279 --> 00:32:53,240 so if we are to see censorship on social media platforms, 552 00:32:53,319 --> 00:32:57,200 or censorship put on any type of media company, I 553 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,480 think that's completely wrong, you know, And I watch a 554 00:33:00,519 --> 00:33:03,079 lot of international news, and a lot of the things 555 00:33:03,119 --> 00:33:06,279 I see on the international news I don't see on 556 00:33:06,519 --> 00:33:10,319 our American media, and I find that to be extremely problematic. 557 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,319 I think Americans are fed a lot of propaganda depending 558 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,440 on the political views of the media platform or the 559 00:33:18,599 --> 00:33:24,400 personalities or the presenters on the media platform, and I 560 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,240 think that's wrong. I think Americans deserve to see the truth. 561 00:33:27,319 --> 00:33:30,039 They are smart enough to come to their own conclusions, 562 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,680 and no government, whether it's ruled by Republican or Democrat, 563 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:40,079 should should ever. I guess we should say put a 564 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:44,720 lid or or put any type of threatening enforcements on 565 00:33:44,839 --> 00:33:47,279 media companies as they try to get the truth out. 566 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,759 Speaker 1: So I'm with her. I don't want provda, I don't 567 00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:54,079 want the government or the state media. I mean, you 568 00:33:54,200 --> 00:34:02,599 may think that I don't know Rachel Maddow. You may 569 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,960 hate her, you may love her. You may think she's lying, 570 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,920 you may think she's the truth teller. But the point 571 00:34:09,039 --> 00:34:11,599 is that's for you to decide. But to have all 572 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:13,840 these choices out there where you can get liberal or 573 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:18,239 conservative viewpoints, I think is important without the government sticking 574 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,199 their nose in it, making sure that they report only 575 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,079 the way the government is pleased about it, so that 576 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,840 Brendan Carr's poking around, and I don't think it'll ever 577 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,639 go anywhere. I think he's trying to basically chill them 578 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:38,920 into being more along the lines of the administration's doing 579 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:45,440 everything great, and I don't like it, not for a minute. 580 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,280 All right, Let's see how Wall Street did today, because 581 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:54,400 the markets were positive most of the day, the Dow 582 00:34:54,519 --> 00:34:59,039 Jones industrials finishing up three hundred and eighty seven, so 583 00:34:59,079 --> 00:35:01,960 the roller coaster can continues today. It was up three 584 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,320 eighty seven to forty six thousand and nine, forty six, 585 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:10,599 SMP up sixty seven, Nasdaq up two hundred and sixty eight, 586 00:35:11,639 --> 00:35:16,079 a gold following forty eight dollars to just above five thousand, 587 00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:22,360 five thoy thirteen, and oil went down just under five 588 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:28,639 dollars today. At priced today this is West Texas Intermediate 589 00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:33,320 ninety four dollars for a barrel of oil. So that's 590 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,679 it for today. Thank you for coming by. We will 591 00:35:36,679 --> 00:35:42,559 be back again tomorrow. FED meets tomorrow as well, and 592 00:35:42,639 --> 00:35:47,639 also it's Saint Patrick's Day tomorrow. I will definitely see 593 00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:49,079 you then, have a wonderful day