1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to this Week on Capitol Hill, your insider's guide 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: to the story shaping Washington and the world. I'm your 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: host Tony Perkins. Well, this week, the world watched as 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: the conflict with Iran escalated dramatically, drawing the United States 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: and Israel deeper into a rapidly expanding military campaign. 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: We're going to continue to do what we have, the 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: greatest military in the world by far, and that was 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 2: a tremendous threat test for many years, forty seven years, 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: have been killing our people and killing people from. 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 3: All over the world. 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: And I think we have great support. 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: And I think if we didn't do it first, they 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 2: would have done it to Israel and give us a 14 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 2: shot if that was possible. 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: I was President Donald Trump earlier this week. Is the 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: threat posed by Iran to Israel and even the United 17 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: States far greater than many realized. We'll talk with Israel's 18 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: ambassador to the United States. Yeah, heel lighter. And as 19 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: tensions rise overseas, concerns about terrorist threats here at home 20 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: is also increasing. And while the federal government remains in 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: a partial shutdown, with the Department of Homeland Security still unfunded, 22 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: this is no time. 23 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 4: To have the Department of Homeland Security shut down. We 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 4: need to be more vigilant than ever and have a 25 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 4: fully functioning Department of Homeland Security with all the capabilities 26 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 4: cyber capabilities which right now were dramatically limited because of 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 4: Democrats reckless and dangerous action to shut that department down. 28 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: I was House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Congressman Scalise will 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: join us later and ready or not. The midterm elections 30 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: are underway. The first primaries took place this week in Texas, Arkansas, 31 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: and North Carolina. John Rodgers, Senior partner and polster at Signal, 32 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: will join us to break down the results and what 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: day signal for the road ahead. All of that and 34 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: more on this week's edition of This Week on Capitol Hill. 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 5: Well. 36 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: This week, the joint US Israel military campaign against Iran 37 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: intensified airstrikes targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, missile bases, and senior 38 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: regime officials, including the Supreme Leader. Iran has responded with 39 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: missile attacks across the regions, targeting US bases and embassies, 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: and with disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Joining now 41 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: to discuss the latest developments is Casey Harper managing editor 42 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: for the broadcast at the Washington Stand Casey, Welcome to 43 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: this week on Capitol Hill. Thanks Tony. So let's talk 44 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: about this Israel. US Israel strikes continue to hammer Iran's 45 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: military and nuclear infrastructure while Tehran retaliates across the region. 46 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: You know, with that in mind, what are the latest 47 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: battlefield developments in this war? 48 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 6: Sure, Tony, I'll give you a few fast numbers here, 49 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 6: because we keep hearing about the dominance of the US 50 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 6: and Israel in this conflict and seems that it's playing out. 51 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: But just a few numbers. 52 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 6: Two thousand targets have been hit within Iran, and that 53 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 6: number is growing. 54 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: I mean even by the. 55 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 6: End of the show, it could be growing because they're 56 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 6: constantly striking. Now what does that include, Well, three hundred 57 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 6: missile launchers or more have been destroyed, which is really 58 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 6: important because we hear a lot about how Iran has 59 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 6: thousands of ballistic missiles. But I think the US military 60 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 6: and IDF have just decided that if you take out 61 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 6: the as I've heard said, if you take out the bows. 62 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: You don't have to destroy all the arrows. 63 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 6: What about the navy, Well, they've sunk over twenty Iranian ships. 64 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 6: On top of that, underground storage facilities where some of 65 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 6: those missiles could be kept, radar and air defense systems 66 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 6: which have given the US command of the skies really 67 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 6: and then important command centers along with dozens of military 68 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 6: leaders taken out, and maybe most importantly Tony, the Natan's 69 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 6: Fourdoh and Isfahan nuclear facilities have all taken major damage. 70 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: So it's really been a route so far based on 71 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: all of that in the elimination of the top regime leaders. 72 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: How are experts assessing the prospects for regime change at 73 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: this point? Yeah, it's a good. 74 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 6: Question because earlier in your open you talked about how 75 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 6: do we negotiate an and or negotiate a piece here. Well, 76 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 6: the first question is who we're going to negotiate with, 77 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 6: because you know, we took out dozens of Iranian leaders, 78 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 6: including the Iatola and our initial strikes, and then they 79 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 6: had another meeting where they basically try to select another leader, 80 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 6: and then shortly after that that was you know, taken 81 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 6: out and several more leaders were killed. So I think 82 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 6: the first question, and you've even heard President Trump talk 83 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 6: about this, is we have to really decide who the. 84 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: They have to decide who the leader is going to be. 85 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 6: And right now I believe they you know, they have 86 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 6: landed on the Eyetola's son, who's going to be a 87 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 6: no go. 88 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: But they're still taking out these leaders. 89 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 6: So we can talk about regime change but and negotiations, 90 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 6: but we really have to decide who's going to lead. 91 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: You're on. I don't think too many people are going 92 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: to be raising their hands saying I want to given 93 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: what's happening, let me let me. It kind of turned 94 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: to the domestic impact upon this. We're seeing some of 95 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: the economic fallout, at least initially, some surging oil prices, volatility, 96 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: and the stock market which just seemed to have settled 97 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: down here at the end of the week. But the 98 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: president has made kind of front and center in his 99 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,239 Speaker 1: domestic policy of bringing down gas prices, and that's creating 100 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: some heartburn for some around him. I found something very 101 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: very interesting this week when people presented the polls, and 102 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: the polling is not in favor of the President's actions 103 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: at present on Iran. Now, I personally think that they 104 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: made the right decision when I look at all the facts. 105 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: But what was fascinating for me, given the history of 106 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: the president being so tied to Poles that he was 107 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: dismissive of the negative poll numbers on the US Israeli 108 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,239 Speaker 1: strike on Iran. 109 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, he is very tied to Poles that we have 110 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 6: seen a pattern over time of he kind of dismissed 111 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 6: the certain polls as fake. 112 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: If they really strongly go. 113 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 6: Against something, basically can't be right if they're that far against. 114 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 6: I mean, and I think he does have opposition here, 115 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 6: as you said, the polling has shown that, and it's frankly, 116 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 6: I think it's only going to grow because as you 117 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 6: mentioned the economic impact, I mean, we saw the dow 118 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 6: took a dive initially as these strikes began. 119 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: Oil prices shot up. 120 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 6: They went up from seventy dollars a barrel to eighty 121 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 6: dollars a barrel after the strikes began. Now they sort 122 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 6: of leveled out and dipped a bit since then, but 123 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 6: I think we can expect volatility there. 124 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: And what is that impact As you said. 125 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 6: Gas prices, So triple A gas prices has the national 126 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 6: average somewhere around three dollars and twenty five cents. It 127 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 6: varies a lot depending on from state to state, but 128 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 6: they've risen about a quarter and even just a week, 129 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 6: which is you know, I used to cover gas prices 130 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 6: as a journalist. In a quarter rise in a week 131 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 6: is very significant. You don't normally see that. And one 132 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 6: more economic element here that we haven't heard maybe as 133 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 6: much about. It seems far away, but it will have 134 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 6: domestic impact, is a strait of hor moves, which is 135 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 6: a major international shipping lane, affects a whole the global economy. 136 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 6: If that it's into a place where it's shut down, 137 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 6: even temporarily, it'll have huge impacts. I mean, we're talking 138 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 6: twenty percent of the liquefied natural gas in the world, 139 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 6: a quarter of really the world's oil exports go through there, 140 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 6: and a third of the fertilizer, just to give you 141 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 6: an idea of how significant that is. And by the way, 142 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 6: much of the other fertilizer comes out of Ukraine, so 143 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 6: that you know a lot of the fertilizer places are. 144 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: Pretty in danger right now, which which short term has 145 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: one impact, but long term has it longer impact when 146 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: you look at what fertilizer. Fertilizer is used for, so 147 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: we could see down the road the higher food prices, 148 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: but military assets are being dispatched to ensure that the 149 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: strait of horm Moves remains open. And of course we've 150 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: seen a more aggressive move toward Iranian navy, I mean 151 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: pretty much trying to eliminate their navy with the first 152 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: submarine attack of a combatant ship since World War Two 153 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:02,119 Speaker 1: when a US submarine sunk in an Iranian ship this week, 154 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: I want to switch topics, by the way, I just 155 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: want to I want to put a fine point on that. 156 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm actually encouraged by the President moving forward despite the 157 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: polling numbers, because that shows, frankly, I think it shows 158 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: leadership that you've got to do some things that sometimes 159 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: people don't totally understand. So it's a break with his 160 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: typical mo but it's to me refreshing. All right, let's 161 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: move very quickly. Just got a couple of minutes left. 162 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: This week we saw the release of the full video 163 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: depositions from former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, a 164 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: former secretary of State, regarding their ties to Epstein Jeffrey Epstein. 165 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: What were the takeaways? Any revelation there? 166 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 6: Sure, I would say more smoke, but no smoking gun 167 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 6: is kind of. 168 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: How I think about this. 169 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 6: And Bill says he never visited the island Hillary says 170 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 6: she never met him met him, although Bill did admit 171 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 6: to riding on the plane and getting a back robe 172 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 6: really a net grub, which there is photo of in 173 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 6: the Epstein files. There's a lot of weird details like 174 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 6: that coming out, but the takeaways are few and far between. 175 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 6: I mean, they did admit that they knew Ghlaide Maxwell, 176 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 6: and that's one point that some felt lawmakers and these 177 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 6: deposition could have pressed them harder on the relationship with 178 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 6: Ghlaide Maxwell. 179 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: But I think right now it's you know. 180 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 6: There's more smoke, we said, the sense that there's a fire, 181 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 6: but I don't think anything really. Iron Cloud came out 182 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 6: against the Clintons in. 183 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: This final question for you. A major victory for parents, 184 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: at least temporary victory for parents at the Supreme Court 185 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: when the Court put a temporary block on California's policies 186 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: that allowed schools are actually told schools to conceal a student, 187 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: even elementary student that might be transitioning at school, to 188 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: hide that from the parents. To give us the latest 189 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: on that this is a major case, Mira l v. Bonta. 190 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 6: The justices ruled six y three in favor of parents 191 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 6: in a pretty amazing case challenging a California law that 192 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 6: basically muzzled teachers and said, teachers, if a kid comes 193 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 6: to school trying to like they're a different gender or 194 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 6: change their pronouns, you can't tell the parents, which, of course, 195 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 6: you know, sparked outrage and a legal challenge, and the 196 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 6: Supreme Court has weighed in here. They said the California 197 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 6: likely violated the Constitution on two fronts, religious exercise but 198 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 6: also parental rights. Now, as you mentioned, it still has 199 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 6: to work its way through the courts, but this pretty 200 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 6: much sends a signal to the court system that it's 201 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 6: very clear that they're in favor of parental rights on 202 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 6: cases like these, which is a big win. 203 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: Is there any thought that this is going to wind 204 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: back up at the Supreme Court once it makes its 205 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: way through the Ninth Circuit. 206 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 6: There's always a chance or something like this or another 207 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 6: case like this, It certainly could end up back, But 208 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 6: right now we have all indication of how the Court 209 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 6: feels about it. 210 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: All right, Casey Harber, thanks for joining us this week 211 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: in kays Tony All right after the break is the 212 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: Israeli Ambassador to the United States. He lighter joins me. 213 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: Welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. I'm Tony Perkins, 214 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: your host. Thanks for joining us. Well. As the US 215 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: Israeli joint campaign against Iran completes its first week, Israeli 216 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: and US forces have reported major successes in degrading Iran's 217 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: command and control along with its nuclear and missile programs. 218 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: The Trump administration says Epic Fury is ahead of schedule. 219 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 1: Despite these successes, there are critics questioning the timing, suggesting 220 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: the threat was not real after Operation mid Night Hammer 221 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: struck three of Iran's nuclear facilities back in June of 222 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: last year. Joinment out to discuss this and more. Is 223 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: Israeli Ambassador to the United States, You Heal Lighter. Ambassador Lighter, 224 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to this week on Capitol Hill. Thanks so much 225 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: for joining us. 226 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 7: Good to be with you, Bass. 227 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: Thank you so so Many claim that Operation Midnight Hammer 228 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: back in June, that after that Iran is no longer 229 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: poised a threat in terms of its nuclear capabilities ballistic 230 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: missile capabilities, But the evidence and the intelligence suggested something else, 231 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: did it not? 232 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 5: Well? I don't know how anybody can still have a 233 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 5: doubt about the necessity for this operation after the past 234 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 5: couple of days, Iran is shooting ballistic missiles indiscriminately to 235 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 5: all of its neighbors and beyond its neighbors into Europe. 236 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 5: This is something the Prime Minister of Israel warned about 237 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 5: for decades that once they achieved the ability to deliver 238 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 5: nuclear weapons, they'll use it. And right now they have 239 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 5: the ability to deliver to have the globe. I mean, 240 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 5: they hit Cyprus, they can hit about half of Germany, 241 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 5: and they're lashing out all over the place. They hit 242 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 5: ozz of Rojan, they hit Turkey. These are Muslim countries, 243 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 5: so they a will to turn on themselves. They turn 244 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 5: on their own civilians. They slaughtered tens of thousands of 245 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 5: their own civilians. And we heard what special enboy Steve 246 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 5: Whitkov said just a few nights ago. A bit they 247 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 5: came into the negotiations and told them arrogantly that they 248 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 5: have six hundred and forty two kilograms of enriched uranium 249 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: which they planned to continue to enrich at sixty percent 250 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 5: to ninety percent. Now, the move from sixty percent to 251 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 5: ninety percent thanks about a week. 252 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 7: And then all you have to do is pair the 253 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 7: enriched uranium. 254 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 5: With a delivery system with a ballistic missile and what 255 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 5: they were building after midnight Hammer. And imagine imagine that 256 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 5: as the President of the United States told them after 257 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 5: midnight Hammer, stop, don't continue. We destroyed your nuclear sites 258 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 5: and if you continue, we're going to do it again. 259 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 7: And what did they do. 260 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 5: They pursued an underground facility that was so deep that 261 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 5: even beat two bombers couldn't reach it in order to 262 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 5: pair enriched uranium with a delivery system. Now, let's imagine 263 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 5: for one moment that all of those missiles now hitting 264 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 5: around the Gulf States and into Europe were laced with 265 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 5: were tipped with a nuclear warhead. 266 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 7: Imagine where we be today. 267 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 5: So the actions, the operation underway between Israel and the 268 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 5: United States led by President Trump, is saving not only. 269 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 7: The Gulf at Israel and US allies, but the US itself. 270 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: Within moments of the first attacks, the command and control 271 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: structure of Iran was decimated. I mean this, I mean 272 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to take away from the US and 273 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: Israeli Air force. Israeli Air Force is one of the best. 274 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: But you have to look at God's hand of direction 275 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: and provision. This is quite amazing. I mean, if you 276 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: look even back what has transpired in the last two years. 277 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: Just in fact, when Israel had its back against the ropes, 278 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you were fighting a seven front war. Look 279 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: where you are today. 280 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's hard not to see providence at hand. 281 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: Here. 282 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 5: I'll tell you about a conversation a pilot told me yesterday. 283 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 5: He's forty seven years old, he's got three grown daughters, 284 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 5: and he's flying sorties back and forth over Iran. And 285 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 5: he said, on the way he was refueled by an 286 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 5: American refueling aircraft and they were speaking as it was 287 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 5: taking place, and the American said to him, wish them godspeed, 288 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 5: and he wished them back god speed. 289 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 7: Let's get this done together. 290 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 5: And it's really just wonderful to see American and Israeli 291 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 5: pilots working. I'd say shoulder and shoulder, but it's really 292 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 5: wing to wing to get this job done. And indeed 293 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 5: we have changed the realities in the Middle East. And 294 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 5: once this is done, Tony, this is really the key here. 295 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 5: Once we complete a roaring line and epic fury, the 296 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 5: entire Middle East will change because the exportation of radical 297 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 5: fundamentalist Islam. 298 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 7: And this was the message of the mulahs of Tehran, that. 299 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 5: Everyone must be brought under the boot a their brand 300 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 5: of Islam. And that's the reason why they're firing at 301 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 5: many of their neighbors, because their neighbors are not willing 302 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 5: to adopt this brand of Islam. So once this is defeated, 303 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 5: this extremism, this inability to reform, to accommodate, to moderate, 304 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 5: once that's defeated, the moderates will be able to come 305 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 5: to the surface and lead live side by side with 306 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 5: the West, with Judaeo Christian civilization. And that means that 307 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 5: the United States. And here's this is key for those 308 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 5: critics on both sides of the Aisle, the extremes on 309 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 5: the left, the extremes on the right. 310 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 7: This is key. 311 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 5: Once this is complete and we have created peace in 312 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 5: the Middle East and regional cohesion and cooperation between all 313 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 5: the ghost states among themselves and with Israel, the United 314 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 5: States is going to be able to move their military 315 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 5: assets to the Far East where there's the real threat 316 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 5: of coming out of China for regional hegemony. So this 317 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 5: is very, very key to the future not only of 318 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 5: the region, but the future of the United States. And 319 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 5: I think that's exactly what President Trump understood and that's 320 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 5: why he is showing this incredible level of leadership in 321 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 5: terms of making the world a better and safer place. 322 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: Ambassador later, that prompted me to think of a message 323 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: that the Prime Minister Benjamin Etnahuo had issue to the 324 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: Iranian people over a year ago, saying, you know we're 325 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: at against you, we want to see you succeed. We 326 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: are for you. Do you envision in the very near 327 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: future a normalization, a return of relations with Iran and 328 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: even commerce and connection with Iran. 329 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 5: Well, we had it before the Iotolis came back from 330 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 5: France and took over in nineteen seventy nine. 331 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 7: We had great relations with Iran. 332 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 5: If you assess the entire Middle East, the most pro Western, 333 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,719 Speaker 5: the most pro American country is Israel. 334 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 7: What's number two? Iran? 335 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 5: The Iranian people eighty percent of the Iranian people reject 336 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 5: this regime. But they've been living under the murderous boot 337 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 5: of the Iatolas now for forty seven years, and their 338 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 5: freedom has been entirely. 339 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 7: Deprived of them. 340 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 5: And once we move into an era where the Aetolas 341 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 5: no longer dominate all the minorities of Iran, they'll come together. 342 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 5: And here's key. When people talk about we don't want 343 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 5: to do regime change. This is to collapse the regime, 344 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 5: which is a murderous thuggery, which is really intimidating the 345 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 5: entire world. And President Trumps said, enough is enough. We're 346 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 5: not going to be intimidated anymore. And we're certainly not 347 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 5: going to let this entity get nuclear weapons. So they 348 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 5: get nuclear weapons, everybody will be blackmail. And you're talking 349 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 5: about the price of oil and gas now, well, they'll 350 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 5: be able to blackmail the entire world with nuclear weapons. 351 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 5: So this is really key. The good news is that 352 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 5: we're seeing cracks already. Once we caught off the head 353 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 5: of the snake. They're having a huge problem getting orders 354 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 5: down to the field. They haven't appointed a successory at 355 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 5: to jaminait to the Supreme leader. They're also in dissension 356 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 5: among themselves or who that leader should be. And they 357 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 5: didn't bury I mean I E, which is another sign 358 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 5: that they're in disarray. They've instructed Kbala to attack us 359 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 5: as well. Unfortunately, we send messages to Lebanon and we 360 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 5: warn them, please, we don't want to destroy Lebanon. We 361 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 5: want a wonderful relationship, a warm relationship with the Lebanese 362 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 5: but you can't allow Kibala to continue to drain the country, 363 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 5: to occupy the country. The Lebanese government issued a warning 364 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 5: Tobala that they will receive no longer any Iranian citizen 365 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,479 Speaker 5: will no longer receive visas into the country. I ERGC 366 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 5: members have to leave the country and hopefully that's going 367 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 5: to be the beginning of the end of Chrisbala in Lebanon. 368 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 7: If Iran is degraded and. 369 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 5: Defeated, then all the proxies will be defeated as well. 370 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: Ambassador, we're gonna have to leave it there. Always great 371 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: to see you, thanks so much for joining us. 372 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 7: Good to be with you, Donni. Thank you very much. 373 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: Folks, stick with us. We're back with more, not for this. 374 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. I'm your host, 375 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: Tony Perkins. Well ready or not? The midterm elections are 376 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: already underway. The first primary took place this week in Texas, Arkansas, 377 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: and North Carolina. So what do what are the results? 378 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: Tell us? What shall we be looking for? Joining us 379 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: now to break it all down, as John Rogers, senior 380 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: partner and poster at Signal John, Welcome to this week 381 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill. Tony, great to be with you, all right, 382 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: So breaking down this week's primary results, what's your overall 383 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: analysis of Tuesday's elections and what might they signal for 384 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: the midterms ahead. 385 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 8: Inducism on the Democratic side is really really high. So 386 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 8: this is the first time since twenty twenty that turnout 387 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 8: on the Democratic side has been higher in the state 388 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 8: of Texas than it has been on the Republican side. 389 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 8: And so if you look at El Paso, Texas turnout 390 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 8: with seventy five percent higher on the Democratic side compared 391 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 8: with twenty twenty two, the last midterm election, and then 392 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 8: Republican turnout was also higher in El Paso, but just 393 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 8: by thirty three percent Texas. So in Texas and then 394 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 8: also at North Carolina where Democrats outpaced Republican turnout by 395 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 8: two hundred thousand votes, it's really seeming to be a 396 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 8: midterm where the Democratic base enthusiasm has ginned up to 397 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 8: a really high level. 398 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: Is that historically something that happens when you have a 399 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: party that's in control, in the party that's in the 400 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: minority is more enthusiastic. 401 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 8: Historically, it has been difficult when you hold the White 402 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 8: House to really have a high level of enthusiasm. You know, 403 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 8: you get back to two thousand and six and you 404 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 8: think about that midterm election when the war in Iraq 405 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 8: was maybe not going quite as well as some people 406 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 8: in the country had hoped, And that was the last 407 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 8: midterm election of President bush Is administration, and obviously it 408 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 8: didn't really go very well for Republicans. And so I 409 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 8: think that's the challenge for Republican campaigns and for Republican 410 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 8: elected officials this cycle is to make sure to try 411 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 8: to avoid a repeat of two thousand and six. 412 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: In part of the problem, when you're running for office 413 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: trying to gain the majority, you make promises in contrast 414 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: with the incumbent party, and the reality is you can't 415 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: make things happen as fast as you would like, and 416 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: sometimes the promises exceed performance. I mean, is that part 417 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: of the enthusiasm gap. 418 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: That's part of it. 419 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: So tony, but I think Republicans are aided a little bit. 420 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 8: This election cycle by the fact that the Democratic Party 421 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 8: has shifted so far to the left and so like 422 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 8: in Texas, you look at the nominee who has eventually chosen, 423 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 8: James tell Rico, and he was actually the more moderate 424 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 8: of the two people who are running. 425 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: In the Democratic primary. 426 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 8: But as I'm sure you've talked about on this show already, 427 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 8: this is somebody who said that he thinks God is 428 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 8: non binary, he thinks that there are six genders, and 429 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 8: really just a really radical figure, even as he tries 430 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 8: to style himself as a Christian seminarian who had National 431 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 8: Democrats who he can appeal to evangelicals in Texas. 432 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: But I'm skeptical. Yeah, I think he's turning. He needs 433 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: to read his Bible right side up. So let's talk 434 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: about Texas. There's a pretty intense primary in the Republican side. 435 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: Do you have the incumbent Senator John Cornyn up against 436 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: the Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. That was pretty heated. 437 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: Is the party going to be able to come together 438 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: because there's going to be a runoff in that election. 439 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 8: It was a very heated three way primary. You also 440 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 8: had Congressman Wesley Hunt who got in the race late. 441 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 8: None of the three was able to achieve the outright majority, 442 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 8: and so it is going to run off between Senator 443 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 8: Cornyn and Attorney General Kim Paxton. And I think that 444 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 8: Cornyn is probably the favorite. Most likely, the president is 445 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 8: going to wind up supporting Senator Cornyn, I think when 446 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 8: you look at the tea leaves, but you're right, there's 447 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 8: going to be some, I think, hurt feelings after the 448 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 8: primaries concluded, and there'll be a uniting that needs to 449 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 8: take place in Texas to make sure the Republicans are 450 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 8: able to keep the state red. 451 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: Now some are trying to read a message in here 452 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: about incumbency. Is there anything to that? Well? 453 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 8: I do think the data show that incumbency does not 454 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 8: confer the benefit that it used to, and I think 455 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 8: part of that's just that people are fed up more 456 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 8: and more with institutions across the board. People are fed 457 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 8: up more and more with Congress as an institution. And 458 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 8: so even the fact that Senator Quarnan faced two very 459 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 8: serious opponents in the primary and is now going to 460 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 8: run off, I think is one sign that incumbency just 461 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 8: doesn't quite have the same benefit that it used to. 462 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: A Right, John, just a minute left. Going back to 463 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: your comment about energy, Do the Republicans need to be 464 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: concerned about the imbalance in the enthusiasm in the energy 465 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: going into November? I think that they have to do 466 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: everything that they can. If you're a member of Congress. 467 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 8: If you're somebody who's running for office on the Republican side, 468 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 8: you have to show your base that you're committed to 469 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 8: what they care about. And so we've done some national 470 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 8: polling recently that showed that Republican voters are concerned about 471 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 8: some of the decisions that HHS has made to allow 472 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 8: some of the Biden era policies around chemical drugs being 473 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 8: mailed into states, to allow that to continue, and Republican 474 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 8: voters want to see action on that heading into the 475 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 8: midterm election. 476 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: John, thanks so much for your analysis. I appreciate you 477 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: joining us. Connie, great to be with you, right, folks, 478 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: stick with us, folks. We're back with more of this 479 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: week on Capitol Hill right after this. Welcome back to 480 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: this week on Capitol Hill. I'm Tony Perkins, our hosts, 481 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us. All right. With the 482 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: Iran war dominating headlines, the partial government shutdown now set 483 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: to enter its third week, maybe getting less notice than 484 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: it deserves. House Republicans continue to press for full restoration 485 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: of resources to protect American communities as the global conflict 486 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: unfolds and the threat increases here at home. Joining me 487 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: now to discuss this and much more as Majority Leader 488 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: of the House. Steve Scaliesi represents Louisiana's first congressional district. 489 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: Leader Scalise, welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. 490 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. 491 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 3: Well, thanks as always for having me Tony go to 492 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 3: be with you. 493 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: Before we get into his continued government shutdown, let's talk 494 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: a little bit about Iran. How is Congress in the House? 495 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: We've seen the Senate. How's the House viewing the implications 496 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: of this war when it comes to national security. 497 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 9: I think most Americans recognize that Iran has been a 498 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 9: threat to our country for a long long time, and 499 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 9: I'm talking decades, going back to nineteen seventy nine. But 500 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 9: they've also killed hundreds of American service members over the years. 501 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 9: Let's not forget that they've attacked our military bases. Those 502 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 9: are declarations of war. 503 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 3: By the way. So this idea that we should have 504 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 3: just stayed out. 505 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 9: Of this, Iran has declared war against us for a 506 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 9: long time when they chant death to America and they're 507 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 9: trying to get a nuclear weapons program. Even though Operation 508 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 9: Midnight Hammer took out a lot of their weapons program, 509 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 9: they started right away after that attack to rebuild a 510 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 9: nuclear program to enrich more uranium, Tony. So they wanted 511 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 9: to get nuclear materials to them, put it on a 512 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 9: ballistic missile, using drones and other means to go deliver 513 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 9: those two not just Israel, but the United States and 514 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 9: kill us. And President Trump saw them kill tens of 515 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 9: thousands of their own people just a few weeks ago 516 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 9: and said. 517 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 3: Look, enough is enough. If they'll kill their. 518 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 9: Own people, they surely will kill us if they get 519 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 9: nuclear capabilities. 520 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 3: We cannot let that happen. And that's why this is 521 00:27:58,640 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 3: going on. 522 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 9: Look, we've we've got a narrow majority in the House, 523 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 9: and so you've seen on some of these votes how 524 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 9: close they are. But I don't think the American people 525 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 9: are that divided. They know that America is a safer 526 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,959 Speaker 9: place with the crazy Mullahs in Iran at bay, and 527 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 9: hopefully an opportunity for the good people of Iran to 528 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 9: take their country back, Tony, because there are a lot 529 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 9: of good people who want and yearn for freedom, who 530 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 9: have been slaughtered in the streets for the last few months, 531 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 9: who now can take their country back. 532 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: I think history suggest that when someone says they want 533 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: to kill you, you should believe them. Yeah, it's quite 534 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: clear their intentions. But it's also clear not only as 535 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: we hear from the Iranians that they see America as 536 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: the great Satan, they see Israel as a threat, and 537 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: they've made very clear they want to destroy Israel. How 538 00:28:54,200 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: strong does support for our ally Israel remain among members 539 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: of the House, And historically this has been a bipartisan 540 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: In fact, I don't know about fifteen years ago we 541 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: were together on a trip, a bipartisan trip to Israel, 542 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: and too today and Samaria one of the first congressional trips. 543 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: How strong is that support from a bipartisan perspective. 544 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 3: Satainly Tony, it's waning. 545 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 9: And you reference that trip that you and I and 546 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 9: our families took to Israel, and every time you go 547 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 9: to Israel, it's such a magical experience as a Catholic 548 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 9: to feel welcome in a Jewish country where the people 549 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 9: there and so much of the history of the Bible 550 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 9: happened there, and to be able to see that, and 551 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 9: yet we know they're under attack every day from countries 552 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 9: around them. We worked real closely with President Trump to 553 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 9: get the Abraham Accords, where you're seeing other countries, including 554 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 9: neighbors in the Middle East sign agreements of peace. President 555 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 9: Trump has tried to bring peace in the Middle East, 556 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 9: but Iran has always been the sponsor of terrorism, the 557 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 9: bad neighbor, let's just say, where they're always trying to 558 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 9: agitate to destroy Israel. They use Somemas and has Blond 559 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 9: and the hoodies and other proxies to try to kill 560 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 9: Jews and Americans. And you know, Congress has always stood 561 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 9: by Israel. But unfortunately a lot of Democrats now they 562 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 9: have a real growing anti Semitic wing of their party. 563 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 9: You saw that in the New York election with Mndami, 564 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,959 Speaker 9: you know, saying openly some anti Semitic things and yet 565 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 9: getting elected on a socialist platform saying he's going to 566 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 9: arrest the Prime Minister of Israel, Nanyahu. I mean, that's dangerous, 567 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 9: but that shows you where their party is going. 568 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: Based upon your position as the majority leader in the House, 569 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: you are privy to a lot of the information that 570 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: the leadership has. And I know you can't go into 571 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: classified briefings, but the administration made their case very clear 572 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: to Congress as to the threat. Any question in your 573 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: mind that this was the time to act. 574 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 9: Question Tony and you and I can't get in, like 575 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 9: you said, to the classified information. But just look at 576 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,959 Speaker 9: what they have said publicly and done. More importantly, this 577 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 9: President Trump was looking at not only were they working 578 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 9: to enrich uranium, create capabilities to deliver nuclear weapons through 579 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 9: ballistic missiles. They have a lot of drone capabilities combined 580 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 9: with missiles to get missiles not just shot at Israel, 581 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 9: but ultimately at America. But then they were slaughtering tens 582 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 9: of thousands of their own people while negotiations were going on. 583 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 9: And Iran has been a notorious for using negotiations to 584 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 9: drag out talks to continue enriching uranium while never agreeing 585 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 9: to anything. They were never going to agree to stop 586 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 9: working towards a nuclear weapons program. 587 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 3: And so President Trump finally. 588 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 9: Said, if they will kill tens of thousands of their 589 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 9: own people, they will not hesitate to kill Americans if 590 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 9: they get a nuclear bomb. And once they get that bomb, 591 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 9: it's too late to negotiate with them, because then you 592 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 9: lose that leverage. 593 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: This was the time to strike leaders school is just 594 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: a little over a minute, laughed. One of the key 595 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: issues that the Trump administration has been pressing domestically is 596 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: bringing down the cost of energy. Gas in particular. Obviously 597 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: we've seen a rise this week and the cost of 598 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: oil because of the uncertainty in the Middle East. You obviously, 599 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: from our home state Louisiana, energy production a big deal. 600 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: Are we going to see an increase in domestic production 601 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: to fill the vacuum the void? 602 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 9: Well, Luckily, because of President Trump's good energy policies, we 603 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 9: can now increase domestic production. Joe Biden has shut down 604 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 9: the Gulf of America for example, we now have least 605 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 9: sales that are going on. We're allowed now to do 606 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 9: more production onshore because of President Trump's policies, including up 607 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 9: in Anmar, and so we now if you look, you 608 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 9: didn't see the same spike in prices that you saw, 609 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 9: for example, in the nineteen seventies when the Shawl was 610 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 9: overthrown by the Ayatola. Because we are now able to 611 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 9: produce more of our own energy. That's why energy security 612 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 9: is so important, and President Trump has made that a 613 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 9: top priority. And there's a little bit of a bump 614 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 9: in prices, I think it's going to come back down 615 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 9: quickly because America can take care of ourselves with energy 616 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 9: production while we're helping our friends around the world and 617 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 9: stabilizing that region. Destabilizing Iran's radical clerics is going to 618 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,719 Speaker 9: be really good, not only for the Middle East, but 619 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 9: for America and the rest of the world. 620 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: Congressman Steve Scalise, always great to see you, my friend. 621 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us today. Great to be 622 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: with you. God bless Toney. All right, folks, after the break, 623 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: A few final thoughts on the news of the week, 624 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: So stay tuned for more this week on Capitol Hill. 625 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in to this week on Capitol Hill. Well. 626 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: As the US Air Force was dropping bombs on the 627 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: Mulas in Iran this week, the US Supreme Court released 628 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: a ruling that put the cultural malas here at home 629 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: on notice. Parents and teachers in California sued the state 630 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: over a policy requiring teachers to hide information from parents 631 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: about their children's efforts to socially transition at school. Schools 632 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: were required to keep parents in the dark unless the 633 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: child gave permission to inform the parents. Remarkably, this policy 634 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:32,720 Speaker 1: applied even to elementary school students. A federal district court 635 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,440 Speaker 1: ruled in favor of the parents and issued an injunction 636 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:39,240 Speaker 1: preventing the schools from misleading parents about their children's gender 637 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: identity at school or their social transitioning efforts. However, the 638 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: Ninth Circuit stepped in and stayed the injunction, allowing the 639 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: state's ideologically driven policy, one that effectively alienates parents from 640 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: their children, to remain in effect. The parents and the 641 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: teachers then appealed to the US Supreme Court, arguing in 642 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,400 Speaker 1: part on religious liberty grounds, that the injunction should remain 643 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: in place until the case is ultimately resolved. Well enough 644 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: that the Justice has agreed and granted emergency relief, allowing 645 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,720 Speaker 1: the injunction against the policy to stay in effect while 646 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: the case does proceed. The Court noted that the parents 647 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: are likely to succeed on the merits, and that allowing 648 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: the policy to remain in effect would cause irreparable harm 649 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: to their rights. Now, to be clear, this was not 650 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: the final ruling on the merits of the case, but 651 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: it is an important signal that the parents' claims are 652 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: substantial and they could ultimately prevail. But this case also 653 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 1: exposes something larger, how far government has drifted from its 654 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,680 Speaker 1: proper role and how destructive some modern policies have become 655 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: to the family. It is remarkable that the State of 656 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: California argued that this policy served a compelling interest in 657 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,839 Speaker 1: student safety and privacy. Yet, as the Court noted, such 658 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: policies effectively cut out the primary protectors of Jill their parents. 659 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: That observation brings us to the central issue who ultimately 660 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 1: bears responsibility for the well being information of children well? 661 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 1: Citing a case from more than a century ago, the 662 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 1: Supreme Court reaffirmed the long standing precedent that parents, not 663 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: the state, have the primary authority regarding the upbringing and 664 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: education of their children. The real question is how our 665 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,239 Speaker 1: society reached the point where states believe they have the 666 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 1: authority to cut parents out of the decisions that can 667 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: permanently shape or, in some cases, in the life of 668 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: their child on almost no other issue except abortion, which 669 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: would such deliberate disregard for printal authority be tolerated. Now, 670 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: that tells us a lot. At its core, this conflict 671 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: reflects a deeper cultural departure from a biblical understanding of 672 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: family and responsibility. Scripture consistently places responsibility for a child's 673 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: instruction in formation on the parents. Proverbs twenty two reminds 674 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,840 Speaker 1: us train up a child in the way that he 675 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: should go and when he is old, he will not 676 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: depart from it. Parents may delegate aspects of their child's education, 677 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 1: but they can never delegate responsibility. God holds mothers and 678 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,280 Speaker 1: fathers accountable for the guidance and protection of their children. 679 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 1: That is why parents must remain informed, engaged, and willing 680 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 1: to hold schools accountable because in the end, it won't 681 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,279 Speaker 1: be the system that lives with the consequences of these decisions. 682 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 1: It will be the parents that will be left with 683 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 1: the consequences, and that, my friends, has been this week 684 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill.