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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to a special edition of the Aaron

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Speaker 1: Mullin Show. I've just watched the entire State of the

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Speaker 1: Union address and wanted to bring in my raw, unfiltered

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Speaker 1: thoughts some of the highlights as well. I'll take you

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Speaker 1: through my notes. There's pages and pages of them. I

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Speaker 1: will try and keep this succinct, I promise, I'll try

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Speaker 1: and stick to all the things that matter. A lot

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Speaker 1: of pomp and ceremony, which of course is a big

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Speaker 1: part of what this speech is a lot of moments

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Speaker 1: of raw emotion. The President was sharp, he didn't lose

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Speaker 1: his way, he didn't stumble. He looked as good as

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Speaker 1: I've ever seen him giving a speech. And I say

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Speaker 1: that very sincerely. Of course, the Democrats here are some

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Speaker 1: of the moments they did not stand and applaud for

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Speaker 1: Maduro Gone a terrorist dictator, NATO being forced to pay

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Speaker 1: five percent of GDP towards their own defense, record numbers

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Speaker 1: for recruitment, and fentanyl being classified as a weapon of

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Speaker 1: mass destruction. They sat through all of that, God forbid.

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Speaker 1: They should be able to look beyond their Trump derangement

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Speaker 1: syndrome and applaud things that are actually good for America.

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Speaker 1: The first lady when she walked in rapturous applause. Of course,

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Speaker 1: all the Trump children were there. We had Tiffany, Let's

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Speaker 1: see if I can remember the order. Tiffany, Don Junior,

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Speaker 1: Eric Baron, oh Avanka was in between Eric and Baron,

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Speaker 1: and then Milania sat on the end.

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Speaker 2: There.

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Speaker 1: They showed various shots of them throughout. Of course, they

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Speaker 1: were very big fans of what their father was doing.

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Speaker 1: All the partners were sitting behind them. Donald Trump started

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Speaker 1: with America is back, baby.

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Speaker 2: Members of Congress, and my fellow Americans, our nation is back, bigger, better, richer,

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Speaker 2: and stronger than ever before. Today, our border is secure,

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Speaker 2: our spirit is restored.

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Speaker 3: Inflation is plummeting, incomes.

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Speaker 2: Are rising fast, the roaring economy is roaring like never before.

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Speaker 3: And our enemies are scared.

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Speaker 2: Our military and police are stacked, and America is respected.

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Speaker 3: Again, perhaps like never before.

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Speaker 2: For all of these reasons, I say tonight, Members of Congress,

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Speaker 2: the state of our Union is strong.

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Speaker 1: There were, of course, the moments that were very popular

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Speaker 1: amongst Republicans, like a few of these. Have a look.

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Speaker 2: American natural gas production is that in all time high

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Speaker 2: because I kept my promise to drill baby drill. More

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Speaker 2: Americans are working today than at any time in the

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Speaker 2: history of our country, and one hundred percent of all

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Speaker 2: jobs created under my administration have been in the private sector.

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Speaker 2: We ended di in America, we cut a record number

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Speaker 2: of job killing regulations, and in one year, we have

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Speaker 2: lifted two point four million Americans a record off of

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Speaker 1: But of course, what a lot of people were very

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Speaker 1: excited to see Team USA, the gold medalist hockey team.

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Speaker 3: Our country is winning again.

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Speaker 2: In fact, we're winning so much that we really don't

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Speaker 2: know what to do about it. People are asking me, please, please, please,

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Speaker 2: mister President.

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Speaker 3: We're winning too much. We can't take it anymore.

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Speaker 2: We're not used to winning in our country until you

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Speaker 2: came along. We're just always losing. But now we're winning

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Speaker 2: too much. And I say, no, no, no, you're going

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Speaker 2: to win again. You're going to win big. You're going

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Speaker 2: to win bigger than ever. And to prove that point,

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Speaker 2: to prove that point, here with us tonight is a

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Speaker 2: group of winners who just made the entire nation proud.

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Speaker 2: The men's gold medal Olympic hockey team. Come on, that's

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Speaker 2: the first time I've ever seen them get up and

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Speaker 2: actually not all of them did get up, but they

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Speaker 2: as did the American women who will soon be coming

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Speaker 2: to the White House.

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Speaker 1: Yes, the Democrats stood for that. I mean, come on,

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Speaker 1: they had to. They had to prescription drugs. A lot

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Speaker 1: of talk about that, a lot of focus on how

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Speaker 1: much cheaper that is. We had a World War Two veteran.

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Speaker 1: There's another couple of incredible military men that I'll get

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Speaker 1: to a little bit later on. There was a moment

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Speaker 1: to honor Scott, who was this incredible hero during the

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Speaker 1: Texas floods, rescued little girl called Millie Kate. She was

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Speaker 1: there as well with him. That was really special. Take

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Speaker 2: As the water's threatened to sweep her away, eleven year

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Speaker 3: She thought she was going to die.

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Speaker 2: Prayers were answered when Coastguard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskin descended

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Speaker 2: It was Scott's first ever rescue mission.

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Speaker 3: A young guy, but very brave.

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Speaker 2: Then he lifted not just Millie Kate but one hundred

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Speaker 2: Kate are here together, reunited for the very first time.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Scott Millie Kate.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Donald Trump, the sly read them upline here

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Speaker 2: So in my first year of the second term, should

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Speaker 2: be my third term, but strange things happened.

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Speaker 1: Then he brought up fraud and Minnesota, including the Somali community,

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Speaker 1: and ilan Oma was not happy.

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Speaker 2: Jan There's been no more stunning example than Minnesota. There

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Speaker 2: members of the Somali community of pillaged and estimated nineteen

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Speaker 2: billion dollars from the American taxpayer. We have all the

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Speaker 2: information and in actuality the number is much higher than

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Speaker 2: that in California, Massachusetts, Maine and many other states are

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Speaker 2: even worse. This is the kind of corruption that shreds

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Speaker 2: the fabric of a nation, and we are working on

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Speaker 2: it like you wouldn't believe. So Tonight, although started four

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Speaker 2: to be led by our great Vice President JD. Vance.

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Speaker 1: Ilan Oma started yelling out at the mention of Somali fraud.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's fat, it is fact. This isn't racism.

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Speaker 1: This is pointing out there is a significant issue with

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Speaker 1: Somali fraud, a whole hell of a lot of money

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Speaker 1: being stolen from Americans. That's not a personal insult to you,

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Speaker 1: even though there are things you could have done, absolutely

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Speaker 1: and your own failings and flaws. But why take that personally.

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Speaker 1: You should be leading the charge and saying this hurts

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Speaker 1: the Somali community. Let's call it out. Let's eradicate it.

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Speaker 1: Of course not. She then started yelling back out at Trump,

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Speaker 1: have a look.

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Speaker 2: Please sanctuary cities that protect the criminals and enact serious

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Speaker 2: penalties for public officials who.

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Speaker 3: Block the removal of criminal aliens.

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Speaker 2: In many cases, drug lords, murders all over our country.

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Speaker 3: They're blocking the removal.

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Speaker 3: And you should be ashamed of your saying.

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Speaker 1: President Trump gave a little house you fire the shout

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Speaker 1: out to Mayor Mom Danny. Of course, this is about

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Speaker 1: the Save America Act, an ID.

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Speaker 3: And even the new communist mayor of New York City.

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Speaker 3: I think he's a nice guy. Actually speak to him.

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Speaker 2: Alert they had policy, but nice guy just said they

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Speaker 2: want people to shovel snow they got hit hard. Want

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Speaker 2: them to shovel snow. But if you apply for that job,

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Speaker 2: you need to show two original forms of IDA and

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Speaker 2: a Social Security card. Yet they don't want identification for

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Speaker 2: the greatest privilege of them all, voting in America.

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Speaker 3: Now it's no good.

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Speaker 1: Erica Kirk was there a very powerful moment where President

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Speaker 1: Trump honored her husband, Charlie Kirk, who was of course

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Speaker 1: after we know that Candice Owens has released a trailer

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Speaker 1: for an investigative series into Erica Kirk and of course

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Speaker 1: insinuating a role that she did not play in the

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Speaker 1: death of her husband, appalling.

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Speaker 2: So she was very emotion His wonderful wife, Erica is

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Speaker 3: Erica, please stand.

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Speaker 1: We had the mother of Arena, that poor beautiful Ukrainian

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Speaker 1: woman who was stabbed on a train. Wasn't that horrific?

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Speaker 1: And her mother, of course, understandably incredibly emotional. President Trump

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Speaker 1: talked about the wars that he has helped to end

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Speaker 1: or he has ended, and of course he also thanked

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Speaker 2: I want to thank Steve Whitcoff and Jerk Krishna for

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Speaker 2: also want to thank the Manday Report too. Secretary of

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Speaker 3: People I like you.

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Speaker 2: You know, Marco got one hundred percent of the votes

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Speaker 2: when he was in conformence. I think our next one

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Speaker 2: And he said, it's an honor that they feel that way. Right, Marco,

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Speaker 2: you have done a great job, great Secretary of State.

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Speaker 2: I think he'll go down as the bestsever.

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Speaker 1: And of course I was very interested in this part.

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Speaker 1: A lot of you guys my audience are as well.

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Speaker 1: When it came to the Islamic regime and a potential

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Speaker 1: described them as terrible people. Take a look.

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Speaker 2: For decades, it had been the policy of the United

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Speaker 2: Many decades since they seized control of that proud nation

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Speaker 2: forty seven years ago, the regime and its murderous proxies

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Speaker 2: a huge impact. He was the father of the roadside vale.

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Speaker 2: And just over the last couple of months with the protests,

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Speaker 3: But this is some terrible people.

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Speaker 2: They've already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our

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Speaker 3: After Midnight Hammer, they were warned to make no.

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Speaker 2: Future attempts to rebuild their weapons program, in a particular

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Speaker 3: Yet they continue the starting it all over.

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Speaker 2: We wiped it out, and they want to start all

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Speaker 2: We are in negotiations with them. They want to make

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Speaker 2: a deal, but we haven't heard those secret words. We

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Speaker 2: is to solve this problem through diplomacy.

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Speaker 3: But one thing is certain.

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Speaker 2: I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror,

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Speaker 2: Can't let that happen.

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Speaker 1: And he says, of course he will never, as you

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Speaker 1: can't do a deal with these people. But you guys

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Speaker 1: know my thoughts. Already on this there was a very

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Speaker 1: powerful reuniting of a political prisoner from Venezuela and Rique

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Speaker 1: with his niece. Take look with.

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Speaker 2: Us tonight, is Alejandro Gonzalez. You grew up in a

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Speaker 2: Alejandro feared she would never see her uncle again. She

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Speaker 2: feared for her own life also. But since the raid,

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Speaker 2: we have worked with the new leadership and they have

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Speaker 2: ordered the closure of that vile prison and released hundreds

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Speaker 2: to inform you that not only has your uncle been released,

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Speaker 4: Enrique, please come down.

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Speaker 1: One of my favorite moments. This pilot, this warrant Officer

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Speaker 1: Eric was a hero during that operation to snag Maduro,

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Speaker 2: But the deeds of one warrior that night will live

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Speaker 3: Chief Warrant Officer five, Eric Slover planned the mission and

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Speaker 2: Eric steered the Chinook under the cover of night and

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Speaker 2: Not too good? Well. Preparing to land, enemy machine guns

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Speaker 2: only thing Eric was thinking about then, even as he

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Speaker 2: In recognition of Eric's actions above and beyond the call

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Speaker 1: beautiful moment, really beautiful moment. Then we had Royce one

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Speaker 2: There is one last living legend to honor before we go.

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Speaker 2: Royce Williams served in World War II Korea Vietnam, flying

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Speaker 2: Overcoreer nineteen fifty two, Royce was in the dogfight of

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Speaker 2: this brave Navy captain is finally getting the recognition he deserves.

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Speaker 2: He was a legend long before this evening. Royce, please

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Speaker 1: And of course President Trump ended it on a high

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Speaker 2: The revolution that began in seventeen seventy six has not ended.

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Speaker 2: It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence

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Speaker 2: glorious than ever before. Thank you, God, bless you, and

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Speaker 1: Again, we saw the Democrats sit for so many things

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Speaker 1: But still there were moments where I just went, come on,

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Speaker 1: you can stand, and I tell you who My favorite

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Speaker 1: standing at every opportunity and clapping harder than anyone else.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget, We've got another episode out at six am

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Speaker 1: in the morning. Love your thanks so much, Take care

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Speaker 2: Jack, Thanks Jacketsels