1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: The next story was particularly personal to the I a C. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: And the Israelian American community. Our next guests are two 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Israelian Americans whose son has been to Hell and came back. 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: Here's their story. 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: My name is Adana Alexander. Back to Shalon. 6 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: Natan Hame, the last American Afterlada Ann Alexander is born. 7 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 4: Thousands turned out to sing, dance, and celebrate. 8 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 5: His Alexander was honored this morning in his hometown of 9 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 5: Tenafly cocked. 10 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 3: Alexander Star of David Eclas, his late son, which to 11 00:00:58,240 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 3: gi Don. 12 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 4: Alexander met with President Trump and the First Lady today 13 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 4: at the White House. 14 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, another round of applause please for these 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: incredible human beings on what is a much happier occasion. 16 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: Please come out, Yale and Addie Alexander. This is an 17 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: entirely new existence for you two. Isn't it Having people 18 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: stand and cheer and clap for you. 19 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 5: It's insane, challo everyone, good evening. It is insane. Last 20 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 5: year we've been in different situations in the I a c. Summit, 21 00:01:54,120 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 5: and tonight we're grateful. He done is home, is a 22 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 5: be done. It was healthy and thank God for that. 23 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: I want you. 24 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: To take me back. And now that he's home, I 25 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: don't know if this is easier to do or you 26 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: were just in the moment and on automode. How did 27 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 2: you survive that many days? Because you know, I say 28 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 2: to people, I lose my daughter in the supermarket for 29 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: a second and I feel physically ill. I can't even 30 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: fathom how you breathed for that long. 31 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 5: It was five hundred and eighty four days of fear, 32 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 5: of exhaustion, of night without sleep, and worried, constant worry 33 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 5: for my child. I didn't know what to say to 34 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 5: my daughter and my little son Roy like we were exhausted, 35 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 5: but still with a lot of faith and a lot 36 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 5: of belief that he done is strong, It's gonna be okay, 37 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 5: We'll survive, and thank God it is. 38 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 2: I think it's a very different experience a mother and 39 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: a father, and I know that that men in particular, 40 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: and thank you President Trump, were allowed to talk about 41 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: men having certain traits now as well they say the dead. 42 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 2: It must have been so hard for you because your 43 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: job as a dad is to protect your family. How 44 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: did you survive and how did you try and and 45 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: shield them from this? 46 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 6: Horror, So thank you for having us. It was really 47 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 6: out of body experience to waken up every morning to 48 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 6: this thing for the five hundred and eighty four days. 49 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 4: But hope was. 50 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 6: Mandatory and we wene since the beginning from the released 51 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 6: hostages that saw it done in those tunnels, and it 52 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 6: was relatively well. And but seven months before he is released, 53 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 6: we had no signs of life. 54 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 5: It was. 55 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 6: It was unbelievable situation up until this Thanksgivings. How stage 56 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 6: video was released after four hundred and twenty twenty one days, 57 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 6: if I'm correct, and it gave us tremendous hope and 58 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 6: strength and finally it happened for us and for everybody else. 59 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 2: Take me back to the moment that you were told 60 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: and if you wouldn't mind take a second by second 61 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 2: from when you got the call or the message or 62 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: someone came in person. 63 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 5: So it's Mother's Day Sunday morning. We are all the 64 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 5: family together and after brunch we want to go out 65 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 5: to the to sit outside of the garden and they 66 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 5: told me, listen, I need to blow some leaves. It's 67 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 5: not clean enough outside. And then he's looking at his 68 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 5: phone and he's calling me a oh yeah, well, you 69 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 5: wouldn't believe it. I see ten missals from Steve Whitkof 70 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 5: and I'm like, what, go ahead, let's see what's going on. 71 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 4: And then Steve. 72 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: Is telling us listen, open the tv. In a couple 73 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 5: of minutes, Hamas gonna release an announcement. Daddy Done is 74 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 5: gonna be released tomorrow. Get a tickets now to Israel. 75 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 4: And I'm like crying, and. 76 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 5: You cannot believe the feeling that I had, and especially 77 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 5: on Mother's Day, my son is coming back home. Itwas unbelievable. 78 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,679 Speaker 2: He's been home for a little while now. And I wonder, 79 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: and I mean you Israelis and Jewish people are wonderful 80 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,559 Speaker 2: with human so I'm allowed to ask this. I wonder 81 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: when first time was that he got frustrated with him 82 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: or get angry with him since he came home, like 83 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: did you get did he leave something on the floor 84 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 2: or like his messy room? Like when does the when 85 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: does your softness end? 86 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 5: Where is this sweatcher? Where is this T shirt? Like 87 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 5: small stuff? You know he's done is very like very 88 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 5: calm and very centered. So it's not like losing it. 89 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 5: But you know what I miss? I was missing so 90 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 5: much of this stuff, you know, for him to ask 91 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 5: me you saw that sweater? 92 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 4: You know, where is this? And that? 93 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 5: Because he's forgetting everything. And I'm like, thank god, this 94 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 5: is the Texas now between us. 95 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 2: The things that once annoys you, you now are so great. 96 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 4: Everything is like extraordinary. 97 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 2: Now tell me about this man whom I'm about to 98 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: invite up on stage, Steve wick Cough and the support 99 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 2: that he provided to you, and what he means to 100 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 2: you as a person. 101 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 6: First of all, none of this is what have happened 102 00:06:52,800 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 6: without Steve. And first of all, a huge credit for 103 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 6: President Trump for his leadership and for the really moral 104 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 6: clarity for him even before taking office, recognizing the real 105 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 6: humanitarian crisis. And for Miriam Meddelsohn. We spent so many, 106 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 6: so many times and hours on over the phone and meetings. 107 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 6: Her help was really crucial. But Steve was He's like 108 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 6: a family to us. I think we talked over the 109 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 6: phone for the six months every day, literally every day, 110 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 6: not every other day, but every day. And I think 111 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 6: it's all it's all because of him. My son wearing 112 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 6: Andrews chained proudly, and we we think about this man 113 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 6: every day. 114 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 2: Really, I'd normally say that's creepy that I get it. 115 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: I get it. I'd like to actually ask Steve to 116 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: make his way up, and whilst he's making his way up, 117 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: I want to ask you very quickly to tell us, 118 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: and I know you don't want to go into lots 119 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: of detail, but how it done is and the fact 120 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 2: that he wants to go back into the military is 121 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 2: pretty amazing. 122 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 6: I think it cut us a little bit by surprise 123 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 6: and surprisingly asked to go back into his original unit, 124 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 6: which is infantry Golani Brigade. We said no way, but 125 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 6: he came back and he felt strongly that. 126 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 5: He needed that. 127 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 6: And back then when he made this decision, we still 128 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 6: had hostages in there. We still have one of our 129 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 6: guys round villa there, but back then we had almost 130 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 6: fifty hostages and again were really proud of this decision. 131 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 6: He had seven month left on this service and we 132 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 6: are waiting to get him back. 133 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 2: That's phenomenal. Ladies and gentlemen, please make very welcome Steve 134 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 2: wick Path. Now I'd like to stay standing and give 135 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 2: a very well earned farewell to this incredible couple. Thank 136 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 2: you so much for joining us, Thank you, thank you 137 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: so much, so lovely to meet you. Mister Wickcoff, I 138 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 2: had your son on my show and he was wonderful. 139 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 2: You should be very proud. 140 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 4: He's sitting right here. Oh was he here? Oh? 141 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 2: Alex, Hello, he's a wonderful, wonderful young man. You've done 142 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 2: an incredible job. 143 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 4: Thank you. 144 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: We're not here to talk about him, though, ah we no, 145 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 2: we're here. The first of all, thank you for the 146 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: incredible job that you do. 147 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 4: Thank you. 148 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 2: It's phenomenal. And I will ask you about Iran, but 149 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 2: before I want to ask you about this space, because 150 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: this incredible couple just said you spoke to them every day, 151 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 2: and they weren't the only hostage family. As we know, 152 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 2: this was deeply personal to you, wasn't it. This wasn't 153 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 2: just a job. This was I'm assuming your existence non stop, 154 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: twenty four hours a day for a long period of time. 155 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 4: Well, first of all, it was deeply personal to President Trump. 156 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 2: He is. 157 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 4: When we got the twenty hostages home, the last twenty 158 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 4: and their families came to the White House, the President 159 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 4: pulled me aside. I saw the tears. He doesn't like 160 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 4: anyone to see tears, and he said to me, this 161 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: is the greatest day I've ever had in the White House. 162 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 2: Wow, that is incredible. 163 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you know, I'm a member of that really 164 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 4: bad club that has lost a child. So for me, 165 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 4: it was very personal, and I think the President knew that, 166 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 4: and so when he allowed me to take this job, 167 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 4: it was the greatest blessing of my life because my 168 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 4: son's death then got to mean something for me. I 169 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 4: got to meet these incredible families and work with them 170 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 4: and meet the most incredible people I ever had the 171 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 4: privilege of working with Eric Carilla. He became my very 172 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 4: very good friend. Miriam Addelson I met as a result 173 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 4: of her friendship with the President. We became great friends. 174 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 4: So it was a very special experience. 175 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 2: Was there a part of helping to get so many 176 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 2: people home that was healing for you in a way? 177 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: And I don't know, I've never gone through what you've 178 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: gone through. 179 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I feel I feel that my boy 180 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: puts his hand on my shoulder and leads me in 181 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 4: these to these places, and his death now feels like 182 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 4: it counts for something like that was his purpose. God 183 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 4: took him back at twenty three, but asked me through him, 184 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 4: or asked him through me to meet these wonderful families 185 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 4: and it's it's the blessing of my life. I don't 186 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 4: know how to describe it any more than that. 187 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: Are there any moments where he thought this ain't gonna happen? 188 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: Did you have those moments? Sorry, that's very Australian where 189 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 2: you thought this will not happen. 190 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, we were. We were scared. I mean I talked 191 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 4: to the Alexanders. We did talk every day, and we 192 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 4: talked to all the families, and we would come to 193 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 4: Israel and go to Hostage Square and meet with the families. 194 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 4: And they were frustrated because Hamas said that they would 195 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 4: release at certain times and then they held back, and 196 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 4: so it was a very difficult, you know. On the 197 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 4: one hand, we were negotiating. On the other hand, we 198 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 4: were trying to make the families understand that we were hopeful, 199 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 4: and yet we were frustrated and discouraged, and we didn't 200 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 4: want to show them that. 201 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: President Trump took to x or truth social his version. 202 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 2: It was then reposted on next just a few moments 203 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 2: ago the Board of Peace, and he attributed that to you, 204 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 2: which is phenomenal. Congratulations. Can you tell us what that 205 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 2: is and what it means, not just for the Middle East, 206 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 2: but for the global existence of all of us. 207 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 4: Well, it's not just me. I mean, we have a 208 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 4: great team. President Trump dreamt it up. He's a big thinker. 209 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 4: His son in lawd Jared Kushner, who's become my partner 210 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: and is exceptional. I mean, he's really exceptional. You know, 211 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 4: the American government is an amazing team. 212 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 2: Now. 213 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: I was on the phone with Marco Rubio before he 214 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 4: got here. 215 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 2: I love him. 216 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: He's amazing, sensational. Our Vice president is amazing, Pete Haig Seth. 217 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 4: I mean, the list goes on and on. Brad Cooper, who, 218 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 4: General Carilla, who replaced General Carilla, Dan Caine. It's mesmerizing. 219 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 4: I mean I was during Operation Midnight Hammer. I was 220 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 4: in the situation room with these guys. To myself, I 221 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 4: missed the Vietnam Draft by probably eighteen months. Now I 222 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 4: have an opportunity to be close to these incredible warriors, 223 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 4: and they're amazing men. General Carilla is an amazing man. 224 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: We were so lucky to have them. But the Board 225 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 4: of Peace is a really big deal, really big deal. 226 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 4: Jared and I did a FaceTime today with the fourteen 227 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 4: members of the Technocratic Committee. We actually have succeeded that 228 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 4: the United States government has in standing up a new 229 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 4: government that will forever replace some of us. That happened today. 230 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: Congratulations, it's incredible. I guess that leads really nicely into 231 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 2: a situation that is not nice at all, and that 232 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 2: is Iran. And we've seen some of the most courageous, 233 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 2: phenomenal people in the world stand up against an evil 234 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 2: raging and fight for their freedom. God bless them all. 235 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: President Trump has said help is on the way. What 236 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 2: does that mean? 237 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: Well, I think President Trump warned the Iranians, and at 238 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 4: his direction, we communicated with the Iranians yesterday and one 239 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 4: of the things we were concerned about were the killings 240 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,479 Speaker 4: that were rumored to be on the way, hangings, mass hangings, 241 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 4: and that's been shut down. I think as everyone knows 242 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 4: that President has announced that he's the only one in 243 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 4: the world who has that indomitable strength that can bend people. 244 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 4: I watch it happen. It's quite remarkable to watch it happen. 245 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 4: And he says to me all the time, Steve, You're 246 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 4: so lucky to be my envoy. How lucky? How lucky 247 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 4: are you? Okay that that How lucky are you that 248 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 4: I picked you? You didn't even know where the Black 249 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 4: Sea was before you became the envoy. I'm not sure 250 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 4: that's entirely right, but it's Oh my god, it's my 251 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 4: greatest privilege to work for him. He's such an exceptional man. 252 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 2: He's a phenomenal Fox News again, prior to coming on here, 253 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: have said that the significant American military infrastructure is heading 254 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: towards and I know you can't say much, so don't 255 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 2: get me wrong, I understand that. Do you think we'll 256 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 2: see some kind of military action? 257 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 4: Well, I hope, I hope there's a diplomatic resolution, I 258 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 4: really do. There are four issues. Nuclear enrichment missiles we have, 259 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 4: they have to cut back on their inventory, the actual 260 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 4: material that they have, which is roughly two thousand kilograms, 261 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 4: which is enriched anywhere between three point sixty seven percent 262 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 4: and sixty and the proxies of course, because and I 263 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 4: think if Iran, which is stumbling in their economy, it's 264 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 4: a pretty serious situation. There's no water there sixteen hours 265 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 4: a day, there's no electric twelve hours a day. Inflation 266 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 4: is probably well north of fifty percent. That's a lot 267 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 4: of problems. So I think if they want to come 268 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 4: back to the League of nations. We can solve those 269 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 4: four problems diplomatically, then that would be a great resolution, 270 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 4: and I think the alternative is a bad one. 271 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 2: The people of Iran clearly want that regime gone. What 272 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 2: would you say to them? 273 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 4: I'd say to them, they're incredibly courageous people, and we 274 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 4: stand with you. 275 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 2: Last point on this, President Trump, I think two days 276 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: prior to the twelve Day War, starting said regarding the 277 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 2: Islamic regime of Iran, we'll give them two weeks. And 278 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 2: then two days later they were on could we be 279 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 2: saying something similar in regards to maybe Jeff misleading people 280 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 2: a little bit? 281 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 4: And then, well, I want to say I had General Carell, 282 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 4: I was in the room with General Carilla. I had 283 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 4: the great privilege of being in the command center with 284 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 4: the president during the twelve Day War. The President he's 285 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 4: a really good commander in chief. I actually asked him afterwards, 286 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 4: like where did you learn this? Did you go to 287 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 4: war college? Because he's just that good. His instincts are impeccable. 288 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 4: He understands all the different iterations. Now he's the part 289 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 4: of it is he's got a great team. So at 290 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 4: Sencom at the Pentagon, their war planning. They're giving him 291 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 4: all the different alternatives, but his instincts are just spot on. 292 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 4: And I don't want to you know, I'm not in 293 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 4: a position to reveal sort of how he thinks, but 294 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 4: I think it's hard to understand how he thinks. He 295 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 4: just always inevitably adds to the right place. And I 296 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 4: think they'll get our country there this time too. 297 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 2: Mister wearecroft. Were you just basically trying to say to 298 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: me trust President Trump? Were you just trying to say 299 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 2: to me, just trust President Trump. 300 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 4: That's what I'm saying. He's the right guy to trust. 301 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 4: He's the right man for the job. 302 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 2: Now amazing. Oh when you look back on your life 303 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 2: and this feels a little bit more. But and you're 304 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: still very young, by the way, don't don't you worry 305 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: at all? What do you think your legacy will be 306 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 2: and what would you like people to say about you? 307 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 4: Well, I hope, I hope people think I'm a good 308 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 4: person and that I tried to help. 309 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 2: Outside of what you do. And we'll wrap it up. 310 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 2: I know you're very busy and you've got to go out. 311 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 2: I'd love to know what gives you joy, obviously, family 312 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 2: and what do you do that makes you happy or 313 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 2: that helps you switch off a little bit, because this 314 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 2: world must be all consuming. 315 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 4: The I'll answer the question within something I an experience 316 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 4: I had. We went to the Israeli hospital where the 317 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 4: five IDF girls were released. Clearly they were substantially mistreated. 318 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 4: All their families were in the room. I was there 319 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 4: with other people from my team and my girlfriend, and 320 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 4: I'd had a dream that I was singing I'm ysrael hi, 321 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 4: the song that night before, and I told the parents this, 322 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 4: and all the doctors walked into the room and the 323 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 4: nurses and it was just this incredible energy and everybody 324 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 4: started singing I'm yusrael High. And so that so the 325 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 4: President says to me all the time, he says, You're 326 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 4: never gonna want to go out and build skyscrapers again, 327 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 4: are you after this? And the truth is no. This 328 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 4: is what I've had the opportunity to do in the 329 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 4: last eleven months is the most worthy thing I ever 330 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 4: had the opportunity to do. And so I'm thankful for that, 331 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 4: and I thank President Trump. 332 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 3: For that. 333 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 2: Final question for you. This event tonight is so important, 334 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 2: and I think we see examples all over the world 335 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 2: that when you don't have unity, and when you don't 336 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 2: have strong relationships between nations, things crumble and they fall. 337 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 2: Where would you rate currently the relationship between America and Israel, 338 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 2: and particularly between the two leaders as well. 339 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 4: So I would say I would echo what General Carilla said, 340 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 4: They're our best partner and thank God. I think the 341 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 4: Israelis would tell you thank God for the United States, 342 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 4: and we would say thank God for Israel. 343 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 2: So kay, Steve Rickough, thank you so much for making time. 344 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 2: I know that it was really thanks a big ask, 345 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 2: So thank you. 346 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 4: We appreciate it so much. 347 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 2: Thanks be late.