1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Richard Arnold, good morning, he's not cooperating. Where are we at? 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 2: Not a lot further, but it might be a good 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: time to switch off from social media. The murder of 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 2: Charlie Kirk has spawned many intense reactions, as you've been 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: seeing from all political corners. Pilots, teachers, commentators have been 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: fired or suspended because of their online post. Fox News 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 2: host Jesse waters a pine that Kirk was not polarizing 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: but patriot novel. As Stephen King responded to Kirk advocated 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: stoning Gage to death. Ted Cruise then called King a 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: quote horrible, evil, twisted liar. Then King deleted his post 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: and apologized. Trump weighed in with. 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 3: This, the radicals on the left are the problem, and 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 3: they're vicious, and they're horrible, and they're politically savvy. 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: Well, we know the number of left wing politicians have 15 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: been targets so of this violence as well. Trump aid, 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: Stephen Miller said, but you're going to. 17 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 4: Do what it takes to dismantle the organizations and the 18 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 4: entities that are fomenting riots, that are docsing, that are 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 4: trying to inspire terrorism, and that are committee acts of 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 4: wanting violence. 21 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: Tato, Steve Bannon said the country internally is at war, 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 2: and they quote steely resolver is required, and so on 23 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: and on. As to the investigation of this case, a 24 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: little new is indicated. One person being noted for his 25 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: comments is Utah's Republican governor Spencer Cox, who says police 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: have interviewed the AQ shooter's roommate with whom he is 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 2: alleged to have been romantically involved and who is transitioning 28 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 2: from male to female, whom government says was shocked at 29 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: what has happened. 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 4: I will say that that person has been very cooperative. 31 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: Government mostly has been lashing out at social medium. He 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: says it is up to each individual to decide how 33 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: to react to some of this, but assuredly this is 34 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 2: a moment of significant political turbulence. 35 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: Of course. Trump is off to see the King this 36 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: week as regards the war. On the way though this 37 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: NATO thing a they play, he plays, He plays, I mean, 38 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: how's this workout? 39 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 2: Well, it's again Trump backing away from his promise to 40 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: sanction Russia more significantly over its invasion of Ukraine. He 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: has regularly threatened to punish Putin with new sanctions if 42 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 2: Russi refused to reach any agreement with Ukraine or move 43 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: towards it. Now he's adding these new conditions he has set, 44 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 2: as you say, to visit the UK this week, Trump 45 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: proposing new conditions for NATO allies, saying you will only 46 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: sanction Russia when all NATO nations stopped buying oil from 47 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: Russian and post tarifs on China. That is very unlikely, 48 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: says military analys Steve Ganyol. 49 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 4: A very little chance that those NATO countries that are 50 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 4: still buying oil and gas from Russia will. 51 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: Cooperate, especially hungry in Turkey. So another pass for Putin 52 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 2: is it? Trump himself is saying of the supposed peace effort, 53 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: it does take two to tango. 54 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 3: It's amazing when Putin wants to do it. Zelenski didn't. 55 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 3: When Zelensky wanted to do it, Putin did. Now Zelenski 56 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: wants to, and Putin's a question mark. 57 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: Well, some would question where the Putin ever wanted to 58 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: take part in cease fire efforts. And there are growing 59 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: concerns among even some Republican polligues that Russia is simply 60 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: toying with Washington. Meantime, there is a new Russian drone 61 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 2: violation couple of F sixteen fighters were scrambled this weekend 62 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: as a Russian and violated Romanian airspace. So last week Poland, 63 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 2: now Romania as NATO faces these growing challenges see Wednesday. 64 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: Richard Arnold stateside Belarus. By the way, while we're in 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: that eastern part of Europe, a whole bunch of political 66 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: prisoners were released over the weekend. This is a deal 67 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: they did with Lukashenko, Trump and Lukashenko. So fifty two prisoners, 68 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: trade union leaders, journalist activists, all those sort of thing. 69 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: There's about a thousand of them still in jail. And 70 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: as a result of that, the US will relieve some 71 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: of the sanctions on beller Ussian. The airline Belavia Memphis 72 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: is your next port of call for the National Guard, 73 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: by the way, just to bring you up to speed. 74 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: So Washington, apparently that's a tech Chicago. I think they've 75 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: arrived in Chicago, but anyway, he's aiming for Memphis next. 76 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: And if you look at the crime rate in Memphis, 77 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: one of the highest crime rates in America. In Bolsonaro, 78 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: I think it was Friday got twenty seven years. The 79 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: Americans don't like that either. They see that as a 80 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: bit of a stitch up, so they're going to do 81 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: something about that, we don't know what. Meantime, Rubio, who 82 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: is particularly upset about he's in the middle of Israel 83 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: trying to solve that problem at the moment, so it's 84 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: not like they're not racking up ere Myles trying to 85 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: solve the world's problems. 86 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: For more from The Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 87 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 88 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.