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It's 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: Tony Katz today. 3 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: So we're on day six of the shutdown, and I 4 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: don't think anybody cares in that people who aren't getting 5 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: paid by the government, who like working in. 6 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 3: The military, they care. 7 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: But as a matter of a conversation that is moving America. 8 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 3: Nope. 9 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: And the idea that Chuck Schumer or Hakim Jeffrey is 10 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: the leader of the Senate for the Democrats, leader of 11 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: the House for the Democrats, respectively, are making any headway 12 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: by calling this a Republican shutdown. That doesn't seem to 13 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: be happening either. Tony Katz, Tony Katz today, good to 14 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: be with you. Senator Todd Young joins us right now, 15 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: Republican senator, senior senator from Indiana, and sir, you've got 16 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 2: the front row. 17 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 3: Seat to the end of the world as we know it. 18 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: The fundamental argument here seems to be Chuck Schumer in 19 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: transigent and discussing that Republicans aren't doing enough for healthcare. 20 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: That has been their one and only argument to engage 21 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: a continuing resolution that will only take us November twenty first, 22 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: as you see it is this Chuck Schumer's real argument. 23 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 2: Is this the Democrats only argument? Are they arguing something 24 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: else or is this just something they're saying to try 25 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: and show how tough they are against Donald Trump. 26 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 4: Well, thanks for having me on, Tony. 27 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 5: In fact, I'm outside the Indianapolis airport about to head 28 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 5: back to DC, and you are correct, there is no 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 5: near term crisis. 30 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 4: That is a current. 31 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 5: I don't doubt that their federal employees and perhaps certain 32 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 5: program beneficiaries that might be anxious about this shutdown showdown, 33 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 5: and this will become more serious as the days go on, 34 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: and it's important for us to have a functional federal government. 35 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 5: But make no mistake, this is a manufactured crisis, manufactured 36 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 5: by Chuck Schumer and by Minority Leader Jeffers Jefferies over 37 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 5: in the House. 38 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 4: And why they're doing. 39 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 5: This, this is because they. 40 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 4: Have no power. 41 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 5: They were rejected last November in the election, their platform 42 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 5: was rejected, and their far left wing base is insisting 43 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 5: that they fight. They fight against Donald Trump, they fight 44 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 5: against the Republican Party, and this is gesture politics. Now, 45 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 5: there are substantive disagreements, of course between Republicans and Democrats. 46 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 5: That is arguably what the election was about It was 47 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 5: about these very substantive disagreements. So we have disagreements on healthcare, 48 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 5: those continue, We've had those for years. I, for one, 49 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 5: want to address the root causes of healthcare dysfunction and 50 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 5: continuing price increases. The Democrats and I might be able 51 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 5: to find some measure of common ground on some. 52 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 4: Of these issues. But it is unfair for the. 53 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 5: Democrats to expect Republicans to come to the table under 54 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 5: duress under a government shut down scenario. That would be 55 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 5: a bad precedent to establish, especially when I think so 56 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 5: many Americans understand exactly what is happening here. 57 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: One more thing. 58 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 5: This is a clean short term funding bill, meaning we 59 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 5: don't add any substantive measures to it. We just want 60 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 5: to keep government open until mid November so that we 61 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 5: have time to negotiate spending packages, which is how Congress 62 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 5: is supposed to work. The Democrats are categorically and as 63 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 5: a matter of principle, they tell us opposed to voting 64 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 5: for this, But when they were in control of the 65 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 5: Senate just a year ago, they voted thirteen times for 66 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 5: clean short term funding bills. This is under President Biden. 67 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 5: Actually it extends back a year, but during his four 68 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 5: years in office thirteen times, so this is nothing new. 69 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 5: Let's not be deceived by the Democrats talking points. 70 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: But I think what makes it weirder is that this 71 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 2: is a seven week cr to get us to November 72 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: twenty first. We're not even discussing this is okay, six months, 73 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 2: seven months worth of Congress of all due respect not 74 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 2: doing their job and passing a budget. This is this 75 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: isn't six seven months of continuing resolutions. Start talking to 76 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: Centator Todd Young of Indiana. This is seven weeks. What 77 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 2: happened been in seven weeks on November twenty first. 78 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, in seven weeks we'd be faced with this very 79 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 5: same situation. So in the interim, and this is where 80 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 5: there is I think, you know, there is a ray 81 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 5: of hope for those of us who who don't want 82 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 5: government to be shut down, who don't believe that the 83 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 5: American people sent people like myself to Washington to shut 84 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 5: government down, but instead make it work. My hope is 85 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 5: that we can come up with an arrangement where we 86 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 5: will have everone vote for this short term clean spending 87 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 5: bills the President has insisted we do, and then we 88 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 5: use that opportunity to pass the bipartisan spending bills that 89 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 5: we've worked on together. That's how Congress is supposed to work. 90 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 5: That's what President Trump wants us. 91 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 4: To do, and I agree with him. Instead, what Chuck. 92 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 5: Schumer has done in modern history is when our spending committees, 93 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 5: so called Appropriations Committee, come up with these bills, he 94 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 5: doesn't bring them to the floor when Democrats are in 95 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 5: the minority, because he likes to craft bills behind closed 96 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 5: doors and lard them up with his own little goodies. 97 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 5: And that is a horrible way to do business, and 98 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 5: it must end. 99 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: Talking to Senator Todd Young of Indiana, if you have 100 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: a crystal ball, sir, how much longer is this thing 101 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: going to last? 102 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 5: You know, it feels like things are starting to break loose, 103 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 5: very slowly. We've already had three Democrats that have voted 104 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 5: for the short term clean funding bill. 105 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 4: We need a handful. 106 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 5: More, and so I think it'll take roughly another week 107 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 5: before we can start to see some light at the 108 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 5: end of the tunnel. 109 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 2: I can't tell you right now, sir, you think we're 110 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,679 Speaker 2: another seven days from right now? 111 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 4: It's conceivable. 112 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 5: I've heard thirty days. I've heard, you know, thirty hours. 113 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 5: So It's really hard to tell in these situations, but 114 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 5: I think I think we're looking at at least sometime 115 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 5: next week. 116 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 3: Let us you know you really quick. 117 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: You mentioned some Democrats who have pulled away and voted 118 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 2: for this clean cr As you're describing it, there's a 119 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 2: real conversation here about Chuck Schumer's leadership. You know, politics 120 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,559 Speaker 2: don't exist in a vacuum. It is does the leader 121 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: of the Democrats in the Senate make the Democrats look good, 122 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: make fundraising easier, create opportunities, or does he make their 123 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: life or does the leader make their life tougher? It 124 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: would seem to me that Chuck Schumer is now making 125 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 2: everybody's life tougher because as a matter of trying to 126 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: move the message or control the narrative, they've lost the plot. 127 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: They don't have it. 128 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: They're the ones seen as being in transigent Is there 129 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 2: a conversation that if enough Democrats do pull over to 130 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: make this happen against the wishes of Chuck Schumer, that 131 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 2: his days as a leader could be numbered, or at 132 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: least he would be significantly neutered. 133 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 4: Yeah. 134 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 5: I have no visibility into what the Democrats are talking 135 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 5: about in terms of you know, who their leaders should be, and. 136 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 4: You know what their leaders should do. 137 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 5: All I can speak to is this current predicament that 138 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 5: I think the Democrats are in as they try and 139 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 5: play to their base and through of you know, a 140 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 5: form of virtue signaling, demonstrate their frustration with President Trump. 141 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 5: So you know, it's important for them to get past this. 142 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 5: So I'm encouraging them to do that. But you know 143 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 5: it's important for our country too. We got important stuff 144 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 5: to deal with. Not to change the subject, but you know, 145 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 5: we got a shipbuilding bill that President Trump was talking about. 146 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: Yes there in front of and he was standing in. 147 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 5: Front of a bunch of sailors celebrating the two hundred 148 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 5: and fiftieth anniversary of United States Navy and saying, we 149 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 5: need to become a maritime power again, and we have 150 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 5: forgotten how to build ships in this country. So I'm 151 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 5: leading the charge on the Republican side in the Senate 152 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 5: so that we can build ships again. You know, we're 153 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 5: not talking about that aside from on the Tony Cats Show, 154 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 5: because we're focused on this other near term crisis. So, 155 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,479 Speaker 5: I mean, this is how republics die. If you pancake 156 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 5: together enough dysfunction on a day to day basis, you 157 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 5: lose the big picture, important issues that help keep us 158 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 5: safe and secure and prosperous. And we need to get 159 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 5: back to the big picture stuff, which is why President 160 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 5: Trump was elected, That's why I ran for office, and 161 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 5: we're being distracted from this by the short term, self 162 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 5: indulgent politics of the far left. 163 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 3: Let's talk about shipbuilding. 164 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 2: It is something that you have been discussing talking to 165 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 2: Senator Todd Young, Republican Senator from Indiana, the senior Senator. 166 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: I'm a believer in the three hundred and forty ships concept, 167 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 2: that that's what we need to be able to have 168 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: a navy that matters, whatever happens with your army, with 169 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: the marines, with drone technology, all sorts of things. 170 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 3: You need to get goods from point A to point B. 171 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: You need control the navigable seas you need in every way, 172 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 2: shape and form a navy that can go out there. 173 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 2: Submarines we seem to do well, but not everything else. 174 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: So when you talk about shipbuilding, are you talking about 175 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: aircraft carriers and destroyers or are we talking about cargo 176 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 2: vessels and other things. 177 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 5: I'm talking about cargo vessels and other things. In addition 178 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 5: to those traditional platforms. The experts tell. 179 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 4: Me that we. 180 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 5: Still need to invest in some of those platforms, but 181 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 5: we certainly need to diversify into other areas, including autonomous 182 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 5: maritime vessels, which we've seen the Ukrainians in particular use 183 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 5: to good effect. I mean, Ukraine doesn't have a navy. 184 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 5: They have jet skis with bombs on them that they 185 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 5: have increasingly been able to adapt, and now they're making 186 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 5: autonomous vessels. 187 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 4: So they have demonstrated how. 188 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 5: To sink command ships in the Black Sea without even 189 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 5: having a proper navy. So you better believe we should 190 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 5: be rethinking the mix of ships. But let me tell 191 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 5: you how critical our situation is. In addition to our 192 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 5: inability to rapidly produce the sort of naval vessels we need, 193 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 5: we can't produce the merchant vessels. We have the capacity 194 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 5: only to make five merchant vessels a year in this 195 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 5: country because we don't have a sufficient labor force or 196 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 5: the capacity within our ports to make more. If you're 197 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 5: going to be a global trading nation as we are, 198 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: our prosperity depends on it. You can't be dependent on 199 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 5: other nations, including your chief adversary, to make your shipping vessels. 200 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: So what we aim to do is build two hundred 201 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 5: and fifty vessels ocean going merchant vessels over the next 202 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 5: ten years to what my legislation would call for. It 203 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 5: would facilitate the training of your welders and naval architects 204 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 5: and electricians and all the rest, and then when those 205 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 5: workers aren't building merchant ships, they would be available to 206 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 5: help build navy ships. I'm told this is the only 207 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 5: way we could build the requisite number of navy ships 208 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 5: is to have this flexible workforce concept. And the only 209 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 5: way we're going to tap into the workforce is to 210 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 5: train people across the Industrial Midwest and some other surrounding 211 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 5: states have some spare capacity. So it's a real opportunity 212 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 5: to mobilize and make use of the talents and energies 213 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 5: of people across the Industrial Midwest to rebuild our maritime power. 214 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 5: And I think people in Indiana and beyond should be 215 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 5: really excited about that possibility. 216 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 2: Before I let you go, sir, center Todd Young joins 217 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 2: us right now, a lot was made of Secretary of War. 218 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: Maybe still people call them the Secretary of Defense. 219 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 2: Pete Hagsa's speech to the generals and admirals that were 220 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: assembled regarding standards. You served in the Marine Corps, you 221 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: have an understanding of the standards. What was your take 222 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 2: on that speech? To go too far or is it 223 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 2: good to get back to basics now? 224 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 5: I think it's good to get back to basics. I 225 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 5: didn't know what the content of his speech is going 226 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 5: to be. I watched much of it that morning on Fox, 227 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 5: and you know, I think it was standard fair. Let's 228 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 5: get back to basics. Let's make sure that we have 229 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 5: a warrior culture, one that is not indulging in, you know, 230 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 5: various social experiments within our military, but instead focused on 231 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 5: fighting and winning and hopefully I avoiding wars. And the 232 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 5: way you do that is to be ready and to 233 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 5: make sure everyone is ready and that we're not lowering 234 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 5: standards artificially to accommodate certain interest groups or certain individuals. 235 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 5: And physical standards in particular ones that he emphasized. I 236 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 5: don't think you should artificially lower any standards, so that 237 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 5: ought to be common sense. Unfortunately that's fallen a bit 238 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 5: out of favor. And I think it was a well 239 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 5: delivered message. You know, whether it had to all be 240 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 5: in person or not, I think is a side issue, 241 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 5: but the substances is what I think will endure. 242 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: Senator Todd Young, I appreciate you taking the time to 243 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: be with us, appreciate the conversation, and we'll talk more 244 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 2: in the future. Center Todd Young, thank you as always 245 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 2: more coming up. I'm Tony Katz. This is Tony Katz today, not. 246 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 6: To my knowledge, no name. And then on the Affordable 247 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 6: Care Act? 248 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 7: Is he willing to give more, to share more what 249 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 7: he'd liked to negotiate on the Affordable Care Act? 250 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 8: Leader? 251 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 6: Is he willing to say specifically what he would like it? 252 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 7: When R Look, the President is definitely committed to fixing 253 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 7: and improving our healthcare system. You saw it again last 254 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 7: week when he had one of the largest pharmaceutical companies 255 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 7: in the world coming into the Oval Office and promising 256 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 7: to lower drug prices by two hundred, three hundred, one 257 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 7: hundred percent in many cases for various types of drugs 258 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 7: for American patients. 259 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 6: That is a huge fix to. 260 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 7: A broken system that has been ripping off American people 261 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 7: for far too long. 262 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 6: So the President's very committed. 263 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: There was also a Pfizer, and some people see Pfizer 264 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 2: as the ripoff Tony Katz, Tony kats today, good. 265 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 3: To be with you, Caroline Levitt in that position with 266 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 3: the press briefing. They've been doing one every day since 267 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 3: the shutdown began. 268 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 2: We're on day number six, and a lot of this 269 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: is setting the stage for twenty twenty six. The talking 270 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 2: points that are going to be used for the midterms. 271 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: Democrats shut this down, Democrats put people out of work, 272 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 2: Democrats aren't serious about safety and security. If this just 273 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 2: so much of these press conferences are for exactly that purpose, 274 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 2: Tony Katz, as I said, Tony kat today, let's bring 275 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 2: it back to Caroline Levitt in doing the press preethon floating. 276 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 7: A proposal to cat Obama fair So cities by denying 277 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 7: them to enrolies. 278 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 6: I have not seen a proposal like that. 279 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 7: Emily in Karank The President said yesterday he was considering 280 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 7: a Phase two approach to Venezuela. Is the President considering 281 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 7: the goos foots on the ground or any kind of 282 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 7: support of. 283 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 6: What we're doing the girl. 284 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 7: I won't get into any specific proposals that are being 285 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 7: considered by the President in his national security team, but 286 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 7: I think we've been pretty transparent and clear in the 287 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 7: administration's view of the illegitimate Madua regime, and the President 288 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 7: has taken very unprecedented tough action to end the illegal 289 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 7: draft trafficking of illicit drugs into our country from Maduro's 290 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 7: illegitimate regime. 291 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 6: Go Danny, go ahead, thanks Caroline. 292 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 9: French government has collapsed again for the fourth time in. 293 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 4: A year, and I'm just. 294 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 9: Wondering if there's any concern in the White House about 295 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 9: the kind of ongoing political crisis. There any thought about 296 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 9: whether the President Trump's good friend President Macron should either 297 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 9: call elections or weave and resign. 298 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 7: Lad Well, I can tell you the White House and 299 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 7: the National Security Council are very much aware of this situation. 300 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 7: But I think it would be imprudent of me to 301 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 7: weigh in on French internal politics from the podium, so 302 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 7: I will reserve comment on that behind you. 303 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 10: Yes, what is president expectations for COXS today? And I 304 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 10: guess this week in Egypt? And is there a new 305 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 10: timeline that the President is giving all sides to recent agreement. 306 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 7: Yes, there are technical talks happening right now in Egypt 307 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 7: amongst Special Envoy Witkoff and Jared mister Kushner as well 308 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 7: as their respective parties from all sides. 309 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 6: What we saw take place. 310 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 7: On Friday, and I have not commented on that from 311 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 7: the podium yet, is truly remarkable. You've seen all sides 312 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 7: of this conflict agree that this war needs to end 313 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 7: and agree to the twenty point framework that President Trump proposed. 314 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 7: It's an incredible achievement, and the administration is working very 315 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 7: hard to move the ball forward as quickly as we can. 316 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 7: The President wants to see ceasefire. He wants to see 317 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 7: the hostages released, and the technical teams are discussing that 318 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 7: as we speak, to ensure that the environment is perfect 319 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 7: to release those hostages. They're going over the lists of 320 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 7: both the Israeli hostages and also the political prisoners who 321 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 7: will be released. 322 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 6: And those talks are. 323 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 7: Underway, and the President is very much on the ball 324 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 7: and is being a prize of this situation. 325 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 4: A Sunday evening. 326 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 10: Deadline obvious the negotiations of the extendent that I imagine, 327 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 10: what is that new deadline? Does the President have a 328 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 10: time frame in mind to see this phase implemented well. 329 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 7: The Sunday evening deadline was to hear back from Hamas 330 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 7: on the proposal one way or another, and Hamas put 331 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 7: out a very clear statement in the president's view that 332 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 7: they accept the President's framework and that's why those technical 333 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 7: talks are. 334 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 3: Now in the president's view. Is that's a nice that's 335 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 3: a nice bit of rounding that one off, because it was. 336 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 2: Very clear that Hamas is saying We're going to stay 337 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: in power no matter what. We've got more of the 338 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 2: press conference coming up right here. Find everything at Tony 339 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: kats dot com. 340 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: More to get to This is Tony Katz today. 341 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 3: We're sparing about that interview with our colleague Daniel One. 342 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 11: America a rebate for terrorism up to two thousand dollars 343 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 11: a person. Is that planned contingent on the Supreme Court's 344 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 11: upcoming ruling on the leak out? 345 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 3: So the White House press briefing is going on. 346 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 2: A reporter just asked, true, the Cuban forces are fighting 347 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 2: alongside Russians against Ukraine. It's the first I've heard anything 348 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 2: about that. Tony Katz, Tony Katz today, Good to be 349 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 2: with you. Find everything at Tony kats dot com. The 350 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 2: White House has been doing a press briefing every day 351 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 2: during the shutdown. A lot of talking points that are 352 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 2: all meant for the midterms in twenty twenty six. But 353 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: there was a back and forth between Caroline Levitt and 354 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 2: Kristen Caitlyn Collins over there at CNN, why don't you 355 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 2: go to Portland and see what's actually happening for yourself? 356 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 2: And some people are like, wait, did did Caroline Levitt 357 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: just talk about guillotines. Yes, there's there's been this constant 358 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 2: threat of violence. You've seen these antifa folks, these leftists, 359 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 2: these progressives going after ice agents, and everything is about 360 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 2: kill this one, kill that one. 361 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 3: What do you think punch a Nazi. 362 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 2: Was going to lead to when you can say, well, 363 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 2: everyone I disagree with is a Nazi, which is what 364 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 2: the left does. So her argument to Kaitlyn Collins is, 365 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: don't tell me you interview partisan progress is something that 366 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 2: you're sharing things with your partisan audience. Show them, go 367 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: to Portland and show them, which I thought was absolutely 368 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 2: the right responsor and a smart response from Caroline Levity 369 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 2: back to the press. 370 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 11: The Democrats head of question and scrutinize the president's comments 371 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 11: about using potentially the military American cities. 372 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 6: It's training grounds. 373 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 11: For the military, and when you look at Portland, Chicago, 374 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 11: local and state officials say that their local law enforcement 375 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 11: is able to handle the situations these protests on the ground. 376 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 11: The President says that Portland is burning, using that as 377 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 11: justification for the National Guard in Portland. But when you 378 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 11: look here in Washington, d C. The President just last 379 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 11: week said it is now a completely safe city and 380 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 11: there are still National Guard members on the streets that 381 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 11: are not involved in ice activities. Can you provide the 382 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 11: justification for the White House here in Washington, d C. 383 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 11: Why the National Guard members continued to be out on 384 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 11: the streets. 385 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 7: Because Washington d C has invited the National Guard here. 386 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 7: Why because the mayor is doing the right thing, unlike 387 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 7: mayors and other cities like Portland, as Caitlin and others 388 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 7: have pointed out, who refuse to see that there are 389 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 7: positive results from when local law enforcement works with federal 390 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 7: law enforcement to do the right thing on behalf of 391 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 7: their citizens. And Washington, DC is no doubt a safer 392 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 7: city right now today than it was a few months 393 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 7: ago when President Trump started this initiative to make DC 394 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 7: safe again. And the National Guard is still here because 395 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 7: the President and the mayor agree that it's a good 396 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 7: thing for the city, just like you're seeing in Memphis, 397 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 7: for instance, We'll have National Guard deployed to Memphis. We 398 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 7: have federal agents who are on the ground working with 399 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 7: state and local law enforcement. The state police and Tennessee 400 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 7: are part of this effort. The local metropolitan police and 401 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 7: Memphis are part of this effort. State and local law 402 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 7: enforcement and federal law enforcement should be working together. 403 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 6: And it's a shame that we. 404 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 7: See in some cities across the country that their mayors 405 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 7: are just simply refusing to cooperate because they don't. 406 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 6: Like Donald Trump. And that's what this boils down to. 407 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 2: Absolutely, a winning argument that connects the Americans more launch. 408 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 7: Absolutely that they need more resources. Look at this headline 409 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 7: from over the weekend. At least thirty people shot during 410 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 7: the weekend and Democrat run Chicago five. 411 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 6: Of them were killed in one weekend. 412 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 7: This is completely unacceptable, and the President wants to make 413 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 7: American city safer and he's willing. 414 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 6: To work with anyone to do it. 415 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 11: We're allowing, if the courts allow you to ultimately send 416 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 11: in the National Guard into Chicago and Portland. Do Democrats 417 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 11: not have reason to be concerned that there are long 418 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 11: term and long term plans by this administration to keep 419 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,239 Speaker 11: US military or the National Guard in American cities like 420 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 11: what we're. 421 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 3: Seeing here in Washington. 422 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 7: Why should they be concerned about the federal government offering 423 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 7: help to make their cities a safer place. 424 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 6: They should be concerned about this. 425 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 7: They should be concerned about the fact that people in 426 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 7: their cities right now are being gunned down every single night, 427 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 7: and the President all he's trying to do is fix it. 428 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 7: And there has been a complete smear campaign by the 429 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 7: Democrats and the media. Quite frankly, I was reading political 430 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 7: playbook this forning, one of the most inside the beltway 431 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 7: newsletters you can find. 432 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 6: And you guys are framing this. 433 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 7: Like the President wants to take over the American cities 434 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 7: with the military. The President wants to help these local 435 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 7: leaders who have been completely ineffective in securing their own cities. 436 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 7: And we have already seen there's a positive formula for that. 437 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 7: Look at Washington, d C. The murder rate has declined significantly. 438 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 7: Our streets are safer. People who live here feel safer. 439 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 7: All of you in this room, I know you do, 440 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 7: you just won't admit it. And it's a proven system 441 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 7: that works. And the President wants to make America cities 442 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 7: safe again. 443 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 3: That is a winning argument. That was really well done. 444 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 2: You guys are painting the story this way and the 445 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 2: reality is over here being able to connect with Americans 446 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: across the country, paint the media as being afraid to tell. 447 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 3: The full story. 448 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 2: And then, as she said earlier, why won't these mayors 449 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 2: ask for the help and get to help. 450 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 3: What's wrong with them? 451 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 2: Why won't they do more for the citizens they're supposed 452 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 2: to represent as a as a matter of just share politics. 453 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 2: That's a winning argument. The left must know that. 454 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 7: We hope going to be one of the greatest peace 455 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 7: deals this world has ever seen. And the Trump administration 456 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 7: is working diligently and working very hard to get there. 457 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 7: And as I said Friday, all our terms agreed. We 458 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 7: have the Arab countries who are working with us. Of course, 459 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 7: Israel has been incredible and cooperating with the President's plan 460 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 7: and agreeing to it, and. 461 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 6: We're very hopeful and we expect that to continue. 462 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 3: Are you tweeted about this over the weekend? 463 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 6: Thank you any thank you? I was going to you 464 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 6: in the blue shirt and tie. 465 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 3: Thank you. Erlin, You're wrong home to dat email Today's 466 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 3: Supreme Court. 467 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 4: You're fine. 468 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 9: To hear Julian's bax Golls appeal for Trump rule out 469 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 9: granting her clemency. 470 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 6: Is that something the White. 471 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 4: House is considering. 472 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 7: It's not something I've heard discussed, and we don't comment 473 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 7: on clemency requests that may or may not have been made, 474 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 7: but I'm certainly not tracking one at this point. 475 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 3: Maxwell definite lives. 476 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 8: So we're talking about these radical groups in Portland and Chicago. 477 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 8: I know the President has spoken about potentially going after 478 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 8: George Soros with reco. 479 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 4: Charges and for funding all of this violence. 480 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 8: Has there been an update on that, and also is 481 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 8: the administration looking into the other nonprofits maybe taking away 482 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 8: there five to one C three status for funding this violots? 483 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 4: And one more question. 484 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 7: Sure, solid and backing of these groups, particularly Antifa is 485 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,719 Speaker 7: certainly something the administration is looking into aggressively, and the 486 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 7: federal government has never really been mobilized or tasked with 487 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 7: doing that. 488 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 6: So we're kind of kickstarting that into gear. 489 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 7: The FBI is working on it alongside the White House's 490 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 7: Homeland Security Task Force. We have our intelligence community looking 491 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 7: into this as well, and even the Secretary of Treasury 492 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 7: is involved with these matters since they are financial in nature. 493 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 2: Understand what they're discussing. You see these groups, these anti 494 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 2: America groups, the funding that they get and how they 495 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: get these sources, including from George Soros, which is fine 496 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 2: to say it's not anti semitic. To notice how against 497 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 2: the country he is. You can tell them that your 498 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 2: Jeish friend Tony said it was all right. And how 499 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 2: this money is tracked and how it ends up in 500 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 2: the hands of these people who are pushing these very 501 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,959 Speaker 2: anti American not only sentiments, but these violent actions, and 502 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 2: so how to follow the money, right, That's always been 503 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 2: the expression, follow the money, and that's what this conversation is. 504 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: Now there is a conversation that we had about what 505 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 2: is free speech and what isn't right. Protest is free speech, 506 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 2: the violence is not, the threatening is not. And so 507 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 2: this is very interesting and how this maneuver is and 508 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 2: also the ramifications, because if it can be done here, 509 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 2: it can be done in other places. But certainly we've 510 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: seen the left engage this action, going back to the 511 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 2: Tea Party and not giving taxing m status to Tea 512 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 2: Party groups in an effort to silence them. This is 513 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 2: about preventing money from enabling those people who want to 514 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 2: engage in violence and quite literally engage in an attack 515 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 2: on the American citizenry. 516 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 7: Good governance, and so those will be two of the 517 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 7: priorities that this administration is focused on. 518 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 5: I made the President said he wants the government to 519 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 5: reopen this week in a deal. 520 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 4: Is what's going to happen by the end of the 521 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 4: week if there's no deal with the way health prepared. 522 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 6: To with no deal with what reopened the. 523 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 7: Government, look, as I said, unfortunately, there's going to be 524 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 7: a lot of pain inflicted. There already is on the 525 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 7: American public, on our troops who are not being paid, again, 526 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 7: on women and young children who depend on critical food assistants. 527 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 7: We hate to see this, and in fact, the Office 528 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 7: of Management and Budget is trying to do everything they 529 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 7: can to find funds to get out the door for 530 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 7: these vulnerable populations in our country. Again, we shouldn't be 531 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 7: having to do that. The Democrats have a chance to 532 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 7: change course tonight. I believe the vot's taking place at 533 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 7: six point thirty, and we urge Democrat senators who vote 534 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 7: to reopen the government and to do the right thing. 535 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 3: Thanks guys, that was coming right there. 536 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 2: These press conferences are are quick and to to the 537 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 2: to the point continued pressure. 538 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 3: Uh. 539 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 2: And and to Todd Young statement, I mean he he 540 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 2: threw me for a loop there, the senator from Indiana 541 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 2: when he said this could last another week and then 542 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 2: he he hedged the bed a little bit. Would be 543 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 2: thirty days, It could be it could be three hours. 544 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 2: I don't think they're going to go into vote today 545 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 2: and and go for this. I think that would be 546 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 2: a statement from Chuck Schumer. I think that you you'd 547 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 2: see much more. Here's what we've decided to do for 548 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 2: the American people, right, It would be it would be 549 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 2: one of those kinds of of of conversations. Now there 550 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 2: there's been a host of comments and one. 551 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 3: Of them a couple of them that I that I wanted. 552 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 2: Uh to to to get to, which uh, you know. 553 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 2: I we have this this chat room that goes on 554 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 2: if you if you follow the live stream, and we've 555 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 2: got people who disagree with me. And one of the 556 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 2: comments from Mark was George Soros is an American hero. 557 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 2: I would tell you, Mark that we can agree to disagree, 558 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 2: and I not here to change your mind. What I'm 559 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 2: here to ask is prove that because George Soros is 560 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 2: not an American hero. What does that even mean? What 561 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 2: kind of statement is that? This is part of a 562 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 2: I don't know if this is recent. 563 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 3: Maybe if I. 564 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 2: Really went through history. This kind of thing happens over 565 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 2: and over and over again, where we say things like historic. 566 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: Everything's historic. Some things aren't historic. Mister Gorbachev, tear down 567 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 2: this wall that's historic. Landing on the moon that's historic, 568 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 2: the first ever transperson to be this not historic, It's not. 569 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 2: And so we have this very very awkward wordplay that 570 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 2: comes about George Soros is an American hero? First of all, 571 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 2: the use of the word hero that gets thrown around. Oh, 572 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 2: you stood up to Donald Trump, You're a hero. You're 573 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 2: not a hero. Why do we use words that have 574 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 2: meaning and then bastardize the meaning of the words. Prove 575 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 2: to me that George Soros is an American hero? What 576 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 2: did he do speaking truth to power? If the funding 577 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 2: is going to groups that are engaging in violence against 578 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 2: immigrations and customs enforcement Americans enforcing the law that's on 579 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 2: the books, how. 580 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 3: Is that a hero? That's that? 581 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 2: That is the kind of statement that goes along with 582 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 2: the idea of people who disagree with me, they're on 583 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 2: the wrong side of history. 584 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 3: What does that even mean? The wrong side of history? 585 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 2: I'm sure there were plenty of Brits who thought George 586 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 2: Washington was on the wrong side of history. 587 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 3: Oh, we should have stayed part of the part of 588 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 3: the empire. There were people living in the colonies who. 589 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 2: Believed that the idea of separating from King George, the 590 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 2: writing of the Declaration of Independence, was on the wrong 591 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 2: side of history. 592 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 3: What is that. That's a pseudo intellectual statement. 593 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 2: It's a crutch to somehow end conversation or to prove 594 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:48,719 Speaker 2: one's intellectual heft valueless. Indeed, keep it here. Morris coming up. 595 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 2: This is Tony Kats today. I should have been a 596 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 2: political consultant because they get paid outrageous sums of money 597 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 2: and they don't ever have to, I don't know, prove themselves. 598 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 2: They can work on losing campaign after losing campaign after 599 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 2: losing campaign and still get hired. 600 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 3: Tony Katz Tony Kats today. 601 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 2: Find everything at tonycats dot com and don't forget to 602 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 2: subscribe YouTube dot com slash Tony Katz. 603 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 3: Go do that right now. Go do that right now. 604 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 2: The people who were the consultants for Ron DeSantis blew 605 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 2: through two hundred million dollars, and I guarantee you they 606 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 2: will get hired for someone for twenty twenty eight two 607 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 2: hundred million dollars. 608 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 3: Never to get a first place finish. 609 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 2: To never have your candidates say I'm asking for your 610 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 2: vote boggles the mind. David Hogg has figured out how 611 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 2: to work the grift. As the Post editorial board put out, 612 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 2: he who got into Harvard bec because he was directed 613 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 2: to say all the anti gun things after the shooting 614 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 2: at Parkland never earned his way into Harvard. 615 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 3: He who got elected. 616 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 2: To the Democratic National Committee and then so angered them 617 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 2: by saying he was going to challenge and primary Democrats 618 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,959 Speaker 2: who weren't progressive enough got thrown out. 619 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:23,240 Speaker 3: He has started a pack, and this pack. 620 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,360 Speaker 2: Was going to give money to candidates, twenty million dollars 621 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 2: to primary incumbents, and so far he has spent four 622 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty five thousand dollars, mostly to zar on 623 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:38,959 Speaker 2: Mom Donnie, and they spent two point five million dollars 624 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:44,760 Speaker 2: on consultants, two point five million on consultants, four hundred 625 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,400 Speaker 2: and fifty five thousand on candidates, and five thousand dollars 626 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 2: on fitness class subscriptions. 627 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 3: No, I'm sorry. 628 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 2: Not plural singular, a fitness class subscription and as the 629 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 2: editorial board, nothing says challenging the status quo like using 630 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,320 Speaker 2: donor money for pilates. 631 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 3: It's a great line that's excellently done. 632 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:15,399 Speaker 2: Good lord, I think I could be a pretty good 633 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 2: consultant if you actually want to do the job. But 634 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 2: this is crazed. Just two and a half million on 635 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,280 Speaker 2: consultants to hand out four hundred and fifty five thousand 636 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,720 Speaker 2: dollars to three candidates, the majority going to Mom, Donnie 637 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 2: and the other two candidates failed miserably. 638 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 3: What the hell people give? That's amazing? Keep it here. 639 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 2: This is Tony Katz today.