1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: If I have Karosite talks today it's Monday. It's that 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: time we get to hear from the former Vice mayor 3 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: of the City of Cincinnati, Christopher smith Man. We'll call 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: this smither vad Christopher. Welcome back, my friends. Great hearing 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: from you today as always, and of course good hearing 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: from you over the weekend about the shooting that happened 7 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: at Riverfront Live. 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 2: I have to tell you, Brian, my first my heart 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 2: goes out to the victim. Yes, you know, like yours 10 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: and your listening audience, and it's so unfortunate that you know, 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 2: you and I are going to have this conversation over 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 2: and over again, you know, throughout the summer. That's my prediction, 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 2: and for a lot of different reasons. But the problem 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: with this for me is there are things that we 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: can do. And so for example, you know, I'm glad 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 2: the mayor held a press conference. We had a mass 17 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: shooting in Cincinnati. Nine people were shot Signal ninety nine. 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: Actually I got my information originally from Signal ninety nine. 19 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: In the chaos, they thought thirteen people were shot, and 20 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: now it went to nine and now and one person 21 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: is still in critical condition. That is incredibly serious. And 22 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: I also want to say before I get into this 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: direct rant about our leadership locally, is that my hats 24 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: go off to the UC medical teams, our medical teams 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 2: across our region, because if they're not doing what they're doing, 26 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: more people would die, meaning people are being shot. But 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: we have some of the best medical operations in our 28 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: emergency rooms in this region, and every single weekend they 29 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: are saving lives. It's like an all out war on 30 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: our streets and they're in there putting people back together. 31 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 2: So my hats go off to every one of those 32 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: emergency rooms that took the nine people that were shot, 33 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: because more we did, or more would be in a 34 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: worse situation if we didn't have them in place. That's 35 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: important to say. 36 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: It is, Christopher, and I'm glad you brought that up 37 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: because I have a dear friend, retired Colonel Bob Kattyre, 38 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: who does wound immediate emergency care wound training for folks. 39 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: Maybe you're involved in an active shooter situation. He does 40 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: training to deal with the active shooter. But the critical 41 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: thing is in need is someone right there ready to 42 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: take care of the wounds, because you end up with 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: more casualties because people there aren't tending to the people 44 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: who are bleeding. So we could do society a grade 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: service if we all collectively learn how to deal with 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: emergency wound care. And there are ways to learn and 47 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: do that, so we can be part of the solution 48 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: to an otherwise I mean, should never happen problem, Christopher. 49 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: I still every time this kind of thing happens, people 50 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: randomly shooting into innocent people that they have no connection with, 51 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: I am totally baffled. I don't get it. I really 52 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: don't pauseibly in Christopher back. I know he's got a 53 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: whole lot more to talk about this, but I want 54 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: to mention foreign exchange. I had another, as always terrific 55 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: foreign exchange experience talk Station seven nine on a Monday, 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 1: right time US from Christopher Smitheman doing the smither vent. 57 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: Back over to you, Christopher Smitheman, we. 58 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: Are we are in a situation where we need a 59 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: strong mayor that comes up to that podium and not 60 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: not just apologize this for the mass shooting, but tells 61 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: the community what is his plan. That's what's missing. You know, 62 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 2: I can go to my pastor, I can go to 63 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: my priest. You know, I'm Catholic and I can go 64 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: get a homily, go there and pray. What we need 65 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: from our local leaders is a plan. That's what's missing. 66 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 2: And for the city manager to blame guns unacceptable. I 67 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: get the idea that it's easy to say, Wow, man, 68 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: we've got all these guns out here, blah blah blah. 69 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: But they're legal gun owners like myself. Who you know, 70 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: I've gone through the training, I have a license to carry. 71 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: You know, there are a lot of other Americans in 72 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: the state of Ohio who have that. Like, who is 73 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: she talking about? Right? So obviously we the people who 74 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: have a legal gun. And and and obviously the person 75 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: here shooting randomly into a crowd of people and shooting 76 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: nine people, that's unacceptable. But speak to that, not talking 77 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: about it's the gun. It's the person who has the 78 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: gun and their finger on the trigger. People and ChRI 79 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: that is the problem. 80 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: What typically turns out to be the case. And it's 81 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: too early because I don't think they found the person 82 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: or persons responsible for this ridiculous behavior in these in 83 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: these four people getting shot nine times out of ten, 84 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: it turns out they have a they have acquired a 85 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: firearm unlawfully. The gun itself shouldn't be held by them 86 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: because they're under disability from prior convictions or whatever, or 87 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: they're under age, and yet they've acquired a firearm. They're 88 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: not looking to the reality that they have not only 89 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: engaged in murderous activity, but all so have violated the 90 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: law on dooing. So so what are we going to do? 91 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: Their response, basically, if they got their way, is to 92 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: try to eliminate all the guns, which you'll never happen, 93 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: never correct never. 94 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: And so there speaking into the wind when they hold 95 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 2: press conferences and they say things like that I was 96 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 2: the former vice mayor somebody who might not know that 97 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: I served as the chair of Law and Public Safety. 98 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: And here's what a healthy council would do. Number One, 99 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: you would have your legal department right the owner and 100 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: say I'd like to have a discussion in a meeting 101 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: with you immediately like today. Number two, you'd hold an 102 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: open meeting on the floor of council where you bring 103 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: the owner in with your legal team sitting to your right, 104 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: and you say to the owner, listen, guy, on this day, 105 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: you had control of the door. You were the person responsible. 106 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 2: You had this group come and per form or have 107 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: the party in our city. Ultimately, dude, you are responsible. 108 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 2: Nine people were shot. What is your plan to tell 109 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: the city of Cincinnati this will never happen again. I 110 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: don't want to turn on CNN and see another mass 111 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: shooting at your location. So, like what you're trying to 112 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 2: do is get the owner to come up with a plan. Now, 113 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: if the owner fails to do that, you shut them down. Dude, 114 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: you say, GHI, you can't operate in my city. I'm 115 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 2: not gonna turn on the national news. All the money 116 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 2: that our corporation spends to brand Cincinnati as a good place, 117 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 2: We're not gonna let you ruin it because you can't 118 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: control the activities. That's your location. Your job is to 119 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 2: make sure that guns don't get into the operation. And 120 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 2: if you can't do that, dude, we're gonna shut you down. 121 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 2: My point is that this mayor and this council, they 122 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: will be passing resolutions this week on what's going on 123 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 2: in Iran. Guarantee it just like they were passing residents 124 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 2: on what was going on in Israel and what was 125 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: happening with the Palestinians or what they should have been 126 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 2: talking about. It's the mods. We mean they packed the 127 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 2: chambers for these nonsensical things, but they won't introduce a 128 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 2: resolution that says, we are very concerned about this shooting, 129 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: we are concerned about the violence in our urban core, 130 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 2: and here are the things we're going to do about it. 131 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: Because guess what, public, that's what they actually have control over. 132 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: That's what we've elected them to do. But they would 133 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: rather talk about stuff they have no control over that 134 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 2: they should not be discussing. That's not the city's business. 135 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: Look for them to introduce resolutions about Trump his war powers, 136 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: what's happening in Iran, and nothing about what is happening 137 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 2: specifically with the Riverfront lie active shooter, which is in 138 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: their jurisdiction. 139 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess I'm wondering what they could actually do 140 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: about it. I mean, other than scream and cry and 141 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: will and nashties about the existence of firearms. Generally speaking, 142 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: the question is, how is it that some person comes 143 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: to the conclusion they're going to take their perhaps lawfully 144 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: on firearm and start squeezing it off randomly into a crowd. 145 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: To do about it, how do you deal with someone 146 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: who would engage in that kind of behavior. I don't know. 147 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: I don't have the cooperation. Brother, if I'm standing, if 148 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: I'm the strong mayor, I'm trying to find the shooter. 149 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: So number one, I've got it. I've got a a 150 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 2: something on the line financially for information about who was 151 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 2: doing the shooting, meaning there's got to be video, there's 152 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 2: gotta be takes. We are continually looking for people to 153 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 2: cooperate with our police department. This is something that we 154 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: should have heard from the mayor and the city manager. 155 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 2: The reason they don't do that right is because they're 156 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 2: soft on crime. Because then and that's in their head, 157 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 2: it's in their culture. Like if we find the person 158 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: right and we arrest a person, how many of us 159 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: believe that they won't be let out, Like they'll come 160 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: right in and out the door the next day. Meaning 161 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 2: were they seem to have this I'm gonna coddle the 162 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: criminal kind of mentality. And that's why they did not 163 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 2: speak to that. They spoke to our emotion about how 164 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 2: we feel. I'm sorry about what happened. Look Strong mayor, 165 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 2: your staff, city manager, cities listener, if you're listening to 166 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 2: this broadcast this morning, you are the leaders of the city. 167 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 2: Your job is to bring the owner into compliance right. 168 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: If he cannot run an establishment where nine people are shot, 169 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 2: shut him down, don't give up a permit, make it 170 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 2: difficult for him to do business in the city of Cincinnati. 171 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 2: But don't scream about you love black people, black lives matter, 172 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: putting murals on the front of city Hall. But when 173 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 2: it counts, when we need you, when we need you 174 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 2: to show that you actually care, you do nothing. You 175 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 2: don't empower our police department to do their job. You 176 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: don't say I love my police and we need you 177 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 2: now to do every everything you can to find the 178 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 2: people that shot nine people. If that was one of 179 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 2: my babies right now, I would be going nuts on 180 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 2: this mayor. I would be going nuts on this city manager. 181 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 2: I would be going nuts on the city solicitor, all 182 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 2: nine members of council because they are not showing the 183 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 2: leadership for this not to happen again. 184 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: Brian Thomas, well, thank god your daughter wasn't implicated, because 185 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: you are already going nuts on the administration. I appreciate it. 186 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: She wouldn't be at it. She would not be at 187 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 2: an event like that, brother, because I'm a dad that 188 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: is absolutely on it. Even into her twenties. She understands 189 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 2: what the boundaries are. They're great parents out there, single 190 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 2: moms every day who wake up and do everything they 191 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 2: can for their families. Ninety nine percent of the people 192 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 2: that went to that event, law abiding citizens, had nothing 193 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: to do with it. But guess what happened. We had 194 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: a owner who did not control that. Listen, you can say, oh, 195 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 2: he's snuck it in. Don't bring these groups, Brian. No 196 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: one told him to bring this particular DJ to the 197 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: city of Cincinnati. If he cannot handle the crowd, don't 198 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 2: bring them here. That's what I'm trying to say, Brian. 199 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: And if you've got a strong mayor, you've got nine 200 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 2: members of council, you've got a city solicitor, Please don't 201 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: get on the mic and act like you don't have 202 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: any power to do anything while you have a neural 203 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: at the front of your city hall that says black 204 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: lives matter. 205 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: Well, it was just two days after DJ fresh Day 206 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: Proclamation from twenty twenty five. Interesting that maybe you can 207 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: comment on that as well. More with Christopher Smithman a 208 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: true smith event. Yes it is deep talk station. 209 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 2: I'm brag as hell, but I'm not gonna take this anymore. 210 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: That's Christopher Smithman today and every Monday with a smith 211 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: Event's feven forty two right now. But you about KCD 212 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: talk station, Christopher, you suggested that DJ Fresh one of 213 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: the performers at the nightclub over the weekend. Perhaps one 214 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: of the reasons you went did he draw an unsavory 215 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: crowd or something was was he? Is he known to 216 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: draw audiences that engage in I don't know. We'll call 217 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: it criminal behavior to boil it down. What's the story 218 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 1: on that? 219 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. I just all I can say 220 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 2: is that, Yeah, all I can say is that the 221 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: owner hosted the party and it's his house. And at 222 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 2: the same time, he admitted that he was responsible for 223 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: controlling the door, meaning he's clearly right, and he had 224 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 2: the metal detectors their conversations about whether they were working 225 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: or not. I don't know, but he was responsible for that. 226 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, the buck stops 227 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 2: with him, and so he didn't turn that over to 228 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 2: the producers. Are the people that were coming there to party. 229 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 2: He remained or retained control of his facility, which makes 230 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 2: him responsible. Look, Brian, I want to say one other 231 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 2: thing here, because I know our time. I want to 232 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 2: send my big hats off to our troops. You know, 233 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 2: I have a son who has served and is serving. 234 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: He's back, he served active duties back as you know, 235 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 2: and he's doing National Guard stuff. But we got troops 236 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 2: all over the world, parents, you know, who are supporting 237 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 2: their families. They've got husbands and wives and daughters and 238 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: sons who are serving. My hat goes off to them. 239 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 2: My prayers go off to them. The servicemen that lost 240 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 2: their life, you know, and who were injured, my hats 241 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: go off to them. I want to be very clear 242 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 2: that I am pro America. So if you're listening to me, 243 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 2: I love the United States of America. I love our flag, 244 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: and that this is not me saying that America is perfect. 245 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: We are an experiment, but that doesn't mean that I 246 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 2: don't love this country and the benefits that I get 247 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: from this country. We have a president who made a 248 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: decision that lots of other presidents had not made. Right. 249 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: I don't have enough information. I'm not the CIA to know, Okay, 250 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 2: was this the right decision? This is when you say 251 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 2: I support my country, I support the president to do nothing. 252 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 2: Congress that always sits out there over the next week, 253 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 2: and says, oh man, we've got to convene. You didn't 254 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 2: come tell me we're gonna take a vote. Go take 255 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 2: your votes, Go do what you're gonna do, whatever you're 256 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 2: gonna do, which is gonna be nothing. And so that 257 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 2: is why we don't make progress in this country and 258 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 2: in this world. Bottom line is, this is a country 259 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: that has been screaming death to America for forty seven years. 260 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 2: We finally have a president that believes them, and so 261 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 2: stop saying it around the world. I would say over 262 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: the next three years. That's the lesson. Don't convene all 263 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: your generals and your leaders in one room while you 264 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 2: are saying death to America. You might want to spread 265 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: out two on two. Two on two, maybe fifty targets 266 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 2: are the zoo con But it was a bad idea 267 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: to say death to America and then everybody get together 268 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 2: for a meeting. Less and learned. But at the end 269 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 2: of the day, we have to be about the business 270 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 2: of supporting our leaders when they are making decisions like this, 271 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 2: and most importantly, supporting our troops. I'm tired of all 272 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 2: this anti American stuff coming from our Congress and our 273 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 2: leaders about what they would do if they want to 274 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 2: be the president, run for president of the United States 275 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: of America in the next three years. Put your name 276 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: on the ballot, and let's see if Americans choose you. 277 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 2: If not, go take a vote, Go do something. But 278 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 2: stop condemning every move that's coming out of the White House. 279 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 2: From what I've seen, the people in Iran are very 280 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: happy about the outcome. Right now, they're in the streets, 281 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 2: they're saying, I want change. This probably will go down 282 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: as a game changer for the Middle East for a 283 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: lot of reasons. But at the end, here's what I 284 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 2: want to say. This is a country that has killed 285 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 2: a lot of Americans. That's a fact. I don't know 286 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 2: how many they killed, but they've killed a lot of Americans. 287 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 2: Let's at least give this White House the room right 288 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: to see where this thing plays out before we start 289 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: condemning them. And we don't even have enough information to 290 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: know where this thing is going. 291 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: No, we do not. And the other interesting thing is 292 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: that I've been commenting about this, I'm not the only one. 293 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: All of the different Arab nations that the Iranians launched 294 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: missiles into, I think they thought the expectation was that 295 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: would bring about pressure on the United States to back off, 296 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: to enter into a pause so more discussions and more 297 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: peace discussions and negotiation could take place. But they came 298 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: out and criticized the run for the response. They didn't 299 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: criticize the United States. I think they all are looking 300 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: for future stability in the region, a stability that is 301 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: made impossible because of the Iranians. Thus far, one. 302 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: Hundred percent Americans out here listening to the two of 303 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: us right, have to understand that there are times that 304 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 2: things are happening in other countries that are the interests 305 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: of America. Meaning this is a sponsor. This country sponsors 306 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 2: terrorism around the world. Earl right. They are responsible for 307 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 2: the murder of lots of Americans, our soldiers. And so 308 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: this president just said, listen, I'm trying to negotiate with 309 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 2: you about your nuclear your desire to get a nuclear weapon. 310 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 2: If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, they're saying death to America. 311 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 2: We should all assume that they're gonna point their missiles 312 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 2: towards us, all of them. You heard the President say, listen, 313 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna clean this up for many generations coming after me, 314 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 2: meaning I'm gonna make the Middle East a more stable place. 315 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: We're gonna make sure that Iran stops doing what they're doing. 316 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 2: And all I ask, if I would say anything, if 317 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 2: I could talk to the White House, which I can't, 318 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 2: is to say, let's get it done right the first time, 319 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,959 Speaker 2: so that we're not coming back, no troops on the ground, 320 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 2: and let's let Israel do their work and let the 321 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: people of Iran rise up, which is what it looks 322 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: like they're doing, and take their country back and have 323 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: their own self determination. But let's not forget that this 324 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 2: is a country that has been saying deft to America 325 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 2: for forty seven years. This president said, I believe them. 326 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 2: I believe that that's what they feel. They're killing us 327 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 2: from time to time with these terrorists attacks. And all 328 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 2: I'm saying is I'm not a person for war. I'm 329 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 2: not a person that wants violence. That's not where my 330 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 2: head is. But I also understand that times war is 331 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 2: a necessary part of the work that we do in 332 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 2: this country, and at this time we should all be 333 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 2: unifying around the right House. I don't care who the 334 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 2: president is. If it's Obama, if it's Bush, if it's Clinton, 335 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter if it's Reagan. We get behind our 336 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 2: president and we see this through. 337 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 1: That's what elections are about well, and I will acknowledge 338 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: and point out up front unexpected comments. This not just 339 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: the Arab nations supporting us in our actions. Germany, France 340 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: and UK, which of course didn't participate in the strikes, 341 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: said yesterday they will take teps to the steps to 342 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: defend their interest and those of our allies in the region, 343 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy 344 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: Iran's capability to fire missiles and drones at their source. 345 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: Sounds to me like the EE or the NATO countries 346 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: are also on board the suggestion we need to emasculate 347 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: Iran now while we have the chance. Let's take care 348 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: of business.