1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden and giving a commercial driver's license by open 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: borders politicians in California. Doctor said Delilah would never be 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: able to walk or talk, have a good life. 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: She wouldn't even be able to eat again. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: But against so odd she is now in the first 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: grade learning to walk, and she's here this evening with her. 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,159 Speaker 2: Dad, Marcus, a fantastic man. Delilah. Please, you are a 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: great inspiration. 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 3: Please send her. 10 00:00:59,600 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: Thank you. 11 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: Many of the most illegal aliens do not speak English 12 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: and cannot read even the most basic road signs as to. 13 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: Direction, speed, danger, or location. 14 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: That's why tonight I'm calling on Congress to pass what 15 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: we will call the Delilah Law, barring any state from 16 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: granting commercial drivers' licenses to illegal aliens. 17 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 2: This is WBC Boston, x KSFM HD two member and 18 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 2: iHeart Radios. 19 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: D And Yesterday, as you probably saw, at the White House, 20 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: I hosted a ceremony with Americans who lost their treasured 21 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: loved ones to the scourge of illegal immigration. People came 22 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: into our country. How we allowed this to happen with 23 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: our open borders. These are the angel moms and families 24 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: that for decades our government betrayed and our media totally ignored, totally. 25 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: It was terrible, hard to believe. 26 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: Actually, in twenty twenty three or sixteen year old high 27 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: school cheerleader named Lizabeth Medina was supposed to perform in 28 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: her town's Christmas parade, but she never arrived. 29 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: Her mother, Jacqueline, went home to look for her, and 30 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: she found her lying dead in a bathtub. 31 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: Bleeding profusely after being stabbed twenty five times. Lizabeth's killer 32 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: was a previously arrested illegal alien who had broken in 33 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: and brutal. We were just brutally extinguished the brightest light 34 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: in her family's life, violently and viciously. Her heartbroken mother 35 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: is in the gallery to remind everyone in this chamber 36 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: exactly why we are deporting illegal alien criminals or country 37 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: at record numbers, and we're getting them. 38 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: The hell out of here fast. 39 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 4: We don't want to. 40 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Jacqueline, thank you. 41 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: We can never forget that many in this room not 42 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: only allowed the border invasion to happen before I got involved, but. 43 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: Indeed they would do it all over again if they 44 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: ever had the chance, if they ever got. 45 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: Elected, they would open up those borders to some of 46 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: the worst criminals anywhere. 47 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: In the world, the. 48 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: Only thing standing between Americans and a wide open border 49 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: right now, as President Donald J. Trump and our great 50 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: Republican patriots. 51 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: In Congress, thank you, thank you. 52 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: As we speak, Democrats in this Chamber have cut off 53 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: all funding for the Department of Homeland Securities. 54 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: All cut off to all cut off. 55 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: They have instituted another Democrats shutdown the first one, costing 56 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: US two points on GDP. Two points we lost on GDP, 57 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: which probably made them quite happy. Actually, now they've closed 58 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: the agency responsible for protecting Americans from terrorists and murderers. 59 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: Denied them demanding the full and immediate restoration of all 60 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: funding for the border security, homeland security of the United States, 61 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: and also for helping people clean up their snow. We 62 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: have no money because of the Democrats, and it would 63 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: be nice. I'd love to give you a hand that 64 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: cleaned it up. But you gave no money. Nobody's getting paid. 65 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: It's a shame, So you have to think about it. 66 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: We have vacation. 67 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: You did a pretty large snowstorm out there. One of 68 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: the great things about the State of the Union is 69 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what 70 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: their representatives really believe. So tonight I'm inviting every legislature 71 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: to join with my administration and reaffirming a fundamental principle. 72 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: If you agree with this statement, then stand up and 73 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: show your support. The first duty of the American government 74 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: is to protect American citizens, not illegal area. 75 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: In a shame. 76 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: You should be ashamed of yourself not standing up, you 77 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: should be ashamed of yourself. That is why I'm also 78 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: asking you to end deadly sanctuary cities that protect the 79 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: criminals and enact serious penalties for public officials who block. 80 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: The removal of criminal aliens. 81 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: In many cases, drug lords, murders all over our country. 82 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: They're blocking the removal of these people out of our country, and. 83 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: You should be ashamed of yourself. 84 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: And perhaps most importantly, I'm asking you to approve the 85 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: Save America Act. 86 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: To stop illegal aliens and others. 87 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: We're unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections. 88 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: That cheating is rampant in our elections. It's rampant. 89 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 2: It's very simple. 90 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 5: All voters must show voter ID or vote is my 91 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 5: show proof of citizenship in order to go. 92 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: And no more cookt mail in balance except for illness, disability, 93 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: military or travel none. 94 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 2: And this should be an easy one. 95 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: And by the way, it spolling at eighty nine percent, 96 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: including Democrats eighty nine percent, and even. 97 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 2: The new communist mar of New York I think he's 98 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 2: a nice guy. Actually speak to him alone. 99 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: They had policy, but nice guy just said. They want 100 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: people to shovel snow. 101 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 2: They got hit hard. Want them to shovel snow. 102 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: But if you apply for that job, you need to 103 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: show two original forms of idea. 104 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 2: At a Social Security card. 105 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: Yet they don't want identification for the greatest privilege of 106 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: them all voting in America. 107 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: Now, it's no good, no good. 108 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: Both Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree on the policy that 109 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: we just enunciated, and Congress should unite and enact this 110 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: common sense country saving legislation right now, and it should be. 111 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: Before anything else happens. 112 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: And the reason they don't want to do it, why 113 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: would anybody, not one voter ID one reason? 114 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 2: Because they want to cheat. There's only one reason. They 115 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 2: make up all excuses. 116 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: They say it's racist, they come up with things. You 117 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: almost say, what imagination they have. 118 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 2: They want to cheat. 119 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: They have cheated, and their policy is so bad that 120 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: the only way they can get elected is to cheat, 121 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: and we're going to stop it. 122 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 6: We have to stop it, Josh. 123 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: And here is one more opportunity to show common sense 124 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: in government. In the gallery tonight are Sage Blair and 125 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: her mother Michelle. In one I was fourteen when school 126 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: officials in Virginia sought to socially transition her to a 127 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,959 Speaker 1: new gender, treating her as a boy and hiding it 128 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: from her parents. 129 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 2: Hard to believe, isn't it. 130 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: Before long, a confused Sage ran away from home after 131 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: she was found in a horrific situation in Maryland, a 132 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: left wing judge refused to return Sage to her parents 133 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: because they did not immediately state that their daughter was 134 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: their son. Sage was thrown into an all boys, stayed home, 135 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: and suffered terribly for a long time. 136 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 2: But today all. 137 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: Of that is behind them, because Sage is a proud 138 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: and wonderful young woman with a full ride scholarship to 139 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,599 Speaker 1: Liberty University. 140 00:12:51,240 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 2: Sage and Michelle, please send up and thank you for 141 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 2: your great bravery. And who can believe. 142 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: That we're even speaking about things like this fifteen years ago? 143 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 2: If somebody was up here and said that, they say, 144 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: what's wrong with him? 145 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: And now we have to say it because it's going 146 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: on all over numerous states. 147 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 2: Without even telling the parents. 148 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: But surely we can all agree no state can be 149 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: allowed to rip children from their parents' arms and transition 150 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: them to a new gender against the parents' will. 151 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 2: Who would believe that we've been talking about them. 152 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately. 153 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 2: Look, nobody says up, these people are crazy. I'm telling 154 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: you deck crazy. Amazing seven boy of boy, We're lucky 155 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 2: we have a country with people like this. Democrats are 156 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 2: destroying our country. But we've stopped it just in the 157 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: nick of time, didn't. 158 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: No one cares more about protecting America's youth than our 159 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: wonderful first lady now a movie star. 160 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 2: It's a movie star. Can you believe it? Who would? 161 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 2: I believe that? 162 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: Over the past year, she has had an incredible impact, 163 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: championing AI legislation, advancing a landmark ex secutive order or 164 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: enforce the care. 165 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 2: And helping secure thirty million. 166 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: Dollars to launch the Milania Trump Forced the Youth to 167 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: Independence initiative. It's a tremendous really, a tremendous thing that 168 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: happened and had a lot of bipartisan support. She gets 169 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: much better at bipartisan support than I do. I get none, 170 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: she gets a lot. Someday you're gonna have to tell 171 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: me how you did that. And students and educators in 172 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: every state have joined the First Lady's efforts in the 173 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: Presidential AI Challenge, keeping America's next generation position to succeed 174 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: and strongly. 175 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 2: Succeed in the future. 176 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: Tonight, we welcome two young people whose lives reflect the 177 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: First Lady's impact, Sierra Burns and everest Never Mount. 178 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 2: Thank you both, and Milania, thank you. I now hard 179 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 2: you worked on her. Thank you. 180 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: I'm very proud to say that during my time in office, 181 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: both the first four years and in particular this last year, 182 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: there has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, 183 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: and belief in God. 184 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: Tremendous renew. 185 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: This is especially true among young people, and a big 186 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: part of that had to do with my great friend 187 00:16:56,040 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: Charlie Kirk, great great man. So last year Charlie was 188 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: violently murdered by an assassin and martyred, really martyred for 189 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 1: his beliefs. His wonderful wife, Erica is with us tonight. 190 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: Erica, please stand Thank you. 191 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: Erica been through a lot in Charlie's memory. 192 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 2: We must all come together. 193 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: To reaffirm that America is one nation under God, and 194 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: we must totally reject political. 195 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 2: Violence of any kind. 196 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: We love religion and we love bringing it back, and 197 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: it's coming back at levels that nobody. 198 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 2: Actually thought possible. 199 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: It's really a beautiful thing to see. Above all, at 200 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: leashing America's promise requires keeping. 201 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: Our communities safe. 202 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: We have made incredible strides, yet dangerous repeat offenders continue 203 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: to be released by pro crime Democrat politicians. 204 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: Again and again. We are honored to be joined. 205 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: Tonight by a woman who's been through hell, Anya Zuretzka. 206 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty. 207 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: Two, she and her beautiful daughter, so beautiful, What a 208 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: beautiful young woman. Irena fled war turn war torn Ukraine 209 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: to live with relatives near Charlotte, North Carolina. 210 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 2: And by the way, what's going on with Charlotte. 211 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: Last summer, twenty three year old Irena was riding home 212 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: on the train when a deranged monster who had been 213 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: arrested over a dozen times and was released through no 214 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife. 215 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 2: Through her neck and body. 216 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: No one will ever forget there were people on that train. 217 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: No one will ever forget the expression of terror on 218 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: IRENA's face as she looked up at her attacker in 219 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,479 Speaker 1: the last seconds of her life. She died instantly. She 220 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: had escaped a brutal war, only to be slain by 221 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: a hardened criminal set free to kill in America, came 222 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: in through open borders. 223 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 2: Missus Zaretska. 224 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: Tonight, I promise you we will ensure justice for your 225 00:19:47,880 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: magnificent daughter, Irena. 226 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 2: How do you not stand? How do you not stand? 227 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm asking this Congress to pass tough legislation to ensure 228 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: that violent and dangerous repeat offenders are put behind bars. 229 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 2: And importantly, that they stay there. 230 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: Starting last summer, I deployed our National Guard and federal 231 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: law enforcement to restore law and order to our most 232 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: dangerous cities, including Memphis, Tennessee big success, New Orleans, Louisiana 233 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 1: Big success, And our nation's capital itself, Washington, d C. 234 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 2: Where we have almost no crime anymore. In Washington, d C. 235 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 2: How did that happen? 236 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: In fact, crime in Washington is now at the lowest 237 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: level ever recorded, and murders in DC this January we're 238 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: down close to one hundred percent. 239 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: From a year ago. They don't like to hear that. 240 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 2: One of the sick people, one. 241 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: Of the brave service members who helped achieve this studying 242 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: turnaround was twenty year old West Virginia Army National Guard 243 00:21:54,720 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: specialist Sarah Bextra. After a four month deployment, she voluntarily 244 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: extended her service and her rank was going to be lifted. 245 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 2: She was doing so well. They were so proud of her. 246 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: But the very next day she was on patrol near 247 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: the White House when she was ambushed and shot in 248 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: the head by a terrorist monster from Afghanistan. Shouldn't have 249 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: been in our country and all because she wore the 250 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: uniform of our nation. 251 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: She was shot. 252 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: He traveled here because he didn't like people wearing our uniform. 253 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: He was sick and deranged. Shouldn't have been in our country. 254 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: Sarah Bextram died in order to defend our capital, and 255 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: we are honored to be joined by. 256 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 2: Her wonderful parents, Gary. 257 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: And Evinly, your daughter was a true American patriot and 258 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: she will be greatly may She was a great person. 259 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 2: I saw reports on her. They'd never seen anything like her. 260 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: So sorry, thank you very much. A great young lady reports. 261 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: They were like perfect. He's perfect. Serving alongside Sarah that 262 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 1: day was staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf. The terrorist shot Andrew 263 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: in the head, and no one thought he could possibly 264 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: make it. The two of them, Sarah and both shot 265 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: violently in the head. Neither was expected to make it. 266 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: They weren't even given a chance except his. 267 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 2: Wonderful mother named Melody, who I spoke to the same night, 268 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 2: and she was so positive. The doctors thought that. 269 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: Andrew was gone, but his mother said, no, no, mister President, 270 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: Andrew will be fun. He's going to make it. I've 271 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: never seen anything like it. I mean, he was given 272 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: almost no chance. 273 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 2: She said, I have no doubt, sir, He's going to 274 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 2: be okay. 275 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: This was a conversation that I had with her that night, 276 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: with her son laying hopelessly in bed, blood all over 277 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: everybody is praying, she said, sir, he will be okay. 278 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: The doctors didn't understand what she was saying, and after 279 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: looking at the results of the damage done, neither did I. 280 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: She was so strong and conclusive that even Andrew's great 281 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: father felt she didn't really understand the gravity of the situation. 282 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 2: But she turned out to be right right, Melody, She 283 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 2: turned out. 284 00:24:47,240 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 7: To be right. 285 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 2: Amazing. 286 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: Actually, I said, where does this woman come from? The 287 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 1: most positive person I've ever met. With God's help, Andrew 288 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: has battled back from the edge of death, and we're 289 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: talking about the edge of death on his way to 290 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: a miraculous recovery. He's got a little work to do, 291 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 1: but he's doing great. Nice to see he's a good 292 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: looking guy. Nice to see you. 293 00:25:53,440 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 2: Thanks Andrew, Thank you very much, So Andrew. 294 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: While you're up now, I'm going to ask a highly 295 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: respected General James Seward to present Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf. 296 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 2: And the great family of Sarah Beckstrom. 297 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: With the award created by our late great President George 298 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: Washington himself. 299 00:26:34,280 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 2: It's called the Purple Heart. We love you, all, love you. 300 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: We're proudly restoring safety for Americans at home, and we 301 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 1: are also restoring security for Americans abroad. Our country has 302 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: never been stronger. My first ten months, I ended eight wars, 303 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: including Cambodia. 304 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: Isn't it funny? And sick people? 305 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: Cambodia, in Thailand, Pakistan. 306 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 2: And India would have been a nuclear war. 307 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: Thirty five million people said the Prime Minister. 308 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 2: Of Pakistan would have died if it were not from my. 309 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: Involvement Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, 310 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Congo and Rwanda, and of course 311 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: the war in Gaza, which proceeds at a very low level. 312 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 2: It's just about there. 313 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: And I want to thank Steve Witkoff and Jared Krishna 314 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: for your help. 315 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 2: Thank you Steve, Thank you Joe. 316 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: And I also want to thank the mandate report to 317 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,719 Speaker 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 318 00:28:49,800 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 2: Thank you, Malcolm. People I like you. You know, Marco 319 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 2: got one hundred percent. 320 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: Of the votes when he was in conference. I think 321 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: our next one was about fifty four percent. And some 322 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: of the Democrats are now saying, I can't believe we 323 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: approved that guy. 324 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 2: And he said, it's an honor that they feel that way. 325 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: Right, Barco, you have done a great job, great Secretary 326 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: of State. 327 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 2: I think he'll go down as the best of it. 328 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: Under the Seaspire, I negotiated every single hostage, both living 329 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: and dead, has been returned home. 330 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 2: Can you believe that. 331 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 6: Nobody thought it was possible. 332 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 2: Nobody thought that was possible, both living and dead. 333 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: In those parents who had a dead son, their boy 334 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: that always told me their boy. They wanted him as 335 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: much as though he were living. It was an amazing 336 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: period of time. And they came back. And when we 337 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: got all of the living hostages back, and many many 338 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: before them. But I always said, those last twenty are 339 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: going to be very tough. But we got many, many 340 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: more hundreds. But I said, those last twenty are gonna 341 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: be tough. We got him back, but we only got 342 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: back fourteen or fifteen of. 343 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 2: The dead of the twenty eight. 344 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: And believe it or not, Hamas worked along with Israel, 345 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: and they dug and they dug and they dug. 346 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 2: It's a tough it's a tough thing to. 347 00:30:55,280 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: Do, going through bodies all over, passing up one hundred 348 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: bodies sometimes for each one that they found. 349 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 2: Tough job. 350 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: And they finally got it back to twenty seven. 351 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 2: And then Steve and Jared they got it back. 352 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: To twenty eight. They found all twenty eight. Nobody thought 353 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: that was possible, but we did it. And I remember 354 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: the family of the twenty eighth. They were so grieved, 355 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: but they were so happy, as happy as it's possible 356 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: possible to be. They had their boy back. The mother said, sir, 357 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: we have our boy back. What a period of time 358 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: that was but we got. 359 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 2: Them all back. So thank you both very much. 360 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 4: Wake there, and we're working very hard to. 361 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 2: End the Ninth War. 362 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: The killing and slaughter between Russia and Ukraine were twenty 363 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: five thousand soldiers. 364 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 2: Dying each and every month. 365 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: Think of that, twenty five thousand soldiers are dying a month, 366 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: a war which would have never happened if I were president, 367 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: would have never happened. As president, I will make peace 368 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: wherever I can, but I will never hesitate to confront 369 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: threats to America wherever we must. That's why, in a 370 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: breakthrough operation last year, the United States military obliterated Iran's 371 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: nuclear weapons program with an attack on a radian soil 372 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: known as Operation Midnight Hammer. For decades, it had been 373 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: the policy of the United States never to. 374 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 2: Allow around to obtain a nuclear weapon. 375 00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: Many decades since they seized control of that proud nation 376 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: forty seven years ago, the regime and its murderous proxies 377 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: have spread. 378 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 2: Nothing but terrorism and death and hate. 379 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: They've killed and maimed thousands of American service members and 380 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands and even millions of people with what's 381 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: called roadside bombs. They were the kings of the roadside 382 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 1: bomb and we took out Solomony. I did that during 383 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: my first term at a huge impact. He was the 384 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: father of the roadside barb And just over the last couple. 385 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 2: Of months with the protests, they've killed that lease. 386 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: That looks like thirty two thousand protests, thirty two thousand 387 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: protests in their own country. 388 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 2: They shot them and hung them. We stopped them. 389 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: From hanging a lot of them with the threat of 390 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: serious violence. 391 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,959 Speaker 2: But this is some terrible people. 392 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: They've already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our 393 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:15,280 Speaker 1: bases overseas, and they're working to build missiles that will 394 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:20,240 Speaker 1: soon reach the United States of America. After Midnight Hammer, 395 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: they were warned to make no future attempts to rebuild 396 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: their weapons program, in a particular nuclear weapons. 397 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 2: Yet they continue starting it all over. 398 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: We wiped it out, and they want to start all 399 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 1: over again, and at this moment again pursuing their sinister ambitions. 400 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 2: We are in negotiations with them. 401 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: They want to make a deal, but we haven't heard 402 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: those secret words. We will never have a nuclear weapon. 403 00:34:50,680 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: My preference, my preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy. 404 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,319 Speaker 1: But one thing is certain I will never allow the 405 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: world's number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, 406 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:19,720 Speaker 1: to have a nuclear weapon. 407 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 2: Can't let that happen, and no nations should ever doubt 408 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 2: America's resolve. We have the most. 409 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: Powerful military on Earth. I rebuilt the military in my 410 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: first term. We're going to continue to do so also 411 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: just to prove the trillion dollar budget. 412 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 2: We have no choice. 413 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: We have to be strong because hopefully we will seldom 414 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: have to use this great power that we built together. 415 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: It's really called peace through strength. That has been very, 416 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:21,160 Speaker 1: very effective. So thanks to Republicans in Congress, we're investing 417 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: that record number of dollars, have no choice in the 418 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,760 Speaker 1: United States Armed Forces. 419 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 2: Also creating a lot of jobs. 420 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: But we're not even doing it for that reason because, 421 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: as I said, we have more jobs, more people working 422 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,760 Speaker 1: today than ever before in the history of our country. 423 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: And NATO countries are friends and allies. They are there 424 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 1: are friends and there are allies. Have just agreed, at 425 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 1: my very strong request, to pay five percent of GDP 426 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: for military defense, rather than the two percent which they 427 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 1: weren't paying. 428 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 2: We were paying for almost all of them. 429 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 1: Now they're paying five as opposed to not paying for it, 430 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: and getting that five percent was something which everyone said. 431 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,320 Speaker 2: Would never be done, could not happen. 432 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: We got it really easily with one meeting and a 433 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 1: big difference between two percent that's not paid. 434 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 2: We were paying afraid of many of them. 435 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: Ver if you were paid up now five percent, then 436 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:25,760 Speaker 1: they're paid. 437 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,720 Speaker 2: And everything we send over. 438 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: To Ukraine is sent through NATO and they pay us 439 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: in full. 440 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 2: They pay us totally in full. 441 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: Every branch of our armed forces is setting records for recruitment. 442 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 1: This is so exciting. And every service member recently and 443 00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: every service member recently received a warrior dividend of seventeen 444 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy six dollars. 445 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,239 Speaker 2: There they paid on my desk. 446 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: We got the money from Tariff's another thing, a lot 447 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 1: of money we had. 448 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 2: We have much more money than people understand. Have to 449 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 2: rebuild that program a little bit, but it won't take long. 450 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 1: But we got the money and it was seventeen one 451 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,360 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five dollars. And they wanted my approval, 452 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:34,200 Speaker 1: and I said, what's the number. Seventeen hundred and seventy 453 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,080 Speaker 1: five dollars. I said, wait a minute, for one more dollar, 454 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: we can have seventeen seventy six, let's go to it. 455 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 2: I said, we're going to figure that. 456 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: I never asked anybody if we could afford it one 457 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,760 Speaker 1: more dollar, I said, seventeen seventy six. 458 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 2: And I said, that's good. 459 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what our military. That was four 460 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,920 Speaker 1: months ago. Our military. I never see a person in 461 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 1: the military that doesn't thank before it. So we're honored 462 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 1: to do it. They deserve it. And said, we call 463 00:38:58,600 --> 00:38:59,919 Speaker 1: it seventeen seventy six. 464 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 2: It was great. 465 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 1: And we love our military. We love our law enforcement. 466 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,759 Speaker 1: We love our fireman. You know, the firemen don't get 467 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 1: mentioned enough. 468 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 2: We love our firemen. We're also. 469 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:30,160 Speaker 1: We're also reshawing American security and dominance in the Western Hemisphere, 470 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 1: acting to secure our national interests and defend our country 471 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,799 Speaker 1: from violence, drugs, terrorism, and foreign interference. 472 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,200 Speaker 2: For years, large swaths of. 473 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: Territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, really 474 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 1: large parts of Mexico, have been controlled. 475 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 2: By murderous drug cartels. 476 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: That's why I designated these cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, 477 00:39:55,680 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 1: and I declared illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. 478 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,760 Speaker 1: And with our new military campaign, we have stopped record 479 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: amounts of drugs coming into our country and virtually stopped 480 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,800 Speaker 1: it completely coming in. 481 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,879 Speaker 2: By water or see. You probably noticed that. 482 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: You very seriously damaged their fishing industrial also wants nobody 483 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:34,879 Speaker 1: wants to go fishing anymore. We've also taken down one 484 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,839 Speaker 1: of the most sinister cartel kingpins of old You saw 485 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:57,880 Speaker 1: that yesterday in January. In January, elite American warriors carried 486 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: out one of the most complex, spectacular defeats of military 487 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 1: competence and power in world history. No one's seen anything 488 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,239 Speaker 1: like a foreign leaders. I won't tell you who called me, 489 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:14,120 Speaker 1: and they said, very impressive. They couldn't believe. They all watched, 490 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,759 Speaker 1: they saw what happened. This is a different fighting force 491 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 1: that we had years ago when we fought to tie 492 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,759 Speaker 1: You know, it's a great fighting force. I'm so proud 493 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:29,960 Speaker 1: of it. Look at Space Force, Space forces, my baby. 494 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,680 Speaker 2: As we did that, my baby, it's becoming so important. 495 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:56,600 Speaker 1: An America's armed forces overwhelmed all defenses. That not only 496 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 1: defeated a enemy, good fighters to end the reign of 497 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: outlaw dictator Nicholas Maduro. 498 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:16,360 Speaker 2: And bring him to face American justice. And this was 499 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 2: an absolutely colossal victory. 500 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,480 Speaker 1: For the security of the United States, and it also 501 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,840 Speaker 1: opens up a bright new beginning for the people of Venezuela. 502 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:31,279 Speaker 1: We're working closely with the new President of Venezuela, Delsea Rodriguez, 503 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:35,280 Speaker 1: to unleash extraordinary economic gains for both of our countries 504 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: and to bring new hope to those who have suffered 505 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:38,680 Speaker 1: so terribly. 506 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,120 Speaker 2: They really did suffer. With us. 507 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:46,000 Speaker 1: Tonight is Alejandro Gonzalez. He grew up and it tightened 508 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 1: Venezuelan family, and was especially close to her beloved uncle Enrique. 509 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,759 Speaker 1: But after Enrique ran for office and opposed Maduro, he 510 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,960 Speaker 1: was kidnapped by maduro security forces and thrown into the 511 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:05,960 Speaker 1: regimes really infamous prison in Caracas. Alejandro feared she would 512 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,600 Speaker 1: never see her uncle again. 513 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:11,440 Speaker 2: She feared for her own life also. But since the. 514 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 1: Raid, we have worked with the new leadership and they 515 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,400 Speaker 1: have ordered the closure of that vile prison and released 516 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:23,680 Speaker 1: hundreds of political prisoners already with more to come. Alejandra 517 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,239 Speaker 1: pleased to inform you that not only has your uncle. 518 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,360 Speaker 2: Been released, but he is here tonight. 519 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,800 Speaker 1: We brought him all but to celebrate his meeetom with 520 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:33,800 Speaker 1: you in person. 521 00:43:34,200 --> 00:44:18,680 Speaker 2: And Rieka, please come down. Thank you. And Rey k 522 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:19,600 Speaker 2: have a good time. 523 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,279 Speaker 4: Let's have you back in re K. 524 00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: There were many heroes on that January raid to capture Maduro, 525 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:32,640 Speaker 1: really great heroes. It was very dangerous. They knew we 526 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,799 Speaker 1: were coming, they were all set. But the deeds of 527 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:39,120 Speaker 1: one warrior that night will live forever in the eternal 528 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,920 Speaker 1: chronicles of military valor. 529 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:47,400 Speaker 2: Chief Warrant Officer five Eric Slover. 530 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,520 Speaker 1: Planned the mission and was the flight lead in the 531 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:59,080 Speaker 1: cockpit of the first helicopter. A big, beautiful, powerful helicopter 532 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:03,839 Speaker 1: is a mass of Chinook carrying, as you can imagine, 533 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:10,160 Speaker 1: many many American warfighters wearing the dog tags. His wife, 534 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,480 Speaker 1: Amy had blessed with holy water before he left. 535 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,400 Speaker 2: She knew it was going to be a rough one. 536 00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,360 Speaker 1: Eric steered the Chinook under the cover of night and 537 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,480 Speaker 1: descended swiftly upon Madure's heavily protected military fortress. 538 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,680 Speaker 2: This was a major military. 539 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:31,240 Speaker 1: Installation, protected by thousands of soldiers and guarded by Russian 540 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,719 Speaker 1: and Chinese military technology. 541 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:36,080 Speaker 2: How did that work out? Not too quick. 542 00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:43,040 Speaker 1: While preparing to land, enemy machine guns fired from every angle, 543 00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: and Eric was hit very badly in the leg and 544 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:52,080 Speaker 1: hip one bullet after another. He absorbed four agonizing shots 545 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:57,040 Speaker 1: shredding his leg into numerous pieces. And yet, despite the 546 00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,160 Speaker 1: fact that the use of his legs was vital to 547 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:05,680 Speaker 1: successful helicopter flight, Lake said, the most important part of 548 00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,640 Speaker 1: flying a helicopter to deliver. 549 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,640 Speaker 2: The many commanders who would capture. 550 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:15,200 Speaker 1: And detain Maduro, was the only thing Eric was thinking 551 00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,920 Speaker 1: about then, even as he was gushing blood, which was 552 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:20,440 Speaker 1: flowing back down the aisle. 553 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,760 Speaker 2: Helicopter lands at a steep angle. The machine guns stood 554 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 2: right in front of him. 555 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,880 Speaker 1: They were right in front of him, two machine gunners 556 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:33,320 Speaker 1: who escaped the wrath of the previous planes. Eric maneuvered 557 00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,560 Speaker 1: his helicopter with all of those lives and souls to 558 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:40,280 Speaker 1: face the enemy and let his gunners eliminate the threat. 559 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:44,640 Speaker 1: Turned the helicopter around so the gunners could take care 560 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,759 Speaker 1: of business, saving the lives of his fellow warriors from 561 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:52,719 Speaker 1: what could have been a catastrophic crash deep in enemy territory. 562 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,200 Speaker 1: Only after safely landing the helicopter with all the warriors 563 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:01,279 Speaker 1: aboard in the exact right spot, which was vital to 564 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:05,480 Speaker 1: the mission, probably would have happened, maybe cancel the mission 565 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:10,880 Speaker 1: if that didn't happen, Eric told his co pilot, also wounded, 566 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,680 Speaker 1: but not as gravely to take over. 567 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:16,920 Speaker 2: I'm about ready to. 568 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,880 Speaker 1: Pass out the success of the entire mission and the 569 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:24,480 Speaker 1: lives of his fellow warriors hinge and Eric's ability to 570 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:30,279 Speaker 1: take searing pain. It was unbelievable. What's happened to his 571 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:35,200 Speaker 1: legs of the bullets and keep on flying and landing, 572 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:39,520 Speaker 1: and people knew what was happening. Everybody in the back 573 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:41,440 Speaker 1: of the helicopter knew because they saw the. 574 00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:43,080 Speaker 2: Blood pouring down the aisle. 575 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:49,400 Speaker 1: Chief Warrant Officer Slover is still recovering from his serious wounds, 576 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,760 Speaker 1: but I'm thrilled to say that he is here tonight with. 577 00:47:52,640 --> 00:48:48,080 Speaker 2: His wife, Amy, Eric and Amy, come on in so 578 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:53,440 Speaker 2: we have a surprise. Eric and Amy. In recognition of 579 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:56,840 Speaker 2: Eric's actions above and beyond the call of duty. 580 00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:03,000 Speaker 1: I would now like to ask General Jonathan Braga to 581 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:09,680 Speaker 1: present Chief Warrants Officer Slover with our nation's highest military award, 582 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,080 Speaker 1: the Congressional Medal of Honor. 583 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:29,920 Speaker 2: Well, thank you very much, Eric and Amy. Great to 584 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:30,560 Speaker 2: get to know you. 585 00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:32,640 Speaker 1: I met with them and with a lot of their 586 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,000 Speaker 1: fellow warriors at Fort Bragg recently. 587 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:37,560 Speaker 2: You know it is the name Fort Bragg. We have 588 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:38,839 Speaker 2: it back. We brought it back. 589 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,520 Speaker 1: We won the First World War, wind a Second World 590 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:42,319 Speaker 1: War water and. 591 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:45,640 Speaker 2: Then they decided to change your name, but we changed 592 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:46,080 Speaker 2: it back. 593 00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:51,840 Speaker 1: Everybody wanted to change back to Anten of Eric's fellow 594 00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:56,400 Speaker 1: warriors from that incredible night of victory will also be 595 00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,239 Speaker 1: receiving medals at a private ceremony. 596 00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:00,600 Speaker 2: That will soon be held at the White. 597 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:06,600 Speaker 1: House, and Erica Duda, thank. 598 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:30,480 Speaker 2: You, thank you. That's a big one. Tonight. 599 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:34,920 Speaker 1: We've celebrated many truly extraordinary American patriots, but there is 600 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 1: one last living legend to honor before we go. He 601 00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:45,359 Speaker 1: is one more heroic American aviator Navy fighter pilot. Royce 602 00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:50,040 Speaker 1: Williams served in World War two Korea Vietnam, flying more 603 00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:54,560 Speaker 1: than two hundred and twenty missions in disguise over Korea. 604 00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:59,800 Speaker 1: In nineteen fifty two, Royce was in the dogfight of 605 00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:05,680 Speaker 1: a lifetime legendary Doukclay. Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron 606 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:09,520 Speaker 1: was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes. It was his 607 00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,560 Speaker 1: first aerial combat of the war, and despite being massively 608 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:16,080 Speaker 1: outnumbered and that gunned, Royce led the takedown of four 609 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:21,919 Speaker 1: enemy Jensen almost destroyed the others, vanquishing his adversaries while 610 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:25,919 Speaker 1: taking two hundred and sixty three bullets to his own 611 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:30,520 Speaker 1: plane and being seriously hurt. His story was secret for 612 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,320 Speaker 1: over fifty years. He didn't even want to tell his wife. 613 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:37,760 Speaker 1: But the legend grew and grew. But tonight, at one 614 00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:42,280 Speaker 1: hundred years old, this brave Navy captain is finally getting 615 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:44,719 Speaker 1: the recognition he deserves. 616 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,000 Speaker 2: He was a legend long before this evening. 617 00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,560 Speaker 1: Royce, please stand up, and I will ask the first 618 00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:55,719 Speaker 1: Lady of the United States to present Captain Royce Williams 619 00:52:55,719 --> 00:53:26,000 Speaker 1: with his Congressional Medal of Honor. 620 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:01,480 Speaker 7: Thank you. 621 00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:09,600 Speaker 2: Your voice, and thank you Eric. 622 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:13,880 Speaker 1: I've always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I 623 00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,239 Speaker 1: was informed I'm not allowed to give it to myself, and. 624 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:17,840 Speaker 2: I wouldn't know why i'd be taking it. 625 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,839 Speaker 1: But if they ever opened up that law, I will 626 00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:22,240 Speaker 1: be there with you someday. 627 00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:25,680 Speaker 2: But you know, that's our highest. 628 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,680 Speaker 1: Honor, Congressional Medal of Honor, and that's a big thing, 629 00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,120 Speaker 1: and it's an honor to be in the same room 630 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:30,440 Speaker 1: with you. 631 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:51,319 Speaker 2: Thank you both very much, Eric, thank me, thank you. 632 00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:56,120 Speaker 1: Two hundred and fifty years is a long time in 633 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:59,319 Speaker 1: the life of a nation, but in other sense, it's 634 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:03,200 Speaker 1: really a mere moment in the eye of history. Two 635 00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,920 Speaker 1: of the gentlemen we met in the gallery this evening 636 00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:10,640 Speaker 1: took their first breaths one century ago. One hundred years 637 00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:15,360 Speaker 1: before that, on July fourth, eighteen twenty six, the author 638 00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:21,440 Speaker 1: of the Declaration of Independence, brilliant Thomas Jefferson, through his 639 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:26,719 Speaker 1: last breath. Just a single long human lifespan separates the 640 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:31,000 Speaker 1: giants who declared and won our independence from the heroes 641 00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:35,040 Speaker 1: who stand among us tonight. Everything our nation has done, 642 00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:38,120 Speaker 1: everything we have achieved, has been the work of those 643 00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:41,800 Speaker 1: few great lifetimes and those brief chapters. 644 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,040 Speaker 2: Americans built this nation from. 645 00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:49,080 Speaker 1: Thirteen humble colonies into the pinnacle of human civilization and 646 00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:54,120 Speaker 1: human freedom, the strongest, wealthiest, most powerful, most successful nation 647 00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:55,720 Speaker 1: in all of history. 648 00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:58,160 Speaker 2: Americans ventured out. 649 00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:03,719 Speaker 1: Across the daunting and continent we carved, passed through an 650 00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:09,400 Speaker 1: unforgiving wilderness, settled a boundless frontier, and tamed the beautiful 651 00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:15,759 Speaker 1: but very very dangerous wild West. From empty marshes and 652 00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:21,280 Speaker 1: wide open plains, we raised up the world's greatest cities. Together, 653 00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:27,280 Speaker 1: we mastered the world's mightiest industries, shattered histories, monstrous tyrannies, 654 00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:33,160 Speaker 1: and we liberated millions from the chains of fascism, communism, oppression, 655 00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:37,520 Speaker 1: and terror. Americans lifted humanity into the skies on the 656 00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:41,680 Speaker 1: wings of aluminum and seal, and then we launched mankind 657 00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:46,080 Speaker 1: into the stars on rockets powered by sheer American will 658 00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:48,720 Speaker 1: and unyielding American pride. 659 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,160 Speaker 2: We wired the lobe with. 660 00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:57,200 Speaker 1: Our ingenuity, We captivated the planet with American culture, and 661 00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,960 Speaker 1: now we are pioneering the next great American breakthroughs that 662 00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:06,000 Speaker 1: will change the entire world. All of this and so 663 00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:10,840 Speaker 1: much more is the enduring legacy, unmatched glory of the 664 00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:15,080 Speaker 1: hard working patriots who built and defended this country, and 665 00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:19,160 Speaker 1: who still carry the hopes and freedoms on all of 666 00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:24,880 Speaker 1: humanity's backs. For years, they were forgotten, betrayed, and cast aside. 667 00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:28,200 Speaker 1: But that great betrayal is over and they will never 668 00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:29,400 Speaker 1: be forgotten again. 669 00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:32,800 Speaker 2: Because when the world needs courage, daring. 670 00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:37,960 Speaker 1: Vision and inspiration, it is still turning to America. And 671 00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:42,200 Speaker 1: when God needs a nation to work his miracles, he 672 00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:47,600 Speaker 1: knows exactly who to ask. There is no challenge Americans 673 00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:51,880 Speaker 1: cannot overcome, No frontier too vast for us to conquer, 674 00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:57,080 Speaker 1: no dream to bold for us to chase, No horizon 675 00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:00,920 Speaker 1: to distant for us to claim, for our destiny is 676 00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:05,200 Speaker 1: written by the hand of Providence, and these first two 677 00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:09,520 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty years were just the beginning. From the 678 00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,760 Speaker 1: rugged border towns of Texas to the heartland villages of Michigan, 679 00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,840 Speaker 1: from the sun kiss shores of Florida to the endless 680 00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:21,800 Speaker 1: fields of the Dakotas, and from the historic streets of 681 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,640 Speaker 1: Philadelphia to right here in our nation's capital, Washington, d C. 682 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,400 Speaker 2: The golden Age of America is upon us. 683 00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:35,240 Speaker 1: The revolution that began in seventeen seventy six has not ended. 684 00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:40,080 Speaker 1: It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence 685 00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:45,040 Speaker 1: still burns in the heart of every American patriot. And 686 00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:49,240 Speaker 1: our future will be bigger, better, brighter, bolder, and more 687 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:54,000 Speaker 1: glorious than ever before. Thank you, God bless you, and 688 00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:59,760 Speaker 1: God bless America.