1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome in is verdicous center. Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you, Senator, 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: we got really not a lot to talk about today. 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 2: It is America. 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: First, you got sixty days to figure out what you 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: want to do, and after that, we don't play around. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: What a message to the world with what just happened 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 2: in Iran? 8 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 3: Well, this weekend was incredibly consequential. President Trump made the 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 3: decision to take out Iran's nuclear capability. Israel had been 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 3: bombing Iran for over a week, and yet there were 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 3: certain facilities, particularly the ford All facility under a mountain 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 3: in Iran, that Israel lacked the capability to take out. 13 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 3: And we talked about this at great length. Tucker Carlson 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 3: and I went round and round on this. Tucker did 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 3: not want the United States to engage in this bombing. 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 3: I believed that we should act decisively to stop Iran 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 3: from developing nuclear weapons that they could use to murder Americans. 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 3: And this weekend, President Trump resolved the issue by ordering 19 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 3: an inc vitibly successful attack, a quite credibly beautifully orchestrated 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 3: attack that devastated Iran's nuclear capability with no casualties on 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 3: our part. We're going to break it down. 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Uh, clearly 69 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: i RAN didn't want to work on a deal, and 70 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: there was a consequence for those actions, and it was 71 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: the fact that they were so close to being able 72 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: to get a nuclear weapon. 73 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 3: Well, that's exact exactly right. President Trump gave a Ran 74 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: sixty days to reach a deal. The deal. The terms 75 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 3: he set out was that the deal must entail complete 76 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 3: and total dis dismantlement of their nuclear weapons capability, every 77 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 3: centrifuge being dismantled, being shut down. Iran took the entire 78 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: sixty days, and then on the sixtieth day, the IATOLA 79 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: announced nothing. We give you nothing. We will not dismantle 80 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: a single centrifuge. We will build more centrifuges. We're going 81 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 3: to keep enriching weapons, keep enriching uranium. And the entire 82 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: purpose is to develop a nuclear weapon to be able 83 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 3: to use it against Israel, or more to the point, 84 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 3: against the United States of America. On the sixty first day, 85 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 3: Israel began the aerial assault with incredible precision. I got 86 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 3: to say, by the way, the precision of the Masad 87 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 3: in terms of identifying senior military officials in Iran taking 88 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 3: out one after the other after the other. You know, 89 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 3: every person that got named the chief of staff of 90 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 3: the RGC, it seemed within hours they were taken out. 91 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: Then they named the new chief of staff of the RGC, 92 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: and within hours he got taken out, one after the 93 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 3: other after the other. I got to tell you that 94 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: call saying, hey, Ben, you're the new chief of staff 95 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 3: of the RGC. I think people stopped answering their phone calls. 96 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 3: It was almost like they were hesibal a terrorist getting paid. 97 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: That was their reaction to it. However, as incredibly effective 98 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 3: as Israel's attack was on the senior military leadership, as 99 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 3: incredibly effective as Israel's bombing attack was on nuclear facilities, 100 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 3: there were certain facilities they did not have the equipment 101 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 3: to take out, and chief among those was Fordau. Fordau 102 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 3: was built into the base of a gigantic mountain, and 103 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 3: it was built to withstand aerial assaults. So at midnight 104 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 3: on Friday, the B two strike package left the continental 105 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 3: United States. Part of the package went east, the other 106 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 3: part went west as a decoy. The main strike package 107 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 3: was comprised of seven B two bombers, which flew for 108 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 3: eighteen hours into the target area. Those seven B two 109 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: bombers dropped fourteen bunker buster bombs. Each of those bombs 110 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 3: weighs thirty thousand pounds. By the way, this is the 111 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 3: first battle use of these bombs in history. In addition 112 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: to that, seventy five precision guided weapons were used during 113 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 3: the operation. More than one hundred and twenty five US 114 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 3: aircraft participated in the mission, including B two stealth bombers, 115 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 3: multiple flights of fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens of 116 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 3: air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine, and a full 117 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: array of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as 118 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals. This attack was a 119 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: spectacular success. We had no American casualties. The Iranians did 120 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 3: not know what was coming, and suddenly the crown jewel 121 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 3: of their nuclear weapon operation was destroyed, was devastated, was 122 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 3: on fire. Let me start by saying congratulations to the 123 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 3: incredible airmen who led this attack, the fighting servicemen and 124 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 3: women who us their lives this was a dangerous combat 125 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 3: operation and who carried it out with absolute precision. But 126 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 3: I also want to praise President Trump for having the 127 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: strength of resolve to say we will not allow Iran 128 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: to have a nuclear weapon, and we will do whatever 129 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: it takes to stop it. He was exactly right. I 130 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: stand with President Trump, and tonight we are saluting our 131 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: brave servicemen and women and the commander in chief who 132 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: sent them out to keep America safe. 133 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: I want to ask you a question, and we're gonna 134 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: go backwards and talk more obviously about this attack and 135 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: how important it is. But there is a new headline 136 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: and a real concern that has come up, and that 137 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: is about, Okay, how will I ran retaliate? 138 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: Senator? 139 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: And one of the big concerns that's really been brought up. 140 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: It's being written about right now. I'm seeing articles of 141 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: pop left and right on this is the possibility of 142 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: Iranian sleeper sales in the US. You and I have 143 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: been talking about this now Unfortunately for years that the 144 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: wide open southern border was allowing for people on the 145 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: terrorists watch list to get into this country. And the 146 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: numbers are also I think shocking of how many Iranians 147 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: came across our southern border that we just are the 148 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: Biden administration. I say, just let them in to this 149 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: country and let him walk freely, and we just let 150 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: him go. And that is something that every American should 151 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: be really concerned about right now. 152 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 4: Yeah. 153 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 3: Absolutely, it is a very dangerous time. And understand I 154 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 3: am not remotely pollyannish about the threats we are facing. 155 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 3: You know. You and I talked in the last podcast 156 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 3: about the interview I did with Tucker Carlson where he 157 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 3: got all agitated and said, well, it could be dangerous 158 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 3: if we attack Iran, that all sorts of bad things 159 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 3: could happen. I don't deny that. Yes, it is very 160 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: very dangerous right now. I just think it is more 161 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 3: dangerous to have a theocratic lunatic like the Ayatola who 162 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: chanced death to America and death to Israel, who calls 163 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 3: Israel the Little Satan and calls America the Great Satan. 164 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 3: To let a lunatic like that have nuclear weapons which 165 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 3: could kill millions of Americans. One of the things to 166 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 3: understand You know, a lot of the commentators, particularly those 167 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: who don't want to see US stand up to Iran, 168 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: they say, this is all for Israel, This is all 169 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 3: for Israel. Listen, I agree with President Trump, we should 170 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 3: stand unshakably with Israel. But understand what happened this weekend. 171 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 3: This was not for Israel. This was for the United 172 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 3: States of America. Why because the Iyatola is actively developing 173 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 3: an ICBM program. What does ICBM stand for intercontinental ballistic 174 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 3: missile Ben You don't need an ICBM to go from 175 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 3: Iran to Israel. That's not intercontinental. Iran is right now 176 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 3: firing hundreds of ballistic missiles into Israel. They need an 177 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 3: ICBM for one purpose and one purpose only, which is 178 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 3: to carry a nuclear warhead from Iran to the United 179 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 3: States of America. They were actively developing the capability to 180 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: detonate a nuclear bomb over a major American hit city, 181 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: whether New York or Washington, d C. Or Los Angeles. 182 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: And the President acted decisively to say he's not willing 183 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: to wake up on mourning and discover that millions of 184 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 3: Americans have been murdered because the commander in chief didn't act. 185 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: This was a. 186 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 3: Threat to America. Now, what are the potential escalations. They're 187 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 3: really threefold. The most likely is a continued and even 188 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 3: an escalated barrage on Israeli civilians. More ballistic missiles being 189 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 3: launched into Israel, targeting civilians, and I think there's a 190 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 3: very real possibility that we will see potentially hundreds of 191 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 3: Israelis killed in the days ahead. That that's Iran striking back. 192 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 3: Israel and the United States both targeted military facilities, military leaders. 193 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 3: Iran is not doing that. Iran is not targeting military facilities. 194 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 3: They're deliberately targeting civilians. They're trying to kill little ladies, 195 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 3: They're trying to kill children, they're trying to kill babies. 196 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 3: They're lobbing missiles into densely populated urban environments, hoping to 197 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 3: kill as many Jews as possible. That's one escalation. A 198 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 3: second escalation that is a very real possibility is an 199 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: attack on US servicemen and women in the Middle East. 200 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 3: And we have thousands of servicemen and women's station in 201 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 3: the Middle East. Now, I will tell you President Trump 202 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 3: has made unequivocally clear to Iran, do not do this. 203 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 3: If you kill American servicemen and women, the consequences will 204 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 3: be massive. I spoke with President Trump just over a 205 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 3: week ago, and I said, as President, thank you, thank 206 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: you for making that clear. You are keeping our servicemen 207 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: and women alive because Iran knows the consequences of attacking 208 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 3: them and trying to kill them are massive. But that's 209 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: a second escalation that is entirely possible. We could face 210 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 3: that in the coming days. The third escalation, ben is 211 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: the one you referenced, which is terrorism here in the 212 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 3: United States or abroad. But in the United States in particular, 213 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 3: we had four years of open borders under Joe Biden. 214 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 3: We had twelve million Elie immigrants flood into this country. 215 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 3: And I think there is the very real risk of 216 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 3: sleeper cells, of Iranian sleeper cells carrying out an active terrorism, 217 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 3: whether targeted at US servicemen and women, are targeted at civilians, 218 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 3: targeted at a shopping mall, targeted as a sporting event, 219 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 3: targeted at some place where they could commit a significant, 220 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 3: active mass murder. I pray that that does not happen. 221 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 3: I am confident that the Trump administration is doing everything humanly 222 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 3: possible to protect against it. But the odds of that 223 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 3: have gone up, and so all of us need to 224 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 3: number one, be praying, Be praying for our friends in Israel, 225 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 3: be praying for our servicemen and women in harm's way, 226 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 3: and be praying here in America that we not face 227 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 3: a major active terrorism. But secondly, we need to be vigilant. 228 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 3: We need to be watching because it is dangerous right now. 229 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 3: But understand, even if some or all of these escalations happen, 230 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 3: these escalations are less dangerous than what the world would 231 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 3: be like with the Ayatola with a nuclear weapon that 232 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 3: he could use to murder millions of Americans. The chances 233 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 3: of that scenario have dropped dramatically this weekend because of 234 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 3: President Trump's strong, decisive leadership. 235 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: You know, you hear the numbers, by the way, and 236 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: I just want everyone to hear what Tom Homan had 237 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: to say on Fox News Sunday morning. He was talking 238 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: about the number of nationals of Iran released into the 239 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: interior of this country. We don't know where they are. 240 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: Here's what he said about it. 241 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 5: So I put numbers this morning just from a CBP 242 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 5: under Joe Biden, who was one two hundred and seventy 243 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 5: two nationals Iran releasing the country between OFO and and 244 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 5: the Borbtrow and you compare that to the Trump administration. 245 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 5: Zero right, zero releases and right now, because of President 246 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 5: Trump's leadership, we have the most secure border in my lifetime, 247 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 5: most secure border in history of this nation. So we 248 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 5: have a secure border. So that was a President Trump's 249 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 5: big win on secure of this nation. So we're not 250 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 5: releasing people in this country, especially interests Aliens. I don't 251 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 5: crossed that border undetected. But under Joe Biden, we had 252 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 5: over ten million people across that border. But my biggest 253 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 5: concern from day one, beyond the fat and all beyond 254 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 5: the sex trafficking women and children, were the two man 255 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 5: known godaways. Over two million people cross that border. We 256 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 5: don't know who they are, where they came from, because 257 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,719 Speaker 5: they got away because Bordatal was so overwhelmed with the 258 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 5: humanitarian crisis that Biden created that over two million people 259 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 5: across the border and got away. That is my biggest concern, 260 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 5: and that's what created the biggest national security vulnerability this 261 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 5: country's ever seen. 262 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: You listen to the way he describes this center and 263 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: he's talking about look Iran wanting to hurt us and 264 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: the possibility of sleeper sells here directly is a border 265 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: security issue. And so this brings two of the biggest 266 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: reasons why so many people listening to the show voted 267 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: for Donald Trump. Why you advocated and supported him and 268 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: voted for him as well? And I did too, And 269 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: it seems like, Look, Iran is in essence been waging 270 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: a slow war on the US and our allies. The 271 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: Biden administration was asleep, the EU was asleep, how the 272 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: UN was asleep, and advocate for ran now and literally 273 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: we now understand how vulnerable we are because of their actions. 274 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 3: Twelve hundred Iranian illegal immigrants released into this country by 275 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 3: Joe Biden. The Democrats in any sane world, every Democrat 276 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: in Congress tomorrow would be asked, why did you release 277 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 3: one thousand, two hundred Iranian illegal immigrants into America? Are 278 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 3: you worried about terrorism from the one thousand, two hundred 279 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: Iranian illegal immigrants you released into America? What possible interest 280 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: did America have in releasing these? The contrast, under President Trump, 281 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 3: the number is zero, which is what Tom Homan just 282 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 3: said there. Look, this is an enormous difference. And by 283 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 3: the way, twelve hundred does not limit it. Those are 284 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 3: the ones we know they released, as as Homan rightly noted, 285 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 3: the even more troubling number is two million got aways. 286 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 3: So it could be thousands, it could be tens of 287 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 3: thousands of Iranians. 288 00:15:58,920 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 4: We don't know. 289 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 3: We just know there are over two million people that 290 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 3: we have signs they crossed the border and they got away, 291 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 3: they evaded detection. So some combination of those are murderers, 292 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 3: some are rapists, some are child molesters, some are gang 293 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 3: members from Venezuela or elsewhere. And some of those, in 294 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 3: overwhelming likelihood are terrorists, whether Hamas terrorists, Hesbola terrorist, Palestinian 295 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 3: Islamic jihad terrorist, or specifically Iranian terrorists. But the danger 296 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 3: is serious, and I will say this is a time 297 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 3: for law enforcement and every jurisdiction to be vigilant and 298 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 3: for citizens to be vigilant, to watch. And you know, 299 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 3: in the wake of nine to eleven, it was frequently repeated, 300 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 3: if you see something, say something, this is a dangerous time. 301 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 3: I wish it were not so dangerous, but four years 302 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 3: of open borders exposed real vulnerabilities to us. And the 303 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 3: one thing I'll say is I have confidence that the 304 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 3: Trump administration is doing everything humanly possible to keep us safe, 305 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: and I think that's important. 306 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: Especially now, Let's talk a little bit about the liberal 307 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: logic that has been coming out of so many Democrats 308 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: since this attack took place. And the people who seem 309 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: to be obsessing over Iran's response, implying that their response 310 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: is Donald Trump's fault that they're going to respond, are 311 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: the same idiots that we're not afraid of Iran getting 312 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: a nuclear weapon. Can you explain that liberal logic please? 313 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 3: Sadly, today's Democrat party sides with every enemy of America. 314 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 3: They side on the other side. 315 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 6: Look. 316 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 3: Jk Rowling tweeted this weekend about this person, India Willoughby. 317 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,959 Speaker 3: Now I'll confess I have no idea who India Willoughby is. 318 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 3: But JK Rowling tweeted, India a fan of women, hating 319 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 3: gay hating, authoritating authoritarian regime. Color me astonished. So I 320 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 3: went and googled who is this India Willoughby person? And 321 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 3: it turns out, according to Wikipedia quote, she is Britain's 322 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 3: first transgender national television newsreader. Now pause for a second. 323 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 3: Ben Iran murders transgender people. They throw them off buildings. 324 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 3: If you are gay, they murder you and think about 325 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 3: the mindset of a leftist who this transgender newsreader in 326 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 3: I guess the UK is like, even though the Iahtola 327 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 3: wants to murder me, I stand with the Ayatola rather 328 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 3: than America. That is how messed up leftists are right now. 329 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 3: They're like, oh, homicidal theocratic women are pressing gay murdering, torturing, 330 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 3: genocidal lunatics. Those are my people. 331 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense to me. And then you 332 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: go back to also the quotes that people have been posting, 333 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: and I think it's really important that history reflect. You 334 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: go back to Bill Clinton, senator and he said that 335 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: Iran couldn't get a nuclear way. Hillary Quinton when she 336 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: was a senator, Secretary of State and running for president, 337 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: said Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon. Barack Obama said 338 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 1: that he cannot get a nuclear weapon. You had Joe 339 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: Biden that said they couldn't get a nuclear weapon, and 340 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: then they're at sixty plus percent and Donald Trump stops them, 341 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 1: and then all of the lefts like, you can't do that. 342 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: You're going to start World War three. This is somehow 343 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: your fault. You're the aggressor. 344 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 3: And understand the reason we are here is because of 345 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 3: Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Barack Obama negotiated the disastrous 346 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 3: Iran nuclear deal that flooded billions and billions of dollars 347 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 3: into Iran. Listen, remember Obama literally flew one point seven 348 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 3: billion dollars of cash unmarked bills on a pallet to 349 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 3: deliver to the Iyahtola. That agreement set the stage for 350 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 3: Iran to get nuclear weapons. Donald Trump when he came 351 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 3: in as president. 352 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: For a second, and just now, in hindsight, what really 353 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 1: was that was that dal a, Hey, I don't want 354 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: to have to deal with you guys, so let's just 355 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: you kind of play nice with me and then I'll 356 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: kick the can down the road to another administration. 357 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 2: Like, in hindsight, what was that? Why did we do 358 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 2: that deal? 359 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 3: It was radical ideology. You know, when Barack Obama first 360 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 3: became president, he went and gave a speech at the 361 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 3: University of Cairo in Egypt, and in that speech he 362 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 3: said Iran has a right and he used the word right, 363 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: a right to nuclear technology. Now that is nutty. That 364 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 3: that is, I'm familiar with the right to the pursuit 365 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 3: of happiness. I'm not familiar with a right to possess 366 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 3: thermonuclear weapons. And at the end of the day, I 367 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 3: think Barack Obama and his entire team came in with 368 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 3: an ideological view that America's role in the world is 369 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 3: fundamentally illegitimate, that we are colonial oppressors. Look, as you know, 370 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 3: my last book was Unwoke, How to Defeat Cultural Marxism 371 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 3: in America. These are the cultural Marxists. They view America 372 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 3: as illegitimate and therefore they viewed that we have no business, 373 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 3: we have no right stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Listen, 374 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 3: the Obama Ran nuclear deal would inevitably lead to a 375 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: Ran with nuclear weapons. These guys are not idiots. They 376 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: knew that They're fine with that outcome because they believe 377 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 3: America has no right to prevent it. My view is, 378 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 3: yes we do. If you've got a lunatic who's saying 379 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 3: death to America and we have the power to stop 380 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 3: him from getting nuclear weapons, we will use that power 381 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 3: because the commander in chief is not going to fail 382 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 3: to protect America. And I got to say, by the way, 383 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 3: the useful idiots across the globe a You've got the 384 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 3: Democrats today who are all chirping about how dare you 385 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 3: act to stop I Ran from getting a nuclear weapon. 386 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 3: We also had the Secretary of the United Nations, Antonio Guterras, 387 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 3: who put out a statement. I'm going to read it 388 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 3: to you. Quote I am gravely alarmed by the use 389 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 3: of force by the United States against Iran today. This 390 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,479 Speaker 3: is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge, 391 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 3: and a direct threat to international peace and security. There 392 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 3: is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get 393 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 3: out of control, with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, 394 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: and the world. I call on member states to de 395 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 3: escalate and to uphold their obligations under the UN Charter 396 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 3: and other rules of international law. At this perilous hour, 397 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 3: it is critical to avoid a spiral of chaos. There 398 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 3: is no military solution. The only path forward is diplomacy. 399 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 3: The only hope is peace. What a blithering idiot. I'll 400 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: tell you what I tweeted today. I tweeted, of course, 401 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 3: the UN sides with Iran. Clown face emoji clown face, 402 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 3: emoji clown face emergent. The only thing they couldn't decide 403 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 3: is which chant they agree with more strongly. Quote death 404 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 3: to Israel or quote death to America. And then I 405 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 3: asked a simple question, uestion, Remind me again why we're 406 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 3: paying their bills. 407 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: It's a fair question, and you've got to wonder what's 408 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: the even point of being involved that this is? This 409 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: is how insane they actually are, so what's. 410 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 3: Move But by the way, Ben I also observed, I 411 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 3: think Tehran would make a lovely UN headquarters just located 412 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 3: right there. Maybe on the smoldering ashes of Fida. We 413 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 3: can put put the UN there and they can all 414 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 3: get together with their anti Israel hate and their anti 415 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 3: American hate and they can sit there and glow radioactive 416 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 3: while they talk about developing developing nuclear weapons to bomb America. 417 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 2: At least it would be intellectually honest, like where's the UN. 418 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 2: It's in Tehran. Okay, that makes sense. 419 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:48,360 Speaker 3: Look, that's who they This should not be complicated. 420 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 2: Iran. 421 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 3: Like, let me ask you, Ben, seriously, put yourself in 422 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 3: the head of the UN Secretary General. How do you 423 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 3: look at this and say where do I stand with Iran? 424 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: Like what thought pressis goes through your brain? 425 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, what's the upside of doing that? And why? 426 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: Especially if you know what Iran just did and how 427 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: many terrorist organizations they've supported that are just beyond I mean, 428 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: factually accurate hamas Hesbah and the UN's like, we got you, 429 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: We're going to cover for you. Don't worry, we got 430 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: your back is And that's the reason why I think 431 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 1: it delegitimizes the United Nations to the point where I 432 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: just roll my eyes at them. Now I don't pay 433 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: attention to what they say. 434 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 3: No, no, they're complete zealots. 435 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 5: Now. 436 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 3: In contrast, I want you to listen to President Trump's 437 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 3: Saturday Night as soon as the bombing run was complete, 438 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 3: give a listen to his address to the nation. 439 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 6: A short time ago, the US military carried out massive 440 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 6: precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the 441 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 6: Iranian regime, Fodeaux, Natance, and s Fahan. Everybody heard those 442 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 6: names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. 443 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 6: Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear and richment 444 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 6: capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by 445 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 6: the world's number one state sponsor of terror. 446 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 4: Tonight, I can report to the world that. 447 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 6: The strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear 448 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 6: and Richmond facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, 449 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 6: the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. 450 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 6: If they do not, future attacks would be far. 451 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 4: Greater and a lot easier. 452 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 6: For forty years, Iran has been saying death to America, 453 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 6: death to Israel. They have been killing our people, blowing 454 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 6: off their arms, blowing off their legs with roadside bombs, 455 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 6: that was their specialty. We lost over a thousand people, 456 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 6: and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and around 457 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 6: the world have died as a direct result of their hate, 458 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 6: and particular so many were killed by their general Cassem Solomoni. 459 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 6: I decided a long time ago that I would not 460 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 6: let this happen. It will not continue. I want to 461 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 6: thank and congratulate Prime Minister bb netan Yahoo. We worked 462 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 6: as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, 463 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 6: and we've gone a long way to erasing. 464 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 4: This horrible threat to Israel. 465 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 6: I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful 466 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 6: job they've done, and most importantly, I want to congratulate 467 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 6: the great American patriots who flew those magnificent machines tonight 468 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 6: and all of the United States military on an operation 469 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 6: the likes of which the world has not seen in many, 470 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 6: many decades. Hopefully we will no longer need their services 471 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 6: and this capacity. 472 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 4: I hope that's so. 473 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 6: I also want to congratulate the Chairman of the Joint 474 00:26:54,520 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 6: Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Raisin Kane, spectacular General, all 475 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 6: of the brilliant military minds involved in this attack. With 476 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 6: all of that being said, this cannot continue. There will 477 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 6: be either peace or there will be tragedy for a 478 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 6: ran far greater than we have witnessed over the last 479 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 6: eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. The night's 480 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 6: was the most difficult of them all by far, and 481 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 6: perhaps the most lethal. But if peace does not come quickly, 482 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 6: we will go after those other targets with precision, speed 483 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 6: and skill. Most of them can be taken out in 484 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 6: a matter of minutes. There's no military in the world 485 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 6: that could have done what we did tonight, not even close. 486 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 6: There has never been a military that could do what 487 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 6: took place just a little while ago. Tomorrow, General Kine, 488 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 6: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will have a press conference 489 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 6: at eight am at the Pentagon, and I want to 490 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 6: just thank everybody, and in particular God. 491 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 4: I want to just say we love you God. 492 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 6: And we love our great military, protect them. God bless 493 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 6: the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God bless America. 494 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 4: Thank you very much, thank you. 495 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: I do got to I have to say. At the 496 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: very end there his part was so sincere about thanking God. 497 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: You could tell he was very concerned about the safety 498 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: of our men and women in uniform. He was so 499 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: thankful for what they did and accomplish. And there was 500 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: also I think a warning in there. We hope that 501 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: they're done right, that their service is finished. That in 502 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: other words, don't mess with us, because if you do, 503 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: you may meet these people. Yet again, we don't want 504 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: to do that. But if you come after American interests, 505 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: we will defend ourselves and we will come after you, 506 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: which brings us to the question center. All right, what's 507 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: next moving forward? 508 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 3: Well, let me say one thing that struck me listening 509 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 3: to President Trump on Saturday night, which is the president 510 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 3: is old enough and I'm old enough to remember the 511 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 3: nineteen seventies. And Ben, you're ten years younger than I am, 512 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 3: so you don't remember the seventies. But when Iran took 513 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 3: American hostages at the embassy, when the Iranian Revolution happened, 514 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 3: and they took American hostages. Jimmy Carter was president. Jimmy 515 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 3: Carter sent a military operation, a US military operation to 516 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 3: rescue the Americans from the embassy. And not all military 517 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 3: operations happened like the one did this weekend. The Jimmy 518 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 3: Carter military operation, he sent in helicopters, and the helicopters 519 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 3: crashed in the desert with no opposing fire. And it 520 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 3: was a level of ineptitude and incompetence on the part 521 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 3: of the Carter administration. It played a pivotal role in 522 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 3: Ronald Reagan winning in nineteen eighty because the inability of 523 00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 3: the president to protect our nation was perfectly encapsule by 524 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 3: our troops crashing in the desert. When the President, with 525 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 3: the Commander in chief, gave this order, he didn't know 526 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 3: what the result would be. It could have resulted in 527 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 3: an American plane crashing. It could have resulted in an 528 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 3: American bomber being shot down by a fighter plane. It 529 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 3: could have resulted in an American bomber being hit by surface 530 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 3: to air missiles. These are dangerous operations. We had these 531 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 3: stealth bombers fly halfway around the world carry out an 532 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 3: incredibly precise precision bombing attack. By the way, it also 533 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 3: could have resulted in one of the bombs going awry 534 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 3: and instead of taking out one of these facilities, hitting 535 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 3: a civilian location and killing a large number of innocent people. 536 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 3: None of that happened. And I want to credit the military, 537 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 3: the military for their precise execution of this. But I 538 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 3: think when the President was thanking God, listen, you and 539 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 3: I have never been in the position of ordering our 540 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,239 Speaker 3: servicemen and women into combat and circumstance where you know 541 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 3: that that that order could could literally be sacrificing their lives. 542 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 3: And I think the President was feeling feeling really real 543 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 3: gratitude that this this operation proceeded so successfully. It was 544 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 3: the right thing to do, and even if it had 545 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 3: proceeded with American casualties, we obviously would not want those casualties. 546 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 3: But I think the President was very much focused on 547 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 3: his responsibility to protect American civilians from the threat of 548 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 3: an Ayatola with a nuclear weapon. That's what he was 549 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 3: acting decisively to do. This could escalate further, but I 550 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 3: think the President has laser focused on his job. And 551 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 3: let me be clear, there's some voices chirping on the 552 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 3: internet Oh, it's World War three. Oh we're going to 553 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 3: get drawn into a long foreign entangle. The odds, right, 554 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 3: the odds of American boots on the ground in Iran 555 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 3: are essentially zero. No one is advocating that. No one 556 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 3: wants to see it. I do not believe President Trump 557 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 3: has any interest in American boots on the ground. I 558 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 3: don't have any interest in American boots on the ground. 559 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 3: This was a limited and very targeted bombing run to 560 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 3: take out Iran's capability to develop nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons 561 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 3: they could use to murder Americans. That is peace through strength, 562 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 3: that is focusing on defending this nation. And so the 563 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 3: prospect people are saying, oh, this is another Iraq war. Listen, 564 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 3: I opposed the Iraq War. Donald Trump opposed the Iraq War. 565 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 3: Nobody wants a long American war in the Middle East. 566 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 3: But what we do want is what we have a 567 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 3: commander in chief who is strong and who will act 568 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 3: decisively to protect our nation. That's what the President did, 569 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 3: and I for one, am immensely grateful that Donald J. 570 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 3: Trump is the commander in chief. 571 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: Tonight, final question, and this is what is next. It's 572 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: very clear there's a warning from this president don't screw 573 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: with us moving forward. If Iran is dumb enough to 574 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: retaliate against Americans in the Middle East, maybe even shutting 575 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: down the Straight of hor Moos, what is the presence 576 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: obligation moving forward on that. 577 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 3: Well, one of the consequences of the bombing run is 578 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 3: the parliament in Iran did vote to shut down the 579 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 3: Straits of her Moos. Now, the parliament's not the decision 580 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 3: maker at the end of the day, the Iatola's the 581 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 3: decision maker. So it's not clear if Iran is going 582 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 3: to do so or not. If it did so, it 583 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 3: would impact America, but it would impact China even more. 584 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 3: Roughly half of the oil that China uses travels through 585 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 3: the Straits of hor Moos. A very small percentage of 586 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 3: American oil travels through there. But that being said, if 587 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 3: the Straits of her Moves were shut down, it would 588 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 3: impact America's because it would drive up global oil prices, 589 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 3: it would drive up gasoline prices at home, and that 590 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 3: would impact Americans. I hope that doesn't happen. I think 591 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 3: if they try to shut down those major trade routes 592 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 3: and commerce fruits, I think we will see we will 593 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 3: see force to open them. Up because Iran does not 594 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,959 Speaker 3: have the right to shut down the ability of America 595 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 3: and the rest of the world to engage in trade 596 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 3: and commerce. That is a possible escalation. I think the 597 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 3: most likely escalation is going to be continued attax on 598 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 3: civilians in Israel, because at the end of the day, 599 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 3: I think the Iatola and the Mullahs they hate the 600 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 3: Jewish people, and murdering innocent civilians is something that they 601 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 3: believe in. I worry, as I said, about the risk 602 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 3: of terrorist attacks as well. I think those are, sadly 603 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 3: the two most likely the people of Israel. I know 604 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,800 Speaker 3: the government of Israel that the Iron Dome, they're working 605 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 3: hard to protect their civilians. America is assisting in that, 606 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 3: and here at home, law enforcement and Homeland Security in 607 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 3: the Department of Justice are all working hard to intercept 608 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 3: and stop any terrorist attack before it occurs. But understand, 609 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 3: these are dangerous times. But they're dangerous times because we 610 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 3: have enemies that wish to do harm to America. And 611 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 3: that's why the responsibility that the President has is so 612 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 3: grave and serious. And I will say, listening to President 613 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 3: Trump speak Saturday night, I think there are times where 614 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 3: the weight of the job really falls on his shoulders 615 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 3: and he feels it. And I think Saturday night was 616 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 3: one of them because it was an incredibly consequential moment 617 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 3: in our nation's history and a very positive moment of 618 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 3: the President standing up and saying, my first responsibility is 619 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 3: to defend America and I will not shirk from that responsibility. 620 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, great point, God bless America. We're going to keep 621 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: covering this. 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