1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Operation Epic Fury is ahead of schedule. President Trump said 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: in a new interview. Dozens of senior Ranian leaders have 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: been killed, and Israel hits back hard against Hezbolah Pete 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: headset vows no nation building is happening, and Marco Rubio 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: is telling Americans to evacuate multiple Midist cities. Also, the 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: US Embassy has been targeted by Iranian drones inn RIOD. 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: This also comes as new news is broken Sentcom says 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: that Tehran's Gulf of Oman fleet has been completely wiped out. 9 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: Zero ships remain as US hits one thousand, two hundred 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: and fifty plus targets in Iran. The US Central Command 11 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: declaring that Iran's naval presence in the Gulf of Oman 12 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: has literally been reduced to quote zero in the strategic 13 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: waterway at the outset of Operation Epic Fury was destroyed 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: as American forces struck more than the one two hundred 15 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: and fifty targets in the first forty eight hours of 16 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: the campaign. Posting on the third day of operations, United 17 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: States Central Command wrote on x two days ago, the 18 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: Iranian regime had eleven ships in the Gulf of Oman. 19 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: Today they have zero or, as one of the memes said, 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: the US military does a magic trick turning ships into submarines. 21 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: The Iranian regime. 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: Is harassed and attacked international shipping and the Gulf of 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: Oman for decades. 24 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: Those days are over. 25 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: The command added, freedom of maritime navigation has underpin American 26 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: and global economic prosperity for more than eighty years. US 27 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: forces will continue to defend it. The statement was accompanied 28 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: by newly released video footage appearing to show precision strikes 29 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,279 Speaker 1: hitting docked Iranian vessels and shoreline navy infrastructure as well. 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: According to Sincom, all Iranian naval vessels stationed in the 31 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: Gulf of Oman when the operation began on Saturday have 32 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: been sunk. The destroyed ships reportedly included major surface combatants 33 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: and several vessels long used by Tehran to specifically harass 34 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: commercial shipping and conduct drone and missile operations in regional 35 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: waters now. The announcement also comes as President Trump has 36 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: made clear that dismantling Iran's naval capabilities was a central 37 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: objective of the campaign. Speaking Monday, President Trump said US 38 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: forces are annihilating their navy. Here's more of the president 39 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: in his own words. 40 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 3: For almost forty seven years's regime has been attacking the 41 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 3: United States and killing Americans. Every time you see someone 42 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: with missing arms and legs or a face that's been 43 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 3: absolutely shattered violently, it was almost certainly caused by an 44 00:02:53,080 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 3: Iran roadside bomb. They were put there by General Solomony, 45 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 3: who was the father of the roadside bomb. Very proudly 46 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 3: he thought, but I terminated him and my first term, 47 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 3: this was our last best chance to strike what we're 48 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 3: doing right now and eliminate the intolerable threats posed by 49 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: this sick and sinister regime, and they are indeed sick 50 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: and sinister. Our objectives are clear. 51 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:29,559 Speaker 2: First, were. 52 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 3: Destroying Orens missile capabilities, and you see that happening on 53 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: an hourly basis, and their capacity to produce brand new 54 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: ones and pretty good ones they make. Second, we're annihilating 55 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 3: their navy. We've knocked out already ten ships. They're at 56 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: the bottom of the sea. Third, we're ensuring that the 57 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 3: world's number one sponsor of terra can never obtain a 58 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: nuclear weapon. Never going to have a nuclear weapon. I 59 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: said that from the beginning they're never going to have 60 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 3: a nuclear weapon. They were on the road to getting one, 61 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 3: legitimately through a deal that was signed foolishly by our country. 62 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: And finally we're ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue 63 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 3: to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders. 64 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 3: And we thought we had a deal, but then they 65 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 3: backed out, and they came back, and we thought we 66 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 3: had a deal, and they backed out. I said, you 67 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 3: can't deal with these people. Got to do it the 68 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: right way. Today, we grieve for the four heroic American 69 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 3: service members who have been killed in action and send 70 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 3: our love and support to their families in their memory. 71 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: We continue this mission with ferocious, unyielding resolve to crush 72 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: the threat this terrorist regime poses to the American people, 73 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 3: and a threat indeed, it. 74 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: Is President Trump saying that from the White House, the 75 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: Gulf of them On links the Arabians see to the 76 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. That's a corridor through which roughly one 77 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: fifth of the world's oil supply passes, giving the destruction 78 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: of Tehran's fleet immediate strategic and economic significance. The naval 79 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: campaign is part of a much broader assault as well. 80 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: In a fact sheet released early Monday, Sentcom confirmed that 81 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: US force has struck more than one thousand, two hundred 82 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: and fifty targets during the first forty eight hours of 83 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: Operation Epic Fury, up for more than one thousand in 84 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: the opening twenty four hours alone. Those targets included the 85 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: Islamic Revolutionary Guard core headquarters and command and control centers, 86 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: ballistic metal production and launch sites, naval vessels and submarines, 87 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: anti ship missile facilities, air defense systems, and communication infrastructure 88 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: as well. The campaign has involved B two stealth bombers, 89 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: F thirty five fighter jets, Reaper drones, and naval strike 90 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: platforms operating across multiple theaters as US forces moved to 91 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: dismantled assets deemed to pose imminent threats to American forces, 92 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:15,119 Speaker 1: our allies, and international maritime navigation. Operation Epic Fury began 93 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: over the weekend with coordinated US Israeli strikes that eliminate 94 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: at least forty eight senior Iranian officials. That number is 95 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: now rising and include the Supreme Leader Kolamani, dealing the 96 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: regime an unprecedented decapitation blow at the outset of the campaign. 97 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: The destruction of Terran's gould fleet builds on those opening strikes, 98 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: which targeted senior leadership, command and control centers, missile sites, 99 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: and other military infrastructure, underscoring the breadth and sequence of 100 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: operations the Pentagon said during the first forty eight hours. 101 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: Israeli intelligence officials later described the opening assault as a 102 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: carefully time strike launched an unexpected hour while senior leadership 103 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: was gathered in one location, a rare convergence that allowed 104 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: multiple top figures to be taken out simultaneously. Major General Binder, 105 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: head of Israel's defense intelligence doctorate, said more than forty 106 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: of ran'smost senior figures were eliminated in roughly forty seconds 107 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: during the one coordinated strike, underscoring what he described as 108 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: the depth and precision of the intelligence effort, saying, quote, 109 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: there is no place where we will not find them, 110 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: warning that additional targets are being identified daily. Trump's signal 111 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: Monday that the current phase represents only the beginning. President 112 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: Trump also says the Iranian people should stay inside. 113 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 2: It's not safe out there. As he describes what is happening. 114 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 4: He said, yes, the President says, yes, we are, indeed, 115 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 4: but right now we want everyone staying inside. It's not 116 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 4: safe out there. And then the President said it's about 117 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 4: to get even less safe. He said, quote, we haven't 118 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 4: even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn't even happened. 119 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 4: The big one is coming soon. 120 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: Very clear. 121 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: As the President was talking with CNN's Jake Tapper in 122 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: that interview, saying this is just the beginning. We're knocking 123 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: the crap out of them, he said, we haven't even 124 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn't even happened, 125 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: and the big ones coming soon. With the RAMS golf 126 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: fleet erased and more than one two hundred and fifty 127 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,119 Speaker 1: military targets struck in two days, US officials are making 128 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 1: it clear that while the maritime adjective has been achieved, 129 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: the broader campaign is only accelerating at this hour, which 130 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: brings us to a very important aspect of the conversation. 131 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: I want to change hears and talk about what the 132 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: Pentagon is saying about this military operation. Many may not 133 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: know exactly what the Pentagon has said, and Pentagon officials 134 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: held a briefing after the beginning of the US and 135 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: Israel strike on Iram. You'll hear the Secretary of warpete 136 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: Headseth first speaking, and then you'll hear others at the 137 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: Pentagon briefing as well listen to what they had to say. 138 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 5: Well, good morning now. 139 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 6: We just finished an update with Admiral Brad Cooper, the 140 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 6: sent Coom commander across the centcom aoar our leadership and troops, 141 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 6: as you would expect, doing a fantastic job. Two days ago, 142 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 6: under the direction and direct orders of President Donald J. Trump, 143 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 6: the Department of War launched Operation Epic Fury, the most lethal, 144 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 6: most complex, and most precise aerial operation in history. For 145 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 6: forty seven long years, the expansionist and Islamist regime in 146 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 6: Tehran has waged a savage, one sided war against America. 147 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 6: They didn't always declare it openly, except for their constant 148 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 6: chance of death to America. They did it through the 149 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 6: blood of our people, car bombs in Beirut, rocket attacks 150 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 6: on our ships, murders at our embassy's, roadside bombs in 151 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 6: Iraq and Afghanistan, funded and armed by Iranian KOD's force 152 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 6: and IRGC killers. My generation of veterans carried the names 153 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 6: of brothers who never came home, brothers butchered by Iranian 154 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 6: backed roadside bombs and well armed militias, thousands of our own. 155 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 6: We didn't start this war, but under President Trump, we 156 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 6: are finishing it. Their war on Americans has become our 157 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 6: retribution against their Ayatola and his death cult. It took 158 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 6: the forty seventh president, a fighter who always puts America first, 159 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 6: to finally draw the line after forty seven years of 160 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 6: Iranian belligerents. He reminded the world, as he has time 161 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 6: and time again, being an American means something unbreakable. If 162 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 6: you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on Earth, 163 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,599 Speaker 6: we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation, 164 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 6: and we will kill you. President Trump has also been 165 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 6: very consistent. Crazy regimes like Iran, hell bent on prophetic 166 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 6: Islamist delusions, cannot have nuclear weapons. 167 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 5: It's common sense, many have said it. 168 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 6: But it takes guts to actually enforce it, and our 169 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 6: president has guts. Iran's stubborn and self evident nuclear pursuits, 170 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 6: their targeting of global shipping lanes, and their swelling arsenal 171 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 6: of ballistic missiles and killer drones were no longer are 172 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 6: no longer tolerable risks. Iran was building powerful missiles and 173 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 6: drones to create a conventional shield for their nuclear black 174 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 6: mail ambitions. Let me say that again, a conventional shield 175 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 6: for their nuclear blackmail ambitions, our bases, our people, our allies, 176 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 6: all in their crosshairs. Iran had a conventional gun to 177 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 6: our head as they tried to lie their way. 178 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 5: To a nuclear bomb. 179 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 6: It almost worked under Obama and his terrible Deal, but 180 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 6: not under this president. Turns out, the regime who chanted 181 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 6: death to America and death to Israel was gifted death 182 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 6: from America and death from Israel. This is not a 183 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 6: so called regime change war, but the regime sure did 184 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 6: change and. 185 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 5: The world is better off for it today. 186 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 6: In their desperation, the enemy is unmasked as Iranian missiles 187 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 6: and drones rained down indiscriminately on the hotels, airports, apartments, 188 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 6: and other civilian targets of their neighbors. Cowardly terrorist tactics 189 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 6: from a regime that for decades has trafficked in cowardly 190 00:12:54,920 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 6: terrorist tactics lies, death and destruction. To this day, the 191 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 6: Iranian leadership has built nothing except proxies and missiles and 192 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 6: drones and deeply buried nuclear factories and facilities. Peaceful nuclear 193 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 6: ambitions do not need to be buried underneath mountains. Last June, 194 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 6: Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated their nuclear program to rubble afterward, 195 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 6: we told them plainly, that's it. 196 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 5: Now make a deal. They arrogantly refused. 197 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 6: We said, rebuild it, and we'll stop you again, this 198 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 6: time far worse. 199 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 5: Well, President Trump. 200 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 6: Secretary Rubio, Steve Whitcoff, Jared Kushner. They bent over backwards 201 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 6: for real diplomacy, offering pathway after pathway to peace. 202 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 5: I watched it. 203 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 2: I was there. 204 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 6: They tried, over and over and over again, earnest attempts 205 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 6: at peace. The former regime had every chance to make 206 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 6: a peaceful and sensible deal, but Taran. 207 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 5: Was not negotiating. 208 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 6: They were stalled, buying time to reload their missile stockpiles 209 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 6: and restart their nuclear ambitions. Their goal hold US hostage, 210 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 6: threatening to strike our forces. Well, President Trump doesn't play 211 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 6: those games. And as Secretary Rubio said after the Maduro raid, 212 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 6: if you don't know, now you know, President Trump puts 213 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 6: America and Americans first. He doesn't hesitate, and neither do 214 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 6: our troops. The mission of Operation Epic Fury is laser focused. 215 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 6: Destroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy their 216 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 6: navy and other security infrastructure, and they will never have 217 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 6: nuclear weapons. 218 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 5: We're hitting them surgically overwhelmingly. 219 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 2: Do you want to know where to invest one thousand 220 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: dollars right now? 221 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 6: With every passing day, our capabilities get stronger and Iran's 222 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 6: get weaker. We set the terms of this war from 223 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 6: start to finish. Our ambitions are not utopian. They are realistic, 224 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 6: scoped to our interests and the defense of our people 225 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 6: and our allies. Speaking of people, we hope the Iranian 226 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 6: people take advantage of this incredible opportunity. President Trump has 227 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 6: been clear, now is your time to Iranian security forces, 228 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 6: choose wisely. President Trump has also been clear about your 229 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 6: fate in either direction. 230 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 5: To the media outlets. 231 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 6: And political left streaming endless wars, stop, this is not 232 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 6: a RAQ, This is not endless. I was there for both. 233 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 6: Our generation knows better, and so does this President. He 234 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 6: called the last twenty years of nation building wars dumb, 235 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 6: and he's right. 236 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 5: This is the opposite. 237 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 6: This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission. Destroy the 238 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 6: missile threat, destroy the navy, no nukes. Israel has clear 239 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 6: missions as well, for which we are grateful. 240 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 5: Capable partners. 241 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 6: As we've said since the beginning, capable partners are good partners. 242 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 6: Unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their 243 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 6: hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the 244 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 6: use of force. America, regardless of what so called international 245 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 6: institutions say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air 246 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 6: power campaign in history. B two's fighters, drones, missiles, and 247 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 6: of course classified effects. 248 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 5: All on our terms, with maximum authorities. 249 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 6: No stupid rules of engagement, no nation building quagmire, no 250 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 6: democracy building exercise, no politically correct wars. 251 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 5: We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives. 252 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 6: As the President warned, an effort of this scope will 253 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 6: include casualties. 254 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 5: War as hell and always will be. 255 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: Pete Hedge sat there, the man in charge of the Pentagon, 256 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: the man who's in charge of war, saying war as 257 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: hell and it always will be. But making it clear 258 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: that Operation Epic Fury is about keeping Americans safe and 259 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: our allies from a terrorist organization that has sponsored more 260 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: terrorist actions than any other country in my lifetime. And 261 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 1: that is exactly why they're going after Iran. Right now, 262 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: sor right, let's talk about the election results that are 263 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: coming in from all across the country. 264 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 2: And there's no other way to say this. 265 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: It was a very big night for Republicans and for 266 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump's political Maga movement across multiple states. Republican 267 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: candidates that were back by President Trump not only one, 268 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,959 Speaker 1: they actually won convincingly. And the results show that the 269 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: America First Message that Democrats said was already going to 270 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: be a disaster is anything but a disaster. America First Message, 271 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: by the way, is not just surviving politically, it's literally 272 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: after this midterm primary, thriving with voters who are looking 273 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: for strong leadership, that are looking for secure borders, that 274 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: are looking for an economy that works for working families. 275 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: Now we saw some I call them rhinos, establishment people. 276 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 2: They're in serious trouble. 277 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: You can look at the Lone Star state where voters 278 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: served up I think a prerequisite of what we're going 279 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: to witness in the midterm elections. All Right, you had 280 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: Republicans and Democrats that decide who they want their candids 281 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: to be. For the US Senate race there in Texas, 282 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: and this is a big one, you've got an establishment 283 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: I call him a bush air Republican Senator John Cornyn. 284 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: He's the incumbent from Tech Texas. An insane amount of 285 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: money that was spent. I mean, we're talking seventy plus 286 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: million dollars fighting for his life against the Texas Attorney 287 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: General Ken Paxton, and both of them also faced off 288 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: against Representative Wesley Hunt for the GOP primary nomination in Texas. 289 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 2: The top two vote. 290 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: Getters, assuming none of them reach at least fifty percent, 291 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: which we've seen is now clear, right, then it turns 292 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: into a runoff. 293 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 2: Now that runoff we know it's going to be. 294 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,679 Speaker 1: It's going to be the incumbent center John Cornyn against 295 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: Ken Paxton. Wesley Hunt did not make it right because 296 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: he came in third. Now, Paxson has consistently pulled atop 297 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: the field from the very beginning, without spending hardly any 298 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: money compared to Cornyn. All right, establishment Republicans in Washington. 299 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: Their narrative is that Paxson is a weaker general election 300 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: candidate and they worry that he may end up quote 301 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: opening Texas up to going blue for the first time 302 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: in generations, that a Democrat is gonna win. Paxson's seems 303 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: like that's that's a lie, that's the establishment. Not only 304 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: can he win, but he will win in November, and 305 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: if he gets the wins this runoff, like it's game over. 306 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 2: Because he's a Trump conservative candidate. 307 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: Now, I think that's pretty clear that's where this is 308 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: going to be heading. And Cornyn had to spend so 309 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: much money just to survive. I think it's gonna be 310 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: very hard for Cornyan to win in in this in 311 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: this runoff, because people are like, dude, you did you win? 312 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,239 Speaker 2: Like are you winning? Are you buying it right? 313 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: When you're spending seventy plus million dollars to get you 314 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: there just to get into a runoff, there's a problem 315 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: that you have clearly with the voters when you are 316 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: the incumbent. The other thing that's interesting is, huh, you 317 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: got a guy by the name of Dan Crenshaw. Dan 318 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: got abliterated on election night. He's another guy that was 319 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: not really with Trump. He's he's loud, he's obnoxious, he's 320 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: a you know, get the hell out of my way. 321 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: I'm better than you, I'm smarter than you, I'm more intelligent. 322 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: You I served my country and you didn't kind of guy. 323 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: And that backfired in a big way. So when you 324 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: look across Texas, I think that tells you a lot 325 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: about what's happening all over the country. Republican candidates that 326 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: were backed by President Trump, not only one, they won 327 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: convincingly and the America First message is alive in well. 328 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: Race after race, candidates to align themselves with Trump's agenda 329 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: on energy, independence, law and order, and election integrity were 330 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: rewarded by the mid term primary voters. Now, before I 331 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: get into more on this, I got a lot more data. 332 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: I want to tell you about my friends at Compassion 333 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: International and the amazing work they're doing. 334 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 2: All right, Now back to the election results real quick. 335 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: These results are being viewed by many analysts, all right 336 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: as a clear signal that the Republican base remains not 337 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: only energize, but the Donald Trump's influence inside the party 338 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 1: remains incredibly strong heading into the election cycle coming up. 339 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: This is exactly why the President is outpacing and out 340 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: fundraising the Democratic Party. It's the reason why his endorsement 341 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: means everything, and it's also the reason why this midterm 342 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: convention that he's planning is going to be significant. 343 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 2: Now, one of the most important trends for the night 344 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 2: is turnout. 345 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: Republican voters who the media had said we're going to 346 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: stay home showed up, and not just showed up, but 347 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: showed up in large numbers. All right, particularly in suburban 348 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: and rural counties, where Trump's message resonates strongly with those 349 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: hardworking Americans. In many districts, by the way, Republican turnout 350 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: dramatically outpaced what Democrats were able to generate as well, 351 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: meaning there's an enthusiasm gap in these victories and the 352 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: night So that's big. Another key takeaway from these elections 353 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: is that the Republican candidate to embrace the Trump agenda, 354 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: we're able to consolidate support across the party, all right, 355 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: instead of fractured primaries. Many of these racist saw voters 356 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: rally behind Canada to I'm to continue the policies and 357 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: defending the Trump presidency, defending economic growth, lower taxes, strong 358 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: national defense, and putting America first on the global stage. 359 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: So for President Trump, tonight's results that he was witnessing 360 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: at the White House were another reminder that he's on 361 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: the ballot. He remains the most influential figure in the 362 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: Republican party period. His endorsement once again carried real weight 363 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: with voters, and many candidates openly credit Trump's backing as 364 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: a major factor in their victories, as they should politically speaking. 365 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: Those that got sideways with the President Cornyn is a 366 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: great example of that. In Texas. You know, Dan Crenshaw 367 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: is a perfect example of this. Their results, well, it's 368 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,239 Speaker 1: in a clear message that if you're out there on 369 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: your own and you're fighting against Trump and claiming a Republican, 370 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: it's not. 371 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 2: Going to go well for you. 372 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: Many of the winning Republican candidates ran campaigns focus on issues, 373 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: by the way, that have dominated national debate, the same 374 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: issues that Donald Trump voted on, or i should say 375 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: ran on and you voted on in the presidential election. 376 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: It was inflation, it was crime, it was border security, 377 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: cost of living, and when conservative candidates talked about it, 378 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: the voter showed up and responded. Now the Republican strategists 379 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: are already pointing to these victories is proof that the 380 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: political map is not only shifting in their favor in 381 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: key states and districts, but the momentum that began during 382 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: the Trump presidency is actually continued to shape the party 383 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: and the electorate. And that is something that Republicans need 384 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: to pay attention to. A lot of times in primaries, 385 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: you have conservatives that will run to the right and 386 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: then they'll go back to the center for the general election. 387 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: That seems to be a bad strategy. All right, So 388 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: to recap this for you, I would say tonight's election 389 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: results show number one, the Publican party that's way more 390 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: energized than anybody wanting to admit. Okay, Number one like 391 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: that is huge. They are energized. Number Two, it's unified 392 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: the Republican Party around the America First Agenda aka Donald 393 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: Trump's agenda. And three, and this is the most important one. 394 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: If you try to distance yourself from the political strength 395 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: to President Donald Trump, it's game over for you. 396 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 2: Now. 397 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: If these results are any indication of what's coming moving 398 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: forward and the political battles ahead, it's going to be 399 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: fought on terrain that increasingly is favoring Republicans. That is 400 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 1: also the best part about this. Now there's also Democrats. 401 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: They got their own issues here, all right, on the 402 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: Democrat side. And I'll give you a very quick synopsis 403 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: to this, all right, it's really shaping up to be 404 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: a battle between former President Barack Obama's pick in Texas, 405 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: for example, a guy that is running for Senate, James 406 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: Taller Rico, and then the former Vice President Kamala Harris's pick, 407 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: the black congresswoman representative Jasmine Crockett, who you probably know 408 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: from TV. You look at how different these two candidates are. Okay, 409 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: these two candidates are extremely different. The Democratic Party is 410 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: trying to decide are they going to be radical extremists 411 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: or are they going to try to find candidates that 412 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: don't come across as being so extreme. I think that 413 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: bodes well for Republican candidates. The Republicans that did well, 414 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: they were running on the same message no matter where 415 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: they were in the country. The Democrats were running on 416 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: their message of Donald Trump, orange man bad, everyone hates 417 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, donald Trump's the worst president in the world, 418 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's a warmongerer. And it did not work well 419 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: in the primary it. In fact, the Republicans showed up 420 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: in a massive way. Democrats did not. Usually the party 421 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 1: that's in power has the biggest day on election Day. 422 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: It's usually a real big concern about what's gonna happen 423 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: in the future. None of that was there this time, 424 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: and that is a huge moment for people to understand 425 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: one thing here. Donald Trump's still in charge of the agenda. 426 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is still in charge of the party. Donald 427 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: Trump's agenda is how you get elected, and if you 428 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 1: don't realize that, well, then you're pretty much an idiot. 429 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 2: Well keep following this story. 430 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: I can promise you that we've got a lot more 431 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: that's going to happen the days ahead, So make sure 432 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: you don't forget. Grab our podcast, The Ben Ferguson Podcasts 433 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts as well, hit that subscriber 434 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: at or download buttons so you don't miss any of 435 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: the breaking news.