1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio of the 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Show, Katty Armstrong 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: and Jetty and now he Armstrong and Getty. 4 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 2: Well. 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 3: I think dialogue is very important, and I think it's 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: a very positive meeting for the world because during Biden administration, 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: no dialogue was happening. So I think it's very important 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 3: to hear Russian position directly, and there are lots of 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 3: misunderstandings misinformation about the Russian position. And it's also a 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 3: chance to sort of reset if the meeting goes well 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 3: US Russian relations. 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: That's the Russian point of view. That is so obvious 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: what they're doing. We've been misunderstood. Very important dialogue, can't 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: wait to talk. We should be friends, We will be friends. 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: Be good to see you eat salmon together in Alaska. Okay, 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: all right, you're murderous thugs and you think it's basically 17 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: just a big stall or uh yeah, yeah. I think 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: they probably have two strategies in mind. Depending on how 19 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: things go, they'll pivot from one to the other. The 20 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: one is the big stall, as you've been describing, trot 21 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: out some very reasonable sounding possible agreements that are roughly 22 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: seventy five percent done, and we'll just take a little 23 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: while to hash out the last twenty five percent, they'll say, 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: and then they will stretch that interminably while they continue 25 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: to do what they've done. Second strategy, and they are 26 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: absolutely gonna try this is hit Trump with a package 27 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: of alluring baubles rewards for essentially giving up Ukraine to 28 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: Russian domination, disarm Ukraine, completely, assure it will never join NATO, 29 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: get rid of the Zelensky government, which they charmingly call denocification, 30 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: and in return, you know, we'll give you xyzab and 31 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: c and make you look like a big winner. Mister President. Well, 32 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: I don't think Trump would go for that, but my 33 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: theory on that after we hear a little bit. This 34 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: is ABC News is reporting on this. 35 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin trying to lay the groundwork, heaping 36 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 4: praise on President Trump. Putin saying, the current American administration 37 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 4: is making quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, 38 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 4: stop the crisis, and reach agreements that are of interest 39 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 4: to all parties involved in this conflict. Putin saying Trump 40 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 4: wants to create long term conditions for peace, both between 41 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 4: our countries and in Europe and in the world. One 42 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 4: big question, will President Trump hold a joint press conference 43 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 4: here as eye by side with Vladimir Putin? The White 44 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 4: House Press secretary said that was the plan, but Trump 45 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 4: later saying though that would be nice. If the summit 46 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 4: doesn't end, well, you'll just have his own press conference 47 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 4: and head home. 48 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: And I feel like there's a zero chance of a 49 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: side by side press conference. I think Trump will do 50 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: one because he loves to come out and tell people 51 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: what happened. Yeah, I want to get this on. This 52 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: is Fox's reporting that's got some nuggets in it I 53 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: hadn't heard anywhere else. Let me just say this about 54 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: Putin that he famously does his three four hour press 55 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: conference once a year or whatever it is. But to 56 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: keep in mind, if you ask him a question he 57 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: doesn't like, you end up in the hut next to Navalny, 58 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: the late Navalny, in some concentration camp. So yeah, I 59 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: don't see him leaping at the chance to engage the 60 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: free media. 61 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 5: Now. 62 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 6: Putin appears to be angling for arms controls in a 63 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 6: video released by the Kremlin, wrapped in a compliment for Trump. 64 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: The current American administration, which everyone knows is making, in 65 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, 66 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: putin dangling the prospect of long term peace. 67 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 6: Quote, if we reach agreements in the area of control 68 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 6: over strategic offensive weapons at the next day, One source 69 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 6: familiar with the talks says, that's new and Russia has 70 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 6: not previously voiced any request for strategic weapons reductions. 71 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: Okay, so what does that hold if we can come 72 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: up with a deal on strategic offensive weapons? What is that? Yeah, 73 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: that's the sort of babble I was talking about a 74 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: mister Trump. Look, I know we're here to talk about Ukraine, 75 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: but how about a giant historic arms control agreement. I mean, 76 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: you'd be like one of the greatest peacemakers in the 77 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: history of the world. Why don't we all ratchet down 78 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: the number of nuclear arms and the threats and stuff 79 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: like that. And yeah, there's that little patch of ground 80 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: in Europe. I'm sure we could come to an agreement 81 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: on that. But this is history making stuff, sir. And 82 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: then who knows they're going to hit him with a 83 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: blizzard of that stuff. Well, yeah, and that other clip 84 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: where the Russian said and what we want is the 85 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: sort of peace that can be long lasting for all 86 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: of Europe. Europe was at peace for the last eighty 87 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: years until you invaded Ukraine repeatedly, Yes, Kathy Heinrich. Fox 88 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: goes on to say this meantime. 89 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 6: Reuter's reports ahead of the meeting, Putin's been preparing to 90 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 6: test Russia's new nuclear armed, nuclear powered cruise missile. Trump 91 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 6: told reporters today he hasn't considered reducing military presence in 92 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 6: Europe to get Russia to agree to a peace deal. 93 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: That hasn't been put before me. And I think about 94 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: that for later, but it has not been put before. 95 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: So Putin's floating testing a new nuclear weapon in the 96 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: midst of all this, right, what is that? And that 97 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: last little bit about And look, also, we'd love you 98 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: to reduce your presence in Europe US. Why don't you 99 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: just kind of disarm Europe a little bit? Because Putin? 100 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: You can't ever underestimate Putin. Putin knows Trump thinks Europe 101 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: has been lazy and useless his partners in NATO. He's 102 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: going to appeal to Trump's desire to get the Euros 103 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: to do it on their own. He's going to say, look, 104 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: they've been freeloading off you the whole time. You got 105 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: to reduce your forces in Europe, and yeah, does it 106 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: played war advantage? Oh, we have no designs on anything 107 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: except Ukraine, which is really part of Russia. Well, the 108 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: good news for people with like my mindset is that 109 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: Trump has been closer and more positive about his European 110 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: relationships in the last couple of weeks than he's ever been. 111 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: He's had multiple meetings and they've gone over. He says 112 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: he agreed to Europe's red lines, which were, you know, 113 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: not only not taking troops out of Europe, but Europe 114 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: putting troops in Ukraine and no land swaps. All kinds 115 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: of different things that Trump says he agreed to. I 116 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: hope he doesn't forget that stuff when he's alone in 117 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: a room with Putin buttering him up. So Hillary Clinton 118 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: was on a podcast this morning, and I haven't heard it. 119 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to hear it because I don't. I don't 120 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: know if her ton of voice was sarcastic or not. 121 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: Maybe it was sarcastic, but she said if Trump can 122 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: get a piece deal that doesn't include a land swap, 123 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: she herself would nominate him for or the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, 124 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: is that just sarcasm like that can't happen, or is 125 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: she honestly saying that would be an amazing deal. 126 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 5: Yeah? 127 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: I don't know her level of sarcasm, but I think 128 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: you've gotten to her point. Yeah, that that is a 129 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: trick so extraordinary, you know what, he pulls that off. 130 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Might not have been snarky, 131 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: but it was a statement. What do you think psychologically 132 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: is Trump's it seems genuine hatred of war in general, 133 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: people dying in wars. Where do I think that comes from? Yeah, 134 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: it seems like more than even most people like he 135 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: just hates He just can't stand the idea of people 136 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: dying in warfare. Yeah, that's a really interesting question. I 137 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: wonder if part of it has to do with his 138 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: age and a little perspective seeing his grandchildren or whatever, 139 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: and realizing that, you know, all of the battles and 140 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,679 Speaker 1: disagreements and you know, the storm and drong of life, 141 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: it really doesn't amount too much at the end. It's 142 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: just about living. And to snuff people out over territorial 143 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: disagreements strikes him as well, completely idiotic and wasteful. I 144 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: don't know. It is not of a piece with his 145 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: public image, right, in which he really tries to play 146 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: the hard ass and the I don't care the consequences, 147 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: you know type guy. I mean, he says it so 148 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: often and it seems to be genuine. The first of all, 149 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: the killing has got to stop. Too much killing, right, Yeah? 150 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: And I believe one sincere. Yeah, you know, the danger 151 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: there is that those who are willing to kill will 152 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: steamroll you, right if you're not willing to meet the 153 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,719 Speaker 1: bully on the schoolyard. Yeah. And as illogical as it 154 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: is that human beings regularly go to slaughtering each other 155 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: and destroying each other's stuff, I mean, it's unproductive all 156 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: the way around. It is the history of humankind and 157 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: always will be. So there's got to be a certain 158 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: level of just accepting that's part of human nature, as 159 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: awful as it is. I just I hope, and the 160 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 1: greatest way to save lives that exists on earth is 161 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: to be clearly ready to slaughter the hell out of 162 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: the other guy, right, I don't know. I really hope 163 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: he goes in there with a strong mindset of ceasefire. Ceasefire, ceasefire, 164 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: and if you're if you're not talking about a ceasefire, 165 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm not interested in talking to the problem with that 166 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: is you walk out of that meeting, and then where 167 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: are you? The war continues, and unless you're willing to 168 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: arm Ukraine in a way that we haven't in the 169 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: past us in Europe, then the war slogs on and 170 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 1: there's lots of killing. Uh, and Russia's mostly getting the 171 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 1: better end of it, barely, right, right, I mean, so 172 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: it's not a great walk away from it position. Yeah. 173 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: You know, I read something that I hadn't come up 174 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: us before, and that was a pretty detailed analysis. I'm 175 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: trying to find what the hell did I do with it? 176 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: A pretty detailed analysis of Russia's current financial situation, just 177 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: the tremendous hit that the economy is taking the fact 178 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: that they are out of cash and no one will 179 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: buy their debt. China will not buy Russian bonds, and 180 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: so they have not to mention the monumental loss of 181 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: life in the field. They're having a harder and harder 182 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:31,719 Speaker 1: time recruiting cannon fodder. They're offering bonuses, signing bonuses that 183 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: are greater than the average salary yearly salary for a 184 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: Russian man right now, and that if Trump says, Okay, 185 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 1: we're gonna play the long game, that's not good for Putin. 186 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: I think the next thing that needs to be said, though, 187 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: is that unless you are going to seriously aid Ukraine 188 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: one way or another, they're not exactly in great shape either. Yeah, 189 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: so I like the hard line. No, no, no, this 190 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: is about a ceasefire. If you're wanting to talk about 191 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: all this other crap after a ceasefire, the problem being, 192 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: like I just said, what's your bargaining position if you 193 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: walk out of the deal, Putin says, cool, I guess 194 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: things are going to continue the way they are, which 195 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: is what I wanted. I'm the one who started this, 196 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: right right, unless you're willing to like come up with 197 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: a whole new level of arming Ukraine, and I don't 198 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: know that we are not. According to jd Vance, we aren't. 199 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: Maybe if Trump actually gets butt hurt personally offended, he 200 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: might say, if you, dude, okay, three billion dollars worth 201 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 1: of stuff to Ukraine by tomorrow, I hereby order, just 202 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: because he's angry about it. You know, I don't know. 203 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: It's a hell of a basis for foreign policy. But 204 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: I see your point. All right, here's your exit question, Jack. 205 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: Will Europe collectively find one or more of its testicles 206 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: and play a serious role in how this plays out? 207 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: Is Europe a single beast with the normal two testicle 208 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: or is it like the entire twenty eight countries, which 209 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: would give you what fifty six testicles? Well, for the 210 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: purpose of the metaphor, and because there's no proof that 211 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: quite a few of those countries have any testicles whatsoever, 212 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: let's view it as a collective beast with the standard 213 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: set of two. Will they find them and assert themselves 214 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: in some way? They're getting closer than they've ever been, 215 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: like in our lifetimes, I think to deciding we got 216 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: to start taking care of our own backyard. So yes, 217 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: Great Britain and Germany and France certainly believe that. I'm 218 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: going to go with yes. I think Europe's gonna find 219 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 1: its testies right down there where they exist, Like you 220 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: know what kind of blow your pocket? Oh good lord, 221 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: do he's an idiot? Michael? Can you believe that TwixT 222 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: your life ways? The UK ought to be referred to 223 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: as the formerly Great Britain? Wouldn't that be more accurate. 224 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: It's a little bit of a hurtful name, but it 225 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: would be more accurate. Yees, it's accurate. Any thoughts from 226 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: you text line four KFTCY. 227 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 7: A new podcast interview, vice President JD. Van said that 228 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 7: the most surprising thing about being vice president is quote 229 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 7: how much you are never alone? 230 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 1: Hey? Man, don't you have three kids? What made you 231 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: think you were suddenly going to be alone? 232 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 7: I have three kids and I'm only alone in the 233 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 7: bathroom and I still have to answer stupid. 234 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: Questions through the door. Correct. Yeah, what's your expectation for 235 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:34,599 Speaker 1: being alone? Uh? I want to get this on just 236 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: because we were just having this discussion. Are our friend 237 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: Mike Lyons, our favorite military analyst. He's not available today, 238 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 1: but he did tweet this out an hour ago. Not 239 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: having great expectations for what's to come from the summit today, 240 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: there's this is just what we were talking about. There's 241 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: just not enough leverage on Russia to change their behavior. 242 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: The meeting will be over quickly. So it's a kind 243 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: of a weird deal where like I go in and 244 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: say this is the price I'll give you for the boat, 245 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: and they say I'm not taking that. Oh, well then 246 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: I'm leaving, and they say, okay, fine, I didn't really 247 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 1: need to sell the boat. I mean, that's kind of 248 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: the situation we're in. Trump comes to says, I want 249 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: to cease fire. No, well then I'm leaving. Okay, fine, 250 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: I was gonna I want to fight the lot War anyway. 251 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: So it's not gonna go that way. Russia is gonna 252 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: pull some of the maneuvers I've been describing. But there's 253 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: when it comes to the core topic of Ukraine, there's 254 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: practically no overlap. I mean so little it's it might 255 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: as well be zero. It gets back to that George 256 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: Schultz quote that I've mentioned several times this week. These 257 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: things only work if you've got up some force, a 258 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: power to force something. And do we have it, like 259 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: you were talking about Europe and the balls. Does the 260 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: United States or Europe going to bring enough power to 261 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: the Ukraine situation that the Putin has to move and 262 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: right now it doesn't look like it. Yeah, there's got 263 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: to be a serious stick involved in the negotiations. Yeah, anyway, 264 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: much more to come on. Speaking of a Serian hostel, yes, 265 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: oh oh lord, inappropriate. The Macrones cute little Manuel Macrone 266 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: and his high school teacher former wife, Brigitte former high 267 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: school teacher, current wife. They're still married, right, yes, yeah, anyway, 268 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: she was his high school teacher when they first allegedly, 269 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: you know, locked eyes and found love. Anyway, a little weird, 270 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: but who am I to judge? They seem to be 271 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: happy at weird, so they are in case you don't 272 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: know this, suing US podcaster and influencer and half a 273 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: nut Candace Owens for claiming repeatedly a series of quote outlandish, defamatory, 274 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: and far fetched fictions about the couple, the central claim 275 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: of which is that Brigitte Macrone was born male. Candis 276 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: Owens has been claiming that Macrone's wife is a dude 277 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: for quite some time and claims to have plenty of 278 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: evidence yes transgender. Specifically, the investigation carried out, Oh I'm sorry, 279 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: so they've hired private and guest investigators to listen see 280 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: see if missus McCrone is a dude or not. No, 281 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: they don't need an investigator. This is the Macrone side. 282 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: Oh okay, the investigation dot d. Some details were shared 283 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: with the Financial Times, as well as describing her links 284 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: to the far right in France. Investigators outlined her connections 285 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: to right wing populist figures in the US and UK 286 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: and her online interactions with a Russian nationalist boy. That 287 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: is some thin cruel. Mister McCrone, Does your wife have 288 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: an Eiffel Tower? Yes? 289 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 8: Or no? 290 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: Wow? Or no wow wow wow we we we or 291 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: no anyway? All right, So they're trying to portray her 292 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: as some right wing nut job. I don't where are 293 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: they suing her in France. You're not going to get 294 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: anywhere in the US. Friends, I just I don't know 295 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: how much they know about that. And my question with 296 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: that this line of stuff is if she was a dude, 297 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: what difference does that make to the world or foreign 298 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 1: policy or anything. I mean, you know that is a 299 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: reasonable question. Armstrong and Getty. The House will come to order. 300 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: It is evident to the Chair that a quorum is 301 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: not present. 302 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 7: Now a ritual the special Legislative Session, and the Texas 303 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 7: House is closed as soon as it's open. Speaking from Illinois, today, 304 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 7: Texas Democrats issued demands for their return to the lone 305 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 7: Star state, the first being that Governor Greg Abbott abandoned 306 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 7: the special session, which includes a redistricting map that could 307 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 7: award Republicans five more seats in the US Congress. Their 308 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 7: second demand is that California redraw its districts to the 309 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 7: advantage of Democrats. This, as Texas Democrats admitted today, they 310 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 7: cannot maintain this standoff indefinitely. 311 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: We know that there's a certain point where we passed 312 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 5: the baton to another and say we have run our 313 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 5: leg of this race. 314 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: It is time for you to run your leg of 315 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: the race. All right, play the jackass, Donald. 316 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 5: Trump, you have poked the bear and we will punched back. 317 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: We have got to meet fire with fire. I'm sorry, 318 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: I said jackass. I meant bear the bear. They've poked 319 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: the bear, not the jackass. That's Gavin Newsom from cal 320 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: Unicornea counting on the fact that people don't get that 321 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: California has already jerrymandered. So's Illinois. So are lots of 322 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: blue states. There were lots of red states. It's common thing. 323 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: It's part of our history. As was pointed out the 324 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: other day by the great Kevin Williamson, the term jerry mander, 325 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: which comes from a guy named Gary, but somehow over 326 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: the years we turned it to jerrymander. But he was 327 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: a signer to the Declaration of Independence. I mean this 328 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: goes that far back, right, Yeah, and it's just and 329 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: Democrats are better at it than Republicans historically speaking, as 330 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: we've discussed that if we get into a war, there's 331 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: much more upside for Republicans than Democrats. To Gary Manner 332 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: even more severely. But Gaviy Newsom was in full I 333 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: am the warrior for the woke resistance mode yesterday. It 334 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: was quite amusing. What he's trying to do is overturn 335 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: California's barely ten year old law that says redistricting districting 336 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: will be done by a non partisan commission, which has 337 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: been become heavily left anyway, but it's better than the 338 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: legislature being involved because they're utterly corrupt. And so Gavy 339 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: is going to put it to a vote of the people, 340 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: try to overturn that and return the state to partisan 341 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: Gary mandering, even though it enjoys enjoys just in overwhelming 342 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: disapproval that idea. So I would love to see him 343 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: just whacked in that offer effort, but he was rowling. 344 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: Let's listen to him. Next clip, Michael eighty five, Wake. 345 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 8: Up America, this is serious moment. Yeah, wake up to 346 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 8: what's going on. Wake up to the fear, anxiety. Wake 347 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 8: up to what's happening, not just here in Los Angeles 348 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 8: where we saw our streets militarized. 349 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 5: Of course, our due process rights throwing out the window. 350 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: I think he might be two to four years late 351 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: on this tactic. I think it would have worked. You 352 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: remember there was a time where all this sort of 353 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: stuff worked, that Trump is the Hitler. Where did I read? 354 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: I read a piece yesterday on how uh like, for instance, 355 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: you're not hearing much narrative really out of anyone about 356 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: how Trump is a puppet of Putin. That was the 357 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: only theme the entire first term of Trump's presidency. But 358 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: that's pretty much gone because obviously he's not in a 359 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: variety of ways. And I think this this whole angle 360 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: would just I just I just don't think it's got 361 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: the legs it had before. You know, let's go ahead 362 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: with eighty seven. Michael I said in a moment to 363 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: wake up America. Wake up. 364 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 5: You will not have a country if he reaches this election. 365 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 5: You will have a president will be running for a 366 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 5: third term. 367 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: Mark my word. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that. 368 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 5: I received in the mail at Trump twenty twenty eight 369 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 5: at from one of his biggest supporters. These guys are 370 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 5: not screwing around. The rules do not apply to the 371 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 5: most corrupt president in history. All right, he doesn't believe 372 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 5: in free enterprise, crony capitalism. 373 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: Wow, he is. 374 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 5: Wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. To lawless president, Wake up, America, 375 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 5: Wake up to what's going on. 376 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: To Gavin who's some condemned corruption is just too much? Sorry, yeah, 377 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: we so if you're listening in other parts of the country, 378 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: we've had Gavin Newsom on our radar for many, many, 379 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: many years, going back to when he was mayor of 380 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: San Francisco, and we've done events with him and that 381 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: sort of stuff. So maybe we're too close to it 382 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: because I read a lot and listen to a lot 383 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: of national pundits who think Gavin Newsom comes off really well, 384 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: that he's very powerful, skilled politician. At this maybe I'm 385 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: jaded by so many years of listening to his crap fools, 386 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: But what was I gonna say? What is he just saying? 387 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: It's the New York East Coast media elite. They pronounced 388 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: to the rest of They explain America to the country 389 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: and the country to America or whatever. Well, I'm trying 390 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: to need you, but maybe they're taking it in like 391 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: average voters who haven't been exposed to Gavin Newsom all 392 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: these years when he's running for president. But I just 393 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: think this is the end of our democracy. Thing is 394 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: played on both sides. I think I think both sides 395 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: played it so hard over the last like eight years. 396 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: I just don't think it lands anymore. I hope I'm right. Actually, well, 397 00:22:55,320 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: in a weird coincidence, wink, wink and clip, we'll hear 398 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: about what was happening right outside Newsom's event in LA. 399 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 2: That strinking scene outside of California event featuring the state's 400 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 2: top democratic figures, including Governor Gavin Newsom. A group of 401 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 2: heavily armed Border Patrol agents conducting an operation near the 402 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 2: venue in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo, saying they apprehended at 403 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 2: least one person Newsom's team, saying the action was meant 404 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 2: as intimidation because inside the hall, the governor and state 405 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 2: lawmakers were announcing a partisan redistricting plan to combat a 406 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 2: similar Republican led effort in Texas. 407 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: So ice was there outside the stadium made at least 408 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: one immigration arrest, and their spokesperson made a clear that 409 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: there's no such thing as a sanctuary state. We're here 410 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: to enforce the law. We're going to enforce it. So 411 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: who orchestrated that? 412 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 8: Who? 413 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: Again, who's purely coincidental? Who figured out Gavin was having 414 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: an event and thought and knew there were illegals around 415 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,719 Speaker 1: and put that together? I wonder how high up did 416 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: that go? 417 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 5: Uh? 418 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. Let's see. Karen Bass, the useless 419 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: communist mayor of La call it a provocative act. Yeah, 420 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: this is just completely unacceptable. You know what's also provocative 421 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 1: is saying criminals can go free because they're illegal. That's 422 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: pretty provocative. Yeah, you literally have provoked us, Karen, So, yes, 423 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: it is provocative. Yes, indeed, you know, if we had time, 424 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: I would do a California's Crumbling update. Right now we 425 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: don't really, so I'll just give you this, which we mentioned, 426 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: I think late in the show yesterday. There is a 427 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: California bill in America. You too can have this sort 428 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: of governance in twenty twenty eight, if you play your 429 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: cards right. There's a California bill that targets excuse me, 430 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 1: targets consumers of the child second trafficking industry. Oh, there's 431 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: a big bust in human trafficking in LA which we 432 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: need to get to in a little bit. But anyway, 433 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 1: there's a California bill that targets people who buy children 434 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: for sex, which is a misdemeanor in cal Unicornia, and 435 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: thinking sane people with souls are trying to make it 436 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: a felony. But it's still making its way through the process, 437 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: not without debate surrounding the cost of the proposal and 438 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: how it could impact sixteen and seventeen year olds. That's 439 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 1: a smoke screen written by a sloppy journalist. Well, it's accurate, 440 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: but it's just putting the cart before the horse. The 441 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: proposal is more than halfway through the legislative process. It 442 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: would make it a felony to solicit or purchase a 443 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: child for sex in an effort to crack down on 444 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: the trafficking industry that's been growing across California in the 445 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: whole country. Right now, it's currently a misdemeanor with a 446 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: minimum with two days in jail. On Wednesday, lawmakers in 447 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 1: the Assembly Appropriations Committee, dominated of course by the supermajority 448 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: of Democrats, place the bill on what's known as the 449 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: suspense File, a list of bills that are expected to 450 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: cost the state a significant amount of money. The bills 451 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: on that list are either past or killed without public discussions, 452 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: which is in a special closed hearing which is scheduled 453 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: for next week. So they're going to kill the bill quietly, 454 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: So while we're building a bullet train in nowhere at 455 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: billions of dollars, any sort of letters of billions of dollars. Yes, 456 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: any legislation that would stop people from buying children for 457 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: sex is too expensive for the state, right exactly, an 458 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: official with the Department of Finance. So lawmakers it could 459 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: cost the state a lot and hamper the state's progress 460 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: on reducing prison populations. This is a quote from Millie 461 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: Yon of Newsom's Unholy Democrat administration in California. California is 462 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: successfully remained below the court ordered prison population cap and 463 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: has even made strides toward closing prisons, resulting in hundreds 464 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: of millions of dollars in annual savings. I cannot understand 465 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: the mindset that looks at crime as how many prison 466 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: cells do we have? We can only lock up as 467 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: as opposed to build as many prison cells as you 468 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: got for as many criminals as you have, right, which 469 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: is obviously the way to handle it. Let me finish 470 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: your sentence for you, miss Yon, Miss Millie Yan of 471 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: the Department of Finance of the State of California, blah 472 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: blah blah, millions of dollars in annual savings, and we 473 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: don't want to give that up. It would be too 474 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: expensive to jail people who buy sixteen year old girls 475 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: to rape them because they can't consent, certainly not to 476 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: being prostituted. So we will allow children to continue to 477 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: be raped in California to sell to save money. Millie, 478 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: did I get that right? Feel free to wag, feel 479 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: free to get in contact if you don't find that 480 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: accurate enough. That's horrifying. I don't want to get into 481 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty eight presidential elections way too early. Obviously, 482 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: the current guy is what eight months into his first 483 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: his term. But it'll be interesting to see if Gamma 484 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: Newsom can run without being tarred with the reality of 485 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: his state. He's certainly gonna try, and it'll be interesting 486 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: to see if that works or not. It will absolutely, 487 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: but it strikes me this is absolutely the perfect time 488 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: to do this. We have to do this right now. 489 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: Clip sixty Matt Finn special report, Fox News last night. 490 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 9: Fox News exclusively on scene during a pre dawn takedown 491 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 9: of the Hoover Street at that the federal government says 492 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 9: runs a heinous sex trafficking operation, exploiting victims as young 493 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 9: as fourteen years old. 494 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: With the promise of a wealthy lifestyle. Has he been here? 495 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: Is he in the residence? 496 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 9: In a partnered operation named Broken Laid Homeland Security, the 497 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 9: DOJ and LAPD targeted eleven suspects across Los Angeles. The 498 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 9: US Attorney's Office tells Fox it's the first time it's 499 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 9: pursued a racketeering case for human trafficking in LA. 500 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: You see something, call it out. This is the FEDS 501 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: and the locals in LA. Good job LA carrying out 502 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: Operation Broken Blade. And one more clip. Just to tell 503 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: you about these fourteen, fifteen, sixteen seventeen year olds, often girls, 504 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: sometimes boys, who are being sold to be raped with 505 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: the approval of the Gavin administration. 506 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 9: Federal investigators say a female, a Maya Armstead, who goes 507 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 9: by the street name Lady Duck, is a prolific human 508 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 9: trafficker who ruled with force her Moniker even tattooed on 509 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 9: at least four victims' bodies. The criminal complaint alleges Armstead 510 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 9: posted a video of herself beating a woman in a 511 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 9: convenience store, holding her down by the hair and repeatedly 512 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 9: kicking and seeing her. The woman shouts that she's pregnant, 513 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 9: but defendant Armstead continues to beat her. In another instance, 514 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 9: the complaint alleges an associate of Arms said asked if 515 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 9: she wanted to purchase his sex worker for one thousand dollars, 516 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 9: noting that if she did not, he would sell her 517 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 9: organs across the border. 518 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: Oh my god. On the other hand, according to Millie 519 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: Yan of the Govenet Administration, California, successfully blah blah blah 520 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: made strides toward closing prisons, resulting in hundreds of millions 521 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: of dollars in annual savings. Woo, that's rough. That pregnant 522 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: young girl getting the hell beat out of her on 523 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: the floor of a convenience store. That's who we're talking about. Hey, liberals, 524 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: don't you worry about that sort of thing? Seconding, so 525 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: what do you if you do? What do you do 526 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: if you got a neighbor who for some reason blows 527 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: a train horn over and over in his house next 528 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: to you, like a real one, real train horn. There's 529 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: lots of different kinds of crazy. We got that and 530 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: other stuff all the way. Stay here, he Yet he 531 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: does this periodically several times during the day. It only 532 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: shuts off when the air runs out because it's blasted 533 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: by air. Then he turns it back on. It has 534 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: a range of three and a half miles. It is 535 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: an actual train horn. I want justice to be served. 536 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: I do sincerely apologize to my neighbors. 537 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 5: I honestly to God, I'm so sorry to discomfort you 538 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 5: guys in your own homes. 539 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what else to do. I mean, I 540 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: hear what he's saying. He needs help, but what kind 541 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: of help does he need? 542 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 6: The three cop cars showed up there or here for 543 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 6: about a half hour, and they all turn around and 544 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 6: hopped in their cars and drove away. 545 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: So the guy bought was that the guy that blows 546 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: the train horn saying I'm sorry? Yes, what what do 547 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: you do? Sincerely apologize to my neighbors, said Bob. What's 548 00:31:52,440 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: his first name? Well was last Gary Boyadzian. But he 549 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: has no plans to stop I do sincerely apologize to 550 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: my neighbors. I honest to gods, I'm so sorry to 551 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: discomfort you guys in your own homes. But I don't 552 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: know what else to do. Hey, Gary, Gary, I get 553 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: an idea. It's kind of more what you gotta not do. 554 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: Here's what you should do. Just spinball in her stop 555 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: blowing your freaking train horn. So he wouldn't explain the 556 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: nature of what his personal grievance was, only that he 557 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: needed help and that he wanted quote justice to be served. 558 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: Set a neighbor and frustration. I mean, I hear what 559 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: he's saying. He needs help, but what kind of help 560 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: does he need? He's fifty years old. The cops found 561 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: ten horns when they finally kicked in his door yesterday. 562 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,240 Speaker 1: Ten He had ten train horns in his house or 563 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: even buy a train horn. Listen, what does that have 564 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: to do with justice being served? He needs justice. Therefore, 565 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: he blows his train horn several times a day. Those 566 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: things can be Those things can be heard from for miles. 567 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: He started blaring the horns each afternoon. Wow, there are 568 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: so many different kinds of nuts out there. Then, yeah, 569 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: the horn has an effective range of three point five miles. 570 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: Can you imagine being next door? Yeah, they seriously do 571 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: invent a new kind of crazy every day. And when 572 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: the police were coming, he would turn them off and 573 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: then what are you talking about? And then I guess 574 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: the cops would think, well, what are we gonna do? 575 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: Hang around and hope he blows the horn again because 576 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: we didn't hear it. We know he doesn't know what 577 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: else to do. Jack, that's the funny. He needs justice 578 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: to be served, he told ABC seven. They arrested me 579 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: just for blowing a horn. Wow, did you see how 580 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: many of them showed up at my house yesterday? Like 581 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: I'm an effing criminal? Well you are? You literally are? 582 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: I mean you're not a murder or anything, but yeah, 583 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,320 Speaker 1: you're breaking the law. Repeatedly, he said that the horns 584 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: were a cry for help, claiming the LAPD is helping 585 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: a mobster trying to kill him. Okay, okay, all right, 586 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:31,399 Speaker 1: yeah psycho, Yeah too bad. Wow, that is rough. He'd 587 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: lived in that neighborhood for twenty years without issue neighbors 588 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: around him twenty years, and all of a sudden, every 589 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,919 Speaker 1: afternoon he starts setting off a train horn. I don't 590 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: know why, go over and knock on the door. Maybe 591 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: the first day, probably, but certainly the second day. I 592 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: go over and say, what was that my train horn? 593 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm a trying to alert people to the fact that 594 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,399 Speaker 1: the LAPD won't protect me from this hitman who's trying 595 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: to kill me. What else to do? I need justice. 596 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: I wonder if he's got like the crossing gates of 597 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: his big front door. I wonder if he makes school 598 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: buses stop and open their doors and look both ways 599 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: before they drive by his house. Wow. Wow, If I 600 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:20,240 Speaker 1: could stand it, I'd probably lay back just to observe 601 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: how this is going to play out. If I could 602 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: stand the train horn every afternoon, Yeah, because it's pretty interesting. 603 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: We got a good guest to talk about the Putin 604 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: Trump summit, and there's new information coming out all the time. 605 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,719 Speaker 1: An hour three, I hope you can grab it. Armstrong 606 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: and Getty