1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, Sendra Cruz with you. And the 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: headline says it all. Trump rushed off the stage after 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Think the Lord the 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: President is fine, that coming from his spokesperson, but there 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: are others who have lost their life. Center your reaction 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to the shocking news. 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 2: Well, it is shortly after eight pm East Coast time 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: on Saturday, and the entire world just witnessed what appears 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: to have been an assassination attempt. I'm President Donald Trump. 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: All of the world is reeling. I am sitting here. 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: Heidi and I watched it together. We are filled with 12 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: anger and horror and shock. I can tell you that 13 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: Heidi and I have been praying for Donald Trump. I 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: don't know that there has been a moment when more 15 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: people have prayed for Donald Trump than in the last hour. 16 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: Feting him up. Uh, it appears that he was struck 17 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: in the ear. At this point, they're conflicting reports whether 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: it was a bullet or a fragment of glass or 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: something else. That he was bleeding from his ear. Uh. 20 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 2: And and we are praying praying number one for protection 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: number two that that he is all right, but we're 22 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: also praying for for the reports are right now UH 23 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 2: that that at least one person in attendance at the 24 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: rally is dead and that another is in critical condition. 25 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 2: And the report is also UH that that the suspected 26 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 2: gun man is dead as well, presumably at the hands 27 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: of Secret Service or local police. It is so recent 28 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 2: that that we recognize that the facts are going to 29 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: come out in hours and days to come as to 30 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: who exactly this shooter is. That there are all sorts 31 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: of reports on the internet, but I'm not going to 32 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: speculate right now because I don't know if those tweets 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: are accurate or not. But I am sure we will 34 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: find out more about the shooter or if there was 35 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 2: more than one shooter. There have been conflicting statements on 36 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: that and what their motivation is. But I will say 37 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: sitting here, I am horrified. I am grateful for the 38 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: Secret Service agents and for law enforcement who presumably stepped 39 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: in and took out the shooter. I am incredibly grateful 40 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: for God's providence that Donald Trump appears not to be 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: seriously injured. And I'm praying. At this point, we don't 42 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 2: know how many people at the rally may have been 43 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: injured or worse, so I'm certainly praying for everyone there 44 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: who was in harm's way. This is a horrific and 45 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: dark moment in American history. We have not had an 46 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 2: attempted presidential assassination since Ronald Reagan, since I was ten 47 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 2: years old. That was a horrific moment in American history. 48 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: And now twenty four years later, we're once again in 49 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: a comfortable moment. Thankfully, then, as now the president survived. 50 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: There are emotions that so many people listening to this 51 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: are having. One is thankfulness that the president is okay. 52 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: There's also sorrow that we hear that others have not survived, 53 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: and then there's also this anger and frustration, and people 54 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: look to leaders for advice, for wisdom, for comfort. I 55 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: ask you the same question that my kids asked me, 56 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: Why did this happen? And what happens next? And it's 57 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: a question that all three of my boys asked me 58 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: as I was watching this unfold on TV, and I said, 59 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: I don't know why this happens. There are bad people 60 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: in the world, and there's good people, and sometimes evil 61 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: comes after good. 62 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: Well, that's right, and I hope what comes of this 63 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: is that everyone counts to ten and exhales. I hope 64 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: that the political anger and rhetoric that it ratchets down. 65 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 2: There is so much vitriol, there is so much hate. 66 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 2: There's been so much hate directed to Donald Trump, so 67 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 2: much just just just vile bitterness. You and I and 68 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: many others have worried for some time that that some 69 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 2: lunatic would attempt to harm the president. And and you know, 70 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: there is zero place for political violence on any side 71 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: of the aisle. This has no place regardless of whether 72 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: you agree or disagree with the office holder. If you 73 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: disagree with the office holder, you can make your views plain. 74 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 2: That's why we have debates, that's why we write off eds, 75 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: that's why we vote the ballot box. But political violence 76 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 2: has no place. And I hope the overheated and in 77 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: far too many instances, unmitigated hate. My prayer is that 78 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 2: that that some of that is diminished, that that that 79 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: that that we move in the direction of having a 80 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 2: civil and real public discourse rather than just just screaming 81 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: at each other. I will tell you then, I fear. 82 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 2: I fear things are going to escalate, that there's going 83 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 2: to be anger on both sides of the Aisle. I 84 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: don't want to see this happen. I will tell you. 85 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 2: I sat there. You know, my immediate thoughts were thinking back, 86 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 2: thinking back to the nineteen sixties, thinking back to to 87 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 2: to win in rapid succession. JFK and Martin Luther King 88 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: Junior and Bobby Kennedy were all assassinated, and the horrors 89 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 2: that brought this country through what I will not at 90 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: that moment in time, and I pray that we are not. 91 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: But it is going to take the leaders be escalating 92 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 2: for a moment, and I hope that's what we see. 93 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: Finally, I just want to humanize the president for a second, 94 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: because I think sometimes people forget that not only is 95 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: he a husband, he is a dad, he is a grandfather. 96 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: I've spent time with President Trump. You've spent a lot 97 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: of time with President Trump. I know personally that he is. 98 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: When I see him, I don't always see him as 99 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: this guy that was the president. I see him as 100 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: a genuinely sincere and kind man. I remember when he 101 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: found out we were having twins. He said he wanted 102 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: to talk to Anna and tried to convince her for 103 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: ten minutes to name one of the boys. Donald saying 104 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: it was presidential and he was so happy that we 105 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: were gonna have kids. And he called and he said, 106 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: I hear you're expecting twins. I said, yes, or miss 107 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: President I am? He said, he said, well you got 108 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: a name? Two of them? Are they? What are this? 109 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: They're boys. He goes, well, you need a good name. 110 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: Donald's a pretty pretty good name. And I laughed at 111 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: He said, well, you'd have to talk to my wife 112 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: about that. And he goes, well, where is she And 113 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: I said, she's downstairs and he goes put her on 114 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: the phone. That is the human side of him. He 115 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: also called after they were born. It wasn't done that day. 116 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: He called after they were born. And that's the side 117 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: of Donald Trump that I want people to understand to night, 118 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: these are human beings. You're a human being, Senator. People 119 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: that say horrible things about you and come after you, 120 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: and I remind people. I try to remind me, and 121 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: they say it about me, not at the same level 122 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: as you get it every day and the president gets 123 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: it every day. But we're still people. 124 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, I spoke with President Trump on the phone. 125 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: I think it was three days ago, and he was 126 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: in good spirits. I have to say watching the footage 127 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: tonight when the shots are fired, when he's hits, and 128 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 2: then when he surrounded by Secret Service and being escorted off, 129 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: and he eats, clunches his fist and pounds his fist 130 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: into the air. It's extraordinary. I mean, it is breathtaking 131 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 2: after being shot. The leadership he demonstrated. You know, it 132 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: reminded me when when Reagan was shot and in nineteen 133 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: eighty one, and when he when he was going into 134 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: the hospital and he said to Nancy Reagan, he said, honey, 135 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: I forgot the duck. And he also said to the 136 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 2: doctors as he was being wheeled into to surgery, and 137 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 2: a lot of people don't remember how close Ronald Reagan 138 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 2: came to dying that day, and that the bullet, had 139 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 2: it been just an inch further over, would have killed 140 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: him that day. And and and he said to the doctors, 141 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: I hope, I hope you all are all Republicans, And 142 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: and and having the sense of humor to and and 143 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 2: the presence to say that even while going into surgery 144 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 2: is extraordinary President Trump, like crowning fist and standing up strong. 145 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 2: It was a remarkable moment of leadership, but also was 146 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 2: reminiscent of Teddy Roosevelt when he was shot giving a 147 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: speech and kept on giving the speech. I mean, it 148 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 2: is a fighting spirit that that is inspirational. And I 149 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 2: just want to call on everyone listening. We're gonna have 150 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 2: time when we learn more about what exactly happened. We 151 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: learned more about the shooter and who he was and 152 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 2: what his motivations were, and there's going to be time 153 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: to figure out what went wrong, what could have been 154 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 2: done to prevent this. But right now, just as a country, 155 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: I hope we have a moment, a moment, you know. 156 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 2: I think back to after after nine to eleven, After 157 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 2: nine to eleven, we had a moment where's a country 158 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 2: we came together and we had unity, and we hugged 159 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 2: each other and we just lifted our country up. And 160 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask every one in the country prayed 161 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 2: for President Trump, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, 162 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: Pray for President Trump so that that that that he 163 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: is our right now, but also that he'd be protected. 164 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: But also pray for President Biden and and pray for 165 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 2: all of our leaders that they be protected from political violence. 166 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: That we don't see uh crazed angry, zealous, UH, engaging 167 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: in violence. We have seen that shoe. We have seen 168 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 2: that to nice and and and my prayer is that 169 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: our country steps back from this brink and and and again. 170 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 2: I I just just want to express my my, my 171 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 2: incredible thanks for secret service at law enforcement, and also pray, 172 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 2: pray for the people who who may have been shot today, 173 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 2: but the bystanders, the families of anyone injured or killed, 174 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 2: and just pray for our nation. I I really believe 175 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 2: America that needs God's grace right now. That's my prayer, 176 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 2: and and and and I hope it shaers stuck. 177 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: It is hug your family, hug your kids, call your 178 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: friends and tell them you love them. And I just 179 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: think this is, like you said, a very pivotal moment 180 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: in our country's history. And I hope that we all 181 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: take that deep breath and pray for the president and 182 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: especially those at that rally. Senator Cruz and I will 183 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: be back with you, I can promise you in a 184 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: couple of days. We'll have a lot more to talk about. 185 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: But I thought it was important that we come on 186 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: here and have this conversation now. Senator take care of 187 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 1: the fam and UH and I will see you, and 188 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: to everyone listening, we'll see you guys soon.