1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: All right, news round up in Information Overload hour. Here's 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: our toll free telephone number if you want to be 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: a part of the program, It's eight hundred and ninety 4 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: four one Sean if you'd like to join us. About 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: an hour ago, four o'clock Eastern, our friends at Berner 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: BYRNA dot com. I've been telling you all about them. 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: You know. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: The beauty of Burner is this non lethal self protection. 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: We have a crime epidemic in this country and it 10 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: is out of control. And I argue, and I believe 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: with all my heart, mind, body and soul that everyone 12 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: needs a personal safety and security strategy for them and 13 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: their family. Now, how does this relate to Berner, Well, 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: they're breaking news today. About an hour ago they filed 15 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: the lawsuit against the United Socialist Utopia of California and 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: its governor, Gavin Newsom for the disarming of everyday civilians 17 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: for even non lethal forms of self defense products. Now, 18 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: remember all of these politicians, every one of them, and 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: I believe they need it. I believe they deserve it. 20 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: I don't care what their politics are. We live in 21 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: an assassination culture. I want our politicians safe, whether I 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: agree with them and disagree with them. Here to talk 23 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: about it is Lewan Bom and he's the CMO CFO 24 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: of Burner. So you just fillowed this lawsuit an hour ago. 25 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: Yes, sir and Sean. Always great to join you and 26 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: Merry Christmas to you and your audience. And you know, 27 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 2: we're thankful for you giving us to giving Berner the 28 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: platform to talk about something incredibly important to us and 29 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: our challenge, our challenge against California's ban on Berna's pepper rounds, 30 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: which we believe effects law boddying citizens of the state 31 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: who simply wants a safe and effective alternative to lethal force. 32 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: Well, you know it's interesting because we have a story 33 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: out today. Well well, first of all, we have the 34 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: story that I mentioned where, you know, because of the 35 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: sanctuary state policies out there, we had another rig driver, 36 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: a team wheeler driver that ended up killing a newlywed 37 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: couple in Oregon licensed from the state of California. You know, 38 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: three of my fellow Floridians died because you know, you 39 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: had a guy that couldn't read English and couldn't read 40 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: road signs, and he had licenses in Washington State and 41 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: in California. Now there's a story out today. Federal prosecutors 42 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: in California charged a fifty four year old ice hating 43 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: lunatic after he hurled, you know, multiple molotov cocktails into 44 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: a downtown federal building in an attack targeting immigration officials. Again, 45 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: what have I been saying? The rhetoric is insightful. That 46 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: is being used by the elected Democrats all around the country. 47 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: It's insightful, it's dehumanizing, you know. And here in Washington, 48 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: d C. We have one National guard's been clinging to 49 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: life and he's twenty four years old, and a twenty 50 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: year old that lost her life keeping the nation's capital safe. So, 51 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: you know, I think self defense is critical and important. 52 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: Why would they allow the sale when I lived in California? 53 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: Now this goes back to the eighties, you know, so 54 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: let's put this in perspective the late eighties. Why was 55 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: I I had a license carrie permit when I lived 56 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: in California? Is are they hard to get? 57 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 3: Now? 58 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: Yeah? Extremely hard. You know, as a person that lived 59 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: in California for thirty five years, I who've never had 60 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: access to a firearm, So you really had to go 61 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 2: the extra mile to have the ability to lethal weapons 62 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: and training so it leaves folks with a lot of 63 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: less options, and we're just dumbfounded why there is such 64 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: a lack of common sense to give folks to a 65 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: If you're going to restrict legal force and limit it 66 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: to a few, then the mass needs something that's effective 67 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: to defend the sales and burnout is dessolution. And quite frankly, 68 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: we have a strong customer base in California, but they're 69 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: only relegated to using the kinetic rounds, which are formidable, 70 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: but the chemical rounds attack the central nervousism that shuts 71 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: down the aggressor for thirty to forty minutes. 72 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, this is the point. So let's talk 73 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: about the merits of the lawsuit. And I think one 74 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: of the problems you have whenever you bring a lawsuit 75 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: in California is jurisdiction. And obviously liberal governors appoint liberal 76 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: judges that are activist judges, and then I imagine you 77 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: probably lose at the local level, then you probably have 78 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: to take it to the appeals court, then you probably 79 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: have to then you petition the Supreme Court at some point. 80 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: I would like this to be a case law for 81 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: the entire country, because I think every American has the 82 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: same right to self defense that all of these elected 83 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: officials have. You know, I had this rather infamous exchange 84 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: with Bill Deblasio when he was the mayor of New 85 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: York and he came in my studio and he came 86 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: in with four or five, six, I don't remember how 87 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: many New York City police officers. All of them were armed, rightly, 88 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: so I think he deserved the protection. I said, should 89 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: every New Yorker have the right to protect themselves in 90 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: their homes, in their lives the way you're being protected? 91 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: And his answer was, every New Yorker has the right 92 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: to be safe? And I'm would be like, that's not 93 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: the question I asked you. I said, should every New 94 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: Yorker have the right to have a firearm? You know, 95 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: assume obviously you go through a background check, whatever the 96 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: laws require. And should they have the same ability to 97 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: defend themselves the way you have? And he kept saying 98 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: every New Yorker has the right to be safe. It's 99 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: his way of saying no. It was his way of ducking, dodging, 100 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: and weaving. It was his way of obfuscating because obviously 101 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: the answer is he does not believe that every New 102 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: Yorker should be protected like he's protected. So let's talk 103 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: about the merits of the suit and what you believe. Massachusetts, 104 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: by the way, used to have a similar band, did 105 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: they not on stunt guns. 106 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 2: Yes, that actually the company acts on who produces and 107 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 2: markets the taser stunt guns challenge the courts and one 108 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: based on the fact that the stun guns are protected 109 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 2: under the second right Second Amendment rights, and so Bernard 110 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: is making that same same claim. You know, as you know, Sean, 111 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 2: we're we're Second Amendment supporters here at Berno. Many of 112 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 2: us are firearms practitioners, but we also or the use 113 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: of common sense when it comes to self protection because 114 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: the laws around overuse of force, especially in the state 115 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 2: of California, can ruin a person's life financially and take 116 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 2: away their freedoms, et cetera. So we just want California 117 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 2: to participate like forty other eight other states in the 118 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 2: Union that states that having less lethal alternatives is the 119 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: smart thing to do. And if you're in the blue 120 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 2: state like California, we would think that they would be 121 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 2: on board in full support of Burna's mission to reduce 122 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: death by firearm. Yet somehow they're restricting us from giving 123 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 2: law buying citizens the opportunity to defend themselves without taking 124 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 2: or having to resort to deadly force. 125 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: And here is that I don't understand because I researched 126 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: this and I read your lawsuit. The state of California 127 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: allows people to buy lethal firearms and bullets, obviously if 128 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,119 Speaker 1: you pass your background check, but they prohibit the sale 129 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: and ownership of non lethal pepper rounds, which is what 130 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,679 Speaker 1: Berner uses. And they even allow in the state people 131 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: to purchase their own pepper spray. The problem with pepper 132 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: spray is at that point you're now close quarter. That's 133 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: called you know, at least if somebody's twelve feet away 134 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: from you and you pull out your burner launcher and 135 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: you can incapacitate them, that prevents them from taking your 136 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: weapon from you or having a physical altercation of which 137 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: most people are not trained or prepared for. And you know, 138 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: and the second thing that I noticed, too, is the 139 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: Supreme Court has been very clear in their precedence that 140 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: it allows for the protection that the second member of 141 00:08:55,080 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: protects citizens right to carry weapons commonly possessed for awful 142 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: defensive purposes, including modern non lethal weapons. So when did 143 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: this come up in California. 144 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 2: It has always been a restriction for us. We've gone 145 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: to great lengths to you know, implore legislation and lawmakers 146 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 2: in California. And you know, we are now going to 147 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 2: the airwaves, going to court to demand that the state 148 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 2: revisits their policies, and we're asking all Californians to pick 149 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: up the phone, call your state legislat leaders and you know, 150 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: demand that they give everyone in California the opportunity to 151 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 2: defend themselves and their families. I think this is probably 152 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 2: an overlooked policy, but it needs to be revisited in 153 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 2: a way where you know, we allow Californians in the yeah, 154 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 2: the era of just out of control crime and homelessness, 155 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: et cetera, to give them a chance to have something 156 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: that doesn't you know, leave them to resort to the 157 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: nuclear option, as we say. And you know, for us, 158 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 2: it's we're not trying to take a fight. It's about 159 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 2: saving lives. Burn is all about saving lives. We want 160 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 2: to work with lawmakers so Californias can legally access these 161 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 2: tools to protect their families. And you know, this is 162 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: we strongly feel this is covered and protected by the 163 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: Second Amendment and these things can coexist, and burn is 164 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 2: fighting to make sure that you know, the Californian lawmakers 165 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 2: understand our point of view and do what's right for 166 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 2: the for their citizens. 167 00:10:55,200 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: Well, I applaud you for what you're doing. It's unfortunate, 168 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: it's expensive to bring lawsuits. However, I do think if 169 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: you don't take a stand here, then these blue states, 170 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, they're going to be like Domino's and they're 171 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: going to follow. There used to be a saying, so 172 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: goes California, so goes the rest of the country. I 173 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: don't think that's the case anymore because they moved so 174 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: far to the radical left. Did you ever have a 175 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: conversation or reach out to the governor? 176 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 2: We are we in the past, we have talked to 177 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: organizations like DSIs, who manages security guards and those types 178 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 2: of folks, and you know, we're essentially shut down. At 179 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 2: one point, we had a program that allowed people to 180 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: take an no online class to have access to chemical 181 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: irriton rounds, but just overnight they changed that policy and 182 00:11:54,160 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 2: restricted us from doing that. And we've spoke to makers 183 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 2: in California on behalf of the citizens that we're calling 184 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 2: in and there people called this and say, hey, what's 185 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: this all about, and we articulate our point of view 186 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 2: and saying, hey, we are on the side of saving 187 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 2: lives here, and it just didn't lead us very far 188 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 2: and very hard to get anything going from that standpoint. So, 189 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: you know, we had we were left with no other 190 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 2: option than to bring litigation so that someone can hear 191 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 2: us because we are we believe that we're doing the 192 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,079 Speaker 2: right thing from a legal perspective, from a Second Amendment perspective, 193 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 2: and to protect the citizens of California. And Sean, you 194 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: and I were both California's at one point, and it's 195 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 2: a beautiful state, and so we're just trying to make 196 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 2: it safe for everyone and giving folks to empowerment to 197 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,239 Speaker 2: go out and enjoy the freedoms that this great country provides. 198 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 2: And in a beautiful state like California, and you're afraid 199 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 2: to leave your own home because you think you're going 200 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: to get attacked, that's a travesty and it needs to 201 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 2: be changed and we need empower folks to you know, 202 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: enjoy all the freedoms that this great country provides. 203 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: Well, I got to tell you something. It is the 204 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: technology is superior. Again, I go back to I've never 205 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: been a big fan of tasers because if you're involved 206 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: in a conflict and it's a taser, that means you're 207 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: close quarter fighting. I have often said, if I'm close 208 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: quarters and people don't understand what I'm saying, if it's 209 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: close quarter confrontation, I would prefer dealing with a fire 210 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: ar close quarter pay close attention what I'm saying, then 211 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: a knife. It's much harder to defend against a blade. 212 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: And I say that, however, you don't want to be 213 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: in a position where it's that close that you need 214 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 1: a taser. You don't want to be in close quarters 215 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: where you need pepper spray at that point. Most people 216 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: don't have situational self defense skills. I've been training in 217 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: it for fifteen years. They're not going to be They're 218 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: going to be overwhelmed by a lunatic and they're not 219 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: going to be prepared for it, and usually they'll end 220 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: up with the weapon and not you. But by the way, 221 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: people should look at the videos to know exactly what 222 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: Berner offers. Just go to BYRNA dot com. And you're 223 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: not only an advertiser, but I believe in the cause, 224 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: so I want people to really know what their options 225 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: are out there. And you know, this way, somebody's coming 226 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: at you the twelve feet, fifteen feet, twenty feet away, 227 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: you can incapacitate them and you don't have a risk 228 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: that they're going to be suing you after or you're 229 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: going to be arrested after. But anyway, we really appreciate 230 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: your time. Thank you so much for being with us. 231 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: Luan Fom, thank you. We appreciate it. BYRNA dot com. 232 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: And it's sad that it's come to this, especially in California. 233 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: But it's not a shock, is it. So we're in DC. 234 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: Marco Rubio has been too busy traveling the entire globe 235 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: and I went through the list last night of all 236 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: the areas around the world where you know he's been able, 237 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: along with the president to secure peace and that working 238 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: double time, over time, triple time to hopefully get a 239 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: deal with Russian Ukraine. I hope the killing stops. I 240 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: hope this piece in Europe. I hope the piece holds 241 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: in the Middle East as well. Here's my interview with 242 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: Marco Rubio's Secretary of State. 243 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 4: I want to start this out with a fun question, 244 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 4: because there are really serious issues involving national security piece 245 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 4: around the globe. I mean, you're at the highest level 246 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 4: of discussions and we're going to get into a lot 247 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 4: of the hot spots and success and all that. But 248 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 4: I got to ask you. There's there's a show that's 249 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 4: come out. It's called The Age of Disclosure. Yeah, okay, 250 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 4: I know everyone probably that right, everyone asks you about it. 251 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 3: Sure, it's a new documentary. 252 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 4: We had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace 253 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 4: over restricted nuclear facilities. It's not ours, and presidents operate 254 00:15:58,320 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 4: on a need to know base. 255 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, okay. That is So a couple points on it. 256 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 5: First of all, I'm not disavowing that I was an 257 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 5: interview that was done almost like maybe three or four 258 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 5: years ago when I was in the Senate, so it 259 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 5: wasn't recent. The second point I would make, I was 260 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 5: describing the allegations that people have come forward with the 261 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 5: people that came forward to us. You know, some of 262 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 5: these people were navy pilots, admirals, generals, whatever that would come. 263 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 3: Forward and say. 264 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 5: That there were programs in the US government that not 265 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 5: even presidents were made aware of. So I was describing 266 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 5: what people had said to me, not things that I 267 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 5: have firsthand knowledge of. In that regard, a little bit 268 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 5: of selective editing, but it's okay because you know, you're 269 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 5: trying to sell a show there. But the fundamental comments, 270 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 5: I haven't seen it, but the clips I've seen and 271 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 5: people have shown me are fundamentally true. And that is, 272 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 5: there are things we know this this has been documented. 273 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 5: There have been things that fly over the airspace, restricted airspace, 274 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 5: be it where we're conducting military exercises I like, and 275 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 5: everyone in the government says they're not ours. And so 276 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 5: what I worry most about, just me personally, is that 277 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 5: some adversary, another country, for example, has developed some asymmetric 278 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 5: capability for valance of the like that we just are 279 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 5: not prepared for. You know, we're looking for missiles and 280 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 5: fighter jets and they're coming at us with drones and balloons. 281 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 3: The one observation I. 282 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 5: Had is we had people that did very important jobs 283 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 5: in the US government who are saying these things. So 284 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 5: we have people with very high jobs in the US 285 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 5: government that are either a liars, B crazy, or c 286 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 5: telling the truth. And two of those three options are 287 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,719 Speaker 5: not good. Those three options, I don't know the answer. 288 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 5: I don't have any point of you know, I don't 289 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 5: want to call them liars. I just don't have any 290 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 5: independent way to verify everythings they said. 291 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 3: I spent time. 292 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 4: I've been talking to the mother of the National guardsmen 293 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 4: that's in a hospital here in d C. Who's clinging 294 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 4: to life. The issue of the vetting of Afghan nationals. 295 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 4: You know, we learned that so many of them had 296 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 4: so many warning signs. And I'll put up on the 297 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 4: screen the statistics we took in seventy six thousand. There 298 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 4: were over five thousand that never should have. 299 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 3: Made it into this country. We were sure to repeat. 300 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 4: Leave by the Biden administration that they had been vetted. 301 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 3: There's no way that many of them could. 302 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 4: Have been vetted. Eight hundred and eighty six of them. 303 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 4: Will put that on the screen. Also are at large 304 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 4: in the country as we speak. Right, you put a 305 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 4: pause on this. The State Department has, the President has 306 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 4: Christy Noma's spoken out, where are we with all of 307 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 4: this and how dangerous is this? 308 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 5: Well the pause is actually you know, we've announced it, 309 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 5: but in fact we've we've been much more careful since 310 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 5: we took over, with a lot of pressure on us 311 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 5: by the way to let more people in so many 312 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 5: of them served as interpreters alongside US in Afghanistan, and 313 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 5: so their lives were at risk. So we had a 314 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,719 Speaker 5: lot of pressure to begin with, but we slowed that 315 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 5: process down from day number one to take an extra 316 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 5: look at people. Here's the problem with vetting people. You 317 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 5: can't have a perfect vet, no matter who that person 318 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 5: is for a couple of reasons. 319 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 3: The first is don't you can only vet. 320 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 5: Information that exists, right, So it is possible that in 321 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 5: many cases there are things about these people you just 322 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 5: don't know no matter how much you vet them. You 323 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 5: just don't have certain information. And in some parts of 324 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 5: the world where there's very limited documentation, very limited, you 325 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 5: can't just go out and interview people. In many cases 326 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 5: because of the presence of the Taliban, et cetera, it 327 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 5: becomes very difficult. The second thing, you can't vet. You 328 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 5: can vet what people have done in the past. You 329 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 5: can't vet what people might do in the future. There's 330 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 5: another dynamic at play here, and that is you could 331 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 5: allow someone into our country who has no history of radicalization, 332 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 5: perhaps they even have worked with you in the past, 333 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 5: but they are susceptible to radicalization once they enter the 334 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 5: United States because they don't assimilate well, because they fall 335 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 5: victim to some of this online propaganda and efforts to 336 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 5: radicalize people, and two or three years later you find 337 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 5: that they have radicalized. 338 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 3: That is a threat, That is a real threat. It 339 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 3: is a threat for everyone. 340 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 5: We have homegrown people people in the United States born 341 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 5: here that have been radicalized. But I do think it 342 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 5: is a higher threat among people that come from cultures 343 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 5: and backgrounds that make them make it harder for them 344 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 5: to assimilate once they get into the United States. 345 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 3: And that make them vulnerable to Arabic. 346 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 5: Language, for example, a propaganda by ISIS or al Qaida 347 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 5: or any of these other groups that are looking to 348 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 5: radicalize people. So it's look, the bottom line is there 349 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 5: is no effective way to allow hundreds of thousands of 350 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 5: people to enter any country in the world and not 351 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 5: face consequences. You take one hundred thousand people from anywhere 352 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 5: in the world, and you're going to have some percentage 353 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 5: of them to turn out bad, either to turn into 354 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 5: criminals or potentially terrorists. I think that threat is heightened 355 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 5: when you come from places that have terrorist movement that 356 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 5: would target these people for odicalization once they enter our country. 357 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 4: You know, there seems to be some misunderstanding I called 358 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 4: the Trump doctrine. I have my definition of it. Okay, 359 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 4: I agree with the president. I don't want America involved 360 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 4: in forever wars. Ever, again, I agree with that part, 361 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 4: But that does not mean isolationism. There seems to be 362 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 4: a group of Americans that misinterpret what the president means. 363 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 4: As an example, soon his first term, he wiped out 364 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 4: the Isis Caliphate. He took out Solo money on the tarmac, 365 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 4: he took out Magdaddy and associates. He dropped the mother 366 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 4: of all bombs on Afghanistan. You know, I don't know 367 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 4: how anybody could think the world's not a safer place 368 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 4: by taking out Rand's nuclear sites. 369 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 3: That's not isolationism. 370 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 4: That is American force used for good and twelve days 371 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 4: later Israel and Iran stopped fighting. 372 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 5: But the way I would describe it, it's not isolationism. 373 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 5: It's also not adventurism, which is this argument that others 374 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 5: have fallen into that somehow there's a problem in the 375 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 5: world and the only solution to it is for the 376 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 5: United States to send military assets to go solve it. 377 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 5: What the President has done is he has Number one, 378 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 5: he defines what's in the core national interest to the 379 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 5: United States. 380 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: There's a lot of. 381 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 5: Terrible things happening in the world, not all of them 382 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 5: are at our core national interest. Number two, he defines 383 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 5: what the outcome he wants, and number three, he takes 384 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 5: actions that are very specific and limited to getting the 385 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 5: outcome that's good for our country. 386 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 3: So the case in point is irong Iran had these 387 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 3: nuclear facilities. 388 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 5: We know what they were, We've known what they were 389 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 5: for a long time, and the President conducted a precise campaign. 390 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 5: It wasn't a prolonged war. It was a twenty four 391 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 5: hour operation. B two bombers left the mainland of the 392 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 5: United States, came over a defined target, dropped payload fourteen 393 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 5: missiles or fourteen rockets right into the holes of the 394 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 5: soils the bunker of US, turned around and went home. 395 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 5: And that's it. It didn't involve five days of fighting. 396 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 5: It in't all fifteen days of fighting. It involved ground 397 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 5: troops or six months. 398 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 3: He had a goal. 399 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 5: The goal was we were going to destroy this nuclear facility. 400 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 5: We were going to obliterate it. He went in, he 401 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 5: did it, he got out, We were done. We achieved 402 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 5: our objective. The objective was the destruction of the nuclear facility, 403 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 5: which was achieved without entangling America on something broader than that. 404 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,479 Speaker 5: That's a great example of the limited and strategic and 405 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 5: focused use of American power to achieve something that's in 406 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 5: our national interest. 407 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: It was in our national interest not to have her 408 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 3: on have. 409 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 5: A nuclear program that can be turned into a weapons 410 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 5: program that could one day threat in the United States, 411 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 5: and the presidents found an opportunity to do something about. 412 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 3: It, and he did it. 413 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 4: We talk a lot and a lot of people talk 414 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 4: in the Make America Great Again movement about America first, 415 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,479 Speaker 4: and I believe in America first, but I also believe 416 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 4: that we have to insight wisdom understanding that. 417 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 3: Goes along with that. 418 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: And it seems like every one of the examples I 419 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 4: just gave you where the President did use the might 420 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 4: of the US military, it's against radical Islam and that 421 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 4: threat I think, you know when people are chanting death 422 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 4: to Israel, when they chanting death to America, specific threats 423 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 4: against against our country. I have not forgotten nine to 424 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 4: eleven oh one. What is the nature of radicalism that 425 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 4: maybe some people don't understand, why it's in America's first interest. 426 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 5: Because ultimately, all radical Islamic movements in the world identify 427 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 5: you the West written large, but the United States in particular, 428 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 5: as the greatest evil on the earth. And every chance 429 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: to have the notion that somehow Radical Islam would be 430 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,479 Speaker 5: comfortable with simply controlling some province in Iraq or Syria 431 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 5: is just not born. 432 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 3: Out by history. 433 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 5: Radical Islam has shown that their desire is not simply 434 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 5: to occupy one part of the world and be happy 435 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 5: with their own little califee. They want to expand. It 436 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 5: is a revolutionary in its nature. It seeks to expand 437 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 5: and control more territories and more people. And Radical Islam 438 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 5: has designs openly on the West, on the. 439 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 3: United States, on Europe. 440 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 5: We've seen that progress there as well, and they are 441 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 5: prepared to conduct acts of terrorism in the case of 442 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 5: Iran nation, state actions, assassinations, murderers, you name it, whatever 443 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 5: it takes for them to gain their influence and ultimately 444 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 5: their domination of different. 445 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 3: Cultures and societies. 446 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 5: That's a clear and imminent threat to the world and 447 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 5: to the broader West, but especially to the United States, 448 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 5: who they identify as the chief chief source of evil 449 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 5: on the planet. The reason why they hate the Kingdom 450 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 5: of Saudi Arabia, the leadership of the UAE of Bahrain 451 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 5: is because they've allowed the United States to partner with them. 452 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 3: That's why they hate them. They consider them infidels for it. 453 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 5: They hate Israel, but they also hate America, and they 454 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 5: hate anywhere in the world that we have influenced. They 455 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 5: seek to attack it, including here in the homeland. If 456 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 5: you look at the domestic terrorists, at the attacks that 457 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 5: happened here domestically, the overwhelming majority of them have been 458 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 5: inspired by radical Islamic viewpoints. 459 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,959 Speaker 4: Let me move to Venezuela and Venezuela, it seems like 460 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 4: America is showing its military presence. We've been taken out 461 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 4: in Arcro terrorists conflict about that. 462 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 3: Pete haik Set, the. 463 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 4: Secretary of Ward, addressed us earlier today in terms of 464 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 4: the chain of command and taking out the right decision 465 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 4: to take out these boats that are bringing drugs into 466 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 4: our country. They are killing Americans. Maduro has been basically 467 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 4: told by the President to get out. We on the 468 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 4: verge of a possible conflict here now. 469 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 5: So the a couple of things that I would say 470 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 5: about it. The first is what the president is authorized 471 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 5: as the. 472 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 3: Counter drug mission in the region. 473 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 5: The fact that Maduro is upset about it tells you 474 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 5: the drugs are coming out of Venezuela. If you look 475 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 5: at these boats today, the Maduro regime is not a 476 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 5: legitimate government. 477 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 3: What it is is that takes transhipment organization. 478 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 5: It allows and other drugs that are produced in Colombia 479 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 5: to be trafficked through Venezuelan territory, and with the cooperation 480 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 5: of elements of the regime, are allowed to sail out 481 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 5: on airplanes and leave Venezuela on airplanes and ships headed 482 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 5: towards the United States, so they openly cooperate with the 483 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 5: drug dealers. In addition to that, the Venezuelan regime is 484 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 5: a source of instability in the entire region. Over eight 485 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 5: million Venezuelans have flooded into neighboring countries as a result 486 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 5: of the regime's activities within their own country, including into 487 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 5: the United States. They also happen to be the foothold 488 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 5: of Iran. That's not spoken about enough. 489 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 3: Iran. 490 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 5: It's IRGC and even Hesbolah has a presence in South 491 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 5: America and one of their anchor presents, especially for the Iranians, 492 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 5: is inside of Venezuela. So we we just finished talking 493 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 5: about Iran and the hostility it has towards the United States, 494 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 5: where they have planted their flag in our hemisphere is 495 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 5: on Venezuelan territory with a full an open cooperation of 496 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 5: that regime. So the fact that Maduro feels threatened by 497 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 5: the presence of US assets in the region and accounter 498 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 5: drug mission, it proves that he's into. 499 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 3: The drug business. And by the way, we don't it's 500 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 3: not me saying it. I'm not just making this up. 501 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 5: This was an indictment that came out of the Southern 502 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 5: District of New York back in twenty twenty, an indictment. 503 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 5: It was undisputed until the President decided to do something 504 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 5: about it. No one disputed that Maduro was in the 505 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 5: drug trafficking business. 506 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 3: No one. 507 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 5: Now that he's doing something about you have all these 508 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,239 Speaker 5: people on the left and others that are coming out saying, well, 509 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 5: it's not true and it hasn't been proven. We have 510 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 5: an indictment by a grand jury, not by politicians, by 511 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 5: a grand jury in the Southern District of New York 512 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 5: that indicted him and a bunch of people in the 513 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 5: regime so. 514 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 3: That's what's important to point out here. 515 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: All right, that's going to wrap things up for it today. 516 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: Back in the Free State of Florida tomorrow, Thank goodness. 517 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: Loaded up tonight. You know, Scott Bessen is going to 518 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: explain the economy to everybody. It's important. Also, Senator John 519 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: Kennedy will join us. Also, we'll check in with Steve Miller. 520 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 1: He'll be with us tonight, and Christy nomanill be on 521 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: set as we're in Washington, DC all the we're going 522 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: to have our own little cabinet me basically say DVR 523 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: nine Eastern from the Swamp. Hannity back in the Free 524 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: State of Florida tomorrow. Thank you for making this show possible. 525 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 1: We'll see you tonight.