1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: On Special Report, Speaker Mike Johnson puts the brakes on 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Ukraine spending as Biden gives one billion. 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Dollars to Africa. 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: Jim Hansen joins the show to discuss and if you. 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 3: Didn't think that the Biden administration was America last before, 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 3: just wait until you hear what's going on in Springfield, Ohio. 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 3: We have the latest bombshell report from our very own 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 3: Ben Berkwon. 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 4: And author Chad Stewart joins us to talk about his 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 4: children's book, Brittfield and the Lost Crown and the values 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 4: missing in today's entertainment. 12 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 5: All that and so much more right now on Special Report. 13 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 3: Welcome on into the Special Report, and Happy Thursday to 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 3: all of you. I Michelle Back is joined by Bo 15 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 3: Davidson and Emily Finn. It is a busy day on 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 3: Capitol Hill as Elon Musk and vivig Ramaswami met with 17 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 3: Republican lawmakers this morning to begin the conversation on how 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 3: to reduce waste in the federal government, better known as DOGE. 19 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: We'll talk more about that later in the show. 20 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: That's right, Michelle. 21 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: This is the first Senate DOGE Caucus meeting, chaired by 22 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: Iowa Senator Jony Ernst. This comes as Ernst has not 23 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: yet committed to supporting Pete Hegsa's confirmation as Defense Secretary 24 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: the ioas senator previously voted in favor of confirming Merrick 25 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: Garland as Attorney General and Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary, and. 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 4: Also new today, the Biden administration is reportedly considering issuing 27 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 4: preemptive pardons for several high profile figures, including doctor Fauci, 28 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 4: Liz Cheney, and Adam Schiff. These discussions stem from potential 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 4: future legal actions by the Trump administration. As of now, 30 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 4: no final decisions on these pardons have been made. For 31 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 4: more on this, let's welcome in Law and Border host 32 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 4: Ben bergwam Ben, what is your initial reaction to these 33 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 4: potential pardons. 34 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 6: Well, it's not a surprise to anyone, really. I think 35 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 6: everyone was expecting this at some point, and with Joe 36 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 6: Biden going out, you know, he's lame duck and he 37 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 6: has no future political aspirations. I don't think it's a 38 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 6: surprise from him. The big question is what it's going 39 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 6: to do for the Democrats. You know, this is something 40 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 6: they've promised they wouldn't do. This is something they've said, 41 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 6: they no one's above the law. After they went after 42 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 6: President Trump for four years, the witch hunts against President Trump, 43 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 6: they tried to make it seem like these the Democrats 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 6: were a party of Justice and the Justice Department. And 45 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 6: now you see what's happening here. And I think it 46 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 6: shows just the level of crime potentially that we're talking about, 47 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 6: whether it's Fauci, doctor Fauci, or anyone else, Liz Cheney 48 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 6: with the Russia collusion hoax, Adam Schiff with the Russia 49 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 6: collusion hoax. By the way, I want to remind everyone 50 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 6: I was the first one to read Adam shift his 51 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 6: Miranda rights because I do believe he actually committed crimes, 52 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 6: or whether it's Barisma and his son Hunter Biden. What 53 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 6: it doesn't protect is Joe Biden anyone else who's associated 54 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 6: with these Really, it'll be really interesting to see how 55 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 6: vast they are, how broad the pardons are, and who 56 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 6: all encompassing they include. It's it's going to be wild 57 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 6: to watch. But again, I think it just points to criminality. 58 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 3: Well, Ben, it's very clear that this is an America 59 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:15,839 Speaker 3: Last administration. 60 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 2: Joe Biden has. 61 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 3: Made that extremely clear throughout his presidency. Speaking of let's 62 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 3: talk about some of the states that haven't received America 63 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 3: First treatment, one of which being Ohio. Springfield, Ohio specifically 64 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 3: where you. 65 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 2: Were just at. 66 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 3: Tell us what's going on there, especially as Biden is 67 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 3: pledging a billion dollars to Africa. 68 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, so this is one of the communities we've obviously 69 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 6: reported from East Palestine, Ohio, which is obviously still being devastated. 70 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 7: You still have sickness. 71 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 6: Every time I go to East Palestine, I get sick, 72 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 6: and so that's still happening. But I went to to Springfield, 73 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 6: Ohio not too long ago, and we had heard about 74 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 6: the cats and the dogs, and we had heard about 75 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 6: all of the you know, the DMV and the accidents. 76 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 6: All this what we didn't know And I just got 77 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 6: this from my friend Mike Lauber. He used to work 78 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 6: for a staff company. What I didn't realize and what 79 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 6: was actually driving all of this are staffing agencies and 80 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 6: distribution centers and this this is just part of the 81 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 6: interview that I got with Mike Lauber. 82 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 8: Walk me through this. This is basically you were in 83 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 8: a staffing company. Yes, this is basically driven by staffing 84 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 8: companies that are bringing up illegals to then work for manufacturers. 85 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 9: Or yeah, they're partnering with these NGOs basically, and to them, 86 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 9: it's a big workforce that now all of a sudden 87 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 9: they have control over. And unfortunately, I used to work 88 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 9: for one of these companies. Believe it or not, We 89 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 9: actually used to have an office right back here behind 90 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 9: next to this where this nail salon used to be. 91 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 9: And I do know they're one of the ones that 92 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 9: is participating in this right now, that specifically with the 93 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 9: Haitian community. So the NGOs will look for options to 94 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 9: bring them into the employers that are here in the area. 95 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 9: We know that they're at the Alde Distribution Warehouse and 96 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 9: several other larger companies we're rably going to take a 97 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 9: look at here later that are in the Springfield area. 98 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 9: But now you have this giant captive workforce because a 99 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 9: lot of them don't speak English, so it's not that 100 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 9: is easy for them to get into an employer like 101 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 9: you or I might or anybody else would. They need 102 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 9: somebody that can translate, So the staffing companies. 103 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 7: Will come in. 104 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 9: They'll bring in an on site manager and that personal 105 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 9: basic also serve as a translator. 106 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 7: So then you can bring in Haitians in mass. 107 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 9: I've heard this from a couple of people that have 108 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 9: talked to me off the record, that they're also paying 109 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 9: the Haitians at about seventy five percent of. 110 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 7: The wage you would pay a regular worker. 111 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 9: So, for example, if one of the Honda subsidiaries would 112 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 9: start people at say twenty dollars an hour, the Haitians 113 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 9: will start at about fifteen. So now undercutting American wages 114 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 9: and again depressing that in a community that's already on. 115 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 7: The edge here. 116 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 9: Springfield's been on a decline for a while. They got 117 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 9: hit years and years ago when the steel industry basically vanished. 118 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 9: But anyway, now some of these larger employers now are 119 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 9: bringing these people in mass bypassing the Americans that live 120 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 9: in the area and said to higher Haitians at lower wages. 121 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 9: The staffing companies will do this, they'll get the worried 122 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 9: out in the community. Hey, come in here, sign up. 123 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 9: We don't have to worry about your legal status. We're 124 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 9: now not doing everify. And again, I had about fourteen 125 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 9: years in staffing industry, and unfortunately I've had to play 126 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 9: this game before too, but it was generally with payroll companies. 127 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 7: Where we had no control, we were just payrolling them. 128 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 9: We would set up a second legal entity under a 129 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 9: different name, and that would be tied back to the 130 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 9: parent company. The second legal entity would not be e 131 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 9: verified compliant. That way we could get attack by the 132 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 9: bees over here, probably, but anyway, they will then use 133 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 9: the second legal entity to bring in anybody that can't 134 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 9: provide a security card, that can't pass you verify. That way, 135 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 9: you can still run their payroll, you can still get 136 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 9: your mark up, you still make your money. 137 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 7: Now in the case is like we were doing it before. 138 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 9: It was typically with large employers where they might have 139 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 9: a couple of people working there that shouldn't be or 140 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 9: just can't prove it or whatever, or their records were bad. 141 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 9: But now this is being done as like a practice 142 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 9: of business. 143 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 7: So you're no longer. 144 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 9: Checking citizenship, you're not worrying about IDs. Now it's being 145 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 9: done basically to exploit the workers. I mean, essentially, it's 146 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 9: a modern day slavery. And again in Springfield, we're already 147 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 9: talking about a dying community with not a lot of resources. 148 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 9: When you dumped twenty thousand people into that kind of 149 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 9: a community. Now there aren't resources for the veterans, the homeless, 150 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 9: the people that need it, because they're all going to 151 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 9: the illegal aliens that have been busted in here from 152 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 9: around the country. 153 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 8: And right behind us over here, you've got the DMV 154 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 8: and just went over there and there's it's full. You've 155 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 8: got some American citizens, some illegalationans. So all of this 156 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 8: having an impact, not just the cats and the dogs. Yes, 157 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 8: they're coming from a culture of voodoo and the rest 158 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 8: of it. I have no doubt that plays into it. 159 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 8: But the bigger issue is this is just a systemic 160 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 8: problem of illegal immigration across America. 161 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 10: Just came from Cincinnati. 162 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 8: Same thing with the Mauritanians and the Senegalese there Chicago, 163 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 8: same thing with the Venezuelans there. 164 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 7: This is an industry. 165 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 9: Now, well yeah, and here you've had a huge spike 166 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 9: in crime, in spiking car insurance. I live in Dayton, 167 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 9: like thirty miles from here, and I just found this 168 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 9: out this morning. My car insurance just went up by 169 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 9: over sixty percent. I've not had an accident, no claims, 170 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 9: no anything, decades, no tickets. I just got a sixty 171 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 9: percent increase in my car interns because a number of 172 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 9: accidents in the area has just gone through the roof. 173 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 9: They're also having a problem with vehicle theft, break in 174 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 9: things like that, stolen cars. It's minor crimes in the area, 175 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 9: but it's it's huge influx of them because you got 176 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 9: twenty thousand people here, not to mention them going door 177 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 9: to door asking for handouts. 178 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 7: One of the ladies that used to work for me 179 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 7: here that. 180 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 9: Doesn't want to be identified, the shield just outside of town, 181 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 9: about six miles outside of Springfield. She said they consistently 182 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 9: get people even that far out knocking on their door 183 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 9: asking for food or asking that there's. 184 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 7: Work they can do. It's not conducive. 185 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 9: It's like raise a family or even feel safe, and 186 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 9: that's the big problem a lot of the residents happen. 187 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 9: As we go through here today, I'm sure you'll see 188 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 9: this is a rundown area to begin with, so when 189 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 9: you come in with twenty thousand extra people, it. 190 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 7: Makes it that much worse. 191 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 5: Then you reaction. 192 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 6: That interview continues and we act, yeah, that interview continues. 193 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 6: We actually went to a couple of the staffing agencies. 194 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 6: They did not want to go on camera, but I 195 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 6: actually got audio of one of them admitting that this 196 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 6: is happening that everything that Mike was saying there was accurate. 197 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 7: And this is just one part. 198 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 6: Now, I just want to give you to give you 199 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 6: a compare and contrast America First under President Trump to 200 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 6: America Last under Joe Biden. Just take three communities. Take Springfield, Ohio. 201 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 6: Take East Palestine, Ohio. And take any of the devastated 202 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 6: areas in North Carolina and consider what Joe Biden and 203 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 6: the Democrats have done for those communities versus what they've 204 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 6: done for places like you said, they're sending money to Africa, 205 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 6: They're sending money to Ukraine. All of our money going 206 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 6: overseas as we're inviting the invasion into our country. Counter 207 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 6: that to what President Trump's talking about doing the America 208 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 6: First agenda. You know, this is the difference between the 209 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 6: trajectory of both political parties in America today. 210 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 4: So Ben, you know, on that note, then, I mean, 211 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 4: it's not going to happen overnight. What's your sense of 212 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 4: what President Trump can do once he assumes office. 213 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 5: I mean there's a lot to be done here. 214 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 9: Well. 215 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 6: First off, from an election standpoint, you know, California just 216 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 6: finally started stopped counting yesterday. They just announced another seat 217 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 6: that went to the Democrats, Adam Gray. They took it 218 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 6: from Duarte, John Duarte actually in the county that I'm 219 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 6: standing in, Fresno County here. So first off, we have 220 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 6: to do national voter ID. I think that's job number 221 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 6: one that will help when it comes to a lot 222 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 6: of the illegal immigration and national everify. If we do 223 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 6: those two things will secure our elections. We can help 224 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 6: secure our borders. And then there's a whole bunch of 225 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 6: other things where we defund these organizations, We prosecute companies 226 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 6: that are hiring illegal aliens, We d incentivize mass illegal 227 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 6: immigration or even legal migration to incentivize jobs for American citizens. 228 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 7: I think they're working. 229 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 6: President Trump is working on all of the above as 230 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 6: we speak. 231 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: Now, Ben, before we let. 232 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: You go, I do want to ask you for a 233 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: quick update on what you've been mentioning East Palestine, Ohio. 234 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: I mean this the Norfolk Southern train derailment that happened 235 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: last year. There were so many people that were so 236 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: sick and suffering from the chemical excuse me, the chemical 237 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: exposure that they faced there. Did you have a chance 238 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: to go to East Palistine when you were in Ohio? 239 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 2: Do you know what's going on with them. We only 240 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: have about a minute left here for that update. 241 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, I just came back. 242 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 6: In fact now, I was just on a conference called 243 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 6: this weekend with some of the local residents, and as 244 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 6: I mentioned, I've been there five times. Every single time 245 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 6: I get sick, I have the same symptoms upper respiratory, 246 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 6: I get a headache, I get sick, I get nauseated. 247 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 6: At a number of deaths will shock you. There are 248 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 6: deaths that are continuing to happen. There's sickness that's continuing 249 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 6: to happen. And basically they've gotten a slap in the 250 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 6: face from Norfolk, Southern and the federal government. Much more 251 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 6: needs to be done, and again it's going to take 252 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 6: someone like President Trump to do it. 253 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,559 Speaker 3: I really can't imagine what those citizens are going through. 254 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 4: Well, Ben, thank you so much for joining us today. 255 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 4: Thanks for the updates. We appreciate you. 256 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: Thanks Ben. 257 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: Now, coming up, we have new updates on the man 258 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: hunts for the suspects who shot and killed United Healthcare 259 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, all the latest developments. 260 00:11:48,840 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: When we return, welcome back to Special Report. We are 261 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: following some top stories across America right now, including the 262 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: disturbing shooting in the heart of New York City that 263 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: left the CEO. 264 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 2: Of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson dead. 265 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: Today, the NYPD is releasing these new images of the suspect, 266 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: revealing his unmasked face. Authorities maintain that they do not 267 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: believe this was a random attack of violence. All indications 268 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: showed that it was a premeditated, targeted attack. The incident 269 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: took place around seven am, as Thompson was heading to 270 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: United Healthcare's annual investor conference at the Hilton in Midtown. 271 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: The suspect was reportedly carrying a distinctive gray backpack and 272 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: fled the scene of the crime on an electric bike. 273 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 2: The reward for. 274 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect 275 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: still stands at ten thousand dollars. 276 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 2: Now. 277 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,479 Speaker 1: We're also following this development, Police are investigating a bizarre 278 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: clue that the sustle left behind. According to local reports, 279 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: he allegedly inscribed the words deny, depose, and defend on 280 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: the bullet casings used in the deadly shooting. You can 281 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: see images of the crime or crime scene rather on 282 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: your screen. Police say this new evidence could help them 283 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: determine a motive as they do continue to search for 284 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: the suspect. Thompson's wife is speaking out as well. She 285 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: told NBC News her husband was receiving threats prior to 286 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: his trip to New York, and while she didn't provide 287 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: any further details, she did mention that threats could have 288 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 1: stemmed from quote a lack of coverage bo Michelle, Do 289 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: you think that this attack was designed to send a 290 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: message to the healthcare industry as a whole or is 291 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: there something more sinister going on here? 292 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 11: Well? 293 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 4: I think those casings say something deny, defend, and depose. 294 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 4: These are strategies often used by insurance companies to deny claims. 295 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 4: So when you have something that specific on a shellcasing, 296 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 4: I do think you're trying to send a message, and 297 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 4: perhaps this person or is connected to someone who could 298 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 4: have had a claim denied. That's just this is just 299 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: my suspicion that that could happen, But it makes me 300 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 4: believe there was a message being sent. I'm reminded of 301 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 4: the movie Worth with Michael Keaton that was about the 302 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 4: nine to eleven compensation Fund, where you're trying to determine 303 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: the life the value of a human life, and that's 304 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 4: what it makes me think of. I would never condone 305 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 4: what this person did, but it just makes me think 306 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 4: that a message is being sent. 307 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 3: What do you think, Michelle Well, United Healthcare is one 308 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 3: of the most hated healthcare industry or healthcare companies here, 309 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 3: And if you look at the percentages, typically the average 310 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 3: is about I would say, sixteen percent for denying claims. 311 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 3: United Healthcare's average is thirty two percent, so it is 312 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: significantly higher than the average. And if you look at 313 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 3: on social media right now, there are a ton of 314 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 3: people divided on this issue, but many people that don't 315 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 3: feel sorry for the family, which I think is sad 316 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 3: because you know, he is a father, he's a husband 317 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: at the end of the day. But Emily, this is 318 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 3: very much so dividing people on social media. I'm shocked 319 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 3: by some of the reactions. 320 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, it certainly is. And no matter what the motive 321 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: actually was, I think the one thing we know for 322 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: sure is that this shooter was extraordinarily experienced, extraordinarily well calculated, 323 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: I mean, used a silencer. 324 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 2: And this happened at about seven am. 325 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: Went all throughout New York City on an e bike 326 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: where we know, there's surveillance cameras probably following him everywhere 327 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: he goes, and there still haven't been able to find him. 328 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: The manhunt is still ongoing. I think there's going to 329 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: be a lot of details that come out of this case, 330 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: you guys. 331 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 3: And was smiling in some of those well and looking 332 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 3: at that video right there, if you noticed that the 333 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 3: gun had jammed up, And clearly they were experienced because 334 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 3: they were able to fix that and continue on. So 335 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 3: it's definitely someone that has experience in this. 336 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, yep, Well, hopefully they'll they'll catch him well. 337 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 4: Switching gears to Capitol Hill, TESLA CEO Elon Musk and 338 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 4: former presidential candidate Viviight Ramaswami are wasting no time at 339 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 4: all getting right to work on their cost cutting efforts 340 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 4: under President Elect Trump's newly formed Department of Government Efficiency 341 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 4: otherwise known as DOGE. Musk and Ramaswami have been tapped 342 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 4: to lead DOGE and met with a group of Senators, 343 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 4: including the chair of the Senate's DOGE Caucus, Jony Ernst 344 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 4: and incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thun. While the senators 345 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 4: have been tight lipped on the details of the cost 346 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 4: slash proposal. Many agreed it was a productive meeting. So 347 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 4: Michelle and Emily, do you think that the Democrats will 348 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 4: get on board with Musk and Ramaswami's plans. 349 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 3: I think there's going to be some sort of compensation here. 350 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 3: But one of the big things is planned parenthood, which 351 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 3: I think should be cut, and that is something that 352 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 3: the Democrats are going to use as a campaign issue 353 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 3: and future campaign ads are going to run with it, 354 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 3: similar to what they did with the abortion issue on 355 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 3: the past election. I think that they're not going to 356 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 3: be able to get all of their goals done, but 357 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 3: I do think that they will make some progress. 358 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: Emily absolutely, and I think the Democrats. You can't deny 359 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: it when you look at the statistics. Joni ERNs put 360 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: out a report about how many government employees are actually 361 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: working in a very small percentage of them actually are 362 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: full time and come into the office. A third of 363 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: them are still working from home since the pandemic. So 364 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: I think, regardless of political party, it's definitely fair to 365 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: say that there needs to be a cleanup of where 366 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: all of our texpayer money is going. 367 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 4: There's federal buildings not even being used, and these are 368 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 4: something that's happening. So for once, they're going to take 369 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 4: on the establish So establishment, you're on notice. 370 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 5: Beware, everybody's got to play fair. 371 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 3: Why Star report six percent of employees are showing up 372 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 3: on a full time basis forty hours a week. So 373 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 3: it's astronomical. 374 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,159 Speaker 2: Those are your taxpayer dollars. 375 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 3: Just remember that. But moving on, Crypto bros are celebrating 376 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 3: a huge milestone for bitcoin as its price reached six 377 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 3: figures for the first time late last night. 378 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 2: Take a look at their stock chart. 379 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 3: Bitcoin has been soaring since President Trump was elected last month, 380 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 3: rising twenty thousand dollars in just seven days. You're to date, 381 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 3: bitcoin is up more than one hundred and forty percent now. 382 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 3: Trump posted on his truth social this morning saying quote, congratulations, bitcoiners, 383 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 3: You're welcome. Together, we will make America great again. Emily bo, 384 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 3: are you guys on the bitcoin bandwagon? 385 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 2: Maybe we should have got on it. 386 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: Before Electionally he should have gone on it before. I mean, 387 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: those the numbers really have been soaring for bitcoin. But guys, 388 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: explain to me, what is bitcoin? It's nothing, It's air. 389 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not begged by anything. I don't know 390 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,360 Speaker 1: if I'm not necessarily on this bandwagon yet, but I'm 391 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: not not in the majority. A lot of people Areeah. 392 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 4: I agree with you, Emily, because ever since we got 393 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 4: off the gold standard, I've always questioned our currency. 394 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 5: Our currency has been. 395 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: Devalued ever since we got off the gold standard. So 396 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 4: I do think there needs to be some regulation of 397 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 4: this industry, that's for sure. But the one positive sign 398 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 4: is Bitcoin's going up. The investments are going up. I've 399 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 4: got investments, so you know. 400 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 2: What, have you invested in bitcoin? 401 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 12: Then? 402 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 5: No, I haven't, and I don't plan on it. I 403 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 5: just don't. I'm too scared of it. 404 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: Emily, have you, No, I have not invested in bitcoin. 405 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: I certainly don't have a one hundred thousand dollars seat, even 406 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 1: by one. 407 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 5: Yes, exactly, it's the minimum payment you need. 408 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 3: I've made a running joke I said, I hope my 409 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 3: future husband invested in bitcoin. But look, this is something 410 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:40,959 Speaker 3: that a lot of people were hedging on. A lot 411 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 3: of people trying to pour money into bitcoin before the election, 412 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 3: hoping that Trump won, And again they're looking at those 413 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 3: regulations and how to move forward in a bitcoin world. 414 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 3: I'm trying to mimic other countries that have done similar things. 415 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: So I think it's going to be an. 416 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 3: Interesting conversation that quite frankly, is unavoidable, especially as we 417 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 3: enter this new revolution with AI. 418 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we know that President and Trump has been 419 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: supporting bitcoin for a very long time. His sec pick 420 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: is friendly to cryptocurrency as. 421 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 2: Well, So I think it's uh. 422 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: I think it's very fair to say that this is 423 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: going to be a transformative next four years for a 424 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: lot of different parts of the government when it comes 425 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: to our currency, when it comes to doge cleaning up, 426 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: you know, everyone that's not coming into work. 427 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 2: There's going to be a lot of exciting things though. 428 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 4: Now it's worth looking at our currency if nothing else, 429 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 4: because of our national debt. That's something that's got to 430 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 4: be tackled in this tex administration. 431 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 2: Absolutely, yeah. 432 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 1: Now coming up, Speaker Johnson has rejected additional Ukraine funding 433 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: as Biden spends every penny he can of taxpayer dollars 434 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: before he leaves office. Former Special Forces operative Jim Hansen 435 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: joins us to break it down. We will be back 436 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: in just a moment. Stay with us on Special Report. 437 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Special Report. 438 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 13: Well, as Biden spends every single last penny of your 439 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 13: hard earned taxpayer money on every other country but America. 440 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 13: Speaker Johnson has rejected Biden's latest request for an additional 441 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 13: funding of twenty four billion dollars to Ukraine. Say that 442 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 13: decision needs to be decided when President elect Trump takes office. 443 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 13: Well for a discussion, let's bring in the President of 444 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 13: Worlds thret and former Special Forces operative Jim Hansen. Jim, 445 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 13: thank you so much for joining us. 446 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 10: Good to be with you, Tara. 447 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 2: So what do you think of this spending? 448 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 13: I mean, you can throw billions of dollars into Ukraine, 449 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 13: but is it going to make a difference. Is it 450 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 13: going to make any difference, especially before Trump takes office 451 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 13: in less than forty five days. 452 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 14: It absolutely was not going to change the outcome of 453 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 14: that war, which is that Russia is going to keep 454 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 14: don Bass and Crimea and some sort of guarantee will 455 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 14: be given that if they attempt to go farther again, 456 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 14: the US will release more weaponry to Ukraine the second 457 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 14: time around. 458 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 10: Honestly, I guess it paid off. 459 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 14: For President Trump and Elon to take Speaker Johnson along 460 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 14: that UFC fight. 461 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 10: He seems to be playing a lot more friendly now. 462 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 13: Now that's a good point, Jim, I mean, so, how 463 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 13: do you think things will play out? You know, you 464 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 13: know that they're already Zelenski's aid is meeting with Trump's 465 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 13: Special Envoy General Kellogg as far as negotiations for Ukraine. 466 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,719 Speaker 13: But how do you think this is going to play out? 467 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 13: Do you think you'll see an escalation before Trump takes office? 468 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 13: Do you think they're going to try to take more 469 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 13: territory or do you think they'll just try to kind 470 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 13: of hold the territory that they already have. 471 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 14: I think the biggest problem and a grotesquely disgusting move 472 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 14: by the Biden administration was after the election to approve 473 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 14: the use of longer range US weaponry inside of Russia. 474 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 10: Was a major escalation that should never have occurred. 475 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 14: Where at the point now where the American people made 476 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 14: their will known, we're done with the military industrial forever 477 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 14: war complex and President Trump needs the chance as was 478 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 14: noted to make those decisions instead Biden's team, and I know. 479 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 10: It wasn't Joe. 480 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 14: Joe was asleep, it was blinking, and Jake Sullivan decided 481 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 14: to go ahead and take a major step pushing Putin 482 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 14: into a corner. 483 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 10: And if they keep. 484 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 14: Shooting US missiles into Ukrainian territory. Vlad the Vicious is 485 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 14: likely to retaliate in a way none. 486 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 10: Of us want. 487 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, speaking of Biden's sleeping here, He's sleeping 488 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 13: while he's in Africa, and then he gives a billion 489 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 13: dollars in humanitarian aid while Americans are still suffering in 490 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 13: North Carolina from the hurricanes. I mean, he's giving out 491 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 13: all of this money. But we know it's not even Biden. 492 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 13: So who is running the White House, who's approving these 493 00:22:52,520 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 13: funding and spending decisions. And I think we love Yeah, 494 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 13: I think we lost Jim at. 495 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 14: His head, you know, uses him the weekend at Bernie's 496 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 14: and pushes him in the right direction. Biden was bragging 497 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 14: about another forty billion dollars they spent investing on infrastructure 498 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 14: in Africa, while people in North Carolina are sleeping in 499 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 14: tents and garages and still haven't been helped by FEMA. 500 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 10: We need to put America. 501 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 14: First and treat the citizens whose tax money that is, 502 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 14: like they're the ones are prioritized by our government. 503 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 13: Yeah. Absolutely, Well, speaking of that, I want to go 504 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 13: down to the nominations and specifically Pete Hegseth for Secretary 505 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 13: of Defense. We worked with Pete at Vet's very freedom 506 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 13: years and years ago, and I saw firsthand how Pete 507 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 13: puts our warriors first, how he recognizes their service, and 508 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 13: he doesn't care about if you're a specialist, if you're 509 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 13: a private or a general. He treats everybody the same. 510 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 13: He is the one giving a voice to those veterans 511 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 13: that I I've seen it firsthand, as have you. But 512 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 13: what do you think so far on his nomination. 513 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 14: I think it's been a disgraceful collection of smears from 514 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 14: anonymous sources. 515 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 10: So it's business as usual by our regime media, you know. 516 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 14: I think looking back on that time, Tara, that was 517 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 14: a lot of fun and we made some tremendously good 518 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 14: things happen. I know you were working your butt off 519 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 14: trying to just run the office and keep Pete's schedule 520 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 14: and the rest of it operational. And as much as 521 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 14: they try to paint Pete as this wild beast, I 522 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 14: remember him as the one who was trying to keep 523 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 14: peace and order and among the chaos of all the 524 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 14: wild folks like myself and others who were causing trouble. 525 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 14: So I think he would be a fantastic secretary of 526 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,479 Speaker 14: Defense and will be a fantastic Secretary of Defense, and 527 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 14: he'll bring that warrior spirit back to the DoD inner 528 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 14: circle so that they support the warfighters, not the warmongers 529 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 14: as he's prone to saying. 530 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 13: Yeah, and support the mission so that you know, as 531 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 13: sacrifices are not in vain when you're looking at Iraq 532 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 13: and Afghanistan, you know, and all the military members like 533 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 13: yourself who have served to honoring that into understanding instead 534 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 13: of just sending our men and women into wars with 535 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 13: no ensight, no mission, no goal. That's something that he 536 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 13: would do in the Pentagon. I know of that, but 537 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,479 Speaker 13: I also just kind of overall. I mean, there's a 538 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 13: new poll that shows that more Americans approve of every 539 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 13: single one of Trump's nominations than actually disapprove, and the 540 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 13: majority of Americans approve of how he is handling the transition. 541 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 13: So when you look at all of his nominations as 542 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 13: a whole RFK junior, you know, Elon Musk, all of 543 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 13: them that are going to be helping, that says a 544 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 13: lot that you have the majority of Americans that are 545 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 13: supporting his decisions and his nominations, doesn't it? 546 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 9: Oh? 547 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 14: Absolutely, And it shows that what was told in the 548 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 14: election is that the American people want change. 549 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 10: They want the deep state. 550 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 14: They want the permanent bureaucracy. They want the people who 551 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 14: have been wasting our money on fantasies like you know 552 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 14: DEI and the queer indoctrination in our schools. They want 553 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 14: that shut down and ripped out at the roots. And 554 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 14: Trump is bringing in a wartime cabinet and a collection 555 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 14: of pipe hitters to actually get the will of the 556 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 14: people done for one of the first times. And I'm 557 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 14: here in the swamp here and I can tell you 558 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 14: there is a palpable fear on the other team, and 559 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 14: that's good. 560 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 10: They should be scared. 561 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, So how about Telsea Gabber? 562 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 13: Do you think she's going to have any hold ups 563 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 13: as far as her nomination? 564 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 14: You know, it's interesting, as much as they started to 565 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 14: attack her, they backed off pretty quickly and decided maybe 566 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 14: they could take out Pete Hegsitt as we discussed. So 567 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 14: I think Tulsie may come up. If Pete gets enough support, 568 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 14: she may be next in the you know, in the 569 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 14: crosshairs for these people. But again, she's another qualified person. 570 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 14: She was second in charge of the Democrat National Committee 571 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 14: you know, I think she's someone who can show that 572 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 14: President Trump is bringing in the best and people who've 573 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 14: seen both sides and can make it better in a 574 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 14: place that's see nothing but partisan strife. 575 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 13: Well and two, you know, she gets so much criticism 576 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 13: Jim because of her positions on Syria Russia. But now 577 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 13: look at what's unfolding in Syria when you have these 578 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 13: Turkey backed Islamists that are taking over TeV took over 579 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 13: Aleppo and now they're moving forward taking more territory. I mean, 580 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 13: I know when I spent time in Syria and I 581 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 13: met the opposition. First, I met some of the opposition 582 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 13: back in twenty fourteen fifteen, some of the fighters, and 583 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 13: I met with them, and I learned from other people 584 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 13: that from other fighters there that they were part of Alnustra, 585 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 13: which is now HTS, which is now the Islamist group 586 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 13: that is taking over, tied to Al Kaida, tied to ISIS. 587 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 13: So that's a bad faction. You can't support them. So 588 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 13: then I met and I went into Damascus, and I 589 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 13: saw what is Asad doing in a Damascus. Well, that's 590 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 13: also a bad option. You have no good options. So 591 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 13: she's getting pushed back from going on a fact finding 592 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 13: trip to Syria where she actually met with ASAD. But 593 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 13: she's a member of Congress, she's looking at all sites, 594 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 13: and so I want to ask you just quickly about 595 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 13: Syria and why are you concerned about what's happening in Syria? 596 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 13: And do you think this is going to impact the 597 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 13: US We have military there, and how should we be 598 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 13: handling the policy there? 599 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 14: Well, as you mentioned, I think you nailed it. There 600 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 14: are no good guys in this fight. There's a tiny 601 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 14: patch of people we're supporting in the northeast part of Syria, 602 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 14: but even that is sketchy. 603 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 10: The whole thing is a mess. 604 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 14: And I think what Tulsea Gabber did is she's looking 605 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 14: for creative ways to not get embroiled in more wars, 606 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 14: which is why she thinks it's worth talking and negotiating 607 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 14: with even a sad with even Putin. You know, those 608 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 14: are places where she caught abuse for that. It's the 609 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 14: right thing to do to look for alternatives to war, 610 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 14: as long as they don't damage US national security. 611 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 13: Yeah. Absolutely, And I just want to ask you too, 612 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 13: when we're looking at Syria, how do you think do 613 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 13: you think think that they're going to advance the Islamists 614 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 13: by Turkey or do you think that they'll be shut 615 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 13: down by Russia and Iran. 616 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 10: It's really a mess. 617 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 14: I honestly don't know, and it's one of those situations. 618 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 14: Normally I would come back with a solid idea. I 619 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 14: have no idea how that's going to turn out. And 620 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 14: the only thing I can say is the more it escalates, 621 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 14: the more the Russians and Turkey and external forces are 622 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 14: brought to bear on that, the more dangerous it becomes. 623 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 13: Thank you, Jim so much. 624 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 2: Appreciate you always a pleasure. 625 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 10: Well. 626 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 13: Coming up later in the show, we find out how 627 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 13: one author is bringing creativity and values back to children's reading. 628 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 2: Don't go away, we will be right back. 629 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 3: Building a stronger America for our children and grandchildren, as 630 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 3: well as protecting our senior citizens, is the goal of 631 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 3: our next guest. The Association of Mature American Citizens, known 632 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 3: as a MAC. You've heard them before, seeks to protect 633 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 3: and defend parental rights so they know what their children 634 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 3: are being taught in schools and can safeguard them from 635 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 3: critical race theory and gender indoctrination. 636 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 2: To talk more about this. 637 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 3: Is a MAC action, Senior Vice President, Andy Mangioni, Andy, 638 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 3: welcome to Special Report. Thanks so much for being with us. 639 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 12: Thank you very much for having me. 640 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 4: Well, Andy, let's dive right in New York, Governor Kathy 641 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 4: Hochel issued an order that would essentially trigger a state 642 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 4: takeover of public schools with no opt out option. The 643 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 4: order would force superintendents, principles, teachers, curriculum, and students to 644 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 4: be under the jurisdiction of a regional superintendent appointed by 645 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 4: Hokl's Education Department. 646 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 5: What are your thoughts on that, Andy. 647 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 12: Well, our members had a lot to say about that. 648 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 12: They rose to the occasion once they got wind of 649 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 12: this emergency regionalization order. They wanted to stop this egregious 650 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 12: intrusion of government into their daily lives, and as you mentioned, 651 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 12: this time, they thwarted a potential state takeover of public 652 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 12: schools in New York. You had talked about a Governor 653 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 12: Hochal's regionalization order. 654 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 10: She tried to pull a fast one. 655 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 12: She tried to do this and slip it by the 656 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 12: people of New York, but AMAC members caught it. The order, 657 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 12: as you mentioned, would have stripped local school districts and 658 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 12: parents of their control over their children's education and placed 659 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 12: all public schools under the jurisdiction of a regional superintendent 660 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 12: appointed and controlled by Governor Hochel. 661 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 10: As you mentioned. 662 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 12: Before, teachers and administrators and local superintendents would have been 663 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 12: forced to answer to these regional superintendents, not parents. As 664 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 12: a matter of fact, accountability to parents would have been 665 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 12: effectively eliminated, and this order by the governor would have 666 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 12: been mandatory. So our members took action. This is where 667 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 12: the New York Our members in New York come in 668 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 12: the week of Thanksgiving. 669 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 5: So it's a. 670 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 12: Busy week and there's a lot of people that take 671 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 12: time off. There's a lot of people that are distracted. 672 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 12: You know, it's a wonderful family holiday coming up the 673 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 12: week of Thanksgiving. They contacted Governor Hochel directly with over 674 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 12: nine hundred messages, telling her and demanding that she recind 675 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 12: her order. The Governor responded quickly to this outpouring of opposition, 676 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 12: and she reversed the mandatory element of her order and 677 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 12: made district enrollment in the program optional. Now, this is 678 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 12: a huge victory for New York parents and other examples 679 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 12: of extreme government overreach. Once A and once A MAC 680 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 12: members learned of this order. They mobilized quickly and they 681 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 12: made sure their voice was heard absolutely. 682 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: I mean that pressure campaign was pretty successful on Governor Hochel. 683 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 15: They're in New York and during a holiday week too. 684 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 1: I mean, that's just absolutely amazing that you guys are 685 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: working so hard. Now, walk us through how you actually 686 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,479 Speaker 1: went about doing that. 687 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 2: What was the game plan? 688 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 12: Well, we heard about the order the friday before Thanksgiving week, 689 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 12: towards the end of business today. We knew we had 690 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 12: to do something. We just wanted to hold her accountable, 691 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 12: and we knew that we had to contact her directly, 692 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 12: so we organized a call to action. We wrote the 693 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 12: campaign to inform all New York State AMAC members of 694 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 12: what was going on and what the Governor's trying to do. 695 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 12: We deployed the campaign around noon on Monday of Thanksgiving. 696 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 12: We generated over nine hundred messages to the governor Monday Tuesday, 697 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 12: and on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, she said, hey, you know what. 698 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 12: She issued a statement saying this program's optional. We want 699 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 12: and she actually used some of our language of the 700 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 12: campaign in her statement saying, I'm all for local control. 701 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 12: Parents should have a decision in making these should have 702 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 12: a role in making these decisions for their childer's education. 703 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 12: I mean, this thing all from start to finish, took 704 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 12: seventy two hours, and we could not have done it 705 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 12: without the highly engaged AMAC members in the state of 706 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 12: New York. 707 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 3: Do you think that more states will follow suit speaking 708 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 3: up and talking about this kind of thing, because I'll 709 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 3: tell you what, the mandate people are sick of the 710 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 3: woke things happening in schools. 711 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:21,879 Speaker 10: You know what. 712 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 12: I think that we've seen a high level of engagement. 713 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 12: We've run two campaigns, one in Michigan and one in 714 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 12: New York since November fifth, since the general election, and 715 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 12: we have seen an enormous amount of engagement. I think 716 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 12: from an AMAC member perspective, we're going to see this 717 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 12: level of engagement rolling into twenty twenty five. People are 718 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 12: fired up, they want their voices heard, and they realized, 719 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 12: at least from an AMAC perspective, that when you join, 720 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 12: your voice will be heard. 721 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 4: What are your members thinking in terms of the idea 722 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 4: that the Department of Education could be gotten rid of 723 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 4: that everything would really be coming down to the state level, 724 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 4: because what you're talking about is is a. 725 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,800 Speaker 5: Legislative action by a governor. 726 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 4: So what do your members really want to happen come 727 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 4: January twentieth. 728 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 12: They can't wait to get rid of the Department of Education. 729 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 12: They recognize it for what it is, an abject failure, 730 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 12: and they hope that President Trump will be able to 731 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 12: pull it off. He's got a maga Congress to be 732 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 12: able to affect great change. And when we talk to 733 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,240 Speaker 12: our members about the Department of Education, they don't want 734 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,760 Speaker 12: top down management of local schools. Parents want to be involved. 735 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 12: Our members are all about local engagement. They would love 736 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,879 Speaker 12: to see the Department of Education taken away well. 737 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 4: And the under AMAC actions legislative priorities. It states that 738 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 4: you will protect parental rights by protecting children from critical 739 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 4: race theory being taught. Are you finding it easier to 740 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 4: do that now that President Trump is coming back into office. 741 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 5: Will that be an easier path for your organization? 742 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,879 Speaker 12: We look forward to working with the administration, and yes 743 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 12: we do. We think that, combined with the Congress that 744 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 12: was elected, will give us great latitude to eradicate the 745 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 12: horrible teachings that's going on, usually in secret in public 746 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 12: schools and hidden from parents. It's outrageous what's going on 747 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 12: in public schools with regard to gender ideology. As our 748 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,799 Speaker 12: matter of fact, AMAX CEO Rebecca Weber was on the 749 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 12: steps of the Supreme Court yesterday advocating for parential rights. 750 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 12: So this is something that we're greatly looking forward to, 751 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 12: not only working with President Trump and his administration, but 752 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 12: we're going to be highly active in the States as 753 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 12: well on this issue. 754 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 1: Now, Andy, tell me your thoughts about President Trump picking 755 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,239 Speaker 1: Linda McMahon as Education Secretary. Do you think that she's 756 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: going to uphold AMAX values as well? 757 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 10: We do. 758 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 12: We anticipate most of his picks. If not, I mean 759 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,800 Speaker 12: we anticipate. We've pulled our members on what they think 760 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 12: of President Trump's pick so far for his cabinet, and 761 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 12: they're all in agreement. They think that, you know, nothing's perfect. 762 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 12: You know, not everyone's going to do every single thing 763 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 12: that you want. But we're confident and President Trump, as 764 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 12: a chief executive and as an evaluator of talent, at 765 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 12: least picking the right people to surround himself with, and 766 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 12: that these people will carry out his vision for their 767 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:05,280 Speaker 12: respective departments. 768 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 5: We've got about thirty seconds left. 769 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,359 Speaker 4: I'm also curious with regard to women's sports, is your 770 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 4: organization is AMAC really going to be focusing also on 771 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,880 Speaker 4: all the areas where women's sports, young girl sports are 772 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 4: being jeopardized. 773 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 12: We're already on the record in several states and on 774 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 12: the federal level as not allowing biological boys to come 775 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,439 Speaker 12: in and compete in girls and women's sports. We're also 776 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 12: on the record as protecting women's safe spaces from biological boys. 777 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,919 Speaker 12: What I mean by that is locker rooms, of restrooms, 778 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,280 Speaker 12: in public places, in prisons, in schools. So we've already 779 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 12: established our record on supporting women and girls' sports, biological women, 780 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 12: biological girls playing sports and. 781 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 4: Wet Andy, We're really glad to hear that, and thanks 782 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 4: for coming on and talking to us today. 783 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:47,920 Speaker 5: We appreciate it. 784 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 4: Thanks Andy coming up and author is trying to bring 785 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 4: back imagination, creativity and values that C. S. 786 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,439 Speaker 5: Lewis inspired. We'll talk with him when we've come back. 787 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 7: Welcome back to Scout for four. 788 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 4: The October fifteenth deadline has passed, so are you prepared 789 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 4: for what's coming? Do you owe back taxes or are 790 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,440 Speaker 4: your tax returns still unfiled? Have you missed the deadline 791 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,239 Speaker 4: to file for an extension? Now that October fifteenth is 792 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,360 Speaker 4: behind us, the IRS may be ramping up enforcement. 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Sometimes 813 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:22,320 Speaker 4: lost are the innate values that children should have instilled 814 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 4: in them, things like friendship and courage. 815 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 3: Well author Chad Stewart has written a book covering these 816 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 3: themes that inspires creativity and literacy called Brittfield and the 817 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,680 Speaker 3: Lost Crown, and he joins us right now, Chad, welcome 818 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 3: to a special report. 819 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 5: Chad, are you there here? 820 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 11: Can you hear me? 821 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 5: Oh? Yes, can hear you? 822 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:44,520 Speaker 9: So? 823 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 4: Firstly, chat you started out with just a sketch of 824 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 4: a hot air balloon with a young boy and a 825 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 4: girl trapped inside. How did that ignite the journey that 826 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 4: led to Brittfield and the Lost Crown. 827 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,319 Speaker 16: Well, that's interesting that as an author you learned that 828 00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:59,840 Speaker 16: you write about what you know and you write a 829 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,280 Speaker 16: about what you love. And I was a British literature major. 830 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,040 Speaker 16: I lived in England off and on for about two years. 831 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,600 Speaker 16: And so book one takes place in England, and it's 832 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 16: about Tom and Sarah, two orphans. And what's great about 833 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,359 Speaker 16: it is it takes place at present time because you're 834 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 16: talking about all this fantasy and witchcraft and demigods. And 835 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,120 Speaker 16: I think what's so great and compelling about the Britfield 836 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,319 Speaker 16: series is that number one takes place in current time 837 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,360 Speaker 16: and we don't use any of those devices these books, 838 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,759 Speaker 16: and the series is as authentic as can be. And 839 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,720 Speaker 16: we start up in Yorkshire, we head to Oxford, Windsor, London, 840 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 16: and finally down to. 841 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,719 Speaker 3: Canterbury and run us through a brief synopsis of the 842 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,799 Speaker 3: book and the themes that you found paramount to introduce to 843 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 3: young audiences. 844 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 16: Yes, and so yeah, it's about family, friendship, loyalty, courage 845 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,240 Speaker 16: and hope. And as children are reading it, as adults 846 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,360 Speaker 16: are reading it, our youngest readers seven, our oldest readers 847 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,320 Speaker 16: ninety three, fifty five percent of our global reading audience 848 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 16: are adults, and as a reading it, they're learning about geography, art, architecture, 849 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,640 Speaker 16: history and culture, something we like to call stealth education 850 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 16: because it's kind of the undercurrent age. You're going through 851 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:09,920 Speaker 16: this high octane, fast paced series with this royal mystery Ritfield, 852 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,440 Speaker 16: and we hit the four seas creativity, critical thinking, communication 853 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,319 Speaker 16: and collaboration. These are an undercurrent also, that's in every 854 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,080 Speaker 16: one of the books. 855 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 15: Now, Chad, we know that authors like C. S. 856 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,800 Speaker 1: Lewis have inspired you, and of course Lewis had very aspirational, 857 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: noble themes in his novels. So what was it about C. S. 858 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,799 Speaker 1: Lewis that you think made his work timeless? 859 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 11: Boys? 860 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,800 Speaker 16: I mean, he's a pioneer and a giant in literature 861 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,840 Speaker 16: and just an education. He was a fascinating person that 862 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 16: was basically I think it was seventeen or eighteen when 863 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:46,400 Speaker 16: became an atheist and then actually became a Christian throughout 864 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,120 Speaker 16: his process. But very interesting. He never made the chair 865 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 16: of his department at Oxford and eventually ended up at 866 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,760 Speaker 16: Cambridge actually where I might be headed for my PhD. 867 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,440 Speaker 16: Very cool, But I just I think he's amazing. I mean, 868 00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,840 Speaker 16: he's an amazing writer and researcher from a nonfictional side, 869 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 16: but a tremendous writer on the fictional side. And you'll 870 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 16: find that great nonfiction biographies or just general stories are 871 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 16: really well written when they have a background in fiction, 872 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,200 Speaker 16: that sort of combination between the two. 873 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think Mere Christianity is one of the 874 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 4: most fascinating books I've ever read. 875 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 5: I think is just an outstanding ched. 876 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,799 Speaker 4: Do you think that today's entertainment selection for kids is 877 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,040 Speaker 4: perhaps too focused on hero worship we talked about the 878 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,360 Speaker 4: Little earlier, or perhaps even the glorification of the anti 879 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,960 Speaker 4: hero some of the more deviate qualities, like let's take 880 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,359 Speaker 4: Wicked for instance. It's hot right now and we've seen 881 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,880 Speaker 4: the press tour that's around it. Nothing conservative about it. 882 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,080 Speaker 4: I think it's a great show, it's well written. But 883 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,440 Speaker 4: that type of offering I feel like is very common 884 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,640 Speaker 4: right now to young people. Would you agree with that. 885 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,160 Speaker 16: I would, And what you're looking at is about ninety 886 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,040 Speaker 16: to ninety five percent of the national and global market 887 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,560 Speaker 16: are saturated with this type of fiction. And this is 888 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,759 Speaker 16: in literature, television, and films, and it's the demigods, the superheroes, 889 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,080 Speaker 16: the witchcraft, the vampires, zombies, and all this does is 890 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,040 Speaker 16: three things, especially for the children or the child audience. 891 00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:11,200 Speaker 16: Number One, it disconnects them from reality. Number Two, it 892 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 16: makes them feel less than they are, right, I just 893 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,480 Speaker 16: had magical powers if I was just a superhero, when 894 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,239 Speaker 16: I think every child is amazing. Every child is born 895 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,320 Speaker 16: with extraordinary talent for a purpose, for a reason, and 896 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,759 Speaker 16: they're all born creative. And number three, it introduces a 897 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,400 Speaker 16: lot of dark agenda. And those that are behind it 898 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,640 Speaker 16: and pushing it know that it is very specific, very strategic. 899 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,400 Speaker 3: Well do you anticipate this going anywhere? I mean, do 900 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 3: you see any changes or do you think this trend 901 00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:37,920 Speaker 3: will continue? 902 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:41,319 Speaker 11: I think it's the beginning of the end. 903 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 16: In many ways, I know that it's not what the 904 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 16: global audience wants. But again too, I was just just 905 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,440 Speaker 16: on another interview prior for like an hour and twenty 906 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,680 Speaker 16: minutes conservative network, you know, and he just took his 907 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,080 Speaker 16: kids to see the new Disney movie and Disney's a 908 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,760 Speaker 16: whole nother story, and how far off the reservation they've gone. 909 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,359 Speaker 16: And yet there's a lot of those sort of undercurrents 910 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,799 Speaker 16: in that current animation movie I can't think of the 911 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,239 Speaker 16: title off band, and it's doing very well. But the 912 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,279 Speaker 16: point is there's just not there's not much out there. 913 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:10,800 Speaker 16: There's what else are you going to take your kids 914 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,359 Speaker 16: to go see? And it's not an excuse to go 915 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,840 Speaker 16: see it, but there's so little out there. But I 916 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,440 Speaker 16: think what we're seeing is we're seeing the implosion of Hollywood. 917 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,399 Speaker 16: We have for a long time. It's basically bankrupt. We're 918 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,520 Speaker 16: seeing a huge uptick in conservative or even Christian movies 919 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 16: that are becoming a higher quality and they're just doing 920 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 16: their own thing. They're building their own studios, and you 921 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,120 Speaker 16: are you're seeing a creative renaissance that's taking over the 922 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,800 Speaker 16: United States and globally, and you're just seeing you're seeing 923 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:40,279 Speaker 16: a society that is starving for good quality content. They're 924 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:42,560 Speaker 16: sick of the agenda, they're sick of the crap, and 925 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,960 Speaker 16: they're sick of the psychopaths that have taken over the asylum. 926 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, Angel Studio seems to have really just opened up 927 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:52,359 Speaker 4: and shifted the paradigm completely into bringing these stories to life. 928 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,680 Speaker 4: And on that note, Britfield is going to be made 929 00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:58,560 Speaker 4: into a movie which has adventure, your bravery, intrigue and mystery, 930 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,000 Speaker 4: which seems to be something that could, let's be honest, 931 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,960 Speaker 4: the Harry Potter series. So what can you tell us 932 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,520 Speaker 4: about the road to production of this adaptation and when 933 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 4: will it be released? 934 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:10,440 Speaker 16: Yeah, we're we're excited. And just real quick, I mean 935 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,760 Speaker 16: I had the idea for Britfield Lost Crown over twelve 936 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:16,239 Speaker 16: years ago. It took ten years to It took four 937 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 16: years just to write Britfield Lost Crown Book one or 938 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,879 Speaker 16: was it four years twenty five hundred hours and then 939 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,760 Speaker 16: from concept that doodle of the balloon and the kids 940 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,960 Speaker 16: to launching it was ten years of hard work building 941 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,440 Speaker 16: the team. So this is a major major undertake undertaking. 942 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,920 Speaker 16: I mean, we're looking for a global, a global transition, 943 00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,640 Speaker 16: paradigm shift in literature and film. We're we're trying to 944 00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,960 Speaker 16: through the Britfield series, we're trying to elevate literature right now. 945 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,360 Speaker 11: We're gonna do the same thing with films. 946 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 16: We actually anticipate the first Britfield movie to be one 947 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:47,360 Speaker 16: of the highest roasting movies and cinematic history. 948 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,239 Speaker 11: And we have a finished script which is right here. 949 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,520 Speaker 16: This is about five fifteen to sixteen months worth of 950 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:56,680 Speaker 16: work and it was actually just a final final draft 951 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:57,920 Speaker 16: was done about three weeks ago. 952 00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,120 Speaker 11: I was talking with my producer. 953 00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:01,400 Speaker 16: I've been with a production team for about two and 954 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:04,360 Speaker 16: a half years in development. We have now transitioned into 955 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,919 Speaker 16: pre production, which is very exciting. I was just talking 956 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,480 Speaker 16: with him yesterday for about an hour. Ball goes well, 957 00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,520 Speaker 16: we'll be filming in England and parts of Eastern Europe 958 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,840 Speaker 16: in next year, in summer or fall of next year, 959 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,320 Speaker 16: with a launch date global launch date to the first 960 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:23,120 Speaker 16: of seven major motion live action movies November twenty twenty six. 961 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,200 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I am absolutely thrilled to see this movie. 962 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:28,799 Speaker 1: How exciting. Now walk us through. We know that you 963 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,120 Speaker 1: were inspired by C. S. Lewis, the author, but what 964 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,120 Speaker 1: inspired you for your creative process? I mean, you've been 965 00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:37,319 Speaker 1: so dedicated you spent years doing this and now ten years, 966 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,600 Speaker 1: twelve years later, like you said, it's turning into a movie. 967 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,319 Speaker 1: That must be so cool for you to see. What 968 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,000 Speaker 1: was your creative process like while you were developing the story. 969 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:46,360 Speaker 11: Yeah, and I'm fortunate. 970 00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:50,000 Speaker 16: You know, I was raised in born in Newport Beach, California, 971 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,279 Speaker 16: and I was raised in a very creative environment. I 972 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,800 Speaker 16: had a great elementary school. And I heard the prior 973 00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,759 Speaker 16: interview before this, and I know that that's a whole 974 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,719 Speaker 16: other subject, guys you're talking about. It was cool, and 975 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,960 Speaker 16: it was a sixth grade teacher that really just had 976 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:06,240 Speaker 16: this great creative environment. In fact, I wrote my first 977 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,520 Speaker 16: book when I was twelve, you know, quote unquote book 978 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,400 Speaker 16: and it was like, I think it was twenty five pages. 979 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 11: You know, it was a paragraph and then a picture. 980 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,680 Speaker 11: But you write about what you know, you write about 981 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:16,080 Speaker 11: with your love. 982 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,040 Speaker 16: And my first book was James Bond, Eat Your Heart Out, 983 00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:19,960 Speaker 16: because I was a big James Bond fan. And I 984 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,040 Speaker 16: was a twelve year old secret agent working for the 985 00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:27,720 Speaker 16: British government living in England, and my partner was Jacqueline Smith, 986 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,920 Speaker 16: and I was tasked with, you know, finding this criminal 987 00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,600 Speaker 16: throughout Europe and then you know, fast forward almost forty 988 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:36,600 Speaker 16: years later to Brittfield and the Lost Crown, and so 989 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,680 Speaker 16: you know, my inspiration, my creative inspiration started at a 990 00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:41,880 Speaker 16: young age. I got into script writing since I was 991 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,680 Speaker 16: eighteen years old. And so it's interesting ninety percent of 992 00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:47,440 Speaker 16: the people that have read Brittfield Lost Crown say that 993 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,160 Speaker 16: it reads like a movie. They say that, you know, 994 00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:52,239 Speaker 16: they've never read anything like it, and they feel like 995 00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:53,640 Speaker 16: they're in it. And I think a lot of that 996 00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:58,080 Speaker 16: contributes to subconsciously my background in writing scripts, because when 997 00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:01,680 Speaker 16: I started the first novel, Britfeld Lost Crown, I wasn't thinking, Okay, great, 998 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:03,840 Speaker 16: I've got, you know, two decades worth of script writing. 999 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,360 Speaker 16: But in script writing you learn the techniques of the 1000 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,680 Speaker 16: three acts structure, entering on the action, leaving on the action, 1001 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:14,560 Speaker 16: tight dialogue, tight descriptions, tight paragraphs. You don't put content 1002 00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:16,480 Speaker 16: in there if it's not if it does not belong. 1003 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,120 Speaker 16: And there's really no fluff in these Brittfield series. I mean, 1004 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,239 Speaker 16: we've had twelve year olds that have read Book one, 1005 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,560 Speaker 16: three hundred and eighty four pages in five hours. We 1006 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:28,320 Speaker 16: just pre launched book four, Brittfield in the Eastern Empire, 1007 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,680 Speaker 16: which starts in Vienna and ends in Moscow, Russia, and 1008 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,160 Speaker 16: that'll be launching globally in January. And I'm already getting 1009 00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,279 Speaker 16: some feedback, and I got a feedback, like again, half 1010 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:40,360 Speaker 16: of my feedback are from adults, and I got some 1011 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,040 Speaker 16: feedback from one adult and he goes, I've never read 1012 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:45,520 Speaker 16: a book faster than Britfield in the Eastern Empire, which 1013 00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:47,640 Speaker 16: is four hundred and thirty seven pages. And it's not 1014 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,359 Speaker 16: because I use big font or simple words. I use 1015 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,560 Speaker 16: complex you know, story structure, and it's just a it's 1016 00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,040 Speaker 16: a great narrative. It's very tight, and it builds and 1017 00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:58,400 Speaker 16: it builds and it builds and it builds. And I 1018 00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,279 Speaker 16: have no fat in my store or am I storytelling? 1019 00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:02,360 Speaker 15: That's a good compliment. 1020 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:05,040 Speaker 1: Absolutely, this is so incredible, Chad. I need to buy 1021 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,719 Speaker 1: this book. Where can people buy it? And check the 1022 00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:09,680 Speaker 1: product for progress of the movie adaptation. 1023 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:14,200 Speaker 16: Yes, Brittfield dot com, BRI T f I E L 1024 00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,600 Speaker 16: Dpfall dot com. It's probably the best place. That's Our 1025 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,759 Speaker 16: website's an award winning website. It's an extraordinary website. Has 1026 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,160 Speaker 16: over four hundred pictures of England, so all the places 1027 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:25,040 Speaker 16: where Tom and Sarah, the story take place are on 1028 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,799 Speaker 16: this website, interactive maps, et cetera. But if you buy 1029 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,360 Speaker 16: through there. I'm still signing books. In fact, I just 1030 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:34,200 Speaker 16: got done signing about six to seven hundred books in 1031 00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:37,120 Speaker 16: the last week, if you can imagine, wow, and shipping 1032 00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,879 Speaker 16: them everywhere. And so it's kind of exciting, and it's 1033 00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,680 Speaker 16: the holiday. It's a great gift, it really is. It's 1034 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,279 Speaker 16: a great gift for kids, for grandsids. 1035 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,200 Speaker 4: It sounds like so Britfield dot com, right, that's where 1036 00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:46,520 Speaker 4: they can go. 1037 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:46,960 Speaker 11: Correct. 1038 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:48,719 Speaker 4: Well, Chad, thank you so much for joining us, and 1039 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,680 Speaker 4: we're looking forward to the movie and the rest of 1040 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:51,040 Speaker 4: the series. 1041 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:51,919 Speaker 2: Thanks Chad. 1042 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,279 Speaker 3: All right, and tomorrow on Special Report, we have a 1043 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,359 Speaker 3: lot coming up. Make sure to be back here.