1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hello, everybody. There's been some extraordinary news that has gone 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: ahead and happened tonight. The Islamic Republic of Iran has 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: launched retaliatory air strikes on Israel. As we speak, literally 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: right now, Shahid style drones. Hundreds are raining down upon Israel, 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: being intercepted at least some by air raids. There has 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: been sirens all across air defense systems are firing. We 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: have some video that I'm going to go ahead and 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: play for everybody right now, and I'll continue to talk 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: over it. So what you guys can see in front 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: of you, this is video that has been put out 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: by the Israeli media and as well as the Israeli government, 12 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: so we feel comfortable sharing it with you. At the 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: very least, what we could say is they claim that 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,319 Speaker 1: this is what is happening above their skies. This has 15 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 1: now come this extraordinary moment after a dizzying last few hours. 16 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: Some indications happened earlier today. President Biden was at his 17 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: vacation house in Rehoved Beach in Delaware. He flew back 18 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: for an emergency meeting of his National Security Council. Immediately 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: after he returned to the White House, the news became 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: official and they put out a statement. I'm going to 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: go ahead and share that statement with all of you 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: right now. Here's what we had and this is given 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: to us a few hours ago from the White House. 24 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: They say Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel. 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: President Biden is being regularly updated on the situation. Here's 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: the key line. President Biden has been clear. Our support 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: for Israel's security is ironclad. The United States will stand 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: with the people of Israel and will support their defense 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: against these threats from Iran. What is very also important 30 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: that everybody takes into mine here is this that I'm 31 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: going to go ahead and show everyone the United States 32 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: actually is engaging in shooting down some of these drones 33 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: over either Iraqi or Syrian or Jordanian airspace. Here is 34 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: the key message, just from a US defense official. In 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: accordance with our ironclad commitment to israel security, US forces 36 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: in the region continue to shoot down Ranian launch drones 37 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: targeting Israel. Our forces remained postured to provide additional defensive 38 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: support and to protect US forces operating in the region. 39 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: So there you have it. The United States is now 40 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: officially engaged on Israel's behalf shooting down these drones. Not 41 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: the first time, remember that we fired against who the 42 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: ballistic missiles which were headed towards Israel. But extraordinary nonetheless, 43 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: because the US has now officially entered this war in 44 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: terms of Israel's defense, the big question is what is 45 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: going to happen next. Now, what is very important for 46 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: everybody to know is that this message that came out 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 1: from the Iranians, that actually happened after the strikes became official. 48 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: So I have it here in front of me. This 49 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: is from the Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations. 50 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: Here's what they say. Iran's military action was in response 51 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: to the Zionist regimes aggression against our diplomatic premisses in Damascus. 52 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: This matter can now deemed concluded. Let's spend some time 53 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: on that. That's very important. The matter can now be 54 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: deemed included. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, 55 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: Iran's response will be considerably more severe. It is a 56 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime from which 57 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: the US must stay away. So let's pay very close 58 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: attention to that. The Iranians are saying, this is our 59 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: response to you bombing our embassy in Damascus, where an 60 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: IRGC commander was killed. They're making clear America stay out 61 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: of this now. Already that line has been crossed. But 62 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: what they're saying is if we end it here, then 63 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: that's it. But we are now receiving news that is 64 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: actually coming out of Israel. Keep in mind that it 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: is the middle of the night over here. But I'm 66 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: sharing here a senior is really official. This is from 67 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: Israeli media. They are saying from a senior is reel 68 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: official pledging an unprecedented response to Iran's attack and urges 69 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: Israelis not to go to bed due to what is 70 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: coming Iran's way. So this is a very very dangerous 71 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: moment for the world everybody. I mean, just to do 72 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: a little bit of analysis here, the Iranian response clearly 73 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: was calibrated to give a ton of heads up to 74 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: the US and to Israel. It took hours for those 75 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: drones to fly. They could have used cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, 76 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: and much more destructive technology. This is a show of 77 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: force on their behalf. But also it was calibrated as 78 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: they put in their message, and it was one where 79 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: they knew that the vast majority of the drones would 80 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: be intercepted by their air defense systems. This wasn't really 81 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: calibrated to be like a major and a stunning attack. 82 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: They had a ton of heads up. The question now 83 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: right doesn't end here? Or now are we on the 84 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: escalation ladder? The United States military is now involved in this. 85 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: We're shooting down drones on Israel's behalf the Israeli military. 86 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: Now are they going to engage militarily directly against Iran? 87 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: This would be unprecedented in terms of what is happening, 88 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: and I deeply fear that this is the exact nightmare 89 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: scenario that we've all been waiting for since October seventh. 90 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's been exactly almost six months now since 91 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: the conflict. But really what we all saw when Israel 92 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: struck that embassy in Damascus is that entered a new 93 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: kind of phase of the conflict, and it entered a 94 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: big decision matrix that we talked about with doctor Tree 95 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: de Parsi on the show, and I know that Krystal 96 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: and Emily talked about this as well. What is Iran's 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: response going to be? Nobody knew and now we do know, 98 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: And now The question is is how is the West 99 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: going to respond to this? How is the US going 100 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: to respond to this? How is Israel going to respond 101 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: to this? If Israel responds with overwhelming force and they 102 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: directly strike targets in Iran, Tehran, for example, well it 103 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: is almost certain now at this point that the United 104 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: States would be involved in this, given the fact that 105 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: we literally shot down some of these drones and the 106 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: military is now engaged here. The big question, and this 107 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: is where my heart goes out to every US service 108 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: member family and serving in the Middle East right now, 109 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: is that we have tens of thousands of service members 110 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: who are all across the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Jordan. 111 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: As we all found out when three of our service 112 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: members were killed bah Rain. We have the US name 113 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: maybe the fifth Fleet. Warships have been flooding into the 114 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: Persian Gulf apparently over the last twenty four to forty 115 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: eight hours. What's even more extraordinaries that the US Military 116 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: Central Command commander was on the ground in Israel when 117 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: the news broke that the Iranian drones were coming. Apparently 118 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: the general has departed, But just to give you an 119 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: idea of how deeply involved the US military is here 120 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: in the response. There's also some major questions what is 121 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: Israel going to do and are they going to tell 122 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: us what they are going to do. All of the 123 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: current reporting that we currently have indicates Israel did not 124 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: clear its Damascus strike with the United States, But of 125 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: course we respond in their defense anyways. Are they going 126 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: to clear and coordinate whatever the hell their response is 127 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: going to be with us? And will we as citizens Americans, 128 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: are we going to bear the responsibility to defend Israel? 129 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: This could very well be the beginning of a new 130 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: Middle Eastern conflict. Would be the third ordinary, actually the 131 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: fourth if you count Syria, extraordinarily of my lifetime, and 132 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: I am only thirty one years old. So it's a 133 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: very sobering night here in Washington. The phones are definitely 134 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: ringing across the hook, all across the entire world. There's been, 135 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: you know, major sirens and alerts going out in Jordan 136 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: and Iraq and in Syria, all the inklings of a 137 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: full blown diplomatic crisis. We're going to stay on the 138 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: story everybody and will monitor everything that continues to come out, 139 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: and should anything break overnight, we'll give everybody an update 140 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: on Sunday, and of course we'll have a show for 141 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: everybody on Monday as well. So again i'll just close 142 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: with thoughts for all of our service members who are 143 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: in the Middle East right now, perhaps even engaged in 144 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: the fight, you know as we speak, because this is 145 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: one where the last time that we were there, a 146 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: lot of people lost their lives, and this is one 147 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 1: that I really hoped that we would never ever see again. 148 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: But our leaders seem very intent. Bipartisan consensus already so 149 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: far of US military, the US Senators already calling for 150 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: direct engagement with Iranso. The ground is set if they 151 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: wanted to be, and this very well could be the 152 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: match that struck it all. We'll go see you guys later.