1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: This is the warning. It is week two of the 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: Trump presidency, and there is a lot going on everywhere 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: in Washington. Change is afoot, desecrations are happening. Bill Owens 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: of sixty minutes of CBS News is a tough man 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: in a feeble time. Bill Owens is doing something exceptional. 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: Bill Owens is a journalist, and he will not get 7 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: on his knees. He will not bow, and he will 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: not scrape. Bill Owens seems to understand something. He works 9 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: at an institution where Edward R. Morrow worked. He works 10 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: at an institution when the world faced its most dire 11 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: moments that told the story of what lay over the 12 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: edge of the abyss. CBS News is a vital institution. 13 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: And Donald's friend Larry here he is in the overlaw 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: office with Rupert, is going to force a capitulation. He's 15 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: going to take command effectively of CBS News with a 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: purchase of paramount hand the keys to his son, a 17 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: prince of the American oligarchy who is hailed as a 18 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: genius despite being born an inch from home plate. He's 19 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: in the movie business, of course, and this man will 20 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: soon with his son, control the network that bill Owens 21 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: is defending journalism is nothing without ethics, without integrity. What 22 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,199 Speaker 1: bill Owens is doing is noble because he did nothing 23 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: wrong and CBS did nothing wrong, and CBS News did 24 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: nothing wrong. And bowing to a bully who has designs 25 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: of becoming a tyrant. No. So across the media landscape, 26 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: there is all manner of corruption to point a finger at. 27 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: There is all manner of things to be worried about, 28 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: but understand there are things to celebrate. And Bill Owens 29 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: of sixty minutes in CBS hanging tough, it's one of them. 30 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: And there are people like that all over America, in 31 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: all walks of life. People like that have always faced 32 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: off against people like this. Let me show you a sick, 33 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: sick moment that happened yesterday in America, a desecration, but 34 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: there is a presence at the desecration, a disapproving one. 35 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: Let's watch Donald Trump swear in Pambondy alongside Clarence Thomas 36 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: and his insurrectionist wife. 37 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 2: And I just want to congratulate you, a very special person. 38 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: And I'd also like to thank Clarence Thomas and his 39 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: incredible wife who is here someplace as she is incredible, 40 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 2: highly respected wife. 41 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 3: Too. 42 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: I will say, let's stop right there. Jinny Thomas is 43 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: a triple a gray, free range whack job the Beggars description. 44 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: She wasn't just a member of one cult, but two. 45 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: She is an insurrectionist. She has just by stepping across 46 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: the line into the Oval Office, by breathing there, has 47 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: desecrated it, just like Trump and just like her husband, 48 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: the most corrupt Supreme Court justice and American history. He 49 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: is the single biggest mistake historically of the forty first 50 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: presidency of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush. An 51 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: honorable man who appointed a dishonorable justice, a grifter, a 52 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: con man. Clarence Thomas has long posed as somebody who 53 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: seeks it's the comfort of the American people in his 54 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: travels about the country in a coach motor home, where 55 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: he delights sleeping in the parking lots of Walmarts, nestled 56 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: in the goodness of the people. The truth is Clarence 57 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: Thomas flies around the world the puppet and the horror 58 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: of his billionaire masters. He goes by private jet to 59 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: their yachts, to the most remote places in the world. 60 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: He gets to live the fabulous life because Clarence Thomas 61 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: has decided that he's above the law, just like the 62 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: man he has made above the law. Let's turn to 63 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: the twenty seven year old White House Press Secretary her 64 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: stridency and listen to her yell a little bit about 65 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: how we should appreciate the idiocies and the imbecility of 66 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: our dear. 67 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 4: Leader President Trump as an outside of the box thinker 68 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 4: and a visionary leader who solves problems that many others, 69 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 4: especially in this city, claim are unsolvable. 70 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: Carolyn Levitt, Wow, doesn't she remind you of somebody bag Dad, Bob, 71 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: of all of the Trump liars behind that podium. It 72 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: is amazing that he keeps finding somebody with the capacity 73 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: to step one rung higher on that ladder. It is extraordinary. 74 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: Of course, while all of this happens, Secretary Little Marco 75 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: is dismantling US foreign aid and telling foreign service officers 76 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: to be patient to trust him and over at the Pentagon. 77 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: If you have any connection to any context or concept 78 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: of emotional intelligence, reading this room shouldn't be very difficult. 79 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: Let's look at Pete rock back and forth in the chair. 80 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 1: Doesn't really seemed to be in command when you watch 81 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: it with audio Office what's he doing there? Well, let's listen. 82 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 4: We've supplied munitions that were previously not supplied. 83 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: They're useful in eradicating radical enemies, and we are committed 84 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: to continue. 85 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: To do so. 86 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: Every person in that room in absolute agreement that, holy 87 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: sh this buffoon is the secretary of Defense, This guy, who, 88 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: no doubt will be scraping off to Laura Ingram like 89 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: we want all of our defense secretaries to do by 90 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: the nine pm hour. 91 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 3: This is an outside the box thinker who understands Laura 92 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 3: the definition of insanity, which is trying to do the 93 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 3: same thing and hoping for a different result. 94 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: Here's the deal. In order to stop Carolyn Levitt's insanity, 95 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: in order to stop pambond, these abuses of the law, 96 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: in order to stop what's coming, somebody has to beat 97 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: these people in an election. It's as simple as that. 98 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: And so we are at the beginning, not the beginning 99 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: of the end, not the end of the beginning. We 100 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: are at the beginning. After ten years, Donald Trump did it. 101 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: He's king of the mountain, and this time he's got 102 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: a plan. And that plan is dependent on one man, 103 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: this man, Elon Musk. And Elon Musk is becoming more 104 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: unpopular by the day. This South African by birth, who 105 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: is granted the privileges of American citizenship, has no goddamn right, 106 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: no matter how much money he has, to burn down 107 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: the constitution of the United States, because in our country, 108 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: no matter how stup these people are, it is the 109 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: Congress that makes decisions on how we spend money, who 110 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: gets it and who doesn't, And every two years we 111 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: have elections. The truth of that matter is mostly those 112 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: members of Congress pick their voters as opposed to the 113 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: other way around. But there is still enough agency, combined 114 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: with enough opportunity for there to be changes in the 115 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: majorities in the Congress until one side quit fighting, and 116 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: he gave it all the way to Trump, gave it 117 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: all the way to Elon Musk so he could be 118 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: the star of his own reality show and share with 119 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: the world the nonsense that comes through his head. Does 120 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: anybody else find this strange? Because I'm going to leave 121 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: it here today as a warning. 122 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:45,599 Speaker 3: And Tommy Tuberville a great coach. You know, his quarterback 123 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 3: was named Mahomes. He was a great college coach. And 124 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 3: I said, how good was He said, you don't want 125 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 3: to know how good. He made me into a great 126 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 3: coach's pretty good quarterback, right. 127 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: Tommy Turberville did not coach Patrick Mahomes. He didn't, just 128 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: like I did not land on Omaha Beach on d 129 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: Day or walk on the moon, just like Trump doesn't 130 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: ride a horse to work. I don't know any other 131 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: way to say it. So when you watch this, what's 132 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: going on in Donald Trump's had? What imaginary conversation has 133 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: taken place? Does Tommy Tarberville when he hears Trump say this, 134 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: does he remember it? Also, if we had journalism in America, 135 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: someone would be able to figure it out. But since 136 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: we don't, or in Washington we have Politico, I'll take 137 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: a guess they're in on the imagination together. And let 138 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: me tell you something. Whether it's the war in Canada, 139 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: the war in Panama, the war against Denmark for Greenland, 140 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: or the Great Trump Village in the Gaza Strip, his 141 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: imagination is going to cause a lot of damage by 142 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: the time Nightmare gets to its end. This is the morning. 143 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning, and I invite 144 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: you to join. Subscribe on our substack, on our YouTube channel, 145 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: follow us. Welcome to the community.