1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Do you think that the DOJ should reopen the investigation 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,559 Speaker 1: to the autopen specifically pertaining. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: To Fauci, Well, the only thing you can really think 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 2: about is the autopen because the most powerful thing the president, 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: as they say, is the power of pardon. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 3: So he was pardoned by Biden. 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 4: I signed my things directly. 8 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: He signed very few. The only thing I know that 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: he signed was Hunter Biden's pardon, but I'm not. 10 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 4: Sure that he signed. He probably didn't sign this one. 11 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 4: Good Saturday Morning nights. 13 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 5: Have you with us on the forty seven Morning Update, 14 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 5: and we've got two big stories for you. 15 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 4: First up and Bomb Show revelations. 16 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 5: There's an extremely good chance now Russia is actively involved 17 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 5: in helping Iran, and that would mean coming after and 18 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 5: killing American troops. So what does that mean for America's response. 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 5: We'll explain it to you. Also, doctor Anthony Fauci, Well, 20 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 5: we've got diary entries now that show that not only 21 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 5: was he a nar, he was obsessed with his own 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 5: celebrity literally as quote millions of Americans were dying. So 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 5: is there going to be any accountability for what Fauci 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 5: said in his diaries compared to what he said to 25 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 5: the American people publicly, because somebody was getting lied to, 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 5: and there's a very good chance it was all of us. 27 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 4: It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right. 28 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 3: Now, story number one. 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 5: So we've got some breaking news and it involves Ukraine, Russia, Iran, 30 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 5: and the United States of America, and it can have 31 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 5: enormous consequences not just for Europe, but for every American 32 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 5: with troops serving in the Middle East. The Ukrainian President 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 5: Zolenski says he's bringing what he described as evidence directly 34 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 5: to the White House alleging that Russia has actually been 35 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 5: helping Iran target American military bases across the Middle East. 36 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 5: This according to Zelensky, Ukrainian intelligence has tracked Russian satellite 37 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 5: surveillance of Gulf States and US military facilities and says 38 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 5: those images were later used by Iran before and after 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 5: attacks on American positions. Some of those attacks have killed 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: American troops. Here's more on this from Fox News Channel. 41 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 6: Ukrainian leader Vodimerzelensky says he is bringing evidence to the 42 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 6: White House tomorrow that Russia is assisting Iran in targeting 43 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 6: US bases in the Middle East, use Chief National Security 44 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 6: correspondent Jennifer Griffin. 45 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,839 Speaker 2: I'll ask you quoting about it. We'll find out. 46 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: President Trump's response to Ukraine's Volodimir Zolenski's claim that Russia 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: is helping Iran. 48 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: Hasn't had much impact because we've knocked the hell out 49 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: of him. 50 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: Zelensky says he will share evidence with President Trump. Russia 51 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: is providing Iran satellite imagery of US bases in the 52 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: Middle East, helping Iran target US troops. Zelenski will be 53 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: in Washington Tuesday to attend Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral and 54 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: says it struck in Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea 55 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: that was carrying military cargo, highlighting the growing Russia Iran 56 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: partnership and eliciting anger from Iran's Foreign minister quote, Zelenski 57 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: has attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, killing a sailor, a 58 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: blatant un charter violation. What the freeloader in Kiev did 59 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: cannot go unanswered. Iran has provided Russia with thousands of 60 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: one way Shahid attack drones since the start of the war, 61 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: and now there are new signs the conflicts in Europe, 62 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: in the Middle East, maybe converging and expanding. 63 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 7: North Korea will send to Russia. So two thousand of 64 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 7: soldiers Iranians will sell missiles to Russia. 65 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: Then what is really a big problem. 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 7: China began to work with Russian and they work on 67 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 7: satellites and on technologies and etc. To be more how 68 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 7: to say it precise. 69 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: Taking us earlier, today's smoke was seen billowing out of 70 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: Saudi Ramco oil facilities at sites across Saudi Arabia after 71 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: being hit by projectiles as part of a growing proxy 72 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: war with Iran. For the first time, Saudi Arabia's defense 73 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: ministry is calling out Iraq for allowing Iranian back militias 74 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: to fire drones and missiles from Iraq at targets in 75 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Gulf. Today, a spokesman 76 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: for the Iraqi Prime Minister said Iraq will not allow 77 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: its territory to be used to launch attacks against neighboring countries, 78 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: but they already have read now. 79 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 5: The president was also asked on Air Force one about this, 80 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 5: and here's more of what the president had to say. 81 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: Lenki Araba, Lensky says. 82 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 4: Selensky says that. 83 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: Russia is giving Iran satellite immagery of US meats in 84 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 2: the Gulf help them target. 85 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: What do you think about that? 86 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: Well, we'll find out of this, I'll ask you blutin 87 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: about it. We'll find out hasn't had much impact because 88 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: we've knocked the hell out of it. When you think 89 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: if that's the case, Look, you know they gave Venezuela 90 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: a lot of equipment. Venezuela had all Russian equipment. How 91 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: did that work out? That's too good. So they may 92 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: be giving But if they are, it hasn't worked out 93 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: because they have no army, they have no air force, 94 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 2: they have no navy, they have no nothing. So it 95 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 2: hasn't worked out well. I don't think. I don't think 96 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 2: they've been doing it, certainly not at a high level, 97 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 2: and if they have, it has been very un impactful. 98 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 5: Now, for years, Americans have viewed the war in Ukraine 99 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 5: is largely separate from America's military challenges in the Middle East. 100 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 5: But if these allegations are ultimately substantiated, this would represent 101 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 5: a significant escalation. Now, Zolensky is arguing that these conflicts 102 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 5: are no longer separate. They are becoming one interconnected battlefield. 103 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 5: According to the Ukrainian president, this isn't simply Russia's selling 104 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 5: Iran weapons or drones. He's alleging that Russia is providing 105 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 5: the intelligence and support needed by collecting satellite imagery of 106 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,559 Speaker 5: US military installations, and that there is a correlation between 107 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 5: the surveillance and then the Iranian strikes. Now, I also 108 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 5: want to be clear, this isn't the first time concerns 109 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 5: about Russian assistance to Iran have surfaced. 110 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 4: Earlier this year. 111 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 5: Multiple US officials told CBS News that Russia had been 112 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 5: providing intelligence regarding US military positions in the Middle East 113 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,679 Speaker 5: to Iran during the conflict. Other reporting has also described 114 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 5: US intelligence agencies examining whether Russian assistants may have played 115 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 5: a role in improving Iran's ability to strike the American 116 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 5: targets that they were going after. And then that brings 117 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 5: us to the larger strategic picture here. If you look 118 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 5: at all of this, what we're now seeing is there 119 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 5: is clearly a new alliance that is taking place. There's 120 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 5: a new you could even call it, axis of evil. 121 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 5: You have Russia, you have Iran, and you have North Korea. 122 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 5: And then you can add in a bigger player than 123 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 5: all three of those combined, China, because increasingly China is 124 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 5: providing diplomatic and economic backing for almost all of the 125 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 5: individuals that I just mentioned. So this is like a 126 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 5: axis of evil superpower. You would have Russia, Iran, North Korea, 127 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 5: and China all working together to undermine and kill American 128 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 5: soldiers in the Middle East, and hopefully they hope that 129 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 5: America will at some point just disappear from the Middle 130 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 5: East and they can say we want it now. These 131 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 5: countries they don't have to sign a formal military alliance 132 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 5: to coordinate their actions. In fact, they probably would never 133 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 5: do that because then they have plausible deniability. If they 134 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 5: share intelligence, they share technology, they share military equipment, if 135 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 5: they share the same strategic objectives, they're already acting in 136 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 5: ways that directly affect our national security. And that's part 137 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 5: of what Zelensky is coming to the US to say, 138 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 5: Because what Zelensky's case is, Hey, you're now at war 139 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 5: with Russia, whether you want to admit or not, and China, 140 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 5: whether you want admit it or not, and Iran, whether 141 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 5: you want to admit it or not. Right even when 142 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 5: there's a quote ceasefire, and his message to Washington is 143 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: basically this, don't think of Ukraine as a regional conflict anymore. 144 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 5: Think of it as one in a broader you contest 145 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 5: involving America's principal adversaries. Now, why would he do this. 146 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 5: It's clear because he wants to draw us more into 147 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 5: the conflict if he believes that America being involved in 148 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: the conflict would help him help his country more than 149 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 5: anybody else. From Kief's perspective, if Russia is willing to 150 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 5: help a ran target American forces today, then what does 151 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 5: that say about where this conflict is heading tomorrow? In 152 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 5: other words, America, you better get involved now. 153 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 4: Now. 154 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 5: Let me also say it's very much worth remembering. Now, 155 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 5: let me also say this, and this is important. We 156 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 5: have seen flash points like this before. I don't think 157 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 5: the President's going to walk out this meeting and immediately 158 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 5: say all right, here we go Russia. Game on in 159 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 5: the way that Zelensky is probably hoping. The United States 160 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 5: has thousands of troops stations throughout the Middle East. Those 161 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 5: service members, by the way, there aren't political talking points. 162 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 5: That's what the president does care about. And when Americans 163 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 5: are being killed because there's other countries like Russia China 164 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,479 Speaker 5: helping target them, then this is in fact an American 165 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 5: issue because these service members, they're wearing the American uniform. 166 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 5: And if any foreign government knowingly helped another country improve 167 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 5: its ability to attack and kill American forces, well, then 168 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 5: how would you not look at this at a bare 169 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 5: minimum as an extraordinarily serious national security issue and matter? 170 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 4: So what happens now? 171 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 5: Well, well, the first question is whether US intelligence reaches 172 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 5: the same conclusion as Ukraine. By the way, Ukraine has 173 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 5: a objective here that well could easily be to juice 174 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 5: the Intel to help them out because they want America 175 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: more involved. So we have to be cautious. In other words, 176 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 5: trust but verify. And the second issue is whether the 177 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 5: White House believes the evidence that supports Zelensky's claims is 178 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 5: worth US actually acting on. There's also the most consequential question, 179 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 5: and that's this, how is Donald Trump going to respond 180 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 5: if American intelligence determines that Russia did provide meaningful assistance 181 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 5: to Iran? Does that change the US policy towards Moscow 182 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 5: with major sanctions, Does it effect ongoing diplomatic efforts, does 183 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 5: it lead to additional sanctions on top of the fact 184 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 5: that we may actually get involved in the war and 185 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 5: help Ukraine more than we already have. These are all 186 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 5: the questions that shape American foreign policy in the months 187 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 5: to come. And this story he also highlights something we've 188 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 5: been watching develop for quite some time. The world's major 189 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 5: conflicts are increasingly interconnected and overlapping. The same Iranian drones 190 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 5: that Russia has used in Ukraine have now become central 191 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 5: to fighting in the Middle East. Military technologies developed on 192 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 5: the battlefield are quickly showing up on another battlefield. Intelligence 193 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 5: collected in one region is now being used in another. 194 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 5: The lines of this conflict are becoming much harder to draw. 195 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 5: And that's exactly why Zelensky wants this meeting with the 196 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,599 Speaker 5: White House. He's trying to convince the United States of 197 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 5: America that whatever's happening in Ukraine cannot be viewed as 198 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 5: an isolated issue anymore. It must be looked at as 199 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 5: a threat to the United States. Now, Donald Trump hass 200 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 5: aside how he responds to all of that, And we'll 201 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 5: have it for you here. 202 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 4: I can promise you that now story number two. 203 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 5: They say that fame can be one hell of a drug, 204 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 5: and no one loved that drug more apparently than doctor 205 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 5: Anthony Fauci. He was not a name that anyone knew 206 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 5: before the COVID pandemic, but by the end of it, 207 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 5: his name ID in this country and honestly around the world. 208 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 4: Well, it was superstar status. 209 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 5: We now know just how much Anthony Fauci was obsessed 210 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 5: with his image. 211 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 4: The newly released. 212 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 5: Diary entries from doctor Anthony Fauci suggests that the former 213 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 5: White House COVID advisor became increasingly quote preoccupied with his 214 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 5: growing celebrity status, even as the coronavirus pandemic claimed tens 215 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 5: of thousands of American lives. The journals, released this past 216 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 5: weekend by Senator Rand Paul chronicle Fauci's private thoughts during 217 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 5: the early months of the pandemic, when he served as 218 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 5: the nation's top infectious disease expert and a leading member 219 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 5: of the White House's coronavirus task Force. In an April seventh, 220 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 5: twenty twenty diary entry, when more than sixty thousand Americans 221 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 5: were already dead from COVID nineteen, Fauci wrote, quote, press 222 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 5: still hot and heavy about me, multiple stories per day, 223 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 5: directly or indirectly involving me. Weeks later, on May twenty first, 224 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 5: Fauci described his national and international fame as explosive and 225 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 5: really unimaginable quote unquote. He also added that it was 226 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 5: quote not hyperbole to characterize his level of global recognition 227 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,599 Speaker 5: by that way. By then, nearly eighty nine thousand Americans 228 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 5: had died from the virus, and he was excited about 229 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 5: everybody knowing who he was now. The diary also shows 230 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 5: Fauci receiving invitations tied to his newfound celebrity. In late 231 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 5: June twenty twenty, as daily US COVID nineteen cases climbed 232 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 5: to a then record forty thousand, he wrote that he 233 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 5: had been in to appear on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. 234 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 5: Faunci also documented growing tension with President Donald Trump's White House, 235 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 5: writing that extensive media coverage was turning him into a 236 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:19,239 Speaker 5: star that outshines his words, a star that outshines the president. 237 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 5: He recalled secret Service officers at the White House security 238 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 5: gates routinely recognizing his vehicle and waving him through without 239 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 5: requesting identification. And that is what power drunk sounds like 240 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 5: in a diary, my friends, Now, despite the attention, Fauci 241 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 5: wrote that he had quote no desire to conflict with, 242 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 5: embarrassed or showed up. Now, of course, despite the attention, 243 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 5: Fauci wrote that he had quote no desire to conflict with, 244 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 5: embarrass or show up the potus and later decided to 245 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 5: stop participating in profile interviews. Now, Senator Paul releasing this 246 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 5: is pretty interesting. He's a long time Fauci critic. He's 247 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 5: also the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental 248 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 5: Affairs Committee, and he released the diary entries days before 249 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 5: Fauci is scheduled to testify before the committee under a 250 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 5: subpoena issued by the Kentucky Republican Senator Paul argues that 251 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 5: the journal depicts a senior public health official overly focused 252 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 5: on his public image and media profile during one of 253 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 5: the nation's worst public health crisises. Quote Anthony Faucio will 254 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 5: answered to the American people, Paul wrote in a June 255 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 5: twenty eighth post on x, accusing federal health officials of 256 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 5: prioritizing self promotion and media narratives during the early months 257 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 5: of the pandemic over telling you what was actually happening. Now, 258 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 5: the takeaway from all of this for me is actually 259 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 5: pretty simple. It is clear that Anthony Fauci was obsessed 260 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 5: with his fame. 261 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 4: He was obsessed with being the Senate of Attention. 262 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 5: He was obsessed with doing interviews and being on the 263 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 5: cover of magazines and newspapers. 264 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 4: He was obsessed with the. 265 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 5: Countless stories that were coming out each and every day 266 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 5: around him. He was a man that was drunk on 267 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 5: his own supply. And doctor Utch now is going to 268 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 5: have to answer these questions. Was he actually focused on 269 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 5: saving American lives or was he more focused on, well, 270 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 5: how big a star was getting in America and around 271 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 5: the world. 272 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 273 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 274 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 3: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 275 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 3: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 276 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 3: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.