WEBVTT - Heroes Everywhere - July 7th, Hour 1

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you're expecting a slow weekend over the Fourth

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<v Speaker 1>of July celebration with very little news, you are very

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<v Speaker 1>disappointed because there was so much going on. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to cover it today. I'm certainly not Sean. I am

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<v Speaker 1>Peter Schweitzer, four time number one New York Times bestselling

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<v Speaker 1>author investigative journalists, and I'm covering today for Sean along

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<v Speaker 1>with my co host and podcast partner Eric Eggers. Eric,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excellent. And it's an honor to be talking to

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<v Speaker 2>Sean Handy's radio audience. You know, they played the best

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<v Speaker 2>of Sean Handy Show on Thursday and Friday for the

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<v Speaker 2>holiday weekend. And I like to imagine a world in

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<v Speaker 2>which there are people in the audience who only get

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<v Speaker 2>their news from Sean Handy's radio show, so they have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea what happened since Sewn signed off on Wednesday afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're one of those people, you've missed a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're here to help you understand just how much

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<v Speaker 2>has changed in the six days since you've heard a

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<v Speaker 2>live radio program.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, we've got tragedy in Texas, this horrific story

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<v Speaker 1>where a river rose twenty six feet and forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>It's at least one hundred people dead. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>cover that, and we're going to look at the heroics

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<v Speaker 1>that have taken place in Texas. The Big Beautiful Bill

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<v Speaker 1>was signed. This legislation, which passed the House by only

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<v Speaker 1>two votes and pasted the Senate with the help of JD. Vance,

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<v Speaker 1>was signed by President Trump on July fourth, as he promised,

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<v Speaker 1>as he said he would, we have the Epstein files

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<v Speaker 1>bombshell released on Sunday night. Talk about a slow news time,

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<v Speaker 1>the FBIDOJ concluding there was no suicide, there was no

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<v Speaker 1>client list, and there was no extortion. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>cover those and lots of other stories that are taking

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<v Speaker 1>place right now.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's absolutely I mean, the Epstein news is massive

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of people are reacting to it. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't impact the audience's life, right like the weather or not.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be additional charges brought in the case of

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<v Speaker 2>Jeffrey Epstein. Won't fundamentally change your life. It won't fundamentally

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<v Speaker 2>change in my life, but it does represent a major

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<v Speaker 2>downbeat on what was I think a very positive era

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<v Speaker 2>for President Trump. Because a lot of people voted for

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump because they were tired of being lied to

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<v Speaker 2>by the previous administration. Right, they were lied to left

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<v Speaker 2>and right by Joe Biden and his media allies. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know Jake Tappers now lying to us about how

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<v Speaker 2>much other people were lying to us in that book.

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<v Speaker 2>And so what we now know is that we were told, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we have somebody who they want to hold people accountable

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<v Speaker 2>and they want to do the right thing. And when

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<v Speaker 2>the Department of Justice releases a memo that says this

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<v Speaker 2>systematic review we've conducted revealed no incriminating client list, no

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<v Speaker 2>credible evidence that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals, and also no

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<v Speaker 2>evidence that predit could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,

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<v Speaker 2>it leads a lot of people to conclude that the

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<v Speaker 2>opposite's happening, that there are in fact other things being

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<v Speaker 2>covered up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's exactly right. We're gonna have a guest at

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the hour to talk about the situation

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas, the chief spokesman for the Coastguard, and we

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<v Speaker 1>have Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer once he was incarcerated, is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be joining us in the next hour to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the crisis there. But here's the thing that I

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<v Speaker 1>think is sort of misleading or confusing about the Jeffrey

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein claims by DOJNFBI, and what they're saying could very

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<v Speaker 1>well and probably is technically true that there is no

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<v Speaker 1>client list. There's no file that they have that says

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<v Speaker 1>client list. But the problem is, we know a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of things. Number One, we know that Jeffrey Epstein was

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<v Speaker 1>involved in human trafficking. Why did we know this? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he killed himself in twenty nineteen, at least that's what

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<v Speaker 1>is said, whether he was killed by somebody else's opener debate.

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<v Speaker 1>JP Morgan notified the Treasury Department that more than one

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<v Speaker 1>billion with a B in transactions related to quote human

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<v Speaker 1>trafficking by Epstein had gone through their accounts over the

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<v Speaker 1>past sixteen years. JP Morgan agreed in July of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen to pay two hundred and ninety million dollars two

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<v Speaker 1>victims of Epstein to settle that lawsuit. So here's the question.

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<v Speaker 1>There's not a client list according to the DOJ and FBI,

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<v Speaker 1>but there are clients. There have to be clients. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no way that Jeffrey Epstein himself is responsible for,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the human trafficking. He is a singular person.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeffrey Epstein did fund a nonprofit, but the billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>for sex trafficking was not it. So there were other

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<v Speaker 2>people involved in this enterprise. And what you just said

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<v Speaker 2>is really important. I think we have to put that

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<v Speaker 2>in the larger context. So, by the way, today is

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<v Speaker 2>July seventh. Jeffrey Epstein was arrested six years ago yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>on July the sixth, and managed to survive for a

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<v Speaker 2>little over a month until August tenth to twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>which cases life ended. But I think the key thing

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<v Speaker 2>there is so he gets arrested, and then after he

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<v Speaker 2>is arrested JP Morgan, with whom he did much business,

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<v Speaker 2>like a billion dollars worth of business, they go to

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<v Speaker 2>and they're being suon, but different people. They go to

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<v Speaker 2>the United States government and they have flagged these transactions

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<v Speaker 2>and they said, hey, we believe these transactions may be

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<v Speaker 2>connected to criminal activity, specifically related to sex trafficking, and

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<v Speaker 2>they turn them over. So when people say we have

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<v Speaker 2>no evidence of a client list, we know that as

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<v Speaker 2>six years ago they were given financial transactions presumably on

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<v Speaker 2>behalf of clients, right, And so I think that's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the things that people find difficult to swallow with

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<v Speaker 2>this story, not the least of which is and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to hear sound from Caroline Levit, who was asked

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<v Speaker 2>about this by Steve Doocy later on. But what what

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<v Speaker 2>we were told is, you know, for years, we're told

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<v Speaker 2>by Dan Bongino, Cash, Mattel, Pam Bondi. We have seen

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<v Speaker 2>the files. They're sitting on our desk, and so for

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<v Speaker 2>now us to be told the opposite seems awry.

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<v Speaker 1>It does. And also there's a pattern here. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you did some very interesting research you were sharing with

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<v Speaker 1>me earlier. I mean, the thing that is so appalling

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<v Speaker 1>about Epstein is not only the fact of no, we

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<v Speaker 1>know what he did and what he did to these

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<v Speaker 1>young women and other people. We know that he has

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<v Speaker 1>had kick gloves in terms of the way that law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement has dealt with him going back more than twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems that this guy is untouchable. We don't know why.

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<v Speaker 1>It could just be he's a rich guy and he

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<v Speaker 1>has friends in right places, but this goes back twenty

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<v Speaker 1>years in the state of Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I sort of hate this story because I tried

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<v Speaker 2>to stay away from this door. I tried to stay

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<v Speaker 2>away from the P Diddy tribe because I want to

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<v Speaker 2>think I have better things to do with my life

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<v Speaker 2>and do, and no I don't. Apparently I don't because

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<v Speaker 2>now on national radio we're discussing this, and unfortunately there's

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<v Speaker 2>a P Didty connection to this, which is unbelievable, involving

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<v Speaker 2>James Comey's daughter. But basically, in two thousand and five,

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<v Speaker 2>the Palm Beach Police Department did a thirteen month uninvested

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<v Speaker 2>undercover investigation in which that led to a fifty three

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<v Speaker 2>page indictment by the FBI in two thousand and seven.

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<v Speaker 2>So they had the goods, but those goods were not

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<v Speaker 2>good enough to get him a real prison sentence. Alexander Acosta,

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<v Speaker 2>who is then the US Attorney for the Southern District

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<v Speaker 2>of Florida, agrees to a plea deal which essentially grants

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<v Speaker 2>immunity from all federal criminal charges to Epstein and also

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<v Speaker 2>gets him only eighteen months in jail, which he only

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<v Speaker 2>served thirteen months, which six days a week, was on

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<v Speaker 2>work release for sixteen hours a day, so like he's

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<v Speaker 2>like a hotel. The easiest gig you could get yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>And it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was a fifty three page indictmond, multiple counts of relationships

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<v Speaker 1>with underage women, human trap, all that kind of stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>and they slap him on the wrist.

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<v Speaker 2>Slap him on the wrist. So then he gets out,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes to New York, and then in New York,

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<v Speaker 2>because of his conviction or the plea deal, he does

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<v Speaker 2>have to register as a sex offender. But the Manhattan DA,

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<v Speaker 2>despite what we now know is graphic and detailed evidence,

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<v Speaker 2>argues for him to be registered as a low risk

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<v Speaker 2>sex offender in twenty eleven. So once again he's getting

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<v Speaker 2>the easiest possible treatment. And so, you know, so I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's the context. So then he gets arrested. And

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<v Speaker 2>after he's arrested, Marine Comy, who was the daughter of

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<v Speaker 2>fired FBI director James Comy, was one of the prosecutors.

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<v Speaker 2>And then she was just involved in the Panitty case.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the connection there, and so and because of when

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<v Speaker 2>he's arrested, everyone's like, oh man, this guy's really bad.

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<v Speaker 2>So the labor secretary who alex Acosta, who had given

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<v Speaker 2>him the plea deal in Florida, is now a labor

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<v Speaker 2>secretary under Donal Trump, he has to resign in disgrace because,

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<v Speaker 2>oh man, you were one of the people who took

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<v Speaker 2>it easy on him. So fast forward to today, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're now being told none of the third parties are

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<v Speaker 2>going to see any additional action on behalf of justice

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<v Speaker 2>or accountability. And it's impossible not to put it in

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<v Speaker 2>this context. And it does seem like, for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 2>when we're being told there's nothing to see here, we've

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<v Speaker 2>been told that consistently and it just seems wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it does. I mean, we have a history here

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<v Speaker 1>where authorities seem to go soft on Epstein for no

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<v Speaker 1>particular reason. And then you have this larger issue of

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<v Speaker 1>what the information is and what basically we're getting right

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<v Speaker 1>now from from Pan Bondi and Cash Mattel and Dan

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<v Speaker 1>Bongino is just take our word for it, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the problem. That is what we were told by previous administrations.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no real clarity here in the statement that they

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<v Speaker 1>released or in the memo where they said that that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, there is no cover up, there is no problem.

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<v Speaker 1>They acknowledged that there were one thousand victims, one thousand

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<v Speaker 1>victims by Jeffrey Epstein, And what do we know at

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<v Speaker 1>this point, we know that the only person that's actually

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<v Speaker 1>been prosecuted and gone to jail is Gisel Maxwell. She's

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<v Speaker 1>the only one that was prosecuted and went to jail.

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<v Speaker 1>And all the other questions that swirl around what was

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<v Speaker 1>his relationship with all these other powerful people? We know that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Bill Gates and his ex wife, she cited

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<v Speaker 1>his relationship with Epstein is one of the reasons she

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to separate and ultimately divorce from Bill Gates. But

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<v Speaker 1>there's no clarity there, and based on the history, it's

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<v Speaker 1>fair to ask the question, why is there not greater

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<v Speaker 1>transparency here? And just tell us take our word for it.

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<v Speaker 1>We've looked at it. You can trust us. People are

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<v Speaker 1>so suspicious they're not prepared to do that anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Does I mean you mentioned a powerful name, Bill Gates. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's very influential in many different aspects of society.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you feel like that there's a relationship between I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>do you feel like he's breathing a sigh of relief today?

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<v Speaker 2>People like him who have been let's call it Epstein adjacent, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and that we are now told no one that is

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<v Speaker 2>Epstein adjacent is going to face additional charges because we

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<v Speaker 2>don't have evidence of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we obviously do not know what Bill Gates's relationship

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<v Speaker 1>was with Epstein anything related to the island. What we

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<v Speaker 1>do know is that his wife now ex wife, was

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<v Speaker 1>extremely bothered by it, you know. And this is the

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<v Speaker 1>same question you have with mister Wexler, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>the fashion guy who also did deals with Epstein. The

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<v Speaker 1>question is why do these really super rich guys have

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with a guy like Epstein. Epstein, sure he could,

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<v Speaker 1>he could make some money doing a few things, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you're Bill Gates, you can get investment help with

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<v Speaker 1>anybody in the world. And what we also know about

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Gates is that at least the allegation was made

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<v Speaker 1>that Epstein did try to blackmail Bill Gates. Reportedly Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Gates was having a relationship with I think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>bridge player, some kind of card player and those areas.

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<v Speaker 1>And what we know is that at least the allegation

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<v Speaker 1>is is that Epstein threatened to Gates that he was

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<v Speaker 1>going to expose it if Gates did not invest in

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<v Speaker 1>a fund that he was setting up in JP Morgan.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's evidence on these things. We don't know the relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't know if any of these people was involved.

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<v Speaker 1>But again it's the lack of transparency. It's the lack

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<v Speaker 1>of releasing sort of any of the material. Nobody wants

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<v Speaker 1>to see the nasty videos. But you know, just in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of these financial transactions, eight billion dollars in transactions

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<v Speaker 1>that are that are deemed to be by JP Morgan

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<v Speaker 1>and by federal law enforcement related to human trafficking, who

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<v Speaker 1>are those transactions with? Were they certain flights of airplanes

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<v Speaker 1>that he was paying for? Who was on those planes?

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<v Speaker 1>None of those questions seem to be asked by anybody

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the lack of curiosity does appear to be troubling.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one thing we'll continue to follow. We will speak

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<v Speaker 2>to former Epstein attorney and former Donald Trump attorney David

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<v Speaker 2>Showan at the top of the four o'clock hour about this.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a lot more questions. We'll hear reaction from

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<v Speaker 2>the White House, but we've got a lot more to cover.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a massive weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>You heard.

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<v Speaker 2>We were grateful to talk to you a spokesporus from

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<v Speaker 2>the Coast Guard to get an update on the recovery

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<v Speaker 2>efforts in Texas. We're going to talk to Wisconsin Senator

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<v Speaker 2>Ron Johnson to find out what all went on in

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<v Speaker 2>the negotiations that led to the passage of the Big

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<v Speaker 2>Beautiful Bill. And we'll also hear coming up next from

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who tries to conflate the two. He's Peter Schweizer.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Eric Eggers. We are filling in for Sean Handy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's our pleasure to be with you today on a

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<v Speaker 2>very busy and a very newsy Monday. We right back

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<v Speaker 2>after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, It's Peter Schweizer. I'm here with Eric Eggers. We

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<v Speaker 1>are filling in for Sean. Joined the conversation one eight

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and ninety four to one, Sean win eight one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and nine to four one Sean. So a lot

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<v Speaker 1>going on in the news over the weekend. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to dissect a lot of it. You would think that

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<v Speaker 1>these stories don't really have a lot in common, but

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<v Speaker 1>in fact, according to at least Larry Summers, the former

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<v Speaker 1>president of Harvard University, they do. Listen to what he

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<v Speaker 1>said about the tragedy in Texas and the Big Beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>Bill that was signed into law by Donald Trump on

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<v Speaker 1>July the fourth.

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<v Speaker 4>George, just to start with what your people have been

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<v Speaker 4>describing is the biggest cut in the American safety net

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<v Speaker 4>in history. The Yale Budget Lab estimates that it will

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<v Speaker 4>kill over ten years, one hundred thousand people.

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<v Speaker 5>That is two thousand days of death like we've seen

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<v Speaker 5>in Texas this weekend. In my seventy years, I've never

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<v Speaker 5>been as embarrassed for my country on July fourth.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, And he said this before, right in twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>he made similar statements involving the tax cut that Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump passed at that time. So he has a record

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<v Speaker 1>of being wrong, but also politicizing this tragedy in such

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<v Speaker 1>a way is just terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>As it's terrible, it's irresponsible, and you know, shame on

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<v Speaker 2>George Stephanopolis and ABC News for you know, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the first time they've aired irresponsible information. But I would say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, look, it's what's happened in Texas the tragedy.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighty one people are dead so far included I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's twenty seven children from this camp. And we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get an update on what's going on here on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of this break. But you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>remember last year we had unexpected flooding in North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>Over one hundred people died there. I believe the death

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<v Speaker 2>tolls now up to ninety four people in Texas now.

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<v Speaker 2>But still, the point is, these are acts of God,

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<v Speaker 2>these are tragedies. They happen. No one blamed Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 2>when they happened last year in terms of a lack

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<v Speaker 2>of funding for it, right, And so for Larry Summers

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<v Speaker 2>to suggest that the sign of one bill is going

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<v Speaker 2>to lead to more tragedy, I think is horrendous.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and all these people have terrible track records. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>look back in twenty seventeen, when the Trump administration also

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<v Speaker 1>instituted reforms in this area. The Congression Budget Office claimed

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<v Speaker 1>that the changes would get rid of healthcare coverage for

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen million people. That was the claim. Two years later

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<v Speaker 1>they said, well, no, it's actually going to be only

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<v Speaker 1>eight million. By twenty twenty, the New York Times was

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<v Speaker 1>reporting that actually it had no effect whatsoever. So don't

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<v Speaker 1>believe the scare, don't believe the hype. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>way they operate.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the way they operate. And that's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the reasons why programs like this and our podcast, The

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<v Speaker 2>Drill Down are so important. Because we want to give you,

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<v Speaker 2>the American people, the truth you deserve at every turn.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find our podcast at the drill Down dot

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<v Speaker 2>com and you can hear more Sean Handy show. Right

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<v Speaker 2>on the outside of this break, he's Peter Schweizer. I

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<v Speaker 2>Americ Eggers. We're back with a spokesperson from the Coastguard

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<v Speaker 2>right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it's Peter Schweizer. That' seric Eggers. We're filling it for.

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<v Speaker 1>Sean joined the conversation one eight hundred nine to four

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<v Speaker 1>to one Sean one eight hundred ninety four one Sean

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<v Speaker 1>tragedy in Texas. They're now saying that the death toll

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<v Speaker 1>is going to surpass one hundred. Brings out the worst

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes in people, it also brings out the best in people,

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<v Speaker 1>the heroism. In particular. You've got this Coastguard Petty Officer

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Ruskin, who rescued I mean, this is eye popping

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<v Speaker 1>to me, one hundred and sixty five people from the

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<v Speaker 1>floodwaters of Texas. He may add to that before it's over,

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<v Speaker 1>but we want to play this clip about the interview

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<v Speaker 1>that he gave describing what he's done, and then we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have a conversation with Lieutenant Commander Steve Roth,

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<v Speaker 1>who's the chief of Media Relations for the Coastguard, to

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<v Speaker 1>give us an update on what's going on in Texas

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<v Speaker 1>and a little bit more about this fine man from

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey who has saved so many lives. But listen

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<v Speaker 1>to this interview that he gave.

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<v Speaker 6>The Coastguard launched us and decided to send a rescue

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<v Speaker 6>crew from Airstation Corpus Christie at about six thirty seven

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<v Speaker 6>am on Friday, the fourth of July. I just happen

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<v Speaker 6>to be on the d crew with Ian Hopper, Blair

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<v Speaker 6>ruche wor Seth Reeves, some of our crew members in

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<v Speaker 6>the Coast Guard, and yeah, they sent us out. We

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<v Speaker 6>kind of encountered some pretty serious weather, some of the

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<v Speaker 6>worst flying we've ever dealt with.

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<v Speaker 2>Personally.

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<v Speaker 6>It took us, you know, which should have been an

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<v Speaker 6>hour flight, probably took us about seven or eight just

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<v Speaker 6>to get into the landing zone. Once made about four

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<v Speaker 6>different approaches trying to get in. We were able to

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<v Speaker 6>get on get them boots on the ground with the

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<v Speaker 6>Air National Guard, Department of Public Safety for Texas Game Wardens,

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<v Speaker 6>and we decided to leave me on scene at Camp

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<v Speaker 6>mystic that was kind of our main triage site we

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<v Speaker 6>were trying to help out with, and we decide, hey,

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<v Speaker 6>if we leave the rescue summer on scene, we'll have

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<v Speaker 6>more space in our dolphin MH sixty five. So based

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<v Speaker 6>on that I got on scene boots on the ground,

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<v Speaker 6>can't mystic kind of discovered I was the only person

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<v Speaker 6>there as far as like first responders go. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I had about two hundred kids, mostly all scared, terrified, cold,

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<v Speaker 6>having probably the worst day of their life, and I

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<v Speaker 6>just kind of need to triage them, get them to

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<v Speaker 6>a higher level care and get them, get them off

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<v Speaker 6>the flood zone with a lot of the US sixty

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<v Speaker 6>Army helicopters.

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<v Speaker 2>So this guy, Scott Ruskin is correctly being hailed as

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<v Speaker 2>an American hero. But I, as soon as I heard

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<v Speaker 2>this interview, became incredibly curious, like, how is it that

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<v Speaker 2>one Coastguard rescue swimmer swims and these details later an

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<v Speaker 2>interview up to ten kids and maybe one adult with

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<v Speaker 2>them at a time as a swimmer, and so I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you get these people to safety? And so

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<v Speaker 2>we wanted to reach out to the Coast Guard and

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<v Speaker 2>we're excited to have Lieutenant Commander Steve Roth join us now,

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<v Speaker 2>Lieutenant Commander Roth, how does that work? Like, just walk

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<v Speaker 2>our audience through how the mechanics of how someone as

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<v Speaker 2>a swimmer takes multiple people with them. Do they have

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<v Speaker 2>stuff connected to them? What kind of flotation devices they

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<v Speaker 2>connected to?

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<v Speaker 1>How does that work?

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<v Speaker 4>Sure?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thanks thanks for having me on the show. And

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<v Speaker 3>I just want to say the entire Coast Guard our

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<v Speaker 3>hearts and our prayers to actually go out to all

0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:54.080
<v Speaker 3>the victims of this absolutely terrible tragedy. So in this

0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.520
<v Speaker 3>particular instance, I think it highlights the really incredible train

0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.800
<v Speaker 3>our rescue summers get is. He might have mentioned this

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<v Speaker 3>is his first case out of rescue swimmer school. And

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<v Speaker 3>the interesting thing about this is he wasn't swimming. This

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<v Speaker 3>is inland search and rescue. This is urban search and rescue.

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<v Speaker 3>When he got there to Camp Mystic, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>these these little girls, these adults have been this is

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<v Speaker 3>the first first responder they've seen in eight hours since

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<v Speaker 3>it's terrible then in the middle of the night, and

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<v Speaker 3>so he was there to really sort of triage them

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<v Speaker 3>and make sure that they were getting to two other

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<v Speaker 3>landing sites that he set up. I think one on

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<v Speaker 3>an archery field and one on a soccer field, so

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<v Speaker 3>that the other state and several partners, the Air National Guard,

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<v Speaker 3>Texas GPS could get these kids out. So it's actually

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<v Speaker 3>not just people think of our rescue swimmers as jumping

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<v Speaker 3>in the water, and that's that's not always the case.

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<v Speaker 3>We do quite a bit of urban search and rescue,

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<v Speaker 3>inland search and rescue, and this is this is a

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<v Speaker 3>really incredible example of that work.

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<v Speaker 1>Lieutenant Commander Roth, Are there ongoing operations right now in

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<v Speaker 1>volume the Coast Guard? Are you hopeful to maybe find

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<v Speaker 1>more people? We're going on now several days, but there

0:20:10.400 --> 0:20:12.480
<v Speaker 1>is still always the hope that more people would be found.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the Coast Guard doing right now in South Texas?

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<v Speaker 3>Certainly so the Coast Guards continuing to respond to any

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<v Speaker 3>tasking from the State of Texas, who's the lead agency.

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<v Speaker 3>So we do still have a helicopter there if we

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<v Speaker 3>are requested to assist.

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<v Speaker 2>So what have you heard in terms of the conditions

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<v Speaker 2>on the ground and would you how would you compare

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<v Speaker 2>the conditions on the ground in terms of the flash footing? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>how long do the waters stay at these levels? And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, what can people expect moving forward.

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<v Speaker 3>So I can't speak to the specifics of that. I

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<v Speaker 3>think that's probably a better question for the state of Texas.

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<v Speaker 3>What I can say is that the conditions that our

0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:59.320
<v Speaker 3>air crew encountered were incredibly dynamic, incredibly dangerous. Like like

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<v Speaker 3>id said, it takes them seven eight hours to make

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<v Speaker 3>what should have been a one hour flight, and we've

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<v Speaker 3>seen throughout this week an increased and sustained risk of

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<v Speaker 3>flash flooding in the area. So he put himself in

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<v Speaker 3>a really dynamic situation based on weather and the chance

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<v Speaker 3>of increased flooding. Unfortunately, I can't speak to what the

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<v Speaker 3>current risk is now.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Luke Tenant, Commander, you guys train of course for

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of different scenarios. I'm still stunned at the

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<v Speaker 1>basic fact that apparently, in the middle of the night,

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<v Speaker 1>this river rose twenty six feet in forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>That's astonishing to me. And I know you're not in

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<v Speaker 1>the business of fixing those types of problems, but this

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<v Speaker 1>is the kind of scenario that the Coastguard dealt with.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you're dealing with other dynamic situations. I understand that

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<v Speaker 1>recruiting is up, by the way, there's kind of an

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<v Speaker 1>excitement in the last six months about joining the Coast Guard.

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<v Speaker 1>So where is a coast Guard in terms of future operations?

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<v Speaker 1>Planning for disasters we live in Florida, course, hurricanes or

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<v Speaker 1>always something you worry about. What is the Coast Guard doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Looking forward?

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<v Speaker 3>So looking forward, you know, we're going to continue to

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<v Speaker 3>be extremely proud of the fact that we are America's

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<v Speaker 3>first responders for hurricanes, maritime disasters, really any crisis. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>here we are in central Texas, not pretty pretty far

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<v Speaker 3>from where you traditionally think the Coastguard would operate. We're

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<v Speaker 3>going to continue to give you know, people that enlist

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<v Speaker 3>and recruit, that train so that if it's their first

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<v Speaker 3>case and they need to rescue one hundred and sixty

0:22:32.560 --> 0:22:35.399
<v Speaker 3>five people in Central Texas, that they're they're prepared to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. Scott will say, you know, I think he

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<v Speaker 3>just said, I'm just the dude that was trained to

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<v Speaker 3>do this, and I rose raise my right hand. Looking forward,

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<v Speaker 3>we're certainly excited about the support and the recognition we've

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<v Speaker 3>gotten from the Administration, the Secretary Congress. We're going to

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<v Speaker 3>be doing a lot of recapitalization to making sure that

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<v Speaker 3>we maintain our agility, our capability, and to be you know,

0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:04.120
<v Speaker 3>our motto was literally always ready to be, always ready

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<v Speaker 3>to serve the American public in these communities because we

0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:10.920
<v Speaker 3>are extremely capable, as I think we've proven in this case,

0:23:10.960 --> 0:23:13.040
<v Speaker 3>the ability to fly in these conditions. We've got these

0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:16.000
<v Speaker 3>highly trained rescue swimmers. We're gonna we're going to make

0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.960
<v Speaker 3>sure that we continue to be, you know, some of

0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:21.159
<v Speaker 3>the finest first responders in the nation so that we

0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:22.960
<v Speaker 3>can we can get down there and continue to do

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<v Speaker 3>this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>So in an urban search and rescue environment, which is

0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:31.880
<v Speaker 2>what Scott Ruskin was involved in, he's going, I guess

0:23:31.960 --> 0:23:34.439
<v Speaker 2>kind of take us through. So he gets onto the

0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:37.719
<v Speaker 2>ground and you knew where the camp was. I heard

0:23:37.800 --> 0:23:40.720
<v Speaker 2>him say that they identified Camp Mystic. So everyone that

0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:43.040
<v Speaker 2>he encountered were they can you tell us like what

0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:46.240
<v Speaker 2>was were they in? Like where were they physically? Were

0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:49.960
<v Speaker 2>they in their normal rooms? Had they congregated in an area?

0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:53.960
<v Speaker 2>And I guess, like walk us through what that process

0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:56.040
<v Speaker 2>is like and how quickly this person had to make

0:23:56.040 --> 0:23:59.119
<v Speaker 2>these decisions when literally every second counts.

0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:01.720
<v Speaker 3>You've got to make these decisions instantly. I don't have

0:24:01.760 --> 0:24:04.480
<v Speaker 3>the details on exactly where and can't mystic. They dropped

0:24:04.560 --> 0:24:07.600
<v Speaker 3>him off. But in a couple of interviews he's mentioned,

0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:11.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, all of a sudden, he's got two hundred cold, scared,

0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:16.359
<v Speaker 3>exhausted children. This is a group of predominantly little children.

0:24:16.000 --> 0:24:19.280
<v Speaker 3>I'm the father of a six year old girl, and

0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:22.760
<v Speaker 3>it's like unfathomable to meet with my daughter in the situation.

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<v Speaker 3>So just to just to manage that chaos in that situation,

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<v Speaker 3>and then not even that, but then to start medically

0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:35.080
<v Speaker 3>triaging these people to very very quickly get them to

0:24:35.119 --> 0:24:36.840
<v Speaker 3>a waiting helicopter so that they can get to a

0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:40.280
<v Speaker 3>higher level of care. But that's that's one thing that

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<v Speaker 3>our rescue swimmers and really every member of the Coast

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<v Speaker 3>Guard is trained to do. We encounter all kinds of

0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:49.320
<v Speaker 3>non traditional situations and you've got to be calm and

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<v Speaker 3>cool and confident and ready to make those those life

0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:56.600
<v Speaker 3>or death decisions. And that's what's really I think unique

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<v Speaker 3>about being a member of the Coast Guard.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Channe Commander, Steve Roth, we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>joining us. We appreciate all the good work you were

0:25:04.920 --> 0:25:07.639
<v Speaker 1>doing in the Coast Guard is doing as well. People

0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:10.879
<v Speaker 1>when they think of people in service, they sometimes forget

0:25:10.920 --> 0:25:12.880
<v Speaker 1>about the Coast Guards or don't pay them the attention

0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:15.399
<v Speaker 1>that they should. They certainly will. Now we thank you

0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:18.440
<v Speaker 1>and appreciate all that the Coast Guard is doing down

0:25:18.520 --> 0:25:22.840
<v Speaker 1>in Texas for us in rescuing people, especially these young children.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thanks so much for the opportunity to come on

0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:26.600
<v Speaker 3>the show. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Lieutenant Commander Steve Roth of the United States Coast Guard.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a great it's a crazy story. It's a tragedy.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, you and I are both fathers. We

0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:38.280
<v Speaker 2>are fathers of daughters. And it's the fact that I

0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:41.080
<v Speaker 2>think it's twenty plus children have died, unfortunately, and this

0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:46.680
<v Speaker 2>tragedy is horrific, and obviously the death toll continues to mount,

0:25:46.720 --> 0:25:50.560
<v Speaker 2>and there's been unfortunately, as you heard from Larry Summers

0:25:50.600 --> 0:25:52.440
<v Speaker 2>in the last segment of The New York Times, come

0:25:52.440 --> 0:25:55.399
<v Speaker 2>out with stories about oh, they've ignored these warning symbols

0:25:55.480 --> 0:25:58.119
<v Speaker 2>and they could have done more, but buried in that

0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:01.280
<v Speaker 2>article they talked about the fact that text messages were sent.

0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:03.520
<v Speaker 2>But as you noted, it was three in the morning

0:26:03.880 --> 0:26:06.800
<v Speaker 2>when the conditions worsened, and they say text messages were ignored, Well,

0:26:07.080 --> 0:26:09.600
<v Speaker 2>I mean, how many other alarm systems. Do you want

0:26:09.640 --> 0:26:10.960
<v Speaker 2>sometimes strgies happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I mean the thing to me that was

0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:15.520
<v Speaker 1>particularly outrageous by the New York Times story is they

0:26:15.560 --> 0:26:19.560
<v Speaker 1>alleged that cutbacks by the Trump administration, or the fact

0:26:19.560 --> 0:26:22.280
<v Speaker 1>that there are certain positions that have been filled with

0:26:22.320 --> 0:26:26.560
<v Speaker 1>the National Weather Service somehow led to an increased death

0:26:27.320 --> 0:26:30.399
<v Speaker 1>when the realities are what we said, in forty five minutes,

0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:32.480
<v Speaker 1>this river rose twenty six feet. It was in the

0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:34.760
<v Speaker 1>middle of the night. I don't know about you. I

0:26:34.760 --> 0:26:37.320
<v Speaker 1>mean I basically had my ringer off at night. If

0:26:37.359 --> 0:26:39.320
<v Speaker 1>I had been there, I would have been totally caught

0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:41.240
<v Speaker 1>off guards. I don't know how you can create a

0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:44.480
<v Speaker 1>warning system and there will be opportunities for them to

0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:47.399
<v Speaker 1>evaluate come up with greater efficiencies. I think one of

0:26:47.400 --> 0:26:51.200
<v Speaker 1>the things that the Trump administration has proposed is more

0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:55.280
<v Speaker 1>local control because remember what happened in North Carolina when

0:26:55.280 --> 0:26:59.480
<v Speaker 1>the hurricane came through the disaster there was the fact

0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:03.040
<v Speaker 1>that it took so long once the tragedy had happened

0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:06.720
<v Speaker 1>to actually get support to help the people that were impacted.

0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:08.960
<v Speaker 1>In North Carolina. I think we had what one hundred

0:27:08.960 --> 0:27:11.960
<v Speaker 1>and twenty died as a result of that. In this

0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:14.879
<v Speaker 1>particular case, you had the heroic response from the Coast Guard,

0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:18.280
<v Speaker 1>But I'm not sure you can develop a system unless

0:27:18.320 --> 0:27:20.840
<v Speaker 1>people are prepared to be wired in twenty four hours

0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:23.800
<v Speaker 1>a day. You can develop a weather system for a

0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:25.600
<v Speaker 1>scenario that happens like this in the middle of the

0:27:25.680 --> 0:27:27.680
<v Speaker 1>night over a course of forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 6>No.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, you and I were speaking with someone who

0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:31.760
<v Speaker 2>lives in western North Carolina not long ago, and he

0:27:31.840 --> 0:27:34.439
<v Speaker 2>was recounting what it was like last year when that happened.

0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:36.239
<v Speaker 2>And I think what you heard him say is we

0:27:36.280 --> 0:27:40.000
<v Speaker 2>went weeks without hearing from anyone. And in the western

0:27:40.160 --> 0:27:42.560
<v Speaker 2>North Carolina mountains, it's a very tight knit community. These

0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:45.200
<v Speaker 2>people very self reliant, as they are in Texas. Yes,

0:27:45.280 --> 0:27:47.520
<v Speaker 2>but the point is is that there is an appropriate

0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:49.920
<v Speaker 2>role for the government to play in search and rescue operations,

0:27:49.960 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 2>which obviously the Coastguard did very well here as well

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:55.560
<v Speaker 2>as the conditions would warrant. And then there is the

0:27:55.680 --> 0:27:58.240
<v Speaker 2>ongoing support and that is where the ball was dropped

0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:00.840
<v Speaker 2>under the Biden administration's FEMA. And she did a podcast

0:28:00.880 --> 0:28:03.119
<v Speaker 2>on our Drill Down podcast about how they sort of

0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:05.760
<v Speaker 2>shifted their gaze and started focusing on lots of other

0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:09.280
<v Speaker 2>priorities and less about disaster responses. Has happened quite often,

0:28:09.400 --> 0:28:12.240
<v Speaker 2>unfortunately under the Biden administration with a number of agencies.

0:28:12.280 --> 0:28:15.119
<v Speaker 2>But it is a true story of heroism with Petty

0:28:15.119 --> 0:28:17.720
<v Speaker 2>Officer Scott Ruskin. I appreciate I know you do too.

0:28:17.760 --> 0:28:20.080
<v Speaker 2>The fact that he's being celebrated and the fact and

0:28:20.119 --> 0:28:22.720
<v Speaker 2>the fact that Coast Guard enrollments is up actually speaks

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:25.720
<v Speaker 2>to a larger positive uptick in terms of what's happening

0:28:25.760 --> 0:28:27.960
<v Speaker 2>with our national defense systems under the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's right. You're seeing recruitment goals being

0:28:30.840 --> 0:28:33.760
<v Speaker 1>met and exceeded in multiple branches. And I think the

0:28:33.800 --> 0:28:36.600
<v Speaker 1>fact is somebody that goes into the Coastguard wants to

0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:39.000
<v Speaker 1>help people. They want to be involved in real work.

0:28:39.040 --> 0:28:40.960
<v Speaker 1>They don't want to be involved in some of the

0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:44.880
<v Speaker 1>phony work and the DEI stuff that is so dominating things.

0:28:45.160 --> 0:28:46.880
<v Speaker 1>And I think that a lot of the reforms they're

0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:50.360
<v Speaker 1>talking about in terms of search and rescue are good.

0:28:50.720 --> 0:28:54.000
<v Speaker 1>Local officials know the situation better than anybody, and to

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:57.360
<v Speaker 1>have the FEDS kind of show up and kind of

0:28:57.360 --> 0:28:59.760
<v Speaker 1>throw their weight around when they don't have local knowledge

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:02.520
<v Speaker 1>kind of Remember what happened to Katrina. Remember back in

0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:04.800
<v Speaker 1>two thousand and five, you have the same issue. You

0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:07.120
<v Speaker 1>have the same issue under Joe Biden. So I think

0:29:07.160 --> 0:29:09.800
<v Speaker 1>Trump is saying, let's return this to local control. The

0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:12.520
<v Speaker 1>federal government can give them the resources, we can give

0:29:12.560 --> 0:29:14.480
<v Speaker 1>them the helicopters, we can give them the supplies, we

0:29:14.520 --> 0:29:17.080
<v Speaker 1>can give them the equipment. But local authorities should be

0:29:17.160 --> 0:29:19.400
<v Speaker 1>in charge, and that is certainly what should be done.

0:29:19.720 --> 0:29:20.600
<v Speaker 1>I think going.

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<v Speaker 2>Forward absolutely well. You heard from an update in terms

0:29:23.640 --> 0:29:25.600
<v Speaker 2>of what the Coast Guard's perspective is. Will continue to

0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:28.360
<v Speaker 2>monitor this story. Unfortunately, that's not the only tragedy that's

0:29:28.400 --> 0:29:30.920
<v Speaker 2>happening in the country right now. We have breaking news

0:29:31.000 --> 0:29:33.560
<v Speaker 2>about another tragedy situation. We'll give you more information on

0:29:33.600 --> 0:29:35.360
<v Speaker 2>that right on the other side of this break. He's

0:29:35.360 --> 0:29:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Peter Schweizer. I'm Eric Egers. This is the Sean Handy

0:29:37.960 --> 0:29:40.920
<v Speaker 2>Radio Show. We'll have more information from you coming up next.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, it's Peter Schweizer. He is Eric Eggers. We have

0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:02.360
<v Speaker 1>the Drill Down p podcast. We would appreciate you subscribing

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<v Speaker 1>to that. You can join the conversation here on SEWN

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<v Speaker 1>Show one eight hundred and nine four one Shawn one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred nine four one Shawn talking about the heroics of

0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:12.320
<v Speaker 1>the Coast Guard down in Texas. It's not the only

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:15.800
<v Speaker 1>herowzone that's taking place, although the threat is different. It's

0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:18.480
<v Speaker 1>whether in Texas you have a situation now where there

0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:23.600
<v Speaker 1>have been multiple ICE shootings shootings at ICE officials report

0:30:23.680 --> 0:30:26.040
<v Speaker 1>this morning an active shooter armed with tactical gear and

0:30:26.080 --> 0:30:29.240
<v Speaker 1>a rifle opened fire on Border Patrol agencies. They arrived

0:30:29.240 --> 0:30:34.200
<v Speaker 1>at the Border Patrol Annex facility in McAllen, Texas. Apparently

0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:38.320
<v Speaker 1>one federal agent was hit. They did kill the shooter.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an ongoing investigation by the FBI. This comes on

0:30:42.200 --> 0:30:46.400
<v Speaker 1>the heels of another incident in Texas where a Texas

0:30:46.400 --> 0:30:50.000
<v Speaker 1>Police officer was shot Friday near the US Immigration and

0:30:50.000 --> 0:30:54.720
<v Speaker 1>Customs Enforcement Prairie Land Detention facility. So they are clearly

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:57.000
<v Speaker 1>being targeted by activists on the left.

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<v Speaker 2>It also comes on the heels, unfortunately, of an Axio

0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 2>store headlining Democrats told to quote get shot for the

0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:06.240
<v Speaker 2>anti Trump resistance. Some have suggested the story says we

0:31:06.360 --> 0:31:08.400
<v Speaker 2>need to be willing to do is go get shot

0:31:08.400 --> 0:31:12.920
<v Speaker 2>when visiting ICE facilities or federal agencies, saying civilitiesn't working.

0:31:13.040 --> 0:31:16.840
<v Speaker 2>Prepare for violence. That's again from Axios Today. This is

0:31:16.840 --> 0:31:19.479
<v Speaker 2>a Sean Handy radio show. He's Peter Schweizer. I'm Marik Eggers.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked to former Epstein attorney David Showen next