1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: I hear that he's coming on Friday. Certainly it's okay 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: with maybe'd like to and he would like to sign 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: it together with me. And I understand that's a big deal, 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: very big deal. The American people, even if you look 5 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: at Poland they're very happy because you know, Biden was 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: throwing money around like it'scott and candy. But the American 7 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: taxpayer now is going to get that money back. 8 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 2: Bus you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with 9 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 2: Ben Ferguson. 10 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 3: Good Wednesday morning. 11 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 4: Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the big stories 12 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 4: we're covering on the forty seven Morning Update. First up, 13 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 4: four point five trillion in tax cuts has passed the 14 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 4: House of Representatives, all part of Donald Trump's plan. 15 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 3: What does this mean for you? I'll explain it in 16 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 3: just a moment. 17 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 4: Also, a Texas rancher has been murdered by a cartel 18 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 4: ied proof yet again that Trump was right to declare 19 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 4: them terrorist organizations. 20 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 3: Those details as well. 21 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 4: And finally, the FBI is turning on the deep state 22 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 4: that went after Donald Trump with a real FBI investigation 23 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 4: of what they were doing that may have been illegal 24 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 4: against the President. It's the forty seven morning update and 25 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 4: it starts right now. 26 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 3: Story number one. 27 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 4: It was a massive victory for Donald Trump, for the 28 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 4: Republican Party, and for Speaker Johnson. But even bigger than that, 29 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 4: it's a massive win for the American taxpayers. As Donald 30 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 4: Trump's budget with a four point five trillion dollars in 31 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 4: tax cuts passed a House vote. The massive GOP bill 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 4: would also direct four trillion towards raising the debt limit. 33 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 4: The House of Representatives adopted the resolution that will eventually 34 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 4: become a massive multi trillion dollar bill full of President 35 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 4: Donald Trump's priorities on the border, on defense, on energy, 36 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 4: and tax cuts for you. This was the biggest victory 37 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 4: for the House GOP leadership so far, the resolution passing 38 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 4: in a very tight vote two seventeen to two fifteen. 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 4: All Democrats vote against the measure to cut your taxes, 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 4: along with lone Republican rebel Representative Thomas Massey, a Republican 41 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 4: from Kentucky who was concerned about its effects on the 42 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 4: national deficit. Now, the next step is now for the 43 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 4: relevant House committees to meet and build their own proposals, 44 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 4: which will eventually be returned into the framework and then 45 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 4: negotiated into a compromise deal with the Senate Republican leadership. 46 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 4: It was a intent scene in the House chamber on 47 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 4: Monday night, as Republican leaders delayed formally ending a vote 48 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 4: for almost forty five minutes as they worked to convince 49 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 4: conservative fiscal hawks to support the legislation. When you have 50 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 4: a thin majority in the House, this is exactly what 51 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 4: everyone expected to happen now. Impatient Democrats called out loud 52 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 4: for the vote to be closed as Republicans huddled in 53 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 4: various groups trying to make sure they could get the 54 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 4: numbers to win. Two people on the four of the 55 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 4: House even telling Fox News the President Donald Trump got 56 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 4: involved at one point, speaking to one of the holdouts, 57 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 4: Representative Victoria Sparks, a Republican from Indiana, speaking to her 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 4: by phone. Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, and 59 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 4: Warren Davison, a Republican from Ohio, could be seen on 60 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 4: the phone at other points on the House floor as well, 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 4: but it's not clear if they were speaking directly to 62 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 4: the President. At one point, the House GOP leaders appeared 63 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 4: to lose confidence that they had enough support and abruptly 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 4: canceled the plan vote moments later, however, lawmakers on both 65 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 4: sides of the aisle were rushing back to the House 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 4: floor and then they were told the vote would be held. Meanwhile, 67 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 4: three ouced Democrats who had been absent earlier in the 68 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 4: day returned for the Tuesday evening vote in a dramatic fashion. 69 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 4: Representative Brittany Peterson, a Democrat from Colorado who had a 70 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 4: baby roughly a month ago, returned to the House floor 71 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 4: with her infant to oppose the bill. The Representative Kevin Muhen, 72 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 4: a Republican from California, who was recently hospitalized for an infection, 73 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 4: appeared in the chamber aided by a walker. House and 74 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: Senate Republicans are aiming now to use their majorities to 75 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 4: advance Donald Trump's agenda via the budget reconciliation process. 76 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 3: So what happens next. 77 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 4: It is on to the Senate to negotiate with the 78 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 4: House to come up with a final bill that they 79 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: can agree on to then send it hopefully to the 80 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 4: President's desk to be signed. Make no mistake, this was 81 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 4: a massive victory for the American voters, for taxpayers, and 82 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 4: for Donald Trump's agenda. 83 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 2: Now story number two, the. 84 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 4: President of the United States of America Donald Trump made 85 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: it very clear during the campaign that he believed the 86 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 4: cartels in Mexico are in fact terrists organizations. He made 87 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 4: good on that pledge to go after them by declaring 88 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 4: them terrorist organizations, which changes the way that the American 89 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 4: government can interact with all of these cartels. Well, what 90 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 4: makes them terrorists? Look at the latest headline, A Texas 91 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 4: border ran has now been murdered near the border by 92 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 4: a suspected cartel ied the same type of IDs that 93 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 4: we see in war in the Middle East. The Texas 94 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 4: Department of Agriculture has confirmed the report and an officials 95 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 4: issued an urgent safety warning for the Rio Grande Valley. 96 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 4: The rancher was a man Antonio who was seventy four. 97 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 4: He worked on both sides of the border, along with 98 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 4: another individual by the name of Lopez Pena that were 99 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 4: killed in the blast on the border with Mexico just 100 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 4: south of Brownsville, Texas. Lopez's wife was hospitalized as well 101 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 4: with injuries. The man was driving on his ranch when 102 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 4: he hit the explosive device, causing it to detonate that 103 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 4: according to local reports, The Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller 104 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 4: said the deadly explosion is part of a growing threat 105 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 4: posed by cartel activity along our southern border and encourages 106 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 4: ranchers to exercise now. 107 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 3: Extreme caution in the area. Quote. 108 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 4: I encourage everyone in the agricultural industry to stay vigilant, 109 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 4: remain aware of their surroundings, and report any suspicious activity 110 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 4: to law enforcement. Additionally, you can avoid dirt roads and 111 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 4: remote areas, Refrain from touching unfamiliar objects that could be 112 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 4: explosive devices, limit travel to daylight hours, stay on main roads, 113 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 4: and avoid cartel controlled regions, Miller said in the statement. 114 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 4: The man's son, a US Army veteran who was also 115 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 4: injured by an ied during a deployment, was shocked to 116 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 4: learn of his father's killing back home. 117 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 3: Quote. 118 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 4: I consider this a terrorist attack because I went to 119 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 4: war to fight terraces and I'm seeing the same thing here. 120 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 4: To me, my personal opinion, it's a terrorist attack. Now, 121 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 4: this isn't the first time we have seen these types 122 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 4: of warnings. Border agents are receiving warnings about increased threats 123 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 4: from cartel, and the Trump administration has responded, like I 124 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 4: said earlier, by designating many of them as foreign terrorist organizations. 125 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 4: So if you think the President was overreacting. Just know 126 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 4: that there are men and women on the border, ranchers 127 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 4: in agriculture who are now being blown up and murdered 128 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 4: by the cartels using IEDs the same way that they 129 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 4: are used in Iraq, Afghanistan and against the people in Israel. 130 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 2: And here is story number three. 131 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 4: The Federal Bureau of Investigations has now officially told the 132 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 4: world that they are investigating a secret honeypot operation that 133 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 4: targeted President Donald Trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign. That according 134 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 4: to a recent report, the FBI director Cashpttel, who was 135 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 4: recently confirmed and sworn in, and the FBI Deputy Director 136 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 4: Dan Bongino are reportedly looking for two female agents who 137 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 4: took part in an off the book investigation quote unquote 138 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 4: that former FBI Director James Comy launched in twenty fifteen. 139 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: This according to The Washington Times, the agents who were 140 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 4: undercover were called quote honeypot agents, a term that refers 141 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 4: to an undercover operative, usually a woman with sexual or 142 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 4: romantic interests, used to obtain information from a target. Again 143 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 4: this coming from the Washington Times. Now, this comes after 144 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 4: The Times previously reported in October of twenty twenty four 145 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 4: that the House Judiciary Committee was looking into a whistleblower's 146 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 4: claim that the agency targeted Trump soon after he announced 147 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 4: his presidential campaign and June of twenty sixteen, in what 148 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 4: was described as a phishing expedition to quote find something. 149 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 4: In a protected disclosure, the whistle blower an FBI agent, 150 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 4: claim that two undercover agents had infiltrated Trump's presidential campaign. 151 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 4: Remember when Donald Trump said his campaign was spied on. Well, 152 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 4: apparently they were sitting in attractive females to try to 153 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 4: get in tell or to set up the president again. 154 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,479 Speaker 4: This was during his campaign run to become president in sixteen, 155 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 4: and had been instructed these women to act as quote 156 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 4: honeypots while traveling with Donald J. 157 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 3: Trump. 158 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 4: According to the outlet, the agent quote personally knew that 159 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 4: mister Comy ordered an FBI investigation against mister Trump, and 160 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 4: that mister Comy quote personally directed it quote unquote. According 161 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 4: to the disclosure, the off the book's investigation did not 162 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: appear to target a specific crime either, but was more 163 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 4: of what agents would describe as a phishing expedition to 164 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 4: find something, find anything that could be used against Donald Trump. 165 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 4: The outlet also noted that the whistleblower's disclosure claimed that 166 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 4: the investigation was different from Crossfire Hurricane, which targeted Russian 167 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 4: quote collusion. We all know that was obviously a big lie. 168 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 4: Bright Bart News also previously reported that during Trump's first 169 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 4: term in office, he ordered more documents from Operation Crossfire 170 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 4: Hurricane to be declassified. I determined that the materials in 171 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 4: that binder should be declassified to the maximum extent possible. 172 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 3: Is what Donald Trump said in twenty twenty one. 173 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 4: Now there's many that are going to say this is 174 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 4: Donald Trump going after his quote political enemies. If you 175 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: look at the facts, it's very clear that's not the case. 176 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 4: In reality, this is the FBI investigating a secret honeypot 177 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 4: operation targeting Donald Trump's campaign and trying to alter the 178 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 4: outcome of an election. 179 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 180 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 181 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 2: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 182 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 2: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 183 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 2: and we will see you back here tomorrow.