1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: Sexton Show Podcast. Corporal Derek Alan Calhoun, Sergeant Marvin Ray Calhoun, 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: Junior Corporal Bobby Thomas Callahan, Welcome back in Clay Travis 4 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: buck Sexton Show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: us on this Veteran's Day. You just heard Tunnel to 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: Towers is reading the names of over seven thousand soldiers 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: who lost their lives in the War on Terror. They 8 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: have done that today at the Lincoln Memorial and we're 9 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: breaking down a lot of different stories that are taking 10 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: place on Veterans Day, including the Kyle Rittenhouse story, what's 11 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: going on with inflation in this country, many more, But 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: obviously a big part of today's show has been discussing 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: veteran and veteran affairs, and we bring and now Frank Siller, 14 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: who is the founder of Tunnel to Towers. This is 15 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: the twentieth anniversary of the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, started 16 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: by Frank Siller to honor his brother, Stephen Siller, who 17 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: died on nine eleven. By the end of the year, 18 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: Tunnel to Towers will have delivered four hundred and fifty 19 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: homes to those in need who are veterans. And today, Frank, 20 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: you're at the Lincoln Memorial reading all seven thousand and 21 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: seventy names of those we've lost in the War on Terror. 22 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: What has the experience been like for you today at 23 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: the Lincoln Memorial. Well, it's very emotional and it's most 24 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: certainly gratifying to bring all these gold Staff families together 25 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: and to read these names of these great heroes. Most 26 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: Americans don't even realize there's been seven thousand and seventy 27 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: men and women that's given their lives for our country 28 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: since the War on Terror started in two thousand and 29 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: one UM. And to read these names out loud here 30 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: today in this right at the Lake of Memorial, you know, 31 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: right by the the you know where every thing where, everybody, 32 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: all these memorials with is such price has been paid 33 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: for our freedom. And to stand there and read the 34 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: names is nothing more important than to do that on 35 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: a day like today, Frank, it's back. I just want 36 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: to say thank you, and we all are so appreciative 37 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: of what you do. First of all with Tom the 38 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: Tower's day in and day out, but particularly today this 39 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: honoring of those loss in the War on Terik, you 40 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: just bring us into the into the scene a little bit. 41 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: Who is there with you and what are some of 42 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: the things that you're going to be accomplishing today in DC? Well, 43 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: we we have so just vision this. Right right on 44 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: the stairs of the Lake of Memorial behind our podiums 45 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: is a what looks like I don't think we're gonna 46 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: have to grab Yeah, we're gonna have to grab Frank. 47 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,839 Speaker 1: Get him a new get him a new signal there. 48 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: Let's call him back, guys, because obviously he's doing important 49 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: work right now at the Lincoln Memorial and Buck kind 50 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: of contextualizing what's going on. Seven thousand and seventy names 51 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: being read. Tunnel Towers does incredible work, but in particular 52 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: on this day when we honor the sacrifices of so 53 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: many people who have given us the opportunity to enjoy 54 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: the freedoms that we have, I think it's just emblematic 55 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: of the work that this foundation's done over twenty years 56 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: and the people that they've honored, and it's it's so 57 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: important to keep it in people's mind such that they 58 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: know that this is this is an obligation, the sacred 59 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: obligation on all of us to help those their families 60 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: and those who are are wounded or were killed in 61 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: action in the War on Terror, because Clay, you know, 62 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: we don't really, we're not fighting wars right now the 63 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: way we were. We for a while, we knew people 64 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: who were out there downrange. We knew people who were 65 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: being injured or even killed in combat. This was a 66 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: regularly occurring thing. And so I think it's easier right 67 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: now for a lot of people to forget about the 68 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: fact that those obligations that we have to those who 69 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: served continue on long after they're no longer downrange, long 70 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: after we're no longer in frontline combat roles, our soldiers, airman, 71 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: Navy Marines, no longer in those in those roles in Iraq, Afghanistan, 72 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: other theaters of conflict. Frank, We're sorry you were telling 73 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: us you were setting the scene and your phone cut out, 74 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: but but bring us back to what you're doing here 75 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: in DC today. Yeah. So, like I was saying, just 76 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: in vision that we're on the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial. 77 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: Behind me is a what looks like an American flag, 78 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: but it's made of all the dog tags of those 79 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: who gave their life for our country. Since the war 80 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: terrorists started. All seven thousand and seventy Draped on either 81 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: side of them are American flags that were donated to 82 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: us by the FDNY. All my buddies in New York. 83 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: As my listeners might not know, my brother was in 84 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: New York City. Five fighter who died on nine to eleven. 85 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: He ran through the Brooklyn Battery tunnel with sixty pounds 86 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: of gears on his back and that's how he got 87 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: to the ground zero, and while saving others, he gave 88 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: up his life. And that's how we started the foundation. 89 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: So we have these other American flags right by the 90 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: reflection pool. We have illuminations of all the names with 91 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: a candle in it, of all seven thousand and seventy 92 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: years that wraps right around there, as almost like a 93 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: mile and a half long that wraps around there. And 94 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: we have gold staf families, gold Staw families, the widows 95 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: and children that are reading these names. We have colonels 96 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: in generals that are reading the names of these great 97 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: heroes that they'd lost in combat. We have catastrophically injured 98 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: service members, many of which we built especially adapted smart homes. 99 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: Wead the tunnel to Taois Foundation. You know, we build 100 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: mortgage free smart homes for these great heroes. They're reading 101 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: their names. They might have just survived and barely survived 102 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: because they lost two or three four limbs, but they're 103 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: there because the great hero to the left and the 104 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: right of them didn't survive. They died on the battlefield, 105 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: and they're reading their friends names that are there. So 106 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: it's very emotional, to say the least, and it's so 107 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: important that we're doing it. It's never been done. It's 108 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: something that should have been done before. But but for 109 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: the twentieth anniversary of nine to eleven, the Tunnel to 110 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: Taois Foundation, we want to do things that really shined 111 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: a big light from the sacrifice has made on nine 112 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: to eleven and ever since. And what better way than 113 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: doing that. Here today we're speaking of Frank Siller, founder 114 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: of Tunnel to Towers Foundation. He is in DC today. 115 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: They're reading the names of all seven thousand and seventy 116 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: men and women from the armed forces of this country 117 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: who gave their lives in the War on Terry's at 118 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: the Lincoln Memorial. Frank, I know that you're in the 119 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: season of hope for your organization. And you're continuing with 120 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: this work, tell us what is coming up and give 121 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: folks a sense of how they can help, how they 122 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: can contribute well. Today. Also, which I didn't mention, I 123 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: will now, we delivered thirty five mortgage free homes the 124 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: Goldsaf families today because our foundation, our first responsibilities make 125 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: sure we never forget an honor to sacrifice. That's what 126 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: we're doing, reading all the names have to do it. 127 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: It's so important. But also we want to do good 128 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: and by doing good, we take care of these families 129 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: that paid the ultimate sacrifice, they lost a loved one, 130 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: they leave young families behind. We delivered thirty five mortgage 131 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: free homes the gold Stau families today, So it's so 132 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: proud to do it on Veterans Day. But it's not over. 133 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: We have to complete the promise that we made of 134 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: two hundred mortgage free homes before the end of the year. 135 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: And we have our Season of Hope coming up, which 136 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: will start at Thanksgiving and on New Year's Eve, where 137 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: we're going to be delivering another seventy one mortgage free homes, 138 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: many smart homes to a country's most catastrophically and of 139 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: service members to Gold star families and to fall and 140 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: first respond to families who die in the line of 141 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: duty that leave young children behind. So we have a 142 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: lot of work ahead of us two hundred mortgage free 143 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: homes this year, but I want you to listeners understand 144 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: we're not done. There's so much more work that has 145 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: to be done, and we need them to join us 146 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: on this mission. Go to T T T that's t 147 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: the number two t dot org and donate as little 148 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: as eleven dollars a month, and you know, we bring 149 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: a million people together, we could take care of all 150 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: these families that are still waiting, not just you know 151 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: what we're doing two hundred homes this year, but all 152 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: every year going forward, because there's that kind of waiting 153 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: list for the help that they deserve. Frank, thank you 154 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: for all the work you're doing. Also, thank you to 155 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 1: our audience which has donated over five million dollars to 156 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: Tunnel to Towers Foundation. We're proud to be working with 157 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: you to make such a tremendous difference for so many 158 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: people out there, so many veterans and their families. Frank, 159 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 1: keep up the good work and keep doing great job. 160 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: Today at the Linko Memorial, we appreciate you join us. 161 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: Thank you when God bless all love veterans. Amen. That 162 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: is Frank Siller Tunnel to Towers and buck You know, 163 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: using the Internet without accessing Express VPNs like leaving the 164 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: house without your coat and winter. You're probably fine, shou 165 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: not really protecting yourself very much from the cold. 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Welcome back to the Clay, Travis and Buck 184 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: Sexton Show. We'll be talking more about Veterans Day with 185 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: a wounded warrior. A veteran will be joining us here 186 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: in a few moments to tell us his story, and 187 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: we'll be talking to us Army Sergeant rick Yarosh, a 188 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: veteran recipient of a two T talet the Towers Smart Home. 189 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: Want to hear historian and you can hear from somebody 190 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: who has been directly helped, directly affected by the good 191 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: work on the tunnel of the Towers Foundation. Of course 192 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: a sponsor here on the show when we're honored to 193 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: be affiliated with the military. Though speaking switching gears for 194 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: a moment, here is coming under a lot of social 195 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: justice pressure these days. As you know, there's a lot 196 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: of experimentation going on by leftists who believe that there 197 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: should be social engineering within the military. We should be 198 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: focused on things like diversity and inclusion. While China, for example, 199 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: earlier this week came out was building out the desert 200 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: full scale and mobile replicas of US aircraft carriers because 201 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: they want to start practicing the usage of anti ship 202 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: missiles on moving targets they get good enough. Remember, if 203 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: we're going to, let's say, intervene in a situation where 204 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: China militarily goes after Taiwan, which I think is still 205 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: there's a lot of open questions about one will they 206 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: do it? And two what would we do if they did? 207 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: But assuming US military intervention, it would be first and 208 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: foremost a navel a naval intervention. You'd have our carrier group, 209 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: you'd have surface surface craft that would deploy, and so 210 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: anti ship missiles are a serious threat to them. And 211 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: if the Chinese get long enough range missiles and get 212 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: good enough at firing them and evading countermeasures, we could 213 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: be in for a really rough situation. And here's Mike Pompeo, 214 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: former director of the CIA, former Secretary of State under 215 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: Trump warning everybody that our focus these days, sometimes for 216 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: active duty from the Pentagon planning perspective, is not where 217 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: it needs to be. It's more than embarrassing on the 218 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: world states that our adversaries watch that and see weakness, 219 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: They see people who aren't serious. They see people who 220 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: aren't determined precisely the opposite of what we did for 221 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: four years. It feels a lot more like the Carter 222 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: administration in terms of how they view America as a 223 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: danger to the world and apologize everywhere they go. We 224 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: need to get serious. You just tripped through the Russians, 225 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: the Chinese, the North Koreans, the Iranians. You just tripped 226 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: through all of our adversaries. These adversaries can see that 227 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: we're focused on diversity inclusion in our military. We're focused 228 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: on trying to fly our jets with green energy, and 229 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 1: they're focused on how to build out a military that 230 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: can undo our republic. We need an administration that is 231 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: serious about putting America first, not America last, as they 232 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: seem to have done. Prioritizing climate change as America's most 233 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: significant national security threat is an enormous mistake. It's crazy, Clay, 234 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: It's frankly crazy. Yeah, there's no doubt. And this is 235 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: what I always say. Wokeness is a luxury of freedom. 236 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: You can be offended by comedians and the jokes that 237 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: they make, you can be upset with word choice, you 238 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: can be focused on your military needing to be diverse 239 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: and inclusive when you aren't worried about getting your ass kicked, 240 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: or you aren't worried about whether or not you're going 241 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: to be able to find food to put on the table. 242 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: What most of the woke universe, which are communists, don't 243 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: recognize is capitalism has given them the luxury to be woke. 244 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:33,359 Speaker 1: Wokeness is one of the most premier luxuries that exist 245 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: in the world because it presupposes that things that are 246 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: actually dangerous by and large are taken care of. And 247 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: it is why it's so infuriating in general to see 248 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: this virus attaching itself to all American cultural institutions, and 249 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: it ties back in with what I was saying earlier Buck. 250 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: The mantra of many of these groups should be to 251 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: do less. Don't respond to these woke terrorists and accede 252 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: to their demands, ignore them in an effort to delegitimize them, 253 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: instead of interacting with them and allowing them to dictate, 254 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: as too often happens American policy. Only twenty five percent 255 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: or so of people who are active on Twitter in 256 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: the United States, that's one in four, and only about 257 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: ten percent of that twenty five percent that's one in 258 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: fifty actually regularly post. So we're letting a tiny subset 259 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: of America dictate our policy, and that policy is actually 260 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: going to put us at risk against our adversaries who 261 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: are going to take advantage of our weaknesses. Well, the 262 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: people in charge right now, I mean it's not just 263 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: the twitterati, the actual dissing the commander in chief. They 264 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: believe this stuff. I mean, they think that it is 265 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: essential for the military to confront climate change as the end. 266 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: Do you think it's a good question. Do you think 267 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: they believe it or do you think they're afraid they'll 268 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: lose their jobs if they don't say they I go 269 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: back and forth. It's very much for me, like what 270 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: you have with people that want to mask up their kids. 271 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: Is it because they're worried for the kids, or is 272 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: it because they're worried for themselves, you know, as adults 273 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: that are too you know, too cowardly to just go 274 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: about their lives. I think it's a mix. I think 275 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: there are some people who really true believe that climate 276 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: change will wipe out the human species. I mean they 277 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: live with this bizarre I mean, it's it's really a 278 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: modern day superstition of some kind. It's it's like a 279 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: primitive religion where people used to worship you know, different 280 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: parts of the earth, you know, the trees and the 281 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: rocks and the sky, and instead they're they're worshiping Mother Earth. 282 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: Here they're worshiping this notion that we have to save 283 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: the planet from our COO two emissions. I mean, for everyone, 284 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: just remember you breathe out COO two. I mean this 285 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: is we're actually at a point we have people that 286 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: think that the basic processes of human respiration are somehow 287 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: the adding to the destruction of the planet as a 288 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: place where we could live. It's insane, but it also 289 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: shows lack of foe focus. When you're talking about a 290 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: military and from the Pentagon top brass on down, these 291 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 1: kinds of things can have really severe consequences. I mean, 292 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: you even go back to the earliest days of say 293 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: the First World War and the French leadership who were 294 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: very arrogant and thought that they understood things much better 295 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: than they did in the world around them, and send 296 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: people in large numbers to their deaths with catastrophically bad 297 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: plans and bad ideas. So when the leadership is going 298 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: off on tangents about diversity and inclusion and fighting climate change. Clay, 299 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: we do need to be concerned because we will have 300 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: to confront another threat as a nation in the future, 301 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: and it's not going to be climate change. Well, that's 302 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: why I'm so concerned about Joe Biden. In the days 303 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: and weeks and months ahead. We see him declining on 304 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: a day to day basis. It's not going to get better, 305 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: and our adversaries are going to take advantage of him. 306 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: I don't have any doubt we're going to be talking 307 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: to veteran US Army Sergeant rick Yarosh in just a 308 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: few moments here. 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Pure Talk Petty 329 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: Officers second Class, Danny, Philip Deeps, Junior Specialist, Jeremiah Joseph 330 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: Givanni Plants, Carbal, Anthony Alahito Deileon Welcome Back in Clay, 331 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: Travis buck Sexton show what you just heard Tunnel the 332 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: Towers Foundation reading the seven thousand and seventy men and 333 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: women who have lost their lives in the War on 334 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: Terror Live Lincoln Memorial starting at eight am Eastern this morning. 335 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: We've been certainly honor and honoring veterans all throughout today's program. 336 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: Or joined now by a man with a very inspiring 337 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: story who has done and been doing incredible work ever 338 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: since he came out of the Armed Forces. He is 339 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: Richard Yerish, who is a sergeant, joined the Army in 340 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: two thousand and four, inspired by the story of a 341 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: fallen soldier near his hometown of Windsor, New York. And 342 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: Sergeant Yerish, we really I appreciate you joining us here 343 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: and I want to let you tell us about a 344 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: day that your life changed forever when you were part 345 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: of a military mission in Iraq on September first of 346 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: two thousand and six. And thank you in advance for 347 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: your service. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor 348 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: to be with you today. It's a special day, that's 349 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: for sure, getting to read some of these names and 350 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: getting to really let people hear the names of some 351 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: of the most important Americans that will ever know. So gosh, 352 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: it's been fifteen years. It's hard to believe it's in 353 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: fifteen years of September one, two thousand and six, when 354 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: I was on patrol in Iraq today of infamy, but 355 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: it's also the day I say it's the best day 356 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: of my life because it led me to amazing places. 357 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: But that day my vehicle Bradley Fighting vehicle that I 358 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: was riding in I was gunning, was hit with an 359 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: IED and the ieed went through the bottom of the 360 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: vehicle into the turret where I was sitting, and so 361 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: in the turrets where we have our fuel tank. So 362 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: the id hit the fuel tank, covering me, my two 363 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: buddies who were in the vehicle with me, and the 364 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: vehicle and fuel, and instantly we were on fire. Now 365 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: I knew I had to get out of the vehicle 366 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: find any chance to survive. It was the the first thing 367 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: I had to do, and climbed out through the top. 368 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: Once I got to the top, then I knew I 369 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: had to get to the ground. And the problem was 370 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: I had to jump because I had no other time 371 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: I have time to climb down. I had to jump, 372 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: and it's about ten feet off of the ground. So 373 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: when I jumped and I landed, I couldn't brace myself 374 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: for the landing because of the smoke and the fire, 375 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: so I couldn't see the ground. So when I landed, 376 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: I broke my leg and I actually severed an archery 377 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: in my leg, and when I was in the hospital, 378 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: the amputated my right leg below the knee. Then I 379 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: rolled into a canal that I had no idea was there, 380 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: but the canal had just enough water in it to 381 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: put the fire out. Eventually, a couple of my friends 382 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: found me, carried me up to the top of the canal, 383 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: and about a half hour later the helicopters got there 384 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: took me in my two buddies to the hospital. And 385 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 1: that helicopter ride was, unfortunately the last time that I 386 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: ever saw and talked to my good buddy Sergeant Luis 387 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: Montez ever again. And I was honored to be able 388 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: to read his name today, and as a name I 389 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: say every single day of my life, but I was 390 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: honored to read it in front of a whole big 391 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: group of people today. Sergeant Yarosh's buck, I want to 392 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 1: know if you would just tell us then about your 393 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: road to recovery and what happened when you came back stateside, 394 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: and how you went from dealing with this obviously incredibly 395 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: traumatic incident in combat to now being somebody who goes 396 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: around the country and speaks and inspires others. Yeah. Sure, 397 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: And you know, in the beginning, it didn't start like that. 398 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: I wasn't inspiring anyone. I wasn't inspiring myself. I was 399 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: a mess. I ended up being in the hospital for 400 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: six months, and then when I get when I got 401 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: out of the hospital, I didn't even know if I 402 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: wanted to leave the hospital because when I was in 403 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: my hospital room and people came into my room, no 404 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: one was surprised by what they saw because they saw 405 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: me every day, my doctors, my nurses, my family, visitors 406 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: who have been there many times. But now I was 407 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: about to leave that and I'm burned sixty percent of 408 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: my body. My face has been totally reconstructed. Half of 409 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: my nose is gone, I have my ears are gone, 410 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: my lips are different, half of my hair is gone. 411 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: My face is totally burned. And when I left the hospital, 412 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: it was very obvious that people were noticing. I mean, 413 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: they honestly would have had to been blind to not 414 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: And it was tough for me, especially with children, because 415 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: you know, I came home to a greatful nation and 416 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: adults were helped waiting for me with open arms, but 417 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: children did not see that. They saw me as a 418 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: scary monster. And I had a day where my life 419 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: was changed forever, in the sense that I was showing 420 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: acceptance from a little kid I was in a restaurant 421 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,479 Speaker 1: and this little girl was sitting with her family across 422 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: from me, staring at me afraid. I could tell she 423 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: was afraid. And her grandfather was sitting with her, and 424 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: he was probably military, being in San Antonio, and he 425 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 1: probably recognized that I was. But he leaned down to 426 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: her and quietly said, go say hide to him. And 427 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: she didn't want to come over to me. She was 428 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: too afraid. So he said it again, go say hie 429 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: to him, and this time she did start to come over. 430 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: She got halfway over as nicely as I could say 431 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: to her, I said, hey, how are you doing? But 432 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: when I said that, she stopped dead in her tracks again, 433 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: like she saw a monster, and she turned around. She 434 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: ran back to her grandpa as fast as she could. 435 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: And really, in that moment, it was just like, you 436 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: have to get used to this, Rick, This is the 437 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: way your life will always be. You're always going to 438 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: look different, And that's how I felt. That little girl. 439 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: She got back to her grandpa and she said, Grandpla, 440 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: he's really nice. That's not what I thought she was 441 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: gonna say. But I'm telling you right now, that five 442 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: year old, six year old little girl I was a 443 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: twenty five year old soldier, wounded soldier, and she fixed 444 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: a lot of those wounds that day. She fixed a 445 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 1: lot of those things. She gave me courage and confidence 446 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: to go out and be able to tell my story. 447 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: And now I go into elementary schools and I have 448 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: no problem talking to those kids, really because of one 449 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: situation in my life that changed my life forever. But 450 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: now I get the opportunity to go all over the 451 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,959 Speaker 1: country and speak to students, mostly about hope and hopelessness, 452 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: and I know a lot about those things and they've 453 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: changed my life in a very very positive way. Sergeant, 454 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: what has Tunnel to Towers done for you? This audience 455 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: has donated over five million dollars to Tunnel to Towers. 456 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: What have they done the organization for you? And what 457 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: have you seen them doing for others? I mean other 458 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: than changed my life, that's the question. I mean, they've 459 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: changed my life. So not only has Tunnel to Towers 460 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: changed my life, but the people that have donated that 461 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: five million dollars has changed my life. They built me 462 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: a home. They built me a home that was easy 463 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: for me to live in. And that's a lot to say, 464 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: because it's not easy for me to live in certain spaces. 465 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: If I go to a hotel, even if a tandicap accessible, 466 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: it wasn't built for me. It's hard to get around in. 467 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: But I was able to have a home that I 468 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: feel extremely comfortable in and that my family feels extremely comfortable. 469 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: And this is the most important thing to me. Having 470 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: my family feel comfortable, having my family feel safe. That's 471 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: what Tunnel to Powers has done for me. They've changed 472 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: in my life. And not only did they build me 473 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: a home, but when I got involved with the organization, 474 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: my family grew big time. My family grew by a 475 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: hundred people that were in this organization because whenever I 476 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: need something, or if I need help with something, or 477 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: if I need someone to talk to, they would pick 478 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: up the phone any time of the day and help 479 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: me out. Us Army Sergeant rick Yarish, Sir, thank you 480 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: for your service, your sacrifice, and your courage. We greatly 481 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: appreciate it. We thank you for being with us your 482 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: day on the show. Thank you very much, as an 483 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: honor to be with you. You've heard so many good 484 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: stories today of the work of the talleted Towers Foundation. 485 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: From their chairman Frank Siller and soldiers they're looking after 486 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: like Rick. The good work they're doing each day is 487 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: made possible by donations from you in this audience and 488 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: so many Americans who feel compelled to help the families 489 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: of our first responders and our soldiers and their families. 490 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: Choosing to share just eleven dollars a month to tallet 491 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: the Towers Foundation is making all the difference. This is 492 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: an organization that's able to provide two hundred mortgage free 493 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: homes to the families of soldiers and first responders who 494 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: need the security of a smart home, like today's recognition 495 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: of our fallen soldiers in the War on terrorism. Talletha 496 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: Towers Foundation is dedicated to doing good. Help them continue 497 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: to do that, and how do you do it by 498 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: donating just eleven dollars a month to Tunnel to Towers 499 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: at T two t dot org. That's t the number 500 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: two T dot org. Welcome back to the Clay Travis 501 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: buck Secton Show. We're closing it out here today. Appreciate 502 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 1: you being with us as always. Want to spend a 503 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: really good portion of this hour on just reflecting on 504 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: veterans they're sacrifice. Thank you to all the veterans across 505 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: the country, Clay, and I know we have a huge 506 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: One of the great honors of this role of being 507 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: here on the EIB with you day in and day 508 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: out is how many veterans and families of veterans we 509 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: know they're on the fight too in their own way, 510 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,239 Speaker 1: who join us every day and listen, as well as 511 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: active duty military. I always love it when I go, 512 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: Clay and give a speech somewhere or something and some 513 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: guy who's, uh, you know, special Forces comes up, or 514 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: somebody who's, you know, a sub mariner. What we got 515 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: people from all over an active duty military who listened 516 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: to the show, and it's it's it's a great honor, 517 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: really is. And the fact that you trust us with 518 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: your time and to tell you what's true and to 519 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: share your love of this country in our own way 520 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: is really meaningful to all of us. If you want 521 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: more information on tunnel to towers and also what that 522 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: what a smart home really looks like, if you're thinking 523 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: about donating that eleven dollars a month or more, and 524 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: we really do encourage you if you have it. I 525 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: know times are tight right now, but if you have it, 526 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: eleven dollars a month at t twot dot org. You 527 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: can see at Clay and buck dot com what one 528 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: of these smart homes looks like and get a better 529 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: sense of how much that can make a huge difference 530 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: in the lives of those who have paid a tremendous 531 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: price already for this country and their families. Clay, I 532 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: think we're going to continue to have to look at 533 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: the Biden administration response here to some of the problems 534 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: in the country. First of all, I've got I told 535 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: Clay in the break, Twitter is now throttling me, so 536 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: you can't like, or respond to, or do anything to 537 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: a tweet I put out. I just want everyone to 538 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: know you've heard so many people here talking about about 539 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: on this show, including doctors, about how cloth masks don't 540 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: do anything. So I shared earlier today, it's stunning there 541 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: are still many people walking around with cloth masks on, 542 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: as though it will protect anyone from COVID. We're in 543 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: the era of iPhones and SpaceX, but millions still obey 544 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: masks superstition, like medieval peasants terrified of the number thirteen, 545 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: which you know, I'm obviously having a little fun with 546 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: the two, but it is true. And now you can't 547 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: like it. Your Twitter is saying this is misleading, and 548 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: they have a warning on my tweet and all those 549 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: other stuff. If all these people clay in my thread, 550 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: look at the studies have proven. The studies have proven. 551 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: They absolutely have not. I will die on this hill 552 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: if need be. They are wrong. There is no study 553 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: that proves this. Cloth masks are a waste of everyone's time. 554 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: It is about compliance that they can drag me off 555 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: to the gulag. I'm not backing down off of this one. 556 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: Nothing that we have done has substantially changed COVID in 557 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: this country. In fact, you can argue that all we've 558 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: done is prolong it. Just looking during the break Buck, 559 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: I was just talking with you. Maine is about to 560 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: set a hospitalization record for COVID. Maine has one hundred 561 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: percct of people sixty five and up vaccinated. The state 562 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: of Maine, Vermont, New Mexico. These are some of the 563 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: states that have been the most proactive in embracing masks, 564 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: vaccine mandates, in social distancing. All of those things have failed, 565 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: and increasingly the vaccines are becoming readily apparent that they 566 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: do not provide very substantial protection from getting COVID for 567 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: very long at all. And that is why I'm afraid 568 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: that we are headed for a really tough winter when 569 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: it comes to COVID, because so many people out there 570 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: have convinced themselves that we aren't. There's also a data 571 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: point that I would like to chase down a little 572 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: bit more, because we do like tobate what we talked 573 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: about here in the numbers than in reality, and that, 574 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: as I wondered, they keep saying, well, it prevents hospitalization 575 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: and death. That's the final, if you will, the final 576 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: pitch in favor of the vaccine. They do it does 577 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: not reliably protect getting infected and spreading the virus to 578 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: other people, does not reliably protect from that. We know 579 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: that that as a fact. They've had to admit that, Okay, 580 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: that's done. But now they say, oh, well with boosters 581 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: and you know it'll it'll prevent you from going to 582 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: the hospital or dying. I want to know what the 583 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: numbers are of those who have you know that they 584 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: need to disaggregate natural immunity and vaccination from just vaccination, 585 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: because I think that would be very instructive, right. I 586 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: think there are a lot of people who may think, oh, 587 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: I got a mild case of COVID because I got 588 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: the vaccine. Okay, maybe, but also what about the people 589 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: that already had the virus who have natural immunity like 590 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: you and me, who have natural antibodies and have the 591 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: vaccine on top of that, what's really protecting them? At 592 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: this point, over one hundred and fifty million Americans easily 593 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: have gotten COVID, right, and that's natural immunity base, never 594 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: mind the vaccines on top of that. So there's a 595 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: lot of factors here, folks, But something's not right, something's 596 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: not adding up. What we had Senator Ron Johnson from 597 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: Wisconsin on and he said that in the last month 598 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: in England, seventy eight percent of the people who are 599 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: dying are double vaccinated for COVID. That's ominous and that 600 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: would suggest, again we talked about it earlier in the 601 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: show buck Germany just hit a new high. Looking at 602 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: what's going on in many of these European countries that 603 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: often have high vaccine rates, is not making me very 604 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: comfortable that we're not going to get really bad again 605 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: in terms of cases this winter. And I think everyone, 606 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, you get on edge a little bit here 607 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: when you see things like Berlin right now is barring 608 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: unvaccinated people from even entering restaurants, bars, sports halls, area 609 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: dress You know, so this is now you're not allowed 610 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: to enter you're unvaccinated. You got the same thing here 611 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 1: in New York City. You're going to see more of 612 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: this where they just go with more and more extreme 613 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 1: restrictions that somehow clay. When the restriction doesn't work. The 614 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: answer is always more of it and more similar to it. 615 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,240 Speaker 1: It's never maybe we need to rethink our posture here. Well, 616 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: somebody's got to be to blame. And what the Biden 617 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: administration has been trying to blame for a long time is, Oh, 618 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: these unvaccinated people, if they would just get vaccinated. And 619 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: that's why I'm sharing the data from Vermont and Maine 620 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: because basically, I think it's ninety two percent of adults 621 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: in Vermont are vaccinated. If you're still setting all time 622 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: COVID records in Vermont despite the fact for cases, despite 623 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: the fact that ninety two percent of people are vaccinated, 624 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: then you can't vaccinate your way out of COVID. It's 625 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: not happening, not at least with these vaccines. Think also 626 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: of how much more clear the messaging could have been 627 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: and should have been all along here. The reality is 628 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: that if you're being honest about these vaccines, since they 629 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,800 Speaker 1: do not stop transmission, they do not stop infect you. 630 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: If you're being honest, what are they? What are they 631 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 1: most If they're useful for something, what are they useful 632 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 1: for protecting those at high risk from going to the hospital. Clay, 633 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: Let's just think for a second if instead of the 634 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: idea that we were going to somehow get one hundred 635 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 1: percent of America, which really now is what the expectation 636 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: has turned into. Right, five year olds, everybody, twenty year olds, 637 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: professional athletes. If instead of the fauciites running around like 638 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,799 Speaker 1: lunatics thinking that everyone's going to get the shot, what 639 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: if everyone had just agreed, hey, you know what, we 640 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 1: need to get every single senior citizen in America one 641 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: hundred percent of them vaccinated, and what would the hospitalization 642 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: and death rate from COVID B? Then? Right, that's essentially 643 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: an extension of the Great Barringing Declaration's focused protection approach, 644 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: but using vaccines instead of just when they came out 645 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: they were talking about the general mitigation measures focused only 646 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: on the elderly. That's what should have been done instead 647 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: of putting shots and five year olds. Yeah, and remember 648 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: doctor McCarry. McCarry said yesterday that strong chance fifty to 649 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 1: sixty percent of your five to eleven year olds have 650 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 1: already had COVID, even if they didn't test positive for it. 651 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,800 Speaker 1: That's what the overall incident's rate would be likely to suggest. 652 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 1: We've got a loaded show, by the way, for everybody 653 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 1: tomorrow as well. We appreciate all the veterans. We appreciate 654 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: all of you spending your Veterans Day with us. We 655 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,719 Speaker 1: got Ton Ortegas is going to be with us right 656 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: to go after Adam Schiff and explain why she eviscerated 657 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: him on the view over the Still dossier. Plus who 658 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 1: else buck Journalist Selena Zito, perhaps best known for saying 659 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 1: people in the media didn't take Trump seriously but took 660 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 1: him literally, and they should have taken him seriously and 661 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 1: not literally. But anyway, Selena Zito is going to talk 662 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: to us about Biden's unpopularity in a lot of places 663 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,400 Speaker 1: across America, what it means for the upcoming elections in 664 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 1: the mid terms. Stacked Friday show coming your way. Thanks 665 00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: for being with us, and thank you all the veteran 666 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 1: rot there. You're listening to Clay Travis and Buck Sexton 667 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: on the EIB Network