1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: Make America powerful again, huge, safe again, build that wall, 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: wealthy again. 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 2: We're gonna win big lea. 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: We will make America great again. 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: Good morning, and welcome to the forty seven Morning Update. 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: Ben Ferguson with you, and we've got three big stories 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: for you on this inauguration day. First up, Donald Trump 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: speaks hours before the inauguration begins and my own mind, 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: does he have a plan for America? Plus executive orders? 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: What can you expect today? Also January sixth, pardons, it's 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 2: been a big question, will Donald Trump act. I'll explain 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: that and why it's a big yes in a moment. 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: And finally Joe Biden goes on a pardon frenzy as 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: he's walking out of the White House. It is the 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson, and it starts 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 2: right now. Story number President Elect Donald Trump on Sunday 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 2: night had a big rally and it was a day 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: to promise America's swift action, saying as soon as I 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: am sworn in, we are going to remake the federal government. 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: We are going to shift federal priorities at at breakneck 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 2: speed and ensure that the quote curtain closes on four 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: long years of American decline. Here is part of what 24 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: Donald Trump said in his own words, Thank you. 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: Very much, everybody. Why that good fairy? We're like winning, 26 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: don't we end. We're going to make our country greater 27 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: than ever before. Hello Washington, and Hello America. We're all 28 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 1: over America. I'm thrilled to be back with so many friends, 29 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: supporters and true American patriots. Or the eve of taking 30 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: back our country. That's what we're going to do. Take 31 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: it back our country. Tomorrow at noon, the curtain closes 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: on four long years of American decline, and we begin 33 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity 34 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: and pride, bringing it all back once and for all. 35 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: We're going to end the reign of a failed and 36 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: corrupt political establishment in Washington, a failed administration. We're not 37 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: going to take it anymore. We're going to stop the 38 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: invasion of our borders. We're going to reclaim our wealth. 39 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: We're going to unlock the liquid goal that's right under 40 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: our fate, liquid goal. We're going to bring back law 41 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: and order to our cities. We're going to restore patriotism 42 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: to our schools, get radical left woop ideologies the hell 43 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: out of our military and. 44 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:16,559 Speaker 3: Out of our government, and we are going. 45 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: To make America great again. Now. 46 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: My White House sources are telling me that Donald Trump 47 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 2: is set to sign up to two hundred executive orders 48 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: on his first day in office. What is going to 49 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 2: be in that list? Number one, declare a national emergency 50 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: at the border and then close the border. Donald Trump 51 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: is also set to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, 52 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: just like Al Qaeda and ISIS. We also are being 53 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 2: told that Trump will reinstate the remain in Mexico priority 54 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: and in the catch and release that has been going 55 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: on for the last four years under Joe Biden and 56 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris. We also are being told that through executive 57 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: action that Donald Trump will direct the military to build 58 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 2: new sections of the border wall. He will also tell 59 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: Americans that the border wall is one of his top 60 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: priorities to finish what he started four plus years ago. 61 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 2: And he will terminate Joe Biden's energy drilling restrictions, something 62 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: that has been a focal point over the last several days. 63 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: And a promise that you just heard Donald Trump talk 64 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 2: about to his supporters at that rally. We also, through 65 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 2: executive action, will have this requiring federal workers to return 66 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: to in person work. This after reports said that more 67 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: than seventy percent of office buildings that are owned by 68 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 2: the federal government are empty, and there are hundreds and 69 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: hundreds of thousands of federal workers who never go into 70 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: an office. That will end with Donald Trump's executive action. 71 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 2: When it comes to energy, He's not done. He is 72 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: also going to through executive action, pause all offshore wind leases. 73 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 2: Yes I didn't say drilling, no, no, no. Donald Trump 74 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 2: is going to pause all offshore win leases and get 75 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: back to what America does. 76 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: Drill, baby drill. 77 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 2: And you know the thing that happened in California, that 78 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: ruin California, you know DEI. Well, it's also been going 79 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: on at the White House, and it's been going on 80 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 2: at the Pentagon. It's been going on in virtually every 81 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 2: branch of our government. Through executive action. I'm being told 82 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 2: that Donald Trump will end DEI diversity, equity and inclusion 83 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: hiring practices in the entire federal government. And what is 84 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 2: going to take its place. The President will make it 85 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 2: clear you were to hire based on merit, not based 86 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 2: on someone's sexuality or the color of their skin, or 87 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 2: to fit a quota that you think is quote fair 88 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 2: or equitable. That is going to have a massive impact 89 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: on the hiring in our federal government. We also are 90 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 2: being told that Donald Trump is going to withdraw from 91 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 2: the Paris Climate Accord and mandate agencies in our government 92 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: to remove quote regulations that increase the costs for Americans, 93 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: which will have a huge impact on businesses and small 94 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 2: businesses that are owned by Americans. And finally, he is 95 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 2: going to suspend security clearances, we're being told, and this 96 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: is a big one for the fifty one officials who 97 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: lied about the Hunter Biden laptop story. You may remember 98 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: that all of those fifty one officials got together knowing 99 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 2: they were lying to the American people, and said they 100 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: believe that the Hunter by that laptop story was well 101 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 2: nothing more than Russian disinformation and at all the markings 102 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: of Russia being involved. They all knew they were lying 103 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: to the American people, and they were using their level 104 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: of security clearance and their former jobs to convince Americans 105 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: that there was no way that the Hunter Byen laptop 106 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: was real. They all knew it was real. In fact, 107 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: they all knew it was authentic, and they chose to 108 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: deliberately lie to the American people. This is just some 109 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: of the two hundred plus executive orders that will be 110 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 2: signed by Donald Trump today. And this is exactly what 111 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: winning looks like. Welcome to Donald Trump's presidency in twenty 112 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: twenty five. 113 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 3: Now story number two. 114 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: President Trump, I'm now being told, will be signing a 115 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: massive slate of January sixth pardons immediately after being sworn in. 116 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: The pardons I have been told have already been drafted. 117 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: Now I get to do something fun, which is actually 118 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: report the news and read it from CNN, who you 119 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: know is losing their minds. Their headline reads Trump plans 120 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: to issue day one pardons for some convicted January the 121 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: sixth rioters. The question is who is going to be pardoned? Well, 122 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: number one, It's going to be people that were peaceful 123 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: at the top of the list. Now, the extent of 124 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 2: the initial pardons is still unclear. However, several sources describe 125 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: them as enough to be seen as quote delivering on 126 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 2: his long term held promise. There are about one thousand, 127 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 2: two hundred and seventy people that have been convicted of 128 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: January sixth related crimes, and the vast majority of those 129 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 2: defendants were forced to plead guilty because the government was 130 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 2: trying to lock them up forever, and that was how 131 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 2: they forced them into guilty pleas. Only a couple hundred, 132 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: by the way, are currently behind bars. Vice President lect JD. 133 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: Vance said an interview this week that rioters accused of 134 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: violence shouldn't be pardoned. He also said there is a 135 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 2: bit of a gray area in many of the cases. 136 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 2: Several Republican allies of Trump have also said they expect 137 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 2: him to approach the pardons on a quote case by 138 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: case basis. In fact, two key GOP lawmakers on Sunday 139 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 2: said that Donald Trump will be issuing pardons to quite 140 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 2: a few individuals who were not violent on January. The 141 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: sixth House Speaker Mike Johnson put it perfectly on Sunday 142 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 2: when he was on Meet the Press and he said, 143 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 2: quote that Trump and Vance agree peaceful protesters should be 144 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: pardon but violent criminals should not. And lastly, story number three, 145 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 2: as you were sleeping last night, Joe Biden and his lawyers, 146 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 2: they were getting a lot of pardons ready for what 147 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 2: is being described as a pardon poalooza. You may not 148 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 2: realize that Joe Biden has given out already more than 149 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 2: eight thousand pardons. Compare that to Donald Trump between twenty 150 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 2: seventeen and twenty twenty one, who only gave out two 151 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty seven. Even Barack Obama, which was known 152 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 2: to hand out a lot of pardons, hit nineteen hundred 153 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 2: and Joe Biden is now over eight thousand. So who 154 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 2: is on the list in the final hours. There's much 155 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: speculation leaking right now that Joe Biden's pardon frenzy is 156 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: now going to include the Biden crime family. Yes, Biden 157 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: is expected to issue many more pardons in the last 158 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 2: moments of his stay at the White House, and commutations 159 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 2: to go with the record number of clemencies. Many of 160 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 2: them are described as quote controversial. Most notably there was 161 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 2: Biden breaking his promise not to partner his son Hunter Biden. 162 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 2: And then there were the commutations of sentences of thirty 163 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 2: seven of the forty prisoners, all killers and some of 164 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 2: them multiple murderers on federal death row. In fact, there 165 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 2: are only three three people that were evil enough that 166 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 2: Biden decided no, I'm not gonna show you any mercy 167 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 2: on that death row list. And on Friday, don't worry 168 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: if you were a drug dealer or involved in drug offenses, 169 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 2: Joe Biden was gonna hook you up. Yes. On Friday, 170 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 2: Biden commuted the sentences of nearly two thousand, five hundred 171 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,719 Speaker 2: drug offenders, which The New York Times called the broadest 172 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 2: commutation of individual sentences ever issued by an American president. 173 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 2: So get ready to be even more shocked by the 174 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: last minute pardons, and I'll have them for you tomorrow. 175 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 176 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. 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