1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: with you and Senator Cruz unfortunately could not do the 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: show with me right now because he has lost his voice. 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: He did, however, I have enough strength to deal with 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: questioning today of elist tephonic and the confirmation hearing, and 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to have that for you. Plus we're going 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: to talk about the big news of Donald Trump saying 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a ninety day moratorium on fourign A. 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: What does that mean, Well, it means that Marco Rubio 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: is going to have a lot to look at when 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: it comes to where your tax dollars are going. And 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have for you back from January seventeenth, Marco 13 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: Rubio and Ted Cruz's conversation on the three questions that 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: he said he'll ask regarding every state department program. Before 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: we get into that, though, I want to talk to 16 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: you about my friends at IFCJ. 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Also, I'm 50 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: going to play for you in a moment the back 51 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: and forth with Marco Rubio and what is changing at 52 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: the time State Department. This in light of the big 53 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: breaking news from the President about pausing foreign aid for 54 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: ninety days. 55 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: Now. 56 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: After that, I'm also going to have something else for you. 57 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: There's also a new morning podcast that I'm the host 58 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: of called The forty seven Morning Update. It gives you 59 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: the biggest news in a short form podcast ten to 60 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: twelve minutes of what is going to happen each and 61 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: every day in Donald Trump's administration from the Oval Office. 62 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: We'll have that for you as well, But first take 63 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: a listen to what Senator Cruz had to say today 64 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill in the questioning of Elie staphonic. 65 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 3: Congratulations on your nomination. 66 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 4: You're going to be terrific. 67 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: I want to go back to topic you discussed with 68 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: Senator Cornyn. I want to focus on a Ram's push 69 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: to build a nuclear arsenal, which poses I think the 70 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 3: most immediate and acute threat to American national security. When 71 00:03:55,080 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: the Iatola chance death to America, he means it, and 72 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 3: I believe he would absolutely detonate a nuclear weapon over 73 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 3: an American city if he could. The Trump administration got 74 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 3: Iran's nuclear program in a box and kept it there. 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 3: President Trump withdrew from the catastrophic Obama Iran nuclear deal 76 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 3: in twenty eighteen. He imposed maximum pressure in twenty nineteen. 77 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 3: He invoked the UN snapback mechanism in the UN Security 78 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 3: Council Resolution two two three one to reimpose international sanctions 79 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty. For that entire time, Iran was deterred 80 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 3: from making significant advances on their nuclear program. They did 81 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: not even enrich uranium above five percent or cascade advanced centrifuges. 82 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: Starting in November twenty twenty, the Iranian regime gambled that 83 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 3: it could start rushing to a nuclear arsenal and the 84 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: incoming Biden administration would let them. Unfortunately proved correct. In November, 85 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 3: the regime approved a new law calling for major nuclear advances. 86 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 3: In January, they started enriching at twenty percent at fordoh 87 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 3: the underground enrichment bunker built into a mountain that the 88 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 3: Obama Iran nuclear deal left open. The incoming and Biden 89 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 3: administration responded with appeasement. In February, immediately after being inaugurated, 90 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 3: they rushed to the UN to rescind President Trump's snapback, 91 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 3: again allowing international sanctions to expire for the next four years. 92 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 3: The administration continually dismantled pressure on the regime and refused 93 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 3: to impose sanctions. We know the result today, the Ayatola 94 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 3: has achieved a nuclear breakout time of zero. We now 95 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 3: face the very real possibility of an Iranian nuclear arsenal. 96 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 3: I do not believe that this is a threat the 97 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 3: US can tolerate, and I am confident that both the 98 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: President and Secretary of State Rubio agree. I ask Secretary 99 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 3: of State Rubio whether he intends to go to the 100 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: United Nations, and again trigger the snapback mechanism. As a 101 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 3: part of his written testimony to this committee. Here was 102 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: Secretary of Rubio's response, quote, I believe it is in 103 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 3: our national security interest for the UN Security Council to 104 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 3: snap back the sanctions that were suspended under the JCPOA. 105 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: I will execute the President's guidance and work with our 106 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 3: allies to ensure that snapback takes place. First, do you 107 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 3: agree with Secretary of Rubio's assessment that it is in 108 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: the national security interests of the United States to snap 109 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 3: back those sanctions? Yes, talk about how you would execute 110 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 3: a strategy to do so, either unilaterally or working with allies. 111 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 5: That will be a strategy that I developed with the 112 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 5: National Security Council, in tandem with Secretary of Rubio and 113 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 5: President Trump, to work with our allies within the United Nations, 114 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 5: within the Security Council. And there are allies that are 115 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 5: already considering this and looking at it, and that has 116 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 5: been publicly reported. But obviously, pushing back on Iran is 117 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 5: a top priority. It was a success during President Trump's 118 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,239 Speaker 5: first term, and we've seen the catastrophic results in loss 119 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 5: of life during the previous four years. When you have 120 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 5: had an embolded Iran that has led to directly the 121 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 5: October seventh terrorist attack against Israel and his Belah firing 122 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 5: tens of thousands of rockets against Israeli civilians. 123 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 3: Let's move to another topic. You and I talked about 124 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 3: the deep rot in the United Nations when it comes 125 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 3: to supporting terrorism against America and our allies, especially Israel. 126 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 3: As you discussed with Senator McCormick, UNRA has for decades 127 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 3: provided material support for Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza. 128 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 3: World Health Organization has also been deeply complicit in the 129 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 3: use of hospitals by Hamas for terrorist activities, including for 130 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 3: the holding of hostages. The complicity of these organizations deepened 131 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 3: after October seventh, the Biden administration embraced UNRA, and the 132 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: World Health Organization. Congress prohibited the Biden administration from funding UNRA, 133 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 3: but the administration officials circumvented that prohibition by using UNRA infrastructure. Yesterday, 134 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: the President rightly and immediately withdrew our participation from them. 135 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 3: I think that was a critical first step. But the 136 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 3: next step is to enable American citizens to hold these 137 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 3: organizations accountable. 138 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 4: We currently have a very odd. 139 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 3: Legal environment where these organizations enjoy more sovereign immunity than 140 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 3: states and thus are shielded from accountability. Last Congress, I 141 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 3: introduced the Liable Act and was joined by four current 142 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 3: members of this Committee, including as well as Secretary of 143 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 3: State Rubio. The bill will allow American victims of terrorism 144 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 3: and their family to sue international organizations that support terrorism 145 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 3: against this I will soon reintroduce it in this Congress. 146 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 3: What is your understanding of the role these organizations have 147 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 3: played in facilitating terrorism against Americans, Israelis and our allies. 148 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 5: Well, UNRA, there were individuals in UNRA who participated, who 149 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 5: executed and committed terrorist acts against Israel. On October seventh, Sinwar, 150 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 5: the leader of HAMAS carried an UNRA passport. You had 151 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 5: a HAMAS data center under UNRA headquarters. So the rot 152 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 5: is deep. Congress made the right decision. I was proud 153 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 5: to be one of the leaders when it came to 154 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 5: defunding UNRA, and I am committed to holding them accountable 155 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 5: and working with the US Senate and the US House 156 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 5: and the President if that legislation passes. 157 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 3: Pterfect, thank you. 158 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: Now. 159 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: There's also other big news that we want to talk about, 160 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: and that deals with the Secretary of State. The Secretary 161 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: of State now has an even bigger job than any 162 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: Secretary of State had during the time of Joe Biden 163 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris being in office. And what's really cool about 164 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: what's happening now is Donald Trump is empowering leaders to 165 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: do their job. 166 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 2: Well. 167 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: Now, there was some big breaking news, and that is 168 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: that President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all 169 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: US foreign assistance programs for ninety days, pending a comprehensive 170 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: review to ensure their alignment with his administration's policy objectives. Now, 171 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: this suspension affects a wide range of global initiatives, including 172 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: humanitarian aid, economic development, and health programs. Notably, the US 173 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: contributes approximately seventy point three billion annually in foreign aid, 174 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: supporting various international efforts. So what did the President do. 175 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: He said it's time for all of this to go 176 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: back under a review and is calling out other countries 177 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: for what he described was not paying their fair share. 178 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: Who's going to be looking over this, well, that would 179 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: be Marco Rubio. He will do a deep dive into 180 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: where your tax tours are going and then come back 181 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: with recommendations. What's also interesting is how this relates back 182 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: to Marco Rubio and his conversation with Senator Cruz on 183 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: January seventeenth. Take a listen to what he had to say. 184 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 3: Then, thank you, mister chairman. And I got to say, boy, 185 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 3: that sounds good. 186 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: Mister chairman, that is as good as it sounds to me. 187 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: Thank you well, congratulations and I'm looking forward to the 188 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 3: next two years working together. Thank you and the Sener Rubio, 189 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 3: let me say congratulations to you as well. We're going 190 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 3: to miss you on this committee. We're going to miss 191 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 3: you in the Senate, but you're going to do an 192 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 3: extraordinary job at Foggy Bottom. And I will say, if 193 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 3: they capture you and tie you up in the basement, 194 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: we will send a team to pull you out. You know, 195 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 3: as I look back over the last four years of 196 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 3: the Biden Harris administration, there are a lot of policies 197 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 3: that have done a lot of damage domestic policies, economic policies, 198 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 3: but I think all of the those pale compared to 199 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 3: the damage that has been done to national security and 200 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 3: foreign policy over the last four years. Over the last 201 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 3: four years, this administration is systematically undermined and abandoned our allies, 202 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 3: and it has systematically shown weakness and appeasement to our enemies, 203 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 3: and the consequence has been disastrous. We've gone from four 204 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 3: years ago peace and prosperity to today a situation with 205 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: wars across the globe and every enemy of America stronger 206 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 3: than they were when this administration came into office. I 207 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 3: am confident the incoming administration is going to change that direction. 208 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 3: I am confident that President Trump and the White House, 209 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 3: and you as Secretary of State, are going to shift 210 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 3: us back to where we should be, which is standing 211 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 3: by our friends and allies and standing up to our enemies. 212 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: Do you agree with that assessment? Is that what you 213 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 3: intend to do a Secretary of State? 214 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 6: Well, let me say first to foreign plse the United 215 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 6: States will be set by the President, and my job 216 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 6: is to advise on it and ultimately to execute. I 217 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 6: think the President has been abundantly clear, and that is 218 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 6: his policy is going to be driven about making America safer, stronger, 219 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 6: and more prosperous. As I said in my opening statement, 220 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 6: everything the State Department does, every policy, every program, every 221 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 6: dollar it spends, every initiative it takes has to answer 222 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 6: three questions. Does it make us safer? Does it make 223 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 6: us stronger or does it make us more prosperous? And 224 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 6: if it doesn't, if the answer is not yes to 225 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 6: one of those three, you're going to have a hard 226 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 6: time moving that forward because that's the priority to the president, 227 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 6: and that's the priority that, by the way, voters gave 228 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 6: this president when they elected him. You point to a 229 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 6: number of things that I think are critically important that 230 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 6: and let me I'll phrase it a different way, but 231 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 6: I think we're saying the same thing. We have lost 232 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 6: to terrence and multiple theaters around the world. So as 233 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 6: an example, and I use this as a small scale example, 234 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 6: but it's really important. One I think of the year 235 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 6: was twenty twenty, twenty nineteen. The Wagner group tried to 236 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 6: get cute and came after some of Americans, Americans operating 237 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 6: in series and fire from the sky rained down on them, 238 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 6: and that group was pushed back pretty hard. That's deterrence. 239 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 6: They threatened us, and they knew what the response would be. 240 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 6: I recall the consternation here and in other places when 241 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 6: Solomoni met his demise, but I can tell you it 242 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 6: impacted Ranian behavior for a substantial period of time. No 243 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 6: matter how tough they talked it impacted their behavior. I 244 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 6: think it's important to re establish de terrence and to 245 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 6: the extent that that's been lost for a variety of reasons. 246 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 6: The lack of deterrence is an invitation to war. The 247 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 6: lack of deterrence is an invitation to hostility. It prevents 248 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 6: the very thing that we hope to achieve, which is 249 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 6: peace and stability in the world. And I do think 250 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 6: we've lost the terrence, and I think in some ways 251 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 6: it contributed to what happened in Ukraine. An item I 252 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 6: know is very close to you and you've worked very on, 253 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 6: and we talked earlier today about is energy dependence. I 254 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 6: recall President Trump at both a NATO summit and at 255 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 6: the United Nations, and I called the United Nations one 256 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 6: in particular. President Trump said Germany is dependent, entirely going 257 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 6: to be left dependent on China, on Russia for its energy, 258 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 6: and they laughed at him. There were diplomats in the 259 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 6: hall that was snickering. That's exactly what happened. It is 260 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 6: one of the reasons why Putin believed he could invade 261 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 6: Europe is because Europe would not push back because they 262 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 6: depended on him so much for energy. Now Europe is 263 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 6: to be congratulated. They have moved very swiftly, particularly the Germans, 264 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 6: to diversify their energy resources. But one could argue that 265 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 6: we may never have had that invasion had that dependent 266 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 6: not existed, because maybe who would have thought the European 267 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 6: response would have been more forceful than he anticipated. So 268 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 6: I do think re establishing deterrence and strength is important 269 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 6: because it prevents war and it gives us leverage and diplomacy, 270 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 6: which where we hope to solve ninety nine point nine 271 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 6: percent of the global disagreements we hope to solve through diplomacy, 272 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 6: not through armed conflict. 273 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 3: I think that's very well said. 274 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: Now, as I mentioned earlier, Senator Cruz lost his voice. 275 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: We expect him hopefully to be back with us on 276 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: Friday after getting some rest. But let me put something 277 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: else on your radar screen real quick. Many of you 278 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: that voted for Donald Trump and support the MAGA agenda 279 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: have said for a long time that you would love 280 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: to have something each and every day that gives you 281 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: kind of a blueprint of what the administration is actually 282 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: working on. Well, I am hosting a new podcast called 283 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: The forty seven Morning Update. You can grab it wherever 284 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts, and I'm gonna let you hear 285 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,239 Speaker 1: exactly what that podcast sounds like. It is a short podcast, 286 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: ten to twelve minutes to start your day. Take a listen. 287 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 7: Five hundred billion dollars in AI infrastructure. 288 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 8: Start team there as of today. 289 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 2: You're fired. Get out of here. You're fired, Get out, 290 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 2: Get the. 291 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 9: Hell out of here. You're listening to the forty seven 292 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 9: Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 293 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: Good morning, It's Ben Ferguson. It's nice to have you 294 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: with us. 295 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: Here are the big stories that we're covering today on 296 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: the forty seven Morning up Date. 297 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 2: First up, it's black Tuesday. 298 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 1: When it comes to federal workers, they're getting pink slips 299 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: from Donald Trump saying you're fired. So who all lost 300 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: their jobs? And why I'll have that for you in 301 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: a moment. Also, Donald Trump moved America forward with a 302 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: five hundred billion dollar AI investment from the private sector. 303 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 2: That's happening right here in the US of A. 304 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 1: Finally, promise is made and promises kept on border security, 305 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: major moves by President Trump to make sure that we 306 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: have a secure southern border. It's the forty seven Morning 307 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: Update and it starts right now. 308 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 4: Story number one. 309 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: It was black Tuesday for many in the federal government, 310 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: as the head of the TSA and the Coast Guard 311 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 1: were fired on Trump's first full day in office. President 312 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security, 313 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and the 314 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: Coast Guard before their terms were even up, and eliminated 315 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: all all members of a key aviation security advisory group 316 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: as well. Now, Trump's immigration policy changes through the most 317 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: attention at Homeland Security, but he's also making changes at 318 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: the rest of the massive agency. Members of the Aviation 319 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: Security Advisory Committee received a memo Tuesday morning saying that 320 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: the Department is eliminating the membership of all advisory committees 321 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: as part of a commitment to eliminating the misuse of 322 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: resources and ensuring that the Department of homelanded security activities 323 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: prioritize specifically our national security. The Aviation Security Committee, which 324 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: was mandated by Congress after the nineteen eighty eight PM 325 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: one oh three bombing over Lockinbee, Scotland, will technically continue 326 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: to exist, but it won't have any members to carry 327 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and 328 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: airports liberals are claiming at this hour, but the reality 329 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: is there are plenty of people that are doing that 330 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: right now. Who's angry about it? Well, major unions, that's right, 331 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: because the airlines and majored unions were a member of 332 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: the group associated with all of this government bureaucracy. This 333 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: is another example of Donald Trump saying I'm coming in 334 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: and I'm cleaning house. 335 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 2: Now. 336 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: That isn't all who lost their jobs in our bloated government. 337 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: You know, Donald Trump became very famous for being the 338 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: guy that says you're fired. Well, Donald Trump is telling 339 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: many Biden appointees you're out of a job, and now 340 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: it's a he said. She said, no, no, no, you 341 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: didn't fire me. I already quit. I wish I was joking, 342 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: but I'm not. Donald Trump says he plans to remove 343 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: over one thousand Biden appointees, and there are many that 344 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: are very angry about President Donald Trump on Tuesday saying 345 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: I have these plans because I'm not keeping any of 346 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: them Joe Biden's appointees from their government positions. He said, yeah, 347 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: you're gone, and he had already fired four individuals immediately, 348 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: including a celebrity shift, Jose Andreas and a former top general, 349 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: Mark Milly. You're fired, is what Trump wrote in an 350 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: early morning post on his True social platform that named 351 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 1: Milly and Andreas, as well as his former Iran envoy 352 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: Brian Hook and the former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 353 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: who Biden appointed to an export council. Andreas and Bottom 354 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: said they quote unquote had already quit their posts before 355 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: Trump's inauguration. Trump's post said his personal office is quote 356 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: actively in the process of identifying and removing over one 357 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: thousand presidential appointees from the Biden administration who are quote 358 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: not aligned with our vision to make America great again. 359 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 2: Donald Trump wasn't done there. 360 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: When it came to changing things very quickly, he also 361 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: decided to move to another issue. Trump ordered all federal diversity, 362 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: equity and Inclusion employees based on paid leave starting on Wednesday. 363 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: Yes NBC News reporting that the Trump administration also directed 364 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: government agencies to draw plans for firing workers in DEI roles. 365 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees the White 366 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: House announced in these roles on paid lead by Wednesday 367 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: evening at five o'clock that according to a new memo 368 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: from the Office of Personnel Management. The memo, issued Tuesday 369 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: to heads of departments and government agencies set that deadline 370 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: of no later than five pm Eastern Time Wednesday to 371 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: inform the employees that they will be put on paid 372 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 1: administrative leave as the agencies prepare to close all diversity, 373 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: equity and inclusion related offices and programs and to also 374 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: remove all websites and social media accounts for such offices immediately. 375 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 1: This is another promise Donald Trump made to the American people, 376 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: and he's seeing it through clearly, starting in his very 377 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: first week in office. 378 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 4: Now story number two in major. 379 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: Breaking news coming from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump 380 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: on Tuesday announced Stargate Project. 381 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 2: Now, what is that. 382 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: It is a new American company which will invest five 383 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: hundred billion dollars over the next four years building a 384 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: new AI infrastructure, specifically in the United States of America. 385 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: The President also asked Oracles Larry Ellison, Soft Bank CEO, 386 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 1: and Open AI Sam Altman to the White House for 387 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: this major announcement, where President Trump explained it this. 388 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 7: Way to my honor to welcome three of the world's 389 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 7: leading technology CEOs and in the case of Larry, Larry Ellison, 390 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 7: it's well beyond technology is sort of CEO of everything. 391 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 7: He's an amazing man, an amazing business person. But to 392 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 7: announce the largest AI infrastructure project by farign history, and 393 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 7: it's all taking place right here in America. As you know, 394 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 7: there's great competition for AI and other things, and they're 395 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 7: coming in at the highest level. We're joined by Oracle 396 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 7: executive chairman Larry Ellison, Soft Bank CEO, my friend Masa 397 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 7: Masa Yoshi's son and CEO of Open AI, and I 398 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 7: would say, by far the leading expert based on everything 399 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 7: I read, Sam Altman. So that's great that you're coming 400 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 7: in together. That's a massive group of talent and money. Together, 401 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 7: these world leading technology giants are announcing the formation of Stargate. 402 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 7: So put that name down in your books, because I 403 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 7: think you're going to hear a lot about it in 404 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 7: the future. A new American company that will invest five 405 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 7: hundred billion dollars at least in AI infrastructure in the 406 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 7: United States and very very quickly, moving very rapidly, creating 407 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 7: over one hundred thousand American jobs almost immediately. 408 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: This massive project is going to create, as you heard 409 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: the President just say, there over one hundred thousand high 410 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: quality jobs, and it will catapult America in front of 411 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: China in the AI race. Not only will this create 412 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: more than one hundred thousand American jobs and significantly advance 413 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: AI applications, particularly and this is the part that many 414 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: Americans should be the most excited about in healthcare, such 415 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: as early disease detection and personalized treatments, key figures from 416 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: the private sector. Putting this all together, joining President Trump 417 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: with this announcement at the White House is proof yet again, 418 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: as Donald Trump has put it, that if we want 419 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: to fix the biggest problems in the world, we should 420 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: be looking to the private sector and not the US 421 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: government to do it. 422 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 4: And lastly, story number three. 423 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: Promise is made, promise is kept. When it comes to 424 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: national security and the Southern Border, the man who's in 425 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: charge of securing the Southern Border, Tom Homan, said today 426 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,959 Speaker 1: that ice deportation operations have already begun. 427 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 8: Teams are all there as of today. We gave them 428 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 8: the in direction to prioritize public safety threats that we're 429 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 8: looking for, so we've been working on the target list. 430 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 8: There was some discussion about with Chicago because a Pacific 431 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 8: operational plan was released so we had to look at 432 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 8: and reevaluate does this raise after safety concerns? And it does, 433 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 8: but we address that and teams are all the effective today. 434 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: Teams are out there today. So what exactly has happened 435 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: since Donald Trump was sworn in? I have the list 436 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: for you now. It is a list that the media 437 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: is not wanting to talk about because it's actually a 438 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: very extensive list of promises made and promises kept. So 439 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: let's go through it so you know exactly where we 440 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 1: are in the process of securing the border. On January 441 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 1: twenty first, Donald Trump signed several executive orders aimed at 442 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: strengthening border security. Number one, a National Emergency Declaration declaring 443 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: a national emergency at the US Mexico border, enabling the 444 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: deployment of federal troops to assist in border enforcement. There 445 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: was another promise that was made, and that deal with 446 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: the remain in Mexico policy. Well, Donald Trump paid off 447 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: on that promise, reinstating the policy requiring asylum seekers to 448 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: wait in Mexico during US immigration proceedings, which will have 449 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: a massive impact on stopping the flow of illegal immigrants 450 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: across the border. One of the other major issues Donald 451 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: Trump talked about back in the campaign in twenty sixteen 452 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: for president was building a border wall, while Donald Trump 453 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: is ordered the resumption and now the completion of the 454 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: border wall along the southern border as fast as humanly 455 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: pos Also, in another major move, and the media lost 456 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: their minds over this, Donald Trump decided to terminate birthright citizenship, 457 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: signing an order to end automatic US citizenship for a 458 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: child born in the US to an undocumented immigrant. This 459 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: move is likely going to face major legal challenges due 460 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: to the fourteenth Amendment. That doesn't mean that Donald Trump 461 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: isn't willing to have that conversation now. Donald Trump also 462 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: took a major action which shocked the world, especially those 463 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: that advocate for illegal immigrants. He decided to suspend the 464 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: CBP one app. Now Disabling this app, which allows migrants 465 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: to schedule legal entry appointments, resulted in cancelations for thousands 466 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: and thousands of applicants, sending a very clear message that 467 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 1: you can't just come across a wide open southern border 468 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: and think we are going to let you stay here. 469 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: The app right now does not. And also, in what 470 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: is being described as the biggest and boldest move of 471 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: all of these actions, is the present's decision to designate 472 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: cartels as terrorists organizations. Classifying certain drug cartels and gangs 473 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: such as MS thirteen as foreign terrorist organizations, would allow 474 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: for aggressive actions to be taken against them, including using 475 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: the US military. You combine all of this together, and 476 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: this marks a significant shift in US immigration policy, reflecting 477 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: every turn to an expansion of measures from President Donald 478 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: Trump's first term. In translation, Donald Trump made a lot 479 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: of promises and he is keeping them, especially when it 480 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: comes to securing the southern border. 481 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 9: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 482 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 9: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 483 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 9: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 484 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 9: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 485 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 9: and we will see you back here tomorrow. 486 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: Thanks as always for listening. 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