1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: to the heart of the issue as that matter to you. 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: While we've been covering the events unfolding in Iran, it 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: was not too long ago in Mexico where the country 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: erupted in chaos after Mexican forces took out cartel boss 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: Elemento and the retaliation was swift, and we remember a roadblock, 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: shootings and chaos south of the border. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: So we're going to revisit that and where. 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: Mexico is now in all of this, what that means 10 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: for drugs coming into the United States. And we're going 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: to talk to Sarah Carter, you know who are from 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: Fox News, which was recently confirmed as the new United 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: States Drugs are and director of the Office of National 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: Drug Control Policy. 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 2: We're diving straight in. 16 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: You know, how does this cartelpower directly impact her job 17 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: with what's going on in Mexico and. 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 2: Around the world. 19 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: And you know, also with Joe Biden having open borders 20 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: for four years and just allowing millions, millions of legal 21 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: aliens into the United States, how does that complicate her 22 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: job in trying to cut down the influx of drugs 23 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: in the United States And trying to save American lives 24 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: from overdoses as well. What kind of drugs are coming 25 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: into the country, where are they coming from, and what 26 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: is the Trump administration doing to stop it? 27 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: All that and more with my friend Sarah Carter. 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: Well, Sarah Carter, I miss you so much at Fox. 29 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: But I'm so proud of you. Just finally got confirmed 30 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: and you're doing big things. So it's great to catch 31 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: up on here. But I miss seeing you and giving 32 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: you a hug around Fox. 33 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: But congratulates. I miss you you, I know I miss you. 34 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: But congratulations on the confirmation. Yeah, thank you. Yeah. 35 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 3: Guy got confirmed on January sixth, interesting date, and then 36 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 3: I was I was already in DC for about eight 37 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: months working as a special advisor to President Trump, the 38 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 3: greatest president in modern political history. We've just in the 39 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 3: last few months since being confirmed, I've just hit the 40 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 3: ground running. 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: We were working intensely. 42 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 3: I have a great team here at the Office of 43 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 3: National Drug Control Policy, an amazing team that has been 44 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: hyper focused on fulfilling all of our obligations to the 45 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 3: American people and saving lives, which is central to our mission. 46 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: Ensuring that we're saving lives and giving people the resources 47 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: and the tools that they need to fight against the 48 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 3: scourge of drugs, illicit drugs on our streets that are 49 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 3: killing our citizens. And so we're doing that both on 50 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 3: an international level. We're doing that on a national level 51 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 3: and across the board, whether that's on the supply side, 52 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 3: hammering the supply that's coming into our country or on 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 3: the demand side, because we have and as you know, Lisa, 54 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: my heart goes out to families that are suffering from addiction, 55 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 3: from substance use disorder, and we want to make sure 56 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: that we're working as a whole of government to be 57 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 3: able to bring effective treatment to the people that need 58 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 3: it and to save our children that they never have 59 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 3: to face that kind of pain in their lives. 60 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: Before we dig into that, what was the confirmation process like. 61 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: Grueling? You don't wish that. 62 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: I mean, it's an incredible process. So it's part of 63 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:22,119 Speaker 3: the American political system, but nothing like experiencing it firsthand. 64 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: You know, background checks, question after question after question, investigating 65 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 3: everybody and anyone around you. You know, it doesn't matter 66 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 3: if like you have people walking through your neighborhood, you know, 67 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: FBI asking people questions about you, people that don't even 68 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 3: know you talking to your neighbors. And also it's the 69 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 3: whole process of like going back, Like they were like, 70 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: We're going to take you all the way back to 71 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 3: when you were eighteen years old, and I was kind 72 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 3: of like, wow, you know, I'm I'm I want to 73 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 3: say my age, but you know, as a woman, I 74 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: keep that. 75 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: No, I'm in my fifties now. So going back to 76 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: like eighteen was like, I don't remember what happened a 77 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: million Yeah, it's. 78 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: Like, yeah, you want to take me back to eight 79 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 3: And I'm like, oh, geez, please don't let me forget anything. 80 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 3: I'm like, am I in a PAULI right now? 81 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: Are they going to appalling me on this? I mean, 82 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 2: I don't remember? And so it was. It was an 83 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 2: incredible process. 84 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 3: It's a grueling process, but it's one that's necessary. You know, 85 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 3: we're here to serve the American people. I'm here because 86 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 3: I love my country. My husband served his country and 87 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 3: our country in a very different capacity, you know, in 88 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 3: the military as a special operator. 89 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 2: And I believe yeah, yeah, he was wounded in the 90 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: line of duty. 91 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 3: He lost you know, his eyesight in Afghanistan, almost lost 92 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 3: his life. We are constantly working to ensure that we 93 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 3: are serving our nation. And so it's important that when 94 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: we do this process, so that when the government puts 95 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 3: us through this process and then the Senate finally confirms 96 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 3: us that we're ready and we're able to take charge 97 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 3: charge and then lead our teams, so that so that 98 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 3: the president has the best people in place to serve 99 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 3: him and to serve. 100 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 2: The American people who voted for him. 101 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 3: And so I just feel blessed and humbled to be 102 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 3: able to do that. 103 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: You were in Mexico. 104 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: Around the time of the killing of Notoria's cartel leader, Elmento, 105 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: which then set off sort of like mass chaos in Mexico. 106 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: Talk about that the importance of his killing and then 107 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: what does that mean for your capacity and your job 108 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: as drugs. 109 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 2: Are Look, it's huge. 110 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,679 Speaker 3: It sent a message across Mexico and across the globe 111 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 3: actually that if we can get Elemento, which means the ghost, 112 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 3: because he was very elusive. It was very difficult even 113 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 3: for our intelligence agencies and other intelligence agencies to track 114 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: this cartel boss down, this foreign terrorist organization leadership down 115 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: to the point where we had actionable intelligence to target 116 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: him and his and his I would say major lieutenants 117 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: to track them down and to remove him. Now the 118 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: operation changes everything, and the question that you say is 119 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 3: right on target, because it sends a message across the 120 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 3: globe that if we can get Elmento, we can get anybody, right, 121 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 3: and I made sure that when I was in Mexico 122 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 3: that that was the message that I delivered to the 123 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 3: Mexican people, like, look, this is about targeting one of 124 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 3: the most notorious cartel leaders on the planet, and for me, 125 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,119 Speaker 3: it was important to be there. So we arrived about 126 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 3: a day and a half is what I'm guesstimating right 127 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 3: after Elmancho operation had begun. The Mexican troops who led 128 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: the operation were led by General Trivia. He is the 129 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: Defense Minister, so he led the operation to target Delmento 130 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,799 Speaker 3: with the assistance of the United States, so we worked 131 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: together on this operation. But the boots on the ground 132 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: were the Mexican officials, and believe me, they had suffered 133 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 3: extraordinary losses. So when they went into Halisco to target Omencho, 134 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 3: they had lost three special operators right off the bat 135 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 3: during that operation. And then there were thirty three National 136 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 3: Guard they called kawadd Anacional in Mexico, so their national guard. 137 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 3: They had lost thirty three and then it went up. 138 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: The numbers kept climbing and the intensity of that operation 139 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: was unlike any we had seen in the past. Really, 140 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 3: they had attempted to try to capture Elmentho at first, 141 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: but obviously there was and I'll tell you something interesting, 142 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 3: there was an altercation. 143 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: So they had been following Elmnho's girlfriend. 144 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: And this information is out there not telling anybody anything 145 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 3: that it not classified. 146 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 2: So they were tracking the girlfriend. 147 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: He couldn't stay away from his women, so that that 148 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 3: did him in. So they they ended up finding his location. 149 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 3: When the operation began. According to the folks that I 150 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 3: spoke with, you know, el Mencho. 151 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: Was was obviously on the run. 152 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 3: His men were firing weapons at you know, these special 153 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 3: operators that were on the ground that were targeting them. 154 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 3: There was weapon fire being back and forth. Almncho was 155 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 3: obviously struck. Some people I talked to said he didn't 156 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 3: have enough cardio, so he didn't make it. Always bring 157 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 3: cardio to a gunfight. He couldn't outrun and shoot. At 158 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 3: the same time, they tried to get him back out 159 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 3: of the area. 160 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 2: To a medical facility. 161 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 3: He died on the way out of Jalisco, So it 162 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 3: was a very intense battle. These guys out resource many 163 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 3: of our law enforcement officials and organizations. These organizations, these cartels, 164 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: these ftos have amassed hundreds of billions of dollars, Lisa, 165 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 3: hundreds of billions of dollars, especially if you look at 166 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 3: the border being wide open under Biden, how much money 167 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 3: they amassed under there in human trafficking and drug trafficking. 168 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 3: They are They have communications systems and technologies that sometimes 169 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 3: outpace our own, especially on local and state level law 170 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 3: enforcement in Mexico. It's the same issue. They have weapons, 171 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 3: they've amassed weapons, armored vehicles, military vehicles, uniforms, so many 172 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 3: of them operate like shadow governments in a way. You 173 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: get into these mountainous regions, whether it's seen a lower 174 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 3: or up in Halisco or other areas of Mexico, where 175 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: these guys are walking around, and if you didn't know 176 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: any wiser, you would think, oh, this is a this 177 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 3: is a Mexican military, This might be federalists. 178 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 2: No it's not. It's a CJNG. You know, it's hilschool 179 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:58,839 Speaker 2: and nooivo hended on. 180 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 3: You're dealing with the most dangerous and deadly cartels on 181 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 3: the planet, and now they have the equipment and the 182 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 3: skills and the training and the communications that many of 183 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 3: our law enforcement officials would envy. 184 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 2: Right. 185 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 3: So this battle, this fight between Mexican Mexican Defense and 186 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 3: the Ministry of Defense and working together with the United 187 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: States to get actionable intelligence to target this player, was 188 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 3: absolutely incredible. 189 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: It went beyond anything we've ever seen before. And I'm 190 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 2: going to tell you why. 191 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: Because we have President Trump in office and he has 192 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 3: been on the phone with President Shinbaum, back and forth, 193 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 3: back and forth, back and forth, and kind of laying 194 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 3: the groundwork for this to happen. And because of that, 195 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 3: our relationship with Mexico, although many times strained and we 196 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 3: don't agree politically on a lot of paths forward, but 197 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 3: when it comes to narcotics and when it comes to 198 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 3: protecting the American people and our children, that is number one. 199 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 3: That will always be number one. But we want to 200 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 3: work together because why we want our neighbors to be 201 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 3: as safe as us, because that puts America first. So 202 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 3: if we continue down this path, and that's why I 203 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: was in Mexico working closely with the security cabinet. I 204 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: had bilateral meetings with the Mexican security cabinet. I met 205 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 3: with their Foreign Minister de la Fuentes, and I continue 206 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 3: those talks with the ambassador here, Maktezuma here in the 207 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 3: United States, continuing to work together for. 208 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: A common goal. 209 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 3: It not only, you know, protects the American people, which 210 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 3: is primary and first and foremost, but it protects the 211 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 3: entire hemisphere and gets us right back to where President 212 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 3: Trump wants us to be, which is protecting the Western 213 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 3: hemisphere so we can put the American people first. 214 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: Got to take a quick commercial break more with Director Carter. 215 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: On the other side, where are most of the drugs 216 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: coming into the country from. 217 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 2: We've got them coming in. 218 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: Most of them we're coming in through the border. Now 219 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 3: we're seeing a lot of the air cargo mail. We're 220 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 3: still seeing drugs coming in through the border. We're still 221 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 3: stopping it, thank god. We've got an incredible border patrol 222 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 3: and incredible you employees with our DHS working with us. 223 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 2: But we're also getting them by sea. 224 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 3: We've seen you know, President Trump and the operations out 225 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 3: in the Caribbean striking the boats out at sea. We've 226 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 3: seen in Colombia an incredible growth sadly of coca and 227 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 3: we're seeing cocaine on the rise. We also see methamphetamine 228 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 3: and the purity of methamp fetamine on the rise. So 229 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 3: the cartels are always going to try to find new 230 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 3: choke points, right, That's what we're looking for, is where 231 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 3: are those choke points so we can stop them to 232 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 3: try to get their narcotics into the country. 233 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 2: But we have seen a decrease. 234 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 3: Right now, the flow of fentanyl into the United States 235 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 3: is down fifty six percent, which is huge that there 236 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 3: is been. 237 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a huge You know. 238 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 3: Drug traffickers, they're persistent and they'll they'll use any other 239 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 3: method possible to try to get the narcotics. 240 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: In one of my first. 241 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 3: Trips Lisa was actually to Alaska, believe it or not, 242 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 3: because I was so concerned, how is it that the 243 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 3: drug traffickers, how is it that Sinaloa cartel is getting 244 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: fentanyl into Alaska enough so enough so that it became 245 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: the number one killer of people between the ages of 246 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 3: eighteen and forty five in the state of Alaska, in 247 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 3: a state where the population is like seven hundred and 248 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 3: fifty thousand, Right, So how is this happening? Well, it's 249 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 3: happening because they're getting it through the ports, through the mail, 250 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 3: through the airport. So it's not just seaports, it's airports, 251 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 3: it's mail. So we want to cut off those choke points. 252 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 3: And we're seeing it work. We're working together. I'm telling you, 253 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 3: I've never seen anything like this, especially as a whole 254 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 3: of government, and you know, being an investigative journalist in 255 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 3: the past and watching what's happened in other administrations, and 256 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: you know, seeing those failures in this administration. I can 257 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: tell you this. I can pick up the phone and 258 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 3: if I need to, I can reach out to Pam 259 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: Bondy and have her on the other line right away. 260 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 3: If if if the FBI Director needs to reach out 261 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 3: to me for anything, he can call me right away. 262 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 3: If I need to talk to Rodney Scott over at CBP, 263 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 3: he can reach me right away. I can reach him 264 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 3: right away, Tom Holman, the same thing. We all know 265 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: each other and we all work together. And that's what's 266 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 3: driving these cartels out of their minds. They cannot and 267 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: they will not be able to out smart us in 268 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 3: this administration because we have We're working as a un 269 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: knighted front to protect the American people. On this, and 270 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 3: that's why we've seen a decrease in depths just since 271 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 3: President Trump took office of nearly twenty percent. 272 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 2: So that for us is huge. It should be even less. 273 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: So we don't want to see eighty thousand deaths or 274 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 3: nearly eighty thousand deaths. We want it to be zero deaths. 275 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 3: But we are going to work towards that, and we 276 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 3: are going to work towards saving our children from these 277 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 3: cartels that are poisoning them and killing them. 278 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: And it's also China with the pre courage, so you know, 279 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: walk us through sort of what's being done to sort 280 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: of mitigate just the origination of fentanyl. 281 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 2: So one of the biggest things for. 282 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: Me here at own DCP, the Office of National Drug 283 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 3: Control Strategy is our National Drug Control Strategy, which we 284 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 3: will be releasing, I. 285 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 2: Believe in May. 286 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 3: And so we're already in the process of finishing touches 287 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 3: on this. This is the President's strategy for the United 288 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 3: States doing it. 289 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 2: It's already enacted. We're just enhancing that. 290 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 3: And part of that is our supply chain, ensuring that 291 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: the supply chain is cleaned from origination to its destination 292 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 3: and whether or that and that could be anything that 293 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 3: could be products coming from China and making sure that 294 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 3: the cargo is not that there's not fentanyl precursors on 295 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: that cargo heading to Mexico or heading to any place 296 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 3: else in the Western Hemisphere. And so I've been working 297 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 3: very closely with my Chinese counterparts. In fact, I have 298 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 3: some meetings coming up soon here in Washington, DC with 299 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 3: our Chinese counterparts. 300 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 2: And I was very direct. 301 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 3: I went to the UN and I was at the 302 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs. 303 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 2: I spoke there. I led the delegation for. 304 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 3: The United States in Vienna, Austria, and I gave the 305 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 3: speech for the United States and I called out China. 306 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 3: I called out China for their continuing failure to ensure 307 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: that clean supply chain. And we as a whole government, 308 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 3: and President Trump has made this very clear, are going 309 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 3: to hold them accountable for that. 310 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: So we expect the supply. 311 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 3: Chain to be clean, and that means that China has 312 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: to do their part to ensure that manufacturers in China 313 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: and those that are processing these precursor chemicals and creating 314 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 3: these vary analogs are not getting that into our supply 315 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 3: chain and We've given them a number of opportunities. BI 316 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 3: Director Cash Betel's met with his counterparts on this. I'm 317 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 3: meeting with my counterparts on this. And we're just going 318 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 3: to keep being a hammer, and we are going to 319 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 3: continue to inspect those supply chains. And look, we're going 320 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 3: to put the onus on private industry as well. Look, 321 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 3: if you want to import products into the United States, 322 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 3: then you have to ensure that your supply chain is clean. 323 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 3: And if it's not, we're going to be a hammer. 324 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 3: And if it's clean, guess what, We're going to give 325 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 3: you a carrot. Right, We're going to make it better 326 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 3: for you to bring your products into the US, to 327 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 3: import those products as long as that that chain is clean. 328 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 3: And that's something that is central to our mission and 329 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 3: to our work. So it is, it is, It is 330 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 3: right where we need it to be right now. As 331 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 3: far as our ongoing negotiations, and I can tell you 332 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 3: this China and the United States, we are continuing down 333 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 3: that road and I will continue to be a hammer 334 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 3: on China, and we know where. 335 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 2: It's coming from. 336 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 3: I've always said this, Lisa, and I'm not going to 337 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 3: change anything now that I'm in government. 338 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 2: I've been tough on this in the past. 339 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 3: Our adversaries know that we're going to poison into our country. 340 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: Weakens our nation, it breaks our communities, it breaks the 341 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 3: foundation of our nation. It harms our children, it destroys families, 342 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 3: and our adversaries they're not doing. 343 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 2: This isn't an accident. This is purposeful. 344 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 3: And I've always said that if China doesn't want us 345 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 3: to call them out publicly, then they need to stop it. 346 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 3: Because the CCP President Husing Paying knows full well to 347 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 3: a large extent. 348 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 2: What is exiting his nation and what is coming to 349 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 2: our nation. 350 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,479 Speaker 3: So the most important thing for China to understand, and 351 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 3: I've made this very clear to my Chinese counterparts, is one, 352 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 3: we want to clean supply chain. 353 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: So the onus is on China for this. 354 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 3: They know what's coming out of their country and they 355 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 3: should stop it. And number two, we want deaths reduced 356 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 3: in the United States, and that means a clean supply chain. 357 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 3: It doesn't mean we changed the chemical compound or have 358 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 3: a new analog that the cartels can use to push 359 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 3: more pills onto our streets that are pure poison to 360 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 3: kill a maor people. We've seen the fentanyl of the 361 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 3: reduction in death. We've also seen weaker fentanyl product, right, 362 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: So the fentanyl that's coming that that's being adulterated into 363 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 3: other narcotics is sometimes weaker, but that doesn't mean it's 364 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 3: any less deadly. We're seeing other chemical compounds out there 365 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 3: that are deadly, and that's why we're also looking at 366 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 3: emerging threats. And I want people to understand this. This 367 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 3: is a national security issue. This is not just a 368 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 3: horrible drug crisis, which of course it is, but it 369 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: is a national security issue for our administration, and we 370 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 3: want to ensure that that supply chain never becomes an 371 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 3: even bigger threat than what it already is. So emerging 372 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: threats is top of the line for us as well 373 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 3: in the National Drug Control Strategy. It's my first chapter 374 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 3: and it will it is up to us to do 375 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 3: our job for the American people, to sure that we 376 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 3: see what's coming into our country and that we stay 377 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 3: ten steps ahead of our adversaries so we're not caught 378 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 3: off guard and seeing mass casualty events in the United States. 379 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 2: Got to take a quick break. 380 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: If you like what you're hearing, please share on social 381 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: media or send it to your family and friends. Joe 382 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: Biden let in millions of illegal aliens over a four 383 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: year period of time into this country. How does that 384 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: complicate your job and the job of the president and 385 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: trying to protect people from drugs. 386 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 3: I mean, it's super complicated when you think about it. 387 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 3: I mean, what Joe Biden did to this nation and 388 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 3: his administration during those four years was a crime against 389 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 3: the American people period. It was a crime against America. 390 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 3: Was a purposeful policy, Lisa. It was a policy that 391 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 3: allowed people to just flootter nation with an narcotics, with 392 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 3: human trafficking. It harmed children on both sides of the border. 393 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 3: God knows how many lost their lives, not just from 394 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 3: narcotics and the poisonings, but from the human trafficking element, 395 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 3: which I covered extensively. So it harms us because it 396 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 3: opened the door to terrorist organizations and by the way, 397 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: funded by narcotics. These ftos, these foreign terrorst organizations, whether 398 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 3: it's seen aaloa cartel, you know, CJNG, you can name it, 399 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 3: on and on and on. These people have nexus with 400 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 3: other terrorist organizations in the Middle East, in the Far East, 401 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 3: and those organizations use drug money to finance their terror. 402 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 2: So who's in the United States. 403 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 3: I mean, I think we've heard you know, Director of 404 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 3: d and I, Tulca Gabbard, We've heard Cash Patel, PAMBONDI 405 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 3: me everybody warn about the fact that whoever crossed that 406 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 3: border and was not vetted and had not been vetted, 407 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 3: is a potential threat to our nation is a potential 408 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 3: threat to our nation. And by the way, it also 409 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 3: allowed the cartels to establish more and more distribution networks 410 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 3: in the country, because while they're all terrorists, they could 411 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 3: then move in their supply into our nation, which is 412 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 3: something we are looking at, and set up their own 413 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 3: distribution networks. So, hey, if we shut down the border, 414 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,959 Speaker 3: are they processing drugs here in the US? What do 415 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 3: we need to be looking for? How do we need 416 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 3: to target these cartels? I mean, because while they're operational 417 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 3: on other you know, in foreign nations, whether that be 418 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:00,959 Speaker 3: you know, Mexico, Colombia, you know, uh, Peru, Bolivia, you 419 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 3: name it, whether those guys are operational in other places, 420 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: they're just as operational on our homeland. And they have 421 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 3: developed distribution sites and areas both on the you know, 422 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 3: in the east coast to the west coast, to the midwest, 423 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 3: to the southwest. So our law enforcement agencies both on 424 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 3: the federal, state, and local level. And I feel so 425 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 3: blessed because my office is provides the grants for the 426 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 3: high intensity drug trafficking areas. Those are our Haida teams 427 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 3: and they are working day and night to root out 428 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 3: these bad guys and to get them out of our country. 429 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 3: And that's why this is a whole of government approach, 430 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,959 Speaker 3: because we can't do it without Ice. We can't do 431 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 3: it without you know, working together with DHS, working together 432 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 3: with you know, Rodney Scott over at Border Patrol, working with. 433 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 2: Our you know, our teams, Tom Home. 434 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 3: And everybody else in an effort to get these bad 435 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 3: players out of here. So it's not just about you know, 436 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 3: what were the terrorists that possibly crossed our border and 437 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 3: how could they threaten us? Because that is a top 438 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 3: priority to us on a national security level. 439 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 2: But the national security level. 440 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 3: Is too is how do they crisscross and nexus with 441 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 3: these drug trafficking organizations and who are the people that 442 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 3: are here already that have made it across that border 443 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 3: that we're never properly vetted under Biden, that now pose 444 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 3: a direct threat in our communities and to our children. 445 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 3: And it makes the job tougher, but it's not impossible. 446 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 3: We are getting these guys out, and just like we 447 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 3: got Elemental, Lisa, we are going to get every single 448 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 3: player in the United States out of here. We're going 449 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 3: to get the bad guys in here in charge so 450 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 3: they can't escape out of prison anywhere else. We're going 451 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 3: to hold them the top dogs accountable, and we're going 452 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 3: to break their financing and that's a big part of 453 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 3: the puzzle too. We don't want to just take the 454 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 3: head off the snake. We want to take the head 455 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 3: off the snake and then gut all of their coffers. 456 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 3: We want to take their money away so that they 457 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 3: cannot utilize that against us in the future, and they 458 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 3: cannot utilize it against a foreign government. It's a very 459 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 3: complex process, but it's one that we absolutely can do 460 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 3: and one that we absolutely can win. 461 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: You know in hearing you talk about all this, and 462 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: like President Trump made the road decisions. So she's going 463 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: to get on, Sarah, is there anything you'd like to 464 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: leave us with before we go? 465 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 3: Look, I just want everyone to know and thank you 466 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 3: so much, Lisa for having me on the show. 467 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 2: It means so much to me. 468 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 3: In the end, this is not about the diplomacy or 469 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 3: the politicking or what party we belong to. This is 470 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 3: about all of us as Americans. This is about us 471 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,719 Speaker 3: as people. This is about people. The only reason I 472 00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 3: am here really is because our children need us. Yes, 473 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 3: our community needs us. We need each other. We need 474 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 3: to work together. Whether it's the angel families that have 475 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 3: suffered the greatest loss that I can ever imagine. 476 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 2: I have six children. 477 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 3: I can't even imagine the pain and suffering that these 478 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 3: families feel when they think back on their child and 479 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 3: their child, you know, accidentally ingested ventanyl at the age 480 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 3: of two or three and died, or you know people 481 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 3: like hand Funder who are standing up and fighting for 482 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 3: other families because their fifteen year old child died because. 483 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,239 Speaker 2: They took a pill that was pure poisoned that they 484 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 2: thought was something else. This is about us. 485 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 3: And if I can leave anybody with anything, it's about 486 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 3: why we need to work together. This is a bipartisan issue. 487 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 3: This should not be a partisan issue. We should all 488 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 3: be willing to work together to save our nation and 489 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 3: to save our children. And if you know I have 490 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 3: a deep faith in God, then I pray on that 491 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 3: all the time, and I pray for our country, and 492 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 3: I pray that I make the right decisions and that 493 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 3: I do the right thing. But if I could leave 494 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 3: anybody with anything is just you know, fight for each other. 495 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 3: Realize that unless we're working together, we can't win this. 496 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 3: We all have to be on the same page here. 497 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 3: These people are the evil is the evil is working 498 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 3: against us twenty four to seven. These nefarious organizations. They 499 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 3: don't care about our children, they don't care about our nation, 500 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 3: they don't care about the future. We don't want to 501 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 3: give them an inch. We want to be a force 502 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 3: to be reckoned with. And Mama and Papa bears out there, 503 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 3: you know what you are the force. Stand up for 504 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 3: your kids, fight for them. Don't worry about all of 505 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 3: the politics and everything. Worry about what we can do 506 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 3: as a nation to fight these cartels and to save 507 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 3: our country for the future and for generations to come. 508 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 2: Ay Man. 509 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: Sarah Carter, the United States Drugs are and Director of 510 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: the Office of Now Drug Control Policy. 511 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 2: Love you, my friend. It's great to hear from you. 512 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 2: I'm very proud of you. Thank you, Love you too, Lisa, 513 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 2: Thank you for having me on. That was Sarah Carter. 514 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: Drugs Are and director excuse me, that was Sarah Carter, 515 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: drugs are and director of the Office of National Drug 516 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: Control Policy. Appreciate her for making the time to come 517 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: on this show. Appreciate you guys at home for listening 518 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: every Tuesday and Thursday, but you can listen throughout the week. 519 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: Also want to think John Cassio and my producer for 520 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: putting the show together. 521 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 2: Until next time.