1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: The Save Act fight is heating up in Washington right now, 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,279 Speaker 1: and I want to get you an update on exactly 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: where we are. Democrats right now are feeling the pressure 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: because one thing is very clear, the American people are 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: not divided on this issue the way that the politicians 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: are in Washington, d C. The Save Act is actually 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: something that's really simple. Proof of US citizenship to register 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: to vote that is not controversial based on the poll numbers. 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: Stronger verification systems using federal databases that is also not controversial, 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: and enforcement measures to prevent non citizens illegal immigrants from 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: voting that is also not controversial with the American voter. Now, 12 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: this again has already passed the House, but is stalled 13 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: in the Senate. That could be changing. Democrats are now 14 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: in a full court press to try to stop the 15 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: Save Act at all costs. 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: It's real simple. 17 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: They want to cheat in elections, and they don't want 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: you to have to actually show an ID to cheat. 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: They want you to be able to do mail in 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: ballots for people that maybe even don't even know they're registered, 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: or for people that have already died. 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: Because cheating is their thing. 23 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: It's what the Democratic Party is advocating for it's certainly 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: not what the American people want. And if you criticize 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: Democrats right now, they're going back to their old playbook. 26 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: Representative Jim Cliburn saying this on CNN about the Save. 27 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: Act, to say You Act, for instance, it's nothing of 28 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 3: a throwback to those laws that were passed after reconstruction 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: that made it impossible after the American get elected. And 30 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 3: if to say a fact becomes law, it will reduced 31 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: dramatically the number of African Americans are started a servant 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 3: in the Congress, and I think what we need to 33 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 3: do is spend our time working on saving this democracy 34 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: that some people seem to want to throw it into the. 35 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: Ditch, unchallenged by seeing n there that propaganda. Not only 36 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: did the congressmen say that we're going back to Jim 37 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: Crow laws where African Americans can't vote all because proof 38 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: of US and citizenship to register to vote apparently is 39 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: too much to ask of any American, especially African Americans. 40 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: How condescending and racist is that coming from the Democratic Party. 41 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: But then he went a step further saying we wouldn't 42 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: have black people in Congress. 43 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: So let me get this straight. 44 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: You can fill out the paperwork to run for Congress, 45 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: you can then get elected to Congress. But that same 46 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: congress person you cannot expect them to show proof of 47 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: US citizenship, the same citizenship they have to prove to 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: be a member of Congress to register to vote. That 49 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: is how lost and how far they're stretched in the 50 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: Democratic Party right now now. Republicans this week are pushing 51 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: to pass the Save Act or attach it to must 52 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: pass legislation. Democrats they're blocking it in the Senate, largely 53 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: through the filibuster, meaning it needs sixty votes to move forward. 54 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: This has turned the bill into one of the biggest 55 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: political standoffs in DC, probably for the rest of the year. 56 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: Now there's a lot of questions about what's going to 57 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: happen moving forward. I want you to listen to what 58 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Mike Lee had to say on Fox News Channel. This 59 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: is Senator Mike Lee talking to Laura Ingram explaining what 60 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: we may have to do and what we don't have 61 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: to do to get this passed. 62 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 4: So again, he doesn't have the votes, doesn't have sixty votes. 63 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 4: What do you need to change the rule here and 64 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 4: enforce the talking filibuster? 65 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 5: Do you need to change a rule no rule change 66 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 5: is required. No rule change whatsoever is required. And I 67 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 5: cannot emphasize this enough, Laura. This is entirely within the 68 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 5: Senate rules. In fact, this has been something that has 69 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 5: been part of the Senate's culture since seventeen eighty nine, 70 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 5: since the moment the Senate was created and it sprang 71 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 5: into existence. This is something that we can do without 72 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 5: changing a single rule or a single precedent, and it's 73 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 5: something that we must do in this instance. Look, the 74 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 5: zombie filibuster, as I refer to it is the filibuster 75 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 5: that we allow that allows people to have the benefits 76 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 5: of the filibuster without doing anything. They could be asleep, 77 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 5: they can be at a bar, they can be on 78 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 5: some Caribbean island drinking drinks with umbrellas. And but that 79 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 5: is not a procedure that we have to allow here, 80 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 5: not on this bill, not where the fate of the 81 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 5: Republic is on the line, not where the will and 82 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 5: wish of eighty five percent of the American people are 83 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 5: aligned with this. 84 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: We've got to do it now. As of last week, 85 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 2: I don't doubt. 86 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 5: That he had doubts about his support for the Talking fellowbuster. 87 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: It's still not too late. 88 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,799 Speaker 5: We can still do it, and we must do it. 89 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: It's not too late, and we must do it. 90 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: That, by the way, is exactly what the American people 91 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: are saying, and also what Donald Trump is saying. President 92 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: Trump has made this a top priority, the White House says, 93 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: and he said passing the Save Act supersedes everything else. 94 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: In an interview with ABC News, Trump even warned that 95 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: he may refuse to sign other legislation until the Save 96 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: Act is passed. His core message to the American people 97 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: is simple. Only citizens should vote. Proof should be required 98 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: an election. Integrity must be restored. Having just come back 99 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: from Israel, I want to paint you a picture. It's midnight, 100 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,239 Speaker 1: sirens are blearing, and you have only seconds to grab 101 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: your child and run. 102 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 2: Now imagine your elderly. Your legs don't work like they 103 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: used to. 104 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: Getting downstairs feels impossible, and after all of that, you 105 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: end up in a bomb shelter for hours, even days, 106 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 1: because you can't make the trek again. This is what's 107 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: happening across Israel as Operation Epic Fury continues. Children are 108 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: being traumatized, families are just exhausted, and homes have been destroyed. 109 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: And that's why the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews 110 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: is there on the ground bringing food, emergency equipment, care 111 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: for those children, and help for the elderly, and supplying 112 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: the bomb shelters and medical centers for critically needed essentials. 113 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: If you've ever wondered what it looks like to stand 114 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: for Israel and stand for good against evil, this is it. 115 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: And that's why I'm asking to now please Act, give 116 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: forty five dollars right now to rush life saving essentials 117 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: to the vulnerables under fire. You can also call eight 118 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: eight eight for eight eight IFCJ. That's eight eight eight 119 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: for eight eight IFCJ. Join me and give and make 120 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: a real difference online at IFCJ dot org. 121 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 2: That's IFCJ dot org. 122 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: Now I go back to the polling numbers, and that's 123 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: where this gets really interesting. Now, what we know is 124 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: the more the American people learn about the Save Act, 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: the more they're actually in favor of it. Eighty three 126 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: to eighty four percent of Americans support requiring photo ID 127 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: two vote. That is the highest that we have on record. 128 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: That also, by the way, in the breakdown includes seventy 129 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: one percent of Democratic voters who say they want voter 130 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: id to vote ninety five percent. By the way, Republicans 131 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: say the same thing. When it comes to proof of citizenship, 132 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: eighty three percent of American support requiring proof of citizenship 133 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: to even register to vote. Around seventy five percent of 134 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: Americans support proof of citizenship requirements in a newer poll, 135 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: meaning the numbers are going up. 136 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: The Save Act. 137 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: The specific support for the Save Act, more than seven 138 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: out of ten Americans say they support the Save Act overall, 139 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: sixty nine percent of independent support it, and even roughly 140 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: half of Democrats say they support the exact language in 141 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: the Save Act. Now, there is a broader election integrity 142 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: sentiment here as well. Eighty plus percent of voter say 143 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: election security rules should be consistent nationwide. That's exactly what 144 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: the Save Act does when it comes to our federal elections. 145 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: And eighty percent support removing non citizens from the voter roles. 146 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: The question I ask is who's in the twenty percent 147 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: that don't want to remove non citizens from voter roles. Now, 148 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: if you look at the Democratic opposition in what they're 149 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: saying right now, despite all the numbers, despite all the facts, 150 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: despite everything I just told you, Democrats who are in 151 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: office strongly say they' supposed this bill at all costs. 152 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: You heard James Clyburn say it's a voter suppression of 153 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: black people. They argue requiring documents will make it harder 154 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: for low income Americans as well as seniors and of 155 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: course minority voters playing the race card. They also say 156 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: that this bill is unnecessary. They say non citizens voting 157 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: is already illegal. Well, guess what it happens, and you 158 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: can register to vote without showing proof of citizenship. That 159 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: makes no sense at all. And they also say there's 160 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: very little evidence to actually see that there's some sort 161 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: of major scam going on. Yes, Democrats are admitting that 162 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: there are some that are scamming the system. Now, there's 163 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: been strong rhetoric from the leadership in the last twenty 164 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: four hours. For example, Senator Chuck Schumer has called the 165 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: bill Jim Crow two point zero. Yet again, other Democrats 166 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: are arguing it could disenfranchise They say millions of Democrats especially, 167 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,599 Speaker 1: They say those without easy access to documents like passports 168 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: or birth certificates. Another racist statement for the Democratic Party. 169 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: So here is where we move next. Republicans and John 170 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: Thune are trying to figure out how do they get 171 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: this to be voted on quickly. How do they make 172 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: sure that this happens in a way where Republicans can win, 173 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 1: the President can get it, and most importantly, the American 174 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: people get what they demand, which is a free and 175 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: fair election without illegal immigrants canceling out anyone's vote. President 176 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: Donald Trump struck a confident and really an aggressive tone 177 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: today when speaking with reporters about the ongoing war with Iran, 178 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: while also signaling some strategic shifts as well. He has 179 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: called this plan a massive success. Trump emphasizing the US 180 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: campaign is working, Highlighting the scale of operations. He said 181 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: the US has had over seven thousand targets inside of Iran. 182 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: He also claimed Iran's military capabilities had been obliterated and 183 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: pointed to a ninety to ninety five percent reduction in 184 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: missile and drone attacks coming out of Iran. His message 185 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: to the American people in the world was this, the 186 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: US is dominating militarily and weakening Iran fast the present 187 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: in his own words, saying this about well Iran and 188 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: their military. 189 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 6: Thank you very much for being here. 190 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 7: We have a wonderful group of very very smart, talented 191 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 7: patriots at this table. Our powerful military campaign to end. 192 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 7: The threats posed by the Iranian regime continued in full force. 193 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 6: Over the past few days. 194 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 7: They have been literally obliterated. The air force is gone, 195 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 7: the navy is gone, many many ships have been sunk. 196 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 7: Their war fighting ships, but I guess they didn't know 197 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 7: how to use them, and anti aircraft is decimated, their 198 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 7: radar is gone, and their leaders are gone. 199 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 6: Other than that, they're doing quite well. They've been a terraff. 200 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 7: For forty seven years and now I guess the world 201 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 7: through the United States, with the help of Israel, is 202 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 7: doing what should have been done many years ago. Should 203 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 7: have been done many years ago. Since the beginning of 204 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 7: the conflict, we've struck more than seven thousand targets across Iran, 205 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 7: and these have been mostly commercial and military targets. We've 206 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 7: achieved a ninety percent reduction in their ballistic missile launches 207 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 7: and a ninety five percent reduction in drone attacks. The 208 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 7: missiles are trickling in now at very low levels because. 209 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 6: They don't have too many missiles left. 210 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 7: We've also attacked the manufacturing plants where the places where 211 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 7: they manufacture the missiles and the drones, and that's going 212 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,719 Speaker 7: on today. We just hit three of them today, it's 213 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 7: getting very hard for them to manufacture. More than one 214 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 7: hundred Iranian naval vessels have been sunk or destroyed over 215 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 7: the last week and a half. 216 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 6: It has to be some kind. 217 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 2: Of a record now. 218 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: After the President gave that generic update on where we 219 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: are now with Iran, he also went into some of 220 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: the core issues at hand. One of them is about 221 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: the Strait of Horn moves the present talking about our 222 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: allies and how important is they come and help on 223 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: this issue to make sure that the oil disruption does 224 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: not take place for an extended period of time, and 225 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: that would mean securing the Strait of Hormuz. 226 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 7: Muring their capacity to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait 227 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 7: of Hormos. With more than thirty mine laying ships destroyed, 228 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 7: we hit, to the best of our knowledge, all of 229 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 7: their mind laying ships. Now they can put them on 230 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 7: other types of ships, I guess, and drop them in, 231 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 7: But we don't know that any have even been dropped in. 232 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 7: We're not sure that any have been. That's a big 233 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 7: negative for them. If they do it, it's a form 234 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 7: of suicide. But we don't know that they have dropped any. 235 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 7: But we've hit all thirty of their ships and destroyed them. 236 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 6: They're all at the bottom of the sea. 237 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 7: We strongly encourage other nations whose economies depend on the 238 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 7: Strait far more than ours. You know, we get less 239 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 7: than one percent of our oil from the Strait, and 240 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 7: some countries get much more. Japan gets ninety five percent, 241 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 7: China gets ninety percent, many of the Europeans. 242 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 6: Get quite a bit. 243 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 7: South Korea gets thirty five percent. So we want them 244 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 7: to come and help us with the Strait. We have 245 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 7: it in very good shape. The countries I said, we've 246 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 7: already taken care of Iran, but now because of the 247 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 7: fact that literally a single terrorist can put something in 248 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 7: the water, or shoot something, or shoot a missile, a 249 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 7: small missile, and it's fairly close range because it is 250 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 7: a tight area, and which is one of the reasons 251 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 7: they've always used that as a weapon. Iran has always 252 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 7: used that as an economic weapon, and it's not going 253 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 7: to be able to be used very long. Numerous countries 254 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 7: have told me they're on the way. Some are very 255 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 7: enthusiastic about it, and some are in summer countries that 256 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 7: we've helped. 257 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 6: For many, many years. 258 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 7: We've protected them from horrible outside sources, and they weren't 259 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 7: that enthusiastic, and the level of enthusiasm it matters to me. 260 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 6: We have some. 261 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 7: Countries where we have forty five thousand soldiers, great soldiers, 262 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 7: protecting them from harm's way, and we have done a 263 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 7: great job. And when we want to know, do you 264 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 7: have any mind sweepers, well, would rather not get involved, Sir, 265 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 7: I said, for you mean, for forty years, we're protecting you, 266 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 7: and you don't want to get involved in something that 267 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 7: is very minor, very few shots going to be taken, 268 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 7: because they don't have many shots left. 269 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 6: But they said, we'd rather not get involved. 270 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 7: I just want the fake news media and everybody else 271 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 7: to remember that that was said, because when I've been 272 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 7: a big critic of all of the. 273 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 6: Protecting of countries, because. 274 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 7: I know that we'll protect them and if ever needed, 275 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 7: if we haven't needed help, they won't be there for us. 276 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 7: I've just known that for a long period of time, 277 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 7: just like I knew about the Strait that it would 278 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 7: be a weapon, which I predicted a long time ago, 279 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 7: predicted all of this stuff. 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Patriotmobile dot com slash ferguson or nine seven 309 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: to two Patriot Switch today. Now let me go back 310 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: to what I was saying a moment ago about this store. 311 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: He was also asked this question by Fox News Channel 312 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: about the Democrats coming after him, saying that he didn't 313 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: realize that Iran would retaliate against the Gulf States. 314 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 8: You were talking about Iran a couple times to day 315 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 8: and what they did after epic theory began. He said, 316 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 8: they hit Culur, Saudi Arabia, Ua, Bahrain, pot. Nobody expected 317 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 8: that we were shot. Are you surprised that nobody briefed 318 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 8: you ahead of time that that might be their re telling? 319 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 9: Nobody, nobody, no, no, no, no, the greatest express somebody 320 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 9: thought they were going to hit. 321 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 10: They were I wouldn't say. 322 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 9: Friendly countries, they were like neutral that were They lived 323 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 9: with them for years, Peter. They were going to take 324 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 9: over the Middle East. They were going to knock out 325 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 9: Israel with their nuclear weapon. But after we knocked out 326 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 9: their nuclear potential, their nuclear potential weapon. Uh, they started 327 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 9: building missiles, thousands of thousands of missiles, and they were 328 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 9: going to do it with missiles while they developed. 329 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 10: These are sick people. Well they developed nuclear somehow. 330 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 9: They were going to start at a different site because 331 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 9: that site was you saw the site, the mountain. They 332 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 9: were going to go into a certain area which we 333 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 9: know exactly where it is, and they were going to 334 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 9: do that. 335 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 10: And it's incredible what we've done. I'll tell you the 336 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 10: job we've done. 337 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 9: You know, if I didn't terminate Brook the Saint Obama's 338 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 9: Iran nuclear deal, you would right now, well Israel would 339 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 9: be gone, it would be incinerated, and probably the Middle 340 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 9: East likewise. 341 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 6: And remember they. 342 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 9: Got all of those missiles, and I heard they were 343 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 9: sending missiles to UAE. 344 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 10: I said, that's strange. 345 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 9: You know, UAE is like the banker for or In. 346 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 9: They're like the banker Qatar. 347 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 10: The neighbors they got along. 348 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 6: Okay, so the. 349 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 9: Arabia all of a sudden, Kuwait, Kuwait is getting hit, 350 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 9: Bahrain is getting all these countries are getting hit. 351 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 5: There was no. 352 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 10: Expert that would say that is going to happen. It's 353 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 10: not a question of like, gee, should you have known? 354 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 10: And if we did know, big deal. 355 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 6: I mean, we have to do what we have to do. 356 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 10: But we hit them so hard like nobody's ever been hit. 357 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 10: We hit them very hard. 358 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 9: And we've extinguished most of their missiles, We've extinguished most 359 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 9: of their drones. We've extinguished most of the places where 360 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 9: the missiles and the drones have built. We've fully extinguished 361 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 9: two layers of leadership, and probably. 362 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 10: A third if you believe some stories. 363 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 9: So we only have one thing to have a little 364 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 9: choke point, and they've used it very well for years, 365 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 9: but it doesn't work. 366 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 10: But I think this if some of these countries that 367 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 10: we've been good to for years, and. 368 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 9: Maybe more important than that, some of these countries that 369 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 9: get ninety five percent of their energy from horm moves 370 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 9: the strength. There's a famous, wonderful, beautiful place. But you 371 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 9: wouldn't want to be necessarily sailing a boat there right now. 372 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 6: Okay, you know why not? 373 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 9: Because of them, because of us, Because we've taken out 374 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 9: their entire navy. We've taken out every one. 375 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 10: Of their drover they call it a drone layer, a 376 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 10: mind layer. 377 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 9: There's specific boats that are meant to put minds out. 378 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 9: How would you like to have a nation that has 379 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 9: twenty two boats where their sole function? They're very different 380 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 9: looking boats. You wouldn't want one for your family. They're 381 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 9: not pretty. Their sole function is to lift a mind 382 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 9: into the water and drop it a certain number of 383 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 9: feet down. 384 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:41,719 Speaker 10: But they had twenty two of them. 385 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 9: We've taken out all of them, but you can probably 386 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 9: you can probably drop them off. 387 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 6: On the boats. 388 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 2: So we don't even know. 389 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 10: By the way, we don't know that any minds have. 390 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 9: Even been dropped, but the thought that they would scarce 391 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 9: people that have billion dollar chips. 392 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: It's very clear President Trump is focused on making sure 393 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: that are and can never hurt any of us as 394 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: long as he's in office. It's also very clear that 395 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: the presidents not taking the bait on Democrats and what 396 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: they're trying to do. He's focused on taking out Iran's leadership, 397 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: and each and every time they seem to name someone new, 398 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: America seems to be able to take him out pretty quickly. 399 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: It is official Democrats got exactly what they wanted. There 400 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: is a growing crisis at airports across the United States 401 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,719 Speaker 1: of America today, and it's directly tied to a political 402 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: battle in Washington over the funding of ICE that is 403 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: holding literally America's airports and you if your traveler hostage. 404 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:48,959 Speaker 1: Right now, more than fifty thousand Transportation Security Administration officers 405 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: are working without pay after Congress yet again failed to 406 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: pass a full funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. 407 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: The shutdown began after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement 408 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: over immigration enforcement and broader DHS spinning priorities and the 409 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: consequences they're immediate, according to federal officials. Today, TSA union 410 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: representatives are also confirming that more than three hundred TSA 411 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: officers have already quit since the shutdown began. Democrats knew 412 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: that this was going to happen. They designed this on purpose. 413 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: About ten percent of TSA officers called out or failed 414 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: to report to work during the first weekend without full 415 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: pay as well. Normally, absentee rates are around two to 416 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: three percent, meaning absentees have quadrupled or more depending on 417 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: which airport you are going to. Some major airports have 418 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: reported more than twenty percent staffing shortages during peak travel 419 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: periods and its spring break for many Americans, and remember 420 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: TSA officers are considered essential person now, meaning they are 421 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: required to keep working even if they are not being paid. 422 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 2: They will get back pay eventually. 423 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: Now, ABC News and others are forced to cover this 424 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: ongoing crisis, and as spring break surge, the strain has 425 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: gotten even worse. 426 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 11: The spring break travel crush underway, expected to be the 427 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 11: busiest ever as millions fill airports across the country. Early 428 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 11: this morning, security lines sneaking outside the airport in Austin, Texas, 429 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 11: the travel surge coming as sixty thousand TSA officers are 430 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 11: already feeling the squeeze, receiving their first zero dollar paycheck today. 431 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 11: With funding still halted for the Department of Homeland Security, 432 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 11: with no end in sight, morale is low. 433 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 10: Your bills are still going to keep coming, but you 434 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 10: have no. 435 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 2: Way to ban to ease the burden. 436 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 11: Food pantries opening up from JFK to Seattle, Denver's Airport 437 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 11: accepting food and gas card donations for its TSA officers. 438 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 3: It hurts the pride you have to go and stand 439 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 3: in the lie, you know, to receive food and things 440 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 3: when the only thing you've done is show up like 441 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 3: you're supposed to. 442 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 11: Nearly a month into the shutdown, more than three hundred 443 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 11: TSA officers have quit callouts, more than doubling. 444 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: President Trump demanding that these TSA agents receive their paychecks. 445 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: Democrats are saying, no, we want them to suffer because 446 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: we don't like ice agents that are actually not TSA 447 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: agents at the airport. This is what you call political revenge. 448 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: And for many of these agents, by the way, the 449 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: financial pressure is immediate. The average frontline TSA officer that 450 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: you meet at the airport, their salary is roughly forty 451 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: five to sixty thousand per year, meaning missing even one 452 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: paycheck can create major financial stress for families trying to 453 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: pay rent, mortgages, groceries, as well as childcare. Now, Republicans 454 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: and President Trump had been leading the push to fund 455 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: the TSA. Republicans in Congress say the crisis is entirely avoidable. 456 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: They have introduced legislation that would fully fund just the 457 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: TSA operations and the rest of the Department of Homeland Security, 458 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: but Democrats, holding America hostage during springing Break, have refused 459 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,360 Speaker 1: to advance the funding bill. They say, unless immigration enforcement 460 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: provisions are stripped out, this is all about political revenge. 461 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: President Trump has repeatedly urged Congress to fund TSA and 462 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: border security immediately. Trump said a statement about the shutdown, quote, 463 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 1: our TSA officers and border agents protect America every single day. 464 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: They should never be forced to work without pay because 465 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: of politics in Washington. In another statement on the DHS 466 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 1: funding fight, Trump said today this quote, we must fund 467 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: homeland security, fully, fund TSA and secure our boyd Republicans 468 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: are ready to do that right now. Republican leaders argue 469 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: that air travel securities should not become a political bargaining chip, 470 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: especially during periods of heightened global tension, and multiple terrorist 471 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: attacks have taken place in the United States of America 472 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: over the last ten days. At the same time, however, 473 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: several prominent Democrats have previously called for dramatically reducing or 474 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: even eliminating the TSA. 475 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 2: Do you really want to fly on planes? 476 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: Is the question all Americans should ask without going through security. 477 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: Who are the Democrats behind this idea? Example Number one 478 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: Alexandra Cortes, known as AOC. She's previously supported proposals to 479 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: restructure or eliminate TSA as part of broader federal policing reforms. 480 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: Alamo mar another radical of the left, has also expressed 481 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: support for reducing federal security agency and redirecting resources towards 482 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: what she described as other priorities, meaning you could get 483 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: on a plane and not go through security. In twenty 484 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty twenty one, there were multiple Progressive Democrats 485 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: that supported policy platforms that proposed abolishing or privatizing airport 486 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: security systems, arguing that the TSA was ineffective or overly intrusive, 487 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: so therefore you should just be able to take anything 488 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: you want on an airplane. It's like, you know, the 489 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,719 Speaker 1: honor system, until a terrorist decides to blow up a plane. 490 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: Those proposals are now reservicing again this week during the 491 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: current funding fight, with some progressive lawmakers arguing that DHS 492 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: agencies should be fundamentally restructured rather than simply funded. Now 493 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,719 Speaker 1: the airlines are now getting into the game their warning 494 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: of security risks. Major airlines are now warning that the 495 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: situation could spiral if the shutdown continues. 496 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 2: And then there's the travelers themselves. They're furious over the lines. 497 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: Just take a listen to NBC's local DC affiliate and 498 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: how they are now talking about the real story of 499 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: what has happened at the airports all because of the Democrats. 500 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, so much concern about TSA checkpoint lines 501 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 4: all across the country. 502 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:24,959 Speaker 9: Right now. 503 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 4: We can show you what it looks like at Reagan 504 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 4: National Airport. Pretty good for the moment. Everything moving pretty 505 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 4: smoothly right now. But it's what's happening behind the scenes 506 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 4: here that's really starting to cause concern. 507 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 3: Well. 508 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 4: TSA workers are about to miss their second paycheck of 509 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 4: this ongoing partial government shutdown. And that's on top of 510 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 4: what these workers went through during the longest government shutdown 511 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 4: ever in the fall, where many missed multiple paychecks as well, Adam. 512 00:30:55,080 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 12: And that's the stress part is what's really not being that. 513 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 4: I think Joe Schucker is with the union that represents 514 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 4: TSA employees in the mid Atlantic. Now, TSA sources are 515 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 4: telling News Forward that it's gotten so bad that some 516 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 4: workers are sleeping in their cars outside of airports, including 517 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 4: Dallas International, because those workers can't pay rent or afford 518 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 4: gas to drive around. 519 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 12: I know that's a fact, no doubt. It's a stressful 520 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 12: enough job as it is. You're looking for bombs, you're 521 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 12: looking for weapons right now. You have the out of 522 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 12: stress of How am I going to feed my family tomorrow? 523 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 12: How am I going to put gas in my car? 524 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 4: A senior TSA official confirms and internal report to NBC 525 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 4: News that around three hundred officers have now quit and 526 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 4: many many more are calling out sick. That's part of 527 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 4: the issue that's been causing long lines at some TSA 528 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 4: checkpoints across the country. 529 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 12: At some point, officers going to hit a breaking point 530 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 12: and like I said, it's going to be a perfect storm. 531 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 12: We're heading in the spring break and the officers haven't 532 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 12: got paid into. 533 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 4: When I asked him the solution, he said, simply, they 534 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 4: have to pay us. 535 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 2: Now you add all this in with what the airlines 536 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 2: are saying. 537 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: Executives from American Delta Southwest have now urged Congress directly 538 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: to resolve the crisis quickly. They warned that the continued 539 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: staffing shorges could increase security weight times, force checkpoint closures altogether, 540 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: and caused major airport delays nationwide. During previous shutdowns, wait 541 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: times at some airport stretched to over two hours as 542 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:38,239 Speaker 1: TSA staffing shorges grew. The numbers behind the crisis are 543 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: truly incredible. Fifty plus thousand TSA officers are now working officially. 544 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 2: Without any pay at all. 545 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: Eighty five thousand Department of Home and Security employees are 546 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: also affected. Three hundred plus TSA agents have already quit, 547 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: and the absence rate from work is jumping day after 548 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: day from two all the way up to about ten percent. 549 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: Many airports are also seeing major shortages this morning as well, 550 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: as I mentioned earlier, depending on how organized the workers become. 551 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: Some airports are reporting twenty percent staffing shortages TSA officers. 552 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: They're not getting rich the average salaries I mentioned earlier 553 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: forty five to sixty thousand annually, and that's exactly why 554 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: many of them are sleeping in their cars at the airport. 555 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: So this is the bottom line for President Trump. Airport 556 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: security should not be political. Airport security in the United 557 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: States is now caught in the middle of a political 558 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: fight only because of the Democrats. Republicans say they are 559 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: ready to pass the bill that would fully fund TSA immediately, 560 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: and Democrats are saying no, they want open borders, they 561 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: want broader immigration concessions, meaning more legal immigrants in America 562 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: before they agree to give you homeland security funding. President 563 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: Trump has also made it clear on another issue it's 564 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: time for you to call your congressman and your senator 565 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: and demand that our airports are taken off the political 566 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:09,240 Speaker 1: chopping block. 567 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 2: We'll keep following this story. 568 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 1: I can promise you that we've got a lot more 569 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: that's going to happen the days ahead, So make sure 570 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,400 Speaker 1: you don't forget. 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