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Speaker 1: Coming up on Special Reports, Real America's Voice reporter and

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Speaker 1: host of Law and Border, Ben Berkwam joins us to

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Speaker 1: talk about his time at America Fest twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 2: And we'll find out the latest goings on in New

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Speaker 2: York with our very own David's Ear.

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Speaker 1: And Pastor Todd lam Fear joins us to talk about

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Speaker 1: the importance of the Christmas story this time of year

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Speaker 1: and how to bring God back to America. All of

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Speaker 1: that and so much more right now on Special Report.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Special Reports.

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Speaker 1: I'm Emily Finn along with Bo Davidson, who is in

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Speaker 1: our Long Island studio today.

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Speaker 3: Bo, how's the weather up there?

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Speaker 2: Emily, I gotta admit it is cold up here in

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Speaker 2: Long Island. It's cold as Kathy Hochel's heart.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, that is too funny.

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Speaker 2: I miss you there in West Palm Beach. I'll be

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Speaker 2: back soon, but I gotta tell you it's a beautiful

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Speaker 2: studio here that Rav has and that's a pleasure to

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Speaker 2: be here. So sorry that we're a little bit far away, Emily,

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Speaker 2: but you know what, we keep Special Report moving along.

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's right, And don't you worry about the

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Speaker 1: sunshine is still waiting for you down here in Palm Beach.

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Speaker 3: I am joking today.

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Speaker 1: Because you can see the Christmas tree behind.

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Speaker 3: Me is not lit up.

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Speaker 1: I was a little cold in studio, not anywhere near

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Speaker 1: as cold.

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Speaker 3: As you are in Long Island there.

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Speaker 1: But I'm joking that instead of dark Mega, it's dark

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Speaker 1: Christmas behind me.

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Speaker 3: You have blown the circuits. The show must go on.

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Speaker 3: The show must go on.

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Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 1: Just before Christmas, Turning Point USA had their annual America Fest,

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Speaker 1: a multi day conference that features some big speakers in

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Speaker 1: the conservative movement, mostly speaking to a younger audience. With

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Speaker 1: President electrom gaining substantially among young voters, there's a new

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Speaker 1: optimism for the future of America the Emily.

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Speaker 2: That's right. And someone who was there at Amfest to

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Speaker 2: hear these speakers and conduct inner use with a number

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Speaker 2: of attendees was our very own Ben Bergwam. Ben, it's

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Speaker 2: great to have you with us today.

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Speaker 5: Hey, great to be back with you guys. Merry Christmas

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Speaker 5: and looking forward to twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we got to look forward, Ben. But first of all,

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Speaker 2: since you were at Amfest, tell us about the overall

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Speaker 2: temperature of the attendees. How was this different from Amfest

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Speaker 2: that you've been to in the past. Would you say

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Speaker 2: there was more energy with Trump's victory.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no doubt about it. I've been to every one

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Speaker 5: years ago. I don't know, it just seems like we've

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Speaker 5: been doing them forever now. But and this one, you know,

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Speaker 5: the others up until this one, we're always kind of

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Speaker 5: hopeful looking forward, just praying that the Trump won the

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Speaker 5: It was definitely a different feel, a optimistic and really

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Speaker 5: more of a Okay, what's next? What are we actually

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Speaker 5: gonna do with this victory? How are we going to

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Speaker 5: make the changes in America that need to be made

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Speaker 5: to redirect this country back to the foundation and the

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Ben, And you have been so focused on the border,

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Speaker 1: a legal activity, gangs and trafficking. Did you get a

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Speaker 5: Undoubtedly. I'd say the best interview I got to do

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Speaker 5: I did several got Congressman Bobert, but I think the

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Speaker 5: doing what needs to be done. And they're not messing around.

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Speaker 5: This is their primary issue. Obviously, the economy is going

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Speaker 5: on the agenda is stopping the invasion, stopping the bleeding,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Ben, on that subject, let's talk a little

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Speaker 2: Doesn't want China involved. Tell us a little bit about

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Speaker 5: Our network, Real America's Voice and our show Law on

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Speaker 5: Border has done more in Panama than any other network

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Speaker 5: on TV. Right now, Oscar Blue and myself have gone

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Speaker 5: through the Darien Gap, which is the bottleneck of illegal immigration.

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Speaker 5: It's really the bell weather for what's coming to America.

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Speaker 5: We've done four trips across the Daarien Gap and we've

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Speaker 5: and it ties right back to not just what we're

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Speaker 5: So it's going to play a major factor in this.

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Speaker 5: One thing I will say, the number of illegals coming

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Speaker 3: Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: It seems like this is definitely a huge priority for

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Speaker 1: he spoke about it at Amfest in Arizona as well.

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Speaker 1: and your experience there. I'm wondering who was the youngest

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Speaker 5: Well, we you know, you've got babies, I mean their parents,

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Speaker 5: the high schoolers. So everyone knows Turning Point as a

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Speaker 5: You know, seeing the look and optimism in their face,

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Speaker 5: these young people that are on fire. They're not afraid

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Speaker 5: But I'm optimistic for future of this country in particular

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and let's talk about I'm sorry, Emily, go ahead,

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Speaker 5: You know, not to be biased, but the two big

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Speaker 5: Those two right there when it comes to populist nationalism,

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Speaker 5: Rob just roasted the left. But to me, it was

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Speaker 5: Steve Bannon and Jack Pisobic. Obviously, you know Trump Trump

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Speaker 1: America's Voice. So many rock stars at this network. Now,

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Speaker 1: I do want to talk about about Arizona. That's where

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Speaker 5: Well, first off, there is major voter fraud in Arizona.

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Speaker 5: We saw it in twenty twenty, we saw it again

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Speaker 5: And when you look at you know politicians or attorneys

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Speaker 1: some insight with us, and look forward to your reporting

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Speaker 2: Thanks Ben.

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Speaker 1: at Grand Central Terminal. Ooh, you guys don't want to

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Special Report. You know, it's a rare

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Speaker 2: But here we are in Rankakama, New York aka Long Island,

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Speaker 2: and it's so fun David to have a chat face

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Speaker 6: Finally, Wow, I sawy in Palm Beach a few weeks ago,

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Speaker 6: so now it's your turn up here. Welcome to New York.

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Speaker 6: And uh, we're not all that bad.

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Speaker 2: No, No, You're not bad at all. My fiance is

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Speaker 2: It is huge when you're going over to Europe A

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Speaker 2: What's going on here? Is there hope for New York?

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Speaker 6: It's been a tough week on straphangers in New York City.

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Speaker 6: saying enough is enough is enough. And Guatemalan Sebastian Zapata Khalil,

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Speaker 6: And you know this all happens while you know, people

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Speaker 6: We have to get tougher on it, and we need Juliani.

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Speaker 1: David.

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Speaker 2: What's the future of Harry Adams. Is he going to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's a it's a shame because this city

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Speaker 2: Well, David, thank you so much, and it's great to

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Speaker 2: be with you here in the Long Island. Merry Christmas,

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Speaker 2: Join your baby absolutely, and we're gonna have to be

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Speaker 2: Coming up, the Biden administration is lifting the bounty on

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Speaker 2: the HTS terrorist leader in Syria. What does this mean

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Speaker 1: The Biden administration is doing all that they can to

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Speaker 1: create as much chaos as they possibly can before leaving office.

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Speaker 1: This week, the Biden administration is set to remove the

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Speaker 1: ten million dollar bounty it had placed on the HTS

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Speaker 1: leaders head for discussion. We want to bring in former

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Speaker 1: special Assistant to President Trump for Middle East Affairs, and

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Speaker 1: retired Colonel Derek Harvey, Colonel, this really isn't a surprise,

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Speaker 1: is it.

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Speaker 4: It's not a surprise. And there's a lot going on

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Speaker 4: in the region, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, the attacks on the

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Speaker 4: Whosies by Israel. There's a great game being played, and

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Speaker 4: the United States administration is trying to signal the new

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Speaker 4: leader there, Shara, that there's an opportunity for a new start,

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Speaker 4: fresh start, and they're trying to signal that we can

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Speaker 4: possibly work with them if their behavior changes and they

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Speaker 4: walk away from their hardline, ideological extremist views.

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Speaker 2: Well, Colonel, what implications will this have for terrorism throughout

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Speaker 2: the entire mid least?

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Speaker 4: Well, it's hard to tell right now, but I know

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Speaker 4: one thing, and our experience in Irock and elsewhere is

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Speaker 4: that we've had to try to determine who is potentially

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Speaker 4: reconcilable and who is someone we're going to just have

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Speaker 4: to kill and capture. So I think we're trying to

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Speaker 4: determine whether or not the new leadership in Syria can

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Speaker 4: be a partner, at least in one degree or another.

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Speaker 2: And Colonel Colonel, the Turkish Foreign minister is urging the

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Speaker 2: international community to rescind their terrorist designations of HTS. So

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Speaker 2: what is Turkey's role in supporting the terrorist group and

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Speaker 2: how will this impact Turkey's membership in NATO.

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Speaker 4: Well, Bo, you know, Turkey is trying to exert leadership

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Speaker 4: and as a leader of the Muslim brotherhood, and they've

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Speaker 4: been supporters of HTS and a number of other Islamic

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Speaker 4: terrorist groups in the region. So, you know, let's keep

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Speaker 4: that in mind. You know, they're trying to assert their leadership,

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Speaker 4: and they've been declaring openly that they challenge Israel's tejonomy

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Speaker 4: in the region right now and they want to push

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Speaker 4: back on them. Israel is trying to protect itself while

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Speaker 4: Turkey is trying to expand its influence into Damascus. They

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Speaker 4: see a lot of wealth and opportunity there. And moreover,

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Speaker 4: the European allies in particular would like to see a

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Speaker 4: return to normalcy so that millions of refugees, to include

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Speaker 4: refugees in Turkey could return to Syria.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Colonel we so appreciate your insight on all

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Speaker 1: these conflicts. You have been on the show multiple times

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Speaker 1: warning about the threat to the Kurds in Syria. Turkish

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Speaker 1: President Airedwan threatened yesterday that the Syrian Kurds will be

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Speaker 1: quote buried if they do not lay down their weapons.

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Speaker 1: What do you wnticipate happening with the Kurds and the

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Speaker 1: strategic implications.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think the Kurdish people are waiting, and you

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Speaker 4: know they're very, very worried everyone in the region, not

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Speaker 4: just the Kurds, but you know, the Saudi's, Lebanese leadership

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Speaker 4: across the board. They're waiting for the Trump administration. No one,

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Speaker 4: you know, no one wants this delay that's going on

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Speaker 4: between now and January twentieth. You know, they want to

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Speaker 4: see the new leadership and see what the direction is

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Speaker 4: going to be by America because that's going to be

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Speaker 4: a major determinant shaping what Turkey does.

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Speaker 2: And colonel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a public

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Speaker 2: warning against the Huthis in Yemen earlier this week, saying

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Speaker 2: that they will learn what Hamasan has blot and the

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Speaker 2: Assad regime learned. And now today Israel bombed Houthy targets

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Speaker 2: in Yemen. What does this mean for the broader Middle

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Speaker 2: East conflict? And do you anticipate any response from Iran.

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Speaker 4: Well, this has been a response from Iran because the

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Speaker 4: Huthis aren't doing anything without getting direct and expertise and

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Speaker 4: support directly from Tehran and the Iranian Regi Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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Speaker 4: So that's what's going on. The main issue here is

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Speaker 4: there have been over two hundred missiles and over one

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Speaker 4: hundred and seventy drone fired at Israel from you know,

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Speaker 4: the Hoosis in Yemen, and the United States has not

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Speaker 4: done very much to keep the sea lanes open butter

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Speaker 4: In fact, we lost a plane the other day, you know,

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Speaker 4: friendly fire, but it was still in response to hoo'sy

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Speaker 4: threats in the region. Again, you know, the head of

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Speaker 4: the snake is in Tehran, and until that is addressed,

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Speaker 4: we're going to have these problems with the Yemeny Whusis.

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Speaker 1: And Colonel The fall of Asad not only threatened Syria

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Speaker 1: but the entire Middle East, in particular Egypt and Jordan.

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Speaker 1: So how will this impacts the security and sovereignty of

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Speaker 1: our allied nations.

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Speaker 4: Well, that's first and foremost job one for the United

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Speaker 4: States to make sure that you know, there are opportunit

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Speaker 4: unities for Lebanon to court you chart its own path

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Speaker 4: and that we protect the interests of our friends like

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Speaker 4: in Jordan, Israel, and in Egypt. And keep in mind,

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Speaker 4: you know that President Erduwan of Turkey, who's behind the

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Speaker 4: Muslim Brotherhood threats to Sissy, behind the threats to Jordan,

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Speaker 4: behind the threats, and you know the overtures directed against Jerusalem.

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Speaker 4: These all come from Ankara. And you know this is

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Speaker 4: a NATO ally. So this is going to be a

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Speaker 4: very complex issue for the next administration. How do you

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Speaker 4: deal with a troublesome ally who's within NATO that is

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Speaker 4: stirring the pot and causing trouble for our friends and

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Speaker 4: allies in the Middle East.

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Speaker 1: So what do you want President Trump to do in

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Speaker 1: this incoming administration.

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Speaker 3: What is the first thing that he should do to

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Speaker 3: address all of this?

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Speaker 4: Well, I think clear and open lines of communication and

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Speaker 4: establishing American red lines. And I think the United States

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Speaker 4: is not ready to walk away from protecting the Kurdish

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Speaker 4: allies that we've had there for you know, many many

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Speaker 4: years now. President Trump supported them and you know, pushed

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Speaker 4: back on Erdawan's efforts to crush them, you know, in

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Speaker 4: his administration. So I expect something similar The chart and

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Speaker 4: course forward for Siria is going to have to include

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Speaker 4: some type of autonomy or inclusion for the Kurds in

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Speaker 4: a more democratic state that allows, you know, either greater

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Speaker 4: autonomy for different groups or finds a better way of

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Speaker 4: sharing power. But that's all yet to be determined, and

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Speaker 4: every country in the region is sending emissaries and jogging

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Speaker 4: for influence in Damascus.

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Speaker 2: Colonl I'm going to ask you about the relationship between

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Speaker 2: President elect Trump and BB Netanyahu. How do you expect

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Speaker 2: that to go as he takes office January twentieth, because

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Speaker 2: they've had a pretty close relationship, And how does that

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Speaker 2: affect how Israel will act moving forward, particularly with respect

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Speaker 2: to Irun? Does that pushy run back a bit knowing

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Speaker 2: how Trump acted in the past. Does it make them

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Speaker 2: a little bit more defensive rather than offensive?

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Speaker 7: Bo?

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Speaker 4: I think you're absolutely right. This has got to be

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Speaker 4: a significant concern for the Mullahs in Tehran. Trump is

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Speaker 4: going to be more aggressive, and I believe he will

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Speaker 4: probably give not in Yahoo, more leeway to do what's

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Speaker 4: necessary to protect the strategic interests not just of Israel

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Speaker 4: but of the West. And let's be thankful for what

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Speaker 4: Israel has done in fighting for Western interests in the

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Speaker 4: face of these Islamic terrorists backed by Iran. This axis

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Speaker 4: of evil.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely there, certainly.

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Speaker 1: You know, people always say that Israel is fighting so

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Speaker 1: many different enemies here and the United States certainly needs

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Speaker 1: to step up and you know, continue to help them

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Speaker 1: and continue.

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Speaker 3: To keep them safe.

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Speaker 1: I want to go back to the incoming administration, what

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Speaker 1: moves Is there anything that the US should do, I mean,

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Speaker 1: what should our involvement level actually be.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think we need to be very prudent and

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Speaker 4: careful because we should not over extend ourselves. You know,

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Speaker 4: we have shown historically, be it in Iraq or Afghanistan,

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Speaker 4: that we are not very good at nation building, but

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Speaker 4: we do have interests and friends and allies, and that

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Speaker 4: we'd be better off to work through our friends in

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Speaker 4: the region as well as our NATO friends, to try

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Speaker 4: to shape the environment in order to coax a more

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Speaker 4: progressive effort not just in Damascus, but also in rebuilding

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Speaker 4: the political alignment within Lebanon. If you can get those

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Speaker 4: two things done, both Lebanon and Damascus, it will be

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Speaker 4: a significant check on the influence of Iran and offer

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Speaker 4: an opportunity for the people in the region to protect

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Speaker 4: not just our interests, but also to better their lives.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, colonel, thank you so much for taking the time

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Speaker 1: to join us today. We really appreciate your insight.

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Speaker 2: Its colonel.

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Speaker 8: when we do border stuff, is the debt ceiling. We're

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Speaker 8: gonna have to take a first swipe at that, take

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Speaker 8: care of that they're to give President Trump UH some

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Speaker 8: runway to be focused on the agenda. Last thing we

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Speaker 8: want is to give Chuck Schumer the ability to try

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Speaker 8: to jam us from the Senate. So those are the

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Speaker 8: two quick things we got to get done, and then

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Speaker 8: you get those done quickly, it gives you a lot

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Speaker 8: more ability to get everything else accomplished.

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Speaker 3: We've been talking about it a lot today.

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Speaker 10: Elon Musk a hot topic. He's obviously been involved with

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Speaker 10: policy lately. How do you feel about Elon Musk kind

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Speaker 10: of getting involved in politics from a backhanded way.

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Speaker 7: It's eens.

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Speaker 8: I love it. I think everybody should be involved in politics.

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Speaker 8: This place works best if people are involved and they're

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Speaker 8: paying attention. They're fully engaged, holding us accountable, keeping us

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Speaker 8: like kind of where we need to be.

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Speaker 9: You're safe by might be good, Yeah, you're good.

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Speaker 8: I mean, but listen, the system doesn't work if everybody's

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Speaker 8: not paying attention. That's what got us into the message

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Speaker 8: work now that's true. So we're in this mess now,

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Speaker 8: thirty six trillion, massive agencies that don't do what they're

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Speaker 8: supposed to do. Because listen, America, best country in the world.

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Speaker 8: Most of our people have been focused on their lives,

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Speaker 8: building their businesses, great in their families, and it's all

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Speaker 8: great stuff. Yeah, but the federal government in Washington has

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Speaker 8: been operating without much of a check from the American people.

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Speaker 8: Love the elons involved. We got to keep that going

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Speaker 8: because that's how you save the Republican.

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Speaker 10: Follow up real quick with that, because DOJE is very

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Speaker 10: big on cutting all of the waste.

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Speaker 3: Where should they focus their energy?

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Speaker 10: First?

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Speaker 8: You got to focus in every alphabet soup agency they're

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Speaker 8: out there, because these agencies, it's death by a thousand

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Speaker 8: cuts with these guys. So it's everything from the SEC, CFTC, Treasury, ohcc, DEA, FBI.

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Speaker 8: You got to get into every one of these agencies.

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Speaker 8: If you get that town thinking about being efficient and

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Speaker 8: responsible with the people's money, then again gives us the

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Speaker 8: opportunity to stabilize our debt and then having the will

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Speaker 8: to start paying it down, getting our deficits under control.

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Speaker 9: I asked Elin this same question. The drone seems to

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Speaker 9: be a very popular trending and everyone seeing them. What

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Speaker 9: should be done in Congress that we could maybe put

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Speaker 9: some legislation on And if these drones flew over your house.

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Speaker 7: What would you do well?

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Speaker 8: First of all, if it is over my house, I

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Speaker 8: probably shoot it out of the sky, okay, or do

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Speaker 8: your best I mean, look, the drone problem is in

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Speaker 8: some part is a national security risk. Not I don't

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Speaker 8: know how I don't know how much a concern is

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Speaker 8: because I haven't seen a briefing on it, but it's

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Speaker 8: it is a risk that we've got to make sure

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Speaker 8: we have our arms around. This is where FAA's definitely evolved,

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Speaker 8: probably defense, but we need to know a lot more

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Speaker 8: and gets serious about this.

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Speaker 10: How do you balance that with national security threats and

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Speaker 10: ensuring that you do have a safe country?

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Speaker 8: I mean, you balance it like we've balanced so many

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Speaker 8: other things. You know, we went to automobiles, that was

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Speaker 8: a security risk at one point, you know. So there's

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Speaker 8: all these things, cell phones, computer systems. Now we're on

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Speaker 8: the verge, not even on the verge. AI is here.

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Speaker 8: The question is the scale upon which it will be

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Speaker 8: deployed in the United States, Cryptocurrencies, all these things can

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Speaker 8: be looked at from a negative point of view. But

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Speaker 8: if you have the smart regulatory framework, not a democrat

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Speaker 8: driven regulatory framework, but a smart one, couple with a

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Speaker 8: real understanding of the potential risks. It'll allow us to

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Speaker 8: be able to be innovative in our country, take advantage

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Speaker 8: of those Those technologies help to grow our economy, change

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Speaker 8: our economy in ways we can't contemplate. But it's really

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Speaker 8: about bettering the lives of people, and I think that's

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Speaker 8: really where we want to try to get to.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, bettering the lives of people. Emily, that seems to

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Speaker 2: be the main goal for Republican lawmakers now that President

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Speaker 2: Trump is returning to the White House, and they covered

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Speaker 2: a lot of topics there during their discussion. But Emily,

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Speaker 2: I think it was interesting what he said about Elon Musk.

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Speaker 2: Many on the left have been critical of his influence

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Speaker 2: on the decision making process for the incoming administration, as

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Speaker 2: he's not an elected official. But Trump has many people

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Speaker 2: he trust to advise when Musk is just one of them.

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Speaker 2: You know, sometimes it's a good thing to have political

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Speaker 2: outsiders taking a closer look at our government. You need

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Speaker 2: that three hundred and sixty degree approach, don't you.

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Speaker 3: I completely completely agree with you there.

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Speaker 11: Bo.

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Speaker 1: I think what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami are planning

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Speaker 1: to accomplish with those the Department of Government efficiency is

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Speaker 1: going to be truly remarkable. It's going to be a

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Speaker 1: very transformative next.

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Speaker 3: Four years, to say the least.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's about time that we cut costs,

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Speaker 1: we eliminate government agencies that aren't doing enough for real

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Speaker 1: issues facing Americans today. Got to take a long, hard

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Speaker 1: look at our finances as a country, something that we

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Speaker 1: frankly haven't done in a long time. It's definitely going

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Speaker 1: to be exciting to see bo.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I think Byron Donald's has a really bright

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Speaker 2: future ahead of him. Maybe even Governor Florida, We'll have

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Speaker 2: to see well coming out. It is easy to get

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Speaker 2: lost in the hustle and bustle of Christmas, but it's

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Speaker 2: important to always take time to remember the reason for

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Speaker 2: the season. Pastor Todd Lamfear joins us to talk about

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Speaker 2: the meaning for the season back in a moment. Well,

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Speaker 2: a lot of work to do, especially when it comes

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 2: Welcome on back to Special Report this week. Is the

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Speaker 2: best time of the year, folks, and I hope that

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Speaker 2: you all have had a wonderful Christmas and we're able

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Speaker 2: to take some time off this week to reflect upon

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Speaker 2: the true meaning of Christmas. And it's so important not

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Speaker 2: to get so caught up in the hustle and bustle

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Speaker 2: of the season and remember what Christmas is really about.

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Speaker 2: And for that, let's bring in the Senior Vice President

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Speaker 2: of City, Serve, Pastor Todd Lamfeir. Pastor Todd, thank you

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Speaker 2: so much for joining us on special report.

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Speaker 7: Bo Emily, it's good to be with you.

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Speaker 2: Well, Mary, Chris to you. I love that we can

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Speaker 2: say that to each other. Christ is the reason for Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Can you talk to us first about why it's so

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Speaker 2: important to remember why we celebrate Christmas, especially as secularized

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Speaker 2: as this holiday has become.

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Speaker 11: Well, you know, it really is the greatest gift that

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Speaker 11: was given to mankind some two thousand years ago when

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Speaker 11: God decided to become flesh, dwell amongst his creation and

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Speaker 11: in the form of his son, Jesus lived thirty three sinless,

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Speaker 11: perfect years and then really gave us the gift of

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Speaker 11: salvation when he died on the cross and rose from

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Speaker 11: the dead, what we celebrate on Easter, and to not

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Speaker 11: remember the whole story, the whole package, really is a

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Speaker 11: disservice to us individually in our country, but also it's

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Speaker 11: a disservice to God that he packaged that first Christmas

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Speaker 11: so amazingly well and for the purpose of bringing us

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Speaker 11: into relationship with Him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I mean, it's just so depressing to see how

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Speaker 1: commercialized Christmas has become, especially in recent years. But it

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Speaker 1: really is a season filled with rich traditions and symbols,

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Speaker 1: right from the star atop the tree to the Nativity scene.

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Speaker 1: I was so lucky that my parents growing up always

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Speaker 1: prioritize going to church talking about the real meaning of Christmas,

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Speaker 1: but walk us through so we can understand the deeper

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Speaker 1: meanings behind these symbols and what they point to us

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Speaker 1: in the heart of the Christmas story.

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Speaker 11: You know, Emily, we have become so secularized that people

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Speaker 11: put things on the trees and not even know the

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Speaker 11: meaning behind them.

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Speaker 7: For instance, the angel.

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Speaker 11: That you place on the top of the tree really

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Speaker 11: points right back to that very first Christmas when the

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Speaker 11: angels were there with the shepherds. The star is another

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Speaker 11: one that points right directly back to that first Christmas

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Speaker 11: story where the Star of Bethlehem really guided the ice

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Speaker 11: men to where the young child was.

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Speaker 7: And then of course when you take a look at the.

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Speaker 11: Greatest symbol is is that manger scene symbol that God,

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Speaker 11: the creator of the universe, humbled himself, became a man

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Speaker 11: and was born not in the taj mahal of its day,

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Speaker 11: but in this lowly manger.

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Speaker 2: And how interesting, Pastor that the Nativity scene, the wooden stable,

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Speaker 2: the wooden't you know, the wood that's used there for

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Speaker 2: the baby Jesus became the very wood that he was

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Speaker 2: crucified upon. I think that's very symbolic as well that

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Speaker 2: I had not thought about, But it's really from from

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Speaker 2: cradle to grave. Then of course rising again, and Pastor,

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Speaker 2: you know, Bible sales are actually booming in the United States.

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Speaker 2: They're up twenty two percent in twenty twenty four, and

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Speaker 2: I think that's a good sign for bringing God back

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Speaker 2: to America. What do you attribute that to?

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Speaker 7: Well, you know, I think people want hope. You know, we've.

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Speaker 11: Had the last four years that have just been from

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Speaker 11: the Judeo Christian side of things, take we've taken a hit.

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Speaker 11: And when you take God out of society, and when

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Speaker 11: you begin to create policies that really are go against

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Speaker 11: what our founding fathers wanted.

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Speaker 7: It creates distrust, It creates.

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Speaker 11: Uncertainty, and I think one of the things that people

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Speaker 11: do in times of uncertainty is they go to the

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Speaker 11: place of strength, and that is God and that is

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Speaker 11: His word. And so it doesn't surprise me that that

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Speaker 11: Bible sales are up twenty two percent. You know, in

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Speaker 11: twenty twenty four. We've got a lot to be thankful for,

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Speaker 11: We've got a lot to be hopeful for, and we

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Speaker 11: got a lot to look forward to.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we certainly do. We certainly do. Bible sales are up.

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Speaker 1: We see Christian values being brought into public schools in

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Speaker 1: some parts of the US. And I think another little

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Speaker 1: victory for bringing religion back to the forefront of our

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Speaker 1: society was the overturning of the Lemon test by the

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Speaker 1: US Supreme Court that has had such an impact on

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Speaker 1: restoring religious liberty throughout America, including the public displays of

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Speaker 1: Nativity scenes. Are you seeing the return of public Nativity

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Speaker 1: scenes being displayed again at courthouses, city halls, parks, other

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Speaker 1: government locations.

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Speaker 11: You know, there was a very faulty decision that came

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Speaker 11: forth the Supreme Court in nineteen seventy one, and that

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Speaker 11: test has been a faulty test for fifty plus years now,

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Speaker 11: and this Supreme Court got it right, overturned it. And

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Speaker 11: what it's allowed our country to do is it's allowed

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Speaker 11: our country to not be afraid to show the symbols

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Speaker 11: of our faith, whether it's a Nativity scene or Ten

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Speaker 11: Commandments on the walls of the courthouse. And so I

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Speaker 11: think you do see and you will continue to see

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Speaker 11: with this upcoming administration, you know, the Trump administration two

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Speaker 11: point zero, that there's going to be the greatest freedom

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Speaker 11: that we've had in many, many years.

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Speaker 2: Well, Pastor Todd, I know that you've been providing hurricane

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Speaker 2: relief for Pastor Paula. White Ministries and cities serve, particularly

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Speaker 2: in the area of Chimney Rock, North Carolina. Tell us

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Speaker 2: about what you're doing and how the people are there.

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Speaker 2: This is a cold time of year, there's obviously they're

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Speaker 2: not recuperated from this. So tell us about your work

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Speaker 2: there and how the people are doing.

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Speaker 7: Well.

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Speaker 11: Well, yeah, yeah, you know that Hurricane Helene just sucker

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Speaker 11: punched North Carolina.

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Speaker 7: Western North Carolina just didn't see it coming, especially the

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Speaker 7: strength of it.

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Speaker 11: Twenty trillion gallons of water, thirty one inches of rain

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Speaker 11: in a day and a half. They said the power

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Speaker 11: of the water coming down from the mountain was the

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Speaker 11: equivalent to one hundred Niagara Falls at one time. And

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Speaker 11: I will tell you that when you start talking those

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Speaker 11: type of statistics, the end result is nothing but destruction.

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Speaker 11: And and that's exactly what happened to Chimney Rock and

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Speaker 11: other back Cave and in Asheville, just a number of areas,

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Speaker 11: and it's left them quite frankly, you know, after ten weeks,

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Speaker 11: just sort of fending for themselves. And the unfortunate part

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Speaker 11: about disasters is they have a very short lifespan. Once

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Speaker 11: they're out of the new cycle, they're out of our

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Speaker 11: minds or out of our they're just out of our

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Speaker 11: way of thinking. And what we wanted to do in

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Speaker 11: Chimney Rock is one we wanted to Thanks to the

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Speaker 11: help of City Serve, Paulo white Manasteries, World Vision in One,

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Speaker 11: a disaster relief spokes, The Hope and a number of

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Speaker 11: other organizations came together to say listen, we want you

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Speaker 11: to first of all, know during this time of year,

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Speaker 11: that you're not alone, that you're not forgotten. You may

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Speaker 11: not be in the new cycle anymore, but you're still

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Speaker 11: in our hearts and our minds and our prayers. And

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Speaker 11: so we wanted to create a day Christmas at Chimney

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Speaker 11: Rock now. To get up to that point, we had

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Speaker 11: eighteen had twelve hundred volunteers over the last eight weeks

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Speaker 11: donate over in volunteer over sixty seven thousand man hours

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Speaker 11: to get Chimney Rock clean and ready for the.

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Speaker 7: Community to see.

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Speaker 11: And boyd did they Thousand showed up on our day

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Speaker 11: at christ Chimney Rock.

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Speaker 7: I mean just absolutely blew us away.

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Speaker 11: People flew in from California, all across the country just

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Speaker 11: to say we support you, we love you, and we're

938
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Speaker 11: gonna be through this Christmas season with you.

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Speaker 7: And boy did they.

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Speaker 11: People just gave and gave and gave and really's going

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Speaker 11: to help out those business owners.

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Speaker 7: This time of year.

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Speaker 3: That is so so impressive, sir. I really commend you

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Speaker 3: for all the work that you're doing.

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Speaker 1: And you're right, I mean, so many news networks have

946
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Speaker 1: completely forgotten about the people that were left behind there.

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Speaker 3: Proud of real America's.

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Speaker 1: Voice for continuing to tell this story, walk us through

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Speaker 1: why it's so important to you to remember those that

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Speaker 1: have lost everything in the hurricanes. I mean, some of

951
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Speaker 1: them are spending Christmas with no home this year, yet

952
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Speaker 1: you are there by their side helping them out.

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Speaker 3: Why is this so important to you?

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Speaker 11: You know, there's a biblical principle that basically says, when

955
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Speaker 11: one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When

956
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Speaker 11: wonder joye is all our joice with it. And this

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Speaker 11: is the beauty of America, and quite frankly, this is

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Speaker 11: the beauty of the Body of Christ. And the beauty

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Speaker 11: of the faith community is that we don't ditch people

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Speaker 11: in their darkest moments.

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Speaker 7: We feel their pain.

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Speaker 11: That's the whole essence of empathy, the ability to feel

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Speaker 11: someone else's pain.

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Speaker 7: And that's what we do at City Serve.

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Speaker 11: That's what Paulo White Ministries is all about, is just

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Speaker 11: getting in there and helping out people in their darkest hours.

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Speaker 11: And the reality is, listen, we all go through dark hours,

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Speaker 11: we all go through tough times in our lives. And

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Speaker 11: as Ecclesiastes says, you know, pity the person who falls

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Speaker 11: down but doesn't have anyone to help them up.

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Speaker 7: So we just want to be that person. We don't

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Speaker 7: be the hands and feet of Jesus just to help

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Speaker 7: people up.

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Speaker 11: And I'll tell you the people in North Carolina, Western

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Speaker 11: North Carolina, they don't need to hand out.

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Speaker 7: They are such strong, proud people. They need to hand up.

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Speaker 11: But boy, they want to work, they want to get

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Speaker 11: back to it, and you just sort of you're really

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Speaker 11: drawn to people like that and you really want to

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Speaker 11: help and go the extra mile for people.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, we have that type of mindset absolutely well.

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Speaker 1: Pastor Todd, again, thank you so much for all of

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Speaker 1: the work that you were doing down there.

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Speaker 3: Please keep it up. We wish you a very healthy

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Speaker 3: and happy new year.

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Speaker 2: Coming up on tomorrow, Shore we'll speak with our very

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Speaker 2: own Brian Glenn and interview Sean Sharma of the series

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Speaker 2: That Chosen, All that and more tomorrow on special Report

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Speaker 2: of for It.

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Speaker 7: Stay tuned