1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: It has been a seismic twenty four hours in the 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: Middle East, a conflict that is reshaping geopolitics and also 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: rattling the Democratic Party in Washington, d C. All because 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is showing true leadership and making sure that 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Iran cannot nuke US or anyone else in the world. 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: The United States, partnering side by side with Israel, launched 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: a major coordinated military operation against Iran this weekend, and 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: what has been called Operation Epic Fury. It is targeting 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: hundreds of strategic sites and leadership figures in Tehran. Iranian 10 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: state media has confirmed that their supreme leader has been 11 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: killed in the strikes, a development that marks a historic 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: turning point in this decade's long standoff. Now, in response, 13 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: Iran has unleashed missiles and drones at US basis and 14 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: partner nations across the Goal Pavilion casualties reported in the 15 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: United Air of imorates and heightened regional tensions with Saudi 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: Arabia to Iraq. We also know that several attacks on 17 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: Israel have caused civilian casualties there. And then there's the 18 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: politics here at home. Democratic lawmakers losing their minds, clashing 19 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: over the present authority to wage war without a quote 20 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: formal declaration, and the Pentagon has confirmed the first US 21 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: military deaths in the operation. There's also more fighting that 22 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: is expected that could last up to four weeks. The 23 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: President said in a new statement, I want to take 24 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: a quick moment and talk to you about an incredible 25 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: organization and it is called Compassion International, and how you 26 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: can get involved. I want you to pause what you're 27 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: doing for just one minute, and I want you to 28 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: hear about Alejandra. She lives in a remote community with 29 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: very few resources and little to no healthcare. So when 30 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: Alejandra gets sick, her parents have no real options, no 31 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: doctors in their community, and no money for real medical care. 32 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: By the third day, her body was shutting down. She 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: woke up and just long enough to tell her mom, 34 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: I can't take the pain anymore. I can't keep going. 35 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: Her parents drove hours to find a doctor who tried everything, 36 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: but she needed a private hospital and that was impossible 37 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: for her family to afford. And that is when Compassion 38 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: International stepped in. Now, through Compassion, Alejandra was treated and 39 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: against all odds, she survived. She lived because someone just 40 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: like you took action. Right now, Unfortunately, there are children 41 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: just like Alejandra who won't survive unless someone like you 42 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: steps in. Compassion International partners with local churches, providing children 43 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: with the support that they need, critical metad care, plus food, education, 44 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: and the hope of the gospel, all in Jesus' name. 45 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: So help a child just like Alejandra. Today you can 46 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: visit Compassion dot com. That's Compassion dot com. Now I'm 47 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: at all of this. Donald Trump has just held a 48 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: major press conference, and I want you to hear what 49 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: he had to say to not only US, but also 50 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: to the rest of the world. 51 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: Over the past thirty six hours, the United States and 52 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: its partners have launched Operation Epic Fury, one of the largest, 53 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: most complex, most overwhelming military offensives the world has ever seen. 54 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 2: Nobody's seen anything like it. We have hit hundreds of 55 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: targets in Iran, including revolutionary Guard facilities, Iranian air defense systems. 56 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: Just now was announced that we knocked out nine plus 57 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: their naval building, all in a matter of literally minutes. 58 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 2: Iran's formerly supreme leader, Ayatollah Hamene is dead. This wretched 59 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,239 Speaker 2: and vile man had the blood of hundreds and even 60 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 2: thousands of Americans on his hands and was responsible for 61 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 2: the slaughter of countless thousands of innocent people all across 62 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: many countries. Last night, all over Iran, the voices of 63 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: the Iranian people could be heard cheering and celebrating in 64 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 2: the streets when his death was announced. The entire military 65 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: command is gone as well, and many of them want 66 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 2: to surrender into saving their lives. They want immunity. They're 67 00:04:54,640 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: calling by the thousands. Combat operations continue at this time 68 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 2: in full force, and they will continue until all of 69 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: our objectives are achieved. We have very strong objectives. Earlier today, 70 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: Sentcam shared the news that three US military service members 71 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: have been killed in action. As one nation, we grieve 72 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate 73 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 2: sacrifice for our nation, even as we continue the righteous 74 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 2: mission for which they gave their lives. We pray for 75 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense 76 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 2: love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen. 77 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 2: And sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. 78 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: That's the way. It is likely be more. But will 79 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: do everything possible where that won't be the case. But 80 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 2: America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing 81 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: blow to the terrorists who have waged war against basically 82 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: civilization are resolve, and likewise that of Israel has never 83 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: been stronger. America is now again the richest, most powerful 84 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 2: nation in the way we enjoy the quality of life 85 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: that we do and the freedom and security as we 86 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 2: have done things that others are unable to do. But 87 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 2: it's because of warriors who are willing to lay down 88 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 2: their lives to do battle with our enemies, and they 89 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 2: do battle better than anybody. An Iranian regime armed with 90 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: long range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire 91 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 2: threat to every American. We cannot allow a nation that 92 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 2: raises terrorist armies to possess such weapons, would allow them 93 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 2: to extort the world to their evil. Will not going 94 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 2: to let it happen. We're not happening to us, and 95 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: we're not going to let it happen to others. The 96 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 2: United States says the strongest military the world has ever seen. 97 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: I rebuilt our military in my first term. There's never 98 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: been a military like we possess, and frankly there's nobody 99 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,559 Speaker 2: even close. But we are now using that military for good. 100 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: We want to have it for good. Purpose. We're undertaking 101 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 2: this massive operation not merely to ensure security for our 102 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,679 Speaker 2: own time and place, but for our children and their children, 103 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: just as our ancestors have done for us many many 104 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 2: years ago. This is the duty and the burden of 105 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: a free people. These actions are right, and they are 106 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 2: necessary to ensure that Americans will never have to face 107 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 2: a radical, bloodthirsty terrorist regime armed with nuclear weapons and 108 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: lots of threats. For almost fifty years, these wicked extremists 109 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: have been attacking the United States while chanting the slogan 110 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: death to America or death to Israel or both. They 111 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: are the world's number one state sponsor of terror. We 112 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 2: are the world's greatest and most powerful nations, so we 113 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: can do something about what they do. These intolerable threats 114 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: will not continue any longer. I once again urge the 115 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 2: Revolutionary Guard the Iranian military police to lay down your 116 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 2: arms and receive full immunity or face certain death. It 117 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: will be certain, death won't be pretty. I call upon 118 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 2: all Iranian patriots who yearn for freedom to seize this 119 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 2: moment to be brave, be bold, be heroic, and take 120 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: back your country. America is with you. I made a 121 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 2: promise to you, and I've fulfilled that promise. The rest 122 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 2: will be up to you, will be there to help. 123 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 2: Thank you, God bless you to our incredible warriors, and 124 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 2: God bless the United States of America. Thank you. 125 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump there in his own words, saying this 126 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: is not going to be over soon, that we have 127 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: an objective and it's one that we are clearly going 128 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: to continue moving forward. We also know that the US 129 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: and Israel have pummeled Iran. We know that the new 130 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: number one in command has already been taken out less 131 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: than twenty four hours after he was named. Yes, more 132 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: top officials being killed, hundreds of military sites have been destroyed, 133 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: and Donald Trump is urging the Iranian people to overthrow 134 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: the Mulas. The entire military command as it was described 135 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: to me earlier, is gone. Many in fact want to surrender, 136 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: and Tehran, of course, is still going rogue attacking their neighbors. 137 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: Rockets are now reigning on the Jewish state as we speak. 138 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: It is truly incredible to witness what is happening right 139 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: now and just how far Iran will go to kill 140 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: innocent people. I also want to play for you something 141 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: that Senator Ted Cruz had to say, Senator Cruz on 142 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: face the nation fighting back against the narrative. Of course, 143 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: to left, they want this to be a disaster. They 144 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: want you to believe that this is terrible. They want 145 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: you to believe that this is one of those moments 146 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: that you should be sad and ashamed that happened. This 147 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: is one of those moments. It's not good for America. 148 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: Senator Cruz talking about how important this decision was by 149 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 1: the President of the United States America to attack someone 150 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: that clearly was wanting to harm us and the rest 151 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: of the world. It was long overdue. Here is more 152 00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: of what Senator Cruz said. 153 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: Ask you about Austin, though, because there are reports that 154 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 3: three people dead more than a dozen injured following a 155 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 3: mass shooting in that city. The FBI is saying this 156 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 3: morning that their Joint Terrorism Task Force has joined the investigation. 157 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 3: Is there any nexus to terrorism or anything that is 158 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 3: going on in regard to the worldwide caution at this moment, 159 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 3: we don't. 160 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: Know for sure. 161 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 4: That there are some early reports that this shooting may 162 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 4: be connected to terrorism, but we need to follow the 163 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 4: evidence and see in particular what motivated the shooting. We 164 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 4: are certainly Heidi and I are praying for those who 165 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 4: were wounded in the families of those who were killed. 166 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 4: But at this point, we don't know what the evidence 167 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 4: will show in terms of whether this was an act 168 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 4: of terrorism. 169 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 3: We'll continue to follow those early reports, but center just 170 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: looking at the global environment right now. Sat COUM announced 171 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,599 Speaker 3: three Americans were killed in five seriously wounded in this operation. 172 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 3: President Trump and President Vice President Vance campaigned on not 173 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: getting America. 174 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 5: Involved in new wars. 175 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 3: What do you say to Americans this morning who are 176 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 3: asking why we are in this conflict? 177 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 2: Now? 178 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 4: President Trump's decision to launch this decisive action against Iran 179 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 4: is the single most important decision of his presidency. I 180 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 4: think he laid out powerfully and effectively why he is 181 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 4: taking this action. He is taking this action because the 182 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 4: government of Iran is a profound and malign influence. They 183 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 4: have been the leading state sponsor of terrorism for forty 184 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 4: seven years. They have over that time killed nearly one 185 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 4: thousand Americans. They provide more than ninety percent of the 186 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 4: funding for Hamas. They provide more than ninety percent of 187 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 4: the funding for Hesbola. The Iranian Ayatola was until yesterday 188 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 4: actively trying to murder the President of the United States, 189 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 4: Donald J. Trump. I spent the entire day with President 190 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 4: Trump on Friday, right before he launched these attacks. He 191 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 4: and I discussed this at length on Friday. My counsel 192 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 4: to him was that the Iranian regime has never been weaker, 193 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 4: that it was teetering, and now was the time. My 194 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: advice was, do not miss this opportunity. I think the 195 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 4: President has acted boldly, He's acted decisively, and Iran no 196 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 4: longer being led by a theocratic, murderous dictator. That makes 197 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 4: America much much safer. 198 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: Senator, you are not going to find a lot of 199 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 3: people in any way defending the supreme leader, that is 200 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: for sure. However, putting Americans in harm way is what 201 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 3: I'm pressing you on. 202 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 5: Here. 203 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 3: Did the President explain to you why he called off 204 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 3: active diplomacy Because at the very same time he was 205 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 3: on that plane, the Vice President of the United States 206 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 3: was talking to the Omani mediator who was trying to 207 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 3: get a deal and told us that they were close 208 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 3: to one. 209 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 5: Why not choose diplomacy. 210 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 4: Because the diplomacy was an abject failure. The Iranians approached 211 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 4: the diplomacy with arrogance, which with absolute Hubris. They said 212 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 4: they would not stop enriching. No matter what, they were 213 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 4: going to continue to enrich uranium. They would not discuss 214 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: zero enrichment. They claimed a right to enrich uranium in 215 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 4: underground bunkers with no supervision. As President Trump said on 216 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 4: Friday when he was with me in Texas, his line 217 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 4: was zero enrichments, and the Iranians refused to discuss it. 218 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: They also refused to discuss their proxies. They refused to 219 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 4: discuss Hamas and hesbel on the Huthis, and President Trump 220 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 4: understood that the Iranian negotiation was just a stall tactic 221 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 4: and that the only response. My advice to him, I said, 222 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 4: there's only one deal you should accept, and it's the 223 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 4: deal that you offered Maduro, which is if you want 224 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 4: to leave and flee the country, you can do so. 225 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 4: Anything else is unacceptable, and Commany made his choice. 226 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 3: Well, there's disputes there in terms of your characterization of 227 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 3: what was actually on the table and what the administration 228 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 3: had indicated it was willing to accept in terms of 229 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 3: allowing enrichment for medical purposes and the like. 230 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 5: But that's now obviously so, Margaret, what. 231 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 4: I just told you. What I just told you is 232 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 4: almost word for word what Secretary of State Marco Rubio 233 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 4: told me yesterday. 234 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 3: Can you tell us now if you believe that there 235 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 3: was an ongoing nuclear weapons program. One of the top 236 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 3: arms arms control experts out there, David Albright, has written 237 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 3: there should be an immediate priority on rapid response operations 238 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 3: to secure Iran's nuclear stockpiles. Right now, can you assure 239 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 3: the public that it will be secured, and if so, 240 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 3: who is doing it? If there are no Israeli or 241 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 3: US forces on the ground, so. 242 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 4: There is no doubt that a year ago Iran had 243 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: an active and ongoing nuclear weapons program. We took out 244 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: the vast majority of that at the end of the 245 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 4: Twelve Day War, where val. 246 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 3: US intelligence assessment was not made public. If that is 247 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 3: what was brief to you. 248 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 4: We took out We launched targeted bombs at the end 249 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 4: of the Twelve Day War, where we dropped the equivalent 250 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 4: of about a third of a nuclear weapon on those 251 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 4: underground facilities, facilities like Florida, which was built into the 252 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 4: base of a mountain. The bunker buster bombs we used. 253 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 4: Israel doesn't have those bombs. No other country has those bombs. 254 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 4: We took them out last year, the Iranians were still 255 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 4: hell bent on rebuilding them. And one of the things 256 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 4: we are doing right now is taking out their missiles, 257 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 4: in particular the Southern missile belt. Right now, Iran is 258 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 4: building roughly one hundred missiles a month. They're actively building 259 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 4: missiles to threaten their neighbors, and. 260 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 5: They're firing some of them right now at their neighbors. 261 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, our allies, they're illustrating powerfully. They're attacking virtually every 262 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 4: Arab neighbor that surrounds them. They are firing missiles that 263 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 4: it's almost like they want to illustrate to the world 264 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 4: just how malign they are. 265 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 3: But in terms of containing the risk, who's securing the 266 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 3: nuclear material that you say still exists within Iran? 267 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 5: Who's doing that? 268 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 4: Look, look the quantity of nuclear material. I didn't say 269 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 4: one anything one way or another on that. What I 270 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 4: said is they were building nuclear weapons a year ago 271 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 4: and our bombing took that out. They also had an 272 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 4: ongoing desire to rebuild them. I don't have present day 273 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 4: intelligence on what progress they had made towards rebuilding nuclear 274 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 4: weapons since we bomb their facility. I have no indication 275 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 4: that they were anywhere close to getting nuclear weapons because 276 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 4: our bombing was devastating, and Margaret, that's one of the 277 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 4: reasons I urged President Trump. Now is the time. You know, 278 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 4: dictatorships survive because they're perceived as invulnerable, and in this instance, 279 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 4: Iran decisively lost the twelve day war that weakened the 280 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 4: regime and set up what the president is doing now. 281 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: You hear Center Cruz there, and it's very obvious that 282 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: there is a clear plan from this administration. You heard 283 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 1: him talking about what President Trump had to say with 284 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: him during that day, what the Secretary of State Marco 285 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: Rubio had to say, and others. There's no doubt in 286 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: my mind that this was the right decision at the 287 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: right time. One eight hundred four to seven four nine 288 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: seven three to two. One a hundred four to seven, 289 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: four seven, three to two Ben Ferguson's show, We're going 290 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: to get all of your phone calls in here your reaction. 291 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: Do you support President Trump making this decision to go 292 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: to war with Iran and doing it with our ally Israel. 293 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: This year marks a critical moment for our country as 294 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: the opposition grows more aggressive and unapologetic. 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Let's 321 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: talk about how we got to this point. I think 322 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: the diplomacy of President Trump and also Israel on this 323 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: was really really thorough and extensive. They were trying to 324 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: get a deal done with Iran, and Iran in essence 325 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: just refused and then we gave them a deadline and 326 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: they guessed they didn't take it seriously, and that's how 327 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: we got to where we are today. 328 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 6: Well, that's true. This has been actually a forty seven 329 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 6: year problem that we've been dealing with. President after president 330 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 6: since nineteen seventy nine, we've been dealing with this problem. 331 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 6: And why is that People don't realize But Iran was 332 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 6: actually a very modern country in nineteen seventy nine. The 333 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 6: women wore makeup, went to college, they drove cars, they 334 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 6: wore Western clothing. But the shav of Iran was politically 335 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 6: in trouble and so rather they were pro America, and 336 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 6: rather than President Jimmy Carter helping the Shah of Iran, 337 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 6: when the Shah reached out to Jimmy Carter, because again 338 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 6: he was very pro America, Jimmy Carter sat on his 339 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 6: hands and the sha collapsed and the Ayatola traveled from Paris, France, 340 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 6: where he had been in tiding, you might say, to Tehran. 341 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 6: And that was the rise of modern terrorism. When I 342 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 6: was a little girl, we'd never heard of Islamic terrorism. 343 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 6: It hadn't happened in the United States. But once the 344 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 6: Ayatola came in in Iran, he had two very very 345 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 6: specific goals that he and the government and the nation 346 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 6: that he took over said every day, Death to America, 347 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 6: Death to Israel. And they weren't just crazy people, they 348 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 6: were intentional. And so for forty seven years he's used 349 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 6: all of the resources of that country to create nuclear 350 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 6: weapons so that he could achieve his goal, and he 351 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 6: had the political will to do it, and he planned to. 352 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 6: In fact, he had a clock in the main public 353 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 6: square in Tehran, Iran that had by this year, we 354 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 6: will annihilate Israel. In other words, we will kill every 355 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 6: Jew in Israel with a nuclear weapon, and they intended 356 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 6: It seems crazy to us, but they intended to conquer 357 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 6: the United States through the use of nuclear weapons. And 358 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 6: just this last week there was a report from one 359 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 6: of the envoys to the United States who said that 360 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 6: Iran had the capacity within a week to have enough 361 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 6: and rich nuclear enough enriched uranium to create a nuclear weapons. 362 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 6: So this is an existential threat to the United States. 363 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 6: This isn't just something at the top of Donald Trump's 364 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 6: head that he wanted to do. This is something that 365 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 6: he had to do. So Jimmy Carter had an opportunity 366 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 6: to keep America states. He made a tragic decision that 367 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 6: put us the whole world into forty seven years of 368 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 6: being a hostage to the number one state sponsor of 369 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 6: terrorism in the world. That's Iran. Iran is behind thousands 370 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 6: and thousands of American deaths and wanted to be behind 371 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 6: killing literally millions of Americans. He's the one who issued 372 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 6: the orders to assassinate former Secretary of State Mike Pompeio 373 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 6: John Bolton, and also Donald Trump. He's issued those orders. 374 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 6: So Iran was an existential threat to the United States 375 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 6: as well as to Israel and so I really believe 376 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 6: that this was God ordained that we had at this 377 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 6: time in history. It's fortuitous. We had Donald Trump as 378 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 6: President of the United States, we had Benjamin Ntnia who 379 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 6: as the Prime Minister of Israel, and we took two 380 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 6: of the finest militaries in the world, the United States 381 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 6: obviously being the biggest, the most advanced, but two allies 382 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 6: working together to defeat Again. For forty seven years, the 383 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 6: United States is named Iran as the number one sponsor 384 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 6: of terrorism in the world. And what we saw at 385 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 6: one fifteen this morning Central time was a complete change. 386 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 6: It was the opening salvo because President Donald Trump got 387 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 6: word that Iran was about to make a preemptive strike 388 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 6: against Israel that could have brought about tremendous damage and 389 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 6: perhaps against Europe or perhaps against the United States, and 390 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 6: so he knew he had to strike. And so this 391 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:22,479 Speaker 6: morning it was absolutely a gift of God because the leader, 392 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 6: the Supreme Leader of Iran, met with forty of his 393 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 6: top aids, the top advisors. They were all together and 394 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 6: it was the perfect opportunity. And so the advanced strike 395 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 6: took place from Israel. They made the first strike and 396 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 6: they killed the Supreme leader and they killed his forty 397 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 6: top aids. Nobody ever thought something like that would happen 398 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 6: at the very opening of this war. 399 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: And by the way, that was a shocking when that 400 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,239 Speaker 1: news broke. I want to be clear just how shocking is. 401 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: Usually they will take, you know, extreme caution when meeting. 402 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: To have all forty of them meet in that way 403 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: was like you said, I actually think it was God's will. 404 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: It was God sent moment for them all to be 405 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: together in that way. That is not normal. So people understand, no, 406 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: you're exactly right. 407 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 6: But yet this happened in Yemen with the Houtis and 408 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 6: so their whole upper echelon leadership were taken out the 409 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 6: same way. In the last two years. Also, the same 410 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 6: thing happened with hes Blah. Nowzraala was the leader of 411 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 6: the worst terrorist gang, if you will, in the world, Hesblah, 412 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 6: and they all were together and they were all taken 413 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 6: out at the same time. So God has been He's 414 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 6: opened these windows of opportunity that you can you can't 415 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 6: say anything other than God created divine moments, and so 416 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 6: we can be so grateful to Him that he allowed 417 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 6: these opportunities, because this is pure evil, This is rank evil. 418 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 6: Many of your audience may remember when it was well 419 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 6: over two hundred and American Marines were killed and be 420 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 6: rooted in a terrible bombing. And so this has gone on, 421 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 6: like I said, for forty seven years. I formerly sat 422 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 6: on the Intelligence Committee. That's that's the committee in Congress 423 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 6: that deals with the classified secrets of our nation. And 424 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 6: our number one threat has been Islamic terrorism in the world. 425 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 6: And Iran is the head of the snake. And so 426 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 6: today the head of the snake was decapitated. And it 427 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 6: is miraculous to think that in less than twenty four 428 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 6: hours we're already moving on and talking about what will 429 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 6: be the next government. Clearly God has delivered. This is 430 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 6: going to go on for weeks. So I want to 431 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 6: manage people's expectations because President Trump and Prime Minister nat 432 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 6: Nyahu didn't put this effort together to lose. They put 433 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 6: it together to defeat the modern enemy of Islamic terrorism 434 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 6: that has hung a sword over the next of the world. Really, 435 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 6: the world has been held hostage to Iran for forty 436 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 6: seven years, and they have made the best decision they 437 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:12,159 Speaker 6: ever could have made. It's a risky calculus, but a brave, 438 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 6: wise calculus, and so I believe they're going to be 439 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 6: victorious in this effort. They were incredibly victorious today, but 440 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 6: there's still a lot to do over the next couple 441 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 6: of weeks. And what they're trying to do is clear 442 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 6: a path so that the people of Iran, who again, 443 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 6: just a couple of weeks ago, this murderous government killed 444 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 6: over thirty two thousand of their own people who just 445 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 6: want freedom, who just want to live. And now the 446 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 6: Iranian people are going to have the chance to come 447 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 6: together and unite as one and decide on their next 448 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 6: governmental leadership and whether they're going to live as a 449 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 6: secular regime in freedom and create a new world for themselves. 450 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 6: But more importantly, to stop being a threat to every 451 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 6: other people group on Earth, because that's what Iran was. 452 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 6: They were at the point of having precision guided missiles 453 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 6: that could reach anywhere around the world, and they were 454 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 6: putting nuclear warheads on them, so that literally New York, Honolulu, 455 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 6: cities all over the world would be at risk at 456 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 6: the will of the Ayatola be taken out. And so 457 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 6: what President Trump has done is a favor to America, 458 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 6: but it's a favor to the world and Benjamin Metnaw 459 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 6: who helped as well, and all of our other allies. 460 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 6: This is a profound gift to the world because this 461 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 6: is the most consequential war of the last fifty years. Again, 462 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 6: this started because of the tragic decision by Jimmy Carter. Again, 463 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 6: another tragic decision was made by President Obama. And I'm 464 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 6: not trying to be partisan when I say this, but 465 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 6: President Obama gage gage one hundred and fifty billion dollars 466 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 6: with a bee to Aroun when I was in Congress. 467 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 6: He gave them one hundred and fifty billions. And what 468 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 6: did Iran do with that one hundred and fifty billion. 469 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 6: It was the most foolish decision ever made by a president. 470 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,719 Speaker 6: They used that one hundred and fifty billion to not 471 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 6: only build their terror state, but they bought friends in 472 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,719 Speaker 6: games of terrorists that they set up all around the 473 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 6: world to create havoc and death and kill people and 474 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 6: threaten and build up. That's what President Obama did. And 475 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 6: the Iranian people rose up in two thousand and nine. 476 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 6: They wanted to overthrow the aatolavent President Obama easily. Rather 477 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 6: than giving a dime to the Iatola, he could have 478 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 6: helped the Iranian people and helped them so that they 479 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 6: could have overthrown the Ayatola event back in two thousand 480 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 6: and nine. But it is gay, this brave action happened. 481 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 6: We can thank god that President Trump was president to 482 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 6: make this courageous decision. 483 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 2: Michelle. 484 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: One of the things that's very interesting is the Iranian 485 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: Crown Prince is now calling on the military, the police, 486 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: the security services to abandon what he said is the 487 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: crumbling Islamic regime. This is the son of of the 488 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: last jav Iran calling on them to all abandon this, 489 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: this Islamic regime of the Ietola amid these strikes, saying 490 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: the decisive moments lie before us and is time for 491 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: these and these people in these organizations to stop backing 492 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: the regime. How much of an impact could that have 493 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: and how many lives could that also help save? 494 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 6: Well, it's tremendous because what it would do is it 495 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 6: would take a shift. It would be a right hand 496 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 6: turn that the people of Iran would take and say 497 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 6: we are no longer following this murderous regime. We have 498 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 6: a new path forward. We want to join the current world. 499 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 6: In twenty twenty six, because they've been forced to live 500 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 6: in the seventh century under radical Islamic extremism. So they 501 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 6: went back to the beginning of the Koran during the 502 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 6: time of Muhammad, and all of these terrible laws were 503 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 6: enforced on the Iranian people. The women in Iran lived 504 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 6: a slavish life under that regime. And so now what 505 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 6: the Crown Prince is doing is saying, come join me, 506 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 6: let's all come together, let's turn away from the Iahtola, 507 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 6: who's now dead, thank goodness, and now let's have a 508 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,959 Speaker 6: brand new beginning. And he's calling on the Iranian Revolutionary 509 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 6: Guard Corps. That's the muscle, that's the army that served 510 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 6: the Iatola. The Iatola is dead, and so now who's 511 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 6: the army going to serve. Let me tell you, nobody 512 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 6: wants to step up and take the Iatola's place, because 513 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 6: they'll be decapitated. Next, they'll be vaporized, next they'll be gone. 514 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 6: And so this is the opportunity. So President Trump today 515 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 6: in his speech said, really what the Crown Prince said, 516 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 6: which is to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, put down 517 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 6: your weapons, surrendered, be done, give up, and we will 518 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 6: give you immunity. Otherwise you're going to be killed. This 519 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 6: is the end, and he's President Trump is doing exactly 520 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 6: what had to be done. The Ayahtola had to die, 521 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 6: and the Iranian revolutionary at Gharcourt has to break up 522 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 6: and no longer be loyal to this demonic regime of 523 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 6: Islamic terrorism and instead move forward as a real country 524 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 6: and have a real future. Iran has tremendous resources. They 525 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 6: could be an amazing country, but they have to give 526 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 6: up Islamic terrorism, Islamic extremism. And that's what the Crown 527 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 6: Prince is offering, a secular state where Iran comes together. 528 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 6: His father was the former Shah of Iran. He's the 529 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 6: Crown Prince. He was forced to live outside of the 530 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 6: country or he would have been killed. And so he's 531 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 6: demonstrating leadership to the Iranian people and he's saying, let's 532 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 6: unite as a people again and move forward. They have 533 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 6: a tremendous history, goes back to the time of the Bible, 534 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 6: and there is a tremendous history. They can regain that history. 535 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 6: That's exactly what President Trump urged the people to do, 536 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,439 Speaker 6: to unite and come up with a future government. That's 537 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 6: exactly what the Crown Prince is offering the people of Iran, 538 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 6: and it's their chance to take it. 539 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, Finally, there's a lot of 540 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 1: people that are under siege right now yet again in Israel. 541 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: Israel taking the lead and starting this attack, which is 542 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,360 Speaker 1: a very brave one, but there are a lot of 543 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: rockets coming in to Israel and a lot of attacks 544 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: that have happened on Israel. The drones as well. Yes they 545 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: have the iron down, but there is obviously real needs 546 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: of the people in Israel. What can we do People 547 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: that are listening right now, how can they get involved 548 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: to make a difference that they want to stand with 549 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: the people in Israel With the IFCJ. 550 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 6: Well one of the most trusted organizations for over forty 551 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 6: years serving Israel and Jews and forty seven other countries 552 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 6: around the world. So thisation organization began because Christians and 553 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,399 Speaker 6: Jews weren't working together to benefit the people who were 554 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 6: suffering in Israel. But they came together about forty years 555 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 6: ago and they've worked incredibly. Today, the International Fellowship of 556 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 6: Christians and Jews is the largest humanitarian relief organization in Israel. 557 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 6: So for the last few weeks, for instance, recognizing that 558 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 6: tensions were about to spill out into the war that 559 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,880 Speaker 6: began today with Iran. The International Fellowship of Christians and 560 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 6: Jews has mobile bomb shelters and they were deploying them 561 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 6: all over Israel, mobile bomb shelters, and then with hospitals when, 562 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,919 Speaker 6: for instance, a missile came in in the Galilee area 563 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 6: and a hospital was hit in the surgical wing. So 564 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,080 Speaker 6: what the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews did is 565 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 6: they reinforced these surgical wings and they actually put them 566 00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 6: underground so that they could continue to do so urgeries 567 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,880 Speaker 6: on people. Then what they've been famous for for forty years, 568 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 6: it is feeding people. They're the largest humanitarian food organization 569 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 6: in Israel, and so they've been giving out boxes of food, 570 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 6: especially to the elderly and to the most vulnerable people. 571 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 6: First a kids evacuating the elderly. They've been everywhere trying 572 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,080 Speaker 6: to meet the needs of the people in Israel. And 573 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 6: so Christians and Jews that come together with donations, and 574 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 6: I encourage people to go to IFCJ International Fellowship of 575 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 6: Christians and Jews. I serve on their board of directors. 576 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 6: I've been to Israel many times. I love Israel, I 577 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 6: love the Jewish people, and I've seen firsthand how they 578 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 6: serve the poorest of the poor. Go to IFCJ dot 579 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 6: org and you can donate their IFCJ dot org and 580 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 6: you can donate there. 581 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: It's incredible work they're doing. IFCJ dot org. Michelle Bachman 582 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,319 Speaker 1: always a pleasure to talk to you. 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