1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Barack Obama said that aliens are real. Have you seen 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: any evidence of non human visitors or. 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: Well, he gave less and right information. He's not supposed 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: to be doing that. You know the aliens are real. Well, 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 2: I don't know if they're real or not. I can 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 2: tell you he gave less of fight information. He's not 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: supposed to be doing that. Well, he made a big 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 2: for sake, he took it out at lasses that inflammation. 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 10 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 4: Good Friday morning. Nice to have you with us on 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 4: the forty seven Morning Updating. We've got two big stories 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 4: for you. First up, Democrats are not just looking to 13 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 4: get rid of Ice, but now they're saying they want 14 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 4: to dismantle the entire Department of Homeland Security. What would 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 4: that look like? And what is the White House saying 16 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 4: in response? We have all that for you in a moment. Also, aliens, Yes, 17 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 4: you may be curious. Well, after Barack Obama came out 18 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 4: and said there are aliens, Donald Trump had a response, 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 4: and you're gonna get to see some classified information. It's 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 4: the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now. 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 3: Story number one. 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 4: Democrats, we are now learning are looking not only to 23 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 4: dismantle ICE, but also the entire Department of Homeland Security. 24 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 4: Remarks now coming from Representative lam Omar signal that the 25 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 4: National Democrats as a party are pursuing sweeping changes that 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 4: extend far beyond their calls to quote abolish ICE. During 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 4: a town hall, Omar said, Democrats are not only discussing 28 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 4: eliminating immigration and customs enforcement, but are also engaged in 29 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 4: conversations about dismantling the Department of Homeland Security altogether. Quote. 30 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 4: What I will say is that there is an easier 31 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 4: conversation happening today than six seven years ago when I 32 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 4: got to Congress about what we need to do with ICE, 33 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 4: which is to abolish it, Omar told attendees in Golden 34 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 4: vas Avali, Minnesota. She added, there's a lot of conversation 35 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 4: about what the dismantlement of the Department of Homeland Securities 36 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 4: should look like now. O Mar's remarks come as Democrats 37 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 4: continue to protests federal immigration enforcement operations directed under President 38 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 4: Donald Trump. ICE, which was established in two thousand and 39 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 4: three under the DHS, has carried out immigration enforcement actions 40 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 4: for more than two decades now. Thursday mark the sixth 41 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 4: day of a federal shutdown forced by Congressional Democrats over 42 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 4: their new demands to get rid of ICE, or at 43 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 4: the bare minimum, as they describe it, reform it, which 44 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 4: actually means shut it down. 45 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 5: Now. 46 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 4: Democrats are pushing for, they say, a series of major 47 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 4: new restrictions on ICE operations. What does that include? Banning 48 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: agents from wearing face masks and requiring judicial warrants before 49 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 4: making the arrests at all. They are also calling for 50 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: a mandate that ICE agents wear body cameras, something the 51 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 4: Trump administration is already moving towards, but of course they 52 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 4: want to seem like there's fake outrage. In fact, ICE 53 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 4: agents have been requesting the body cameras to prove their 54 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 4: innocence in many of the accusations that are coming from 55 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 4: the radical left now. In addition, Democrats are seeking to 56 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 4: prohibit immigration enforcement actions at what they describe as sensitive locations, 57 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 4: meaning they'll become safe havens for actual criminals. What are 58 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 4: these places? Hospitals, schools, and polling sites. Just so you know, 59 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 4: with American individuals that have broken laws, as an American citizen, 60 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 4: you can be arrested right now at a hospital or 61 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 4: a school or at a polling site. So why would 62 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 4: we give special care to illegal immigrants? Is the question 63 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 4: every American should be asking. One uther side point about 64 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 4: the insanity of them saying that you can't arrest illegal 65 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 4: immigrants at polling sites. Republicans, they're laughing at that, noting 66 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 4: that non citizens, by the way, are literally prohibited from 67 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 4: voting in US elections under federal law. So why are 68 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 4: Democrats so angry and wanting to demand that our laws 69 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 4: would make it impossible for law enforcement too, You guessed it, 70 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: arrest illegal immigrants at polling sites? Is it because they 71 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 4: want them to vote? Or know that some of them 72 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 4: already are voting right now now. In recent weeks, several 73 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 4: Democratic leaders have strongly condemned ICE operations, including Minnesota Governor 74 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 4: Tim Waltz, a Democrat who lost to twenty twenty four 75 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 4: election to Trump and Vice President jd. Vance. He now 76 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: warned that federal enforcement efforts could expand nationwide, therefore we 77 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 4: must defund them. He also had this warning to America, 78 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: quote to Americans, to our watching this, if you're in Portland, 79 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 4: or you're in LA or you're in Chicago, or you're 80 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 4: wherever they're coming next. Now, to be clear, for me, 81 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 4: that's a good thing if we're sending law enforcement to 82 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 4: clean up cities that are filled with tons of criminals. 83 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 4: Yet again the Democrats showing whose side they're actually on now. 84 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 4: Republicans have urged that ICE enforcement actions are not only 85 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 4: lawful operations carried out by federal authorities, but they are 86 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 4: needed to protect American citizens, and the crime statistics have 87 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 4: shown where ICE agents have been out in major enforcement actions, 88 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 4: we've seen the crimes drastically drop in those areas. Of course, 89 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 4: critics of Democratic proposals say dismantling ICE or DHS more 90 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 4: broadly would significantly not only reshape national security of the 91 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 4: home land, but it would allow for criminals to run 92 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 4: a mock DHS. By the way, overseas twenty two agency 93 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 4: focusing on national security and public safety. Major components include 94 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 4: Customs and Border Protection known as CBP. If you get 95 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 4: rid of Homeland security, you would get rid of that. 96 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 4: You'd also get rid of obviously, immigration, customers enforcement, ICE agents, 97 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 4: and the TSA. So yes, Democrats want to shut down 98 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 4: the same people that keep you safe when flying on airplanes. 99 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 4: They also want to get rid of FEMA. That is 100 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 4: also yet again under the Department of Home in Security. 101 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 4: So the next time there's a national disaster, guess what, Yeah, 102 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 4: no one from the federal government would be there to 103 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: help you if the Democrats get their way. Oh and 104 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: if you're at c or you're a drug dealer, or 105 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 4: maybe some other country that's looking to do harm, don't worry. 106 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 4: Democrats also say, yeah, that includes the US Coast Guard. 107 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 4: So if you're sinking on a boat, tough luck for you. 108 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 4: Democrats say no more. And if you are caring about 109 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,239 Speaker 4: our president and others around him and other cabinet members, 110 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 4: well you would like the Secret Service protection. If Democrats 111 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 4: get their way shutting down the Department of Homeland Security, 112 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 4: that would include the Secret Service. And finally, maybe this 113 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 4: is what it's really all about for them. US Citizenship 114 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 4: and Immigration Services under the USCIS, Yes, you've probably dealt 115 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 4: with them. If you've ever had to get a passport 116 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 4: or other things like that, well, Democrats also apparently say nah, 117 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 4: let's get rid of that as well. So to be clear, 118 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 4: in the midterm elections, Democrats are saying exactly what they believe. 119 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 4: They hate this country. They hate secure borders, they hate 120 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 4: law and order, they hate FEMA, they hate the Coastguard, 121 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 4: they hate the Secret Service, and they hate the people 122 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 4: they help US citizens and immigration services as well, and 123 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 4: they want to abolish all of it just because they 124 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 4: don't like ICE actions. This is what the midterms are 125 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 4: going to be about. And thank goodness, Donald Trump has 126 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 4: made it clear as he had a campaign rally for 127 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 4: the midterms, we must continue to fight back against this anarchy. 128 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 3: Now, story number two. 129 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 4: Here's something I never thought i'd say, a war of 130 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 4: words between Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Now, that's happened before, 131 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 4: but over the issue of little Green men aliens. That 132 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 4: is something I never thought I'd be talking about. But 133 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 4: Barack Obama went on a podcast this week and he 134 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 4: was asked a question about aliens, and here's what he 135 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:25,559 Speaker 4: had to say. 136 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: Are aliens real? 137 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 5: They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not 138 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 5: being kept in fifty one. There's no underground facility unless 139 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 5: there's this enormous conspiracy. And they hit it from the 140 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 5: President of the United States. 141 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 4: Now, that comment turned into a much bigger issue on 142 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 4: social media and online, as many were freaking out that 143 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 4: the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, 144 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 4: is now hiding from US aliens. Donald Trump was asked 145 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 4: about this, and I want you to hear what he 146 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 4: had to say. He wasn't laughing near as much as 147 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 4: Barack Obama was. 148 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 2: And here's what he said, No discrimination. 149 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: Something to get a lot of attention to week, Barack 150 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: Obama said that aliens are real. Have you seen any 151 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: evidence of non human visitors or well? 152 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 2: He gave pless of right information. He's not supposed to 153 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: be doing that. Well, I don't know if they're real 154 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: or not. I can tell you he gained classified information. 155 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: He's not supposed to be doing that. Well, he made 156 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: it big for sake. He took it out of class 157 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: of my information. No, I don't. I don't have an 158 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 2: opinion on it. I never talked about it. A lot 159 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: of people do, a lot of people believe it. 160 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: Do you believe that, Peter, Well, if the press can 161 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: declassify anything that he wants, Tom. 162 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 2: I may get him out of trouble by declassifying. We 163 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 2: know illegal aliens? 164 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: Really? 165 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, illegal, only illegals? What else? 166 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 4: Only illegals? 167 00:09:58,480 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: What else? 168 00:09:59,280 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 5: Now? 169 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 4: The president and said that, which then caused Barack Obama 170 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 4: to backtrack very quickly on what he had said on 171 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 4: that podcast, Barack Obama came out and posted on Instagram 172 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: clarifying that he saw no evidence during his presidency that 173 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 4: aliens had made contact with Earth. His point was that statistically, 174 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 4: life elsewhere in the universe is likely given in its vastness, 175 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 4: but there's no proof of visits here. Well, then Donald 176 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 4: Trump decided to do what well Donald Trump always does. 177 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 4: He likes to let the American people know exactly what's 178 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 4: going on and doesn't think that there should be a 179 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 4: lot of secrets from you. So President Donald Trump said 180 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 4: on Thursday that he will direct the Pentagon Chief Headseth 181 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 4: and other relevant agencies to begin the process of identifying 182 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 4: and releasing government files related to aliens and extraterrestrial life, 183 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 4: as well as unidentified aerial phenomena known as UAPs and 184 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 4: unidentified flying objects you know them as UFOs. Trump on 185 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 4: True Socials said, based on the tremendous interest shown, I 186 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 4: will be directing the Secretary of War and the other 187 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 4: relevant departments and agencies to begin the process of identifying 188 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 4: and releasing government files related to aliens and extraterrestrial life, 189 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 4: as well as unidentified aerial phenomenon, unidentified flying objects, and 190 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 4: any and all other information connected to these highly complex 191 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 4: but extremely interesting and important matters the present then putting 192 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 4: in all caps God bless America. One thing is for sure, 193 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 4: Barack Obama saying that aliens are real and then trying 194 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 4: to take it back, well, it may not fly in 195 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 4: The President of the United States of America wants you 196 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 4: to know about anything and everything. That is fine. I 197 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 4: have to say the best part of this story is 198 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 4: the transparency. The President of the United States of America saying, 199 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 4: you know what you The American people deserve to know 200 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 4: what we know, and we shouldn't be hiding it from 201 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 4: you when it comes to the UFOs. This also is 202 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 4: what many Americans have been demanding on other issues, just 203 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 4: like the Epstein files, and the President of the United 204 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 4: States of America time and time again is saying, okay, 205 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 4: if the American people want to see it, I am 206 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 4: more than happy to let you see what's actually happening 207 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 4: within your government. Wouldn't it be amazing if the guy 208 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 4: by the name of Barack Obama would have done the 209 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: same thing for eight years when he was in office. 210 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 4: He now gives you the teasers, as he has no 211 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 4: power to actually disclose anything, and even if it means 212 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 4: that he was, you know, doing is what the President said, 213 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 4: giving you classified information. That's not his job then or now, 214 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 4: and so the Presdent's doing it the lawful way, the 215 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 4: right way, and saying to the government, go ahead and 216 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 4: do what you need to do to let the American 217 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 4: people see exactly what's going on. 218 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 219 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 220 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 3: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 221 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 3: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 222 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 3: and we will see you back here tomorrow