1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: It is official. Democrats got exactly what they wanted. There 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: is a growing crisis at airports across the United States 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: of America today and it's directly tied to a political 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: battle in Washington over the funding of ICE that is 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: holding literally America's airports and you if your traveler hostage. 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: Right now, more than fifty thousand Transportation Security Administration officers 7 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: are working without pay after Congress yet again failed to 8 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: pass a full funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: The shutdown began after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement 10 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: over immigration enforcement and broader DHS spinning priorities and the 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: consequences they're immediate, according to federal officials. Today, TSA union 12 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: representatives are also confirming that more than three hundred TSA 13 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: officers have already quit since a shutdown began. Democrats knew 14 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: that this was going to happen. They designed this on purpose. 15 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 1: About ten percent of TSA officers called out or failed 16 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: to report to work during the first weekend without full 17 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: pay as well. Normally, absentee rates are around two to 18 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: three percent, meaning absentees have quadrupled or more. Depending on 19 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: which airport you are going to. Some major airports have 20 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: reported more than twenty percent staffing shortages during peak travel periods. 21 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: And it's spring break for many Americans. And remember TSA 22 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: officers are considered essential personnel, meaning they are required to 23 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: keep working even if they are not being paid. They 24 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: will get back pay eventually. Now, ABC News and others 25 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: are forced to cover this ongoing crisis, and as spring 26 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: break surge, the strain has gotten even worse. 27 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: The spring break travel crush underway, expected to be the 28 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: busiest ever as millions fill airports across the country. Early 29 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: this morning, security lines snaking outside the airport in Austin, Texas, 30 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: the travel surge coming as sixty thousand TSA officers are 31 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: already feeling the squeeze, receiving their first zero dollar paycheck 32 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 2: today with funding still halted for the Department of Homeland Security, 33 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: with no end in sight. 34 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 3: Morale's low. 35 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 4: Your bills are still going to keep coming, but you 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 4: have nothing. 37 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 2: No way to ban to ease the burden. Food pantries 38 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: opening up from JFK to Seattle, Denver's Airport accepting food 39 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: and gas card donations for its TSA officers. 40 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 4: It hurts the pride you have to go and stand 41 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 4: in the lie, you know, to receive food and things 42 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 4: when the only thing you've done is show up like 43 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 4: you're supposed to. 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 2: Nearly a month into the shutdown, more than three hundred 45 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: TSA officers have quit callouts, more than. 46 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: Doubling President Trump demanding that these TSA agents received their paychecks. 47 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: Democrats are saying, no, we want them to suffer because 48 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: we don't like ice agents that are actually not TSA 49 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: agents at the airport. This is what you call political revenge. 50 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: And for many of these agents, by the way, the 51 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: financial pressure is immediate. The average frontline TSA officer that 52 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: you meet at the airport, their salary is roughly forty 53 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: five to sixty thousand per year, meaning missing even one 54 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: paycheck can create major financial stress for families trying to 55 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: pay rent, mortgages, groceries, as well as childcare. Now, Republicans 56 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: and President Trump had been leading the push to fund 57 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: the TSA. Republicans in Congress say the crisis is entirely avoidable. 58 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: They have introduced legislation that would fully fund just the 59 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: TSA operations and the rest of the Department of homelandned Security. 60 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: But Democrats, holding America hostage during spring break, have refused 61 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: to advance the funding bill. They say, unless immigration enforcement 62 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: provisions are stripped out, this is all about political revenge. 63 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: President Trump has repeatedly urged Congress to fund TSA and 64 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: border security immediately. Trump said a statement about the shutdown, quote, 65 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: our TSA officers and border agents protect America every single day. 66 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: They should never be forced to work without pay because 67 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: of politics in Washington. In another statement on the DHS 68 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: funding fight, Trump said today this quote, we must fund 69 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: home land security, fully, fund TSA and secure our borders. 70 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: Republicans are ready to do that right now. Republican leaders 71 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: argue that air travel securities should not become a political 72 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: bargaining chip, especially during periods of heightened global tension, and 73 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: multiple terrorist attacks have taken place in the United States 74 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: of America over the last ten days. At the same time, however, 75 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: several prominent Democrats have previously called for dramatically reducing or 76 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: even eliminating the TSA. Do you really want to fly 77 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: on planes? Is the question all Americans should ask without 78 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: going through security. Who are the Democrats behind this idea? 79 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: Example Number one Alexandra Cortes, known as AOC. She's previously 80 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: supported proposals to restructure or eliminate TSA as part of 81 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: broader federal policing reforms. Alamo mar another radical of the left, 82 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: has also expressed support for reducing federal security agencies and 83 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: redirecting resources towards what she described as other priorities, meaning 84 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: you could get on a plane and not go through security. 85 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty and twenty twenty one, there were multiple 86 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: Progressive Democrats that supported policy platforms that proposed abolishing or 87 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: privatizing airport secure systems, arguing that the TSA was ineffective 88 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: or overly intrusive, so therefore you should just be able 89 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: to take anything you want on an airplane. It's like, 90 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: you know, the honor system, until a terrorist decides to 91 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 1: blow up a plane. Those proposals are now reservicing again 92 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: this week during the current funding fight, with some progressive 93 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: lawmakers arguing that DHS agencies should be fundamentally restructured rather 94 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: than simply funded. Now the airlines are now getting into 95 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: the game. They're warning of security risks. Major airlines are 96 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: now warning that the situation could spiral if the shutdown continues. 97 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: And then there's the travelers themselves. They're furious over the 98 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: lines just take a listen to NBC's local DC affiliate 99 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: and how they are now talking about the real story 100 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: of what has happened at the airports all because of 101 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: the Democrats. 102 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, so much concern about TA say checkpoint 103 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 3: lines all across the country. Right now, we can show 104 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 3: you what it looks like at Reagan National Airport. Pretty 105 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 3: good for the moment. Everything moving pretty smoothly right now. 106 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 3: But it's what's happening behind the scenes here that's really 107 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: starting to cause concern. 108 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 4: Well. 109 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 3: TSA workers are about to miss their second paycheck of 110 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 3: this ongoing partial government shutdown, and that's on top of 111 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 3: what these workers went through during the longest government shutdown 112 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 3: ever in the fall, where many missed multiple paychecks as well. 113 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 5: Adam, And that's the stress part is what's really not 114 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 5: being reported. 115 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 3: I think Joe Schucker is with the union that represents 116 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: TSA employees in the mid Atlantic. Now, TSA sources are 117 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: telling news Ford that it's gotten so bad that some 118 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: workers are sleeping in their cars outside of airports, including 119 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: Dallas International, because those workers can't pay rent or afford 120 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 3: gas to drive around. 121 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 5: I know that's a fact, no doubt. It's a stressful 122 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 5: enough job as it is. You're looking for bombs, you're 123 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 5: looking for weapons. Right now you have the added stress 124 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 5: of how am I going to feed my family tomorrow? 125 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 5: How am I going to put gas in my car? 126 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 3: A senior TSA official confirms and internal report to NBC 127 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 3: News that around three hundred officers have now quit and 128 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: many many more are calling out sick. That's part of 129 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 3: the issue that's been causing long lines at some TSA 130 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 3: checkpoints across the country. 131 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 5: At some point, officers going to hit a breaking point 132 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 5: and like I said, it's going to be a perfect storm. 133 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 5: We're heading in the spring break and the officers haven't 134 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 5: got paid in two months. 135 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 3: When I asked him the solution, he said, simply, they 136 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 3: have to pay us. 137 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: Now you add all this in with what the airlines 138 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: are saying. Executives from American Delta Southwest have now urged 139 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: Congress directly to resolve the crisis quickly. They warned that 140 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: the continued staffing shortes could increase security weight times, forced 141 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: checkpoint closures altogether, and caused major airport delays nationwide. During 142 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: previous shutdowns, wait times at some airport stretched to over 143 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: two hours as TSA staffing shortages grew. The numbers behind 144 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: the crisis are truly incredible. Fifty plus thousand TSA officers 145 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: are now working officially without any pay at all. Eighty 146 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: five thousand Department of Home and Security employees are also affected. 147 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: Three hundred plus TSA agents have already quit, and the 148 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: absence rate from work is jumping day after day from 149 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: two all the way up to about ten percent. Many 150 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 1: airports are also seeing major shortages this morning as well, 151 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: as I mentioned earlier, depending on how organized the workers become, 152 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: some airports are reporting twenty percent staffing shortages TSA officers. 153 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: They're not getting rich the average salaries I mentioned earlier 154 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: forty five to sixty thousand annually, and that's exactly why 155 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: many of them are sleeping in their cars at the airport. 156 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: So this is the bottom line for President Trump. Airport 157 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: security should not be political. Airport security in the United 158 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: States is now caught in the middle of a political 159 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: fight only because of the Democrats. Republicans say they are 160 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: ready to pass the bill that would fully fund TSA immediately, 161 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: and Democrats are saying no, they want open borders. They 162 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: want broader immigration concessions, meaning more legal immigrants in America 163 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: before they agree to give you homeland security funding. President 164 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: Trump has also made it clear on another issue, it's 165 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: time for you to call your congressman and your senator 166 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: and demand that our airports are taken off the political 167 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: chopping block. President Donald Trump struck a confident and really 168 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: an aggressive tone today when speaking with reporters about the 169 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: ongoing war with Iran, while also signal some strategic shifts 170 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: as well. He has called this plan a massive success, 171 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: Trump emphasizing the US campaign is working. Highlighting the scale 172 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: of operations. He said the US has had over seven 173 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: thousand targets inside of Iran. He also claimed Iran's military 174 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: capabilities had been obliterated and pointed to a ninety to 175 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: ninety five percent reduction in missile and drone attacks coming 176 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: out of Iran. His message to the American people in 177 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: the world was this, the US is dominating militarily and 178 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: weakening Iran fast the present in his own words, saying 179 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: this about well Iran and their military. 180 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 4: So thank you very much for being here. We have 181 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: a wonderful group of very very smart, talented patriots at 182 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 4: this table. Our powerful military campaign to end the threats 183 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 4: posed by the Iranian regime continued in full force. Over 184 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 4: the past few days, they have been literally obliterated. The 185 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 4: air force is gone, the navy is gone. Many many 186 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: ships have been sunk. Their war fighting ships, but I 187 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 4: guess they didn't know how to use them, and anti 188 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 4: aircraft is decimated, their radar is gone, and their leaders 189 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 4: are gone. Other than that, they're doing quite well. They've 190 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 4: been a terriff for forty seven years and now I 191 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 4: guess the world through the United States, with the help 192 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 4: of Israel, is doing what should have been done many 193 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: years ago. Should have been done many years ago. Since 194 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 4: the beginning of the conflict, we've struck more than seven 195 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 4: thousand targets across Iran. These have been mostly commercial and 196 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 4: military targets. We've achieved a ninety percent reduction in their 197 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 4: ballistic missile launches and a ninety five percent reduction in 198 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 4: drone attacks. The missiles are trickling in now at very 199 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 4: low levels because they don't have too many missiles left. 200 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 4: We've also attacked the manufacturing plants where the places where 201 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 4: they manufacture the missiles and the drones, and that's going 202 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 4: on today. We just hit three of them today. It's 203 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 4: getting very hard for them. To manufacture. More than one 204 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 4: hundred Iranian naval vessels have been sunk or destroyed over 205 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 4: the last week and a half. It has to be 206 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 4: some kind of a record. Now. 207 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: After the President gave that generic update on where we 208 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: are now with Iran, he also went into some of 209 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: the core issues at hand. One of them is about 210 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 1: the Strait of Horn moves the present talking about our 211 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: allies and how important is they come and help on 212 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: this issue to make sure that the oil disruption does 213 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: not take place for an extended period of time, and 214 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: that would mean securing the Strait of Hormuz. 215 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 4: Armoring their capacity to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait 216 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 4: of Hormos. With more than thirty mine laying ships destroyed, 217 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 4: we hit, to the best of our knowledge, all of 218 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 4: their mind laying ships. Now they can put them on 219 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 4: other types of ships, I guess, and drop them in, 220 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 4: but we don't know that any have even been dropped in. 221 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 4: We're not sure that any have been. That's a big 222 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 4: negative for them. If they do it, it's a form 223 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: of suicide. But we don't know that they have dropped any. 224 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 4: But we've hit all thirty of their ships and destroyed them. 225 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 4: They're all at the bottom of the sea. We strongly 226 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 4: encourage other nations whose economies depend on the Strait far 227 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 4: more than ours. You know, we get less than one 228 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 4: percent of our oil from the Strait, and some countries 229 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 4: get much more. Japan gets ninety five percent, China gets 230 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 4: ninety percent, many of the Europeans get quite a bit. 231 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: South Korea gets thirty five percent. So we want them 232 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: to come and help us with the Strait. We have 233 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 4: it in very good shape. The countries I said, we've 234 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: already taken care of Iran, but now because of the 235 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 4: fact that literally a single terrorist can put something in 236 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 4: the water, or shoot something, or shoot a missile, a 237 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 4: small missile, and it's fairly close range because it is 238 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 4: a tight area, and which is one of the reasons 239 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 4: they've always used that as a weapon. Iran has always 240 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 4: used that as an economic weapon, and it's not going 241 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 4: to be able to be used very long. Numerous countries 242 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: have told me they're on the way. Some are very 243 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 4: enthusiastic about it, and some are in summer countries that 244 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 4: we've helped for many, many year years. We've protected them 245 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 4: from horrible outside sources, and they weren't that enthusiastic and 246 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: the level of enthusiasm. It matters to me. We have 247 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 4: some countries where we have forty five thousand soldiers, great soldiers, 248 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 4: protecting them from harm's way, and we have done a 249 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 4: great job. And when we want to know, do you 250 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 4: have any mind sweepers, well, would rather not get involved, sir, 251 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 4: I said, for you mean, for forty years, we're protecting you, 252 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 4: and you don't want to get involved in something that 253 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 4: is very minor, very few shots going to be taken, 254 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 4: because they don't have many shots left. But they said, 255 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 4: we'd rather not get involved. I just want the fake 256 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 4: news media and everybody else to remember that that was said, 257 00:16:55,000 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 4: because when I've been a big critic of all the 258 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 4: protecting of countries, because I know that we'll protect them 259 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 4: and if ever needed, if we haven't needed help, they 260 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 4: won't be there for us. I've just known that for 261 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 4: a long period of time, just like I knew about 262 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 4: the Strait that it would be a weapon, which I 263 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 4: predicted a long time ago, predicted all of this stuff. 264 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 4: You guys were very generous, and that I predicted all 265 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 4: of it. Now. 266 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 1: The President also answered questions later in the day in 267 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: the Oval office. He was also asked this question by 268 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: Fox News Channel about the Democrats coming after him, saying 269 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: that he didn't realize that Iran would retaliate against the 270 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: Gulf States. 271 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 4: You were talking about Iran a couple times a day, 272 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 4: and what they did after epic theory began, he said, 273 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 4: they hit Color, Saudi Arabia, Ue Bahrang Pwait. Nobody expected that. 274 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 4: We were shocked. 275 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: Are you surprised that nobody briefed you ahead of time 276 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 3: that that might be their re telling? 277 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 4: Nobody, No, no, no, no, the greatness extra somebody thought 278 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 4: that going to hit They were I wouldn't say friendly countries. 279 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 4: They were like neutral. They were. They lived with them 280 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 4: for years, Peter. They were going to take over the 281 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 4: Middle East. They were going to knock out Israel with 282 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 4: their nuclear weapon. But after we knocked out their nuclear potential, 283 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 4: their nuclear potential weapon, they started building missiles, thousands of 284 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 4: thousands of missiles. And they were going to do it 285 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 4: with missiles while they developed These are sick people. While 286 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 4: they developed nuclear somehow they were going to start at 287 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 4: a different site because that site was you saw the site, 288 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 4: the mountain. They were going to go into a certain area, 289 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 4: which we know exactly where it is, and they were 290 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 4: going to do that, and it's incredible what we've done. 291 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 4: I'll tell you the job we've done. You know, if 292 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 4: I didn't terminate Brook, the Saint Obama's around nuclear deal, 293 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 4: you would right now, well, Israel would be gone, it 294 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 4: would be incinerated, and probably the Middle East likewise. And 295 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 4: remember they got all those missiles and I heard they 296 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 4: were sending missiles to UAE. I said, that's strange. You know, 297 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 4: UAE is like the banker for Oran. They they're like 298 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 4: the banker Qatar, the neighbors they got along, Okay, so 299 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 4: they Arabia all of a sudden, Kuwait, Kuwait is getting hit, 300 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 4: Bahrain is getting all these countries are getting hit. There 301 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 4: was no expert that would say that was going to happen. 302 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 4: It's not a question of like, geez, should you have known? 303 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,719 Speaker 4: And if we did know, big deal. I mean, we 304 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 4: have to do what we have to do. But we 305 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 4: hit them so hard like nobody's ever been hit. We 306 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 4: hit them very hard, and we've extinguished most of their missiles, 307 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 4: We've extinguished most of their drones. We've extinguished most of 308 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 4: the places where the missiles and the drones are built. 309 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 4: We've fully extinguished two layers of leadership, and probably a 310 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 4: third if you believe some stories. So we only have 311 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 4: one thing to have a little choke point, and they've 312 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: used it very well for years, but it doesn't work. 313 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 4: But I think this if some of these countries that 314 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 4: we've been good to for years, and maybe more important 315 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 4: than that, some of these countries that get nine and 316 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 4: ninety five percent of their energy from hor moves the strength. 317 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 4: Hormos a famous, wonderful, beautiful place. But you wouldn't want 318 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 4: to be necessarily sailing up bout there right there? Okay, 319 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 4: you know why not? Because of that, because of us, 320 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 4: Because we've taken out their entire navy. We've taken out 321 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 4: every one of their drover They call it a drone layer, 322 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 4: a mind layer. There's specific boats that are meant to 323 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 4: put minds out. How would you like to have a 324 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 4: nation that has twenty two boats where they're sole functioned. 325 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 4: They're very different looking boats. You wouldn't want one for 326 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 4: your family. They're not pretty. Their sole function is to 327 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 4: lift a mind into the water and drop it a 328 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 4: certain number of feet down. But they had twenty two 329 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 4: of them with taken out all of them but you 330 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 4: can probably you can probably drop them off of the boasts. 331 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 4: So we don't even know. By the way, we don't 332 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 4: know that any minds have even been dropped, but the 333 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 4: thought that they would scares people that have big and 334 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: dollar chips. 335 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: It's very clear President Trump is focused on making sure 336 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 1: that Iran can never hurt any of us as long 337 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: as he's in office. It's also very clear that the 338 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: President's not taking the bait on Democrats and what they're 339 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: trying to do. He's focused on taking out Iran's leadership, 340 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: and each and every time they seem to name someone new, 341 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: America seems to be able to take him out. Pretty 342 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: a major escalation in the Middle East, Israel announcing that 343 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: it is now taken out not one, but two top 344 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: Iranian leaders in a targeted strike, sending a clear and 345 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: unmistake makable message to Tehran and the world that there 346 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: are still consequences for the actions of those leaders in Iran. 347 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: Now this just isn't another headline. That's the point I 348 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: want to make clear. This is clearly a defining moment. 349 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: According to Israeli leadership, these were not symbolic targets. These 350 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: were key architects of Iran's military and terror operations. Israel 351 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: making it clear that they will act with or without 352 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: permission to defend their nation, something they clearly wanted to 353 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: let the Middle East know with something that's non negotiable. Meanwhile, 354 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: President Trump is weighing in backing Israel's right to defend 355 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: itself and warning Iran not to retaliate, making it clear 356 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: that strength, not weakness, is the policy moving forward. The 357 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: President asked about these new strikes in the Oval Office, 358 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: and here's what he had to say. 359 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 4: The leaders have gotten I guess one of the top 360 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 4: person was. They say a lot of people say their 361 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 4: actual top was killed yesterday along with somebody else who 362 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 4: was responsible for the killing. The man that was responsible 363 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 4: for the killing of thirty two thousand people over the 364 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 4: last two weeks. He was in charge of the killing 365 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 4: of protesters. It's an evil group. I mean, they've killed 366 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 4: much more than thirty two thousand people. And the man 367 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 4: who was responsible for that was also killed yesterday. 368 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: President Trump wanting the world to know exactly why Israel 369 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: had the right to protect and also to defend itself. Now, 370 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council was one 371 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: of those that was killed, you also had a general, 372 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: the head of the Revolutionary Guard, all volunteer Basif force. 373 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: They were eliminated last night, is what the Israeli Defense 374 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: Minister said in his statement. The first individual that we 375 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: talked about, the secretary of iran Supreme National Security Council, 376 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 1: was considered one of the most power for figures in 377 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: the country. Since the Ayatola was killed in an airstrike 378 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: on the first day of the war, Iranians Judiciary News 379 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: Agency confirmed the killing of Solimani. Iran has not confirmed 380 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: or denied the reported killing of the second individual. Now, 381 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: both men were key to Iran's violent crackdown on protests 382 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: in January, the challenge that theocracy's forty seven year rule. 383 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: The killings would strip a ran of important leaders during 384 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 1: a war that presents the greatest test to the Islamic 385 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: Revolutionary Guard and the Islamic Republic in recent decades. Now, 386 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: all of this news is breaking as the world is 387 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: also growing with real concern and watching about a global 388 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: energy crisis. Iran has launched fresh attacks against several of 389 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: its Gulf Arab neighbors and oil infrastructure throughout the region. Dubai, 390 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: for example, a major trans at hub for international travel, 391 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: had to briefly shut down all of its airspace. Now 392 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: that's the second disruption of flights in the city in 393 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: the last two days. An Iranian official said Tehran had 394 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: no intention of relinquishing its tight grip on shipping through 395 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway, as you know 396 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: for oil. Twenty percent of the world's oil flows through 397 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz. 398 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 3: Now. 399 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: On Tuesday, President Trump also said NATO and most other 400 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: allies have rejected his calls to help secure the strait. 401 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 1: The Israeli military said it had begun a wide scale 402 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: wave of strikes as well across Iran's capital, and was 403 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: stepping up strikes on Iranian BacT Hesblah militants also in Lebanon. 404 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:52,199 Speaker 1: A former parliamentary speaker and senior policy advisor advised the 405 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: late commaning on strategy and nuclear talks with the Trump administration. 406 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: He was also sanctioned by the US Treasury in January 407 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: for his role in coordinating Irans of violent suppression and 408 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: nationwide protests. Solimani was also sanctioned by the US as 409 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: well as by the European Union and other nations over 410 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: his role in helping suppress dissidents for years. The Israeli 411 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu said the killings of these two individuals 412 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: were aimed at weakening Iran's government, saying, quote, we are 413 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: undermining the regime to give the Iranian people the opportunity 414 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: to remove it now. There's been no signs of anti 415 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: government protests since the war began, as many Iranians are 416 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 1: sheltering for the American and Israeli airstrikes. The reported killing 417 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: of these two individuals came on the eve of the 418 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: Festival of Fire, shortly before the Persian New Year. Authorities 419 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: have sent threatening text messages urging the public not to 420 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: celebrate the festival, warning that the normally routy celebrations could 421 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 1: be used by quote unquote rios. State media aired footage 422 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: Tuesday of pro government demonstrations, including images of some men 423 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: in plain clothes branding assault rifles and shotguns on the 424 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: backs of motorcycles, a sign of the government wanting to 425 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: prevent renewed protests against their government. State television also showed 426 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: crowds of women wrapped in black and older men waving 427 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: flags and portraits of the killed. Former Supreme leader I 428 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: Ran kept up the pressure on its neighbors and the 429 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: energy infrastructure around the region. That is certainly something they're 430 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: trying to use to their advantage. And in Iraq, not 431 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 1: one but two drones were shot down by the defense 432 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: system at the US embassy in Baghdad. I put that video, 433 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: by the way up on social media, and if you've 434 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: not watched it yet, you should. You can see it 435 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: on Instagram, at Ben Ferguson podcasts and on x at 436 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson's show. A third drone also crashed inside the 437 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: embassy compound that according to two Iraqi security officials and 438 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: Associated press journalists in the area also saw a massive 439 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: fire that appeared to be engulfing a structure in the compound. 440 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: There was no immediate comment from the embassy. Now in 441 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: the UAE, an oil facility was hit and a man 442 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: was killed in Abu Dhabi by debris from an intercepted missile, 443 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: the eighth person to die in the UAE since the 444 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: start of the war. Authorities have confirmed. Saudi Arabia said 445 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: it intercepted drones while air defense could be heard targeting 446 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: incoming fire over Qatar's capital of Doha. Iran's grip on 447 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz is what everyone's watching right now, 448 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: through which a fifth, as I mentioned earlier, of the 449 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: world's oil is transported, and that is now sparking increased 450 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: concerns about a tightening of energy supplies that is unnerving 451 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: the world economy. President Trump was also asked about what 452 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: exactly is happening in Iran an update, and the President 453 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: kept it very simple, as he said this. 454 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 4: Franklly, as somebody said, very They could leave today and 455 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 4: it would take ten years to rebuild the damage that's 456 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 4: been done. But I think we have to make it 457 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 4: a little bit more permanent because no other president has 458 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 4: to go through this, and we shouldn't have any other 459 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 4: president having to go through this kind of a thing. 460 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 4: And if they didn't want to do it, if for 461 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,479 Speaker 4: some reason they didn't want to do it, would have 462 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 4: the same problem. We don't ever want to have that 463 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 4: problem again, not with lunatics. You can't have lunatics controlling 464 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 4: nuclear weaponry. So I just want to thank you everybroud. 465 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: President Trump was also asked by the media about is 466 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: he concerned that this is going to turn into some 467 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: sort of quagmire, some sort of Vietnam. The President responded 468 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: very clearly with a simple message, the. 469 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 4: Uranian regimeus phil Stein News. If you put boots on 470 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 4: the grounds. 471 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 2: In orround, it will be another Vietnam. 472 00:29:58,960 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 5: Are you afraid of that? 473 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 4: No, I'm not afraid of I'm really not afraid. 474 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: Of anything, President Trump, looking at the media and saying 475 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: it clear, not only to them, but also the terrorists 476 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: and the rest of the world. This is certainly a 477 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: big day for the attacks in Iran and a big 478 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: day for Israel, taking out two top leaders who are 479 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: holding that regime together. We'll keep following this story. I 480 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: can promise you that we've got a lot more that's 481 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: going to happen the days ahead. So make sure you 482 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: don't forget Grab our podcast, the Ben Ferguson Podcasts wherever 483 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts as well, hit that subscriber ont 484 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: or download button so you don't miss any of the 485 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: breaking news.