1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: President Trump has come out and directed all federal law 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: enforcement to aid in the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: as the family has released an emotional video, which we 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: will play for you in a moment. The President responded 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: to the disappearance of NBC News correspondent Guthrie's mother, Nancy 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, as the family released that video pleading for 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: her return. The present revealed that he had spoken with 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: Guthrie and her family, adding that he had directed all 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: federal law enforcement to aid in the search, saying quote, 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: I spoke with Savannah Guthrie. I let her know I 11 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: am directing all federal law enforcement to be at the 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,279 Speaker 1: family's and local law enforcement's complete disposal immediately. We are 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: deploying all resources to get her mother home safely. The 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: prayers of our nation are with her and her family. 15 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: God bless and protect Nancy. Guthrie's eighty four year old mother. 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: Nancy disappears from her Arizona home on Sunday and what 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: appeared to have been a kidnapping. Police reported fighting blood 18 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: at the scene, with a report from TMZ saying the 19 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: kidnappers presented ransom note demanding millions in Bitcoin for her return. 20 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: A report by TMZ Tuesday says that the attackers presented 21 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: that ransom note demanding the cryptocurrency be sent to a 22 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: Bitcoin account which was verified as a real account to 23 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: secure Nancy Guthrie's release. The PMA County Sheriff's Department has 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: confirmed that they are aware of that ransom note. I 25 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: want to take a quick moment and talk to you 26 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: about an incredible organization and it is called Compassion International 27 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: and how you can get involved. I want you to 28 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: just pause what you're doing for the next sixty seconds, 29 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: and I want you to imagine Lucy, a seven year old. 30 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: Her stomach often aches with hunger, her small hands instead 31 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: of holding crayons, no, only the struggle of survival on 32 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: the streets. School is a distant dream, medical care forgotten hope. 33 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: Lucy's potential is overshadowed, Her future is dim. But what 34 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: if someone stepped in? What if there was a way 35 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: to ignite hope for children just like Lucy? Well there is, 36 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: and that is with Compassion International partners and the local 37 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: churches that provide children holistic support more than just food. 38 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: They receive critical medical care, life changing education, vital skills training, 39 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: and spiritual development. All in Jesus's name, and you can 40 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: empower a child just like Lucy to break free from poverty. 41 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: I want you to do what I've done and sponsor 42 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: a child today. You can visit compassion dot com. That's 43 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: compassion dot com. I want you to listen to what 44 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie and her family had to say in an 45 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: emotional video that they put out. 46 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 2: On behalf of our family. We want to say thank 47 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 2: all of you for the prayers for our beloved mom Nancy. 48 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: We feel them, and we continue to believe that she 49 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: feels them too. Our mom is a kind, faithful, loyal, 50 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: fiercely loving woman of goodness and light. She's funny, spunky, 51 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: and clever. She has grandchildren that adore her and crowd 52 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: around her and cover her with kisses. She loves fun 53 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: and adventure. She is a devoted friend. She is full 54 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: of kindness and knowledge. Talk to her and you'll. 55 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: See the light is missing from our lives. Nancy is 56 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 3: our mother. 57 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: We are her children. 58 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: She is our beacon. She holds fast to joy in 59 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 3: all of life's circumstances. She chooses joy day after day, 60 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 3: despite having already passed through great trials of pain and grief. 61 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 3: We are always going to be merely human, just normal 62 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 3: human people who need our mom. 63 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: Mama, Mama, if you're listening, we need you to come home. 64 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:49,119 Speaker 4: We miss you. Our mom is our heart and our home. 65 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 2: She's eighty four years old. Her health, her heart is spratual. 66 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: She lives in constant pain. She is without any medicine. 67 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: She needs it to survive, she needs it not to suffer. 68 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: We two have heard the reports about a ransom letter 69 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: in the media. As a family, we are doing everything 70 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 2: that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we 71 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 2: live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. 72 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 2: We need to know without a doubt that she is 73 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 2: alive and that you have her. We want to hear 74 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 2: from you, and we are ready to listen. Please reach 75 00:05:50,839 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 2: out to us. Mommy, if you are hearing this, you 76 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 2: are a strong woman. You are God's precious daughter, Nancy. 77 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: We believe and know that even in this valley, he 78 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: is with you. Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere. 79 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 2: We will not rest, Your children will not rest until 80 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 2: we are together again. We speak to you every moment, 81 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 2: and we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance 82 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 2: for the day that we hold you in our arms again. 83 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 2: We love you, Mom. 84 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 5: We love you. Mom stays strong. We love you, We. 85 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: Love Savannah Guthrie and her family members reading those notes 86 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: pleading for their mother to be brought home. Reports of 87 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: later surface that police can visitor Nancy Guthrie's son in 88 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: law as a potential suspect, but the Pima County Sheriff's 89 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: Department said in a statement released on Wednesday that they 90 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: have not yet identified a suspect or persons of interest 91 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: in the case, saying, quote, we have not identified a 92 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: suspect or person of interest in the case. Detectives continue 93 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: to work with anyone who may have had contact with 94 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: missus Guthrie. We are also waiting additional forensic results. On Wednesday, 95 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie and her family not only appeared on cameras 96 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: they issued that emotional plea for the release of their 97 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: beloved mother, but they also made it clear that they're 98 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: willing to talk, saying we are doing everything we can. 99 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: We live in a world where voices and images are 100 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: easily manipulated, and we need to know without a doubt 101 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: that she is alive and that you have her. We 102 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. 103 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: Please reach out. Guthrie describing her mother and that videos 104 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: you heard, is kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving, woman of 105 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: goodness and light. She has grandchildren that adore her, and 106 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: a crowd around her and cover her with kisses. This 107 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: is one of the most heart wrenching stories I've seen 108 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: someone that works in the media, knowing that their mother 109 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: has been a target of an adoption, and knowing that 110 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: there is a mother who desperately needs her medications and 111 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: also who is older. This is one of those moments 112 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: where I'm glad to see the President of the United 113 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: States of America make it very clear it doesn't matter 114 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: what your politics are, it's right and wrong. And that's 115 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: exactly why Donald Trump said he's deploying all resources to 116 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: help find Savannah Guthries's missing mom. After the family's emotional plea, 117 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,479 Speaker 1: the President saying God bless Nancy and knowing that everyone 118 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: in the Trump administration is working hard to get her home. 119 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: This is also one of those moments where I think 120 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: we should understand just how special it is that we 121 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: have a government that is willing to use this and 122 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: their resources for good law enforcement, which has been under 123 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: so much attacks from the left. Now people are saying 124 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: they want them to show up to find and to 125 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: help save, hopefully the life of Savannah Guthrie's mother. It 126 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: is really interesting to see how quickly that narrative has 127 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: changed as well, and maybe if there's any good that 128 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: can come out of this Number one, we hope that 129 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: we will find Savannah Guthrie's mother and bring her home, 130 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: but also that it will be a reminder of just 131 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: how important law enforcement really is, because when terrible things 132 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: like this happen, you need men and women in uniform 133 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: that are willing to go out there and are willing 134 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: to fight to find innocent people, just like missus Guthrie. 135 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: I hope that the American people understand this is why 136 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: we need law enforcement, and it's why we need law 137 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: enforcement that is backed by Americans, not demonized by so many. 138 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: This is just one of those moments that I hope 139 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: sticks a little bit longer than a moment to remind 140 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: so many people that they're not the enemy, that that 141 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: the bravest men and women that we could ever ask 142 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: for wearing uniforms and willing to risk their lives to 143 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: save others. Donald Trump sitting down with NBC News having 144 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: a very blunt and honest conversation focusing on all of 145 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,719 Speaker 1: the substance changes that we've had during the Trump administration. 146 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: He talked about American confidence number one, saying that he 147 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: has strong confidence on interest rates, which are going to 148 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: help all Americans. Trump said there is quote not much 149 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: doubt that the US interest rates will be lowered by 150 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: the Federal Reserve, signaling much more favorable borrowing costs ahead 151 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: for consumers. That is something that the markets and many 152 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: business owners, he said, are welcoming. He also emphasized his 153 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: nominee for the FED chair understands his priority. The president 154 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 1: also said that it's important that we allow the DOJ 155 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: to handle business deals. This just hours after that anti 156 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: trust hearing on Netflix. In contrast to his earlier comments, 157 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: Trump stated he would not intervene in the high profile 158 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: corporate competition between Netflix and Pair amount over it the 159 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: potential acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, instead letting the Department 160 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: of Justice review it independently. This shift was framed as 161 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: respecting the process and reducing political influence on business decisions. 162 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: The president also said that we're making great strides when 163 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: it comes to immigration, Trump saying his administration learned it 164 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: might be wise to take a little bit of a 165 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: softer touch, yes, that is the present's words in certain 166 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: immigration enforcement situations, while still emphasizingness where needed. This was 167 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: presented as a sign of responsiveness and learning from experience, 168 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: something Democrats are well very concerned. The President also talked 169 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: about money and the American people, his administration, and the 170 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: national debt, saying this. 171 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 4: Let's get to the FED. 172 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 6: Is there any doubt in your mind that interest rates 173 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 6: are going to be lowered? 174 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 5: Not much? 175 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 4: Why how can you say that? 176 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 5: I just think they're going to be lowered. 177 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 4: To me, they chase your new FED pick on board. 178 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 7: With that, We're way high. Okay, we're way high an 179 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 7: interest we have now with me and with all the money. 180 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 7: I've always been good at money, and with all the 181 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 7: money coming into our country, we're a rich country. 182 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 5: Again. 183 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 7: We have debt, but we also have growth, and the 184 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 7: growth will soon make the debt look very small, because 185 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 7: it's the greatest way. 186 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 5: You have two ways. You can cut, cut, cut, and 187 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 5: we do that anyway. And we did that. 188 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 7: You know, we got rid of hundreds of thousands of 189 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 7: federal workers, and those workers went out and got them 190 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 7: jobs in the free enterprise system. 191 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 5: And you know what that's called making America great again. 192 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 7: We had ten workers in the federal government for every 193 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 7: single job. When the Democrats go in, they hire I 194 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 7: could right now give you the best employment numbers in history. 195 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 7: You know what I do, go out and hire two 196 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 7: million people, put them in the federal. 197 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 6: Does your new fedies does your new FED pick. 198 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 4: Understand that you want him to lower interest rate? 199 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 5: Well? 200 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 7: I think he does, but I think he wants to anyway. 201 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 7: I mean, if he came in and said I want 202 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 7: to raise. 203 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 4: Him, we should said that he wouldn't have gotten the job. 204 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 5: He would not have gotten a job. 205 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: No, you listen to the president. There two points he's 206 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: obviously making. Number one, I'm not going to fake the 207 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: numbers of the federal government on employment. I'm not going 208 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: to go hire two million government workers, which is what 209 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: the Democrats did to artificially inflate the employment numbers. He said, 210 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: I can give you the best employment numbers in history, 211 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: but guess what, you, as a taxpayer, are going to. 212 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 4: Be paying for it. 213 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: And he's also talking about how it's important to have 214 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: a FED chairman that understands that Americans need someone on 215 00:13:58,920 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 1: their side to help them. 216 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 4: That being a. 217 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: Big part of the conversation. Donald Trump also moved on 218 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: to foreign policy issues, talking about what's happening in Iran, 219 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: the President saying this to NBC News. 220 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 4: Should the Supreme leader in Iran be worried right now? 221 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 5: I would say he should be very worried. Yeah, he 222 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 5: should be. As you know, they're negotiating with us. 223 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 4: I know they are. 224 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 6: But the protesters have said, you know where the Americans 225 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 6: who promised them we would have their back, do we still. 226 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 5: Have the back? 227 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 7: We've had their back, and look, that country's a mess 228 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 7: right now because of us. 229 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 5: We went in and we wiped out their nuclear. Peace 230 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 5: in the Middle East. 231 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 7: If I didn't take out their nuclear think of it, 232 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 7: if we didn't take out that nuclear we wouldn't have 233 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 7: peace in the Middleast because the Arab countries could have 234 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 7: never done that. They were very, very afraid of Irana. Yeah, 235 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 7: they're not afraid of Iran anymore. We wiped out those 236 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 7: beautiful Beat two bombers ones right over there, those beautiful 237 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 7: little models, those beautiful Beat two bombers went in and 238 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 7: they hit their target. Every single bob and O obliterated it. 239 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 7: And because of that, they were going to have a 240 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 7: nuclear weapon within one month. Within one month, they were 241 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 7: gonna have a nuclear weapon. That was a big threat 242 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 7: that they're not gonna have it anymore. 243 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 4: But now if you obliterate it, what's the deal about. 244 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 6: I mean, if there's no more are they are they trying. 245 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 7: To restart the nuclear We heard that they are, and 246 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 7: if they do, and I let them know if they do, 247 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 7: we're going. 248 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 5: To send them right back and do their job againt. 249 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 6: So you're understanding that they tried to restart it, and 250 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 6: that's why you're threatening force. 251 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 7: They tried to go back to the site. They weren't 252 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 7: even able to get near it. There was total obliteration. 253 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 7: But they were thinking about starting a new site in 254 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 7: a different part of the country. We found out about it. 255 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 7: So you do that, We're going to do very bad 256 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 7: things to you. 257 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: We're going to do very bad things to you. The present, 258 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: not backing down on any of his promises there, the 259 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: President Trump also asked the of course, obsession question by 260 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: the media, and that is that somehow he's going to 261 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: stay in office for like a third term. NBC News 262 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: actually taking the time to ask the President this question, 263 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: and he had a little fun with it. 264 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 6: On January twenty first, twenty twenty nine, do you see 265 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 6: any scenario where you were still president? 266 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 5: I don't know. 267 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 7: It would be interesting, But wouldn't it be terrible if 268 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 7: I agreed with you? Know, if I gave you the 269 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 7: answer that you're looking for, it would make life so 270 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 7: much less exciting, right, it would be so much less exciting. 271 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 7: But I only do this for one reason, make America 272 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 7: grade again. 273 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 5: And that's what we're doing. 274 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 7: We're making America grade again, greater than ever before. Our 275 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 7: country is greater than ever before. 276 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: The President obviously having a little fun there with NBC 277 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: News not answering the question the way they wanted to, 278 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: smiling from ear to ear, knowing that that was going 279 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: to trigger them. Now back to the serious issues at hand. 280 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: One of the things the President talked about was getting 281 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: rid of excess government waste, fraud, and abuse. And one 282 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: of the examples of that is what he's been talking 283 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: about with a federal reserve building. He is furious over 284 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: the costs and then the cost overruns. The President asked 285 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: about it, and this is what he said. The American 286 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: people are sick and tired of government abuse of your 287 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: tax dollars. 288 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 6: There's been bipartisan suggestions that the criminal investigation to the 289 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 6: current FED share jer own Powell is payback right for 290 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 6: not lowering interest rates, but also for when he was 291 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 6: in that sort of news conference with you with the 292 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 6: hard hats and he was shaking his head and showing 293 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 6: you the papers and disagreeing with you in public. 294 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 4: Is that why he's under criminal investigation. 295 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 5: He was very respectful to me. He was explaining to me. 296 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 7: I'm asking him, why are you spending almost four billion 297 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 7: dollars on a very small little complex of buildings. It's 298 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 7: the highest price for square foot He's renovating buildings for 299 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 7: three to four billion dollars. And you know, the s 300 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 7: fedshare that I have is I think he's. 301 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 5: Going to be great. 302 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 7: He might not have a home because this guy has 303 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 7: spent so much money. And I look, it's a see 304 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 7: through there's nothing inside. They haven't done. They are spending money. 305 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 7: He's in judge of the project. Is the Federal is 306 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 7: their building I'm talking about. It's a very small little 307 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 7: it's actually a couple of little bit. They're spending more 308 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 7: money than any building ever built in history. 309 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 5: Per square foot. 310 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 6: Some real publican centers say they're not going to prove 311 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 6: him unless you drop that investigation. 312 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 5: A lot of people say a lot of things. 313 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 4: You don't think that's true. 314 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 6: You think is it worth it to drop the investigation 315 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 6: to get your fed share through. 316 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 5: I think the investigation is. 317 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 7: The investigation is being handled by Pam and Janine and 318 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 7: the people. 319 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 5: They'll make their own decision on it now. 320 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: The president was also asked one other fun question at 321 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: the very end. It's a little bit about his legacy, 322 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: how he'll be remembered, and what he's done so far. 323 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: And here's what the President had to say about all 324 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: of that. 325 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 6: You think at one point people will talk about you 326 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 6: when they talk about presidents like Washington and Lincoln. 327 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 4: Is that something you think is going to have? 328 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 7: It's such an honor. But I'm walking down and everyone's 329 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 7: screaming code. I said, what are they talking about? I 330 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 7: hope they're right, not for me, but for the country. 331 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 7: Because if I do a great job, that means the 332 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 7: country is doing well. 333 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: That sums up President Donald Trump perfectly in his second term. 334 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: If I do a great job, that means the country 335 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: is doing well. And that's why there's so many Americans 336 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: that are loving exactly what he's doing. Each and every day. 337 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: Hearings in Washington, DC aren't usually that exciting for average Americans. 338 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: And when you hear words like antitrust nine nine percent 339 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: of you two, now I understand that there's a reason 340 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: why I want this hearing to be on your radar screen. 341 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: I am going to read for you part of an 342 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: op ed that I've been working on, and it is 343 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: one that I think is important, especially for national security. 344 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: And rarely when I say that when it comes to 345 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: what you're watching on TV. So I'm going to read 346 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: for you my thoughts and the title I add for 347 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 1: this is why this week's Netflix Warner Brothers merger hearing 348 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: is about jobs, it's about national security, and it's also 349 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: about standing up to China and the influence coming from China. 350 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: This week in Washington, a critical hearing will help decide 351 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: the future of America's entertainment industry and America's influence abroad. 352 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: The question before lawmakers is simple but consequential. Will the 353 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: United States strengthen its own creative companies or weaken them? 354 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: Just as foreign avisaries use media, culture and capital to 355 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: shape global narratives. At the center of the debate is 356 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: a proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery. This 357 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: should not be treated as just another corporate deal. That's 358 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: why I'm talking about it right now. By the way, 359 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: on this show directly affects American jobs, It directly affects 360 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: American movie making, and it directly affects US national security. 361 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: Let me explain why. For more than a century, American 362 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: films and television have carried our values around the world 363 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:24,959 Speaker 1: of freedom, creativity, open expression. The cultural influences have been 364 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: one of America's greatest strategic advantages, and today I would 365 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: say that is under real threat. The entertainment industry supports 366 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of good paying American jobs. This includes 367 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: writers and actors, camera crews, editors, visual effects artists, set builders, marketers, 368 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: and engineers. And then don't even count all the people 369 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: behind the scenes to get hired for social media and 370 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: things like that. Now I care about these jobs because 371 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: I work with these people each and every day, and 372 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: I understand how important is to keep those jobs in America. 373 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: These are also middle class jobs. I'll give you a 374 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: great example today. I'm going to basically help employ a 375 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: team of fifteen people. Why because of me doing what 376 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing right now. There are cameramen, makeup artists, they're editors, 377 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: their producers. All of these people have jobs right now 378 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: because of the entertainment industry. Why on earth would I 379 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: want to turn that over to a foreign country. 380 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 4: Not only is. 381 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: It about that, but it's also about building the economies 382 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: in different states. All right, These jobs are spread all 383 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: over the country. I'm doing this right now for you 384 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: from Texas. You've got states like California and Georgia, New 385 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 1: Mexico and New Jersey that are all growing in this area. 386 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: We know about movies that are made in Georgia, for example. 387 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: There's a lot of people that are listening right now. 388 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: Where you live. There is a thriving industry. And if 389 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: you think this is like theoretical, you're wrong. Netflix recently 390 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: committed one billion dollars to build a new production studio 391 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: at the Fort Mama Army Base in New Jersey, a 392 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 1: project that's expected to create you ready for this, more 393 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: than five thousand high paying American jobs. Now, that doesn't 394 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: even count the jobs that come because of what is 395 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 1: produced there and all the support for when those jobs 396 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 1: wrap up and the movies or the content is made 397 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: available to all of us. You understand there's a snowball 398 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: effect here. That investment turns a former military base into 399 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:39,959 Speaker 1: an engine of American production, innovation, and employment. And it 400 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: only happens when companies have this scale and the stability 401 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: to invest long term, because this is big money we're 402 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: talking about here. Streaming, however, is capital intensive as well. 403 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: When companies are weaken or fragmented, that's when I get worried, 404 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: right because production slow, opportunities shrink, that's when the layoffs happen. 405 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: Scale brings stability, Stability protects and creates more American jobs. 406 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: This is a no brainer for me. Now, a combined 407 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery would create not only a stronger, 408 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: but a more resilient American company. That's me and my 409 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: ideals as an American first guy, and it would create 410 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: an American company able to invest consistently in one thing 411 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: that matters the most to me, US production instead of 412 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: foreign production. That means more projects made here at home 413 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: and more investments like the military base that was just bought. 414 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: That is amazing for American job. This is all about 415 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: protecting what I say is so important to us, our 416 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: secret weapon. Our influence around the world through TV, film 417 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: and content is massive. All right, I look at my 418 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: podcast and it's incredible how many people download it in 419 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 1: foreign countries. It's unbelievable to reach that you can have 420 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 1: when you create things here. This is the reason why 421 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: I say it is a strategic national asset. Let me 422 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: explain why more American movies and I'm going back to 423 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: my OpEd and television reached more people globally than any 424 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: government program or diplomatic initiative. They literally shape how the 425 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: world views the United States of America, and it serves 426 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: a powerful counterweight to authoritarian propaganda and regimes around the world. Now, 427 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: on the other side of this is China. We all 428 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: know how much influenced China wants to have on our lives. 429 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: Go back to what just happened with TikTok, right, You're 430 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: terrified of what can happen with TikTok because TikTok being 431 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: owned by China and China hating America and trying to 432 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: have influence, can change the algorithms and put out propaganda 433 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: to undermine America. 434 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 4: We knew that. 435 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: That's part of the reason why the forced sell to 436 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: American assets was so vitally important for a national security standpoint. 437 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: Now China understands this. It's why the that they tightly 438 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: control media at home and they heavily invest in state 439 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: back platforms abroad because they want foreign influence. We've already 440 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: seen how that censorship works. I'll give you a great example. 441 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 1: Top Gun. Maverick loved the movie. The film was a 442 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: massive global success, bring in billions of dollars in America 443 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: and guests who refused to show it China. China refused 444 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: to allow it to be shown in its theaters. Why 445 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: because of a small patch on Tom Crui's leather flight 446 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 1: jacket depicting the flag of Taiwan. No violence, not offensive content, 447 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: not a diet tribe against China. It was a patch 448 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: on a jacket that ninety nine zero point nine percent 449 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: of the audience would never have even noticed. That single 450 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: symbol was enough for Beijing to block the film entirely. 451 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: The message was unmistakable, by the way, unmistakable by the 452 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: way access to China's markets require you bowing down to them. 453 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: Right political compliance and self censorship. Ronald Reagan understood the 454 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: fight long before streaming even existed. He knew television and 455 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: storytelling were powerful tools in the battle of ideas, literally 456 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: going after the in the Cold War. He understood that 457 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: foreign or communist influence over American media posed a real threat. 458 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: That's why he became so famous when he was fighting 459 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: communism in California. As Reagan warned, quote, freedom is never 460 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: more than one generation away from extinction. Protecting American culture 461 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: and the cultural leadership became a cornerstone of his presidency, 462 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: and that lesson matters more now, I argue than ever before. 463 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: There are also serious concerns about foreign money entering the 464 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: American media ecosystem and then national security risks that come 465 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: with it. Some coming proposals are involving legacy studios that 466 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: would shrink the field from five to four major studios, 467 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: and that's a problem, right, concentrating more power in fewer 468 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 1: hands and driving up costs for families who just want 469 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,719 Speaker 1: to watch a movie at home. That kind of consolidation 470 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 1: reduces competition, It limits your choice and historically leads to layoffs, 471 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: not innovation. Even more troubling, some of these proposal and 472 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: these takeovers are requiring money to come from overseas, reportedly 473 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: backed by twenty four billion, for example, from foreign governments. 474 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: Did you hear I said foreign governments including Saudi Arabia, 475 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Now I'm hardly a fan of 476 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: excess regulation, but we have laws on the books for 477 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: reason to protect the American marketplace and the American people 478 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: from foreign manipulation. So let's be clear, twenty four billion. 479 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: Twenty four billion from the Middle East is not philanthropy. 480 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: Foreign governments do not invest billions in American media for fun. 481 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: They do it to gain less average influence. Narratives shape 482 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: what you see and hear. That's why I say this 483 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: is a direct national security concern. So in today's world, 484 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: influence is power, and when American content is weakened, something 485 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: else fills the void, and increasingly that content is shaped 486 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: or approved by authoritarian governments. That's the reason why I 487 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: am saying right now this Netflix Warner Brothers Discovery merger, 488 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: it doesn't eliminate competition. It actually strengthens American company and 489 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: allows for us to get foreign backed actors out of 490 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: our studios. That's why I say that this merger is important. 491 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: It's a vote for American workers, American creativity, and American strength. 492 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: And by the way, Ronald Reagan knew culture influence was 493 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: national security and power that, my friends hasn't changed. So 494 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: I'd encourage you call your senator, tell them what you think, 495 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: Tell them if you want to back as I do 496 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: the Netflix Warner Brothers discover Merger. Why don't forget Share 497 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: this podcast wherever you can with your family and your friends, 498 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: and I'll see you back here tomorrow.