1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of The Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome in everybody, Wednesday edition of The 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. I've got a lot 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: of stories to talk to you about today, but nothing 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: is at the same level right now of urgency and 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: importance as this incredibly powerful storm that is just as 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: we speak to you coming on shore now. The eyewall 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: of Hurricane Ian is making landfall in the state of Florida. 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: You're going to be seeing a lot of news coverage 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: all over the place about this. It is just shy 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 1: based on the the wind that they're estimating that's going 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: to be for this storm, just shy of a category 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: five so it's kind of a category four plus hurricane 14 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: that is making landfalls. We speak to you right now. 15 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: Governor Ronda Santis was telling everybody this morning about days 16 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: and days of preparation. There was a phone call with 17 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. Finally we'll discuss that at a moment, and 18 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: then some some other things that we'll get to today. 19 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: Interesting analysis this morning from Mike Allen of Axios co 20 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: founder Believe Vaccios on TV talking about what the primary 21 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: midterm issue is for Democrats, not for the electorate, but 22 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: for Democrats and Clay it is threats to our democracy. 23 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot, a lot that we're going 24 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: to have to make of this one, because that's showing you. 25 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: Number two for them is abortion. Number one is threats 26 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: to democracy. We'll talk about that later on the program. Also, 27 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, I mean there's a moment here where another 28 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: one where I know they tell us he's sharp as 29 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 1: attack behind closed doors. You know, you just don't see it. 30 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: It's what the Press Corps and the White House is 31 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: always saying, Press Corps, White House. Same thing. By the way, 32 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: they are effectively employees of this White House, with with 33 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: some notable exceptions. We'll certainly discuss that. And Mayor Eric 34 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: Adams also says that New York has a brand. The 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: mayor of New York City says New York has a brand. 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: Kansas does not, though really a snide comment about Kansas, 37 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: and we will break down. Look, I am in New York, 38 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: I'm in New Yorker. I could speak a little bit 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: about the brand under this administration and the one before 40 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: it as well. Obviously both Democrats. Plus we've got really 41 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: important guests coming on the show, Heidi Ganal, who is 42 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: running for governor Colorado. That'll be the next hour. Senator 43 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: rand Paul is going to be joining along with Riley 44 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: Gaines in the third hour to talk about Title nine 45 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: men competing in women's sports and if we can get 46 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: him because he is super busy for obvious reasons right now. 47 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 1: Joe Bastardi, who is a and we think he will 48 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: be joining us. He's just a hurricane and severe weather expert. 49 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen him on Fox, will be with 50 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: us in the next hour to breakdown what's going on here. 51 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Clay, let's just start with our thoughts are 52 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: immediately with all of our our people, all people, but 53 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: certainly all those listening right now in this state of Florida, 54 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: and what they're facing this is we've only had two 55 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: Category fives hit the US in thirty years. This is 56 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: going to be a major storm. That's a It is 57 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: going to be a real test for the response of 58 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: the De Santis administration. I think he's going to rise 59 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: to it. I think he's preparing as best as he can. 60 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: And there was finally a Joe Biden phone call. Well 61 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: that's good. It should have been yesterday, but at least 62 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: it happened. Yeah. Look, I was first of all, we 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: have so many people who are listening to us on 64 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: in the areas that are going to be affected in Florida, 65 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: and just it is going to be devastating based on 66 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: what appears to be wind speed and Buck, you mentioned 67 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: only a couple of Category five's have come across this 68 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: uh In October of twenty eighteen, I spent a lot 69 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: of time down on the floor to Panhandle and Hurricane 70 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: Michael came on and absolutely leveled the Panhandle and I 71 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: drove through. I helped to raise some money because that's 72 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: just down the street from where I spend a lot 73 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: of time. That was a Category five and it was 74 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: absolutely debilitating what it did to that area of the Panhandle, 75 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: right around Mexico Beach, Florida, for people who are familiar 76 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: with that area at all, not far down from Panama 77 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: City Beach, if you're trying to think about the geography there. 78 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: And I went through and saw it, and Buck, it 79 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: was like a nuclear bomb had gone off. There was 80 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: not a standing house anywhere in New Smyrna Beach, sorry, 81 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: in Mexico Beach, and what was so tough about that area, 82 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: and there's all different areas that can get hit. Was 83 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: the storm surge was so high, but that's a flat 84 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: level of the Florida Gulf Coast. Some places you have 85 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: at least like where we are in Rosemary Beach, we 86 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: got at least a little bit of elevation. So if 87 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: there's a storm surge, there isn't immediate hitting of all 88 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: of the homes down there. Was different, and I know 89 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: it is just going to be devastating to so many 90 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: of these people all over the West coast of Florida 91 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: down there. The only truly severe weather that I can 92 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: remember going through was Hurricane Sandy, obviously here in New 93 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: York City. And I went up to the rooftop of 94 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:46,119 Speaker 1: a building in the Grammarcy area of New York City, 95 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: and I'm sorry, actually the Nomad area of New York 96 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: City north of Madison Square Park and went to the 97 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: roof and I could see, because this was when already 98 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: thinks that you could see there was a whole section 99 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: of Manhattan in darkness. Never there were some parts that 100 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: maintained power, but there were whole neighborhoods, areas, hundreds of 101 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: thousands of people that you could see in total darkness. 102 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: And I still remember the next day and you know, 103 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: sandy some areas. I mean, it was it was horrific 104 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: because we were not prepared at all. The good thing 105 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: you can say when you're dealing with any severe weather 106 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: event for Florida is Floridians are prepared for this as 107 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: best as one can be. They know that this is 108 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: a reality of life in that state, and so the 109 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: building codes, the emergency emergency first responder set up, I mean, 110 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: Rhonda Santists want into some details about that today. I mean, 111 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: they are preparing a full scale airlift for this with 112 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: Chinook helicopters that are on standby. I mean when when 113 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: I was hearing de Santists this morning talk about what 114 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: they are lining up for this. They are prepared for 115 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: this to be the big one, a storm that people remember, 116 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: unfortunately for decades to come because of its destructive ferocity. Certainly, hope, 117 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: you know, you could see maybe something start to the 118 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: winds could start to received a little bit faster than 119 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: people would anticipate, and that would be really helpful. But 120 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: right now, this is going to be a real, a 121 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: real challenge. It's a real threat to the people in Florida, 122 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: And I mean, did you see in Tampa Tampa Bay 123 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: It's dry, It's It's unbelievable, just as a as a 124 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: geological weather based reality to see photos of Tampa Bay 125 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: without water, because before a major hurricane like this, the 126 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: water receives and then it comes rushing back. Yeah. So 127 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: I lived in the Caribbean, you remember, Buck, and they 128 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: will tell stories about some of the storms that are 129 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: so terrifying that when you see that water come out, 130 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: you know it's coming back, right, It's not gonna it's 131 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: not gonna stay gone for long. And I lived in 132 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: the US Virgin Islands and we had some severe storm. 133 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: They've had severe storm since I've left it. It It basically 134 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: wiped out out the islands. But you know, Buck, you're 135 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: no more than like a mile and a half no 136 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: matter where you are in say Saint Thomas, from the coastline, 137 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: and when you see the wind and the waves and 138 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: the water moving like that, it is on inspiring and 139 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: frankly terrifying to see a hurricane come through like this. 140 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: As I've been in I've been in some places where 141 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: you've seen extreme situations abroad, and one thing that always 142 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: comes to mind is I'd feel better if I were 143 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: on us soil, So I will say the good news, 144 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: you know, as much as we can find silver linings 145 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: here for if litertyans is they are prepared, They've got 146 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: a great governor, they've got a whole apparatus in place 147 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: to deal with this as much as possible on a 148 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: small Caribbean island. You know better than you know as 149 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: well as anybody you're I mean, Cuba apparently right now 150 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: is in total darkness. Cuba has basically no electricity to 151 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: speak of, and maybe you know, some generators here and 152 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: there in government facilities, but overall, the whole island has 153 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: had its power knocked out, and we have no idea 154 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: what the devastations really liked there. Yet it can take 155 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: a year on these small Caribbean islands for things to 156 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: get back to some symbolance of normalcy. I mean, it 157 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: is terrifying. So yes, I hope we're going to be 158 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 1: able to take care of everybody. What kind of preparations 159 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: did you make, Clay on the I'm just curious, you know, 160 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: because the people in Florida right now, we're listening. Obviously, 161 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: we have we have affiliates in Tampa Orlando, Fort Myers, Miami, 162 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: I mean all Jacksonville, the Panhandle, all across the state. 163 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: What are some of the preparations and the things that 164 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: you remember doing. Yeah, well, first of all, you board 165 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: up and you put on your hurricane shutters and everything else. 166 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: But unlike say in Florida, where they say, hey, if 167 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: you're within a mile of the coastline, you need to, 168 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: you know, evacuate, you can't really evacuate an island like that. 169 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: There just isn't the ability to get that many people 170 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: off the island. So you put on all the storm shutters, 171 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: you try to get as much water as you can, 172 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: you perverse battened down the proverbial hatches, and then you 173 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: you really just have to hunker down. I mean it's 174 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: kind of terrifying, um and on a small Caribbean island 175 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: because you can't really get away. I mean, some people 176 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: get fortunate and they get on some of the last 177 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: flights out, but but it is, uh, it is there's 178 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: not really anything you can do, which if you're in 179 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: a structure that you can't really this is I mean 180 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: the problem when you know, it seems to me, and 181 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: we'll talk to Joe Bastardi in the second hour about this, 182 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: and he is he is an extreme weather hurricane expert, 183 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,599 Speaker 1: so we'll have questions for him when we talked to 184 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: him about this. But I do know that the two true, 185 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: you know, the most damaging components of this are the water. 186 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: Obviously the water surge um which you know for a 187 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: long for people along the coast is going to be 188 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: a major problem. And just those winds. And if the 189 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: winds get high enough ever, may actually have not just 190 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: some structural damage, you could have structural demolition. Yeah, that's 191 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: what's That's the part of it that I think is 192 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: is you know, particularly scary if you're not on us 193 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: soil without building codes. But you know, at a certain 194 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: level of hurricane you have to wonder where, you know, 195 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: what what what the uh? Any I would be worried 196 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: no matter what building I was five Cat five's hit bucking. 197 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: I'll give you an example. I mean, when I went 198 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: through all of that area after Michael, you drive through, 199 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: there's virtually no homes that are still standing when you 200 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: get hit with the combo of the surge and the winds, 201 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: even if they're fabulously built, there's almost none of them 202 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: that are able to withstand the combo of both of those. 203 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: I mean that you're talking about one hundred and fifty 204 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: what are the what are the winds? Uh, you know 205 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: windspeed of a tornado for example, Um, you know you 206 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: start looking at it, I mean wind speeds of her 207 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: a tornado, and F three is one hundred and fifty 208 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: eight to two hundred miles an hour. Well, if we're 209 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: looking at one hundred and fifty mile an hour winds, 210 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: that's not just the funnel of the tornado. That's what's 211 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: that's what's coming through here right now. Yeah, plus again 212 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: the storm surge, which is that combo between the two 213 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: devastating so and and the other thing to keep in mind, 214 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: Buck is the Florida has been hit by these big 215 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: hurricanes before, but at the time the state was not 216 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: that popularly populated, right, so we're talking about the area 217 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: where they are hitting now. Just in the last twenty years, 218 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: you can well imagine you've spent a lot of time. 219 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: Your brothers are down there in that whole Naples Fort 220 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: Myers area. How much has been built just in the 221 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: last twenty years. I've got family who live in Florida 222 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: now fifty or sixty years. Yeah, yeah, it's changed a lot. 223 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: Just one thing, you know. We'll say to you as 224 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: we are discussing other news stories too, will update what's 225 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: going on. It has just made landfall, hurricane and has 226 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: made landfall. And for anyone out there, you know, for 227 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: whatever you're willing to take for from advice when it 228 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: comes to what we can tell you about this air 229 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: on the side of caution here for anyone who's thinking, 230 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: should I get out, should I get to high grounds, 231 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: should I go to somewhere, Yes, please do that and 232 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: trust that you've got a phenomenal governor. This is again 233 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: why your governor matters so much. If this is going 234 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: to be as devastating as we expect that it will be, 235 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: desantists will do as good of a job as any 236 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: governor in the country. 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In the White House. 256 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: We've got so many different challenges that are going on 257 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: right now. The Nordstream pipeline explosion, who's responsible for it? 258 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: The continuing war in Ukraine, the fact that it may 259 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: be escalating into more danger forty year high inflation, thirty 260 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: trillion dollars in debt, stock market that is tanking, and 261 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: we've got a president in office unfortunately, who is deteriorating 262 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: every single day before our eyes. Earlier today, there was 263 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: a White House event and Joe Mansion was up on 264 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: the stage asking where a congress person, unfortunately Jackie Wollorski 265 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: of Indiana, who died in a car accident in August. 266 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: At the time, this was on August third, the White 267 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: House sent out a statement and said, Jill and I 268 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: are shocked and saddened by the death of Congresswoman Jackie 269 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: Willordski of Indiana, along with two members of her staff 270 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: in a car accident today in Indiana. That is a 271 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: statement from President Biden on the passing of Congresswoman Jackie 272 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: Willordski of Indiana from August. Here's Joe Biden just a 273 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: couple of hours ago in the White House. If so 274 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: many of you know so much about this as well, 275 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: you're committed. I want to thank all of you here 276 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: from including BIPARTI, select officials like Representative govern Senator Braun, 277 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: Senator Booker, Representative Jackie. Are you here? Where's Jackie? I 278 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: mean Buck? This is basically September actor, less than two 279 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: months ago Jackie Wolorski died and condolences again to her family. 280 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: The President United States issued a statement of condolence at 281 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: that time, and less than two months later he's up 282 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: on the stage asking where she is. It's impossible to 283 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: defend Joe Biden's mental state in any way at this point, 284 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: and buck to your to your point about how they 285 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: always say, oh, he's sharp, is attacked behind closed doors. Remember, 286 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: and I want to keep emphasizing this, We're only seeing 287 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: Joe Biden for five percent of the day, and it's 288 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: the five percent where he is the most prepared and 289 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: the most the most readily accessible. In theory, this is 290 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: the best five percent he has. All this This is 291 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: where if they are going to have him step aside 292 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: for health reasons, which would not be that would not 293 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: be bs. The problem is they should have never had 294 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: him step in. Yeah, never mind stepping aside later. He 295 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: shouldn't have taken the role. He shouldn't have pretended he 296 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: was up for this. But the media is reckless and 297 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: their power hungry and they don't care. They just want 298 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: a Democrat in office. But you may see it's something. 299 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: I believe they're gonna run Joe Biden again, But I 300 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: also think nobody can really predict the future. The moment 301 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: you'll know that it's pretty much coming apart and they're 302 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: gonna have him is when all of a sudden, their 303 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: sources from within the White House who are addressing exactly 304 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: what you said, which is yeah, yeah. Starting around five 305 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: o'clock every day he starts, you know, muttering about the 306 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: chipmunks up in the trees or something. I mean that 307 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: when that comes along, then Gavin Knewsom, all of a 308 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: sudden is going to start making some really loud noises 309 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: about how he's the guy. I think it's going to 310 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: come along quite a bit post midterms, when they take 311 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: a show acking and he's not useful to Democrats anymore. 312 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: I think the long knives for Biden will come out 313 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 1: and they'll use his health. But this is scary. I mean, 314 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: regardless of your politics, the president asking for a dead 315 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: woman's for her to basically take credit for a bill 316 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: that passed, it's scary. The government likes to spend our money. 317 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: Watch the way Congress passes a temporary budget this Friday 318 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: before midnight. All the ridiculous spending that will get rolled 319 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: right into it. That reckless spending is driving up costs 320 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: on everything for you and your family. So where can 321 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: you find monthly savings without sacrificing quality. 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Dial pound two fifty say 332 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: Clay and Buck. Fifty percent on the first month Dial 333 00:18:53,880 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: pound two five zero say Clay and Buck. Today, much 334 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: of southern Florida's already experiencing impacts from the storm as 335 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: it moves closer to landfall. There have been several tornado 336 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: warnings issued during the overnight hours, and we expect to 337 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: see that continue today. A storm of this magnitude will 338 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: produce catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge on the 339 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: Gulf Coast of Florida in the highest risk areas are 340 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: ranging from Collier County up to Sarasota County. The current 341 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: track has the storm making landfall in Charlotte County. If 342 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: you are in any of those counties. It's no longer 343 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: possible to safely evacuate. It's time to hunker down and 344 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: prepare for this storm. This is a powerful storm that 345 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: should be treated like you would treat if a tornado 346 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: was approaching. That's Governor Ronda Santis there, who is doing 347 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: everything that he can to prepare his state of Florida 348 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: for what will be one of the in terms of winds, 349 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: five most powerful storms to hit the US mainland in 350 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: the last hundred years. The numbers here we had on 351 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: Labor Day weekend of nineteen thirty five, there was a 352 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: storm with one hundred and eighty five mile an hour 353 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: winds and then in which I can't even I can't 354 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: even imagine. I mean, that's hard to conceptualize. Yeah, in 355 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty nine Hurricane Camille. I guess in nineteen thirty 356 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 1: five they had not yet sort of naming hurricanes. In 357 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty nine, Hurricane Camille was one hundred and seventy 358 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: five miles an hour. Hurricane Andrew, which people remember, unfortunately 359 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: because they were too devastation in Florida nineteen ninety two, 360 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: that was at one hundred and sixty five miles an hour, 361 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,479 Speaker 1: and Hurricane Michael in twenty eighteen, which you mentioned hit 362 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: hit the Panhandle area one hundred and sixty miles an hour, 363 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: so it is it is rare. We did have a 364 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 1: recent one in twenty eighteen, but it is a very 365 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: rare thing to have a storm with winds of this speed. 366 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: You heard Governor de santists there say, treat this effectively 367 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: like a massive tornado because it is tornado force winds 368 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: around a giant hurricane funnel, hurricane sized funnel, and then 369 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: the storm surge on top of it clay, so it 370 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 1: has made landfall right now. We know. We talked to 371 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: Fort Myers affiliate member yesterday on the show about what 372 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: they're facing. So hopefully people are in safe positions and 373 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna, as Governor Santa said, you're gonna be riding 374 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: out the storm where you are at this point for 375 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: the next forty eight hours. Yeah, and we'll do our 376 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: best on this show because I think Thursday and Friday 377 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: the fallout will be substantial. And we know that many 378 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: of you in Florida listen to us and the radio 379 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: maybe one of the best ways that you're able to 380 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: get information. Frankly, all over Florida because power is going 381 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: to be out so many different places. WI FI is 382 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: going to be downcast up. Wi FI is going to 383 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: be down and so hopefully our stations are able to 384 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: continue to broadcast all over the state of Florida. But 385 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: we will do our best on Thursday and Friday as 386 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: the fallout from these storms continues to be revealed and 387 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: the storm has passed on and buck. As you well know, 388 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: this thing's not just hitting in the areas of Florida. 389 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: It's gonna then go all the way up throughout much 390 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: of Florida and into Georgia and South Carolina and then 391 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: potentially spiral off into the Atlantic. So they're going to 392 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 1: be a lot of communities over the next three, four 393 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: or five days that are going to be impacted in 394 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: a significant way by the storm. We mentioned the preparations 395 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: that the governor is making for his state. There was 396 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: a phone call with Joe Biden, the President, earlier today. 397 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: We did criticize that it didn't happen yesterday. I think 398 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: that was fair. I think obviously getting you know, advanced 399 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: advanced ability to talk about this, to coordinate rather with 400 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: the White House would have been meaningful. But there was 401 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: a phone call today. Here is the Governor though, just 402 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: laying out some of to give people a sense of 403 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: what the preparations entailed. Here. This is a major It 404 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: is like a military scale humanitarian and emergency operation that 405 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: they are preparing in the state of Florida. We have 406 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: five thousand Florida Guardsmen activated, two thousand from neighboring states. 407 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: We have air assets, urban search and rescue teams station 408 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: now in Miami that will be able to respond over 409 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: to Southwest Florida. Florida fish and wildlife both vehicle assets, 410 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: water assets, and air assets, and the US Coastguard is 411 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: now stage four cutters. They also have shallow draft vessels 412 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: ready to provide search and rescue assistance to the flooded areas. 413 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: They are over thirty thousand linemen stage and ready for 414 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: power restoration efforts across the date of Florida, and that 415 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: includes linemen across all of our major utilities, and a 416 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: lot of these linemen are coming from out of state. 417 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's all hands on deck for 418 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: all emergency personnel, h skilled technicians, electricians, search and rescue, 419 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: you name it. They are all lined up here because 420 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: this this is going to be unfortunately a big one. Yeah, 421 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,719 Speaker 1: and again we will do our best on Thursday and 422 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: Friday to help out the people all throughout affected regions 423 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 1: of Florida. And it is just, you know, we had 424 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: had a really really quiet hurricane season there basically hadn't 425 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: been any at all so far through September, and this 426 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: one came up in a sudden and Buck you talked 427 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: about the impact that basically cubas shut down the areas 428 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: that this that this ian went through, and I believe 429 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: earlier in the week I said, this is what happens 430 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: when they get into the Gulf because the waters tend 431 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,199 Speaker 1: to be very warm this time of year. I've spent up, 432 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: like I said, a lot of time down on the 433 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: Florida Gulf coast, and the overall warmth of the waters 434 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: leads them to be able to strengthen, and by the 435 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: time this officially eyewall hits, we may be up to 436 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: a category five or within a couple of miles of 437 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: that miles an hour on the wind speed of that 438 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: potentially happening. So we're going to keep you all updated. 439 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: There's obviously a lot of other things that are going 440 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: on this nord stream Buck, but we were talking about 441 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: this off air, would be normally the number one story 442 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: in the world by far if this hurricane were not coming. 443 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: Because of the impact that the energy industry is going 444 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: to potentially bring to bear on Europe. This is a 445 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: because it's a monster issue itself. This is a multi 446 00:25:53,600 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: billion dollar and possibly war and peace level Who done it? Yes, 447 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 1: as in, what the heck is going on with this 448 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: Nordstream Nordstream pipeline and the possible intentional sabotage of this Clay, 449 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: Let's let's dive into this and we come back. People 450 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: need to tell idea about what's going on here. There's 451 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 1: been a lot of really bellicost rhetoric out of Russia 452 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: in recent days, and who's responsible for what happened here 453 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: with this Nordstream pipeline that is now leaking natural gas? 454 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: There's photo and video of this in the out In 455 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: the question that I want you to answer when we 456 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: come back, Buck, because you worked in the CIA, don't 457 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 1: answer it now because this is called an incredible tease. 458 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: But I'm actually genuinely curious what you would say. What 459 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: do you think the CIA's degree of certainty as to 460 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: who created this explosion in the nord stream pipelines. Is 461 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: how much do we actually know and how does that 462 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: impact the geopolitical terrain In particular, I would want to 463 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: know what you think we actually know because it is 464 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: a massive who've done it? As we sit here right now, friends, 465 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 1: As you know, there's a huge fight going on right 466 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: now in the country over life and where it will 467 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 1: be protected, how much it will be protected. And while 468 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: this is going to be playing out politically and in 469 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: this midterm election, you're gonna be hearing a lot of 470 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: propaganda from the pro abortion movement, it's not just about politics, 471 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: it's about what you can do every day. A lot 472 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: of you listening are pro life yourselves. You believe very 473 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: strongly in this. What are you doing to help others 474 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: make the right choice? What if I told you you 475 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: could make a small donation that could result in a 476 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: life being born. Think about what that does for, of 477 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: course the baby that will have life now, but also 478 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: for that family, for that mother that will now have 479 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: a child going forward. You have to take action if 480 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: you're going to be truly on the front lines of 481 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: the battle for life in this country. And that's why 482 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:09,719 Speaker 1: preborn is so important. Preborn is a nonprofit organization that 483 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: has been working for years to help expectant women who 484 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: are wrestling with the decision about what to do when 485 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: they're pregnant and they weren't planning to be. 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Okay, I understand for a large 505 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: majority of you out there, you don't spend a lot 506 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: of time thinking about pipelines delivering oil and gas around 507 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: the world and what their impact is. So this story 508 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: may not be getting the amount of attention in ordinarily would, 509 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: certainly because Hurricane Ian is hitting and that is going 510 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: to completely and understandably gobble up all the attention in 511 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: the United States. But Buck and I wanted to make 512 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: sure that we address this story because from a geopolitical perspective, 513 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: it is the biggest story that is going on right 514 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: now in the world. And that story is that Nordstream 515 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: one and Nordstream two, two pipelines that were designed to 516 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: take natural gas from Russia to Germany. And you can 517 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: correct me if I'm getting of these facts wrong, Buck, 518 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: because I think you're even better plugged in on this 519 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: than I am, have suddenly been blown up effectively underwater, 520 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: and there are now billions of dollars in damages to 521 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: these pipelines and the natural gas that would otherwise be 522 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,959 Speaker 1: coming from Russia to Europe is now not able to 523 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: get there, and there is essentially an international who've done 524 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: it underway in the world to try and figure out 525 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 1: who is responsible for blowing up intentionally. It appears, based 526 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: on all the evidence, Nordstream one and Nordstream two pipelines 527 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: undersea now buck The question I asked as we went 528 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: to break, I'll toss you this one because I'm curious 529 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: to what extent do you think our top intelligence agencies 530 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: wipe The CIA are aware in the United States of 531 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: who is responsible at this moment as we speak, and 532 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: with what degree of certitude would you anticipate they are aware. Well, 533 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: here's The Daily Mail has reported here that it was 534 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: quote revealed last night that the CIA warned weeks ago 535 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: that the pipes could be attacked after agents sent a 536 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: strategic warning to European allies, including Germany. And this is 537 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: according to sources talking to Der Spiegel, the German paper, 538 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: though they refused to say whether Russia or was identified 539 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: as a culprit. So somehow there was apparently or reportedly, 540 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: I should say, some warning that came from the US 541 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: intelligence community weeks ago that these pipes could be attacked. 542 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: That's that's interesting. Another interesting data point on this is 543 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: that some pipelines, a pipeline from the Baltic just went 544 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: into operation right this was and I know the explosions 545 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: came on this same day that Poland, Norway and Denmark 546 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: opened a new natural gas pipeline under the Baltick. See 547 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: that is very interesting. Some would say a little too 548 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: convenient timing for something like this to happen. The big 549 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: debate right now to your question about how much how 550 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: much they know? I think that they you know, usually 551 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: in the intelligence community, they always say it's like it's 552 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: like filling in a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't even 553 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: know what the final puzzle looks like. That's the only 554 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: thing they talk about. They probably have some indicators, but 555 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: not enough to one hundred percent. No, However, there are 556 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:52,479 Speaker 1: people who are pointing back to at a look, I 557 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: don't know, and I don't think I know. I want 558 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: to be clear about that. But here is Joe Biden 559 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: saying something. This is not helpful because now we get 560 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: into the motives the component of this year's Biden. Earlier 561 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: this year, the President United States if Russian invades that 562 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, 563 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: then there will be there will be no longer on 564 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: North Team too. We will bring it into it. But 565 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: how will you do that exactly? Since the project in 566 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: control of the project is within Germany's control. We will, 567 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll be able to do it. I 568 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: promise you will be able to do it. Doesn't help 569 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: about a pipeline that is not controlled by the US, 570 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,959 Speaker 1: that is not running on US soil or US territorial waters, 571 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: or even near the US anywhere, And so people are 572 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: pointing to that. I think when you think when you 573 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: look at motive here Clay, it would seem strange for Russia. 574 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: Germany is about to get This is a pipeline that 575 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: connect into Germany, and this has always been the leverage 576 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: that Russia has over Germany. Germany gets thirty percent of 577 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: its natural gas from Russia directly. Right they're about to 578 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: head into winter time. It is going to be shockingly 579 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: expensive to a lot of people to just keep the 580 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: heat on in their homes. It's very cold in Dusseldorff 581 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: in December and January. Okay, so this is gonna be 582 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: a big problem. The question I think that has to 583 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: be answered is with the Russians just stop sending the 584 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: gas that would be within their power too. Why do 585 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:35,320 Speaker 1: sabotage unless meaning self sabotage of the Russian pipeline that 586 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: would also cut off funding. Unless this is their last 587 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: play to try to bring the European component of the 588 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 1: Pro Ukraine Alliance to its knees to get a final settlement. 589 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: That's right. That's one version of how to make it 590 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: look like the US was responsible. Right for people out 591 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: there who would say, Okay, this is why it's a 592 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: who've done it? Because Russia could turn off the natural 593 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: gas spigot and just say we're not going to give 594 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: our gas to Europe. If they did that, though, we 595 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: would know, oh, Russia's making the calculated decision to do that. 596 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: If Russia blew up a part of the pipeline to 597 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: make that natural gas impossible to send. They have the 598 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: audio clip we just played of Joe Biden too, saying 599 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: that the US could do something about it. Then they 600 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: can point their finger at the United States and say, oh, 601 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:28,760 Speaker 1: the United States did this to try to cut Russia's 602 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: legs out from underneath it. So the who done it? 603 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,879 Speaker 1: And I think it's fair to say the who done 604 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: it because we don't know is Russia or the United 605 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: States backed interest? Right like, who's responsible for it? And 606 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: it's worth noting in the backdrop of all this, the 607 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: background of all this, we haven't talked to you that 608 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: much about Ukraine because honestly, we think there are generally 609 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: more important things to handle here at home. But the 610 00:35:53,080 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: Russians have been conscripted recently. Yes, Russians are protesting, there's 611 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: violence in the streets over this. They've been losing territory, 612 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: substantial territory to Ukrainian Ukrainian offensive. Putin's back is more 613 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: against the wall right now than it has ever been 614 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:16,240 Speaker 1: during this conflict. And you throw this pipeline sabotage. Everyone's 615 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,920 Speaker 1: calling it sabotage every country to EU, the US, Russia. 616 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: Not accidental, It's not accidental, folks. This is how very 617 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 1: bad things happen. This is how things spiral out of 618 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,760 Speaker 1: control very quickly. So Clay's right, today, the biggest story 619 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: in the country is certainly this storm coming ashore. It 620 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: has already come ashore in Florida. But in the background 621 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 1: of our or in the back of our minds. We 622 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: do have to keep an eye on the situation of 623 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: this pipeline. Russia putin a lot of talk about maybe 624 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: Putin's back is up against the wall and nukes tackle knukes. 625 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,720 Speaker 1: What would we do in response? Clay a lot of questions. 626 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 1: It's a mess and it may get much worse soon. Clay, Travis, 627 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,840 Speaker 1: and Buck Sex on the front lines of truth.