Speaker 1: Hey, that folks. It is Sunday, April fifth. Yes, it's
Speaker 1: easter and a bit of a miracle. At least according
Speaker 1: to the President, we got him. The US service member
Speaker 1: stuck behind enemy lines has been rescued. With that Welcome
Speaker 1: to this Easter Sunday breaking news episode of Amy and TJ.
Speaker 1: We just wanted to hop on and give you this update. Robes. Obviously,
Speaker 1: this was a high stakes life or death search and rescue.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, if he gets captured situation and Robes,
Speaker 1: it seems like it's over and we're getting everywhere of
Speaker 1: this problem.
Speaker 2: The President himself, Yes, and it is. It does feel
Speaker 2: like an Easter miracle. We went to bed last night.
Speaker 2: This is a true story, and you said to me,
Speaker 2: I cannot believe they still haven't found the missing airman.
Speaker 2: And there was real concern at a certain point. He
Speaker 2: goes missing on Friday, forty eight hours later, you're thinking,
Speaker 2: what's going on, what's happening behind the scenes. I even
Speaker 2: thed said, could Iran have gotten him not broadcasted and
Speaker 2: using it as a negotiation tool. It was just so
Speaker 2: strange to hear nothing from anyone for that long of
Speaker 2: a period of time.
Speaker 1: And at the same time, it's time. In the next breath,
Speaker 1: we said, well, there's probably a lot going on behind
Speaker 1: the scenes if they are being tight lipped, And it
Speaker 1: seems like that was in fact the case. We know,
Speaker 1: and again the surprise in it all is because they
Speaker 1: usually know robes. These guys have tracking, they have transponders,
Speaker 1: they have satellites that pinpoint exactly where that plane is,
Speaker 1: exactly where it went down, and then exactly where those
Speaker 1: pilots and officers are, So they had to have known.
Speaker 1: And sure enough, it sounds like robes, at least according
Speaker 1: to the President. Will let you hear his long true
Speaker 1: social post in which he made this announcement. But it
Speaker 1: sounds like robes. They might have known where this officer was,
Speaker 1: but it was tricky getting to him.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that does make a lot of sense.
Speaker 2: We did mention, look, no, one, we didn't know the
Speaker 2: general public exactly where this airman was, but we certainly
Speaker 2: knew that the crash happened in a very mountainous, rugged
Speaker 2: region of southern Iran, right along the borders of Kuwait
Speaker 2: and Iraq, and so this was a huge swath of
Speaker 2: land and really tough territory. Maybe that helped him hide.
Speaker 2: Maybe that actually helped him be able to do what
Speaker 2: he needed to do to lay low until US troops
Speaker 2: were able to close in on him. But yes, the
Speaker 2: President and we again will read the thing his statement,
Speaker 2: but he did seem as though this was a close call,
Speaker 2: that the enemy was closing in on him. I know.
Speaker 1: And as we let you hear, there's some of this
Speaker 1: stuff will sound while some of it will sound like
Speaker 1: the President maybe embellishing details. However, you don't need to embellish.
Speaker 1: This is war. This whole situation sounds wild. That there
Speaker 1: is a lone US service member who had to survive
Speaker 1: almost forty eight hours being pursued by an enemy that
Speaker 1: he knew was desperate to get their hands on him,
Speaker 1: preferably alive in all likelihood, But who knows how that
Speaker 1: could have changed the war. But a reminder here, it's
Speaker 1: what the President said. At twelve o eight a m.
Speaker 1: So just after midnight East coast time last night, the
Speaker 1: President posted this and a reminder, this is the jet,
Speaker 1: this fighter jet that was shot down on Friday, the
Speaker 1: first American fighter jet to be shot down during this war.
Speaker 1: The pilot was rescued in short order, but it's been
Speaker 1: the systems officer who's the one that was missing and rovees.
Speaker 1: This is what the President told us all in the announcement.
Speaker 1: Just after midnight.
Speaker 2: We got him in all caps with an exclamation point,
Speaker 2: my fellow Americans. Over the past hours, the United States
Speaker 2: Military pulled off one of the most daring search and
Speaker 2: rescue operations in US history for one of our incredible
Speaker 2: crew member officers, who also happens to be a highly
Speaker 2: respected colonel and who I am thrilled to let you
Speaker 2: know is now safe and sound. This brave warrior was
Speaker 2: behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being
Speaker 2: hunted down by our enemies who were getting closer and
Speaker 2: closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because
Speaker 2: his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the
Speaker 2: Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow warfighters were monitoring his
Speaker 2: location twenty four hours a day and diligently planning for
Speaker 2: his rescue. At my direction, the US military sent dozens
Speaker 2: of aircraft armed with the most lethal weapons in the
Speaker 2: world to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will
Speaker 2: be just fine. This miraculous search and rescue operation comes
Speaker 2: in addition to a successful rescue of another brave pilot yesterday,
Speaker 2: which we did not confirm because we did not want
Speaker 2: to jeopardize our second rescue operation. This is the first
Speaker 2: time in military memory that two US pilots have been
Speaker 2: rescued separately deep in enemy territory, and this one's in
Speaker 2: all caps. We will never leave an American warfighter behind.
Speaker 2: The fact that we we're able to pull off both
Speaker 2: of these operations without a single American killed or even wounded,
Speaker 2: just proves once again that we have achieved overwhelming air
Speaker 2: dominance and superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a
Speaker 2: moment that all Americans, Republican, Democrat, and everyone else should
Speaker 2: be proud of.
Speaker 3: And united around.
Speaker 2: We truly have the best, most professional and lethal military
Speaker 2: in the history of the world. God bless America, God
Speaker 2: bless our troops, and happy Easter too all.
Speaker 1: You know what amen to that? The best, most professional,
Speaker 1: lethal military. This is impressive, Roades this, I don't care
Speaker 1: what you think about war. What they are able to
Speaker 1: do is phenomenal. And to pluck this guy out and
Speaker 1: they say no injuries sustain, no casually sustain, no death sustained.
Speaker 1: On the American side worlds, I have to first just
Speaker 1: take my hat off and frankly salute this is impressive.
Speaker 2: First of all, we should salute our troops, and I
Speaker 2: do appreciate it. I don't want to say finally, but finally,
Speaker 2: it felt like the President was very presidential today in
Speaker 2: his true social post with Eastern just asking everyone to
Speaker 2: unite around the US military and what they were able
Speaker 2: to achieve. And I think we can all do that
Speaker 2: because an American life was at stake, and yes, we
Speaker 2: risks risked plenty of other American lives to save that
Speaker 2: one American, but that is the way of our military.
Speaker 2: They did it, and they did it exceptionally well. That
Speaker 2: is remarkable given what was at stake and how closely
Speaker 2: the Iranian military and frankly even Iranian civilians were monitoring
Speaker 2: this missing airman, knowing that if they could get their
Speaker 2: hands on him, it could shift the war period and
Speaker 2: so the stakes were as high as they get.
Speaker 1: He knew that, you know, I know, I know this
Speaker 1: member of the military is trained to you know, survive
Speaker 1: and invade. What may you know as well? He knew
Speaker 1: what was at stake.
Speaker 3: Oh my, I do you put yourself in his mind. No,
Speaker 3: I mean, I would.
Speaker 2: Never be able to withstand that kind of pressure. But
Speaker 2: it is so impressive. He knows if he gets caught,
Speaker 2: everything changes. It's not even about his own life. It's
Speaker 2: about other people's lives. It's about the war. It's about
Speaker 2: like thinking about the whether or not you can remain
Speaker 2: hidden and safe is going to like be the difference
Speaker 2: between life and death for.
Speaker 3: A lot of other folks.
Speaker 1: This is a rare you spoke of President Trump being presidential.
Speaker 1: This is one of the few you ever see from
Speaker 1: him in which he is not attacking somebody that He
Speaker 1: didn't go after a Democrat. He didn't say sleepy Joe.
Speaker 1: He didn't talk about the bad deal Obama did with Iron,
Speaker 1: He didn't say any of that stuff we're used to
Speaker 1: him saying. And I know, whatever is the low bar now,
Speaker 1: but I in this moment, I appreciate it. Yes, he
Speaker 1: took a bunch of credit in there that maybe you
Speaker 1: wouldn't hear other presidents take. Finn. That's okay, knock yourself out,
Speaker 1: take the win, mister president. But this this was a win.
Speaker 1: I do want to we need to point out here
Speaker 1: the second pilot he spoke of, now Rhodes. There was.
Speaker 1: We did get word that a second plane, that a
Speaker 1: ten Warthog as it's described, but it was in support
Speaker 1: of this rescue mission that one also took enemy fire.
Speaker 1: Now the reporting was that this one had made it
Speaker 1: out of Iranian airspace, that pilot ejected and was rescued.
Speaker 1: Is it not clear the president here is saying that
Speaker 1: that plane or that pilot was also rescue from deep
Speaker 1: in enemy territory in Iran.
Speaker 2: But what I can't I guess discern between the two,
Speaker 2: because of course, initially the pilot of the F fifteen
Speaker 2: also ejected and was rescued out of Iran. I believe
Speaker 2: maybe the US military never confirmed that rescue. They could
Speaker 2: be talking about the pilot of the F fifteen, could
Speaker 2: they not?
Speaker 1: Or no, no, because he says first time memory that
Speaker 1: two US pilots. Now is he referring to this second
Speaker 1: person of the pilot as.
Speaker 3: Well, So it's confusing.
Speaker 2: It could either be the F fifteen that both men
Speaker 2: were aboard, that both had to eject in Iran.
Speaker 1: He said. It comes in addition to a successful rescue
Speaker 1: of another brave pilot yesterday, which we did not confirm.
Speaker 1: Another brave pilot yesterday, which we did not confirm. They
Speaker 1: did confirm the rescue of this We've known this F
Speaker 1: fifteen pilot was rescued, we knew that almost immediately.
Speaker 3: But they said the pilot of the A ten was
Speaker 3: rescued in Kuwait?
Speaker 1: Did they not somewhere else? So this is what I'm saying, Confused,
Speaker 1: is it really is he preferring to both pass and
Speaker 1: excuse me, both people occupants of the F fifteen fighter
Speaker 1: as pilots or is this something else? Because I don't
Speaker 1: get what he's saying, And hopefully he can some clarity.
Speaker 2: Get yes, some specifics on that, because look, this is
Speaker 2: such an impressive operation and so many Americans were holding
Speaker 2: their breath waiting to see what would happen. And yes,
Speaker 2: the details are important. So it's exciting and it's wonderful
Speaker 2: to get this news. But I think there are a
Speaker 2: lot of questions that he will hopefully answer in short order.
Speaker 2: I believe he is going to be speak and addressing
Speaker 2: the country soon, so we will be able to maybe
Speaker 2: get some of these answers.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that won't be until Monday. He announced as
Speaker 1: well on the social media posts that he would be
Speaker 1: having a press conference in the Oval Office one o'clock
Speaker 1: Eastern time on Monday with the military, is how he
Speaker 1: says it. So we'll get more information on that. There
Speaker 1: was another detail coming out of this that Iranians are
Speaker 1: claiming that they took down a couple more planes as
Speaker 1: a part of this operation. But the US military says,
Speaker 1: uh huh, that ain't what happened. They're explaining robes that
Speaker 1: they actually had some malfunction a couple of planes malfunctions,
Speaker 1: had some issues, couldn't get them off the ground. So
Speaker 1: the US themselves destroyed blew up those planes so that
Speaker 1: the Iranians couldn't get their hands on that technology. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's what the two sides are saying happened. But this
Speaker 1: was a part of the operation as well. Again we
Speaker 1: are other planes are being shot down, other planes are
Speaker 1: being destroyed, all of this for an operation to get
Speaker 1: one person, one American, out of Iran. There's something about
Speaker 1: that rogues that you always say things give you chills.
Speaker 1: That thing the idea that the military won't leave in
Speaker 1: it will put everything out there to get one American life.
Speaker 3: We kind of love that no man left behind.
Speaker 2: It is something that I think almost all of us
Speaker 2: can recite that that is the mantra of the US military,
Speaker 2: and we saw it play out in really remarkable ways
Speaker 2: over these past few hours.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll stay with us. We will read like
Speaker 1: we said. The President did put out that initial post
Speaker 1: just after midnight letting us know that quote we got him.
Speaker 1: But he also had a follow up all about eight
Speaker 1: o'clock this morning here on Easter Sunday. We'll tell you
Speaker 1: what that one said. Stay here, all right, we continue
Speaker 1: here on this Easter Sunday of breaking news morning, and
Speaker 1: very good news to hear that the American service member
Speaker 1: who is really trying to evade Iranian forces for the
Speaker 1: past forty eight hours after his F fifteen fighter jet
Speaker 1: was shot down on Friday, has in fact been rescued
Speaker 1: by the US military and a daring operation. We'll get
Speaker 1: more details about, but the President making the announcement just
Speaker 1: after midnight than in fact that system's officer who had
Speaker 1: been on the run has been recovered and is going
Speaker 1: to be okay. The President had another message this morning
Speaker 1: letting us know, like we just mentioned Robes about that
Speaker 1: news conference he's going to have on Monday, but he
Speaker 1: had some other words here to say about this highly
Speaker 1: respected colonel that was rescued.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was interesting because in his first post after
Speaker 2: midnight he said that he was thrilled to let us
Speaker 2: know that that colonel was now safe and sound. And
Speaker 2: while that may be true, he did give us an
Speaker 2: update just minutes before this recording, and the President said
Speaker 2: this on true social We have rescued the seriously wounded
Speaker 2: and really brave F fifteen crew member officer from deep
Speaker 2: inside the mountains of Iran. The Iranian military was looking hard,
Speaker 2: in big numbers and getting close. He is a highly
Speaker 2: respected colonel. This type of raid is seldom attempted because
Speaker 2: of the danger to man and equipment.
Speaker 3: It just doesn't happen.
Speaker 2: The second raid came after the first one where we
Speaker 2: rescued the pilot in broad daylight.
Speaker 3: Also unusual.
Speaker 2: Spending seven hours over Iran an amazing show of bravery
Speaker 2: and talent by all. I will be having a news
Speaker 2: conference with the military at the Oval Office on Monday
Speaker 2: at one pm. God bless our great military warriors, President
Speaker 2: Donald J.
Speaker 3: Trump. So, yes, we are now hearing.
Speaker 2: That this system's weapons systems operator was seriously wounded.
Speaker 1: Hey had the way you put it in the first
Speaker 1: one was was injured but will be fine. Yes, so
Speaker 1: we said, huh so, yeah, he chose to use that language.
Speaker 3: Maybe it was.
Speaker 2: Initial reports and maybe he got a I guess a
Speaker 2: report from doctors or from physicians saying yeah, he was
Speaker 2: actually seriously wounded.
Speaker 3: I don't know if there was just a an.
Speaker 2: Update in the information he received on his medical condition.
Speaker 2: But that is a big departure from just slightly injured.
Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna leave you with this, and Robes, you
Speaker 1: pull it up. I know you haven't seen it before.
Speaker 1: This is happening in real time for us as we're
Speaker 1: recording this morning. The President obviously is up on this
Speaker 1: Easter Sunday and he is putting out posts on truth
Speaker 1: Social Well, let you know that tomorrow is a big day, Robes,
Speaker 1: because the President has moved several times, at least twice.
Speaker 1: He has moved a deadline he has given Iran for
Speaker 1: opening the Straight over a moves. He said he would
Speaker 1: attack carg Island. He would attack their main oil and
Speaker 1: energy infrastructure, destroy it. Even talk of desalinization plans being
Speaker 1: gone after wipe them out and not give it them
Speaker 1: an ability to come back. Stone Ages. He's used these
Speaker 1: words another deadline is coming up tomorrow, robes, and everybody's
Speaker 1: wondering what's going to happen, what this service member caught
Speaker 1: behind enemy lines, how that would play into it? And
Speaker 1: now that one's been rescued. Who knows. But folks, we
Speaker 1: are as we've been recording this. This social media post
Speaker 1: we're about to read to you was not out from
Speaker 1: the President and it has only come out in the
Speaker 1: past few minutes since we've been sitting here. And this
Speaker 1: is your Sunday Easter message.
Speaker 2: This one's a doozy, This is a This is a
Speaker 2: big difference, yes, between social media posts. So this latest
Speaker 2: one in reference to the forty eight hour deadline he
Speaker 2: put out there to reopen the strait of horn moves.
Speaker 3: Our president just put this out. Tuesday will be power.
Speaker 2: Plant Day and bridge Day all wrapped up in one.
Speaker 3: In Iran. There will be nothing like it.
Speaker 2: Whooh, open the fucking straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll
Speaker 2: be living in hell. Just watch Praise be to Allah.
Speaker 2: What the actual hell babe that is?
Speaker 1: That is?
Speaker 3: I mean, look, we are used to some very.
Speaker 2: The actual jaw dropping social media posts from the president.
Speaker 3: This one it might take the cake.
Speaker 1: Hey man, what this is PC with you.
Speaker 3: I praise be to Allah. Happy Easter. He has risen.
Speaker 3: I don't. He didn't say that, but I just like I.
Speaker 3: My jaw is now dropped again.
Speaker 2: Ha.
Speaker 1: So we didn't start this episode based on that message.
Speaker 1: We didn't know that one was out. Frankly, if we'd
Speaker 1: known he was gonna put that one out, we might
Speaker 1: have just done an episode just on those few words.
Speaker 1: But the President on this Easter Sunday is putting that out.
Speaker 1: Maybe Robes he feels a little more pissed off and
Speaker 1: a little more embolden after the rescue of this service member.
Speaker 1: Who knows. But the President has been criticized for moving
Speaker 1: the goal posts, for moving the dates, for giving them
Speaker 1: more time, for who he's negotiating with, for why he
Speaker 1: hasn't followed through on some threats. Is he now? Is
Speaker 1: this now it? Who? Robes? We're not checking. I don't
Speaker 1: know if we can sho this hasn't spread quickly enough.
Speaker 1: But what is that going to do to markets? Oil prices,
Speaker 1: gas prices. He speaks and markets are listening.
Speaker 3: Robes that sound this is some scary stuff, terrifying.
Speaker 1: Didn't he say he's dealing with reasonable people now? They're
Speaker 1: crazy bastards.
Speaker 2: Now they're crazy bastards. And he's dropping f bombs. He's
Speaker 2: dropping f bombs.
Speaker 3: You know what I just said? How presidential like?
Speaker 2: I actually, when I read those last two social media posts,
Speaker 2: I say this a lot, but I physically felt my
Speaker 2: shoulders drop. I felt a little warm and fuzzy. I
Speaker 2: felt hopeful. And then this but social media post.
Speaker 1: He's directing it towards who we now all are kind
Speaker 1: of pissed at because they were after our guy. Right.
Speaker 3: He thinks he's got that political capitalist Yeah, this.
Speaker 1: The time we might be more open to embracing that,
Speaker 1: like yeah, yes, maybe Brokes. You know, he's brilliant with
Speaker 1: media strategy, say what you want the demand, knows how
Speaker 1: to manipulate media, and here he is. Well folks, happy Easter,
Speaker 1: Happy Easter. What's the thing piece is he has.
Speaker 2: Risen in peace to all. Peace be with you is
Speaker 2: what we say, in.
Speaker 1: With you, and with that, folks, always appreciate you. Happy Easter,
Speaker 1: and it'd be nice to somebody today, please