1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: I think that the United Kingdom, like every other country, 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: they want to be go shopping in the United States 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: of America. China wants to very much wants to make 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: a deal. They all do. Every country wants to make 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: a deal, and not the ones they had in the past, 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: where we were being. 7 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: Ripped off by every country practically without exception, in the 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 2: entire world. And those days are you're listening to the 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 3: Good Wednesday morning. Nice to have you with us on 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 3: the forty seven Morning Update. Ben Ferguson with you, and 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 3: here are the three big stories you need to know about. 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 3: First up, a major win for the President of the 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: United States of America as the Supreme Court stays the 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 3: lower court ruling allowing Donald Trump and the transgender ban 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 3: in the military to proceed. What happens next, I'll have 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: that for you in just a second. Up next, Tom 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 3: Homan making it very clear after police officers were attacked 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: by illegal immigrants in New York that we are going 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: to flood sanctuary cities with ICE agents and we will 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: go after illegal immigrants at their places of work. How 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: big of an impact do this have? You'll hear from 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: Tom Homan in just a moment. And finally Trump administration 24 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 3: has come in and shut down the CDC's Infection Control Committee. 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 3: They were in charge of many of the guidelines during 26 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: COVID nineteen outbreak that were ridiculous and had no basis 27 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 3: in science. The community is obviously fighting back and I'll 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: give you those details as well. Before we get to 29 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: those stories, I want to tell you about the International 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Did you know, just like 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 3: here in the US, Israel has their own Independence Day 32 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: In case you missed it, this year's Israel Independence Day 33 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 3: was a few days ago on May first. But for 34 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 3: the people of Israel, freedom is nothing more than a 35 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: daily struggle just to survive. There's no real peace, only tear, 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 3: no joy, just suffering. Even as rockets have hit their 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: airport in the last few days, the Israeli government recognizes 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 3: the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews for ongoing help 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 3: to make sure the elderly, the sick, the wounded soldiers, 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 3: and the impoverished families don't fall through the cracks. That 41 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 3: is why your gift to the Fellowship today is so 42 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 3: important and will provide life saving aid medicine. Hearty meals 43 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: safety and comfort. I believe that when we bless the 44 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: people of Israel, we unlock God's blessing in our lives 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: as well. So show your support for Israel's independence by 46 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 3: making a life saving gift today. Call IFCJ at eight 47 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: eight eight for eight eight IFCJ that's eight eight eight 48 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 3: four eight eight four three two five, or go online 49 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: to IFCJ dot org. That's IFCJ dot. 50 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 4: Org story number one. 51 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 3: The Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump a very big 52 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 3: victory on Tuesday by allowing him to exclude openly transgender 53 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 3: individuals from the military. In a brief order, the Supreme 54 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 3: Court Justices granted an emergency request from the Trump administration 55 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 3: to lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy. According to 56 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 3: the latest breaking news outside of the court, the Court 57 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: lifted the temporary injunction and while litigation will continue, it 58 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: is likely that the policy will in fact stay in place. 59 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 3: Quote the order says, the application for stay, presented to 60 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court, is granted. 61 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 4: Now. 62 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 3: The March to twenty seventh preliminary injunction entered by the 63 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 3: United States District Court for the Western District of DC 64 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: is stayed, penning the deposition of the appeal in the 65 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Supreme 66 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 3: Court Justices Soudamior, Elena Kagan, and Kanji Brown Jackson would 67 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 3: quote deny the application. The US order concluded, breaking news 68 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: is this the Supreme Court will allow the Trump Administration's 69 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: transgender military band to take effect. The Trump administration argued 70 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 3: in its filing that stalling the policy could hinder US 71 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 3: military readiness and ask the Supreme Court to block the 72 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 3: lower court's ruling halting the ban. The Justice asked the 73 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: plaintiffs in the case to file a response by next week, 74 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 3: indicating that they could move quickly on the issue. The 75 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 3: Trump administration's requests that the Supreme Court unblock its policy 76 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 3: on not allowing transgender troops in the military comes after 77 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 3: the US District Judge Benjamin Settle issued a preliminary injunction 78 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 3: preventing the Trump administration from removing transgender troops from the 79 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 3: military while the litigation was ongoing. Now, this all goes 80 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 3: back to January twenty seventh, when Trump issued that executive 81 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: order prioritizing what he described as military excellence and readiness 82 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: over DEI and the woke agenda of the Biden administration. 83 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: He stated that the policy of the US government is 84 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 3: to quote establish high standards for troop readiness, lethality, cohesion, honesty, humility, uniformity, 85 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 3: and integrity. This policy is inconsistent with the medical, surgical, 86 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: and mental health constraints on individuals with gender dysphoria, the 87 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 3: executive order added at the time, saying quote this policy 88 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: is also inconsistent with shifting pronoun usage or use of 89 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 3: pronouns that inaccurately reflect an individual's sex. On February the seventh, 90 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 3: the Secretary of Defense Pete Headseth issued a directive which 91 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 3: paused the all new accessions of individuals with a history 92 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 3: of gender dysphoria. The directive also paused all unscheduled, scheduled, 93 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 3: or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a 94 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 3: gender transition quote unquote. Now you may remember the US 95 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: Air Force Academy hosted a quote transgender Pentagon official for 96 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 3: a symposium on inclusion. Our military at the time was 97 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: clearly focused on transgender dogma while wars were raging onto continents, 98 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 3: and this is exactly why the President of the United 99 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 3: States of America said, we're not doing this anymore. 100 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 5: All too often I hear leaders talk about providing everyone 101 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 5: with dignity and respect like it's an aspirational goal. 102 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 4: That's not good enough. 103 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 5: Dignity and respect is the bare minimum, it's the floor 104 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 5: of where we can be. We must set our sites 105 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 5: higher and focus on intentional inclusivity because there are still 106 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 5: far too many people out there, not just LGBTQ individuals, 107 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 5: that feel marginalized, shut out, or discriminated against. So for 108 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 5: all of you out there, I ask you to set 109 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 5: out your symbols of pride, share your pronouns in your email, 110 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 5: particularly if you're a person who doesn't think they need 111 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 5: to initiate difficult conversations about racial and gender barriers, and 112 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 5: share a bit of your vulnerability in a way that 113 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 5: draws others in. You all have the power to take 114 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 5: intentionally inclusive actions to ensure the multiple perspectives that we 115 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 5: know make us stronger as we devise winning war fighting 116 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 5: strategies get heard. 117 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 3: That was what the last administration valued, instead of readiness 118 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 3: of our troops. A RAFs Musen survey, by the Way, 119 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 3: conducted between January the twenty ninth and thirtieth and February. 120 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 3: The second found that likely voters fifty four percent voters 121 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 3: approved of Trump's executive order to ban transender troops from 122 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: military service, including thirty eight percent who strongly approved of 123 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 3: the policy. The bottom line, Donald Trump said, we're out 124 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 3: with the Biden radical agenda and we're going back to 125 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 3: what our military is supposed to do, keep us safe. 126 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 4: Next story number two, the. 127 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 3: Trump administration has announced a significant escalation immigration enforcement targeting 128 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 3: sanctuary cities, Tom Homan stating that if local jurisdictions continue 129 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 3: to resist cooperation with federal immigration authorities, the federal government 130 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: will respond by increasing the presence of ICE agents in 131 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 3: these areas. Homan emphasized that sanctuary cities are quote going 132 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 3: to get exactly what they don't want, more agents in 133 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 3: their community, and warned that ICE is prepared to double 134 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 3: the man force if we have to to carry out. 135 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: The enforcement actions now. 136 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,719 Speaker 3: This intensified approach includes a focus on work site enforcement, 137 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: the White House says. Homan indicated that if ICE agents 138 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 3: are unable to make arrests in jails or on the 139 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 3: streets due to local non cooperation with law enforcement, in 140 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 3: the court systems, then they will increase operations at workplaces. 141 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: He stated, if we can't do it. 142 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 3: In the streets, we're going to increase work site enforcement 143 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 3: operations in those sanctuary cities, and we're going to flood 144 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 3: work site enforcement operations. Now, these statements have sparked quote controversy, 145 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 3: the media claims and immigration advocacy groups are fighting back, 146 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 3: arguing that such aggressive enforcement tactics could quote strain community 147 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 3: relations and lead to the targeting of non criminal undocumented immigrants. 148 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 3: Now this comes as the media also freaked out saying 149 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 3: that Donald Trump took all of the fun out of 150 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 3: Cinco de Mayo. Why because many cities canceled or downplayed 151 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 3: their Singo Demyo events for fear of ice raids and deportations. 152 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 3: Chicago residents and the president of their local community group 153 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 3: said that people in the Hispanic community are quote very 154 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 3: scared of gathering in public, with some even considering going 155 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 3: back to Mexico on their own. By the way, that 156 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 3: is absolutely what the Trump administration is saying they want 157 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 3: to happen. Quote, our people are very scared. Honestly, they're 158 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: saying they don't want to go to work. They have 159 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 3: to go to work because they have to feed their families, 160 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 3: so if they both were working, now one person is working. 161 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: As to why they cancel the Singo Demio parade in 162 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 3: Chicago's Little Village, which attracts up to three hundred thousand 163 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,239 Speaker 3: people annually, Escobar said that too many people are just afraid. 164 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 3: How about the parade, how about the festivities? And they say, well, 165 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 3: if we're scared to go to work, I don't think 166 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 3: it's nothing to celebrate. 167 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: So that took us to the decision over money. 168 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 3: We all see this country as picking up people with 169 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 3: no criminal records, he claims, which is actually not true. 170 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 3: If you come to the United States of America legally, 171 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 3: you are a criminal. Back to the statement, and honestly, 172 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 3: it's a horrible way we have seen in my last 173 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 3: forty five years I've been living here in the US, 174 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 3: nothing like it. And so let's just be clear, this 175 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 3: is exactly what the President of the United States of 176 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 3: America wanted. He wanted illegal immigrants to not feel safe 177 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 3: staying in the US. He wanted them to be looking 178 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 3: over his shoulder and is hoping that many will be 179 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 3: deporting themselves, whether it's Chicago or Philadelphia, many other cities, 180 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: even in Oregon, the Latino Fest was also canceled there 181 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 3: as the executive director of the Latino Community Association said 182 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 3: there's just too much fear among illegal immigrants or has 183 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 3: he described them migrants of being identified or detained simply 184 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: for participating in our cultural celebrations of Cinco de Mayo. 185 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 3: Democrats are also blaming Donald Trump for the quote economic impact, 186 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 3: saying the cancelations have had significant economic repercussions. In Chicago, 187 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 3: the Chamber of Commerce put out a statement estimating a 188 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: loss of approximately one point five million in direct income 189 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 3: for the city in between five and six million for 190 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: local businesses due to the parades cancelation on Cinco de Now. 191 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 3: All of this complaining comes at a time whether a 192 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: shocking video has come out showing illegal immigrants attacking police 193 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: officers in New York. Tom Homan sitting down with Laura 194 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 3: Ingram on Fox talking about his plan to flood ice 195 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 3: workforce in sanctuary cities. 196 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: Take a listen, game's over. 197 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 6: We're going to look for these public safety threats and 198 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 6: we're going to take them off the streets in New 199 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 6: York and every other Sanctuarius city. A matter of fact, 200 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 6: every Singuaru theority city. We're going to triple the workforce. 201 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 6: We're gonna flood the zone with officers. And we can't 202 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 6: wrestle in jail, We'll wrestling in the community. If we 203 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 6: can arrest me in the community or arrest at their 204 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 6: work site. We're going to triple work site enforcement operations. 205 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 6: We're going to flood the zone. We're going to take 206 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 6: these public safety threats off the streets with your help 207 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 6: or without your help. 208 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 3: One thanks for sure, law and order is back, and 209 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 3: the President of United States of America is encouraging all 210 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 3: of those impositions of power around him to do the 211 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 3: will of the people, which is to. 212 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: Get rid of illegal immigrants in this country. 213 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 4: And finally, story number three. 214 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 3: In a very strong move, the Trump administration is shut 215 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 3: down the CDC's Infection Control Committee. It was a four 216 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 3: member committee and they were all terminated the administration, making 217 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 3: it very clear that the federal advisory committee that issued 218 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 3: guidance about preventing the spread of infectious diseases in healthcare 219 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 3: facilities was pretty much worthless. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices 220 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 3: Advisory Committee crafted national standards for hand washing, mask wearing, 221 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 3: and isolating sick patients that most of the US hospitals follow. 222 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 3: Four committee members said the Center for Disease Control and 223 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 3: Prevention delivered the news about the termination to its members 224 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 3: on Friday, a letter reviewed now by NBC News, which 225 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 3: members said the CDC sent out after a virtual meeting, 226 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 3: saying the termination took effect more than a month previously 227 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 3: on March thirty first. According to the letter, the termination 228 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 3: alignes with President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a 229 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 3: reduction of the federal workforce for professional societies previously asked 230 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 3: the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior, 231 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 3: in a letter on March of twenty six, to preserve 232 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 3: the committee amid widespread cuts to federal health agencies. The 233 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 3: CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services did 234 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News. 235 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: Yes you can laugh at that. 236 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 3: Several of the committee's web pages have already been archived, 237 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 3: meaning they are still available to view online. 238 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: But are no longer being updated. 239 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 3: Some members now say they quote fear its guidelines will 240 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: be frozen in time, unable to evolve with new scientific 241 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 3: research or the spread of drug resistance organisms, which are 242 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 3: a particular threat to hospitals, saying at some point when 243 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 3: things need to change, the guidelines likely won't change at all, 244 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 3: and then people will be sort of flying by the 245 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 3: seat of their pants. That is what one of the 246 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 3: board members said about what just happened. But in reality, 247 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 3: the President and many others said, well, you guys messed 248 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 3: up the last time so big no one would trust 249 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 3: you anyway, So it's time for us to get rid 250 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 3: of some of the waste, fraud, and abuse yet again 251 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 3: in our government, even at the CDC. 252 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 253 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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