1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Do you have full confidence in what RFK Junior is 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: doing well. 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 2: I didn't get to watch the hearings today, but he's 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: a very good person's and he means very well, and 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: he's got some little different ideas. I guarantee a lot 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 2: of the people at this table, like RFK Junior and 7 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: I do. It's not your standard talk, I would say that, 8 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: and that has to do with medical and vaccines. But 9 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 2: if you look at what's going on in the world 10 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: with help and look at this country also with regard 11 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: to health, I like the fact that he's different. 12 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 4: Good Saturday morning to you, Ben Ferguson with you, and 14 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 4: these are some of the stories that you may have 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 4: missed that we talked about this week on the forty 16 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 4: seven Morning Update. First up, big names coming to Capitol Hill, 17 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 4: as James Comber is also sharing what he described as 18 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 4: unprecedented details surrounding the Biden autopen investigation. 19 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 5: What did he reveal? I have it all for you. 20 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 4: Also, Donald Trump going after cartel who have been designated 21 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 4: as terrorist organizations. 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 5: In a way we haven't seen in my lifetime. 23 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 4: The United States has significantly ramped up its military presence 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 4: in the Southern Caribbean and now there are seven to 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 4: eight warships, including a nuclear powered submarine, on top of 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 4: thousands of US military personnel. 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 5: So what is this all about. 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Whether it's the AP saying quote Joe Biden 75 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 4: ad invokes fifth to decline testimony and investigation, or the 76 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 4: Guardian Republican leading inquiry into Biden's autopen use has digitally 77 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 4: signed letters, or even the Daily Beast James Comber announces 78 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 4: new investigation into Biden over the use of the autopen. Well, 79 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 4: we now have new information as James Comer sat down 80 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 4: with Fox News Sunday, and here is part of what 81 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: he had to say about it. The assessment that Biden 82 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 4: staffords are deliberately refusing to answer questions about the autopen 83 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 4: use and providing extraordinary levels of obfuscation. Now James Comer 84 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 4: seems to be really hammering in on the facts and 85 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 4: continuing to press the investigation into whether Biden used an 86 00:04:54,960 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 4: autopen to sign documents like pardons, raising major concern about 87 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 4: who may have truly been in charge during the final days, weeks, 88 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 4: or months of the Joe Biden presidency. Now in May 89 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 4: of this year, comer initiated a fresh probe. He issued 90 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 4: letters to key aids, including many of those close to 91 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 4: the president in non political roles, for example, like Biden's physician, 92 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 4: doctor Kevin O'Connor, and warning of subpoenas if they don't cooperate. 93 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 4: Fast forward to June of this year, testimony from several 94 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 4: raised major red flags, some admitting limited direct interaction with 95 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 4: Biden and no insight into the autopen approval process, suggesting 96 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 4: a total lack of transparency or oversight. And then the 97 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 4: Fifth Amendment invocations continued. On July the sixteenth, a former 98 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 4: aide to First Lady Joe Biden invoked the Fifth Amendment 99 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 4: during his Oversight Committee appearance, becoming the second such individual 100 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 4: in the probe to do so. Responded by stating that 101 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 4: the public is concerned about unaccountable decision making within the 102 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 4: White House. In other words, who was actually in charge. 103 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 4: The bottom line is clear. Representative Comerce asserts he now 104 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 4: has unprecedented evidence of a cover up involving the autopen 105 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 4: use and Biden's cognitive decline. Now, this is what he 106 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 4: had to say on Fox Sunday Morning. 107 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 5: Take a listen. 108 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: This week, the House Oversight Committee is set to continue 109 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: its investigation into Joe Biden's mental fitness during his presidency 110 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,559 Speaker 1: when former White House Deputy Assistant Andrew Bates sits down 111 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: for an interview on Friday. Former White House Press Secretary 112 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: Kareeine Jean Pierre, and former White House Chief of Staff 113 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: Jeff Designs are also slated to peer before the committee 114 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: in coming weeks. Joining me now with more on his 115 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: investigation into former President Biden. In the chairman is the 116 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Congressman James Comer. It's 117 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: great to have you with us this morning. 118 00:06:59,480 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 5: Welcome. 119 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: I want to get the latest on the investigation, Congressman, 120 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: but also what we've heard so far, Key figures, taking 121 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: the fifth Key figures that day after day said that 122 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: Biden was totally fit and ready to do the job. 123 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: Now saying they really didn't spend that much time with him. 124 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: The testimony doesn't add up with what we saw. Something 125 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: is awry here, Something's definitely awry. 126 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 6: Look when you have Ian SAMs, who was the face 127 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 6: of the White House response to the very damaging report 128 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 6: that said that Joe Biden was a forgetful old man. 129 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 6: He was the face of the White House response to 130 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 6: our investigation Byron Donalds and myself as well as all 131 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 6: the members of the House oversycmvitia, when we found that 132 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 6: China had in fact wired money to LLC's owned by 133 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 6: Biden family members. He was the one that would always 134 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 6: respond and see he talked to Joe Biden. Joe Biden 135 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 6: was vibrant. Joe Biden did not do this, The famili 136 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 6: sayesn't and then come to find out when we put 137 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 6: under oath, he admits, well, I only saw Joe Biden 138 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 6: two times over a two year period. That's unprecedented. We're 139 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 6: trying to get to the bottom of who was operating 140 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 6: the autopin. I think what you're gonna see iss unless 141 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 6: John Pierre and some of these others come in and 142 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 6: and you know, tell us more. It's becoming very apparent 143 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 6: that Joe Biden really wasn't the one in command at 144 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 6: the end of his presidency. And that's important because you're 145 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 6: talking about thousands of pardons and dozens of executive orders 146 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 6: that were signed with that autopen, and it appears without 147 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 6: President Biden's knowledge. 148 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 4: Very clearly James Comer sharing unprecedented details surrounding the Biden 149 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 4: out open investigation and also what the White House is 150 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 4: doing to. 151 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 5: Hold people accountable as well. 152 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 4: This is exactly what so many Americans voted for and 153 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 4: why I think there's many in Washington right now, in 154 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 4: the Deep State that are very concerned about what's happening now. 155 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 3: Story number two. 156 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 4: President Donald Trump made it very clear when he was 157 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 4: running for president and backing it up now that if 158 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 4: you are in the drug trade, he considers you a 159 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 4: dangerous individual that is a member of a terrorist organization, 160 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 4: and he's not going to allow Americans to die at 161 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 4: the hands of fetnel and other drugs that have been 162 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 4: pouring into this country. Now, lots of those drugs have 163 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 4: been stopped because we've secured the border, but the President 164 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 4: says that's not enough. And now we're seeing what is 165 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 4: next on the present's agenda. The United States has significantly 166 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: ramped up its military presence in the Southern Caribbean. We 167 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 4: are now learning this started in late August and now 168 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 4: in two September, as the US Navy has deployed around 169 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 4: seven to eight warships, including very large cruisers, amphibious assault vessels, 170 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 4: and at least one nuclear powered submarine. 171 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 5: That's not all. 172 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 4: More than four thousand US personnel, including about twenty two 173 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 4: hundred marines, are now operating in the area. This build 174 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 4: up includes surveillance aircraft and even a US spyplane. We're 175 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 4: being told the stated objective is actually very clear combat 176 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 4: drug cartels, and the Trump administration has framed this deployment 177 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 4: as part of a broader campaign against Latin American drug 178 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 4: trafficking and criminal networks. Officials have labeled Venezuelan President Maduro 179 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 4: as a narco trafficker, boosting the reward for his capture 180 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 4: now to fifty million dollars, and designating his alleged cartel 181 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 4: of the SUNS a terrorist organization. Meduro's reaction has been fierce. 182 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 4: He's armed and mobilized and defiant. President Maduro taking strong countermeasures, 183 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 4: deploying troops along the coast and Columbia border. He's also 184 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 4: called on citizens to join civilian militias and warned he 185 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 4: would quote constitutionally declare republic in all if the US 186 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 4: forces attack Maduro and other Venezuelan officials are now accusing 187 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 4: the US of using anti drug rhetoric as a pretext 188 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 4: for regime change and gunboat diplomacy. Here's more about the 189 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 4: move from Fox News. 190 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 7: Well, the US is deploying destroyers and thousands of marines 191 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 7: towards Venezuela as President Trump looks to crack down on 192 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 7: Kurtels and the Maduda regime. They could reportedly reach the 193 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 7: country's coast as soon as tomorrow. Here to discuss is 194 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 7: dissident project speaker and an immigrant from Venezuela, Jorque Galicia, 195 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 7: along with frager U political commentator and Venezuelan political refugee 196 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 7: Franklin Carmargo. So great to have you both on. I'm 197 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 7: going to start with you, Corke. What is the reaction 198 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 7: to Venezuelans. I know you guys are in close contact 199 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 7: with people who are living there right now. Over seventy 200 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 7: eighty percent of the country voted for the opposition party 201 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 7: against Madudo. How are they feeling in this moment, knowing 202 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 7: that these destroyers are coming so close to the Venezuelan coast. 203 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 5: Well, first of all, Rachel, thank you for having me again. 204 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 8: I think how many people in Venezuela are extremely optimistic. 205 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 6: They cannot really be loud about it because they're facing 206 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 6: a terrible criminal regime. 207 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 5: Yeah. 208 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 7: I spoke to one of the opposition activists who was 209 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 7: holed up in that embassy for over a year before 210 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 7: she was rescued, and I asked her and she said, 211 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 7: it's a silent euphoria. And so while they're quietly celebrating 212 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 7: what President Trump is doing right now in Venezuelan and 213 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 7: frankly for the whole Western hemisphere Franklin, meanwhile, Venezuelans who 214 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,119 Speaker 7: are living abroad are putting out the most remarkable TikTok 215 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 7: Instagram videos I've ever seen. You're seeing the destroyers coming 216 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 7: into the ocean and the planes coming over in Ymca playing, 217 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 7: and just the euphoria from the dissident community who's abroad 218 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 7: is so palpable and thankful to the administration. Give us 219 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 7: more context to that. 220 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 9: Yes, the Venezuelan people recognizes that the Truma administration is 221 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 9: probably one of the biggest allies that freedom fighters Venezuelan 222 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 9: freedom fighters have had over the last twenty five years. 223 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 9: Is someone who has recognized that Maduro is not just 224 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 9: a threat to South America's not just a threat to 225 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 9: Venezuelan's but it's also a threat to the American people. 226 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 9: And I think it is the most important thing to 227 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 9: mention right now when we talk about Nicolas Maduru, when 228 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 9: we talk about Venezuelan regime, we're not just talking about 229 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 9: a government that we dislike or a dictatorship, a soft dictatorship. 230 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 9: We're talking about a narco state, a government that produced 231 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 9: over twenty five percent of the entire cocaine that is 232 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 9: produced in the entire world. It's also a regime that 233 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 9: sent Trendagua, the same criminal organization that killed, for example, 234 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 9: Lake in Riley, or that killed Joseline Nongarai. So there 235 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 9: is a need for the American pain, for the well 236 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 9: being of the American people in the Western hemisphere, to 237 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 9: have a regime changed to stop these cartels. But Venezuela's 238 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 9: recognized that Trump is an ally that the US government 239 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 9: is probably the biggest hope that we currently have. 240 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 4: Now you hear the stats there, and it's very clear 241 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 4: that not only is this in essence a failed state, 242 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: it's a state where the people rose up against Maduro 243 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 4: and he just clung to power anyway. And now we 244 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 4: know that he is nothing but a narco terrorist. It 245 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 4: is a terrorist organization that he's a part of, and 246 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 4: his money is coming directly from the cocaine that he 247 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 4: is delivering to the world. Yet, Venezuela's president is now 248 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 4: accusing the United States of seeking regime change in his 249 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 4: country and the military deployment that has happened now, it 250 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 4: was authorized by President Trump in a simple effort to 251 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 4: disrupt drug cartel activity. It's part of the White Houses. 252 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 4: They described it his broader border policy. Maduro said the 253 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 4: build up is an intervention in his quote country affairs, 254 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 4: saying this to the people, they are seeking regime change 255 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 4: through military threat, and that's where he also wants the 256 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: rest of the world to believe. Maduro added, quote, Venezuela 257 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 4: is confronting the biggest threat that has ever seen on 258 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 4: our continent in the last one hundred years, and saying 259 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 4: a situation like this has never been seen. Maduro said 260 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 4: Venezuela won't bow to threats and that it was super prepared. 261 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 4: Now the Trump administration is accused again Maduau of engaging 262 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 4: in drug trafficking, going so far as to announce that 263 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 4: fifty million dollar reward for information leading to his arrest 264 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 4: and his conviction. The fifty million dollars that is not 265 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 4: a little amount of money when it comes to how 266 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 4: much we're willing to pay as a nation. This is 267 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 4: one of the biggest rewards we've ever had. Take a 268 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 4: listen to this from Fox as well. 269 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 2: People have wanted to do this for years. 270 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 8: President Trump putting war back in the War on drugs, 271 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 8: designating eight drug cartels as foreign terrorist organization. 272 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 10: It allows us to now target what they're operating and 273 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 10: to use other elements of American power, intelligence agencies, the 274 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 10: Department of Defense, whatever to target these groups. 275 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 5: If we have an opportunity to do it, we. 276 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 10: Have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations, not 277 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 10: simply drug dealing organizations. 278 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 8: That changes the battlefield. Cartel members become enemy combatants and 279 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 8: allow the use of military assets. The question is how 280 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 8: the Navy intercepting ships carrying narcotics special operations targeting cartel 281 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 8: leaders or drone strikes on drug labs in Mexico. 282 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 2: Mexico probably doesn't want that, but we have to do 283 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 2: what's right. 284 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 8: Publicly, President Claudia Scheinbaum says Mexico will cooperate, but claims 285 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 8: the US plans, no boots on the ground, nothing that it. 286 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 2: Has nothing to do with Mexican territory. It has to 287 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: do with their country. 288 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 3: It does not involve our territory. 289 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 8: Yet, most cocaine goes through Mexico and it produces most 290 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 8: of the fentanyl that killed more than two hundred and 291 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 8: sixty five Americans during President Biden's term. 292 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 7: These are armed organizations that have their own militaries. 293 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 9: I absolutely believe that we need to take action. It's 294 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 9: what type of action are we going to take. 295 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 8: But just because you don't hear about an operation doesn't 296 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 8: mean it didn't happen. 297 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 9: Now. 298 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 8: One of the name cartels is the Venezuelan gang Trende Agua. 299 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 8: Last week, the US slept a fifty million dollar bounty. 300 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 8: I'm President Nicholas Maduro accusing him of using it to 301 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 8: help traffic narcotics into the US. 302 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 4: Let's just stop there for a second and also just 303 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 4: recognize something that was said there. Under the Biden administration, 304 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 4: more than a quarter million Americans died from fetnol an 305 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 4: overdose from fetnol. You think about that number, and then 306 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 4: you think about these cartels. They've engaged in historic violence 307 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 4: and tear throughout our hemisphere and around the globe. They 308 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 4: have destabilized the economies and internal security of countries while 309 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 4: also flooding the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, 310 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 4: and vicious gangs. That is what the Chief Pentagon spokesman, 311 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: Sean Parnell said during a news conference this week. He 312 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 4: also said this it requires a whole of government effort 313 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,479 Speaker 4: and through coordination with regional partners, the Department of Defense 314 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 4: will undoubtedly play an important role in meeting the Presence 315 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 4: objective to eliminate the ability of these cartels to threaten 316 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 4: the territory, safety, and the security of the United States 317 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 4: and its people. As a matter of security and policy, 318 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 4: we do not speculate on future operations now. What is 319 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 4: very clear is the Presidence saying I'm not waiting around 320 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 4: for nations to act. I'm going to act now because 321 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 4: it's important that we protect and defend America's homeland and 322 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 4: make sure that while he's present, another quarter million Americans 323 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 4: don't lose their lives to fetnal overdoses, and that doesn't 324 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 4: count all of those that are killed by cartel members 325 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 4: and the violent gangs that are in America as well. 326 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 327 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. 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