Episode 4616: Defunding The War In Ukraine; Trump Cabinet Meeting
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Summary
In this special bonus episode, we cover the devastating flooding in Kerr County, TX, and the efforts of first responders and first responders from all over the state to assist in the search and rescue efforts. We also discuss the dangers of A.I. and the impact it can have on our infrastructure.
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Okay, we don't want to have enough time for the do the long open
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A press conference is supposed to start in Texas.
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The president is going to start his cabinet meeting,
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Grace and Mo are going to put on our other streaming devices
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so you can watch the Texas press conference, et cetera.
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Chris, particularly everything on AI of what can happen,
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how they can change things up, the susceptibility to the grid,
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His travel and this cabinet meeting is changing things up.
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So we're going to get him on the next couple of days.
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we need more than ever to make sure we can stay in communication with each other.
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I mean, one of the things that really hampered the rescue operations in Kerr,
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was the fact that cell towers were washed away and so were fiber lines.
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So unless you had satellite phones, you couldn't communicate.
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you don't wait until your house is on fire to buy a fire extinguisher.
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So get a satellite phone today while they're still free.
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We have free satellite phones with activation at sat123.com.
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And we're also including this week for War Room users only,
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the free Faraday bag, a free satellite phone Faraday bag.
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But Steve, these phones are the only things that work during
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They work anywhere, everywhere, no matter what's going on on the ground.
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And the satellite phones normally around $1,000.
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But again, this is the only thing that's going to work
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when you have a devastating situation like this.
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And we've got a busy hurricane season coming up, it looks like.
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So these outages are going to be happening more and more.
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And certainly, the other big threat, you're absolutely right with AI,
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We know full well that the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans,
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the Iranians are hard at work trying to take out our infrastructure
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They were successful at doing so over in Spain and Portugal
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just a few months back, taking the entire country offline of Spain
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You know, that did happen, and that certainly can happen here, Steve.
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Chris comes in with us and says, hey, I got this.
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Get a free sat phone and a free satellite phone, Faraday bag,
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A blockbuster story just came out now on The Guardian.
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I don't think we're going to be able to get Dr. Bradley Thayer up.
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This gets back to my whole concern about where our real enemies are,
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where we should be focused for the United States of America.
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There are too many other people in this country that purport to be patriots
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and purport to be worried about the United States of America
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that either put the Ukraine first or put Israel first.
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says that the United States has used 75% of its patriot missile inventory.
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I'm going to kind of go over some brief notes with y'all real quick,
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Hundreds of first responders remain along the Guadalupe River and Kirk County
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The large search and rescue effort, including local, state, federal,
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As of 8 a.m. central time, 87 deceased have been recovered in Kirk County,
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Identification is pending for 19 adults and 7 children,
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At present, five camp missed the campers and one counselor still remain unaccounted for.
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We asked private boats to stay off the Guadalupe River
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to allow search and rescue teams to operate without any interference.
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We are so grateful and thankful for all the resources that have been provided to us
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You know, and I can assure you we will not stop until this mission is complete.
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At this time, I'm going to turn it over to city mayor.
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I want to reassure our community and those families
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that the city, the county, the state, and the federal experts
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are working together, not separately, but as one team.
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If you go inside the emergency operations center, you don't see silos.
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I want to talk briefly about in-kind donations.
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The outpouring of generosity has been tremendous, and we are grateful.
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We are working on a new system to accept donations.
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When those plans are complete, we will post them online on the city's Facebook page.
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We need a new system to handle the generosity of the world.
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Financial donations can still go to communityfoundation.net.
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That's the community foundation of the Texas Hill Country.
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Again, we are grateful for the generosity of the world.
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It occurred to me that I haven't asked you for what to pray specifically.
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Now, I'd like to call on Lieutenant Colonel Ben Baker.
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My name is Ben Baker, Lieutenant Colonel for Texas Game Wardens.
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I'd like to start out by thanking the mayor, sheriff, chief,
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and the many others that have responded to this tragic event.
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Your Texas Game Wardens responded in the early mornings of Friday
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along with many other local and state partners.
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your Texas Game Wardens have had over 300 Game Wardens
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some of our resources and assets we have dedicated
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We just ask you to continue to pray for the victims,
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We've got the National Forest Service out there.