00:00:29.000I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
00:00:34.580Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose?
00:00:38.340If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
00:00:44.680War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann.
00:00:52.460Thursday, 10 September, Year of Our Lord, 2026.
00:00:55.100okay we're going to be pivoting go around the country in a moment about the commemoration of
00:00:59.300the assassination of the beloved charlie kirk also uh mike howell i can tell my production
00:01:04.900team right now mike howell's out giving speeches or talks and doing forums of this morning because
00:01:10.240a lot of a lot of activity outside the convention center rnc's meeting and there's all these
00:01:15.040the groups we support and love mike howell's out there we're going to get mike howell up at 11 30
00:01:20.460eastern daylight time this morning if we can take that for action also ben burkwams will be in the
00:01:27.020house momentarily first off let me go to you uh mike uh the vibe shift there there's i think
00:01:33.640there's no doubt that there's now a real taste particularly the hardest core of the grassroots
00:01:40.420that besides what the polling and besides what the media is you know dumping on us every second
00:01:47.040of the day there's a real feel here with real dedication and maniacal focus there's a path
00:01:53.920to hold the house of representatives there's even a path to hold the senate uh and uh and and maybe
00:02:00.840even uh win some of the hold some of these governorships particularly in texas uh your
00:02:05.780thoughts on that and if if that's the case if my argument's the case what has caused that vibe
00:02:11.020shift? And how can you actually tangibly feel it down at the convention in Dallas?
00:02:17.760Well, President Trump was brilliant to hold this midterm convention, the first ever,
00:02:23.820because going into this convention, there was a lack of enthusiasm on the right. And that is
00:02:30.340pretty normal. When you have a president in office, the president's party gets fat, happy,
00:02:36.160complacent, disappointed because the president didn't deliver what they thought the president
00:02:41.160should deliver, and the party out of power is ready to climb over broken glass to vote in that
00:02:49.400off-year election. And that's, you know, historically what happens. And the same
00:02:55.880could happen this year, and I thought it was going to happen this year until I came to this
00:03:00.260convention. Going into this convention, I saw less excitement that I've seen in prior conventions,
00:03:07.280but I think President Trump did a fantastic job with this convention of closing the deal,
00:03:12.940doing what he needed to do, which is to fire up his base, the MAGA base, to get out and vote in
00:03:17.740this election. And he did this by talking about what President Trump has done for the last nearly
00:03:23.840two years in his second term in office by securing our border, expelling illegal aliens,
00:03:30.400bringing down crime, restoring our economy and getting America back on track. And he talked
00:03:37.760about what he wants to continue to do as the president for the next two years, why he needs
00:03:44.120a Republican-controlled House and Senate. And then he talked about the contrast between today's
00:03:50.900Democrats and President Trump and Republicans' vision for America. Team America with the
00:03:57.900Republicans and Team Mohammed with the Democrats. We're talking about Democrats who are radical
00:04:04.740Marxists, radical communists, radical Islamists, and they do not love America and want to make
00:04:12.160America better. They hate America and want to destroy us. If Democrats take back power,
00:04:18.180They're going to defund ICE. They're going to open our border. They're going to mass import tens of millions of illegals again to replace American workers, to replace American values, to replace American voters.
00:04:33.820We see this in Europe. We see this in Great Britain, Spain, France. We saw this under Biden when he brought in over 20 million illegals. Democrats hate America. They hate the West. They're Marxists. They're communists. They want to team up with the Islamists, with this red-green alliance, and destroy America. And that's the choice that we face.
00:04:55.960and this is okay uh senator scott hang on senator scott so the you got you got the you got the
00:05:01.480framing of that senator scott said it last night for the main stage morning joe had a total and
00:05:06.280complete meltdown they had hillary clinton on hillary clinton one and only was in studio with
00:05:12.200morning joe this morning and they went back on that democrats hate america and they are
00:05:16.180up in arms about that mike davis how do you back that up when senator scott sits there and says a
00:05:21.500sitting u.s senator says the democrats hate america and you get a roaring standing ovation
00:05:25.800from the MAGA base in that arena last night.
00:08:28.160Well, this is obviously an incredibly emotional location because this is where Charlie Kirk gave his final speech one year ago.
00:08:35.320And tonight, thousands are expected to return to this campus to remember him.
00:08:39.220Turning Point USA is holding a memorial called Freedom Built to Last, honoring Charlie Kirk.
00:08:43.740And the UVU campus is essentially shutting down for the day.
00:08:47.580The university is canceling classes and closing normal campus operations for the day to give students, faculty, and staff some time for reflection, service, and connection.
00:08:57.620But can you guess what some students plan to do today?
00:09:00.480Well, groups are planning to protest around the event tonight.
00:09:04.020The university has said peaceful protests are allowed, free speech is protected.
00:09:08.180But, of course, safety is going to be the number one priority today.
00:09:11.380So I do expect a lot of security around this event today.
00:09:14.060There will also be heavy security checks going inside the venue today as well.
00:09:18.200But let's not forget what this is all about.
00:09:20.200It's about honoring and remembering Charlie's faith, family, and the movement he brought to campuses across the country.
00:09:26.540It's just really sad to see how divided we are, especially on a day that should be about coming together, grieving, remembering, and honoring Charlie Kirk's life, his faith, his family, and the legacy he left behind.
00:09:36.680Whatever your politics, someone lost his life here.
00:09:39.620And one year later, you would hope this could be a moment for Americans to put politics aside and simply remember a life was taken too far.
00:09:47.640On one hand, we have thousands of people coming together today to honor his legacy.
00:09:51.300But on the other, you have protests not only here on campus, but across the country as well.
00:09:55.920And I'm just praying that it's peaceful and that we can respect and honor Charlie the way he should be remembered.
00:10:01.120I did talk with a TPUSA official who tells me Erica Kirk will not be attending the memorial today.
00:10:06.540I'm told she'll be spending the day with her kids and close family.
00:10:09.860But right behind me, under this American flag, is where Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
00:10:14.660We just had a gentleman from Michigan.
00:10:17.480He brought an entire cross over here to pay his respects.
00:10:20.480He knelt down to the cross and prayed.
00:10:22.560So, you know, like I said, we're seeing protests today, but we're also seeing a lot of people come together.
00:10:30.000Taylor, it's pretty amazing that they even allowed you to do the stand-up near there.
00:10:35.180Just walk people through the security.
00:10:37.100I take it the Glenn Beck commemoration with the pastors, I think it's going to be a little
00:10:42.360later today, maybe even the evening, but it's going to be in an auditorium.
00:10:46.340Put us in the room right there in the square.
00:10:48.880What is, I take it they're going to allow no commemorations there and it's pretty high
00:18:46.560And Farnari, Sergio Farnari, Farnari means oven worker.
00:18:50.540And he's going into the furnace today here in Times Square.
00:18:53.920We're 150 feet where that woman stabbed that 32-year-old woman executive coming back from maternity leave the other day and the police shot her.
00:19:01.720And we're a few blocks away where two people were shot in a restaurant in Hell's Kitchen a few blocks away here as well.
00:19:06.900And we have like a homeless services thing here right in Times Square where an assault just took place and they're about to go at it in a fist fight.
00:19:13.800But he's coming down here with a beacon of light with this statue of Charlie Kirk holding a microphone to remind everybody about free speech in America and creating the dialogue.
00:19:25.160Because, you know, we've got to come back from this inferno that's going on in New York City.
00:19:29.940The quality of life is rapidly, you know, going downhill once again here.
00:19:35.320The quality of life, homeless camp is just four blocks up on the Hudson River, five blocks up here, peering, getting bigger and bigger.
00:19:42.680But he was inspired, Sergio Frenari, to make this sculpture, according to interviews, that he didn't like the way Charlie Kirk's wife, Erica, was treated after the death.
00:19:53.840And also, he didn't agree with Charlie on everything, but wanted to make sure that the dialogue continued in America, something that Charlie did always peacefully.
00:20:04.660um david hang on i'm gonna go to basobic we're we're gonna do some more of the commemoration
00:20:12.940of charlie kirk but i want to come back to you and tee up our coverage on the 25th you've anchored
00:20:17.760this thing or co-anchored with us for years i want to make sure you're the best you know more
00:20:22.260about this than anybody and i um i want to come back and just give people a highlight let's go
00:20:26.860to jack basobic now jack uh thank you you did coverage with us this is typical basobic he co-hosts
00:20:33.840the war room he does his own show he's all over the convention he's talking to grassroots then
00:20:37.240he goes and covers the joe allen beatdown of joe lonsdale and now it gets up at the crack of dawn
00:20:42.880on a plane out to commemorate charlie kirk with andrew colvette we're going to toss it to andrew
00:20:48.660and the team at noon as we've done i don't know for five or six years uh and jack will be out there
00:20:54.740commemoration with the team jack uh you were one of charlie's principal wingman um i know that it
00:21:02.780You came to me, you came to the war room, did the live coverage on the assassination when it happened a year ago.
00:21:14.040Well, Steve, thanks so much for having me on, of course, as always, for the commemoration.
00:21:18.040And you're right, I was there last night.
00:21:19.440And I will say just being there with Joe Allen, with the posse, with everyone at that debate, but so many people who showed up last night, so many people who were coming up, it felt very good to be there with family.
00:21:32.160And it felt very much like a family reunion.
00:21:34.840And let me say this about just where we're at.
00:21:38.380You know, Charlie always made it about the mission.
00:22:37.120When Charlie Kirk had an idea, that didn't mean that it was just going to die on paper like so many other people.
00:22:45.940When that guy got an idea in his head, he would not stop until that thing had been manifested and the entire world knew about it.
00:22:53.100That's the Charlie Kirk work ethic and the amazing, of course, War Room special that aired on Monday.
00:22:59.320But, Steve, I want to remember that for everything that Charlie left us with and all the work that continues and must continue, that, look, I could sit here and get all weepy and talk about how, in some ways, that day has never ended for me.
00:23:19.820It's about understanding, number one, that these people are still out there.
00:23:24.240It's we see the beautiful and it's incredible, the cross and the flag there on the campus to be seen.
00:23:32.480But, Steve, we have to remember something, that that profound evil that killed Charlie, that has murdered him, that assassinated him, that ripped him away from his wife and their two wonderful, beautiful children.
00:23:44.860That evil is still out there and that evil will be making itself known today.
00:23:49.600And that's why I'm very glad and gracious to Real America's voice that they were, or I should say that they were so gracious and the SIGs to be able to allow us to offer that prayer service for Charlie Kirk that we did this morning, kicked off on the early side.
00:24:23.340He made it about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
00:24:27.680And if we root ourselves in prayer and we root ourselves in the spirit and we connect to God,
00:24:34.180the way that Charlie started every day connecting to God.
00:24:36.720And Steve, I know you remember as well as I, the very first text message that you would get.
00:24:41.040we had this uh i'll spill a little here but you know the group chat between steve bannon jack
00:24:47.540posovic and charlie kirk every single morning the first message from charlie was a scripture
00:24:52.980passage every morning was a scripture passage we were doing pre-show prep and what we were
00:24:58.960going to talk about what charlie's thinking of talking about guests etc but charlie would always
00:25:02.800start every day crack of dawn with a passage from scripture i mean this is what the guy did jack
00:25:09.200look at that scene right there and i want to thank the real america's voice team taylor
00:25:12.620mitchell's out there our correspondent uh but the team out there once again rob and parker sig
00:25:17.280always deliver that that is so americana with the american flag think about it jack
00:25:23.580a year ago right now charlie kirk was alive charlie kirk was alive wasn't shot till a little
00:25:31.140bit later in the day but look at that beautiful scene and look how look how americana that is
00:25:35.720at this university out in utah one of the great states in the union uh with you know trying to
00:25:40.960teach and train these kids learn them up for the modern world look how beautiful and how peaceful
00:25:46.420that is and steve like a year ago at this time the demonic evil the demonic evil was lurking
00:25:52.500waiting waiting waiting to assassinate one of the best men this country has produced in this young
00:25:58.920generation jack basovic thoughts well steve if i may let's let's consider what the cross is
00:26:04.440the cross is a symbol of victory, true, but the cross is a symbol of sacrifice. The cross is a
00:26:11.860symbol of Christ's sacrifice, his love for the world, God's love for the world, sending his own
00:26:17.880son to come and die for us, for us. That's what the cross is. The sign, the cross was drenched
00:26:26.200in blood. When the Romans crucified someone, Steve, they had to come up with a word for it.
00:26:31.800was so painful and so horrific that they had to come up with a word for it that didn't even exist
00:26:36.060before. The word is excruciating. So crucifixion is, we're at the root of the word, to crucify,
00:26:43.160excruciating. The red on the American flag, of course, represents the blood that was shed in our
00:26:50.360revolution for our freedom, for the founding of our nation, of our nation state. So these are
00:26:57.040symbols that were that were born in blood and people need to remember that when they look at
00:27:02.880them that it's not just all sunshine and rainbows this is sacrifice this is the ultimate sacrifice
00:27:12.640and that's what charlie did for us it was his sacrifice he didn't know that he was going to be
00:27:20.000cut down by an assassin's bullet that day but he knew he might he knew he might and he talked about
00:27:25.760very frequently and yet he still went out there anyway because he believed in the mission because
00:27:32.480he believed in the fight because he believed in our lord and savior and charlie's sacrifice that's
00:27:38.560what it was and we have to remember that that's what it was he didn't do it for himself he did it
00:27:45.440for all of us he did it so that our nation may survive that we may remember and i i said this
00:27:52.240you know at the memorial last year to try to remind us that if we're ever going to get through
00:27:58.460what we're going through right now the only way through is to bring god back to the public square
00:28:06.780to remember god jack hang on for one second short commercial break we'll return to utah
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00:35:06.040And I said, look, this isn't just about staying on defense.
00:35:09.700It's not just about remembering our fallen friend.
00:35:12.800We will always respect the sacrifice of blood that he made for all of us, for our country, for our future.
00:35:21.980But that does not mean that we stay on defense.
00:35:24.980We are going to go on offense against all of these people who are, if you are associated with one of these organizations, if you're associated with one of these universities, if you are employed by the government at any level, state, local or federal.
00:35:40.180And yes, that includes anyone in the military, active duty, or reserve.
00:35:48.260And in addition, if any of them are here on visas or green cards or any other status and you're not a U.S. citizen, you will be made known to the Department of State.
00:36:00.500And you might as well just start packing your bags right now before you even go out to one of these Kirkiversary events.
00:36:06.220Steve, the blood demons are at the door.
00:36:10.180The blood has riled them up. That is why they are out chanting and posting memes and laughing
00:36:17.880and singing songs. Hassan Piker is riling them up. But you could hear when Hassan Piker was
00:36:23.100making that song and mocking Charlie at that event in San Francisco not too long ago,
00:36:27.280listen to the crowd. They were baying. They said they want more. They want more violence. They
00:36:33.280want more bloodshed. And Steve, they revel in it. These people have gone completely mask off
00:36:40.020It is demonic. It is unhuman. That is why I chose that word, because there is no other way to accurately describe that which we are seeing. No human being would revel in the blood of another human being the way that they do. And Steve, we need to put a stop to it, because it's not stopping on its own.
00:37:03.220oh no we got to stop this is on our shoulders and we owe this this is the mission of charlie
00:37:09.700kirk we owe this to charlie kirk above all else jack pasovic you're at actually out with the team
00:37:15.400today uh in phoenix at the headquarters of turning point uh you'll be up today uh where do people get
00:37:20.720you on your twitter feed that's the way they keep constantly up you the associated press the mega
00:37:24.940movement where do folks go well steve thank you and this and we're taking submissions by the way
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00:42:12.400Charlie Kirk was a once-in-a-generation transformative leader.
00:42:17.900Nolan was more effective at organizing, rallying, turning out the youth.
00:42:24.420He changed hearts and minds on college campuses all over America.
00:42:29.100There is a very big void with his assassination.
00:42:33.320But you have great patriots who are stepping up to fill that void, like Andrew Colvett and the rest of the team at Turning Point have carried on the torch.
00:42:45.620They have to because the left is polluting these young people's hearts and minds with the Marxism, the communism, the evil.
00:42:57.320And so we have to fight every day on these college campuses and with the youth so we don't lose another generation.
00:43:03.320Mo Bannon your thoughts you're very close to this you're close to the Turning Point team your
00:43:09.140thoughts on today the left thought by killing Charlie by assassinating him that they were
00:43:16.460going to silence an entire generation no they lit a fire among so many people to carry on
00:43:22.820Charlie's legacy and the left is the party of hate they want us dead they want to silence us
00:43:28.500and they thought by assassinating him they were going to they're never going to silence us
00:43:32.980they need to know that you're the party of hate you're the party of evil you want us dead we are
00:43:38.380not going to die we're going to carry on charlie's legacy and we're going to carry this movement into
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00:45:30.260okay we're live at a convention that's all important for the drive to victory on november
00:45:36.1203rd we are also commemorating the assassination of our beloved colleague charlie kirk and we're
00:45:41.880on the eve of the 25th commemoration of the terrorist attack on 9-11 uh david zeer you're
00:45:48.580in New York. Real quickly, David, we're pressed for time. We're going to have you back on our
00:45:51.520afternoon show. Talk to us about the statue. What do we know about that, the timing of it?
00:45:56.080And then I want to ask you about our coverage tomorrow. Yes, Steve, we're at 43rd and 7th
00:46:01.660Avenue in Times Square here. We're expecting Sergio Finari with his statue that he put his
00:46:06.500own money into building on the back of a truck driving through Times Square, possibly stopping
00:46:11.600to do an interview with me. We're trying to set that up right now. But he was inspired after
00:46:15.980charlie kirk's assassination didn't like the way erica kirk was being treated and said he didn't
00:46:21.440agree with charlie all the time but wanted to make sure that free speech prevailed and loved
00:46:26.020charlie's message about that uh tomorrow david as you do every year because i think you're the
00:46:34.360the repository of so much knowledge you're going to co-host with me co-anchor with me during
00:46:39.580war room the commemoration uh what are your thoughts just give us a 30 a 60 second tee up
00:46:45.180for tomorrow's, the 25th anniversary, sir.
00:48:19.480And I think on, you know, the anniversary of Charlie's murder, we should remember that he was the one pushing this issue.
00:48:24.920I think if he was still with us, we might be hearing it on the stage, but we don't have Charlie anymore.
00:48:29.640So it's incumbent on all of us to push.
00:48:32.460It's going to take thousands of us to push as hard as Charlie could singularly.
00:48:36.280And we need to be out there and pushing because, you know, for some in the political class, they now think the campaign promise is a losing issue.
00:48:44.420We know that it's a winning issue. We know that particularly for young voters and base voters and midterms come down to base activation.
00:48:51.700They need to know that there are others fighting for it. And it's a live battle. Let's be honest about it.
00:48:56.100There are some people in the administration and the political class who don't want to see it.
00:48:59.340And so this is Big Ten politics. We need to make our voices heard and push it.
00:49:03.380And hopefully we'll hear it on the main stage. And I think it's a political winner. I know it's a political winner. It gets people to the polls. It's what's got Trump, you know, back in the White House. And so the fight goes on and we're going to bring in that that fight, you know, to the convention today.
00:49:16.320mike here's what i want to do in commemoration of charlie kirk i want everybody to go
00:49:22.940to because charlie was one of the biggest drivers about the sealing the border immigration
00:49:27.140all the phony visa programs were particularly mass deportation this was charlie kirk to the
00:49:32.640core of his being in commemoration of charlie kirk take action you know what the action you
00:49:36.600should take go to the mass deportation site check it out if it's for you sign up we want tens of
00:49:42.180thousands of signups in commemoration of the great warrior charlie kirk on the first anniversary
00:49:46.700of his assassination by these demons mike where do people go today to go to the mass deportations
00:49:52.560and also to follow you on social media because brother you are a true social media warrior
00:49:57.420thank you we'll go to mass deportation.com please sign up we you know they're we're growing very
00:50:03.860fast fast-growing coalition america but we need more we need more they need to hear us they are
00:50:08.160hearing us but we need to win this because it is a political winner and i'm on social media at mhal
00:50:13.120tweets one more time can you give us one more time uh just where do people go today
00:50:21.520deportation.com sign on up if you want to follow mass deportation coalition on x
00:50:28.180it's at phase number two deport phase two deport and i'm at mhal tweets we are interviewing people
00:50:34.400all around the convention they all want to hear mass deportation and so hopefully we will hear
00:50:39.060it today but we're going to keep pushing mike we're going to try to grab you for the afternoon
00:50:45.180show also i just want to say you're around the convention all day i want everybody to go up and
00:50:49.380meet mike howell one of the great warriors in our movement mike so good luck today we'll talk
00:50:53.860to you later in the afternoon go to the mass deportation site right now and sign up we need
00:51:01.820part of this coalition is the fastest growing coalition we've got uh ben burquam closing
00:51:07.240thoughts uh i want to put that cover of the book up because nothing could commemorate charlie kirk
00:51:11.640better than that book charlie kirk knew the danger he was going into and went anyway that's why he's
00:51:17.600a martyr uh for this nation uh ben burquam uh social media closing thoughts where they get the
00:51:23.120book yeah steve uh you can get the book everywhere books are sold amazon barnes and noble and make
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