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00:22:45.000Yeah, and I know some of you guys are probably annoyed, but you guys got to remember that we got new viewers every single day, and a lot of people are not aware of Middle Eastern affairs.
00:22:53.000But don't worry, I'm going to give a summarized version for you ninjas right now.
00:23:00.000So for you guys to understand what the hell is going on here, all right, I need you guys to understand the geopolitical climate from a geographic perspective and a somewhat historical perspective.
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00:23:25.000So, this is Axis of Resistance, okay guys?
00:23:29.000Basically a bunch of countries, for lack of a better term, that don't like Israel, right?
00:24:27.000But the point is, you guys need to understand that these are the powers that dislike Israel, and they call themselves the Axis of Resistance, okay?
00:24:34.000So, in the past few months, guys, there has been a lot of movement, so to speak, geopolitical movements, okay?
00:24:43.000So, I'm going to kind of go ahead and read this tweet, which kind of outlines all this, right?
00:24:49.000So, literally, a couple days ago, about a week ago, they killed Hassan Nasrallah, this guy right here, huge, all right?
00:25:02.000They killed him, who was the head of Hezbollah, which is a paramilitary organization out of Lebanon.
00:25:09.000And I also want to let you guys know that Lebanon also has its own army called the Lebanese Army as well.
00:25:14.000So these are just some of the escalations that have been going on for the past few months.
00:25:19.000You got, in the past few months, Israel is limited and take credit for killing five high-level members from the axis of resistance, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria.
00:25:26.000So, Hassan Nasrallah, they killed him on 9-24.
00:25:29.000Abraham Akil, number two in Hezbollah to replace Shukr, he was killed on the 20th.
00:28:48.000Mind you, he was there for the presidential inauguration of a new president that was coming in after the former president had died in a helicopter crash.
00:28:58.000Now, this is obviously a massive embarrassment to Iran to have another foreign dignitary killed on your soil by a foreign and adversarial government like Israel.
00:29:11.000Then, on top of that, So they assassinated these four individuals, all in a few months, right?
00:29:18.000Which, like I said before, in 2020, when they killed this dude, it was a big deal.
00:29:22.000Israel did all that times four in just a few months.
00:29:26.000Then, this is on top of endless bombing and conflict in Gaza, the West Bank, southern Lebanon towns, and even its capital city of Beirut, right?
00:29:33.000Because they bombed Beirut to kill Nasrallah and to kill Akil, which is the capital of Lebanon, right?
00:29:41.000Think of it as the equivalent of attacking like a New York City in the United States.
00:29:55.000To add insult to injury, this comes after the days after Israel launched an intel operation that blew up hundreds of pagers Hezbollah members owned.
00:30:02.000So Israel did a pretty smart operation.
00:30:26.000This is their equivalent to CIA. Right?
00:30:29.000They ran an operation where they went ahead at inception, took a bunch of these beepers and pagers that Hezbollah members were using because they didn't want to use cell phones.
00:31:53.000So Israel's been able to make a lot of ground, take a lot of ground, and they've been able to get a lot of Ws between assassinating a lot of their top adversaries, this obviously pager incident, which they were able to do two days of triggering these devices and killing individuals, right?
00:32:28.000So today, to fast forward all that now, do you guys kind of see how we got here?
00:32:34.000Literally hours ago, Iran launched an assault into Israel.
00:32:41.000Which, you know, it's an unprecedented level of assault.
00:32:44.000Last time they did this was back in April, where they shot a bunch of missiles into Israel, and they were able to kind of let Israel know, hey, look, we can touch you, right?
00:33:25.000And they went ahead and took a fairly aggressive campaign and bombed a bunch of different military targets in Israel right outside of Tel Aviv.
00:33:40.000And the reason why this is important for you guys to know is because Israel obviously launched a ground assault into Lebanon, and Iran escalated this in a way to almost de-escalate, and I'll explain what I mean by this.
00:33:54.000Prior to them launching these attacks, they notified the U.S. government, which I know you're probably like, wait, what the fuck?
00:34:00.000Wait, why would they tell the American government before that they were going to launch an attack on Israel?
00:34:06.000Well, the reason why, guys, is because Iran is trying to avoid getting in a full-on conflict with the United States, right?
00:34:13.000They understand that there's serious geopolitical ramifications if they were to escalate to a point where Israel is on their back foot.
00:34:22.000Because if Israel's on their back foot, the United States is going to come in and obviously aid.
00:34:27.000And they're trying to minimize that, right?
00:35:24.000But give me one thing to chat if that all makes sense for you guys.
00:35:25.000I kind of explained how we got here with the assassination of really high-level targets, how this is, like, unprecedented that Israel killed all these people in such quick succession.
00:35:34.000Meanwhile, we killed one dude in 2020, and we thought it was a big deal, but Israel did this in literally a couple months.
00:35:39.000Give me ones that this all makes sense for you on ninjas.
00:36:23.000Just tell me why it's confusing, specifically.
00:36:25.000But I think I kind of gave a quick little summary of what the hell happened, what led to this, and why Iran responded the way that they did.
00:37:02.000Yes, guys, I know that there's been years of provocation, but I'm obviously summarizing it to the, you know, immediate timeline here, because them killing all these individuals in such quick succession was actually...
00:37:11.000Look, you got to give Israel their credit where it's due.
00:37:15.000And I want to talk about this as well, because I talked about this on A Space yesterday, and I want to bring this to your guys' attention.
00:37:20.000Israel has a fantastic intel program, okay?
00:37:23.000Between the Shin Bet, which is their version of the FBI... The IDF, right, and their unit 8200, which is their equivalent to like maybe a DIA or an NSA, and then the Mossad, which is their equivalent to a CIA, right?
00:37:35.000They have a fantastic intel outfit, right?
00:37:39.000They recruit a lot of Arabs, they recruit a lot of people that might not necessarily look Jewish, and they're able to get them to cooperate and work with them, and they're able to turn a lot of people as well and get a lot of informants.
00:38:39.000These military groups, Hezbollah and Hamas, they got to have snitches in there for Israel to be able to do this, to kill these people in such quick succession.
00:38:48.000Look, you could like Israel, you can dislike Israel, whatever it is, but one thing that you cannot refute is they have a fantastic intelligence program.
00:38:56.000The fact that they were able to kill all these individuals in such quick succession with airstrikes and planned assassinations and then running the whole pagers exploding in two days.
00:39:08.000And the thing is with these pagers is they fucked with them from inception, guys.
00:39:12.000Like, it's not like they intercepted them.
00:39:14.000Everyone thought that they got the pagers and the beepers and they put bombs on them.
00:39:33.000Now, ground assault and military tactics, not so much.
00:39:37.000The IDF is not that big of a military, which is why they rely so heavily upon the United States and also their intel agencies do so much of the work for them.
00:39:45.000And they have a good air force as well.
00:40:43.000It looks like there's a terror attack happening on the ground near Tel Aviv, a shooting attack as well.
00:40:49.000So we are getting rid of all of our commercial breaks.
00:40:53.000Going to be staying on this story for you as it is all...
00:40:57.000Unfolding right now in the Middle East.
00:41:00.000Do want to show you the different shots that we have available here to us on this breaking news element of the IDF now saying missiles launched from Iran toward Israel.
00:41:13.000This is breaking news and again we are going to be bringing it to you all in real time the best that we can on the different feeds that we have for you.
00:41:29.000All right, we got another update that we want to bring to you from the IDF that all Israeli civilians are in bomb shelters as the rockets from Iran are fired at Israel.
00:41:41.000So again, massive news breaking out in Tel Aviv and surrounding Israel as air sirens are going off.
00:41:53.000Let's just show you the different shots that we have here for you.
00:41:57.000Again, thanks to everyone joining us here on Live Now from Fox for this massive breaking news of missiles being launched right now from Iran towards Israel.
00:42:08.000We knew of the situation about a couple of hours ago.
00:42:36.000Which is crazy that Iran would notify an adversarial country and tell them, hey look, we're gonna attack one of your allies.
00:42:43.000But again, this goes to show, you know, I don't want to say good faith, that's a bit of a stretch, but that goes to show that Iran's intention here isn't necessarily to go to war.
00:42:52.000I think they were pretty clear about that, but they were doing this in a retaliatory fashion because obviously Israel has been doing, they've been provoking this, man.
00:43:00.000To be honest with you, you guys saw all the facts I provided to you guys as to what led to this airstrike.
00:43:06.000And I mean, if you're going to go off of a concept of proportionality, this is a light response to In regards to all of the things that Israel's done to the Axis powers.
00:43:21.000Now it looks like the missiles have been launched and it looks like we are getting some other shots right now here in the sky of possibly the Iron Dome as well being defended at this hour.
00:43:35.000But again, we are seeing rockets here in the sky at this very moment.
00:43:43.000This all coming as a potential terror attack is happening on the ground in the city of Jaffa.
00:43:51.000So what we want to do is just show you multiple angles right now.
00:43:59.000So I'm going to now just put in as many boxes as I can here for you that we are getting in.
00:44:06.000Of course, very, very fluid right now.
00:44:09.000And we want to bring you these images all live, raw, and unfiltered as we are getting them for all our viewers right here.
00:44:19.000This news coming really on the heels of a very, very busy weekend against Hezbollah and Israel as those strikes continued throughout the weekend.
00:44:33.000But now Israel is on the defensive here in their country as missiles are being launched from Iran.
00:44:43.000And you can see the different vantage points that we have here for you in Israel.
00:44:48.000All sirens right now are going off in the country at this moment as well.
00:44:58.000People are in their bomb shelters as well.
00:45:09.000Anytime they're being attacked, you get their sirens that go off.
00:45:13.000So Israel is the closest that you're ever going to come to like a police state because they're under constant threat being surrounded by enemies.
00:45:20.000Missile attack against Israel is now underway.
00:45:26.000Fox News' Trey Yingst has been all over the story, continues his reporting out there in Tel Aviv right now.
00:45:34.000But what we can show you here is just the different vantage points.
00:45:38.000And this is what happened after they attacked Israel and Iran.
00:45:42.000Yo, this is a big deal for them, guys.
00:45:59.000Because to them, there hasn't been really a strong response to Israel in a very long time.
00:46:05.000And obviously you guys can see all the escalation of provocation.
00:46:08.000So to them, this is a big fucking deal.
00:46:43.000And then also, I want to bring this to your guys' attention.
00:46:45.000Well, we'll finish watching this Fox video, and then I'll show you guys the address that Netanyahu had literally right before this airstrike that kind of also, I think, provoked them.
00:46:53.000That we have at this moment, of course, very, very...
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00:48:06.000Again, this all happening with the news about 15 minutes ago that we were bringing you of a potential terror attack in Tel Aviv on the ground where 10 people were reportedly been injured in a shooting and now the missiles have been launched From Iran toward Israel.
00:48:24.000And right now these missiles are being intercepted over Israel.
00:48:27.000The IDF says missiles launched from Iran toward Israel are being caught up here in the Iron Dome.
00:48:34.000But we just don't know how many missiles and how many of a barrage of attacks are going to happen against Israel and if the Iron Dome can indeed hold up here.
00:48:46.000So again we are Giving you the latest, latest...
00:48:51.000I think this is also like, you know, from a psychological warfare perspective, this is also to let Israel know that we can touch you.
00:48:58.000You know, your Iron Dome isn't as infallible as you think it is.
00:50:33.000Imagine if all the vast money the regime wasted on nuclear weapons and foreign wars were invested in your children's education, in improving your health care, in building your nation's infrastructure, water, sewage, all the other things that you need.
00:51:26.000Global investment, massive tourism, brilliant technological innovation based on the tremendous talents that exist inside Iran.
00:51:35.000Doesn't that sound better than endless poverty, repression and war?
00:51:39.000From Khom to Esfahan, from Shiraz to Tibriz, there are tens of millions of good and decent people with thousands of years of history behind them and a brilliant future ahead of them.
00:51:51.000Don't let a small group of fanatic theocrats crush your hopes and your dreams.
00:52:51.000So, yeah, definitely that's gonna piss them off.
00:52:54.000So, the strikes didn't come long after this speech, by the way, this address that he gave.
00:52:58.000The strikes didn't come long after that.
00:53:00.000Also, I think it's important to note, but I can't find this anywhere in Western media, the Prime Minister of Iran also came out and said, hey, Israel, just so you know, we used a fraction of our missiles.
00:53:13.000This was just a little bit of what we can do after that attack.
00:53:18.000So I think that's also important to note.
00:53:19.000So I see here that apparently I think Trump had responded to this attack.
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00:56:09.000Providing active duty support efforts to FEMA and the US Army Corps of Engineers is providing emergency power planning and response teams to Georgia and As well as dam, levy, and bridge inspection to Tennessee and Kentucky, and temporary power to North Carolina.
00:56:23.000For further questions about National Guard missions, I would encourage you to contact the specific states and questions.
00:56:29.000And for active duty support efforts to FEMA, U.S. Northern Command is standing by.
00:56:33.000For service-specific evacuation efforts, it's best to contact the services directly.
00:56:38.000As the DOD continues to aid response efforts, Secretary Austin and department leaders will continue to be engaged and stay in close contact with federal, state and local officials to ensure resources are available and to maximize a coordinated response.
00:56:52.000And in the days ahead, the department will continue to keep our fellow Americans who have been impacted by this storm's devastation and our thoughts.
00:57:03.000In terms of the conversations between Secretary Austin and Minister Gallant, I won't get into the private discussions other than to say we are consulting closely with them on next steps and the continued defense of Israel.
00:57:19.000And then, are there any plans underway to conduct a NEO given the increased risk of a wider war?
00:57:26.000Right now, there has been no order to evacuate.
00:57:31.000As you've heard us say before, we are a planning organization, so we, of course, plan for all contingencies.
00:57:37.000But as of right now, State Department has not called for an evacuation.
00:58:44.000Were they all from inside Iran or was some also from Yemen being shot by the Houthis?
00:58:49.000Carla, to my knowledge, and again, we're still assessing this, these were all launched from Iran, ballistic missiles.
00:58:56.000And what I said was that they fired the interceptors towards those missiles.
00:59:04.000And then were any other U.S. assets involved in this defense?
00:59:08.000Of course, we have a lot of capability in the region, a lot of things that are there to be prepared for a wide variety of threats, but in terms of the launching of these interceptors, it was those two destroyers.
00:59:20.000So just being clear, no ground-based interceptors were used in this.
00:59:22.000Were you aware of any duds that didn't fire off, that maybe Iran wanted to fire more than the roughly 200?
00:59:30.000As I mentioned, we're still assessing the outcome of the attack, and so we'll have much more information later.
00:59:37.000But these are all our initial reports.
00:59:39.000And then on the second call with the Secretary and Minister Gallant, did he urge Israel not to respond or to moderate any response to Iran, or did Israel share?
00:59:50.000Did Gallant share any Israeli intentions for their potential response here?
00:59:53.000Well, again, as I'm sure you can appreciate, I'm just not going to be able to get into the details of their call other than to say, again, we're consulting closely about next steps and the continued defense of Israel.
01:00:05.000What does Secretary Austin think about the potential for an Israeli response here?
01:00:11.000Would he urge them, without saying what he said in the call necessarily, but what are his feelings about the potential?
01:00:19.000Well, look, if you take a step back here, we fully support Israel's right to defend itself.
01:00:24.000You just saw a very significant ballistic missile attack by Iran against Israel.
01:00:31.000And so we'll continue to work alongside them to support their defense.
01:00:36.000We, of course, do not want to see a wider regional conflict.
01:00:40.000You've heard us say that many times, and we'll continue to work towards that end.
01:00:43.000But we also fully understand The fact that this was a significant attack by Iran, and so we're going to continue to consult closely, and we're going to continue to support their defense.
01:01:32.000I just want to turn to the The Israeli invasion in Lebanon.
01:01:37.000For the past couple months, the Department and the Secretary have called for de-escalation.
01:01:42.000You guys have voiced your opposition to any ground incursion, invasions, limited operations.
01:01:49.000After we found out that the Israeli strike last week killed the Hezbollah chief, Hassan Hassan, it seems like the tone changed.
01:01:58.000In the statements last night, the Department and the Secretary said they supported what Israel is doing.
01:02:04.000So what changed for a change in that tone and that stance from the department?
01:02:09.000Yeah, I think the biggest thing, Joseph, is we fully support Israel's right to defend itself against Hezbollah as we understand it.
01:02:18.000They will be conducting limited operations to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure that's arrayed along the border there that could be used to threaten Israeli citizens.
01:02:28.000And so we're continuing to consult with the Israelis to better understand how they intend to go forward.
01:02:35.000Obviously, I'd refer you to them to talk or ask questions about details regarding those operations.
01:02:41.000But we fully understand as part of their overall efforts to return people home that they do need to address those threats that are along the border there.
01:02:52.000And so, all that to say, we will continue to consult with the Israelis and other partners in the region long-term about how we can ultimately de-escalate those tensions and get to a ceasefire.
01:03:07.000Have they asked for any help from you guys doing whatever it is?
01:03:16.000I want you guys to kind of hear this uninterrupted, then I'll give you the full thing.
01:03:19.000We've been monitoring this for a while.
01:03:22.000Iran had been very public about its threats to retaliate, and so it's something that we've been monitoring.
01:03:30.000Certainly this was a significant attack, probably about twice the size in terms of scope of what we saw earlier.
01:03:39.000But again, we're still assessing the outcomes of this.
01:03:42.000And as I highlighted at the top, we certainly condemn this reckless attack, this direct attack against Israel, and we'll continue to support Israel's defense.
01:03:52.000Several Israeli media spoke about the response tonight, you know, Israeli response tonight to this attack, including some, not just Iran, some other Middle Eastern countries.
01:04:05.000Will the United States be assisting the Israelis in the response?
01:04:11.000Well, I'm not going to speculate about hypotheticals.
01:04:14.000I'd refer you to the Israelis to talk about, you know...
01:04:20.000Well, what you're asking me is if they're going to do something, and what I'm saying is I'm not going to speculate about what or if they may do.
01:04:26.000As I highlighted to several of your colleagues, we're consulting closely with the Israelis in terms of next steps, with the emphasis being the defense of Israel.
01:04:35.000So let me go to this side of the room.
01:04:39.000Essentially, a follow-up to that question.
01:04:41.000Is the U.S. willing to strike Iran in response to this?
01:04:43.000Are you putting that on or off the table?
01:04:46.000Well, look, Arne, again, I don't want to get into hypotheticals.
01:04:49.000I think I was very clear at the top that should U.S. forces be targeted by Iran or its proxies, we'll take necessary steps to defend our people.
01:04:59.000And I think we've also been very clear that we're going to support the defense of Israel.
01:05:05.000And so I'm not going to get into theoretical or speculative operations at this stage other than to say, you know, we mean what we say and we say what we mean.
01:05:16.000Iran claims to have used a new Fatah missile, which is supposed to be a hypersonic ballistic missile.
01:05:21.000Can you assess whether they did use new and advanced weaponry in this attack and whether they learned from the April attack?
01:05:28.000Again, we're still assessing the attack and the outcomes, and so we may have more to provide later, but I don't have anything on that right now.
01:05:39.000On Secretary Austin's statement last night, he referred to being supportive of operations along the border.
01:05:48.000Is he open to Israel using operations on both sides of the border?
01:05:53.000Along the border was a little vague there.
01:05:56.000Well, I think I'd go back to how I responded to Joseph, right?
01:06:00.000we understand and support Israel's right to defend itself against Hezbollah, as we highlighted in the readout.
01:06:07.000We understand that part of that is dismantling some of the attack infrastructure that Hezbollah has built along the border.
01:06:14.000Certainly, again, we don't want to see this broaden into wider regional conflict, but we understand, again, that what Israel is doing are limited operations to destroy that attack infrastructure and then enable citizens on both sides of the border that what Israel is doing are limited operations to destroy that attack infrastructure
01:06:33.000Ultimately, at the end of the day, we do think that a diplomatic resolution is the only way to achieve lasting stability and security across the Israel-Lebanon border, so we're going to continue to work to that end, but we also, again, understand Israel's need to defend itself.
01:06:50.000The State Department read out a report on an attack on a diplomatic facility at Baghdad airport last night.
01:06:59.000Have you seen any other attacks on U.S. forces, I guess since Friday?
01:07:04.000This one would seem to be on a diplomatic facility, but be it in the last day, particularly at this heightened time of tension, or just broadly over the last couple days?
01:07:14.000Yeah, as of right now, I'm not aware of any additional attacks.
01:07:20.000The Iron Dome, how effective is it against ballistic missiles?
01:07:25.000And some of the televised images appeared to show some of them landing.
01:07:29.000I'm going to get my reaction here in a bit.
01:07:31.000I just want you guys to really listen to this press conference so that everything I see is going to make sense.
01:07:35.000Was this attack more effective than the Iranian attack in April?
01:07:40.000Again, understanding that a lot is still very initial.
01:07:44.000As I highlighted, initial indications are that there was minimal damage on the ground.
01:07:50.000In terms of the specifics, though, I'd have to refer you to Israel really to talk through that.
01:07:54.000And again, as more information comes in, we'll certainly know more.
01:07:58.000But the initial assessment is that Israel was able to successfully defend itself Of course, with the support from the U.S. And so, again, we may have more later on that.
01:08:14.000I just want to be clear, because it seems like we're at a very dangerous time where any kind of ambiguity from the U.S. could lead to an attack on American troops.
01:08:24.000I understand when you say that we're going to defend any attack on American troops.
01:08:29.000I also understand that you said that no American troops were hurt.
01:08:33.000Therefore, are you saying the U.S. is not planning on a kinetic strike?
01:08:37.000against Iran because right now when you say there will be consequences all of that you're leaving it vague and people don't understand and I want to understand are we going to be joining Israel in hitting back against Iran in a kinetic manner?
01:09:04.000Right, and I think broadly speaking, you know, the U.S. has been clear that there will be security, economic consequences should Iran attack.
01:09:15.000But I just don't have anything to preview...
01:09:18.000You know, specifically as it relates to that.
01:09:24.000Just to clarify, did any U.S. aircraft track any of the missiles either before the launch or during the attack, even if they weren't involved kinetically in the defense of Israel?
01:09:35.000So I won't go into specifics, Chris, other than to say, as you well know, we have a wide variety of ISR capabilities throughout the region to monitor and track potential aerial threats to include aircraft that do that.
01:09:57.000I know you said repeatedly that Iran doesn't telegraph these attacks, yet from early this morning we were told that an attack would be imminent, so we're getting some sort of information from somewhere.
01:10:08.000Based on whatever that was based on, where does Iran stand now?
01:10:13.000Is this just the first salvo from your assessment?
01:10:17.000Are they positioned to go ahead and pull the trigger again at will?
01:10:20.000I mean, that's really a question for Iran.
01:10:24.000You know, as evidenced by this attack, you know, they certainly maintain the capability to conduct additional attacks.
01:10:31.000As I highlighted at the top, we call on them to halt any further attacks.
01:10:37.000And, you know, we'll continue to assess.
01:10:40.000We'll also continue to be prepared to respond in the defense of Israel should they opt to do another one.
01:10:45.000We certainly hope that they do not, but we obviously have to be prepared in that eventuality.
01:10:50.000I just want to clarify, I think you said earlier this is twice the size in scope from the attack of April 13th?
01:10:56.000Yeah, it's about twice as large in terms of the number of ballistic missiles that they launched from the last.
01:11:04.000I believe it was their intent to actually do damage this time?
01:11:07.000Well, you know, look, you don't launch that many missiles at a target without the intent of hitting missiles.
01:11:17.000Just like the last time, their intent is to cause destruction.
01:11:23.000And so, fortunately, you know, Israel has very significant air defense capabilities, and the U.S., of course, played a role in helping on that front as well.
01:11:35.000You said there have been no new attacks on U.S. forces in the region, but is the department tracking a greater threat now to U.S. forces?
01:11:43.000And are you taking any extra measures on top of the recent plus ups you've done for force protection?
01:11:49.000Well, Matt, I mean, as you know, we're always taking force protection very seriously.
01:11:54.000We're all very well aware of the heightened tensions in the region and U.S. Central Command has been, for a long time now, constantly assessing and reassessing the threat to ensure that our forces are protected.
01:12:07.000Like I mentioned, I'm not aware as I come to the podium, I'm not aware of any additional attacks beyond the one that Dan mentioned, but it's something that we'll obviously be keeping a close eye on to protect our forces.
01:12:21.000Secondly, were there any other nations other than the United States and Israel who took part in intercepting missiles or helping to track them or anything like that?
01:12:30.000Yeah, I don't have anything to provide on that, and obviously I wouldn't speak for other countries from here.
01:12:36.000General, I'd like to ask you if you guys talk to the European allies, and if you ask for military support in protecting Israel in case of another attack from Israel or the proxies, or is at the moment it's only the U.S. helping Israel military as well?
01:12:53.000Well, I'll allow other countries to speak for themselves.
01:12:56.000I will say, and we'll put a readout on this this afternoon, you know, as soon as we're done here, the Secretary did have an opportunity to talk to his French counterpart earlier this morning just to talk about the situation in the Middle East.
01:13:10.000This was before the Iranian attack occurred.
01:13:14.000And so, you know, we'll get that out momentarily.
01:13:18.000Broadly speaking, though, again, you know, In terms of any European coordination or cooperation with Israel, that's really for individual countries to talk to.
01:14:02.000I don't have more information provided this time.
01:14:04.000Okay, let me go to Heather from USNI. Thank you so much.
01:14:10.000So you mentioned that the United States has the ability and intent to respond if any of its service members are attacked.
01:14:19.000On Friday, you had two U.S. destroyers and an LCS come under attack from the Houthis, which is an Iranian proxy group.
01:14:28.000So is there any intention to launch any attacks in response to those service members coming under attack?
01:14:37.000Well, first of all, Heather, as you are aware, there were no U.S. service members injured in any of those attacks.
01:14:48.000And as always, we will respond appropriately.
01:14:51.000And Iran called the United States and actually told them that they were going to make sure that they don't hit any U.S. structures or any military personnel.
01:15:00.000So on the announcement of three additional aircraft squadrons, F-15s, F-16s, A-10s, I presume that they weren't involved in any of the interception activity.
01:15:12.000Can you talk a little bit about why they're there and what role they might fill now in terms of enhancing security for U.S. forces in the region?
01:15:22.000Well, you know, as we've been highlighting for a while, we have a robust amount of capability in the Central Command and U.S.-European Command regions.
01:15:32.000And what those capabilities provide us is versatility in terms of Responding to a variety of contingencies.
01:15:44.000And so, you know, basically having the right tools in the toolkit to be able to respond appropriately to any type of attack or contingency situation.
01:15:54.000And so, as you well know, PAT, fighter aircraft can perform a variety of missions To include taking down drones, taking down missiles, particular kinds of missiles, as well as providing ISR, electronic warfare types of capabilities.
01:16:19.000So all of this comes together to provide us with options on how best to respond to any type of attack and to protect our forces.
01:16:32.000First, on Iran, after today's attack and the expected response from Israel, is the assessment at the Pentagon still that the situation in the Middle East is still under control and we're not in all-out war yet?
01:17:35.000In terms of Israel's operations, again, they're in the best position to answer questions, but our understanding in consulting with them is that, again, these will be limited operations focused on dismantling facilities that Hezbollah has built along the border to stage attacks into Israel.
01:17:57.000And so, you know, part of those discussions, again, have been focused on You know, making sure that there's an understanding as far as potential mission creep.
01:18:11.000And so, as it relates to the broader tensions in the region.
01:18:16.000But again, we support their right to defend themselves from Hezbollah attacks.
01:18:21.000And so we'll continue to consult with them on that.
01:18:24.000As I mentioned, Wafa, ultimately, we do believe that a diplomatic resolution is the only way to achieve lasting stability and security there.
01:18:37.000One is, why weren't land-based air defenses used?
01:18:41.000And did you find that you had – did the United States have fewer partners in trying to knock down these Iranian missiles this time than it did in April?
01:18:54.000You're going to use the capability that you need to respond to a particular situation.
01:19:02.000So, you know, I mean, as evidenced by the fact that our forces were able to so quickly support Israel's defense, we have a wide range of capabilities arrayed to be able to respond to whatever those are.
01:19:16.000What threats may be in the most appropriate way possible.
01:19:20.000So it's less about the platform and it's more about the capability.
01:19:24.000And so, again, we still maintain a robust capability to be able to respond to any potential future threats as well.
01:19:31.000And I just want to follow up on what Helene was asking, which was important in the sense that I think you said a red line that if Iran or its forces were to attack U.S. troops, there would be a U.S. response against Iran.
01:19:42.000At least that's what it sounded like you were saying.
01:19:46.000What I said is, it should be very clear that if Iran or its proxies use this as an opportunity to attack U.S. forces, we will respond appropriately.
01:20:00.000I just wanted to clarify a few things that you said.
01:20:04.000In terms of Iran's capabilities going forward, is it clear from the U.S. side that the imminent risk is over of another attack from Iran?
01:20:14.000Well, look, you know, it's something we're going to keep an eye on.
01:20:17.000We certainly hope that there's not another attack, but obviously Iran maintains a capability, and it's just demonstrated that they're willing to use it to directly attack Israel.
01:20:28.000And so we're going to continue to consult closely with Israel on next steps, and importantly, on the defense of Israel.
01:20:37.000On Israel's limited incursion, have they provided any sort of a timeline on how long they would stay there?
01:20:43.000I'd refer you to Israel to talk about that.
01:20:45.000I don't think it'd be appropriate for me to talk about that.
01:20:47.000Hey, folks, while there's been an understandable focus today on the Middle East, before we conclude, I would like to provide a quick update on a topic closer to home as DOD continues to work with federal, state, and local officials to support Alright, so that's him.
01:21:04.000Now he's going to go into the hurricane situation there.
01:21:07.000So, what did we take away from that, guys?
01:22:42.000We're on all the platforms, so I'm gonna say this in a way that makes sense while being on said platforms.
01:22:49.000Israel is going to do what Israel wants to do, and they're not necessarily going to bend or fold on what they want to do because they have an enormous amount of influence in the United States, okay?
01:24:11.000So from a defensive standpoint, we're obviously going to be there.
01:24:13.000Now, a lot of people are wondering, well, Myron, are we going to go ahead on an offensive front?
01:24:18.000I think the only way that the United States is going to be involved in an offensive front is there would need to be some catastrophic War event where Israel is almost incapacitated or can no longer defend itself for us to be able to do that.
01:24:53.000Because Israel is provoking, and make no mistake about it, guys, Iran has the capability of, you know, getting Tel Aviv, blowing Tel Aviv up, and significantly hurting Israeli infrastructure.
01:27:24.000Because keep in mind, Kamala Harris is still the sitting vice president of the United States, even though people fucking tend to forget that shit as she's campaigning.
01:27:30.000She's still the sitting vice president.
01:27:33.000So it's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
01:27:36.000Because you've got the lobbyists that pay a lot of fucking money To support Israel.
01:27:41.000But at the same time, the Democratic Party is in a situation where they don't want to come off as warmongers.
01:27:48.000And then a lot of the constituents on the left support Palestine.
01:27:51.000So they're in a really tricky situation, the American government.
01:27:54.000And then to add on to it, we don't have a president right now, guys.
01:27:57.000Biden is effectively asleep at the wheel.
01:27:59.000Kamala Harris is more focused on the campaign.
01:29:00.000So that's why this guy didn't give a lot of real answers.
01:29:03.000He gave a lot of nebulous answers like, yeah, well, you know, I can't speculate and I don't know and you need to refer that, ask Israel, blah, blah.
01:29:09.000We should be knowing everything because we give them the aid.
01:29:12.000But the reality here, guys, is that we're not making the final decisions from a foreign policy.
01:29:17.000We're not making the final decisions at all.
01:29:30.000And the fact that we're in the middle of a presidential election year makes it even tougher for the United States to do what they're going to do.
01:29:42.000Their hands are effectively tied because this is a very unpopular war from a voter perspective.
01:29:46.000But at the same time, they have a diplomatic duty to support Israel, especially with all the lobbyists.
01:29:53.000So that's kind of the crossroads that we're at politically.
01:33:10.000If they're giving you another round of interviews, that means that they obviously like you.
01:33:13.000It's just, at this point, do what you did before to get to that position.
01:33:16.000Maybe expand a little bit more on questions that you would have answered more generally before to show that you have a working knowledge of whatever the question might be, intimate knowledge, and just don't fuck it up, really.
01:33:26.000That's really what it comes down to when they give you another interview.
01:33:28.000Myron, could you cover the port strikes?
01:33:30.000As a truck driver, I don't know how much I'll be affected, but it's about to really slow the economy.
01:33:35.000Biden will intervene because he says it's collective bargaining, but the two sides haven't been at the negotiating table since June.
01:36:38.000That speech literally said that that chart saved his life.
01:36:42.000Moment of the speech, and it was on my right.
01:36:44.000Had I not made that turn, I would not be speaking to you people today, and some of you would be extremely happy about that, I suspect.
01:36:52.000But I want to thank you all, and I'm now going to Texas, going to Houston, and we have some big things there, and we're traveling.
01:37:01.000I think I'm booked every single day for 33 days, and as you probably have heard, I've worked for 17 or 18 days, wouldn't you say, in a row?
01:37:11.000And I'm working even when I'm not working, but we're doing a lot of things.
01:41:26.000For those of you that watched me cover the debate last time with former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, this is basically what went down.
01:41:37.000I think Trump won the debate, and a lot of people feel that way.
01:41:40.000That is why Trump declined a rematch against Kamala.
01:42:20.000So it's not necessarily about pummeling your opponent with facts, though that is very important, especially for people that are a bit more analytical and people that are politically savvy.
01:42:28.000But for the general American public who doesn't know what the fuck is going on and is of lower IQ, let's be honest, most Americans have room temperature IQ, it's about the clip-worthy moments.
01:42:39.000So Trump won the debate, but I'm not going to be biased here.
01:42:50.000He talked about immigration, he had the cooler soundbites, etc.
01:42:56.000The talk on reproductive rights, he's always going to lose that, unfortunately, because most Americans simply aren't educated in the fact that what he did was he delegated Roe v.
01:43:22.000So it's on you to complain to your state legislature and your governors for that.
01:43:27.000But again, as usual, most Americans are stupid and lower IQ and they want to go ahead and have a person to blame.
01:43:31.000So what they do is they blame Trump, right, on this specific situation, reproductive rights.
01:43:36.000And that is the one thing that I think the Democrats have over the Republicans when it comes to public appeal, wanting to...
01:43:44.000When it comes to public appeal and a voter topic, right?
01:43:47.000And this actually, the reproductive rights argument is how the Democrats are often able to garner the female vote, right?
01:43:56.000Because even the most right-wing of female voters still, to a degree, believes in female autonomy when it comes to reproductive rights, right?
01:44:09.000Because reproductive rights, in a way, protects their ability to Operate as sexually fluid as they want, for lack of a better term.
01:44:18.000Keeping it very nice and somewhat clean here.
01:44:24.000And if you guys don't believe me, the first day of the Democratic National Convention, the DNC, was basically centered around reproductive rights and abortion.
01:44:32.000They brought like four different women on.
01:44:34.000They all gave their horror stories about how not having rights to...
01:44:39.000Not having reproductive rights put them in a precarious situation.
01:45:36.000He's actually pretty moderate on this.
01:45:41.000But the Democrats have used that because they've campaigned on smoke and mirrors, etc.
01:45:45.000So when it came to the reproductive rights portion of the debate, obviously Kamala is going to get public appeal on that one, even though I know the truth.
01:45:53.000So to me, I look at them as they both basically have the same views on abortion.
01:45:57.000But the public is going to think that she won.
01:46:01.000And then when it came to foreign policy, etc., they were both kind of bland in it because Trump doesn't want to admit what he's actually going to do, but J.D. Vance actually brought this up on an interview, what he's going to do.
01:46:11.000To end the war in Ukraine, what Trump is essentially going to do is he's just going to let Putin have what he has.
01:46:17.000He's going to let him have that 25% of Ukraine.
01:46:20.000He's going to probably promise no more NATO expansion because that's what started this whole fucking thing in the first place.
01:46:26.000And basically just, you know, kind of cave in to that degree, right?
01:46:43.000He obviously doesn't want to say this on a debate stage because it will make him look weak, but we know that's what's going to probably happen.
01:47:53.000Because I'll tell you guys this, the farmers, all these other dudes, they're going to go ahead and increase their prices, and then the person that's distributing is going to increase their prices, the truck driver is going to increase their prices.
01:48:02.000All the costs, the extra costs, who bears the brunt of it?
01:48:06.000When you're in that fucking aisle and you're picking up the food, etc., all the costs get passed to you when it comes to overseas conflict.
01:48:14.000So, I think that's very important for people to understand that foreign policy absolutely dictates the price of your food and your price of your goods.
01:48:23.000Sharp increase in the cost of food after Russia invaded Ukraine because Ukraine, unbeknown to a lot of people, is the breadbasket of Europe.
01:48:33.000So if you're going ahead and attacking the breadbasket of Europe, that affects the ability for the rest of Europe to get food.
01:48:38.000That strains other resources they have to go ahead and make up for in some degree.
01:48:42.000They have to ship food from other places.
01:50:08.000So there's a bunch of people in the middle.
01:50:10.000We didn't do a good job, and when I say we, I mean the Republicans, the right.
01:50:13.000We didn't do a good job of bringing the people in the middle over to the right.
01:50:20.000We didn't do a good job of bringing them over.
01:50:22.000Because the win was not decisive enough.
01:50:25.000And if you're someone who is all about your politician being...
01:50:31.000Cordial and well-spoken and, you know, a politician, so to speak, you might go ahead and go the Kamala route because you're going to think, well, she explained her points better, even though she's a terrible speaker too, right?
01:50:41.000And Trump is kind of one of these guys that speaks in very layman's terms, almost too layman for a politician.
01:50:46.000He's a big difference from Obama, who was a great orator, great speaker, etc., Harvard-educated, eloquent speaker, articulate speaker.
01:50:54.000Trump isn't that guy, but he's a businessman.
01:50:58.000Speaks in layman's terms, says things that people are scared to say, and that does have an effect with some people.
01:51:05.000So, my argument is, with this debate, we didn't do enough to bring people that were in the middle over.
01:51:11.000Now, I think Trump did a good job of doing this with bringing RFK on, right?
01:51:19.000And for those of you that are wondering, RFK, I mean, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he brought him on, right, to the campaign.
01:51:26.000And I think that was a big W for the Trump camp.
01:51:28.000Because RFK, in a way, embodies a lot of the things that Trump was in 2016.
01:51:37.000One of the things that people loved about Trump back in 2016 was he was anti-establishment.
01:51:41.000Remember he used to campaign, we're going to drain the swamp, we're going to get rid of these fucking neocons, we're going to get rid of these, the deep state, etc.
01:51:49.000I would argue that RFK has some of these policies as well.
01:52:58.000Everyone thinks that the whole Matt Crook shooting and the other guy that tried to kill Trump, they think it's an inside job.
01:53:04.000I would argue that American trust in the federal government is at the lowest it's ever been.
01:53:09.000Absolutely at the lowest it's ever been.
01:53:11.000And I think RFK almost leans into that a bit where it would help Trump and give him a bit more credibility to the libertarians, to the people in the middle, to the people that are anti-establishment, anti-government.
01:53:26.000I think RFK appeals to a lot of these people and Trump will be able to get a significant portion of those people over to him.
01:53:33.000So I think that was a great fucking move to bring RFK in.
01:53:40.000Now, when it comes to this whole debate, like I said before, Trump didn't win it decisively.
01:53:45.000He didn't get those people in the middle.
01:53:47.000He got some of them through RFK, but he also lost a lot of them because the debate wasn't decisive and I don't think he won as clearly as people think because it's right down the middle.
01:53:56.000Also, I think it's important to note that during the course of that debate, it was biased.
01:55:12.000Because like I told you guys before, most Americans are double-digit IQ individuals that are single-issue voters who And quite frankly, don't keep up with politics and don't really know what the fuck is going on.
01:55:26.000For a lot of Americans that are tuning in to that debate, that might have been the first time that they've heard Trump or Kamala speak publicly.
01:55:35.000I really need you guys to really understand this, right?
01:55:41.000For a lot of Americans, that might have been the first time that they heard Trump and Kamala speak publicly.
01:55:51.000So, that debate is going to have a lot of weight for them.
01:55:55.000And if Kamala can make a blatant lie, like, oh, he's Project 2025, it's a radically right proposal system that would, you know, basically make him a dictator and all this other shit, most Americans are going to believe it.
01:56:08.000They're not going to go ahead and fact-check and be like, no, that's not true.
01:56:11.000Trump actually denounced it like 10 times.
01:58:46.000So, I'm hoping that we get a decisive victory from this debate and Vance absolutely smokes him so we can bring in those people from the middle that I think that we missed on the first Trump debate.
02:03:00.000the government sucked when I was the Vice President of the United States, can't be burdened by what will be, whatever the fuck she's going to say, when she goes ahead and swears on that Bible and takes office in the United States.
02:03:09.000I don't want to hear none of you motherfuckers complaining, bro.