Kamala Harris has turned FEMA into an illegal alien resettlement agency. The reason why those Americans in North Carolina were left to die, were left on rooftops, begging, begging their government for help that never came, is because Kamala Harris is a crook.
00:21:09.140But from raw sewage, literally the dead bodies.
00:21:11.660And Rob was able, they were able to get that back online, but they'll be under a boil order for the foreseeable future until future notice, until further notice.
00:21:22.640So the biggest issue for them is still clean drinking water.
00:21:26.560But when you move up into Upper East Tennessee, a couple hours from us, up closer to the North Carolina border, counties like Unicoi County and Johnson County, it's bad.
00:21:38.240They've, you know, we've seen the pictures coming out of Western North Carolina.
00:21:41.280It's much similar in Upper East Tennessee.
00:21:45.160I-40, the eastbound lanes going into North Carolina, completely gone.
00:22:24.220They don't have a whole lot of resources.
00:22:26.480So it's going to be a long time, not only just stabilizing the situation and ensuring that people get what they need as far as emergency supplies, water and food and diapers and personal hygiene products and all those sort of things.
00:22:39.600And restoring services like the roads and electricity.
00:22:43.960But the economic toll in the long term is also just going to be devastating for that region.
00:22:49.300I mean, some of the things that we're seeing here, the images that are coming out, the stories that are coming out, people happening upon victims, people who didn't make it out from the storm.
00:23:01.980Let me ask you, from your perspective, as the mayor of a county that was affected by this, walk me through the early warning process, because there's been different stories about, I think one of the stories that I heard was people thought there was going to be flooding, but they didn't realize that the flooding would encompass their buildings, things like that.
00:23:20.940There were other people saying that they didn't get warned early enough.
00:23:23.660Walk me through from your perspective what it looked like.
00:23:26.140From my perspective, we knew we had storms coming through, but nothing like this.
00:23:30.100And then what happened was, for us, there's a dam up above Cock County, up above Newport, Tennessee, the Waterville Dam, and initially it was reported that that dam had breached, in which case what we're seeing now is nothing compared to what could have happened.
00:23:50.300I mean, because you would have had a tidal wave coming down through the Smoky Mountains.
00:23:53.260And, you know, I mean, you had fast-moving water, it was really bad, the flooding, but this would have been literally a tsunami that would have wiped out not only Newport, but another town down the road, Dandridge, and it would have caused much more significant problems in Knox County.
00:24:10.280So, but yeah, there really wasn't any, you know, any like, hey, this is going to be really bad.
00:24:16.260We just knew there was going to be a storm, and as we always do, we prepared for that, and it turned into something much, much worse.
00:24:22.260You know, the hospital in Unicoi County, Tennessee, the people literally were just rushed up to the rooftop because the water was coming up so quickly.
00:24:32.520The Tennessee National Guard, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and my hat's off to our own Knox County Sheriff's Department, had to airlift people off of that hospital roof.
00:24:40.900Then the sheriff's, our sheriff's department helicopter, it was coming home, I called the sheriff, I'm like, man, could you please turn the bird around and head up to Cock County because they just, they're not in that dire situation, but it's happened.
00:24:55.720I mean, they're just having flooding, they've evacuated Newport.
00:24:58.300So they pulled 24 people around, roughly off the, off the rooftops there in Newport.
00:25:04.240But yeah, as far as any advanced warning, I don't, at least on my end, we did not foresee anything like this.
00:25:11.900So the idea being, I mean, obviously, look, you know, we all watch the news, we saw the storm track, and people could see that it was headed, seemed to be headed in that direction, but it was the severity that people didn't quite prepare for, and that people didn't realize that it would be quite as bad as this was.
00:25:29.080Yeah, and again, you're talking counties that, they don't have a whole lot of resources, so it literally, it was just literally kind of a worst case scenario in that respect.
00:25:42.620And then it also, it happened so quickly as well, and the dams just, they just couldn't hold, and they were compromising if the waters come over the top or over the side.
00:25:53.820And then they did have to release water out of the dams, because if they don't do that, those dams would have burst.
00:26:00.040And again, that would have been, I mean, as bad as what we're seeing now, that would have been, you know, like disaster movie stuff.
00:26:07.140It would have just been just truly, just absolutely devastating for the entirety of Upper East Tennessee, all the way down into Knox County.
00:26:15.260But yeah, it just, it happened very, very quickly.
00:26:17.500So you're talking controlled water releases, then, that had to be done, or else you would have seen the flooding, dams bursting.
00:26:26.460People, of course, remember the levees bursting in Katrina that weren't designed for that, that you would have seen that type of, that type of reaction.
00:26:34.600And of course, now, and these dams, these dams, they held, they're designed to hold a large volume of water.
00:26:43.980I think now that they're saying this was like a once in a 5,000 year storm.
00:26:48.220And, and again, just, I don't think anyone foresaw that happen.
00:26:53.240I remember watching some of the data as well that said, basically, the storm got stuck up in the mountains there.
00:26:59.000And because there had already been so much rain earlier in this month, just the past couple of days here in the DC area, we had 10 days straight of rain.
00:27:07.840So I can only imagine how much more it was down, even before the storm arrived, that, that kind of already created these sort of slick conditions that really allowed for a lot of these landslides.
00:27:18.360And then with the storm getting stuck in the mountains, that just produced a sheer volume of water that I don't think anyone was really prepared for in the flash flooding.
00:27:27.660And the other thing, you know, the mountains, that's ironic, because the mountains often protect us from severe weather.
00:27:35.400You know, we'll have tornadoes in middle Tennessee, we don't really see, we see some, but not that much.
00:27:41.580We had one last year, actually, in Knox County, but that's really an anomaly.
00:27:46.660The winter storms kind of break up on the mountains.
00:27:50.160And unfortunately, this time, it backfired.
00:27:54.740And instead of moving through, yeah, it got stuck and just stayed there and just hammered and just rained and rained and rained.
00:28:01.860And as you said, before this, a few weeks ago, we were actually in a drought.
00:28:06.060And then we've started to get a lot of rain, which, of course, what that does is that just the tributaries and the lakes and everything start to rise again.
00:28:14.840And there's just nowhere for the water to go.
00:28:16.740And with nowhere for the water to go, that ends up hitting the homes, hitting the families, causing the devastation.
00:28:26.600And thank God, by the way, that the death toll isn't worse.
00:28:31.040But, of course, and we're seeing the images now that are coming out, we already know that it's hundreds of people.
00:28:36.360And people keep saying expect that number to rise.
00:28:39.720But it's really these towns that have been.
00:28:42.180I mean, is the recovery crews able to penetrate further into the impacted areas?
00:28:47.560You know, they're just going to see more.
00:28:51.060So I would expect that to rise significantly.
00:28:54.620The financial toll, I mean, you know, who knows?
00:28:59.660But I think just because of the much larger area, this could be in the Katrina range, if not more, to rebuild.
00:29:10.380The Tennessee Department of Transportation, a credible source, told me that it's going to be $300 million just in Tennessee, just on the state routes.
00:29:19.600That doesn't include the local roads or anything like that.
00:29:22.400And then, of course, that's just a very small part of it.
00:29:27.320I mean, you have all of these buildings that we're seeing now, the homes, businesses, government buildings, all of them destroyed.
00:29:33.620The sewage and water facilities, just all of it.
00:29:39.520And then also the fact that, I mean, you know, the loss of economic activity as well.
00:29:43.940In Cott County, one of their biggest economic drivers is tourism.
00:29:48.300And that's not going to be happening, unfortunately, for a long time.
00:29:51.680And people aren't going to be driving through Cott County because once you get past Knoxville, there's really nothing to go except unless you're going up to North Carolina.
00:29:59.600So the long-term impact is going to be the loss of economic activity, loss of jobs, and, you know, just the future burdening of poverty on an already somewhat impoverished area.
00:30:13.820And Mayor Jacobs, we've got a quick break coming up.
00:30:16.660Can we hold you over for a little bit?
00:30:18.000Can we, uh, because I want to talk about some more operations that are going on so that people who are watching can help?
00:30:45.460You know, we have an incredible thing.
00:30:46.640We're always talking about the fake news and the bad, but we have guys, and these are the guys who should be getting policemen.
00:30:54.360All right, Jack, so we're back here live.
00:30:56.280I'm in Washington, D.C., but we're speaking with Mayor Glenn Jacobs of Knox County, Tennessee.
00:31:01.920Glenn, you were just talking a little bit during the break there about how your county is sort of right on the periphery of the disaster region there in East Tennessee.
00:31:11.640Does that make Knox County sort of a hub for operations so that a lot of these rescuers, a lot of these disaster relief folks can get into where you are and then make the trek into the actual areas that were affected?
00:31:27.160You know, the state's already doing things in Upper East Tennessee and has from the beginning.
00:31:32.680We're probably more of a hub for the volunteer relief effort and just some of those things that are going on, you know, the support and supplies that are going in and all those sort of things.
00:31:43.040You know, and the one, we're the volunteer state.
00:32:13.560And it's just been amazing, just the outpouring of help, you know, just all the supplies that are going up into Upper East Tennessee.
00:32:24.200In 2016, there was horrible wildfires in Sevier County, which is right next to us down in the Gatlinburg area.
00:32:31.280And after a few weeks, because of calls for help, the nonprofits down there literally had to tell people, quit sending us stuff because we don't have anywhere to put it.
00:32:40.940And this is this would be this would be a longer recovery than that.
00:32:44.640I mean, that, you know, that that that was bad, but this is much worse.
00:32:48.100But nevertheless, I mean, just the amount of stuff that I've seen coming through from private individuals, business organizations, nonprofits, churches, it is unbelievable.
00:33:31.400And it probably despair and hopelessness.
00:33:37.140And I mean, you can absolutely see that because, again, this is an area that, you know, just doesn't doesn't have a whole lot to begin with.
00:33:44.340And for something like this to happen and, you know, this was completely unforeseen.
00:33:52.440We're not Florida where hurricanes come through all the time and that sort of thing.
00:33:56.980And so this is unique for us in a very bad way.
00:34:02.720Mayor Jacobs, I understand that you're going to be leading or participating in a fundraiser for an event this Saturday.
00:34:10.840Please give out the information for that.
00:34:12.420Yeah. So this is a canned food and bottled water drive.
00:34:17.160And as I said, the the most urgent need is still bottled water all through Upper East Tennessee.
00:34:23.800It will be at the Knoxville Wholesale Furniture Clearance Center.
00:34:27.440That's owned by Tim Harris, who is a great guy.
00:34:31.560And he's going to make a pretty, pretty good donation to the cause himself, which is awesome.
00:35:50.500I've had people reach out to me on Twitter and social media, and just personally as well, because of that.
00:35:56.680You know, who should we give money to, because there's so many, you know, and it's disgusting that people would use a tragedy like this to enrich themselves.
00:38:28.220They were moving some things around that made it difficult for us to broadcast, very much like right now.
00:38:34.680But, hey, look, the traffic coming into this area is getting heavier.
00:38:40.160I was just talking to a colleague of mine that was traveling in.
00:38:42.860And they said, hey, you know, there's a lot of traffic right now heading from Pittsburgh into Butler.
00:38:48.000Security-wise, Jack, if you and the viewers are wondering, they have put in place tractor trailers and things around the perimeter of that farm show.
00:39:00.180And really, in the parts where the shooter was on the roof.
00:39:05.120Early this morning, we were right in that parking lot.
00:39:07.440And it was crazy to think that before someone could stand where we were and have a clear eye view of the president.
00:39:16.060I just can't believe that was ever approved.
00:39:17.500So is that what we're seeing right now behind you?
00:39:19.320Those tractor trailers are being set up as security implements for the rally?
00:39:27.420This was not associated with the rally.
00:39:29.020This is associated, I guess, with another space here nearby.
00:39:33.000But I will say this, security there around the perimeter of the farm show has been enhanced.
00:39:40.800Now, I haven't seen a lot of security people outside the rally.
00:39:43.600I haven't seen a whole lot of police officers, now that I think about it, at all outside the rally.
00:39:48.840But I think as we get closer to the gates opening up tomorrow, and I know that you'll be doing War Room, which is awesome, on the ground there.
00:39:57.400For media, we've got to be there relatively early, presets.
00:45:00.260Look, and by the way, that's no joke because people know, people know that Tanya Tay and I have gone to a lot of your premieres in the past.
00:45:06.680It was actually the first place we took Jack-Jack to see his very first movie.
00:45:10.100And believe it or not, I don't even think I've ever told you this, that something Tanya mentioned to me that even before we met, she said, you know, I really like those Dinesh D'Souza movies.
00:45:21.160And I think she went to go see the Obama one even before she and I had met.
00:45:25.800So a lot of people think that her politics are like because of me or something.
00:45:30.260We may actually have Dinesh D'Souza to thank for converting Tanya Tay and his films because people go to these things.
00:45:38.000They watch them and it kind of opens their mind up to this.
00:45:41.240And that's what this film can do for Trump specifically.
00:45:43.360I mean, the beauty of a film is, you know, it's one thing to tell someone about something.
00:45:48.460It's another thing to show it to them.
00:45:50.580We show you things in this film that are kind of mind blowing.
00:45:53.780One of the things, by the way, we show you is that our election system is so vulnerable that it's possible to make ballots, to make ballots and reproduce them at scale.
00:46:44.360But then providentially, we got to talk to him right after.
00:46:47.700And of course, it makes the film seem very current as if I finished it yesterday.
00:46:52.480Well, and there you go, because, you know, you look at it this way.
00:46:57.380And, you know, as a guy who's in the same business, I would have felt the exact same way.
00:47:02.320But then, of course, you know, something like that happens.
00:47:05.260And you've got to it sort of changes the entire pallor of the film, because now it's a which similar thing happened at the RNC, which is just the next, you know, starting the next Monday after the Saturday.
00:47:18.480And so you were able to get that in, get the footage in.
00:47:22.800Did it did it have a big change to the documentary or just as a filmmaker?
00:47:27.100Or was it more of it same footage, but it changes the angle?
00:47:31.840No, it's the you know, the the film is really about Trump, the man, because if you think about the sort of anxiety over Trump, it's really not over his policies.
00:47:41.000It's over Trump, the man. And there are people who love to point out Trump's vices.
00:47:45.860Oh, he's he used to be a playboy. You know, he's an egomaniac.
00:47:49.540Very little attention is focused on Trump's great virtues.
00:47:52.900And of course, he has the sublime virtue of courage, which Aristotle says is the greatest of all the virtues.
00:47:58.760He displayed it not only in his response to the two assassination attempts, but look at the way that he has sort of waded through these 91 criminal charges.
00:48:09.040Any other Republican facing three criminal charges would have fled the field, quit the race, never be heard from again.
00:48:16.620So at a time when you are dealing with this juggernaut of a police state being mobilized on the left, we need a tough guy on our side.
00:48:24.220And Trump is is the toughest of the tough guys we have.
00:48:28.760The film is Vindicating Trump. And what can I say? I might be taking Tanya Tate to see it on our date night tonight.
00:48:36.000Thanks so much, Danes. Absolutely, Jack.
00:48:38.960By the way, the website VindicatingTrump.com.
00:48:42.020Plug in your city. VindicatingTrump.com.
00:48:45.400Make sure everybody gets that. Ladies and gentlemen, see you in Butler, Pennsylvania tomorrow.