00:01:04.000His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.
00:01:13.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:02:27.000I know some people actually that were messaging me saying that they were going to stay throughout the storm.
00:02:31.000And I said, I don't know if that's wise or prudent.
00:02:33.000This is not a 50 or 60 mile an hour thing.
00:02:36.000Kind of in Florida, there is sometimes a culture of, oh, they always say the storm is going to be worse than it actually is.
00:02:43.000Well, I just really, I don't know how wise that is because all it has to be is right once for you to be wrong and to have some serious damage happen.
00:02:52.000So we're going to have a we're going to have a report from Frontlines on that in just a second.
00:03:00.000But I want to get to the Nord Stream story.
00:03:02.000The Nord Stream topic has always perplexed me.
00:03:05.000I never understood why there was a pipeline in the first place that was approved from Russia to Germany and to all of Europe.
00:03:16.000It was never explained to me why it was okay to import natural gas, fossil fuels from a country that our own intelligence agency says it's our greatest enemy.
00:03:30.000But I do not think our posture towards Russia and looking at them as a geopolitical sworn enemy of the United States right now is anything.
00:03:50.000He knew they were gangsters, but he needed them to defeat a greater evil at the time.
00:03:57.000I think that we could learn a lot from Churchill of how he handled Russia and how we very well could have a temporary real politic alliance with Russia, understanding that they're gangsters, they're godless, they act as if they're soulless, and they're not exactly a moral government, but they could be very helpful in the coming conflict against the Chinese Communist Party anyway.
00:04:19.000Never made any sense to me, though, why the United States Intelligence Agency simultaneously tells us that fossil fuels are the worst thing ever, that you guys all need to have electric cars, you need to get rid of your SUVs, that Russia's the worst thing ever, and they allowed this project to be built from mainland Russia to Germany.
00:04:38.000By the way, there's plenty of natural gas in the Scandinavian countries.
00:04:42.000There's plenty of natural gas in pockets of Germany, but this is the same sort of very inexplicable walking contradiction of the American ruling class, which is we hate the thing, but we're okay getting the thing from people that we're supposed to hate.
00:05:03.000So we hate natural gas, we hate oil, we hate fossil fuels, but we're okay getting that and importing that from a country that is a sworn enemy of the United States.
00:05:15.000Okay, so this was built from Russia to Germany.
00:05:18.000It never made any sense to me why it was built.
00:05:20.000No one ever explained to me why the United States could not at least help with the supply of natural gas to Europe.
00:05:27.000The only explanation was a logistical explanation, which is understandable, thousands of miles away, not easy to build a pipeline across an ocean, but there's other ways to transport natural gas.
00:05:37.000You could do it through barge or carrier, other ways.
00:05:39.000Not exactly the most efficient way, but still, why you have to go through Russia, it almost created the preconditions for a massive geopolitical explosion.
00:05:52.000Yesterday, there was a massive geopolitical explosion.
00:05:56.000Yesterday, Nordstream, in the middle of the ocean, the pipeline was sabotaged.
00:06:01.000It was sabotaged with military sophistication that could only be attributed to a major industrialized country.
00:06:09.000This was not a bunch of dolphins or fish that went out of their way and all of a sudden the pipeline falls apart.
00:06:15.000This was underwater, TNT, hyper-sophisticated explosive devices that was done, as Tucker beautifully put it last night, an act of industrial sabotage.
00:06:28.000So Nordstream is in a lot of ways the lifeblood of part of the Russian economy.
00:06:33.000The Russian economy operates on oil, natural gas, petrodollar.
00:06:39.000And so the immediate kind of consensus out of the intelligence agency is that the Russian government did this.
00:06:46.000The Russian government is the one that destroyed their own pipeline.
00:07:00.000But is that the most rational explanation?
00:07:04.000Does all the mounting evidence building into this particular moment point towards the idea that the Russian government would go destroy their own economic lifeblood right now?
00:07:16.000Because leading up to this, we have evidence of evidence of evidence on evidence, evidence, on evidence, of first Joe Biden in Cut 83 saying that if Russia invades Ukraine, we're going to bring an end to this pipeline.
00:07:33.000If Germany, if Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, then there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2.
00:08:26.000And that's all this is, is pure speculation.
00:08:29.000Because to say that the United States government was the driving force or the planner behind what was just happened, which is international economic energy terrorism yesterday, is an act of war.
00:08:45.000If the United States government was behind this, and I'm not saying they are, I'm asking a question, then that is an act of war against Russia.
00:08:55.000Well, Victoria Newland, who is one of the worst people in the United States government, says if Russia invades Ukraine, one way or the other, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward.
00:09:32.000There's the original Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2.
00:09:35.000But now we know that this Nord Stream was destroyed.
00:09:38.000This is going to create a further energy crisis in mainland Europe as we head into the colder and colder winter months.
00:09:48.000So the United States government approved of the construction of this Russian pipeline just to then say that we're going to destroy it if Russia invades Ukraine?
00:09:59.000These were underwater explosives with over a hundred pounds of TNT.
00:10:06.000How many countries have a Navy sophisticated enough to pull this off?
00:11:10.000Too often we find ourselves arguing about whether or not America is great or not, or whether we should be ashamed or whether we should love America.
00:11:20.000For too many years, too many of our schools have been neglecting to teach young people about our great heritage of liberty, presenting them instead a dishonest narrative of America as a fundamentally unjust or racist country.
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00:12:03.000We got a couple things simultaneously happening.
00:12:05.000We have some friends that are going to be calling in in the eye of the hurricane.
00:12:10.000We have Benny Johnson, who's going to be calling in.
00:12:14.000And we're going to play some tape with Benny, who's in Tampa, on how Democrats are promising that if we elect them in the midterms, they're going to get rid of hurricanes.
00:12:58.000But throughout today, it's really picked up.
00:13:01.000I am on the outer edge of the eye wall.
00:13:03.000We're getting gusts up over 100 miles per hour at this point.
00:13:08.000It's near Port Charlotte is where I'm at on the bay.
00:13:11.000And actually, all the water has been sucked out of the bay into the ocean.
00:13:15.000And that's because of the way the winds are just pushing this water out.
00:13:18.000But unfortunately, on the south side, that water is being pushed in in storm surge near Naples.
00:13:23.000And then what we're expecting as the storm moves inland is that storm surge in the Port Charlotte area to come in and cause a lot of damage with storm surge.
00:13:31.000That's going to be the story of this storm.
00:13:34.000And of course, now we're looking at 155-ish mile per hour winds going to be coming throughout the west coast of Florida, especially between Port Charlotte and Naples.
00:13:44.000And it's going to be devastating in this area.
00:13:46.000You're already seeing anything, sheet metal, anything that's not down on the ground right now is flying around.
00:13:53.000So that's actually why I'm in a vehicle.
00:15:17.000Hurricane Charlie in this area really helped them prepare for the next one.
00:15:21.000A lot of the infrastructure is underground, especially electricity.
00:15:24.000Believe it or not, we still have electricity and we've had wind gusts over 100 miles per hour.
00:15:27.000So it did, they are a little more prepared.
00:15:30.000But what where the difference is is the population.
00:15:33.000The population of Florida has really grown in this area.
00:15:36.000And unfortunately, there's a lot of people that's never been through a category four hurricane, especially as it's approaching category five hurricanes.
00:15:43.000And so that's where my worry is: the people are not taking these wordings and unfortunately are going to be out in the storm and going to get in trouble.
00:15:53.000Now, the structures, most of the Florida code, building code across the state, you know, like the governor, the governors in the past has mandated that these structures be built properly for these storms.
00:16:06.000So, so far, if something like this along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Alabama, you would see structure damage already.
00:16:12.000So far, we're not seeing that, but you're going to see that change with that 155 mile-an-hour winds.
00:16:17.000You're going to really see that transition into damage of not only structures, but you're looking at catastrophic flooding.
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00:17:45.000Michael says, Charlie, you call Russia godless.
00:17:48.000Under Putin, active churches in Russia have gone from 7,000 to 40,000.
00:17:52.000That doesn't sound very godless to me.
00:17:55.000So look, Mike, I hate to break it to you.
00:17:59.000Russia is one of the most atheist countries in the world.
00:18:01.000That very well might be true, but Russian atheism is a very, very strong thing.
00:18:06.000And in fact, you look at religion in Russia, you very well might be right about a revival in Christianity, of which I highly doubt in some sense.
00:18:16.000But the amount of atheists or the amount of non-religious people in Russia is a very considerable part of the population, extremely considerable.
00:18:25.000And then he says, with all due respect, you sound like McCain, Graham, Pelosi, and Schumer.
00:19:39.000And so you have no more bay, and you can see the rocks and sort of, you know, sort of like what would normally be inside of the bay all exposed.
00:19:48.000There are people out there running around with their kids.
00:19:51.000I don't know if I necessarily suggest that, but this is what it looks like right now.
00:19:56.000The hurricane force winds are really, really high and we walk down.
00:20:41.000This would normally, of course, be filled with water, and now you're seeing it like a Moses situation with the Red Sea.
00:20:47.000And so now you can go and walk on what would normally be a full, you know, a full bay.
00:20:54.000You can see the retaining wall here on Tampa Bay.
00:20:57.000And by the way, I mean, I just last, but I must say, since we're still live, Charlie Kirk is the person who demanded that I move to Florida.
00:21:08.000So I blame fully Charlie Kirk for this current situation my family is in.
00:23:22.000Benny, I don't know if you heard this or not, but Democrats are now running on the promise that if we elect them in November, they're going to get rid of hurricanes.
00:25:04.000If you're in a state where hurricanes often strike, like Florida or the Gulf Coast or into Texas, a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now.
00:25:18.000Everything is more complicated if you're not vaccinated in a hurricane or natural disaster hits.
00:25:25.000So, Benny, are the vaccinated people in Tampa Bay more protected?
00:25:32.000Yeah, well, listen, we can have some scary stuff happening here, and we hope that everyone's heart stays ticking and that there's no massive spike in bad tickers here because it's going to get stressful.
00:25:48.000So, we hope that everyone stays safe, vaccinated or unvaccinated, and there were never vaxxed mandates here in Florida.
00:25:55.000Thank God for Governor Rondon Santis, who, again, like again, is just believing in nature and God's laws and not forcing people to eat their salads with a comb like Amy Klobuchar and the other sad, miserable hedonists who believe that they can control the weather.
00:26:10.000This is a natural phenomenon, a natural occurrence.
00:26:32.000And I got some expert advice from some people.
00:26:35.000Don't stand there too long in that vacated bay because it could come back very quickly and actually hurt some people, nearly killed them last time.
00:27:21.000Well, Charlie, when you really have to look at this, I mean, there's certainly a number of potential candidates, whether it be one of the NATO countries, whether Five Eyes, of course, which is a portion of NATO that would exclude Germany, the Russians themselves, the Ukrainians.
00:27:35.000Certainly a lot of people have the capability to do it or at least the motive to do it.
00:27:39.000But I really think when we also examine the question of who benefits, we should also look at who suffers.
00:27:48.000Uh target of this attack, this economic warfare that we're seeing right here, because it is the Germans who became so reliant against the the better advice of a certain 45th president of the United States to not become over reliant on Russia.
00:28:02.000They decided to, and they also decided to listen to the advice of Greta Thunberg instead of president Trump, and so instead they decided to put all their chips in on a Russian pipeline.
00:28:11.000That pipeline is now destroyed as they're hurtling towards an energy crisis across the continent of Europe.
00:28:17.000You're right, Germany will suffer, but if, in a very sinister way, if you wanted to force a very radical green energy agenda, would you do this?
00:28:43.000They do not want people on fossil fuels.
00:28:46.000I don't think the greenies or Greenpeace have the capability to, you know, lay mines or get uh, get a seal team down there or anything like that, but it's certainly something that they would look at and say, shrug their shoulders.
00:29:20.000But we should tell you that maybe not coincidentally, today a brand new pipeline was unveiled, a pipeline that carries Non-Russian natural gas in roughly the same area as Nord Streams one and two.
00:29:33.000It will carry natural gas from Norway through Denmark to Poland and other countries nearby, and it's likely to do very well, since now it has less competition, Jack.
00:29:44.000So who in kind of this geopolitical mess would be most likely to pull this off?
00:29:50.000That has the most to benefit, to make the most people suffer?
00:29:53.000The American intelligence community is making it seem as if this had to be Russia who destroyed their own pipeline.
00:30:11.000The Russians have spent a decade plus planning this thing, paying for this thing, working on building this thing, trying to get it through.
00:30:17.000I was at the Helsinki summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, where this came up as a point of contention between the two of them from an economic competition perspective where, of course, President Trump was pushing for that American energy dominance, keeping all of the oil Prices low, right?
00:30:34.000Which, of course, by the way, prevents war.
00:30:35.000I want to make sure everyone understands that.
00:30:42.000Whereas, of course, Putin was saying, well, I can get my prices under yours, and that's why the pipeline is more economically beneficial.
00:30:48.000So, a lot of this was the driving factor.
00:30:50.000Then, of course, Biden takes off the sanctions, as Ambassador Grinnell, of course, has brought up many times.
00:30:57.000And that really paved the way for this because those high oil prices really, really fueled the Russian coffers in terms of it.
00:31:04.000So, when you look at who benefits, you have to take into consideration the fact that Germany going into this dark winter that they're looking at, where you've got even Deutsche Bank was coming out saying that the Germans were potentially looking to having to chop down trees in order to make up a significant percentage of their heat for this winter.
00:31:25.000That they, that if they continued the sanctions on the pipelines, the sanctions on Russia, you had Germans just two days ago marching in the streets demanding to drop the sanctions.
00:31:35.000So, you have to imagine that Olaf Schultz and all the Germans up there were starting to get a little bit pun intended cold feet, right, over the entire idea of sanctions, and that they may have then turned again to Russia to say, maybe we can work out something.
00:32:41.000So, Jack, then how do you think the United States government's going to respond to this?
00:32:45.000Well, I saw President Trump post it on Truth earlier today and saying that everybody needs to just pump the brakes, cool their jets, because there's a situation here that if you go tit for tat, if you go escalation, if you say, Hey, there's this pipeline over here, what if somebody takes that out next?
00:33:01.000And suddenly you're taking out pipeline after pipeline after pipeline, right?
00:33:05.000That is how you spill into World War III very clearly, very quickly.
00:33:09.000And President Trump came out and said that he would personally be willing to broker some kind of an agreement between the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia to at least get to a ceasefire, at least get to an armistice, or some kind of talks that could be held to just cool over the entire situation so that Germany can get their heat for the winter.
00:33:28.000We figure out a way to do it, and we don't start pulling fingers and planning blame.
00:33:33.000From what I've heard, the White House actually was taken by surprise by this.
00:33:37.000That Jake Sullivan, Blinken, those guys, they did not know that this was coming.
00:33:41.000They heard about it in the situation room watching MSNBC.
00:33:44.000So, which is pretty much the only thing they watched in the situation room.
00:33:51.000And I think that's why when you heard some of those initial statements, official statements, it's been pretty low level.
00:33:57.000Karine Jean-Pierre didn't really have a very strong statement, even at the briefing, which, of course, was almost 12 hours after the initial last reporting took place.
00:34:06.000And so, she didn't have a prepared statement.