00:47:12.060being fat is completely unacceptable bro you probably eating hot cheetos right now is watching
00:47:17.820this fucking stream bro what the fuck it's good that you're stopping weed but it's unacceptable
00:47:25.500that you're getting fat in the process the fuck is wrong with you so court is set to take place
00:47:30.6408 30 to 4 30 every day with a lunch break um they're going to be pretty intense days obviously
00:47:35.280the hearings have been starting at 10 a.m getting up super early we're on we're on david timing now
00:47:39.540So I got there pretty early. I wasn't the first person. I was like the third person. Shout out to a couple other people that got there before me. But people are taking this very seriously and getting down there early. So they basically went on to say that this questionnaire that they're giving to the jurors is not being released publicly. It doesn't have the jurors names on it. They're just numbered. They basically said that you've just got to be honest. If you're not honest, you could be charged with perjury. They said that it's not normal in federal court to release names of jurors. The questionnaires don't have the names of the jurors on. They're just numbered. And these numbers will correspond to the juror.
00:48:09.000and that's basically what's going to determine um you know the corresponding information if there's
00:48:14.260if there's information about a juror from the questionnaire they're not saying their name they're
00:48:18.100not saying hey this steve smith i made that name up by the way but oh steve smith is a massive fan
00:48:22.220of little dirk he should be excluded etc um so from there um like i say the judge said if you're
00:48:28.360not honest on these questionnaires or at any point you could be charged with perjury um criminal
00:48:32.740counts um are basically put to the put against the defendants in order to get things going so
00:48:37.320he basically explained what an indictment is what these criminal counts were how charges start and
00:48:42.520he made it very clear to the jury they said look an indictment doesn't prove anything i'm sure
00:48:46.080dirk and his lawyers were very pleased to hear that obviously we you know the judge is being
00:48:48.980very fair he's giving very good instructions um and he said i'm going to give instructions that
00:48:52.840the jurors must follow doesn't matter if you don't like the law doesn't matter if you disagree with
00:48:56.760the law if you think murder for hire get back the bond should be allowed that doesn't give you the
00:49:00.780right to basically dictate what happens in this case the judge is going to direct you to follow
00:49:05.940the law of the land, the case law, the precedence from previous legal cases. Just because you don't
00:49:10.180like the law doesn't mean that you can rule in contrary to it. Now, what was interesting is the
00:49:14.840judge says, look, he didn't say that he disagrees with the laws, but he said, that goes for me too.
00:49:18.920I have to follow the laws that were passed and precedented. We're all obliged to follow them.
00:49:23.160The judge didn't say this, but he was basically saying there's probably laws that that judge
00:49:26.380doesn't agree with. And he says, it's your right as an American to disagree with the government.
00:49:30.680It's your right as an American to lobby. You can protest. You can, you know, petition for the law
00:49:35.540to be changed but that doesn't mean that when you're sat in that jury chair in that jury
00:49:39.140deliberation room that you can make personal decisions on what the outcome of a case should
00:49:42.860be contrary to the law the judge is going to tell you what the law is what the precedent is what the
00:49:47.420how the evidence should be interpreted uh in an in a proper yeah what is referring to guys is
00:49:53.440jury instruction which the judge will always provide so that you know the jury understands
00:49:57.880like what to assess and what to not assess and kind of go from there um so that there's no
00:50:03.080confusion a way that's consistent with the law and they're going to have to rule on that basis
00:50:06.980so the judge was just doing an amazing job to be honest um they recently said it's what is up to
00:50:11.820you it's not up to you what laws and precedents you should follow but what is up to you is to
00:50:16.140decide who to believe to interpret the exhibits and decide what you think of them now again this
00:50:21.540was really interesting because obviously we're hearing all of this talk from dirk's team talking
00:50:25.360about oh you know these these witnesses these snitches these participating witnesses they can't
00:50:31.120be trusted because they've taken proffer agreements and proffer agreements they're going to say
00:50:35.060anything they have to to you know get out of trouble well the judges made it very clear
00:50:40.140having a proffer agreement doesn't make somebody inherently untrustworthy all of these agreements
00:50:45.120were made under oath and basically if the jury judges them based on what they said as not being
00:50:51.040truthful then that's that is what it is that's a separate issue but they can't um basically you
00:50:55.980know make up the law in themselves they can't say because someone took a proffer they're
00:50:59.500untrustworthy they're going to listen to their words and if the juror says hey all of you lot
00:51:03.160are cappers liars i don't trust none of you then the jury can make that decision and deliberate on
00:51:08.000the basis that they don't believe people are trustworthy they said what they can't do is
00:51:13.260decide who they're going to believe before they talk based on any kind of prejudice they basically
00:51:18.360he didn't say this but he basically inferred that like look if you're a racist based on somebody's
00:51:22.980race or based on somebody's background or their age you can't just take one look at them and say
00:51:26.820I don't believe this guy that's not proper that's not allowed and you can't be doing that um so
00:51:30.820after that the judge made all that very clear and then it was the prosecution's opportunity
00:51:34.820to summarize the indictment charges so I'll tell you what was said and they summarized it
00:51:38.980based on what was pre-agreed but I'll give you the pretty and this is also important for you
00:51:42.520guys to know too um they did like several superseding indictments which means they like
00:51:49.140added more and more charges to Dirk uh over the past year much exact wording of what they said
00:51:54.480because it was interesting and again it i'd say it does lean a little bit towards the prosecution
00:52:00.180because they they have an opportunity to paint the narrative that they want through the way that
00:52:03.780they introduce these charges they're telling it like a story they're not saying count one count
00:52:07.600two count three like an indictment they're basically telling their version of the story
00:52:11.180of what they think happened so here's what they said they said these defendants little i'll use
00:52:16.420the nicknames but obviously they said the real names and the nicknames these defendants little
00:52:20.420Dirk, Dee Dee and Brown Eyes are charged in this. The allegation is that these defendants
00:52:25.720co-conspired to kill Kwon Do Rondo. They said Tyquan Bowman, aka Kwon Do Rondo, they said this
00:52:32.060was as part of a stalking and murder for hire allegation. They tracked the car all through Los
00:52:39.000Angeles. They tried to kill Kwon Do Rondo as part of their stalking and murder for hire. They ended
00:52:43.440up killing the wrong person. They killed Savaya Robinson, Lil Pab. The co-conspirators tried to
00:52:47.720kill quando rondo as revenge for the killing of king von and there were five counts that basically
00:52:52.900summarized the whole situation which was like this overall stalking uh in relation to the murder
00:52:59.280stalking quando stalking savaya robinson the murder for hire and stalking that resulted in murder
00:53:03.020so this part was crazy and look this is no disrespect no shade to the judge we're all human
00:53:07.300we all make mistakes but after that was read the judge accidentally had a little slip of the tongue
00:53:11.780and said okay uh so these defendants have all pled guilty to these charges and it was like audible
00:53:18.540gasps in the courtroom everyone was like wait what huh like huh it was like wait what and then the
00:53:24.500judge was like oh my bad i said they meant meant not guilty now i'll be honest with you i think
00:53:28.280that was it was just like a little slip of the tongue everything was moving fast this was a big
00:53:31.460moment i don't know that could be something that brian steel and drew findling would be like
00:53:35.000if they were being hysterical they could have said oh you've tainted the whole jury like you've said
00:53:39.320to the jury that they pled guilty when they did it.
00:53:41.600They're definitely not going to do that.
00:54:38.800So, obviously, I can only imagine, well, no, they already said that it's going to be filled because they're going to need multiple courtrooms to be able to, obviously, they're going to need multiple courtrooms, obviously, to be able to show this trial, which means that each courtroom is going to be packed with reporters and journalists and YouTubers and streamers and influencers or whatever.
00:55:00.380but yeah you can't record in a federal courtroom um they don't even i remember when i went to the
00:55:03.920diddy trials you guys know that was a federal court that was a federal court case as well
00:55:07.480um you were not able to even bring your phone in you have to lock up all of your stuff so um
00:55:14.640that's just how federal court is guys can't record in there can't bring cameras in there
00:55:18.440uh state court you can federal nope all right wait a minute will we is this case about to be
00:55:25.120something completely different to what we were expecting it was crazy honestly it was crazy so
00:55:30.260after that, all of the jurors were sworn in. Obviously, they have to be truthful.
00:55:34.960The judge gave preliminary instructions for completing that questionnaire. So he said that
00:55:38.360this was all done to avoid wasting time. We're not going to ask you this stuff one by one on
00:55:41.580the stand. We'll be here forever. So he said, what I'm going to do is I'm going to get you
00:55:44.480all here, give you instructions, give you the questionnaire. You take those away this afternoon
00:55:47.560and we're going to meet back up tomorrow and go over what everything was said in those
00:55:50.660questionnaires with a fine tooth comb. Now, he told them you're legally obliged to tell the truth
00:55:55.180and you cannot discuss this. When you fill out this questionnaire in the jury room and you go
00:55:58.640home you cannot discuss any details of this case with and uh one chest here uh l broke he's out
00:56:04.040red pill masturbators l fat people w shaving uh predictable predictable fat loss guys if you guys
00:56:08.840want to go ahead and not be fat pos's jump in with um with one chest he'll help you guys not be fat
00:56:15.640um because we don't like fat people over here uh we actually shame fat people uh all day you guys
00:56:20.940should know this already bro i i don't like fat people being out of shape is just unacceptable
00:56:25.820in 2026 with how much free information is out there um but yeah jump on a consult with uh
00:56:31.500will one chest if you guys need some motivation if anyone that includes your friends your family
00:56:37.740co-worker anyone like you can't you gotta go and this is you're sworn to secrecy this is your sworn
00:56:42.460omerta like you're in the mafia okay but the legal mafia um but anyway justice system um they said
00:56:48.540do not communicate on social media about anything to do with this case and this is where it got very
00:56:52.220interesting i was hoping i was thinking i hope they don't bring my name up but they said do not
00:56:55.500do any online research on the case, on the defendants, on the lawyers. No online searches.
00:57:00.640That's only for the jury. No news stories, no TV shows. I was thinking, I hope you don't say
00:57:07.200YouTube documentaries, but he didn't say that, so I'm in the clear. But after that, he basically
00:57:11.000explained, look, there's other issues that were going on. He said the first set of questions,
00:57:15.180sorry, excuse me, the first set of questions on the questionnaire, they're just basic background
00:57:18.700questions. They wanted to know your area. He said, do not put your full address on the questionnaire.
00:57:23.060We don't want to know your address. Don't want to know your street. We don't want to know your
00:57:25.480apartment number he just said the location the area and he gave examples he said in los angeles
00:57:29.980there's a lot of different areas there's hollywood las filas whatever i can't remember where they
00:57:34.020said all right but he basically said a bunch of places he said that's the limit that's all we
00:57:37.360want to know all right he said we want to know your employment status and he said a lot of very
00:57:41.500very interesting things he said it's alleged that the rap music culture is relevant to this he said
00:57:47.340so if you live with a music executive if you live with someone in law enforcement if you've done
00:57:51.880past jury experience if you know anything about this and this was crazy this killed me okay he
00:57:56.340said there will be questions in this questionnaire about your music taste so i don't know they're
00:58:00.600going to be asking them if they're into chicago hey uh do you bet do you listen to chief keith
00:58:05.920and dirk if you say yeah they're gonna kick you out that's kind of crazy but hey it's true though
00:58:12.040like i mean if you're a fan of the music you you're you can't be an impartial juror so yeah
00:58:16.720that's that's actually as funny as that sounds they do have to ask you that though they do
00:58:21.880if you fuck with the music, yeah, bro, that's, they gotta ask you that.
00:58:27.720Well, if they're shyracologists, he didn't say this, but I'm thinking,
00:58:30.600is he going to ask them if they're on Reddit or any of that stuff?
00:58:32.480But I don't know. Maybe that's just me.
00:58:36.180But he said one of the defendants is a very well-known musician.
00:58:40.040He said rap culture is a big part of what ties these defendants together.
00:58:43.960He said you might know rap music or you might know the defendant specifically.
00:58:47.380Obviously, they said Lil Durk and his nickname when they introduced charges.
00:58:50.920They said Lil Durk, Dee Dee, or Deesky, which obviously is a rap name.
00:58:54.600As far as I'm aware, I ain't never heard no music from Brown Eyes.
00:58:57.560But anyway, they basically went on and they said that, look, he's...
00:59:01.240I could have got this wrong because this part just flew by.
00:59:04.340But I feel like he said that he's hoping that this whole thing will be done by the 14th of September.
00:59:10.120And then he kind of was like, I could change.
00:59:11.880That's what I thought he said, it could be done by the 14th, which would kind of add up.
00:59:15.660But anyway, he said that he's going to ask them in the questionnaire about their personal hardships.
00:59:18.960if they've got any prepaid vacations that are conflict with the estimated timing of this date
00:59:24.700this these court dates this trial do they have child care obligations that they can't get out of
00:59:29.620are any of them sole business owners that are responsible for their own financial income that
00:59:34.060will be harmed if they're forced to come to the courthouse every single day he said he's going to
00:59:38.340be tough but fair on this he said jury service i thought this was really poetic he said jury
00:59:42.580service is a duty and a privilege he said jury service predates the united states of america as
00:59:48.740it exists. He said they had juries in relation to crimes in colonial times before the U.S. was
00:59:54.460even a thing we were sitting together as juries. I was getting a history lesson. I thought it was
00:59:58.080really fascinating and really important. It just goes to show you that the actual justice system
01:00:02.380in this process that Lil Durk's going through, this predates America in itself. Now, he did say,
01:00:06.300he said, look, okay, look, I'll be fair. He was like, back in them times, the only people that
01:00:10.180could be on jurors were white landowners. And he said that would be appalling today.
01:00:14.240W. That's why this is going to be a diver. It needs to go back to that. Landowners only could
01:00:18.360be on juries bro you got you can't let broke niggas be on the jury bro you got to let people
01:00:22.240that actually have stake in the game have any type of power i agree with that okay
01:00:27.160if you're a brokey you're on welfare shit like that we don't care about your opinion bro get
01:00:32.740the fuck out of here okay fuck out here you have nothing to lose you have no skin in the game
01:00:38.220you have no skin in the game you can't play the game you need to go back to that
01:23:09.360Since Orlando Anderson was killed in a gang-related shooting over two years after Tupac's death,
01:23:15.640he's no longer around for me to question.
01:23:18.620But shortly before his death, Stephanie was able to obtain an exclusive interview with him.
01:23:24.460This is the first time this interview has been seen in 20 years.
01:23:28.560So I was looking for lying behaviors while I watched this.
01:23:31.980Sarah Michael Novia is a behavioral expert who has studied this video, and she's going to tell us whether Orlando Anderson was being honest.
01:57:12.320In 2006, is it fair to say that you started doing work for the DEA?
01:57:19.020Oh, we gave him an informant for DEA in Haida. Haida, guys, stands for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. It's an initiative from the government where they get funded to, you know, aggressively pursue high intensity drug trafficking areas. Haida, that's what it's known as.
02:08:36.840We were continuing riding on the Strip area.
02:08:38.920We were heading southbound on the boulevard, and we heard some calls come out about a vehicle.
02:08:44.220I can't remember exactly what was said, but heading up towards Harmon, we saw the vehicle that had been described in the median of the road.
02:08:52.060It looked like it had ran up on the median and was stopped there in the middle of the boulevard.
02:15:36.720So he had a tube there to help drain some of what was going on in his body.
02:15:40.740Correct. And in the previous one that had all the medical intervention, you could see from the left side there was a similar chest tube on that left side.
02:15:47.020From your review, were you able to determine sort of the path of this particular bullet?
02:15:52.200It entered here in the right lateral aspect of the chest, just below the axilla, the armpit, and then went across the right chest space, went across the right lung, and then ended up coming to rest in what we call the sternal notch.
02:16:03.600The sternal notch is a location just between where your collarbones kind of meet up towards the center of your chest.
02:16:09.280So just beneath that, the projectile was recovered.
02:16:13.340The nature of that type of wound, what did it physically do to him, his ability to breathe and those types of things?
02:16:24.080So the injury to the lung would have collapsed the lung and also caused the lung to bleed.
02:16:29.740And so it was documented within the medical records that he had about two liters of blood in his chest cavity
02:16:34.580when they put in the chest tube to try to save him.
02:16:36.940and similarly they ended up removing that lung to try to save him and kind of clamp off the bleeding
02:16:42.780and then already had multiple episodes of not becoming responsive so he wasn't able to breathe
02:16:48.720he was bleeding out in that area from that injury.
02:16:51.520Okay, by the way, you know how we always talk about the dangers here on Sidebar of the World?
02:16:54.660There's a lot. Something you might not be thinking about?
02:17:35.880That bullet entered in the lateral aspect of the right thigh and then went upwards into the abdomen
02:17:40.680and damaged his intestines. They ended up operating there and removed a portion of his
02:17:46.040intestines. And then during that surgery, they recovered another projectile.
02:17:50.320Dr. Gavin, as I said, she wasn't the original enemy. That was Dr. Jordan,
02:17:53.400and he has since passed away. Okay, now we go to questioning by the defense. So on cross-examination,
02:17:58.080defense attorney Michael Samp pressed her on this, that she was relying on records
02:18:02.380that were decades old, photos that were taken with Polaroid cameras, a record she didn't keep
02:18:07.600herself. So to me, this is consistent with the defense's argument, which we heard in an opening
02:18:12.340statement yesterday, that this whole investigation was sloppy, that it was botched, that it was
02:18:17.460incomplete, that you're talking about a case almost 30 years old. So trying to raise reasonable
02:18:21.800doubt, trying to raise questions about the reliability of the prosecution's case, the
02:18:25.700investigative work. And if jurors are perhaps hesitant about one aspect of the prosecution's
02:18:31.000case or the investigation, perhaps they will not believe the whole case, the whole theory,
02:18:36.460the whole narrative. Maybe they'll question it. But the prosecution pushed back on redirect. Take
02:18:41.480a look. Your testimony here today revolves really around your view of the record that was laid out
02:18:46.74030 years ago. Yes, that's correct. And so I have fair to say, of course, that keeping records would
02:18:50.660be very important in your life work. Yes. In the event that in the future, something that you do
02:18:55.280while you're on vacation somewhere in the Bahamas could be testified to by another doctor. That's
02:18:59.060Now, with regards to the records that you saw here, and is it Dr. Jordan, was there anything missing in your review of those records in terms of record keeping or anything like that?
02:19:10.360No, but we only took a few photos at the time of autopsy.
02:19:13.840At that time, they used Polaroids or they used film and cameras, and so we had a few photos of the body itself.
02:19:20.480And so consequently, the crime scene analyst photos were helpful for being able to come to determination in addition to the reports.
02:19:26.980So as I talk about this initial alleged altercation at the MGM, after this alleged beating at this
02:19:42.560hotel, police responded to the scene. But the man who was apparently attacked, Orlando Anderson,
02:19:48.020Keefe D's nephew, seemingly didn't want to cooperate. Sergeant Kenneth Rios was one of
02:19:52.540the officers who responded that night. Here's what he told the jury about his interaction with
02:19:55.660i asked him first if he needed medical assistance and he refused he said he was fine
02:19:59.900uh i then asked him what happened and he told me basically that a couple of guys that he didn't
02:20:05.000know jumped him and once again i asked him if he needed medical he said no i asked if he wanted to
02:20:10.720file a report and he said no uh at that point was he yeah because they were going to go handle it
02:20:17.320by themselves the street code as usual released and free to go on his way yes he was um later on
02:20:23.620that evening uh did you learn about a shooting involving Tupac Shakur yes I did and then were
02:20:29.000you asked to then draft a report as to what your interaction was with Mr. Anderson yes I was um
02:20:35.540and at that time what name did you remember for Mr. Anderson it was Orlando I remember his first
02:20:41.320name um would it be is it anything unusual that when a victim it's crazy because they're bringing
02:20:48.040all these people from 30 years ago dude it must have been a pain yo i got it no one's going to
02:20:54.400notice this but yo it must have been a pain in the ass for them to track down these fucking
02:20:58.000witnesses bro oh my god people retired people dead people that like moved or left like it must
02:21:08.460have been a pain in the ass to track down all these goddamn witnesses man gets attacked and
02:21:13.500doesn't want to, uh, press charges or write a report for you not to have written a report that
02:21:19.400night? No, it's, it's not. Basically, if you don't have a victim, you don't have a crime as
02:21:24.700we put it, um, which isn't necessarily true. You always have a crime, but if you don't have a
02:21:29.080victim, the chances of prosecution, you won't get any information. And there's, so we don't take a
02:21:34.540report if they're the victim refuses. I would imagine the argument would be from the prosecution.
02:21:40.000Anderson didn't want authorities to get involved, right? Because he and co would want to take care
02:21:46.180of it themselves, that they would want to go after Tupac Shakur. I wonder if that's the
02:21:50.280significance of this. We'll see. Now let's go to cross-examination by the defense. The defense
02:21:54.080did press him on one thing, his report. Now Rios admitted he didn't write it immediately after the
02:21:59.700fight and didn't know if anyone requested more surveillance video that night. So the defense's
02:22:03.260point again, does this prove a sloppy investigation? And so the state had asked you a question
02:22:08.380specifically as to when you wrote your report. You wrote it after, like, after you got off
02:22:12.320of this particular shift. Is that when you wrote your report? I don't recall when I wrote it, but I'm
02:22:16.320sure that my officer's report would reflect that time, but I know I didn't write it immediately
02:22:20.440after. All right. And in terms of your knowledge that Tupac's report
02:22:24.580had just been shot, your testimony to the jury is that you had
02:22:28.480understood at that point that potentially a person by the name of Orlando may have been something to do with
02:22:32.460that particular case. I don't recall if that was the reason why I wrote the report, if that's
02:22:36.440what you're asking. Yeah, because I'm a little curious. Like, how do you, I mean, you know,
02:22:40.220there's a shooting of Tupac Shakur. How do you, is it because you heard that there's a shooting
02:22:44.340up of Tupac Shakur that you go, wait a minute, there was an incident that occurred with Tupac
02:22:47.240on property. Is that how we get to this point? Back then, I don't recall if that was the process
02:22:53.080that I went through to make the report. I don't believe so. I believe that there was some other
02:22:57.040officers that probably told me and suggested that I write a report because of his possible
02:29:06.680is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, bro.
02:29:12.280What's it called? Brett's going to have to
02:29:13.460i gotta have to i gotta have brett like do it you know i mean you have to basically it's very
02:29:20.100difficult to run it by yourself someone else has to run it you know i mean um
02:29:26.240all right we'll finish the tupac thing before we uh move back the defense pointed out that
02:29:36.120heidmeyer didn't write a report that night that he handed it off to someone else and they highlighted
02:29:39.860that he didn't actually see the shooting happen or anyone firing a weapon he only heard the gunfire
02:29:43.440and saw a man with a gun after the fact. Now, you were investigating at that particular time
02:29:47.860selling vehicles out of that garage. Did you write a report on your own with regards to what
02:29:53.440you were doing that night with the selling vehicles? Actually, no. I turned that report
02:29:57.080over to my other co-officers because I was tied up with this incident. Okay. I'm going to zoom
02:30:02.440a little bit better for you here, sir, if I could. Going back again, that's hopefully more helpful.
02:30:07.700All right, so when you said that you looked over and you saw, can you explain for us again sort of where the vehicles were that you saw?
02:30:15.200Well, the vehicles were on the radio heading east, and they were in, you'd have a left-turn lane, two forward lanes, and a right-turn lane, and the vehicles were in the farthest left center lane.
02:30:57.300And then with regards to the vehicles themselves, your testimony was that there was a white van of some sort of maybe vehicle in front of the black lane WV.
02:34:50.220And if you think Dirk should be free, you can do that.
02:34:52.320But what you can't do is lobby for a certain result in the courtroom or contact a juror or, you know, disseminate leaflets and pamphlets and information inside the courtroom to try and sway opinion.
02:35:02.840And when I thought about it, I'm like, yeah, that's kind of not really allowed.
02:35:05.440It's supposed to be a free, open courtroom.
02:35:07.400And he said that this is a common sense requirement.
02:35:10.980And it was interesting because when I spoke to one of the people that put those leaflets out, respect to them, I said, oh, you know, the judge said you ain't allowed to do that.
02:35:17.200They said, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do that.
02:35:18.720and I was like the judge said it was a common sense thing so you might want to reflect on that
02:35:22.500but anyway like no disrespect to them I understand why they support Dirk I understand why the judge
02:35:27.860kind of made his opinion clear you can't say you didn't know now we know if that happens again the
02:35:32.960judge says it's serious he said you could be removed from the courtroom banned from the courtroom
02:35:36.780and you could even be prosecuted for contempt of court so some of the free Dirk people if you come
02:35:42.160out here with free Dirk to hand out you might end up in jail you might end up with you might meet
02:35:46.180duck so you might want to be careful and what's really crazy about that is that you know i know
02:35:50.760that it was a requirement in the david hearings for example you weren't you couldn't come in david
02:35:54.540much you couldn't come with a free david shirt that extends to your clothing now look the judge
02:35:58.040didn't mention that but again i'm just going to put this out to a warning anyone else out out there
02:36:02.020okay so any of you folks that have thought coming to the trial uh or are supporters that have been
02:36:06.220to the trial you might want to use that common sense requirement and realize i'm telling you
02:36:10.500guys right i don't know for sure but you might get thrown out if you pull up in a free dirk shirt
02:36:14.540You might. I'm just saying you might. Common sense to me, my common sense would tell me that wearing a free Dirk shirt probably isn't a good idea.
02:36:20.400Just like wearing a free David shirt. We got told that any kind of slogan or protest clothing will get you ejected from the courtroom.
02:36:27.020So I can't lie. If I saw someone passing out free David postcards when I was in that David hearing, I might have crashed out.
02:36:33.400I'm joking. But like, you know, that's how I would have felt because it would have been very, very, very disrespectful.
02:36:37.460And to be fair, the judge was very balanced because he said, look, if Lil Pab's family was here handing out postcards saying convict Dirk, Dirk's cook, finish Dirk, he said, I'd say the exact same thing to them and I would be willing to hold them in contempt of court.
02:49:21.720Okay, so she circled out the thing to prove her support to ISIS on July 17th.
02:49:25.420She wrote, pledged, I pledge my allegiance to the capital of Muslims, okay, and sent an audio recording of her doing so to CH1, fucking cooked, cooked, man.
02:49:40.740And here they got her, between July 21st and August 9th, Bowie walked around the New York State Capitol on approximately five separate occasions.
02:49:48.280Based on my training experience, I know people with plantarist attack often do reconnaissance before carrying out the attack.
02:49:53.820And I believe that is what Bowie was doing during each of her visits.
02:49:57.480So she went to the Capitol five different times.
02:49:59.580And you already know FBI agents were probably all over the place having her on surveillance.
02:50:42.000so everyone was involved in this thing
02:50:43.600Chief of Police of Albany, Brendan Cox. Thank you for joining us. Today marks, I would say, a milestone here in this district. It's been some time since anything like this has happened, but we wanted to announce the arrest of Jessica Bowie, age 35, of Albany, New York.
02:51:09.500She's charged with one count of 18 U.S.C. 2339B, attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic Republic of Iraq, commonly known as ISIS.
02:51:35.380on wednesday august 19th 2026 bowie was apprehended by law enforcement for her actions attempting to
02:51:43.280provide material support yeah i mean she went to the capitol building five different times she went
02:51:47.960to home depot to buy explosive device she took an oath uh they got a lot of probable cause on her
02:51:52.260man holy this is a pretty and you and the reason why guys by the way the fbi has gotten a lot of
02:51:58.580trouble for um they've gotten a lot of trouble for um for entrapment okay um and for those of
02:52:06.380you guys that are wondering like what is entrapment it's like when you basically set somebody up
02:52:09.580to commit a crime that they otherwise wouldn't have committed without the assistance of law
02:52:13.780enforcement or some type of informant so um the defense the way to beat entrapment though is to
02:52:19.420show that they were predisposed to commit the crime with or without law enforcement assistance so
02:52:24.280when an informant or undercover comes in their job is to assist them but not to lead them does
02:52:32.660that make sense so that's that's the main thing so as you can see here in this complaint right
02:52:38.500she went to a home depot she went to the capitol building on five separate occasions to do
02:52:43.100reconnaissance um she took a note to isis uh on audio um they have her you know sending messages
02:52:50.480to the informant back and forth of where she wants to attack her taking pictures of everything
02:52:53.680this is all going to be a lot of probable cause
02:56:31.120She clearly stated her desire to carry out an attack at the New York State Capitol.
02:56:37.460In her own words, as alleged in the criminal complaint, she said, quote, I want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting.
02:56:47.200I want them to lose a lot of important documents as well.
02:57:01.120The complaint alleges that she arranged to have an explosive device made out to carry this attack, even purchasing several of the required materials herself.
02:57:10.500She conducted surveillance at the Capitol at least five times, taking dozens of photos.
02:57:15.920She requested a gun she intended to use on any law enforcement officer who tried to stop her.
02:57:21.140More specifically, according to the complaint, she said, quote, something powerful, but easy enough to conceal.
02:57:27.440So if the cops do get towards me during the operation, I can shoot back.
02:58:00.080And I want to be clear. She left that meeting with both items. Make no mistake about it. Ms. Bowie's alleged plot was serious. It was dangerous. And thanks to the partnerships on the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, it was foiled.
02:58:16.080This investigation started just over a month ago, and I'm incredibly proud of the work of our team
02:58:21.240who worked around the clock to accomplish this disruption and subsequent arrest.
02:58:25.800Now we begin the process of working backwards to determine what led to her actions.
02:58:31.040We will continue to dedicate every resource to ensure she's held accountable for her alleged actions.
02:58:36.600We are thankful to do it in concert with our outstanding partners at the Northern District of New York
02:58:40.700who have matched our intensity and passion with this investigation since its inception.
02:58:45.120as we stand here today we're just weeks away from commemorating the 25th anniversary of the
02:58:52.320attacks on 9-11 this investigation highlights the harsh reality that there are still adversaries
02:58:58.700intent on conducting terrorist attacks on american soil yeah all these niggas that don't
02:59:03.780like america like bro if you're so pissed off just go to the middle east man like what the
02:59:10.120fuck bro i'll never understand it's like yo the uae is really nice okay qatar is really nice
02:59:17.160oman is really nice kuwait is really nice just go there bro just go there
02:59:22.760like if you hate the united states so much you don't like western culture whatever it may be
02:59:27.900like bro there's plenty of very nice safe clean muslim countries that you could go live in and
02:59:35.240you're an American citizen. They'll welcome you with open arms. They really will. Like,
02:59:41.480I'll never understand these stupid ass niggas like, oh, I hate America. That's America. All
02:59:44.820right, bro. Then go to the UAE, bro. They literally want foreigners. That's what they
02:59:52.080want. You won't be able to get a citizenship, but they'll open it. They'll literally go
02:59:56.980and let you go there with open arms and you don't got to fucking pay taxes or none of
02:59:59.980that shit just go there as a legend is complete they play the down five times a day all that
03:00:50.000she told the source that she went from a little girl
03:00:52.360waiting to the American flag after 9-11
03:00:55.140now having stickers of the fallen towers. Folks, let that sink in. Again, Ms. Bowie didn't just
03:01:03.260want to kill lawmakers. She wanted a complete disruption of our government. And after that,
03:01:08.460she planned to flee the country and one day come back to, quote, do more, such as New Year's Eve
03:01:13.480in Times Square, even stating she would come back to attack the White House and the president,
03:01:18.400but only after she bought the state capitol i'm here with our partners to say not on our watch
03:01:25.620let this be a message to any individual out there committing considering similar criminal acts
03:01:31.140ken so if you have a question uh just i see if you've got questions just pick your hand up and
03:01:37.120when i call on you identify the uh who you're who you're representing so yes i'm going to say this
03:01:43.000I just wanted to know, how are you aware of this, you know, does this signify there needs to be better security anywhere, you know, the governor released a statement saying that security was recently bolstered in the state capital agencies? Was this a result of that or, you know, what would you say to that?
03:01:58.420Well, I can't really get into that piece of the investigation, but I can say this, okay, whoever is against having those cameras, what are they called to you, flock cameras, think about this, what just occurred, what we prevented, okay?
03:02:12.400If you don't have flock cameras, how are law enforcement going to detect and see somebody walking around possibly looking to blow up your state capitol or commit terrorist acts?
03:02:21.840So I would urge everybody here to contact your local leaders, your city officials, and your county leaders to tell them to increase those flock cameras here around the capitol.
03:02:31.720Especially since I just found out that the Albee Police Department is still 60 officers shy of where they should be.
03:03:02.780Oh, go ahead. Samuel King of the New York Public News Network.
03:03:05.780News Network. Is there any reason to believe that she actually wounded sort of this plot,
03:03:11.700or was that part of the investigation? That is definitely part of the investigation.
03:03:16.500You're looking at all evidence that's coming in and to determine if there were other actors
03:03:22.340involved. So stay tuned for this side. You were just listening to a live
03:03:28.180feed of a press conference by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI,
03:03:31.860confirming that a woman, a 35-year-old woman from Albany, has been arrested on one count of
03:03:37.380attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign organization, terror organization,
03:03:42.020that terror organization allegedly being ISIS. They say that she had planned to go in with a
03:03:46.660bomb into the state capitol to kill at least 100 people, preferably the senators, while they were
03:03:51.140meeting, and damage the building extensively. They provided the Department of Justice providing
03:03:56.100photos of her, claiming that she surveilled the Capitol five times, went there for recon,
03:04:01.220that she had bought materials to make the bomb also wanted a gun for her own protection
03:04:06.100and uh if she's found guilty of these charges that she will she will be subject to 20 years
03:04:09.940in prison lifelong parole she's gonna have to check in with the government constantly
03:04:13.780and she'd also planned to leave the country so we're finding it we're getting more details
03:04:17.780for you we'll have more details for you yeah uh we begin this hour with that breaking news a 35
03:04:25.460year old new york woman has been arrested and charged with material support to a terrorist
03:04:29.060organization. The FBI says Jessica Bowie had pledged allegiance to ISIS and was planning to
03:04:33.580attack the New York state capitol. Sorry, like her face is just covered. It's just kind of funny
03:04:40.900to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Albany. New York governor Kathy Hochul releasing
03:04:45.100a statement a short time ago saying steps were taken prior to this arrest to strengthen security
03:04:49.360at the state capitol. The governor citing a rise in political violence and threats against public
03:04:53.220officials. ABC News chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. I know they had her on 24 hour
03:04:57.280surveillance bro this has been all over this case since it first broke here we're also awaiting a
03:05:01.180press conference to start any moment now what more do we know about this arrest though well the key
03:05:05.600here is the fbi is claiming is that this woman jessica bowie they claim took steps uh to enact
03:05:12.460a plot against the state capitol namely going to buy uh bomb making materials uh being in possession
03:05:18.600of a firearm when she was arrested allegedly uh on yesterday and again this is a story about
03:05:23.320someone who is allegedly making provocative comments on social media. The FBI injects
03:05:27.380informants to communicate with this person. Suddenly, the informants are meeting with
03:05:31.280the suspect, and they claim that she began talking about a plot to take a bomb
03:05:35.080into the state capitol and to kill senators. All right, Pierre, and it looks like that press conference regarding
03:05:39.160this case is just kicking off there. Let's listen in. Honored to be joined by Special Agent
03:05:43.160in Charge of the Albany Field Office, Craig Tremoroli on my left,
03:05:46.680Charles Paris, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, who's with us from Buffalo
03:05:51.060field office. Mike Nichols, resident agent in charge, U.S. Secret Service. Christopher Carrara,
03:05:57.840acting assistant special agent in charge of HSI Buffalo. Chris. Major Robert, foreign terrorist.
03:06:05.200Until anyone. Attorney Sarkone out of Albany, New York, correspondent Pierre Thomas Beckham. Pierre,
03:06:13.240you were listening in. What were your big takeaways from this press conference?
03:06:16.440Well, we got the specifics of the charge. The charge is providing material support to a terrorist organization, in this case, ISIS. And again, they are maintaining in this press conferences.
03:06:26.580Going to get your red pill shit in, guys. And now if you guys want me to react to some of it, we will segue into that next. So if you guys want that, let me know.
03:06:37.260That this woman had deadly attentions, according to the FBI and the Department of Justice, and that she was embarking upon a plan to carry out an attack on the state capitol of New York, in which she was plotting to allegedly kill.
03:06:50.540Dude's name is Yeastblood. That's a crazy name, I guess.
03:06:54.860You know, Pierre, you've been covering, of course, criminal justice, the justice system.
03:06:59.160And we've talked about extensively that the Department of Homeland Security has said that the country is in this heightened state, you know, of alert.
03:07:05.580Can you talk to me about the threat environment that law enforcement is having to wade through at this moment?
03:07:10.340Well, many of the people I talk to say it's the most heightened threat environment since 9-11.
03:07:14.240If you look at the assassination plots against former then-candidate Donald Trump, now President Trump,
03:07:21.160if you look at the assault against the residents of the governor's mansion...
03:07:25.660Oh, yeah, I forgot. We got to talk about Eric Salwell, too, bro.
03:18:04.780Whenever it comes to a federal crime, you need a federal hook.
03:18:08.480And the reporting indicates that we might be looking at a civil rights violation.
03:18:14.460And specifically, how would you move from allegations of sexual misconduct to a federal civil rights violation?
03:18:21.640What you're looking at is a situation where somebody uses their government authority in order to perpetrate that alleged crime.
03:18:31.140That makes sense. So under column number one, we have, let's say, a member of Congress who engages in sexual assault, but they don't use the trappings of their office.
03:18:40.740They don't use government power or authority in any way related to that sexual assault.
03:18:45.940Then you can't bring this type of federal charge.
03:18:48.780If the reverse is true, if we're in column B and you do use the trappings of the office and the power and the authority in order to deprive someone of a federally protected right, and in this case, that federally protected right would be violated based on the allegations of sexual misconduct, then you can have a federal crime.
03:19:08.520And Jessica, on Monday, the White House released declassified documents on the FBI's investigation into Swalwell's alleged relationship with a suspected spy more than a decade ago.
03:19:19.940Do we know if these two cases are related?
03:19:23.080So based on the reporting, I would say that we do not think that they're related, that these are separate investigations.
03:19:31.100We're looking at separate potential crimes.
03:19:35.280Of course, we know that when it comes to that initial investigation related to a Chinese spy, that the investigation that came out indicated that Swalwell said, I had a sexual relationship with this person.
03:19:49.500That all, again, everything indicates that is separate and apart, and it was just part of news related to Eric Swalwell potentially not just behaving badly, but potentially breaking federal laws.
03:20:02.860but again at this point looks like completely separate tracks jessica levinson thanks so much
03:20:09.000yeah he was dating a girl um and i'll click this for you guys real quick you're watching live now
03:20:16.420i'm austin westfall federal agents seized electronic devices from former congressman
03:20:22.420eric swalwell and searched his washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of
03:20:27.900sexual misconduct. We have learned that agents seized those electronic devices belonging to
03:20:34.260Swalwell at SFO over the weekend, and then they subsequently searched that home in Washington,
03:20:40.640D.C. Let's check in with KTVU's Janet Katsuyama. She has been looking into the court documents.
03:20:46.880She joins us live with details. What are you learning?
03:20:51.380Well, here in our newsroom at KTVU, we've been looking at some documents from the U.S. District
03:20:55.780Court of Northern California, and what it shows is that this search warrant was basically requested
03:21:02.120on August 13th, and then it was executed on Saturday at San Francisco International Airport
03:21:08.100at 8.25 p.m. The details, though, as to why federal officials were looking for these devices
03:21:14.940is sealed. At SFO on Saturday, federal agents stopped former Congressman Eric Swalwell
03:57:15.520Like, if I lived in my mom's basement, right, and I refused to leave my mom's side, I live with my mom, I live in a basement, okay, and everywhere I go, I got like a fucking pizza stain on my shirt, right?
03:57:36.160and i go on dates with girls i tell them oh yeah i live with my mom i refuse to leave i'm in the
03:57:43.800basement and i got a pizza stand on my shirt i refuse to change his shirt right what would women
03:57:48.000say to me they'd be like uh okay bye or they wouldn't even go on a date with me it's like
03:57:54.380women don't understand they're like by you being on onlyfans that's like the nigga with the pizza
03:57:58.080stand on his shirt that won't leave his mom's side same shit same shit you're handicapping
03:58:05.700yourself and then you're mad they're like motherfuckers don't want to deal with a handicapped
03:58:09.340person it's the same thing that's like the functional equivalent you're a horn only fans
03:58:19.900and i live with my mom with a pizza stand in my shirt okay and it's like when i say this right
03:58:30.020when i give like the equivalent of like what uh you know what uh only fans girl is to like a guy
03:58:35.660They would never accept it, by the way.
03:58:38.380I'm a dude that lives with a mom with a pizza stain shirt all the time.
04:32:17.180niggas can't even get your wife to do this shit.
04:32:18.640You need a woman that treats you like Natalie Hart, man.
04:32:27.820Harp's role is central to Trump, and she is also in constant contact with foreign leaders and the gatekeeper to the president of the United States.
04:32:35.820Her and Susie Wiles. I would say Susie Wiles is probably a bigger gatekeeper.
04:32:41.260And Susie Wiles is the chief of staff, guys, and she ran this campaign as well, Susie Wiles.
04:32:45.180up front now Maggie Haberman the White House correspondent for the New York Times and also
04:32:49.620the co-author of the book regime change inside the imperial presidency of Donald Trump and Maggie
04:32:56.420you you note in your new article that yo these fucking liberals are so fucking gay bro it's like
04:33:02.920oh Trump is an imperial like you know you know I know I'm talking to a progressive if they use
04:33:10.060terms like this apartheid imperial or uh colonial those are the three terms that i know that i'm
04:33:18.120talking to a faggot leftist shout out to fucking zap j who's not a jew
04:33:22.020that's what we're doing yo you know what fuck it matter of fact every time we get 50 subs you get
04:33:30.600roman salute bro we're drinking a white monster because it tastes better pause
04:33:39.780the black cans are trash i ain't gonna lie it's like what what
04:33:44.340you know it's kind of it's weird i don't know but uh regardless um yeah new rule 50 subs is
04:33:53.840roman salute every single time all right there we go so uh zap j thank you for that you did you
04:34:02.740or you have started a new rule so 50 subs is an automatic roman salute my friend it don't matter
04:34:09.660if we're on youtube or whatever just ah so uh what was that here oh yeah so yeah those are
04:34:18.380three buzz terms by the way okay um imperial apartheid and um colonial now see because i
04:34:29.240always got to give whenever i talk about israel and i call them like an apartheid state i have
04:34:32.500to fucking say look i'm not a faggot leftist okay but it is an apartheid state they actually
04:40:54.680HE'S NOT THE PRESS SECRETARY FROM WHOM CERTAIN MEDIA REQUESTS ARE SUPPOSED TO COME.
04:40:59.720SHE IS A CHANNEL BY WHICH, AS YOU SAID, FOREIGN LEADERS TRY TO REACH HIM IF THEY CAN'T
04:41:05.000SOME OTHER WAY. SHE IS A CHANNEL BY WHICH HE REACHES PEOPLE HE SEES ON TELEVISION,
04:41:09.720WHO HE LIKES WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, OR THAT HE WILL JUST SEND OUT NOTES TO.
04:41:13.800SHE IS WITH HIM SO MUCH OF THE DAY DURING THOSE MEETINGS, AND SHE IS TALKING TO HIM
04:41:19.480THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. SO SHE IS A SPECIFIC CHANNEL OF INFORMATION,
04:41:24.440But she is one that he considers very important. And so do other people outside the White House.
04:41:29.360So you've reported you're talking about how she's she's by his side.
04:41:33.520She writes many of his tweets. The series The Art of the Surge showed some of this in real time when Trump was responding to Kamala Harris's speech at the 2024 Democratic Convention.
04:41:41.540Right. So they put these images there. I'll play a clip.
04:41:45.500Yeah. I got a new book coming out on 9-11, guys. It's pretty much.
04:48:51.740places that she is and all the people that she is dealing with does she have a security clearance
04:48:56.620has she been been vetted given this role oh she has to have a security clearance man she has to
04:49:01.420i mean i'd be shocked if she didn't hey and j99 thank you for the five gifted bro i saw you thank
04:49:08.300you all that she's playing in the government yeah our understanding is that she does have a security
04:49:16.440clearance although precisely where that was in the process last year everybody who came into the
04:49:21.660office into the west wing at a senior level was granted a security clearance on day one temporarily
04:49:26.360she then our understanding has went through the process it's not exactly clear when though there's
04:49:30.300been some reports that there might have been a lag she is not beloved by a lot of her colleagues
04:49:35.400she does sometimes work through the process there are people who will say that she more regularly
04:49:40.740than she used to will update colleagues on what she's doing but she there has been a lot of
04:49:45.820controversy around i mean people are probably going to be jealous because she's so close to
04:49:49.860president man people are weird harps roll for a while and you know what it ends up being reduced
04:49:54.620to in the descriptions of some people is you know essentially a food fight it's different than that
04:49:59.420i mean she is somebody who has a huge level of access to the president he obviously wants her
04:50:03.460there uh but this is a white house this is not a campaign and so this is going to raise different
04:50:08.020questions about who is around the president and who is working on the taxpayer seller hey thanks
04:50:12.720for resubscribing bro right right as you report taxpayer funded 150 000 salary as well maggie
04:50:19.120Thank you very much. Maggie Hibberman there, of course. And how did Natalie Harp become Trump's closest aid with all of this power and access? Kristen Holmes is out front.
04:50:30.140I'm Natalie Harp, a formerly forgotten American from California.
04:50:35.100Forgotten no more. President Trump's executive assistant, 35-year-old Natalie Harp, has been thrust into the spotlight.
04:50:41.940After it was revealed she was one of a few aides that joined Trump on a secret flight out of Turkey.
05:01:21.060However, I would say that Iran had been fairly effective up until now,
05:01:24.520shutting off about 90 percent of the flow of traffic but we're starting to see more traffic
05:01:29.160get in and out of there and that's a good thing the problem i think with the way they're making
05:01:33.180money on it though president early in this fight he over promised it's gonna be a quick fight
05:01:38.480and then he tried to go it alone without trying to bring in democrats or trying to involve congress
05:01:43.340and you can't fight a war in a partisan manner he got it's got to be a bipartisan fight and he
05:01:49.000should have anticipated a more of a longer term fight and i really think this is handicapping
05:01:53.860them now because the democrats do not want to work uh with the president on this and this needs
05:01:59.520to be a bipartisan effort i have to remind folks iran has killed a thousand americans they were
05:02:05.520the leading exporter of terror they had a thousand ballistic missiles they were trying to produce a
05:02:10.060nuclear weapon some some action had to be taken if not with this president maybe previous presidents
05:02:16.380but something this could not be allowed to continue yeah starting a war isn't going to help
05:02:20.100anything though um at all fucking stupid uh diplomacy was absolutely on the table could
05:02:26.040have done could have uh figured something out that way um but we know who dragged us into this
05:02:30.940thing that's the reality and they don't want to you know admit that like this i think the president
05:02:35.280is on to a strategy of blockade i also recommend say less there should be fewer people talking
05:02:42.080on this because there's contradictory messages going out there speak softly but carry a big stick
05:02:47.240So, as I don't need to tell you, even though you're not running for re-election, the war is very unpopular.
05:02:53.800It is weighing heavily on whether or not many of your colleagues are going to be re-elected in the fall.
05:03:00.020Barrett Marson is a Republican strategist in Arizona.
05:03:02.700He told CNN, quote, there is one person in this country who doesn't have gas prices, just one.
05:03:08.460And unfortunately, that one person kind of controls our fate, unquote.
05:03:12.160At some point, do you think Republicans are going to be forced to really distance themselves from Trump, given how unpopular both he and the war and the ensuing high gas prices are?
05:03:24.580Well, there's some reasons why this war.
05:03:26.120Hey, shout out. Big 5000 Kicks from Oversized Toad says, the video you showed of Arab boys laughing at female reporter questions was hilarious.
05:03:33.700Is it emote worthy? It might be, bro. I ain't gonna lie. It is kind of funny.
05:04:12.160Is it emote worthy? I don't know. Maybe Josie can make it. Maybe Josie can make it. Nick is laughing about women. I don't know.
05:04:22.620First, he didn't try to bring Democrats on board at all. And you cannot fight a war in a partisan manner.
05:04:29.620You know, Ronald Reagan would have Tip O'Neill over and they would and they would try to come up with a bipartisan thing.
05:04:34.420I do believe there would be Democrats would have been more supportive if the president made an effort because Iran was the leading exporter of terror.
05:04:41.180they killed a thousand americans they had those deadly roadside bombs in iraq that killed over
05:04:45.820600 americans for example so the case was there but the president tried to go it alone and then
05:04:52.220it was going to be a quick fight we're gonna make a deal tomorrow we're gonna make a deal next week
05:04:56.380a deal's imminent i think these things have undermined or undermined this effort but we have
05:05:01.420to go back what do we need to do now if we stop this now iran wins and iran could still produce
05:05:08.700a nuclear weapon maybe not as soon as it could have but with china's or russia's help or north
05:05:14.380korea's help they can re rebuild this capability and they will still be the leading exporter of
05:05:20.220terror so i think the president has to keep this blockade on and find the the he's got to in the
05:05:27.020end he's got to prevail on in this fight because if he doesn't we're going to have a worse threat
05:05:30.940on our hands uh down the road but he's sort of put us at a spot where retarded neocon he's backed
05:12:29.560Even to Trump's first term, when Trump launched a maximum pressure strategy against Venezuela, the Venezuelan economy declined by about 75 percent.
05:12:38.220It was one of the biggest peacetime collapses we've seen of an economy.
05:12:42.480And Maduro stayed in power until Trump launched the Maduro raid earlier this year.
05:12:46.360Yeah, if anything, they stay in power even more so when you when you put these economic, you know, pinchers on them.
05:12:54.340So I don't think we can expect the Iranian regime just to collapse under economic pressure alone.
05:13:00.880There's also, what I find interesting is we heard from the Treasury Secretary, from Scott Besson,
05:13:06.780saying that it's unlikely that the U.S. is going to resume any large-scale fighting here.
05:13:10.320The reality in making those comments, while in some ways they may have been meant to soothe.
05:17:33.940Statement that Erdogan's office called a, quote, cheap political ploy aimed at gaining an advantage for Bibi himself in the upcoming elections.
05:17:41.880So to talk about this, I welcome Ambassador Tom Barrett.
05:17:45.160Thank you so much, Ambassador. Appreciate. Welcome to the NewsHour.
05:17:48.580Why is this moment so important to the Trump administration?
05:17:53.120Why do you publicly call out Israel strike?
05:17:55.040Why are you talking about it to me today?
05:17:57.040It's important to the Trump administration because President Trump has engaged in a new kind of Middle East regional program.
05:18:05.560We want all of the different regional partners to start usurping their own responsibility.
05:18:11.020The answer to all this is lower the temperature, increase the dialogue, increase the discourse, and avoid these.
05:18:18.880Yeah, he doesn't want to admit it, but he's going to say that he doesn't want to admit it.
05:18:22.280But the reality is, like, Israel is the root of all the fucking problems in the region, bro.
05:18:26.800So we got to bring these niggas back in a little bit.
05:18:29.780Like, they're creating a lot of problems for us diplomatically and geopolitically in the region.