The Glenn Beck Program - July 15, 2024


Best of the Program ｜ Guests： Guests： Salena Zito & Dallas Alexander ｜ 7⧸15⧸24


Episode Stats

Length

44 minutes

Words per Minute

135.04471

Word Count

6,027

Sentence Count

382

Misogynist Sentences

9

Hate Speech Sentences

14


Summary

On today's show, Glenn Beck talks about the latest conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of President Donald Trump, and why he thinks the left is to blame. Plus, breaking news that the court case against Donald Trump with the missing papers that he stole has been dropped. Also, Donald Trump makes his pick for VP, and so much more.


Transcript

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00:00:30.000 On today's podcast, you don't want to miss it.
00:00:32.300 There's a lot going on beside the assassination, which we give you all of the facts,
00:00:38.760 some of the questions that need to be asked and answered by our DOJ, FBI, and Secret Service,
00:00:45.240 but also a theory from probably the best sniper in the world living today.
00:00:52.420 He says it's just not possible that this was just incompetence.
00:00:58.140 You'll have to hear it for yourself and make your own decision as we go along.
00:01:03.040 But also there's breaking news today that the court case against Donald Trump with the missing papers that he stole
00:01:12.800 has been dropped now.
00:01:14.900 And the judge said the guy who's the special prosecutor was not assigned constitutionally,
00:01:22.820 so that case has now been dropped.
00:01:25.560 Also, Donald Trump makes his pick today for vice president.
00:01:30.840 All this and so much more on today's podcast.
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00:02:52.020 You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck program.
00:03:06.520 I want to make something really, really clear.
00:03:09.600 The only one to blame for this assassination is the shooter.
00:03:15.620 He's the one who tried to shoot the president with the facts that we know right now.
00:03:21.140 I am bringing up the president and the left's rhetoric for a couple of reasons.
00:03:29.200 Did it play a role?
00:03:30.920 Absolutely.
00:03:32.120 Are they responsible for it?
00:03:34.040 Well, I want to get into that in just a second.
00:03:36.100 But the rhetoric has been non-stop that this guy is Hitler that has to be eliminated.
00:03:46.200 He's a Hitlerian.
00:03:49.080 He is a Fifth Reich.
00:03:52.700 He is going to round people up just like Hitler did.
00:03:56.040 And that plays a role in unstable heads, okay?
00:04:00.900 But you can't be responsible for all unstable people that are out there because there's a lot of unstable people.
00:04:08.240 But you can watch your language.
00:04:10.840 Here's what I think really happened with this kid.
00:04:15.720 And I'm just guessing.
00:04:17.420 This kid is being pumped full of all kinds of bad ideas in school.
00:04:23.540 He is being pumped full of all kinds of bad ideas in the media and social media.
00:04:30.040 He is also seeing that you're really kind of a hero if you are part of BLM and you burn a city down.
00:04:40.980 If you're on the right side, there is no trial for you.
00:04:47.180 There's no problem.
00:04:48.380 In fact, the vice president will bail you out.
00:04:50.960 So he's seeing the lack of enforcement on one side, which makes it appear that that side is right.
00:05:01.620 And the oldest question known to a man in the 20th century is,
00:05:07.160 if you could go back and kill baby Hitler, would you?
00:05:13.120 Implying that you're a hero if you would.
00:05:16.180 The only one that's responsible is the shooter.
00:05:23.960 But there are other things that influence the minds of unstable people.
00:05:29.840 And I want to bring their rhetoric into play because why are they going after Donald Trump for January 6th?
00:05:39.480 Because he said, go to the Capitol peacefully.
00:05:43.200 Let your voice be heard.
00:05:44.940 They're saying he incited this.
00:05:49.080 Those aren't inciting words.
00:05:53.060 Inciting words are much more like it's time we put a bullseye on Donald Trump and Donald Trump is Hitler, who has to be eliminated.
00:06:03.940 Now, I don't think that Joe Biden meant the bullseye thing, just like Sarah Palin didn't mean the crosshairs.
00:06:15.080 But if you're going to be consistent, if you're going to be morally consistent, if you're actually outraged by crosshairs, then you should be outraged by bullseye.
00:06:26.320 And if you think somebody's rhetoric can actually cause people to go to the Capitol and tear it apart, well, then you should be concerned about the rhetoric of this guy's Hitler that has to be eliminated.
00:06:41.720 And if you want to be morally consistent because you're trying that guy.
00:06:48.860 Shouldn't you be trying this president as well?
00:06:53.000 Is anybody on the left beginning to see the problems with the cases that they have brought?
00:07:03.240 So here's what I hope the president would say.
00:07:11.100 First of all, I don't think I've seen a bigger act of courage in my lifetime from a president to stand up and insist that he can look at the crowd.
00:07:26.580 Make an opening for me so I can see the crowd and to raise his fist and say, fight.
00:07:34.300 Now, I know a lot of people on the left, they want to say, well, see, he's going for violence.
00:07:39.580 No.
00:07:41.180 Fight for what you believe in.
00:07:43.500 Stop being mealy mouthed about it.
00:07:46.660 Stand up.
00:07:48.760 Stand up.
00:07:50.440 Fight at the ballot box.
00:07:52.300 Stand up and stop just being plowed under by lies.
00:08:01.840 Fight.
00:08:03.460 You're darn right.
00:08:05.200 You're darn right.
00:08:07.540 I thought it was an amazing moment.
00:08:11.080 However, I was really happy to read what he said.
00:08:16.060 He's going to Milwaukee.
00:08:17.260 See, yet another amazing, think about what it feels like to be shot at and almost killed.
00:08:29.520 How long would it take before you could go out in public again?
00:08:33.080 He went last night till Milwaukee, which is significant.
00:08:39.740 We'll tell you why here in a little while.
00:08:41.820 He goes to Milwaukee and he's on the ground and he says he's changing the theme of the convention that's happening this week.
00:08:52.620 He's changing it to unity.
00:08:57.120 To peace.
00:08:58.280 Peace.
00:09:03.080 I would hope the president will come out and say something along the lines of we're standing here today because America is resilient.
00:09:15.220 A few days ago, somebody tried to kill me.
00:09:19.640 But by God's grace, that bully bullet only grazed me.
00:09:23.860 But it is a stark reminder of the divisions and the anger that we see today.
00:09:33.140 And we're at a critical moment.
00:09:35.740 And when you have a bullet whiz by your head, there's two ways to go.
00:09:42.500 One is vengeance and the other is unity.
00:09:46.400 And our nation is divided.
00:09:49.240 Trust is low.
00:09:50.960 In our neighborhoods, in the media, everywhere.
00:09:55.460 But let me echo the words of RFK.
00:10:01.140 When Martin Luther King was shot.
00:10:04.100 What we need in the United States is not division.
00:10:07.400 What we need in the United States is not hatred.
00:10:09.640 What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness.
00:10:14.160 But it is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another.
00:10:19.780 America is the land of the underdog, of the little guy.
00:10:23.700 And we've always been that way.
00:10:26.780 But when I say fight, what I mean is the little guy needs to rise up.
00:10:33.100 Make sure your voice is heard.
00:10:35.160 To be not afraid.
00:10:36.760 We need to fight, but not with violence.
00:10:40.220 We fight with our words.
00:10:42.940 We fight on the streets with our words and with our actions.
00:10:48.120 And we need to stand up and show what America really means.
00:10:52.620 To stand up against the fear and intimidation.
00:10:57.320 Remember, America was built on the idea that all men and women are created equal.
00:11:02.980 With unalienable rights.
00:11:04.680 Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.
00:11:06.120 They are not just words.
00:11:08.760 They are the foundation of this country.
00:11:14.400 Beginning today, let's show the rest of the world what it means to be American.
00:11:22.060 If you believe that America is an exceptional place,
00:11:26.580 then it's the people that make it that way.
00:11:29.960 Every voice matters.
00:11:35.220 Every citizen matters.
00:11:38.060 Stand up for the principles in our Bill of Rights.
00:11:42.340 Defend the truth with integrity and courage.
00:11:45.880 Forgive others without compromising our values.
00:11:49.520 I would hope the president would say, join me now in a different fight.
00:11:56.520 Not with guns, but with ideas.
00:11:58.660 Not with hatred, but with understanding.
00:12:02.220 To begin to write a new chapter in our history.
00:12:05.840 Let's rise above our differences and find our e pluribus unum.
00:12:12.260 Our common ground again.
00:12:15.540 Because I do believe that all Americans should not be afraid of their commander-in-chief.
00:12:23.720 If you are afraid of the president, either on the right or the left,
00:12:29.680 that is showing you and screaming at you,
00:12:33.820 the power in the Oval Office is too great.
00:12:37.340 And our republic is out of balance.
00:12:43.760 And that's what Project 2025 is all about.
00:12:47.720 That's what I'm going to try to do.
00:12:50.080 That's what the Supreme Court is doing.
00:12:52.840 They are not empowering the seat of the presidency.
00:12:57.640 I'm a president that is going to try to reduce the power of the presidency.
00:13:02.520 We're the United States of America, and we're strong.
00:13:07.500 We're brave.
00:13:08.200 We're compassionate.
00:13:10.760 But it's time to rise to the challenge
00:13:13.360 and fight with the spirit that has always guided us.
00:13:17.880 Let's be the light in dark times.
00:13:21.300 Let's stand together shoulder to shoulder.
00:13:24.200 We're not a nation divided by fear.
00:13:27.300 We need to be a nation that is united by hope.
00:13:30.900 This is our time to prove the American dream is alive and well.
00:13:43.120 That's what I hope the president says.
00:13:48.400 We already know the difference between the policies.
00:13:52.980 We know for the first time in my lifetime,
00:13:56.900 we have two presidents,
00:13:58.960 two administrations we can A, B compare.
00:14:02.280 It's not like, well, will he do this?
00:14:04.360 We know what he did last time.
00:14:06.900 We know what Joe Biden has done this time.
00:14:14.980 The winning message will be the message
00:14:17.540 that most Americans want to hear.
00:14:22.820 This has got to stop.
00:14:24.860 And it's not going to stop by me forcing
00:14:27.380 half the country to shut up.
00:14:30.660 It's not going to stop by them forcing the other half
00:14:33.620 to shut up.
00:14:36.520 It's going to happen because a leader stands up
00:14:39.440 and says enough is enough
00:14:41.480 and can convince the American people
00:14:47.700 can reverse all of the damage
00:14:54.140 that the elites in our colleges and institutions
00:14:57.260 and our media has done
00:15:00.040 over the last 20 years
00:15:03.180 to convince us that we're a bad people,
00:15:05.960 that we're a racist people.
00:15:10.860 We've done some bad things,
00:15:12.900 but usually the worst things we do
00:15:15.180 are led by our own government.
00:15:20.560 And I've never believed the government was America.
00:15:24.160 I've always believed the citizens were.
00:15:27.240 The citizens were.
00:15:33.180 There are a couple of things
00:15:36.860 that could come our way
00:15:40.680 that we should be aware of.
00:15:43.260 But the most important thing
00:15:45.460 is that you reach out
00:15:48.280 to those who think differently
00:15:50.520 and you show them
00:15:52.900 we are not the neo-Nazi fascist
00:15:57.120 that they have been groomed to believe.
00:16:00.180 It is important today
00:16:04.060 that we all reach out to somebody
00:16:06.020 that doesn't agree with us
00:16:07.720 that is a friend.
00:16:10.100 Just say,
00:16:10.820 how are you doing today?
00:16:12.800 Yeah, I know.
00:16:14.640 Our guy was shot.
00:16:17.180 But I want you to know
00:16:18.280 I don't hold you responsible for that.
00:16:23.220 I'm sure you were just as offended as I was.
00:16:27.240 If they weren't, move on.
00:16:30.180 But most likely
00:16:31.840 any decent American
00:16:33.640 was horrified
00:16:35.800 by what they saw
00:16:37.280 over the weekend.
00:16:40.740 Sleeping Beauty laid down for a nap.
00:16:43.460 You know,
00:16:43.860 she slept for years
00:16:45.520 before some jerk came along
00:16:47.100 and woke her up
00:16:47.880 with a physical assault.
00:16:49.020 Honestly.
00:16:50.040 Honestly.
00:16:50.820 I mean, I learned that
00:16:51.540 from the new Disney telling of that story.
00:16:53.900 It's all fine and dandy
00:16:54.840 for Sleeping Beauty,
00:16:55.920 but, you know,
00:16:57.160 where's that evil chick
00:16:58.140 with the poison spindle
00:16:59.200 when I can't get some sleep?
00:17:00.740 You know what I mean?
00:17:01.540 I'm laying up in bed
00:17:02.300 and I'm like,
00:17:02.740 where is she?
00:17:04.420 Come on with your evil spindle.
00:17:05.980 I dare you.
00:17:07.320 Story of my life.
00:17:09.960 But in another way,
00:17:11.100 I mean,
00:17:11.560 even my wife,
00:17:12.240 I don't think,
00:17:12.720 would wake me up with a kiss,
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00:17:55.860 Now back to the podcast.
00:17:58.940 You're listening to the best
00:18:00.640 of the Glenn Beck program.
00:18:02.660 Uh, Stu,
00:18:04.540 give me the breaking news
00:18:06.320 about Jack Smith.
00:18:08.040 Well, according to Judge Cannon,
00:18:10.180 this is the judge
00:18:11.040 in the case in Florida,
00:18:13.100 his appointment
00:18:14.040 is unconstitutional
00:18:15.860 and the classified documents case
00:18:19.380 has been dismissed.
00:18:21.580 Now, this will surely be challenged,
00:18:24.160 of course,
00:18:25.220 but a massive development.
00:18:27.420 How do you,
00:18:28.060 how do you challenge that?
00:18:30.500 He was not appointed
00:18:32.460 in the correct way.
00:18:34.640 I mean,
00:18:35.520 he's not a special prosecutor.
00:18:38.080 You cannot just make up the rules
00:18:41.060 as you go along.
00:18:42.500 This is great.
00:18:44.080 I mean,
00:18:44.240 I was really upset
00:18:45.040 about Alec Baldwin
00:18:46.220 because I have heard things
00:18:48.960 from people that were on the set
00:18:50.840 that,
00:18:51.920 that would lead one
00:18:53.700 to believe that
00:18:54.640 Alec Baldwin
00:18:55.880 should go to jail
00:18:57.220 or be held responsible
00:18:58.380 for the shooting
00:18:59.260 on his film.
00:19:00.500 However,
00:19:02.460 the prosecution
00:19:03.380 was withholding evidence
00:19:06.480 from his defense
00:19:07.820 and so the judge dismissed it.
00:19:10.680 Well, I'm pissed
00:19:11.360 at the prosecution,
00:19:12.620 but the judge
00:19:13.760 did the right thing.
00:19:15.440 You do not cut corners
00:19:16.900 when it comes
00:19:17.640 to people's rights.
00:19:19.520 All right,
00:19:20.160 let me go to Selena Zito
00:19:21.340 who was in Pennsylvania
00:19:23.440 this weekend
00:19:24.140 with the president
00:19:25.180 and she was about
00:19:28.600 four feet away.
00:19:29.740 Selena,
00:19:30.320 I'm glad you're safe.
00:19:32.420 Thank you so much, Glenn.
00:19:36.320 So tell me the story.
00:19:38.120 What,
00:19:38.380 what did you see?
00:19:39.620 What happened?
00:19:41.400 Well,
00:19:41.900 I think the story
00:19:42.640 begins with,
00:19:44.180 I was scheduled
00:19:45.260 to fly
00:19:46.900 with the president
00:19:47.740 along with my daughter
00:19:48.880 and son-in-law
00:19:49.700 to do an extensive interview
00:19:51.400 from flying
00:19:52.620 from Butler, Pennsylvania
00:19:53.920 to Bedminster
00:19:56.060 after the rally.
00:19:57.820 However,
00:19:58.560 a few minutes
00:19:59.420 before he was set
00:20:00.420 to speak,
00:20:01.460 their advance team
00:20:02.320 came back
00:20:02.920 and grabbed myself,
00:20:04.180 my daughter,
00:20:04.700 photojournalist,
00:20:05.600 my son-in-law
00:20:06.300 and said,
00:20:07.780 the president wants
00:20:08.320 to say hi to you.
00:20:09.680 So they take us
00:20:11.140 back behind the stage
00:20:13.120 into a holding room
00:20:14.340 and he's there
00:20:15.320 with several
00:20:16.180 law enforcement people.
00:20:17.780 They're taking pictures,
00:20:19.380 you know,
00:20:19.640 shaking hands.
00:20:20.720 It's a very happy place
00:20:23.080 in this holding area
00:20:24.440 and he sees me,
00:20:26.060 he said,
00:20:26.300 hey,
00:20:26.680 Selena,
00:20:27.340 oh my gosh,
00:20:27.800 it's so great
00:20:28.300 to see you.
00:20:29.360 Really,
00:20:29.900 really looking forward
00:20:30.840 to talking about
00:20:31.760 Pennsylvania
00:20:32.360 and talking about,
00:20:33.860 you know,
00:20:35.560 you're doing the interview.
00:20:37.300 I left the room
00:20:38.460 and because we were
00:20:40.020 behind the stage,
00:20:41.600 they told us
00:20:42.480 you're going to just
00:20:43.060 have to go
00:20:43.660 into the bumper
00:20:44.480 because we need
00:20:45.680 to get you
00:20:46.600 to the motorcade
00:20:48.060 because you're going
00:20:49.420 to leave
00:20:50.400 with the president
00:20:51.100 right after the rally.
00:20:54.120 So I was in the bumper.
00:20:55.760 It's a well
00:20:56.480 that goes around
00:20:57.380 the stage
00:20:58.160 that separates yourself,
00:21:00.220 the speaker,
00:21:01.700 the president
00:21:02.160 from the audience
00:21:03.080 and it gives the ability
00:21:04.260 for photojournalists,
00:21:05.480 thank goodness,
00:21:06.140 because the amazing work
00:21:07.880 that they did
00:21:08.360 covering it
00:21:09.200 and chronicling it
00:21:12.160 and I was,
00:21:13.860 and my daughter
00:21:14.560 has great photos too
00:21:16.160 and we were to his left
00:21:18.760 and Trump did something
00:21:21.000 that he never does.
00:21:23.140 I've covered his rallies forever.
00:21:25.760 He never turns his neck
00:21:27.420 either way.
00:21:28.640 Now he might turn his body
00:21:30.400 but he never turns his neck.
00:21:33.360 He never looks
00:21:34.100 the other direction.
00:21:35.420 He also did something
00:21:36.560 he never did
00:21:37.420 and he got,
00:21:38.160 he became like
00:21:39.380 his Ross Perot moment
00:21:40.920 and he brought a chart out
00:21:42.220 and the chart had
00:21:44.340 on the sort of
00:21:47.120 the amount
00:21:47.680 of illegal immigrants
00:21:48.920 that have crossed
00:21:49.600 and he was pointing
00:21:50.380 to the low point
00:21:52.160 which was when
00:21:52.740 he was president
00:21:53.560 when I heard
00:21:54.900 pop, pop, pop.
00:21:57.420 He grabs his face.
00:21:59.080 I see the blood
00:22:00.100 on his face.
00:22:01.340 He immediately
00:22:02.320 gets down
00:22:03.540 in a protective posture.
00:22:06.100 He is surrounded
00:22:07.060 as he is being surrounded
00:22:09.480 by the law enforcement.
00:22:12.480 I hear pop, pop,
00:22:14.160 pop, pop, pop.
00:22:15.400 Again,
00:22:16.300 this sounded to me
00:22:18.160 like a different caliber,
00:22:20.320 not the same gun
00:22:22.280 that was first used
00:22:24.060 and I watched them chat.
00:22:28.640 You know,
00:22:28.880 I can hear them talking.
00:22:30.620 I can hear the chatter
00:22:31.560 between them.
00:22:32.360 I'm right there
00:22:33.380 and at one point
00:22:36.000 they say
00:22:36.500 it's time to get,
00:22:37.240 you know,
00:22:37.400 we're going to go.
00:22:38.100 We're going to go
00:22:38.640 and I hear the president
00:22:41.380 say I got to get
00:22:42.180 my shoe, guys.
00:22:44.180 I'm paraphrasing,
00:22:45.420 but apparently
00:22:46.340 someone had knocked
00:22:47.540 his shoe off
00:22:48.260 when they put him
00:22:49.120 in a protective stance
00:22:50.300 and he rises up
00:22:53.020 and he lifts his hand
00:22:54.900 and he says,
00:22:55.920 fight.
00:22:56.380 I can hear him say
00:22:57.020 fight maybe five times
00:22:58.940 and he projects it
00:23:01.480 out to the crowd.
00:23:02.960 then they come past me.
00:23:06.440 I'm on the ground
00:23:07.200 at this point
00:23:08.260 and he does not have
00:23:12.160 his hat on,
00:23:14.240 but he,
00:23:15.140 someone has his hat
00:23:17.120 and it just sort of,
00:23:18.740 it was almost like
00:23:19.440 slow motion
00:23:20.180 just fell right
00:23:21.440 in front of me
00:23:22.240 and then they take him
00:23:24.180 off to the motor,
00:23:25.120 motorcade.
00:23:25.920 As,
00:23:26.380 as he goes that way,
00:23:27.860 I see people
00:23:29.020 in the,
00:23:29.600 in the VIP section,
00:23:31.300 the bleachers,
00:23:32.880 someone is injured
00:23:33.900 and people are rushing
00:23:35.040 towards them.
00:23:36.580 Within minutes,
00:23:37.440 they take us
00:23:38.300 out of the bumper
00:23:39.840 and place us
00:23:41.000 into a holding area.
00:23:42.280 I think because
00:23:43.560 they were worried
00:23:44.420 that we were okay.
00:23:45.680 It was very unclear
00:23:46.520 if,
00:23:47.640 if any of the
00:23:48.400 photojournalists,
00:23:49.340 you know,
00:23:49.820 were hit or hurt
00:23:51.060 and,
00:23:52.300 so that's,
00:23:54.040 that's what I saw.
00:23:54.840 Did,
00:23:56.660 did you get on the plane
00:23:57.960 then with the president
00:23:59.380 afterwards?
00:24:00.980 No,
00:24:01.560 but here's how I got
00:24:03.060 the interview with him.
00:24:04.440 So the next morning
00:24:05.740 and it was early,
00:24:07.200 like yesterday,
00:24:08.400 that was yesterday,
00:24:09.280 my God,
00:24:09.880 the sense of time
00:24:10.860 is bizarre
00:24:11.620 at this moment.
00:24:13.020 He calls me early
00:24:14.060 yesterday morning
00:24:15.060 and,
00:24:16.280 and he said,
00:24:16.900 Selena,
00:24:17.540 are you and your daughter
00:24:19.520 Shannon
00:24:20.040 and your son-in-law
00:24:21.520 Michael okay?
00:24:22.340 And I really want
00:24:24.620 to apologize
00:24:25.200 for not being allowed
00:24:26.700 to do that
00:24:27.440 or not being able
00:24:28.620 to do that interview
00:24:29.580 with you.
00:24:30.740 And I said,
00:24:32.080 Mr. President,
00:24:33.900 you were shot.
00:24:34.660 I feel like we're good.
00:24:37.620 I feel like we're good.
00:24:40.460 And so we talked
00:24:41.220 for a little bit.
00:24:41.440 What did he say to you?
00:24:44.820 He just,
00:24:45.860 well,
00:24:46.340 you know,
00:24:46.740 he talked for a while.
00:24:48.700 He called me back
00:24:49.440 a couple different times.
00:24:50.620 We eventually
00:24:51.120 did an interview
00:24:52.160 but the thrust
00:24:53.940 of,
00:24:54.820 of,
00:24:55.600 of his emotion
00:24:56.980 was someone
00:24:58.100 who is feeling
00:24:59.360 incredibly thankful
00:25:01.460 as someone
00:25:02.820 that recognizes
00:25:04.160 that that was
00:25:06.080 an act of God.
00:25:08.020 It was a divine intervention
00:25:09.960 because he never does
00:25:11.900 what he did
00:25:12.760 when he did
00:25:13.580 and the minute,
00:25:14.900 the second
00:25:15.400 that he made that decision.
00:25:17.080 He doesn't know
00:25:17.980 why he made that decision.
00:25:19.800 He always turns his body,
00:25:21.740 which was,
00:25:22.580 had he done that,
00:25:23.820 he still would have been shot.
00:25:25.700 So whether he was facing forward
00:25:27.340 or facing to the side
00:25:29.300 but full body,
00:25:30.660 he still would have been shot
00:25:31.840 in the head.
00:25:33.640 But because he turned his neck,
00:25:36.400 which is something
00:25:37.600 he never does.
00:25:38.800 If you've ever been
00:25:40.040 to a Trump rally,
00:25:41.020 it's a very transactional
00:25:43.020 event
00:25:45.040 between him
00:25:46.400 and the people
00:25:47.060 that are there.
00:25:47.800 and so he always
00:25:49.680 is projecting
00:25:50.500 towards them.
00:25:51.940 He never looks
00:25:52.660 away from them.
00:25:55.640 And,
00:25:56.240 and,
00:25:56.420 and he talked
00:25:57.320 just about,
00:25:58.820 you know,
00:25:59.140 he said,
00:25:59.580 I had a
00:26:00.300 palm dinger
00:26:01.420 of a speech
00:26:02.700 I was going to give.
00:26:04.040 Those exact words.
00:26:05.740 He said,
00:26:06.400 but,
00:26:06.880 you know,
00:26:07.980 it's important
00:26:08.600 to meet the moment.
00:26:09.700 I understand,
00:26:11.040 understand
00:26:12.020 knowing
00:26:12.940 that
00:26:13.840 I was saved
00:26:14.940 and there is
00:26:17.060 a purpose
00:26:17.940 there
00:26:18.520 and
00:26:19.960 that
00:26:20.560 I need to meet
00:26:21.840 that purpose,
00:26:23.480 that moment.
00:26:24.860 And he said
00:26:25.600 he did,
00:26:26.600 when he stood up
00:26:28.100 and raised his fist,
00:26:29.780 he said it wasn't
00:26:30.460 about him.
00:26:31.640 He said,
00:26:32.100 American presidents
00:26:33.360 represent not themselves.
00:26:35.780 They represent
00:26:36.860 the country.
00:26:37.800 To me,
00:26:38.600 it was incredibly
00:26:39.680 important
00:26:40.500 to convey
00:26:41.540 that the country
00:26:42.380 is okay,
00:26:43.260 that we are okay.
00:26:44.940 So,
00:26:48.620 Selina,
00:26:50.040 he,
00:26:50.960 when you say
00:26:52.040 he recognized
00:26:53.140 this moment,
00:26:54.740 it feels like
00:26:56.280 this could be
00:26:57.360 transformative
00:26:58.220 in his life,
00:27:00.680 but also his life
00:27:02.200 as a politician.
00:27:03.780 Did you get that sense?
00:27:05.320 And when he was
00:27:06.560 talking about
00:27:07.220 going to Wisconsin,
00:27:08.780 he said that
00:27:10.400 he's changing
00:27:11.700 the theme of it.
00:27:12.720 He's not going to go after
00:27:13.840 Biden,
00:27:15.060 but he's going to go
00:27:15.860 after unity.
00:27:18.220 Do you think
00:27:19.120 this is transformative?
00:27:21.720 Absolutely.
00:27:22.960 You know,
00:27:23.600 what is interesting
00:27:24.660 to me
00:27:25.380 as someone
00:27:26.020 who has covered him
00:27:27.320 for over nine years
00:27:28.540 and has really
00:27:30.560 understood
00:27:31.180 the Trump
00:27:32.660 voter,
00:27:34.720 mainly because of
00:27:35.900 my geographical
00:27:36.700 and emotional
00:27:37.540 location
00:27:38.840 location
00:27:39.880 in the
00:27:41.420 Appalachian
00:27:42.980 Midwest?
00:27:45.720 You know,
00:27:46.940 people have turned
00:27:48.240 Make America Great
00:27:49.600 into a sort of
00:27:51.100 slang term,
00:27:52.340 a derogatory term,
00:27:53.700 they call it MAGA.
00:27:55.160 But Make America Great,
00:27:57.080 again,
00:27:57.440 is an aspirational
00:27:58.960 sentiment.
00:28:00.840 sentiment.
00:28:03.080 And I think
00:28:05.220 he understands
00:28:06.280 that he is now
00:28:07.700 transformed
00:28:08.860 to
00:28:10.300 being in a more
00:28:12.220 aspirational moment
00:28:13.720 that we need
00:28:16.160 as a country
00:28:16.980 to be part of
00:28:18.320 something bigger
00:28:19.140 than ourselves.
00:28:19.920 What is your
00:28:24.120 take on
00:28:25.280 the
00:28:26.820 security,
00:28:28.580 the lack
00:28:29.300 of
00:28:30.620 securing
00:28:32.420 the president?
00:28:33.820 It was
00:28:34.400 I mean,
00:28:36.480 if he would
00:28:37.700 have been killed,
00:28:39.080 this would have
00:28:39.760 been the
00:28:40.460 JFK assassination
00:28:41.660 times a thousand
00:28:43.180 when it comes
00:28:44.900 to conspiracy
00:28:45.640 theories.
00:28:46.220 Why wasn't
00:28:46.660 this covered?
00:28:47.380 Why wasn't
00:28:47.820 this covered?
00:28:48.300 Why did they
00:28:48.680 wait so long
00:28:49.280 to shoot the
00:28:49.800 guy?
00:28:50.360 I mean,
00:28:51.620 what are your
00:28:52.620 thoughts on that?
00:28:53.660 Do you have
00:28:54.200 any?
00:28:55.680 Well,
00:28:56.980 I didn't
00:28:57.660 have,
00:28:58.600 in the
00:28:59.240 moment,
00:29:00.360 with the
00:29:00.780 security I
00:29:01.720 saw,
00:29:02.600 was immediate
00:29:03.620 and protective
00:29:04.840 because they
00:29:07.500 surrounded him.
00:29:08.320 They were on
00:29:08.680 top of him.
00:29:10.280 They put
00:29:11.560 their bodies
00:29:12.500 all around
00:29:14.180 him.
00:29:16.160 And there
00:29:16.620 were immediately
00:29:17.540 men with
00:29:18.960 really big
00:29:19.700 guns
00:29:20.280 standing over
00:29:21.560 me
00:29:22.060 because
00:29:23.680 they
00:29:24.840 surround,
00:29:25.600 I don't
00:29:25.880 think that's
00:29:26.720 seen as
00:29:27.900 much in
00:29:28.380 some of
00:29:28.660 the video
00:29:29.120 clips,
00:29:30.340 but that
00:29:30.660 whole perimeter,
00:29:32.740 there were,
00:29:33.540 I mean,
00:29:34.200 they were
00:29:34.680 aiming it,
00:29:36.440 they were
00:29:37.560 there protecting
00:29:38.760 him.
00:29:40.200 They were
00:29:40.960 there.
00:29:41.320 but,
00:29:42.700 having said
00:29:43.480 that,
00:29:45.820 I think
00:29:46.400 the
00:29:48.000 preparation,
00:29:49.280 it appears
00:29:50.320 to be that
00:29:51.120 the preparation
00:29:51.900 was,
00:29:53.060 had many
00:29:53.620 holes and
00:29:54.680 was very
00:29:55.120 faulty.
00:29:56.100 You know,
00:29:56.340 this is
00:29:56.720 western
00:29:57.100 Pennsylvania.
00:29:58.320 Not only
00:29:58.960 were there
00:29:59.340 outbuildings
00:30:00.320 that were
00:30:00.780 not even
00:30:01.820 two football
00:30:03.640 fields away,
00:30:04.640 that were not
00:30:05.340 in the
00:30:05.740 perimeter,
00:30:06.640 there's also
00:30:07.340 then wooded
00:30:08.160 areas around it.
00:30:09.000 western
00:30:09.260 Pennsylvania is
00:30:09.940 filled with
00:30:10.440 crops of
00:30:10.900 trees everywhere.
00:30:12.600 You know,
00:30:13.020 so when you
00:30:14.120 look at that,
00:30:15.420 you wonder,
00:30:16.740 huh,
00:30:17.760 that should
00:30:19.120 have been
00:30:19.360 secured.
00:30:20.120 Somebody could
00:30:20.500 have been
00:30:20.700 in those
00:30:21.040 trees.
00:30:24.260 Well,
00:30:24.860 they usually
00:30:25.500 will take
00:30:26.300 something and
00:30:27.060 they will
00:30:27.600 block the
00:30:28.900 view from
00:30:29.740 those areas.
00:30:30.880 If they
00:30:31.080 can't secure
00:30:31.840 it,
00:30:32.540 they'll put
00:30:33.120 a big sign
00:30:34.680 or something
00:30:35.380 in the way
00:30:36.460 so if
00:30:37.240 somebody were
00:30:37.720 in the woods
00:30:38.220 or on that,
00:30:39.000 on that
00:30:40.060 rooftop,
00:30:40.900 they wouldn't
00:30:41.500 have view
00:30:42.180 of the
00:30:42.520 stage and
00:30:42.960 that wasn't
00:30:43.480 done either
00:30:44.880 for some
00:30:45.660 unknown reason.
00:30:47.760 No,
00:30:48.400 and the
00:30:48.740 assumption I
00:30:49.740 had going
00:30:50.500 in as I'm
00:30:51.280 walking in
00:30:52.160 at around
00:30:52.640 noon,
00:30:54.000 that those
00:30:54.660 outbuildings,
00:30:55.580 this is a
00:30:56.040 farm show
00:30:56.800 complex.
00:30:58.120 So in a
00:30:58.640 farm show
00:30:59.140 complex,
00:30:59.660 there's always
00:31:00.320 these big
00:31:00.940 sheds
00:31:02.260 that,
00:31:03.200 you know,
00:31:04.260 have where
00:31:04.720 the livestock
00:31:05.280 are,
00:31:06.100 you know,
00:31:06.440 for these
00:31:07.040 big farm
00:31:07.760 events,
00:31:08.300 farm events.
00:31:09.000 Farm shows
00:31:09.560 are big
00:31:10.120 deals in
00:31:10.900 the Great
00:31:13.200 Lakes
00:31:13.480 Midwest.
00:31:14.920 And I
00:31:16.560 made the
00:31:17.140 assumption
00:31:17.600 that they
00:31:18.520 were,
00:31:19.760 along with
00:31:20.160 the buildings
00:31:20.660 right behind
00:31:21.460 them,
00:31:22.160 which was
00:31:22.680 that business
00:31:23.380 that he
00:31:23.820 climbed onto,
00:31:25.100 I assumed
00:31:25.780 they were
00:31:26.060 part of
00:31:26.800 the
00:31:27.280 protective
00:31:28.640 area,
00:31:29.900 but now
00:31:31.400 we're finding
00:31:31.900 out,
00:31:32.500 obviously,
00:31:33.060 they were
00:31:33.580 not.
00:31:33.880 they were
00:31:35.020 not.
00:31:36.000 Selina,
00:31:36.400 I know
00:31:36.600 you have
00:31:36.880 to run.
00:31:37.320 Thank you
00:31:37.680 so much
00:31:37.980 for making
00:31:38.300 time for
00:31:38.760 us today,
00:31:39.340 and I'm
00:31:39.960 glad that
00:31:40.500 you're
00:31:40.720 well and
00:31:41.500 that things
00:31:41.980 worked out
00:31:42.500 the way
00:31:42.940 they did
00:31:43.480 over the
00:31:44.180 weekend.
00:31:44.540 Thank you
00:31:44.820 so much,
00:31:45.220 Selina.
00:31:45.720 God bless.
00:31:46.200 The best
00:31:48.680 of the
00:31:48.940 Glenn Beck
00:31:49.320 program.
00:31:50.420 Welcome to
00:31:51.220 the Glenn Beck
00:31:51.980 program,
00:31:52.340 and we say
00:31:53.000 hello now to
00:31:53.720 Dallas Alexander.
00:31:55.400 He is a
00:31:55.880 retired Canadian
00:31:56.880 Special Forces
00:31:57.820 sniper.
00:31:58.720 He actually
00:31:59.460 holds the
00:32:00.280 record for
00:32:01.220 the longest
00:32:02.040 kill,
00:32:03.600 and that is
00:32:04.120 at 2.1
00:32:05.260 miles,
00:32:06.600 which is
00:32:07.500 remarkable.
00:32:08.820 Just the
00:32:09.140 amount of
00:32:09.560 math involved
00:32:11.160 in that just
00:32:12.000 hurts my
00:32:12.620 head.
00:32:13.460 Dallas,
00:32:14.100 welcome to
00:32:14.440 the program.
00:32:16.200 Hey, thanks
00:32:17.180 for having
00:32:17.560 me.
00:32:19.120 You bet.
00:32:19.860 So you
00:32:20.620 have said
00:32:21.480 some pretty
00:32:23.040 controversial
00:32:23.700 things, and
00:32:24.880 I wanted to
00:32:26.760 hear it from
00:32:27.280 the horse's
00:32:27.880 mouth, because
00:32:28.500 you do have
00:32:29.340 experience in
00:32:30.540 this.
00:32:31.500 You don't
00:32:32.160 believe that
00:32:32.780 this was just
00:32:33.720 incompetence on
00:32:35.740 the Secret
00:32:36.160 Services side?
00:32:39.340 Yeah, that's
00:32:40.260 right.
00:32:42.860 Can you make
00:32:43.780 the case?
00:32:45.380 Yeah, I
00:32:46.020 think, like
00:32:47.760 you said, I
00:32:48.200 have some
00:32:49.020 experience.
00:32:50.760 I did that
00:32:51.780 job for a
00:32:52.320 long time,
00:32:53.180 close protection
00:32:53.860 and protecting
00:32:55.640 VIPs and
00:32:56.440 stuff, up to
00:32:57.140 including our
00:32:59.280 prime minister in
00:33:00.000 Canada was
00:33:00.680 part of my
00:33:01.140 job.
00:33:03.140 And I
00:33:04.060 think looking
00:33:04.700 at the
00:33:05.440 situation
00:33:06.040 yesterday, or
00:33:07.580 the day before
00:33:08.040 rather,
00:33:10.080 any amount
00:33:12.560 of tactical
00:33:13.260 professional,
00:33:13.880 and I've
00:33:14.480 seen the
00:33:14.780 videos and
00:33:15.300 there was
00:33:15.640 I don't
00:33:16.420 know how
00:33:16.720 many on
00:33:17.140 the ground
00:33:17.560 from police
00:33:19.640 and Secret
00:33:20.400 Service, and
00:33:21.120 there was too
00:33:22.920 many people
00:33:23.500 there to
00:33:24.640 not have
00:33:26.100 the most
00:33:26.520 obvious
00:33:27.000 position
00:33:27.620 covered.
00:33:28.560 like you, I
00:33:30.140 said this
00:33:30.560 before, children
00:33:31.640 who play
00:33:32.220 Call of Duty
00:33:32.920 or go to
00:33:33.980 paintball would
00:33:35.060 know that that
00:33:35.560 roof is the
00:33:36.080 most important
00:33:36.720 position, and
00:33:38.620 that building is
00:33:39.760 one of the most
00:33:40.180 important buildings
00:33:40.840 to secure,
00:33:42.100 period.
00:33:42.480 like, just
00:33:44.460 not picking that
00:33:46.060 up is
00:33:46.600 impossible.
00:33:50.040 It seems
00:33:51.020 impossible to
00:33:51.860 me, but
00:33:53.380 you know,
00:33:53.860 sometimes the
00:33:54.520 impossible happens
00:33:55.560 just through
00:33:56.180 sheer incompetence.
00:33:58.280 So what are
00:33:59.240 you, in
00:34:02.020 your world
00:34:03.060 where you
00:34:03.520 are, you're
00:34:05.140 just war
00:34:05.660 gaming this,
00:34:06.900 I think it's
00:34:07.900 important for
00:34:08.540 people to know
00:34:09.120 there's no
00:34:09.640 evidence of
00:34:10.420 anything yet,
00:34:11.360 accept questions,
00:34:12.600 and what the
00:34:13.160 question Dallas
00:34:13.880 just brought up
00:34:14.700 is 100%
00:34:17.000 valid and
00:34:18.780 needs to be
00:34:19.660 answered to
00:34:20.720 satisfactory.
00:34:25.280 We have to
00:34:26.600 know why they
00:34:27.320 weren't watching
00:34:27.960 that if they
00:34:28.660 weren't.
00:34:29.540 So what do
00:34:30.400 you think
00:34:30.980 would have
00:34:31.740 happened?
00:34:35.880 Well, I
00:34:36.660 think that,
00:34:37.520 and this is
00:34:38.040 what I said
00:34:38.480 on a video
00:34:38.980 yesterday,
00:34:39.620 is that,
00:34:40.400 and this
00:34:40.720 isn't me
00:34:41.060 pointing a
00:34:41.660 finger at
00:34:42.060 anyone in
00:34:42.500 particular,
00:34:43.160 or a
00:34:43.620 party,
00:34:43.980 or an
00:34:44.280 agency,
00:34:44.640 but someone
00:34:45.640 within,
00:34:46.380 like, the
00:34:47.880 inside,
00:34:48.680 quote-unquote,
00:34:50.260 had to have
00:34:50.940 helped with
00:34:51.660 this.
00:34:52.360 Like, you
00:34:52.780 can't walk
00:34:54.160 through layers
00:34:55.480 of security
00:34:56.080 like that,
00:34:56.960 and then climb
00:34:57.540 up a ladder
00:34:58.060 to the most
00:34:59.000 obvious shooting
00:34:59.680 position,
00:35:00.460 and take a
00:35:01.440 shot at,
00:35:02.100 you know,
00:35:02.440 the former
00:35:02.900 president,
00:35:03.660 and maybe
00:35:04.320 future president.
00:35:05.360 Like,
00:35:06.100 somewhere along
00:35:07.600 that chain,
00:35:08.560 like, you know,
00:35:09.100 I think there's
00:35:09.580 talk of coming
00:35:10.340 out that he
00:35:11.080 had a van
00:35:11.640 and there
00:35:11.900 was explosives,
00:35:12.860 and so,
00:35:13.460 like, details
00:35:14.800 are going to
00:35:15.100 be crazy
00:35:15.500 for a little
00:35:15.900 while,
00:35:16.540 but just
00:35:17.260 from that
00:35:18.040 to having
00:35:19.760 the shots
00:35:20.200 happen,
00:35:21.280 there had
00:35:22.140 to be
00:35:22.560 someone that
00:35:23.440 helped with
00:35:23.900 that.
00:35:25.520 Well,
00:35:25.880 Dallas,
00:35:27.720 they did
00:35:28.100 say that
00:35:29.040 this was
00:35:30.540 not part
00:35:31.360 of the,
00:35:32.440 not part
00:35:34.580 of the
00:35:35.000 secure
00:35:35.560 location,
00:35:36.220 this was an
00:35:36.940 adjacent property,
00:35:38.080 so he
00:35:38.600 didn't have
00:35:39.160 to go
00:35:39.520 through
00:35:39.720 security
00:35:40.360 to get
00:35:41.820 the rifle
00:35:42.380 there,
00:35:43.340 but again,
00:35:44.800 you would
00:35:46.160 have been,
00:35:46.800 if you're
00:35:47.140 a secret
00:35:47.500 service,
00:35:48.480 you would
00:35:48.860 have been
00:35:49.160 at least,
00:35:49.720 if you're
00:35:49.980 not covering
00:35:50.640 that building
00:35:51.360 with bodies
00:35:52.600 and somebody
00:35:53.780 up on there,
00:35:54.380 you would
00:35:54.840 at least be
00:35:55.780 covering it
00:35:56.340 with eyesight,
00:35:57.320 would you not?
00:35:59.560 Yeah,
00:36:00.080 absolutely,
00:36:00.760 and especially
00:36:01.180 with a covered
00:36:01.960 approach like
00:36:02.540 that,
00:36:02.820 being the
00:36:03.500 building sloping
00:36:04.580 away from,
00:36:05.580 you know,
00:36:05.860 the other sniper
00:36:06.400 team or whatever
00:36:06.960 that could see
00:36:07.500 it,
00:36:08.300 it wouldn't
00:36:09.380 be covered,
00:36:09.980 like,
00:36:10.380 I saw that
00:36:11.600 just by,
00:36:12.640 like,
00:36:13.140 it flashed on
00:36:13.740 the screen
00:36:14.260 at a restaurant
00:36:15.260 I was at,
00:36:15.920 and immediately,
00:36:17.020 I'm like,
00:36:17.440 the two most
00:36:18.540 obvious things,
00:36:19.080 that building
00:36:19.520 and then the
00:36:19.900 water tower
00:36:20.360 in the background,
00:36:21.560 and you don't
00:36:23.380 need any special
00:36:24.120 training for that,
00:36:25.260 and yet there
00:36:25.800 was a bunch
00:36:26.740 of people there
00:36:27.840 with special
00:36:28.760 training,
00:36:29.440 and presumably
00:36:29.900 leading up to
00:36:30.680 it in days
00:36:31.080 before.
00:36:32.860 Hey Dallas,
00:36:33.900 my name is
00:36:34.400 Jason Butchrell,
00:36:35.000 I'm Glenn's
00:36:35.460 head writer
00:36:35.720 and chief researcher.
00:36:36.360 Can you explain
00:36:37.280 from the sniper's
00:36:38.020 perspective,
00:36:38.780 especially in a
00:36:39.300 situation like this
00:36:39.940 and close protection
00:36:40.620 details,
00:36:41.780 upon visual
00:36:43.300 acquisition
00:36:43.920 of an enemy
00:36:45.220 sniper,
00:36:46.280 does the
00:36:48.060 counter sniper
00:36:48.880 have permission
00:36:49.580 to immediately
00:36:50.220 take action
00:36:51.340 and fire,
00:36:52.400 or do they have
00:36:52.900 to go through
00:36:53.340 like a long
00:36:53.840 process of
00:36:54.720 verifying and
00:36:55.680 then getting
00:36:56.060 permission and
00:36:56.700 all that?
00:36:58.340 Yeah,
00:36:58.580 so that
00:36:59.460 very much
00:37:00.260 depends on
00:37:00.860 the department,
00:37:01.980 what the ROEs
00:37:02.660 are,
00:37:03.160 and I,
00:37:03.740 like,
00:37:03.980 I can't speak
00:37:04.480 to the
00:37:04.720 secret service
00:37:05.400 when they're
00:37:05.820 working with
00:37:06.200 a police force,
00:37:07.560 I have no
00:37:08.140 idea.
00:37:08.940 I know
00:37:09.680 in the jobs
00:37:11.740 that I have
00:37:12.320 done,
00:37:13.060 if there is a
00:37:13.720 sniper position
00:37:14.440 and I'm a
00:37:15.340 counter sniper
00:37:16.080 overwatch,
00:37:18.020 yeah,
00:37:18.320 you're shooting,
00:37:18.900 you're not
00:37:19.120 waiting for
00:37:19.580 someone to
00:37:19.980 give you
00:37:20.180 permission to
00:37:20.740 shoot.
00:37:21.180 Can I ask,
00:37:21.860 as a sniper
00:37:22.520 overwatch,
00:37:23.200 do you also,
00:37:23.740 are you focused
00:37:25.200 on a specific
00:37:25.880 pause,
00:37:26.720 or are you
00:37:27.560 kind of
00:37:28.080 scanning the
00:37:28.920 entire horizon?
00:37:29.640 Yeah,
00:37:31.900 it sort of
00:37:32.680 depends on
00:37:33.120 the mission
00:37:33.460 and how many
00:37:33.860 other sniper
00:37:34.300 teams there
00:37:34.820 are,
00:37:35.440 so if you
00:37:36.200 have a bunch
00:37:36.640 of teams,
00:37:37.240 you'll have
00:37:37.660 areas of
00:37:38.100 responsibility,
00:37:40.300 if you are
00:37:41.460 tasked with
00:37:42.520 watching one
00:37:43.180 specific doorway
00:37:44.080 or something,
00:37:44.960 then that's
00:37:45.340 where you stay,
00:37:45.940 so it's
00:37:46.860 mission-dependent.
00:37:48.620 Right.
00:37:49.580 So,
00:37:50.440 Dallas,
00:37:50.820 let me ask
00:37:51.340 you,
00:37:51.540 there was a
00:37:52.260 five-mile-an-hour
00:37:53.680 wind,
00:37:55.200 this is,
00:37:56.520 you know,
00:37:56.960 it looks like,
00:37:57.980 by the grace
00:37:58.480 of God,
00:37:59.280 Donald Trump
00:38:00.260 turned his
00:38:00.920 head,
00:38:02.900 A,
00:38:03.200 how easy
00:38:03.900 of a shot
00:38:04.560 was this
00:38:05.400 for a
00:38:06.120 20-something,
00:38:07.580 and
00:38:08.620 how close
00:38:12.200 did we come
00:38:12.980 to losing
00:38:14.140 a president?
00:38:16.940 Yeah,
00:38:17.500 that's something
00:38:18.060 I've been thinking
00:38:18.640 about,
00:38:18.960 you know,
00:38:19.200 for the last
00:38:19.760 couple days,
00:38:20.420 it's crazy,
00:38:21.600 because if it
00:38:22.100 would have been
00:38:22.820 just,
00:38:23.380 you know,
00:38:23.740 an inch or two
00:38:24.440 the other way,
00:38:25.940 I would,
00:38:27.980 I just
00:38:28.360 hate to think
00:38:28.780 about what
00:38:29.160 would have
00:38:29.420 happened,
00:38:30.000 you know,
00:38:30.200 in this country,
00:38:30.760 in the whole
00:38:31.040 world,
00:38:31.440 it would have
00:38:31.800 been very
00:38:32.200 crazy.
00:38:33.960 But the
00:38:34.520 shot,
00:38:35.380 you know,
00:38:35.960 I was asking
00:38:37.380 somebody about
00:38:37.820 this yesterday,
00:38:38.300 I haven't got
00:38:39.060 confirmation on
00:38:39.760 what the optics
00:38:40.460 on the rifle
00:38:41.320 were,
00:38:41.740 which makes
00:38:42.260 a big difference.
00:38:43.840 It's not
00:38:44.420 generally a very
00:38:45.080 hard shot,
00:38:45.680 I think it was
00:38:46.000 150 yards
00:38:47.180 roughly.
00:38:48.900 It doesn't
00:38:49.540 take much
00:38:50.000 shooting training
00:38:50.600 whatsoever to
00:38:51.340 be able to
00:38:52.160 hit a head-sized
00:38:53.220 target at
00:38:53.720 150 yards.
00:38:54.640 win definitely
00:38:57.580 would play a
00:38:58.020 factor.
00:38:58.500 I think the
00:38:59.220 caliber was
00:38:59.640 5.56,
00:39:00.340 even that I'm
00:39:00.820 not 100%
00:39:01.360 sure,
00:39:01.780 but it's
00:39:03.640 not a
00:39:04.140 difficult shot,
00:39:06.900 but it's
00:39:07.260 also not
00:39:07.780 unmissable.
00:39:08.840 You know,
00:39:09.020 if he only
00:39:09.400 has an
00:39:10.140 EOTech sight
00:39:10.780 or something
00:39:11.140 like that,
00:39:11.680 like,
00:39:12.680 and you don't
00:39:13.120 have a lot
00:39:13.380 of gun
00:39:13.620 training,
00:39:13.960 it's not
00:39:14.300 something that
00:39:14.820 you're for
00:39:15.120 sure going
00:39:15.480 to hit,
00:39:16.060 which is
00:39:16.420 maybe why
00:39:16.900 he sent,
00:39:17.560 I think it
00:39:17.860 was five or
00:39:18.400 eight rounds.
00:39:19.060 Have you
00:39:21.960 ever shot
00:39:25.400 and had
00:39:25.940 them dead
00:39:26.360 in your
00:39:26.740 sights and
00:39:27.620 they moved
00:39:28.700 at the very
00:39:29.280 last minute
00:39:29.860 like this?
00:39:30.380 How often
00:39:30.880 does that
00:39:31.320 happen?
00:39:33.640 Oh,
00:39:33.940 from that
00:39:34.420 range,
00:39:35.460 like,
00:39:36.380 that's pretty
00:39:37.260 wild,
00:39:37.640 I think.
00:39:39.020 I was very
00:39:39.840 surprised.
00:39:40.860 I think
00:39:41.240 someone telling
00:39:42.300 me yesterday
00:39:42.880 that they
00:39:43.900 heard it
00:39:44.380 was an
00:39:44.640 EOTech
00:39:45.060 sight made
00:39:45.940 a little
00:39:46.200 more sense
00:39:46.800 to me
00:39:47.180 because if
00:39:48.000 they had
00:39:48.180 a scoped
00:39:48.560 rifle,
00:39:49.060 you know,
00:39:49.480 with any
00:39:49.760 magnification,
00:39:50.760 10 power
00:39:51.260 or whatever,
00:39:52.540 it would
00:39:53.100 have been
00:39:53.480 very,
00:39:54.160 a different
00:39:55.780 shot,
00:39:56.340 a lot
00:39:56.720 easier to
00:39:57.240 make.
00:40:02.520 Dallas,
00:40:03.340 thanks for
00:40:03.780 your weighing
00:40:05.580 in on this.
00:40:06.280 I really
00:40:07.580 hope that
00:40:08.160 you're wrong.
00:40:09.540 What are
00:40:10.040 the questions
00:40:10.660 that we
00:40:11.200 should be
00:40:12.100 demanding
00:40:12.680 from our
00:40:13.360 Secret Service?
00:40:16.980 Oh,
00:40:17.620 geez,
00:40:18.560 the breakdown
00:40:19.220 is crazy.
00:40:21.360 There's so
00:40:21.940 many layers
00:40:22.460 to this
00:40:23.020 and it
00:40:25.160 would be,
00:40:25.960 I don't
00:40:26.400 even know
00:40:26.760 who started
00:40:28.100 the planning
00:40:28.540 how long
00:40:28.980 ago it
00:40:29.360 was,
00:40:29.740 but to
00:40:30.420 miss
00:40:30.760 something
00:40:31.980 that
00:40:32.300 obvious,
00:40:33.560 again,
00:40:35.540 there's just,
00:40:36.300 I don't
00:40:36.680 think there's
00:40:37.500 an explanation.
00:40:38.340 I think it
00:40:38.620 just needs
00:40:38.940 a deep
00:40:39.320 dive
00:40:39.580 investigation.
00:40:40.560 I don't
00:40:40.780 think
00:40:41.040 competence,
00:40:41.900 and I've
00:40:42.220 worked in
00:40:42.480 the government
00:40:42.780 for a long
00:40:43.220 time,
00:40:43.480 so I know
00:40:43.840 incompetence,
00:40:45.220 and there's
00:40:45.680 a ton of
00:40:46.060 it.
00:40:47.280 I just
00:40:47.780 don't think
00:40:48.300 that that
00:40:49.540 is what
00:40:49.840 explains this
00:40:50.820 problem away.
00:40:52.120 I think
00:40:52.380 something
00:40:52.700 happened,
00:40:53.260 and I
00:40:53.480 think there
00:40:53.800 needs to
00:40:54.080 be a
00:40:55.680 gigantic
00:40:56.180 deep dive
00:40:57.040 investigation,
00:40:58.060 because it's
00:40:58.420 very,
00:40:58.840 very shady.
00:41:00.800 So you
00:41:01.780 don't think
00:41:02.420 that even
00:41:03.020 incompetence
00:41:03.780 would cover
00:41:04.200 this,
00:41:04.500 because it's
00:41:04.920 so obvious?
00:41:06.600 Yeah,
00:41:06.980 like I think
00:41:07.480 you could take
00:41:08.360 a 10-year-old
00:41:08.900 out there
00:41:09.340 and say,
00:41:10.040 okay,
00:41:10.540 we want to
00:41:11.020 plan security,
00:41:11.820 what should
00:41:12.820 we look
00:41:13.180 at?
00:41:13.620 And it'll
00:41:14.460 be a kid
00:41:14.840 who played
00:41:15.140 Call of
00:41:15.500 Duties,
00:41:15.920 and tell
00:41:16.180 you this
00:41:16.480 rooftop right
00:41:17.200 here is the
00:41:17.720 most dangerous
00:41:18.200 point.
00:41:18.940 It's overlooking
00:41:19.600 where the
00:41:20.620 president's going
00:41:21.120 to be speaking,
00:41:22.000 or the foreign
00:41:22.400 president's going
00:41:22.900 to be speaking.
00:41:24.500 It's just,
00:41:25.200 it's cliche.
00:41:27.300 It's so obvious
00:41:28.640 those snipers
00:41:29.540 will be that
00:41:30.060 and the
00:41:30.340 water tower.
00:41:32.400 But it
00:41:33.240 couldn't be
00:41:33.820 just one
00:41:34.480 person.
00:41:35.060 If that was
00:41:35.520 happening,
00:41:36.660 it would have
00:41:37.760 to involve
00:41:38.600 a team,
00:41:39.600 wouldn't it?
00:41:39.960 Because
00:41:40.260 somebody
00:41:41.800 else on
00:41:42.280 the team
00:41:42.600 would go,
00:41:43.480 Bill,
00:41:44.440 what the
00:41:44.720 hell are you
00:41:44.960 talking about?
00:41:46.000 We've got to
00:41:46.480 cover the
00:41:46.880 roof.
00:41:48.680 That's what I
00:41:49.280 mean.
00:41:49.600 So I'm
00:41:50.080 saying in
00:41:50.480 all these
00:41:50.740 videos,
00:41:51.200 whether it's
00:41:51.580 secret service
00:41:52.140 agents or
00:41:52.760 local police
00:41:53.400 or whatever
00:41:53.760 it is,
00:41:54.360 these are
00:41:54.660 all tactical
00:41:55.280 professionals.
00:41:55.880 And even
00:41:56.260 if their
00:41:56.680 level of
00:41:57.900 competence is
00:41:59.160 low,
00:42:00.200 it still
00:42:00.640 doesn't matter.
00:42:01.680 That's such
00:42:02.240 an obvious
00:42:02.760 basic thing.
00:42:03.740 You could
00:42:03.980 take a
00:42:04.480 Navy cook
00:42:06.180 or whatever,
00:42:06.740 and he's
00:42:06.900 going to,
00:42:07.180 oh yeah,
00:42:07.560 tactically
00:42:07.960 speaking,
00:42:08.380 we've got to
00:42:08.640 look at that
00:42:09.020 thing.
00:42:09.480 So out of
00:42:10.260 all the people
00:42:11.040 on the ground,
00:42:11.660 all the
00:42:12.120 people involved,
00:42:13.220 it just
00:42:13.560 doesn't make
00:42:14.200 any sense
00:42:14.820 that that
00:42:15.700 one position
00:42:17.860 and the
00:42:18.440 most important
00:42:19.060 position,
00:42:19.680 arguably,
00:42:20.520 was just not
00:42:21.060 being watched.
00:42:22.060 And then like
00:42:22.540 a ladder,
00:42:23.060 someone could put
00:42:23.420 up a ladder
00:42:23.880 and climb up.
00:42:24.760 It doesn't
00:42:25.400 make any sense.
00:42:26.880 Well,
00:42:27.340 apparently the
00:42:28.040 ladder was
00:42:28.520 attached to
00:42:29.220 the building,
00:42:29.680 so nobody
00:42:30.960 had to bring
00:42:31.420 a ladder
00:42:31.780 or bring
00:42:33.100 it up.
00:42:33.960 Let me
00:42:34.640 ask you,
00:42:36.920 the thing
00:42:38.380 that bothers
00:42:39.120 me is that
00:42:40.080 all of the
00:42:40.620 people on
00:42:41.060 the ground
00:42:41.480 were pointing
00:42:42.840 and shouting
00:42:43.920 shooter,
00:42:44.380 shooter,
00:42:44.740 shooter.
00:42:48.780 Is it
00:42:49.420 possible that
00:42:50.540 nobody
00:42:52.040 heard that,
00:42:53.600 that it
00:42:53.920 didn't get
00:42:54.560 up to
00:42:55.800 the guys?
00:42:57.460 I mean,
00:42:57.660 if you're a
00:42:58.080 police officer
00:42:58.820 or you're in
00:42:59.500 Secret Service,
00:43:00.760 wouldn't you
00:43:01.340 radio that
00:43:02.100 in immediately?
00:43:05.060 Yeah,
00:43:05.560 you would hope.
00:43:06.300 I mean,
00:43:06.600 this is the
00:43:07.140 part of it
00:43:07.660 that I
00:43:08.180 think could
00:43:10.360 be,
00:43:11.520 you could
00:43:12.440 point to
00:43:12.920 incompetence.
00:43:14.140 I've seen
00:43:14.500 communication
00:43:15.180 break down
00:43:15.860 when things
00:43:17.080 get crazy,
00:43:18.840 radios
00:43:19.560 not work,
00:43:20.700 like I'm
00:43:21.500 guessing all
00:43:22.160 the agencies
00:43:22.660 there,
00:43:23.400 whoever local
00:43:23.900 police and
00:43:24.580 they're probably
00:43:25.840 not using the
00:43:26.800 same radio
00:43:27.340 and gear
00:43:27.780 and there's
00:43:28.060 probably someone
00:43:28.500 passing along
00:43:29.080 the message.
00:43:30.260 In chaotic
00:43:30.740 times,
00:43:31.120 I've seen
00:43:31.440 communication
00:43:32.240 be poorly
00:43:35.520 executed to
00:43:36.900 like a
00:43:37.520 surprising
00:43:37.980 level.
00:43:38.440 So that
00:43:38.780 part I
00:43:39.820 could almost
00:43:40.360 wrap my
00:43:43.080 head around
00:43:43.420 it being
00:43:43.940 blamed on
00:43:44.760 incompetence,
00:43:45.680 but I just
00:43:46.080 think everything
00:43:46.520 leading up to
00:43:47.420 there being
00:43:48.200 a guy with
00:43:49.600 a gun on
00:43:50.300 a roof
00:43:50.720 within
00:43:51.120 essentially
00:43:52.160 zeroing range
00:43:53.120 of a rifle
00:43:53.660 to the
00:43:54.360 president,
00:43:55.100 to me,
00:43:55.700 that doesn't
00:43:56.120 add up
00:43:56.480 whatsoever.
00:43:56.860 And they
00:43:58.960 would have
00:43:59.360 recorded
00:43:59.800 everything
00:44:00.420 that was
00:44:01.040 said,
00:44:01.460 would they
00:44:01.720 not?
00:44:04.280 I don't
00:44:04.960 know what
00:44:05.500 the SOPs
00:44:06.120 are actually
00:44:06.680 like for
00:44:07.820 Secret Service
00:44:08.820 and police.
00:44:10.620 The missions
00:44:11.380 I've gone
00:44:11.880 on,
00:44:13.100 unless it
00:44:13.600 was going
00:44:13.940 to like a
00:44:14.680 tactical
00:44:15.160 center or
00:44:15.780 something,
00:44:16.520 like on the
00:44:17.540 ground,
00:44:18.120 we were not
00:44:18.600 recording our
00:44:19.540 radio
00:44:19.840 conversations.
00:44:20.480 Thank you so
00:44:24.140 much.
00:44:24.480 I appreciate
00:44:24.860 it.
00:44:26.220 No, I
00:44:26.600 know, I
00:44:27.180 know, I
00:44:27.600 know.
00:44:28.340 Thank you
00:44:28.940 for pointing
00:44:30.020 this out and
00:44:30.600 giving us
00:44:31.060 questions that
00:44:31.780 really need to
00:44:32.460 be answered.
00:44:33.580 Dallas
00:44:33.900 Alexander,
00:44:35.120 appreciate it.
00:44:35.820 God bless.
00:44:36.500 Stay safe.
00:44:37.160 Thanks for
00:44:37.440 having me.