The Great America Show - Friday Update： August 15, 2025

Latest episode of The Great America Show: A Mid-Day Update with John Fawcett ( )! President Trump and Vladimir Putin have arrived in Alaska for a high stakes meeting, an appeals court lifts an Obama-era injunction allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, a Texas House fails to reach a quorum, and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is facing criminal charges.

00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, August 15th.

00:00:04.540 Happy Friday, folks. It's touchdown in Anchorage, Alaska.

00:00:07.620 President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin of Russia have both landed in Anchorage,

00:00:12.300 where they will begin their, quote, high stakes meeting, according to President Trump.

00:00:17.400 Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff also joining President Trump for this meeting.

00:00:23.820 President Trump says that he has high hopes to strike a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine during this high stakes meeting.

00:00:30.040 With President Putin saying, quote, I want to cease fire rapidly.

00:00:33.960 I don't know if it's going to happen today, but I'm not going to be happy if it doesn't happen today.

00:00:38.600 So President Trump serious about getting something done.

00:00:42.240 President Trump and Putin shaking hands on the tarmac at Joint Base Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska,

00:00:48.320 walked to the beast together getting in.

00:00:50.820 This is Putin's first trip on American soil in nearly a decade.

00:00:55.240 President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

00:00:57.660 This meeting is truly historic, especially if something could come out of it.

00:01:02.320 And if anybody can make a deal, it is President Trump.

00:01:05.500 President Trump says the only reason he is involved in this is because he wants to stop the killing,

00:01:11.580 both on the Russian side and on the Ukrainian side.

00:01:15.120 That is the reason why he's hosting this meeting.

00:01:17.380 And he says the next meeting that is to take place will take place with Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine,

00:01:24.160 President Putin of Russia and President Trump.

00:01:26.620 Another huge win for President Trump as he's over in Alaska.

00:01:30.400 Appeals court has lifted a crooked Obama judge's injunction,

00:01:34.160 allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.

00:01:39.180 Federal appeals court on Friday lifted an injunction from a crooked Obama judge,

00:01:43.580 someone you probably all know in the show, Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

00:01:47.880 Familiar name.

00:01:48.500 She, of course, blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the CFPB, 0.92

00:01:53.400 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,

00:01:55.060 and a two-to-one ruling allowing President Trump and the administration to move forward with dismantling this.

00:02:01.540 Now, the three-judge panel included in the majority,

00:02:03.940 Katsas, who's a Trump appointee,

00:02:05.420 Rayo, who's a Trump appointee,

00:02:07.160 and dissenting is pillared, of course, an Obama appointee.

00:02:11.920 Earlier this year, President Trump began cleaning house after he fired Ratchit Chopra,

00:02:16.260 the director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.

00:02:19.360 Chopra was a toxic Biden holdover who previously threatened banks 0.78

00:02:23.420 that refused to give credit lines and loans to illegal aliens.

00:02:27.620 Obama appointed Judge Amy Berman Jackson,

00:02:30.020 then jumping right in, right away,

00:02:32.200 barring the Trump administration from firing any CFPB workers without cause.

00:02:36.480 Well, it turns out, Judge Jackson, you lost again.

00:02:41.440 See you later.

00:02:42.400 We'll see you in the next court fight,

00:02:43.660 because we know another one is coming soon.

00:02:46.260 The Texas House on Friday failing again to reach quorum

00:02:49.680 as the Democrats continue to stonewall the GOP's redistricting efforts.

00:02:54.500 AWOL Texas Democrats unveiled a new plan to strong-arm Republicans

00:02:58.000 amid this redistricting fight.

00:03:00.700 The Democrats fed to Illinois last week

00:03:02.620 to block the Republicans from voting on a new congressional map.

00:03:05.820 Texas Attorney General Kent Paxson and Governor Greg Abbott

00:03:08.540 threatened the derelict Democrats with arrest and removal from office

00:03:12.260 if they didn't return to the Capitol.

00:03:14.280 According to the Associated Press,

00:03:16.060 Democrats won't return home

00:03:17.620 unless, quote,

00:03:18.800 Texas Republicans end the special session

00:03:21.060 and California releases its own redrawn map proposal.

00:03:25.540 Governor Abbott is expected to call another special session on Monday.

00:03:28.940 The Democrats probably won't make it.

00:03:31.300 But the Democrats right now are playing with fire

00:03:33.660 and they're playing a game that, quite honestly,

00:03:35.560 they are going to lose.

00:03:37.000 Speaking of Democrats,

00:03:38.340 because we like to call out the corrupt ones here on the show,

00:03:40.620 New Orleans mayor, who happens to be a Democrat,

00:03:44.460 LaToya Cantrell,

00:03:45.800 was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday,

00:03:48.740 marking the first time in the city's history

00:03:50.560 that a sitting mayor is facing criminal prosecution.

00:03:53.720 The mayor's legal troubles came

00:03:55.660 after more than two years of mounting criticism,

00:03:58.360 including an alleged romantic relationship

00:04:00.600 involving her former executive security officer,

00:04:04.160 a legal battle with New Orleans resident

00:04:05.860 who took photos of the alleged relationship,

00:04:08.340 a legal battle with the New Orleans public school system

00:04:10.880 over a broken multi-million dollar funding promise,

00:04:14.300 the indictment of a former city inspector

00:04:16.280 who allegedly bribed her with Saints tickets,

00:04:19.320 and frequent travel amid an ongoing jail escape

00:04:22.300 in the aftermath of a mass power outage.

00:04:25.820 That's a Democrat for you.

00:04:26.980 I know it's a lot to unpack,

00:04:28.380 but that's what we have to deal with here

00:04:30.600 with these Democrats.

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00:04:58.280 I'm John Fawcett with this midday update.

00:05:00.480 Happy Friday, folks.

The Great America Show - August 15, 2025

Friday Update： August 15, 2025

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