The Great America Show - April 16, 2026


Mid-Day Update： April 16, 2026


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Trump leaves the White House and heads to Las Vegas, Nevada. The Iran deal is still not done. The House votes to extend temporary protective status to hundreds of thousands of Haitians. Europe could run out of jet fuel in a matter of weeks. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery for global oil and gas supplies.

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, April 16th.
00:00:05.480 Happy Thursday, folks. President Trump departed in the White House just moments ago in route.
00:00:10.780 He's going to be in route to Las Vegas, Nevada.
00:00:13.460 Well, he'll be touting his economic numbers as we celebrated tax day yesterday, the economy and what's next for America 0.82
00:00:20.880 as he looks to bring everything back home to America and wrap up the war with Iran.
00:00:26.200 before departing he spoke to the press and he said that iran has agreed this is a big one folks 0.58
00:00:33.260 to getting rid of their nuclear weapons program and getting rid of their enriched uranium take a
00:00:39.420 listen it has to be a big deal all at once for which you accept a little deal to start well i
00:00:46.660 have a little deal i can make a little i want to get it done and get back to uh keep going with
00:00:52.920 You know, our pricing is doing great.
00:00:55.020 As soon as the war is over, we're going to be lower than we were two or three years ago.
00:00:59.260 So I want to get back to that.
00:01:01.380 We had to do something.
00:01:02.900 We had to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.
00:01:06.420 And we're at that.
00:01:07.280 They've agreed to that.
00:01:08.460 They've totally agreed to that.
00:01:09.780 They've agreed to almost everything.
00:01:11.740 So maybe if they can get to the table, there's a difference.
00:01:15.780 They agree.
00:01:16.260 They've got to get to the table with a pen.
00:01:19.220 We'll have that over with. 0.99
00:01:20.480 And then we can focus on our great economy.
00:01:22.860 And also, you know, I inherited the highest prices in the history of our country,
00:01:27.940 the worst inflation in the history of our country.
00:01:30.780 I'll get it down to a very low number.
00:01:32.600 We had it to a very low number, and it's still low. 0.99
00:01:35.820 But the most important thing right now is to make sure Iran can never have a new free vote. 0.98
00:01:41.840 There you have it, folks. 0.89
00:01:42.820 Now we wait and see how much longer it will take to get this deal done.
00:01:46.460 The House of Representatives this afternoon voting 224 to 204 to extend temporary protective status to 350,000 Haitians for three years.
00:01:56.700 You know what happens in three years.
00:01:57.820 President Trump's out of office and there's a possibility a Democrat can be in office.
00:02:02.560 So what happens then?
00:02:03.980 They extend again.
00:02:05.340 The Democrats cheered and broke out into applause after the measure passed.
00:02:08.620 The vote came after seven Republicans bucked Trump's earlier message on Thursday
00:02:13.680 and voted with Democrats on a discharge petition to force a full floor vote on the House floor.
00:02:19.920 Congressman Kevin Kiley, who just flipped from Republican to an Independent,
00:02:23.640 also voting with the Democrats.
00:02:25.580 Ten disgraceful Republicans voting with the Democrats.
00:02:28.720 We're going to tell you who they are. 0.96
00:02:30.240 Congresswoman Maria Salazar, who's been a rhino. 0.99
00:02:33.400 Don Bacon, rhino. 0.91
00:02:35.360 Brian Fitzpatrick, another rhino. 0.59
00:02:37.140 Carlos Jimenez, another rhino.
00:02:39.880 Nicole Malliotakis, another rhino.
00:02:41.680 Mario Diaz-Balart, you guessed it.
00:02:43.580 another rhino, Mike Lawler, another rhino, Mike Turner, a rhino, Rich McCormick of Georgia,
00:02:51.240 Mike Carey of Ohio, all rhinos. Now on Wednesday, six Republicans voted with Democrats to extend
00:02:58.200 temporary protective status for thousands of Haitian households in the U.S. for the next three
00:03:02.940 years. That was a vote of 219 to 209. The measure was introduced by a radical Marxist Dem, Ayanna
00:03:09.560 presley and so this is why the republicans have problems folks because of rhinos inside the party 0.99
00:03:15.620 who continually break ranks to go help the marxist dems some good news today out of europe folks
00:03:22.680 europe could run out of jet fuel in a matter of weeks as the iran war continues to disrupt global
00:03:28.500 energy flows according to the head the international energy agency the iea the iea executive director
00:03:35.180 Faith Burrell said that the region has maybe six weeks or so of jet fuel left,
00:03:39.560 warning that flight disruptions could begin soon if supplies through the Strait of Hormuz remain
00:03:43.500 blocked. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery for global oil and gas shipments. It's been seized
00:03:48.780 by Iranian forces in their bid to disrupt energy supplies worldwide. Of course, not really affecting 1.00
00:03:54.640 America because we get no oil from Iran. We get no oil from them at all. So that's a big problem 0.86
00:04:03.260 for Europe and the hypocrisy of it all is that Europe wanted nothing to do with it you might
00:04:09.640 recall Emmanuel Macron just a few weeks ago saying that Europe needs to decouple from America
00:04:15.840 so I guess it's time for Europe to figure out just exactly what they're going to do
00:04:21.060 how they're going to get their oil and how they're going to fuel their planes
00:04:25.360 I guess it's a them problem now they didn't want to help fight the war they don't want to
00:04:29.680 help patrol the Strait of Hormuz while America does it? 0.60
00:04:33.620 Well, I guess figure it out.
00:04:35.100 President Trump this afternoon announced new leadership
00:04:37.180 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
00:04:39.940 The president has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new CDC director,
00:04:44.620 Sean Silvinsky as the CDC deputy director,
00:04:47.460 and Dr. Jennifer Schroerford as the CDC deputy director.
00:04:52.260 Dr. Schwartz still has to be confirmed by the Senate.
00:04:54.720 Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who is serving as the acting CDC director,
00:04:58.660 until his role expired last month.
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00:05:11.560 We'll see you there tonight at 6 p.m.
00:05:12.820 I'm Jon Fossett with this Midday Update.
00:05:14.660 Have a great day, everybody.