The Great America Show - Mid-Day Update： April 16, 2026

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

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

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.

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.

00:01:35.820 But the most important thing right now is to make sure Iran can never have a new free vote.

00:01:41.840 There you have it, folks.

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.

00:02:30.240 Congresswoman Maria Salazar, who's been a rhino.

00:02:33.400 Don Bacon, rhino.

00:02:35.360 Brian Fitzpatrick, another rhino.

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

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

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

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?

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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00:05:12.820 I'm Jon Fossett with this Midday Update.

00:05:14.660 Have a great day, everybody.

The Great America Show - April 16, 2026

Mid-Day Update： April 16, 2026

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