The Great America Show - May 05, 2026


Mid-Day Update： Cinco de Mayo 2026

Mid-Day Update： May 4, 2026 Wednesday Headlines： May 6, 2026

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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

157.22

Word count

824

Sentence count

55

People

Hosts:
John Fawcett
Also mentioned:
Ron DeSantis Dean Cain Trump Keane

Harmful content

Hate speech

3

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An update from the Strait of Hormuz, Governor Ron DeSantis crisscrossing the country as he lays the groundwork for his political career, Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering, and much, much more!

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great American Show midday update for Tuesday, May 5th.
00:00:04.380 Happy Tuesday, folks. Happy Cinco de Mayo.
00:00:06.720 I hope your days are off to a great start and you guys are celebrating the holiday accordingly.
00:00:12.640 An update from the Strait of Hormuz, General Dan Raisin Cain giving us an update on the newest project that President Trump has launched over in the Strait,
00:00:22.160 which allows our military to guide through commercial cargo ships to get shipments places. 0.64
00:00:29.940 Whereas the Iranians, for the last few months, have sought to stop that and terrorize anybody who came through that waterway. 0.95
00:00:38.420 Take a listen to General Keane and how that operation is going. 0.95
00:00:43.240 Let me describe this defensive operation just a few clicks down for you.
00:00:47.280 As the Secretary said, Project Freedom is designed to protect commercial shipping and help restore the flow of commerce through the strait and sustain freedom of navigation.
00:00:59.280 CENTCOM has established an enhanced security area on the southern side of the strait that is now protected by U.S. land, naval, and air assets to help defeat further Iranian aggression against commercial shipping.
00:01:14.660 I'd like to share a little bit more about U.S. capabilities, but for operational security purposes, I'm not going to get into specific details out there.
00:01:24.560 On the surface, guided missile destroyers and other warships are detecting and defeating Iranian threats.
00:01:31.400 This includes fast boats and one-way attack drones.
00:01:34.200 In the air, more than 100 fighters, attack aircraft and other manned and unmanned aircraft synchronized by the 82nd Airborne Division are in the air 24 hours a day providing defensive overwatch for the enhanced security area and its approaches that I discussed.
00:01:53.340 These forces are comprised of over 15,000 American service members and have established localized air and sea control to protect against Iranian threats.
00:02:06.660 Commercial vessels that transit through the area will see, hear, and frankly feel U.S. combat power around them on the sea, in the skies, and on the radio.
00:02:17.820 And as of this morning, as was mentioned prior, two U.S. flag merchant vessels have transited, and we anticipate more to transit over the coming days.
00:02:28.380 Further up the Gulf, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command continues to work to identify and mitigate any threats.
00:02:36.160 Beyond Project Freedom, CENTCOM and the rest of the Joint Force remain ready to resume major combat operations against Iran if ordered to do so.
00:02:45.620 no adversary should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve. And the president has
00:02:51.800 said, as the secretary has, that now is the time for those with equity stake in the strait to come
00:02:57.820 assist. The plan that they got rolling in the Strait of Hormuz is perhaps one of the smartest
00:03:02.000 national security and geopolitical policies I've seen in my lifetime. Turning out some news back
00:03:09.500 home conservative justices issuing a massive ruling 6-3 decision last week on the louisiana
00:03:16.980 newly drawn congressional map considering it unconstitutional gerrymandering with the marx
00:03:22.600 system sotomayor kagan and jackson all in the dissent louisiana had primaries that were set
00:03:28.600 to take place in 11 days may 16th house primaries last thursday were put on hold yesterday the
00:03:36.620 Supreme Court fast-tracked the timeline for that case. Now, it's supposed to be a 32-day hold where
00:03:43.020 it gets 32 days and gets sent back to the courts for them to do it. The Supreme Court affirming
00:03:47.820 yesterday that that's not the case. It goes into effect immediately, and they're to go ahead and
00:03:54.620 do so. It's got the Marxist Dems up in arms, and they're absolutely losing it. But it's nice to see
00:04:01.660 that truth, justice, and the American way sometimes works in the favor of the Republicans.
00:04:09.100 Governor Ron DeSantis has been crisscrossing the country as he lays his groundwork for what's next
00:04:13.360 in his political career. So what is next? Well, Ron DeSantis started his week by joining business
00:04:20.140 leaders at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California. He's going to
00:04:25.000 keynote the New York Republicans party on May 19th here in New York. So is DeSantis auditioning
00:04:32.240 for a job in the administration? What's he auditioning for another run in 2028? I think
00:04:38.420 as we see him across the country, it's becoming apparent that DeSantis' presidential aspirations
00:04:44.400 have not completely subsided, but it's going to take a lot of repairing for DeSantis with the
00:04:50.860 America First movement if he ever wants their blessing. And I don't think he can win a race
00:04:54.920 I say this all the time, folks, without the blessing of America first.
00:04:58.780 That is the new Republican Party.
00:05:00.720 Make no mistake about it.
00:05:02.340 Folks, please be sure to join us tonight, 6 p.m. each time and each and every weeknight for The Great America Show.
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00:05:08.840 We'll see you there tonight, 6 p.m.
00:05:10.220 I'm John Fossett with This Great America Show.
00:05:12.380 Midday update.
00:05:13.700 We'll see you later, folks.