00:00:51.960Let's hope that this is one last blast for Republicans to rally the base, get the voters ready to go.
00:01:01.960Senator Susan Collins, the rhino from Maine.
00:01:04.400Senator Dan Sullivan, rhino from Alaska.
00:01:06.940Former Senator John Sununu of New Hampshire, who won his primary last night to run for the Senate in New Hampshire.1.00
00:01:15.120It's for the best that those rhinos stay home.0.99
00:01:17.860President Trump, while all this is going on, trying to settle some world affairs that are going on in Iran and over between Russia and Ukraine.
00:01:27.420He's still pushing for a quick end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
00:01:30.840Today, President Trump and Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, held an hour-long phone conversation on preserving his goal to bring peace to Europe.
00:01:41.360Now, this comes as President Trump's top envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, travel to both Moscow and Kiev, having very consequential meetings with both Putin and Zelensky.
00:01:50.940According to the Kremlin aide, Trump reportedly told Putin that he wants a swift end to the war in Ukraine, something that he believes will unlock a wealth of U.S.-Russia commercial ties.
00:02:00.260Two days before the call, Jared Kushner told reporters in Keeve that Trump was following the negotiations closely and working hard to find a pathway to end this war, as it has been a goal of President Trump's for quite some time now.
00:02:12.160Turning to some now U.S. affairs regarding some of our elected officials and former Trump cabinet members and all sorts of people in that realm.
00:02:22.380Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, new report out today, received multiple appointments from Chinese government entities and organizations connected to the CCP's global influence apparatus, including positions that overlapped in her service at the highest levels of the United States government.
00:02:39.260The new findings revealed in an investigation by Daily Caller, which reviewed Chinese government announcements, state-run media reports, and archived record.
00:02:46.980Chow, who's the wife of longtime Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, served as labor secretary through George W. Bush's administration, later as President Trump's transportation secretary in 2017 to 2021.
00:02:59.300According to the DCNF investigation, Chinese records identify that Chow received at least four appointments since 2008 from municipal governments or organizations connected to the CCP and the United Front Work Department.
00:03:16.080Was Miss Elaine Chao working with the CCP as she was also working for the United States government?
00:03:24.560I think that's something that ought to be looked at and ought to be looked at very, very shortly.
00:03:32.000Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has disclosed a multi-million dollar investment last month in an artificial intelligence company whose stock, miraculously, as you can probably expect, exploded in value soon after.
00:03:44.440Pelosi's husband, Paul, invested in Bloom Energy, a California-based company that provides fuel cell technology and power systems aimed at meeting the enormous electric demands of the AI data centers.
00:03:56.120According to the financial transactions that Nancy Pelosi filed on August 21st, her household made several Bloom Energy purchases throughout the month of July.
00:04:07.540The transactions included 10,000 shares purchased July 24th, along with 100 call options, according to this report.
00:04:14.700Another 5,000 shares and 100 additional call options were purchased just four days later.
00:04:20.100The disclosed value ranges from roughly $3 million to as much as $12 million.
00:04:26.440The July 24th purchase comes after Bloom Energy's stock suffered a significant decline.
00:04:30.280That came July 28th, the same day Bloom Energy reported extremely strong earnings with an annual revenue growth of 165%.
00:04:39.200Bloom's Energy stock subsequently took off.
00:04:43.000Then on September 4th, another major development arrived.
00:04:45.440Bloom Energy was announced as a new addition to the S&P 500.
00:04:49.320Bloom Energy shares surged following this announcement with the stock gaining nearly 40% over a five-day period.
00:04:55.920By Tuesday, that week, Bloom Energy's shares were trading around $282
00:04:59.900compared to $184 just four days prior to that.