The Michael Knowles Show - Breaking News： US Strikes Iran

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00:00:30.560 Good morning, everyone.

00:00:31.440 I am Cabot Phillips.

00:00:32.600 We are coming to you live from Daily Wire HQ

00:00:34.960 for a special breaking edition of Wired in Live.

00:00:38.220 After months of growing tensions, speculation,

00:00:41.400 and ultimately multiple rounds of failed nuclear negotiations,

00:00:44.620 the United States of America and Israel

00:00:46.640 have begun a series of widespread airstrikes targeting Iran

00:00:50.300 in what President Trump called a, quote,

00:00:52.520 massive and ongoing operation.

00:00:54.480 The Department of War has dubbed this operation Epic Fury.

00:00:58.660 This story is rapidly developing.

00:01:00.160 We're going to be getting new updates by the second.

00:01:02.540 We'll bring you all of the latest news as it comes in.

00:01:05.920 But let's first start with what we know so far,

00:01:08.280 and then we're going to get to some guests,

00:01:09.900 including Michael Knowles and other experts from the region.

00:01:12.700 President Trump announced this news early Saturday morning,

00:01:15.880 saying America will, quote,

00:01:17.100 never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran. 0.53

00:01:20.540 Again, we're still getting details,

00:01:21.540 but it appears American strikes at the moment

00:01:23.540 are focusing on Iranian nuclear sites,

00:01:25.960 which the regime has worked to rebuild

00:01:27.580 following Operation Midnight Hammer,

00:01:29.720 along with naval facilities.

00:01:31.460 For their part, the Israeli military

00:01:32.640 is reportedly going after senior leadership within the regime.

00:01:36.420 Their strikes have reportedly targeted top generals,

00:01:38.940 the country's president and armed forces chief of staff,

00:01:41.660 and even the Ayatollah himself.

00:01:43.760 We're still waiting for news

00:01:44.580 on whether any of those men have been killed,

00:01:46.720 but footage from Tehran shows smoke rising

00:01:48.860 from a number of compounds

00:01:50.140 that house the country's senior leadership,

00:01:52.000 including the presidential palace.

00:01:54.300 According to the New York Times,

00:01:55.540 satellite imagery appears to show

00:01:57.360 that the Ayatollah's residence

00:01:58.480 has been completely destroyed.

00:02:01.160 Again, we're still waiting for his whereabouts,

00:02:03.200 but there are also unconfirmed reports and footage

00:02:05.480 that appear to show strikes

00:02:06.760 targeting the home of former Iranian President

00:02:09.020 Mahmoud Abmenderajab.

00:02:10.680 His condition is not yet known either.

00:02:13.640 Elsewhere, it's worth noting,

00:02:14.780 Israeli media is reporting

00:02:16.020 that Mohammed Pakpour,

00:02:17.880 that's the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,

00:02:20.380 has been killed.

00:02:22.240 So a senior leader there

00:02:24.040 within the Iranian military confirmed killed.

00:02:26.320 It's worth noting,

00:02:26.960 Iran's state-affiliated news agency

00:02:28.860 published a list of officials

00:02:30.180 that they claim were unharmed

00:02:32.140 following the first volley of attacks.

00:02:33.560 That list included a number of parliament members,

00:02:36.480 the country's president and chief justice,

00:02:38.040 they said, were not harmed.

00:02:39.740 However, it did not mention

00:02:41.540 the supreme leader himself.

00:02:43.680 There are rumblings on social media,

00:02:46.200 rumblings in Israeli media,

00:02:47.500 that Israel feels confident 0.84

00:02:49.580 that their strikes may have taken out the Ayatollah.

00:02:52.760 Again, that is not yet confirmed,

00:02:54.460 but that will be the big question this morning.

00:02:56.100 As the dust literally settles,

00:02:57.800 everyone wants to know,

00:02:59.180 has the Ayatollah been eliminated?

00:03:01.040 Now, zooming out,

00:03:02.000 according to numerous reports,

00:03:03.320 this will not be a limited operation.

00:03:05.200 The Pentagon says these strikes

00:03:06.120 will go on for at least the next few days,

00:03:08.460 potentially even weeks.

00:03:09.980 Right now, it appears as if the Pentagon

00:03:11.700 is planning to launch

00:03:12.760 one to two days' worth of strikes,

00:03:14.820 wait for the dust to settle,

00:03:15.780 reassess the damage on the battlefield,

00:03:17.820 and then go back in for more.

00:03:19.420 But again, this is going to go on,

00:03:20.880 it sounds like, for days to weeks.

00:03:22.940 President Trump offered a sober warning

00:03:24.720 that there may well be American casualties,

00:03:27.560 saying, quote,

00:03:28.140 this is what happens in war.

00:03:29.620 Have a watch.

00:03:31.440 My administration has taken every possible step

00:03:34.680 to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region.

00:03:39.120 Even so,

00:03:40.040 and I do not make this statement lightly, 0.90

00:03:42.380 the Iranian regime seeks to kill.

00:03:46.440 The lives of courageous American heroes

00:03:49.180 may be lost,

00:03:50.140 and we may have casualties

00:03:51.720 that often happens in war.

00:03:54.660 But we're doing this not for now.

00:03:57.140 We're doing this for the future,

00:03:58.820 and it is a noble mission.

00:04:01.520 We pray for every service member

00:04:03.760 as they selflessly risk their lives

00:04:06.120 to ensure that Americans and our children

00:04:08.720 will never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran.

00:04:12.560 We ask God to protect all of our heroes

00:04:15.380 in harm's way,

00:04:16.620 and we trust that, with his help,

00:04:19.540 the men and women of the armed forces

00:04:21.980 will prevail.

00:04:24.280 So the big question now

00:04:25.660 is how Iran will respond.

00:04:27.960 To give some context here,

00:04:29.120 Iranian leaders have been saying for months

00:04:30.640 that if the Ayatollah

00:04:31.920 and other members of the country's leadership team

00:04:33.960 were directly targeted,

00:04:35.360 there would be, in their words,

00:04:37.040 an unprecedented response.

00:04:38.740 It was the red line of sorts.

00:04:40.780 They used the term existential threat

00:04:42.620 to describe a potential attack on the Ayatollah,

00:04:45.500 and now it appears that such an attack

00:04:47.200 has taken place.

00:04:49.000 It's already clear that

00:04:49.840 this is a very different situation

00:04:51.840 than what we saw back in June.

00:04:53.560 That's when Trump first hit Iran

00:04:54.860 in Operation Midnight Hammer.

00:04:56.100 Now, remember,

00:04:57.040 following those strikes,

00:04:57.960 the Iranians offered a restrained,

00:05:00.080 mostly symbolic strike of their own in response.

00:05:02.820 They targeted an American base in Qatar,

00:05:04.520 sending 19 missiles.

00:05:06.360 They actually went as far in that case

00:05:07.840 as giving the U.S. advance notice

00:05:09.560 that the strikes were coming,

00:05:11.140 so most of their missiles were shot down

00:05:12.560 and no casualties were reported.

00:05:14.220 Basically, it was a face-saving measure

00:05:16.240 from the Ayatollah.

00:05:17.400 The Iranians said if they were hit again,

00:05:19.700 and especially if the Ayatollah's family

00:05:21.260 and himself were targeted,

00:05:22.280 that they would respond this time

00:05:23.640 with the full force of their arsenal,

00:05:26.320 and that appears to be happening.

00:05:27.700 During Operation Midnight Hammer,

00:05:28.860 the U.S. successfully targeted

00:05:30.100 Iranian missile stockpiles early on.

00:05:32.560 That significantly hindered their ability

00:05:34.240 to launch retaliatory strikes.

00:05:35.780 But this time,

00:05:36.780 it looks like Iran is trying to fire off 0.93

00:05:38.200 as many of those missiles as possible

00:05:39.880 before they're potentially destroyed.

00:05:42.240 And we've already seen, again,

00:05:43.660 an unprecedented flurry of explosions

00:05:45.400 across the Middle East.

00:05:47.180 The Iranian military in recent hours

00:05:48.600 says they've already launched drones

00:05:49.900 and missiles at Israel

00:05:51.520 in what they're calling

00:05:52.140 the first wave of retaliatory attacks.

00:05:54.680 And the expectation from the Pentagon

00:05:55.820 is that they will target

00:05:56.840 any number of U.S. military bases

00:05:58.700 across the region.

00:05:59.860 There have been reports of explosions

00:06:01.360 in Jordan, Kuwait, Dubai, Bahrain,

00:06:04.400 United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.

00:06:06.240 The list is continuing to grow,

00:06:08.000 and at least some of those explosions

00:06:09.500 do appear to have been

00:06:11.160 on American military bases.

00:06:13.200 Again, because this is such a breaking story,

00:06:15.300 we're waiting for details

00:06:16.120 on whether there have been

00:06:17.420 any U.S. casualties so far.

00:06:18.820 At the moment,

00:06:19.500 we're told there have not been,

00:06:21.160 but at least one of those explosions

00:06:22.640 appears to have been significant.

00:06:24.480 We're going to show you footage

00:06:25.280 that reportedly depicts a missile

00:06:27.220 targeting the headquarters

00:06:28.400 of the United States Navy's

00:06:29.840 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

00:06:49.460 Again, you can see the magnitude

00:06:50.920 of that strike.

00:06:52.960 Reports again right now

00:06:54.020 are that no American service members

00:06:55.440 were harmed there.

00:06:56.260 Fox says that thankfully

00:06:57.780 the base had been largely evacuated,

00:06:59.500 and that was a warehouse

00:07:01.400 that had not been in use lately.

00:07:03.480 Now, the obvious goal of this operation

00:07:05.240 is to knock out Iran's nuclear sites 0.99

00:07:06.980 and weaken their military,

00:07:08.240 but President Trump has also made clear

00:07:10.300 that he supports regime change

00:07:12.540 from within.

00:07:13.660 In an extraordinary,

00:07:15.840 really historic statement,

00:07:17.580 Trump called this morning

00:07:18.960 for the Iranian people

00:07:20.140 to rise up and overthrow

00:07:21.720 the Ayatollah's regime,

00:07:23.340 saying, quote,

00:07:23.900 take over your government.

00:07:25.500 I say tonight,

00:07:26.380 the hour of your freedom

00:07:27.440 is at hand.

00:07:28.460 Watch.

00:07:29.040 Finally,

00:07:29.680 to the great, proud people of Iran,

00:07:32.940 I say tonight

00:07:33.980 that the hour of your freedom

00:07:35.740 is at hand.

00:07:37.460 Stay sheltered.

00:07:38.420 Don't leave your home.

00:07:39.780 It's very dangerous outside.

00:07:41.640 Bombs will be dropping everywhere.

00:07:43.680 When we are finished,

00:07:45.000 take over your government.

00:07:46.200 It will be yours to take.

00:07:48.840 This will be probably

00:07:50.280 your only chance

00:07:52.080 for generations.

00:07:54.240 For many years,

00:07:55.000 you have asked for America's help,

00:07:56.800 but you never got it.

00:07:58.660 No president was willing to do

00:08:00.520 what I am willing to do tonight.

00:08:03.080 Now you have a president

00:08:04.260 who is giving you what you want.

00:08:06.720 So let's see how you respond.

00:08:09.380 America is backing you

00:08:10.680 with overwhelming strength

00:08:12.420 and devastating force.

00:08:13.820 Now is the time

00:08:15.240 to seize control

00:08:16.260 of your destiny

00:08:17.040 and to unleash

00:08:18.160 the prosperous

00:08:19.300 and glorious future

00:08:20.800 that is close

00:08:22.120 within your reach.

00:08:23.660 This is the moment for action.

00:08:25.940 Do not let it pass.

00:08:28.100 Again,

00:08:28.740 just historic,

00:08:29.820 remarkable comments there

00:08:30.880 from Trump

00:08:31.360 directly telling the people of Iran

00:08:33.300 to overthrow the regime.

00:08:35.720 Now the prospect

00:08:36.260 of regime change

00:08:36.940 will ultimately come down

00:08:38.080 to how the Iranian people

00:08:39.740 respond to these attacks.

00:08:40.960 We've already seen

00:08:41.600 massive historic demonstrations

00:08:43.720 this year

00:08:44.240 against the Ayatollah

00:08:45.460 and the White House

00:08:46.420 is confident

00:08:46.920 that sentiment

00:08:47.520 will only grow

00:08:48.580 as the regime

00:08:49.540 continues to weaken

00:08:50.500 or at least appear

00:08:51.340 more weakened

00:08:51.900 from within.

00:08:52.640 To that point,

00:08:53.240 we've already seen

00:08:53.900 a number of videos

00:08:54.940 that reportedly show

00:08:56.000 Iranians celebrating

00:08:57.460 this operation today.

00:08:59.220 Here's one,

00:08:59.680 for example,

00:09:00.000 that appears to show

00:09:00.720 students cheering

00:09:01.680 the strikes.

00:09:02.500 You can hear some of them

00:09:03.400 yelling,

00:09:03.980 I love Trump.

00:09:04.740 For weeks now,

00:09:33.480 Iranian leaders

00:09:34.260 have been taunting

00:09:35.300 the U.S.,

00:09:35.940 saying our aircraft

00:09:36.800 carriers and jets

00:09:37.760 will not do

00:09:39.340 a damn thing 0.81

00:09:40.160 and warning 1.00

00:09:41.540 that they would

00:09:42.020 send our ships

00:09:42.660 to the bottom

00:09:43.580 of the ocean.

00:09:44.760 Well,

00:09:45.100 President Trump

00:09:45.580 had a warning

00:09:46.140 of his own

00:09:46.700 in a response.

00:09:48.020 Have a listen

00:09:48.340 to another clip

00:09:48.900 from that speech.

00:09:49.480 President Trump

00:10:02.000 again there

00:10:02.460 saying that

00:10:03.240 the United States

00:10:04.100 will make clear

00:10:05.260 that they are

00:10:05.840 not to be challenged

00:10:06.780 and that the U.S. military

00:10:08.000 is not to be trifled with.

00:10:09.800 Now,

00:10:10.000 as more and more

00:10:10.460 Americans wake up

00:10:11.220 to this news,

00:10:12.120 many are likely asking

00:10:13.000 about the timing.

00:10:14.040 Why now?

00:10:14.900 These strikes come

00:10:15.620 less than 48 hours

00:10:16.680 after a round

00:10:17.380 of nuclear negotiations

00:10:18.320 between the U.S. and Iran

00:10:19.780 that the Iranians

00:10:21.000 called productive,

00:10:21.960 but clearly

00:10:22.500 the White House

00:10:23.400 was not satisfied

00:10:24.400 with what Iran

00:10:25.280 was bringing to the table.

00:10:26.700 For context,

00:10:27.320 since retaking office,

00:10:28.180 President Trump

00:10:28.740 has been adamant

00:10:29.640 that Iran 0.91

00:10:30.320 could not be allowed

00:10:31.340 to have a nuclear weapon.

00:10:32.940 Last year,

00:10:33.460 he made diplomatic efforts

00:10:34.580 to convince the Ayatollah

00:10:35.760 to abandon

00:10:36.380 his pursuit of nukes,

00:10:37.820 and then when

00:10:38.140 those talks failed,

00:10:38.920 he launched

00:10:39.260 Operation Midnight Hammer,

00:10:40.560 decimating the country's

00:10:41.480 nuclear program.

00:10:42.680 But rather than pull back

00:10:43.860 from their nuclear ambitions,

00:10:45.020 U.S. intelligence

00:10:45.760 says the country

00:10:46.880 only doubled down

00:10:47.960 on their efforts,

00:10:49.520 and that it was only

00:10:50.400 a matter of time

00:10:51.020 before they succeeded

00:10:51.960 in producing a nuke.

00:10:53.260 The two sides

00:10:53.800 have held numerous rounds

00:10:54.900 of negotiations

00:10:55.520 over the last few months,

00:10:57.060 and in the most recent talks,

00:10:58.380 again,

00:10:58.600 less than 48 hours ago

00:10:59.640 in Geneva,

00:11:00.660 White House Special Envoys

00:11:01.640 Steve Witkoff

00:11:02.500 and Jared Kushner

00:11:03.360 offered what turned out

00:11:04.660 to be,

00:11:05.280 as we now know,

00:11:05.960 President Trump's

00:11:06.520 final offer,

00:11:07.440 and included

00:11:07.840 three main demands.

00:11:09.640 They wanted the regime

00:11:10.360 to completely destroy

00:11:11.600 its three largest

00:11:12.480 nuclear sites.

00:11:13.740 They said the Ayatollah

00:11:14.540 must not only cease

00:11:15.400 all nuclear enrichment,

00:11:16.740 but hand over

00:11:17.360 all of its enriched

00:11:18.220 uranium stockpiles

00:11:19.200 to the U.S.

00:11:20.400 And finally,

00:11:20.960 Trump demanded

00:11:21.440 that any nuclear deal

00:11:22.520 between the two sides

00:11:23.700 must go on in perpetuity,

00:11:25.420 meaning Iran could never 0.96

00:11:26.540 have a nuclear program.

00:11:28.120 Now,

00:11:28.400 when the latest rounds

00:11:29.120 of talks ended on Thursday,

00:11:31.120 there were reports

00:11:31.940 that some progress

00:11:32.800 was being made.

00:11:33.740 Iranian officials

00:11:34.280 said they would come back

00:11:35.240 next week

00:11:35.940 with a revised offer,

00:11:37.800 but there was a growing sense

00:11:39.120 within the White House

00:11:39.780 that the Iranians

00:11:40.640 were simply stringing

00:11:41.460 the U.S. along,

00:11:42.900 sort of biding time

00:11:43.860 so they could bolster

00:11:44.840 their military preparations

00:11:45.940 and race to potentially

00:11:47.540 finish a nuclear weapon.

00:11:49.520 And as we've now seen,

00:11:50.840 that led President Trump

00:11:51.840 to take matters

00:11:52.440 into his own hands.

00:11:53.840 As you can imagine,

00:11:54.680 responses to the war,

00:11:55.600 both for and against,

00:11:56.500 are flooding in by the minute.

00:11:58.140 One of the more

00:11:58.860 critical statements

00:11:59.660 came from Oman's

00:12:00.820 foreign minister.

00:12:01.960 He'd been serving

00:12:02.600 as middleman this week

00:12:03.600 in negotiations

00:12:04.260 between the U.S. and Iran,

00:12:06.160 and just 24 hours ago

00:12:07.300 was on American media

00:12:08.200 saying that progress

00:12:09.120 was being made

00:12:09.760 towards peace.

00:12:11.160 He, this morning,

00:12:12.320 published a scathing statement

00:12:13.620 saying, quote,

00:12:14.660 I'm dismayed.

00:12:15.760 Active and serious negotiations

00:12:17.080 have yet again

00:12:17.800 been undermined.

00:12:19.160 Neither the interests

00:12:19.900 of the U.S.

00:12:20.640 nor the case

00:12:21.380 of global peace

00:12:22.160 are well served by this.

00:12:23.620 And I pray for the innocents

00:12:24.640 who will suffer.

00:12:25.720 I urge the U.S.

00:12:26.660 not to get sucked in further.

00:12:28.060 This is not your war.

00:12:30.340 In Europe,

00:12:30.960 leaders have taken

00:12:31.520 a more cautious approach.

00:12:33.520 EU head Ursula von der Leyen

00:12:34.900 released a statement

00:12:35.560 calling the operation,

00:12:36.460 quote,

00:12:36.920 greatly concerning.

00:12:38.360 She urged both sides

00:12:39.680 to deescalate.

00:12:40.760 For his part,

00:12:41.320 France President

00:12:41.800 Emmanuel Macron

00:12:42.620 had a similar warning,

00:12:44.060 saying that the,

00:12:44.740 quote,

00:12:44.820 outbreak of war

00:12:45.660 carries serious consequences

00:12:47.200 for international peace

00:12:48.320 and security.

00:12:49.680 But elsewhere,

00:12:50.420 American allies

00:12:51.080 praised the operation,

00:12:52.240 even some who have

00:12:52.980 been at odds

00:12:53.780 with Trump lately.

00:12:54.780 Australian Prime Minister

00:12:55.600 Anthony Albanese

00:12:56.500 said his country,

00:12:57.380 quote,

00:12:57.680 supports the U.S.

00:12:58.780 acting to prevent Iran 1.00

00:12:59.960 from obtaining

00:13:00.900 a nuclear weapon

00:13:01.720 and to prevent Iran 0.95

00:13:02.980 continuing to threaten

00:13:04.000 international peace

00:13:04.940 and security.

00:13:06.200 And then in Canada,

00:13:06.960 again,

00:13:07.200 another previous rival

00:13:09.040 of President Trump,

00:13:10.180 Prime Minister Mark Carney

00:13:11.100 released a nearly

00:13:11.820 identical statement

00:13:12.800 saying that Canada

00:13:13.920 supports the United States.

00:13:16.200 Stateside,

00:13:16.740 we've seen a mixed reaction

00:13:17.880 that,

00:13:18.500 as you can imagine,

00:13:19.160 largely broke

00:13:19.740 along party lines.

00:13:21.160 Republicans mostly

00:13:21.920 lauded the strike,

00:13:22.900 commending President Trump

00:13:23.920 for protecting America

00:13:24.940 from Iranian aggression,

00:13:26.820 while many Democrats

00:13:27.620 slammed the operation,

00:13:29.280 accusing President Trump

00:13:30.200 of illegally bypassing

00:13:31.280 Congress

00:13:31.700 to launch a war

00:13:32.860 without their approval.

00:13:34.040 So the other factor

00:13:35.600 really complicating

00:13:36.280 the situation

00:13:36.880 is concern over

00:13:38.340 how Iran could respond 0.53

00:13:39.660 to an attack.

00:13:40.700 There have been reports

00:13:41.860 now for months

00:13:43.420 that Iran could use 0.80

00:13:44.900 some of their terror

00:13:45.640 proxies in the region,

00:13:47.180 some of the groups

00:13:47.920 that they sponsor

00:13:48.600 to launch asymmetrical

00:13:49.820 attacks on the West.

00:13:51.680 And Pentagon officials

00:13:52.320 also have reportedly warned

00:13:53.820 or repeatedly warned

00:13:54.740 to the White House

00:13:55.320 that the regime

00:13:56.260 could direct proxies

00:13:57.380 not just in the Middle East

00:13:58.340 to conduct retaliatory attacks,

00:13:59.820 but also in the United States.

00:14:01.300 Remember,

00:14:01.900 the DHS has warned

00:14:02.740 for years

00:14:03.380 that Iranian-backed

00:14:04.640 sleeper cells

00:14:05.160 could have crossed

00:14:06.120 the border undetected

00:14:07.220 during the Biden administration.

00:14:09.020 So, again,

00:14:10.140 all that to say,

00:14:10.700 this attack does open up

00:14:12.180 a new set of concerns,

00:14:13.920 and let's get into

00:14:15.140 some of those concerns.

00:14:16.340 Now we have Dan Brouillette,

00:14:17.980 the former Energy Secretary

00:14:19.200 of the United States,

00:14:20.740 joining us now.

00:14:21.500 Dan, let's start

00:14:22.040 with the top line.

00:14:23.300 What is your reaction

00:14:24.560 waking up

00:14:25.040 seeing this news today?

00:14:25.740 A number of different reactions.

00:14:29.740 I mean, obviously,

00:14:30.240 my background being energy,

00:14:31.440 I'm looking closely

00:14:32.060 at what this means

00:14:33.000 for the energy markets.

00:14:34.560 We're going to take

00:14:35.160 a long look at this

00:14:36.220 over the course

00:14:36.660 of the next few days

00:14:37.400 to see what happens.

00:14:38.200 But my immediate,

00:14:39.680 perhaps larger reaction

00:14:41.000 is for the people of Iran.

00:14:42.240 It's a very exciting day.

00:14:44.320 This regime

00:14:45.140 has been devastating

00:14:46.060 to this country

00:14:46.940 over the last 40-plus years,

00:14:48.740 and this presents

00:14:50.260 a unique opportunity,

00:14:51.620 as you pointed out

00:14:52.280 in your opening,

00:14:52.960 and as the president

00:14:53.580 has said very clearly,

00:14:54.500 to return this country 1.00

00:14:56.440 to a democracy

00:14:57.420 and to a freedom-loving place,

00:15:00.020 as it has been

00:15:01.100 for most of its history.

00:15:03.040 Dan, in your opinion,

00:15:04.620 if the Ayatollah

00:15:05.620 has in fact been killed,

00:15:06.800 again, that has not been confirmed,

00:15:08.240 there is just speculation

00:15:09.160 at this point.

00:15:10.520 If that has taken place,

00:15:11.920 what do you think

00:15:12.660 we could see next?

00:15:14.700 Well, it's going to be difficult

00:15:16.220 to determine that

00:15:17.060 in the next few days.

00:15:19.240 The regime itself

00:15:20.540 has its own succession plan,

00:15:22.180 if you will.

00:15:23.320 But it will be up

00:15:24.080 to the people of Iran

00:15:25.080 to determine

00:15:25.580 whether or not

00:15:26.140 that succession succeeds.

00:15:28.360 I would suspect

00:15:29.240 that given the amount

00:15:30.620 of protests,

00:15:31.340 given the amount

00:15:31.880 of events

00:15:33.800 that we've seen

00:15:34.300 on the ground,

00:15:34.860 especially with

00:15:35.500 the younger folks

00:15:36.580 who are leading

00:15:37.140 many of these protests

00:15:39.020 in the streets,

00:15:40.460 I would suspect

00:15:41.140 that that is not

00:15:42.160 going to be acceptable

00:15:43.100 to most of the people

00:15:44.180 of Iran.

00:15:45.340 Given what we've seen

00:15:46.320 over the last few months,

00:15:47.640 given what we've seen

00:15:48.340 in the streets,

00:15:48.880 I think there is

00:15:49.540 a real hunger for change,

00:15:50.940 and I think

00:15:52.540 we're going to see

00:15:53.040 some new leadership

00:15:53.760 emerge from the people 0.97

00:15:56.240 of Iran,

00:15:56.740 not the regime

00:15:57.380 of Iran.

00:15:58.880 Having been

00:15:59.600 in the president's cabinet,

00:16:00.840 you understand

00:16:01.580 his negotiating style,

00:16:02.780 his tactics.

00:16:04.160 Do you envision

00:16:04.780 a scenario here

00:16:05.460 where President Trump

00:16:06.160 launches a few days

00:16:07.340 worth of strikes

00:16:07.940 and then tells Iran,

00:16:08.820 hey, are you ready

00:16:09.840 to come back

00:16:10.280 to the table now?

00:16:11.120 Or do you think

00:16:11.780 it's a situation

00:16:12.400 where he says,

00:16:13.140 you had your chance

00:16:14.360 to negotiate,

00:16:15.180 the time for talk

00:16:15.860 is finished,

00:16:16.400 we're going to keep

00:16:17.160 going with this

00:16:17.720 until we say it's done?

00:16:19.220 Yeah.

00:16:21.380 I can't speak directly

00:16:22.740 for the president,

00:16:23.300 but he has been

00:16:23.900 very clear

00:16:24.460 about his desire

00:16:25.180 for peace.

00:16:26.140 So I think he will

00:16:26.820 give the people

00:16:27.380 of Iran an opportunity

00:16:28.440 to resolve this peacefully.

00:16:31.100 So it wouldn't shock me

00:16:32.240 and it wouldn't surprise me

00:16:33.220 that you see some,

00:16:34.240 you know,

00:16:34.740 slowing down

00:16:36.400 of the military activities

00:16:37.900 over the course

00:16:38.480 of the next few hours

00:16:39.480 or days.

00:16:40.400 But he is serious

00:16:41.560 about changing this regime

00:16:42.900 and your lead-in

00:16:44.380 was, I think,

00:16:45.060 exactly correct.

00:16:46.900 We saw this in 2017,

00:16:48.300 2018, and 2019

00:16:49.880 when we were dealing

00:16:50.700 with what was then

00:16:51.500 known as the JCPOA,

00:16:53.120 which was the Obama construct

00:16:55.420 for reducing their desire

00:16:58.180 to produce nuclear weapons.

00:17:00.880 The tactics used

00:17:02.120 by the regime

00:17:02.760 at that point in time

00:17:03.780 were very similar

00:17:04.520 to what we saw

00:17:05.140 in the last few weeks

00:17:06.080 with Jared

00:17:07.000 and Special Envoy Witkoff.

00:17:10.520 It's delay,

00:17:11.480 it's slowing things down,

00:17:12.980 it's stringing things

00:17:13.800 along to the point

00:17:14.700 where they think

00:17:15.380 that they're going

00:17:15.820 to have some upper hand

00:17:16.740 in the conversation.

00:17:18.100 I think that's what

00:17:18.880 angers the president.

00:17:19.920 It is what, I think,

00:17:21.160 drove his decision today

00:17:22.720 to lead to, you know,

00:17:25.100 begin these attacks.

00:17:27.440 It's, you know,

00:17:28.800 it's not unusual

00:17:29.580 to see this in the regime.

00:17:30.860 He understands it

00:17:31.500 very, very well.

00:17:32.700 But again,

00:17:33.240 as I said earlier,

00:17:34.280 he is very, very interested

00:17:37.220 in seeing peace

00:17:37.980 around the world

00:17:38.600 and particularly in Iran.

00:17:40.060 So it won't shock me

00:17:41.540 that he gives him

00:17:42.220 an opportunity

00:17:42.760 to do the right thing,

00:17:43.980 as he pointed out

00:17:44.740 in his comments.

00:17:46.300 One of the more

00:17:46.600 fascinating developments

00:17:47.620 this morning

00:17:48.200 has been Saudi Arabia.

00:17:49.480 They came out

00:17:50.000 and issued a statement

00:17:50.880 saying that they were

00:17:52.820 frustrated with the,

00:17:53.880 quote,

00:17:53.980 brutal Iranian aggression,

00:17:55.860 the missiles being launched

00:17:56.620 towards their soil.

00:17:57.860 They came out

00:17:58.520 in full support

00:17:59.360 of the United States

00:18:00.340 saying they would join

00:18:01.160 the U.S. effort here.

00:18:02.600 What does that say

00:18:03.420 about the region

00:18:04.120 that you have Saudi Arabia

00:18:05.400 now fully on board

00:18:06.460 with the U.S. operations?

00:18:07.420 Speak to that more broadly.

00:18:09.380 Yeah, well, I mean,

00:18:10.460 don't forget that back,

00:18:12.100 I think it was 2017, 2018,

00:18:13.940 I forget the exact time frame,

00:18:15.040 maybe 2019,

00:18:15.920 I don't recall exactly which.

00:18:17.580 It was Iran who attacked 1.00

00:18:18.800 some of the Saudi infrastructure,

00:18:20.500 some of their oil

00:18:21.060 producing infrastructure,

00:18:22.140 their refining infrastructure

00:18:23.180 as well.

00:18:24.260 So there's been a tension

00:18:25.240 there in the region

00:18:25.940 for some time.

00:18:26.740 And I think Saudi,

00:18:28.060 the Saudi Arabian government,

00:18:29.980 the governments of UAE

00:18:31.580 and others recognize

00:18:32.840 that for many, many years

00:18:34.020 Iran has been a bad actor 1.00

00:18:35.780 in the region,

00:18:36.500 has been really a catalyst

00:18:37.740 for much of the tension

00:18:39.260 that we face there today.

00:18:40.820 So they're as anxious

00:18:42.560 as anyone to see

00:18:43.760 this regime perhaps go away

00:18:46.260 or at least change

00:18:47.140 its direction.

00:18:48.760 The idea of a nuclear-armed Iran 0.91

00:18:51.540 is of concern

00:18:52.860 for all of the countries

00:18:54.000 in that region.

00:18:54.860 So it doesn't shock me

00:18:55.840 that Saudi Arabia

00:18:56.760 and other governments

00:18:58.020 will join with the U.S.

00:18:59.880 in putting an end

00:19:00.580 to this regime.

00:19:02.000 Let's flesh that out a bit

00:19:02.920 because you were instrumental

00:19:04.000 in helping to organize

00:19:05.780 the Abraham Accords.

00:19:07.240 Do you see this

00:19:07.980 as a potential catalyst

00:19:09.500 for further unifying

00:19:10.880 around the U.S.

00:19:11.700 in the Middle East?

00:19:13.800 I do.

00:19:14.880 I do indeed.

00:19:16.040 I think all of the folks,

00:19:17.540 the conversations

00:19:18.140 that we had

00:19:18.700 back in the first Trump term

00:19:20.580 were very, very constructive.

00:19:22.920 There is a true desire

00:19:24.460 for peace in the region,

00:19:25.940 a true desire

00:19:26.720 for peace in the region.

00:19:27.920 And I think

00:19:28.580 that still extends today.

00:19:30.160 It's still there today

00:19:31.080 and people feel it.

00:19:32.000 If you talk to folks

00:19:32.780 on the ground,

00:19:33.540 especially the younger folks,

00:19:35.260 when you talk to them,

00:19:36.300 they want this as badly

00:19:38.160 as anyone else in the world.

00:19:40.220 So, yes,

00:19:40.700 I do think it will be,

00:19:42.020 you know,

00:19:43.000 a catalyst,

00:19:44.160 if you will,

00:19:44.560 for perhaps some new conversations

00:19:46.080 that are an extension

00:19:47.740 of the Abraham Accords.

00:19:49.280 I do think

00:19:49.960 you will see economic deals

00:19:51.320 come together

00:19:51.960 that will drive

00:19:52.840 a lot of these conversations

00:19:53.960 as well.

00:19:54.980 They all understand

00:19:55.760 that this is,

00:19:56.640 you know,

00:19:56.840 important to their

00:19:57.800 economic future as well.

00:19:59.560 It's not just

00:20:00.180 a national security question here.

00:20:02.220 It is really about

00:20:03.480 the growing economies.

00:20:04.700 If you look at what's happened

00:20:06.420 over the last few years

00:20:07.640 with the production of energy,

00:20:08.960 not just oil and gas,

00:20:10.460 but nuclear power,

00:20:11.520 for instance,

00:20:12.040 in UAE,

00:20:13.160 the development of data centers,

00:20:14.660 the development of AI,

00:20:16.200 all of these opportunities

00:20:17.760 are available

00:20:18.580 to the people

00:20:19.280 of the Middle East as well

00:20:20.340 and they want

00:20:20.800 to take advantage of them.

00:20:22.140 And these are very talented,

00:20:23.860 very capable people.

00:20:25.300 We want them to be

00:20:26.160 a part of that conversation.

00:20:27.720 So it's an exciting day

00:20:28.860 in that regard as well.

00:20:30.940 What sort of leverage

00:20:31.740 do you think

00:20:32.180 this gives President Trump

00:20:33.360 in his negotiations

00:20:34.180 with other countries?

00:20:35.380 When you were

00:20:36.060 in the President's Cabinet,

00:20:37.380 were there times

00:20:38.120 where President Trump

00:20:39.180 would maybe exert pressure

00:20:41.140 like this militarily

00:20:42.160 or otherwise on a country

00:20:43.380 and it made your negotiations

00:20:44.940 with completely

00:20:45.820 other countries easier?

00:20:48.740 Oh, yeah.

00:20:49.060 No, look, it does.

00:20:51.020 I'll go back

00:20:51.680 to what I said earlier.

00:20:52.500 The President, I think,

00:20:54.460 hesitates at some times.

00:20:56.020 I mean, not in a good way.

00:20:57.660 He doesn't want

00:20:58.440 to do these things.

00:20:59.320 It's not in his nature.

00:21:00.480 It's not, you know,

00:21:01.020 as you saw

00:21:01.640 in his public comments,

00:21:02.960 he wants peace.

00:21:04.620 These are very,

00:21:05.800 very difficult decisions.

00:21:06.800 You don't come 0.77

00:21:07.620 to this decision

00:21:08.920 on a whim

00:21:09.980 and you don't do it

00:21:10.880 in a matter of seconds.

00:21:11.860 You do it

00:21:12.400 with a lot of forethought,

00:21:13.660 a lot of information

00:21:14.840 at your disposal.

00:21:16.020 And I know he struggled

00:21:17.260 with this decision.

00:21:18.420 I just know that

00:21:19.740 by watching him

00:21:21.040 over the years.

00:21:22.880 But once he makes

00:21:23.660 a decision,

00:21:24.240 he will follow through

00:21:25.120 with it.

00:21:25.680 And that's what

00:21:26.260 you're seeing today.

00:21:27.680 But look,

00:21:28.220 what it does

00:21:28.660 to other negotiations,

00:21:29.580 I think it demonstrates

00:21:30.560 clearly to other nations,

00:21:31.980 to other leaders.

00:21:33.220 He means what he says.

00:21:34.320 If he says he's going

00:21:35.160 to do it,

00:21:35.560 he will do it.

00:21:36.760 And, you know,

00:21:37.500 to the extent

00:21:38.140 that people want

00:21:38.980 to pay attention

00:21:39.600 to those words

00:21:40.300 and pay attention

00:21:40.920 and more importantly

00:21:41.640 to those actions,

00:21:43.100 they will treat

00:21:43.680 them accordingly.

00:21:44.420 And I think it helps,

00:21:45.540 you know,

00:21:46.040 understand.

00:21:46.740 Once people have

00:21:47.540 a clear idea

00:21:48.580 of who this leader is,

00:21:50.280 of who other leaders are,

00:21:51.760 then we can have

00:21:52.420 more constructive conversations

00:21:54.060 and not just,

00:21:55.540 you know,

00:21:55.740 dance around

00:21:56.400 these important issues

00:21:57.360 as we move forward.

00:21:58.720 Final question,

00:21:59.560 then we'll let you go.

00:22:00.440 As former Energy Secretary,

00:22:01.680 you know better than anyone

00:22:02.640 the implications

00:22:04.280 of what this means

00:22:05.120 for Americans

00:22:05.680 when it comes to

00:22:06.420 oil prices,

00:22:07.160 gas prices.

00:22:08.320 Could this have

00:22:08.820 a tangible impact

00:22:09.680 for folks

00:22:10.280 when it comes

00:22:11.140 to the global oil supply?

00:22:13.980 Not the global oil supply.

00:22:15.660 So, I mean,

00:22:15.900 what we're going to see

00:22:16.560 and what we have seen today,

00:22:17.540 as a matter of fact,

00:22:18.200 in some of the oil

00:22:18.780 features pricing

00:22:19.560 is that you'll see

00:22:20.260 this short-term spike.

00:22:22.340 You know,

00:22:22.460 what we're talking about here

00:22:23.380 is roughly 3%

00:22:24.280 of the world's supply

00:22:25.420 of oil coming

00:22:26.820 into the marketplace.

00:22:27.760 Iran does roughly 0.95

00:22:28.580 3 million barrels a day.

00:22:30.000 We consume or produce

00:22:31.520 roughly 100 million barrels a day.

00:22:34.300 Most of Iran's oil

00:22:35.340 goes to China.

00:22:36.520 So we don't see that

00:22:37.580 in the U.S. anyway.

00:22:38.980 But even if it were taken

00:22:39.960 completely off the market,

00:22:41.280 which I don't think it will be,

00:22:43.020 Saudi Arabia has enormous capacity

00:22:45.320 to fill that gap.

00:22:46.420 The United States

00:22:47.100 has enormous capacity

00:22:48.340 to fill that gap.

00:22:49.700 So I don't think

00:22:50.160 the long-term effects

00:22:51.440 of this type of action

00:22:52.560 are going to be

00:22:53.880 sustained high-level

00:22:55.400 oil prices

00:22:56.120 or sustained high gasoline prices

00:22:58.980 over the course of the years.

00:23:00.080 I don't see that

00:23:00.760 happening right now.

00:23:02.200 The Strait of Hormuz

00:23:03.120 obviously is very,

00:23:04.060 very important.

00:23:04.760 A lot of oil

00:23:05.380 comes through that.

00:23:06.740 I don't think Iran 1.00

00:23:07.660 is going to close that.

00:23:08.560 They may threaten it.

00:23:09.640 I don't think they're capable

00:23:10.640 of closing it, frankly.

00:23:11.840 The U.S. Navy

00:23:12.420 will ensure that it's open.

00:23:14.080 But it's not in their interest

00:23:15.260 to close it either.

00:23:16.300 That 3 million barrels

00:23:17.300 that I talked about earlier

00:23:18.420 is the backbone

00:23:19.520 of their economy.

00:23:20.700 They need that oil

00:23:21.480 to get to China.

00:23:22.260 So if they shut down

00:23:22.940 the Strait,

00:23:23.800 they're cutting off their nose

00:23:24.720 to spite their face.

00:23:26.320 All right.

00:23:26.520 Thank you so much,

00:23:27.540 Dan Briette,

00:23:28.200 former Energy Secretary,

00:23:29.720 expert on all things

00:23:30.580 Middle East as well.

00:23:31.560 Thank you so much

00:23:32.040 for your time.

00:23:32.520 Really appreciate you

00:23:33.120 making it in.

00:23:34.500 Thank you.

00:23:35.020 Great to be with you.

00:23:36.120 All right.

00:23:36.360 Again, we have

00:23:36.760 breaking coverage here

00:23:37.840 at the Daily Wire

00:23:39.200 as President Trump

00:23:40.400 and Israel launch

00:23:41.360 joint strikes on Iran.

00:23:43.640 Again, this story

00:23:44.500 is very quickly developing,

00:23:45.580 so we're going to be

00:23:46.140 getting you the latest updates.

00:23:47.520 We're still waiting

00:23:48.080 for information

00:23:49.100 on the whereabouts

00:23:50.000 and potential safety

00:23:52.080 of the Ayatollah,

00:23:53.360 whether he survived

00:23:54.060 these strikes or not.

00:23:54.900 But one thing is clear,

00:23:56.020 an unprecedented morning

00:23:57.360 in Iran.

00:23:58.500 We're waking up

00:23:59.320 to a new age

00:24:00.560 in the Middle East,

00:24:01.280 potentially.

00:24:01.860 Joining us now

00:24:02.300 to discuss

00:24:02.840 what this all means

00:24:04.440 is Fred Fleets,

00:24:05.520 vice chair

00:24:06.040 of America First

00:24:07.020 Policy Institute,

00:24:08.500 American Security.

00:24:10.420 So let's get right

00:24:11.360 into this, Fred.

00:24:13.160 What does this mean?

00:24:14.240 Has anything surprised

00:24:15.100 you so far?

00:24:15.840 Give us the 30,000-foot view

00:24:17.240 here.

00:24:17.500 The Iranian government

00:24:22.960 had multiple opportunities,

00:24:25.120 multiple off-ramps

00:24:26.340 to avoid this.

00:24:27.600 President Trump

00:24:28.080 gave them 60 days

00:24:29.220 last year

00:24:29.800 to negotiate a deal.

00:24:31.300 They played for time,

00:24:32.440 tried to manipulate

00:24:33.100 the talks

00:24:33.600 like they've done

00:24:34.360 with numerous Republican

00:24:35.340 and Democratic presidents.

00:24:37.000 But this president

00:24:37.780 is different.

00:24:38.340 When he sets an ultimatum,

00:24:39.960 he means it.

00:24:40.880 He said in May

00:24:41.840 he wanted peace

00:24:42.980 through strength

00:24:43.580 and commerce

00:24:44.880 with Iran,

00:24:46.140 with China,

00:24:46.820 with Russia,

00:24:47.300 with North Korea.

00:24:48.440 The Iranians ignored him. 0.99

00:24:49.840 And then the ceasefire

00:24:50.900 last June

00:24:51.920 that Trump negotiated,

00:24:53.140 the Israelis

00:24:53.620 did not want

00:24:54.300 to agree to that.

00:24:55.520 They wanted to keep

00:24:56.220 attacking Iran. 0.60

00:24:57.360 But Trump gave Iran

00:24:58.560 an opportunity then.

00:25:00.200 What did it do?

00:25:01.120 It proceeded

00:25:01.720 throughout the summer,

00:25:03.000 throughout the beginning

00:25:03.540 of this year

00:25:03.960 to rebuild

00:25:04.640 its nuclear program,

00:25:06.240 to rebuild

00:25:06.820 its missiles.

00:25:07.880 Then he started

00:25:08.420 talks again this year.

00:25:09.800 The Iranians 0.99

00:25:10.260 also tried

00:25:10.860 to manipulate them.

00:25:12.160 So critics

00:25:12.920 of this attack

00:25:13.660 on the right and left

00:25:14.360 should realize

00:25:14.960 military force

00:25:16.120 was not

00:25:16.660 President Trump's

00:25:17.500 first choice.

00:25:18.720 And when other states

00:25:20.200 try to game us,

00:25:21.820 when they ignore

00:25:22.600 ultimatums,

00:25:23.580 and if we go along

00:25:24.440 with that,

00:25:25.100 we undermine

00:25:25.940 American credibility

00:25:27.200 on the world stage.

00:25:28.980 In your view,

00:25:29.940 what was the red line here?

00:25:31.380 What,

00:25:31.700 was it the protesters

00:25:32.820 who were being killed?

00:25:33.780 Was it the continued

00:25:35.020 stalling that we saw

00:25:36.160 during these negotiations?

00:25:37.280 Do you think

00:25:37.520 there was a singular moment

00:25:38.480 that ultimately

00:25:39.440 forced President Trump's

00:25:40.380 hand here?

00:25:40.720 I mean,

00:25:42.640 obviously the world

00:25:43.480 was appalled

00:25:44.200 when tens of thousands

00:25:45.220 of Iranians

00:25:46.080 were killed

00:25:46.640 by the Iranian regime.

00:25:48.660 And many,

00:25:49.320 many more

00:25:50.000 were maimed.

00:25:50.780 You know,

00:25:50.940 Iranian security forces

00:25:52.120 were shooting

00:25:52.940 at protesters

00:25:53.620 in the eyes

00:25:54.440 to blind them.

00:25:55.880 It was appalling.

00:25:56.820 And the crackdown

00:25:58.520 has continued

00:25:59.100 since that time.

00:26:00.240 I think the president

00:26:01.040 was really outraged

00:26:02.380 by that.

00:26:02.780 He wanted that to stop.

00:26:04.060 But just as important,

00:26:05.200 and this may have happened

00:26:05.900 in the last 10 days,

00:26:07.180 I think there's been

00:26:07.940 very compelling intelligence

00:26:09.600 on how Iran

00:26:10.840 is rushing

00:26:11.460 to rebuild

00:26:12.480 this nuclear missile program.

00:26:14.400 They may be building

00:26:15.500 100 missiles a month

00:26:17.120 and eventually

00:26:18.020 they would have

00:26:18.540 an arsenal so large

00:26:19.740 they would be able

00:26:20.580 to overwhelm

00:26:21.440 Israeli air defenses.

00:26:23.620 Now,

00:26:23.820 Democrats in Congress

00:26:24.640 have already been out

00:26:25.280 in force this morning

00:26:26.280 saying that President Trump

00:26:27.640 acted unconstitutionally,

00:26:29.640 that he illegally

00:26:30.200 bypassed them.

00:26:31.540 What's your response

00:26:32.500 to those Democrats

00:26:33.660 who are saying

00:26:34.380 that President Trump

00:26:35.140 illegally bypassed them?

00:26:37.100 Well,

00:26:37.600 let's first give credit

00:26:38.580 to Senator Fetterman

00:26:39.640 who strongly supported this.

00:26:41.620 We used to have

00:26:42.260 bipartisan politics

00:26:44.460 like that,

00:26:45.040 that politics

00:26:45.580 ended at water's edge.

00:26:47.400 And I hope we have

00:26:48.300 more Democrats

00:26:48.940 who take a principled

00:26:49.720 position like that.

00:26:50.780 I don't think we will

00:26:51.580 because of Trump 0.65

00:26:52.240 derangement syndrome.

00:26:53.560 The American people

00:26:54.440 will decide.

00:26:55.460 Do they think this attack

00:26:56.600 was a good idea?

00:26:57.700 Do they think it was

00:26:58.540 a good idea

00:26:59.040 to get rid of a regime

00:27:00.220 that has been really

00:27:01.320 at war with us

00:27:02.000 for 47 years?

00:27:03.400 As the president said

00:27:04.320 yesterday,

00:27:04.920 before he left

00:27:06.260 the White House,

00:27:06.880 as he said

00:27:07.400 in his statement

00:27:07.960 this morning.

00:27:09.120 So how do you see

00:27:10.100 this playing out?

00:27:11.100 The White House

00:27:11.800 is giving hints

00:27:13.080 that it could be

00:27:13.800 days,

00:27:14.380 even weeks.

00:27:15.520 If you had to guess

00:27:16.700 with what you know

00:27:17.480 of President Trump

00:27:18.180 having worked so closely

00:27:19.040 with him over the years,

00:27:20.280 how long of a timeline

00:27:21.400 do you see

00:27:21.860 for this attack?

00:27:23.380 I think we probably

00:27:24.620 could see a couple

00:27:26.120 of weeks.

00:27:27.120 I think there will be

00:27:27.960 additional phases

00:27:28.820 of this attack

00:27:29.680 that we can't see

00:27:31.040 right now

00:27:31.480 because the initial phases

00:27:32.580 were to take out

00:27:33.320 missile defenses,

00:27:34.800 missile launchers,

00:27:36.400 and prepare for

00:27:37.880 I think broader attacks

00:27:39.080 to undermine

00:27:40.460 the W&D programs

00:27:41.880 and security forces

00:27:43.180 that were being used

00:27:43.940 to put down

00:27:44.440 the Iranian people.

00:27:46.060 Thankfully to this point,

00:27:47.420 reports are that

00:27:48.260 there have been

00:27:48.660 no American casualties.

00:27:50.700 But I am interested,

00:27:51.520 President Trump

00:27:52.040 has been adamant

00:27:52.740 that he does not

00:27:53.500 want boots on the ground

00:27:54.880 in the Middle East,

00:27:55.640 that he does not want

00:27:56.260 that for this situation.

00:27:57.820 If there is a situation,

00:27:59.220 God forbid,

00:28:00.300 where a missile

00:28:01.060 gets through

00:28:01.700 to a U.S. base 0.91

00:28:02.680 and kills

00:28:03.180 a dozen U.S. service members,

00:28:05.420 is there a way

00:28:06.240 to avoid

00:28:07.160 boots on the ground?

00:28:09.120 Well, let's point out

00:28:10.180 that our bases

00:28:10.780 are at greater risk

00:28:11.800 than Israel 0.83

00:28:12.620 because most of

00:28:13.800 Iran's remaining missiles 0.73

00:28:15.140 are short-range missiles.

00:28:16.760 Iran shot most 1.00

00:28:17.700 of its long-range missiles

00:28:18.700 or had them destroyed

00:28:19.880 last June.

00:28:20.880 That's why we're just

00:28:21.660 seeing dozens

00:28:22.260 being fired

00:28:22.820 at Israel right now.

00:28:23.980 But Iran may have 0.92

00:28:24.940 maybe 800 to 1,000

00:28:26.760 short-range missiles. 0.73

00:28:27.800 We can shoot 0.98

00:28:28.300 most of them down. 1.00

00:28:29.140 Iran, I'm sure 0.98

00:28:30.520 there are very,

00:28:31.360 very aggressive

00:28:33.000 efforts right now

00:28:33.860 to protect

00:28:34.400 American assets

00:28:35.160 and American

00:28:35.860 personalities' bases.

00:28:37.380 But frankly,

00:28:38.020 by firing at

00:28:39.060 these Gulf states,

00:28:41.660 Iran is making 1.00

00:28:42.800 this conflict

00:28:43.400 worse for themselves.

00:28:44.520 I think the Saudis 0.99

00:28:45.320 may join us

00:28:46.100 in attacking Iran 0.52

00:28:47.200 right now

00:28:47.600 because Iran

00:28:48.280 attacked Saudi territory.

00:28:50.360 We did see

00:28:50.780 that statement

00:28:51.280 from Saudi Arabia

00:28:52.120 offering at least

00:28:53.440 verbal support

00:28:54.200 for the U.S.

00:28:54.800 The big question,

00:28:55.660 as you mentioned,

00:28:56.100 is whether that will

00:28:57.020 lead to military

00:28:57.580 support as well.

00:28:58.460 So I'm interested

00:28:59.520 in the political angle here.

00:29:01.100 We have seen

00:29:01.680 some on the right

00:29:02.820 criticize President Trump

00:29:04.040 saying that he campaigned

00:29:05.320 as the president

00:29:06.220 who would avoid

00:29:06.980 foreign entanglements,

00:29:07.960 avoid foreign wars.

00:29:08.880 He was the peace president.

00:29:10.380 There has been some pushback

00:29:11.600 on the right,

00:29:12.280 to be fair,

00:29:12.820 saying this isn't

00:29:14.180 what I voted for.

00:29:15.000 What is your message

00:29:15.660 to people who are frustrated

00:29:17.000 with this operation?

00:29:20.000 That's why I started

00:29:21.120 my remarks to say

00:29:22.340 that Trump did not

00:29:23.380 want to use military force,

00:29:25.120 that he gave

00:29:25.720 the Iranian government

00:29:26.760 every opportunity

00:29:27.760 to take an off-ramp,

00:29:29.220 to live in peace

00:29:30.000 with the U.S.

00:29:31.140 And there's critics

00:29:32.420 of this operation,

00:29:34.000 conservatives,

00:29:34.520 who watch this program

00:29:35.580 who aren't going

00:29:36.380 to agree with it.

00:29:37.400 And I didn't want

00:29:38.620 to see military action

00:29:39.500 taken against Iran

00:29:40.460 unless absolutely necessary.

00:29:42.440 But the president

00:29:43.360 gave them

00:29:44.080 multiple opportunities

00:29:45.380 for an agreement

00:29:46.460 to stop the threat

00:29:47.860 to the region

00:29:48.360 and to live in peace

00:29:49.220 with us and with our allies.

00:29:50.440 The Iranian government

00:29:51.560 did not want to do that.

00:29:53.100 This is a government

00:29:53.780 that is determined

00:29:54.400 to destroy the state

00:29:55.280 of Israel 0.97

00:29:55.720 and build nuclear weapons.

00:29:57.800 And President Trump

00:29:58.400 correctly decided

00:29:59.360 that is unacceptable.

00:30:01.380 Final question, Fred.

00:30:03.300 What do you think

00:30:04.000 this means for Russia

00:30:05.440 and China?

00:30:06.040 In your view,

00:30:07.120 how are they responding

00:30:08.340 as they wake up

00:30:09.100 to this news

00:30:09.620 or as they get

00:30:11.520 more intel here?

00:30:12.620 What can we expect

00:30:13.360 to see from Putin and Xi?

00:30:16.260 It's a huge setback

00:30:17.600 for the Russians.

00:30:18.360 Russia doesn't have 1.00

00:30:19.100 many allies.

00:30:19.860 They're getting weapons

00:30:20.540 for the war in Ukraine

00:30:21.440 from just two states,

00:30:23.360 Iran and North Korea.

00:30:25.020 And there's this so-called

00:30:26.180 axis that has been formed

00:30:28.820 with Russia, China,

00:30:30.000 North Korea, and Iran.

00:30:31.260 Well, the axis

00:30:31.900 just lost a member

00:30:33.100 and it looks like

00:30:33.800 the other members

00:30:34.540 aren't doing too much

00:30:36.020 to defend them.

00:30:37.600 All right.

00:30:37.780 We will leave it there.

00:30:38.440 Fred Flights,

00:30:39.080 thank you so much

00:30:40.000 from the America First

00:30:40.940 Policy Institute.

00:30:42.400 Really appreciate you

00:30:43.080 joining us

00:30:43.480 on our breaking coverage today.

00:30:45.380 Good to be here.

00:30:46.680 All right.

00:30:46.960 Again, for those

00:30:47.500 just now tuning in,

00:30:48.600 a historic morning

00:30:49.580 in the Middle East.

00:30:50.660 The United States

00:30:51.320 and Israel

00:30:51.780 launching joint operations

00:30:53.320 striking nuclear sites

00:30:55.460 all across Iran.

00:30:57.300 They're also striking

00:30:58.140 the residences

00:31:00.000 of Iranian leadership.

00:31:01.500 We've already had reports

00:31:02.540 unconfirmed at the moment,

00:31:04.020 but reports

00:31:04.620 that top Iranian generals

00:31:06.960 have been killed.

00:31:08.440 We are still waiting,

00:31:09.260 most importantly,

00:31:09.960 on the whereabouts

00:31:10.600 of the Ayatollah himself.

00:31:12.820 Unconformed rumors

00:31:13.640 at this point

00:31:14.400 saying that Israel 0.74

00:31:16.060 is confident

00:31:16.720 that they had

00:31:17.380 a successful strike on him.

00:31:18.540 But again,

00:31:18.840 we are still waiting

00:31:19.620 for confirmed reports

00:31:21.520 as to his whereabouts.

00:31:23.080 So as this story develops,

00:31:24.480 we're going to continue

00:31:25.300 bringing you

00:31:26.440 all the latest news.

00:31:27.820 But right now,

00:31:28.380 I want to get to Aaron Cohen.

00:31:29.400 He's a former IDF

00:31:30.480 special operations veteran

00:31:31.720 and host

00:31:32.260 of The Aaron Cohen Show.

00:31:34.140 Aaron,

00:31:35.000 I'm going to let you

00:31:35.420 take the floor here.

00:31:36.620 What is your reaction

00:31:37.620 as you saw this news today?

00:31:39.040 Here's where I'm at with this.

00:31:47.220 Here's what I think matters.

00:31:49.540 You know,

00:31:50.140 this is no more games.

00:31:51.740 This is no more

00:31:52.680 warning shot.

00:31:53.920 This is no more

00:31:54.520 tit for tat.

00:31:56.040 Excuse me.

00:31:57.260 Deliberate,

00:31:58.180 coordinated,

00:31:59.360 daytime matters.

00:32:01.420 Operation inside of Iran.

00:32:03.400 Signal's big.

00:32:04.220 Nobody's hiding here.

00:32:05.140 Nobody's sneaking around.

00:32:06.780 It's confident.

00:32:08.220 And look at the deep penetration

00:32:09.840 that the U.S. and Israel

00:32:11.720 was able to pull off.

00:32:12.940 And you don't assemble

00:32:13.740 a strike package

00:32:15.100 of this magnitude

00:32:16.100 unless you've got

00:32:17.600 the intelligence.

00:32:18.400 Remember,

00:32:18.840 Bibi took a trip 0.98

00:32:19.820 about two weeks ago,

00:32:21.100 a week and a half ago.

00:32:21.920 He was meeting with Trump.

00:32:23.180 Certain things

00:32:23.600 we just don't talk about

00:32:24.600 on the phone in Israel.

00:32:26.100 So,

00:32:27.320 I think this was highly planned.

00:32:29.340 I think this could be

00:32:30.540 a low-key regime change here

00:32:32.340 if, in fact,

00:32:33.340 the reports

00:32:34.140 that I'm hearing from Israel

00:32:35.860 and that Fox News

00:32:37.140 and some of my other friends

00:32:38.100 at Fox are putting out,

00:32:39.760 major military IRGC leadership,

00:32:43.340 including the Ayatollah,

00:32:45.140 may, in fact,

00:32:46.000 have been eliminated.

00:32:47.340 And so,

00:32:48.320 it's the senior leadership

00:32:49.600 for the IRGC

00:32:51.080 have always been

00:32:53.100 within strike scope.

00:32:55.380 I want to make that clear.

00:32:57.220 So,

00:32:57.860 that pressure

00:32:58.900 at the highest level

00:33:00.760 of the regime

00:33:01.660 and taking out

00:33:03.360 those leaders

00:33:04.060 is what matters

00:33:05.380 the most.

00:33:06.180 So,

00:33:06.360 for decades,

00:33:07.840 you know,

00:33:08.360 the leadership of Iran

00:33:10.180 believed they were insulated

00:33:11.640 and that they could,

00:33:12.840 you know,

00:33:13.300 keep projecting that power

00:33:14.740 through the proxies,

00:33:16.060 attacking Israel, 0.78

00:33:17.100 attacking the U.S.,

00:33:18.480 the military bases,

00:33:19.840 the missiles,

00:33:20.920 the enrichment

00:33:21.480 they kept pushing.

00:33:22.440 This is all coming

00:33:23.560 from the top

00:33:24.200 of the leadership.

00:33:25.280 And if, in fact,

00:33:26.000 it's true

00:33:26.560 and the leadership

00:33:27.140 was taken out,

00:33:28.680 it's no more

00:33:29.180 attacking the middle,

00:33:30.140 it's no more

00:33:30.620 attacking the knees.

00:33:31.720 So, you know,

00:33:32.860 no more

00:33:33.160 degrading the capability

00:33:34.720 to slow them down,

00:33:36.120 which is what

00:33:36.700 the prior administrations

00:33:38.000 have been doing

00:33:38.620 for decades,

00:33:40.400 last almost 40 years.

00:33:42.560 And so,

00:33:43.620 once that leadership

00:33:45.060 gets hit,

00:33:46.980 that deterrence

00:33:47.980 equation changes.

00:33:49.980 So,

00:33:50.160 that's a pretty big shift

00:33:51.400 that we're seeing

00:33:52.140 here right now.

00:33:52.900 And as more

00:33:53.840 of this information

00:33:54.940 gets confirmed

00:33:56.020 and the top-tier

00:33:57.500 regime target packages

00:33:59.380 are confirmed,

00:34:00.200 then it's really

00:34:01.580 going to change

00:34:02.340 the whole puzzle

00:34:04.280 for the Middle East.

00:34:05.760 One thing that

00:34:06.600 really struck me

00:34:07.500 as this news

00:34:08.060 started to break

00:34:08.700 was that

00:34:09.240 the United States

00:34:10.100 appeared to be

00:34:10.860 striking military sites,

00:34:12.720 nuclear locations,

00:34:13.800 naval bases,

00:34:14.380 things of that nature,

00:34:15.540 while the Israelis 0.99

00:34:16.240 were primarily

00:34:17.240 striking individuals,

00:34:19.140 going after the regime,

00:34:20.360 going after top generals.

00:34:22.300 Why do you think

00:34:22.880 that is?

00:34:23.260 Why was there

00:34:23.760 a sort of

00:34:24.780 delineation of duties

00:34:26.000 between the two

00:34:26.740 countries there?

00:34:27.260 I don't think it's,

00:34:31.320 I just think it's

00:34:32.500 the operational flow

00:34:33.680 and the layout.

00:34:34.640 I think the U.S.

00:34:35.360 has capabilities.

00:34:37.000 They're going to be able

00:34:37.800 to move quickly

00:34:38.480 in certain directions.

00:34:40.000 I can tell you that

00:34:41.020 from my sources

00:34:41.860 in Israel

00:34:42.460 over the last

00:34:43.280 several months,

00:34:44.520 the U.S. Special Operations

00:34:46.180 Command,

00:34:46.880 specifically in the Middle East,

00:34:48.660 has been entrenched

00:34:49.560 inside of Israel,

00:34:50.780 helping with the Gaza situation

00:34:52.440 to put together

00:34:53.040 what that plan

00:34:53.660 is going to be

00:34:54.160 moving forward,

00:34:55.220 post-Hamas.

00:34:57.800 So there's been

00:34:58.360 a lot of coordinating

00:34:59.360 with assets,

00:35:01.220 both special operations assets

00:35:03.080 and Air Force assets.

00:35:04.060 So I think it's

00:35:04.680 just coordination.

00:35:06.600 I wouldn't be surprised

00:35:08.180 if Israel had 0.97

00:35:09.060 lead on certain pieces,

00:35:10.560 the Americans had 0.86

00:35:11.300 lead on other pieces.

00:35:12.640 But again,

00:35:14.080 I just want to be clear

00:35:15.380 about what's being reported

00:35:17.200 and how significant it is.

00:35:19.220 We could be talking

00:35:20.100 about the neutralization

00:35:21.420 of Ali Khamenei,

00:35:22.420 the Supreme Leader

00:35:23.640 of Iran,

00:35:24.480 Massoud Pazeskian, 0.99

00:35:26.560 the President of Iran,

00:35:28.380 Mohammed Pakpour,

00:35:29.800 the IRGC Commander-in-Chief,

00:35:32.160 may have also been eliminated.

00:35:33.920 Ali Khamenei,

00:35:35.740 who's the Senior Advisor

00:35:37.500 to the Supreme Leader

00:35:39.080 and former National Security Chief.

00:35:42.260 And if those names

00:35:43.400 were actually inside

00:35:45.220 these strike packages,

00:35:46.440 I say,

00:35:47.040 who cares who killed them? 0.99

00:35:48.520 Take them out.

00:35:49.440 But what it does is

00:35:50.680 it creates an entire

00:35:52.580 new operational layout here.

00:35:55.520 What sort of risk

00:35:56.680 do you see

00:35:57.280 for asymmetric warfare

00:35:59.120 as a result of this?

00:36:00.060 Obviously,

00:36:00.440 there's a lot of attention

00:36:01.860 being given

00:36:02.280 to the military response

00:36:03.400 from Iran.

00:36:04.460 How likely do you think

00:36:05.700 it is that Iran 0.96

00:36:06.440 uses their terror proxies 0.64

00:36:07.920 to launch attacks

00:36:09.100 on soft targets,

00:36:10.480 using the Houthis 0.98

00:36:12.340 to start retargeting

00:36:13.860 more shipping tankers

00:36:14.840 or using Hezbollah,

00:36:16.860 any other terror group

00:36:17.840 that they could have

00:36:18.860 ordered around for attacks?

00:36:21.540 How likely do you think

00:36:22.280 that is?

00:36:24.160 It's a good question.

00:36:25.320 Look, this is the way

00:36:26.060 terrorism plays.

00:36:27.240 You know what I mean?

00:36:27.800 And matkifim.

00:36:29.020 Kachai movdim.

00:36:29.960 This is the way they work.

00:36:31.200 They strike.

00:36:31.940 It's asymmetrical,

00:36:32.860 like you said.

00:36:35.040 You know,

00:36:35.700 it's hit-and-run operations,

00:36:38.860 guerrilla style.

00:36:41.740 Here's why I'm at with that.

00:36:43.840 When you target

00:36:44.860 the leadership,

00:36:46.020 you make it

00:36:46.600 very difficult

00:36:48.040 for these nodes

00:36:50.060 to be able

00:36:51.400 to continue

00:36:52.120 any term,

00:36:53.140 any type of

00:36:53.780 really long-term

00:36:55.520 sustainment

00:36:57.360 against whether

00:36:58.080 it's Israel,

00:36:58.800 the United States

00:36:59.720 nodes in the region.

00:37:02.160 So, again,

00:37:03.680 I'm going to go back

00:37:04.740 to the disruption here.

00:37:06.500 And again,

00:37:06.740 when the U.S. hits,

00:37:08.480 it hits very,

00:37:10.140 very hard.

00:37:10.460 I was just talking

00:37:10.940 about this on Fox

00:37:11.660 last night with Trace.

00:37:13.260 You know,

00:37:13.460 after what President Trump

00:37:15.460 did to Maduro,

00:37:16.960 grabbing him

00:37:17.660 and the audacity

00:37:18.560 of that operation,

00:37:20.340 the fact that Trump

00:37:21.760 allowed and sanctioned

00:37:24.200 an operation

00:37:25.100 to target the Ayatollah

00:37:27.800 will diametrically

00:37:30.180 create a paradigm shift

00:37:32.000 for the whole region.

00:37:33.360 All of the Arab states

00:37:34.460 will then start getting on board,

00:37:35.740 which we're already seeing

00:37:36.560 right now.

00:37:37.080 Bahrain,

00:37:38.040 Saudi,

00:37:38.380 they're all

00:37:39.140 they're all

00:37:41.200 speaking down

00:37:43.220 to the Ayatollah

00:37:44.280 because they've been

00:37:44.980 the gravity,

00:37:45.900 the Islamic regime

00:37:46.780 has been the gravity 0.92

00:37:48.480 of all of the terrorism

00:37:50.420 in the region.

00:37:51.140 And so,

00:37:51.380 if these guys are gone,

00:37:52.860 it's going to make it

00:37:53.540 very difficult

00:37:54.880 to continue

00:37:55.940 any kind of long-term

00:37:57.040 sustained operations

00:37:58.340 against U.S. nodes

00:38:00.000 and obviously

00:38:00.800 against Israel.

00:38:02.020 So,

00:38:02.980 obviously,

00:38:03.540 there's going to be pockets,

00:38:04.940 but without

00:38:05.940 central organization,

00:38:07.600 remember,

00:38:08.000 the Iranians

00:38:09.380 fed Hamas,

00:38:11.080 the Iranians

00:38:12.020 feed

00:38:12.580 all of that

00:38:13.660 terror activity

00:38:14.460 in the region.

00:38:15.020 The moment you take out

00:38:15.980 the IRGC

00:38:16.940 consolidation of power,

00:38:19.460 the retaliation

00:38:20.540 has become

00:38:21.100 a lot more complicated.

00:38:22.820 So,

00:38:23.080 I don't think

00:38:23.500 this is going to turn

00:38:24.300 into an Iraq 2.0

00:38:25.920 for any of the haters

00:38:26.860 that are going to be out there

00:38:27.560 going,

00:38:27.820 oh my God,

00:38:28.100 we're going to get dragged

00:38:28.760 into another war.

00:38:29.800 No,

00:38:30.080 we're not.

00:38:30.540 This has always been

00:38:31.920 and special operations

00:38:32.980 will always lead

00:38:34.380 counterterrorism operations.

00:38:36.240 So,

00:38:36.340 we just got to kind of see

00:38:37.260 how the rest of this

00:38:38.360 begins to unfold.

00:38:39.840 Final question here.

00:38:41.160 What do you think

00:38:41.860 that Israel

00:38:42.380 and the U.S.

00:38:43.140 learned

00:38:43.560 from the 12-day war

00:38:45.420 back in June?

00:38:51.880 It's a good question.

00:38:53.520 I think that they learned

00:38:54.860 that the Iranians

00:38:56.740 have a very soft, 0.90

00:38:58.700 white underbelly 0.91

00:38:59.920 and that they rule 0.99

00:39:01.300 with fear

00:39:01.940 and that they rule

00:39:03.160 with the idea

00:39:04.140 of a nuclear weapon,

00:39:05.800 which is why

00:39:06.720 Trump

00:39:07.360 went in there

00:39:09.200 with Israel,

00:39:10.260 its most powerful

00:39:11.240 best friend,

00:39:12.040 these two as a team,

00:39:13.460 went in there

00:39:14.280 and targeted

00:39:15.120 the leadership.

00:39:16.200 They probably

00:39:16.900 softened up

00:39:17.820 and hit

00:39:18.240 the remnants

00:39:19.100 of whatever

00:39:19.660 nuclear capabilities

00:39:20.920 the Iranian

00:39:21.800 had left

00:39:23.700 after that

00:39:24.240 Fordow strike.

00:39:25.300 So,

00:39:26.780 I think

00:39:27.720 at this point

00:39:28.900 right now,

00:39:30.540 the lessons are

00:39:32.320 these guys

00:39:33.200 can talk

00:39:33.860 and bark, 1.00

00:39:34.880 but nobody

00:39:35.920 understands

00:39:37.280 big picture

00:39:38.680 signaling

00:39:39.300 better than

00:39:40.620 President Trump.

00:39:41.600 But I'm not the guy

00:39:42.220 to get political,

00:39:43.520 but I will tell you

00:39:44.740 we have an old expression,

00:39:46.200 which is

00:39:50.580 you have to

00:39:51.220 speak the language

00:39:52.160 of the Middle East.

00:39:53.340 And when you

00:39:53.660 take down

00:39:54.400 the kingpin

00:39:55.580 of the entire

00:39:57.160 fulcrum

00:39:58.100 of terrorism,

00:40:00.160 the center of it,

00:40:01.120 which has been

00:40:01.580 pushing for 40 years

00:40:03.000 terrorism

00:40:03.680 against the Americans 0.97

00:40:04.740 going back

00:40:05.300 to the marine

00:40:06.880 barracks 1.00

00:40:07.520 back in the 80s,

00:40:09.320 feeding the Houthis,

00:40:10.720 feeding Boko Haram,

00:40:12.280 pushing ideology,

00:40:13.680 feeding Hamas.

00:40:14.500 When you take out

00:40:15.340 that leadership

00:40:16.180 the lesson is clear.

00:40:18.300 Trump

00:40:18.860 will signal

00:40:20.120 and be bigger

00:40:21.520 than all

00:40:22.780 of these terror

00:40:23.720 leaders,

00:40:24.540 and he's not afraid

00:40:26.060 to take the full

00:40:27.260 backing of the

00:40:28.060 American might

00:40:28.880 and push those 0.91

00:40:29.860 aircraft carriers

00:40:32.080 into the region,

00:40:33.500 sprinkle in

00:40:34.440 some of that

00:40:34.880 incredible Israeli

00:40:35.940 intelligence,

00:40:36.960 and now you've

00:40:37.680 got yourself

00:40:38.460 a down regime.

00:40:39.980 So again,

00:40:40.360 let's see what

00:40:40.840 happens here,

00:40:41.560 but this is a

00:40:42.200 very historical

00:40:43.960 shift in the region,

00:40:45.000 which could bring

00:40:46.100 quiet,

00:40:47.240 not the opposite.

00:40:48.480 That's where

00:40:48.860 I'm leaning towards.

00:40:50.040 All right,

00:40:50.220 we will leave it there,

00:40:50.940 Aaron.

00:40:51.220 Thank you so much

00:40:51.940 for joining us

00:40:52.540 on this historic day.

00:40:53.560 Really appreciate

00:40:54.020 your insights.

00:40:55.820 Appreciate you.

00:40:56.580 Thank you.

00:40:57.400 Again,

00:40:57.820 for those just now

00:40:58.800 tuning in,

00:40:59.980 breaking news

00:41:00.740 coming out of Iran,

00:41:01.740 the United States

00:41:02.220 and Israel

00:41:02.680 launching a series

00:41:03.780 of airstrikes

00:41:04.860 targeting Iranian 0.55

00:41:05.840 facilities.

00:41:06.320 At the moment,

00:41:07.220 it appears that

00:41:07.800 the United States

00:41:08.700 has been targeting

00:41:09.720 nuclear sites,

00:41:11.160 looking to decimate

00:41:12.980 the nuclear facilities

00:41:14.340 that the Iranians

00:41:15.040 were trying to rebuild

00:41:15.960 after Operation

00:41:16.740 Midnight Hammer.

00:41:17.920 On the Israeli side,

00:41:19.480 they have been targeting

00:41:20.180 Iranian leadership

00:41:22.880 going after the Ayatollah, 0.89

00:41:24.880 senior members of the IRGC,

00:41:26.560 senior members of the

00:41:27.360 parliament,

00:41:28.280 and we're still

00:41:29.060 waiting for details

00:41:29.720 on how many

00:41:30.480 of those individuals

00:41:31.420 have been killed.

00:41:33.620 But we know

00:41:34.260 that President Trump

00:41:35.060 and Israel

00:41:35.600 were looking for 0.56

00:41:36.220 a decapitation strike 0.96

00:41:37.460 where they would 0.97

00:41:38.220 take out as many

00:41:38.980 of the senior leaders

00:41:39.640 as possible

00:41:40.160 to create chaos.

00:41:41.480 President Trump

00:41:42.120 came out in an address

00:41:43.340 overnight saying

00:41:45.000 that he wanted

00:41:46.060 the people in Iran

00:41:47.540 to engage

00:41:49.040 in regime change,

00:41:49.840 telling them

00:41:50.200 that it was their time

00:41:51.260 for freedom

00:41:52.260 and he was

00:41:53.140 openly encouraging them

00:41:54.940 to essentially go out

00:41:56.200 and force the regime

00:41:57.360 from power

00:41:58.040 and to take out

00:41:59.660 the Ayatollah

00:42:00.320 if Israel

00:42:00.840 has not already

00:42:01.340 done it themselves,

00:42:02.520 if the U.S.

00:42:03.000 has not already

00:42:03.420 done it themselves.

00:42:04.460 So we're going

00:42:04.700 to get now

00:42:05.140 to Jason Brodsky.

00:42:06.360 He's the policy director

00:42:07.320 at United Against

00:42:08.400 a Nuclear Iran. 0.75

00:42:09.940 Jason,

00:42:11.020 an enormous day,

00:42:12.660 your group

00:42:13.080 United Against

00:42:14.160 a Nuclear Iran. 0.75

00:42:14.840 What does this mean

00:42:15.640 to prevent Iran 1.00

00:42:17.340 from becoming

00:42:17.880 a nuclear power?

00:42:19.720 Well, it's great

00:42:20.520 to be with you.

00:42:21.160 I think President Trump

00:42:22.200 has undertaken

00:42:23.140 a historic

00:42:23.860 and unprecedented

00:42:24.740 military operation

00:42:26.800 against the Iranian regime.

00:42:29.100 The operation

00:42:29.980 is Operation Epic Fury

00:42:31.480 and indeed

00:42:32.460 the fury is epic

00:42:33.480 after 47 years

00:42:34.720 of the Iranian regime

00:42:35.920 waging war

00:42:36.780 against the United States.

00:42:38.440 It was birthed

00:42:39.700 at war

00:42:40.440 with the United States

00:42:41.480 and it's continued

00:42:42.160 to this day

00:42:42.820 being at war

00:42:43.480 with the United States.

00:42:44.860 It's taken

00:42:45.320 our citizens hostage.

00:42:46.920 It has killed Americans. 0.69

00:42:48.160 It has blown 0.95

00:42:48.680 the faces,

00:42:49.600 arms and legs

00:42:50.400 off of Americans 0.71

00:42:51.300 and this regime

00:42:52.780 can't get

00:42:53.240 a nuclear weapon

00:42:54.100 and President Trump

00:42:55.200 has in his own actions

00:42:58.040 demonstrated

00:42:58.840 that to him

00:42:59.780 a deadline

00:43:00.760 is a deadline

00:43:01.620 and U.S. red lines

00:43:03.120 are red lines

00:43:03.800 and the Iranian regime

00:43:04.780 is really not used

00:43:05.660 to operating

00:43:06.340 and dealing

00:43:06.920 with a president

00:43:07.560 who follows through

00:43:09.060 on his threats

00:43:09.920 and holds the regime

00:43:11.220 accountable militarily.

00:43:12.400 So I think

00:43:13.680 the big question

00:43:14.420 for a lot of Americans

00:43:15.520 waking up to this news

00:43:16.400 this morning

00:43:16.880 is why?

00:43:19.020 Why now?

00:43:19.740 Why are we going

00:43:20.540 after Iran now?

00:43:22.120 And I think

00:43:22.480 for Israel

00:43:23.500 there's a simple explanation

00:43:24.760 of we are directly

00:43:25.840 within reach

00:43:26.980 of their missiles

00:43:27.740 but there are Americans

00:43:29.480 who are saying

00:43:30.000 hey, Iran doesn't have 1.00

00:43:31.340 missiles right now

00:43:31.920 that can reach us

00:43:32.680 so what exactly

00:43:34.220 is the threat?

00:43:34.980 So make that case

00:43:36.000 for us on why

00:43:36.700 it was necessary now.

00:43:38.400 What is President Trump's

00:43:39.540 best argument

00:43:40.120 for why he had

00:43:40.880 to act preemptively?

00:43:42.400 I think for a few

00:43:44.020 different reasons.

00:43:45.040 First of all

00:43:45.660 the Iranian regime

00:43:46.960 had started

00:43:47.800 to reconstitute

00:43:49.000 its uranium enrichment

00:43:50.920 capabilities

00:43:51.680 as Secretary Rubio

00:43:53.040 has stated

00:43:53.700 and President Trump

00:43:54.640 had warned the Iranian regime

00:43:56.120 against doing so.

00:43:57.660 It crossed a red line

00:43:58.740 for President Trump

00:43:59.760 and the U.S.

00:44:00.500 acted as a result.

00:44:01.700 That's first.

00:44:02.600 Second is

00:44:03.180 the Iranian regime

00:44:04.080 has been perfecting

00:44:05.280 its capability

00:44:06.420 and ability

00:44:07.120 to construct

00:44:08.660 intercontinental

00:44:10.560 ballistic missile

00:44:11.500 through

00:44:11.980 the setup

00:44:13.360 of what's called

00:44:14.180 a satellite launch

00:44:15.340 vehicle program.

00:44:16.320 It's been using

00:44:17.200 the program

00:44:18.460 to create

00:44:19.660 that ICBM

00:44:20.600 development capability.

00:44:22.080 It uses technologies

00:44:23.120 that are directly

00:44:24.320 applicable

00:44:24.940 to the development

00:44:25.800 of an ICBM

00:44:26.840 that could reach

00:44:27.900 the United States

00:44:28.780 and the Defense

00:44:29.900 Intelligence Agency

00:44:31.000 has assessed

00:44:32.580 that by 2035

00:44:34.100 Iran could start 0.99

00:44:35.240 producing

00:44:35.720 those ICBMs

00:44:37.180 that could threaten

00:44:37.680 the United States.

00:44:38.560 So it's important

00:44:39.820 that we nip

00:44:40.420 these threats

00:44:41.120 in the bud.

00:44:42.640 A diplomacy

00:44:43.200 with the Iranian regime

00:44:44.280 which President Trump

00:44:45.180 has tried

00:44:45.860 repeatedly

00:44:46.520 has failed.

00:44:47.920 Democrats have tried it.

00:44:49.240 Republicans have tried it.

00:44:50.560 The reality is

00:44:51.460 that there is no

00:44:52.380 durable diplomatic

00:44:53.380 solution

00:44:54.100 to the Iranian challenge 0.92

00:44:56.160 as long as this regime

00:44:57.380 is in power

00:44:58.040 and I think

00:44:58.540 President Trump

00:44:59.260 acted as a result

00:45:00.900 of that

00:45:01.340 to advance

00:45:01.960 U.S. interests

00:45:02.820 because it is in

00:45:03.600 the U.S. interests

00:45:04.460 that the Iranian regime

00:45:05.860 be gone.

00:45:07.440 Jason,

00:45:07.940 stick with us here.

00:45:08.960 We want to keep you on.

00:45:10.460 We're also going to now

00:45:11.240 bring in Tim Rice.

00:45:12.300 He's the Daily Wire

00:45:12.960 D.C. Bureau Chief.

00:45:14.760 I want to get both

00:45:15.500 of your thoughts now

00:45:16.540 on this clip

00:45:17.800 I'm going to play

00:45:18.200 in a second.

00:45:18.620 But first, Tim,

00:45:19.740 give us what the vibe

00:45:22.140 is, for lack of a better word,

00:45:23.420 in D.C.

00:45:23.960 What are you hearing

00:45:24.500 from lawmakers?

00:45:25.640 What are we hearing

00:45:26.260 from the White House

00:45:27.080 out of the nation's capital?

00:45:34.460 Not sure if Tim

00:45:35.360 can hear us there.

00:45:36.460 So we're going to now

00:45:37.180 play this clip

00:45:38.040 from President Trump

00:45:38.920 and get a reaction

00:45:41.100 here in a second.

00:45:41.720 But here's President Trump

00:45:42.560 talking about

00:45:43.980 the potential risk

00:45:45.480 that is posed

00:45:46.240 to U.S. service members.

00:45:48.340 A really stunning moment here.

00:45:50.040 Let's have a watch.

00:45:51.940 My administration

00:45:52.980 has taken every possible step

00:45:55.160 to minimize the risk

00:45:56.540 to U.S. personnel

00:45:58.180 in the region.

00:45:59.580 Even so,

00:46:00.500 and I do not make

00:46:01.760 this statement lightly,

00:46:02.860 the Iranian regime 0.99

00:46:05.280 seeks to kill.

00:46:07.200 The lives of courageous

00:46:08.620 American heroes

00:46:09.640 may be lost

00:46:10.460 and we may have casualties

00:46:12.240 that often happens in war.

00:46:15.520 But we're doing this

00:46:16.500 not for now.

00:46:17.620 We're doing this

00:46:18.320 for the future.

00:46:19.700 And it is a noble mission.

00:46:22.420 We pray for every service member

00:46:24.240 as they selflessly risk

00:46:25.920 their lives to ensure

00:46:27.200 that Americans

00:46:28.220 and our children

00:46:29.140 will never be threatened

00:46:30.820 by a nuclear-armed Iran.

00:46:33.220 We ask God

00:46:34.160 to protect all of our heroes

00:46:35.820 in harm's way.

00:46:37.440 And we trust that

00:46:38.520 with his help

00:46:39.600 the men and women

00:46:41.220 of the armed forces

00:46:42.420 will prevail.

00:46:44.820 All right.

00:46:45.380 Again, we're going to go back.

00:46:46.420 We had some technical issues

00:46:47.240 there earlier,

00:46:47.920 but Tim Rice,

00:46:48.660 Daily Wire,

00:46:49.100 D.C. bureau chief,

00:46:50.360 joins our panel now.

00:46:51.960 Tim,

00:46:52.500 President Trump there

00:46:53.380 talking about the risk

00:46:54.680 that is posed

00:46:55.420 to American service members.

00:46:57.000 It appears right now,

00:46:59.520 praise God,

00:47:00.080 that no U.S. service members

00:47:01.280 have been killed

00:47:01.820 from the reports we've seen.

00:47:03.280 But walk us through

00:47:04.220 the vibe that you're hearing

00:47:05.720 in D.C.

00:47:06.700 What sort of things

00:47:07.420 are you hearing

00:47:07.840 from lawmakers

00:47:08.460 on the Hill so far?

00:47:09.440 Yeah, thanks, Kevin.

00:47:12.660 I mean, it's about

00:47:13.980 what you would expect

00:47:14.900 down here

00:47:15.420 in our nation's capital,

00:47:16.500 which is to say

00:47:16.980 that Republicans

00:47:17.560 are mostly marching

00:47:18.440 in lockstep

00:47:19.020 with the president

00:47:19.700 with the exception

00:47:20.380 of Thomas Massey

00:47:21.640 and a couple of other

00:47:22.420 former Congresswoman

00:47:23.480 Marjorie Taylor Greene,

00:47:24.580 some other real

00:47:25.220 MAGA isolationist diehards. 0.84

00:47:27.220 And Democrats

00:47:27.640 are largely breaking

00:47:28.680 against the president

00:47:29.940 with the exception

00:47:30.540 of Senator John Fetterman

00:47:31.700 from Pennsylvania,

00:47:32.380 who has sort of emerged

00:47:33.900 as we know

00:47:35.160 as a pretty erstwhile ally

00:47:37.260 of Israel

00:47:37.960 and of this administration

00:47:39.040 when it comes to Israel

00:47:40.300 and the Middle East.

00:47:41.140 So I think one

00:47:42.140 of the big things, though,

00:47:42.940 and you mentioned the fact

00:47:44.060 that there were no casualties.

00:47:45.440 One of the main narratives

00:47:46.440 that we're hearing

00:47:46.960 from mostly the opponents,

00:47:48.400 the Democrats

00:47:48.880 and those handful

00:47:49.440 of Republicans,

00:47:50.300 is, you know,

00:47:50.940 the president ran on

00:47:51.980 keeping us out

00:47:52.820 of ending forever wars,

00:47:54.160 keeping us out of wars.

00:47:55.560 They're saying, you know,

00:47:56.200 no more Iraq. 1.00

00:47:57.620 We don't want to go back

00:47:58.460 to the global war on terror.

00:47:59.680 And what I think

00:48:00.120 what people are missing

00:48:00.860 is that this president

00:48:01.920 does not plan

00:48:03.500 on this being

00:48:04.200 a long engagement.

00:48:05.160 He made it very clear

00:48:06.060 in that early morning

00:48:07.080 surprise speech, right?

00:48:08.200 He said to the Iranian people,

00:48:10.020 he addressed them directly.

00:48:11.020 He said, once we go in

00:48:12.020 and clear out the Ayatollah 1.00

00:48:13.100 and the regime,

00:48:14.200 I urge you

00:48:15.000 to take over the government.

00:48:16.160 This is your government.

00:48:17.100 It can be your country again.

00:48:18.700 So I think what this president

00:48:19.620 reminds us, right?

00:48:20.360 Same thing with Venezuela.

00:48:21.800 It would have been

00:48:22.400 absolutely unconscionable

00:48:23.880 a couple of months ago

00:48:24.760 to think that we could go in,

00:48:26.360 take a foreign leader,

00:48:27.400 bring him out,

00:48:28.000 and be done and dusted

00:48:28.840 in a matter of, you know,

00:48:29.880 nine hours.

00:48:30.580 I think similar thing

00:48:31.740 going here.

00:48:32.180 The president is saying,

00:48:33.140 yes, I am in favor

00:48:33.900 of regime change for Iran.

00:48:35.460 It is the best thing

00:48:36.280 for America

00:48:36.860 and American troops

00:48:37.860 and our allies in the region.

00:48:39.140 But United States service members

00:48:40.980 will not be the ones

00:48:42.040 actively changing that regime.

00:48:44.660 Jason, I'm interested

00:48:45.580 in your take.

00:48:46.900 President Trump,

00:48:47.700 they're talking about

00:48:48.220 the risk to American

00:48:49.760 service members.

00:48:51.260 If there are service members

00:48:52.880 killed,

00:48:53.780 how far do you think

00:48:55.200 the U.S. should be willing

00:48:56.020 to go to ensure

00:48:57.320 that Iran does not 1.00

00:48:58.240 have a nuclear program?

00:48:59.080 Do you think that boots

00:49:00.500 on the ground

00:49:01.100 could ever be

00:49:01.980 a necessary proposition here?

00:49:05.180 I don't foresee

00:49:06.420 President Trump

00:49:07.300 putting boots

00:49:08.000 on the ground

00:49:08.680 in Iran.

00:49:09.960 He is demonstrating

00:49:11.240 that this is an air power war.

00:49:13.840 It is quite different

00:49:14.980 from what happened

00:49:15.840 with Iraq and Afghanistan.

00:49:17.380 It's a very different model,

00:49:19.180 as you just heard before.

00:49:21.220 And so I think

00:49:22.800 that this is also

00:49:23.580 not just about

00:49:24.240 the nuclear program.

00:49:25.240 It's about the missile program.

00:49:26.540 It's about the Iranian leadership,

00:49:28.180 which is a lethal threat

00:49:30.220 to the United States.

00:49:31.960 And so it's a much

00:49:32.840 broader mission here.

00:49:34.800 And the idea

00:49:36.100 is to create

00:49:37.640 the conditions

00:49:38.300 which collapse

00:49:39.760 the Iranian regime

00:49:40.700 and allow

00:49:41.360 the Iranian people

00:49:42.900 to reclaim

00:49:43.500 their country.

00:49:44.460 And it basically

00:49:46.000 provides the time

00:49:47.400 and the space

00:49:48.200 and evens

00:49:49.160 the playing field

00:49:50.060 between the Iranian people

00:49:51.240 who have been

00:49:51.700 largely unarmed

00:49:52.800 and the regime,

00:49:54.580 which is very armed.

00:49:56.240 And so that's

00:49:57.300 the model here

00:49:58.240 that I think

00:49:58.800 the Trump administration

00:50:00.220 is pursuing.

00:50:02.260 And that's how

00:50:03.340 it differentiates

00:50:04.240 from the other conflicts

00:50:05.800 that you just cited.

00:50:08.080 And also,

00:50:08.760 I think the president,

00:50:09.620 as he stated in his remarks,

00:50:10.820 he acknowledges

00:50:11.520 that there is a risk

00:50:12.360 of U.S. casualties.

00:50:14.260 And he definitely demonstrates

00:50:16.260 that there is

00:50:17.020 that acknowledgement.

00:50:17.940 But the Iranian regime, 0.89

00:50:19.140 what they're going to try

00:50:19.900 to do in response

00:50:21.060 is to try to increase

00:50:22.600 the political,

00:50:23.840 economic,

00:50:24.560 and military costs

00:50:25.620 for the United States

00:50:26.580 in any way they can

00:50:27.980 to try to cut

00:50:30.000 this operation short

00:50:31.420 and to put pressure

00:50:34.260 on the president

00:50:34.940 to basically withdraw

00:50:37.320 and cease the operation.

00:50:39.820 And so that's

00:50:40.340 the Islamic Republic's

00:50:41.400 calculation and strategy.

00:50:43.060 It's one of asymmetric

00:50:44.300 endurance

00:50:44.880 against a power

00:50:46.240 like the United States,

00:50:47.440 which has a much larger

00:50:48.960 and sophisticated

00:50:49.700 and more formidable

00:50:50.780 conventional military.

00:50:53.080 Tim,

00:50:53.700 I want to get back

00:50:54.640 to the pushback

00:50:55.780 from Democrats

00:50:56.680 on Capitol Hill.

00:50:58.680 They are very upset

00:51:00.820 about this operation,

00:51:01.920 but how much power

00:51:03.240 do they actually have?

00:51:03.920 What could they actually do

00:51:05.400 from a congressional standpoint

00:51:07.460 to try and prevent

00:51:08.380 President Trump

00:51:09.120 from taking action?

00:51:11.860 It's a great question.

00:51:12.940 So one of the main Democrats

00:51:14.180 who's come out against this

00:51:15.200 is Virginia Senator Tim Kaine,

00:51:17.060 Hillary Clinton's

00:51:17.680 former running mate.

00:51:18.380 And to his credit,

00:51:20.060 Tim Kaine has been

00:51:20.800 one of the leading voices

00:51:22.120 on the Hill

00:51:22.620 for about a decade now,

00:51:23.820 maybe more than a decade,

00:51:25.160 trying to repeal

00:51:26.540 the sort of unlimited

00:51:27.620 authorized use

00:51:28.580 of military force,

00:51:29.480 the AUMF,

00:51:30.460 that Congress passed

00:51:31.720 in the wake of 9-11

00:51:33.020 at the onset

00:51:34.180 of the war on terror,

00:51:35.220 which essentially codifies

00:51:37.080 and allows

00:51:37.800 the executive branch

00:51:38.920 to launch actions like this

00:51:40.160 without getting

00:51:40.840 congressional approval, right?

00:51:42.260 So it says that

00:51:43.020 the White House

00:51:43.700 has to brief

00:51:44.380 the Gang of Eight,

00:51:45.240 which is Senate and House

00:51:46.460 majority and minority leaders

00:51:47.700 and the ranking members

00:51:48.600 and committee chairs

00:51:49.620 of the intelligence

00:51:50.360 and oversight committees

00:51:51.380 in the House

00:51:52.260 and the Senate,

00:51:53.220 which they did.

00:51:53.960 Marco Rubio did that

00:51:54.820 before the attacks

00:51:55.540 this morning.

00:51:56.280 But because this law

00:51:57.760 is still on the books,

00:51:58.560 this now 20-some-odd

00:51:59.820 year-old law,

00:52:01.200 Congress really,

00:52:01.920 you know,

00:52:02.160 they have oversight.

00:52:04.220 They still technically

00:52:04.960 have the power

00:52:05.760 to declare war,

00:52:07.000 but short of actually

00:52:07.900 declaring war,

00:52:08.800 there's not much

00:52:09.520 they can do.

00:52:10.040 They can criticize.

00:52:11.640 And I mean,

00:52:12.020 of course,

00:52:12.360 also going back

00:52:13.080 before the war on terror,

00:52:14.040 right,

00:52:14.260 there was precedent

00:52:14.920 with the Vietnam War.

00:52:16.720 Like,

00:52:17.080 this country

00:52:17.580 has gone into actions,

00:52:19.040 right,

00:52:19.180 has dedicated troops

00:52:20.060 put boots on the ground

00:52:20.960 without congressional oversight.

00:52:22.860 And this is,

00:52:23.360 of course,

00:52:23.620 partially due to the growth

00:52:24.560 of the executive.

00:52:25.440 But,

00:52:25.900 and I think this gets back

00:52:26.780 to the congressional Democrats,

00:52:28.260 right,

00:52:28.760 Congress has sort of

00:52:29.600 neutered itself.

00:52:30.420 It's given up its authority.

00:52:31.640 Congress,

00:52:32.020 we all know,

00:52:32.400 it's supposed to be

00:52:32.980 a co-equal branch.

00:52:34.200 Lawmakers love to remind us

00:52:35.420 that they're a co-equal branch,

00:52:36.560 but we haven't seen much of that

00:52:38.080 in the past 10,

00:52:39.200 15,

00:52:39.640 20 years.

00:52:40.160 And that's not

00:52:40.600 just a Democratic thing

00:52:42.120 or a Republican thing.

00:52:43.140 It's not just during

00:52:43.900 this administration.

00:52:44.860 It's during

00:52:45.460 past administrations,

00:52:46.680 Democratic and Republican.

00:52:47.820 So,

00:52:48.360 I mean,

00:52:48.660 we'll see,

00:52:49.160 you know,

00:52:49.360 Congress was set to vote

00:52:50.460 on Iranian action

00:52:51.740 early next week,

00:52:53.680 but this was obviously

00:52:55.020 preempted it.

00:52:55.720 So I do think,

00:52:56.480 you know,

00:52:57.000 not really entirely a criticism.

00:52:58.480 I think the best thing

00:52:59.160 that Congress can do right now

00:53:00.640 is just voice their opinions,

00:53:02.180 whether it's pro or anti.

00:53:04.060 So,

00:53:04.600 I'm interested,

00:53:05.200 Tim,

00:53:05.620 also on the political angle here.

00:53:07.180 If you look at polling data

00:53:08.180 this week

00:53:08.760 leading up to this strike,

00:53:10.700 Americans were quite split

00:53:11.880 on whether they supported

00:53:12.900 an attack.

00:53:13.540 It was largely split

00:53:14.500 along party lines,

00:53:15.420 but the majority of Americans,

00:53:17.000 for the most part,

00:53:18.180 were not supportive

00:53:19.120 of the idea of going in

00:53:20.220 and taking a preemptive strike.

00:53:21.940 Do you think

00:53:22.400 President Trump really cares?

00:53:23.740 We know on the campaign trail

00:53:24.600 he cares a lot

00:53:25.660 about polling data,

00:53:26.820 but do you think

00:53:27.620 he actually cares that much

00:53:29.020 if the American people

00:53:29.940 are not super on board?

00:53:31.040 Do you think he's confident

00:53:32.520 they'll get on board

00:53:33.320 as they understand

00:53:34.060 and see the results?

00:53:35.260 Walk us through

00:53:35.780 that political angle here.

00:53:38.800 Yeah,

00:53:39.320 it's another great question,

00:53:40.500 especially because,

00:53:41.260 of course,

00:53:41.480 we're staring down

00:53:42.240 the barrel

00:53:42.760 of the midterm elections.

00:53:43.800 We already have this week

00:53:44.960 pretty contentious

00:53:45.740 Republican primaries

00:53:46.720 going off in Texas,

00:53:48.240 some special elections

00:53:49.420 that are going to happen

00:53:50.060 even before November.

00:53:51.380 I think to say

00:53:52.580 that the president

00:53:53.120 doesn't care

00:53:53.940 is almost right.

00:53:55.480 I think that

00:53:56.100 what we see here,

00:53:57.360 and to your point,

00:53:58.280 I think, yes,

00:53:58.880 I'm sure that President Trump

00:53:59.940 is a confident man, right?

00:54:01.040 And we always say

00:54:01.660 he is a salesman

00:54:02.700 first and foremost.

00:54:03.380 So this president

00:54:04.440 is convinced

00:54:04.940 that he can sell

00:54:05.520 the American people

00:54:06.280 on anything.

00:54:06.820 But I think more than that,

00:54:08.020 what you saw this morning

00:54:09.020 is the president

00:54:09.640 really acting

00:54:10.280 as commander-in-chief.

00:54:11.920 Of course,

00:54:12.360 the American people

00:54:13.040 don't want a war.

00:54:13.800 The American people

00:54:14.480 are rarely going

00:54:15.140 to want a war, right? 0.53

00:54:16.000 I mean,

00:54:16.280 even when it's,

00:54:17.160 you know,

00:54:17.660 after the attack

00:54:18.320 on Pearl Harbor,

00:54:19.160 you know,

00:54:19.400 I don't know,

00:54:19.860 let's look at the polling

00:54:20.840 numbers after that.

00:54:21.680 I'm sure most Americans

00:54:22.620 still didn't want

00:54:23.700 to go to war.

00:54:24.240 They don't want

00:54:24.620 to see an entanglement.

00:54:25.940 But sometimes,

00:54:27.020 as the commander-in-chief

00:54:28.040 of the armed forces

00:54:28.860 and as the leader

00:54:29.500 of this country,

00:54:30.340 the president of the United States

00:54:31.440 is going to have

00:54:32.080 to make a decision

00:54:32.780 that is in the best interest

00:54:34.220 of both the country,

00:54:35.140 its national security,

00:54:36.240 and to a certain extent,

00:54:37.360 our allies around the world

00:54:38.300 because whether we like it

00:54:39.440 or not,

00:54:39.740 we do remain

00:54:40.280 the world's policemen.

00:54:41.140 So I think that

00:54:41.760 whether or not

00:54:42.600 the American people

00:54:43.780 do come around to it,

00:54:44.900 the president is doing

00:54:45.880 what I think he thinks

00:54:46.940 he needs to do.

00:54:48.700 All right.

00:54:49.280 We will end it there, guys.

00:54:50.660 Thank you so much

00:54:51.340 for joining us, Tim, Jason.

00:54:53.460 Really appreciate

00:54:54.060 y'all's insight.

00:54:55.460 We are going to continue

00:54:56.480 to give breaking live coverage

00:54:58.080 to our audience.

00:54:59.260 Thank you guys again

00:54:59.840 so much for coming on.

00:55:01.120 So let's get now

00:55:02.340 to just the overview

00:55:03.840 of what's happening

00:55:04.540 for everyone

00:55:05.080 who is just waking up

00:55:06.420 to this news,

00:55:07.060 just tuning in.

00:55:08.280 I know I woke up

00:55:09.140 at 3.30 in the morning.

00:55:10.140 My baby was crying.

00:55:11.140 I happened to check my phone

00:55:12.200 and saw what was going on

00:55:14.000 and there was obviously

00:55:15.040 no going back to sleep then.

00:55:16.100 And I think for many

00:55:16.740 other Americans,

00:55:17.320 you got that breaking news alert

00:55:19.180 and you're waking up

00:55:19.800 to a very different Middle East.

00:55:21.600 So here's where things stand

00:55:22.720 right now.

00:55:24.000 About six hours ago,

00:55:25.340 the United States and Israel

00:55:26.280 launched joint strikes

00:55:27.840 on the Iranian regime

00:55:29.420 across the entire country,

00:55:30.620 north, south, east, west.

00:55:31.640 There are hits

00:55:32.500 going on everywhere.

00:55:33.300 The U.S. military

00:55:34.200 is mainly targeting

00:55:35.240 military facilities

00:55:36.700 going after the nuclear program,

00:55:38.600 which was largely decimated

00:55:39.780 under Operation Midnight Hammer.

00:55:41.440 But the Iranians, 1.00

00:55:42.380 according to the U.S.,

00:55:43.720 were trying to quickly

00:55:44.420 rebuild that.

00:55:45.660 Israel, for their part,

00:55:46.600 going after leaders

00:55:47.720 within the regime.

00:55:48.460 We're still waiting

00:55:49.100 on the whereabouts

00:55:49.800 of the Ayatollah himself.

00:55:52.220 Scattered reports

00:55:52.960 and rumors

00:55:53.360 that he could have been killed.

00:55:54.700 But again,

00:55:55.400 that report has not been confirmed.

00:55:56.980 But that is the big question.

00:55:58.840 So to give us

00:55:59.600 some answers on the day,

00:56:00.880 let's go to Michael Knowles,

00:56:01.720 now host of the Michael Knowles

00:56:02.960 show here at Daily Wire.

00:56:04.740 Michael,

00:56:05.380 I just want to get your reaction.

00:56:07.200 You woke up

00:56:07.640 and saw this news.

00:56:09.200 What was your first thought?

00:56:10.280 Well, first of all,

00:56:11.080 don't come to me for answers.

00:56:13.040 Nobody has any answers

00:56:14.520 on any of this.

00:56:15.780 In fact,

00:56:16.140 my recommendation

00:56:16.780 to every American

00:56:18.360 who woke up,

00:56:19.580 maybe opened Twitter

00:56:20.680 or their news app,

00:56:22.200 and said,

00:56:22.440 what's going on here?

00:56:23.260 Maybe they got a notification,

00:56:24.160 is do not believe

00:56:26.400 anything on social media

00:56:28.180 for at least

00:56:29.360 the next 48 hours.

00:56:30.920 The amount

00:56:31.700 of information warfare,

00:56:33.780 the amount of propaganda

00:56:34.780 that is flying around

00:56:36.260 is crazy,

00:56:37.820 though it's totally

00:56:38.900 to be expected

00:56:39.840 because this

00:56:40.520 is not just a strike

00:56:42.280 on a Latin American dictator.

00:56:44.000 This is not just

00:56:44.840 dropping the Moab

00:56:45.800 in a war zone.

00:56:46.900 This is a major,

00:56:48.480 major military operation.

00:56:50.200 This is the most

00:56:51.100 significant military operation

00:56:52.480 of either of President Trump's terms.

00:56:55.300 A lot of us

00:56:55.980 are not surprised by this.

00:56:57.280 We've seen the buildup

00:56:58.080 for a long time.

00:56:59.360 It's like

00:57:00.300 the Venezuela operation

00:57:01.640 in that

00:57:02.440 we were building up

00:57:03.920 military assets

00:57:04.700 in the region

00:57:05.320 for months.

00:57:06.920 So,

00:57:07.460 while the White House

00:57:08.580 was extending

00:57:09.200 diplomatic olive branches

00:57:10.540 to Maduro in Venezuela

00:57:12.260 or to the Ayatollah

00:57:13.440 in Iran,

00:57:14.380 it was gradually

00:57:15.720 building up those assets

00:57:16.900 for a strike.

00:57:18.160 So,

00:57:18.420 that's obviously come.

00:57:20.040 Now,

00:57:20.780 the issue

00:57:22.400 here

00:57:22.800 is that

00:57:23.740 the Iran operation

00:57:24.660 is not going to take

00:57:25.420 88 minutes.

00:57:26.140 I think if you polled

00:57:26.920 Americans

00:57:27.360 and you said,

00:57:28.780 do you support

00:57:29.380 a strike with Iran

00:57:30.360 if it will go

00:57:31.280 as quickly

00:57:31.680 as the strike

00:57:32.320 in Venezuela

00:57:32.880 and be resolved

00:57:33.900 as simply?

00:57:34.860 Probably 80,

00:57:35.900 90% would say,

00:57:37.040 yeah,

00:57:37.260 sounds good.

00:57:37.960 Iran hates us. 0.99

00:57:38.780 They chant death 0.99

00:57:39.220 to America. 0.99

00:57:39.800 We don't want them

00:57:40.160 to have a nuke.

00:57:40.800 Okay,

00:57:41.040 that works.

00:57:42.280 The problem is

00:57:43.320 that already

00:57:44.860 President Trump

00:57:45.380 has told us

00:57:45.820 this operation

00:57:46.780 is going to go on

00:57:47.260 at least for days.

00:57:48.720 Could go on

00:57:49.420 a lot longer.

00:57:50.560 And there,

00:57:51.080 I don't think

00:57:51.740 Americans really 0.64

00:57:52.500 support the war.

00:57:54.080 If you look

00:57:54.680 at the national polls,

00:57:55.760 majority of Americans

00:57:56.700 did not support

00:57:57.480 a strike on Iran.

00:57:59.560 When you focus

00:58:00.280 specifically on Republicans,

00:58:01.680 it's a little less clear.

00:58:03.180 You know,

00:58:03.360 there's more support,

00:58:04.380 but it's still

00:58:04.880 in many polls

00:58:06.200 less than 50%.

00:58:07.520 Now,

00:58:08.180 just because the people

00:58:08.940 ask for something

00:58:10.080 or, you know,

00:58:10.760 voice their opinion

00:58:11.480 for something

00:58:11.860 doesn't mean that

00:58:12.640 that's necessarily

00:58:13.320 the right policy.

00:58:14.480 But we have to ask

00:58:15.860 ourselves,

00:58:16.080 what is the goal

00:58:17.360 here in the Iran strike?

00:58:19.060 President Trump

00:58:19.580 tells us the goal

00:58:20.300 is regime change.

00:58:21.780 The justification

00:58:22.300 for war

00:58:23.080 is that Iran

00:58:23.820 is building

00:58:24.520 a weapon

00:58:24.960 of mass destruction.

00:58:26.460 And the further

00:58:28.360 defense of the war

00:58:29.300 is that the Iranian

00:58:30.140 people want freedom.

00:58:31.940 Sound familiar?

00:58:33.440 This is exactly

00:58:34.640 the argument

00:58:35.960 for war

00:58:36.380 that we saw

00:58:36.900 in the lead up

00:58:37.440 to Iraq in 2003.

00:58:38.900 Now,

00:58:39.240 that is not necessarily

00:58:40.500 a bad thing.

00:58:41.480 A lot of people

00:58:42.160 will hear that

00:58:42.800 and immediately react

00:58:44.600 as though that is

00:58:45.180 a bad thing.

00:58:45.800 And it could be.

00:58:46.620 It could go to pot.

00:58:48.300 The only difference

00:58:50.200 here, though,

00:58:50.940 is that President Trump

00:58:52.900 has the best record

00:58:54.320 on foreign policy

00:58:55.360 of any president

00:58:56.580 in many of our lifetimes.

00:58:58.460 You know,

00:58:58.640 for me,

00:58:59.000 other than maybe

00:58:59.680 George H.W. Bush

00:59:00.820 and maybe including him,

00:59:02.480 President Trump

00:59:03.020 has a great record

00:59:04.060 on foreign policy.

00:59:04.940 So I think it's good

00:59:06.380 to give him

00:59:06.820 a little grace here

00:59:07.680 to realize

00:59:09.740 that he has a lot

00:59:10.380 of credibility

00:59:10.860 on foreign policy.

00:59:11.960 But let's look

00:59:13.400 at the real situation.

00:59:14.600 The stakes

00:59:15.500 are very,

00:59:16.720 very high.

00:59:18.180 If this thing

00:59:18.920 goes south,

00:59:19.600 it will be drawn out

00:59:21.180 at least more

00:59:21.840 than the last strikes.

00:59:23.580 Already,

00:59:24.180 you're seeing

00:59:24.520 bad optics coming out.

00:59:26.020 Again,

00:59:26.420 this is part

00:59:26.900 of the war propaganda,

00:59:27.960 but there's reporting

00:59:29.060 that a school

00:59:29.900 was struck,

00:59:30.560 53 kids injured

00:59:32.680 or killed.

00:59:34.460 Again,

00:59:35.040 we don't have

00:59:35.500 really verifiable

00:59:36.180 information yet.

00:59:37.220 But you're going

00:59:37.860 to see bad optics

00:59:38.680 on TV.

00:59:39.260 You're going

00:59:39.420 to see things

00:59:39.900 drawn out.

00:59:40.600 You could see

00:59:41.160 American service

00:59:41.820 members killed.

00:59:43.080 This could be

00:59:44.060 a very,

00:59:45.360 very difficult

00:59:45.820 situation

00:59:46.460 for the White House.

00:59:48.420 If this goes south,

00:59:50.600 President Trump

00:59:51.160 is risking

00:59:51.700 not only

00:59:52.220 his foreign policy

00:59:53.340 credibility,

00:59:54.500 but perhaps

00:59:55.480 his whole

00:59:55.800 presidential legacy

00:59:56.580 in precisely

00:59:57.360 the way

00:59:57.720 George W. Bush did.

00:59:58.920 However,

00:59:59.880 if this works,

01:00:01.660 if the United States

01:00:02.640 ousts the Ayatollah

01:00:04.040 who has been

01:00:04.760 an enemy

01:00:05.160 of the United States

01:00:05.800 since the regime

01:00:07.120 took power

01:00:07.700 in 1979,

01:00:08.580 if the United States

01:00:10.780 succeeds

01:00:11.340 in regime change

01:00:12.240 in Iran

01:00:12.720 and helps

01:00:13.820 to bring about

01:00:14.640 a more pro-Western

01:00:16.360 and more popular

01:00:17.480 regime there,

01:00:18.340 this will be

01:00:19.020 the greatest

01:00:19.460 foreign policy

01:00:20.120 accomplishment

01:00:20.680 of any president

01:00:22.300 in our lifetime

01:00:22.780 since the end

01:00:23.220 of the Cold War.

01:00:24.160 So,

01:00:24.980 all of that to say,

01:00:27.040 we don't know

01:00:27.680 what's going to happen

01:00:28.480 and anyone who tells you

01:00:29.280 what's going to happen

01:00:29.900 tomorrow or the day

01:00:30.920 after in a war

01:00:31.640 is lying to you 0.99

01:00:32.800 or ignorant. 0.98

01:00:33.720 However, 0.98

01:00:34.480 the one thing

01:00:35.160 we know with certainty

01:00:35.960 is the stakes

01:00:37.160 could not possibly

01:00:38.900 be higher

01:00:39.900 for the White House.

01:00:41.200 Yeah.

01:00:41.840 One thing I do

01:00:42.680 want to point out,

01:00:43.620 Iran's minister

01:00:44.580 of foreign affairs

01:00:45.840 recently gave an interview

01:00:47.820 on NBC,

01:00:48.900 I believe it was.

01:00:50.340 He is claiming

01:00:51.560 that to his knowledge

01:00:53.040 the Ayatollah

01:00:53.660 is still alive.

01:00:55.040 Again,

01:00:55.580 like you said,

01:00:56.240 there's a lot of propaganda

01:00:56.840 going around,

01:00:57.660 but that is the first claim

01:00:58.620 we've seen from the Iranian 0.71

01:00:59.360 government

01:00:59.700 that he's alive,

01:01:01.240 but still waiting

01:01:02.620 for confirmation there

01:01:03.600 from other sources.

01:01:05.320 So,

01:01:05.680 Michael,

01:01:05.920 bringing it back

01:01:07.040 to the political angle,

01:01:08.540 I'm interested in your take

01:01:09.620 on what this means

01:01:11.240 for who has the most sway

01:01:13.560 within the White House.

01:01:14.480 It's no secret

01:01:14.960 that Secretary of State

01:01:16.520 Marco Rubio

01:01:17.220 definitely has taken

01:01:19.080 a more hawkish approach.

01:01:21.000 We know Vice President

01:01:21.700 J.D. Vance,

01:01:22.900 more of the dovish approach.

01:01:24.720 Does this give insight

01:01:25.600 into who is winning

01:01:27.140 that power struggle

01:01:28.000 when it comes to

01:01:28.680 having the president's ear?

01:01:29.840 Well,

01:01:30.080 you know,

01:01:30.380 even that characterization,

01:01:32.260 I wonder if that is part

01:01:34.580 of the information warfare

01:01:36.220 and propaganda here

01:01:37.420 because,

01:01:38.040 you know,

01:01:38.360 we constantly hear

01:01:39.400 from the media,

01:01:40.260 not only on the left,

01:01:41.060 but even sometimes

01:01:41.620 on the right,

01:01:42.500 that there's this war

01:01:43.500 in the White House

01:01:44.340 between,

01:01:44.980 I don't know,

01:01:46.080 Vance and Rubio

01:01:47.060 or this department

01:01:48.600 and that department.

01:01:49.480 And yet,

01:01:50.080 whenever we see them

01:01:51.400 actually speak for themselves,

01:01:52.980 there's remarkable unity.

01:01:54.780 I've never seen

01:01:55.260 a White House

01:01:55.740 more unified

01:01:56.620 in my life.

01:01:58.400 You know,

01:01:58.640 you have Vance and Rubio

01:02:00.600 seem to get along

01:02:01.340 like best buddies

01:02:02.200 and then President Trump

01:02:03.000 effectively endorses Vance

01:02:05.060 as his successor

01:02:05.800 and calls for Rubio

01:02:07.560 to join Vance as a ticket.

01:02:09.080 So I don't really buy

01:02:10.500 this idea

01:02:11.020 that the White House

01:02:11.740 is totally divided at all.

01:02:13.920 You also had the vice president

01:02:14.980 come out a few days ago

01:02:16.080 and affirm the line

01:02:18.860 that we've heard

01:02:19.260 from other parts

01:02:19.820 of the White House,

01:02:20.460 which is that

01:02:21.020 the Iranian regime,

01:02:22.540 we have evidence

01:02:23.320 that the Iranian regime

01:02:24.180 is actively pursuing

01:02:25.120 nuclear weapons.

01:02:26.040 So I don't really buy that.

01:02:28.280 I think that a lot of people

01:02:29.680 are already in the horse race

01:02:32.260 for 2028

01:02:33.100 and they're trying

01:02:33.820 to project their own desires

01:02:35.360 onto the White House

01:02:37.440 looking ahead

01:02:38.020 at the presidential election.

01:02:39.700 I see a lot of unity

01:02:41.000 in the White House

01:02:41.660 on this point.

01:02:42.700 And frankly,

01:02:43.440 I see a lot of unity

01:02:44.160 in the Republican Party

01:02:45.160 on this point.

01:02:46.800 Of course,

01:02:47.840 the Republicans would love

01:02:48.920 to get rid of the Iranian regime

01:02:50.320 if we can do so

01:02:52.140 at a low cost.

01:02:53.980 However,

01:02:54.720 the question really seems

01:02:56.040 to be less about ideology

01:02:57.960 or even geopolitical goals

01:02:59.740 than it is about feasibility.

01:03:02.120 You know,

01:03:02.520 are people really confident

01:03:04.320 in the ability

01:03:05.180 of Riza Pahlavi,

01:03:06.980 the crown prince,

01:03:07.840 to just come in,

01:03:09.240 bring stability to Iran?

01:03:11.060 Do they really believe

01:03:12.300 that, you know,

01:03:13.180 a strike in a day

01:03:14.340 or two days

01:03:15.060 can take out

01:03:15.880 the Iranian regime?

01:03:16.960 Is that really feasible

01:03:17.940 in the way

01:03:18.460 that it was feasible

01:03:19.080 to extract Maduro

01:03:20.320 from Venezuela?

01:03:21.460 And that remains to be seen.

01:03:22.820 I saw some,

01:03:23.680 again,

01:03:24.120 I'm breaking my own advice

01:03:26.000 by believing

01:03:27.000 what I'm reading on Twitter.

01:03:28.360 But it does seem

01:03:29.420 that the leader

01:03:30.840 of the Iranian

01:03:31.460 Revolutionary Guard Corps

01:03:32.540 has been killed.

01:03:33.540 I don't know

01:03:33.820 if that's actually

01:03:34.560 been confirmed.

01:03:35.580 That was going around

01:03:36.440 some of the reporting.

01:03:38.160 Yeah,

01:03:38.620 it seems that the Ayatollah

01:03:39.940 is still alive for now.

01:03:41.860 Seems that the president

01:03:42.800 is still alive for now.

01:03:44.920 And so in that case,

01:03:46.360 if the strike

01:03:47.160 did not actually

01:03:48.360 behead the Iranian regime, 0.60

01:03:50.360 that would be a setback 0.94

01:03:51.420 for the operation

01:03:52.220 and that would seem

01:03:52.900 to explain

01:03:53.360 why the operation

01:03:54.320 is going to go on

01:03:55.060 for several more days.

01:03:56.120 Now that we're already in it,

01:03:57.740 it would seem

01:03:58.740 to require us

01:04:00.420 actually to change

01:04:02.200 the regime in Iran.

01:04:03.200 Because if the Ayatollah 0.94

01:04:04.620 remains in power,

01:04:05.680 that's a major embarrassment

01:04:06.980 for Israel

01:04:07.760 and for the United States.

01:04:10.000 And then, of course,

01:04:11.020 if this drags on

01:04:12.820 not just days

01:04:13.900 but weeks or longer,

01:04:15.860 then you're in a situation

01:04:17.060 where we might need

01:04:17.820 formal declarations of war.

01:04:19.520 Congress is going

01:04:20.260 to get involved already.

01:04:21.480 You have Tim Kaine

01:04:22.180 who was the vice presidential

01:04:23.620 nominee under Hillary Clinton.

01:04:25.440 Most people have already

01:04:26.140 forgotten that.

01:04:27.200 Tim Kaine is already

01:04:28.240 coming out and calling 1.00

01:04:29.140 this a stupid, 1.00

01:04:30.020 terrible military operation. 1.00

01:04:31.460 By Monday,

01:04:32.000 you're going to have

01:04:32.460 half of Washington, D.C.

01:04:34.000 calling for President Trump

01:04:35.080 to be impeached over this.

01:04:36.120 So the domestic political fight

01:04:38.220 is going to be

01:04:39.480 very, very lively.

01:04:40.520 I don't think it's going

01:04:41.460 to be a domestic fight

01:04:42.380 within the White House.

01:04:43.500 I think it's going to be

01:04:44.400 the Democrats seizing,

01:04:46.140 even if the Democrats

01:04:47.000 might have supported

01:04:48.160 a strike on Iran

01:04:49.440 in principle,

01:04:50.560 just like you saw

01:04:51.700 in Iraq in the mid-2000s.

01:04:54.440 You're going to get

01:04:55.060 many Democrats

01:04:55.760 who are totally open

01:04:56.540 to this strike

01:04:57.180 opportunistically seizing on it

01:04:59.680 to attack the Republican president.

01:05:01.780 Michael, stick here with us.

01:05:03.420 I want to bring in now,

01:05:04.140 though, Morgan Murphy,

01:05:05.040 the former Pentagon

01:05:05.720 press secretary

01:05:06.960 and former senior advisor

01:05:08.120 to Special Envoy Keith Kellogg.

01:05:10.500 Morgan, I'm interested.

01:05:12.040 Michael was touching

01:05:12.640 on the possibility

01:05:13.420 that what it means

01:05:14.920 for this operation

01:05:15.640 if the Ayatollah

01:05:16.700 has not been killed here.

01:05:18.060 If that is the case,

01:05:20.560 if he is still alive,

01:05:22.240 what do you think that means?

01:05:23.680 And what message

01:05:24.580 does that send

01:05:25.040 to the rest of the world?

01:05:26.480 I think it means 0.92

01:05:27.280 he'll be dead soon.

01:05:28.820 If he's still alive, 1.00

01:05:30.840 we'll hunt him down.

01:05:32.260 That's what the president

01:05:33.720 is doing with this strike force

01:05:36.640 that he's assembled

01:05:37.440 with a daylight operation,

01:05:40.040 with a strike on a meeting.

01:05:41.860 You know, it's really not

01:05:42.520 a strike on Iran writ large

01:05:44.720 and the people of Iran.

01:05:45.820 It's a strike on the Ayatollah 0.57

01:05:48.360 and his regime,

01:05:49.680 which have been at war

01:05:51.180 with our country since 1979.

01:05:54.160 There are a lot of Americans

01:05:55.200 who kind of blissfully think

01:05:56.780 that, oh, this is an optional war.

01:05:58.480 This is a war that, you know,

01:05:59.720 we're conducting

01:06:00.640 on behalf of Israel.

01:06:03.460 But this regime

01:06:05.500 has been after Americans 0.99

01:06:07.420 since its very inception,

01:06:09.180 when they took 52 hostages

01:06:11.560 in 1979

01:06:13.100 and kept them for over 400 days,

01:06:15.380 their attacks

01:06:15.940 on the Marine Corps barracks,

01:06:17.820 their attacks on our soldiers

01:06:21.040 through proxies

01:06:22.400 all over the Middle East,

01:06:23.860 including when I was

01:06:25.040 deployed to Afghanistan.

01:06:26.300 So many of our veterans today

01:06:28.720 don't have legs

01:06:29.700 because of the Iranian regime.

01:06:31.920 And we can't forget

01:06:32.880 their attack,

01:06:34.460 their threat to kill 1.00

01:06:35.400 President Trump 0.99

01:06:36.200 and our other leaders.

01:06:37.260 So this is, I think,

01:06:39.200 long overdue.

01:06:41.140 Morgan, what do you make

01:06:41.920 of the timing here?

01:06:42.900 Why do you think

01:06:43.340 the president chose today

01:06:45.120 to make this statement?

01:06:48.220 Well, I think

01:06:49.160 that the daylight attack

01:06:50.580 is daring.

01:06:51.740 It's out of our typical

01:06:53.880 pattern of operations.

01:06:56.100 And that's what you want

01:06:56.800 to do in the military.

01:06:58.060 You know, everybody today

01:06:59.080 in Washington

01:07:00.180 is an armchair

01:07:01.160 national security advisor.

01:07:03.320 But when you look

01:07:04.540 at the unpredictable way

01:07:07.080 Pete Hegg says

01:07:09.080 Department of War

01:07:10.140 is operating,

01:07:12.160 they really are

01:07:13.100 not playing

01:07:15.120 by America's

01:07:16.260 typical playbook

01:07:17.940 of how we conduct

01:07:18.920 an operation.

01:07:19.860 So we attack

01:07:20.960 Venezuela

01:07:21.700 in the dead of night.

01:07:23.460 We reduced

01:07:24.160 all the Chinese

01:07:25.520 anti-air hardware

01:07:27.260 to looking like

01:07:28.380 it was purchased

01:07:28.940 off of Timu.

01:07:30.220 And, you know,

01:07:31.080 here we are

01:07:31.600 just flying

01:07:32.420 in broad daylight

01:07:33.480 into Iran.

01:07:35.220 It's really

01:07:37.060 breathtaking

01:07:37.680 in its scope

01:07:39.400 of operation.

01:07:40.540 What do you make

01:07:41.380 of the likelihood

01:07:42.460 that there will be

01:07:43.700 a relatively

01:07:45.180 seamless transition

01:07:46.780 of regime?

01:07:47.960 You know,

01:07:48.360 Cabot and I

01:07:48.760 were just discussing,

01:07:49.900 I think if

01:07:50.600 Americans were confident

01:07:52.160 that this operation

01:07:53.020 would go down

01:07:53.580 in 88 minutes

01:07:54.320 like Venezuela,

01:07:55.340 you'd have practically

01:07:56.360 100% support for it.

01:07:57.980 But there's this fear

01:07:58.940 that Iran is a little bit 1.00

01:08:00.240 more of a stable country.

01:08:01.740 The mullahs have ruled 1.00

01:08:03.060 for a really long time,

01:08:04.980 you know,

01:08:05.100 almost five decades now.

01:08:06.300 They might have

01:08:06.680 contingency operations.

01:08:07.760 So what are the odds

01:08:09.460 that you could see

01:08:10.580 someone like Reza Pallavi

01:08:12.160 come in

01:08:13.020 and take control

01:08:13.720 and unify the country

01:08:14.580 versus civil breakdown

01:08:17.200 and potentially

01:08:18.300 even civil war?

01:08:20.240 Reza Pallavi

01:08:21.200 is interesting

01:08:21.840 and has been

01:08:23.720 in preparation

01:08:24.540 for this moment

01:08:25.780 for a long time.

01:08:27.780 I read his statement

01:08:28.780 this morning

01:08:29.420 with interest.

01:08:30.140 I've been following him

01:08:31.020 pretty closely here

01:08:32.640 for the past

01:08:33.280 three months

01:08:34.040 and he's very measured,

01:08:36.320 very diplomatic.

01:08:37.500 I think he's following

01:08:38.480 in the King of Jordan's

01:08:40.940 footsteps

01:08:41.540 and he's calling now

01:08:44.140 for action

01:08:45.120 on behalf

01:08:46.600 of the people of Iran.

01:08:48.240 And if they follow that,

01:08:49.960 then I think

01:08:50.500 he has a legitimate claim

01:08:53.420 to shepherd in democracy

01:08:54.840 or some other form

01:08:56.500 of government in Iran.

01:08:58.120 I don't think

01:08:58.780 that's the administration's

01:09:00.340 stated goal here.

01:09:01.640 Trump is very transactional,

01:09:04.460 very pragmatic.

01:09:05.460 He wants what's best

01:09:06.420 for the American people.

01:09:07.860 He's probably going to leave it

01:09:09.120 to the Iranian people.

01:09:10.200 I can't speak

01:09:10.640 for the administration,

01:09:11.460 but I imagine

01:09:11.940 he's going to leave it

01:09:12.720 to the Iranian people

01:09:14.040 to decide what kind

01:09:14.920 of government they want.

01:09:16.000 He just doesn't want

01:09:16.720 a government

01:09:17.120 that's diametrically opposed

01:09:18.660 to the United States,

01:09:20.120 threatening our assets,

01:09:21.280 threatening our allies,

01:09:22.500 and aiding

01:09:22.960 and abetting China.

01:09:24.340 Michael,

01:09:26.820 I want to get your reaction

01:09:27.840 to some of the condemnation

01:09:29.800 coming from Capitol Hill.

01:09:31.580 Democrats in the Senate,

01:09:32.540 for example,

01:09:32.940 Mark Warner saying

01:09:33.860 that the U.S.

01:09:34.400 was poised to,

01:09:35.920 quote,

01:09:36.000 repeat mistakes of the past,

01:09:38.220 invoking the Iraq war.

01:09:40.160 We see another statement here.

01:09:41.660 The American people

01:09:42.240 have seen this playbook before.

01:09:43.580 Claims of urgency,

01:09:44.700 misrepresented intelligence,

01:09:46.440 military action

01:09:47.100 that pulls the U.S. 0.99

01:09:48.120 into regime change.

01:09:49.920 Ed Markey from Massachusetts

01:09:51.380 saying it's illegal

01:09:52.260 and unconstitutional.

01:09:54.140 Other members going on,

01:09:55.420 Tim Kaine,

01:09:56.020 Adam Schiff,

01:09:56.920 saying a diplomatic solution

01:09:58.180 remained the best way

01:09:59.340 to end this crisis,

01:10:00.920 slamming President Trump.

01:10:01.940 A crisis of Trump's creation.

01:10:04.060 What do you make

01:10:04.640 of those messages?

01:10:05.840 Well, the problem,

01:10:07.080 we can take it

01:10:07.780 in reverse order.

01:10:08.480 The problem with the argument

01:10:09.900 that we were just this close

01:10:11.120 to diplomacy is

01:10:12.200 President Trump

01:10:13.300 has been trying diplomacy

01:10:14.480 for his entire first year,

01:10:16.960 not to mention

01:10:17.740 the first term,

01:10:18.880 not to mention

01:10:19.400 the United States

01:10:20.100 has been trying diplomacy

01:10:21.080 since 1979.

01:10:22.720 So that's pretty preposterous.

01:10:25.600 Likewise,

01:10:26.700 the preference

01:10:28.000 of the United States

01:10:29.000 in Iran

01:10:29.920 has been regime change

01:10:31.560 since 1979.

01:10:32.760 That was not always

01:10:33.720 the case in Iraq.

01:10:34.980 In fact,

01:10:35.560 during the Iran-Iraq war,

01:10:37.020 we kind of helped out Iraq.

01:10:39.020 So, you know,

01:10:40.160 here the battle lines

01:10:41.800 are much more firmly drawn.

01:10:43.760 However,

01:10:44.400 I'll give a little credit

01:10:45.400 to the Democrats

01:10:46.560 and people like Mark Warner,

01:10:48.140 which is that

01:10:48.880 the stakes are very,

01:10:50.300 very high

01:10:50.740 and there is a risk

01:10:51.720 of repeating

01:10:52.240 the mistakes of Iraq.

01:10:54.080 There's no question about that.

01:10:55.360 I think President Trump

01:10:56.220 sees that.

01:10:57.540 You know,

01:10:57.800 we're talking about here

01:10:59.080 is a preemptive war

01:11:01.320 based on the threat

01:11:02.900 of weapons

01:11:03.420 of mass destruction

01:11:04.420 and with a further justification

01:11:06.680 that the people

01:11:07.520 of the country

01:11:08.060 want freedom.

01:11:08.980 That is almost precisely

01:11:11.580 the justification

01:11:12.300 for war in Iraq.

01:11:14.000 And so you're seeing

01:11:15.520 a shift here

01:11:16.340 in President Trump's

01:11:17.840 criticism of George W. Bush.

01:11:20.460 You're seeing a shift

01:11:21.280 in what it means

01:11:22.260 for President Trump

01:11:23.080 to be the foil

01:11:23.880 to George Bush.

01:11:25.320 Initially,

01:11:26.060 he was running 0.98

01:11:26.820 against dumb wars, 0.97

01:11:28.680 you know, 0.98

01:11:29.160 against pursuing,

01:11:30.560 say,

01:11:30.700 the strategy

01:11:31.360 of George W. Bush.

01:11:33.120 What's interesting

01:11:33.880 about the strike on Iran,

01:11:35.640 it seems to me,

01:11:36.520 is that President Trump

01:11:37.560 is saying that

01:11:38.140 the strategy of George Bush

01:11:39.840 is not necessarily

01:11:40.980 all that bad.

01:11:42.080 It's the tactics

01:11:43.140 of George Bush

01:11:43.820 that didn't work.

01:11:44.800 In other words,

01:11:45.680 Bush had it right

01:11:46.420 in principle.

01:11:47.020 He just totally bungled it

01:11:48.300 during the Iraq war.

01:11:49.560 And some people

01:11:50.580 are going to be skeptical

01:11:51.280 of that.

01:11:51.840 The point that I keep

01:11:52.900 coming back to, though,

01:11:53.820 is that President Trump

01:11:54.920 has an exceptional record

01:11:56.280 on foreign policy.

01:11:57.440 He's got the best record

01:11:58.560 on FOPO

01:11:59.200 probably in my lifetime.

01:12:00.940 And so if anybody

01:12:01.940 has the credibility

01:12:02.760 to make that kind of a claim,

01:12:04.420 it's him.

01:12:05.060 But that said,

01:12:05.800 the Democrats' attacks

01:12:06.600 are going to keep on coming

01:12:07.460 because the echoes

01:12:08.580 from Iraq are manifest.

01:12:10.900 I have one more

01:12:11.900 question for Morgan

01:12:13.200 before we let you go, Morgan.

01:12:15.500 What does this mean

01:12:16.540 for China specifically?

01:12:18.220 I know there had been

01:12:18.860 concerns that the U.S.

01:12:20.280 could potentially

01:12:20.860 deplete some of its stockpiles

01:12:22.700 and that could give China

01:12:23.780 maybe more of an incentive

01:12:25.480 to make a move on Taiwan.

01:12:27.500 Do you think that this

01:12:28.260 changed anything

01:12:28.820 for Xi and his calculus?

01:12:31.260 Well, I'm going to speak bluntly.

01:12:33.280 So China, 0.99

01:12:34.760 most Chinese assets

01:12:36.540 are in their region.

01:12:38.780 They're right there.

01:12:39.720 Taiwan is just 70,

01:12:42.060 80 miles off

01:12:43.100 of the Chinese coast.

01:12:45.960 China has 10,000

01:12:48.060 commercial shipping vessels.

01:12:52.080 We have about 500.

01:12:54.600 So we are militarily

01:12:57.060 would be very pressed

01:12:58.460 to defend Taiwan.

01:13:00.560 But we have a lot

01:13:01.380 of other instruments

01:13:02.160 of national power

01:13:03.400 using the dime strategy,

01:13:04.860 diplomatic,

01:13:05.700 intelligence,

01:13:06.420 military, economic.

01:13:07.300 like the M is just

01:13:08.460 what most American presidents

01:13:10.120 have defaulted to.

01:13:11.640 This president,

01:13:12.700 President Trump,

01:13:13.620 is using all of the other

01:13:15.180 instruments of national power

01:13:17.100 to include taking oil

01:13:19.420 off the table.

01:13:20.880 And most Chinese oil,

01:13:23.000 most Chinese energy

01:13:24.020 is imported.

01:13:25.980 They import, 0.98

01:13:27.200 they were importing,

01:13:28.380 at the start

01:13:28.960 of President Trump's term,

01:13:30.680 2 million barrels

01:13:31.760 of oil a day

01:13:32.900 from Iran

01:13:34.400 at a very discounted rate

01:13:36.080 because Iran

01:13:36.680 couldn't sell it elsewhere.

01:13:37.980 They couldn't sell it

01:13:38.660 to the civilized world,

01:13:39.720 but the Chinese 0.89

01:13:40.380 were all too happy

01:13:41.100 to buy it up

01:13:41.960 at a discount.

01:13:43.620 And the president said,

01:13:44.900 no.

01:13:45.500 Trump said,

01:13:46.400 we're not going to have that.

01:13:48.220 And so,

01:13:48.980 between now

01:13:49.560 and this morning,

01:13:50.420 when he took office

01:13:51.240 and this morning,

01:13:52.280 the import

01:13:53.340 of Chinese,

01:13:55.820 Iranian oil

01:13:56.800 to China

01:13:57.420 dropped

01:13:58.040 about 70%.

01:13:59.880 I expect it

01:14:01.120 to drop

01:14:01.540 a lot further

01:14:02.380 as this plays out.

01:14:04.820 So,

01:14:05.260 the strategy

01:14:06.740 that I see,

01:14:07.980 and Michael

01:14:08.660 was speaking earlier

01:14:09.520 to strategy,

01:14:10.300 and I think

01:14:10.700 he's right,

01:14:12.600 the strategy here

01:14:14.120 is more than

01:14:15.580 just the Middle East.

01:14:17.620 So,

01:14:18.000 many presidents

01:14:18.640 have talked,

01:14:19.220 I mean,

01:14:19.320 all the way back

01:14:19.940 to Obama,

01:14:20.900 have been talking

01:14:21.540 about pivoting

01:14:22.840 out of the Middle East.

01:14:24.680 Well,

01:14:25.020 it's one thing

01:14:25.960 to abandon

01:14:26.600 your allies

01:14:27.420 and partners

01:14:28.040 and just pivot away

01:14:29.140 and try to put out

01:14:29.940 a fire

01:14:30.360 in another region.

01:14:31.620 It's not a thing

01:14:32.260 to resolve that issue.

01:14:33.860 And that's what

01:14:34.560 the president has done,

01:14:36.140 I think,

01:14:36.540 this morning,

01:14:37.100 started the process

01:14:38.000 of resolving

01:14:39.120 the Iranian issue,

01:14:40.980 which has been

01:14:41.600 with the United States

01:14:43.180 and our partners

01:14:43.940 and allies

01:14:44.540 in the region

01:14:45.440 for five decades.

01:14:46.920 And that is

01:14:47.720 the significance.

01:14:48.680 And if we can

01:14:49.340 resolve it here

01:14:50.320 and then pivot

01:14:51.420 to China,

01:14:52.340 I think we've shown

01:14:53.220 them pretty adeptly

01:14:54.180 they're not going

01:14:54.700 to have bargain oil

01:14:55.740 for much longer.

01:14:57.240 So many different angles

01:14:58.300 to this story.

01:14:59.140 Morgan,

01:14:59.660 thank you so much

01:15:00.160 for coming on.

01:15:00.760 We appreciate

01:15:01.100 your expertise

01:15:01.800 very much.

01:15:02.980 Glad to be with you.

01:15:03.820 Thanks for having me.

01:15:04.460 So we're going

01:15:05.080 to keep Michael on.

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01:15:39.540 So we're now

01:15:40.420 going to

01:15:41.380 keep Michael on again.

01:15:43.280 This is all breaking news

01:15:44.300 as we go through

01:15:45.180 this huge story today.

01:15:47.500 We're going to keep Michael

01:15:48.160 and we're also going

01:15:48.700 to bring on

01:15:49.660 Tala Gudarzi,

01:15:51.360 former Deputy Assistant

01:15:52.300 Energy Secretary.

01:15:53.060 Tala,

01:15:55.120 let's just start

01:15:55.940 with your 30-foot

01:15:56.820 reaction to what's

01:15:57.820 going on.

01:15:58.260 We'll get into

01:15:58.680 some of the details.

01:16:01.060 Sure.

01:16:01.580 Well, thanks so much

01:16:02.120 for having me.

01:16:02.980 I think,

01:16:03.500 first and foremost,

01:16:04.160 this is an incredible

01:16:05.220 day for the Iranian people

01:16:07.460 and also Iranians

01:16:09.340 all throughout the world.

01:16:10.780 As a Persian-American

01:16:11.680 myself,

01:16:12.500 it is incredible

01:16:13.340 that this is a day

01:16:15.100 of liberation

01:16:15.660 for the Iranian people.

01:16:17.500 We've seen

01:16:18.260 almost 30,000 people

01:16:20.460 have died

01:16:21.440 in the past couple

01:16:22.460 of months

01:16:22.960 just fighting

01:16:23.840 for their basic

01:16:24.800 rights to sing

01:16:26.540 in public,

01:16:27.300 to vote,

01:16:28.360 to practice a religion

01:16:29.260 that they want

01:16:29.920 to practice,

01:16:31.060 to be able to go

01:16:31.860 get drinks

01:16:32.360 with their friends

01:16:33.140 publicly,

01:16:34.300 just basic freedoms

01:16:35.280 that we in the United States

01:16:36.340 I think take for granted

01:16:37.240 and that's what

01:16:38.520 these people

01:16:40.060 have died for.

01:16:42.300 You know,

01:16:42.500 the basic,

01:16:43.540 the average range

01:16:44.320 of those that have

01:16:44.980 passed away

01:16:45.640 have been ages

01:16:46.380 18 to 22

01:16:47.620 and again,

01:16:48.940 that's only within

01:16:49.600 the past couple

01:16:50.280 of months,

01:16:50.720 not to mention

01:16:51.380 the atrocities

01:16:52.160 that the Iranian

01:16:52.740 people have faced

01:16:53.640 for almost 50 years.

01:16:56.780 My family

01:16:57.660 themselves

01:16:58.300 had to escape Iran

01:16:59.820 unable to return.

01:17:01.680 My father has been

01:17:02.400 unable to return

01:17:03.200 to his country

01:17:03.920 since he was 14

01:17:05.620 and he's in his 70s now

01:17:07.380 and so

01:17:07.800 this is an incredible

01:17:08.940 moment

01:17:09.480 for Persians

01:17:10.840 everywhere.

01:17:12.140 Persians have been 1.00

01:17:12.820 protesting

01:17:13.340 I think it's

01:17:14.940 throughout 20 countries

01:17:16.580 for this very moment

01:17:17.720 we're seeing now

01:17:18.500 and so

01:17:18.980 I'm very excited

01:17:20.440 and very eager

01:17:22.600 to keep following

01:17:23.520 the news.

01:17:24.240 Yeah,

01:17:24.420 President Trump

01:17:24.920 had a message

01:17:25.580 in his address

01:17:26.440 saying that

01:17:27.120 today is a day

01:17:28.020 of freedom

01:17:28.460 for the Iranian people.

01:17:29.760 He encouraged them

01:17:30.600 to take part

01:17:31.220 in regime change.

01:17:32.740 Are you confident

01:17:33.400 that the Iranian people

01:17:34.520 will feel emboldened

01:17:35.560 by this action

01:17:36.380 to do just that?

01:17:37.140 I believe so.

01:17:39.420 I mean,

01:17:39.660 when you see

01:17:40.240 we saw this morning

01:17:41.240 when you see

01:17:41.980 you know,

01:17:43.200 Iranians within 0.98

01:17:44.040 their own country

01:17:44.740 cheering for missiles

01:17:45.800 that are hitting

01:17:46.360 their own country

01:17:47.080 I think that that is

01:17:48.520 a really good

01:17:49.440 message that the Iranian

01:17:50.960 people are excited

01:17:51.920 for change.

01:17:53.280 They're chanting

01:17:54.120 you know

01:17:55.000 for, you know

01:17:56.880 pro things

01:17:57.580 about President Trump.

01:17:59.100 Actually,

01:17:59.580 I think what's

01:17:59.980 really interesting

01:18:00.560 and I wrote the quote

01:18:01.420 here is

01:18:02.160 Cyrus the Great

01:18:03.300 the original founder

01:18:04.260 of the Persian Empire

01:18:05.700 he said

01:18:06.680 whenever you can act

01:18:07.440 as a liberator

01:18:08.280 freedom,

01:18:09.660 dignity,

01:18:10.180 wealth

01:18:10.500 these three things

01:18:11.540 constitute the greatest

01:18:12.580 happiness of humanity

01:18:13.680 and that's what

01:18:14.740 President Trump

01:18:15.380 has essentially done

01:18:16.400 2,500 years later

01:18:18.540 what an incredible moment.

01:18:20.520 Now there are

01:18:21.700 some reports out there

01:18:23.040 that the Iranian government

01:18:24.040 is claiming

01:18:24.760 the Supreme Leader

01:18:25.660 will give a speech

01:18:26.880 there are other reports

01:18:28.280 you know

01:18:29.200 the Israeli military

01:18:29.960 saying that they feel

01:18:30.880 confident

01:18:31.340 he was killed.

01:18:33.360 Let's assume

01:18:34.300 that he was killed.

01:18:35.340 Walk us through

01:18:37.220 what you think

01:18:38.060 would happen

01:18:38.820 within the country

01:18:39.820 something that

01:18:41.100 people like your family

01:18:42.020 have probably dreamed of

01:18:42.940 for years now

01:18:44.860 but those first few moments

01:18:46.380 what that would be like.

01:18:48.160 Sure.

01:18:48.760 Well the first few moments

01:18:49.720 probably gives me chills

01:18:51.540 to sort of envision

01:18:52.900 I mean I think we'll see

01:18:53.820 the Persian people

01:18:54.400 are very peaceful

01:18:55.200 they also love to sing

01:18:56.940 they love to celebrate

01:18:57.920 and so I think

01:18:59.840 that we'll see

01:19:00.420 you know

01:19:01.180 a big return of that

01:19:02.360 within Iran

01:19:03.280 and a really big gasp

01:19:04.560 of relief

01:19:05.140 that they've waited

01:19:06.280 almost 50 years for

01:19:07.720 in terms of

01:19:09.180 Ayatollah Khamenei

01:19:10.560 you know

01:19:11.240 it's hard to say

01:19:11.900 what's going to happen

01:19:12.660 in that

01:19:13.460 but I think

01:19:13.920 that the Persian people

01:19:14.780 are ready for change

01:19:15.960 and hopefully

01:19:16.820 they're going to go back

01:19:17.540 to something

01:19:18.160 that looks more

01:19:19.200 like a democracy

01:19:19.920 again Cyrus the Great

01:19:21.400 actually invented

01:19:22.160 democracy

01:19:23.100 when he put together

01:19:24.100 the Cyrus scroll

01:19:26.520 that's actually

01:19:27.160 in the British Museum

01:19:27.960 currently

01:19:28.400 because it can't

01:19:29.340 even be held

01:19:29.940 within its own country

01:19:30.920 and so I think

01:19:32.680 we'll see a return

01:19:33.440 to democracy

01:19:33.960 hopefully

01:19:34.360 and lead to more

01:19:35.940 peace in the Middle East

01:19:36.800 there's no question

01:19:38.020 you know

01:19:38.560 I think of my

01:19:39.340 Iranian Persian friends

01:19:40.940 here in America

01:19:41.620 probably the happiest

01:19:43.080 people in the world

01:19:44.460 I have one Persian friend

01:19:46.340 who told me

01:19:47.040 this is years ago

01:19:47.900 said the only reason

01:19:49.180 I vote for Republicans

01:19:50.100 is I think there's

01:19:50.820 at least a slight chance

01:19:51.760 they're going to bomb 0.99

01:19:52.280 those mullahs 1.00

01:19:52.940 and so I'm willing

01:19:53.920 to take a chance

01:19:54.600 so obviously

01:19:56.460 this could be

01:19:57.360 really really great

01:19:58.080 for the Iranian people

01:19:59.060 what is the case

01:20:00.120 to the American people

01:20:01.180 I think there are

01:20:01.600 a lot of Americans

01:20:02.260 who say

01:20:02.760 look great for them

01:20:04.200 it's unfortunate

01:20:05.160 that they've suffered

01:20:05.800 for 50 years

01:20:06.540 under these mullahs 0.99

01:20:07.460 but really

01:20:08.320 what does this

01:20:08.740 have to do with me

01:20:09.640 why are we risking

01:20:10.720 American servicemen

01:20:11.760 for this operation

01:20:12.800 why are we risking

01:20:13.920 getting bogged down

01:20:14.720 in potentially

01:20:15.320 another Iraq 0.99

01:20:16.280 for this

01:20:16.800 and what are the odds

01:20:18.100 that the Iranian people

01:20:19.420 can actually

01:20:20.100 you know

01:20:20.700 keep things together

01:20:21.560 if the Ayatollah

01:20:22.700 has been killed

01:20:23.480 and you know

01:20:24.880 lead to a

01:20:25.800 solution that is

01:20:27.060 both peaceful

01:20:27.700 and more important

01:20:28.620 quick

01:20:29.100 sure

01:20:30.880 well again

01:20:31.400 I think it leads

01:20:31.980 to peace

01:20:32.420 in the Middle East

01:20:32.940 and that

01:20:33.220 what that means

01:20:33.740 for Americans

01:20:34.340 here abroad

01:20:34.960 or here at home

01:20:36.540 is that

01:20:37.520 you know

01:20:38.560 it's going to be

01:20:39.800 less instability

01:20:41.940 within the world

01:20:42.900 I mean it feels

01:20:43.540 safer honestly

01:20:44.420 to be

01:20:44.780 I'm in Washington

01:20:45.400 right now

01:20:45.860 it feels safer

01:20:46.700 almost ironically

01:20:47.580 to be in Washington

01:20:48.380 where an oppressive

01:20:50.880 and terrorist regime

01:20:52.020 may no longer exist

01:20:53.840 also you know

01:20:54.920 I formerly led

01:20:55.720 the oil and gas portfolio

01:20:57.040 over the Department

01:20:57.780 of Energy

01:20:58.960 and you know

01:21:00.300 Iran controls 0.75

01:21:01.160 the Strait of Hormuz

01:21:02.040 you know

01:21:03.260 that will be

01:21:04.460 more positive

01:21:05.620 for all those

01:21:06.740 that are affected

01:21:07.320 in the region

01:21:07.940 you know

01:21:09.380 also they have

01:21:10.320 10% of the world's

01:21:11.560 oil reserves

01:21:12.380 they have 15%

01:21:13.300 of the world's

01:21:14.200 gas reserves

01:21:15.100 it's going to be

01:21:15.900 really great

01:21:16.460 for the world

01:21:16.920 economically

01:21:17.580 for oil markets

01:21:19.040 and gas markets

01:21:20.300 so we'll see

01:21:21.820 but I think

01:21:22.500 overall

01:21:23.020 like I can

01:21:23.600 I can think

01:21:24.120 of zero negatives

01:21:24.960 from what's

01:21:27.060 happened this morning

01:21:27.800 well hold on

01:21:28.500 to the second point

01:21:29.680 I mean one negative

01:21:30.400 could be a protracted

01:21:31.560 war

01:21:32.040 civil war

01:21:32.920 you know

01:21:33.500 US military presence

01:21:35.580 there that goes on

01:21:36.320 for weeks or months

01:21:37.080 or longer

01:21:37.600 so I agree

01:21:39.060 I think there are many

01:21:40.040 from the standpoint

01:21:41.000 of grand strategy

01:21:41.660 I think there are

01:21:42.160 many good arguments

01:21:43.340 to take out

01:21:44.260 the Iranian regime

01:21:45.120 but I see

01:21:45.960 a ton of downsides

01:21:47.360 and I think

01:21:47.620 the people who

01:21:48.080 were skeptical

01:21:48.580 of the war

01:21:49.260 are justified

01:21:50.560 to be skeptical

01:21:51.340 so knowing

01:21:52.500 basically nothing

01:21:53.340 about the Iranian

01:21:54.580 people and culture

01:21:55.480 where would you

01:21:56.700 where would you

01:21:58.080 put the likelihood

01:21:59.860 that we're going

01:22:00.420 to get some stability

01:22:01.480 hopefully if the

01:22:03.380 the Ayatollah's gone

01:22:04.360 you know

01:22:05.200 anytime soon

01:22:05.760 I think the difference

01:22:07.700 is is that

01:22:08.360 the Iranian people

01:22:09.420 actually want change

01:22:10.700 within their own country

01:22:11.760 but also countries

01:22:12.780 like Israel 0.98

01:22:13.400 are helping with this

01:22:14.360 they've called it

01:22:15.120 you know

01:22:15.680 Operation Roaring Lion

01:22:17.020 the United States

01:22:19.100 is behind this

01:22:19.800 Iran is very 1.00

01:22:20.420 economically weak

01:22:21.400 and they don't have

01:22:22.140 very many allies

01:22:23.100 sure China is abroad 0.78

01:22:24.340 Russia is busy 0.84

01:22:25.140 so with Ukraine 0.88

01:22:26.900 so I think like

01:22:27.960 actually the global stage

01:22:29.720 is ripe for this

01:22:31.060 sort of you know

01:22:32.920 unrest

01:22:33.500 and I think that

01:22:34.480 it's a very unique

01:22:35.920 opportunity

01:22:36.380 and one that I

01:22:37.500 sure there'll be

01:22:38.380 unrest you know

01:22:40.040 in the near term

01:22:40.680 but I don't believe

01:22:42.260 it's going to last

01:22:42.780 for long

01:22:43.280 Michael I want to

01:22:44.260 ask you a question

01:22:45.080 because Iran's 0.54

01:22:47.240 minister of foreign

01:22:48.300 defense gave an

01:22:49.320 interview with

01:22:49.900 US media actually

01:22:51.200 and said that

01:22:52.420 Iran was interested 0.94

01:22:53.260 now in de-escalation

01:22:54.640 and ready to talk

01:22:55.640 once the joint

01:22:56.720 US-Israeli strikes

01:22:57.720 come to an end

01:22:58.560 if you're President

01:22:59.980 Trump

01:23:00.460 what's your response

01:23:02.100 to that

01:23:02.560 well this is

01:23:04.300 a real possibility

01:23:05.420 that occurred to me

01:23:06.540 this morning

01:23:07.260 right when I woke up

01:23:08.320 everyone was just

01:23:09.520 talking about

01:23:10.200 the two options

01:23:11.000 in Iran

01:23:11.440 which is

01:23:12.320 do nothing

01:23:13.260 and just try to

01:23:14.480 send some angry

01:23:15.420 letters

01:23:15.760 and hope that

01:23:16.880 the aircraft carriers

01:23:18.060 off the coast of Iran

01:23:19.080 would get them

01:23:19.840 to the table

01:23:20.360 or you know

01:23:21.840 light the whole place 1.00

01:23:22.680 up and kill 1.00

01:23:23.280 the whole government 1.00

01:23:23.900 there is a third

01:23:24.920 option which is

01:23:25.900 show them that

01:23:26.800 we know where

01:23:27.400 they are

01:23:27.920 I mean this

01:23:28.420 strike this morning

01:23:29.500 was on a meeting

01:23:30.800 with the heads

01:23:31.380 of government

01:23:31.860 so we had

01:23:32.760 pretty good

01:23:33.380 intelligence

01:23:33.920 even if we

01:23:35.080 didn't succeed 0.72

01:23:35.720 in killing the

01:23:36.180 Ayatollah 0.99

01:23:36.520 which remains

01:23:36.940 to be seen

01:23:37.420 but it shows

01:23:38.800 them we know

01:23:39.140 where they are

01:23:39.520 we're willing

01:23:40.220 to actually do it

01:23:41.440 you know

01:23:42.140 it really

01:23:42.600 ratchets up

01:23:43.420 the pressure

01:23:44.160 and so

01:23:44.660 weirdly enough

01:23:45.620 there is a world

01:23:46.680 in which

01:23:47.120 the first day

01:23:47.920 of strikes

01:23:48.540 could lead

01:23:49.540 to something

01:23:50.280 of a diplomatic

01:23:51.120 resolution

01:23:51.820 but probably

01:23:53.260 if I'm sitting

01:23:54.000 in the Pentagon

01:23:54.580 right now

01:23:55.320 or if I'm sitting

01:23:56.180 in the White House

01:23:56.800 or Mar-a-Lago

01:23:57.420 for that matter

01:23:58.100 all I'm reading

01:23:59.280 that as

01:23:59.900 is the Iranian

01:24:00.880 government

01:24:01.300 just trying

01:24:01.860 to buy some

01:24:02.540 time to get

01:24:03.160 their act

01:24:03.580 together

01:24:03.940 I think

01:24:05.020 probably

01:24:05.640 that third

01:24:06.680 option

01:24:07.140 that weird

01:24:08.420 kind of

01:24:08.920 kinetic diplomacy

01:24:09.880 I think

01:24:10.620 that's probably

01:24:11.240 off the table

01:24:11.940 I think

01:24:12.300 the die

01:24:12.700 is cast

01:24:13.300 and the US

01:24:14.400 is all in

01:24:15.240 for regime

01:24:15.740 change in Iran

01:24:16.540 All right

01:24:17.440 Tala

01:24:17.740 thank you so much

01:24:18.920 for coming on

01:24:19.820 really appreciate

01:24:20.520 your insights

01:24:21.480 I know this is a

01:24:22.240 very big day

01:24:22.720 for your family

01:24:23.200 as well

01:24:23.560 so thanks again

01:24:24.540 Thanks so much

01:24:26.240 All right

01:24:26.880 we're going to

01:24:27.160 keep Michael on

01:24:27.900 we're going to

01:24:28.240 bring Tim back

01:24:28.820 in a second 0.78

01:24:29.240 but we are

01:24:29.620 getting some

01:24:29.960 new details

01:24:30.540 coming in

01:24:31.600 our friend

01:24:32.420 Jen Griffin

01:24:32.980 over at

01:24:33.700 Fox News

01:24:34.260 is reporting

01:24:34.760 that the US

01:24:36.240 for the first

01:24:36.980 time today

01:24:38.120 used one-way

01:24:39.400 attack drones

01:24:40.400 in combat

01:24:41.440 I imagine

01:24:42.860 those are

01:24:43.220 similar to the

01:24:44.020 sort of suicide

01:24:44.680 drones that we've

01:24:45.480 seen

01:24:45.820 being deployed

01:24:47.220 in Ukraine

01:24:48.000 and Russia

01:24:48.660 so that was

01:24:49.280 apparently the

01:24:49.780 first time

01:24:50.200 those drones 0.83

01:24:50.640 had been used

01:24:51.440 she also reports

01:24:53.200 Tomahawk missiles

01:24:53.920 were used

01:24:54.300 in the first

01:24:54.760 volley of strikes

01:24:55.460 and that one

01:24:55.920 US official

01:24:56.480 says

01:24:56.980 quote

01:24:57.640 we have

01:24:57.880 effectively

01:24:58.320 suppressed

01:24:58.940 their air

01:24:59.500 defenses

01:25:00.000 that was a

01:25:01.000 big part

01:25:01.560 of this

01:25:01.900 opening

01:25:02.300 volley of

01:25:02.920 strikes

01:25:03.280 was targeting

01:25:04.200 the Iranian

01:25:05.300 anti-air

01:25:06.720 faculties

01:25:08.680 to make sure

01:25:09.200 that they could

01:25:09.760 pave the way

01:25:10.440 for our future

01:25:12.140 pilots to be

01:25:12.860 coming in there

01:25:13.480 so that is

01:25:14.680 big

01:25:14.900 we also have

01:25:15.600 a report

01:25:16.220 coming in

01:25:16.560 from Mary

01:25:16.820 Margaret

01:25:17.040 Olehan

01:25:17.540 that I

01:25:18.100 thought was

01:25:18.280 pretty interesting

01:25:18.840 here

01:25:19.120 she says

01:25:19.520 that a

01:25:19.720 White House

01:25:19.980 official tells

01:25:20.600 her exclusively

01:25:21.620 Mary Margaret

01:25:22.760 is our

01:25:23.180 White House

01:25:23.560 correspondent

01:25:24.060 that a

01:25:24.920 White House

01:25:25.160 official told

01:25:25.780 her that

01:25:26.520 Marco Rubio

01:25:27.220 made calls

01:25:27.960 to all

01:25:28.680 eight members

01:25:29.700 of the

01:25:29.980 gang of

01:25:30.280 eight

01:25:30.520 in the

01:25:30.900 Senate

01:25:31.120 to give

01:25:31.440 them a

01:25:31.780 quote

01:25:31.980 heads up

01:25:32.500 ahead of

01:25:32.920 time

01:25:33.220 he successfully

01:25:34.260 connected

01:25:34.660 beforehand

01:25:35.080 with seven

01:25:35.660 of the

01:25:35.920 eight

01:25:36.100 one was

01:25:36.480 unreachable

01:25:37.020 shout out

01:25:37.920 to those

01:25:38.220 seven senators

01:25:39.100 that the

01:25:39.540 information did

01:25:40.120 not leak

01:25:40.580 beforehand

01:25:41.200 but Mary

01:25:42.080 Margaret

01:25:42.340 able to

01:25:42.700 report

01:25:42.960 that they

01:25:43.220 were told

01:25:43.700 ahead of

01:25:44.080 time

01:25:44.360 the War

01:25:44.960 Department

01:25:45.320 she says

01:25:46.020 also provided

01:25:46.740 notifications

01:25:47.380 to Armed

01:25:48.340 Services

01:25:48.800 Committees

01:25:49.340 early Saturday

01:25:50.100 morning

01:25:50.520 after the

01:25:51.420 strikes

01:25:51.760 began

01:25:52.580 so as

01:25:54.360 this

01:25:54.640 breaking

01:25:55.040 story

01:25:55.380 continues

01:25:55.860 to develop

01:25:56.320 again

01:25:56.740 for those

01:25:57.300 just now

01:25:57.680 joining us

01:25:58.260 the U.S.

01:25:58.840 and Israel

01:25:59.160 launching a

01:25:59.700 joint operation

01:26:00.560 against

01:26:01.620 Iran

01:26:02.400 to take out

01:26:03.040 nuclear facilities

01:26:03.880 to target

01:26:04.540 members of

01:26:05.620 their leadership

01:26:06.340 the big

01:26:06.980 question remains

01:26:07.740 the whereabouts

01:26:08.760 of the Ayatollah

01:26:09.680 whether or not

01:26:10.080 he's been

01:26:10.380 killed

01:26:10.680 scattered

01:26:11.060 reports

01:26:11.400 there

01:26:11.600 nothing

01:26:11.900 that we're

01:26:12.180 able to

01:26:12.480 confirm

01:26:12.860 at this

01:26:13.660 point

01:26:13.900 but this

01:26:14.200 is a

01:26:14.480 major

01:26:14.860 operation

01:26:15.780 this is

01:26:16.180 not like

01:26:16.720 midnight

01:26:17.020 hammer

01:26:17.400 that was

01:26:17.980 more

01:26:18.160 limited

01:26:18.540 in its

01:26:18.960 scope

01:26:19.240 this is

01:26:19.600 certainly

01:26:19.860 not like

01:26:20.400 the capture

01:26:21.300 of

01:26:21.500 Nicolas

01:26:21.740 Maduro

01:26:22.020 this is

01:26:22.320 a major

01:26:22.820 military

01:26:23.240 operation

01:26:23.860 arguably

01:26:24.860 one of

01:26:25.380 the

01:26:25.520 kicking

01:26:25.780 off

01:26:26.040 of

01:26:26.160 one

01:26:26.260 of

01:26:26.320 the

01:26:26.420 largest

01:26:26.800 military

01:26:27.700 operations

01:26:28.320 in the

01:26:28.560 Middle 0.95

01:26:28.680 East

01:26:28.900 since

01:26:29.220 the war

01:26:29.500 in

01:26:29.580 Iraq

01:26:29.780 and

01:26:29.900 Afghanistan

01:26:30.300 so

01:26:30.840 a

01:26:31.100 historic

01:26:31.600 day

01:26:32.020 no

01:26:32.660 doubt

01:26:32.900 joining

01:26:33.160 us

01:26:33.420 now

01:26:34.000 from

01:26:34.400 D.C.

01:26:34.820 to continue

01:26:35.280 our

01:26:35.700 live

01:26:36.100 breaking

01:26:36.380 coverage

01:26:36.920 Tim Rice

01:26:37.740 Daily Wire

01:26:38.120 D.C.

01:26:38.560 Bureau

01:26:38.720 Chief

01:26:39.180 and

01:26:39.700 Michael

01:26:39.960 Knowles

01:26:40.300 is still

01:26:40.860 on as

01:26:41.260 well

01:26:41.520 Michael

01:26:42.000 I do

01:26:42.220 just

01:26:42.360 want to

01:26:42.560 point

01:26:42.700 out

01:26:42.920 there

01:26:43.320 were

01:26:43.420 people

01:26:43.620 in

01:26:43.720 the

01:26:43.820 chat

01:26:44.040 arguing

01:26:44.380 before

01:26:44.640 we

01:26:44.800 kicked

01:26:44.960 off

01:26:45.180 they

01:26:45.360 said

01:26:45.720 I've

01:26:46.260 got

01:26:46.380 50 bucks

01:26:46.880 that

01:26:47.040 Michael

01:26:47.320 Knowles

01:26:47.580 is

01:26:47.720 hosting

01:26:48.000 the

01:26:48.160 chat

01:26:48.500 some

01:26:49.020 people

01:26:49.240 said

01:26:49.440 I

01:26:49.560 think

01:26:49.700 it

01:26:49.800 might

01:26:49.920 be

01:26:50.100 Cabot

01:26:50.440 to

01:26:51.080 the

01:26:51.200 chat

01:26:51.480 $50

01:26:51.920 if

01:26:52.360 you

01:26:52.480 said

01:26:52.700 it

01:26:52.820 would

01:26:52.920 be

01:26:53.040 Cabot

01:26:53.340 Michael

01:26:53.620 Knowles

01:26:53.980 he's

01:26:54.540 kind

01:26:55.180 of

01:26:55.240 the

01:26:55.320 honorary

01:26:55.580 host

01:26:55.860 at

01:26:55.960 this

01:26:56.120 point

01:26:56.360 I

01:26:56.920 was

01:26:57.280 actually

01:26:57.700 one

01:26:57.900 of

01:26:57.960 the

01:26:58.060 people

01:26:58.280 who

01:26:58.440 put

01:26:58.600 my

01:26:58.740 50

01:26:59.060 bucks

01:26:59.300 down

01:26:59.480 for

01:26:59.660 Cabot

01:27:00.020 because

01:27:00.260 I

01:27:00.380 wanted

01:27:00.600 to 0.98

01:27:00.760 hang

01:27:00.940 out

01:27:01.080 at

01:27:01.140 my

01:27:01.280 house

01:27:01.540 on

01:27:01.680 a

01:27:01.780 Saturday

01:27:02.020 morning

01:27:02.400 I'm

01:27:03.060 not

01:27:03.260 sure

01:27:03.760 I

01:27:03.900 can

01:27:04.000 ever

01:27:04.200 forgive

01:27:04.560 the

01:27:04.740 Pentagon

01:27:05.120 and

01:27:05.500 Israel

01:27:05.880 for

01:27:06.300 making

01:27:06.540 me

01:27:06.740 come

01:27:06.880 to

01:27:07.020 work

01:27:07.240 on

01:27:07.360 a

01:27:07.480 Saturday

01:27:07.740 morning

01:27:08.000 I

01:27:08.200 know

01:27:08.500 it's

01:27:08.660 a

01:27:08.760 minor

01:27:08.980 point

01:27:09.340 in

01:27:09.700 the

01:27:09.800 whole

01:27:09.940 story

01:27:10.280 of

01:27:10.420 the

01:27:10.520 war

01:27:10.740 but

01:27:11.120 it

01:27:11.220 does

01:27:12.420 seem

01:27:12.680 after

01:27:13.080 10

01:27:13.720 years

01:27:14.120 of

01:27:14.320 being

01:27:14.520 dragged

01:27:26.120 say

01:27:26.300 Cabot

01:27:26.720 and

01:27:27.160 for

01:27:27.300 those

01:27:27.540 who

01:27:27.660 are

01:27:27.760 just

01:27:27.940 tuning

01:27:28.180 in

01:27:28.440 this

01:27:29.260 is

01:27:29.460 a

01:27:29.720 categorically

01:27:30.680 different

01:27:31.200 military

01:27:31.620 operation

01:27:32.260 than

01:27:32.840 anything

01:27:33.460 we

01:27:33.760 have

01:27:33.920 seen

01:27:34.240 from

01:27:34.500 Trump

01:27:34.820 so

01:27:35.140 far

01:27:35.480 first

01:27:36.200 term

01:27:36.580 or

01:27:36.880 second

01:27:37.260 term

01:27:37.580 this

01:27:38.360 is

01:27:38.780 the

01:27:39.020 real

01:27:39.400 deal

01:27:39.960 yeah

01:27:41.500 Tim

01:27:41.980 I

01:27:42.360 want

01:27:42.680 to

01:27:42.760 get

01:27:42.840 to

01:27:42.980 what

01:27:43.120 you're

01:27:43.320 hearing

01:27:43.700 from

01:27:44.060 Washington

01:27:44.560 Democrats

01:27:46.500 pitching

01:27:48.220 a fit

01:27:48.580 for lack

01:27:48.940 of a

01:27:49.120 better

01:27:49.260 term

01:27:49.540 so

01:27:49.760 far

01:27:50.140 has

01:27:51.360 there

01:27:51.780 been

01:27:52.060 more

01:27:52.340 of

01:27:52.460 a

01:27:52.560 unifying

01:27:52.940 message

01:27:53.300 like

01:27:53.560 what

01:27:53.780 is

01:27:54.140 the

01:27:54.320 singular

01:27:54.700 message

01:27:55.160 and

01:27:55.340 talking

01:27:55.600 point

01:27:55.840 that

01:27:55.960 we're

01:27:56.060 getting

01:27:56.300 from

01:27:56.780 Republicans

01:27:57.220 in

01:27:57.480 defending

01:27:57.760 this

01:27:57.940 operation

01:27:58.360 so

01:28:00.980 far

01:28:01.360 I

01:28:01.540 think

01:28:01.720 it's

01:28:01.860 been

01:28:02.080 mostly

01:28:03.240 unified

01:28:03.740 support

01:28:04.520 for

01:28:04.800 Republicans

01:28:05.200 but I

01:28:05.540 will

01:28:05.720 say

01:28:05.980 it

01:28:06.120 has

01:28:06.400 been

01:28:06.580 pretty

01:28:06.980 muted

01:28:07.380 and

01:28:07.660 I

01:28:07.800 think

01:28:08.040 that's

01:28:08.300 entirely

01:28:08.680 because

01:28:09.240 congressional

01:28:09.840 Republicans

01:28:10.340 and

01:28:10.960 in

01:28:11.140 fact

01:28:11.420 members

01:28:12.300 of

01:28:12.480 the

01:28:12.580 administration

01:28:13.000 are

01:28:13.400 waiting

01:28:13.660 to

01:28:13.840 take

01:28:14.060 their

01:28:14.260 cues

01:28:14.700 from

01:28:15.120 Trump

01:28:15.920 Rubio

01:28:16.800 likely

01:28:17.320 War

01:28:17.780 Secretary

01:28:18.140 Pete

01:28:18.500 Hegseth

01:28:18.960 and

01:28:19.180 the

01:28:19.320 president

01:28:19.640 has

01:28:19.940 been

01:28:20.280 strangely

01:28:21.740 silent

01:28:22.340 since

01:28:22.700 this

01:28:22.960 morning's

01:28:23.460 message

01:28:23.780 dropped

01:28:24.240 originally

01:28:24.740 we

01:28:25.060 were

01:28:25.200 hearing

01:28:25.540 that

01:28:26.000 he

01:28:26.080 was

01:28:26.240 going

01:28:26.500 to

01:28:26.660 address

01:28:26.960 the

01:28:27.140 nation

01:28:27.420 from

01:28:27.760 Mar-a-Lago

01:28:28.320 this

01:28:28.600 morning

01:28:28.920 now

01:28:29.440 sources

01:28:30.200 are

01:28:30.420 saying

01:28:30.680 that

01:28:30.940 he's

01:28:31.360 not

01:28:31.600 going

01:28:31.760 to

01:28:31.880 address

01:28:32.160 anyone

01:28:32.460 on

01:28:32.680 Saturday

01:28:33.000 which

01:28:33.320 likely

01:28:34.680 it

01:28:34.940 seems

01:28:35.180 right

01:28:35.400 given

01:28:35.640 as

01:28:35.900 you

01:28:36.020 both

01:28:36.220 gentlemen

01:28:36.520 were

01:28:36.700 saying

01:28:37.020 the

01:28:37.520 size

01:28:38.020 of

01:28:38.200 this

01:28:38.440 I

01:28:38.640 imagine

01:28:38.960 it's

01:28:39.160 a

01:28:39.280 strategic

01:28:39.760 choice

01:28:40.300 to

01:28:40.740 keep

01:28:40.960 the

01:28:41.100 president

01:28:41.440 off

01:28:41.780 the

01:28:41.900 airways

01:28:42.300 and

01:28:42.480 hopefully

01:28:42.780 away

01:28:43.120 from

01:28:43.400 the

01:28:43.760 truth

01:28:43.940 social

01:28:44.300 and

01:28:44.560 the

01:28:44.880 ex

01:28:45.100 posts

01:28:45.420 but

01:28:45.740 I

01:28:46.160 do

01:28:46.360 think

01:28:46.580 that

01:28:46.740 everyone

01:28:47.060 is

01:28:47.280 waiting

01:28:48.460 out

01:28:48.960 to

01:28:49.160 see

01:28:49.420 what

01:28:49.880 exactly

01:28:50.400 the

01:28:50.580 president

01:28:50.900 is

01:28:51.080 going

01:28:51.200 to

01:28:51.280 say

01:28:51.440 especially

01:28:51.800 considering

01:28:52.360 as you

01:28:52.740 mentioned

01:28:53.020 earlier

01:28:53.360 Cabot

01:28:53.740 Americans

01:28:55.200 don't

01:28:55.560 really

01:28:55.740 want

01:28:56.000 this

01:28:56.220 war

01:28:56.600 and

01:28:57.040 as

01:28:57.160 we

01:28:57.280 were

01:28:57.400 saying

01:28:57.760 earlier

01:28:58.160 whether

01:28:58.980 or not

01:28:59.360 they

01:28:59.500 come

01:28:59.720 around

01:29:00.000 to

01:29:00.140 it

01:29:00.220 or

01:29:00.340 whether

01:29:00.500 or

01:29:00.680 not

01:29:00.840 this

01:29:01.060 is

01:29:01.300 the

01:29:01.620 right

01:29:01.900 decision

01:29:02.320 by

01:29:02.580 the

01:29:02.740 president

01:29:03.040 that

01:29:03.240 doesn't

01:29:03.580 change

01:29:03.840 the

01:29:04.000 fact

01:29:04.220 that

01:29:04.460 this

01:29:04.920 is

01:29:05.060 probably

01:29:05.620 going

01:29:06.000 to

01:29:06.220 be

01:29:06.460 a

01:29:06.640 little

01:29:07.260 bit

01:29:07.460 of

01:29:07.540 if

01:29:07.800 not

01:29:07.960 a

01:29:08.100 very

01:29:08.420 unpopular

01:29:09.260 action

01:29:09.740 at least

01:29:10.160 for the

01:29:10.420 next

01:29:10.580 few

01:29:10.760 days

01:29:11.060 and

01:29:11.480 I

01:29:11.560 think

01:29:11.640 a lot

01:29:11.940 of

01:29:12.060 Republicans

01:29:12.440 especially

01:29:12.980 those

01:29:13.460 with

01:29:14.220 potentially

01:29:14.620 spicy

01:29:15.080 midterm

01:29:15.540 contests

01:29:15.960 coming up

01:29:16.340 in

01:29:16.440 November

01:29:16.740 are

01:29:17.340 happy

01:29:18.300 to

01:29:18.540 stay

01:29:19.180 a little

01:29:19.600 bit

01:29:19.740 more

01:29:19.860 on

01:29:19.960 the

01:29:20.060 sideline

01:29:20.440 and

01:29:20.580 just

01:29:20.740 sort

01:29:20.920 of

01:29:21.000 go

01:29:21.140 to

01:29:21.240 the

01:29:21.340 old

01:29:21.480 classic

01:29:21.940 thoughts

01:29:22.560 and

01:29:22.680 prayers

01:29:22.920 I

01:29:23.320 think

01:29:23.680 this

01:29:23.900 is

01:29:24.080 such

01:29:24.360 an

01:29:24.500 important

01:29:24.860 point

01:29:25.320 because

01:29:25.760 if

01:29:26.580 you

01:29:26.700 look

01:29:26.940 at

01:29:27.040 the

01:29:27.140 national

01:29:27.500 polls

01:29:28.000 the

01:29:28.940 vast

01:29:29.260 majority

01:29:29.560 of

01:29:29.680 Americans

01:29:29.980 don't

01:29:30.320 want

01:29:30.500 this

01:29:30.680 war

01:29:30.940 and

01:29:31.640 the

01:29:32.080 Republicans

01:29:32.460 are

01:29:32.820 more

01:29:33.220 favorable

01:29:33.560 toward

01:29:33.880 it

01:29:34.080 than

01:29:34.480 the

01:29:34.860 Democrats

01:29:35.240 are

01:29:35.580 but

01:29:35.940 even

01:29:36.080 the

01:29:36.240 Republicans

01:29:36.660 are

01:29:37.040 sub

01:29:37.360 50%

01:29:37.980 support

01:29:38.460 in

01:29:38.800 most

01:29:39.260 cases

01:29:39.700 and

01:29:40.180 if

01:29:40.300 it's

01:29:40.440 over

01:29:40.700 50%

01:29:41.240 it's

01:29:41.460 just

01:29:41.660 barely

01:29:42.180 so

01:29:42.840 it's

01:29:43.560 a

01:29:43.920 real

01:29:44.320 political

01:29:44.840 gamble

01:29:45.340 for

01:29:45.600 the

01:29:45.760 president

01:29:46.120 but

01:29:46.640 what's

01:29:46.880 so

01:29:47.020 amazing

01:29:47.520 about

01:29:47.860 that

01:29:48.200 is

01:29:48.800 that

01:29:49.120 if

01:29:50.140 this

01:29:50.440 operation

01:29:51.000 is

01:29:51.480 successful

01:29:52.080 and

01:29:52.660 I

01:29:52.800 mean

01:29:53.040 real

01:29:53.460 successful

01:29:54.020 I

01:29:54.660 mean

01:29:55.080 like

01:29:55.640 flip

01:29:56.180 Iran

01:29:56.840 no

01:29:57.500 protracted

01:29:58.160 civil

01:29:58.460 war

01:29:58.980 relative

01:29:59.940 order

01:30:00.460 and

01:30:01.060 turning

01:30:01.400 the

01:30:01.560 country

01:30:01.860 that

01:30:02.080 was

01:30:02.300 as

01:30:02.660 anti

01:30:03.080 America

01:30:03.460 as

01:30:03.640 it

01:30:03.760 gets

01:30:03.960 into

01:30:04.400 a

01:30:04.600 pro

01:30:05.000 America

01:30:05.440 country

01:30:05.880 if

01:30:06.520 that

01:30:06.820 succeeds

01:30:07.540 you

01:30:08.280 you

01:30:08.560 will

01:30:08.720 obviously

01:30:09.060 see

01:30:09.300 a

01:30:09.440 change

01:30:09.760 in

01:30:10.000 the

01:30:10.120 popularity

01:30:10.620 not

01:30:11.160 only

01:30:11.360 of

01:30:11.540 this

01:30:11.720 war

01:30:11.980 but

01:30:12.500 of

01:30:12.800 American

01:30:13.420 interventions

01:30:14.140 broadly

01:30:14.720 the

01:30:15.180 reason

01:30:15.540 that

01:30:15.760 this

01:30:15.980 Iran

01:30:16.480 war

01:30:16.820 has

01:30:17.240 been

01:30:17.420 unpopular

01:30:18.060 in

01:30:18.420 the

01:30:18.560 lead

01:30:18.740 up

01:30:18.940 is

01:30:19.320 because

01:30:19.640 Americans

01:30:20.180 remember

01:30:20.660 Iraq

01:30:21.200 which

01:30:21.400 was

01:30:21.580 horribly

01:30:22.060 bungled 0.99

01:30:22.640 the

01:30:23.500 Iran

01:30:23.840 war

01:30:24.180 is

01:30:25.260 the

01:30:25.420 Iraq

01:30:25.720 war

01:30:25.980 in

01:30:26.520 all

01:30:27.260 of

01:30:27.380 the

01:30:27.480 justifications

01:30:28.180 in

01:30:28.640 the

01:30:28.760 political

01:30:29.040 party

01:30:29.440 that

01:30:29.660 carried

01:30:29.940 it

01:30:30.100 out

01:30:30.360 it

01:30:30.840 is

01:30:31.320 an

01:30:31.800 amazingly

01:30:32.420 perfect

01:30:33.720 analog

01:30:34.220 so

01:30:35.220 the

01:30:35.640 only

01:30:36.120 decisive

01:30:37.020 factor

01:30:37.540 over

01:30:37.800 whether

01:30:38.020 or not

01:30:38.300 this

01:30:38.460 will

01:30:38.580 be

01:30:38.720 viewed

01:30:38.960 favorably

01:30:39.460 or

01:30:39.620 unfavorably

01:30:40.180 is

01:30:40.720 whether

01:30:40.940 or not

01:30:41.320 it

01:30:41.520 succeeds

01:30:42.120 the

01:30:42.580 Iraq

01:30:43.240 war

01:30:43.560 basically

01:30:44.280 failed

01:30:44.860 because

01:30:45.200 of

01:30:45.340 a

01:30:45.480 ton

01:30:45.800 of

01:30:46.060 bungles 0.99

01:30:46.920 all

01:30:47.120 along

01:30:47.380 the

01:30:47.520 way

01:30:47.780 President

01:30:48.380 Trump

01:30:48.780 has

01:30:49.320 proven

01:30:49.940 that

01:30:50.320 he

01:30:50.440 is

01:30:50.640 very

01:30:51.200 very

01:30:51.500 good

01:30:51.760 at

01:30:51.900 conducting

01:30:52.240 foreign

01:30:52.540 policy

01:30:53.000 it's

01:30:53.700 not

01:30:53.880 clear

01:30:54.320 if

01:30:54.880 that

01:30:55.060 will

01:30:55.320 obtain

01:30:55.820 in

01:30:56.160 this

01:30:56.340 case

01:30:56.620 this

01:30:56.860 is

01:30:56.980 as

01:30:57.480 we

01:30:57.620 said

01:30:57.840 a

01:30:58.000 categorically

01:30:58.600 different

01:30:58.980 kind

01:30:59.440 of

01:30:59.540 military

01:30:59.940 operation

01:31:00.540 but

01:31:01.000 if

01:31:01.160 it

01:31:01.340 does

01:31:01.720 it's

01:31:02.160 not

01:31:02.360 just

01:31:02.540 going

01:31:02.680 to

01:31:02.760 flip

01:31:02.920 the

01:31:03.060 popularity

01:31:03.580 on

01:31:04.060 this

01:31:04.340 war

01:31:04.600 it

01:31:05.080 is

01:31:05.220 going

01:31:05.420 to

01:31:05.600 fundamentally

01:31:06.240 flip

01:31:06.660 the

01:31:06.820 way

01:31:06.980 that

01:31:07.100 Americans

01:31:07.740 view

01:31:08.160 their

01:31:08.380 foreign

01:31:08.640 policy

01:31:09.160 it

01:31:09.720 might

01:31:10.220 correct

01:31:10.780 25

01:31:11.480 years

01:31:12.040 of

01:31:12.560 real

01:31:13.080 discouragement

01:31:13.720 the

01:31:15.200 president

01:31:15.540 said

01:31:16.100 after

01:31:16.640 closing

01:31:17.480 the

01:31:17.660 border

01:31:17.900 upon

01:31:18.200 first

01:31:18.440 taking

01:31:18.660 office

01:31:18.900 he

01:31:19.080 said

01:31:19.320 it

01:31:19.900 turns

01:31:20.160 out

01:31:20.360 we

01:31:20.520 didn't

01:31:20.700 need

01:31:21.020 new

01:31:21.280 legislation

01:31:21.860 we

01:31:22.260 didn't

01:31:22.420 need

01:31:22.560 a

01:31:22.640 new

01:31:22.760 philosophy

01:31:23.180 we

01:31:23.460 just

01:31:23.620 needed

01:31:23.800 a

01:31:23.920 new

01:31:24.020 president

01:31:24.360 one

01:31:24.700 who

01:31:24.820 actually

01:31:25.080 was

01:31:25.240 willing

01:31:25.380 to

01:31:25.500 do

01:31:25.620 this

01:31:25.840 and

01:31:26.020 do

01:31:26.120 it

01:31:26.220 differently

01:31:26.500 it

01:31:27.140 sounds

01:31:27.680 kind

01:31:27.860 of

01:31:27.960 similar

01:31:28.180 there

01:31:28.480 on

01:31:28.920 foreign

01:31:29.300 policy

01:31:29.620 of

01:31:29.760 saying

01:31:29.920 hey

01:31:30.060 you

01:31:30.180 can

01:31:30.620 keep

01:31:30.940 more

01:31:31.180 or less

01:31:31.380 the

01:31:31.520 same

01:31:31.700 American

01:31:32.080 way

01:31:32.620 of

01:31:32.720 thinking

01:31:32.880 in

01:31:33.020 the

01:31:33.080 Middle 0.95

01:31:33.180 East

01:31:33.420 but

01:31:33.640 it

01:31:33.840 takes

01:31:34.020 a

01:31:34.220 different

01:31:34.420 person

01:31:34.880 actually

01:31:47.660 we're

01:31:47.900 in

01:31:47.980 the

01:31:48.080 middle

01:31:48.220 of

01:31:48.380 Ramadan

01:31:48.640 right

01:31:48.980 now

01:31:49.240 obviously

01:31:49.880 there's

01:31:50.440 fasting

01:31:50.780 going

01:31:51.040 on

01:31:51.420 for

01:31:52.100 you

01:31:52.660 know

01:31:52.740 a

01:31:52.900 billion

01:31:53.100 Muslims

01:31:53.560 worldwide

01:31:54.080 it's

01:31:54.360 going

01:31:54.500 to

01:31:54.660 impact

01:31:55.080 maybe

01:31:55.400 their

01:31:56.060 alertness

01:31:56.680 their

01:31:56.820 energy

01:31:57.020 levels

01:31:57.340 they're

01:31:57.600 fasting

01:31:57.920 all

01:31:58.180 day

01:31:58.400 I'm

01:31:59.380 not

01:31:59.520 trying

01:31:59.740 to be

01:31:59.940 funny

01:32:00.140 here

01:32:00.300 I'm

01:32:00.580 being

01:32:00.740 genuine

01:32:01.120 that is

01:32:01.480 a

01:32:01.660 consideration

01:32:02.560 to take

01:32:02.960 into

01:32:03.100 account

01:32:03.380 do

01:32:03.560 you

01:32:03.680 think

01:32:03.880 that

01:32:04.040 could

01:32:04.200 play

01:32:04.380 into

01:32:04.520 the

01:32:04.640 timing

01:32:04.860 here

01:32:05.140 for

01:32:05.340 President

01:32:05.580 Trump

01:32:05.900 saying

01:32:06.220 hey

01:32:06.380 they

01:32:06.520 might

01:32:06.700 be

01:32:06.820 in

01:32:06.880 a

01:32:06.960 weakened

01:32:07.120 state

01:32:07.440 right

01:32:07.640 now

01:32:07.860 yes

01:32:08.360 well

01:32:08.560 I

01:32:08.820 don't

01:32:09.120 live

01:32:09.400 in

01:32:09.660 New

01:32:09.820 York

01:32:10.040 City

01:32:10.340 or

01:32:10.520 Minneapolis

01:32:11.000 so

01:32:11.420 I

01:32:11.560 had

01:32:11.700 forgotten

01:32:12.100 that

01:32:12.300 it

01:32:12.400 was

01:32:12.540 Ramadan

01:32:12.940 but

01:32:13.560 yes

01:32:14.140 all

01:32:14.460 of

01:32:14.600 these

01:32:14.780 factors

01:32:15.220 come

01:32:15.480 into

01:32:15.680 play

01:32:15.980 including

01:32:16.700 even

01:32:16.960 the

01:32:17.140 timing

01:32:17.420 of

01:32:17.620 this

01:32:17.800 attack

01:32:18.260 most

01:32:19.260 Israeli

01:32:19.960 attacks

01:32:20.560 on

01:32:20.980 Iran

01:32:21.500 happen

01:32:22.140 in

01:32:22.280 the

01:32:22.400 middle

01:32:22.540 of

01:32:22.680 the

01:32:22.800 night

01:32:23.020 so

01:32:23.240 the

01:32:23.400 fact

01:32:23.680 that

01:32:23.860 this

01:32:24.020 one

01:32:24.200 happened

01:32:24.560 in

01:32:25.000 the

01:32:25.200 morning

01:32:25.560 was

01:32:26.180 a

01:32:26.360 surprise

01:32:26.740 I

01:32:27.340 was

01:32:27.740 even

01:32:27.980 joking

01:32:28.440 with

01:32:28.660 the

01:32:28.800 producers

01:32:29.160 I

01:32:29.420 said

01:32:29.520 obviously

01:32:29.900 Israel's 0.75

01:32:30.700 playing

01:32:30.920 a

01:32:31.060 pretty

01:32:31.200 big

01:32:31.440 role

01:32:31.740 in

01:32:31.900 this

01:32:32.060 attack

01:32:32.460 and

01:32:32.860 I

01:32:32.980 kind

01:32:33.200 of

01:32:33.300 thought

01:32:33.500 they'd

01:32:33.700 at

01:32:33.820 least

01:32:33.980 give

01:32:34.220 me

01:32:34.400 Shabbat

01:32:34.900 you

01:32:35.060 know

01:32:35.160 I

01:32:35.300 thought

01:32:35.520 I

01:32:35.660 could

01:32:35.800 my

01:32:35.980 Friday

01:32:36.280 night

01:32:36.560 and

01:32:36.700 Saturday

01:32:36.980 morning

01:32:37.380 would

01:32:37.820 be

01:32:37.960 safe

01:32:38.280 from

01:32:38.560 having

01:32:39.040 to

01:32:39.240 come

01:32:39.380 into

01:32:39.560 work

01:32:39.900 so

01:32:40.320 there

01:32:40.640 are

01:32:40.760 all

01:32:41.000 sorts

01:32:41.260 of

01:32:41.400 elements

01:32:41.700 that

01:32:41.940 are

01:32:42.060 unexpected

01:32:42.820 here

01:32:43.320 and

01:32:44.020 of

01:32:44.960 course

01:32:45.240 President

01:32:46.160 Trump's

01:32:46.580 foreign

01:32:46.840 policy

01:32:47.360 is

01:32:48.180 predicated

01:32:48.860 on

01:32:49.400 subverting

01:32:49.960 expectations

01:32:50.700 Victor

01:32:51.360 Davis

01:32:51.640 Hanson

01:32:52.000 perhaps

01:32:52.280 more than

01:32:52.600 anyone

01:32:52.880 observed

01:32:53.320 this

01:32:53.580 in

01:32:53.680 the

01:32:53.800 first

01:32:54.040 term

01:32:54.380 that

01:32:54.980 people

01:32:55.560 who

01:32:55.700 were

01:32:55.800 trying

01:32:56.020 to

01:32:56.160 place

01:32:56.440 Trump

01:32:56.820 in

01:32:57.020 this

01:32:57.200 box

01:32:57.640 of

01:32:57.920 foreign

01:32:58.640 policy

01:32:59.120 dove

01:32:59.620 because

01:32:59.960 he

01:33:00.120 ran

01:33:00.400 against

01:33:00.700 the

01:33:01.020 legacy

01:33:01.300 of

01:33:01.480 George

01:33:01.720 Bush

01:33:02.020 or

01:33:02.800 a

01:33:03.160 foreign

01:33:03.360 policy

01:33:03.740 hawk

01:33:04.360 because

01:33:04.880 he

01:33:05.640 said

01:33:05.860 he

01:33:05.960 was

01:33:06.100 going

01:33:06.300 to

01:33:06.420 go

01:33:06.700 beat

01:33:07.220 the 0.98

01:33:07.360 hell

01:33:07.500 out

01:33:07.640 of

01:33:07.740 ISIS

01:33:08.120 that

01:33:09.440 was

01:33:09.600 a

01:33:09.900 mistaken

01:33:10.400 dichotomy

01:33:11.180 President

01:33:11.860 Trump's

01:33:12.240 real

01:33:12.640 strength

01:33:13.140 in

01:33:13.300 foreign

01:33:13.500 policy

01:33:13.960 is

01:33:14.520 unpredictability

01:33:15.380 he's

01:33:15.880 going

01:33:16.020 to

01:33:16.140 hug

01:33:16.920 Kim

01:33:17.240 Jong

01:33:17.520 in

01:33:18.140 Korea 0.61

01:33:18.560 and

01:33:22.880 get

01:33:23.040 that

01:33:23.280 day

01:33:23.580 so

01:33:24.380 in

01:33:24.960 terms

01:33:25.300 of

01:33:25.760 you

01:33:26.480 know

01:33:26.600 striking

01:33:27.000 during

01:33:27.400 Ramadan

01:33:27.840 I

01:33:28.720 think

01:33:29.440 probably

01:33:29.920 what

01:33:30.180 you

01:33:30.280 would

01:33:30.400 say

01:33:30.620 is

01:33:30.860 yeah

01:33:31.280 every

01:33:31.720 little

01:33:32.000 bit

01:33:32.280 counts

01:33:32.700 when

01:33:33.140 you're

01:33:33.280 talking

01:33:33.580 about

01:33:33.780 the

01:33:33.900 most

01:33:34.060 consequential

01:33:35.080 foreign

01:33:35.620 policy

01:33:36.120 move

01:33:36.580 of

01:33:37.100 a

01:33:37.380 presidency

01:33:37.820 Tim

01:33:39.560 I

01:33:39.700 want to

01:33:39.900 get

01:33:40.020 to

01:33:40.140 I

01:33:40.420 actually

01:33:40.680 do

01:33:40.860 have

01:33:41.000 a

01:33:41.180 series

01:33:41.760 let's

01:33:42.340 hear

01:33:42.460 it

01:33:43.100 I

01:33:45.020 actually

01:33:45.680 just

01:33:46.040 talk

01:33:46.600 about

01:33:46.780 perfect

01:33:47.060 timing

01:33:47.320 I

01:33:47.560 recently

01:33:47.960 finished

01:33:48.340 reading

01:33:48.580 a

01:33:48.800 book

01:33:49.040 about

01:33:49.480 the

01:33:49.760 lead

01:33:50.880 up

01:33:51.060 to

01:33:51.180 the

01:33:51.340 Iranian

01:33:51.700 revolution

01:33:52.300 from

01:33:52.720 the

01:33:52.920 perspective

01:33:53.380 of

01:33:53.900 the

01:33:54.360 Shah's 1.00

01:33:54.820 government

01:33:55.220 and

01:33:55.480 one

01:33:55.780 of

01:33:55.880 the

01:33:55.960 most

01:33:56.140 interesting

01:33:56.520 things

01:33:56.860 that

01:33:56.980 I

01:33:57.100 learned

01:33:57.360 in

01:33:57.480 this

01:33:57.640 book

01:33:57.960 is

01:33:58.480 that

01:33:58.760 in

01:33:59.020 Shia 0.97

01:34:00.240 Islam

01:34:00.740 which

01:34:01.160 is

01:34:01.340 Iran

01:34:01.700 is

01:34:01.840 a

01:34:01.920 majority

01:34:02.220 Shia 0.97

01:34:02.520 country

01:34:02.880 and

01:34:03.120 particularly

01:34:03.660 in

01:34:04.040 Iran

01:34:04.400 it

01:34:05.040 is

01:34:05.220 and

01:34:05.380 I'm

01:34:05.520 not

01:34:05.700 exaggerating

01:34:06.240 here

01:34:06.440 I'm

01:34:06.720 also

01:34:06.900 not

01:34:07.120 joking

01:34:07.360 it's

01:34:07.800 basically

01:34:08.240 always

01:34:08.960 some

01:34:09.380 kind

01:34:09.700 of

01:34:09.840 holy

01:34:10.100 day

01:34:10.380 it's

01:34:11.360 like

01:34:11.520 the

01:34:11.680 Catholic

01:34:11.980 church

01:34:12.360 on

01:34:12.640 steroids

01:34:13.120 because

01:34:13.420 there

01:34:13.620 are

01:34:13.760 holy

01:34:14.100 days

01:34:14.900 and

01:34:15.120 weeks

01:34:15.520 and

01:34:15.780 months

01:34:16.140 and

01:34:16.380 each

01:34:16.660 day

01:34:17.000 then

01:34:17.240 has

01:34:17.500 an

01:34:17.640 attended

01:34:18.020 period

01:34:18.620 of

01:34:19.200 fasting

01:34:19.720 or

01:34:20.280 of

01:34:20.720 parades

01:34:21.920 or

01:34:22.180 of

01:34:22.380 public

01:34:22.760 flagellation

01:34:23.560 or

01:34:23.780 all

01:34:24.020 sorts

01:34:24.240 of

01:34:24.360 it's

01:34:24.540 like

01:34:24.700 a

01:34:24.860 grid

01:34:25.200 basically

01:34:25.860 when

01:34:26.120 you

01:34:26.240 get

01:34:26.400 down

01:34:26.600 to

01:34:26.720 it

01:34:26.800 there's

01:34:27.000 only

01:34:27.180 like

01:34:27.420 80

01:34:27.800 days

01:34:28.280 in

01:34:28.960 the

01:34:29.300 calendar

01:34:29.680 year

01:34:30.020 when

01:34:30.260 the

01:34:30.420 Iranian

01:34:30.820 people

01:34:31.320 are

01:34:31.860 not

01:34:32.300 fasting

01:34:33.160 marching

01:34:33.900 commemorating

01:34:34.980 the death

01:34:35.400 of a

01:34:35.720 martyr

01:34:35.960 or an

01:34:36.440 Ayatollah

01:34:37.000 or something

01:34:37.420 like that

01:34:37.820 so

01:34:38.020 I'm

01:34:38.620 sure

01:34:38.900 that

01:34:39.160 the

01:34:39.280 fact

01:34:39.480 that

01:34:39.640 this

01:34:39.800 happened

01:34:40.100 during

01:34:40.440 Ramadan

01:34:40.840 yes

01:34:41.220 probably

01:34:41.660 played

01:34:42.060 a little

01:34:42.380 bit

01:34:42.620 into

01:34:43.120 the

01:34:43.300 strategic

01:34:43.600 calculation

01:34:44.160 but

01:34:44.380 I

01:34:44.520 think

01:34:44.680 when

01:34:44.800 you

01:34:44.880 get

01:34:45.040 people

01:34:45.300 like

01:34:45.600 Ilhan

01:34:46.140 Omar

01:34:46.500 and

01:34:46.940 some

01:34:47.120 of

01:34:47.220 the

01:34:47.300 president's

01:34:47.800 other

01:34:48.000 critics

01:34:48.280 saying

01:34:48.540 he

01:34:48.740 did

01:34:48.940 this

01:34:49.120 on

01:34:49.280 purpose

01:34:49.700 which

01:34:50.340 again

01:34:50.540 setting

01:34:50.820 aside

01:34:51.120 the

01:34:51.260 fact

01:34:51.440 that

01:34:51.620 that's

01:34:51.880 just

01:34:51.980 sort

01:34:52.180 of 0.95

01:34:52.260 ridiculous 0.99

01:34:52.640 and 1.00

01:34:52.920 Hamas 0.96

01:34:53.820 attacked

01:34:54.140 Israel

01:34:54.520 on

01:34:54.900 a

01:34:56.280 major

01:34:56.540 high

01:34:56.760 holy

01:34:56.980 day

01:34:57.220 for

01:34:57.420 the

01:34:57.800 Jewish

01:34:58.020 people

01:34:58.340 I

01:34:58.560 also

01:34:58.760 think

01:34:58.960 that

01:34:59.080 it

01:34:59.200 is

01:34:59.360 kind

01:35:01.120 of

01:35:01.220 impossible

01:35:01.620 to

01:35:01.900 strike 0.66

01:35:02.140 Iran 0.93

01:35:02.440 when

01:35:02.660 they're

01:35:02.860 not

01:35:03.060 in

01:35:03.200 the

01:35:03.320 middle

01:35:03.480 of

01:35:03.660 some

01:35:03.840 sort

01:35:04.040 of

01:35:04.120 holy

01:35:04.300 celebration

01:35:04.840 yeah

01:35:05.720 that's

01:35:06.120 a

01:35:06.280 great

01:35:06.580 point

01:35:06.880 Tim

01:35:07.160 thank

01:35:08.000 you

01:35:08.100 so

01:35:08.280 much

01:35:08.600 Tim

01:35:09.200 for

01:35:09.340 joining

01:35:09.600 us

01:35:09.820 Daily Wire

01:35:10.160 DC

01:35:10.460 Bureau

01:35:10.700 chief

01:35:11.000 he'll

01:35:11.200 be

01:35:11.340 on

01:35:11.500 the

01:35:11.600 live

01:35:11.840 blog

01:35:12.140 all

01:35:12.440 day

01:35:12.760 on

01:35:13.560 the

01:35:13.760 daily

01:35:13.900 wire

01:35:14.080 website

01:35:14.600 Tim

01:35:15.060 really

01:35:15.460 appreciate

01:35:15.760 it

01:35:16.500 thanks

01:35:17.920 Kevin

01:35:18.140 we're

01:35:18.580 going to

01:35:18.720 keep

01:35:18.940 Michael

01:35:19.340 on

01:35:19.780 and

01:35:20.140 bring

01:35:20.700 on

01:35:21.080 Representative

01:35:22.260 Claudia

01:35:22.700 Tenney

01:35:23.120 from

01:35:23.480 the

01:35:23.620 great

01:35:23.820 state

01:35:24.060 of

01:35:24.200 New

01:35:24.360 York

01:35:24.680 Representative

01:35:25.660 thank

01:35:26.020 you

01:35:26.140 so

01:35:26.320 much

01:35:26.540 for

01:35:26.660 joining

01:35:26.860 us

01:35:27.080 on

01:35:27.280 this

01:35:27.480 packed

01:35:27.900 day

01:35:28.300 so

01:35:29.060 let's

01:35:29.220 get

01:35:29.360 right

01:35:29.540 to

01:35:29.700 it

01:35:29.780 I

01:35:29.860 want

01:35:29.940 to

01:35:30.000 get

01:35:30.100 to

01:35:30.240 the

01:35:30.500 response

01:35:31.380 from

01:35:31.600 Congress

01:35:32.040 but

01:35:32.300 first

01:35:32.720 your

01:35:33.440 take

01:35:33.780 on

01:35:34.000 what

01:35:34.220 has

01:35:34.400 transpired

01:35:34.980 in

01:35:35.120 the

01:35:35.200 last

01:35:35.360 eight

01:35:35.520 hours

01:35:35.800 yeah

01:35:37.180 well

01:35:37.380 this

01:35:37.540 is

01:35:37.660 an

01:35:37.780 incredible

01:35:38.100 moment

01:35:38.440 in

01:35:38.620 history

01:35:38.980 President

01:35:39.380 Trump

01:35:39.660 has

01:35:39.840 taken

01:35:40.160 very

01:35:40.460 courageous

01:35:40.940 and

01:35:41.260 decisive

01:35:41.560 action

01:35:42.040 against

01:35:43.040 an

01:35:43.380 enemy

01:35:43.660 that

01:35:43.880 we

01:35:44.000 have

01:35:44.120 had

01:35:44.280 for

01:35:44.440 so

01:35:44.660 many

01:35:44.820 years

01:35:45.100 who

01:35:45.320 is

01:35:45.500 unrelenting

01:35:46.120 and

01:35:46.260 will

01:35:46.360 not

01:35:46.620 obviously

01:35:47.340 they

01:35:47.580 didn't

01:35:47.920 want

01:35:48.160 to

01:35:48.260 come

01:35:48.380 to

01:35:48.520 the

01:35:48.620 table

01:35:48.860 we

01:35:49.060 didn't

01:35:49.300 think

01:35:49.480 they

01:35:49.640 ever

01:35:49.820 would

01:35:50.020 and

01:35:50.160 President

01:35:50.460 Trump

01:35:50.760 has

01:35:50.940 been

01:35:51.180 sort

01:35:51.720 of

01:35:51.840 leaking

01:35:52.100 that

01:35:52.400 out

01:35:52.600 a little

01:35:52.880 bit

01:35:53.100 a little

01:35:53.500 let's

01:35:54.780 say

01:35:54.900 insinuating

01:35:55.460 that

01:35:55.720 without

01:35:56.000 saying

01:35:56.400 it

01:35:56.520 directly

01:35:56.840 but

01:35:57.100 this

01:35:57.640 is

01:35:57.760 a

01:35:57.880 country

01:35:58.180 that

01:35:58.480 has

01:35:58.800 since

01:35:59.100 1979

01:35:59.940 has

01:36:01.260 repeatedly

01:36:01.980 caused

01:36:02.520 harm

01:36:02.880 to

01:36:03.060 the

01:36:03.560 American

01:36:03.880 people

01:36:04.340 my

01:36:04.940 son

01:36:05.180 is

01:36:05.320 actually

01:36:05.620 a

01:36:05.800 Marine

01:36:06.040 so

01:36:06.340 bombing

01:36:07.320 the 0.92

01:36:07.780 Beirut

01:36:08.220 barracks 1.00

01:36:08.700 in

01:36:09.060 1983

01:36:09.840 to

01:36:10.620 attacking

01:36:11.080 our

01:36:12.080 soldiers

01:36:12.500 killing 0.56

01:36:12.880 our 1.00

01:36:13.200 soldiers

01:36:13.520 in

01:36:13.880 Iraq

01:36:14.360 and

01:36:14.500 Iran

01:36:14.920 the

01:36:15.500 proxies

01:36:16.480 that

01:36:16.760 they

01:36:16.980 have

01:36:17.320 funded

01:36:18.060 and

01:36:18.660 used

01:36:19.460 against

01:36:19.920 American

01:36:20.340 citizens

01:36:20.860 and our

01:36:21.180 allies

01:36:21.500 in the

01:36:21.740 Middle East

01:36:22.160 there was

01:36:23.200 really no

01:36:23.580 other option

01:36:24.100 President

01:36:24.440 Trump

01:36:24.860 drew a

01:36:25.400 red

01:36:25.600 line

01:36:25.920 and this

01:36:26.240 is

01:36:26.360 where

01:36:26.480 we

01:36:26.620 had

01:36:26.780 to

01:36:26.920 go

01:36:27.200 and

01:36:27.980 this

01:36:28.720 is

01:36:28.940 not

01:36:29.440 a

01:36:29.620 full

01:36:29.800 scale

01:36:30.240 inland

01:36:31.040 invasion

01:36:31.620 this

01:36:31.880 is

01:36:32.020 a

01:36:32.260 tactical

01:36:32.960 strike

01:36:33.440 against

01:36:33.800 nuclear

01:36:34.360 weapons

01:36:35.600 and

01:36:36.020 ballistic

01:36:36.380 missiles

01:36:36.740 which

01:36:37.020 are

01:36:37.560 what

01:36:37.760 could

01:36:38.640 potentially

01:36:40.180 cause

01:36:40.920 harm

01:36:41.120 to

01:36:41.220 our

01:36:41.340 country

01:36:41.580 and

01:36:41.740 this

01:36:41.860 is

01:36:41.980 a

01:36:42.080 country

01:36:42.340 that

01:36:42.580 daily

01:36:43.080 says

01:36:43.540 death 0.90

01:36:43.800 to 0.81

01:36:43.960 America

01:36:44.340 and 0.62

01:36:44.580 death 1.00

01:36:44.740 to 0.93

01:36:44.900 Israel

01:36:45.240 and

01:36:45.880 we

01:36:46.280 are

01:36:46.520 as

01:36:46.660 everybody

01:36:46.960 knows

01:36:47.280 we're

01:36:47.500 the

01:36:47.620 big

01:36:47.800 Satan 0.98

01:36:48.100 Israel

01:36:48.620 is

01:36:48.800 just

01:36:49.000 on

01:36:49.360 the

01:36:49.480 way

01:36:49.660 to

01:36:49.820 America

01:36:50.320 Congresswoman

01:36:51.280 what do

01:36:51.840 you make

01:36:52.300 of the

01:36:52.860 domestic

01:36:53.540 politics

01:36:54.220 here

01:36:54.660 because

01:36:55.060 especially

01:36:55.660 as a

01:36:56.360 member

01:36:56.560 of

01:36:56.760 Congress

01:36:57.180 you've

01:36:58.060 got

01:36:58.280 your ear

01:36:58.660 pretty

01:36:58.900 close

01:36:59.180 to

01:36:59.320 the

01:36:59.440 ground

01:36:59.760 and

01:37:00.560 the

01:37:01.160 polls

01:37:01.440 leading

01:37:01.740 up

01:37:01.940 to

01:37:02.140 this

01:37:02.460 strike

01:37:02.800 suggest

01:37:03.380 that

01:37:03.660 most

01:37:03.840 people

01:37:04.140 did

01:37:04.520 not

01:37:04.800 want

01:37:04.980 to

01:37:05.080 war

01:37:05.200 with

01:37:05.380 Iran

01:37:05.840 and

01:37:06.280 a

01:37:06.380 lot

01:37:06.480 of

01:37:06.560 people

01:37:06.780 have

01:37:06.960 a

01:37:07.060 hangover

01:37:07.500 from

01:37:07.820 the

01:37:07.960 Iraq

01:37:08.260 war

01:37:08.600 and

01:37:09.340 there

01:37:10.120 are

01:37:10.460 all

01:37:10.620 sorts

01:37:10.860 of

01:37:11.020 worries

01:37:11.420 do

01:37:12.460 you

01:37:12.820 think

01:37:13.220 that

01:37:13.540 the

01:37:14.020 case

01:37:14.460 for

01:37:14.740 war

01:37:15.180 especially

01:37:15.940 after

01:37:16.600 Fordow

01:37:17.520 you know

01:37:17.840 this

01:37:18.020 argument

01:37:18.500 that

01:37:18.780 we

01:37:19.100 had

01:37:19.200 obliterated

01:37:19.840 Iran's 0.89

01:37:21.040 nuclear

01:37:21.360 facilities

01:37:21.920 but

01:37:22.580 now

01:37:22.880 saying

01:37:23.100 well

01:37:23.240 actually

01:37:23.480 Iran

01:37:23.800 is

01:37:23.960 rebuilding

01:37:24.460 them

01:37:24.780 and

01:37:24.900 so

01:37:25.000 they

01:37:25.100 might

01:37:25.240 be

01:37:25.340 on

01:37:25.420 the

01:37:25.500 brink

01:37:25.660 of

01:37:25.740 it

01:37:25.800 again

01:37:26.000 is

01:37:27.000 there

01:37:27.220 some

01:37:27.480 confusion

01:37:28.100 in

01:37:28.600 the

01:37:28.780 argument

01:37:29.140 for

01:37:29.360 war

01:37:29.620 basically

01:37:30.600 just

01:37:30.960 how

01:37:31.180 is

01:37:31.320 this

01:37:31.460 going

01:37:31.600 to

01:37:31.680 play

01:37:31.860 at

01:37:31.980 home

01:37:32.200 yeah

01:37:33.560 look

01:37:33.820 I

01:37:33.960 think

01:37:34.160 that

01:37:34.320 there

01:37:34.480 is

01:37:34.820 a lot

01:37:35.040 of

01:37:35.120 confusion

01:37:35.420 because

01:37:35.620 the

01:37:35.800 American

01:37:36.080 people

01:37:36.460 have

01:37:36.860 to

01:37:36.980 understand

01:37:37.320 the

01:37:37.460 difference

01:37:37.720 between

01:37:38.080 peace

01:37:38.400 through

01:37:38.580 strength

01:37:39.040 and

01:37:39.860 the

01:37:40.360 line

01:37:40.980 being

01:37:41.360 sort

01:37:41.980 of

01:37:42.080 pushed

01:37:42.320 by

01:37:42.520 isolation

01:37:43.040 is

01:37:43.300 saying

01:37:43.500 that

01:37:43.660 this

01:37:43.820 is

01:37:43.920 a

01:37:44.040 full

01:37:44.180 scale

01:37:44.500 war

01:37:44.880 which

01:37:45.120 it's

01:37:45.300 not

01:37:45.500 it's

01:37:45.680 very

01:37:45.860 tactical

01:37:46.280 it's

01:37:46.540 very

01:37:46.780 precise

01:37:47.360 and

01:37:48.320 it's

01:37:48.560 protecting

01:37:49.240 us

01:37:49.680 against

01:37:50.120 an

01:37:50.460 enemy

01:37:50.760 in

01:37:51.020 the

01:37:51.160 region

01:37:51.480 and

01:37:52.060 giving

01:37:52.300 the

01:37:52.480 Iranian

01:37:52.760 people

01:37:53.200 and

01:37:53.360 supporting

01:37:53.760 them

01:37:54.020 a

01:37:54.200 chance

01:37:54.540 for

01:37:55.140 prosperity

01:37:55.720 and

01:37:56.200 to

01:37:56.740 get

01:37:56.920 away

01:37:57.100 from

01:37:57.280 the

01:37:57.420 terrorism

01:37:57.780 that

01:37:58.040 they've

01:37:58.260 known

01:37:58.460 since

01:37:58.740 1979

01:37:59.480 so

01:38:00.400 I

01:38:01.160 think

01:38:01.360 there

01:38:01.520 is

01:38:01.680 a

01:38:01.820 big

01:38:02.000 distinction

01:38:02.440 this

01:38:02.700 is

01:38:02.860 not

01:38:03.100 a

01:38:03.280 full

01:38:03.520 scale

01:38:03.880 war

01:38:04.220 we're

01:38:04.400 not

01:38:04.620 moving

01:38:04.980 tanks

01:38:05.400 or

01:38:05.580 moving

01:38:05.860 bases

01:38:06.220 into

01:38:06.680 Iran

01:38:07.180 like

01:38:07.400 we

01:38:07.540 did

01:38:07.720 in

01:38:07.840 Iraq

01:38:08.220 and

01:38:09.100 Afghanistan

01:38:11.340 I

01:38:11.620 think

01:38:11.740 this is

01:38:11.900 a very

01:38:12.080 different

01:38:12.340 operation

01:38:12.840 it's

01:38:13.080 much

01:38:14.220 more

01:38:14.460 strategic

01:38:14.960 and

01:38:15.380 I

01:38:15.780 think

01:38:16.040 obviously

01:38:16.920 very

01:38:17.500 well

01:38:17.740 executed

01:38:18.200 from

01:38:18.420 what

01:38:18.560 we

01:38:18.700 know

01:38:19.040 we'll

01:38:19.740 see

01:38:19.900 what

01:38:20.060 happens

01:38:20.540 we'll

01:38:21.380 see

01:38:21.580 what

01:38:21.720 they

01:38:21.840 fall

01:38:22.100 out

01:38:22.240 as

01:38:22.360 nobody

01:38:22.580 knows

01:38:22.940 all

01:38:23.180 the

01:38:23.300 information

01:38:23.840 but

01:38:24.540 domestically

01:38:25.100 I think

01:38:25.400 a lot

01:38:25.660 of

01:38:25.740 people

01:38:25.940 don't

01:38:26.200 understand

01:38:26.740 some

01:38:27.440 of

01:38:27.540 the

01:38:27.640 isolationist

01:38:28.400 arguments

01:38:28.860 that

01:38:29.640 really

01:38:29.980 I don't

01:38:30.320 think

01:38:30.520 square up

01:38:31.200 with

01:38:31.340 what

01:38:31.520 this

01:38:31.740 operation

01:38:32.200 is

01:38:32.500 this

01:38:32.720 is

01:38:32.920 not

01:38:33.360 us

01:38:33.960 invading

01:38:34.500 a

01:38:34.680 territory

01:38:35.140 and

01:38:35.380 moving

01:38:35.600 in

01:38:35.860 and

01:38:36.420 setting

01:38:37.120 up

01:38:37.380 troops

01:38:37.740 and

01:38:38.020 setting

01:38:38.680 up

01:38:38.880 some

01:38:39.040 kind

01:38:39.240 of

01:38:39.320 regime

01:38:39.600 change

01:38:40.020 we're

01:38:40.560 trying

01:38:40.900 to

01:38:41.140 stop

01:38:41.460 their

01:38:41.640 ballistic

01:38:48.420 about

01:38:48.700 over

01:38:49.040 and

01:38:49.200 over

01:38:49.400 and

01:38:49.520 over

01:38:49.940 again

01:38:50.300 about

01:38:50.540 how

01:38:50.740 they

01:38:50.920 have

01:38:51.180 not

01:38:51.700 been

01:38:51.860 enriching

01:38:52.340 or

01:38:52.480 attempting

01:38:52.800 to

01:38:53.060 enrich

01:38:53.400 so

01:38:53.580 we

01:38:53.700 know

01:38:53.900 that

01:38:54.280 so

01:38:54.760 I

01:38:54.940 think

01:38:55.100 there's

01:38:55.340 a

01:38:55.480 real

01:38:55.660 distinction

01:38:56.080 here

01:38:56.380 between

01:38:56.680 this

01:38:57.080 and

01:38:57.240 full

01:38:57.460 scale

01:38:57.880 war

01:38:59.200 and

01:38:59.400 invasion

01:38:59.800 into

01:39:00.080 a

01:39:00.240 country

01:39:00.640 representative

01:39:01.540 Tenney

01:39:01.820 I want

01:39:02.260 to ask

01:39:02.520 about

01:39:02.640 something

01:39:02.820 President

01:39:03.120 Trump

01:39:03.440 said

01:39:03.800 where

01:39:04.140 in

01:39:04.780 the

01:39:04.940 lead

01:39:05.140 up

01:39:05.380 much

01:39:05.780 of

01:39:05.960 the

01:39:06.320 reasoning

01:39:07.360 for

01:39:07.660 potential

01:39:08.040 strike

01:39:08.480 from

01:39:08.760 Secretary

01:39:09.200 Rubio

01:39:09.720 and

01:39:09.920 Vice

01:39:10.080 President

01:39:10.320 Vance

01:39:10.680 and

01:39:10.800 Trump

01:39:10.960 himself

01:39:11.380 was

01:39:12.220 focused

01:39:12.500 almost

01:39:12.800 entirely

01:39:13.300 on

01:39:13.940 the

01:39:14.160 nuclear

01:39:14.420 program

01:39:14.860 and

01:39:15.040 on

01:39:15.320 those

01:39:15.600 ICBMs

01:39:16.440 but

01:39:17.080 in

01:39:17.280 his

01:39:17.420 address

01:39:17.840 early

01:39:18.580 this

01:39:18.780 morning

01:39:18.980 President

01:39:19.300 Trump

01:39:19.740 repeatedly

01:39:20.960 brought

01:39:21.320 up

01:39:21.560 regime

01:39:21.960 change

01:39:22.400 telling

01:39:22.980 the

01:39:23.300 Iranian

01:39:23.700 people

01:39:24.000 this

01:39:24.280 is

01:39:24.460 now

01:39:24.760 your

01:39:24.980 time

01:39:25.340 this

01:39:25.700 is

01:39:25.840 your

01:39:25.960 day

01:39:26.160 for

01:39:26.340 freedom

01:39:26.660 so

01:39:27.420 hypothetically

01:39:28.740 let's

01:39:29.020 say

01:39:29.180 the

01:39:29.360 US

01:39:29.660 is

01:39:29.960 able

01:39:30.180 to

01:39:30.380 quickly

01:39:30.680 dismantle

01:39:31.220 the

01:39:31.340 nuclear

01:39:31.560 program

01:39:32.020 we're

01:39:32.240 confident

01:39:32.700 that

01:39:32.900 the

01:39:33.040 military

01:39:33.440 threat

01:39:33.820 posed

01:39:34.220 by

01:39:34.440 those

01:39:34.840 missiles

01:39:35.520 and

01:39:35.840 potential

01:39:36.520 nukes

01:39:37.320 that

01:39:37.500 that's

01:39:40.960 within

01:39:41.100 the

01:39:41.260 country

01:39:41.560 towards

01:39:41.880 regime

01:39:42.180 change

01:39:42.620 and

01:39:42.920 the

01:39:43.220 existing

01:39:44.020 regime

01:39:44.400 whatever's

01:39:44.780 left

01:39:45.000 of it

01:39:45.320 is

01:39:45.700 killing

01:39:46.300 thousands

01:39:46.660 of

01:39:46.920 people

01:39:47.140 again

01:39:47.460 do you

01:39:47.840 think

01:39:48.020 that

01:39:48.160 that

01:39:48.380 is

01:39:48.780 a

01:39:48.880 good

01:39:48.980 enough

01:39:49.140 reason

01:39:49.400 for us

01:39:49.660 to

01:39:49.780 remain

01:39:50.080 involved

01:39:50.440 militarily

01:39:50.920 well

01:39:52.360 first

01:39:52.660 of all

01:39:53.000 the

01:39:53.540 question

01:39:53.880 isn't

01:39:54.260 if

01:39:54.460 there

01:39:54.660 is

01:39:54.880 an

01:39:55.040 uprising

01:39:55.400 there

01:39:55.720 has

01:39:56.080 been

01:39:56.340 an

01:39:56.520 uprising

01:39:56.900 against

01:39:57.320 the

01:39:57.500 Iranian

01:39:57.760 regime

01:39:58.220 think

01:39:58.820 of

01:39:58.980 the

01:39:59.160 thousands

01:39:59.940 of

01:40:00.260 people

01:40:01.020 across

01:40:01.440 Iran

01:40:01.820 who

01:40:02.420 really

01:40:02.800 just

01:40:03.140 put

01:40:03.680 themselves

01:40:04.080 in

01:40:04.320 harm's

01:40:04.620 way

01:40:04.720 to

01:40:04.860 protest

01:40:05.240 this

01:40:05.480 regime

01:40:05.880 and

01:40:06.380 were

01:40:06.540 slaughtered

01:40:07.100 knowing

01:40:07.480 that

01:40:07.800 they

01:40:07.940 would

01:40:08.080 be 1.00

01:40:08.240 slaughtered 1.00

01:40:08.680 they

01:40:08.800 knew

01:40:09.040 that

01:40:09.240 they

01:40:09.360 were

01:40:09.480 going

01:40:09.620 to

01:40:09.660 be 1.00

01:40:09.800 murdered 1.00

01:40:10.100 and 0.95

01:40:10.340 killed 0.99

01:40:10.540 they're 0.98

01:40:11.000 willing

01:40:11.240 to

01:40:11.480 sacrifice

01:40:11.880 their

01:40:12.240 lives

01:40:12.520 for

01:40:12.680 this

01:40:12.840 so

01:40:13.080 there

01:40:13.600 is

01:40:13.900 an

01:40:14.040 uprising

01:40:14.420 going

01:40:14.740 on

01:40:15.000 already

01:40:15.460 and

01:40:15.720 there's

01:40:15.920 been

01:40:16.120 a lot

01:40:16.560 of

01:40:16.700 this

01:40:17.620 has

01:40:17.760 been

01:40:17.900 happening

01:40:18.320 obviously

01:40:18.760 there's

01:40:19.220 been

01:40:19.480 a

01:40:19.740 huge

01:40:20.180 discussion

01:40:22.040 among

01:40:22.360 the

01:40:22.580 diaspora

01:40:23.420 all over

01:40:23.900 the world

01:40:24.360 particularly

01:40:24.920 in America

01:40:25.500 I've been

01:40:25.820 getting

01:40:26.100 just

01:40:26.380 inundated

01:40:26.820 with

01:40:27.020 texts

01:40:27.300 early

01:40:27.660 this

01:40:27.900 morning

01:40:28.220 from

01:40:28.820 the

01:40:28.960 people

01:40:29.200 I

01:40:29.420 know

01:40:29.640 who

01:40:29.860 are

01:40:30.160 originally

01:40:30.780 from

01:40:31.080 Iran

01:40:31.420 who

01:40:31.580 are

01:40:31.680 now

01:40:31.840 in

01:40:31.980 the

01:40:32.080 United

01:40:32.300 States

01:40:32.760 you

01:40:33.520 know

01:40:33.680 this

01:40:34.020 is

01:40:34.180 like

01:40:34.420 I

01:40:34.560 mean

01:40:34.720 they're

01:40:34.960 like

01:40:35.180 crying

01:40:35.560 tears

01:40:35.920 of

01:40:36.140 joy

01:40:36.360 that

01:40:36.540 we

01:40:36.660 finally

01:40:36.980 have

01:40:37.180 a

01:40:37.320 chance

01:40:37.640 for

01:40:38.140 prosperity

01:40:38.680 there

01:40:38.980 and

01:40:39.200 I

01:40:39.320 think

01:40:39.480 what

01:40:39.640 President

01:40:39.980 Trump

01:40:40.240 is

01:40:40.420 talking

01:40:40.860 about

01:40:41.240 is

01:40:41.900 not

01:40:42.240 necessarily

01:40:42.740 what

01:40:42.960 I

01:40:43.080 would

01:40:43.200 call

01:40:43.480 regime

01:40:43.880 change

01:40:44.460 but

01:40:44.960 facilitating

01:40:45.720 regime

01:40:46.260 collapse

01:40:46.880 and

01:40:47.140 allowing

01:40:47.520 the Iranian

01:40:48.080 people

01:40:48.640 to

01:40:49.200 now

01:40:49.600 take

01:40:50.000 over

01:40:50.360 and

01:40:51.100 form

01:40:51.760 some

01:40:52.040 kind

01:40:52.300 of

01:40:52.420 democratic

01:40:52.920 principles

01:40:53.460 that

01:40:53.720 they

01:40:53.840 never

01:40:54.100 have

01:40:54.300 been

01:40:54.480 able

01:40:54.640 to

01:40:54.820 have

01:40:55.200 for

01:40:55.380 all

01:40:55.520 these

01:40:55.680 years

01:40:56.000 since

01:40:56.540 the

01:40:56.760 fall

01:40:56.980 of

01:40:57.100 the

01:40:57.240 Shah 0.92

01:40:57.480 so

01:40:58.100 I

01:40:58.260 think

01:40:58.500 right

01:40:58.900 now

01:40:59.180 the

01:40:59.360 question

01:40:59.740 is

01:41:00.040 where

01:41:00.740 is

01:41:00.940 that

01:41:01.100 going

01:41:01.220 to

01:41:01.300 come

01:41:01.500 from

01:41:01.760 who

01:41:02.000 is

01:41:02.240 the

01:41:02.380 leadership

01:41:02.720 going

01:41:02.980 to

01:41:03.040 be

01:41:03.280 and

01:41:03.880 how

01:41:04.200 can

01:41:04.540 we

01:41:04.740 as

01:41:04.900 the

01:41:05.000 United

01:41:05.220 States

01:41:05.660 facilitate

01:41:06.580 the

01:41:06.900 Iranian

01:41:08.020 people

01:41:08.580 rebuilding

01:41:09.680 what

01:41:10.620 was

01:41:10.820 once

01:41:11.220 a great

01:41:12.300 country

01:41:13.360 filled

01:41:13.680 with

01:41:13.920 people

01:41:14.200 that

01:41:14.440 were

01:41:14.720 very

01:41:15.120 well

01:41:15.380 educated

01:41:15.960 people

01:41:16.520 that

01:41:16.680 were

01:41:16.820 sophisticated

01:41:17.360 who

01:41:18.060 were

01:41:18.220 taken

01:41:18.480 down

01:41:18.920 by

01:41:19.140 these

01:41:19.400 mullahs 0.98

01:41:19.900 in

01:41:20.140 this

01:41:20.360 sort

01:41:20.560 of

01:41:20.680 green

01:41:20.920 red

01:41:21.120 revolution

01:41:21.640 back

01:41:21.960 in

01:41:22.100 1979

01:41:22.820 your

01:41:25.040 colleagues

01:41:25.680 on the

01:41:26.240 democratic

01:41:26.580 side

01:41:27.040 have

01:41:27.360 been

01:41:27.600 busy

01:41:27.840 this

01:41:28.060 morning

01:41:28.380 slamming 0.87

01:41:29.200 President

01:41:29.540 Trump

01:41:29.980 you know

01:41:30.980 there's

01:41:31.320 going to

01:41:31.640 be a

01:41:31.840 vote

01:41:31.980 next

01:41:32.220 week

01:41:32.420 on

01:41:32.580 the

01:41:32.720 hill

01:41:32.980 involving

01:41:34.240 action

01:41:35.040 in

01:41:35.180 Iran

01:41:35.460 what

01:41:36.920 is

01:41:37.140 your

01:41:37.280 message

01:41:37.660 to

01:41:37.980 Democrats

01:41:38.460 saying

01:41:38.740 that

01:41:38.880 President

01:41:39.120 Trump

01:41:39.360 is

01:41:39.500 acting

01:41:39.780 illegally

01:41:40.180 well

01:41:41.820 it's

01:41:42.100 this

01:41:42.220 is

01:41:42.340 absurd

01:41:42.680 of 0.53

01:41:42.880 course

01:41:43.060 we've

01:41:43.360 litigated

01:41:43.780 all

01:41:44.000 these

01:41:44.240 this

01:41:44.560 in

01:41:47.360 one

01:41:47.620 all

01:41:47.900 the

01:41:48.040 way

01:41:48.240 through

01:41:48.600 the

01:41:48.840 last

01:41:49.080 20

01:41:49.380 or

01:41:49.520 30

01:41:49.700 years

01:41:49.980 so

01:41:50.520 I

01:41:50.780 will

01:41:50.940 say

01:41:51.180 to

01:41:51.300 them

01:41:51.440 though

01:41:51.580 there

01:41:51.740 are

01:41:52.440 a couple

01:41:52.760 of

01:41:52.940 Democrat

01:41:53.260 members

01:41:53.680 who

01:41:53.920 have

01:41:54.220 praised

01:41:54.680 this

01:41:56.080 action

01:41:57.360 not

01:41:57.660 directly

01:41:58.040 to

01:41:58.220 President

01:41:58.500 Trump

01:41:58.740 but

01:41:58.920 they've

01:41:59.100 at least

01:41:59.340 given

01:41:59.600 credit

01:41:59.960 to

01:42:00.340 our

01:42:01.160 military

01:42:01.640 and their

01:42:02.000 decisive

01:42:02.380 action

01:42:02.800 and the

01:42:03.060 role

01:42:03.220 that

01:42:03.360 was

01:42:03.500 played

01:42:03.800 in

01:42:03.960 the

01:42:04.100 strategic

01:42:04.480 planning

01:42:04.860 of

01:42:05.060 this

01:42:05.280 so

01:42:05.900 you know

01:42:06.460 the

01:42:06.560 Democrats

01:42:06.880 are

01:42:07.120 going

01:42:07.300 to

01:42:07.460 complain

01:42:07.740 about

01:42:07.960 anything

01:42:08.320 and

01:42:08.500 everything

01:42:08.780 Trump

01:42:09.160 it

01:42:09.300 doesn't

01:42:09.540 matter

01:42:09.780 I

01:42:09.920 mean

01:42:10.120 if

01:42:10.660 Barack

01:42:11.240 Obama

01:42:11.620 had

01:42:11.920 done

01:42:12.400 this

01:42:12.660 it

01:42:12.800 would

01:42:12.920 have

01:42:13.000 been

01:42:13.160 the

01:42:13.320 greatest

01:42:13.580 move

01:42:13.960 in

01:42:14.100 the

01:42:14.860 world

01:42:15.180 but

01:42:15.520 unfortunately

01:42:16.780 they just

01:42:17.460 have

01:42:17.640 Trump

01:42:17.840 derangement 0.63

01:42:18.300 syndrome

01:42:18.520 which we

01:42:18.860 can see

01:42:19.300 in

01:42:19.840 everything

01:42:20.320 that

01:42:20.560 President

01:42:20.840 Trump

01:42:21.080 does

01:42:21.360 even

01:42:21.540 though

01:42:21.700 this

01:42:21.900 has

01:42:22.040 been

01:42:22.180 quite

01:42:22.420 an

01:42:22.540 historic

01:42:22.920 presidency

01:42:24.100 in a

01:42:24.520 little

01:42:24.640 over

01:42:24.920 a

01:42:25.140 year

01:42:25.420 you

01:42:26.060 already

01:42:26.280 see

01:42:26.600 Tim

01:42:26.920 Kaine

01:42:27.300 up

01:42:27.540 in

01:42:27.640 the

01:42:27.800 Senate

01:42:28.080 losing

01:42:28.680 his

01:42:28.940 mind

01:42:29.160 well

01:42:29.320 he

01:42:29.440 always

01:42:29.720 every

01:42:30.120 day

01:42:30.380 it

01:42:30.540 seems

01:42:30.700 he

01:42:30.860 loses

01:42:31.080 his

01:42:31.300 mind

01:42:31.480 over

01:42:31.620 something

01:42:31.880 but

01:42:32.160 he's

01:42:32.560 losing

01:42:32.760 his

01:42:32.920 mind

01:42:33.100 over

01:42:33.280 this

01:42:33.600 however

01:42:34.720 this

01:42:35.820 to me

01:42:36.360 is one

01:42:36.780 of the

01:42:36.980 clearest

01:42:37.420 echoes

01:42:37.860 of

01:42:38.100 Iraq

01:42:38.580 everyone's

01:42:39.020 focusing

01:42:39.300 on

01:42:39.460 the

01:42:39.580 military

01:42:39.900 aspects

01:42:40.440 what

01:42:40.820 I'm

01:42:41.020 focusing

01:42:41.380 in on

01:42:41.780 is

01:42:42.060 the

01:42:42.220 Democrats

01:42:42.720 opportunistically

01:42:44.060 taking

01:42:44.880 advantage

01:42:45.340 of this

01:42:45.820 to

01:42:46.120 attack

01:42:46.560 a

01:42:46.800 domestic

01:42:47.420 political

01:42:47.880 rival

01:42:48.260 precisely

01:42:49.160 as they

01:42:49.620 did

01:42:49.900 in

01:42:50.180 Iraq

01:42:50.540 even

01:42:50.980 Democrats

01:42:51.380 who

01:42:51.540 previously

01:42:51.800 had

01:42:51.980 supported

01:42:52.340 were

01:42:52.660 in

01:42:52.840 Iraq

01:42:53.160 so

01:42:53.860 from

01:42:54.600 the

01:42:54.780 domestic

01:42:55.120 political

01:42:55.480 scene

01:42:55.800 not

01:42:56.140 from

01:42:56.280 the

01:42:56.420 standpoint

01:42:56.660 of

01:42:56.840 the

01:42:56.960 voters

01:42:57.240 but

01:42:57.740 from

01:42:57.900 the

01:42:58.060 standpoint

01:42:58.360 of

01:42:58.760 Democrat

01:42:59.320 members

01:42:59.680 of

01:42:59.840 Congress

01:43:00.200 or

01:43:00.420 Senators

01:43:00.740 do

01:43:01.360 you

01:43:01.600 think

01:43:02.000 that

01:43:02.600 this

01:43:03.200 could

01:43:03.400 become

01:43:03.860 a

01:43:04.100 real

01:43:04.300 issue

01:43:04.640 for

01:43:04.820 the

01:43:04.940 White

01:43:05.140 House

01:43:05.340 where

01:43:05.840 is

01:43:06.260 the

01:43:06.940 risk

01:43:07.440 for

01:43:08.220 President

01:43:09.100 Trump

01:43:09.480 on

01:43:09.740 Capitol

01:43:10.060 Hill

01:43:10.300 you know

01:43:12.080 I think

01:43:12.500 it's

01:43:12.700 very

01:43:12.940 interesting

01:43:13.340 you raise

01:43:13.760 that

01:43:13.960 point

01:43:14.280 because

01:43:14.600 there's

01:43:14.800 one

01:43:14.980 thing

01:43:15.140 about

01:43:15.320 President

01:43:15.700 Trump

01:43:16.080 that

01:43:17.100 continues

01:43:18.040 to

01:43:18.680 impress

01:43:19.600 me

01:43:19.880 and is

01:43:20.460 always

01:43:20.680 astounding

01:43:21.200 to me

01:43:21.520 is he

01:43:21.860 never

01:43:22.660 lacks 1.00

01:43:23.320 the

01:43:23.860 courage

01:43:24.360 or

01:43:25.120 the

01:43:25.300 decisiveness

01:43:25.860 when he

01:43:26.220 makes

01:43:26.420 a decision

01:43:26.900 he goes

01:43:27.360 all in

01:43:27.800 and he

01:43:28.100 doesn't

01:43:28.340 really

01:43:28.540 care

01:43:28.820 what

01:43:29.100 people

01:43:29.420 think

01:43:29.780 in terms

01:43:30.440 of

01:43:30.580 the

01:43:30.700 Democrats

01:43:31.060 and

01:43:31.480 who's

01:43:32.000 going

01:43:32.160 to be

01:43:32.440 doing

01:43:32.780 the

01:43:33.300 pearl

01:43:34.380 clutching

01:43:34.980 and

01:43:35.220 concerns

01:43:36.120 but he

01:43:36.460 always

01:43:36.820 knows

01:43:37.120 that

01:43:37.280 the

01:43:37.400 Democrats

01:43:37.780 no matter

01:43:38.180 what

01:43:38.460 he

01:43:38.600 does

01:43:38.860 are

01:43:39.020 going

01:43:39.120 to

01:43:39.220 react

01:43:39.520 even

01:43:39.780 if

01:43:39.940 it's

01:43:40.120 policies

01:43:40.700 that

01:43:41.260 they

01:43:41.440 support

01:43:42.000 he

01:43:42.960 wades

01:43:43.380 into

01:43:43.580 their

01:43:43.820 territory

01:43:45.420 and all

01:43:46.020 of a

01:43:46.200 sudden

01:43:46.340 they're

01:43:46.940 vehemently

01:43:47.540 opposed

01:43:47.960 to

01:43:48.120 things

01:43:48.360 that

01:43:48.500 they've

01:43:48.700 stood

01:43:48.900 for

01:43:49.100 for

01:43:49.300 decades

01:43:49.620 and

01:43:49.960 so

01:43:50.220 I

01:43:50.860 don't

01:43:50.980 know

01:43:51.140 how

01:43:57.360 isn't

01:44:03.720 that

01:44:03.860 what

01:44:03.980 the

01:44:04.120 Democrats

01:44:04.500 are

01:44:04.740 standing

01:44:05.020 up

01:44:05.240 for

01:44:05.400 in

01:44:05.520 this

01:44:05.680 country

01:44:06.000 they're

01:44:06.200 claiming

01:44:06.500 that

01:44:06.700 their

01:44:06.840 first

01:44:07.100 arrangement

01:44:07.400 rights

01:44:07.780 are

01:44:08.300 under

01:44:08.580 siege

01:44:09.060 in

01:44:09.520 the

01:44:09.620 United

01:44:09.860 States

01:44:10.260 and

01:44:10.400 yet

01:44:10.540 here's

01:44:10.820 President

01:44:11.140 Trump

01:44:11.500 standing

01:44:12.100 up

01:44:12.360 for

01:44:12.500 the

01:44:12.680 rights

01:44:12.980 of

01:44:13.140 the

01:44:13.260 Iranian

01:44:13.520 people

01:44:13.900 to

01:44:14.100 stand

01:44:14.500 up

01:44:15.120 against

01:44:15.500 a

01:44:15.980 murderous

01:44:16.600 regime

01:44:16.960 not only

01:44:17.420 murdering

01:44:17.860 its own 0.99

01:44:18.160 citizens

01:44:18.680 but

01:44:19.260 have

01:44:19.520 murdered 0.61

01:44:20.060 American 0.79

01:44:20.520 citizens

01:44:21.100 you know

01:44:21.680 every

01:44:22.000 Marine

01:44:22.400 that lost

01:44:22.860 their

01:44:23.060 life

01:44:23.340 in

01:44:23.480 1983

01:44:24.120 and

01:44:24.560 all

01:44:24.780 the

01:44:24.940 different

01:44:25.260 military

01:44:25.820 service

01:44:26.240 members

01:44:27.360 murdered

01:44:27.680 along

01:44:28.040 the

01:44:28.220 way

01:44:28.480 by

01:44:28.800 this

01:44:29.060 regime

01:44:29.500 we should

01:44:30.500 be

01:44:30.640 standing

01:44:30.960 in

01:44:31.180 solidarity

01:44:31.540 with

01:44:31.860 those

01:44:32.100 people

01:44:32.420 and

01:44:32.560 understanding

01:44:32.920 that

01:44:33.100 President

01:44:33.400 Trump

01:44:33.700 cares

01:44:34.040 about

01:44:34.320 them

01:44:34.580 and

01:44:35.060 he

01:44:35.180 cares

01:44:35.400 about

01:44:35.620 standing

01:44:35.980 up

01:44:36.240 for

01:44:36.380 what's

01:44:36.800 right

01:44:37.080 this

01:44:37.720 is

01:44:37.900 not

01:44:38.140 an

01:44:38.320 easy

01:44:38.720 action

01:44:39.980 to

01:44:40.200 take

01:44:40.560 for

01:44:41.080 someone

01:44:41.320 like

01:44:41.480 President

01:44:41.800 Trump

01:44:42.060 who

01:44:42.220 does

01:44:42.460 not

01:44:42.700 want

01:44:42.900 to

01:44:43.000 go

01:44:43.140 in

01:44:43.300 and

01:44:43.620 wage

01:44:43.920 full-scale

01:44:44.380 wars

01:44:44.680 he ran

01:44:45.160 against

01:44:45.580 the

01:44:46.120 Iran

01:44:46.400 and

01:44:46.540 Iraq

01:44:46.940 wars

01:44:47.200 but

01:44:47.380 what

01:44:47.520 he's

01:44:47.680 looking

01:44:47.940 at

01:44:48.140 is

01:44:48.260 peace

01:44:48.480 through

01:44:48.660 strength

01:44:57.360 to

01:44:57.500 enrich

01:44:57.900 continues

01:44:58.600 to

01:44:58.880 threaten

01:44:59.140 American

01:44:59.680 citizens

01:45:00.560 and

01:45:00.840 their

01:45:00.980 lives

01:45:01.240 he's

01:45:01.480 standing

01:45:01.740 up

01:45:01.980 for

01:45:02.120 America

01:45:02.580 and

01:45:03.100 our

01:45:03.240 allies

01:45:03.640 interesting

01:45:04.420 where

01:45:04.820 are

01:45:05.000 our

01:45:05.160 allies

01:45:05.480 standing

01:45:05.820 up

01:45:06.040 for

01:45:06.160 us

01:45:06.340 I'm

01:45:06.620 really

01:45:06.880 grateful

01:45:07.220 to

01:45:07.440 see

01:45:07.740 Prime

01:45:08.320 Minister

01:45:08.560 Carney

01:45:09.000 put out

01:45:09.380 a

01:45:09.520 statement

01:45:09.760 in

01:45:09.980 support

01:45:10.260 of

01:45:10.440 America

01:45:10.740 I think

01:45:11.060 it's

01:45:11.220 really

01:45:11.420 important

01:45:11.880 as

01:45:12.420 a

01:45:12.520 person

01:45:12.760 who

01:45:12.940 represents

01:45:13.440 the

01:45:14.040 northern

01:45:14.340 border

01:45:14.760 of

01:45:15.200 Canada

01:45:15.920 in

01:45:16.740 upstate

01:45:17.020 New York

01:45:17.460 It's

01:45:18.600 also

01:45:18.800 interesting

01:45:19.140 you

01:45:19.340 mentioned

01:45:19.780 allies

01:45:20.420 stepping

01:45:20.760 up

01:45:21.040 and

01:45:21.220 maybe

01:45:21.720 potentially

01:45:22.060 unexpected

01:45:22.560 allies

01:45:22.980 there

01:45:24.100 was

01:45:24.200 a

01:45:24.320 big

01:45:24.460 statement

01:45:24.840 today

01:45:25.260 from

01:45:25.460 Saudi

01:45:25.740 Arabia

01:45:26.060 coming

01:45:26.400 out

01:45:26.720 and

01:45:27.120 denouncing

01:45:27.940 Iran

01:45:28.380 further

01:45:29.020 cementing

01:45:29.640 their

01:45:30.000 desire

01:45:30.720 to

01:45:30.940 partner

01:45:31.180 with

01:45:31.420 the

01:45:31.580 US

01:45:31.960 in

01:45:32.240 this

01:45:32.400 operation

01:45:32.940 just

01:45:33.900 how

01:45:34.180 big

01:45:34.400 of

01:45:34.500 a

01:45:34.620 shift

01:45:34.860 is

01:45:35.160 what

01:45:35.440 we've

01:45:35.640 seen

01:45:35.840 in

01:45:35.960 the

01:45:35.980 Middle 0.95

01:45:36.120 East

01:45:36.320 lately

01:45:36.600 under

01:45:36.860 President

01:45:37.140 Trump

01:45:37.520 where

01:45:38.040 there's

01:45:38.380 this

01:45:38.620 budding

01:45:39.200 relationship

01:45:39.820 between

01:45:40.180 Saudi

01:45:40.480 Arabia

01:45:40.820 and

01:45:41.120 other

01:45:41.480 Middle 0.95

01:45:41.960 Eastern

01:45:42.180 states

01:45:42.700 in

01:45:43.160 actually

01:45:43.540 unifying

01:45:44.020 with

01:45:44.480 the

01:45:44.640 US

01:45:44.920 against

01:45:45.260 Iran

01:45:45.560 well

01:45:47.180 it's

01:45:47.460 very

01:45:47.640 interesting

01:45:47.900 because

01:45:48.080 Saudi

01:45:48.300 Arabia

01:45:48.620 has

01:45:49.020 been

01:45:49.360 one

01:45:50.060 of

01:45:50.160 the

01:45:50.260 biggest

01:45:50.480 victims

01:45:50.920 in

01:45:51.320 the

01:45:51.960 Middle 0.95

01:45:52.120 East

01:45:52.360 because

01:45:52.620 of

01:45:52.900 all

01:45:53.060 the

01:45:53.220 attacks

01:45:53.620 from

01:45:53.900 Iran

01:45:54.240 directly

01:45:54.600 to

01:45:54.840 Saudi

01:45:55.100 Arabia

01:45:55.520 and

01:45:56.060 Saudi

01:45:56.280 Arabia

01:45:56.540 has

01:45:56.780 been

01:45:56.920 engaging

01:45:57.320 back

01:45:57.620 and

01:45:57.780 forth

01:45:58.020 with

01:45:58.220 talks

01:45:58.480 to

01:45:58.660 join

01:45:58.860 the

01:45:59.000 Abraham

01:45:59.280 Accords

01:45:59.780 and

01:46:00.460 you

01:46:00.620 look

01:46:01.600 back

01:46:01.900 at

01:46:02.040 what

01:46:02.200 President

01:46:02.540 Trump

01:46:02.780 accomplished

01:46:03.180 in

01:46:03.340 his

01:46:03.480 first

01:46:03.740 term

01:46:03.960 with

01:46:04.140 the

01:46:04.260 Abraham

01:46:04.560 Accords

01:46:05.040 it

01:46:05.660 was

01:46:05.800 historic

01:46:06.240 it

01:46:06.460 is

01:46:06.560 why

01:46:06.780 I've

01:46:06.980 nominated

01:46:07.860 him

01:46:08.160 for

01:46:08.440 the

01:46:08.660 Nobel

01:46:08.920 Peace

01:46:09.220 Prize

01:46:09.460 I went

01:46:09.760 and filled

01:46:10.060 out

01:46:10.220 the

01:46:10.380 form

01:46:10.720 with

01:46:11.420 the

01:46:11.540 Nobel

01:46:11.760 Committee

01:46:12.140 three

01:46:12.420 different

01:46:12.700 times

01:46:13.060 specifically

01:46:13.580 citing

01:46:14.020 the

01:46:14.180 Abraham

01:46:14.460 Accords

01:46:14.980 because

01:46:15.640 of

01:46:15.920 its

01:46:16.060 historic

01:46:16.400 nature

01:46:16.780 and

01:46:17.040 President

01:46:17.340 Trump

01:46:17.620 deserves

01:46:18.040 the

01:46:18.220 Nobel

01:46:18.440 Peace

01:46:18.700 Prize

01:46:18.920 for

01:46:19.100 that

01:46:19.220 I

01:46:19.340 know

01:46:19.440 he

01:46:19.520 likes

01:46:19.760 to

01:46:19.980 rattle

01:46:20.560 off

01:46:20.800 a bunch

01:46:21.060 of

01:46:21.160 other

01:46:21.340 different

01:46:21.780 conflicts

01:46:22.740 but

01:46:23.020 that

01:46:23.360 really

01:46:23.820 changed

01:46:24.600 the

01:46:24.800 world

01:46:25.160 and

01:46:25.420 it

01:46:25.560 brought

01:46:25.820 other

01:46:26.300 Arab

01:46:27.220 nations

01:46:27.700 in

01:46:28.240 the

01:46:28.360 Middle 0.95

01:46:28.540 East

01:46:28.720 to

01:46:28.900 realize

01:46:29.200 wait

01:46:29.660 a

01:46:29.800 minute

01:46:29.940 we

01:46:30.460 have

01:46:30.620 a

01:46:30.740 chance

01:46:31.060 for

01:46:31.260 peace

01:46:31.520 and

01:46:31.660 prosperity

01:46:32.160 it

01:46:32.760 also

01:46:33.100 gave

01:46:33.440 a

01:46:33.620 lot

01:46:33.780 of

01:46:33.880 encouragement

01:46:34.360 to

01:46:34.880 people

01:46:35.600 around

01:46:35.900 the

01:46:36.060 world

01:46:36.300 and

01:46:36.540 including

01:46:37.100 in

01:46:37.540 places

01:46:38.080 like

01:46:38.360 the

01:46:38.520 green

01:46:38.800 zone

01:46:39.160 in

01:46:39.680 Israel

01:46:40.000 I

01:46:40.200 met

01:46:40.420 with

01:46:40.600 Arab

01:46:40.920 sheikhs 1.00

01:46:41.340 last

01:46:41.640 year

01:46:42.020 in

01:46:42.640 the

01:46:42.740 Middle 0.95

01:46:42.920 East

01:46:43.180 within

01:46:44.140 Israel

01:46:44.580 within

01:46:44.800 the

01:46:44.980 green

01:46:45.180 line

01:46:45.440 from

01:46:45.680 Hebron

01:46:46.160 who

01:46:46.560 said

01:46:46.820 we

01:46:47.460 love

01:46:47.940 the

01:46:48.200 Abraham

01:46:48.460 Accords

01:46:48.880 we

01:46:49.160 don't

01:46:49.820 want

01:46:50.100 the

01:46:50.260 Palestinian

01:46:50.720 authority

01:46:51.180 we

01:46:51.740 want

01:46:51.980 a

01:46:52.100 meeting

01:46:53.020 in

01:46:53.180 the

01:46:53.300 Oval

01:46:53.500 Office

01:46:53.780 with

01:46:54.020 President

01:46:54.340 Trump

01:46:54.760 to

01:46:55.220 talk

01:46:55.600 about

01:46:55.880 us

01:46:56.160 being

01:46:56.420 some

01:46:56.700 kind

01:46:57.040 of

01:46:57.580 relationship

01:46:58.680 with

01:46:59.020 the

01:46:59.500 Abraham

01:46:59.820 Accords

01:47:00.240 some

01:47:00.540 kind

01:47:00.780 of

01:47:00.900 peace

01:47:01.120 and

01:47:01.280 prosperity

01:47:01.680 for

01:47:01.940 our

01:47:02.100 children

01:47:02.400 we

01:47:02.940 want

01:47:03.140 to

01:47:03.260 work

01:47:03.540 with

01:47:03.700 our

01:47:03.860 Jewish

01:47:04.120 and

01:47:04.320 Christian

01:47:04.620 neighbors

01:47:04.960 we

01:47:05.180 want

01:47:05.440 we're

01:47:05.920 done

01:47:06.160 with

01:47:06.360 this

01:47:06.640 the

01:47:07.320 Iranians 0.58

01:47:08.100 sponsors

01:47:09.260 of

01:47:09.540 terror

01:47:09.920 and

01:47:10.100 Hamas 0.96

01:47:10.540 we don't

01:47:11.100 want

01:47:11.360 that

01:47:11.540 anymore

01:47:11.800 we

01:47:11.960 want

01:47:12.140 peace

01:47:12.400 for

01:47:12.540 our

01:47:12.680 children

01:47:12.840 so

01:47:13.300 they

01:47:13.480 realized

01:47:14.000 that

01:47:14.160 this

01:47:14.360 Palestinian

01:47:14.940 plight

01:47:15.500 industrial

01:47:16.280 complex

01:47:16.860 was

01:47:17.060 hurting

01:47:17.360 their

01:47:17.560 communities

01:47:18.080 and

01:47:18.580 President

01:47:18.920 Trump

01:47:19.260 stood

01:47:19.840 strong

01:47:20.820 in

01:47:21.080 the

01:47:21.200 breach

01:47:21.520 like

01:47:22.320 he

01:47:22.460 often

01:47:22.720 leading

01:47:24.920 the

01:47:25.140 way

01:47:25.360 and

01:47:25.480 other

01:47:25.640 people

01:47:25.900 recognizing

01:47:26.480 that

01:47:26.700 it is

01:47:29.780 not

01:47:30.040 inconsequential

01:47:30.760 that one

01:47:31.080 of the

01:47:31.260 very first

01:47:31.780 international

01:47:32.260 trips

01:47:32.560 that

01:47:32.720 President

01:47:32.980 Trump

01:47:33.240 took

01:47:33.520 in

01:47:33.900 his

01:47:34.040 first

01:47:34.300 term

01:47:34.560 was

01:47:34.860 to

01:47:35.060 Saudi

01:47:35.300 Arabia

01:47:35.700 and

01:47:36.240 he

01:47:36.340 made

01:47:36.540 an

01:47:36.660 historic

01:47:37.060 trip

01:47:37.380 with

01:47:37.880 the

01:47:38.080 Saudis 1.00

01:47:38.500 and

01:47:38.640 others

01:47:38.980 to

01:47:39.200 Sharmul

01:47:39.540 Sheikh

01:47:39.780 this

01:47:40.020 year

01:47:40.280 for

01:47:40.780 peace

01:47:41.060 talks

01:47:41.400 he

01:47:41.600 set

01:47:41.840 up

01:47:41.980 the

01:47:42.120 board

01:47:42.320 of

01:47:42.480 peace

01:47:42.740 he's

01:47:43.220 doing

01:47:43.440 so

01:47:43.720 many

01:47:43.880 things

01:47:44.160 to

01:47:44.340 try

01:47:44.540 to

01:47:44.700 help

01:47:45.000 the

01:47:45.540 people

01:47:45.880 in

01:47:46.040 those

01:47:46.240 regions

01:47:46.620 to

01:47:47.180 actually

01:47:47.600 see

01:47:48.000 an

01:47:48.280 opportunity

01:47:48.760 for

01:47:49.080 peace

01:47:49.340 in

01:47:49.440 the

01:47:49.540 Middle 0.95

01:47:49.680 East

01:47:49.940 that's

01:47:50.240 why

01:47:50.400 I

01:47:50.560 think

01:47:51.920 he

01:47:52.040 should

01:47:52.200 win

01:47:52.380 the

01:47:52.500 Nobel

01:47:52.740 Peace

01:47:53.060 Prize

01:47:53.340 I

01:47:53.880 know

01:47:54.360 that

01:47:54.560 it

01:47:54.660 was

01:47:54.800 gracious

01:47:55.160 of

01:47:55.500 others

01:47:55.880 to

01:47:56.060 give

01:47:56.220 him

01:47:56.340 to

01:47:56.480 him

01:47:56.600 but

01:47:56.760 I

01:47:57.120 think

01:47:57.300 he

01:47:57.440 deserves

01:47:57.820 it

01:47:57.980 on

01:47:58.100 his

01:47:58.260 own

01:47:58.460 you

01:47:58.600 know

01:47:58.680 it's

01:47:58.820 a

01:47:58.920 great

01:47:59.140 point

01:47:59.460 you

01:47:59.640 make

01:48:00.000 about

01:48:00.520 the

01:48:00.840 Democrats

01:48:01.560 in

01:48:02.160 America

01:48:02.620 focusing

01:48:03.260 on

01:48:03.900 the

01:48:04.360 plight

01:48:05.260 of the

01:48:05.640 Palestinians

01:48:06.200 or

01:48:06.580 what

01:48:06.680 because

01:48:07.140 they'll

01:48:07.740 don

01:48:08.200 the

01:48:08.560 Palestinian

01:48:09.660 which

01:48:10.580 is

01:48:10.700 a

01:48:10.920 symbol

01:48:11.220 of

01:48:11.720 the

01:48:11.900 client

01:48:12.280 groups

01:48:12.720 of

01:48:12.980 the

01:48:13.100 Iranian

01:48:13.480 regime

01:48:13.980 and

01:48:14.660 they

01:48:15.160 obviously

01:48:15.620 have

01:48:15.860 an

01:48:15.960 interest

01:48:16.320 in

01:48:16.540 affairs

01:48:16.880 in

01:48:17.060 that

01:48:17.200 neck

01:48:17.360 of

01:48:17.440 the

01:48:17.540 woods

01:48:17.720 they

01:48:18.100 just

01:48:18.320 don't

01:48:18.780 want

01:48:18.920 to

01:48:19.040 stand

01:48:19.280 with

01:48:19.460 the

01:48:19.640 Iranian

01:48:20.140 people

01:48:20.720 it's

01:48:21.560 also

01:48:21.780 a

01:48:22.000 very

01:48:22.180 important

01:48:22.540 point

01:48:22.940 for

01:48:23.740 those

01:48:24.280 who

01:48:24.420 are

01:48:24.540 going

01:48:24.640 to

01:48:24.740 paint

01:48:24.940 this

01:48:25.200 as

01:48:25.400 a

01:48:25.520 battle

01:48:25.900 say

01:48:26.500 between

01:48:26.860 the

01:48:27.060 US

01:48:27.240 and

01:48:27.400 Israel

01:48:27.720 versus

01:48:28.080 the

01:48:28.300 entire

01:48:28.760 Arab

01:48:29.440 and

01:48:29.800 Persian

01:48:30.360 world

01:48:30.800 that's

01:48:31.280 really

01:48:31.560 not

01:48:31.780 what's

01:48:32.020 going

01:48:32.220 on

01:48:32.460 here

01:48:32.660 there

01:48:32.860 are

01:48:32.940 a

01:48:33.080 lot

01:48:33.320 of

01:48:33.520 nations

01:48:34.120 in

01:48:34.360 the

01:48:34.460 Arab

01:48:34.640 world

01:48:34.900 that

01:48:35.280 really

01:48:35.660 don't

01:48:36.000 like

01:48:36.280 Iran

01:48:36.720 and

01:48:37.060 so

01:48:37.300 President

01:48:37.860 Trump

01:48:38.140 has

01:48:38.300 done

01:48:38.440 a

01:48:38.600 great

01:48:38.940 job

01:48:39.360 of

01:48:39.520 carving

01:48:40.500 out

01:48:41.080 relationships

01:48:42.260 not

01:48:43.080 just

01:48:43.260 in

01:48:43.380 the

01:48:43.480 Middle 0.95

01:48:43.620 East

01:48:43.920 but

01:48:44.160 in

01:48:44.360 Eastern

01:48:44.660 Europe

01:48:44.940 and

01:48:45.520 elsewhere

01:48:46.540 so

01:48:47.300 best

01:48:48.960 case

01:48:49.220 scenario

01:48:49.700 this

01:48:50.720 really

01:48:51.180 reshapes

01:48:51.740 the

01:48:51.900 region

01:48:52.240 and

01:48:52.500 allows

01:48:52.760 us

01:48:52.900 to

01:48:53.040 focus

01:48:53.320 on

01:48:53.560 other

01:48:53.820 areas

01:48:54.260 of

01:48:54.380 the

01:48:54.500 world

01:48:54.760 but

01:48:55.420 I

01:48:55.660 wouldn't

01:48:55.920 be

01:48:56.040 a

01:48:56.180 proper

01:48:56.500 conservative

01:48:57.080 if

01:48:57.460 I

01:48:57.600 didn't

01:48:57.900 focus

01:48:58.200 on

01:48:58.400 all

01:49:02.860 less

01:49:04.100 rosy

01:49:04.580 outlook

01:49:05.000 so

01:49:05.620 when

01:49:06.220 you're

01:49:06.380 looking

01:49:06.640 at

01:49:06.820 the

01:49:06.920 potential

01:49:07.200 fallout

01:49:08.360 let's

01:49:08.760 say

01:49:09.060 the

01:49:10.580 Ayatollah

01:49:10.900 is

01:49:11.020 still

01:49:11.160 alive

01:49:11.460 let's

01:49:12.060 say

01:49:12.160 the

01:49:12.280 Ayatollah

01:49:12.600 is

01:49:12.760 dead

01:49:13.020 but

01:49:13.400 the

01:49:13.660 country

01:49:14.020 descends

01:49:14.540 into

01:49:14.820 some

01:49:15.040 infighting

01:49:15.520 civil

01:49:15.740 war

01:49:15.980 Reza

01:49:16.220 Pahlavi

01:49:16.620 for

01:49:16.840 instance

01:49:17.180 could

01:49:17.600 not

01:49:17.800 unify

01:49:18.180 the

01:49:18.400 country

01:49:18.680 let's

01:49:18.980 say

01:49:19.260 that

01:49:19.860 all

01:49:20.500 of

01:49:20.600 a

01:49:20.720 sudden

01:49:20.980 more

01:49:21.760 American

01:49:22.140 assets

01:49:22.420 are

01:49:22.600 being

01:49:22.780 called

01:49:23.020 so

01:49:23.160 we

01:49:23.260 don't

01:49:23.380 have

01:49:23.500 those

01:49:23.660 tanks

01:49:23.940 there

01:49:24.120 now

01:49:24.460 but

01:49:24.860 maybe

01:49:25.540 some

01:49:25.860 tanks

01:49:26.140 are

01:49:26.260 being

01:49:26.400 called

01:49:26.640 in

01:49:26.880 where

01:49:27.760 do

01:49:27.940 you

01:49:28.080 place

01:49:28.400 the

01:49:28.660 likelihood

01:49:29.160 that

01:49:29.760 this

01:49:29.980 really

01:49:30.260 could

01:49:30.520 become

01:49:31.120 a

01:49:31.700 drawn

01:49:31.980 out

01:49:32.200 conflict

01:49:32.620 that

01:49:32.960 is

01:49:33.220 not

01:49:33.900 only

01:49:34.100 bad

01:49:34.280 for

01:49:34.380 the

01:49:34.480 region

01:49:34.720 but

01:49:35.020 politically

01:49:35.580 consequential

01:49:36.360 here

01:49:36.660 in the

01:49:36.820 United

01:49:36.960 States

01:49:37.340 there's

01:49:38.980 a lot

01:49:39.200 of

01:49:39.300 risks

01:49:39.540 obviously

01:49:39.920 we

01:49:40.240 could

01:49:40.440 see

01:49:40.840 where

01:49:41.240 is

01:49:41.400 China

01:49:41.640 going

01:49:41.920 to

01:49:42.080 go

01:49:42.360 what

01:49:42.960 is

01:49:43.220 what's

01:49:43.700 going

01:49:43.820 to

01:49:43.920 happen

01:49:44.100 with

01:49:44.300 Russia

01:49:44.660 and

01:49:45.180 they've

01:49:45.660 obviously

01:49:46.120 not

01:49:47.080 weighed

01:49:47.320 in

01:49:47.480 on

01:49:47.620 this

01:49:47.820 but

01:49:48.040 China

01:49:48.580 has

01:49:48.900 been

01:49:49.240 the

01:49:49.560 biggest

01:49:49.780 facilitator

01:49:50.500 to

01:49:50.720 Iran

01:49:51.120 purchasing

01:49:51.680 all

01:49:51.960 their

01:49:52.080 oil

01:49:52.360 giving

01:49:52.620 them

01:49:52.880 the

01:49:53.020 money

01:49:53.240 they

01:49:53.620 have

01:49:54.180 been

01:49:54.300 able

01:49:54.520 to

01:49:54.900 use

01:49:55.600 to

01:49:55.900 engage

01:49:57.040 with

01:49:57.300 proxies

01:49:57.760 not

01:49:57.960 helping

01:49:58.260 the

01:49:58.420 Iranian

01:49:59.180 people

01:49:59.560 but

01:50:00.160 funding

01:50:01.040 Hamas 0.96

01:50:01.640 and

01:50:01.840 all

01:50:02.020 the

01:50:02.140 other

01:50:02.340 terrorist

01:50:02.700 groups

01:50:03.020 that

01:50:03.300 have

01:50:03.840 been

01:50:04.000 disrupting

01:50:04.480 the

01:50:04.620 area

01:50:04.860 the

01:50:06.140 Middle 0.95

01:50:06.920 East

01:50:07.180 so

01:50:07.500 I

01:50:07.720 do

01:50:07.900 think

01:50:08.300 as

01:50:08.820 a

01:50:08.940 conservative

01:50:09.280 I

01:50:09.560 know

01:50:09.760 we're

01:50:10.300 concerned

01:50:10.660 about

01:50:10.860 it

01:50:10.980 but

01:50:11.160 I

01:50:11.760 feel

01:50:11.980 like

01:50:12.160 right

01:50:12.380 now

01:50:12.760 President

01:50:13.620 Trump

01:50:13.880 set

01:50:15.160 this

01:50:15.380 up

01:50:15.820 in

01:50:15.980 such

01:50:16.200 an

01:50:16.320 interesting

01:50:16.600 way

01:50:17.000 we have

01:50:18.060 the

01:50:18.420 USS

01:50:18.820 Lincoln

01:50:19.200 in

01:50:19.780 the

01:50:20.220 Arabian

01:50:21.000 Sea

01:50:21.220 you've

01:50:21.500 got

01:50:21.720 the

01:50:22.080 Ford

01:50:22.520 over

01:50:23.180 on

01:50:23.440 the

01:50:23.540 other

01:50:23.680 side

01:50:24.100 protecting

01:50:25.080 Israel

01:50:25.540 and

01:50:25.780 protecting

01:50:26.100 that

01:50:26.380 flank

01:50:26.780 of

01:50:26.900 the

01:50:27.000 United

01:50:27.220 States

01:50:27.740 I

01:50:28.420 think

01:50:28.600 a lot

01:50:28.880 of

01:50:28.980 this

01:50:29.120 has

01:50:29.260 been

01:50:29.420 done

01:50:29.680 in

01:50:29.800 a

01:50:29.900 very

01:50:30.060 carefully

01:50:31.500 planned

01:50:32.620 way

01:50:32.920 it's

01:50:33.180 not

01:50:33.380 some

01:50:33.660 random

01:50:34.020 act

01:50:34.260 but

01:50:34.380 I

01:50:34.500 think

01:50:34.740 when

01:50:35.380 it

01:50:35.500 comes

01:50:35.760 to

01:50:35.960 who

01:50:36.120 will

01:50:36.300 take

01:50:36.500 over

01:50:36.680 the

01:50:36.840 regime

01:50:37.220 I

01:50:37.840 think

01:50:38.040 as

01:50:38.200 long

01:50:38.440 as

01:50:38.600 we

01:50:38.760 cleared

01:50:39.180 out

01:50:39.420 the

01:50:39.620 Mullahs 1.00

01:50:40.020 and

01:50:40.180 the

01:50:40.300 IRGC

01:50:41.600 which

01:50:41.860 has

01:50:42.000 been

01:50:42.140 run

01:50:42.380 basically

01:50:42.800 by

01:50:43.000 the

01:50:43.140 Mullahs 1.00

01:50:43.480 as a 0.91

01:50:43.700 terrorist

01:50:43.960 group

01:50:44.280 within

01:50:44.580 Iran

01:50:45.000 and

01:50:45.220 around

01:50:45.600 the

01:50:45.760 region

01:50:47.200 I

01:50:47.400 should

01:50:47.540 say

01:50:47.780 I

01:50:48.340 think

01:50:48.640 it's

01:50:48.840 going

01:50:48.960 to

01:50:49.000 be

01:50:49.120 interesting

01:50:49.360 to

01:50:49.520 see

01:50:49.700 who

01:50:49.960 will

01:50:50.240 emerge

01:50:50.800 I'm

01:50:51.400 not

01:50:51.600 sure

01:50:51.900 it's

01:50:52.220 going

01:50:52.340 to

01:50:52.400 be

01:50:52.540 Reza

01:50:52.800 Pahlavi

01:50:53.340 the

01:50:53.760 son

01:50:54.020 Shah 0.92

01:50:54.360 I

01:50:54.560 don't

01:50:54.740 know

01:50:55.140 right

01:50:56.060 now

01:50:56.300 he

01:50:56.500 has

01:50:56.680 a

01:50:57.100 popular

01:50:58.220 position

01:50:58.940 during

01:50:59.440 this

01:51:00.900 interim

01:51:01.220 phase

01:51:01.600 but

01:51:01.760 I

01:51:01.860 don't

01:51:02.020 think

01:51:02.200 ultimately

01:51:02.640 he

01:51:02.900 may

01:51:03.120 be

01:51:03.220 the

01:51:03.360 person

01:51:03.680 but

01:51:03.920 at

01:51:04.120 least

01:51:04.400 in

01:51:04.980 this

01:51:05.160 stage

01:51:05.480 we'll

01:51:05.640 see

01:51:05.840 it's

01:51:06.540 so

01:51:06.840 undetermined

01:51:07.360 right

01:51:07.540 now

01:51:07.700 where

01:51:07.840 everything

01:51:08.100 is

01:51:08.460 but

01:51:08.980 I

01:51:09.100 think

01:51:09.260 it's

01:51:09.440 going

01:51:09.560 to

01:51:09.640 give

01:51:09.780 the

01:51:09.900 Iranian

01:51:10.220 people

01:51:10.800 a

01:51:10.980 chance

01:51:11.260 for

01:51:11.420 peace

01:51:11.640 it's

01:51:11.820 not

01:51:12.000 going

01:51:12.100 to

01:51:12.160 be

01:51:12.280 an

01:51:12.400 easy

01:51:12.640 time

01:51:13.020 just

01:51:13.260 it

01:51:13.420 is

01:51:13.580 in

01:51:14.080 Venezuela

01:51:14.600 right

01:51:15.000 now

01:51:15.280 but

01:51:15.720 I

01:51:15.820 think

01:51:16.020 you're

01:51:16.160 going

01:51:16.320 to

01:51:16.420 see

01:51:19.440 a lot

01:51:19.740 of

01:51:19.860 support

01:51:20.200 coming

01:51:20.580 from

01:51:21.000 major

01:51:21.760 players

01:51:22.300 like

01:51:22.620 Saudi

01:51:22.960 Arabia

01:51:23.320 and

01:51:23.640 others

01:51:23.940 who

01:51:24.080 have

01:51:24.200 so

01:51:24.400 much

01:51:24.560 at

01:51:24.740 stake

01:51:25.020 in

01:51:25.200 this

01:51:25.380 region

01:51:26.260 to

01:51:26.960 ensure

01:51:27.360 that

01:51:27.600 there's

01:51:27.840 some

01:51:28.000 kind

01:51:28.220 of

01:51:28.320 peace

01:51:28.600 and

01:51:28.760 transition

01:51:29.200 plan

01:51:29.560 and

01:51:29.700 a

01:51:30.280 plan

01:51:30.540 for

01:51:30.740 Iran

01:51:31.060 in

01:51:31.180 the

01:51:31.280 future

01:51:31.540 this

01:51:32.080 is

01:51:32.240 a

01:51:32.420 huge

01:51:32.720 country

01:51:33.140 with

01:51:33.840 huge

01:51:34.140 natural

01:51:34.500 reserves

01:51:35.120 with

01:51:35.840 the

01:51:35.960 potential

01:51:36.340 to be

01:51:37.220 a

01:51:37.460 great

01:51:37.680 player

01:51:38.040 in

01:51:38.220 the

01:51:38.320 Middle 0.95

01:51:38.460 East

01:51:38.760 but

01:51:39.540 obviously

01:51:40.100 this

01:51:40.360 is

01:51:40.480 going

01:51:40.680 to

01:51:40.780 be

01:51:41.100 something

01:51:41.840 we're

01:51:42.240 going

01:51:42.360 to

01:51:42.400 work

01:51:42.900 through

01:51:43.160 it's

01:51:43.480 not

01:51:43.660 going

01:51:43.780 to

01:51:43.820 be

01:51:44.080 something

01:51:44.440 resolved

01:51:45.020 in

01:51:45.600 a

01:51:45.700 matter

01:51:45.900 of

01:51:46.060 weeks

01:51:46.280 or

01:51:46.460 days

01:51:46.700 or

01:51:46.880 years

01:51:47.140 it's

01:51:47.380 going

01:51:47.520 to

01:51:47.540 be

01:51:47.680 decades

01:51:48.080 long

01:51:48.500 representative

01:51:49.760 Tenney

01:51:50.000 we're

01:51:50.200 going

01:51:50.260 to

01:51:50.320 leave

01:51:50.480 it

01:51:50.600 there

01:51:50.860 thank

01:51:51.240 you

01:51:51.360 so

01:51:51.540 much

01:51:51.740 again

01:51:51.960 I know

01:51:52.160 you have

01:51:52.340 a packed

01:51:53.040 day

01:51:53.340 a lot

01:51:53.660 ahead

01:51:53.940 this

01:51:54.200 week

01:51:54.400 but

01:51:54.540 thank

01:51:54.700 you

01:51:54.800 again

01:51:55.100 from

01:51:55.380 the

01:51:55.480 great

01:51:55.620 state

01:51:55.800 of

01:51:55.900 New York

01:51:56.200 thank

01:51:56.480 you

01:51:56.620 appreciate

01:51:56.940 Claudia

01:51:57.800 Tenney

01:51:58.100 all right

01:51:58.440 so

01:51:58.920 for

01:51:59.100 those

01:51:59.300 just

01:51:59.580 now

01:51:59.800 joining

01:52:00.100 us

01:52:00.300 first

01:52:00.500 we

01:52:00.620 want

01:52:00.700 to

01:52:00.780 thank

01:52:01.000 you

01:52:01.200 for

01:52:01.820 watching

01:52:02.240 the

01:52:02.480 daily

01:52:02.660 wires

01:52:02.900 live

01:52:03.260 coverage

01:52:03.800 and

01:52:04.360 just

01:52:04.500 remind

01:52:04.840 you

01:52:05.020 that

01:52:05.160 the

01:52:05.280 reason

01:52:05.480 we're

01:52:05.640 able

01:52:05.780 to

01:52:05.940 do

01:52:06.060 this

01:52:06.240 the

01:52:06.380 reason

01:52:06.680 that

01:52:07.100 we're

01:52:07.220 able

01:52:07.360 to

01:52:07.520 do

01:52:07.620 our

01:52:07.720 investigative

01:52:08.060 reporting

01:52:08.580 and

01:52:09.100 our

01:52:09.220 live

01:52:09.580 breaking

01:52:10.000 news

01:52:10.240 coverage

01:52:10.540 the

01:52:10.700 reason

01:52:10.840 we have

01:52:11.200 reporters

01:52:11.920 all around

01:52:12.460 the

01:52:12.600 country

01:52:12.860 that

01:52:13.000 we're

01:52:13.120 able

01:52:13.280 to

01:52:13.440 pull

01:52:13.620 from

01:52:13.940 is

01:52:14.380 because

01:52:14.580 of

01:52:14.720 you

01:52:14.880 the

01:52:15.160 members

01:52:15.480 so

01:52:16.100 if

01:52:16.240 you're

01:52:16.320 not

01:52:16.560 a

01:52:16.740 member

01:52:16.960 already

01:52:17.460 head

01:52:18.400 over

01:52:18.520 to

01:52:18.640 dailywire.com

01:52:19.620 become

01:52:20.380 a

01:52:20.920 daily

01:52:21.160 wire

01:52:21.400 member

01:52:21.800 join

01:52:22.480 the

01:52:22.640 conversation

01:52:23.180 help

01:52:23.520 support

01:52:23.940 all

01:52:24.220 the

01:52:24.380 work

01:52:24.640 that

01:52:25.120 we

01:52:25.240 are

01:52:25.360 doing

01:52:25.640 so

01:52:26.000 quick

01:52:26.600 recap

01:52:27.080 many

01:52:28.140 of

01:52:28.320 you

01:52:28.440 maybe

01:52:28.680 our

01:52:28.820 friends

01:52:29.020 on

01:52:29.140 the

01:52:29.220 west

01:52:29.380 coast

01:52:29.620 just

01:52:29.840 now

01:52:30.020 waking

01:52:30.280 up

01:52:30.540 to

01:52:31.100 this

01:52:31.320 historic

01:52:31.780 news

01:52:32.260 after

01:52:33.240 negotiations

01:52:34.440 on a

01:52:35.060 nuclear

01:52:35.360 deal

01:52:35.700 started

01:52:36.020 to

01:52:36.200 fall

01:52:36.400 apart

01:52:36.720 between

01:52:37.020 the

01:52:37.220 US

01:52:37.560 and

01:52:37.840 Iran

01:52:38.180 the

01:52:38.920 United

01:52:39.100 States

01:52:39.460 and

01:52:39.680 Israel

01:52:40.040 have

01:52:40.280 launched

01:52:40.680 joint

01:52:41.380 attacks

01:52:41.900 against

01:52:42.520 Iran

01:52:43.280 the

01:52:44.500 Israelis

01:52:45.420 were

01:52:45.680 targeting

01:52:46.040 members

01:52:46.540 of the

01:52:46.920 Iranian

01:52:47.240 leadership

01:52:47.680 team

01:52:48.080 again

01:52:48.740 we are

01:52:49.000 still

01:52:49.300 waiting

01:52:49.660 there

01:52:50.360 are

01:52:50.620 different

01:52:50.880 reports

01:52:51.260 every

01:52:51.500 10

01:52:51.720 minutes

01:52:52.020 I

01:52:52.620 don't

01:52:52.760 want

01:52:52.880 to

01:52:52.960 just

01:52:53.160 read

01:52:53.540 off

01:52:53.800 every

01:52:54.060 little

01:52:54.280 thing

01:52:54.480 that

01:52:54.600 I'm

01:52:54.700 seeing

01:52:54.900 on

01:52:55.060 Twitter

01:52:55.240 about

01:52:55.540 the

01:52:55.720 Ayatollah

01:52:56.140 and

01:52:56.260 his

01:52:56.400 whereabouts

01:52:56.840 because

01:52:57.500 as

01:52:57.800 Michael

01:52:58.020 mentioned

01:52:58.300 earlier

01:52:58.640 so many

01:52:59.340 of these

01:52:59.540 early

01:52:59.740 reports

01:53:00.080 turn out

01:53:00.400 not to

01:53:00.680 be

01:53:00.780 true

01:53:00.960 so

01:53:01.140 we

01:53:01.300 are

01:53:01.420 going

01:53:01.600 to

01:53:01.780 wait

01:53:02.080 for

01:53:02.680 solid

01:53:03.020 reporting

01:53:03.420 about

01:53:03.780 whether

01:53:04.040 the

01:53:04.220 Ayatollah

01:53:04.640 is

01:53:05.000 alive

01:53:05.720 and

01:53:05.960 well

01:53:06.240 we

01:53:07.020 do

01:53:07.200 know

01:53:07.400 that

01:53:07.580 the

01:53:07.780 Iranian

01:53:08.220 defense

01:53:09.120 minister

01:53:09.700 has

01:53:10.740 come

01:53:10.940 out

01:53:11.100 on

01:53:11.220 American

01:53:11.540 media

01:53:11.900 and

01:53:12.140 said

01:53:12.440 that

01:53:12.980 once

01:53:13.260 these

01:53:13.580 strikes

01:53:13.900 stop

01:53:14.480 that

01:53:14.680 Iran

01:53:15.100 will

01:53:15.740 be

01:53:15.900 open

01:53:16.260 to

01:53:16.580 peace

01:53:16.860 talks

01:53:17.180 once

01:53:24.600 guys

01:53:24.760 have

01:53:24.860 been

01:53:24.980 stalling

01:53:25.420 for

01:53:25.680 weeks

01:53:26.060 they

01:53:26.520 had

01:53:26.620 their

01:53:26.760 third

01:53:27.040 round

01:53:27.340 of

01:53:27.460 negotiations

01:53:28.020 over

01:53:28.460 in

01:53:28.620 Geneva

01:53:28.920 with

01:53:29.180 Steve

01:53:29.420 Whitcoff

01:53:29.900 and

01:53:30.100 Jared

01:53:30.280 Kushner

01:53:30.580 this

01:53:30.800 week

01:53:31.060 obviously

01:53:32.080 the

01:53:32.720 United

01:53:32.880 States

01:53:33.120 was

01:53:33.280 not

01:53:33.500 happy

01:53:33.760 with

01:53:33.900 the

01:53:34.000 progress

01:53:34.300 that

01:53:34.460 was

01:53:34.560 being

01:53:34.760 made

01:53:35.120 the

01:53:35.520 White

01:53:35.660 House

01:53:35.840 felt

01:53:36.120 that

01:53:36.280 Iran

01:53:36.580 was

01:53:36.780 simply

01:53:37.020 biding

01:53:37.320 time

01:53:37.780 trying

01:53:38.420 to

01:53:38.640 stall

01:53:38.980 to

01:53:39.240 rebuild

01:53:39.720 their

01:53:40.000 defenses

01:53:40.400 get

01:53:40.700 ready

01:53:40.920 for

01:53:41.120 a

01:53:41.300 war

01:53:41.540 and

01:53:42.140 ultimately

01:53:42.520 to

01:53:43.160 try

01:53:43.360 to

01:53:43.480 attain

01:53:43.800 a

01:53:44.000 nuclear

01:53:44.220 weapon

01:53:44.560 but

01:53:45.140 President

01:53:45.480 Trump

01:53:45.760 stepped

01:53:46.100 in

01:53:46.400 he

01:53:46.960 offered

01:53:47.200 an

01:53:47.400 address

01:53:47.860 in

01:53:48.060 the

01:53:48.200 early

01:53:48.480 hours

01:53:49.000 Saturday

01:53:49.440 morning

01:53:49.860 we're

01:53:50.780 going

01:53:50.860 to

01:53:50.940 play

01:53:51.140 some

01:53:51.300 of

01:53:51.380 that

01:53:51.500 speech

01:53:51.720 for

01:53:51.900 you

01:53:52.020 now

01:53:52.320 so

01:53:52.800 you

01:53:52.900 guys

01:53:53.040 can

01:53:53.200 see

01:53:53.460 the

01:53:53.700 message

01:53:54.080 that

01:53:54.240 we

01:53:54.320 heard

01:53:54.500 from

01:53:54.640 President

01:53:54.920 Trump

01:53:55.240 it

01:53:55.400 was

01:53:55.520 a

01:53:55.740 historic

01:53:56.720 address

01:53:57.420 really

01:53:57.720 remarkable

01:53:58.180 scenes

01:53:58.560 let's

01:53:58.760 play

01:53:58.940 some

01:53:59.040 of

01:53:59.140 that

01:53:59.200 right

01:53:59.360 now

01:54:15.760 take

01:54:15.980 over

01:54:16.320 your

01:54:16.560 government

01:54:17.020 it

01:54:17.360 will

01:54:17.540 be

01:54:17.800 yours

01:54:18.340 to

01:54:18.580 take

01:54:19.000 this

01:54:19.780 will

01:54:19.980 be

01:54:20.340 probably

01:54:21.060 your

01:54:21.800 only

01:54:22.300 chance

01:54:22.860 for

01:54:23.260 generations

01:54:24.080 for

01:54:25.140 many

01:54:25.340 years

01:54:25.700 you

01:54:25.840 have

01:54:25.980 asked

01:54:26.260 for

01:54:26.500 America's

01:54:27.100 help

01:54:27.380 but

01:54:28.000 you

01:54:28.120 never

01:54:28.420 got

01:54:28.740 it

01:54:28.940 no

01:54:29.640 president

01:54:30.180 was

01:54:30.540 willing

01:54:30.860 to

01:54:31.080 do

01:54:31.300 what

01:54:31.520 I

01:54:31.800 am

01:54:31.960 willing

01:54:32.240 to

01:54:32.500 do

01:54:32.700 tonight

01:54:33.180 now

01:54:34.120 you

01:54:34.300 have

01:54:34.500 a

01:54:34.660 president

01:54:35.060 who

01:54:35.360 is

01:54:35.540 giving

01:54:35.820 you

01:54:36.100 what

01:54:36.380 you

01:54:36.560 want

01:54:36.920 so

01:54:37.720 let's

01:54:38.120 see

01:54:38.300 how

01:54:38.560 you

01:54:38.840 respond

01:54:39.480 America

01:54:40.560 is

01:54:40.820 backing

01:54:41.200 you

01:54:41.460 with

01:54:41.680 overwhelming

01:54:42.540 strength

01:54:43.220 and

01:54:43.460 devastating

01:54:44.100 force

01:54:44.620 now

01:54:45.380 is

01:54:45.580 the

01:54:45.740 time

01:54:46.020 to

01:54:46.220 seize

01:54:46.540 control

01:54:47.060 of

01:54:47.260 your

01:54:47.400 destiny

01:54:47.840 and

01:54:48.160 to

01:54:48.320 unleash

01:54:48.940 the

01:54:49.540 prosperous

01:54:50.060 and

01:54:50.520 glorious

01:54:50.940 future

01:54:51.580 that

01:54:52.300 is

01:54:52.480 close

01:54:52.900 within

01:54:53.280 your

01:54:53.520 reach

01:54:53.900 this

01:54:54.760 is

01:54:54.980 the

01:54:55.180 moment

01:54:55.500 for

01:54:55.780 action

01:54:56.220 do

01:54:56.880 not

01:54:57.180 let

01:54:57.400 it

01:54:57.560 pass

01:54:58.040 later

01:54:59.120 on

01:54:59.380 in

01:54:59.480 a

01:54:59.560 really

01:54:59.680 remarkable

01:55:00.040 moment

01:55:00.380 president

01:55:00.660 trump

01:55:00.980 conceded

01:55:01.520 the

01:55:01.640 fact

01:55:01.920 that

01:55:02.600 the

01:55:03.240 Iranian

01:55:03.680 response

01:55:04.180 could

01:55:04.500 lead

01:55:04.860 to

01:55:05.120 the

01:55:05.420 casualties

01:55:06.000 for

01:55:06.940 the

01:55:07.300 United

01:55:07.440 States

01:55:07.660 military

01:55:08.120 obviously

01:55:08.860 that

01:55:09.060 would

01:55:09.160 open

01:55:09.360 up

01:55:09.500 an

01:55:09.620 entire

01:55:10.000 new

01:55:10.520 can

01:55:10.660 of

01:55:10.800 worms

01:55:11.040 on

01:55:11.260 how

01:55:11.460 the

01:55:11.640 U.S.

01:55:11.860 would

01:55:11.940 respond

01:55:12.400 praise

01:55:13.080 God

01:55:13.320 so far

01:55:13.880 there

01:55:14.360 are

01:55:14.480 no

01:55:14.700 reports

01:55:15.120 of

01:55:15.300 American

01:55:15.600 casualties

01:55:16.180 although

01:55:16.800 there

01:55:16.980 were

01:55:17.340 some

01:55:17.740 explosions

01:55:18.240 reported

01:55:18.680 at

01:55:19.260 a

01:55:19.420 U.S.

01:55:19.820 naval

01:55:20.200 facility

01:55:20.740 in

01:55:21.220 the

01:55:21.320 country

01:55:21.620 of

01:55:21.840 Bahrain

01:55:22.300 thankfully

01:55:23.460 that

01:55:24.160 base

01:55:24.440 had been

01:55:24.700 largely

01:55:25.060 evacuated

01:55:25.760 beforehand

01:55:26.240 and

01:55:26.560 it

01:55:26.680 looks

01:55:26.840 like

01:55:27.020 the

01:55:27.180 warehouse

01:55:27.500 that

01:55:27.700 was

01:55:27.820 hit

01:55:28.080 was

01:55:28.640 not

01:55:28.880 occupied

01:55:29.500 but

01:55:29.920 we're

01:55:30.020 keeping

01:55:30.220 a

01:55:30.360 very

01:55:30.500 close

01:55:30.760 eye

01:55:30.980 on

01:55:31.160 the

01:55:31.280 explosions

01:55:31.740 that

01:55:31.960 are

01:55:32.060 going

01:55:32.260 on

01:55:32.660 across

01:55:33.500 the

01:55:33.700 Middle 0.95

01:55:33.840 East

01:55:34.160 number

01:55:35.120 of

01:55:35.320 countries

01:55:35.760 Qatar

01:55:36.240 Dubai

01:55:37.240 Bahrain

01:55:39.020 Saudi

01:55:39.640 Arabia

01:55:40.100 all

01:55:40.640 of

01:55:40.760 those

01:55:40.900 countries

01:55:41.180 reporting

01:55:41.480 explosions

01:55:41.940 and

01:55:42.120 of

01:55:42.260 course

01:55:42.420 Israel

01:55:42.760 their

01:55:42.960 iron

01:55:43.220 dome

01:55:43.520 is

01:55:44.180 working

01:55:44.480 overtime

01:55:44.940 right

01:55:45.180 now

01:55:45.380 trying

01:55:45.620 to 0.94

01:55:45.800 shoot

01:55:45.960 down 0.93

01:55:46.280 a

01:55:46.500 flurry

01:55:46.980 of

01:55:47.440 Iranian

01:55:47.740 missiles

01:55:48.080 they

01:55:48.280 said

01:55:48.500 that

01:55:48.620 they

01:55:48.700 would

01:55:48.840 respond

01:55:49.360 and

01:55:50.120 they

01:55:50.300 have

01:55:50.560 responded

01:55:51.100 the

01:55:51.720 big

01:55:51.880 question

01:55:52.160 now

01:55:52.400 that

01:55:52.520 we

01:55:52.600 are

01:55:52.700 still

01:55:52.940 waiting

01:55:53.260 at

01:55:53.920 this

01:55:54.140 hour

01:55:54.400 is

01:55:54.640 the

01:55:54.920 safety

01:55:56.040 whereabouts

01:55:56.640 of

01:55:57.040 the

01:55:57.260 people

01:55:58.580 in

01:55:58.740 Iran

01:55:58.960 as

01:55:59.100 you

01:55:59.180 can

01:55:59.280 imagine

01:55:59.520 holding

01:55:59.800 their

01:56:00.000 breath

01:56:00.260 waiting

01:56:05.120 dancing

01:56:05.980 and

01:56:06.280 celebrating

01:56:06.660 there

01:56:06.820 are

01:56:06.900 people

01:56:07.080 in

01:56:07.180 the

01:56:07.280 streets

01:56:07.460 let's

01:56:07.660 play

01:56:07.820 some

01:56:07.960 of

01:56:08.020 that

01:56:08.120 video

01:56:08.340 now

01:56:08.660 of

01:56:08.840 people

01:56:09.080 in

01:56:09.220 the

01:56:09.340 streets

01:56:09.680 right

01:56:10.380 after

01:56:10.680 these

01:56:10.880 attacks

01:56:11.200 broke

01:56:11.480 in

01:56:11.580 broad

01:56:11.820 daylight

01:56:12.120 look at

01:56:12.440 some of

01:56:12.660 this

01:56:12.760 footage

01:56:12.980 it's

01:56:13.160 incredible

01:56:35.120 it's

01:56:39.000 amazing

01:56:39.420 to

01:56:39.620 see

01:56:39.820 and

01:56:40.000 we

01:56:40.100 must

01:56:40.280 mention

01:56:40.620 these

01:56:41.280 are

01:56:41.380 the

01:56:41.480 same

01:56:41.640 streets

01:56:41.940 in

01:56:42.040 Iran

01:56:42.300 where

01:56:42.640 upwards

01:56:43.460 of

01:56:43.720 10

01:56:44.000 20

01:56:44.340 maybe

01:56:44.580 even

01:56:44.760 30

01:56:45.000 thousand

01:56:45.420 protesters

01:56:46.380 were

01:56:46.620 gunned

01:56:47.000 down 0.93

01:56:47.440 murdered

01:56:48.340 by

01:56:48.760 the

01:56:48.920 regime

01:56:49.260 for

01:56:49.660 pushing

01:56:50.020 back

01:56:50.320 against

01:56:50.560 the

01:56:50.720 Ayatollah

01:56:51.080 and

01:56:51.220 now

01:56:51.360 we

01:56:51.500 see

01:56:51.600 people

01:56:51.840 celebrating

01:56:52.240 the

01:56:52.460 streets

01:56:52.720 this

01:56:52.900 is

01:56:52.940 a

01:56:53.080 government

01:56:53.480 that

01:56:54.200 chants 0.95

01:56:54.740 death 0.99

01:56:55.440 to 0.81

01:56:55.620 America

01:56:56.000 this

01:56:56.860 is

01:56:56.980 a

01:56:57.140 government

01:56:57.480 that

01:56:57.840 oppresses

01:56:58.280 its

01:56:58.500 people

01:56:58.820 now

01:56:59.040 we

01:56:59.180 see

01:56:59.360 the

01:56:59.480 people

01:56:59.780 rising

01:57:01.100 up

01:57:01.400 in

01:57:01.640 way

01:57:01.860 and

01:57:01.980 President

01:57:02.200 Trump

01:57:02.500 saying

01:57:02.960 in

01:57:03.740 that

01:57:03.940 broadcast

01:57:04.460 the

01:57:04.920 day

01:57:05.200 of

01:57:05.320 your

01:57:05.440 freedom

01:57:05.660 is

01:57:05.860 here

01:57:06.060 this

01:57:06.320 may

01:57:06.460 be

01:57:06.620 your

01:57:06.740 best

01:57:06.940 chance

01:57:07.180 in

01:57:07.280 generations

01:57:07.720 so

01:57:08.440 the

01:57:08.740 eyes

01:57:08.920 of

01:57:09.020 the

01:57:09.080 world

01:57:09.220 now

01:57:09.400 on

01:57:09.620 Iran

01:57:09.980 waiting

01:57:10.600 to

01:57:10.740 see

01:57:10.860 what

01:57:11.060 sort

01:57:11.240 of

01:57:11.340 response

01:57:11.660 we

01:57:11.820 see

01:57:11.940 from

01:57:12.080 the

01:57:12.200 people

01:57:12.420 if

01:57:12.760 this

01:57:13.020 does

01:57:13.300 lead

01:57:14.060 to

01:57:14.580 the

01:57:14.720 toppling

01:57:15.220 of

01:57:15.520 the

01:57:15.640 itolls

01:57:16.040 regime

01:57:16.400 to be

01:57:16.980 one

01:57:17.080 of

01:57:17.160 the

01:57:17.200 most

01:57:17.360 historic

01:57:17.780 moments

01:57:18.260 in

01:57:18.420 modern

01:57:18.640 American

01:57:18.920 history

01:57:19.280 and

01:57:19.540 certainly

01:57:19.900 one

01:57:20.440 of

01:57:20.500 the

01:57:20.560 largest

01:57:20.760 moments

01:57:21.140 in

01:57:21.320 President

01:57:21.560 Trump's

01:57:22.080 tenure

01:57:22.600 so

01:57:22.920 let's

01:57:23.220 get

01:57:23.360 now

01:57:23.540 to

01:57:23.720 Brekka

01:57:24.000 Stoll

01:57:24.280 Daily

01:57:24.940 Wire

01:57:25.120 reporter

01:57:25.620 Brekka

01:57:26.680 you

01:57:26.940 are

01:57:27.120 in

01:57:27.320 New

01:57:27.460 York

01:57:27.620 City

01:57:27.920 there's

01:57:28.560 going

01:57:28.680 to

01:57:28.740 be

01:57:28.840 a

01:57:28.940 big

01:57:29.100 protest

01:57:29.440 there

01:57:29.820 a

01:57:29.980 little

01:57:30.100 bit

01:57:30.280 later

01:57:30.540 what

01:57:30.800 is

01:57:31.040 the

01:57:31.540 vibe

01:57:32.000 in

01:57:32.280 the

01:57:32.360 Big

01:57:32.480 Apple

01:57:32.720 well

01:57:35.560 Cabot

01:57:35.940 people

01:57:36.240 are

01:57:36.460 just

01:57:36.780 waking

01:57:37.100 up

01:57:37.360 they're

01:57:37.520 just

01:57:37.720 starting

01:57:38.000 their

01:57:38.180 days

01:57:38.520 here

01:57:38.680 in

01:57:38.780 New

01:57:38.880 York

01:57:39.080 and

01:57:39.280 right

01:57:39.540 now

01:57:39.820 it

01:57:40.060 is

01:57:40.300 calm

01:57:40.780 but

01:57:41.260 beneath

01:57:41.660 the

01:57:41.860 calm

01:57:42.180 is

01:57:42.540 like

01:57:42.720 you

01:57:42.880 said

01:57:43.140 these

01:57:43.380 protesters

01:57:44.000 organizing

01:57:44.780 we

01:57:45.400 have

01:57:45.760 you

01:57:45.960 know

01:57:46.080 as

01:57:46.380 early

01:57:46.720 as

01:57:47.060 8am

01:57:47.660 9am

01:57:48.340 this

01:57:48.640 group

01:57:49.020 called

01:57:49.920 the

01:57:50.100 Answer

01:57:50.480 Coalition

01:57:50.980 this

01:57:51.360 is

01:57:51.520 you

01:57:51.620 know

01:57:51.720 the

01:57:51.880 Democrats

01:57:52.300 Socialists

01:57:52.800 of

01:57:52.920 America

01:57:53.240 are

01:57:53.480 behind

01:57:53.840 this

01:57:54.180 this

01:57:54.600 non-profit

01:57:55.360 that

01:57:55.840 is

01:57:56.000 organizing

01:57:56.500 a

01:57:56.840 protest

01:57:57.320 in

01:57:57.600 Times

01:57:58.000 Square

01:57:58.300 that

01:57:58.540 is

01:57:58.700 happening

01:57:59.100 at

01:57:59.560 2pm

01:58:00.040 today

01:58:00.320 and

01:58:00.860 I've

01:58:01.060 already

01:58:01.340 spoken

01:58:01.720 to

01:58:01.980 Mayor

01:58:02.340 Mondani's

01:58:02.980 office

01:58:03.380 currently

01:58:04.100 right

01:58:04.480 now

01:58:04.860 the

01:58:05.180 mayor

01:58:05.340 does

01:58:05.520 not

01:58:05.740 have

01:58:06.000 anything

01:58:06.340 on

01:58:06.600 his

01:58:06.820 schedule

01:58:07.280 to

01:58:07.760 come

01:58:07.920 to

01:58:12.720 everything

01:58:13.000 going

01:58:13.320 on

01:58:13.520 in

01:58:13.640 New

01:58:13.740 York

01:58:13.880 and

01:58:14.060 we

01:58:14.200 know

01:58:14.380 that's

01:58:14.660 not

01:58:14.820 necessarily

01:58:15.220 normal

01:58:15.680 for

01:58:16.160 the

01:58:16.280 New

01:58:16.420 York

01:58:16.620 mayor

01:58:17.120 Zoran

01:58:17.800 Mondani

01:58:18.180 because

01:58:18.440 he's

01:58:18.660 very

01:58:18.880 active

01:58:19.520 we

01:58:19.960 know

01:58:20.140 whenever

01:58:20.460 there's

01:58:20.720 a

01:58:20.840 foreign

01:58:21.060 policy

01:58:21.440 issue

01:58:21.820 and

01:58:22.040 he

01:58:22.180 will

01:58:22.300 voice

01:58:22.600 it

01:58:22.780 to

01:58:22.920 President

01:58:23.220 Trump

01:58:23.560 well

01:58:24.000 we

01:58:24.180 should

01:58:24.400 give

01:58:24.640 him

01:58:24.900 I

01:58:25.480 think

01:58:25.700 condolences

01:58:26.280 now

01:58:26.540 this

01:58:26.900 is

01:58:27.000 a

01:58:27.120 sad

01:58:27.640 day

01:58:27.860 for

01:58:28.040 him

01:58:28.260 that

01:58:29.080 the

01:58:29.280 life

01:58:29.660 of

01:58:29.900 a

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01:58:31.800 radical

01:58:32.600 is

01:58:32.820 being

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01:58:33.360 in

01:58:33.700 Iran

01:58:33.940 so

01:58:34.160 I

01:58:34.320 think

01:58:34.420 we

01:58:34.500 should

01:58:34.620 give

01:58:34.760 him

01:58:34.880 a

01:58:34.980 space

01:58:35.360 I

01:58:36.560 do

01:58:36.860 want

01:58:37.500 to

01:58:37.600 touch

01:58:37.760 on

01:58:37.860 something

01:58:38.040 you

01:58:38.180 said

01:58:38.360 there

01:58:38.520 that

01:58:38.680 this

01:58:38.880 event

01:58:39.140 is

01:58:39.240 being

01:58:39.380 organized

01:58:39.900 by

01:58:40.280 professionals

01:58:40.920 that's

01:58:41.880 something

01:58:42.060 that

01:58:42.260 you've

01:58:42.460 reported

01:58:42.720 on

01:58:42.880 extensively

01:58:43.320 at

01:58:43.540 the

01:58:43.620 daily

01:58:43.800 wires

01:58:44.120 how

01:58:44.360 a

01:58:44.520 lot

01:58:44.620 of

01:58:44.700 these

01:58:44.960 organic

01:58:46.660 grassroots

01:58:47.260 protests

01:58:47.640 are

01:58:47.860 anything

01:58:48.160 but

01:58:48.600 tell us

01:58:49.240 about

01:58:49.360 some

01:58:49.500 of

01:58:49.560 these

01:58:49.680 groups

01:58:50.060 and

01:58:50.700 who's

01:58:51.120 behind

01:58:51.460 this

01:58:51.760 protest

01:58:52.180 looming

01:58:52.460 today

01:58:52.760 well

01:58:55.340 it's

01:58:55.540 really

01:58:55.700 remarkable

01:58:56.100 because

01:58:56.420 what

01:58:56.640 you

01:58:56.800 see

01:58:57.200 and

01:58:57.480 I've

01:58:57.700 seen

01:58:57.860 it

01:58:57.960 in

01:58:58.080 Minneapolis

01:58:58.520 as

01:58:59.040 well

01:58:59.320 but

01:59:00.020 these

01:59:00.780 groups

01:59:01.160 are

01:59:01.320 able

01:59:01.560 to

01:59:01.760 summon

01:59:02.060 protesters

01:59:02.780 really

01:59:03.220 at

01:59:03.500 the

01:59:03.640 drop

01:59:04.000 of

01:59:04.200 a

01:59:04.360 hat

01:59:04.700 and

01:59:05.160 how

01:59:05.380 it

01:59:05.560 works

01:59:05.880 in

01:59:06.080 Minneapolis

01:59:06.580 is

01:59:07.140 they

01:59:07.720 use

01:59:08.020 these

01:59:08.260 names

01:59:08.720 and

01:59:08.900 it's

01:59:09.040 like

01:59:09.140 these

01:59:09.340 trademark

01:59:09.740 names

01:59:10.220 they

01:59:10.400 use

01:59:10.600 one

01:59:10.860 called

01:59:11.160 defend

01:59:11.820 the

01:59:12.020 612

01:59:12.560 and

01:59:13.300 this

01:59:13.560 is

01:59:13.680 perfectly

01:59:14.060 legal

01:59:14.480 but

01:59:15.360 they

01:59:15.520 use

01:59:15.760 those

01:59:16.020 names

01:59:16.520 because

01:59:17.000 they

01:59:17.360 want

01:59:17.560 to

01:59:17.740 sound

01:59:18.080 local

01:59:18.640 but

01:59:19.480 these

01:59:19.820 are

01:59:19.960 connected

01:59:20.380 to

01:59:20.620 larger

01:59:20.960 nonprofits

01:59:21.640 often

01:59:22.480 you

01:59:22.840 know

01:59:23.000 open

01:59:23.360 society

01:59:23.960 backed

01:59:24.320 that's

01:59:24.640 as

01:59:24.840 we

01:59:24.980 know

01:59:25.200 George

01:59:25.620 Soros 0.94

01:59:26.200 but

01:59:26.900 they

01:59:27.180 organized

01:59:27.900 protesters

01:59:28.660 to be

01:59:29.380 able

01:59:29.540 to

01:59:29.720 mobilize

01:59:30.080 at

01:59:30.240 the

01:59:30.340 drop

01:59:30.520 of

01:59:30.620 the

01:59:30.740 hat

01:59:31.020 and

01:59:31.420 this

01:59:31.640 group

01:59:31.880 the

01:59:32.040 answer

01:59:32.360 coalition

01:59:32.900 is

01:59:33.480 the

01:59:34.140 nonprofit

01:59:34.720 behind

01:59:35.100 it

01:59:35.240 is

01:59:35.360 the

01:59:35.500 progress

01:59:36.060 unity

01:59:36.560 fund

01:59:36.960 and

01:59:37.380 so

01:59:37.500 I

01:59:37.640 haven't

01:59:38.080 you

01:59:38.300 know

01:59:38.380 personally

01:59:38.760 verified

01:59:39.200 to

01:59:39.420 see

01:59:39.540 whether

01:59:39.720 that

01:59:40.000 is

01:59:40.240 connected

01:59:40.620 to

01:59:40.840 George

01:59:41.120 Soros 0.94

01:59:41.520 or

01:59:41.640 one

01:59:41.800 of

01:59:41.860 those

01:59:42.020 groups

01:59:42.320 but

01:59:43.060 to

01:59:43.660 be

01:59:43.800 able

01:59:44.060 to

01:59:44.260 mobilize

01:59:44.600 so

01:59:44.880 quickly

01:59:45.200 I

01:59:45.880 would

01:59:46.140 think

01:59:46.340 that

01:59:46.460 could

01:59:46.740 be

01:59:46.940 a

01:59:47.240 possibility

01:59:47.900 yeah

01:59:48.540 I'm

01:59:48.700 not

01:59:48.840 going

01:59:48.940 to

01:59:49.060 rely

01:59:50.180 on

01:59:50.660 hours

01:59:51.900 and

01:59:52.040 hours

01:59:52.240 of

01:59:52.460 investigative

01:59:52.860 reporting

01:59:53.240 to

01:59:53.420 tell

01:59:53.560 me

01:59:53.700 that

01:59:53.820 George

01:59:54.000 Soros 0.94

01:59:54.260 is

01:59:54.400 probably

01:59:54.700 involved

01:59:55.080 in

01:59:55.220 that

01:59:55.360 in

01:59:55.500 some

01:59:55.740 way

01:59:55.940 we

01:59:56.780 are

01:59:56.940 getting

01:59:57.160 some

01:59:57.440 breaking

01:59:57.880 statements

01:59:58.460 in

01:59:58.680 from

01:59:58.800 the

01:59:58.920 White

01:59:59.060 House

01:59:59.220 so

01:59:59.520 Rekha

02:00:00.080 stay

02:00:00.460 here

02:00:00.640 with

02:00:00.820 us

02:00:00.960 this

02:00:01.720 this

02:00:01.880 came

02:00:02.060 in

02:00:02.180 three

02:00:02.400 minutes

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02:00:02.980 the

02:00:03.440 first

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02:00:04.860 the

02:00:05.380 press

02:00:05.620 secretary

02:00:05.980 of

02:00:06.180 the

02:00:06.280 White

02:00:06.420 House

02:00:06.700 since

02:00:07.080 these

02:00:07.300 attacks

02:00:07.700 she

02:00:07.860 said

02:00:08.020 President

02:00:08.340 Trump

02:00:08.700 monitor

02:00:09.200 the

02:00:09.380 situation

02:00:09.860 overnight

02:00:10.420 at

02:00:10.620 Mar-a-Lago

02:00:11.100 alongside

02:00:11.980 members

02:00:12.400 of his

02:00:12.680 national

02:00:12.940 security

02:00:13.300 team

02:00:13.640 the

02:00:14.160 president

02:00:14.360 spoke

02:00:14.720 with

02:00:14.860 Prime

02:00:15.080 Minister

02:00:15.320 Nanyahu

02:00:15.780 by

02:00:16.000 phone

02:00:16.340 prior

02:00:17.120 to

02:00:17.300 the

02:00:17.420 attacks

02:00:17.800 Secretary

02:00:18.280 Rubio

02:00:18.700 called

02:00:19.000 all

02:00:19.320 members

02:00:19.680 of

02:00:19.840 the

02:00:19.960 gang

02:00:20.100 of

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02:00:21.720 notification

02:00:22.320 and he

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02:00:23.000 able

02:00:23.200 to

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02:00:24.760 eight

02:00:24.900 members

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02:00:25.920 president

02:00:26.200 and

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02:00:26.580 national

02:00:26.860 security

02:00:27.240 team

02:00:27.580 will

02:00:27.740 continue

02:00:28.080 to

02:00:28.300 closely

02:00:28.660 monitor

02:00:29.000 the

02:00:29.200 situation

02:00:29.700 throughout

02:00:30.540 the

02:00:30.720 day

02:00:30.960 so

02:00:31.700 Michael

02:00:32.420 Caroline

02:00:33.380 Levitt

02:00:33.620 there

02:00:33.780 saying

02:00:34.160 that

02:00:34.360 they

02:00:34.600 provided

02:00:35.120 congressional

02:00:35.660 notification

02:00:36.260 that

02:00:37.000 they

02:00:37.100 tried

02:00:37.380 to

02:00:37.520 do

02:00:37.680 so

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02:00:38.640 how

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02:00:40.900 that

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02:00:41.380 the

02:00:41.500 White

02:00:41.640 House

02:00:41.800 to

02:00:41.900 be

02:00:42.000 keeping

02:00:42.320 the

02:00:42.880 Senate

02:00:43.040 in

02:00:43.360 the

02:00:43.480 loop

02:00:43.700 here

02:00:44.040 what

02:00:44.280 does

02:00:44.380 that

02:00:44.500 tell

02:00:44.660 you

02:00:44.820 well

02:00:45.500 legally

02:00:45.960 it's

02:00:46.240 not

02:00:46.420 all

02:00:46.600 that

02:00:46.800 big

02:00:47.000 a

02:00:47.100 deal

02:00:47.320 because

02:00:47.640 this

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02:00:48.440 a

02:00:48.620 formal

02:00:48.900 war

02:00:49.340 and

02:00:49.700 so

02:00:49.920 you

02:00:50.140 don't

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02:00:50.480 congressional

02:00:50.960 authorization

02:00:51.500 for

02:00:52.100 it

02:00:52.300 you

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02:00:57.740 cover

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02:00:58.540 this

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02:00:59.260 providing

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02:01:00.760 cover

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02:01:01.880 the

02:01:02.340 White

02:01:02.560 House

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02:01:03.720 want

02:01:04.080 to

02:01:04.220 avoid

02:01:04.460 the

02:01:04.600 errors

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02:01:05.140 Iraq

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02:01:06.400 the

02:01:06.780 ground

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02:01:07.160 the

02:01:07.240 Middle 0.95

02:01:07.380 East

02:01:07.640 but

02:01:08.160 also

02:01:08.480 politically

02:01:09.020 you

02:01:09.420 know

02:01:09.600 where

02:01:09.960 you

02:01:10.380 had

02:01:10.620 Democrats

02:01:11.380 including

02:01:11.900 people

02:01:12.160 like

02:01:12.320 Hillary 0.96

02:01:12.500 Clinton

02:01:12.800 who

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02:01:13.240 voted

02:01:13.540 for

02:01:13.780 the

02:01:13.940 war

02:01:14.180 coming

02:01:14.680 out

02:01:14.900 against

02:01:15.140 the

02:01:15.300 war

02:01:15.480 afterward

02:01:15.900 so

02:01:16.820 you

02:01:17.260 know

02:01:17.380 they

02:01:18.000 definitely

02:01:18.500 want

02:01:18.700 a

02:01:18.780 little

02:01:18.900 bit

02:01:19.040 of

02:01:19.160 political

02:01:19.440 cover

02:01:19.740 here

02:01:20.000 this

02:01:20.500 this

02:01:20.920 strike

02:01:21.700 should

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02:01:22.020 be

02:01:22.140 any

02:01:22.320 surprise

02:01:22.680 to

02:01:22.860 anyone

02:01:23.200 the

02:01:23.400 US

02:01:23.740 has

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02:01:24.380 inching

02:01:24.820 toward

02:01:25.120 it

02:01:25.280 sometimes

02:01:25.580 leaping

02:01:26.060 toward

02:01:26.300 it

02:01:26.500 for

02:01:26.840 the

02:01:26.980 past

02:01:27.340 roughly

02:01:27.820 half

02:01:28.720 a

02:01:28.860 century

02:01:29.120 now

02:01:29.580 so

02:01:29.980 you

02:01:30.260 know

02:01:30.380 it's

02:01:30.800 I

02:01:31.340 don't

02:01:31.660 think

02:01:31.840 any

02:01:32.120 of

02:01:32.260 those

02:01:32.420 seven

02:01:32.700 members

02:01:33.000 of

02:01:33.160 the

02:01:33.260 gang

02:01:33.480 of

02:01:33.620 eight

02:01:33.800 who

02:01:34.180 got

02:01:34.380 the

02:01:34.540 phone

02:01:34.760 call

02:01:35.100 were

02:01:35.540 particularly

02:01:36.100 surprised

02:01:36.780 that

02:01:37.040 this

02:01:37.200 was

02:01:37.400 happening

02:01:37.920 to

02:01:39.120 Breckis

02:01:39.980 point

02:01:40.320 on

02:01:41.040 Mom

02:01:41.380 Donnie

02:01:41.820 being

02:01:42.100 uncharacteristically

02:01:43.160 silent

02:01:43.640 I wonder

02:01:44.240 if he's

02:01:44.580 worried

02:01:44.920 that

02:01:45.440 the

02:01:45.700 USS

02:01:46.600 Gerald

02:01:47.060 Ford

02:01:47.380 and

02:01:47.580 Abraham

02:01:47.880 Lincoln

02:01:48.200 are

02:01:48.620 going

02:01:48.700 to

02:01:48.780 come

02:01:48.900 to

02:01:49.000 the

02:01:49.120 East

02:01:49.340 River

02:01:49.640 next

02:01:50.040 to

02:01:50.480 liberate

02:01:50.920 Manhattan

02:01:51.380 I'm

02:01:51.780 joking

02:01:52.140 it's

02:01:52.680 not

02:01:52.820 going

02:01:52.920 to

02:01:53.000 happen

02:01:53.340 but

02:01:53.900 he

02:01:54.320 probably

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02:01:54.960 in

02:01:55.200 a

02:01:55.300 moment

02:01:55.480 of

02:01:55.640 mourning

02:01:55.920 right

02:01:56.220 now

02:01:56.600 but

02:01:57.900 starting

02:01:59.340 well

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02:02:00.820 minutes

02:02:01.180 probably

02:02:01.560 but

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02:02:02.180 on

02:02:02.540 Monday

02:02:02.920 you

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02:02:03.880 going

02:02:04.100 to

02:02:04.260 have

02:02:04.520 I

02:02:04.800 suspect

02:02:05.260 a

02:02:06.480 pretty

02:02:07.440 unified

02:02:08.600 Democrat

02:02:09.100 party

02:02:09.500 coming

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02:02:10.700 this

02:02:11.080 and

02:02:11.600 the

02:02:12.120 way

02:02:12.320 they'll

02:02:12.600 be

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02:02:12.880 to

02:02:13.060 do

02:02:13.220 that

02:02:13.460 is

02:02:13.640 either

02:02:14.140 they'll

02:02:14.520 come

02:02:14.680 out

02:02:14.840 against

02:02:15.120 it

02:02:15.300 in

02:02:15.520 principle

02:02:16.020 people

02:02:16.640 like

02:02:16.900 Ilhan

02:02:17.240 Omar

02:02:17.680 Rashida

02:02:18.200 Tlaib

02:02:18.600 or

02:02:19.460 they'll

02:02:19.740 come

02:02:19.940 out

02:02:20.120 against

02:02:20.440 it

02:02:20.640 tactically

02:02:21.300 this

02:02:21.840 is

02:02:22.000 where

02:02:22.220 I

02:02:22.360 think

02:02:22.560 you're

02:02:22.720 going

02:02:22.800 to

02:02:22.860 see

02:02:23.040 some

02:02:23.240 of

02:02:23.360 the

02:02:23.480 squishier

02:02:24.000 whinier

02:02:24.520 kind

02:02:24.860 of

02:02:25.000 senators

02:02:25.360 like

02:02:25.840 Chris

02:02:26.420 Murphy

02:02:26.740 would

02:02:26.980 be

02:02:27.120 one

02:02:27.540 of

02:02:27.620 my

02:02:27.740 predictions

02:02:28.080 saying

02:02:28.680 this

02:02:29.060 isn't

02:02:29.400 the

02:02:29.560 way

02:02:29.920 to

02:02:30.160 do

02:02:30.400 it

02:02:30.600 maybe

02:02:31.140 there's

02:02:33.620 an

02:02:33.720 argument

02:02:34.140 to

02:02:34.500 do

02:02:34.740 it

02:02:34.900 but

02:02:35.100 this

02:02:35.460 isn't

02:02:35.660 the

02:02:35.800 way

02:02:36.020 that

02:02:36.200 it

02:02:36.320 should

02:02:36.440 have

02:02:36.520 been

02:02:36.620 carried

02:02:36.820 out

02:02:36.980 but

02:02:37.360 I

02:02:37.780 think

02:02:37.940 you're

02:02:38.100 going

02:02:38.140 to see

02:02:38.280 pretty

02:02:38.500 unanimous

02:02:39.120 Democrat

02:02:39.540 opposition

02:02:40.060 and

02:02:40.640 I

02:02:40.760 think

02:02:40.980 you're

02:02:41.180 going

02:02:41.300 to

02:02:41.400 see

02:02:41.700 a

02:02:42.280 fair

02:02:42.500 bit

02:02:42.660 of

02:02:42.780 Republican

02:02:43.280 opposition

02:02:43.820 certainly

02:02:44.360 from

02:02:44.780 the

02:02:45.120 typical

02:02:46.040 malcontents

02:02:46.800 in the

02:02:47.020 Republican

02:02:47.360 party

02:02:47.780 guys

02:02:48.300 like

02:02:48.580 Thomas

02:02:49.120 Massey

02:02:49.620 or

02:02:49.880 Rand Paul

02:02:50.340 guys

02:02:50.560 who

02:02:50.660 are

02:02:50.760 always

02:02:51.140 cutting

02:02:52.540 against

02:02:52.940 the

02:02:53.140 current

02:02:53.500 but

02:02:54.180 I

02:02:54.460 think

02:02:54.660 you're

02:02:54.800 going

02:02:54.880 to

02:02:54.940 see

02:02:55.060 some

02:02:55.260 broader

02:02:55.520 opposition

02:02:56.100 because

02:02:56.560 every

02:02:57.320 member

02:02:57.600 of

02:02:57.760 Congress

02:02:58.060 is up

02:02:58.440 for

02:02:58.620 re-election

02:02:59.100 this

02:02:59.380 year

02:02:59.580 and

02:03:00.280 a lot

02:03:01.440 of

02:03:01.560 senators

02:03:01.820 are up

02:03:02.100 for

02:03:02.200 re-election

02:03:02.660 too

02:03:03.040 and

02:03:03.600 they

02:03:03.760 can

02:03:03.900 read

02:03:04.040 the

02:03:04.160 polls

02:03:04.420 and

02:03:04.560 they

02:03:04.680 recognize

02:03:05.140 that

02:03:05.420 war

02:03:05.740 in

02:03:05.840 Iran

02:03:06.100 is

02:03:06.420 not

02:03:06.680 popular

02:03:07.120 and

02:03:07.360 so

02:03:07.520 I

02:03:07.660 think

02:03:07.840 even

02:03:08.560 when

02:03:08.760 you

02:03:08.900 see

02:03:09.080 support

02:03:09.480 from

02:03:09.660 the

02:03:09.820 Republicans

02:03:10.260 it's

02:03:10.980 going

02:03:11.180 to

02:03:11.380 be

02:03:11.760 tepid

02:03:12.680 support

02:03:13.140 it's

02:03:13.460 going

02:03:13.620 to

02:03:13.820 be

02:03:13.980 qualified

02:03:14.460 support

02:03:15.060 it's

02:03:15.380 going

02:03:15.480 to

02:03:15.580 be

02:03:15.860 members

02:03:16.520 of

02:03:16.740 Congress

02:03:17.080 who

02:03:17.260 are

02:03:17.380 waiting

02:03:17.640 to

02:03:17.880 see

02:03:18.300 what

02:03:20.020 actually

02:03:20.580 happens

02:03:21.060 you

02:03:21.300 point

02:03:21.660 to

02:03:21.820 Caroline

02:03:22.140 Levitt

02:03:22.400 statement

02:03:22.720 there

02:03:23.000 we

02:03:23.420 didn't

02:03:23.620 really

02:03:23.840 get

02:03:24.040 any

02:03:24.240 new

02:03:24.460 information

02:03:24.940 from

02:03:25.200 that

02:03:25.380 statement

02:03:25.720 you

02:03:26.160 see

02:03:26.840 that

02:03:26.980 the

02:03:27.100 president

02:03:27.400 is

02:03:27.600 not

02:03:27.880 addressing

02:03:28.200 the

02:03:28.380 nation

02:03:28.600 at least

02:03:28.900 at this

02:03:29.180 point

02:03:29.420 today

02:03:30.020 I

02:03:30.620 think

02:03:30.940 that

02:03:31.100 we

02:03:31.280 are

02:03:31.440 in

02:03:31.560 this

02:03:31.720 moment

02:03:32.140 of

02:03:32.700 wait

02:03:33.120 and

02:03:33.340 see

02:03:33.760 because

02:03:34.200 as

02:03:34.760 we've

02:03:34.920 been

02:03:35.000 saying

02:03:35.180 for

02:03:35.300 this

02:03:35.420 whole

02:03:35.560 broadcast

02:03:36.040 this

02:03:36.920 is

02:03:37.100 not

02:03:37.340 just

02:03:37.540 some

02:03:37.720 minor

02:03:37.960 operation

02:03:38.520 this

02:03:38.880 is

02:03:39.260 the

02:03:39.400 biggest

02:03:39.680 foreign

02:03:40.240 policy

02:03:40.560 operation

02:03:40.940 we've

02:03:41.180 seen

02:03:41.400 of

02:03:41.740 President

02:03:42.080 Trump's

02:03:42.440 entire

02:03:42.760 tenure

02:03:43.120 people

02:03:43.700 don't

02:03:44.140 really

02:03:44.360 know

02:03:44.600 how

02:03:44.780 it's

02:03:44.980 going

02:03:45.160 to

02:03:45.340 go

02:03:45.640 and

02:03:45.980 I

02:03:46.100 think

02:03:46.240 they're

02:03:46.420 preparing

02:03:46.820 for

02:03:47.280 half a

02:03:48.620 dozen

02:03:48.820 or more

02:03:49.240 contingencies

02:03:50.080 and

02:03:51.060 for our

02:03:51.440 audience

02:03:51.720 at home

02:03:52.100 I just

02:03:52.340 want to

02:03:52.480 remind

02:03:52.740 folks

02:03:53.040 the

02:03:53.220 gang

02:03:53.420 of

02:03:53.560 eight

02:03:53.920 those

02:03:54.480 eight

02:03:54.880 members

02:03:55.280 of

02:03:55.860 Congress

02:03:56.320 that

02:03:56.540 were

02:03:56.660 briefed

02:03:57.500 those

02:03:57.840 are

02:03:57.960 eight

02:03:58.120 members

02:03:58.380 who

02:03:58.620 legally

02:03:59.360 are

02:03:59.640 supposed

02:03:59.820 to

02:03:59.900 be

02:04:00.020 briefed

02:04:00.360 before

02:04:00.760 acts

02:04:01.380 of war

02:04:01.660 as

02:04:01.780 Michael

02:04:01.960 pointed

02:04:02.200 out

02:04:02.480 this

02:04:02.920 may

02:04:04.040 or

02:04:04.200 may

02:04:04.300 not

02:04:04.500 qualify

02:04:04.960 as

02:04:05.260 that

02:04:05.480 but

02:04:05.640 the

02:04:05.840 eight

02:04:06.320 members

02:04:06.620 it's

02:04:06.800 four

02:04:06.980 Republicans

02:04:07.380 four

02:04:07.620 Democrats

02:04:08.140 it's

02:04:08.740 the

02:04:08.960 two

02:04:09.280 heads

02:04:09.680 of

02:04:09.920 the

02:04:10.080 Senate

02:04:10.320 Intelligence

02:04:11.820 Committee

02:04:12.420 as well

02:04:12.800 as

02:04:12.960 the

02:04:13.120 House

02:04:13.420 Intelligence

02:04:13.860 Committee

02:04:14.180 it's

02:04:14.840 then

02:04:15.080 Speaker

02:04:15.440 Mike

02:04:15.680 Johnson

02:04:16.080 Minority 0.93

02:04:16.540 Leader

02:04:16.920 Hakeem

02:04:18.100 Jeffries

02:04:18.580 and

02:04:18.800 then

02:04:18.900 in

02:04:18.980 the

02:04:19.100 Senate

02:04:19.340 it's

02:04:19.640 Majority

02:04:19.940 Leader

02:04:20.100 John

02:04:20.380 Thune

02:04:20.680 and

02:04:21.380 Minority 0.93

02:04:21.820 Leader

02:04:22.220 Chuck

02:04:22.740 Schumer

02:04:23.060 so

02:04:23.240 those

02:04:23.380 are

02:04:23.440 the

02:04:23.560 eight

02:04:23.780 members

02:04:24.200 of

02:04:24.580 the

02:04:24.820 gang

02:04:24.980 of

02:04:25.140 eight

02:04:25.300 so

02:04:25.580 Brekka

02:04:26.060 thank

02:04:26.300 you

02:04:26.380 so

02:04:26.560 much

02:04:26.840 for

02:04:27.520 joining

02:04:28.040 us

02:04:28.380 and

02:04:28.600 we

02:04:28.720 look

02:04:28.840 forward

02:04:29.020 to

02:04:29.140 see

02:04:29.240 your

02:04:29.320 reporting

02:04:29.640 from

02:04:30.060 these

02:04:30.280 protests

02:04:30.900 Michael

02:04:31.540 you're

02:04:31.740 going to

02:04:31.840 stick

02:04:31.980 around

02:04:32.200 we're

02:04:32.360 almost

02:04:32.620 finished

02:04:33.060 but

02:04:33.900 first

02:04:34.240 to

02:04:34.800 close

02:04:35.160 us

02:04:35.360 out

02:04:35.500 for

02:04:35.620 the

02:04:35.700 day

02:04:35.800 we're

02:04:35.940 going

02:04:36.020 to

02:04:36.080 bring

02:04:36.240 in

02:04:36.500 Alexander

02:04:37.180 Gray

02:04:37.500 he's

02:04:37.800 the

02:04:37.940 former

02:04:38.180 National

02:04:38.520 Security

02:04:38.960 Council

02:04:39.360 Chief

02:04:39.780 of

02:04:39.960 Staff

02:04:40.360 Alex

02:04:41.500 we've

02:04:42.780 now

02:04:42.940 had

02:04:43.100 about

02:04:43.300 eight

02:04:43.560 hours

02:04:43.960 since

02:04:44.400 these

02:04:44.640 attacks

02:04:45.080 took

02:04:45.920 place

02:04:46.320 in

02:04:46.540 Iran

02:04:46.900 the 0.96

02:04:47.400 dust

02:04:47.740 literally

02:04:48.240 is

02:04:48.500 starting

02:04:48.700 to

02:04:48.900 settle

02:04:49.140 but

02:04:49.320 this

02:04:49.560 appears

02:04:50.000 to

02:04:50.160 be

02:04:50.320 just

02:04:50.660 the

02:04:50.840 beginning

02:04:51.220 what

02:04:52.120 is

02:04:52.340 your

02:04:52.460 take

02:04:52.760 well

02:04:54.500 thanks

02:04:54.720 for

02:04:54.840 having

02:04:55.060 me

02:04:55.260 I

02:04:55.440 think

02:04:55.940 what

02:04:56.340 I

02:04:56.560 have

02:04:56.840 seen

02:04:57.240 so

02:04:57.500 far

02:04:57.860 is

02:04:58.120 obviously

02:04:58.480 the

02:04:58.700 extraordinary

02:04:59.200 skill

02:04:59.780 of

02:05:00.000 the

02:05:00.140 US

02:05:00.360 military

02:05:00.860 again

02:05:01.360 on

02:05:01.580 display

02:05:02.100 I

02:05:03.020 think

02:05:03.220 we've

02:05:03.540 seen

02:05:03.860 that

02:05:04.120 President

02:05:04.440 Trump

02:05:04.940 in

02:05:05.560 the

02:05:05.800 buildup

02:05:06.580 that

02:05:06.760 he

02:05:06.900 did

02:05:07.200 of

02:05:07.400 US

02:05:07.820 assets

02:05:08.820 in

02:05:09.040 the

02:05:09.180 region

02:05:09.520 over

02:05:09.840 the

02:05:10.040 last

02:05:10.300 couple

02:05:10.620 of

02:05:10.800 weeks

02:05:11.140 has

02:05:11.900 had

02:05:12.120 the

02:05:12.260 intended

02:05:12.560 effect

02:05:13.100 it

02:05:13.420 gave

02:05:13.660 him

02:05:13.820 the

02:05:13.960 ability

02:05:14.380 to

02:05:15.040 based

02:05:15.760 on

02:05:15.940 how

02:05:16.120 the

02:05:16.280 negotiations

02:05:16.820 were

02:05:17.100 going

02:05:17.440 he

02:05:17.840 had

02:05:18.040 the

02:05:18.180 optionality

02:05:18.920 to

02:05:19.260 decide

02:05:19.740 what

02:05:20.140 level

02:05:20.520 of

02:05:20.720 force

02:05:21.020 to

02:05:21.220 use

02:05:21.700 he

02:05:22.100 had

02:05:22.380 a

02:05:22.580 huge

02:05:22.880 panoply

02:05:23.460 of

02:05:23.640 assets

02:05:24.020 to

02:05:24.260 choose

02:05:24.580 from

02:05:24.920 which

02:05:25.160 allowed

02:05:25.500 him

02:05:25.760 to

02:05:26.000 kind

02:05:26.580 of

02:05:26.700 tack

02:05:27.120 and

02:05:27.340 weave

02:05:27.720 based

02:05:28.100 on

02:05:28.260 the

02:05:28.400 situation

02:05:28.860 he

02:05:29.080 found

02:05:29.320 himself

02:05:29.700 in

02:05:30.040 and

02:05:30.480 it

02:05:30.680 also

02:05:30.940 allowed

02:05:31.340 us

02:05:31.580 to

02:05:31.780 prepare

02:05:32.460 with

02:05:33.060 the

02:05:33.200 appropriate

02:05:33.780 air

02:05:34.200 defense

02:05:34.660 capabilities

02:05:35.320 the

02:05:35.620 FADS

02:05:36.120 the

02:05:36.300 Patriots

02:05:36.900 moving

02:05:37.480 them

02:05:37.680 into

02:05:37.840 the

02:05:38.020 region

02:05:38.340 well

02:05:38.640 ahead

02:05:43.960 which

02:05:44.060 is

02:05:44.180 exactly

02:05:44.660 the

02:05:44.920 lesson

02:05:45.220 that

02:05:45.460 the

02:05:45.600 president

02:05:45.900 has

02:05:46.120 learned

02:05:46.500 from

02:05:46.900 some

02:05:47.100 of

02:05:47.180 the

02:05:47.300 things

02:05:47.520 we

02:05:47.680 saw

02:05:47.940 in

02:05:48.060 his

02:05:48.240 first

02:05:48.520 term

02:05:48.880 when

02:05:49.200 I

02:05:49.360 had

02:05:49.480 the

02:05:49.600 privilege

02:05:49.860 of

02:05:50.040 working

02:05:50.240 for

02:05:50.500 him

02:05:50.640 and

02:05:51.080 then

02:05:51.220 the

02:05:51.360 other

02:05:51.520 thing

02:05:51.780 is

02:05:51.960 the

02:05:52.100 Iranians 0.58

02:05:52.760 have

02:05:53.220 so

02:05:53.780 horribly

02:05:54.540 strategically

02:05:55.420 miscalculated

02:05:56.600 by attacking

02:05:57.620 very ineffectually

02:05:59.120 I should

02:05:59.460 add

02:05:59.780 Arab

02:06:00.780 states

02:06:01.280 that host

02:06:01.780 American

02:06:02.180 military

02:06:02.620 bases

02:06:03.040 this

02:06:03.640 may

02:06:03.900 ultimately

02:06:04.360 end up

02:06:04.900 being

02:06:05.220 the

02:06:05.700 worst

02:06:06.200 strategic

02:06:06.720 mistake

02:06:07.260 the

02:06:07.460 Ayatollahs 0.98

02:06:08.060 have

02:06:08.220 made

02:06:08.580 and that

02:06:09.120 is

02:06:09.240 really

02:06:09.480 saying

02:06:09.820 something

02:06:10.200 because

02:06:10.500 the

02:06:10.680 Ayatollahs 0.98

02:06:11.220 make

02:06:11.400 a lot

02:06:11.940 of

02:06:12.260 huge

02:06:12.780 strategic

02:06:13.240 mistakes

02:06:13.860 but

02:06:14.500 this

02:06:14.800 could

02:06:15.020 ultimately

02:06:15.560 be

02:06:16.020 a

02:06:16.520 very

02:06:16.960 profound

02:06:17.500 historical

02:06:18.080 change

02:06:18.680 in the

02:06:18.980 region

02:06:19.320 where

02:06:19.780 you

02:06:19.920 have

02:06:20.100 the

02:06:20.260 kingdom

02:06:20.500 of

02:06:20.720 Saudi

02:06:20.980 Arabia

02:06:21.500 Bahrain

02:06:22.380 Kuwait

02:06:22.920 others

02:06:23.460 having

02:06:24.220 no

02:06:24.500 choice

02:06:24.900 but

02:06:25.140 to

02:06:25.360 stand

02:06:25.720 up

02:06:25.980 and

02:06:26.180 vocally

02:06:26.640 defend

02:06:27.280 U.S.

02:06:28.300 aligned

02:06:28.700 interests

02:06:29.300 against

02:06:29.780 the

02:06:30.000 Ayatollahs 0.98

02:06:30.700 because

02:06:31.080 they

02:06:31.300 have

02:06:31.440 attacked

02:06:31.980 civilian

02:06:33.260 targets

02:06:33.820 in some

02:06:34.200 instances

02:06:34.580 on the

02:06:35.500 soil

02:06:35.840 of

02:06:36.120 Arab

02:06:36.380 states

02:06:36.920 that

02:06:37.340 is

02:06:37.500 a

02:06:37.700 really

02:06:39.240 regional

02:06:39.900 dynamic

02:06:40.400 There's

02:06:41.360 a

02:06:41.500 famous

02:06:41.760 scene

02:06:42.200 in

02:06:42.500 Lord

02:06:42.700 of

02:06:42.800 the

02:06:42.900 Rings

02:06:43.200 where

02:06:43.620 the

02:06:43.820 siege

02:06:44.140 of

02:06:44.300 Helm's

02:06:44.560 Deep

02:06:44.780 begins

02:06:45.420 the

02:06:46.160 orcs

02:06:46.900 are

02:06:47.100 attacking

02:06:47.580 and

02:06:48.180 they're

02:06:48.420 not

02:06:48.600 really

02:06:48.820 having

02:06:49.160 much

02:06:49.540 effect

02:06:49.900 and

02:06:50.080 King

02:06:50.260 Theoden

02:06:50.540 famously

02:06:51.340 says

02:06:51.840 is this

02:06:52.220 it

02:06:52.400 is this

02:06:52.660 all

02:06:52.800 you

02:06:52.960 can

02:06:53.100 conjure

02:06:53.540 thinking

02:06:54.360 nothing's

02:06:55.400 going

02:06:55.520 to

02:06:55.640 happen

02:06:55.860 and

02:06:56.020 then

02:06:56.260 a

02:06:56.560 big

02:06:56.700 explosion

02:06:57.040 happened

02:06:57.400 the

02:06:57.540 battle

02:06:57.720 turned

02:06:58.120 could

02:06:58.940 we

02:06:59.060 be

02:06:59.200 in

02:06:59.300 that

02:06:59.420 moment

02:06:59.640 right

02:06:59.840 now

02:07:00.140 of

02:07:00.400 thinking

02:07:00.780 hey

02:07:01.460 the

02:07:02.100 Iranian

02:07:02.780 response

02:07:03.880 has

02:07:04.080 been

02:07:04.200 effectual

02:07:04.640 to

02:07:04.780 this

02:07:04.960 point

02:07:05.200 most

02:07:05.420 of

02:07:05.540 their

02:07:05.640 missiles

02:07:05.840 being

02:07:06.040 shot

02:07:06.300 down

02:07:06.600 or

02:07:06.740 hitting

02:07:06.980 bases

02:07:07.580 that

02:07:07.780 are

02:07:07.860 unoccupied

02:07:08.680 do

02:07:09.500 they

02:07:09.680 have

02:07:09.940 more

02:07:10.160 up

02:07:10.320 their

02:07:10.480 sleeve

02:07:10.760 what

02:07:10.980 else

02:07:11.200 is

02:07:11.300 at

02:07:11.420 their

02:07:11.540 disposal

02:07:11.960 well

02:07:13.540 they

02:07:13.720 certainly

02:07:14.280 could

02:07:15.160 have

02:07:15.580 more

02:07:15.860 at

02:07:16.000 their

02:07:16.120 disposal

02:07:16.580 you

02:07:17.140 know

02:07:17.260 we've

02:07:17.620 known

02:07:17.800 for

02:07:18.000 many

02:07:18.200 years

02:07:18.560 that

02:07:18.800 the

02:07:18.940 Iranians 0.58

02:07:19.620 particularly

02:07:20.500 frankly

02:07:21.400 because

02:07:21.740 the

02:07:21.920 Biden

02:07:22.140 administration

02:07:22.740 had

02:07:23.220 this

02:07:23.500 insane

02:07:24.120 border

02:07:24.780 laxity

02:07:25.620 we know

02:07:26.480 that

02:07:26.620 the

02:07:26.760 Iranians 0.58

02:07:27.300 have

02:07:27.540 been

02:07:27.680 able

02:07:28.040 to

02:07:28.720 send

02:07:29.100 and

02:07:29.280 have

02:07:29.460 tried

02:07:29.780 for

02:07:29.980 many

02:07:30.160 years

02:07:30.520 to

02:07:30.960 send

02:07:31.240 sleeper

02:07:31.820 agents

02:07:32.200 into

02:07:32.540 the

02:07:32.700 United

02:07:32.940 States

02:07:33.340 that's

02:07:33.660 a

02:07:33.780 very

02:07:33.980 real

02:07:34.220 threat

02:07:34.500 that's

02:07:34.840 not

02:07:35.040 just

02:07:35.200 some

02:07:35.400 Tom

02:07:35.640 Clancy

02:07:36.000 novel

02:07:36.400 they

02:07:37.120 have

02:07:37.280 actually

02:07:37.740 been

02:07:37.980 trying

02:07:38.220 to

02:07:38.400 do

02:07:38.560 that

02:07:38.820 for

02:07:39.220 over

02:07:39.780 a

02:07:39.960 decade

02:07:40.220 and

02:07:40.660 frankly

02:07:41.000 in

02:07:41.160 the

02:07:41.260 last

02:07:41.500 four

02:07:41.760 years

02:07:42.360 of

02:07:42.580 the

02:07:42.840 Biden

02:07:43.100 administration

02:07:43.740 that

02:07:44.640 became

02:07:45.020 an

02:07:45.200 even

02:07:45.400 more

02:07:45.720 pernicious

02:07:46.140 threat

02:07:46.600 so

02:07:47.020 we

02:07:47.160 have

02:07:47.360 to

02:07:47.460 be

02:07:47.560 looking

02:07:47.820 at

02:07:48.020 the

02:07:48.120 threat

02:07:48.340 to

02:07:48.460 the

02:07:48.580 homeland

02:07:48.860 there's

02:07:49.220 no

02:07:49.360 question

02:07:49.740 we

02:07:50.380 have

02:07:50.580 to

02:07:50.660 be

02:07:50.760 looking

02:07:50.980 at

02:07:51.120 the

02:07:51.220 threat

02:07:51.420 to

02:07:51.560 the

02:07:51.680 hemisphere

02:07:52.060 because

02:07:52.540 Hezbollah

02:07:52.980 operates

02:07:53.740 in

02:07:53.900 places

02:07:54.180 like

02:07:54.460 Cuba

02:07:54.800 Nicaragua

02:07:55.840 they

02:07:56.600 did

02:07:56.820 in

02:07:56.980 Venezuela

02:07:57.320 hopefully

02:07:57.880 until

02:07:58.220 recently

02:07:58.720 so

02:07:59.280 there

02:07:59.580 is

02:07:59.980 a

02:08:00.120 very

02:08:00.340 real

02:08:00.740 threat

02:08:01.100 of

02:08:01.260 Iranian

02:08:01.640 retaliation

02:08:02.440 globally

02:08:02.960 the

02:08:03.500 one

02:08:03.660 thing

02:08:03.820 I

02:08:03.920 would

02:08:04.040 say

02:08:04.260 though

02:08:04.580 is

02:08:05.060 we

02:08:05.480 have

02:08:05.660 heard

02:08:05.980 for

02:08:06.340 decades

02:08:07.180 that

02:08:07.780 the

02:08:07.940 Iranians 0.58

02:08:08.500 have

02:08:08.600 been

02:08:08.740 built

02:08:09.040 up

02:08:09.300 to

02:08:09.460 be

02:08:09.640 this

02:08:09.940 10

02:08:10.560 feet

02:08:12.580 tall

02:08:12.920 and

02:08:13.520 so

02:08:13.960 many

02:08:14.260 of

02:08:14.520 the

02:08:14.820 analysts

02:08:15.360 in

02:08:15.580 the

02:08:15.700 US

02:08:15.900 intelligence

02:08:16.360 community

02:08:16.900 after

02:08:17.380 every

02:08:18.000 potential

02:08:18.700 confrontation

02:08:20.040 with

02:08:20.420 Iran

02:08:20.860 say

02:08:21.500 that

02:08:21.700 they're

02:08:21.840 going

02:08:22.020 to

02:08:22.180 retaliate

02:08:22.780 with

02:08:22.940 overwhelming

02:08:23.540 force

02:08:24.100 and

02:08:24.540 it's

02:08:24.720 almost

02:08:24.960 always

02:08:25.360 incorrect

02:08:25.940 Iran 0.96

02:08:26.800 is

02:08:27.000 almost

02:08:27.240 always

02:08:27.800 overestimated

02:08:28.700 that's

02:08:29.200 not to

02:08:29.500 say

02:08:30.340 go the

02:08:31.220 other

02:08:31.380 direction

02:08:31.840 and

02:08:32.180 assume

02:08:32.660 that

02:08:32.840 they're

02:08:33.020 totally

02:08:33.360 impotent

02:08:33.880 but

02:08:34.260 we

02:08:34.400 need

02:08:34.620 to

02:08:34.760 think

02:08:35.000 proportionally

02:08:35.860 about

02:08:36.120 what

02:08:36.340 their

02:08:36.500 capabilities

02:08:36.980 are

02:08:37.420 we've

02:08:37.860 now

02:08:38.040 had

02:08:38.240 three

02:08:38.800 instances

02:08:39.460 in

02:08:39.920 the

02:08:40.040 last

02:08:40.360 year

02:08:40.780 where

02:08:41.280 they

02:08:41.460 have

02:08:41.620 shown

02:08:41.920 themselves

02:08:42.480 to

02:08:42.980 be

02:08:43.140 incapable

02:08:43.680 of

02:08:44.080 real

02:08:44.320 retaliation

02:08:45.200 again

02:08:45.840 let's

02:08:46.220 not

02:08:46.400 underestimate

02:08:46.960 them

02:08:47.400 let's

02:08:47.920 not

02:08:48.060 also

02:08:48.320 make

02:08:48.560 them

02:08:48.700 10

02:08:48.940 feet

02:08:49.180 tall

02:08:49.580 and

02:08:50.160 make

02:08:50.460 strategic

02:08:51.660 miscalculations

02:08:52.680 based on

02:08:53.500 thinking that

02:08:54.060 they have

02:08:54.380 capabilities

02:08:54.920 that they

02:08:55.340 just

02:08:55.540 may

02:08:55.700 not

02:08:55.960 do

02:08:56.220 you

02:08:56.400 think

02:08:56.660 the

02:08:56.860 white

02:08:57.140 house

02:08:57.440 can

02:08:57.700 tolerate

02:08:58.240 a

02:08:58.580 situation

02:08:59.180 if

02:08:59.780 the

02:09:00.020 ayatollah

02:09:00.580 remains

02:09:01.000 alive

02:09:01.420 if

02:09:01.720 the

02:09:01.900 government

02:09:02.220 remains

02:09:02.760 largely

02:09:03.140 in

02:09:03.340 place

02:09:03.680 can

02:09:04.800 the

02:09:05.100 white

02:09:05.340 house

02:09:05.540 tolerate

02:09:05.960 a

02:09:06.120 situation

02:09:06.640 in

02:09:06.980 which

02:09:07.220 the

02:09:07.720 end

02:09:07.960 result

02:09:08.300 of

02:09:08.460 this

02:09:08.620 strike

02:09:09.100 is

02:09:09.780 the

02:09:10.020 continuation

02:09:10.580 of

02:09:11.340 the

02:09:11.600 islamic

02:09:12.280 regime

02:09:12.600 in

02:09:12.720 iran

02:09:13.000 look

02:09:14.900 i

02:09:15.080 would

02:09:15.260 make

02:09:15.420 the

02:09:15.580 argument

02:09:16.040 it

02:09:17.000 may

02:09:17.220 not

02:09:17.380 be

02:09:17.540 popular

02:09:17.920 at

02:09:18.160 this

02:09:18.340 moment

02:09:18.660 while

02:09:18.960 people

02:09:19.260 are

02:09:19.640 obviously

02:09:20.540 i think

02:09:21.120 excited

02:09:21.900 to see

02:09:22.260 the

02:09:22.460 success

02:09:22.900 that

02:09:23.140 the

02:09:23.280 u.s.

02:09:23.560 military

02:09:23.820 has

02:09:24.000 had

02:09:24.180 thus

02:09:24.420 far

02:09:24.740 but

02:09:25.140 i

02:09:25.240 would

02:09:25.360 make

02:09:25.520 the

02:09:25.680 argument

02:09:26.020 that

02:09:26.380 the

02:09:26.600 ultimate

02:09:27.000 american

02:09:27.520 interest

02:09:28.040 here

02:09:28.380 is

02:09:28.900 not

02:09:29.360 regime

02:09:30.120 change

02:09:30.540 the

02:09:30.720 ultimate

02:09:31.000 american

02:09:31.400 interest

02:09:31.780 and

02:09:31.960 i

02:09:32.080 think

02:09:32.300 that

02:09:32.480 the

02:09:32.680 white

02:09:33.080 house

02:09:33.440 to

02:09:34.880 my

02:09:35.100 understanding

02:09:35.580 there

02:09:35.840 are

02:09:35.900 a

02:09:36.000 number

02:09:36.160 of

02:09:36.320 people

02:09:36.480 in

02:09:36.620 the

02:09:36.740 white

02:09:36.920 house

02:09:37.140 who

02:09:37.300 likely

02:09:37.760 feel

02:09:38.000 the

02:09:38.180 same

02:09:38.380 way

02:09:38.720 the

02:09:39.140 ultimate

02:09:39.380 interest

02:09:39.780 here

02:09:40.020 is

02:09:40.140 the

02:09:40.280 nuclear

02:09:40.720 program

02:09:41.260 has

02:09:41.600 to

02:09:41.720 be 0.97

02:09:41.840 destroyed

02:09:42.300 the

02:09:42.760 missile

02:09:43.040 program

02:09:43.440 has

02:09:43.700 to

02:09:43.800 be 0.97

02:09:43.900 destroyed

02:09:44.340 the

02:09:44.800 proxies

02:09:45.360 have

02:09:45.560 to

02:09:45.680 be 0.97

02:09:45.800 destroyed 0.97

02:09:46.280 and

02:09:47.080 ultimately

02:09:47.560 we

02:09:47.900 have

02:09:48.120 to

02:09:48.220 be

02:09:48.380 somewhat

02:09:48.700 agnostic

02:09:49.280 about

02:09:49.660 what

02:09:49.880 comes

02:09:50.180 next

02:09:50.600 frankly

02:09:51.240 because

02:09:51.580 we

02:09:51.800 have

02:09:53.240 to

02:09:53.700 learn

02:09:54.000 the

02:09:54.180 lessons

02:09:54.600 of

02:09:55.140 playing

02:09:55.440 god

02:09:55.840 with

02:09:56.060 these

02:09:56.220 regime

02:09:56.540 change

02:09:56.880 efforts

02:09:57.280 the

02:09:57.700 Venezuela

02:09:58.100 model

02:09:58.720 is

02:09:59.020 a

02:09:59.140 good

02:09:59.500 model

02:09:59.980 where

02:10:00.520 we

02:10:00.820 have

02:10:01.280 influence

02:10:01.940 we

02:10:02.380 do

02:10:02.580 what

02:10:02.720 we

02:10:02.880 can

02:10:03.160 to

02:10:03.380 change

02:10:03.900 the

02:10:04.220 ultimate

02:10:04.900 change

02:10:06.060 the

02:10:06.240 chess

02:10:06.500 board

02:10:06.720 a

02:10:06.860 little

02:10:07.000 bit

02:10:07.280 but

02:10:07.620 we

02:10:07.780 don't

02:10:08.080 sit

02:10:08.280 around

02:10:08.700 like

02:10:09.220 it's

02:10:09.400 a

02:10:09.520 rock

02:10:09.820 in

02:10:09.980 2005

02:10:10.620 deciding

02:10:11.580 who's

02:10:11.900 in

02:10:12.060 charge

02:10:12.320 of

02:10:12.520 fixing

02:10:12.760 the

02:10:13.060 sewer

02:10:13.320 system

02:10:13.840 in

02:10:14.280 solder

02:10:14.680 city

02:10:15.080 we

02:10:15.440 can't

02:10:16.220 go

02:10:16.340 down

02:10:16.520 that

02:10:16.680 route

02:10:16.920 again

02:10:17.560 I

02:10:18.080 totally

02:10:18.680 agree

02:10:19.040 with

02:10:19.260 you

02:10:19.440 I

02:10:19.700 know

02:10:20.100 it's

02:10:20.560 unpopular

02:10:21.080 when people

02:10:21.820 get a

02:10:22.100 little

02:10:22.220 bit

02:10:22.360 of

02:10:22.480 war

02:10:22.680 fever

02:10:22.960 but

02:10:23.620 I

02:10:24.300 am

02:10:24.480 viewing

02:10:24.760 this

02:10:25.160 almost

02:10:26.040 entirely

02:10:26.740 from

02:10:27.440 the

02:10:27.800 American

02:10:28.400 interest

02:10:28.820 perspective

02:10:29.340 when I

02:10:29.980 hear

02:10:30.120 people

02:10:30.400 come

02:10:30.620 on

02:10:30.880 and

02:10:31.040 say

02:10:31.240 this

02:10:31.440 is

02:10:31.580 wonderful

02:10:31.940 for

02:10:32.160 the

02:10:32.280 Persian

02:10:32.500 people

02:10:33.400 they're

02:10:33.880 great

02:10:34.140 I love

02:10:34.460 the

02:10:34.620 food

02:10:34.880 I

02:10:35.040 have

02:10:35.180 good

02:10:35.400 Persian

02:10:35.720 friends

02:10:35.940 I

02:10:36.900 don't

02:10:37.060 care

02:10:37.240 that

02:10:37.420 much

02:10:37.680 that

02:10:37.920 is

02:10:38.700 not

02:10:38.980 my

02:10:39.200 interest

02:10:39.580 in

02:10:39.740 the

02:10:39.820 United

02:10:40.060 States

02:10:40.360 risking

02:10:40.740 our

02:10:40.920 servicemen

02:10:41.520 to

02:10:41.940 go

02:10:42.100 to

02:10:42.260 war

02:10:42.560 other

02:10:43.320 allied

02:10:43.960 interests

02:10:44.400 I

02:10:44.700 don't

02:10:44.880 care

02:10:45.080 that

02:10:45.300 much

02:10:45.540 I

02:10:45.700 care

02:10:45.860 about

02:10:46.020 the

02:10:46.140 American

02:10:46.460 interest

02:10:46.880 and

02:10:47.060 so

02:10:47.300 I

02:10:47.900 agree

02:10:48.480 I

02:10:48.680 think

02:10:48.800 that's

02:10:49.040 a

02:10:49.200 really

02:10:49.500 wise

02:10:49.920 way

02:10:50.100 to

02:10:50.240 look

02:10:50.460 at

02:10:50.660 it

02:10:50.820 then

02:10:51.320 of

02:10:51.460 course

02:10:51.620 the

02:10:51.800 follow

02:10:52.000 up

02:10:52.180 question

02:10:52.520 is

02:10:52.920 is

02:10:53.680 there

02:10:54.000 a

02:10:54.240 world

02:10:54.640 like

02:10:55.220 in

02:10:55.400 Venezuela

02:10:55.760 where

02:10:56.120 we

02:10:56.280 take

02:10:56.520 out

02:10:56.660 the

02:10:56.800 top

02:10:57.100 we

02:10:57.420 say

02:10:57.600 to

02:10:57.720 the

02:10:57.820 number

02:10:58.020 two

02:10:58.280 hey

02:10:58.600 we're

02:10:59.080 going

02:10:59.160 to

02:10:59.220 keep

02:10:59.400 you

02:10:59.500 in

02:10:59.620 place

02:10:59.940 but

02:11:00.160 if

02:11:00.320 you

02:11:00.500 start

02:11:00.840 messing

02:11:01.060 around

02:11:01.320 we're

02:11:01.480 going 1.00

02:11:01.560 kill 1.00

02:11:01.820 you 1.00

02:11:02.040 is

02:11:02.240 essentially

02:11:02.720 what

02:11:02.900 President

02:11:03.380 Trump

02:11:03.640 said

02:11:03.920 to

02:11:04.300 the

02:11:04.480 current

02:11:04.700 leader

02:11:04.880 of

02:11:05.000 Venezuela

02:11:05.340 you

02:11:06.440 know

02:11:06.580 is

02:11:06.840 there

02:11:07.000 a

02:11:07.140 world

02:11:07.340 in

02:11:07.500 which

02:11:07.760 the

02:11:08.220 Islamic

02:11:08.760 regime

02:11:09.280 should

02:11:10.140 we

02:11:10.280 remove

02:11:10.580 the

02:11:10.740 Ayatollah

02:11:11.180 or

02:11:11.340 whoever

02:11:11.640 you

02:11:11.940 know

02:11:12.060 even

02:11:12.220 if

02:11:12.360 we

02:11:12.460 just

02:11:12.660 you

02:11:12.780 know

02:11:12.880 chastise

02:11:13.380 him 0.90

02:11:13.540 is

02:11:13.920 there

02:11:14.040 a

02:11:14.100 world

02:11:14.240 in

02:11:14.340 which

02:11:14.440 we

02:11:14.540 can

02:11:14.660 leave

02:11:14.960 this

02:11:15.140 regime

02:11:15.440 in

02:11:15.600 place

02:11:15.940 and

02:11:16.660 trust

02:11:17.240 that

02:11:17.840 they

02:11:17.980 will

02:11:18.160 not

02:11:18.540 continue

02:11:18.920 their

02:11:19.120 nuclear

02:11:19.380 program

02:11:19.860 well

02:11:21.860 look

02:11:22.080 I

02:11:22.320 think

02:11:22.580 that

02:11:22.900 the

02:11:23.300 theocracy

02:11:24.340 the

02:11:24.960 Ayatollah

02:11:25.780 who

02:11:26.900 the

02:11:27.460 hominis

02:11:28.680 and

02:11:28.900 hominis

02:11:29.300 before him

02:11:30.020 we're

02:11:31.160 not going

02:11:31.480 to be

02:11:31.640 able to

02:11:31.980 deal

02:11:32.140 with

02:11:32.300 them

02:11:32.460 they

02:11:32.620 are

02:11:32.780 truly

02:11:33.240 religious

02:11:33.800 fanatics

02:11:34.380 there's

02:11:34.640 no

02:11:34.780 question

02:11:35.100 there

02:11:35.380 but

02:11:35.880 the

02:11:36.040 IRGC

02:11:36.960 the

02:11:38.000 Quds

02:11:38.620 force

02:11:39.020 some

02:11:39.660 elements

02:11:40.220 of

02:11:40.640 the

02:11:40.900 conventional

02:11:41.420 military

02:11:42.040 they're

02:11:43.260 hacks 0.98

02:11:43.880 they're

02:11:44.700 in many

02:11:45.140 cases

02:11:45.520 they're

02:11:45.940 looting

02:11:46.380 the

02:11:46.600 country

02:11:46.920 for

02:11:47.200 their

02:11:47.400 own

02:11:47.740 financial

02:11:48.460 gain

02:11:48.860 the

02:11:49.240 same

02:11:49.480 way

02:11:49.720 that

02:11:49.960 the

02:11:50.240 Maduro

02:11:50.720 regime

02:11:51.180 was

02:11:51.540 doing

02:11:52.000 we

02:11:52.760 have

02:11:53.020 the

02:11:53.160 ability

02:11:53.580 I

02:11:53.980 think

02:11:54.240 you

02:11:54.780 know

02:11:54.960 these

02:11:55.180 are

02:11:55.280 not

02:11:55.440 good

02:11:55.600 people

02:11:56.040 but

02:11:56.740 I'm

02:11:57.040 with

02:11:57.220 you

02:11:57.420 Michael

02:11:57.760 my

02:11:58.300 interest

02:11:58.700 is

02:11:58.940 the

02:11:59.100 American

02:11:59.520 strategic

02:12:00.060 interest

02:12:00.560 it's

02:12:01.040 limiting

02:12:01.480 what

02:12:01.740 we're

02:12:01.900 doing

02:12:02.120 in

02:12:02.260 the

02:12:02.380 Middle 0.95

02:12:02.560 East

02:12:02.880 focusing

02:12:03.700 on

02:12:04.000 the

02:12:04.180 long

02:12:04.440 term

02:12:04.640 threat

02:12:04.940 from

02:12:05.120 the

02:12:05.260 Chinese

02:12:05.560 Communist

02:12:05.940 Party

02:12:06.340 and

02:12:06.760 the

02:12:06.880 way

02:12:07.020 to

02:12:07.140 do

02:12:07.300 that

02:12:07.560 is

02:12:07.740 to

02:12:07.880 make

02:12:08.100 common

02:12:08.500 cause

02:12:08.980 like

02:12:09.220 we

02:12:09.360 have

02:12:09.580 in

02:12:09.720 Venezuela

02:12:10.060 with

02:12:10.900 people

02:12:11.240 who

02:12:11.420 have

02:12:11.560 a

02:12:11.720 self

02:12:12.060 interest

02:12:12.680 in

02:12:13.180 perpetuating

02:12:13.900 their

02:12:14.160 own

02:12:14.360 power

02:12:14.700 and

02:12:14.880 their

02:12:15.000 wealth

02:12:15.520 it's

02:12:16.020 not

02:12:16.260 warm

02:12:17.360 and fuzzy

02:12:24.960 commander

02:12:25.220 like

02:12:26.060 Adelcy

02:12:26.660 Rodriguez

02:12:27.080 in

02:12:27.360 Venezuela

02:12:27.720 that

02:12:28.320 we

02:12:28.480 can

02:12:28.660 work

02:12:29.020 with

02:12:29.400 who's

02:12:29.820 going

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02:12:30.220 have

02:12:30.420 an

02:12:30.560 interest

02:12:30.900 in

02:12:31.120 perpetuating

02:12:31.760 their

02:12:32.000 own

02:12:32.420 power

02:12:33.200 and

02:12:33.720 that

02:12:33.900 serves

02:12:34.260 America's

02:12:34.860 core

02:12:35.140 interests

02:12:35.660 that's

02:12:36.540 something

02:12:36.780 that I

02:12:37.140 think

02:12:37.380 a lot

02:12:37.680 of

02:12:37.800 people

02:12:38.100 in

02:12:38.740 the

02:12:38.860 administration

02:12:39.360 I

02:12:39.640 know

02:12:39.800 I

02:12:39.960 personally

02:12:40.380 would

02:12:40.600 support

02:12:40.940 that

02:12:41.140 course

02:12:41.520 how

02:12:42.660 do

02:12:42.780 you

02:12:42.900 see

02:12:43.100 this

02:12:43.460 impacting

02:12:45.100 both

02:12:46.140 Vladimir

02:12:46.760 Putin

02:12:47.140 and

02:12:47.360 his

02:12:47.540 calculus

02:12:47.960 and

02:12:48.680 also

02:12:49.020 Xi

02:12:49.800 in

02:12:49.980 China

02:12:50.240 well

02:12:52.240 I

02:12:52.400 think

02:12:52.580 the

02:12:52.740 Chinese

02:12:53.080 are

02:12:53.260 going

02:12:53.360 to

02:12:53.420 be

02:12:53.560 in

02:12:53.680 a

02:12:53.800 very

02:12:54.200 difficult

02:12:54.620 spot

02:12:55.080 because

02:12:55.620 the

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02:12:56.560 that

02:12:57.120 they

02:12:57.300 rely

02:12:57.740 on

02:12:58.160 to

02:12:58.420 keep

02:12:58.640 the

02:12:58.780 communist

02:12:59.140 party

02:12:59.620 regime

02:13:00.240 in

02:13:00.480 place

02:13:00.900 and

02:13:01.360 to

02:13:01.500 build

02:13:01.820 their

02:13:01.980 war

02:13:02.220 machine

02:13:02.680 President

02:13:03.560 Trump

02:13:04.040 in

02:13:04.360 something

02:13:04.860 that I

02:13:05.240 don't

02:13:05.400 think

02:13:05.600 has

02:13:05.740 been

02:13:05.920 fully

02:13:06.220 appreciated

02:13:06.820 President

02:13:07.480 Trump

02:13:07.880 has

02:13:08.200 strategically

02:13:08.960 over the

02:13:09.400 last

02:13:09.660 two

02:13:10.000 months

02:13:10.400 done

02:13:10.960 more

02:13:11.300 to

02:13:11.500 hamstring

02:13:12.180 China's 0.76

02:13:12.820 economic

02:13:13.400 and

02:13:13.920 energy

02:13:14.400 access

02:13:15.080 than

02:13:15.580 anyone

02:13:16.000 has

02:13:16.260 ever

02:13:16.420 done

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02:13:17.140 he

02:13:17.260 did

02:13:17.420 in

02:13:17.540 Venezuela

02:13:17.980 and

02:13:18.600 what

02:13:18.760 he's

02:13:18.960 now

02:13:19.160 done

02:13:19.440 with

02:13:19.640 Iran

02:13:23.420 ability

02:13:23.760 to

02:13:24.040 dominate

02:13:24.980 the

02:13:25.180 Middle 0.95

02:13:25.360 East

02:13:25.680 and

02:13:26.180 to

02:13:26.580 get

02:13:27.220 that

02:13:27.440 oil

02:13:27.700 that

02:13:27.960 they

02:13:28.080 rely

02:13:28.440 on

02:13:28.760 so

02:13:29.100 the

02:13:29.300 Chinese

02:13:29.620 are

02:13:30.020 in

02:13:30.140 a

02:13:30.260 very

02:13:30.700 difficult

02:13:31.100 position

02:13:31.600 are

02:13:32.420 they

02:13:32.600 going

02:13:32.720 to

02:13:32.860 openly

02:13:33.280 align

02:13:33.900 with

02:13:34.200 the

02:13:34.380 Ayatollahs 0.98

02:13:35.160 that

02:13:35.840 is

02:13:36.040 going

02:13:36.180 to

02:13:36.240 be

02:13:36.380 a

02:13:36.720 fascinating

02:13:37.160 thing

02:13:37.540 to

02:13:37.720 watch

02:13:38.100 I

02:13:38.620 would

02:13:38.880 not

02:13:39.540 rule

02:13:39.840 it

02:13:40.000 out

02:13:40.280 the

02:13:40.680 Chinese

02:13:41.080 have

02:13:41.280 provided

02:13:41.600 intelligence

02:13:42.300 the

02:13:42.760 Chinese

02:13:43.040 have

02:13:43.240 provided

02:13:43.620 all

02:13:43.980 sorts

02:13:44.340 of

02:13:44.480 assistance

02:13:44.900 to

02:13:45.180 the

02:13:45.320 Iranians 0.58

02:13:45.880 over

02:13:46.060 the

02:13:46.240 years

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02:13:47.280 they

02:13:47.500 want

02:13:47.720 that

02:13:47.920 oil

02:13:48.160 and

02:13:48.480 they

02:13:48.620 want

02:13:48.800 to

02:13:48.920 threaten

02:13:49.200 the

02:13:49.380 United

02:13:49.620 States

02:13:49.980 position

02:13:50.440 in

02:13:50.660 the

02:13:50.780 region

02:13:51.100 but

02:13:52.060 this

02:13:52.260 puts

02:13:52.520 Xi

02:13:52.700 Jinping 0.99

02:13:52.920 in

02:13:53.380 a

02:13:53.620 horrible

02:13:54.360 spot

02:13:55.340 and

02:13:55.900 it's

02:13:56.080 another

02:13:56.420 I

02:13:56.680 think

02:13:56.880 strategic

02:13:57.860 I'm

02:13:58.520 with

02:13:58.680 you

02:13:58.820 again

02:13:59.040 Michael

02:13:59.320 I'm

02:13:59.540 not

02:13:59.720 thinking

02:13:59.940 about

02:14:00.200 this

02:14:00.460 from

02:14:00.660 a

02:14:00.820 perspective

02:14:01.220 of

02:14:01.420 ideology

02:14:01.960 from

02:14:02.520 a

02:14:02.680 core

02:14:03.100 American

02:14:03.620 strategy

02:14:04.460 perspective

02:14:05.060 what

02:14:05.620 the

02:14:05.800 president

02:14:06.100 is

02:14:06.280 doing

02:14:06.520 here

02:14:06.800 could

02:14:07.240 very

02:14:07.560 likely

02:14:07.900 have

02:14:08.160 positive

02:14:08.760 strategic

02:14:09.380 impacts

02:14:10.020 well

02:14:10.620 beyond

02:14:10.980 the

02:14:11.180 region

02:14:11.500 and

02:14:11.880 the

02:14:12.020 same

02:14:12.220 goes

02:14:12.420 with

02:14:12.600 Russia

02:14:12.960 where

02:14:17.920 clear-eyed

02:14:18.520 about

02:14:18.960 our

02:14:19.220 threats

02:14:19.680 and

02:14:20.160 what

02:14:20.660 has

02:14:21.120 to

02:14:21.240 be

02:14:21.360 done

02:14:21.560 to

02:14:21.760 secure

02:14:22.100 American

02:14:22.540 interests

02:14:23.160 it's

02:14:24.060 time

02:14:24.260 to

02:14:24.400 make

02:14:24.540 a

02:14:24.680 deal

02:14:24.860 it's

02:14:25.360 time

02:14:25.600 to

02:14:25.760 bring

02:14:25.960 the

02:14:26.120 war

02:14:26.340 in

02:14:26.480 Ukraine

02:14:26.700 to

02:14:27.080 an

02:14:27.260 end

02:14:27.620 and

02:14:28.760 I

02:14:29.060 think

02:14:29.260 this

02:14:29.560 strengthens

02:14:30.460 the

02:14:30.660 American

02:14:31.120 position

02:14:31.620 in

02:14:31.960 those

02:14:32.280 negotiations

02:14:32.940 because

02:14:33.780 of how

02:14:34.300 President

02:14:34.640 Trump

02:14:34.960 has

02:14:35.180 demonstrated

02:14:35.680 his

02:14:35.920 resolve

02:14:36.300 in

02:14:36.440 Iran

02:14:36.740 So

02:14:37.760 final

02:14:38.060 question

02:14:38.520 Alex

02:14:39.040 these

02:14:40.140 next

02:14:40.320 24

02:14:40.600 hours

02:14:40.940 going

02:14:41.460 to

02:14:41.560 be

02:14:41.680 critical

02:14:42.000 there's

02:14:42.320 so

02:14:42.440 much

02:14:42.580 we

02:14:42.720 still

02:14:42.940 don't

02:14:43.200 know

02:14:43.360 but

02:14:43.500 as

02:14:43.700 we

02:14:43.820 learn

02:14:43.980 more

02:14:44.160 information

02:14:44.560 what

02:14:45.400 are

02:14:45.660 you

02:14:45.820 going

02:14:45.980 to

02:14:46.060 be

02:14:46.180 watching

02:14:46.520 most

02:14:47.120 closely

02:14:47.580 most

02:14:49.500 closely

02:14:49.860 will

02:14:50.000 be

02:14:50.120 Iranian

02:14:50.480 retaliation

02:14:51.340 I

02:14:52.020 think

02:14:52.200 in

02:14:52.300 the

02:14:52.420 next

02:14:52.720 24

02:14:53.320 to

02:14:53.480 48

02:14:53.820 hours

02:14:54.340 who's

02:14:55.940 right

02:14:56.240 you

02:14:56.600 know

02:14:56.740 the

02:14:57.060 analysts

02:14:57.680 in

02:14:57.940 Washington

02:14:58.340 who

02:14:58.580 have

02:14:58.700 been

02:14:58.860 predicting

02:14:59.300 that

02:14:59.600 Iran

02:14:59.980 has

02:15:00.440 these

02:15:00.660 extraordinary

02:15:01.260 retaliatory

02:15:02.020 capabilities

02:15:02.720 that

02:15:03.200 we've

02:15:03.500 really

02:15:03.740 yet

02:15:04.020 to

02:15:04.180 see

02:15:04.460 are

02:15:05.680 they

02:15:05.840 right

02:15:06.160 or

02:15:06.660 those

02:15:07.000 of

02:15:07.160 us

02:15:07.380 who

02:15:07.660 have

02:15:08.200 felt

02:15:08.700 for

02:15:08.920 some

02:15:09.160 time

02:15:09.520 that

02:15:09.840 while

02:15:10.260 Iran

02:15:10.760 could

02:15:11.000 certainly

02:15:11.400 do

02:15:12.640 some

02:15:12.840 damage

02:15:13.280 that's

02:15:13.840 a bit

02:15:14.060 overstated

02:15:14.660 and

02:15:15.420 we're

02:15:16.020 going

02:15:16.120 to

02:15:16.180 know

02:15:16.320 the

02:15:16.480 answer

02:15:16.700 to

02:15:16.860 that

02:15:17.100 I

02:15:17.300 think

02:15:17.480 relatively

02:15:17.920 soon

02:15:18.360 and

02:15:18.860 the

02:15:18.980 other

02:15:19.120 thing

02:15:19.300 I'll

02:15:19.420 be

02:15:19.540 watching

02:15:19.900 is

02:15:20.360 what

02:15:20.720 sort

02:15:20.940 of

02:15:21.060 opposition

02:15:21.520 comes

02:15:22.460 up

02:15:22.660 in

02:15:22.760 Iran

02:15:23.060 are

02:15:23.540 the

02:15:23.780 people

02:15:24.200 in

02:15:24.520 Iran

02:15:24.940 are

02:15:25.520 they

02:15:25.720 going

02:15:25.840 to

02:15:25.980 feel

02:15:26.180 that

02:15:26.400 the

02:15:26.540 ayatollahs 0.94

02:15:27.060 are

02:15:27.160 on

02:15:27.280 their

02:15:27.420 last

02:15:27.700 legs

02:15:28.060 will

02:15:28.440 there

02:15:28.560 be

02:15:28.700 organic

02:15:29.220 protests

02:15:29.860 like

02:15:30.120 in

02:15:30.260 2009

02:15:31.060 what

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02:15:32.540 the

02:15:33.100 former

02:15:33.700 Shah 0.92

02:15:34.900 the

02:15:35.140 crown

02:15:35.380 prince

02:15:41.000 will

02:15:41.860 he

02:15:42.100 serve

02:15:42.540 as

02:15:42.820 a

02:15:43.100 national

02:15:43.540 unity

02:15:44.020 figure

02:15:44.540 for

02:15:44.940 people

02:15:45.240 who

02:15:45.420 want

02:15:45.580 to

02:15:45.700 see

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02:15:46.120 replacement

02:15:46.660 to

02:15:47.180 the

02:15:47.420 ayatollahs 0.94

02:15:48.080 so

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02:15:48.620 are

02:15:48.720 some

02:15:48.880 of

02:15:48.980 the

02:15:49.060 things

02:15:49.280 that

02:15:49.420 I

02:15:49.540 think

02:15:49.720 we're

02:15:49.860 going

02:15:49.980 to

02:15:50.040 know

02:15:50.200 a lot

02:15:50.500 more

02:15:50.740 about

02:15:51.040 over

02:15:51.260 the

02:15:51.440 next

02:15:51.780 24

02:15:52.640 48

02:15:53.040 72

02:15:53.420 hours

02:15:53.920 so

02:15:54.560 much

02:15:54.820 to

02:15:54.960 keep

02:15:55.120 an

02:15:55.240 eye

02:15:55.340 on

02:15:55.500 Alex

02:15:55.840 this

02:15:56.160 is

02:15:56.260 a

02:15:56.520 busy

02:15:57.080 day

02:15:57.320 for

02:15:57.520 you

02:15:57.780 so

02:15:58.180 thanks

02:15:58.360 so

02:15:58.500 much

02:15:58.640 for

02:15:58.720 making

02:15:58.860 time

02:15:59.140 thank

02:16:00.380 you

02:16:00.600 that

02:16:01.000 was

02:16:01.100 Alex

02:16:01.320 Gray

02:16:01.580 former

02:16:11.000 before

02:16:11.380 we

02:16:11.620 wrap

02:16:11.840 up

02:16:12.040 here

02:16:12.200 just

02:16:12.480 an

02:16:12.760 overview

02:16:13.400 of

02:16:14.300 what

02:16:14.660 we

02:16:14.860 know

02:16:15.140 for

02:16:15.300 those

02:16:15.480 just

02:16:15.680 now

02:16:15.880 joining

02:16:16.180 us

02:16:16.480 the

02:16:16.680 United

02:16:16.880 States

02:16:17.160 and

02:16:17.280 Israel

02:16:17.580 have

02:16:17.980 launched

02:16:18.500 strikes

02:16:19.320 against

02:16:19.960 Iran

02:16:20.780 the

02:16:21.640 United

02:16:21.820 States

02:16:22.120 has

02:16:22.280 targeted

02:16:22.560 a

02:16:22.800 number

02:16:23.040 of

02:16:23.240 nuclear

02:16:23.500 facilities

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02:16:24.340 that

02:16:24.500 were

02:16:24.680 not

02:16:25.620 destroyed

02:16:26.200 in

02:16:26.480 Operation

02:16:26.840 Midnight

02:16:27.220 Hammer

02:16:27.500 and those

02:16:27.880 that

02:16:28.000 were

02:16:28.100 being

02:16:28.360 rebuilt

02:16:29.240 we've

02:16:29.920 targeted

02:16:30.180 those

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02:16:30.680 also

02:16:30.860 targeted

02:16:31.200 a

02:16:31.440 number

02:16:31.680 of

02:16:32.040 military

02:16:32.460 installations

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02:16:33.380 naval

02:16:33.640 sites

02:16:34.060 while

02:16:34.680 Israel

02:16:35.040 has

02:16:35.360 predominantly

02:16:35.800 gone

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02:16:36.460 members

02:16:36.880 of

02:16:37.120 the

02:16:37.280 Iranian

02:16:37.620 leadership

02:16:38.200 we

02:16:39.160 are

02:16:39.360 still

02:16:39.760 awaiting

02:16:40.040 confirmation

02:16:40.460 on the

02:16:41.040 fate

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02:16:41.560 the

02:16:41.700 Ayatollah

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02:16:43.200 Israeli

02:16:44.060 military

02:16:44.500 targeted

02:16:44.940 him

02:16:45.200 directly

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02:16:46.500 scattered

02:16:46.840 reports

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02:16:48.700 generals

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02:16:55.400 out

02:16:55.600 the

02:16:55.720 leadership

02:16:56.120 President

02:16:56.880 Trump

02:16:57.220 saying

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02:16:57.820 leadership

02:16:58.100 if

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02:17:01.740 people

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02:17:02.460 he

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02:17:04.220 day

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02:17:07.000 best

02:17:07.220 chance

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02:17:13.420 so

02:17:13.540 President

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02:17:14.100 urging

02:17:14.660 this

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02:17:15.960 happen

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02:17:17.980 topple

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02:17:18.640 Ayatollah

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02:17:19.640 have

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02:17:25.140 they

02:17:25.800 said

02:17:26.000 that

02:17:26.160 the

02:17:26.420 US

02:17:26.860 military

02:17:27.280 quote

02:17:27.600 would

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02:17:27.940 do

02:17:28.100 a 0.99

02:17:28.220 damn 1.00

02:17:28.440 thing 1.00

02:17:28.820 but

02:17:29.480 right

02:17:29.760 now

02:17:29.960 the

02:17:30.120 Iranian

02:17:30.400 response

02:17:30.900 has

02:17:31.120 been

02:17:31.280 largely

02:17:31.560 thwarted

02:17:32.140 they

02:17:32.540 have

02:17:32.660 launched

02:17:32.880 attacks

02:17:33.360 we've

02:17:33.840 seen

02:17:33.960 explosions

02:17:34.480 in

02:17:34.940 six

02:17:35.300 to

02:17:35.440 eight

02:17:35.800 Middle 0.95

02:17:36.260 eastern

02:17:36.480 countries

02:17:36.940 we're

02:17:37.080 still

02:17:37.220 waiting

02:17:37.420 for

02:17:37.540 the

02:17:37.660 final

02:17:37.840 confirmation

02:17:38.360 but

02:17:38.660 places

02:17:38.980 like

02:17:39.700 Qatar

02:17:40.160 Dubai

02:17:41.060 we saw

02:17:41.920 a

02:17:42.160 military

02:17:42.520 installation

02:17:43.020 of

02:17:43.320 the

02:17:43.420 United

02:17:43.600 States

02:17:43.980 in

02:17:44.820 Bahrain

02:17:45.380 that

02:17:45.540 was

02:17:53.160 casualties

02:17:53.600 have

02:17:54.180 been

02:17:54.340 reported

02:17:54.760 we're

02:17:55.460 also

02:17:55.680 waiting

02:17:55.960 for

02:17:56.320 casualty

02:17:56.840 numbers

02:17:57.180 out

02:17:57.380 of

02:17:57.500 Israel

02:17:57.920 they

02:17:58.160 have

02:17:58.320 been

02:17:58.500 bombarded

02:17:59.060 their

02:17:59.680 Iron

02:17:59.940 Dome

02:18:00.240 has

02:18:00.580 successfully

02:18:01.060 knocked

02:18:01.400 out

02:18:01.580 most

02:18:01.840 of

02:18:01.960 those

02:18:02.120 missiles

02:18:02.460 but

02:18:02.820 there

02:18:03.580 are

02:18:03.680 usually

02:18:03.920 some

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02:18:04.420 get

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02:18:06.320 for

02:18:07.100 you

02:18:07.440 as

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02:18:08.660 available

02:18:09.100 Michael

02:18:09.860 I'm

02:18:10.160 going to

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02:18:10.440 you

02:18:10.520 the

02:18:10.640 final

02:18:10.860 word

02:18:11.140 here

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02:18:12.980 for

02:18:13.280 a

02:18:14.440 few

02:18:14.620 hours

02:18:14.940 now

02:18:15.300 again

02:18:16.320 still

02:18:16.520 waiting

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02:18:16.800 the

02:18:16.900 final

02:18:18.040 word

02:18:18.400 here

02:18:18.780 your

02:18:19.260 thoughts

02:18:19.660 on

02:18:19.880 the

02:18:19.980 day

02:18:20.120 so

02:18:20.320 far

02:18:20.500 the

02:18:21.420 shift

02:18:22.480 that

02:18:22.760 just

02:18:23.040 occurred

02:18:23.520 in

02:18:24.060 Trump's

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02:18:25.980 to his

02:18:26.420 base

02:18:26.800 is

02:18:27.460 pretty

02:18:27.780 monumental

02:18:28.380 because

02:18:28.920 one of

02:18:29.500 the

02:18:29.680 reasons

02:18:29.900 Trump

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02:18:30.800 to

02:18:31.600 close

02:18:31.860 the

02:18:32.000 border

02:18:32.180 and

02:18:32.320 build

02:18:32.480 a

02:18:32.580 wall

02:18:32.720 Trump

02:18:33.140 was

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02:18:33.660 to

02:18:33.960 fix

02:18:34.220 the

02:18:34.360 economy

02:18:34.760 Trump

02:18:35.280 was

02:18:35.460 elected

02:18:35.780 to

02:18:36.000 restore

02:18:36.320 sanity

02:18:36.820 on

02:18:37.100 the

02:18:37.200 common

02:18:37.420 sense

02:18:37.720 issues

02:18:38.180 the

02:18:38.400 social

02:18:38.660 issues

02:18:38.980 transgender

02:18:39.500 whatever

02:18:40.280 however

02:18:41.760 one

02:18:42.160 of

02:18:42.760 the

02:18:42.900 big

02:18:43.200 reasons

02:18:43.580 that

02:18:43.780 President

02:18:44.060 Trump

02:18:44.260 was

02:18:44.400 elected

02:18:44.740 and

02:18:46.900 take

02:18:47.260 over

02:18:47.480 the

02:18:47.640 Republican

02:18:47.980 Party

02:18:48.400 was

02:18:48.960 in

02:18:49.260 response

02:18:49.860 to

02:18:50.780 the

02:18:51.100 Republican

02:18:51.420 Party

02:18:51.700 under

02:18:51.920 George

02:18:52.240 Bush

02:18:52.520 and

02:18:53.000 so

02:18:53.220 one

02:18:53.680 of

02:18:53.820 the

02:18:54.060 pitches

02:18:54.620 that

02:18:55.060 Trump

02:18:55.560 supporters

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02:18:57.400 more 1.00

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02:18:58.400 wars 1.00

02:18:58.840 in

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02:18:59.160 Middle 0.95

02:18:59.320 East

02:18:59.620 and

02:19:00.440 I

02:19:00.740 think

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02:19:01.280 the

02:19:01.380 confusion

02:19:01.780 that

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02:19:06.580 that

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02:19:11.280 in

02:19:11.420 Middle 0.95

02:19:11.640 East

02:19:11.860 part

02:19:12.120 and

02:19:13.200 what

02:19:13.860 President

02:19:14.240 Trump

02:19:14.560 is

02:19:14.760 signaling

02:19:15.060 today

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02:19:16.400 the

02:19:16.740 emphasis

02:19:17.060 was

02:19:17.320 actually

02:19:17.560 on

02:19:17.720 the 1.00

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02:19:18.140 part 1.00

02:19:18.480 so

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02:19:19.140 way

02:19:19.380 to

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02:19:20.420 this

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02:19:22.160 in

02:19:22.600 the

02:19:22.760 actual

02:19:23.380 kinetic

02:19:24.240 actions

02:19:24.840 the

02:19:25.080 actual

02:19:25.320 movement

02:19:25.800 of

02:19:26.160 ships

02:19:26.540 and

02:19:26.960 placement

02:19:27.540 of

02:19:27.720 US

02:19:27.940 troops

02:19:28.320 the

02:19:28.800 way

02:19:29.240 to

02:19:29.460 judge

02:19:29.760 it

02:19:29.900 is

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02:19:31.440 efficiency

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02:19:34.020 out

02:19:34.320 that

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02:19:34.840 policy

02:19:35.340 I

02:19:36.120 think

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02:19:36.420 is

02:19:36.540 why

02:19:36.860 you're

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02:19:37.500 seeing

02:19:37.680 a lot

02:19:37.880 of

02:19:37.980 statements

02:19:38.220 out

02:19:38.360 of

02:19:38.440 the

02:19:38.500 White

02:19:38.660 House

02:19:38.820 yet

02:19:39.000 I

02:19:39.320 think

02:19:39.440 this

02:19:39.560 is

02:19:39.640 why

02:19:39.860 President

02:19:40.160 Trump

02:19:40.440 is

02:19:40.580 not

02:19:40.800 really

02:19:41.200 addressing

02:19:41.560 the

02:19:41.740 nation

02:19:42.020 yet

02:19:42.300 is

02:19:42.820 we

02:19:43.020 don't

02:19:43.720 really

02:19:44.120 know

02:19:44.560 how

02:19:45.180 this

02:19:45.440 is

02:19:45.560 going

02:19:45.780 to

02:19:45.960 end

02:19:46.180 up

02:19:46.420 the

02:19:46.780 dust

02:19:47.140 certainly

02:19:47.700 has

02:19:48.240 not

02:19:48.520 settled

02:19:48.860 yet

02:19:49.160 but

02:19:49.580 this

02:19:49.860 is

02:19:50.040 going

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02:19:50.440 be

02:19:51.040 a

02:19:51.360 hugely

02:19:52.260 consequential

02:19:53.000 action

02:19:53.440 regardless

02:19:54.320 of what

02:19:54.820 happens

02:19:55.180 that's

02:19:55.480 maybe

02:19:55.700 the

02:19:55.900 one

02:19:56.160 certainty

02:19:56.700 that

02:19:57.300 we

02:19:57.640 have

02:19:57.960 right

02:19:58.200 now

02:19:58.460 is

02:19:58.960 that

02:19:59.220 this

02:19:59.700 will

02:20:00.180 fundamentally

02:20:01.160 shift

02:20:01.720 how

02:20:02.320 we

02:20:02.580 understand

02:20:03.320 the

02:20:04.020 Trump

02:20:04.240 administration

02:20:04.920 MAGA

02:20:05.920 and

02:20:06.960 US

02:20:07.500 foreign

02:20:07.820 policy

02:20:08.360 in a

02:20:09.200 way

02:20:09.420 that

02:20:09.680 we

02:20:09.860 haven't

02:20:10.120 really

02:20:10.340 had

02:20:10.480 to

02:20:10.600 rethink

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02:20:11.100 in

02:20:11.260 about

02:20:11.440 a

02:20:11.580 quarter

02:20:11.780 of

02:20:11.960 a

02:20:12.080 century

02:20:12.420 so

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02:20:13.160 monumental

02:20:13.680 and

02:20:14.020 the

02:20:14.180 fact

02:20:14.520 that

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02:20:15.680 reticence

02:20:16.080 from

02:20:16.240 the

02:20:16.360 White

02:20:16.520 House

02:20:16.720 the

02:20:17.060 fact

02:20:17.300 that

02:20:17.460 you're

02:20:17.580 seeing

02:20:17.760 some

02:20:17.940 caution

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02:20:18.920 they're

02:20:19.180 presenting

02:20:19.780 this

02:20:20.100 I

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02:20:20.840 you

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02:20:21.200 everyone

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02:20:30.620 the

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02:20:31.900 we

02:20:31.920 went

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02:20:32.120 bed

02:20:32.260 Michael

02:20:32.620 thank

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02:20:35.620 our

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02:20:36.320 today

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