BONUS POD： Iran Threatens Trump w Assassination plus Doctor can't answer 'Can Men Get Pregnant？'
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Iran is now threatening to kill the President of the United States, so what is the President s response and what is happening on the ground? Also, we had a big day at the Supreme Court yesterday dealing with women and men in sports, especially transgenders trying to take over women s sports.
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We're quickly approaching the end game of President Trump's plan
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that he put into effect almost immediately when he came into office.
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We've been applying a maximum pressure campaign on Iran's oil exports
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to cut off the sources of the regime's funding.
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The Iranian leadership has been hurting the people.
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They have been spreading the money around the globe.
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You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
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First up, President Donald Trump and the issue of Iran.
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Iran is now threatening to kill the President of the United States of America.
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So what is the President's response and what's happening on the ground?
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And will military action actually happen at the hands of the President and his orders?
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Also, we had a big day at the Supreme Court yesterday dealing with women and men in sports,
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especially transgenders trying to take over women's sports.
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Well, now we had an even bigger day on Capitol Hill.
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But this time, the radicals on the left sent doctors who can't even explain if a man can get pregnant.
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It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now.
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Thousands have been killed in Iran by the Iranian regime.
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We know that the president and Marco Rubio with the State Department have been ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to stop those killings.
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The White House earlier today was very busy, as the president said this from the Oval Office,
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about the latest of what he's being told is happening on the ground.
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We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping.
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And there's no plan for executions or an execution or execution.
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So I've been told that a good authority will find out about it.
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The president is also now putting major pressure on Iran.
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Donald Trump has canceled meetings with Iranian officials,
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imposed a 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran,
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and suggested that help is on its way for the protesters,
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a phrase he has used to signal potential diplomatic or even military operations.
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And the president was also asked about that and said,
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clearly, military options absolutely remain on the table.
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The White House also saying they have not ruled out military action,
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and there have been warnings from U.S. officials that very strong responses would follow
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if Iranian authorities carried out executions or continued mass killings.
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Trump's national security team has been reviewing a range we're being told of potential responses,
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Now, military precautions are also part of what we're talking about right now.
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Some U.S. personnel in the Middle East have been advised to relocate
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amid concerns about possible retaliation if the U.S. were to take action.
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Iran has also warned that it would respond to any U.S. strikes.
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Beyond the U.S., European nations have summoned Iranian ambassadors,
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and a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pushing for measures
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such as restoring Internet access in Iran to help the free flow of information,
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as well as for those on the ground to organize.
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a lot that we don't know about because of the blackout of the Internet and the phones.
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But one thing is for sure, the president is putting maximum pressure on Iran
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and is making it clear there's a very good chance military action could be taken against the leadership.
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Iran's authorities are violently suppressing, we also know, large protests,
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and that has already led to thousands of deaths and detentions.
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President Trump in the White House, not only condemning the crackdown,
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but calling out the rest of the world, saying it is time for them to stand up to Iran as well.
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The White House also keeping diplomatic and military options on the table.
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The president clearly working the room in every direction he can.
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U.S. policy responses remain fluid and under review,
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as the global pressure is also starting to mount from other countries that are finally getting on board.
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One thing's for sure, all eyes are on Iran, all eyes are on Tehran, and all eyes are on America as well.
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There's many reports now coming out of Iran that they believe more than 15,000 victims
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may have either been killed or abducted by the government.
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There's also clearly a united front in the U.S.
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For example, Representative Carlos Jimenez, a Republican from Florida on the House Homeland Security Committee,
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It won't be boots on the ground, but, you know, the United States has demonstrated to the people around the world
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that we can touch you anywhere at any time of our choosing.
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And when the president is saying that he's going to have their back, I would heed his words.
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This president, when he makes statements like that, usually follows up.
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And so when he's saying to the protesters, keep on protesting because you're going to have your back,
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I believe this president is going to have their back.
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President Trump has the back of the people that are celebrating in the streets in Iran
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There's also another interesting part of this story.
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Iran has explicitly threatened to murder President Donald Trump in the last 24 hours.
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Iranian state TV aired threats against Donald Trump, saying this time the bullet won't miss,
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referring to the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump on the campaign trail.
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And even with that happening, it's obvious that the president of the United States of America
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is making sure that this isn't personal, but about national security
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and about protecting the people who are trying to get their freedom right now in the streets of Iran.
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Yesterday in Washington, D.C., there was a fight at the Supreme Court over men in women's sports,
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boys in girls' sports, and the ACLU could not define what a woman even was in front of the Supreme Court.
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Well, on Capitol Hill, there was another debate that will also shock you.
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There was a hearing in the Senate held under the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,
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and it was officially focused on the safety and regulation of abortion pills,
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including concerns about the use of the medication Mifepristone.
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Now, this drug has exploded after the fall of Roe v. Wade,
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and as liberals are trying to do everything they can to put abortions on demand through pills.
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Republicans on the panel argued for stricter oversight and regulations
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on how these drugs are prescribed and distributed.
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and emphasize access, as they describe it, to care or abortion on demand.
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Now, a moment that drew national shock and attention involved Senator Josh Hawley,
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and he was questioning an OB-GYN specialist, Dr. Nisha Verma,
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who was testifying on behalf of physicians for reproductive health.
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The exchange centered on whether men can get pregnant,
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a question Republicans pressed to highlight what they described as scientific clarity
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around biological sex in the context of reproductive health.
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Dr. Verma declined to answer with a simple yes or no.
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I want you to listen to exactly what the Trump administration is up against,
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and why it's so important we have leaders like Senator Hawley and others
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who are willing to ask simple questions but demand answers
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from the, quote, leaders of the radical left, including doctors.
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Since you bring it up, why don't we start there?
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Dr. Verma, I wasn't sure I understood your answer to Senator Moody a moment ago.
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I hesitated there because I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or what the goal was.
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I mean, I do take care of patients with different identities.
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I take care of people with different identities.
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I think I wasn't sure where you were going with that.
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Again, the reason I paused there is I'm not really sure what the goal of the question is.
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The goal is just to establish a biological reality.
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You just said a moment ago that science and evidence should control, not politics.
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I take care of people with many identities, but I take care of many women that can get pregnant.
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I do take care of people that don't identify as women.
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Let me just remind you of what you testified to a moment ago.
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Science and evidence should control, not politics.
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Do science and evidence tell us that men can get pregnant?
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Men, biological men, can they get pregnant?
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I also think yes, no questions like this are a political tool.
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No, yes, no questions are about the truth, doctor.
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You know, the United States Supreme Court just heard arguments yesterday at great length on this question.
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And you're here as an expert, called by the other side as an expert.
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And you've been telling us that you follow, right, you're a doctor.
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So I just want to know, based on the science, can men get pregnant?
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I think you're trying to reduce the complexity of a lot.
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And I'm trying to test, frankly, your veracity as a medical professional and as a scientist.
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I think you're also conflating male to male with.
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There's biological men and there's biological women.
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I would be more than happy to have a conversation with you that is not coming from a place of
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I'm trying to ask, I think it is extraordinary that we are here and hearing about science and
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And for the record, it's women who get pregnant, not men.
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We are here about the safety of women and science that shows.
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That this abortion drug causes adverse health events in 11% of cases.
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And yet you won't even acknowledge the basic reality that biological men don't get pregnant.
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There's a difference between biological men and biological women.
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I don't know how we can take you seriously and your claims to be a person of science if you won't level with this on this basic issue.
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I can't believe we're still here talking about this.
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I am a person of science and I'm also someone here who's here to represent the complex experiences of my patients.
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And I don't think polarized languages, language or questions serve that goal.
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It is not polarizing to say that there is a scientific difference between men and women.
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And I want this to be clear and for the record.
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It is not polarizing to say that women are a biological reality and should be treated and protected as such.
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It is also, by the way, the United States Constitution, which offers unique protections to women in a variety of circumstances as women.
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And your refusal to recognize women as women and men as men is deeply corrosive to science, to public trust, and yes, to constitutional protections for women as women.
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And I think it's extraordinary that you would sit here in advance a political agenda that has been thoroughly discredited and rejected by the American people in this forum.
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And I'm glad we had this exchange because it is exceptionally clarifying.
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It is truly amazing that doctors like Ms. Verma decline or just simply can't answer if a man can get pregnant.
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It is sad that we're having to spend the time in Congress to answer the question about the biological reality about men not being able to get pregnant.
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This also goes back to concerns about the safety of women and abortion drugs for women who are the only sex that can biologically become pregnant.
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The good news is now conservatives and this White House are on the offensive to make sure that these radicals are held accountable for what they've been teaching and preaching and the abuse that they've been doing to so many through the idea that they are somehow administering medicine.
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And the reality is they're just pushing a radical agenda.
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