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U.S. Hits Venezuela Drug Hub plus FBI, DHS, ICE Storm Fraudesota · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Donald Trump increasing pressure on Venezuela. At this hour, the
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: US is hitting drug boats and the loading site in Venezuela.
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: This is the first hit on land in the country
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  Speaker 1: by the US. President Trump sang on Monday that the
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: United States had hit an area in Venezuela where boats
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: are loaded with drugs, which marks the first known time
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  Speaker 1: that the US has carried out operations on land, and
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  Speaker 1: it's a warning more could be coming very soon. This
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  Speaker 1: is the pressure campaign, and it's begun against the government
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  Speaker 1: and the president Nicholas Maduro. There quote, there was a
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  Speaker 1: major explosion in the dock area where they load the
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  Speaker 1: boats up with drugs. Trump said, we'll hit all the boats,
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  Speaker 1: and now we hit the area. It's the implementation area.
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  Speaker 1: Trump confirmed he recently spoke with Maduro, adding but nothing
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  Speaker 1: much comes of it. It was not immediately queer which
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  Speaker 1: part of the US government act in what target was hit.
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  Speaker 1: Trump has previously said that he had authorized the CIA
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  Speaker 1: to carry out covert operations inside of Venezuela. On a
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  Speaker 1: radio show last week, also, Trump made vague comments about
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  Speaker 1: an apparent US operation against a big facility quote unquote
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  Speaker 1: in Venezuela.
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  Speaker 2: The CIA, the White House and.
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  Speaker 1: The Pentagon have not publicly elaborated on those comments and
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  Speaker 1: declined to comment on questions posed by Reuters. The Venezuelan
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  Speaker 1: government has not commented on the incident Trump described, and
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  Speaker 1: there have been no independent reports from Venezuela at all
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  Speaker 1: about the attack. But what we do know is this,
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  Speaker 1: The administration has touted its successes in taking out suspected
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  Speaker 1: drug trafficking vessels, and the Pentagon has posted footage of
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  Speaker 1: many of those strikes on social media. The lack of
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  Speaker 1: response by the US national security agencies has also raised
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  Speaker 1: questions about whether the incident Trump mentioned was carried out covertly.
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  Speaker 1: Such an operation would likely limit the ability of US
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  Speaker 1: officials to speak on the matter publicly. We also know
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  Speaker 1: that last month, Reuters reported that the US was poised
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  Speaker 1: to launch a new phase of Venezuela related operations as
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  Speaker 1: the Trump administration escalates pressure on Maduro's government. At the time,
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  Speaker 1: two US officials said covert operations would likely be the
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  Speaker 1: first part of the new action against Maduro. The US
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  Speaker 1: mission has primarily focused on military strikes against suspected drug
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  Speaker 1: trafficking vessels and had promoted intense oversight from Congress. More
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  Speaker 1: than one hundred people have been killed in more than
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  Speaker 1: twenty strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Earlier this month,
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  Speaker 1: US military leaders also brief lawmakers on an incident in
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  Speaker 1: September in which an American strike killed eleven people.
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  Speaker 2: There was a few survivors.
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  Speaker 1: They were killed in a second strike that was ordered
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  Speaker 1: by Admiral Frank Bradley. Democrats, of course on Capitol Hill,
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  Speaker 1: taking the side of the terrace and have questioned whether
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  Speaker 1: the second strike was conducted in accordance They say with
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  Speaker 1: international law. I wish I was making it up, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm not. Trump's comments also come in a massive US
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  Speaker 1: military build up in the Caribbean, including more than fifteen
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  Speaker 1: thousand US troops. President Trump meeting in mar Lago with
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Yett Yahu and also Zelenski was asked by the
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  Speaker 1: press about the attack in Venezuela and also it he's
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  Speaker 1: spoken with Maduro. Here's the president in his own words.
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  Speaker 3: How you are doing your beneficient talk to well.
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  Speaker 4: I spoke to him recently, pretty recent reasonably, but nothing
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  Speaker 4: much comes of it. Yet you have to understand what
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  Speaker 4: he's done. They've sent billions of dollars of drugson but
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  Speaker 4: maybe just as bad. They've said, hundreds of thousands of
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  Speaker 4: people in from jail, from prisons, from mental institutions and
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  Speaker 4: insaness islums. The drug lords, the drug dealers were all
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  Speaker 4: sent into our country. But think of it, what he's done.
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  Speaker 4: Trend de Rague probably the worst gang. They cut off
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  Speaker 4: people's fingers. One man made a phone call to complain
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  Speaker 4: about them. They cut off their hand. They cut off
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  Speaker 4: his hand. Don't ever make a phone call again. We'll
• 4:25
  Speaker 4: cut off your other hand. After that, we'll kill you.
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  Speaker 4: They said that was in Colorado. I know they sent
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  Speaker 4: in all of the bad ones. They sent in some
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  Speaker 4: bad people, and that to me was just terrible. And
• 4:40
  Speaker 4: they send in drugs. Now, I will say this, ninety
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  Speaker 4: seven percent of the drugs coming in by sea stopped.
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  Speaker 4: We're trying to figure out who the other three percent.
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  Speaker 4: They have a hard time getting people to pilot those boats.
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  Speaker 4: But ninety seven percent of the drugs coming in by
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  Speaker 4: the ocean, by the sea, by water are gone. Every
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  Speaker 4: boat that we take out, we save twenty five thousand
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  Speaker 4: lives of Americans.
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  Speaker 1: Every boat that we take out, we save twenty five
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  Speaker 1: thousand lives of Americans. You also heard the President say,
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  Speaker 1: ninety seven percent of the drugs coming in by sea
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  Speaker 1: have stopped. This very much sounds like exactly what the
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  Speaker 1: President did at the southern border, making sure that illegal
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  Speaker 1: immigrants were not coming and going as they please. Which
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: brings us to another major story, and it deals with
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Nett and Yahoo. The President hosting the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: of Israel in mar Lago to talk about the ceasefire
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  Speaker 1: talks that are looming as phase two is coming. When
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: it deals with the Palestinians and Gaza, President Trump also
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  Speaker 1: giving gushing praise to the Prime Minister net Yahoo, denying
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  Speaker 1: reported friction with his counterpart, and vowing to knock the
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  Speaker 1: hell out of Iran if it rebuilds its nuclear program.
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  Speaker 1: Here's more of what the President had to say when
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  Speaker 1: meeting with Yahoo in front of the press.
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  Speaker 5: And about your relationship with Prime ministeron atanall, how for
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  Speaker 5: it is for you to see him be parted by prison.
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  Speaker 4: Look, he's a wartime prime minister who's done a phenomenal job.
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  Speaker 4: He's taken Israel to a very dangerous period of trauma.
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  Speaker 4: Israel with other people might not exist right now, if
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  Speaker 4: you want to know the truth.
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  Speaker 3: That's a pretty big statement, but it's true. I feel
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  Speaker 3: that you had.
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  Speaker 4: The wrong Prime minister. Israel right now would not exist
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  Speaker 4: because they were They were met with a force the
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  Speaker 4: likes of which very few countries could have handled. And
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  Speaker 4: we worked together and we were extremely victorious.
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  Speaker 3: To put it mildly.
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  Speaker 4: Now, I hear that Iran is trying to build up again,
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  Speaker 4: and if they are, we're going to have to knock
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  Speaker 4: him down. We'll knock him down. We'll knock the hell
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  Speaker 4: out of him. But hopefully that's not happening. I heard
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  Speaker 4: Iran wants to make a deal. If they want to
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  Speaker 4: make a deal, that's much smarter. You know, they could
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  Speaker 4: have made a deal the last time before we went through,
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  Speaker 4: you know, a big attack on them, and they they
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  Speaker 4: decaid not to make the deal. They wish they made
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  Speaker 4: that deal. So I think again they should make a deal.
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  Speaker 2: They wish they made that deal.
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  Speaker 1: This also comes as Trump said the men would focus
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  Speaker 1: on about five major issues, including the implementation of the
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  Speaker 1: Trump Broker to October peace deal in Gaza and Israeli
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  Speaker 1: relations with the new Syrian government. The second phase, he said,
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  Speaker 1: of the peace deal, should begin as quickly as we can,
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  Speaker 1: but there has to be a disarming of Hamas, said Trump,
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  Speaker 1: amid reports and unease among US officials about Netnyahu's commitment
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  Speaker 1: to keeping the deal intact. Gaza is a tough neighborhood,
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  Speaker 1: the president said, but reconstruction would start pretty soon. He
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  Speaker 1: also said we're already starting certain things such as sanitation.
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  Speaker 1: The US president separately said in response to reporter that
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  Speaker 1: he would ensure Israeli airstrikes if Iran continue to develop
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  Speaker 1: its ballistic missiles technology in the aftermath of the Israeli
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  Speaker 1: and US air strikes on their nuclear sites in June.
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  Speaker 1: Trump also said that his relationship with Natyahu is strong,
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  Speaker 1: even though the media is trying to imply that the
• 8:16
  Speaker 1: men have a very strained relationship. Quote, if they will
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  Speaker 1: continue with missiles, yes, if nuclear fast okay, one will
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  Speaker 1: be yes absolutely, and the other was, well, do it immediately,
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  Speaker 1: Trump replied, when talking about what their response would be
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  Speaker 1: to Iran. Trump also thanked Netnahu for his leadership and
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  Speaker 1: said that it was important that we did what we
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  Speaker 1: did to keep i Ran in check. The president also
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  Speaker 1: saying he doesn't want to go to war with Iran,
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  Speaker 1: but will hold them accountable for whatever they're doing to
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  Speaker 1: be a threat to the US interests in our allies,
• 8:55
  Speaker 1: which brings us to another part of the report that's
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  Speaker 1: truly shocking. We now being told that Iran is seeking
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  Speaker 1: chemical and biological missile warheads, Iran International reported on Monday,
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  Speaker 1: citing military sources, noting to be clear, the outlet is
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  Speaker 1: an anti regime Persian news channel, and they said the
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  Speaker 1: activities clearly coincide with a transfer of missile launchers to
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  Speaker 1: Eastern Iran. Separately, Iran has made inquiries, they say, about
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  Speaker 1: acquiring biological and chemical weapons, though there is no proof
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  Speaker 1: it is developing or possessing such weapons, people familiar with
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  Speaker 1: the matter told The Jerusalem Post On Monday, the report
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  Speaker 1: submerged as the Israeli Prime Minister Netan Yahoo was with
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump at mar Lago in Florida. Here's more of
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  Speaker 1: what the President had to say about all of this.
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  Speaker 4: The iigion who I'm not going to talk about overthrow
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  Speaker 4: of a regime. They've got a lot of problems around
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  Speaker 4: the tremendous inflation. Their economy is busted, economy is no good.
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  Speaker 4: And I know that people aren't so happy, but don't
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  Speaker 4: forget every time they have a riot or somebody forms
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  Speaker 4: a group little or big.
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  Speaker 3: They start shooting people.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they kill people, and the people tend to
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  Speaker 4: I've watched this for years.
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  Speaker 3: There's tremendous discontent.
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  Speaker 4: They form one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people. All
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  Speaker 4: of a sudden, people start getting shot, and that group
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  Speaker 4: disbandans pretty quickly. So I've watched it for years of
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  Speaker 4: the vicious, vicious people. Yeah, you're supporting attack, it's ready.
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  Speaker 2: I've got yourn if you want to, will not have
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  Speaker 2: a deal if you we'll.
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  Speaker 4: Get people with their realistic because and also nuclear weapons.
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  Speaker 4: If they will continue with the missiles, Yes, the nuclear
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  Speaker 4: fast okay, one will be yes, absolutely, the other ones.
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  Speaker 3: We'll do it immediately.
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  Speaker 2: The President wasn't done there.
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  Speaker 1: At a later press conference inside at mar Lago, here's
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  Speaker 1: more of what the President had to say about Iran.
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  Speaker 3: Also, we do another operation of Israel in Iran.
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  Speaker 4: You said before the meeting with Nataniel that you are
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  Speaker 4: in support of Israel if the ballistic missile project will
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  Speaker 4: take on, and also.
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  Speaker 2: The nuclear weapon.
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  Speaker 1: But after the meeting, after what you know from the intelligence,
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  Speaker 1: how close a week to another war.
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  Speaker 3: With the one?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I don't want to say that, but a run
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  Speaker 4: maybe behaving badly. It hasn't been confirmed, but if it's confirmed, Look,
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  Speaker 4: they know the consequences. You know, consequences will be very powerful,
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  Speaker 4: maybe more powerful.
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  Speaker 3: Than the last time.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and a Ran should have made a deal the
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  Speaker 4: last time. I gave it them the option. I said,
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  Speaker 4: you can make a deal, do it. I told him
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  Speaker 4: do it, and they didn't believe me.
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  Speaker 3: Now they believe me.
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  Speaker 2: You have an evidence that Iran is behaving badly, and
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  Speaker 2: what do you mean?
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  Speaker 3: This is just what we hear. But usually where there's
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  Speaker 3: smoke is fire.
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  Speaker 4: Have you heard the expression what do you mean related
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  Speaker 4: to the nuclear keep No, I'm hearing that they're not
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  Speaker 4: nuclear yet, but maybe nuclear too. The sites were obliterated,
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  Speaker 4: but they're looking at other sites, that's what I've heard.
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  Speaker 3: They're looking. So it'll take a long time.
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  Speaker 4: They're not going to go back to where they were,
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  Speaker 4: but they have other places they can go. And if
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  Speaker 4: they're doing that, they're making a big mistake. Yeah, there's
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  Speaker 4: no reason for them to do it.
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  Speaker 1: Part of the meeting Donald Trump was having with net
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  Speaker 1: Yahoo was expecting a brief from net Yahoo to Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump on options for potential future strikes against Iran. Amid
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  Speaker 1: concerns that Tehran is rebuilding they're ballistic missile production sites
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  Speaker 1: and repairing air defense damaged by US Israeli air strikes
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  Speaker 1: in June. Iran, we're being told, is accelerated its pursuit
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  Speaker 1: of these unconvened warheads in recent weeks and months, and
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  Speaker 1: that is bringing more concerns about a more direct confrontation
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  Speaker 1: with Israel and the US. The Iran International reporting and
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  Speaker 1: citing sources who are saying that the country is gearing
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  Speaker 1: up for war now. This also comes as Iran is
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  Speaker 1: saying they are at full fledged war with the US
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  Speaker 1: in Israel. The Revolutionary Guard anticipating scenarios. They say a
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  Speaker 1: major conflict is building their capabilities and the view of
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  Speaker 1: Iran's decision makers, which serve as a quote complementary deterrent
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  Speaker 1: factor alongside the nation's conventional missile program. Programs overseen by
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  Speaker 1: the IRGC Aerospace Force include optimizing, they say, ballistic missiles
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  Speaker 1: to carry the chemical and the biological agents, as well
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  Speaker 1: as upgrading associated command and control systems as well. Iran,
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  Speaker 1: of course, is denying any effort to acquire unconventional weapons
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  Speaker 1: and has declared itself committed to its global obligations. They
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  Speaker 1: describe it according to the state media, but we all
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  Speaker 1: know what the reality is. Over the years, Tarana has
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  Speaker 1: expanded its range, its accuracy, and the variety of its
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  Speaker 1: ballistic missiles, a program that has been a major source
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  Speaker 1: of concern for Western countries and regional states in the
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  Speaker 1: Middle East. We also know that Donald Trump said quote, now,
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  Speaker 1: I hear that Arana is trying to build up again,
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  Speaker 1: and if they are, we're going to knock them down.
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  Speaker 1: Why did he say it so clearly on TV with
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  Speaker 1: net and Yaho's standing next to him, Because he's not bluffing.
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  Speaker 1: Just like the last time when he told Iran to
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  Speaker 1: make a deal on their nuclear program, they didn't do it,
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  Speaker 1: and we hit it. We'll knock them down. We'll knock
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  Speaker 1: the hell out of them. But hopefully that's not happening.
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  Speaker 1: If they want to make a deal, that's much smarter.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they could have made a deal the last
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  Speaker 1: time before we went through with a big attack on them,
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  Speaker 1: and they decided not to make the deal. They wish
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  Speaker 1: they would have made the deal. As the president continued,
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  Speaker 1: Trump was asked whether he would support another Israeli airstrike
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  Speaker 1: on Iran if Teruran does not agree to a peace
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  Speaker 1: deal and begins rebuilding its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
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  Speaker 1: If they will continue with the missiles, yes, the nuclear
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  Speaker 1: fast and Just last week, i Ran International reported that
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  Speaker 1: Western intelligence agencies had identified what they described as quote
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  Speaker 1: unusual activity by the IRGC Aerospace Force and had stepped
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  Speaker 1: up monitoring and surveillance. Sources say intelligence services were tracking
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  Speaker 1: command and control signals, as well as deployments and logistical
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  Speaker 1: movements linked to that force. Military analysts have also told
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  Speaker 1: Iran International that, if confirmed, the development of chemical and
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  Speaker 1: biological warheads could sharply alter the region's turrence balance and
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  Speaker 1: trigger broad international reaction. Any deployment of such weapons would
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  Speaker 1: likely draw widespread global condemnation and could pay the way
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  Speaker 1: for further sanctions and intensified pressure on Iran. But the
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  Speaker 1: real question is does a Ran really care? Based on
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  Speaker 1: what they're doing right now, it looks like they don't.
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  Speaker 1: They're trying to figure out what they can do if
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  Speaker 1: they don't have a nuclear program. It's to be used
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  Speaker 1: for offensive reasons to go after the little Satan Israel
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  Speaker 1: and the big Satan is they describe the United States
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  Speaker 1: of America.
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  Speaker 2: One thing is for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I Ran cannot be trusted with nuclear, biological or chemical
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  Speaker 1: missile warheads. President Trump clearly knows that, net and Yahoo
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  Speaker 1: clearly knows that. And that's exactly why you heard both
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  Speaker 1: of them standing side by side making it clear if
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  Speaker 1: Iran doesn't do a deal and stop going forward with
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  Speaker 1: these chemical and biological weapons, they will come after them,
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  Speaker 1: unleash holy hell on a Ran. And I think most
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  Speaker 1: Americans would agree. That's exactly why we voted for President
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump. Fallout after the viral video showing widespread fraud
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  Speaker 1: in Minnesota doesn't seem to be stopping the Governor Tim
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  Speaker 1: Waltz from doing what he does best, standing with the
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  Speaker 1: Somali community. Not only is he refusing to answer questions
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  Speaker 1: from the media, he's now saying he wants to bring
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  Speaker 1: more Somalians into Minnesota to back up the fraud and abuse.
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  Speaker 1: Apparently that's already happened this coming out of Seattle, as
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  Speaker 1: Tim walt ignores the questions about apologizing to Minnesota over
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  Speaker 1: the Somali fraud and then listen to what he had
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  Speaker 1: to say at a luncheon about it as well.
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  Speaker 5: After Walt's what can you say about the latest on
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  Speaker 5: the Somali fraud that happened under your watch, Governor, Have
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  Speaker 5: you been able to apologize yet to the people of
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  Speaker 5: Minnesota for allowing this Somali fraud to continue under your watching?
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  Speaker 5: The people going to say that is the time to apologize.
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  Speaker 5: How about the whistleblowers, then you have allegedly retaliated against
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: Would you like to respond to the whistleblowers?
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  Speaker 4: And right now our neighbors are being demonized, Our neighbors
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  Speaker 4: are being padrized, our neighbors are being off the students.
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  Speaker 4: The antidote to that is is positive actions to improved
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  Speaker 4: lives that go against what they're trying to do.
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  Speaker 3: So instead of demonizing a small if, we're going to
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  Speaker 3: do more welcome orient and welcome them better. Instead of.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, you just heard the governor of Minnesota say,
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  Speaker 1: instead of cutting programs filled with billions of dollars of fraud,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to enhance those programs.
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  Speaker 2: He said.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of getting rid of people, we're going to be
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  Speaker 1: more welcoming. Instead of demonizing our Somali community, We're going
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  Speaker 1: to be bringing more of them in, welcoming more of
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  Speaker 1: them in. Why what a governor after billions of dollars
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: of fraud is exposed. Would say something this out of
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  Speaker 1: touch with reality. Well, it's very simple. Governor Waltz knows
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  Speaker 1: that he could not be reelected without the Somali community.
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  Speaker 1: There is a large voting block, and the Somali community
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  Speaker 1: votes basically one hundred percent of the time together. It's
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  Speaker 1: not like normal America where fifty percent or conservative and
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  Speaker 1: fifty percent or liberal, or forty five percent or conservative
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  Speaker 1: and forty five percent or liberal, and then there's the
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: undecideds in the middle. The Somali community, you get all
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  Speaker 1: of them are virtually none of their vote, and Governor
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Waltz is basically saying, I'm willing to sell out Minnesota's
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  Speaker 1: taxpayers and federal taxpayers to save the Somali community, putting
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: them ahead of American citizens that are being defrauded. Which
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  Speaker 1: brings us to the Trump administration's response to this insanity.
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  Speaker 1: The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Nome has now
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  Speaker 1: confirmed that Federal Home and When Security agents are actively
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: conducting a major fraud investigation in Minneapolis, focusing on the
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  Speaker 1: childcare centers and other alleged rampant fraud schemes. Agents have
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  Speaker 1: been observed going door to door at suspected sites as
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  Speaker 1: part of the probe in the last twenty four hours.
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  Speaker 1: The administration is portraying the operations part of a broader
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  Speaker 1: effort to protect federal funds and ensure accountability. Framing these
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  Speaker 1: activities is legitimate law enforcement actions that are expanding and
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  Speaker 1: that moves us to the FBI. FBI Director Cash Betel
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  Speaker 1: Is announced that the bureau has also surged additional agents
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  Speaker 1: and new investigative resources to Minnesota at large to investigate
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  Speaker 1: what officials are describing as a large scale fraud schemes
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  Speaker 1: involving federal aid programs amounting into the hundreds of millions,
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  Speaker 1: if not billions of Director Brittel characterize the known fraud
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  Speaker 1: cases as possibly the tip of a very large iceberg,
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  Speaker 1: referring to previous investigations like Feeding Our Future and new
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  Speaker 1: leads sparked by the recent media attention as well as
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  Speaker 1: whistleblowers coming forward that also brings us to the US
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  Speaker 1: Immigration and Customs Enforcement known as ICE. They often work
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  Speaker 1: under the Department of Homeland Security, and it has been
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  Speaker 1: reported that they are targeting suspected fraud sites in Minnesota
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  Speaker 1: to identify and address possible immigration related violations, including checks
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  Speaker 1: on legal status and enforcement where applicable. Some news reports
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  Speaker 1: are also indicating that there have been door to door
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  Speaker 1: operations connected with the fraud investigation that also involved immigration
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  Speaker 1: enforcement elements. Specific numbers and targets are in flux, but
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  Speaker 1: we will keep you updated on when we get the
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  Speaker 1: hard numbers. Now, all of this has triggered a federal
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  Speaker 1: response because of the viral social media video showing alleged
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  Speaker 1: empty daycare centers and nonetheless receiving no significant public information
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  Speaker 1: from the governor, the Attorney General of Minnesota, or even
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  Speaker 1: from the mainstream media. Conservative leaders including Ted Cruz Vice
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  Speaker 1: President Vance have publicly praised the video's impact in drawing
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  Speaker 1: federal attention to the matter as well the FBI and
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  Speaker 1: the Department of Home Security. Response also blends long standing
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  Speaker 1: fraud investigations with new actions tied to the recent spotlight
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  Speaker 1: on the Minnesota programs, which brings us back to the
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  Speaker 1: Minnesota Governor, Tim Waltz. He is being criticized by federal
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  Speaker 1: figures and GOP lawmakers the Trump administration, framing the situation
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  Speaker 1: as evidence of lacks oversight of federal funds, and official
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  Speaker 1: was in Minnesota are even angry as well, bringing up
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  Speaker 1: broader claims, emphasizing existing efforts to fight fraud, and the
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  Speaker 1: whistleblowers were punished by the governor. So that brings us
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  Speaker 1: to where we are.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: What we know is it looks like law and order
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  Speaker 1: will be restored, even if the governor says we want
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  Speaker 1: to bring in more Somalis for more fraud, even when
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  Speaker 1: he says that we're demonizing those that are taking billions
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  Speaker 1: of dollars away from American citizens. So Governor Waltz can
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  Speaker 1: hang out on stage and say this is his plan,
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  Speaker 1: but it's clear that law and order and law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: meetings in Palm Beach at Marlago between President Trump and
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  Speaker 1: wars that have been taking place in different parts of
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  Speaker 1: and Yahoo. And there were developments Trump hosting the Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister of mar Lago for bilateral talks on regional peace
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  Speaker 1: as well as security. There was a public display of
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  Speaker 1: a strong alliance, especially after liberal media outlets were claiming
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  Speaker 1: that there was major tension between the two leaders. Both
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  Speaker 1: Trump and Netnahoo projected unity and cultivated a positive atmosphere
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  Speaker 1: around them, exchanging compliments and emphasizing that US Israeli cooperation
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  Speaker 1: relations have never been stronger, yet again showing that the
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  Speaker 1: fake media was lying. The peace planned discussions were also
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  Speaker 1: a very important part of that conversation. They discussed a
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  Speaker 1: US broker Middle East peace plan, including Gaza and broader
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  Speaker 1: regional issues, which brought us to some of the new
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  Speaker 1: information coming out of Iran as a RAN. We're now
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  Speaker 1: being told a is working on chemical and biological warheads.
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump was asked about that as Netna who was
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  Speaker 1: standing next to him, And here's what the hasn't had
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  Speaker 1: to say about a Ran, their nuclear arsenal and regime change.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going to talk about overthrow of a regime.
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  Speaker 4: It's they've got a lot of problems that are in
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  Speaker 4: their tremendous inflation. Their economy is busted, economy is no good.
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  Speaker 4: And I know that people aren't so happy, but don't forget.
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  Speaker 4: Every time they have a riot or somebody forms a group,
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  Speaker 4: little or big, they start shooting people. They know they
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  Speaker 4: kill people, and the people tend to I've watched this
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  Speaker 4: for years.
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  Speaker 3: There's tremendous discontent.
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  Speaker 4: They form one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people all
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  Speaker 4: of a sudden people start getting shot and that group
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  Speaker 4: disbandeds pretty quickly. So I've watched it for years as
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  Speaker 4: the vicious, vicious people.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they do.
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  Speaker 4: When you supported that attack, It's ready a talk on
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  Speaker 4: Iran if you want to do not have a deal.
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  Speaker 2: If you ran, we'll.
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  Speaker 4: Cope with their blistic missiles and also nucle women. If
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  Speaker 4: they will continue with the missiles, Yes, the nuclear fast, Okay,
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  Speaker 4: what will be?
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  Speaker 3: Yes? Absolutely. The other was we'll do it.
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  Speaker 1: Immediately, President Trump making it clear with net Yahubay his
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  Speaker 1: side that the two agree on this. There's no way
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  Speaker 1: that Iran can get a nuclear weapon, and if they
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  Speaker 1: start producing biological and chemical warheads, the same fate of
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  Speaker 1: those Iranian nuclear sites will happen again, which brings us
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: to Donald trump meeting with Zelensky. Donald Trump's engagement with
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: Zelensky was about moving forward diplomacy. It also include a
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  Speaker 1: phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin after their meeting ended.
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  Speaker 1: Progress towards a peaceful framework was the bottom line for
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  Speaker 1: President Trump. They reviewed an evolving peace plan proposal aimed
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: at ending the Russia Ukraine War. Both indicated movement towards
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  Speaker 1: common principles and continued negotiations. There was also security guarantees
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  Speaker 1: that were discussed. Ukraine was offered a fifteen year US
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: security guarantee as a concrete part of the piece framework,
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  Speaker 1: something Zlensky described as an important step forward, even if
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: he prefers longer commitments. And then there was a follow
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  Speaker 1: up diplomacy with Russia after that meeting was Zlensky. Trump
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  Speaker 1: held what was described by the White House is a
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  Speaker 1: positive call with Putin to keep negotiations moving forward now.
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  Speaker 1: While a full piece agreement isn't done yet, today's actions
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: reflect continued commitment to diplomacy. The White House said, mutual
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: talks between Kiev and Washington and real movement on security
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  Speaker 1: assurances and negotiation channels is a constructive diplomatic direction. Overall,
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  Speaker 1: it was an important day for the President in West
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  Speaker 1: Palm Beach. It was an important day for Trump to
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: host two major world leaders back to back and underscores
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: the active US role in high level diplomacy. Discussion are
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: pointing towards progress on peace initiatives, something the President desperately wants,
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  Speaker 1: as well as ongoing dialogue with Russia. After the Ukraine meeting,
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: keeping the diplomatic channels open all the positive sign for
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: what President Trump said.
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  Speaker 2: We need the wars to end.
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