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Middle East on Alert as Iran Regime on the Ropes yet Ayatollah Defiant · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Iran's exiled crown Prince is now calling for Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: to have intervention to expedite the process of topping the
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  Speaker 1: current regime in Iran. The Crown Prince said regime change
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  Speaker 1: in his country would be the best thing that could happen,
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  Speaker 1: as he called on President Trump to intervene immediately. He
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  Speaker 1: routed off a host of things Trump and world leaders
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  Speaker 1: could do to kneecap the Ayatola, including wiping out the
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  Speaker 1: Islamic Revolutionary Guard, taking down the ghost tankers, meaning the
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  Speaker 1: oil tankers transporting Iranian oil despite US sanctions, and freeing
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  Speaker 1: all political prisoners that are held in jail. He told
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  Speaker 1: Fox News Sunday that attacking Iran's armed forces and economy
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  Speaker 1: would be the key to getting rid of the regime,
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  Speaker 1: saying it would be the humanitarian intervention that is needed.
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  Speaker 1: These are specific measures that the world could take to
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  Speaker 1: put more pressure on the regime, but it will also
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  Speaker 1: show much more support to the Iranian people as well. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Pahavia's positioned himself as a candidate to lead Iran through
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  Speaker 1: a quote transitional period, decades after his father, the former
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  Speaker 1: chav Iran, was ousted from power during the nineteen seventy
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  Speaker 1: nine Islamic Revolution. The exile prince has made repeated appeals
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  Speaker 1: to the US, praising Trump after the presidence at a
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  Speaker 1: regime change would be the best thing that can happen
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  Speaker 1: for Iran. He also claimed he would help unify Iran's
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  Speaker 1: opposition with the goal of creating a new and transparent
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  Speaker 1: democratic government in the country. His appeal to Trump comes
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  Speaker 1: as the US continues to build up military forces in
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  Speaker 1: the Middle East, as the President is ramping up his
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  Speaker 1: threats against Iran. Trumps warned of looming strikes across the
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  Speaker 1: country if Tehran fails to agree to a new nuclear
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  Speaker 1: deal and in its violence against the anti regime protesters,
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  Speaker 1: which brings US to the military aspect of this. Cough
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  Speaker 1: said Russia peace talks have been productive while also talking
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  Speaker 1: about what's happening in Iran, and retired for Star General
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  Speaker 1: Jack Keen, on Trump's latest Morning to Iran, had this
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  Speaker 1: to say on Varney on Fox Business.
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  Speaker 2: President Trump has fired off a warning to Iran's supreme leader.
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  Speaker 3: Listen to this.
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  Speaker 4: I would say he should be very worried.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, he should be, as you know, they're negotiating with us.
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  Speaker 3: I know they are.
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  Speaker 4: But the protesters have said, you know, where are the Americans?
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  Speaker 3: You promised them we would have their back. Do we
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  Speaker 3: still have the back?
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  Speaker 5: We've had their back, and look, that country's a mess
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  Speaker 5: right now because of us.
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  Speaker 3: Are they trying to restart the nuclear program?
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  Speaker 4: They tried to go back to the site.
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  Speaker 3: They weren't even able to get near it.
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  Speaker 4: There was total obliteration.
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  Speaker 5: But they were thinking about starting a new site in
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  Speaker 5: a different part of the country.
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  Speaker 3: We found out about it. I see you do that,
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  Speaker 3: We're going to do very bad things to you.
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  Speaker 6: General.
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  Speaker 2: I'm trying to figure out the presence conditions for a
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  Speaker 2: deal with Iran no uranium and rich and full inspections
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  Speaker 2: and an end to their rocket stockpile.
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  Speaker 3: Is that it?
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  Speaker 7: Well? They also in addition to that, they wouldn't end
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  Speaker 7: the blisky missile stockpile, but they want to limited it significantly.
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  Speaker 7: The Urranians want no part of that discussion. That is
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  Speaker 7: the major weapons system that they have to protect themselves,
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  Speaker 7: and I doubt in terms of conventional systems. The other
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  Speaker 7: thing is we want to discuss support to t the
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  Speaker 7: Iranians proxies and cut down that support. Look at the Iranians,
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  Speaker 7: where are they really here? They know that an attack
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  Speaker 7: is likely coming, and they're trying to do every day
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  Speaker 7: can to stall. That's number one and two. Even if
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  Speaker 7: they make an agreement, I mean, all of us looking
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  Speaker 7: at this for years now, four plus decades with this regime,
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  Speaker 7: we know they will lie and cheat, and what they
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  Speaker 7: want here is sanctionally. I don't agree with the overture
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  Speaker 7: in these negotiations, and the reason is I don't think
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  Speaker 7: we should do anything that extends the life of this regime.
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  Speaker 7: A negotiated settlement, even on terms favorable to us, would
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  Speaker 7: grant them sanctioned relief, and it does what it recovers
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  Speaker 7: the regime. That means we're going to deal with these guys,
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  Speaker 7: what another ten years or so and all the suffering
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  Speaker 7: that they've caused. We have an historic opportunity here, combined
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  Speaker 7: with Israel in the United States, to finish these guys
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  Speaker 7: once and for all, and I think that is the
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  Speaker 7: much preferred option. I believe the President will eventually come
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  Speaker 7: to that decision, if he's not already there in his
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  Speaker 7: own mind. He just wants to see what's going to
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  Speaker 7: happen with these negotiations. But that's the pathway we're on,
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  Speaker 7: and I think that is likely the outcome here.
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  Speaker 1: Now you can tell that the President's trying to figure
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  Speaker 1: out what is the right way moving forward. Well, there's
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  Speaker 1: now a new report out that Donald Trump is meeting
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  Speaker 1: with advisors on Iran as the war threat is continuing
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  Speaker 1: to grow. Former Congressman Peter King, saying this earlier about
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  Speaker 1: the President.
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  Speaker 3: Singles at the president of means business.
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  Speaker 8: It means that Orange. Hopefully they got the signal last
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  Speaker 8: summer when the President says you want to take action,
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  Speaker 8: you will. President's tremendous pressure on Iran. And if they
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  Speaker 8: don't yield, if they don't allow the inspections, if they
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  Speaker 8: don't stop their nucleus program altogether, then I am confident.
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  Speaker 8: I unfortunately saying first because nobody wants to walk, including
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  Speaker 8: President Trump. But if he has to take momentary action,
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  Speaker 8: you will what that will be. You know, they have
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  Speaker 8: the sophistication. I'm sure it'll be done with their minimum
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  Speaker 8: loss of civilian life. They will take key targets first
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  Speaker 8: and take it from that. But it could well mean
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  Speaker 8: the downfall of the entire regime in Iran.
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  Speaker 1: It could mean the entire downfall of the regime. Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump meeting with those top advisors to evaluate what is
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  Speaker 1: being described as a strategy on i RAN's nuclear program
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  Speaker 1: as the US expands its military footprint region among the
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  Speaker 1: rising tensions now, the US and Iran held their second
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  Speaker 1: round of talks on Tyran's nuclear program on Tuesday in Geneva.
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  Speaker 1: The Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the US Special Envoy
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  Speaker 1: Steve Witkoff, and the White House Advisor Jared Kushner, Trump's
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  Speaker 1: son in law, as well as other senior officials, attended
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday's meeting. One US official told Axios that the Iranians
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  Speaker 1: need to come back to the Trump administration by the
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  Speaker 1: end of the month with a package of steps addressing
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  Speaker 1: concerns the US presented in Geneva regarding their nuclear program.
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  Speaker 1: The Iranian foreign minister told Jared Kushner and Whitkoff a
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  Speaker 1: lot of positive things, but the devil is in the details,
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  Speaker 1: one official said. The ball is in Iran's court, so
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  Speaker 1: let's see. A second US official expressed deep skepticism to
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  Speaker 1: Axios and said the talks in Geneva were a nothing
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  Speaker 1: burger quote unquote US official told Axios. At the arrival
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  Speaker 1: of the USS gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group to the
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  Speaker 1: Eastern Mediterranean in the coming days will factor into the
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  Speaker 1: timing of any potential military action against Iran. Rubio also
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  Speaker 1: is planned to visit Israel at the end of the
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  Speaker 1: month for talks about Iran. US officials have confirmed as well,
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  Speaker 1: and the White House pres Secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday that there are many arguments one can make in
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  Speaker 1: the favor of a strike against Iran. The President had
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  Speaker 1: a very successful operation as Commander in Chief with Operation
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  Speaker 1: Midnight Hammer, Caroline Levitt said the White House briefing. She said, quote,
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  Speaker 1: we totally have broliterated Iran's nuclear facilities. The President has
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  Speaker 1: always been very clear with respect to Iran or any
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  Speaker 1: country around the world, that diplomacy is his first option.
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  Speaker 3: Quote.
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  Speaker 1: Iran would be very wise to make a deal with
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  Speaker 1: President Trump and with the administration. He is talking to
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  Speaker 1: many people. Of course, his National security team first and foremost.
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  Speaker 1: This is something obviously the President takes seriously. He always
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  Speaker 1: is thinking about what is the best interests of the
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  Speaker 1: United States of America, our military, the American people. That's
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Now this also comes as A Rand supreme leader has
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  Speaker 1: come out saying boldly that THE us will not depose
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  Speaker 1: The Islamic republic the iatolas saying On tuesday That President
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  Speaker 1: trump would not succeed in toppling, him he said to
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  Speaker 1: state media days After trump said regime change would be
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  Speaker 1: the best thing that could, happen making it clear That
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  Speaker 1: iran is dug in. Now part of this is for
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  Speaker 1: them to keep control over their, country even as the
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  Speaker 1: protests are, continuing and as more innocent people have been
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  Speaker 1: killed in the last twenty four hours and several. Cities,
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  Speaker 1: unfortunately videos surface today showing more of the protesters being
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  Speaker 1: shot by The iatolas, regime yet again another example of
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  Speaker 1: just how close things are to falling In. Iran one
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  Speaker 1: thing is for. Sure President trump is looking at all,
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  Speaker 1: options and he's said over and over again he genuinely
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  Speaker 1: hopes for. Peace but IF I ran doesn't come to
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  Speaker 1: the table with real things when it comes to their nuclear,
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  Speaker 1: deal but one thing is for, sure If iran doesn't
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  Speaker 1: come back to the table quickly with tangible things instead
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  Speaker 1: of a nothing burger or empty, promises The president may
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  Speaker 1: have no choice but to act. Militarily President, trump yet
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  Speaker 1: again keeping it sweet and simple at The White house
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  Speaker 1: today in The Oval, office he was asked about what's
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  Speaker 1: happening With, iran and.
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  Speaker 3: The president had this to say to the. Press we have.
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  Speaker 5: Ships heading to a run right, now big, ones the
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  Speaker 5: biggest and the. Best and do we have talks going
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  Speaker 5: on with a.
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  Speaker 4: Run we'll see it all works.
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  Speaker 3: Out, well see how it all works out.
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  Speaker 1: Now this comes just days after The president had this
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  Speaker 1: to say inside The oval office About iran as.
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  Speaker 5: Well, okay we have a large armada flotilla go whatever
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  Speaker 5: you want heading Forward iran right, now even larger than
• 11:40
  Speaker 5: what we had In. Venezuela it's still in front Of,
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  Speaker 5: veela The.
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  Speaker 3: Venezuelan this showing the, presence not.
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  Speaker 1: Bluffing he also over the, weekend when asked at Mar
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  Speaker 1: lago about what's happening In, iran said, This why wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: he say?
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  Speaker 3: That of course you could say.
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  Speaker 4: That but we have the biggest bospon off for ships
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  Speaker 4: in the world over there close a couple of, days
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  Speaker 4: and hopefully we'll make a.
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  Speaker 8: Deal we don't make a, deal then we'll find out
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  Speaker 8: whether or not he was.
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  Speaker 3: Right find out or not whether he was.
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  Speaker 1: Right The president was referencing a Rand supreme leader warning
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  Speaker 1: of a regional war if THE us Attacks tehran and
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  Speaker 1: The president, saying, hey if we don't make a, deal
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  Speaker 1: then we'll find out whether or not he was, right
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  Speaker 1: which brings us to where we are right.
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  Speaker 3: Now with all of.
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  Speaker 1: This wikoff has now said that the talks with nukes
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  Speaker 1: will happen On friday With.
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  Speaker 3: Iran that's.
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  Speaker 1: Right THE Us Special envoyd and The Iranian Foreign minister
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  Speaker 1: are expected to meet In, istanbul marking a potential restart
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  Speaker 1: of direct engagement Between washington And tehran after months of stalled.
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  Speaker 1: Diplomacy Several arab And muslim countries are expected to send
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  Speaker 1: representatives to the, meeting which ames discussed the framework for
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  Speaker 1: a possible nuclear agreement that according to two sources familiar
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  Speaker 1: with the planning and A us. Official another source Described
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  Speaker 1: friday's meetings as the best case scenario following days of
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic efforts to bring both sides back to the table.
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  Speaker 1: Now if it, occurs the meeting would be the first
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  Speaker 1: between THE us and The iranian representative since talks collapsed
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  Speaker 1: last year and a twelve day conflict that broke out In.
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  Speaker 1: June it also comes during a SIGNIFICANT us military build
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  Speaker 1: up in The. Gulf President trump has argued that a
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  Speaker 1: swift agreement is the only alternative to military confrontation With. Iran,
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  Speaker 1: now A us administration source said the meeting In turkey
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  Speaker 1: is intended to develop an agreement that could in fact prevent.
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  Speaker 1: Escalation The trump administration is also hoping That iran will
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  Speaker 1: arrive prepared to make. Concessions the plan talks follow recent
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  Speaker 1: mediation efforts By, Turkey, egypt And. Katar they don't want
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  Speaker 1: war in The Middle east because of instability that it
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  Speaker 1: can cost for their own, countries and On, monday the
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  Speaker 1: foreign ministers Of, Turkey Saudi Arabian egypt held further discussions
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  Speaker 1: about the proposed. Meeting, now The iranian state media reported
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  Speaker 1: that the president has ordered renewed negotiations with The trump.
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  Speaker 1: Administrations in, fact in a speech On monday To iran
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  Speaker 1: and the people they're, watching they said they were quote
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  Speaker 1: open to, diplomacy, saying quote but diplomacy is incompatible with, pressure,
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  Speaker 1: intimidation and. Force we hope that it results will soon become.
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  Speaker 1: EVIDENT a key obstacle also remains. Unsolved The trump administration
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  Speaker 1: has insisted that any agreement Address iran's nuclear, program its missile,
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  Speaker 1: development and regional proxy. Forces they're the biggest funders of
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  Speaker 1: Terrorism hamas and has Blocked iran maintains that only nuclear
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  Speaker 1: issues are quote. Negotiable in other, words they still want
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  Speaker 1: to sponsor terrorist proxies in The Middle east around the. World,
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  Speaker 1: now it remains unclear How witkoff And iran's leadership would
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  Speaker 1: bridge that. Divide, obviously that's part of the art of the,
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  Speaker 1: deal and that's part of why The president of The
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  Speaker 1: United States america, Said i'm not wasting. Time i'm going
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  Speaker 1: to send her military resources to that part of the.
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  Speaker 6: World.
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  Speaker 1: Now head of The istanbul, Meeting witkoff was to travel
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  Speaker 1: To israel and meet with The Prime minister there At netanyahu's.
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  Speaker 1: Request witkoff is also scheduled to meet With General, zamir
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  Speaker 1: The Israeli Defensive force chief of, staff who recently BRIEFED
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  Speaker 1: us military leaders On israel's planning for a potential conflict With.
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  Speaker 1: Iran witkoff will then travel To Abu, dhabi The united
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  Speaker 1: air Of emirates for trilateral talks also Involving russia And
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  Speaker 1: ukraine On wednesday And, thursday And trump's son in, Law
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  Speaker 1: Jered kushner is expected to participate as. Well from, there
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  Speaker 1: The White, house staying busy With witkoff And, kushner said
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  Speaker 1: to travel To qatar for DISCUSSION I ran with The
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  Speaker 1: qatar's prime minister and before the, meeting they'll also stop
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  Speaker 1: In istanbul On. Friday, now the foreign ministers were being
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  Speaker 1: told From, Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, oman The United air Of,
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  Speaker 1: Emirates Saudi arabia And pakistan are all planning to. Attend
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  Speaker 1: you've got to ask yourself this question, Why because they're
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  Speaker 1: all very concerned about what happens With iran and the
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  Speaker 1: instability it can cause in their. Countries and also if
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  Speaker 1: there's an all out war Between iran And israel OR
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  Speaker 1: I ran in THE. Us, right these are real problems
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  Speaker 1: that they want to make sure don't happen for them. Personally,
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  Speaker 1: Now trump said On sunday that it remains quote hopeful
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  Speaker 1: for a deal After rand's leader warned that ANY us
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  Speaker 1: attack could trigger a regional. War but at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the, day this is all up To President. Trump
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  Speaker 1: now there are some thank goodness in the, media then
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: understand That President trump's an amazing job when it comes
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: to these types of dictators and, leaders whether It's venezuela
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  Speaker 1: Or cuba Or. Iran even ON, Hbo Bill maher giving
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  Speaker 1: credit to The president Of United states Of america for
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: his leadership saying.
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  Speaker 4: This you, know we've seen these demonstrations In iran, before
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  Speaker 4: but this was bigger and more people have. Died BUT
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  Speaker 4: i think maybe more people have died because he said
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  Speaker 4: he was going to. Help this looks like a bay of.
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  Speaker 4: Pigs to, me this looks Like america is going to
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  Speaker 4: come and help.
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  Speaker 3: You where is it?
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  Speaker 4: This remember the courage in ninety one when they thought
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: they were going to get help From. America vietnam could
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  Speaker 4: make the same. CLAIM i mean a lot of people
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  Speaker 4: have felt let down by. US i Thought trump was.
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  Speaker 4: Different where are you on? This because all these bodies
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  Speaker 4: THAT i, see these body bags In, IRAN i think
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  Speaker 4: a lot of those people went in the streets because they, thought,
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  Speaker 4: oh he said he's got our back this.
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  Speaker 3: Time where's the?
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  Speaker 6: Help, well the generals have told us that short of
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  Speaker 6: sending in a massive number of, troops it will be Another.
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  Speaker 4: Iraq well then what did he mean when he SAID
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  Speaker 4: i don't?
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  Speaker 3: Know but.
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  Speaker 6: But if you look at it from the larger if
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  Speaker 6: you look at it from the larger, perspective because Of,
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  Speaker 6: israel this is one person's. Opinion because Of israel And
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  Speaker 6: President trump's backing visory The Middle east is safer than
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  Speaker 6: it has been in twenty. Years Absolutely, sneeze Says Boss.
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  Speaker 3: SNEEZE i gave him credit for. That no longer looks.
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  Speaker 6: Invincible and you, know and you know who is applauding
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  Speaker 6: us every step of the why not out, loud but
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  Speaker 6: The arab. Countries look if every one of.
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  Speaker 4: Them If venezuela and Causes cuba to, fall if he
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  Speaker 4: somehow Gets, Venezuela, cuba And iran all to be not
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  Speaker 4: these horrible places they, were he should get A Nobel Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Prize he should get A Nobel Peace. PRIZE i got
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: to give credit there To Bill. Maher you Heard Senter
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  Speaker 1: kennedy laying it, out and he agreed with. Him he's
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  Speaker 1: that he was absolutely. Right AND i wish there was
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  Speaker 1: more in the media that would actually cover this, honestly
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  Speaker 1: the way That Bill maher just talked about.
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  Speaker 3: It Cash, battel.
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  Speaker 1: THE fbi, director is now coming out and saying that
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  Speaker 1: THE fbi has UNCOVERED antifa funding sources in a major
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  Speaker 1: breaking news. Event, now let me remind you of where
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  Speaker 1: we were about four months ago When Cash bttel was
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  Speaker 1: talking at The White. House When Cash battel was talking
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  Speaker 1: at The White, house Was President, trump and this is
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  Speaker 1: what he.
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  Speaker 9: Said what we are doing at THE fbi is. Simple
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  Speaker 9: it does not require rocket. Science we are following the.
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  Speaker 9: Money money never, lies and that's what it's going to
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  Speaker 9: take to bring down this network of organized criminal, thugs gang,
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  Speaker 9: bangers and, yes domestic, terrorists because that's what they. Are
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  Speaker 9: they are harming everyday citizens in every single one of our.
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  Speaker 9: Communities and the folks you see here on the right and,
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  Speaker 9: left there's some of the bravest men and women we have.
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  Speaker 9: Today they're reporting the stories lifetime because mainstream media won't cover.
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  Speaker 9: It they're putting their lives on the. Line they're standing
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  Speaker 9: up for the. Flag the least we can do is
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  Speaker 9: stand up for. Them so you have my. THANKS i
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  Speaker 9: read more of your stories THAN i do, theirs because
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  Speaker 9: you guys are putting out the truth and we deserve
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  Speaker 9: a country where you are protected as equally as they.
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  Speaker 9: Are we in THIS fbi will go after with the
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  Speaker 9: criminals with the. Vengeance we will not rest until we
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  Speaker 9: find every single, seed, money, donor organization and funding mechanism
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  Speaker 9: that we. Have AND i want to echo The secretary's
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  Speaker 9: comments On Scott, bessen who's allowing us to map out
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  Speaker 9: these networks through their financial criminal, activities which has been
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  Speaker 9: going on for. Decades AND i would like to remind
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  Speaker 9: The american public they built this disease temple of corruption
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  Speaker 9: over decades and in eight short, months Mister, president you
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  Speaker 9: have crippled their foundation because of your leadership, here because
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  Speaker 9: of The Inner, agency because of people Like Deputy Attorney
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  Speaker 9: General blanch and because Of Attorney General Pam bondi's fearless
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  Speaker 9: leadership to go after criminals wherever they. Are they will
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  Speaker 9: not be able to. Hide they were able to hide
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  Speaker 9: and conspire with prior, administrations and we are exposing their
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  Speaker 9: corruption from, within and we will go to every single
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  Speaker 9: city in this country Under Operation Summer heat and the
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  Speaker 9: other operations we are doing at THE fbi to bring
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  Speaker 9: these criminals to. Justice we will arrest every single one
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  Speaker 9: of them from whatever, perchase sit in private or. Public
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  Speaker 9: no matter how your goal or your ambition, is it
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  Speaker 9: will be crushed by The constitution because The american people
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  Speaker 9: deserve law and, order and that's what we're going to give.
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  Speaker 1: You you listen to Cash bettel there and he made
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  Speaker 1: it very, clear we're going to go after the. Funders
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  Speaker 1: THE fbi will follow the funds to Dismantle antifa. Operations
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  Speaker 1: so fast forward just four and a half months, later
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  Speaker 1: and THE fbi director is saying now that investigators have
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  Speaker 1: uncovered what he described as major funding streams tied To.
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  Speaker 1: Antifa the revelation signaled possible new enforcement actions as The
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  Speaker 1: bureau is intensifying their scrutiny of left wing. Violence according
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  Speaker 1: to the report coming out from The Washington exam And Earth. Cash,
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  Speaker 1: fottel also speaking on The dan Byne Gino, show said THE,
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  Speaker 1: fbi Under President Donald, trump has been conducting a financial
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  Speaker 1: investigation and how demonstrations linked to the loosely organized far
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  Speaker 1: left movement are really.
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  Speaker 3: Supported here's part of that.
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  Speaker 1: Interview there's been actual action to take down and dismantle
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  Speaker 1: this entire ring of.
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  Speaker 9: People you're, Right we set out to actually activate intelligence based.
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  Speaker 9: Operations this Includes antifa and Dan you know. This how
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  Speaker 9: many people were arrested related at the Prayer. Land we're
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  Speaker 9: over two dozen federal. Arrests we're in the middle of
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  Speaker 9: federal trial in five of those. Defendants this week again In,
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  Speaker 9: texas nineteen people have been convicted for acts of violence
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  Speaker 9: related To.
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  Speaker 3: Antifa it's in the. Indictment you don't got to believe
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  Speaker 3: me or. You everybody can go read the public.
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  Speaker 9: Indictment and it didn't just happen. There it happened In
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  Speaker 9: copcity In, georgia where we had to go rearrest everybody
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  Speaker 9: because the state authorities couldn't get their act together to
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  Speaker 9: produce enough information to take that to.
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  Speaker 3: Trial so we.
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  Speaker 9: Did and it's not a creation or manufacturing of. Information it.
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  Speaker 9: Exists it's just a willingness that you AND i and
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  Speaker 9: this building's new leadership took to, say we're gonna look
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  Speaker 9: at the facts that. Exist we're not going to try
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  Speaker 9: to make up facts that don't so we can serve
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  Speaker 9: a political narrative and wait till you AND i know
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  Speaker 9: you know, this but wait till you see what's coming
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  Speaker 9: in the next month or. Two on the funding streams
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  Speaker 9: related to, This you AND i had launched a serious.
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  Speaker 9: Investigation we had, said these organizations don't operate, alone don't
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  Speaker 9: operate in. Silence they operate with the, heavy heavy stream of.
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  Speaker 9: Funding and we started looking into it and guess, What
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  Speaker 9: dan we found.
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  Speaker 3: Them we found.
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  Speaker 8: Them.
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  Speaker 1: Now to be, Clear patel did not identify specific, donors,
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  Speaker 1: organizations or financial, mechanisms but said more details could emerge
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  Speaker 1: in the coming months as the investigation. Continues THE fbi
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  Speaker 1: director said agents are examining whether funding has flowed THROUGH
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  Speaker 1: us based nonprofit. Groups let me say that, again whether
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  Speaker 1: funding has flowed THROUGH us based nonprofit, groups meaning some
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  Speaker 1: of this money could actually be coming from. Overseas there's
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  Speaker 1: also some groups that have tax exempt status as well
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  Speaker 1: as possible foreign. Sources he emphasized that investigators are focused
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  Speaker 1: on tracing financial support tied to acts of, violence specifically
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  Speaker 1: and not constitutionally protected protest. Activity go back to What cashptel,
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  Speaker 1: said money doesn't, lie describing the effort as a strategy
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  Speaker 1: to follow the money to determine who may be underwriting unlawful.
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  Speaker 1: Conduct patel also pointed to prosecutions The bureau has already
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  Speaker 1: brought That he, said we're connected To antifa related, violence
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  Speaker 1: including federal arrests and convictions tied to protests incident in
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  Speaker 1: multiple states now under his. Leadership he referenced that ongoing
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  Speaker 1: federal trial involving nine defendants In. Texas they're accused of
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  Speaker 1: ambushing and attempting to murder ice personnel On july the
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  Speaker 1: fourth of last, Year patel also cited a case from
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three In georgia surrounding the Proposed atlanta public
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  Speaker 1: safety training facility known as Cop. City the director said
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  Speaker 1: THE fbi has elevated the issue internally by creating what
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  Speaker 1: he described as a dedicated program focused on identifying financial
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  Speaker 1: backers of protests related. Violence Tracking antifa has become so
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  Speaker 1: important that the, bureau he sad establish additional resources to
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  Speaker 1: investigate the funding behind such. Activity antifa has long been
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  Speaker 1: described by participants and many analysts as a decentralized movement
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  Speaker 1: rather than a formal, organization a distinction that has complicated
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  Speaker 1: past law enforcement. Efforts they did this on. Purpose why
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  Speaker 1: because it's hard to pursue conspiracy style. Cases patel points
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  Speaker 1: to antifa's organizational, structures including conferences and a national network
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  Speaker 1: for local. Chapters bongino also criticized PAST fbi leadership Under
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  Speaker 1: Democratic President Barack obama And Joe biden for Describing, antifa
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  Speaker 1: as they, said an idea quote. Unquote it's not an
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  Speaker 1: idea when actual action follows the. Idea In september of twenty,
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  Speaker 1: Five trump also signed that executive order Declaring antifa a
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  Speaker 1: domestic terrorist organization after first raising the idea during his first.
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  Speaker 1: Term patel said the FBI's current approach relies solely on
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  Speaker 1: intelligence and financial, investigation similar to those used in other
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  Speaker 1: counter terrorism. Probes he did not announce new charges tied
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  Speaker 1: specifically to the alleged funding, networks but clearly there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot more of this story coming very. Soon and it
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  Speaker 1: also goes back to what was said five months ago
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  Speaker 1: at The White. House Donald trump had a clear mandate
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  Speaker 1: on this, issue And Cash betel And Dan bongino made
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  Speaker 1: sure to pay off on that. Mandate so The american
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