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Ahead on American Sunrise. President Trump heads to primetime as the Iran war hits a critical moment. Tonight's address to the nation comes as the commander in chief says US Forces could pull out within weeks. What's really going on? We'll discuss throughout the show. Plus, a federal judge blocks President Trump's order to cut funding for NPR and pbs saying it violates the First Amendment. What does the ruling ultimately mean for the future of taxpayer funded news? We'll discuss. And later, President Trump or coming up, Excuse me. In our second hour, President Trump heads to the Supreme Court for a historic showdown over birthright citizenship. It's a case that could redefine who gets to be an American. Those stories and so much more right now on this first hour of American Sunrise.
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Good morning America.
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Welcome to American Sunrise.
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Whether it's culture, we have breaking news
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to share with you.
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Politics.
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President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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We've got you covered.
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This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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We have to protect the American family.
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The American dream is still alive.
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I'm David Brody.
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I'm terrence.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Bo Davidson in for Dr. Gina today, live from West Palm Beach. Let's bring in David brody in Washington, D.C. and Terrance Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning, guys. I got to tell you, first off, it was really great to be with you last week at cpac. That was a rare opportunity to be together. You know, we're Beau, Terrence and David. I thought for a second we were going to be bts, the K pop group, but then David threw it off. So I'm going to say this. We're T B. Gentlemen, good morning. We're to be determined.
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I'm glad we're not bds Coming up is too much. That's a separate Israel note, by the way. Yeah. Good morning. Happy manly Wednesday to both of you.
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That's right. Well, guys, we got this big speech happening tonight from President Trump. So from each of you, what do you think? What do you think's on tap for us?
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Well, obviously the speech is going to focus a lot on the current conflict. Iran, obviously, there are several subplots, if you will, to this. The president sending a new carrier group and even more troops to that particular region. The speech itself is going to be at nine o'clock tonight. President Trump has also said that he expects that there would be a pullout of U.S. troops within the next two or three weeks. And David, that's what I'm interested in. I'm wondering if he's going to double down on that or if he'll clarify those particular statements. I think most of the country is wondering how long is this ultimately going to take.
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Yeah, look, when you call a presidential address in primetime, you typically want to have a little bit of meat. So the question is, what is the meat tonight? What's the news? Quite frankly, there's been a bit of a womp, womp to some of his presidential addresses in the evening. In other words, it's more like a kind of a PR kind of we can do it. Let's all get together. I think we're going to have some of that, by the way. I definitely think it's winning the public relations war for sure. He's doing it in primetime. The networks will take it live, which I think is significant. But at the same time, you know, what is the there there as it relates to specific news that we're going to hear tonight? I'm not necessarily convince convinced we're going to get anything new. We might that would be nice to get. The one thing I always look at, guys, I've known Trump now, gosh, it's been almost 17 years or so. And I wrote a book called the Faith of Donald Trump. And one of the things that motivates him is the power of positive thinking. That is the Norman Vincent Peale bestseller in the 1950s. And his former pastor, he's always positive, if you notice. It's a can do spirit. And I think we're going to see a lot of that tonight.
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Boy. Yeah. And you know, David, I was just, I was driving in this morning, gas was at least down here in the south Florida areas, $4.25 a gallon for unleaded. So it's getting high. It's getting high. And I don't know what it is for those folks that are watching American Sunrise right now, but it's, it's starting to, we're starting to feel it that the pain is here. And so for my hope, I hope that there is something like you said there, there's some meat to the, to the, into the potatoes here of where we can get out of this thing and hopefully get these gas prices back down.
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Yeah, we'll of course be watching it and we'll have much more throughout the day here on Real America's Voice on the president's remarks. And then of course, tomorrow morning we'll be discussing it and have a wrap up. In the meantime, can we get a quick check of the Bible verse.
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You got it, Terrence. Let's check out today's Bible verse. And it comes from Proverbs 3 verses, 5 and 6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he shall direct your paths. Proverbs is always some of my favorite from the Bible. My dad would always send me a proverb every now and then. So I certainly love that book of the Bible. Let's now bring in former Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington. Liz, thanks so much for being with us this morning. We just talked about what we might expect to hear from President Trump tonight. David Brody mentioned that there might not be sometimes there's been a bit of a womp, womp. Liz, what do you think we will hear from the president? Will there be something substantive in this speech tonight?
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Well, good morning. I, I think there's always going to be substance. You don't bring a primetime address without, you know, having some big kind of announcement. But also I think in this case, you know, here we are over a month in to this operation. I think it's really going to be about assuring the American people that this is not an endless war, what the objective is, what we have accomplished. And I think that assurance the American people, people are starting to feel the gas prices, nobody wants to go back to Biden era, you know, $5 a gallon gas. So I think he's going to really focus in on that. And to say this is a short term pain, but here is what we gained. This is why we had to do this now. This is why this was the right thing to do and laying out how we're winding down because I think that's really what he's signaling here. And so and also with Secretary Rubio and Secretary Hegseth. So I think it's going to be mainly about assuring the American people what this was, what we've accomplished and when it's ending.
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Yeah. And exactly who's in charge there? I mean, it's not the cardboard ayatollah, that's for sure. So the question is who is it? Exactly, Liz. While the Trump administration is fighting a war in Iran, they're also fighting the federal appeals judges left and right. Actually, shouldn't say right fully left. Look at this headline here, just last 24 hours, a federal judge ruling that Trump order ending NPR and PBS funding. Oh, it's unconstitutional according to a federal judge. So that's going to be appealed. And then you've got another judge yesterday once again, all within the last 24 hours, saying that ballroom that Trump wants. No, sorry, that is also unconstitutional. He's paused it temporarily, saying Congress needs to approve that. I mean, Liz, this has been something that you've seen and experienced since day one with this President.
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David. It's absolutely a disgrace. I mean, we've seen it time and time again, and this is just, you know, purely political. It has nothing to do with the actual law or the Constitution. It's purely political to try to inflict pain on the administration. That's it. And again, what is the end game here with the ballroom? They've already demolished the east wing, so they would rather there just be nothing there for, for how many years, you know, just to try to embarrass President Trump? Of course, none of these rulings ever actually stand. They're very temporary because there's no actual weight to it when it comes to the law. So it will get overturned and President Trump will be able to move forward with this. But it's, it's about time that Congress starts doing something about these out of control judges. And these might be not as important to the American people. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, thankfully, this ruling came too late because they already shut down. They already shut down in January and were winding down last fall. So. Because they were already defunded. But these rulings, the American people might not, you know, care too much about these particular ones, but they really do have a cost when you look at what they did to try to block the deportation agenda and so many different things. And Congress needs to step in. These judges are out of control. They're totally lawless. They're basically hired guns by the left with lawfare to inflict pain on the administration and really on the American people, because the American people don't end up getting what they voted for, or at least it's delayed for a time.
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Liz, let's stay in court for a little bit, but this time go to the highest court. President Trump expected to attend today's hearing in the Supreme Court over birthright citizenship. Of course, his executive orders, what sparked all of this? It seems to me that his attendance would not only be historic, but it's also his way of saying, this is an important issue to me. I'm going to be front and center, for lack of a better word, to put pressure, if you will, on the justices. Not that the president could put pressure on the justices, but he's letting the world know that this is an important issue to him.
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Absolutely. It's been a centerpiece of his agenda really bringing sanity to our laws and the way our citizenship process works. I mean, no, a proper country would allow this abuse to happen, and we've seen it for decades. So I think it's really important for him to show it's going to be a great moment, I think, Terence, to see him sitting there and have the, you know, the drawings made of him during this momentous ruling. And we, we really hope for a favorable outcome because, again, you cannot have a country that just allows its laws to be abused this way. That was never the intent of the 14th Amendment. You can't have just people coming in, giving birth and then getting all the benefits. Now we're seeing how China is abusing this with many Chinese billionaires. It's just obscene. So I'm glad President Trump's going to be there. I think it's going to be a really historic day.
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Liz, I want to ask you, David and Terrence and I were at CPAC last week in Grapevine, Texas, and interestingly enough, President Trump wasn't there. J.D. vance wasn't there, Marco Rubio wasn't there, and it was not as well attended as CPACs in years past. They did do a straw poll, and I was looking at the results of this, and vance got about 53% of the votes from about 1,600 attendees. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gained some steam and finished second with 35%. I want to know what you make of this straw poll in terms of where the pulse is right now in the movement, especially the MAGA movement, where you see Rubio catching up and getting closer to JD Vance in terms of what the next chapter will look like for the America first agenda.
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Right. I think it, you know, it's interesting. I think these different polls, you never really know, but it makes obvious sense that Vance would be in the lead. But a lot of people have noticed Secretary Rubio. I think he's been a standout of the Trump administration, has come a long ways and everything else during the 2016 campaign. But, I mean, certainly in my mind and a lot of other people, people, you know, we've gained a lot of respect for Marco Rubio. I think he's really shown to be a strong secretary of state. He's implemented the America first agenda. It's really, he's been a great ally and a great cabinet pick. So I think a lot of people are looking at him, and you have to see what happens. It's, again, it's a long way away. We have to get through the midterms, which you know, we have to get these Senate Republicans to start doing their job. I mean, otherwise, it's really frankly not going to matter who's going to be at the top of the ticket if we're not going to be able to get a fair election. If we don't address things like the Save America act, we don't fix our elections. So, you know, it's kind of interesting, it's fun to talk about, but really, we need to get Congress to do its job and help President Trump get his agenda through if we're going to have a future of the MAGA movement.
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Yeah, Liz, it's interesting. I mean, Secretary Rubio is he certainly, this is his moment. This is his stage. I think he really is shining in this role. So be looking forward to seeing what happens. But you're 100% right. Congress has got to do something or none of this matters. Liz Harrington, thank you so much for your time today.
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Well, coming up, we check out the hottest headlines from the RAV newsroom with T. Bates. And later, France did not allow Israel to use its airspace for a US Weapons transfer in the Iran war. Reports say it was the first time France had taken that step since this conflict began. Is this a new crack in Western support? We have expert analysis soon on American Sunrise. We'll be right back.
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Construction on President Trump's $400 million White House ballroom is suspended this morning after a federal judge ordered delay in the project due to a suit from a preservationist group. The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues the president doesn't have the authority to make the renovations. The injunction argues that work on the now demolished east wing shouldn't proceed without congressional appropriate approval. In his ruling, the judge writes, and this is the quote, the President of the United States is a steward of the White House for future generations of first families. He is not, however, the owner. The White House is already appealing the ruling, saying that many things have been built on the property over the years without congressional approval. Tuesday's ruling comes as the National Capital Planning Commission is expected to sign off on the on the construction plans or the new on the new ballroom here in the next couple of days. A challenge to President Trump's executive order limiting the scope of birthright citizenship will be before the Supreme Court today. The President says he may actually attend today's oral arguments in the Trump v. Barbara case. A number of lower court judges have already blocked the Commander in Chief's order, which seeks to clarify the 14th Amendment. Before the President's order, the amendment was widely interpreted to mean that it anyone born in the United States is automatically a US citizen. On Tuesday, 47 once again explained his position. All of this legislation, all of this, everything having to do with birthright citizenship,
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people over the years. Meantime, it's launch day in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the four person Artemis II crew hopes to blast off to the moon. Today is the first launch window for the 10 day mission. It'll mark the first NASA mission to the moon in decades. Even though the crew won't land on the lunar surface, instead the trip will take them around the moon and then back home. This evening's two hour launch window opens at 6:24pm if the launch gets delayed, follow up attempts could happen through April 6th. Of course, we will have live coverage throughout the day here on Real America's Voice and our friends over at Weather Nation will also have live coverage on the launch. Let's get a launch day forecast now from Weather Nation meteorologist Brittany Lackley. Brittany, good morning to you. Is this thing going to happen today? It looks like the weather's probably going to be favorable.
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You know what, Terrence, I'm from Florida and let me tell you, I think it's going to be favorable. We're going back to the moon and this is going to be the first time that we leave Earth's orbit since 1990. So I'm really excited about that.
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You're like me I'm a space, I'm a space junkie here. I'm kind of a space nerd. I know to look at me, you probably wouldn't expect it, but I'm super excited. Go ahead. You were going to say, yes, this
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is the first Artemis mission with crew, so we have several other missions beyond that. But let's go ahead and get into that forecast. As I mentioned, we have a 20% chance of the weather affecting the Artemis emission, and that is mainly due to cumulus clouds that just kind of hang around Florida with or without those thunderstorms that we usually see. So that window, 6pm Between 7, 8, it looks good. 0% chance of seeing the rain. Now a little bit earlier in the day, we'll see some rainfall towards Cape Canaveral. Other than that, we'll see clouds. Now when it comes to the lower price. 48, we're watching out for some stormy conditions in the last three hours. Take a look at the Midwest pushing into the Ohio River Valley. We have some really stormy skies now throughout the day today, especially pushing into those evening hours. Heads up. You need to have a way to get those warnings because we have an enhanced risk, that's a level three out of five of seeing some strong thunderstorms. And as mentioned, they're going to be coming in the afternoon and the evening hours. So we'll keep you posted on that. When we come back, we'll take a look at your hometown forecast. For more updates on the Artemis launch, head over to Weather Nation tv.
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All right, thanks so much, Brittany. We'll see you in our next hour. Brittany, our reporting for us this morning in our studio. Up next, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are privately pressing President Trump not to let up on Iran. They argue that Tehran hasn't been hit hard enough. All of this as the pressure builds in that region heading towards an even wider war, we'll assess first, though, a quick look at this day in history. It was on this date in 1945 that US troops landed in Okinawa in the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific War. Some 50,000American combat troops came ashore as more than 1300 ships converged on that island. It was seen as a crucial staging ground for a possible invasion of mainland Japan. The Battle of Okinawa would become one of the World War II's bloodiest campaigns. More American Sunrise coming your way in just a moment. Oh, we got a big one at
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the Supreme Court today. That's a live look at the Supreme Court. 10am Eastern. Birthright, citizen citizenship on the docket. Oh, and guess who will be attending? The President of the United States. That will be Donald J. Trump. Liberals. And this will be historic, by the way, the first time a sitting president actually attending oral arguments at the U.S. supreme Court.
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A first with Donald Trump. Who would have thunk it? Welcome back folks, to American Sunrise. President Donald Trump also busy day, Will address the nation tonight in a primetime address regarding the war in Iran, 9pm Eastern, 8pm Central. The White House says he will discuss U.S. operations and has indicated other nations could play a role in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. Or as he says, the strait tensions remain high across the Middle east as the conflict continues. Let's bring in now the founder and CEO of Tower Strategy llc, Rick De La Torre. Rick, wow, we got a primetime address tonight. What do you expect exactly? And will you be awake for it? You've been up early, Rick.
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I have, I have, yeah. Early bird gets the worm, right? Well, I mean, look, I think let's start with where this, this conflict actually stands right now, right? The United States is engaged in sustained military operations against Iran. And the objective from this administration is very clear. It's not about occupation, it's not about getting pulled into another open ended conflict. The goal is to degrade Iran's ability to threaten the region. And that means its missile systems, its proxy networks and anything tied to the nuclear ambitions. I think tonight what we're going to see is the administration underscoring and it has been consistent about all this, that this needs to be a decisive and it needs to be a finite, hit hard, achieve the objective and step back kind of moment. And indications are that according to the press conference yesterday, he said that we'd be looking at something within the next two to three weeks of ending most of the hostilities there.
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All right, so you went there, so I'm going to follow you. I could go an hour on this. Do you think that two to three week time frame is reasonable given where we stand? And then that's question number one. And then I'd like to kind of bring your attention to this Times of Israel headline which says Gulf allies are privately pushing President Trump, Trump, to keep up the war until Iran decisively is defeated. And that would mean that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are really leading the call to keep the war going. Countries like Oman, Qatar want continued talks. The United Arab Emirates in fact, has even privately been pushing for boots on the ground two to three weeks. Like it's the president. So of course I'm going to believe him. But there's still something in the back of my mind, like, okay, is that realistic? Is that a realistic. I know I've given you a lot to chew on and I want to really go for an entire hour. So go ahead, take whatever part of that question you'd like.
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No, look, I think there's a couple of things I suspect the administration is trying to avoid. One is triggering the 60 day limit on the War Powers act, even though a lot of legal scholars and a lot of administrations, both on Republican and Democrat, have argued that the War Powers act may be unconstitutional. Having said that, though, I think Americans have gotten themselves into a position where we've seen a lot of success. We expect these hostilities to be resolved relatively quickly. And we're getting into that space now where the president, I think, needs to define what that objective is. And they've been doing that in regards to really declawing Iran if within the next two or three weeks they can do that. And I think militarily they can. We have complete air superiority now. They have no navy anymore. So now it's a matter of taking away the things that threaten its regional neighbors. And in regards to those regional neighbors, it's really interesting to note, right, that these are the ones that are closest to what's happening there. And what they're privately doing is they're urging the United States to keep that pressure on Iran until its capabilities are decisively reduced. And that's not surprising if you understand how they see this. These are countries that have spent years dealing directly with Iranian pressure. Missile threats, proxy activity, attacks on energy infrastructure, constant instability, and it's all tied back to Tehran. They've learned something the hard way. If Iran comes out of this intact or if they can rebuild relatively quickly, then it's a return to the same old playbook. So from their perspective, stopping early is the worst outcome.
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Rick, I want to get your thoughts on Europe now. Recently, France did not allow Israel to use its airspace to transport American weapons for use in the war against Iran. This is according to Reuters that we're looking at right now. The report says the decision came over the weekend and marked the first time France had taken that step since the conflict began. How do you see Europe playing a role in the conflict going forward, if at all? I'm looking at a Fox News headline right now that says Trump is considering pulling the US out of NATO over the Iran war stance. So please react to that as well.
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Wow, that's a news one for me. But look, what you're seeing with France is not just a disagreement over airspace Right. It's a signal that we need to take a hard look at what we're actually. Actually getting out of NATO right now. France refusing to allow airspace for transfers that are tied to these ongoing operations has real consequences. Military campaigns depend on speed, access, and coordination. Airspace is not symbolic. It's operational when you restrict it, and that slows you down and puts our fighting forces at greater risk. Now, if you step back and take, I guess, a broader look here at the pattern, the United States is carrying the burden of the action. We're asking for access to allied infrastructure to deal with a threat that affects global security, not just our own interests. And we're getting this hesitation. At the same time, many of these allies have been very comfortable asking for the US President's US Resources and in some cases, even US Troops in other theaters like Ukraine. So it raises a very basic question. What is in this for us? Because an alliance has to be reciprocal, and it can't be one where the United States provides the hard power, takes on the risks, and then runs into resistance when it needs operational support. Now, I've been a strong supporter of NATO, especially under this administration, because it's been pushing its members to contribute more to meet their obligations, and to take ownership of their own defense. That was the right move, and it does make the alliance stronger. But moments like this, it forces a reassessment, and it's something that we're gonna
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have to look at 30 seconds or so or less, actually. Regime change. It's not a stated goal of this administration, but come on, wink, wink, side, side conversation. Give me a freaking break. It better be part of. It might not be official, but it better be unofficial, because it's whack a mole over there. And you're gonna get. You take out someone crazy, you're gonna get someone a little less crazy. It doesn't matter. They've got an ideology that needs to go. Your. Your take.
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Yeah, I think it does need to go. Right. That ideology is a death cult. It has nothing to do with. With any acceptable standard here in the West. Ultimately, what we've seen is this administration has wiped down three, four different layers of Iranian leadership. I mean, I think what we're left with now is more like, you know, the dog catcher and the meter maid, you know, running Iran. The Supreme Leader of Iran, the Ayatollah, is completely mia. So there is some talk that, yes, we've done a regime change, but I don't think that's far enough. And I'm also disappointed not seeing that there was a greater support and movement by European nations and other allied nations to really call for that kind of change.
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Yeah. I call the new ayatollah the cardboard ayatollah. I've only seen a cardboard cut out of them, by the way. And I'm glad to know the breaking news this morning that the meter maid is running Iran. So thank you, Rick, for confirming that. Thanks for being here, Rick. You're the best. Appreciate you.
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Thanks, Rick.
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All right. Coming up, your phone may be stressing you out more than you think. New research says it's not just screen time, it's actually how often you check your phone that may be leaving you mentally overloaded. Hello, I know about mentally overloaded. Is your phone habit hurting your focus, sleep and stress levels? That story when we come back.
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It's mission control in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis 2 rocket is expected to launch this evening at least the first opportunity for Launch is about 6:24 this evening. That's when the window opens. We, of course, are watching it here on REAL America's Voice. Our friends over at Weather Nation also keeping an eye on that potential launch. You can, of course, get all the information you need and much more throughout the day here on rav. In the meantime, welcome back to American Sunrise. We appreciate you being here with us. It's time to for today's health news. And it's sponsored by the wellness company under the Microscope. Today, researchers at Aalto University in Finland tracked nearly 300 adults in Germany over seven months and found those who actually checked their devices. In short, in short, excuse me, repeated bursts felt more overwhelmed. They say turning off non essential notifications and checking messages at the set times may actually help cut digital stress. Those devices, of course, would be your phones and tablets and all that other stuff. The Trump administration has brought a whole lot of positive changes when it comes to fixing our broken health care system. The reality is, however, that there is only so much the government can do. And if we really want to make America healthy again, it starts at home with each and every one of us. That's why where the folks over at the Wellness Company come in, you see and hear from their doctors all the time and you know that their products are the gold standard for keeping you and your family safe and healthy. The Wellness Company gives you the opportunity to make sure you're prepared for whatever tends to happen with their prescription medical kits. The kits contain an assortment of life saving medications and guidebooks to assist you in the proper use of the medications inside. Additionally, the Wellness Company offers a variety of products from parasite cleanses to methylene blue to weight loss and so much more that you can that can help you stay healthy and live a longer and more satisfying life. Make America healthy again. And it starts at your home. Do your part and protect the health of you and your family. Go to TWC Health RAV today and order. That's TWC Health RAV. Use the promo code RAV to save yourself 10%. I'm sorry, David Brody, 10BESANT. I tried to channel my inner doctor Gina 10Bazaent.
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Thank you. I was waiting for it. You know, I'm so accustomed to it. And then when you said percent, I'm like, uh, percent, womp, womp. So womp, womp, womp. We say that that's two womp womps today in the first hour. I wonder how many more we'll get. All right, T. Bates, thanks. President Trump says he'll be at the Supreme Court this morning as justices hear arguments over his push to restrict birthright citizenship. The case centers on his executive order targeting children born in the US to parents who are undocumented or in the country temporarily. It's a major test of the 14th Amendment, and the ruling could have sweeping implications for immigration policy and who automatically qualifies as an American citizen. So joining us now with the reaction is the senior counsel for the Lawfare Project. That would be our good friend Gerard Felitti. Gerard. So, I mean, first of all, it's historic, the fact that the president is going to these oral arguments. I mean, my goodness, that has never happened in American history. Leave it to Trump to be the first to do something like that. But what is the legal case to end birthright citizenship? Lay this out for us, and what you think the contours of both arguments will be and how you think the Supreme Court might see it. And that was the biggest run on sentence in the history of run on sentences.
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Well, Trump going to these oral arguments show you how important this issue is to him and to this administration. It's one of the first things that he did as president was sign that executive order ending birthright citizenship. And the arguments that we can expect today will focus on the language of the 14th Amendment, which says that people who are born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens. And what that means, what the question is, what subject to the jurisdiction actually means. The Trump administration is arguing that it's people who have an allegiance to the United States, people who came here legally or are on some legal status in the United States, they're the ones whose children qualify for citizens, and that people who did not come here legally are not subject to the jurisdiction and that they are therefore not eligible to have this birthright citizenship. And we'll see a lot of questions probing into how that has evolved in historical practice from that language back in the 19th century.
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Gerard, I think you make a great point because a lot of the narrative that you hear is, oh, President Trump's executive order ends birthright citizenship. I'm not so sure that's accurate. It simply clarifies birthright citizenship.
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I think that's absolutely right. Well, we've had laws that were Based on the 14th Amendment, the immigration and Naturalization act, for example, but all of these were interpretations of the 14 14th Amendment. And if all of these interpretations may very well have been incorrect, as President Trump's administration is arguing that, really we have misunderstood what the 14th Amendment says and we just kind of let it go and swept it under the rug and ignored it for so many years because it did not pose this illegal status, did not pose a significant threat to the United States until more recent times. But this is really understanding for the first time with clarity what the Constitution actually means in the 14th Amendment.
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To me, this is such a no brainer. I'm a little confused. Let's put immigration aside for a second. You're on vacation. You know, you're from Switzerland, you come over to the United States to go to Aspen to go skiing. You're eight, seven months pregnant. You have a baby that's born early in Aspen, but you're from Switzerland. So now your baby's an American, technically until 18. I don't understand that. Am I missing something?
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Well, what makes it worse is that if you go, if you're an American who goes skiing to, I don't know, St. Moritz in Switzerland, and you give birth there, your child is not going to be a Swiss citizen. Because their laws have it differently. Their laws clarify, are much more clear about citizenship. They're not as murky as the 14th amendment is. So those laws are much more explicit. What we see in the United States and in other countries is language that was meant to look at the purpose of the 14th Amendment, that was meant to assure that people who were freed slaves were actually given legal status, that they were given citizenship, that there was no doubt about their children being citizens. That was the intent of the 14th Amendment. That was the intent of that citizenship clause. We didn't contemplate illegal immigrants or any kind of immigrants in that amendment. Other countries have Specifically looked at the immigration question and passed much more specific laws.
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Yeah, can I just follow up real quick? I'm sorry.
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Follow up.
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So who are you keeping your eye on? Because I don't trust John Roberts as far as I can throw him. And Amy Coney Barrett, I'm having bad vibes about her, too. But what's your sense?
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I agree that you have to look at what Chief Justice Roberts is going to be asking. I think that he has expressed some skepticism in this argument, not specifically about this case, but in other things that he has said about protections for citizenship status and for people who are here on status. But you also have to look not Amy Coney Barrett, but more at Clarence Thomas. You have to look at some of the decisions that he has participated in over the years. And he has been a strong proponent of 14th amendment protections. So you should listen carefully to the questions that he asks, if he asks them, because we all know that he tends to be more quiet at oral arguments.
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Well, we're gonna all be watching what happens. The president expected to leave the White House within the next hour or so. And we'll be, of course, keeping an eye on that to see what kind of pressure influence he might exert simply by being there in the Supreme Court. Gerard, always good to see you, my friend. Appreciate you being here with us.
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A pleasure.
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Thank you.
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Absolutely. Coming up, Laura Dern is set to star in a new TV series that's based on the reporting that helped renew scrutiny of Jeffrey Epstein. So will the project shine a new light on that case or will it trigger fresh backlash? Flash. We'll break it on down next.
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Welcome back to American Sunrise. It's time now for our moment of faith brought to us by Lee Greenwood and the God Bless the USA Bible. And in focus today, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. i recently headed up to our nation's capital to get a firsthand look at their Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition on loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority. This is a one of a kind exhibition at one of the best museums in D.C. that you should see if you have the opportunity. Take a look. In 1947, a group of Bedouins stumbled upon caves Near Qumran, Israel, near the Dead Sea. Inside those caves were scrolls of ancient scriptures known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. i've come to experience this exhibition and learned how ancient history and faith join. Well, Dr. Duke, we were here at this remarkable Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition. Here we go. Which is on loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority. Tell us, what is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why do they matter today?
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Yeah, well, the Dead Sea Scrolls are our oldest Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts of the biblical text. The Old Testament is written mostly Hebrew, but also Aramaic. But these are our oldest copies before
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the scrolls were found.
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Our best manuscripts for the Old Testament dated to about 1000 AD. These texts, through paleography, through carbon dating and other things, date back to some of them to the second century BC. So that shaves off 1200 years of manuscript transmission. And in general, there's much fidelity between what we see at Qumran and the Dead Sea scroll caves and what we see a thousand years later.
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So take me back to 1947, because that's about when they were discovered, right? Where was this? It was close to the Dead Sea, obviously. Were they hidden? Why were they hidden and from whom?
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So in 1947, the way the story goes and it's, it's taken on legendary qualities. Bedouin were out looking for some lost goats. They threw a rock into a cave, heard a crash, and when they heard the crash, they said, there's something here we need to come look at. So they came back, found broken ceramic jars, and in those ceramic jars, they found our first set of scrolls, including the Great Isaiah scroll. And the Great Isaiah scroll is preserved in all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah. It's 24ft long. And it most likely who would have been hidden in the jars? There was a lot of the other caves that were founded in the rush to leave because the Romans were coming through. So this group of Qumran probably hid them in these 11 caves to, to leave, to then eventually come back and pick it up. But they never came back. I mean, unfortunate for them. They never returned to take the items out of the caves. For modern scholarship, it's good they never came back and took those items out because these are such a treasure. But again, they were trying to, to escape the Romans and eventually all died. Now the, the Bedouin found the first caves, then archaeologists learned more about them, and then it became a race. Who's going to find the next cave? So it was from 1947 to 1956 that 11 different caves were found. So over that time, some of the caves had very few items, but something like Cave 4 had hundreds of scrolls. And when we say scrolls, very few of them were more than a column or two because of just the 2,000 years of erosion, 2,000 years of little critters eating things in the caves. But all totaled, of those 11 caves, we have over 900 distinct documents that can be identified.
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How remarkably accurate are they?
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Yeah, no, so what you do have is some variants, and the variants are usually very, very minor. So the Bible that you're reading today in English is being translated from the best manuscripts. And the Masoretic text of Isaiah and the great Isaiah scroll of Isaiah are ones that give us a lot of. Of confidence. So when you read your biblical text, you might see footnotes in the bottom that will say Qumran reads or Dead Sea Scrolls read. You'll see how, in a lot of ways, how insignificant most of those quotes are. So it just gives us a lot of confidence that the Bible we're reading today is the same Bible that was being read 2000 years ago.
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All right, tell us about this.
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This is actually a stone from the Western Wall when the Romans destroyed, destroyed that part of Jerusalem. And it has been kind of accessorized around with then a faux wall, but is similar to what you see in the Western Wall in Jerusalem. And we encourage our guests, if they want to leave a note or a prayer or something, and we will see people here just kind of pausing and reflecting.
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Yeah.
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And I think for the bird to conclude this whole experience saying, yes, you've seen a lot of history, a lot of archaeology, you've seen the oldest biblical text ever. But to kind of come back to this moment of spiritual reflection, like it's all for naught if it doesn't cause people to reflect a little bit on what is life really about.
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And the beauty of this is that if you can't get to Israel right now, which most people can't, this is a place the museum they can come.
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Right. And what's wonderful is they want us to touch it and feel it. And that just, again, gives us that sense of being connected to the land as much as possible. This would be filled with people, but
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basically the last two weeks been completely barren.
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It's been completely barren because nobody is going, because we're having rocket fire. They've had some shrapnel coming from rockets that have been taken down, which all
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the more significance of having this at the museum of the Bible so people can come and be able to do this, but they can't in Israel currently.
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Absolutely.
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You know, I got to tell you, I've been to D.C. many times and for all the tremendous Smithsonians that they have there, this is a museum you absolutely must visit. And I want to give a big thanks to Dr. Carlos Campo, the CEO, and Kelly Koch, head of public relations at the Museum of the Bible. Thank you, guys. And when we come back, we'll have the second hour of American Sunrise in just two short minutes. Stick around.
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Coming up on this second hour of American Sunrise, President Trump set to deliver a primetime address tonight with what the White House calls an important update on the war with Iran. All of this comes as the Pentagon says the next few days will be decisive. We'll discuss plus, we'll check in with the leading candidate for governor in California. We'll also ask Steve Hilton why he's topping the polls and how he could be the Golden State's first Republican governor in almost two decades. Also ahead, we're going to take you to the Supreme Court. President Trump expected to leave the White House headed to the high court here within the next hour as oral arguments over birthright citizenship get underway. Those stories and so much more coming your way right now here on American sunrise.
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Good morning America.
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Welcome to American sunrise.
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Whether culture.
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We have breaking news to share with you.
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Politics.
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President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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We've got you covered.
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This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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We have to protect the American family.
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The American dream is still alive.
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I'm David Brody.
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I'm terrence.
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And I'm Dr. Gina.
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Welcome back, Everybody, to the second hour of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody coming to you from D.C. let's bring in Bo Davidson. He is in for she. Dr. Gina today in West Palm Beach. I'll get my pronouns right or whatever that is genders right.
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You better not mess up my pronoun.
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Hey. Now one of my.
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You both are pointing at me. Oh, my gosh, I'm in trouble. I've gone to anchor jail. Hey, Bo. So look, the president has a busy day today. I mean, he's going to be at the Supreme Court. That's historic. He's going to speak to the nation tonight about Iran. That will be a big deal.
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Yep.
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And this afternoon as well, he's going to meet with faith leaders at the White House because it's Holy Week. So there's going to be that as well. So a very, very busy day for the president. And it's kind of like every day or Basically, it's the anti Joe Biden day.
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Yeah, yeah, David. And you know, just in speaking about if we're going to be out of Iran in two to three weeks, as they're saying, who's he talking to? I just want to know. You know, we were just at CPAC last week. We saw Reza Pahlavi speak there. Is he talking to him? Is he talking to the mek? Who is he talking to? That's quote unquote in charge there. That's what I'd like to know. Because if there is a pullout timeframe, who's he speaking to?
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So the latest reporting is that he's speaking with Iran's parliamentary leader, if you will. But again, this is the same guy who's denying that there are any talks ongoing with the United States. He's also the guy saying that if there's boots on the ground, there's going to be fire and brimstone happening for US Troops. So that's allegedly who he's speaking with. But I'm not so sure that would be a good speaking partner, David.
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Yeah, and let me just say real quick, everybody's talking about we haven't seen regime change. This whole thing is going to be a failure if there's not regime change. Timeout, timeout. The last I checked, though, I'm not in Iran. It looks a little dangerous over there. I don't think you're going out on the streets of Iran to go grocery shopping and go play in the park. You know, let's give it a moment. Let the damage needs to be done and then let the people take the streets. That could be in a month, two months, three months, six months, a year, I don't know. But I can guarantee you right now, right here, regime change is coming. It takes a while. The streets will be filled with Iranians. Remember, this is a secular country mostly. Not as much Muslim influence there. Of course the regime is Muslim, but the people themselves, over 40% are secular. So we need to understand that that will come. But everybody wants to see. You know, I heard some right wing influencers and yeah, there are far right wing influencers saying, oh, well, I haven't seen regime change yet. Hey, slow your roll. It's coming, folks. It's coming.
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David, real quick question. Do you think within the next couple weeks we see boots on the ground? Do you think that will happen?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Absolutely. And I think they better be careful because Carg island is going to be a booby trap. Yes, go ahead.
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Okay. No, I'm just saying there's so much to unpack here and so much of a conversation I want to have about this. We just don't have the time. I got to get to these quick headlines and then get to our forecast. But David, you hold all of those thoughts because throughout the next hour, I'm sure I'm going to find a way to question you on some of those things because I've got questions, plenty of them.
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Plenty.
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I'm in trouble. No, not at all. Not at all. You're definitely not in trouble. But I've got questions because I think there really is way too much done and we just don't have the time.
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Agree.
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So, look, guys, one of the big stories of the day, construction on President Trump's $400 million White House ballroom is now suspended after a federal judge ordered a delay in the project due to a suit from a preservationist group. The national, the Natural National. Excuse me, I can't get it out. Trust for Historic Preservation argues that the president just doesn't have the authority to make the renovations. The injunction argues that work on the now demolished East Wing shouldn't proceed without congressional approval. In his ruling, the judge writes, and this is a quote, the president of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of first families. He is not, however, the owner. A challenge to President Trump's executive order limiting the scope of birthright citizenship will be before the Supreme Court today. The president said that he may attend today's oral arguments in the Trump v. Barbara case. In fact, we're watching the White House to see if he leaves within the next 30 minutes or so. A number of lower court judges have already blocked the Commander in Chief's order, which seeks to clarify the 14th Amendment before the president's order. The amendment was widely interpreted to mean that anyone born in the United States is automatically a U.S. citizen. And it is launch day in case Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the four person Artemis II crew hopes to blast off to the moon. Today is the first launch window for the 10 day mission. It'll mark the first NASA mission to the moon in decades, even though the crew will not land on the lunar surface. Instead, this trip will take them around the moon and then back home. This evening's two hour launch window starts about 6:24. If the launch gets delayed, follow up attempts could happen through April 6th. That's a quick check of your headlines. Now let's get a quick check of your forecast with Weather Nation meteorologist Brittany Lockley. Brittany, it is always good to see you've got some hometown forecasts for us.
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Yes, I got the hometown forecast, but we're going to be starting out in the lower 48. But I promise I'm going to get to it now. We have some stormy conditions that are moving across areas in the Midwest is pretty active over the next next several days. You can see from Dallas all the way back to Washington, D.C. that's where we have that severe weather threat today, the Midwest for tomorrow. And as we get into your Friday, kind of encompassing the two. So pretty active. So make sure that you download the Weather Nation app today. We'll walk you through especially these stormy conditions as they're already starting early this morning, going to be lasting through the afternoon and evening hours. Make sure you have a way to get those warnings throughout the day today, especially loud enough to wake you up, especially as we have some stronger storms that will be rolling through as we go through your Thursday morning early morning. And also some icing potential up towards Minneapolis and Wisconsin. So just make sure that you're paying attention to the forecast because those roads will be slick as we get into your Thursday morning. So here's a look at that ice storm warning for Waso and Wisconsin, widespread winter storm alerts and winter weather advisories. We could see icing over a tenth of an inch. So be extra careful as you're heading out that way on Thursday or heading out the door on Thursday. Now let's get to the best part. Your viewers have sent in their hometown forecast. This is Sneads, Florida. This is coming from Cool, Rob. How gorgeous today and tomorrow. You have to watch out for those thunderstorms though, Rob, as we get into Friday and on your Sunday, Hollis, Maine. And this is coming from Getter as well, 57 degrees for today, a 40% chance of rain. And this is the last one coming from the Wild West. He's out of Colorado just like I am, 54 degrees with the chance of rain. But you know what, we love to see the rain because it's been so dry out here. I'm sending things back to you.
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Terrence, thanks so much.
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Brittany. Talk to you tomorrow. Appreciate you being here. All right, folks, let's get you over to David now. David, look, you brought up a whole lot when it comes to Iran. And I think there are a lot of people who will be tuning in tonight to hear from President President Trump wanting answers or at least wanting more perspective on the ongoing operations in Iran.
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Absolutely. And T. Bates, we do have some breaking news here in just the last few minutes. President Trump has posted the following on Truth Social. I'll need to read it here, since it just happened. It says Iran's new regime. Oh, we got it up. Look at that. Iran's new regime president, much less radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a ceasefire. All caps on that we will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion. Or as they say, back to the Stone Ages. Lower octave for that President djt.
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All right.
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Joining us now with analysis is RAV chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn. Brian, good morning. The latest from the White House. Well, we see it there on our screen. Reaction, sir.
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Yeah, good morning, David. As I saw this developed just in the last segment, this breaking news is true social post by President Trump. This might give you some indication and very little details are out today about what you might hear a little bit later. And David, I agree with you. It could be anywhere from boots on the ground for Carg island and make sure we secure the straight or her moose. Or it could be that the war is over, our mission is accomplished, they no longer can obtain a nuclear weapon, we've defeated the Iranian government and the military, we're headed home. So I don't know exactly. Somewhere in there, David, is what we're going to hear tonight, but President Trump announcing that they are wanting a ceasefire. But until that strait is open, it seems like to me, by the sound of that post, David, that we're going to continue to blast is where.
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Hey, Brian. So I know this is all still developing, it's all still new, but the first line is what gets me Iran's new regime president. Who is that person? He says he's much less radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors. But who is it? I'm sorry, but the news person in me has got to ask, who is this person?
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Yeah, well, maybe he can push out some type of announcement to his people. We've seen Australia's leader do that just early this morning, put out a message. I know Starmer has a message later to address his nation. Maybe this individual can come forward and address the people of Iran. We'd love to know exactly who this leader is as well, but, yeah, this thing changes every day. And this has been one of those events, I think, in history that we're gonna look back and go, okay, I don't know how we ended up concluding this, but we did. Let's just hope we get a firm message tonight from the president on how that happens.
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Yeah.
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And Brian, Just to follow up on what Terrence said, I mean, you know who. That's what I asked in the last segment. Who is it? Because we saw Reza Pahlavi was at CPAC last week. He got the People's Mek Party in Iran. And my question would be, you know, we've seen cardboard cutouts, we've seen AI images of who the leader could be. The question to me is, whoever he is talking, if they are in a position of responsibility, how does that affect the people, the people of Iran being able to take this country back and make it be great again pre 75 years ago? That's my question. Because isn't that the point? It is about regime change. We've talked about that. But it's also about the people taking it back and making it be for them and not be ruled by a theocratic dictatorial government.
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Bo, you're right. And David, I agree what you said earlier, it's not going to happen overnight. They're not going to go to the streets and the park and the, the, the deli and enjoy their life. It's going to take some time. Remember, they're not an armed nation. These citizens don't have guns. So that you got to take that out of the equation. It's going to take some time for whatever regime takes over there in Iran for the people to be able to rise up and, and get their lives back in order. So to think that it's going to happen overnight, it's, it's just not. I think that's wishful thinking. But hopefully, Bo, we are going in the right direction. But the biggest question right now is who is this leader of Iran?
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Who is it?
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And even the bigger question, I know we're running out of time, but for me that's the critical question. Who is this leader? But more importantly, what kind of influence does this have? Or are we going to go in and instill or install this person? There are just so many questions to the entire group that I feel like are unanswered. You say no, but, but we don't know. We.
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Brian, I'm curious. Right. Brian, I'm curious to get your take on that. That's the last thing the United States wants to do is say, decide who start picking the new leader of Iran. We've been down that road before. That is not a good look for us.
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Yeah, it's not. David, I agree with you. We know how that story ends. And it's very risky when we start hand selecting leaders of countries because when things crumble, they go back on who installed that leader. I want no responsibility in that. I think the Iranian people are bright enough. I think they're educated enough. I think they know what they want as a leader in that country. Let's let them decide who that leader is. Not any other country, not, not us, not Israel, not, not any country. Let the people of Iran do that.
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It will have, by the way. We'll have.
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Yeah, go ahead.
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Who was speaking? Someone was saying something. Bates, were you?
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No, I didn't have anything. I think we're out of time. But again, there's so many questions and I think that's the ultimate point and we're hoping to get those questions answered tonight. David.
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All right. I've got voices in my head. Gentlemen, I apologize. I appreciate it. Good to see everybody. And I'll work out my psychological issues at the break. Here we are. Back in two minutes. We're back in two minutes. We're going to the moon. That's right. Cape Canaveral, Artemis 2 about to lift off later this evening. Lord willing, weather willing, we will see if it happens. Welcome back everybody to American Sunrise. You know, Christians around the world are getting ready to celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday this weekend. And for those looking to bring more faith based Christian continents to their homes, check out cnn. Just kidding. Angel Studios has you covered. Take a look.
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that is pretty cool. So let's talk about it with Bo Davidson who by the way is filling in for Dr. G today. So wow, Bo, you Get to tell us about this. So I saw a preview for Young Washington. And let me just. In the theaters. Let me just say. I mean, come on. I was ready to get in a boat over the Potomac. I was ready to go. That thing was hot. Coming in hot, as Andy Mineo would say. Go ahead.
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Yeah, it is. That's directed by John Irwin, who's done some amazing, amazing projects. And a lot of people don't know the story of Washington before he became George Washington. I think that's something that they're addressing. Pardon me, Excuse me. As we enter our 250th year. You know, obviously this is going to drop right around July 4th or so. That's convenient. As America celebrates 250. So, yeah, young Washington is great. Animal farms coming out. You just have an enormous library, David, that Angel has compounded over the years. Of course, this goes back to the Chosen Sound of Freedom, which grossed something like $184 million. The animated David, $50 million at the box office. So these are not just small projects anymore, David. These are large projects that are making a lot of money. And it's just showing that angel is a major competitor in the space now in terms of Hollywood. And with your dollar and how expensive it is, David, to go to the movies now, to put your money into something where your faith and your values and your principles align, I think makes all the more sense to do it.
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Yeah, it's been beautiful to see specifically that this is no longer the 1975 Hallmark movie. You know what I'm saying? Like, in other words, it's just not, let's be honest, it's not cheesy. It's not Christian cheesy stuff, which is how it started, let's be honest. But now forget that this is prime content stuff. So, Bo, I appreciate it. Thanks for being here today. Just kidding. We'll see you in a second. Thank you.
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Just on the flip side, we'll see you soon.
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That's right. You do one show nightly or at least in the morning. Coming up, the Supreme Court has struck down a Colorado law banning conversion therapy. AOC is probably in therapy thinking about it. We're going to break it down from a faith perspective after the break. Stick around as we look at the Supreme Court. The President of the United States will be inside the Supreme Court at oral arguments today on birthright citizenship.
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Welcome back. We're getting you ready for the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. It's set to ring here in about six minutes from now. Here's a quick look at the futures markets. As you can see, it's green pretty much from top to bottom. The major indices, the dow, S P 500 and the NASDAQ all looking good right now. Yes. This is not an April Fool's joke. Everything is looking positive in terms of the futures markets. Again, we'll take you for it. We'll take you to New York for the opening bell at the stock exchange here in short order. First though, let's get you over to David Brody. David, good morning.
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Good morning, T. Bates.
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The Supreme Court has struck down a Colorado law that had banned conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors. It was an 8 to 1 ruling. Even the liberals couldn't deny it. The court sided with a Christian counselor saying the law likely violates First Amendment free speech protections. The ruling could have far reaching implications, potentially impacting similar laws in dozens of states and reshaping the boundaries between free speech and medical regulation. All right. Joining us now with reaction is our friend Jim Mosley. He's the author of The Duke of D.C. the American Dream and Discovering Jesus Disciples. Who they were, what they believed and what they achieved. Jim also co wrote a book with Dr. G, the days of Creation by Heart, teaching children how God made the world around. Here he is the Bible history guy. And Jim joining us from West Palm this morning. Jim, you're looking dapper, not like Jake Tapper. You're looking very dapper this morning. All right, Jim, so conversion therapy, I mean, the last Time I checked, you're not a legal analyst, so I'll leave that to the side for a second. But this idea of conversion therapy, I mean, I'm sorry. And once again, to be clear, we have compassion for people that are living the gay lifestyle. We want them to come to Christ. Because the last time I checked, there is not a gay gene out there. You know, when you talk about conversion therapy, the truth of the matter is we're looking at talking to people about Christ and how he can change lives. Jim Mosley.
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Well, exactly. And you mentioned the gay gene. If there were a gay gene, since gays have very few offspring, that would mean that gays would have gone extinct centuries ago. So it can't be a genetic trait. But I think the thing about conversion therapy is that it's our responsibility as leaders in society, as adults and as Christians to give children good advice. Jesus said that if you cause the least of these little ones to sin and go astray, it would be better for you to have a millstone around your neck and be thrown into the deep sea. It's our responsibility. And I think we're missing something, because when we try to allow children to convert to another gender, we're denying them what every human being has to go through as they transition from child to adult. Going from child to a sexually mature man or woman brings a lot of tension and a lot of anxiety. And I think this conversion therapy is a way of saying, hey, you can sidestep that process. You can just go and become a gender where boys don't have to learn how to get along with girls, girls don't have to learn how to get along with boys. But if you do that, you're denying the human being the struggle that he or she needs to become fully whole. Just like the chick pecking its way out of a shell. That struggle is necessary for the survival of that chick. And God made us to go through this evolution in our character to become strong men and strong women fully capable of being good fruit on a good tree.
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Jim, for those that might be watching now that are questioning their sexuality, especially at a younger age, what's your message to them? Because they're fed a line in our society that just embrace your truth. I'm curious to get your take on that. We have about a minute or so left, so feel free to wax poetic on this.
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Well, see, as Lewis said, there are two sides to every question until you know the answer, and then there's only one. And I think part of the problem that we have is, like, Alan Bloom talked about in the closing of the American Mind, we got the idea that you've got your truth and I've got my truth. And this leads to postmodernist ideas like the universe is an illusion. Well, if I think the universe is an illusion, you can disabuse me of that misconception very quickly by kicking me in the shin. I'm going to feel it and I'm going to know that's not. And I think that what we need to do is we need to get back to the idea of teaching kids and ourselves, our whole society, that what is obviously true is obviously true. If you can't look in your knickers and figure out which gender you belong to, we probably. You're probably not at the intellectual level to receive a driving license.
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Well, the fact that you said the words look at your knickers is making me think about that there for a second. Thank you for sharing that, Jim, with us. Real quick, where can people get more information where you're waxing poetic online?
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Just go to thebiblehistoryguy.com and don't make fun of me for saying www.thebiblehistoryguy.com. but that's the website and people always communicate through rav to me through the website there.
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We always blow it, Jim, with our age, when we go, go to wwl. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Jim. Good to see you, my friend.
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That is the White House. Joe Biden. It is not Denny's, though. That's exactly where you are this morning. My guess is Ordering the tilapia. Welcome back, everybody. All right. California offshore oil production is back in business. Sable Offshore says it sold oil from the Santa Barbara coast to Chevron after the Trump administration stepped in to override state opposition. California officials had blocked the operation for two years. And the move now sparking fresh legal and political fallout. Of course it is. The Dems love to block everything. Let's now bring in California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton with more. Steve, we're going to get to the governor's race in a moment, which, by the way, you are leading. But first, the California offshore issues. Tell you what, it's one thing after another in California. I'm curious to get your take about the energy issue in California and how you're trying to combat what's happening out there. Good morning.
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Great to be with you. Look, out of all the insanity that's going on in California and all the issues, the energy situation is probably the most insane because it doesn't even make sense on its own terms. If you look at what the Democrats who've been in charge of the state for now, 16 years of one party rule, what they claim that they want in the name of their climate policy, they've been shutting down California oil and gas production for years, for nearly two decades. As a result of that, we are now importing nearly 80% of our oil. Now we're not using much less. So their war on fossil fuels has only reduced California production, not California usage. Where's our oil coming from? Our number one provider now, today it used to be California. We have abundant oil reserves in California. We used to produce most of what we use in state. Our number one provider of oil right now, Iraq. We are shipping oil halfway across the world in giant supertankers spewing out carbon emissions because they run on the dirtiest fuel you can get, called bunker fuel, all in the name of climate. It's insane. And then even when you look at this reserve off the Santa Barbara coast, where I've spent a lot of time and the environmental reason for this one doesn't even stack up because they've shut down production until the Trump administration just stepped in off the coast of Santa Barbara, pressure has been building up in those oil reserves. So you've had what they call seepage up through the floor of the ocean onto beaches because we're not drilling it out and taking it out. So in no way does any of this make sense. Now, the final point to make this particular reserve, reserve off the coast of Santa Barbara has now been established to be a huge Reserve, actually the second biggest in America after the Permian Basin. So imagine what we can do for California gas prices and America's energy security when we get me as governor, elected in November, taking office in January, instead of fighting the Trump administration's common sense energy policy, I will be working with them to open up production here and right across our state.
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Yeah, I mean, voters are clearly paying attention to that and the taxes, which has been a problem for a long time. And of course gas is now up the proverbial ying yang, if you will, there obviously because of the war. But there's other factors, clearly. Let me ask you about the state of the race. Obviously you are leading right now in the polls. Chad Bianco, another Republican, looks to be in second. It is one of those jungle primaries where the first two, as people might not know, but the first two are gonna go on to the general election. Even if it's two Republicans. What's going on with the Democrats? I think that kind of says a lot that Eric Swalwell can't get up there and Fang Fang or whoever he's running with. I don't know what's going on. Tell me. Steve, go ahead.
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Well, there you are. I mean those two words, maybe four, Eric Swalwell, Fang Fang, that's all you need to know. But what a disaster it is in California, as the President might say. When you look at these Democrat candidates, they're not sending their best. You've got Swalwell, you've got Katie Porter, you've got the billionaire climate fanatic Tom Steyer, who would make all of their energy situation so much worse. That's why I'm leading, because after 16 years of one party rule where everything is a total disaster in California, apart from the highest gas prices in the country, we got the highest cost for everything, for housing and water, insurance, rent, you name it. The worst business climate 10 years in a row voted on by Chief Executive magazine. California today has the highest unemployment rate in America, the highest poverty rate in America, the worst on every measure. And that's why people are looking for change. We cannot go on like this. I'm putting out there a strong clearance positive alternative, $3 gas, cut your electric bills in half a home you can afford to buy. No more free health care for illegal immigrants. Your first hundred grand tax free. Because we're going to stop the fraud and the bloat and the waste in our corrupt government. So all of that is just positive, practical stuff that everyone can get behind. And we're seeing huge crowds now on the road when we're doing our town halls up and down the, up and down the state and I'm feeling a real energy for change in California. A lot of people look at this state and say, well, you're never going to get a Republican elected. I don't think that's true anymore. And there's one last thing I'll say that will help us get a really big Republican turnout in the general election in November. We have got voter ID on the ballot. So whatever happens with the SAVE act and the idiots in Washington not getting their ACT together here in California, the voters will be able to vote for voter ID on the ballot in November. That'll help us get a big Republican vote.
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Yeah, Steve, I was going to ask you to kind of dispel some of the notion that California is this really entrenched Democrat state. Talk a little bit about that because it seems like that the Democrats have been revealed over the years to the point where there seems to be a course correction in order. And we haven't seen a Republican governor since the Terminator and it looks like you might be the sequel.
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Well, exactly, because it's gone so badly wrong for the Democrats. And there are many more people who vote Republican in California than some might realize. In fact, if you look at the numbers and you compare the turnout that's needed and I think voter ID will help us get it, along with another ballot initiative that's called Save Prop 13 that will restore protections for taxpayers. The number of people, if the same number of people who voted for President Trump in California turn out or even close to vote for me in November for governor, I'll win the election with hundreds of thousands of votes to spare. It's a much more Republican state than people think. We've got to get a big turnout, but we've got everything going for us this year to get that turnout, because up and down the state and you've even got Democrats coming to our events and saying, look, you can't go on like this. It's not healthy to have one party rule for so long. They get corrupt, they get arrogant. That's what we're seeing with all this fraud. I have a big announcement on that today because one of the things that I'm doing as part of this campaign I set up a couple of months ago, Cal Doge, the California Department of Government Efficiency. We are rooting out the fraud and the corruption and the waste and the abuse even before we were elected. This is going to be our fourth fraud report published today. And so we're showing people exactly what's gone wrong, but more importantly, how we can put it right. And I think we can do it. It's not going to be easy to win this year. We're up against the Democrat machine. Swalwell just got the endorsement of the teacher union. Obviously the corrupt funding there where the unions bribe the politicians like Swalwell and in exchange give them their political favors. All of that is true, but people are sick of it. They've been voting with their feet for years, leaving California. This year, they're going to vote for real at the ballot box to kick out this failed and corrupt Democrat regime.
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Steve, you mentioned endorsements. Obviously that would transition me over to President Trump. What is your sense of that? I mean, I know I can already say the line now, you would welcome his endorsement. Got that part. But do you have a sense of whether or not he'll get involved in the primary or wait to the general? How do you see it? He sees you on Fox News all the time. There's an affinity there for sure.
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You know, I know the president. We have a good relationship. We talk from time to time. And by the way, not every Republican would say that. My opponent, Chad Bianco was asked that same question and said yes, he'd welcome the endorsement, but he would ask the president not to tell anyone. I don't think that's the kind of attitude we need from our Republican candidates. I think, frankly, the president clearly has a lot going on. I think that the California governor's race is very low on the priority list right now. We'll see what happens in the months ahead. But. But so far I think I'm showing the kind of fight and the results that we need. So we'll see what happens.
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Yeah, Steve, about a minute left or so. I like to geek out on some of the political analysis aspects. Specifically, let's geek out into Orange county and some other places around the state that you need to do well in. What's your sense up and down the state? The whole state's important, but just from a terrain standpoint, political terrain, where do you need to do well? Where do you need to get out the vote?
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So I think the real focus for me is not just the physical but the actual lives of the people that really need the change. And my focus is going to be on working class Californians. Working class Californians who are the ones who have been hurt the most by these insane Democrat policies. The cost of everything, the highest taxes in the country for the worst results, gas prices, prices. It's not the climate elitists tapping away on their MacBooks working from home that are hurt by that. It's working class Californians, Latino workers, for example, driving their trucks 2, 3, 4, 5 hours a day who pay those high gas prices. So it's working class Californians in Southern California. Yes, Orange county. But remember, LA county is 23% of the vote in the whole state. So we've got to do better there than we have in the past. I'm spending a lot of time there. And the Central Valley where it's the same story. Our farmers are being crushed and the industry there destroyed by Democrat environmental extremism. I'll get the water back that our farmers need. And so that's going to be a strong argument there. So I think it's particularly the working class who've been crushed. That's why my plan for $3 gas, cut your electric bills in half, your first hundred grand tax free, no state income tax. That has a particular appeal for working class Californians. And as I say, we are going to make our state califordable. That's the plan.
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Very nicely done. Yeah, no more loans for filling up your tank of gas out there. Steve Hilton, a pleasure. And if you don't mind, I'd like to bottle your accent and take that. I like your voice, by the way. Thank you.
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I love it. Well, we'll see.
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We'll see.
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So we'll see how that plays out. I always joke that people say, well, how are you going to get elected with that accent? I remind them the last Republican governor of California had a pretty strong accent too.
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That is true. That is very true. Okay, Steve Hilton, thanks for being here. Appreciate you.
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Good to see you. Thank you.
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Wow. The leader in the gubernatorial race in California in the primary there. More American sunrise in two minutes.
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We got together some of the best experts, former heads of major law enforcement agencies, people who worked at CBP and ICE at the highest levels in the rank and file, immigration restriction advocates and legal experts. And we put them all together and said, let's come up with a plan to get to at least 1 million deportations in 2026 so that the systems and policies are in place so all illegals can be removed in the years to come. And what this group kind of centered on as the prime focus of what such an operation should entail is to do what Eisenhower did when he had the best deportation effort in American history, which President Trump says he's going to beat. And what he did was worksite enforcement. And it makes sense because you go to the places where there are highest concentrations of illegal aliens, those are on the farms, the factories, the industrial hubs. Many of these special interests want those to be sanctuary farms, sanctuary factories, and that's what we're pushing back against.
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Mike, how likely do you see this plan coming to fruition? What are the minutia that make a plan like this actually take place?
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Well, the best part about this plan is it's really easy to do, actually. I mean, it's just changing the target selection from this worst of worst limited subset of, you know, violent, criminal illegal aliens, keeping them obviously in the crosshairs, but expanding the enforcement aperture to areas of high quantity. You get some mass deportation through quantity and not just the perceived quality. And so it's a matter of just overruling some of the people who are objecting right now to worksite enforcement and saying this is the only way to get the numbers up. It's the only way to meet the campaign promise and the mandate as properly understood by most Trump voters and still maintaining strong public support. That's what people in D.C. don't understand, or they seek to just ignore because it's not in their political interest. President Trump's voters want him to conduct mass deportations. Even across the political spectrum. They want it done. It's why they sent him to the White House. It's just these moneyed interests with really profound power in D.C. who don't want it to happen cuz they want their cheap labor and that's not okay by us. And we think the administration should go full speed ahead. So we gave him a playbook and some little push to help get it done.
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Well, Mike, I was reading the article from Politico and the quote directly from it says worksite raids could also prove deeply unpopular with voters whose views have turned increasingly negative toward Trump on immigration and seemingly forced the administration to ramp down its deportation push. I want you to respond to that because it does seem like some of the hardline positions have turned some voters off, maybe even as we look towards these midterms. What's your position on that?
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Yeah, number one, the polling shows that they are popular people broadly support worksite enforcement. They don't wanna compete with illegals for jobs. They recognize it's fundamentally mentally unfair for very rich corporate CEOs to have basically slave labor in the US and then number two, if you are to take the post Minneapolis view of hey, all these conflicts in the streets where they were too much for the American people, which I don't think they were, then worksite enforcement is the better alternative. It is inherently less violent and you know, seeking of clashes because you're not going into sanctuary cities to try to hunt down violent criminal gang members. You're going into work sites where there are high concentrations of them. This could be done through a lot of paperwork too. And we laid that out in the playbook, how to make sure employers can't keep this going. And so if you want safe, orderly and humane and you don't want, you know, the clashes in the streets, then worksite's what you do. The problem is it's the big donors don't want it.
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Understandable. Well, Mike Howell, thank you so much for being with us today and have a good day, sir.
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Thank you.
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Still to come on American Sunrise, our own Terrance Bates is standing by with the top story he's keeping his eye on Today Watch. One to Watch, the one to Watch us after the break. Don't go anywhere. Welcome back to American Sunrise. You are taking a look at the presidential motorcade with Donald J. Trump heading over to the Supreme Court. I'm Bo Davidson. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. It's time now for the One to watch Terrence Bates. What are you keeping your eye on today, sir?
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Well, I'm keeping My eye on this video that we're watching, watching here, President Trump going over to the Supreme Court of the United States as the high court hears oral arguments on birthright citizenship. Of course, President Trump at the center of all of this, given that one of his first executive orders was to change the interpretation, if you will, of birthright citizenship. And today we're going to hear arguments and hopefully by the time all of this is said and done, the country has a clearer view of, of the 14th Amendment to the United States, which many people in which traditionally, David, has been interpreted as saying that anyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen. President Trump, of course, trying to redefine that, saying that you have to be born in the United States under the laws and rules and in this country under the laws and rules of the country in order to have that precious U.S. citizenship. And so it's going to be interesting to see how the high court ultimately decides all of this and ultimately determines what it is to be a US Citizen and what birthright citizenship ultimately means. This is crucial. I mean, the fact that it's been so long and now finally we're getting to a determination on the 14th Amendment or at least clarity on the 14th Amendment. David, I think is huge.
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Yeah.
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And look, this isn't straight up stare decisis, but there is something to be said about the fact that the Supreme Court has weighed in to a degree on the 14th Amendment before in certain cases. So this is a specific story decisis as it relates to birthright citizenship. They haven't decided this in the past, but I've got concerns and I don't mean from a legal perspective in terms of what I think. It's not about that. It's about what I think the Supreme Court will do. I think that you're going to have Amy Coney Barrett and someone like John Roberts actually potentially side with liberals here because they don't want because the 14th Amendment has been litigated before. And I think there is going to stay away from granting what Trump wants. That's my take.
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Yeah. And David, I mean, you know what Trump said, it goes back to a post Civil War era rule. So, you know, this is something that may need to be looked at again. And you may be right. John Roberts may be one to watch. Amy Coney Barrett might be another one to watch. So we'll keep our eyes on this. The president is or has made his way over the Supreme Court. So we'll make sure to keep you posted as well as a 9:00pm presidential address tonight. Keep your eyes on real America's voice. Goodbye now. Go boldly. More room is up next. See you tomorrow.
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See you, folks.