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Listen to these episodes of Dear Chelsea on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning. This is American Sunrise EARLY Edition. I am Brian Glenn. Thanks so much for joining us today. Here's what we're tracking. First, Iran. The pressure is building. The clock is ticking. President Trump announcing a timeline. Reports also suggest a limited initial strike is under review. And all as a massive US Military presence stands ready and the United Kingdom signals its bases are off limits. So what's positioned, what's possible, and whether this ends in a strike or deal? That's coming up next. Ben Big tech on defense Meta and YouTube accused of building addicted machines for kids. A California jury now deciding did they know exactly what they were doing? This trial could redefine who's responsible for a generation hooked on screens. We'll dig in. And later, the search for Nancy Guthrie hitting turbulence. The sheriff under fire accused of missteps and letting this case spiral. Three weeks in, no arrest, no clear suspect. And time is running out. That and more ahead on this Friday edition of American Sunrise. Welcome to American Sunrise Early Edition, the show where faith, freedom, and the values that built this nation take center stage. You people and others like you built this country. Join us as we break down the stories that matter. F A F O. If you don't know now, you know. American Sunrise EARLY EDITION on Real America's Voice starts now. All right, Happy Friday, everybody. We are live in Dallas, Texas, from the Patriot Mobile Studios. Great partner here at the network. We appreciate Glenn Story and his whole entire staff for allowing me to come in this morning a little bit earlier than they would normally wake up. But Patriot Mobile has been a great sponsor, great company. Obviously, they stand for all the values that we do. I encourage everyone to check out Patriot Mobile as the alternative for your cell phone provider. We'll have a little bit more of that a little bit later. But before we go any further, let's get you ready for the day. Here's how you can start your morning right now. Take a look at the bottom of your screen right now. That QR code is your direct line to Weather Nation. You could scan it on your Patriot mobile phone. Would like that'd be nice. Get connected. And during the 9am hour of American Sunrise, we may feature your hometown forecast live. Now head to Real America's Voices chat on Getter Rumble YouTube and you could be next. So now let's get a quick check of today's national forecast. Joining us now is Tracy Anthony from Weather Nation. Tracy, good morning. Happy Friday to you. Good morning. Happy Friday. You know, we have been talking about active weather across the country all week. It's been really aggressive and it's a jumpstart on spring. So we are still tracking the same systems that impacted the West. Now they're impacting areas like the Great Lakes and the Northeast. But now we're tapping into some more warm, more humid Gulf air. So we're getting this warm sector and that's giving us some severe weather threats. So I want to show you some videos from yesterday because we did have a widespread threat for tornadoes and we did have a handful of tornadoes reported and a lot of warnings throughout the evening hours yesterday. So we've had a couple of videos coming in from across the region, areas like Indiana, Illinois. You can see these tornadoes are extremely visual. When we have tornadoes, you can see that condensation funnel up here in the north. A lot of times in the Southeast, you can't have the visibility the same because of all the moisture. They get rain wrapped. So still very, very aggressive storms could be possible throughout the day. Today the heat is melting a lot of the ice. We're talking ice jams across parts of Pennsylvania that will continue here throughout the day. And then the avalanche concern out west, a lot of areas doing avalanche mitigation because it's been so, so extreme. And it's just hard when you get feet of heavy, wet snow on top of a weaker snow pack. So, Brian, we're still kind of talking about all of the same grab bag weather factors here as we round out the week. You know, Tracy, we said this a couple of weeks ago. Just add some locusts to our forecast and we've got all the elements of the world coming to an end. We have volcanoes, we've got snow. Yeah. Volcanoes. Yeah, we've got it all. All right, Tracy. And a reminder, once again, scan that QR code. And Tracy, you might be delivering a hometown forecast. Who knows where it might be from? Right? Yep. You know, that's the fun of it. I learn new towns every day. Hey, do people get really that mad when they don't have the forecast and they keep messaging you over and over again? No, I don't think I've had anyone get mad. Everybody just wants Tracy's forecast. That's what it is. It's mad that meteorologists can be wrong and still keep their job. Yeah, no, you're right. 95% of the time. The only 5% is, you know. Yeah. Well, Tracy, you're an argument for that. So I'll make sure I know. It's science, right? I mean, it's mother nature. You can't control it. Tracy, thank you so much. We'll see you back on the America Sunrise and we'll see you later. Have a great weekend, by the way. You, too. All right. Thanks, Tracy. All right, let's turn to our top story this morning. Iran in a rapidly escalating moment for President Trump, convening national security talks and signaling a decision could come soon. Take a listen. I would think that would be enough time, 10, 15 days, pretty much maximum. Now, when he said that, that is the most direct signal that we've heard from the president in regards to anything like that. Now, some reports suggest an initial limited strike is under serious review. Now, others, including Reuters, point out that a longer time frame. So what, we're seeing more of a strategic pressure, final preparations or is both this, all of this together? Let's bring in Brandon Reichard. He's a geopolitical analyst and Senior Editor at 1945.com. Brandon, help our viewers right now understand what does this signal? That when I heard the 10 days, I quickly got my phone out, I was like, okay, 10 days from now is this date. Now it's obviously it's not that easy. But what does this signal now that he's actually said about 10 days? I think that it could be between now and within 10 days. I, I don't, you have to understand, Trump doesn't like to telegraph the precision of what he's doing for obvious security reasons. So I was telling everybody this could easily be, actually 10 days could really be a 48 hour warning because the carrier, the second carrier, the Gerald Ford, will be on station by Sunday afternoon. But they don't really need the Ford to be perfectly in position to start the process now of attacking. As you note, this is not going to be a limited pin prick strike. This is going to be comprehensive and over the course of many days, if not weeks. Now we have a State of the Union address on Tuesday. And so I was kind of putting that as the benchmark in a way, thinking that he would not do it before the State of the Union because that would certainly overshadow all of the messaging that I think it's important to the economy and things like that. So being that it could state of unions on Tuesday, I was like, okay, it was potentially after Tuesday. And then you and I spoke about the way it would take place. I don't think we're looking at a midnight hammer situation where we just come in in the middle of the night with, with a decoy for. Remember, they had a decoy flight coming from a different direction and then they hit him. I, I think this is a continuous strike. Now, I'm no military expert, Brandon. I'm not going to try to play one on tv, but I think we're being disingenuous to think that this type of military buildup would be a single strike. And we're out. I agree. And in fact, this is the largest military buildup in the region since the pre invasion of Iraq in O3. This is. some point you can't pull back. At some point you have to pull the trigger because of all the resources and sort of the machine takes on a life of its own. And I think Trump understands that, and I think Trump's okay with that, because I ultimately think that Trump wants to do these strikes, and I think he's okay with them being comprehensive and widespread, which means there will be another Middle east war in the next 48 hours to 10 days. Yeah. How much of influence right now are we getting from the Israeli government on this? You know, I, I kind of envision them in the background pushing Trump to this. And I know Trump wants to negotiate. I really do. I think in his heart he doesn't want any kind of kinetic strike. But he did also say a while back, Brandon, that it was. He wanted to, you know, kind of get rid of this Iranian regime once and for all. Like, for all means, like, yeah, no more. That's right. That's right. So Israel, Israel's a key driver of this. Trump is very close politically to Netanyahu. The two men have a very odd relationship where they are very simpatico, which is ironic because remember Netanyahu, Trump kind of turned on Netanyahu in 2020 because Netanyahu backed out in the middle of the night from the Suleimani strike. And then he called Joe Biden to congratulate him after Joe Biden was won the 2020 election. So there was some bad blood there. But now that seems to be patched over and the two men are very simpatico. Netanyahu absolutely needs to do the strikes on Iran for his own political salvation. Trump is I think going along with that, Trump might want ultimately to negotiate. But once you do these kinds of strikes, the regime will never be able to, to negotiate in Iran. And by the way, I do believe there is a chance if the Iranian sense we're going, they might just kick this thing off themselves and pop off those anti ship ballistic missiles and they might get lucky enough to damage one or both of the carriers. Yeah. Now let's, let's talk about the reaction from the American people. I know that you can get on social media and I know you can find all kinds of different viewpoints on this. And I know social media essentially is not the real world. X is not the real world. And I could go and talk to people outside of a grocery store, at the bank or whatever. And it's a very different opinion what you get on, on, on X, if you will. But what are you seeing are the people, the American people online, on media, on social media saying, we don't need to get involved in this, this is not our fight, this is not our war. What's your friend's family circle and influence? What's, what do you think the average mindset is on this whole escalation? Well, it's really an age gap. So anybody 40 ish and younger is absolutely opposed. Uh, most of the boomers I know, they're at least open to it. I think it's interesting, the Republican voters that I've seen these polls, they seem to be very concerned generally, but because it's Trump doing it, they are kind of going along with it. But this is similar to what happened with George W. Bush in the run up to 03. Remember, 72% of Americans supported the invasion of Iraq. And then six weeks later when everything went upside down, those numbers reverse very quickly. And I think something similar will happen here. Trump's telling everybody and himself this isn't the same because this is an air war only. But this is gonna devolve very fast because even if he does manage to knock out the regime, the chaos that's going to subsume the region is going to be a nightmare. And it will require greater levels of investment and maybe even boots on the ground from the Americans and their allies. And I don't think anybody supports that. And that people will turn on it goes that far. Yeah. I think this would define his legacy, all the amazing things that he has done with the economy and peace around the world. This right here would overshadow all of that, in my opinion. Brandon, thank you so much for joining us. On this Friday, we'll pay attention over the weekend. Maybe we're talking about this on Monday or Tuesday. Who knows. Yeah. Yeah. All right, Brandon, thank you. God bless. God bless you. All right. Coming up, the so called addicted machines meta YouTube on trial. A California jury now deciding who's responsible. We'll break it down right after the break as American Sunrise Early Edition continues on this Friday. Support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On Public you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI. It all starts with your prompt. 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That's down about a half a percent. Natural gas around $3, holding relatively steady in the 10 year treasury yield hovering near 4.08%. That's your market check. We'll keep an eye on it as we go into potentially could be a war in the Middle east. Some type of kinetic strike that tends to affect the markets on Sunday as they do the little pre market stuff. All right now a landmark trial putting Big Tail, Big Tech rather under the microscope. Meta and YouTube's parent company accused of building a platform designed to hook children. The lawsuit claims These apps were engineered to trigger addiction. The companies deny it, arguing personal factors, not product design, are here to blame. A California jury will now decide. The case could have major implications for our children and the entire industry. Watching all this play. Media and political analyst Brian Maloney. Brian, welcome on the show. What's your verdict on the evidence presented by both sides in this really kind of debated case? Well, I think my verdict is that Silicon Valley will get away with whatever it can, whenever it can, and unless you hold their feet to the fire, you know that nothing's going to change. Yeah. You know, one of the arguments I saw was how could personal responsibility, in other words, parents. And I know it's, it's easy for us to say. I've got three kids. It was difficult to keep them away from getting on social media platforms. But let's say I have a ice cream shop and I serve up the world's best ice cream, and I want my customers to come back every day and patronize my establishment. Now, it may not be the healthiest thing for them to do. They may increase their body fat index, they may not, they may contribute to other health ailments, but at the end of the day, that's their responsibility for coming into my shop. So could one say that Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, all of it meta, they have a product, they're not necessarily responsible for someone over consuming their product? Well, for one thing, you know, the whole idea here is that children under 13 cannot sign up for these platforms. And in the course of this suit and the discovery that has followed, the bottom line here is that internal documents have been disclosed that show that they were actually targeting young children to use these apps, which is totally at odds with what they said they were doing. And Zuckerberg, who actually testified, which is very interesting because TikTok and Snapchat decided to settle this suit, which I think was probably the smart thing to do. Zuckerberg decided to fight it, and he essentially admitted that, you know, they really haven't done anything to keep under 13 from using the, the sites. And, and that he regretted it. But, I mean, it's, you know, they don't care unless they're caught, let's put it that way. Yeah. So where do we go from here? I, I, you know, this is something that, obviously it's a heated debate. You know, it could lead to other type of litigation with other products that we consume in the digital space. But what's your thoughts on what, how does this move forward? Well, I think that, you know, the social media companies are at great risk. There have already been thousands of lawsuits filed. So this isn't the only suit, and there'll be many, many more. And bottom line is that Instagram, in particular, I would single that one out, has been responsible for many young teen suicides across the country. And in fact, the parents of victims have been outside the courtroom protesting. There have been people out there who have been holding up pictures of their deceased young daughters and sons. But in particular, I have to say, as a parent, Instagram. The problem is, even if your own child isn't using it, the other girls at school probably are. And spreading kind of it's a virus, is. And I think that not only children, but all of us have become addicted to social media. If you think about it, it's that hit that we get every time there's a notification or an update or whatever else. And I mean, it's practically like playing a slot machine. I think they've been operating these sites as though they hired Las Vegas executives to run the show. And that. That's a huge part of the problem. Yeah, that's a great analogy there, Brian. That's a great analogy. And I will. And I'll say this. It's like when you look at so many social media companies that course they want you to sign up, they want you to get on there and get your profile. There's a lot of social pressure from their peers to have an account. But I can't help but think that after the 2020 election, how many people on these platforms got eliminated? Silence, canceled, deleted. I know that in the political space on YouTube alone, if you mentioned anything about the 2020 election or anything about the COVID vaccine or any. Anything like that, that they would put a strike on you. If you got three strikes, guess what, Brian? Your account is deleted. So they had no problem kind of regulating what was said on these platforms, but they recklessly just allow anybody consume it, even if it's detrimental to their own health. Final thoughts on that? Well, yeah. Well, that's exactly right. And I can speak from personal experience, because I lost a group, a political group on Facebook after 2021, you know, after Jason, essentially, that had 110,000 followers. And one day, some numbskull, you know, in Menlo Park, California, just decided to, you know, just eliminate the group. And we'd been active for years. We were a conservative political group there because we had the same acronym as Stop the Steal. We weren't a Stop the Steal group, but we had. We were called STs. 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Learn more and sign the pledge@workingwithcancerpledge.com this season on Dear Chelsea with me, Chelsea Handler. We've got some incredible guests like Kumail Nanjiani. Let's start with your cat. How is she? She is not with us anymore. Great, great, great. Way to start. Maybe you will cry. Ross Matthews. You know what kids always say to me? Are you a boy or a girl? Oh my God. All the time. I know. So I try to butch it up for kids. Kids. So they're not confused. Yeah, but you're butching it up. It's basically like an angry woman. Doris Day, right? No, I turn into Bea Arthur. Listen to these episodes of Dear Chelsea on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Now that's a great shot there, Lady Liberty. Now, is someone flying a drone up there for that shot, or do you think there's an actual, actual camera in there? It's a selfie cam, I'm being told. All right. Great shot on this Friday. Welcome back American Sunrise early edition. I am Brian Glenn. Glad you're with us this morning. We're tracking the headlines. As always, we invite you to join the conversation on Getter YouTube Rumble. We're live and we're listening. Wherever you're watching us from, just take out your Patriot mobile phone because that's what the studios are in right now. Take a picture of your TV breakfast, your dog, your family watching American Sunrise. I'll post it up on X as well. Follow me@Brian GlennTV. All right, for the first time in modern history, a former member of the British royal family is facing criminal charges. Former Prince Andrew, stripped of his titles, but not the spotlight, arrested over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. And now the pressure builds, the scrutiny intensifies, the questions grow louder. Who else knew? Who else was protected? And if he talks, who falls with him? Joining us now, Karine Clifford, media and political commentator. Karine, when you saw the news drop that he had actually been arrested, was that the first indication that, oh, well, wait, we might actually see something happen here? Or are you behind the curve on that? I think that, you know, you and I both know that we are behind the curve. Our DOJ is not acting fast enough. And that's a big issue for American citizens. But in England, I was actually shocked that they arrested him. Now they haven't officially charged him. He's not in prison. He just got questioned for 11 hours. So let's see what they actually really do. But I think this is a huge step towards getting justice for the people that were abused by Jeffrey Epstein. And, you know, I'm honestly a little intimidated to talk about the list because it's a lot of people that you and I know who could have been potential abusers with Jeffrey Epstein. So I'm very honored and privileged that the monarchy, that the country of England decided to actually arrest a royal, which hasn't happened in over 350 years. Yeah, I know the media, this has been a big story. I was watching the BBC and Sky News and some other other media outlets in The UK when this story broke. And it seems like they're just far more aggressive in holding people accountable than our government is. And I, I know that. And you, you kind of alluded to it. There's a lot of high profile people, but at the end of the day, we don't care if all those high profile people get arrested. We don't care if they go to court. We don't care if they get tried. We don't care if their companies potentially collapse or there's a management disruption. We don't care about that. I know that the victims care about accountability. And I think this step in the UK is the, is the first, I think it's the first domino to fall there. There's others. And I am so proud of you, Brian, for being so brave and talking so openly. Because the bottom line is this is the first step and I think that arrests will happen in the United States of America. But what if we don't have the judges that actually prosecute? What if we get activist judges? We really don't know which way this is going to go. And what really matters is that we know the truth about what Jeffrey Epstein really did. What I'm really concerned about is what did he do in New Mexico? He had been getting many parents and victims complaining about him to the FBI in New Mexico, in Los Angeles, in New York City, in Palm Beach County, Florida. And it wasn't until President Trump put his foot down that Jeffrey Epstein actually got arrested for the first time. So there are a lot of people on that list once again that you and I know. And I'm not ready to say too many of their names because I don't want to throw anyone under the bus and I want to give everyone a fair chance. But this is just the beginning. And I'm actually in shock that England actually had a prince arrested once again. This is the first time that's happened in over 350 years. Yeah, certainly a lot of news coming out of there. And I know that the, you know, at the end of the day, I think people just want some type of accountability and it's something that we have not seen here, but it's glad to see it there. Karina, I appreciate you joining us this morning on this Friday and keep us update. We'll have you back on and talk about the LA Mayor race. I know that you're out in Los Angeles area and you're looking into that. So we'll have you back on perhaps in next week to give us kind of an update on that. Thank you. Yes, I'd be grateful to do that because it's the mayor, the governor and the sheriff. Yeah. Big races in California and big races here in Texas as well. The big senate race. Well, and there's just a lot going on here in Texas. So thank you so much and have a great weekend. 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But this right here is a Patriot Mobile phone. It's Patriot Mobile, and I go all over the place. Great coverage, great service, no problems, great billing. My money goes to a company that stands up for conservative causes. So good shout out there to our friends at Patriot Mobile. All right. But now a shout out to our friends over in the Denver newsroom. I know one guy over there that's got the latest headlines. His name is Terence Bates. Happy Friday to you, Terence. Hey, Brian. Happy Friday to you. Back to you now. You got it? Yeah. No, I guess I love it. I know. I guess I do have to work a little bit here, Brian. A little bit. Just a little bit today. Not much. A little bit. Okay. All right, I'll take that. I know you've been covering this story for a little while. By the way, the term commander in peace, I think I've coined it. If not, I'm taking credit for it, but President Trump may actually be inching a Little closer to war with Iran this morning as a second American aircraft carrier is moving into place for a potential attack there on Iran. It appears the president still trying his hand at diplomacy, however, and now is the time for Iran to join us on a path that will complete what we're doing. And if they join us, that'll be great. If they don't join us, that'll be great, too, but it'll be a very different path. They cannot continue to threaten the stability of the entire region and they must make a deal. Or if that doesn't happen, I maybe can understand if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But bad things will happen if it doesn't. Bad things will happen if it doesn't. Iran's ambassador to the United nations says that his country isn't seeking tension or war and will not initiate a war. However, any US Aggression will be responded to again, quote, decisively and proportionately. That's coming from Iran this morning. Recent talks between the two sides have netted little movement, meaning the two sides could be preparing for some sort of escalation. Brian, President Trump, Brian has also put out kind of this timeframe of 10 to 15 days to reach some sort of deal. Do you think it's going to be that long or will the president make a strike or order a strike even before that 10, 10 to 15 day window? What are your thoughts? Yeah, that's a great question. We had Brandon Weikert on earlier talking about the timing on this and if, you know, it could be within 24 to 48 hours, you know, on that timing, I, I have the, the, the measurement at the State of the Union on Tuesday, I don't think it happens before then. And here's my reasoning. Why, if there was any kind of kinetic strike with Iran before the State of the Union, then that State of the Union address is consumed by that. And I think he wants to deliver in that message how strong the US Economy is roaring back. And I think any type of escalation with Iran overshadows that messaging. That needs to be number one going in to the midterms. So I don't think it happens before that because I think he wants to focus on the economy during that message. Does it happen maybe during the state of you. You raise an interesting question. It makes a lot of sense what you're saying. I'm thinking maybe. Do you think it could potentially happen during. He's talking, all eyes are on what he's saying and he's already ordered his generals to maybe make a Move in. It could be potentially the next day. It could be going into the end of next week. But I don't think it happens before Tuesday. I really don't. I just think that would be the leading. I think we would bear the lead on the economy. And I. I know he doesn't want to do that. Yeah, I get that. Well, I'm hopeful that a deal will be reached that Iran. Me, too. I want to deal. I don't. We don't want war. Yeah, absolutely don't want war. Unfortunately, Iran has a track record that's not necessarily pro peace, so we shall see. President Trump also ordering the Pentagon. This is a really interesting. Oh, yeah. Yes. Brian out. Put Brian up this whole time, guys. Put Brian up this whole. Yes, yes. Okay. So President Trump ordering the Pentagon, Brian, and other agencies to release files on UFOs and Alien and extraterrestrial life. I know you've been watching this story as well. Can't wait to hear your thoughts. The Pentagon has been tracking reports of unidentified aerial phenomenon as well. They called UAPs for decades. President Trump's announcement, by the way, comes just days after the former President Barack Obama told a podcaster that aliens are real. President Obama later walked those comments back, saying that he never actually saw evidence of contact between humans and extraterrestrial life during his time as president. President Trump, though, now accusing his predecessor of releasing classified information. Here's what he's had to say on Air Force One. Well, he gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that. So aliens are real? Well, I don't know if they're real or not. I can tell you. He gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that. He made him. He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information. No, I don't. I don't have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it. All right, Brian. So 47 goes on to say that he may go on to get President Obama out of trouble by classifying any documents on aliens. That interaction is kind of one angle of the story, which I found amusing. But I'd love to get your thoughts, Brian, on aliens. I agree. In the United States now, that's the last comment there. Trying to get him out of trouble. I thought that was kind of actually kind of clever. Like, maybe I'll just release it. So we'll get, you know, President Obama out of trouble. Look, I'm not sure the American people are prepared if, in fact, we do have all this evidence of them existing not only in the past, but presently in our culture amongst us and what we know and where they've been and who they are. I'm not sure the American people are prepared for that, to be honest with you, Terence. Now, you and I are both believers. We believe in Christ. We are followers of Christ. If he came back this afternoon, I'm, we're going up and I'm happy about doing it. But if people find out that aliens are around us and they're non believers, they're going to freak out because this is too terrifying, I think. I don't know. That's just my take on that. So, look, the documents are set to be released. President Trump has ordered the release of the documents. How expansive do you think this release would be and how much is going to be redacted? I mean, are we really going to get any significant information? I'm not so sure. I think so. I can't wait to see it. I'm not expecting a whole lot. What are your thoughts? Yeah, that's a good point. It's a good point. Like they just want to drip it to a slowly, just a little bit and redact a bunch. Like it's got, everything's marked off. Like we can't just show you. I don't want that. If you're going to release it, just say, look, here it is, go, go to the website and there's a warning. Maybe we put an age restriction on that. Maybe if you're not 18 and over, you can't look at this because this is too disturbing, but let's put it out there, let's let the American people see it and let's just close the book on this whole alien debate and just let the dominoes fall. I, personally, I'm interested in it, but at the same time, I, I kind of don't want to know. I, I don't know. You know, there's so much evidence of all of these UAPS and all this stuff flying around pilots here. I, I've had a conversation with the pilot. Yeah. And I've said, what have you seen? Some really sketchy stuff as you, you've been flying for 20 something years. And he says, brian, I have seen stuff that's unexplainable, but the reason why they don't report it, because if once you report something, something, then you've got this long list of paperwork you have to fill out. You have all these inspect now you got all these inspectors, check it out your plane, it's like unneeded headaches. Pilots know what they see up in the skies. They just don't report it. Ah, I could see that. Either way, Brian, the moment the, the releases come out, I'm going to be going down a rabbit hole following the paperwork. Get the popcorn ready, Terrence. I'm just going to tell you now. There you go. Get the popcorn ready. My head might explode, but I'm all for it. Anyway, Brian, always good to see you, my brother. Yeah, thank you very much, Terrence. We'll see you on the other side. And happy weekend to you. Thank you. You as well. See ya. Thank you. I will. All right. Texas Republicans are heading into a heated Senate primary. Senator John Cornyn is defending his seat against Attorney General Ken Paxton and Congressman Wesley Hunt. Former President Trump has not endorsed, endorsed anyone, keeping this race wide open. Early voting is now underway. All three candidates say they're the best choice to keep the seat red. With no clear front runner. This race could be heated, could be headed rather to a runoff. And I've gotta in a way believe that could happen. Cornyn, I think is overwhelmingly not the most popular person to have in this race. He was, was represented as kind of the establishment. So then you have Attorney General Ken Paxton, which I'll say as a text. And Ken Paxton has been amazing for the state of Texas during the Biden administration. I can't count the number of lawsuits he's filed against the administration on numerous things, election fraud, some of the voting electronic machines, things like that to keep those out of our elections, the border. He has done a lot for the state of Texas. So I know people like him. So we'll keep up on this race. All right. I've got huge news. Old Glory Bake. Yes. Is expected to go public in the next few months. That's right. Old Glory bank expects to be listed on the nasdaq. Now, this means every day Americans who love this country will be able to own stock in a blank that actually stands for them, a bank, not a blank. The freedom economy, the defi economy, traditional value, values. This is a win for all of us. Old Glory bank offers everything you need, but more importantly, they are run by patriots who share your values. And that matters. Go to oldglorybank.com rav to learn more. That is Old Glory bank.com rav. Good stuff there. All right. Coming up, more American Sunrise early edition on this Friday. Stick around. We'll be right back. All right. Welcome back. Live look at Dallas, Texas, downtown Dallas as the sun comes up this morning. I'm coming from to you live from Dallas in the Patriot Mobile studio. Thanks so much for joining us today. And now with one of the Christian music music's most impactful stories is back in theaters I could only imagine two. It's the sequel to 2018 hit that continues the journey behind the song that touched millions. The the film follows Mercy frontman Mercy Me front man Bart Millard as he navigates family, faith and life on the road. Here's a quick look. This is where I'm living right now. About 150 years ago, this man, Horatio Spafford puts his wife and their four sweet daughters on a boat to Europe. On that fateful voyage, a freighter hits them and only his wife survives. I want you to think how you'd respond to having everything in your life taken from him. Did he wave his fist at God? Would have been understandable, right? No. What do you think of me? And Rav's own Bo Davidson sat down with film director Andrew Irvin for a one on one interview. Take a listen. Bart has this newcomer on his tour which you mentioned, Tim Timmons, who's played beautifully by Milo Ventimiglia. Without giving too much away, Andy, how does the relationship between Bart and Tim playing to the story? Because I think it's a very pivotal relationship, what happens between them and what comes to fruition. Yeah, Milo as Tim Timmons breathes such life into this story and he really is kind of the spiritual guide for Bart in this journey. And it comes down to this idea that he lives his life with radical gratitude, the idea of just finding the tension between grief and gratitude and trying to hold those together. And so every day, day Tim wakes up and he writes an X on his wrist just like this. And so that X is kind of his way of marking off a calendar of thanking God and reminding himself to be grateful that God gave him another day, a day that he was not promised. Oh, and Bo Davidson joins us now. Bo, what are you hoping viewers can take away from this movie? Well, what you kind of saw there in the first part of the clip we couldn't play. A lot of is Milo as the character of Tim Timmons is talking about the great hymn It Is well with My Soul, which the story for those people that don't know it, a man, Horatio, lost his four daughters in a shipwreck. And as he was navigating to get back to his wife over the very part in the Atlantic where those four daughters died, he composed the lyrics to It Is well with My Soul. How difficult is it, Brian, as a father to lose all four daughters and to be able to sing and pen a hymn like it is well with my soul. The point being that when we go through these trials and tribulations in life, that we can still praise God for being the creator and the creator of all things. And he knows our plan. He knows our destiny. That's kind of Bart Miller's journey in this movie because this film kind of picks off, picks up where the first one left off, where he's at the height of fame, but his son has diabetes. He's got writer's block. Things are not going well. What you'd expect the lead singer of Mercy Me to be at the top of his game. So that's kind of what the movie navigates. And Trace Adkins plays the. The his manager, which is really wonderful. I've seen the movie. It comes out today. It is an amazing movie and it's going to inspire a lot of people. And like I said, Milo John, Michael Finley in there. And I interviewed Andrew Irwin, who many people know for the wonderful work he's done. Just a great movie. Yeah. But we appreciate your great work there in Nashville. Where can people follow you real quickly on social media to keep up at the Bo Davidson Spell it Beau cool way. All right. Thank you so much. And thank you you for tuning in on this Friday live from the Patriot Mobile Studios. Until next time, goodbye. God bless. We'll have a fantastic weekend. We'll see you back here on Monday. We'll see you. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
Host: Brian Glenn
Date: February 20, 2026
This episode of American Sunrise Early Edition explores the rapidly escalating situation in Iran, with President Trump signaling possible U.S. military action, analyzes the landmark social media addiction trial against Meta and YouTube, covers breaking news on Prince Andrew’s legal troubles, and touches on cultural and faith-themed stories. The show features expert commentary, political and media analysis, and maintains a conversational, faith-driven tone.
| Topic | Speaker(s) | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------| | Opening, Today’s Topics Preview | Brian Glenn | 08:00–09:30 | | Weather Nation Update | Tracy Anthony | 10:00–14:00 | | Escalation with Iran (Trump Timeline) | Glenn, Weikert | 16:00–28:00 | | Markets & Oil Snapshot | Brian Glenn | 29:00–29:50 | | Social Media Addiction Trial | Glenn, Maloney | 32:40–42:30 | | Prince Andrew/Epstein Investigation | Glenn, Clifford | 46:20–49:45 | | Iran & Diplomacy (White House/Trump) | Terrence/Brian | 01:32:30–01:38:00| | UFO Disclosure Debate | Terrence/Brian | 01:38:00–01:42:00| | Texas Senate GOP Primary Preview | Brian Glenn | 01:41:45–01:43:30| | “I Can Only Imagine 2” Film Discussion | Glenn, Bo Davidson | 01:47:40–01:50:30|
The show balances urgent political analysis with faith-driven optimism and conversational banter. Host Brian Glenn often injects humor, offers personal anecdotes, and maintains a community-centric, value-oriented approach, reflecting the Real America’s Voice ethos of “faith, freedom, and the values that built this nation.”
This summary covers the main content and major thematic threads of American Sunrise Early Edition, February 20, 2026. For more in-depth debate and panel analysis, listen to the full episode via Real America’s Voice network.