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It's 7am on the East Coast, 4am in the West. Coming up on American Sunrise Early Edition, extreme deflection. Bill Clinton and most likely his wife Hillary, potentially facing contempt of Congress charges after Bill fails to testify in the ongoing investigation into sex prosecution predator Jeffrey Epstein. And Hillary won't show later today. Why don't the Clintons want to speak? Well, take a look. Plus, the body count is rising in Iran as the people protest the stronghold and oppression they faced since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. They throw a thriving Mecca of Mideast back into the Middle Ages and the people have obviously had enough. But can they overturn the rogue regime and the ayatollahs who hide behind the Qurans? The latest ahead. And extreme diplomacy served ice cold. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with Danish officials with the goal of obtaining Greenland. The White House is talking about purchasing the island, but officials are discussing a wide range of options for acquiring it, including using the US Military to take it by force. The details are just moments away as this early edition of American Sunrise starts right now.
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Welcome to American Sunrise EARLY Edition, the show where faith, freedom and the values.
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American Sunrise Early Edition on Real America. America's voice starts now.
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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to American Sunrise EARLY edition. I'm Allison Hans, live from West Palm beach, and it is so great to have you with us. Let's bring in my co host, Brian Glenn. Good morning, Brian. I understand that you had a very nice night of sleep last night.
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You know. Good morning, Allison. I don't know if it's normal to lay down in bed at 6:47pm on a Tuesday night, but I did that.
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I think for you, I think it's normal because, I mean, what was your day like yesterday? You're at the White House all day. You did the show in the morning. Please let the audience in on what your day looked like.
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Yeah, well, it's a long day and of course, it's cold here in D.C. so you've got the shiver factor in there where you're, you're using a lot of energy to stay warm. It's just one of those days. And also, Alison, we were talking about this before the show. Doing a morning show is a big commitment. We've got people behind the cameras and back there that wake up at 2, 3 in the morning. So by the time at the end of the day, you're just ready to go to sleep. But I'm glad to be here today. I'm well, I'm rested, I'm fired up and I'm ready to go.
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Well, you look great. Well, someone who probably wants to take a nap today is Bill Clinton because he, it looks like he's going to face being held in contempt of Congress after he and Hillary refused to testify in the Epstein inquiry. And it looks like Hillary is not going to show up later today either. Okay. This is not a big surprise to me, but what about you, Brian?
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No, it's not. And I would like to now see what happens to these individuals if they have a congressional contempt of court. They don't show up after being subpoenaed. I know that we've had fellow Republicans spend some time behind the bars for doing such that. So we'll see if anything happens.
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Well, I mean, if they're going to throw Bannon and Navarro in the table.
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Exactly.
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Come on, let's bring it on. Okay, Bryan, let's get away from the tawdry news and reflections of Bill and Hillary for a moment and to get to the spiritual as we do every morning. And of course, we want to begin with God's word. This verse is 1st Samuel 16:7. But the Lord said to Samuel, don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Love that one. Well, turning our attention now to Minneapolis and the unrest in that city in the wake of the ICE agent shooting of a woman who taunted them, clipped one of the agents with her car and then tried to flee the scene. Her death has sparked anti ICE protests from coast to coast. And joining us now with boots on the ground in the city under siege is political analyst for Townhall.com Dustin Grage. Dustin, good morning to you. Thank you so much for joining us this morning.
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Thanks for having me.
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Okay, what is the latest on the ground?
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Yeah, so right now these crowds are probably about a seventh the size as what we saw in 2020. So we're not going to quite see flames yet in the win of love. But, but quite frankly, this is the intent, this is the goal at the end of the day because for the last two months we've seen Democrats on absolute defense like they've never been in the history of me being involved in politics in the state. So they're trying to change the narrative. And what that ends up being right now is leaders in the state like Peggy Flanagan, who are telling activists to, quote unquote, put their bodies on the line. It's Tim Walls telling law enforcement that, hey, these are the Gestapo. These are literal Nazis. They're taking these people to concentration camps. Obviously, none of this is true. But what ends up happening is these activists get radicalized to, at a bare minimum, track these law enforcement officers around all day and impede upon federal law enforcement duties. So what ends up happening is you might get these people, even if they have total, just no issues with actual law enforcement in terms of like, actually wanted to harm them, they might put themselves in the wrong position at the wrong time. And in this case, this individual was put in the, in a very bad situation and ultimately it led to her death, unfortunately. And what's that going to. Although this isn't leading to flames quite yet, they're hoping that another situation may come around this there might be another Renee Goode that ends up tindering that fire a little bit more and ultimately leading to unrest. And quite frankly, just simply put away from the issue of fraud here in the state of Minnesota.
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Brian.
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Yeah, I agree with you on that as well. Besides the Protestant story coming out of Minnesota, there is more breaking news. President Trump has ended the temporary protective status of thousands of somalis in the US March 17 is the date to get the heck out. Of course, the Somali community in Minnesota allegedly bilked billions from federal government. Now, Dustin, what more can you tell us on the fraud aspect of everything going down in Minnesota?
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No, and this is kind of a thing where we're coming in and we're going, hey, the fraud is so bad, we have to end tps. And I'm glad I called for that, actually, back in October. And now it's kind of come into this big issue of, you know, kind of having a reaction to, hey, we have to do something about this. And now people are finally starting to listen. Although TPS ending, it's only going to affect maybe a little bit less than a thousand Somalis here in the state of Minnesota. But ultimately that's a starting point. And now we get to start going and continuing on this line. But yeah, the fraud is out of control. I mean, we're talking about billions at this point. At one point we were talking about it might be a billion. Now we're talking about potentially 9 billion or greater. It's completely out of control. 14 different programs here are concerned high risk. Now get this, Nick Shirley, when he came to Minnesota, everyone's more familiar with the daycare fraud. Day care fraud is not even included in those 14 high risk programs here in the state of Minnesota. So it just goes to show you there's only 9 billion plus in those 14 programs. Imagine when we include non high risk programs like daycare fraud, which might end up being a billion plus dollars right there alone. The fraud is completely out of control. And yeah, we're expecting this to continue well into November and giving Republicans ultimately a really good wedge issue to actually win back this state and turn red.
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Well, TPS may affect a small group of people, but I know that the president came out yesterday and said he was cutting off funding to sanctuary cities. So tell us a little bit more about exactly what the president said and how that's going to affect Minnesota.
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Yeah, so every state ends up having federal dollars coming into their state. In our case a lot of Medicaid dollars, different things like that. They're actually going to fund these secondary programs like housing stabilization Services, people getting these services that now are going to be able to get it. And what is the reason for that? It's because of this fraud and the complete misuse of the money being spent and no oversight. And now Democrats are going to have to go to the voters and explain why checks aren't being written to the state of Minnesota anymore. And they're going to unfortunately have to say, well, it's because we value these illegal aliens over Minnesota citizens and taxpayers which are paying into it. And if we look at the numbers here just very bluntly, Somalis in the state of Minnesota, of Those with children, 80% of those households are on some type of welfare. So quite frankly put this community isn't contributing as much as, you know, generational Minnesotans who have been here for generations. We're the ones paying taxes. Somalis typically aren't paying taxes. And on top of that, now these checks to the people who truly need those services aren't going to be able to get those services any longer unless they can either one fix the fraud or to explain to the voters on why they're defending this.
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Well, maybe at that point some of the Minnesotans will come out onto the streets because at this point it looks like the Somalis, I mean you're seeing them going out to the, I guess it was like a strip mall, that video. The Somalis are coming out to defend the benefits that they're receiving. But I'm not seeing any Minnesotans getting up and going into the streets. Is that like part of this whole like Minnesota nice, maybe they're not going to be so nice anymore.
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Well, in the past we've called this Minnesota nice, but I like to call it suicidal empathy. At this point, we now know about standard empathy, but this is just suicidal empathy. People are openly choosing to actually go out of their way to fund their own destruction. At some point you have to wonder when Minnesota has seen Our largest exit percentages for in out migration going to states like Florida and Texas and Arizona and Wisconsin in Iowa. I mean, absolute mass exodus. And at some point Minnesotans are going to have to ask at what point is it going to become just unaffordable to actually be able to do this?
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I actually think this goes deeper. In the state of Texas, I came across an investigative journalist that exposed thousands of HB1 visas being applied for in one residence. North Texas has an explosion of immigrants from not only Somalia, but India and other countries. What do you think is next? I mean, is this going to be the main story as we go into this year of exposing the fraud around the country due to a lot of fraudulent immigration?
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No. Absolutely. And when we were looking at twin shields, so this is a program that HSI ended up coming with to the state of Minnesota, they ended up going through about a thousand different cases and about 450 of them, they found fraudulent immigration actually occurring in that paperwork. So in the cases that we've looked at, almost half of them have actually been fraudulent. So there's a really good case here to where people are lying on their marriage paperwork, their immigration paperwork, and you're going to actually have a route for denaturalization and deportation right there alone. Now, we're also expanding this from what I've been told. Rep. Tom Emmer here in Minnesota, as well as President Trump have openly stated that they're actually going to find a route for denaturalization and deportation for those who are actually just committing the fraud monetarily as well. So there's going to be routes opened up for that as well.
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It's about time something's done. Thank you so much for being here today. And of course, please come back. Your wealth of knowledge. We certainly appreciate you.
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Thanks, Doug.
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Coming up next, Bill and Hill are in hot water and making waves after not appearing before a congressional investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now the power couple may potentially be held in contempt of Congress. The details details are next as this early edition of American Sunrise continues. Oh, we are looking at a step spectacular shot of New York. Look at the sun coming up There. Absolutely beautiful. Just absolutely gorgeous. Welcome back to American Sunrise early Edition. I'm Alison Hans. Let's bring back in my co anchor Brian Glenn. Brian, I really love that last segment because it made me think something in the break is, you know, we were talking about Minnesota nice. And I think largely in the country, it's not only a problem of Minnesota nice, I think it's United States of America nice. Now that does not go for everyone, but I think that we've been taken advantage of in ways that we cannot even imagine. And the thing is, is that we don't always speak up for ourselves because we're taught to be polite. Many of us, okay, you've got the lunatics on the left who are running around protesting, but regular, normal, everyday people just want to be nice and kind and generous. But that comes with a problem. And it made me think of this yesterday when I saw Scott Bessant, the Treasury Secretary, talking about what has been done to us. He is the nicest guy you could ever imagine out there. And for him to stand up and say, look, we have been taken advantage of, you need to understand this as the public and we are going to go after the criminals. I said to myself, if Scott Bessing can say that, I think I can say that, too.
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Yeah, I think we've opened up the cookie jar to everyone. And not only have they taken one cookie, they've taken all the cookies. And we need to make sure that the cookies are for the right people. So I'm glad this is getting some attention.
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Absolutely. Well, coming up, the Pentagon has reportedly purchased a device through an undercover operation that has some investigators suspecting it is linked to Havana Syndrome, which has been linked to many diplomats health issues. We are going to have more on that incredible story straight ahead. But this is time now to dip back into the saga of Bill and Hillary, which continues the headline, Representative Comer plans to launch contempt proceedings against Bill Clinton. The former president and Secretary of State have just escalated a major congressional showdown, refusing to testify in the House Oversight Committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's network. After multiple subpoenas, GOP Chairman James Comer warned they would be held in contempt if they skipped their depositions. And after Bill Clinton failed to show. Meanwhile, Republicans are moving forward with the contempt proceedings. The Clintons call the subpoenas invalid, but Republicans say they've already been given every opportunity to answer questions. Now this GOP led committee is ready to hold elite Democrats accountable, pushing back against political favoritism and demanding answers. For more, let's welcome in Gerard Ferlitti, senior counsel for the Welfare Project. Counselor, what say you this morning? Good morning to you.
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Good morning. I think we're looking at accountability for the Clintons, finally, because congressional subpoenas aren't optional. These are mandatory. And if ordinary Americans can be compelled to go and testify before Congress, so too should the Clintons be. Especially when we know that they have involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. They have serious questions to answer, and they need to provide that insight into the nature of the relationship to help bring closure to the victims of the horrible things that Epstein did.
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Brian, when you look, when you take a look at. I love what Representative Comer said. He's only been to the White House nine times in nine years. Jeffrey Epstein visited the Clintons 17 times when his. When he was in office. So what happens? I mean, what is it likely that we're going to see some handcuffs and a perk walk on Bill Clinton for not showing up?
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Well, sorry to disappoint a lot of Americans, but that's not likely to happen. What will happen is Congress will vote on contempt, and I think that will go forward. Look, the Clintons can show up. Bill Clinton can say that he has executive immunity from testifying. He should argue that if he wanted to show up and decline to answer, he could invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination. He could even say that he doesn't recall, which, you know, that might be understandable given his condition, his age and how long it's been. But he can't just ignore a subpoena. Saying that it's not valid is a political argument, not a legal one. So we will see a vote in Congress for contempt and we will see a referral to the DOJ for prosecution. It's a misdemeanor. You're not likely to see the perp walk. But this is still a serious charge.
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Okay, so how long is this going to take?
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It's going to take a few months, but I think Congress wants to expedite it because you can't have a former president doing this. This is so serious. Such an egregious breach of faith with the American people. You were elected to the highest office. You have an obligation now to testify when you're called. You can't just ignore selectively the law. So I think we'll see Congress move expeditiously for contempt proceedings, and we'll see that within the next two or three months.
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Okay, and where does Hillary fit into all this?
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Well, if Hillary doesn't show up for her deposition and she takes the same line. She will be exactly following in her husband's footsteps. We will see contempt proceedings there as well. She does also not have the luxury of refusing to answer questions when called by a subpoena, a valid subpoena, to testify before Congress. So what happens to Bill when Hillary will be now that the process needs to work itself out?
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Yeah. What's interesting is I know that people are at home right now, are throwing things at the TV screen. They're about to throw their phone in the Potomac here in D.C. because they want to see accountability and they see what they've done to President Trump and other conservative leaders. We need some type of accountability. I understand the fact that you're not going to likely see a perk walk, but my goodness, can they just blatantly ignore the law on these congressional subpoenas? And what is the minimal that can happen to them? I mean, something needs to be held accountable.
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Look, I hate to say this, but the Clintons have positioned themselves as above the law since the 1990s. They just don't think it applies to them. They're fine dictating to Americans what they should do. They're fine telling us how to live our lives, but the law does not apply to them. They've made that clear for going on 30 years now. So, unfortunately, I think that what we will see is this is going to be one more black mark in the history books for what Bill and Hillary Clinton did to this country. But we're not going to see accountability beyond some kind of a fine and the historical record that will show that this is who he was, that he refused to answer questions, that they refused to answer questions about one of the worst sexual deviants and sex traffickers in American history. So this is the final nail in the coffin of their, of their history.
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Book in Washington, D.C. okay, Gerard Fellati, thank you so much.
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Thank you, Gerard.
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Not too hopeful this morning, but the truth we're bringing in, I wish I.
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Had better things to say, that the process works and that they will be held accountable. But this is Bill Clinton we're talking about, and they've escaped. They've skated without consequence for 30 years. That's why we are where we are today.
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Okay, thank you, Gerard. We appreciate you. Coming up, President Trump is calling on Iranians to keep protesting against the regime as mass demonstrations and violent crackdowns continue across the country. We'll be back with more American Sunrise right after these words.
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All right, live look, Hillsboro Beach, Florida. Nice sun coming up there. We're glad you're joining us on this hump day this week. Welcome back. But before we dive into our next segment, let's dive into some tea. Artillery Tea Company that is the only America first veteran owned tea brand that exists. Their mission is simple, maximize flavor with whole leaf blends and chemical free tea bags. No junk, just real tea. But here's a tactical advantage. Each bag is brewed twice. Just go to the website artillerytco.com and use the code RAV for 10% off your first order. That is artillerytco.com premium tea, mission driven, brewed for the brave. Just like Hillary and Bill Clinton, they are the brave people that did not show up yesterday. But I will bring in my co host Alison Hans who happily showed up today in the studio. Unlike Hillary and Bill Clinton, which by the way, if we ever invited Hillary and Bill Clinton to be on the show, I would expect they would cancel.
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They would deny. Yeah, not brave. Cowards. Absolute cowards. Okay.
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Cowards.
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Brian. We're keeping a close eye on Iran this morning. President Donald Trump is calling on Iranians to keep protesting against the regime as mass demonstrations and violent crackdowns continue across the country. Trump promises that, quote, help is on the way and signals strong support for the Iranian people in their fight for freedom. He's cutting off engagement with Iranian officials until the regime halts the bloodshed and respects basic rights. Let's welcome to the show Dr. Rebecca Grant, president of IRIS Independent Research. Welcome, Dr. Grant. Thank you so much for being with us this morning.
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Glad to talk with you.
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Oh, thank you so much. What is the latest that you're hearing out of Iran?
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Well, we are just keeping an eye on learning about the extent of these protests with the Internet turned off and communications constricted. But every report now is saying that we're looking at hundreds of thousands of people that have been in these protests and very high casualties. That said, we're waiting to see whether these protests start to take down the institutions of the regime. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, their internal Basij force. Are these protesters, in addition to sustaining their message, are they starting to push back against those, the guards and the others that the ayatollah uses to control that country?
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Yeah. Well, President Donald Trump is weighing a range of potential military options against Iran after warning the regime is in, quote, big trouble over the deadly crackdown on these protesters. Now top national security advisors are meeting to discuss everything from targeted strikes to sanctions as President Trump signals he's ready to focus, use force if Iran crosses this red line and continues violence against civilians Now, I was talking to an Iranian White House correspondent yesterday, and he was showing me some horrific images of thousands of people being slaughtered. I woke up this morning seeing some videos on Instagram of people in Iran. What are we looking time wise here? Do you think this interaction is going to take place sooner and later? We talk in hours, days, weeks? What do you think?
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I think the next couple of days we will see if the protests continue. They've already sustained longer than we saw in 2022, longer than we've seen on other occasions. And so Trump's decision is sort of, what can he do that will hurt Iran's leadership, take down more of their military capability if they're trying to get it back and still aid what the protesters are trying to do? It's a very delicate balance. Now, just on the military side, we know Netanyahu and Mar? A Lago probably shared information on Iran reconstituting their missile programs, which is spread all across the country. They've got space launch facilities. So to me, the target list is to hit military targets that matter to the regime, to weaken that regime anymore. Don't know if Trump will decide to do it. He certainly got the forces in place, and we always have plenty of targeting options for Iran.
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Well, Dr. Grant, the Pentagon secretly acquires and tests a mysterious device that could be linked to the bizarre and debilitating cases of Havana Syndrome. This is another issue. What the device does. This is something that is raising alarm. Your thoughts on this?
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This was so interesting. First, I got to tell you, we often buy foreign things. We've bought big jets, we bought air defenses so we can take them apart and figure out how they work. This would probably be an electronic warfare pulse type of device that we want to get in there and see if it works. Now, what's so confusing is in 2022, the CIA told us, oh, no, there's no foreign power behind this Havana Syndrome. You know, maybe it's caused by, wait for it, West Indian crickets. Okay. You know, so I'm glad the Pentagon is going to try to see what this device may be and whether it could be used somewhere else. And this is very good American tradecraft, reverse engineering. Let our experts see what's going on.
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Dr. Grant, as someone who has been watching the world for many years now, when you see everything that's happening, I mean, for a regular person, your head's spinning. How can you, I don't know, help people understand what. What the President is trying to do around the world?
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I get it. It's Greenland Venezuela, Iran. But this is what he's trying to do, the 100% restoration of American leadership that went down so far under the Biden team and then a big focus on the Western Hemisphere. And that's why really, Greenland, Venezuela, it's all linked to setting us up for the next 10 years. And Trump wants peace in the Middle East. That means keeping Iran down and going ahead with that Abraham Accord process. He is trying to do a lot of international housekeeping around the world that America needs to thrive in the future, leading in AI, pushing back on China, shipbuilding, all of that. He's a busy man. And that's just what we have to do to restore American leadership.
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It's so much. But we have to take that 40,000 foot. I really do think that. Dr. Rebecca Grant, thank you so much for being here this morning.
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Thank you.
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Coming up, President Donald Trump denies any knowledge or involvement in the Justice Department's subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying, I don't know anything about it. We're breaking that all down right after the break.
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Welcome to American Sunrise EARLY edition, the show where faith, freedom and the values that built this nation take center stage.
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Welcome back to American Sunrise EARLY edition. I'm Alison Hans. Let's bring back my co host, Brian Glenn. Hey there, Brian. How you doing?
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Well, all right. Well, let me tell you what's going on with the president today.
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Okay, thank you. Thank you. Get on top of it.
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Well, you know what's interesting is his schedule does change from day to day. And the week ahead that I got back on Sunday night necessarily isn't what exactly what's on the schedule today. He has what they call a signing ceremony in the Oval Office. It doesn't specify what he's signing. That takes place at 2 o'. Clock. That is open to the White House press team. So I'd imagine that I will be in there. So that's at 2 o'.
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Clock.
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Stay tuned for that. We'll break into it live as it happens.
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Those signing ceremonies are my favorite and my favorite guy, Will Scharf. I love him.
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He's the best.
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He's the.
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Let me tell you something about Will. I love to watch Will in action there. And he'll have a stack of them and he'll do his little intros and lay them down there. And then Trump will say, this is a good one. I really love this one. So to your point, Will is best.
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He's so funny. Love him. Okay. In the meantime, President Trump is denying any role in the Justice Department subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying he knows nothing about it. He's pushing back against suggestions of political interference. As questions swirl in Washington, the DOJ action puts a spotlight on the Fed and reignites the debate over its independence. However, the President is maintaining his distance from the move as the controversy continues to build. For discussion, let's welcome American Sunrise contributor Emily Finn to the show. Okay, Emily, good morning to you.
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Good morning to you, Alison. This is two older guys with a feud. This has been going on for a very long time. Since 2018. Trump has been saying that he wants Powell to be out. So kind of distancing himself from this investigation that is going to be ongoing moving forward. What Powell said in a video statement that was on Sunday night, it got quite a bit of attention. I'll read you the quote here. He said, quote, the threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our assessment of what will serve the public rather than following the preferences of the president. So all about interest rates here, Alison.
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I don't know this relationship between the two men. I know you said older gentlemen, but I just see Trump as the complete alpha male in this relationship, and Jerome Powell is just kind of walking around humdrum. Darum, you know, following along. This is not a relationship of equals, shall we say, Brian?
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Now, do you remember the construction interview they did with, okay, they both got the hard hats on and they're talking about the overruns on the construction project. And Trump, being the businessman and the construction expert is just calling him out on stuff and he says, no, wait, wait, this is for previous buildings. So, I mean, if you want to look at the average cost per square foot to build something in Washington, D.C. from what I've been told, it's around about $1,100 a square foot. I think that the Fed, they were priced at around 2,000 square foot. So President Trump is just trying to figure out why is this costing Americans so much. And of course, that is in wake of his criticism about Too Late Powell. So I do think these two individuals, they would not be grabbing hammers on the same construction site. Let's just. Let's just put it that way.
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No, I think you're right on that, Brian. I do believe that Powell only has a short amount of time left in this position. And it'll be interesting to see the relationship that President Trump has with the Federal Reserve moving forward after that does, in fact happen.
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Well, I've never heard so much about the Federal Reserve in my life, and I think that Americans are going to have a real awakening to what the Federal Reserve actually does in the first place. Brian?
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No, well, it's a, it's one of the great. Barrick Bolling said it's one of the greatest positions to have in all of politics is to be the Fed chairman. So much, so much control, so much power, if you will. But we'll see how this shakes out. But obviously I think this is going to stay in the news cycle. I know that every time that we have a press gaggle, there's someone in the press that's asking the President about Jerome Powell.
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Well, Emily, thank you so much for being here. We appreciate you.
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All right. Thank you for having me.
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Of course. Let me send this over to Brian.
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Yes, thank you, Alison. Well, let me toss. Let me go. Ongoing protests in Minnesota. Minnesota leaders and city officials are rushing to sue the federal government, trying to block ICE from enforcing immigration laws and keeping communities safe. This seems like a no brainer. The federal crackdown targets illegal aliens who threaten public safety, but local politicians claim it violates their rights. Now protesters take to the streets to support criminals, ignoring the dangers they pose to the neighborhoods and families. The Trump administration stands firm, prioritizing law and order over political correctness and left wing obstruction. For analysis, let's bring in Thomas Corbett Dillon, a political commentator and former advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Welcome to. Great to have you in the studio.
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Glad to be here. Yeah.
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C
This is great. Now it's interesting, these protests. Would you ever think the Democrats would spend so much time defending criminals?
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B
Well, it seems to be their favorite pastime, you know, but I always think, okay, let's put this into perspective. What's really happening here? Imagine if under Joe Biden's government when they, when the feds went in after all these January six grannies, right? Imagine if right wing people had got in their cars and started blocking the feds getting involved. If the mayors of these towns have come out and said we're against this, can you imagine what would have happened to those right wing people? Yet for some reason we are letting these crazy left wing people smash their cars into ice. That doesn't seem to be any repercussions for anyone. I think the Republicans need to remember what would the Democrats do if they are in charge? And for some reason they always seem to forget that they like to be the nice guys. It's like we would never do that. The Democrats would be throwing everyone in jail and the Republicans are not doing it. So I think they need to step up and play the Game, play the game.
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C
That's a great point. And these protests are not just happening in Minnesota, they're happening around the country. And I would imagine that as we start to see go into 2026, this is their playbook. They, for whatever reason, they think that they can shift the narrative to Trump is the bad guy. We're just these victims back here. But it doesn't resonate with the American people. They know that what is happening is not right.
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B
Right. It doesn't resonate with the real people, you know, people on this show. But unfortunately it does seem to resonate with, as we saw Hollywood, you saw them at the Golden Globes. I know, right. But they're all saying, oh, we're in a dictatorship, you know, the world is evil, we've got to defend from this. So it does work with these out of touch people. And that seems to be who the Democrats are going after. But I think, yeah, the real people of America can see what's happening. And for some reason, Minneapolis used to be the center of America. Like all the big scandals are happening there. I don't know what's going on over there.
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C
Yeah. Where did, why did Minnesota become ground zero for all things politics? Now, how would you say the Trump administration has been reacting to all of this unrest? Do you think they've done a fair assessment of it?
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B
I think they've done, I think they're fine, but I'm like, let's get aggressive. Let's think, you know, put yourselves. What would Democrats do? They would be throwing everyone in jail. Anyone that even came near a federal, you know, these people, the fact that if I saw a police car, you know, with its lights on, I wouldn't even want to get involved. They're willing to put their cars in front of federal agents. These people should not be involved in society. They need to go to jail. And I think that the Republicans need to step up and actually start getting aggressive with these criminals and stand this out. Because if they don't, as you say, this is their playbook. We're going to see this spreading to all cities across America.
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C
When they started this whole ICE process of getting people off the streets, I literally, we were talking amongst colleagues. They were waiting for this moment. They knew this was their opportunity to push back on stuff. And I don't, I think as we go into spring and summer, especially this summer, the summer of love will be 2.0 going into the midterms. Do you anticipate other events around the country as. And as soon as one person makes a wrong decision. And we have some type of shooting or some type of, some type of police brutality. Label it what you want. Could this, could we see this happening? If it was warmer temperatures in Minnesota, this place would be burning down right now.
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B
I know. Yeah. And it's freezing there and they're still out rioting. So, you know, let's see what happens in the summer. But no, you're right. And this is, as you say, this is their playbook. And it's sad because they capitalize, you know, this is sad that this woman lost her life. She was, you know, attacking a federal officer. It's sad that she lost her life. But they have capitalized on this. They have made her this martyr. You know, you saw people at the Golden Globes wearing a pin with her name and stuff. This is going to happen. They are pushing these people. And, you know, this woman, I would argue, was probably brainwashed by the left wing media that she, she thought she was doing a good thing. You know, so she was out there, she was defending the people. But they capitalize on it. They, they, they push these people to do extreme things. And yet, as you say, when that, when it heats up in there, it's going to be a lively city, that's for sure.
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C
So what Democrat arises to the top to be the voice of reason in all this moving forward? I mean, a lot of people have said Gavin Newsom could be the leader of the Democratic Party, voice of reason.
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B
And Democrats, not usually things that go.
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C
Together, they don't go together.
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B
But Gavin Newsom is definitely playing the game. He's out there, he's trying to be the sort of sensible guy, you see him tweeting these sort of things, trying to be like Trumpian with it. It's doing well. He's probably going to be the candidate, but, you know, everyone is vying for it. You know, we'll see. I like to encourage Jasmine Crockett, I think, every time I'm on tv, like to say, she is the candidate, she should run for president. She's great. We love her. If she runs, we'll be very happy with that. So we always like to encourage her. We managed to encourage her from the Senate now, so hopefully she'll take the big jump and go for president, too.
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C
Yeah. And as we wrap it up, if we go into the midterms, how do you think this ultimately helps Republicans in the public quarter? You know, the public.
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B
Well, I think the midterms are looking pretty bad for Republicans now. And the sad thing is, is that they should have done a Lot of work while they had the power. Probably going to lose the house coming up. And that's the way it's looking, which, you know, usually happens with the presidency. So it's not, it's not too bad of what's going on. It's pretty standard, but we'll see what happens. I wish, I wish they'd done more and been more aggressive. But we've got time. We've got time.
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G
Yeah.
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C
By the sound of your accent, I can tell you're not from Alabama.
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B
That's right.
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C
Yeah.
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B
I'm from England, but I do live.
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C
In D.C. real quick, 30 seconds. What was it like working with for Boris Johnson?
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B
He was great until Covid happened and then some mistakes were made. So, yeah, not, not too great anymore. But he was good for a little while. He could have been the British Trump. He had high hopes.
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C
I thought he was going to be the British.
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B
We all thought it. But it fell, fell apart. Two globalists, unfortunately. But that's okay.
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C
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A
Welcome back to American Sunrise. We're looking at New London, Connecticut this morning. Thank you so much for waking up with us here on the American Sunrise early edition. I'm Alison Hahns. Let's bring my co host back, Brian Glenn. And of course joining us now, American Sunrise host David Brody. Hello, gentlemen.
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E
Hello, Alison.
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A
Ok, I know Brian and Brian, I know we have a lot coming up for the next two hours on American Sunrise, but I know something that's really got you hot under the collar this morning is the Make Iran great again statement from President Trump. Okay, David Brody, your thoughts?
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E
Well, I mean we obviously heard that all throughout the campaign. Make Iran Grady. Oh, I'm sorry, my bad. No, we didn't. No, we didn't. I'm being facetious, guys. Sorry. But can we, I mean one of the things we do here very well is transparency. So can we just like go there?
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A
Yes, let's do it.
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E
Okay, you're really Make Iran great again. Okay, so there's that. Clearly he's the acting president of Venezuela at this point. I mean, so we've got Make Venezuela great again. That doesn't sound very good. Miga sounds better than Meza, whatever that is. So there's that. And then what is he gonna be the Chancellor of Greenland next? And oh by the way, he is also true story, as we all know, the chairman of the Gaza Board of Peace. So we know that is happening. So you put all of that together. Oh, I haven't even gotten to the point where he's put his name on the building in Washington D.C. it's the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, guys. It's what I've been saying all along, which is he's fallen in love with being the peace president, the world peace president. Guys, I'm sorry, that's not what MAGA signed up for. I'm just being straight up about it. Look, is he doing a lot of great things in America? Of course he is. He's doing a whole lot more than Joe Biden would have ever done. But two things could be true at the same time. And this is also true, guys.
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A
But I'm gonna push back on you Brody here because go for it. I think that yes, this may not, if you look at the surface, be maga. However, I think that there are things that President Trump has to do around the world in order for us to. To have what we need here at home. And so I think if we take that view, I think it's not as scary.
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E
So I hear what you're saying, and by the way, I agree with you. And hear me out. I've never said it wasn't MAGA. Okay? In other words, the policy could still be MAGA because Iran has killed 600 people since 1979. Through proxies they're dealing with. We've got all sort of oil issues and economic issues and terrorist issues that Iran and, oh, by the way, the Great Satan. So you can make the argument that dealing with Iran is a national security interest. And I'm all for a limited strike inside Iran for regime change. So don't get me wrong, what I'm talking about is that there is a sacrilegious element here to saying miga. To say, make Iran great again. That is a sacred term. It's a term that is important to maga. You know, it defines, you know, who MAGA is. And if you're going to start diluting it with make Iran great again and make Venezuela great again and make Greenland great again, that's the problem I have.
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A
Okay, David, Bryan, one ten seconds. I want to get your word here.
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C
I agree 100% with David Brody. I'll just say that.
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A
Okay, well, y', all plenty of time to debate in the next two hours.
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E
I'm gonna sell you.
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A
Brian, American Sunrise is up. Stay with us. Goodbye, everyone. We'll see you tomorrow. Have a great day. This is an I heart podcast.
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B
Guaranteed human.