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All right. Happy Monday morning. Here's how you can start your day with us. Take a look at the bottom of your screen right now. That is a QR code. That is your ticket to joining the Weather Nation family. You can scan it, get connected. And even better, your hometown forecast could be next. So head over to Real America's voice chats on Getter Rumble and YouTube and during the 9am hour of America Sunrise, if you were selected, crossing my fingers that you're the one, we'll deliver your hometown focus live. So be a part of the fun and join us on Weather nation. And joining us now is Weather Nation's own Tracy Anthony. Good morning, Tracy. Now, I guess depending on where you're at right now, you're either in the bathtub trying to hide out from a tornado watch or maybe you're getting your gloves and your boots and your shovel and you're trying to shovel out of inches of snow.
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And you may be doing both all in one day today because we've got the storms rolling on through. And then some areas that have the storm impact are also going to be dealing with the snow. But want to show you some images out of Wisconsin because we had Wausau, Wisconsin, picking up over 20 inches of snow. This is Northfield look at that gridlock. So Brian, this is one of those heavy spring wet snows that just stacks up. We're up to two feet in some spots.
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Yeah, it's. I can imagine living up there in the north and our viewers that do live up north, God bless you, you've been dealing with this all winter long and now into the spring.
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Yeah. You know, 14 inches there in Minnesota. That's right around the Minneapolis metro area. So happy shoveling. Hopefully you still have the snowblowers out and ready. I think in Minnesota we're used to, you know, at least one big snowstorm come late March, early April, but just pretty impressive.
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It is, it is. And of course a lot of people are dealing with thunderstorms.
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Yeah. You know. Yeah, yeah. Down in areas like the mid Atlantic, it's going to be very active throughout the day today. So want to show you what's going on across the country. Kind of break down some of those weather headlines. Out west it's relatively calm and quiet. We do have a few atmospheric rivers that we'll be setting up this week though. So this is the big system we're watching. We were talking about the blizzard conditions across the Great Lakes, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. We do still have some blizzard warnings still in effect. But as Brian was mentioning, the severe storms, this is going to be across the mid Atlantic. We're upgraded to a moderate risk. So that is going to be where we do have some potential for large, long duration tornadoes. And we could also have the threat for damaging winds and a significant threat for those winds. So winds surpassing 75 mph with these thunderstorms and it is going to be aggressive. Then the backside. We still have blizzard warnings that are in place through the day today. So this means visibility will be under a quarter of a mile for over three hours on end. And this stretches from the UP of Michigan all the way down into areas of northern Illinois. So some areas that were hit pretty hard last week with severe weather and tornadoes now they're going to be picking up the snow and the brutal wind chills. So this storm system is kind of the big activity over the next 24 hours. We do still have some fire danger across parts of the Central and south. But across the Southwest we're talking record heat, heat this week. So 91 degrees in Phoenix, Louisiana actually could set record high temperatures for the next five to seven days. So could even be flirting with daytime highs getting into the triple digits. So hey, you know, we've been talking the last couple of weeks or since March started. We've kind of gone full swing into the spring, like pattern. And it's really holding strong with, you know, blizzard conditions in the Great Lakes, record heat in the Southwest. We have a little bit of everything all over the country.
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Yeah. So if you want cold, go up north. If you want rain showers go down south. If you want the heat, go out west.
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Right. And if you want a little bit of both, you know, the Southeast, the Tennessee Valley, the Ohio Valley, that's where you're going to get both.
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Yeah. There you go. All right. So stick around. We'll see you back in American Sunrise. You'll have one of our lucky hometown forecasts. Maybe it's in one of these watch zones. Who knows? But tune in the 9 o' clock hour. Tracy, thank you so much. All right. Let's turn to our top story now. The Pentagon is Now sending about 2500 US Marines in an amphibious warship towards the Strait of Hormuz. The rapid response force is expected to help protect shipping and counter the Iranian attacks on the critical oil waterway. Now the move is signaling a new phase, a phase our next guest warned us about. Let's bring in geopolitical analyst Brandon Weickert, Senior Editor of 1945.com. Brandon, I want you to break this down for us because if, if anyone, if our follower, if our viewers follow you rather on social media, you've been talking about this for weeks. Some of these things you've been talking about for months. What is the very latest in this whole focus on this straight or Hormuz?
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Well, the, the Iranians have successfully shut down the strait of Hormuz. 20% of the world's energy, a lot of our agricultural products flow back and forth through that waterway daily. And if we don't punch it open, the basically world economy could potentially collapse. The Iranians are saying they're prepared for a minimum of blockading the month of the the strait for three months at a minimum. So this is a cat catastrophe in the in the making for the United States and the global economy. They can't push open the straight of Hormuz with just naval power alone. In fact, the US Navy is saying they're not going anywhere near that thing right now because of the missiles and the hypersonic weapons and the drones that the Iranians have basically layered throughout that that part of the world, meaning that our ships are not safe. So now they're talking about sending Marines to take key strategic points on the Iranian side of the strait. And of course, you know, that's basically an escalation.
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Yeah. I read a report that they were allowing Indian vessels to go through, but only if they would pay in Chinese currency, I guess the yen. Have you heard reports like that as well?
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Yeah, I've heard stuff like that. I'm sure there's. There are certain secret deals being hatched. I thought. I think it's interesting that basically Macron, president of France, made a big show. He was sending his only aircraft carrier down there, and everybody thought, okay, they're going to start escorting these ships through. And then yesterday McCrone and Keir Starmer, head of UK and the Australian leader and the Japanese leader all said, yeah, we're not.
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We're not now going to be escorting ships. There's a lot of rumors that the French are cutting a secret deal with Iran. So basically, the Iranians are trying. They're doing a brilliant job of doing this. They're basically trying to divide America from its alliance structure. And right now it's working because the rest of the world needs their stuff flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Yeah, I was just watching a Stormer press conference on the BBC right before the show started, trying to get the latest from their point of view. But it looks like in the very beginning, President Trump told the world, you know, we don't need you. Basically, I'm doing. We're doing this alone, Israel in the US but now he's reaching out and saying, okay, who's with me with NATO? Who are my NATO allies? Things have shifted. And, you know, you can, you can get online, you can look at the different narratives of this war. And I know a lot of our viewers watch this right now. Probably they want to throw things at the TV screen going, this guy is anti us, he's anti Trump, he's anti. I'm anti war, okay? I'm anti war, especially on behalf of Israel. And I think we have been drugged into a war that is not going to be over in a week. It wasn't over in two weeks. I'm not sure it's going to be over in three months or six months from now. Brandon, where does this go? And where is our exit point? When do we determine that the threat from Iran is no longer exists, they don't have nuclear weapons, and we can back out of this thing before it gets way worse.
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Well, the problem is, is that the president has not been clear on what the strategic objectives are. He's at one point said he wants regime change, that he wants denuclearization, he wants to get rid of the ballistic missiles, he wants to get Rid of the navy and the air force of Iran. We gotten rid of the navy and the air force of Iran. But the others are much more difficult to achieve, especially in a short time frame, frame with the kind of forces we've arrayed. So now the President is in a position where he either keeps escalating to try to find the advantageous position or he has to negotiate and get egg on his face. I do not believe the President is interested in negotiation. Furthermore, I don't believe the Iranians are interested in negotiation because everything they've done indicates they have a very good strategy that's very easy to understand to survive. All they have to do is survive long enough for US Stockpiles to deplete, long enough for American allies to turn on them, and long enough for the American leadership to lose interest in the war and quit. And so the Iranians are winning right now and they will continue to win. And the Americans are either going to have to bail out and look, look bad or negotiate. Now, there is a hope here. Putin of Russia has offered an off ramp. The problem is that Putin is demanding basically a laundry list of gifts from the Americans in terms of giving over Odessa, in Ukraine and other parts of Ukraine and getting rid of the sanctions. And Trump's balking at that. But if he did that, yes, he'd have to eat crow. But ultimately I do believe Putin could help Trump in ending Iran as well as getting over Ukraine. So Trump could actually turn this into a win in the long run, but he's so far not willing to do that. So he's going up the escalation ladder. And Brian, this thing is going to become a world war very fast.
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Yeah. And we're all rooting for President Trump in the United States and all of us. Let's not. We want the best for this country. Real quickly, let's shift our attention. We got about a minute left to China, Taiwan. It's been reported that Taiwan's basically surrounded by Chinese naval ships. Let's talk about that.
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Yeah, yeah. Basically China now knows we've been cannibalizing our limited stockpiles of, of missile interceptors and other precision guided munitions in the Indo Pacom area to send to protect Israel. So now China senses an opportunity to put the squeeze on the Americans, knowing we can't reliably defend any of these positions anymore. And meanwhile, also you've got North Korea now popping off their new Russian inspired cruise missiles over the south because we pulled out those Thaad interceptors last week to send to Israel in the Middle East. So the idea right now is the American military juggernaut is on its last legs. And the Chinese and the North Koreans and the Iranians and even the Russians are going to put, you know, they're going to stretch it one more time, hopefully till they break us in their minds. And we might very well collapse as a real military global power because we're just too stretched.
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Yeah. Brandon Weker, as always, we appreciate you your insight. And how can people follow you online?
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You can follow me at we the Brandon on Twitter, you can find me@1945.com and you can find me as the NATSEC guy on Emerald TV.
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All right, Brandon, thank you. Appreciate it.
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Thank you. See you soon.
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All right. Ahead, America is leading the energy revolution. So why are Americans still feeling it at the pump? That's the question. As this morning as we await the opening bell, we got more of American Sunrise early edition continuing after break. Stick around.
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Well, a couple things to consider. First of all, we still, no one knows the exact figures, particularly now as of the beginning of last year, we still imported more than 30% of our oil. And of that roughly half comes from our fine neighbor to North Canada. So we do in a sense still depend on exports. I mean, I think that's trending down certainly under the Trump policy, but it's certainly not true that we're absolutely a law unto ourselves as far as oil is concerned. But it is also substantially true that almost all of the foreign oil that we have in the United States is coming from the Western Hemisphere, from Canada, now from Venezuela, Mexico, places like that, rather than from the Middle East. I mean, the Middle Eastern oil that shipped through the Gulf of Hormuz and the east west oil pipeline across Saudi Arabia is all coming, is headed for Europe and the Far east primarily. But the other thing is, of course, oil is a unitary world market and world markets in crucial commodities are subject to price shocks in times of war. Those don't necessarily reflect long term trends. They were expected before this thing kicked off. And it's nobody's surprise now, Iran has been boasting that they're going to keep this up until the price of oil gets to $200 a gallon. It's hard to see that happening, frankly, especially with the US's bid to take control of Carg island and this kind of thing. And I do think, you know, Pacey, what was said by Your previous guest. I think that the strength of Iran is greatly exaggerated. I do remember similar prophecies of woe back before the first Persian Gulf war more than 30 years ago. Look how big Iraq is and their army and all their powerful allies. And this is going to lead to World War iii? It could, but so far it doesn't seem to be trending in that direction. Obviously, we'll see what happens, but I do think it's going to last at least a few more weeks. And I think the oil markets are responding as much to the fickleness of President Trump's character and policymaking as to the realities on the ground, or in this case, in the Gulf itself.
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So I saw some talk online about perhaps President Trump should bring in some of these oil executives into some type of oversight hearing to talk about perhaps price gouging initially. Your thoughts on that, if that's even something that should be looked at.
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I haven't really thought about it that much. I don't know if the oil executives at this point are going to have much of a say in the matter. I mean, the Strait of Hormuz, I think a lot of the overheated rhetoric that you're seeing in the media right now, the dire warnings about the shutting of the Strait of Hormuz, I mean, the Strait of Hormuz is semi shut, but there's still traffic going through. And I personally don't think it would take very much to get it back open. People forget that this kind of thing happened before. I mean, Iran tried to shut down the Strait of Hormuz way back in the 1980s during the Reagan presidency. And there ensued what we now call the tanker war, which was a fairly unpleasant event. A couple of tankers were struck by mines and Iran was attacking foreign tankers, you know, like they're doing now, you know, attacking their oil rich neighbors in that case, pretty much without provocation. In this, in this case, one could at least say, well, you know, we started the war against them and they're retaliating more or less in kind. But in the 80s, they kind of went after Kuwait, in particular Kuwaiti oil. And we responded by sending the Navy in there and blowing up some Iranian assets and ultimately Iranian passenger jet by accident, courtesy of the USS Vincennes, the accidental shoot down of an Iranian passenger jet and various other things. And oil prices suffered shocks at that time, too. And there was a lot of hand wringing and concern, but ultimately it worked out. This time around, obviously, the stakes are much higher. So.
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All right, welcome back America's Sunrise. I am Brian Glenn, a live look at Washington. All right, glad you're with us on this very busy news morning. As always, we're following developments across the country and around the world. You can join us on Getter, YouTube and Rumble. You can follow me at Brian Glenn TV as well. All right, in just a few minutes, it takes the Senate takes up the SAVE Act. Now this is a key test vote and it's a fight over the filibuster. Let's bring in our Neil McCabe, our national political reporter for Real America's Voice. Neil, are we finally there? Are we going to put some names on record for either voting for this thing or are voting against the same act?
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It's on now. Last week John Thune, the majority leader, the Republican from South Dakota, he said, hey, I'm done arguing with the president, I'm done arguing with these crazy conservatives. I'm just going to put this thing up, it'll lose and then I can go on with my life. And that's his calculus. He takes the Senate floor today at 3pm presumably to talk about the SAVE act and how he's all for it and he loves the president. And then the debate, the debate will start Tuesday and then Wednesday it should be up for a vote on whether to close debate. If you close debate, you can then go on to a Vote. Otherwise, the debate theoretically continues forever. Now, some people want to bring back the speaking filibuster, forcing the Democrats to actually go on the floor. Like Mr. Smith goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart, and basically they have to talk and talk and talk. But most of the senators are 100 years old. They're not really interested in doing that. So we'll see what happens.
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You might have a few pass out during this. They might need some oxygen to be brought into the Senate floor.
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It's very difficult because you're not allowed to eat on the Senate floor. The only thing you're allowed to drink on the Senate floor is water and milk. But there are still tobacco spittoons. So you're allowed to chew tobacco on the Senate floor.
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Sign me up. Okay. So.
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But I think what the American people want, and I think that President Trump wants. We just want to vote. We want. We want to know who's against it, who's for it, and let this debate go for a couple of days. I'm good with that. But once they close it, you're telling me that once they close the debate, it can officially go to the floor for a vote, right?
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Correct. And you could pass it with 51. You need 60 to end debate. But you could lose. There are 53 Republicans. So you lose three of them, and you bring in J.D. vance. That brings you 51. So, so who are the Republicans?
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Who would be against this? Well, Susan Collins is in Maine. She is the only Republican up for reelection this year in a state that Trump lost. So she's maybe on the bubble. And then you have sort of Thom Tillis from North Carolina, who's become sort of a rebel. He's announced his retirement, but he's done nothing but cause trouble for the president, advancing the agenda. Thom Tillis is actually a deputy whip. He's a member of Thune's leadership team. Right. So is Todd Young from Indiana. And these are. These are guys who have done nothing but block the president's agenda. So it's interesting, the kind of guys Thune has on his team to advance Trump's agenda.
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Yeah. Okay, let's shift over, if we could, to the House real quickly, the congressional side of the House. I saw a report this morning that the 50 billion supplemental that they need for this war could be a lot more. And I don't think any of us want to not fund our military, make sure we have the very best of the best. I think we can all agree with that. But look what's happening right now, Neil DHS you got 50,000 plus TSA workers that are going, they've missed their first full paycheck. We're going on the second full month paycheck. They won't get. What can we do to get these guys paid? Can, can Congress do anything to temporarily fund the Coast Guard? A lot of brave women, men and women are stationed outside in some of these combat areas. What can we do to make sure these people get paid?
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Well, there's got to be pressure on House Democrats to get that done. The Republicans have said, hey, let's fund it. The Democrats are blocking Homeland Security because they want to stop ICE from doing business as it does. It wants to take off the masks. And the other thing is they, they don't want administrative warrants. They want a judicial warrant. Nobody's ever used a judicial warrant for deportation. It's always an administrative. The administrative judges are actually working at the departments like, you know, Interior or, or Homeland Security or what are Commerce. They all have sort of judges. They're not like real judges, but they call themselves judges and they do a lot of administrative stuff. What to force ICE to get to go to a federal judge. An Article 3 judge for every single deportation is basically a way to jam up the whole system. Now you're talking about the supplemental. Obviously there's defense contractors who are lining up who want to, you know, take care of business. But we've used a lot of munitions. Those munitions have to be replaced. And there's also a lot of munitions and equipment that was transferred from army pre positioned stock. You have army pre positioned stock nine or ten locations around the world where you basically can send three brigades worth of soldiers and they just fall in their equipment and then they jump in the trucks and they go, well, those that pre positioned stock has all been sent, a lot of it has been sent to the Ukraine. And so, so there's a lot that has to be done. And so here we are, you know, we fight a war and we have a four week plan and we're what, three weeks into it?
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Yeah. Real quick, before I let you go, Neil, I think we both got the same email. The pink tie. Are we, are we rocking shades of pink there?
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Listen, I'm comfortable with the pink tie.
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You know, so am I.
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We're good.
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Whatever.
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Okay.
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Neil McCabe, best looking man on Capitol Hill. Neil, thank you so much. I'll see you soon.
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Yes, you will.
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America. It's time to make some noise. Scan the QR Code right now and download the new song God, Grit and Guns by the Truth Bombers or search for it on itunes and download it today. In a world filled with chaos and uncertainty, this song is a reminder of something stronger, America's grit, faith and fortitude. From the label that brought you the boss anthem of the free and Somali waltz comes the next anthem, God, Grit and Guns by the Truth Bombers. Scan the QR Code and download it now.
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God gritting guns
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to our enemies.
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F a f o
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God greeting guns. 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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All right. Welcome back to america's sunrise early edition. I am brian glenn. Thanks so much for joining us on this. Country and around the world enjoying. You can join us on Getter, YouTube and Rumble. Let's head over to the Denver newsroom for the latest headlines with the one and only Terence Bates. Good morning, Terrence. On this Monday, there's never a shortage of things to talk about.
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Oh, absolutely. President Trump was on his way back to the White House yesterday and had a lot to say aboard Air Force One. We're finding out this morning that he could push back his scheduled trip to China later this month if the Chinese don't help reopen the Strait of Hormuz in order to get more Middle Eastern oil flowing to the global markets. That's the reporting coming out this morning. Right now, the war in Iran is limiting the amount of oil that comes through through that strait, which in turn has caused the price of oil to spike. The commander in chief argues because of China's reliance on oil for the Middle east, the Communist country should help get oil tanker traffic in the strait moving again in the face of Iran's threats. 47, by the way, also calling on a handful of other countries to send warships to the region to help secure maritime shipping lanes. He's reportedly negotiating with about seven countries that heavily rely on Middle east crude oil in order to join a coalition that would police the waterway. And in other headlines, the CEOs of the nation's top airlines calling on Congress to end the current shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security so that federal aviation workers, including Transportation Safety Administration employees, can have their pay restored in order to avoid continued problems at airports across the the country. Check out this video right here. Long lines like what you're looking at here becoming all too common for people looking to fly for spring break or just in general at this point. In an open letter to Congress, executives from American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, among others, wrote, quote, once again, air travel is the political football. Amid another government shutdown, the airlines are now calling on lawmakers to pass the Aviation Funding Solvency act and the Aviation Funding Stability Act. Both of those measures would guarantee that air traffic controllers are paid regardless of the government's funding status. And, Brian, the Keep America Flying act would also implement similar measures for TSA agents. US airlines projecting 171 million passengers this spring season. The increased travel volume comes as DHS says that more than 300 TSA agents have quit since the start of this latest shutdown. And Brian, I know you've flown quite a bit over the past several weeks. You've talked about it on the air. You know how every time you go through tsa, you thank the workers, but it's starting to take a toll, not just on them, but also on our air travel across the country.
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You know, I started thinking as you were reading that story, all the problems that we're dealing with right now in the news is because the lack of efficiency of our government, our Congress is worthless. Honestly, our government right now is worthless. That we can't fund these men and women that work hard every single day to make sure that we're safe and we fly efficiently. It needs to happen. Terrence, this is absolutely ridiculous that we could go fund some of the most obscure things, but we can't fund our own dhs.
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No, absolutely. You know, it is a safety issue. I think one could argue it's a national security issue, particularly with air traffic controllers not being paid. And if there are outages, they, of course, patrol our skyways and byways to make sure that flights are coming in safe. So it needs to be addressed. And holding out, particularly Democrats holding out over ICE funding or over dispute over how ICE itself should operate. That. That's silly. That's. That's pre Pub. Bess. And it's not even pubescent. It's pre.
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B.
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Best Pre pubescent. You know what I'm trying to say? But it's. It's.
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Yeah, that's our government, though. Yeah, but that's our government. So people are mad. Get mad, be offended, get, get angry. That's what it's going to take. Nothing, nothing ever changes. Terrence, thank you so much. And we'll see. We'll see you on the bigger show here in about 30 minutes.
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Appreciate it. And hopefully by then, I'll be able to get my words out and say things like pre pubescent.
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There you go. I can't say it. That's why I'm not even gonna try. Thank you.
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Have a good one.
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All right. All right. Meanwhile, a little bit of drama inside the Pentagon press room. Legacy media reporters are upset over the new seating and loudly complaining about being pushed to the back of the room. Our next guest has watched it play out firsthand. Joining us now is Reagan Reese, White House correspondent for the Daily Caller. Now, this is a big deal. Now, you and I have worked together in the briefing room of I, you know, I stand on the sides. I don't have a seat in the briefing room, which I don't. I don't mind. I think it's an honor just to be in there. But, boy, some of these reporters at the Pentagon are pretty upset that outlets like ours and yourselves are up front and they're in the back.
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Yeah.
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Well, first I'll start by saying I've been a part of the White House press corps for three years now. They're supposed to be the worst of the worst. In a lot of ways, they are. I've written about it before, and the things I've seen behind this behind the scenes, it does not compare to what has gone on at the Pentagon the last few weeks. It is probably a way more hostile and petty situation. At first I kind of thought it was maybe just going to happen over the first briefing. There were some comments made from the reporters in the back complaining about, you know, not being in the back row. And then it's just continued on, briefing over briefing. And I started to hear from my colleagues around me because I was like, am I the only one feeling this way? And then I started to talk to my colleagues, and everyone has been so uncomfortable. And, you know, this isn't our doing. This is the Pentagon's doing. The way that they've shaken up this briefing room, we're trying to take advantage of the opportunity. And it's felt personal in the briefing room. And so, yeah, it's been, it's been an interest. Interesting situation. But you have to continue to prove yourself as a journalist while you sit in that Pentagon briefing room.
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Well, you certainly have done that at the White House and the briefing room. And I noticed our own David Zier was up front and center the last press conference I saw him. Now, you know, it's also good that historically conservative outlets, independent outlets, haven't had the access, at least even access at all, more or less up front. So this is a shift in the, in the, in the mindset that kind of mirrors what the White House has done with the new media seat. So I, I think it's a, I think it's a great thing that they're allowing new media up front. Now, if the legacy media. Well, let me ask this. The legacy media that's in the back, they're still getting called on, right?
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Yes.
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For questions.
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At the last briefing, the Wall Street Journal was called on. I know the briefing before that, the New York Times and Fox News were called on, and Fox News even got moved up from the back of the row, back of the room to the front of the room. But they have been called on through the briefings. I know that the Pentagon has put out a list of who they've approved for the briefings, that they've been trying to rotate things around because there was a reporter from the Atlantic who was complaining about not being allowed in. And they explained, you know, there were 70 outlets that RSVP for the Pentagon briefing, only 60 are allowed in. And we used one of those spots to allow the Daily Mail, who hasn't been in yet, to be in. And the Daily Mail, they asked a really hard question of the secretary. So those outlets that aren't typically in there or those mainstream media outlets, everyone's getting called on. It's good, good handful. And I would say at the last briefing, the mainstream media was called on so much that one of my colleagues heard a mainstream media reporter celebrate that regular media was called on more than the new media in the last briefing.
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Oh, man. Okay, let's shift our attention real quickly to the briefing room. The White House, this has been a very interesting year. A lot of stuff in the news cycle. What are the, some of the things that you're focusing right now and you're writing and you're reporting, Obviously, we have the conflict in the Middle east, but what are the other things that you're working on right now?
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I know, Brian. I mean, it's so hard to think of anything else besides the conflict in the Middle East. But one thing we're really trying to do with the Daily Caller is that's important and that impacts people back home, and we want to talk about that. But there are also things that impact your audience, that impact our audience, that they care about more than the conflicts going, going back home. So the 2026 midterms, of course, that's something that we're going to be following. I actually had to table some reporting on the big beautiful bill because of the conflict in Iran. So I'm hopefully going to be picking that reporting back up now that things have started to hit. Maybe more of a steady flow. And then of course, the Save act, that is like the big ticket item. And I have to say, Brian, I'm going to toot my horn here. In that one press briefing where Caroline Levitt, she got all these questions about Iran, I was the only one to ask about a domestic issue. I asked about the Save act and now the Save act is back in the news cycle. So I'm taking credit for that.
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Take credit for it. I'm one and only Reagan Reese. How can people follow you on social media and all of your reporting?
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Twitter, x Instagram, Reagan Reese underscore. And then we're also on Substack. That's where I posted my behind the scenes piece of the Pentagon. I'm posting weekly pieces of behind the scenes inside my reporting so you can really understand what it's like to be in my shoes and be a White House correspondent.
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I don't, I don't want to walk in your shoes and I know sure as hell you don't want to walk in mine. Reagan, I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thanks for joining us.
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Of course. See you later.
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America, it's time to make some noise. Scan the QR code right now and download the new song God, Grit and Guns by the Truth Bombers. Or search for it on itunes and download it today. In a world filled with chaos and uncertainty, this song is a reminder of something America's grit, faith and fortitude. From the label that brought you the boss anthem of the free and Somali waltz comes the next anthem, God Grit and Gun by the Truth Bombers. Scan the QR code and download it now.
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To our enemies, f a f o
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God greeting guns.
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If you ever wanted to go to Britain, Michigan, well, here's your chance. It's a live look at Britain, Michigan. Not sure where that's at, but great state of Michigan. Welcome back American Sunrise EARLY edition. I am Brian Glenn. Joining us now is America Sunrise host David Brody. David, have you ever been to Britain, Michigan? Question of the day. No, I've been to Britain, but never to Britain, Michigan. And I'll just kind of leave it at that. I thought you were gonna ask me if I've ever been to the Strait of Hormuz, which, by the way, this just said, Brian, I am not taking my family. I mean, here's what we're not talking about in our household. Hey, hey, guys, let's do this. A family vacation to the Strait of Hormuz. Not happening. Not happening here. Nope. I'm not getting the boat out in the jet Ski and taking the straight of her moose right now. But in a serious not, there are a lot of countries that now said they don't necessarily want to get involved. Japan being one of the latest that I read last night. But it looks like we need some help securing this very vital area. Okay, so time out for a second and let me do the caveat or the disclaimer and say I've been for this war since it began. Okay, I'm all in. But here's the issue. If you're going to start a war, I'm sorry, a military operation, my bad, sorry. You know, we want to be clear here, right? If you're gonna do that, maybe you should have a plan to figure out the Strait of Hormuz without any other countries that are going to help. In other words, you can't go in and now all of a sudden say, hey, by the way, we really kind of need your help here. Cuz it's like a world problem. Like that's true. And other countries should help, but to rely on them at this point, I mean, you had a figure you were gonna go at it alone. And did you really think Keir Starmer, the Neville Chamberlain, if you will, of 2025, 2026, is going to all of a sudden start to mobilize the British fleet to get involved? I mean, just not gonna happen, Brian. So this idea that President Trump is now calling on all these countries to come and help out, why would they help out? They weren't want, they didn't want to help out to begin with. So I think this is a heavy lift is my point. Well, he told them in the very beginning that he didn't need their help. And now we need, and now he's begging NATO to come in and help us. And, you know, and I saw one report, David, I don't know if you saw this, that the Iranians were going to allow an Indian vessel through only if they paid in Japanese. I'm sorry, in Chinese currency. Did you hear any reports on that? I did, as a matter of fact. I'm looking at the latest. It's Associated Press, so take it with a grain of salt. But no, I mean, I think overall this would be accurate that India did indeed send a couple of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours or so and. So still be the dollar in currency on that, because that would actually be very disruptive to us. Okay, let's shift over. Let's fast forward to the midterms. Obviously, the average price of gas is around 365, depending on where you live in the country. Does this go into midterms? Could this hurt Republicans as we need to win the House and the Senate to keep this Trump agenda going? Let me think for a second. Can you just give me a sec? Yes, the answer. I think the answer. I'm sorry, my bad. Yes, with a 72 font, all caps, and it's bold and all of that. Yeah, Brian, and you know the deal, right? I mean, politically, you go to war, a lot of people think, okay, you go to war, the country's behind you.
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Rah, rah.
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Yeah. That was the days of World War II. That were the days of like, you know, 50 years ago, 40 today, much different. You got a split country here. So I'm not convinced it does you any political favors. Yeah, and you know, I was against the war going in, but now that we're in it, David, I'm with you. I want to win it. I want to get out for America, help the world. Let it be a peaceful place. I'm all for it. Dave Rode about six minutes. You can have more. Dave Rode, thank you for joining me this morning.
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Thanks, Brian.
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All right. All right. Thank you for joining us. We'll be back here tomorrow at 7am you can always follow me at Brian Glenn TV across the board, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Until next time. Goodbye. God bless.
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We'll see you.