American Sunrise - February 27th, 2026

Summary

American Sunrise – February 27, 2026

Real America’s Voice — iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode of American Sunrise covers major national news stories, including the Congressional hearings involving Bill and Hillary Clinton about their connections to Jeffrey Epstein, escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and military preparations, President Trump’s campaign visit to Texas ahead of key elections, and contentious cultural and political debates. The show, hosted by David Brody, Emily Finn, and Terrence Bates, features live reports, guest interviews, political commentary, weather forecasts, and lively debate, all delivered with the network’s signature focus on American values and skepticism of mainstream narratives.

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Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Clinton-Epstein Congressional Hearings

Timestamps: [03:03]–[07:41], [30:26]–[34:36], [50:46]–[52:35]

• Lauren Boebert’s Disruptive Photo:

  • Congresswoman Boebert took a prohibited photo of Hillary Clinton during her testimony and passed it to influencer Benny Johnson.
  • Hosts criticized the distraction:

    “What were you trying to achieve? Lauren Boebert, focus on the proceedings. … This is a critically important case, the Epstein case, that we need to take seriously and that should be at the forefront, not Hillary Clinton's photo.” — Emily Finn [04:42]

  • Guests and hosts agreed it was a lapse in judgment but didn’t call for major consequences.

• Clinton Testimonies & Epstein Investigations:

  • Hillary Clinton repeatedly deflected questions, saying, “I don’t know, you’re gonna have to ask my husband.”

    “Over a dozen times Hillary Clinton said, I don’t know, you’re gonna have to ask my husband…. If Hillary Clinton was on the main island yesterday, we're going to the island today with Bill.” — David Brody [04:04]

  • Bill Clinton’s deposition previewed; skepticism remains regarding his forthcoming answers.

• Guest Interview – Rep. Nancy Mace (House Oversight, SC):

  • Mace recounted Hillary Clinton getting “screaming” angry and avoiding direct answers about Clinton family-Epstein ties.
  • Asserts mainstream media is conflating Trump with Epstein to distract:

    “It’s interesting—when you talk to the Epstein victims, they exonerated President Trump… Anything after 2019 is very suspicious, crazy, and potentially insane.” — Rep. Nancy Mace [31:37]

  • Explored deeper links like email evidence and posited Epstein was an intelligence asset.
  • Concluded that the files should have been released “a decade ago,” calling the affair “one of the greatest coverups in American history.” [33:49]

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2. US-Iran Tensions and Military Posture

Timestamps: [09:00]–[12:32]; [24:10]–[27:49]; [62:08]–[63:13]; [75:07]–[79:15]

• Congressman Ralph Norman (SC) on US Approach:

  • Supports Trump’s “show of force” in the Middle East, arguing military pressure is justified to deter Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

• Potential Embassy Evacuation & Strike:

  • Reports that former governor Mike Huckabee (now U.S. ambassador) urged Israeli embassy staff to leave proactively.
  • Guests agreed conflict was a real risk:

    “If you hear more people like Huckabee saying to abandon—leave before it starts—I think it’s good words, and better safe than sorry.” — Rep. Ralph Norman [11:35]

  • Discussion of Iran’s threats against U.S. bases and strategy of deterrence.

• Geopolitical Analysis – Armin Kurdian (Ret. Navy, GOP Strategist):

  • Warned against escalation, questioning the purpose of a massive strike:

    “A massive airstrike on Iran—you have to ask: what is going to be accomplished? … Trump said what he wants to do. Ultimately, this government has got to go. But it’s not going to go away from just a bunch of military strikes.” — Armin Kurdian [26:43]

  • Potential for Iranian retaliation recognized, but expectation that conflict would be short and decisive.

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3. International Hotspots: Cuba, Pakistan, Afghanistan

Timestamps: [22:57]–[24:50]

• Cuban Boat Incident:

  • Coverage of a deadly incident involving American citizens and Cuban border forces.
  • Analysis suggests it is separate from broader U.S. policies on Cuba, but “America will not tolerate chaos in our backyard.”

• Pakistan-Afghanistan Escalation:

  • Discussion on recent cross-border strikes and open hostilities; guests argue major war is unlikely due to power imbalance but acknowledge ongoing tensions and the region’s volatility (“whack-a-mole”).

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4. Trump in Texas and 2026 Midterm Elections

Timestamps: [13:36]–[16:04], [54:46]–[56:40], [95:39]–[97:28]

• Texas Campaign Stop / Key Races:

  • President Trump scheduled to appear in Corpus Christi to bolster support ahead of crucial primaries and midterm elections.
  • Energy policy, particularly natural gas exports, highlighted as focal points.
  • Preview of Republican primary fight (John Cornyn vs. Ken Paxton vs. Wesley Hunt):

    “…when you look at the Senate race, you’ve got John Cornyn … and then you have the Texas gunslinger … Ken Paxton … and then you have Wesley Hunt … President Trump as of right now staying out of that endorsement.” — Brian Glenn, Chief White House Correspondent [16:06]

• Zoran Mamdani — New York Mayor and Trump Meeting:

  • Discussion of Trump’s controversial meeting with progressive NYC Mayor Zoran Mamdani; confusion and critique from hosts over Trump’s apparent political concessions on immigration.

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5. Domestic Political Maneuvering & Election Integrity

Timestamps: [57:00]–[61:41], [81:02]–[85:17]

• Draft Executive Order/National Emergency on Voting:
  • Leaked draft shows lawyers around Trump urge a national emergency declaration over alleged Chinese interference in 2020, seeking sweeping powers over elections.
  • Host skepticism over federal intervention:

    “Anytime I hear national emergency and voting in the same sentence, that gives me pause. I don’t care who’s President.” — David Brody [83:51]

  • Discussion with reporter Neil McCabe and commentator Donna on the role of federal and state agencies and the ongoing fight over voter rolls.

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6. Headline Digest and Rapid Commentary

Timestamps: [03:03]–[04:42]; [38:53]–[42:56]; [86:09]–[88:47]

• Sex Offender Candidacy Outrage:

  • Broad condemnation of a registered sex offender running for city council in Fresno, CA, attributed to “radical left” policies:

    “I don't know how we have gotten so far from the core of protecting children… Even the New York Times was trying to say that pedophilia is a disorder, it's not a crime.” — Emily Finn [37:40]

  • Panel urges local voters to reject such candidates and praises efforts to change local law.

• FBI Surveillance Allegations:

  • Discussed reports the Biden-era FBI obtained phone records for Trump associates and campaign officials, with calls to “wipe everything clean” in intelligence agencies due to pervasive corruption.

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7. Health Breakthroughs and Cultural Coverage

Timestamps: [28:18]–[30:49]; [44:04]–[49:51]

• Colon Cancer Research:

  • Highlight of a new study suggesting a virus may play a direct role in colon cancer; touted as an overdue medical reckoning.

• Faith & Social Healing:

  • Pastor Jesse Bradley shares how his Seattle church achieved racial integration, urging authentic multiracial community in the spirit of unity.

    “We’re not just in the same building, but in each other’s homes. It's all about friendship and trust. … God's family is diverse and we need to love one another.” [44:10]

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8. Polling and Political Pulse

Timestamps: [75:07]–[83:51]

• National Security Polling:
  • Rasmussen poll: Republicans maintain significant advantage over Democrats on national security trust (8-point edge).
  • Debate over potential Iran strike—MAGA likely to support Trump, but “this isn’t Venezuela … it’s the Middle East,” and some urge caution.

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9. Business & Media News

Timestamps: [68:27]–[73:31]

• Media Consolidation:

  • Paramount seen as top bidder for Warner Bros. Discovery; Netflix pulls out.
  • Reflection on how streaming is disrupting traditional media models.

• Mortgage Rates:

  • 30-year average drops below 6%; predictions for slow housing market recovery.

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10. Community Announcements, Sponsors & Lighter Moments

Throughout

• Recurring faith moments: Bible verse reading, “Moment of Faith.”
• Weather updates, stock market open, and economic tips.
• Ample product sponsorships with a patriotic/America-first twist.
• “Spill Some Tea” features a veteran-owned tea company.

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Notable Quotes

• On Clinton testimony:
  “The Clintons are battle tested … they can tap dance around about any issue.” — Rep. Ralph Norman [06:27]

• On Iran conflict possibility:
  “You know, you never know about a rogue country like this. … I would think that as it gets closer to the timeline … if nothing’s happened, you’re going to see something happen.” — Rep. Ralph Norman [11:35]

• On media strategy re: Epstein and Trump:
  “Mainstream media's way of getting back at President Trump for nothing.” — Rep. Nancy Mace [31:37]

• On American division:
  “We’re all equal. We’re all loved by God. We’re all made in God’s image. … There needs to be forgiveness. There needs to be apologies sometimes. But that's healthy. And that's part of protecting and guarding unity.” — Pastor Jesse Bradley [44:04]

• On radical politics:
  “Voters in that district need to reject this person ... if they don’t, they're gonna get what they voted for. Just look in New York.” — Terrence Bates [40:40]

• On FBI and institutional trust:
  “Just like the voter rolls, why don’t we just wipe it all clean? The FBI, the CIA, all these three letter agencies, the corruption is so deep.” — Donna [86:09]

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Memorable/Lighthearted Exchanges

• Hosts joke about being “under the weather” and Terrence running around in flip-flops in Colorado. [02:10]
• David Brody quips on fake news and CNN: “I’m sorry, I thought I was CNN for a moment and I was giving you fake information.” [13:36]
• Jokes comparing Wile E. Coyote and the Democrats, with Trump as the Roadrunner. [57:00]

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Suggested Timestamps for Focused Listening

• Clinton-Epstein testimony & fallout: [03:03]–[07:41], [30:26]–[34:36], [50:46]–[52:35]
• Iran military tension and analysis: [09:00]–[12:32], [24:10]–[27:49], [62:08]–[63:13]
• Pres. Trump Texas stop/Elections: [13:36]–[16:04], [54:46]–[56:40], [95:39]–[97:28]
• Polling & security debate: [75:07]–[83:51]
• Culture wars/local issues: [38:53]–[42:56]
• Faith & unity: [44:04]–[49:51]

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Conclusion

This episode reinforces Real America’s Voice’s positioning as a network providing “honest views” that push back against mainstream narratives. The hosts and guests largely agree on key topics—suspicion of U.S. institutions, deep skepticism toward establishment politicians, and a “America First” approach to policies. Content is fast-paced and covers a wide swath of real-time politics, geopolitics, and cultural debates, with passionate, often blunt commentary and an unapologetically conservative, faith-oriented tone.

Transcript

[Emily Finn]

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[Terrence Bates]

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[David Brody]

Good morning, America.

[Emily Finn]

Welcome to American Sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you.

[Terrence Bates]

Politics.

[David Brody]

President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.

[Terrence Bates]

We've got you covered.

[David Brody]

This is what it looks like to be a patriot.

[Terrence Bates]

We have to protect the American family.

[Emily Finn]

The American dream is still alive.

[David Brody]

I'm David Brody.

[Terrence Bates]

I'm terrence.

[Emily Finn]

And I'm Dr. Gina.

[David Brody]

Good morning, everybody. I'm David Brody. Welcome to American Sunrise. All right, let's bring in T. Bates in our Denver newsroom and Emily Finn in our West Palm Beach Studios. Dr. Gina A little under the weather, but then again, if you think about it, Emily, aren't we all under the weather? I mean, technically, we are all under the weather, but anyhow. Hi, good morning.

[Emily Finn]

Good morning. Different weather down here in Palm beach than you have in D.C. david oh, that's for sure.

[David Brody]

T. Bates how's it over there in Colorado?

[Terrence Bates]

Actually, it's unseasonably warm. We've been in the 60s all week. It's wonderful. I'm so happy. I pulled out my winter and spring clothes again. I had put them up and brought out my winter clothes for a little while. I've got shorts on and I'm running around here with flip flops on. You can't tell me anything David, not that anybody knows wants to see that, but you get the point.

[David Brody]

Send us a picture.

[Terrence Bates]

Yeah, you don't want that either?

[David Brody]

Never mind, actually.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, so look, he's like, yeah, so look, I want to talk about this story involving Congresswoman Lauren Boebert. She also, of course, from Colorado, she took a picture of Hillary Clinton and her attorneys during her testimony. During Hillary Clinton, Clinton's testimony. That's the picture right there. She sent it to MAGA influencer Benny Johnson, who then posted the picture. Hillary's lawyers then asked that the proceedings be halted. All of this is strictly prohibited for the lawmakers or even witnesses take pictures inside of a closed door congressional testimony. This of course leads to some serious questions, at least from me. I'm wondering what she was thinking first of all. But more importantly, what were you trying to achieve? Lauren Boebert, focus on the proceedings. I would have been okay if you posted, hey, I asked Hillary Clinton this question. Even if you didn't post a response, but to post a picture. David, I'd love to get your thoughts because I'm just like, really, what are you trying to do? Like, what was the point? That's my thinking. But please, I want a different perspective. Go ahead. Sorry, Dan.

[David Brody]

I mean, to a degree it was a distraction, but overall that wasn't the main headline. I mean, it was a headline in the middle of it. I mean, Hillary threw, here's an old school word. Hillary threw a conniption over it. And so then it was ended up becoming, here's another old school word, a kerfuffle for a little bit. But look to me, guys, and Emily, here's the thing. I mean, over a dozen times Hillary Clinton said, I don't know, you're gonna have to ask my husband. Oh, don't worry, they'll ask her husband who will be there today. You know, if Hillary Clinton was on the main island yesterday, we're going to the island today with Bill. Emily.

[Emily Finn]

Yeah, she certainly dodged a lot. But I'm with Terrence on this one. I'm really not sure what that photo even achieved. Like, did Lauren wanna show what she was wearing? There was no purpose of that at all. Lauren Boebert actually posted on X and she said like, no lawmakers were in the taking of this photo, which I thought was just kind of like, you know, she was doubling down on why she sent it to Benny to post. I just think it's so, so lame and so dumb. So I'm kind of with you on this, Terrance. Just focus on the proceedings. This is a critically important case, the Epstein case that we need to take seriously and that should be at the forefront, not Hillary Clinton's photo.

[Terrence Bates]

You know what, thank you very much. You used the word lame. I'm not so sure I ever would have come up with that on my own, but. But I would tend to agree with you. That was kind of lame. I like that. Thank you so much. Anyway, we need some Jesus. David, would you give us our Bible verse this morning? Something that's definitely not lame?

[David Brody]

I would love to. Let's check it out today. I'm doing the honors. Dr. G normally does this.

[Terrence Bates]

Wow.

[David Brody]

I get to read the Bible. It's the first time I've ever read it. Alright, Here we go. First Corinthians 10:13. It's the new King James Version. No temptation has overtaken you, except such as is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able. But with the temptation will also make the way of escape that you may be able to bear it. Great words from the Bible. We do that every morning. You won't find that on cnn, FYI. All right, we turn now to the Clintons under oath and the high stakes House investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. As we were talking about just a moment ago, Hillary testified yesterday, Bill set to follow in just a little while from now as Republicans push for full accountability over years of questionable decisions inside the Justice Department. Joining us now with his take and insight on that and so much more is South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman. Congressman, thanks for being here. Hillary was trying to bring in President Trump yesterday in her testimony to say, hey, why don't you haven't President Trump testify here? I'm curious to kind of get your take on what you saw yesterday and what you expect to see today. Good morning. Good morning, David. You know, the Clintons are battle tested. They've been around for a long time. They can tap dance around about any issue. What I expect from Bill Clinton is, you know, more the same. He didn't remember, didn't know if he was there. He's, you know, he's slippery. He's, you know, when he was impeached for lying about Monica Lewinsky, he, you know, was able to dodge most of it. And so I expect just words from him. You can't trust the thing the man says. And I expect him to continue to bring up Donald Trump as if, you know, that's part of their repertoire now to try to deflect the, you know, the problems that they have with Epstein and he's to fly over there 26 times that we know of and other things he's done while he was, while he was in politics is pretty much a shame.

[Terrence Bates]

Not to beat a dead horse. But I am curious about your reaction to the Lauren Boebert distraction, is what I'm going to call it. Her taking the picture and the fact that it is unfortunately part of the headline of yesterday's testimony. How do you see all of this? Was she wrong, in your opinion?

[David Brody]

You know, I think Lauren just made a mistake. Her intentions, you know, I think are fine. She, you know, she should know that the Clintons are going to use anything to object to and anything to take the spotlight off them. Innocent picture. It's not like she was, she wasn't revealing something that they saw inside the, when they were questioning them. But I'm sure it was unintentional and she probably didn't think that the Clintons would object. But from here on out, you can't do anything that is, whether it's taking pictures or, you know, talking about it, because the Clintons are going to object to it. And again, they're pros at this. And we ought to, we should know that really quick.

[Emily Finn]

Do you think there should be any accountability for the congresswoman, should anything happen because she took this picture?

[David Brody]

No, I do not. I don't think it's that big of an issue. The Clintons will make a big deal of it. I don't think it'll happen again. But it's a warning, not just for this trial, but as they have bring other witnesses. You just can't do that because they'll object like the Clintons have done.

[Emily Finn]

Understood. I do want to move on to the Iran nuclear talks. The United States has staged the largest military buildup in the Middle east in decades. Trump says he prefers a diplomatic solution, but made it clear that he will not let Tehran obtain a nuclear weapon. And the show of US Force is part of that pressure. Your thoughts on this?

[David Brody]

I think the president's doing the right thing. Two things. I think he's showing the world the force that America has. And I think, you know, if they don't think that he will deliver on what he says, they're wrong. This president has given them 10 days to, I think he may have extended to 15 days to comply. But if they don't, they face a real problem like they did before when the American forces did a heroic thing and took out the number one spots of terror.

[Terrence Bates]

And they'll do it again.

[David Brody]

Congressman, I'm looking here, it seems like we've got some breaking news about Mike Huckabee is telling Israeli embassy staff to leave today if they want to. If they want to. As we wait for this potential strike on Iran, what is your sense? What kind of intel are you getting or not getting? It seems like, you know, we heard this last weekend about it could be imminent anytime. I kept my weekend plans open. I think I have to have this weekend again keep my plans open for potential coverage. What are you hearing? Pretty much the same thing. I mean, what he told us at the State of the Union was that he was going to take the action necessary. He gave him the time. I think when they're evacuating, you know, the innocent all around, where they're probably going to bomb, I think is a good thing. And he's taken the steps to make sure no one gets harmed if this thing does escalate, I anticipate it will. If you listen to the rhetoric that Iran has had, it hadn't been conciliatory, and they're delaying this at their own peril. So I think it's good that Huckabee's doing that. And I think that they have to take Iran seriously on what they intended to do, which will prove to be a disaster for them, as it did

[Terrence Bates]

before to that point. While the embassy staff there in Israel is being encouraged to leave if they choose, Iran also threatening military bases within the Middle east region in general, saying that if the US Were to attack, that those would be potential targets bases, say, in Saudi Arabia or Qatar or wherever some of those other US Bases are. Is that a real concern to you or is that just saber rattling, do you think from Iran?

[David Brody]

You know, you never know about a rogue country like this. I would think that as it gets closer to the timeline that President Trump laid out, if nothing's happened, you're going to see something happen for the United States. They're going to try to protect Israel and all the bases that we have. And I think it'll be over pretty quick once it starts. And, you know, the inside word to what we're hearing is probably going to happen, and it's going to happen sooner rather than later. To keep up. One, the talk and two, to keep up. If you hear more people like Huckbee saying to abandon leave before it starts, I think it's good words and better safe than sorry.

[Terrence Bates]

Hey, just really quickly, do you. Yeah, I'm sorry. I just really. And this is a very quick answer. If in fact, or when we do attack Israel. Do you expect our domestic terror alert to be raised as a result?

[David Brody]

Absolutely.

[Terrence Bates]

Okay, cool. That's the answer.

[David Brody]

There it is. That was quick. One word. We appreciate we as anchors are not used to one word. We like to obliviate. Thank you, Congressman Norman, we appreciate you, as always. Thanks. Thank you. All right, coming up, we check out the hottest headlines from the RAV newsroom. That would be with T. Bates. I know him. But next, President Trump headed to Texas. There's a key primary there this coming week. Hello, John Cornyn. Hello, Ken Paxton. That could have major national implications. We're going to talk about it when we come back.

[Terrence Bates]

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[David Brody]

That is the White House. And President Trump is not there. He's in Texas. I'm sorry, I should say he will be in Texas later today. That's. That's more accurate. I'm sorry, I thought I was CNN for a moment and I was giving you fake information. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. All right, coming up, we're going to talk about Iran, the nuclear talks with the United States. How do I say this didn't go too well? We'll talk about it in a moment. First, though, T. Bates standing by with details about President Trump's big event in Texas tonight. Here we go.

[Terrence Bates]

Sponsored by amac, the association of Mature American Citizens is the conservative voice for Americans 50 and older. AMAC is fighting for the values that you hold dear. Join today. Together we can right the course of America. All right, good morning, everyone. All eyes will be on Corpus Christi, Texas, as President Trump makes his way to the Lone Star State later today to address the party faithful. Texas is one of a handful of states that face critical midterm elections that are expected to impact the balance of power in Congress. That state's upcoming elections, by the way, will have national implications. Real America's Voice. Chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn already in Corpus Christi this morning with a preview of the president's visit there. Brian? Natural gas comes to mind when I think of Corpus Christi. It is one of the major producers of natural gas. And so it really lends itself to this energy message that President Trump is bringing. Good morning, Terrence. It really does. There's three major ports also here in the state of Texas. Corpus Christi, Houston, and Galveston. I should start Port Arthur, Beaumont Port, big ports, all LNG terminals at those ports. So a lot of energy, natural gas being transferred out of the state of Texas and, and obviously taking in oil as well. But energy is the main focus Today we'll be talking with some port workers just down from where I stand right now at around 3:30 here local time, Central time here in Texas, talking about the economy as well, talking about the Texas primaries, which were just days away. And President Trump still, as you guys talked about, has stayed out of endorsing anyone in that heated Senate Texas race. Yeah, I think that's important to point out. Yes, he'll be talking about energy, but this is also positioning himself and positioning that state, if you will, for these upcoming primaries and of course for the midterms. This is also to some degree a campaign stop.

[David Brody]

I would think it is.

[Terrence Bates]

It is a campaign stop. The last time he was here was back in 2022, not far from where I stand right now. He had a rally. And also the last time he was in Texas was for in down in Kerr county for those disastrous floods that we had. I would travel with the president to check out the disaster area there and meet with some family. So Texas is no stranger to him. And Texas loves the president winning big this past election year. But when you look at the Senate race, you've got really, you got John Cornyn, who has been the establishment Republican in the Senate, and then you have the Texas gunslinger, if you will. Ken Paxton, attorney general here in Texas, have really been on the forefront of all these fights on behalf of the state of Texas. When Joe Biden was in office, Ken Paxton literally filed hundreds of lawsuits against the Biden administration, everything from election security down to the border. So he is a fighter for Texas. We'll see what that looks like. And then you have Wesley Hunt, who's a very popular and successful congressman there in West Houston. I know his district really well. Wesley's a great guy. He is also a viable candidate in all of this. But President Trump as of right now, staying out of that endorsement. But he has endorsed other dozens of other Republicans set to take place on Tuesday here in Texas. Well, the saying is everything's bigger and better in Texas and the elections and the focus on those elections bigger and better this week there as well. Always good to see you, Brian. Appreciate it. We'll be checking in with you throughout the day as President Trump makes his way to Corpus Christi, Texas, later on today. All right, folks, let's switch gears a little bit and get a quick check of your forecast. Weather Nation meteorologist Rob Bradley standing by with the very latest on what you can expect from coast to coast. It really is very interesting. You were telling me the east coast is getting ready to be hit with another snowstorm but the south is trying to recover from some severe storms overnight. Give us the latest, but please.

[David Brody]

Well, yeah, Terrence, we had some big hail last night, Mississippi, Alabama, brief tornado even around the Birmingham area as well. So wait in the National Weather Service to go out there and do a damage survey today. But those strong storms are still ongoing across the south this morning. Thankfully, no severe weather just yet. But we are seeing these storms continuing to push south and east. Some heavy rainfall on the way to portions of the south today into Florida late tonight, into tomorrow as well. Maybe some severe storms for Florida as we get into to Saturday. We're also tracking that northern system. As you mentioned, more snow on the way for portions of the Midwest and Northeast starts to build in late tonight across the plains before it moves to the east over the weekend, bringing us about one to five inches of snowfall. For most areas that see the snow, areas like Minneapolis, Milwaukee, eventually over to portions of the Northeast as well. We'll get some pretty heavy snowfall for the interior. But locations like Boston going to be right on the cusp of seeing additional snowfall, which is probably better for them at least I know they don't want additional snow after last weekend. But how about the West 93 in Phoenix today, the Midwest warming up briefly as well. Chicago 61. But as the Clipper system moves through, those temperatures are going to drop. We're going to continue to watch the record heat across the West. Phoenix up into the 90s this afternoon. Los Angeles almost pushing 90 as well. Across the rest of the Four Corners, temperatures a good 20 to 30 degrees above average. But again, the temperatures drop tomorrow. Chicago 61 today, 37 tomorrow as that Clipper system moves in. And that cold air will spread to the Northeast by the time we get to Monday with wind chills below zero possible. Back to you, Terrence.

[Terrence Bates]

Thank you, sir. We'll check in with you next hour for our hometown forecast. Always good to see you.

[David Brody]

Sounds good. You too.

[Terrence Bates]

All right. Coming up, the Kremlin weighing in on the escalating situation in Cuba following a deadly incident left four dead. We'll have the very latest after the break. But but first, a quick look at this day in history. It was on this day in 2013 that Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing he would resign from the papacy. He was the first pope to step down in nearly 600 years. Benedict said his declining strength and health no longer allowed him to leave the church with the full energy the role demands. The historic move marked a turning point for the Catholic Church, redefining papal leadership for the modern era. Conservatives praised his humility and devotion, saying that his decision reflected faith, responsibility and putting service above personal power. More American Sunrise coming your way in two minutes.

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[David Brody]

That is a new London, Connecticut. My burning question, of course, because I'm a free thinker, where's the old London? I don't know. I mean, just inquiring minds want to know. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. I'm David Brody. All right. President Trump is taking a strong stand after that deadly boat incident near Cuba involving a Florida registered vessel and armed men who Cuban authorities say open fire in their waters. The incident comes as Cuba faces a crippling energy crisis with US Sanctions squeezing that communist regime, while America prioritizes support for the Cuban people, not the dictators in Havana. Havana. U.S. officials are investigating, making it clear that America will not tolerate chaos in our backyard as in the Western Hemisphere, and will always put our national security first. Meanwhile, by the way, Russia pointing fingers this morning, but supporters say this is exactly why strong leadership matters. It's peace through strength, America first. No apologies. Let's talk about this. For insight, we turn to retired Navy captain and GOP strategist Armin Kurdian. Armin, thanks for being here. So look, the way I understand it, and I shouldn't say the way I understand it, but this is what US Officials are now saying, at least anonymously, that two of the people on the speedboat were actually US Citizens. One was killed, the other is actually injured and receiving medical care in Cuba. What's happening here? What's your best guess as to how this transpired?

[Terrence Bates]

Morning, David. This is certainly a fascinating story. These 10 guys thinking that they were going to go and assault the island of Cuba. You read up on some of these folks and they were, you know, they're Cuban exiles, strong nationalists, strong sense of patriotism for their country, although not the government, and thinking they were going to go and do something. It is certainly an incident that stands on its own. It is, I would say, for all practical purposes, separate from the efforts to strangle the Cuban government off from, from international commerce. Although you did see this week that the Trump administration did relax sanctions very slightly for oil sales for humanitarian purposes. They're allowing, you know, Mexico to send in some food for humanitarian purposes. So a little bit of a dual effort that that's actually happening here. I think, you know, the US Is probably not so happy with these guys going in and doing this, but we need to find out where they got these weapons, how they, how they were organized and how they got there in the first place. So. So two kind of separate things that are happening at the same time.

[David Brody]

Yeah, for sure. All right, so you got Cuba, we got Venezuela, we got Iran, and now we've got Pakistan and their defense minister saying that there is now open war with Afghanistan after the latest strikes. He says his country has run out of patience after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross border attack. So, I mean, this is feeling like whack a mole here. I know the President puts this on his 8.5 or 8.25 peace deals that he solved. What do you make of what's going on with Pakistan and Afghanistan? That is a powder keg and a nuclear one at that.

[Terrence Bates]

Certainly Pakistan and Afghan are not friends. And as you say, it is a bit of a whack a mole trying to tamp it down. The ethnic differences between the Pashtuns and the Taliban and the various factions of Islam is a big part of it. So the Trump administration, I think, is going to continue to try to negotiate peace in that region and try to stop the fighting. I don't necessarily see it exploding into massive open war. I think the Afghans know that they are no match for the, for the Pakistani military because Pakistan's been gearing up to fight a country of 1.3 billion to itself in India. So in that sense, I would guess that the Afghans are probably going to back down at some point. That's going. And remember, we were experiencing the same kinds of things when we were in Afghanistan with the Taliban and other folks up there in the northern regions of Pakistan or other Pakistan nationals attacking Afghanistan there. So you see a little bit of that happening at the same time too. So this has been happening for a very long time. And the President might be able to negotiate some ceasefires and generate some goodwill in that sense. I know he's going to keep trying. He'll do it. It'll flare up again. He'll do it again. So I think kudos to the President for at least continuing to make an effort for peace in that region.

[David Brody]

So, Armin, we've got less than a minute left. But Aran, I want to get your latest or your view as to what you think is going to happen. I mean, we had Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel this morning in some breaking news telling Israeli embassy staff, hey, you want to get out? Today would be the day is in essence what he said in an email to staffers. We have a huge war posture over there, the biggest in the Middle east since 2003. I mean, I can't imagine we're doing all of this and then telling everybody, okay, nevermind, everybody go home. I mean, what's your sense?

[Terrence Bates]

Those strike groups can only stay in the region for so long before they basically have to come back home to re equip and basically run out of their combat powers, so to speak, in terms of readiness, a massive airstrike on Iran. You have to ask what is going to be accomplished? What will actually be the purpose of actually doing that? And is Iran, when they retaliate, understanding that maybe they can't necessarily fully defend themselves? Would they maybe necessarily go all out to try to take out an American carrier? Remember, they have air, they got ships, they got submarines as well. They can get in a lucky hit at the same time. Or is Trump trying to provoke Iran into attacking so that we have sort of an excuse to defend ourselves and then perhaps actually go in?

[David Brody]

Interesting.

[Terrence Bates]

You see this, you see the protests, but then he's negotiating with Iran saying try to avoid strikes. You really, it's, you got to wonder what's happening. And Trump said what he wants to do. Ultimately, this government has got to go. But it's not going to, it's not going to go away from just a bunch of military strikes. It's going to require a lot of internal, you know, machinations and psychological operations, cyber warfare in order to actually make that happen.

[David Brody]

Great insight, Armin. Thanks so much for being here. Appreciate it as always.

[Terrence Bates]

Thanks, David. Have a great day.

[David Brody]

All right. You too. A new scientific development coming up, by the way, suggests a reason behind the rise in colon cancer. We're going to review or actually and reveal what medical professionals found about this. It's after the break.

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[Terrence Bates]

Yes.

[David Brody]

Good morning, Emily.

[Terrence Bates]

We're here in Chappaqua, New York. The House Oversight committee is inside on their way over to the performing arts center where former president Bill Clinton will be deposed. And we have with us the first district congresswoman from the great state of South Carolina, Nancy Mason, a member of

[David Brody]

the House Oversight Committee.

[Terrence Bates]

How are you today?

[Emily Finn]

I'm good. Good morning. I'm looking forward to deposing President Clinton today.

[Terrence Bates]

Yeah, they're the master class on spin. Hillary came out and seemed like she was taking a victory lap yesterday. Can you talk about a little bit about the what, what the feeling was inside and any interactions you had with her.

[Donna]

I would argue the victory lap was premature. And you'll see her reaction, even her

[Emily Finn]

screaming at one point in the deposition at me, by the way, and I didn't tolerate it. But you'll see the way she obfuscated and answered, or more importantly, didn't Answer some of these questions that were very obvious about the relationships between the Clinton family and Epstein and Maxwell.

[Terrence Bates]

Have you seen a coordinated effort with the MSM, with the NPR story about these allegations in 2019 about Trump that never went anywhere. And the timing of it to try to equivocate the Clintons involvement with Epstein and Donald Trump?

[Emily Finn]

And it's interesting when you talk the Epstein victims, they exonerated President Trump and those files were duplicative, which is why they're not listed. I told you CNN and other networks this morning, anything after 2019 is very suspicious, crazy and potentially insane. They even put me in the files like five months ago. So anything after 2019 is crazy. TRUMP has been exonerated by the victims. And this is just mainstream media's way of getting back at President Trump for nothing.

[Donna]

Literally.

[Emily Finn]

He did nothing. Like everything else.

[Terrence Bates]

How is it possible that Hillary didn't know about Epstein, their involvement with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell attending the daughter's wedding, the

[David Brody]

Clinton initiative, which there's reports that he

[Terrence Bates]

was the founder of that concept and also the Clinton foundation donation right before Epstein was sentenced, Right?

[David Brody]

Yeah.

[Emily Finn]

And even more than that, I pulled out an email from the files yesterday in front of Hillary Clinton and showed her that Howard Lutnick, by the way, was sort of a go between between Hillary and Epstein. I mean, this, it's far broader than that. There are more people involved and everyone wants to deny, deny, deny, but it's there in black and white. It's in emails between these very powerful people.

[David Brody]

And I want to know why.

[Emily Finn]

Like, was it access? Was it power, was it control, was it intel? Because I believe Epstein was an intel asset not just for the CIA, but Mossad and Israel and potentially one or two other countries.

[Donna]

And I think this is much bigger

[Emily Finn]

than a prostitution ring or sex trafficking ring. We're talking about financial crimes, intelligence, community issues, everything. Influence, power and influence that they want to, you know, hide.

[Terrence Bates]

Bill Clinton may not have an easy time up there. You know, photos of him in a hot tub involved with the Epstein, you know, thing and other things like the flight logs where he may have ditched the Secret Service a couple of times. Will that come up today?

[Emily Finn]

It will. It came up yesterday when I was interrogating Hillary Clinton. And again, you know, I will take it to President Clinton like I did Hillary.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, last question.

[David Brody]

Where do we go from here? Would it have helped if these files were released sooner so we could focus

[Terrence Bates]

on the midterms coming up? 7 months early voting start.

[Donna]

These files should have been out A decade ago.

[Emily Finn]

I mean, and you look at the COVID up. This is a. This will go down as one of the greatest coverups in American history.

[Terrence Bates]

Wow. Yeah. Back to you in the studio, Emily.

[Emily Finn]

David, thank you so much for bringing the congresswoman here. That was a lot of interesting information that she shared with us. Before we let you go, though, David, I want to know what's coming up on break. Breaking points on your show this weekend.

[Terrence Bates]

I got great stuff on Breaking Point. I've got great stuff of my time in Georgia in MTG's former district in the 14th district. A special election coming up there. Great people on the ground of Georgia and interviews with Mike Collins and others. So watch that.

[David Brody]

8am this Saturday.

[Terrence Bates]

And we want to thank Congresswoman Nancy Mace for joining us this morning.

[Emily Finn]

Thank you. God bless.

[Terrence Bates]

All right. Good luck today.

[Emily Finn]

God bless. Appreciate it. Look forward to your coverage of the former president throughout the day. David Zier, thank you for being with us. Coming up, a national outrage erupts after a registered child sex offender announces his run for city council in California. We'll have the full story after the break. Don't miss it.

[Terrence Bates]

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[David Brody]

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[Terrence Bates]

Hello.

[David Brody]

Good morning.

[Donna]

I love it.

[Emily Finn]

All right. Well now the word very very caffeinated. It is time to stay awake, not woke. And what's not only woke about but potentially dangerous and if nothing else, somewhat insane. A registered child sex offender is now running for city council in deep blue California and it is sparking national outrage. Renee Campos, who pleaded no contest to possession of child sex abuse material, is campaigning for a seat in Fresno on a platform of public safety and crime reform. Parents and community leaders are stunned that someone with this background is even allowed to seek office. Conservatives say this is what happens when radical left policies put ideology ahead of common sense and public safety. They warn this race highlights how far Democrat run cities have drifted from protecting children and upholding basic standards. This is a new low. Let's bring in David and Terrence to discuss this a little bit further. I am absolutely disgusted. I don't know how we have gotten so far from the core of protecting children, protecting innocents in this country. Even the New York Times was trying to say that pedophilia is a disorder, it's not a crime. I mean, I'm disgusted. My stomach is turned by this. Terrance.

[Terrence Bates]

No, I'm with you completely. And whether we're stunned or not, the voters in that district need to reject this person, period. He's on the ballot. That's just what it is right now. And so they need to reject this person. They need to make sure he gets no votes and that it's not even a shot of seeing the inside of a council chamber or any other sort of political body. That's what it comes down to at this point, David. I'm putting it very basically, but the way I see it, that's ultimately what it comes down to at this point.

[David Brody]

Someone try to convince Terrence that he's wrong. Cuz you're not. I mean, what other. I mean seriously, like what's the argument other than I guess it's America. Knock yourself out if you want to run. And by the way, just to be clear, just because you're a registered sex offender, I looked it up this morning. You can run. In California, he was convicted of a misdemeanor. It wasn't a felony. If it was a felony. Well, quite frankly, if it was a felony in California, that actually would still allow him to run. But in most states, when you're convicted of a felony, you can't run for office. In California, actually, I looked it up this morning. Even if this was a felony, he could run because it's not one of the listed felonies that restrict you from running for public office. The only way in California you cannot run for public office is if you've committed bribery, embezzlement, extortion of public funds, perjury, or some other crimes involving a public office. That's it. So this is a misdemeanor. He's a registered sex offender. So in California, knock yourself out. You can run. How disgusting is that? It's ridiculous. Ridiculous.

[Emily Finn]

Everyone always talks about this massive earthquake that's gonna, like, break California off and, you know, send it into the ocean. That happen sooner than later, because this is unbelievable that the state is allowing this again.

[Terrence Bates]

You know, you often hear the term, as voters, you get what you vote for. Well, if voters in that district elect this guy, they're gonna get what they voted for. The writing is on the wall. He's already told you who he is. And while I do believe people can be reformed, he still told you who he is or who he's capable of being. And if he's running on this platform of crime and punishment and public safety yet, that. That's what he's done in the past. And again, he's convicted. It's not like this is an allegation. He's been convicted. He's told you who he is. So they need to reject him. The voters in that district need to reject him. If they don't, they're gonna get what they voted for. Just look in New York. Zoran Mandami. The folks in New York are getting exactly what they voted for.

[David Brody]

Let's also be clear. There's a key distinction here. He's a current registered sex offender. I mean, I'm all for all three of us. We're all for grace and redemption.

[Terrence Bates]

Hello.

[David Brody]

I'll be. I'm the poster child of it right off the. Of grace and redemption. Thank you, Jesus.

[Terrence Bates]

Number two. Number two.

[David Brody]

But the thing is, is that. Yeah, here's the thing, you know, give it some Time, in other words. Okay, so how about be a former registered sex offender, number one, not a current one, and then, you know, the proof is in the pudding. What kind of difference is your life like now compared to what you were? I mean, I want to see that story of redemption. I hope he gives his life to Christ and moves on with a beautiful, wonderful life. And if that's the case, and I don't mean about giving his life to Christ, because if he can turn his life around, then great. Then, you know, it's a great story of redemption, but not in its current state. That's the difference to me.

[Emily Finn]

Yeah, that is the difference. And as Terrence keeps bringing up, I mean, this person and his individual journey for forgiveness, redemption, reform. That's great. But it comes down to the people in Fresno, in this district where he's. Where he's running, for them to stand up and protest and push back to the point where this person is off the ballot. I feel like voters in this country are just so lazy. They don't participate, especially in their local politics. And so things like this happen, and they complain afterward. But, Terrence, it's a great point. It really comes down to right now, before the election happens. The people there really do need to rise up and take this seriously and make sure that in Fresno, California, that they know this is not allowed in their city. I'm gonna think about Fresno totally differently now that they're allowing stuff like this.

[David Brody]

If I could just.

[Terrence Bates]

I've never been to Fresno.

[Emily Finn]

I've never been to Fresno.

[Terrence Bates]

This is Fresno. This is Fresno all day. But go ahead. David.

[David Brody]

I'm sorry. Just a quick nugget of good news in Fresno. I believe it's the city council. They are looking currently right now at changing the law that where a registered sex offender cannot run for public office. So we'll see if they actually get that passed. But they're trying to do that right now as we speak, so that's good.

[Emily Finn]

That is good. All right, great discussion, you guys. Coming up, it is time for our moment of faith. Does the saying, a couple that prays together, stays together extend to a nation? We're asking that question this morning as we explore the notion that 11am on Sunday is the most segregated time in America. Stick around for our conversation with Pastor Jesse Bradley when American Sunrise continues in just a moment.

[David Brody]

God bless the usa. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

[Terrence Bates]

Welcome back to American Sunrise. It's now time for our moment of faith, which is brought to us by Lee Greenwood and the God Bless the usa Biden in Focus. Today, we are wrapping up our series exploring the unity of God's people in this country. For the last several weeks, we've been exploring the assertion that 11 o' clock on Sunday is the most segregated time of the week. Let's bring in the pastor of Grace Community Church. He's also a speaker, author, and a former professional soccer player. The soccer has really brought us two together. We're very close friends now as a result. Jesse Bradley, always good to see you. My brother. Brother, Good morning, Terrence. Great to be with you. Thank you. Absolutely. So look, I was looking through your staff on your website, and I see that it really is a mix of American society. So I think this gives you a perfect perspective on bringing God's people together, despite our differences, that we truly are one in God. Yes, Terrence, I live in Seattle, and this is the least religious city in America, yet people are turning to Jesus in our church. We're 73 years old. Billy Graham came to Seattle and people know the Lord and then started our church. And now in the last five years, we've gone from predominantly white to now we look like Seattle and we look like heaven. And we're not just in the same building, but we're in each other's homes. It's all about friendships and trust. And, you know, God's family is diverse and we need to love one another. We're all equal. We're all loved by God. We're all made in God's image. And I just love it that we can come together as one family and there's authenticity and the relationships are growing, but that glorifies God, Jesus. Longest prayer in John 17 is that we would be united and the world would see Jesus. And when we walk together in love and we're glorifying and serving our city by glorifying God together, that's going to honor Jesus. How were you able to achieve this? And I asked you this question because I have to remind myself often that the church is the people, it's not the building. And when you bring back, when you bring together all of God's children, the church is better for it. How have you been able to achieve that there in Seattle, Terrence? It starts in your heart. And do you really love people that look different than you, that act different than you, all of that? And then it's got to start then in the home and even in our family. We adopted our son. Our youngest son is black, but then also in the neighborhood. Do you make it safe? Inviting? I Mean, we celebrate Black History Month. Just look at Sojourner Truth, you know, George Washington Carver. I mean, when you bring cultures together, appreciate the rich legacy of following Jesus and what Jesus has done, even overcoming slavery in our country, it's the love of Jesus that brings breakthroughs. So we look around at the world right now, there's a lot of division, there's a lot of hatred, finger pointing, but that's not our call. Our call is to come together. And when you pray together in the home, in church, when you worship together, the Bible brings us together. All of these pieces that God is working and relationships take risks. There needs to be forgiveness. There needs to be apologies sometimes. But that's healthy. And that's part of protecting and guarding unity. And the Holy Spirit brings unity together. And we don't want to let the enemy divide. No, we want to walk with Jesus. You know, there's a saying, God is love. And it seems to me that bringing the church together, bringing God's people together, is rooted in love. Yes. Walk in love and walk in truth. Those two go together like railroad tracks. They're always aligned. The Bible brings us together in Terrence, in heaven, there's going to be people from every nation, tongue and tribe. Why? We read about that in the Book of Revelation. Because Jesus died for everyone. The gospel is for everyone. He died for our sins. He's risen. Anyone can have the forgiveness of sins. This is grace. It's not achieved, it's received. And this is good news. So together, when you have your eyes on Jesus, you're going to come together and be closer. You're going to treat each other well, and you're going to have kindness, hospitality. God's love is chesed, faithful, loyal. And that's the kind of love that starts vertical when we receive it, then it goes into our relationships, then it's horizontal as well. I love it. Jesse. Bradley, always good to talk to you. I needed that word this morning. You gave me a word from the Lord. Thanks so much, brother. I appreciate you, Terrence, and thanks for the encouragement. Absolutely. We'll talk soon. And I am coming to see you in Seattle at your church. It's a promise. I don't know when, but I'm coming. Let's do this. All right. Thanks so much, Jesse. We're back with the second hour of American Sunrise. After this. Coming up on this second hour of American Sunrise, lawyers and activists close to the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would grant President Trump sweeping authority over voting. They're also urging 47 to declare a national emergency. We'll tell you what the this is all about ahead. Plus, former President Bill Clinton set for his deposition before the House Oversight Committee in just a couple of hours. All of this is part of the congressional probe into Jeffrey Epstein and it follows his wife Hillary's deposition yesterday. We'll have reaction and analysis straight ahead. Plus, former CNN anchor Don Lemon is facing a lawsuit over his connection to an anti ice riot that disrupted a worship service at the city's church in Minnesota. The details ahead on this second hour of American Sunrise.

[Emily Finn]

Welcome to American sunrise.

[Terrence Bates]

Whether it's culture.

[Emily Finn]

We have breaking news to share with you.

[Terrence Bates]

Politics.

[David Brody]

President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.

[Terrence Bates]

We've got you covered.

[David Brody]

This is what it looks like to be a patriot.

[Terrence Bates]

We have to protect the American family.

[Emily Finn]

The American dream is still alive.

[David Brody]

I'm David Brody.

[Terrence Bates]

I'm terrence.

[Emily Finn]

And I'm Dr. Gina.

[David Brody]

Welcome back, everybody, to the second hour of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody coming to you from D.C. let's bring in Emily Finn in our West Palm beach studio. She's in for Dr. G this morning. T. Bates in our Denver newsroom as well. Good morning to both of you. Well, this is, yes.

[Terrence Bates]

Uh, Oh, I lost you there. Can you, can I, can you hear him, Emily? I lost you, David. No, it looks like it's just the

[Emily Finn]

two of them frozen there.

[Terrence Bates]

All right. The Democrats are at it again. They're trying to, they're trying to get us in trouble and take us away. Hey, look, Emily, there's so much news happening. President Trump, of course, is going to be heading down to Texas later on today. But I think all eyes really are on Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons have been testifying over the past couple of days. It's been interesting to watch kind of the two sides of the debate and the two narratives that are coming out of Hillary Clinton's testimony yesterday in particular.

[Emily Finn]

It is certainly interesting. And I will say I think the fact that they are even testifying, the fact that they are even being deposed in the first, first place is interesting. I definitely this was not on my bingo card for 2026. Terrence. I think that there we're not as of yesterday with Hillary Clinton, she really dodged all of the questions that were being asked of her, kind of said, you can ask my husband about this. And that's what we're going to see today. So David Zier is there on the ground for us, and we'll be checking in with his coverage throughout the rest of the day. Terrence do you think that the former president is going to give us any more insight into that relationship with Alex Epstein?

[Terrence Bates]

I can keep that very, very simple and quick for you. No. David Brody also back as part of this conversation. David, I blame the Democrats for trying to mute you, but you cannot be muted, sir.

[David Brody]

No, I cannot be muted. Do not take away my microphone. But anyhow, this is definitely Bill and Hillary's not so excellent adventure. I think there's no question about this. All I know is that if Hillary Clinton was like the appetizer, Bill Clinton is the main course. You know, that's the way I see it. She's the spinach artico. Artichoke dip. He's the steak. And we're gonna get some steak today. I don't want to see that picture. That picture. No, thank you. I'm good. Emily. Terrence, do we really? Oh, really. Anyhow.

[Terrence Bates]

All right. Well, look, I am going to go on into our headlines really quickly, but since you brought up that Bill Clinton is a steak, nobody likes well done steak. And I suspect he's going to be flambagious today when he gets in front of the House Oversight Committee. You see what I did there, David, I'm glad you appreciated my little quip there. So as we've been saying, former President Bill Clinton is going to be deposed today in Chappaqua. Chap, chap. I can't even say it now in New York as part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case. Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, though, may be asked to leave a cell phone at the door after she posted a picture that she took of Hillary Clinton's testimony Thursday, causing the hearing to be paused momentarily. Releasing photos during a hearing is against the rules. Lawmakers hoping to learn more about the Clinton Epstein relationship during today's deposition involving the former president. President Trump, in the meantime, headed to Corpus Christi, Texas, this afternoon to talk energy and water in infrastructure. He'll make remarks at the Port of Corpus Christi, which is the nation's leading exporter of liquefied natural gas. It's also one of the country's leading hubs for petroleum. Texas, by the way, is one of a handful of states that face critical midterm elections that are expected to impact the balance of power in Congress. The state's upcoming elections will have national implications, especially with the primaries coming up there short shortly. In the meantime, the commander in chief, or commander in peace, as I like to call him, may have a new war to try to settle as Pakistan and Afghanistan are engaged in what Pakistan's defense minister is calling a quote, open war. The latest airstrikes and cross border retaliatory strikes between the neighboring countries is the worst escalation of violence since a ceasefire was brokered back in October. Pakistan says it had hoped that Afghanistan would focus on the welfare of its people and regional stability after the US Withdrawal from that country and the Taliban taking control of it. Instead, however, he now calls the Taliban led country a quote, colony of India, which is Pakistan's arch rival and a warring threat. That's a quick check of your headlines. Now let's get a quick check of your forecast with Weather Nation meteorologist Rob Bradley. He also has your hometown forecast. Forecast Good morning my buddy.

[David Brody]

Good morning, Terrence. Stories basically the same that we've been tracking for most of this week. Were the storms the active weather out across the east coast with cooler air locked in across the northern tier of the country. We did have some strong and severe storms last night. That system is still working its way through the south and Southeast today with some heavy rainfall continuing to bring some strong storms to portions of Florida into the weekend. We are going to be tracking more snow across the northern tier of the Great Lakes and through portions of the of the Midwest and Northeast, bringing in some snowfall to areas like Milwaukee by Saturday, Detroit Saturday evening and then eventually into Sunday across portions of the Northeast. We see the additional snowfall coming down for some areas that saw a whole lot of snow last weekend. Some 3 to 6 inch totals possible across the interior of the Northeast. But areas like Boston mostly seeing a little bit of rain mixed with ice. Temperatures across the west today. Another scorcher for Phoenix, 93, 67 to Denver 61, Chicago. But as we get into the weekend, those temperatures will drop quickly. Where they won't be dropping is across the Southwest still with record breaking highs for areas like Phoenix. Denver out to Los Angeles pushing 90 degrees this afternoon. But again as we get into tomorrow, temperatures plunge for areas across the Midwest. They will continue to drop across portions of the Northeast. How about some of your hometown forecast as we take a look here from Kyle, excuse me. Wylie, Texas, thanks to Toppers Rumble for that one. Wylie, Texas, looking warm for the weekend. Dothan, Alabama thanks to Bill Green on Getter. 73 degrees for your Saturday after thunderstorms today, that system that's moving through the Southeast. And last stop here thanks to Veronica Wallen out in Brandon, Missouri. Your forecast looking pretty good getting into the weekend. But then we have rain and heavy rain building into portions of the Midwest and the Southern Plains into next week. So big changes on the way next week, but the weekend is looking, looking pretty standard for what we have been seeing for much of the week so far. Terrence, back to you.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, Rob, thanks so much. Have a great weekend, my friend. We'll talk next week.

[David Brody]

Thank you. You too.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, let's get you over to David Brody now. David, he mentioned Wiley, Texas. And I got to thinking about Wile E. Coyotes for some reason, like he said, Wiley, Texas. And I was like, I wonder if that's where Wile E. Coyote is from. Just the David Brody thought. I figured you would appreciate that.

[David Brody]

Well, it's so funny you say it to David Brody thought, because that's exactly what I thought, too. I said Wiley Cody and then I thought about the road run. And if you're Wile E. Coyote, you know what, that's the Democrats, if you think about it. And Trump's the roadrunner. Have you ever thought about it like that? It's kind of like that. Beep, beep, beep, beep. They can never get him. They can never catch him. All right, speaking of Trump, let's talk about him. Him. Let's talk about that guy. President Trump being urged to declare a national emergency on voting as a group of lawyers and activists close to the White House are floating this draft language that they hope to see in a new executive order by President Trump. No decision has been made yet, but there's a 17 page document claiming China interfered in the 2020 presidential election and therefore would grant President Trump sweeping powers over voting, whatever that means. This follows statements by the president that he will issue an executive order to mandate voter ID and ban mail in ballots in this year's upcoming midterm elections. At least that's what we're told to believe. So joining us now with the reaction is national political reporter Neal McCabe. Neal, good to see you this morning. Boy. Well, liberal heads are exploding this morning with that news. They're going to say, this is what we told you all along. Trump's going to declare an emergency. Everybody better watch out. Having said that, I'll be quite frank with you. I think it's worth monitoring. Let's just leave it at that. And I think we have to see what's going on here. Exactly. Devil's in the details out, sir. Yeah. Good morning. It's good to be with you. So Kurt Olson is an attorney here at the White House and he is the man who's really spearheading that issue

[Terrence Bates]

to get an executive order or some

[David Brody]

kind of Executive action. And as you said, the nexus would be foreign interference. Frankly, there's a component of foreign interference

[Terrence Bates]

that was part of our effort to reform things in Venezuela.

[David Brody]

But, you know, you're talking about the Chinese, the Chinese interference. In 2020, there was a situation in Los Angeles that people are keying in on the Constitution. The law says that elections are run by the states, and that's all well and good until you start having foreign interference.

[Terrence Bates]

And so, like you said, that's the

[David Brody]

opportunity to really sort of tighten things up. Obviously, the president is not interested in creating a federal apparatus to rig an election. He just wants a square election. One thing that is concerning people is that the Election Assistance Commission, which is sort of a body that support work with the states and the municipalities and the counties to sort of offer funding and grants and set up standards for voting machines and whatnot, that is now headed by a guy named Thomas Hicks, who is a very active Democrat. And so people are concerned that EAC is now run by a Democrat. But, you know, we'll see what happens

[Terrence Bates]

with that executive order.

[David Brody]

There are some people who don't want to do it, and that's the big

[Terrence Bates]

fight here at the White House. David Neil, beyond that, I would think that the goal, if in fact the President decides to move forward with this existence executive order, the goal would be to get all of this done before November, which quite honestly, it seems like that's a pretty tight time frame. What can you tell us on that?

[David Brody]

Well, you know, one of the things in Washington you have to remember is that the calendar is so important, and

[Terrence Bates]

a lot of times it's more important

[David Brody]

than politics or policy. And what people are doing now is they're running out the clock.

[Terrence Bates]

They're running out the clock on Trump

[David Brody]

and they're running out the clock on election reform. And so there are people who are going to throw sandbags and roadblocks and hurdles in this effort. And hopefully, you know, they're thinking, okay, we get some Democrats in, in Congress in the midterm, then we retake the White House, and then nobody talks about election integrity again.

[Terrence Bates]

But there are people who are very

[David Brody]

serious about this, David, and they're working hard to convince the President to do that executive order. It would be a lot easier if

[Terrence Bates]

the if Congress would pass the SAVE

[David Brody]

act on Capitol Hill. You know, obviously Senate Republicans are kind of stalling that out. It should be noted people are Talking about the SAVE act being held up by McConnell in the Senate Rules Committee. But John Thune, the Senate Majority leader, he has the prerogative of calling any bill to the Senate floor at any time. And so he doesn't have to wait for a committee. He hasn't ever wait for anything. He could just go to the Senate floor and say we're voting on the sayback today and that would happen. So it's really up to Thune and

[Terrence Bates]

his team to make it happen.

[Emily Finn]

Neil, I do want to switch gears. The State Department is allowing non essential personnel at the US Embassy in Israel to leave this morning as Iran talks stall. This comes amid growing fears over a full, full blown conflict with Iran. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is urging personnel to leave the country as soon as possible. Like I said, he said that they should leave today. Neil, how close are we to a conflict?

[David Brody]

I would say we're wicked, wicked close. One of the, one of the delays

[Terrence Bates]

is of course USS Gerald R. Ford,

[David Brody]

which was released from Venezuela and has literally made passage halfway around the world.

[Terrence Bates]

It has just left Crete where it had some refueling and take care of

[David Brody]

some maintenance and some other issues. So once USS Ford is off either the coast of Israel or the exit of the Suez Canal, you'll basically have everything in place. The things you look for for military action by the US is are they sending in fuel, are they sending in air defense? So they've moved the Patriot missile batteries into the area.

[Terrence Bates]

They've moved 40 air fuel tankers.

[David Brody]

They just moved more F22s into Israel. And so it's my understanding that Gerald R. Ford and its carrier group will be responsible for defending Israel and Jordan and other US Assets in the area. Whereas the actual attack would come from

[Terrence Bates]

the Lincoln which is in the Gulf of Oman.

[David Brody]

Neil McCabe, great information this morning reporting from the White House live. Thanks so much for being here.

[Donna]

Here.

[David Brody]

Appreciate it as always.

[Terrence Bates]

Thanks, Neil.

[David Brody]

Take care. All right, before we go to break, we want to change gears and talk Medicare because a lot of folks aren't getting the full story. So let's give it to you here. Most Medicare agents are pushing Medicare Advantage plans even when they're not right for you. So why is that? Well, it's because that's where the money is for them. But seniors are paying the price, of course, and that's what makes chapter different. They're going to walk you through original Medicare, Medicare, Medigap, Medicare Advantage and Part D. They're going to lay out all the pros and cons. They're going to lay it all out so you can make the right call for your health needs. Now Donna said her chapter advisor walked her through every option and explained everything in a way she could actually understand. I mean, even Biden could understand it. Plus, they saved her thousands of dollars. If you're on Medicare or will be soon, this is what you do. You call 8, 814 Chapter 814 Chapter to learn about enrollment options and find ways to save. It is free. It's quick. They can review your options like under 20 minutes. Time is money. Let's move. They do that. Most people wish they had called sooner. All right, more American Sunrise after the break a little bit.

[Emily Finn]

Welcome back to American Sunrise. I'm Emily Finn. It's time now to drain the swamp. And this morning we are flushing out former CNN anchor Don Lemon. A woman who says that she was inside the service disrupted by Lemon and anti ice activists is now suing him and a group of demonstrators claiming that the chaos left her traumatized. Ann Doquette says she was worshiping at the city's church in St. Paul on Jan. 18 when Lemon and other protesters she claims unlawfully interfered with her right to practice her faith. Dokette argues Lemon wasn't just documenting the unrest, but actively participating, pointing to social media posts from one protester who said he helped Lemon coordinate parts of the event. We want to know what you, our viewers, think about all of this. Let us know on Rumble or getter. Hop on and let your voice be heard. Coming up. We're headed down to Wall street for the opening bell and insight into how to hold on to your hard earned dollars with some common sense. We'll be back with more American Sunrise in just two minutes. Stick around.

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[David Brody]

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[Donna]

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[Terrence Bates]

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[Donna]

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[Terrence Bates]

Welcome back. We're getting ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. It's set to ring here in about seven minutes or so. Here's a quick look at the futures. As you can see, the top of our board is down. The Dow and s P500 not performing so well. They're down just a little bit. Even the tech heavy NASDAQ is down a little bit. A lot of that being blamed on the Nvidia earnings which was expected to boost stocks, but it didn't do. So we'll of course continue to watch all of this for you throughout the days. We'll also take you to New York for the opening bell at the stock exchange here in short order. First though, let's get you over to David Brody. David, good morning.

[David Brody]

Good morning. T. Bates. All right, time now for our dose of dollars and common sense here now with what you need to know about keeping your hard earned dollars in your wallet where it belongs, by the way, is Rebecca Walzer, Wealth Management President. Rebecca, good morning to you. Let's talk about rich people. So we're not talking about me. I want to talk about, I want to talk about Netflix pulling out of the fight to buy out Warner Brothers discovery. So now Paramount looks like to be the sole winner. They got $111 billion billion dollars price tag to buy the historic Hollywood studios. Tell us more about this merger or what's going to happen and all this. Talk to us about all of it.

[Emily Finn]

Yeah. So you had the, you know, attorney generals of 11 states, Republican Attorney generals talking to Congress saying that Netflix's acquisition would be a problem for competition. Paramount comes in and basically bids $31 a share for the entire corporation. Right now it's trading about 2880. So you can see it's a little bit of a premium. And Netflix wasn't actually interested in the entire company. They were really only interested in the movie division and the HBO streaming division. So you know, it wasn't a deal. They were looking for the entire actual company. So Paramount offering $31 for, for every share to buy the whole company. Netflix said it's no longer financially interesting to us. And I think the headwinds of the ags testifying and saying there's, there's antitrust competition concerns here and then Paramount spread. They just decided, hey, this is not, not a pursuit of an acquisition. We're going to continue.

[David Brody]

Is there a sense of what this could mean for consumers? We've heard about, I mean not to get into, you're not a media analyst, but I know CNN and others are. The staffers there at CNN are like really concerned and got Barry Weiss who could take over. It's not just CBS now, but maybe cnn. There's just a lot of that going on too. I'm just curious to get your take on, on that aspect of it.

[Emily Finn]

I absolutely think so, David. I think that, you know, media, old school media and obviously Netflix is not old style, but old style media, when you're talking about legacy news programs, cnn, CBS sports, all of these things are changing because as, as the country continues to cut the cord and go to streaming services like a Netflix, it definitely has an impact on how things are going to continue to be delivered over the airwaves is certainly for news media itself. So there is definitely disruption afoot and consolidation afoot and it will have a lot of impact. And I think that also we got to look and see how are people still consuming these services. That's changing as well. So there's a lot of disruption coming for sure.

[David Brody]

Yeah, yeah, I like that line. Disruption afoot. I agree. And that's a great line and a true one for sure. Let me ask you about mortgage rates. They're down the 30 year mortgage rate down what, under 6%. What are we supposed to make of this? Help me through it a little bit.

[Emily Finn]

Yeah. So if anybody's reporting that average 30 year mortgages yesterday as of the 26th, 5.98. So first time really since September of 2022 that we've been in the five handle range. Very exciting news. People are really landlocked or house trapped or mortgage trapped, David, if you will. And what, I mean what I mean by that is that you went out in the last from 2009 through 2022 and you got a mortgage on your 30 year mortgage on your house, house somewhere in the twos, the threes, the fours and you didn't want to ever leave. And then you thought, oh gosh, it's time for us to upsize, downsize, whatever. Now you're looking at a mortgage in the 6% rate. You decided, I'm just going to stay. So you have a lot of mortgage trapped people because they have a low rate that was issued in the last, you know, long period of time when we had low rates. And now they just don't want to move. So that has definitely has an impact on the housing market. Obviously Trump directed their, his department pulte secretary of Housing to basically go in and they did buy, they did a 200 billion bond purchase and that did also help lower rates. So, you know, it's a short term situation. But obviously the Federal Reserve was coming in and May Powell being gone and obviously Wash washes his own person. We're going to see if he's hawkish or dovish. But what we do know is that he has Trump's ear and he, Trump believes that he's going to deliver on what Trump's agenda is, you know, to the extent that he can. I mean, he's obviously independent. I'm not trying to suggest that there's anything nefarious at all. I do believe that we're going to see what kind of administrator he's going to be when he comes in and creates some consensus in May. But overall it coming down under six, David should really start to spur up some additional support. And I also just want to say to Americans, you know, a 6 to a 7% mortgage rate is normal. So I know that it's not normal in the last 15 years that we've had, but on a historical basis, it's a relatively low rate for sure.

[David Brody]

Rebecca Walzer, boy, you just increased the intellectual quotient of the show exponentially. Thank you for being here. Very interesting. Great stuff.

[Terrence Bates]

Thank you.

[David Brody]

All right, and now I'm about to level it out because I'm back on camera. All right, T. Bates is. But T. Bates will take it up intellectually and he. Well, he's not officially sponsored by amac, but the opening bell is. And here we go.

[Terrence Bates]

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[David Brody]

Yeah,

[Terrence Bates]

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[David Brody]

From Real America's music, the label that brought you anthem of the free, the Boss and Somali Waltz comes a brand new anthem built for a distrustful age by the Truth Ruth Bombers. You know, every time we do that, I want to do the robot. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. I'm David Brody. Thanks for joining us this morning. So we invite you to join the conversation. We're on getter. We're on rumble. We're on YouTube. So Joe Biden, please check us out now. All right. Time now for the political pulse of America, the beat today. Well, new polling from Rasmussen reports shows a significant edge for Republicans when it comes to national security. The latest survey finds a substantial number of likely voters say they trust the GOP more than Democrats to handle global and homeland security safety issues. By the way, that's an eight point advantage in a key area of the 2020 security political landscape. The finding comes as national debate over foreign policy and military readiness and America's role abroad continues to be really a critical factor in voter sentiment. Timing, obviously critical as well. Another recent poll from Rasmussen shows that most Americans, Most American voters, 65%, believe the United States will take military action against Iran very soon. However, half of those polls say they would disapprove of such a strike, huh? All right. Joining us now with reaction is the co host of Cowboy Logic here on rad, that would be Donna. Donna, good morning. What do you make of those numbers? The Iran stuff is interesting. I wonder if Iran's gonna split MAGA or not. I feel like most of MAGA trusts Trump, so therefore. Well, MAGA trusts Trump, so therefore most of MAGA will be on board as long as it's surgical strikes and obviously no nation building here and no prolonged war effort.

[Donna]

Well, the problem is, in my opinion, David, is that the fact that this isn't Venezuela, this isn't in our backyard, we've seen what happens in the Middle East. You've got people, you know, you got organizations and you've got governments in the Middle east that aren't really happy with the Americans all that much. They're not behind us. It's a cultural difference, in my opinion. I mean, let's look at Afghanistan and the horrible pullout there. Let's look at the pallets of cash that Barack Obama sent to Iran. I mean, I can see why the majority of people, Democrats and Republicans, would trust the Republicans more than the Democrat Party when it comes to these conflicts. But I gotta admit, I'd like to see what happens if, God forbid, we do strike Iran, because I don't think MAGA is behind this as much as you think. We'll see. The State of the Union gave a great bump to Trump. And I think what's scary there is he went from 36% up to like 63% after the state of the Union. That shows you the power of the media. They're not showing the other side of Donald Trump. This guy is. He's there. The Department of War now as opposed to the Department of Defense. We don't have a nation if we aren't a strong military. Remember, Barack Obama fired some 10 very strong military generals and brought in DEI and all this other crap. And that weakened our military, I think, quite a bit. The question is, are we really ready? And I don't think we should underestimate Iran, unfortunately, with what's going on. And I wish we can the diplomatic side in there.

[David Brody]

So a quick follow up then on Iran. You're against. If President Trump attacks Iran, you would be against it.

[Donna]

Well, I don't think it's a great idea. Personally. Yes. Okay. Me personally. No, I'm not, not into that. I think, I think most of MAGA is saying, hey, you know, let's concentrate on what's going on here. We don't have anything fixed unless we fix our elections. And John Thune is just a total roadblock. And Mitch McConnell has no idea what he's doing. But that's another story.

[Terrence Bates]

Don, I want to unpack the State of the Union a little bit. You talked about the bump that it gave President Trump, and while I agree it was a master class in terms of his speech, do you think part of that bump, though, also is because Americans got to see front and center that Democrats are just crazy and they're unwilling to compromise on anything, and that's also part of the reason it may have led to this bump.

[Donna]

Bump, exactly, Terrence. That's what I was saying earlier. I mean, how can you not stand for being America First? You had a guy who did that amazing hit in Venezuela that got the Medal of Honor, who had his legs all shot up. He could stand, but not the Democrats. You've got an illegal alien there. And Ilan Omar basically yelling at the President of the United States States. You know, I just want to. I don't understand why we are so. People on the right are so accommodating. I mean, if the left were in power right now, all these people would be out already. This is what's so frustrating to MAGA and frustrating to Trump's base. Unfortunately, he can't run again. And the question is, can people coming in and like a JD Van or Marco Rubio pick up where he's leaving off? This is a huge question because MAGA is really Trump.

[Emily Finn]

Donna. Lawyers and activists that are close to the White House, including Peter Tickton, who is Tina Peters lawyer, are circulating a draft 17 page executive order that would grant the President sweeping authority over voting in America. The draft executive order claims China had interfered in the 2020 presidential election, and the President is being urged to declare a national emergency be put in place. Where do you stand on all of this, Donna?

[Donna]

We've been talking about this a lot on cowboy logic. Yes, China could be involved. Venezuela could be involved. Those are machines, though. And unfortunately, that's not the real problem. The real problem is the ballots. And back in 2017, I think it was well before COVID So, you know, this was planned. They had a Critical Infrastructure act passed. It's already in place. This means that all President Trump has to do is say, hey, let's wipe the voter rolls clean. He has that authority. And I think Peter Tickton is looking into that. I hope he is. We hope to have Peter Tickton actually on cowboy logic in the next couple of weeks. But the thing is, if he can do that, then you can't claim racism. Then you can't claim, well, you know, people can't find their birth certificates or some nonsense like that. Make the entire country re register. And this way you don't have these nitpicking states like the blue states that refuse to clean their voter rolls or the red states. Even here in Georgia with Ratzenberger, who basically isn't cleaning the voter rolls and the lawsuits that are going on just to try to get the ballots, that proves, you guys that the ballots are the real issue here in Georgia. They are fighting tooth and nail on the left to get those ballots back. Because it's not really the machines, it's the ballots that can prove the fraud. And Donald Trump did win in 2020 or else they wouldn't be fighting tooth and nail to get those ballots back. Remember, Maricopa county does have a full forensic audit that hasn't even come out yet. So this Critical Infrastructure act could definitely be put in place. And I hope somebody gets to President Trump about that. Possibly Peter Tickton.

[David Brody]

No, that is actually a great point. But Donna, back to what they're circulating here with this draft memo. We don't know Trump's going to do an executive order on voting. There's no doubt about that. He's talked about that. We don't know what's going to be in it. But here's the thing. I mean, don't we all have concerns? Wouldn't MAGA have concerns about some sort of national emergency being declared? I know it's about voting, but that is a dangerous road to go down. And once again, I don't know what's going to be in the executive order. Maybe it's fine. But still, anytime I hear national emergency and voting in the same sentence, that gives me pause. I don't care who's President of the United States. Right.

[Donna]

And that's why the Critical Infrastructure act is even better. I don't understand why. Well, I do understand, unfortunately, Trump has a bubble around him and he's great with business and unfortunately, things like this, he's not a lawyer, maybe he doesn't know. But this, the mandate, if this mandates ID and proof of citizenship, that will change a lot of things. And this is why, in my opinion, during the State of the Union, you saw the Democrats not stand up when he said stand up if you're for America. Those people, it's so obvious to us, but obviously not to the low information voter that the Democrat Party doesn't care about them. They care more about illegals. Because that's their new voting base. So they fight again tooth and nail to stop any kind of cleaning of the voter rolls. And I don't even understand why we have Secretaries of states if they allow this stuff to happen. Tina Peters is in prison for doing her job. And unfortunately, there's so much wrong on the left and that we could have many governors and Secretaries of states and ags that really were not elected. And I think there's a lot of Republicans that have been entrenched in D.C. that are kind of thinking that in the back of their minds as well, maybe I wasn't really elected. So they're not really fighting tooth and nail to try to clean the voter rolls. John Thune, Did I say that?

[Terrence Bates]

Donna, we all talk about.

[David Brody]

Yeah, sorry, go ahead.

[Terrence Bates]

We often talk about corruption. And I would put the FBI kind of top and center of that list. I'm sorry, but I see it that way. And I'm bringing that up because there are more revelations this morning on what the Biden administration in particular was up to. Back in 2022, newly obtained records show that the Biden era FBI obtained current FBI Director Cash Patel's phone records while he was still a private citizen that was part of an investigation into President Trump. Also, they obtained the phone records of White House Chief of Staff Susie wiles back in 2023. The reality is some of the people that were involved in all of that probably are still in the rank and file at the FBI. It just gives me pause. Personally, I might be checking my own phone records just in case maybe they thought I had something to say. Give us some perspective on all of this.

[Donna]

You know, just like the voter rolls, why don't we just wipe it all clean? The FBI, the CIA, all these three letter agencies, the corruption is, is so deep. And Kash Patel's been there for a year now, all of a sudden, when it affects him and Susie Wiles, he goes and he fires 10, 10 investigators. To me, these people should have been wiped long ago. We were ready. Unfortunately, I shouldn't say we, but they were ready to arrest another 1500. Jan Sixers had a Democrat become president. So these prosecutors, many of which are still in place, I believe Jocelyn Ballantyne, who's supposedly looking into the pipe bomber, she's there. She was huge in arresting Jan Sixers. So, I mean, the double standard is there. And Susie Wiles lawyer is now saying, well, he wasn't aware that they'd lied, supposedly saying that he was okay with her phone calls being recorded. Let's look into that as well. You know, to me, unfortunately, there are so. There's so much wrong on so many levels. I really think just like the voter rolls, like I said, you almost have to wipe everything clean. And let's start over again. Files placed in prohibited access folders. You've got Jack Smith looking into this now. He got $20 million. There's also reports obviously that Fannie Willis here in Georgia and her lover Nathan Wade visited the White House however many times and billed the government for that. I mean, they were in cahoots with the Biden administration on all of these things. So yes, sorry, just shut it all down. In my opinion, start over again. The corruption is way too deep.

[Emily Finn]

Donna, what is happening at the barn party this weekend?

[Donna]

Well, you know, we're going to switch gears a little bit, you guys. Wizard, who's the awesome bass player for a legendary band called Mother's Finest that's been around for 55 years, actually opened for Ted Nugent on occasion. We got some stories to tell, so we're going to have wizard on. He's just an amazing, amazing bass player. And J Sixer Ben Martin, who was pardoned on January 6 and then they came back and rearrested him. This shows you how diligent the FBI and these prosecutors can be when they want to be. But he's out again and he's gonna give us one of the first interviews since he's been released. Again. Again. It's 6am and 9pm on Saturday and 4pm in the afternoon. All times Eastern. We'll see you in the barn party.

[David Brody]

Wow. That is a good tease by the way. All right, Donna, thanks for being here as always. Have a great weekend.

[Terrence Bates]

Thanks for Donna.

[David Brody]

All right, love you too. Why did I talk like that? More American Sunrise after the race. Stick around.

[Terrence Bates]

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[David Brody]

Morning, Terrence.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, so let's talk about the brew club just really quickly. I'm sure this has been wildly successful as people get a chance to kind of taste the various flavors you have and choose and switch and pick between everything. Talk about that a little bit. I can only imagine it's been a hot seller for you.

[David Brody]

Yeah, it's been a much better reception than our old program, which was just, you know, subscribe and save 10 or something generic like that. No free shipping or anything. So since we launched this club, you know, we're. We're offering free shipping on every club order. Maximum flexibility. You can switch flavors anytime, you can cancel anytime, and even your shipments, you can make. Make every month, every two months, or every three months. On top of that, we added something called tiered discounts, which basically just means the more items you add to your subscription, the bigger discount you get. So it's kind of on the screen there, you see two items. You get 10 off and then 15 and then 20 for four or more items, which, again, works for a lot of people's budgets, considering you can add, like, if you say three items, you can go every three months and still get the 15 off off. So, yeah, it's been a lot better reception than we have had in the past, which is what we were going for. Terence. We wanted to offer, like, more of an experience for our customers, and we also added these free milestone rewards along the way. So if you stay in the brew club for two shipments, you get a free exclusive sticker that we don't sell on the site. If you stay for four shipments, we have a free challenge coin that we came up with six shipments. It's a free custom artillery Tico mug. And then for 12 shipments, we. We offer a free T shirt. So I think overall, it's a much better experience and it's a much better deal for the customer.

[Terrence Bates]

So, yeah, so for people who are listening to this and saying, you know what, okay, I'm going to go on and try this out. Let's sell them fully and get them over the finish line by telling them kind of what sets your products apart and the products that you would recommend, maybe.

[David Brody]

Yeah, I would say most tea is of the lowest grade you can get, which. This is all the tea you find in the grocery store and a lot of tea online. It's called tea dust or tea fennels. And it's literally the byproduct of what they. Of what they comes out of production of the whole leaf tea which is what we use. So stuff that literally falls through the cracks, the little dust particles of tea is what they put into the mass produced tea bags like the Liptons and the Yogi teas and that sort of thing. So we're using the highest quality of tea, the highest grade of tea you can get, the whole leaf. And we're also putting those into biodegradable, chemical free, harsh chemical free tea bags. And so our tea bags are made out of a cornstarch material. Most tea bags in the shot in the store that hold these tea dust grade tea leaves are made out of plastic and glue and bleached paper, something called ech, which is also used in insect fumigation. That kind of holds, holds the tea bag together. So we've taken out all the toxins from the tea and we gotten the highest quality of tea leaf that you can, that we can possibly find. And so between those two things, this is very different product than what you'll find in the grocery grocery store.

[Terrence Bates]

Really quickly, what are some of the flavors that you would recommend to first timers?

[David Brody]

Yeah, well, my personal favorite is going to be the Morning Moab. That's our best seller. We, we include more tea in those tea bags than the rest of our tea bags. It's designed to be more of a coffee replacement. But for anyone that hasn't either hasn't tried our brand yet or maybe is familiar with our brand that wants to just more explore flavors, we have a product called the Try Them all sample pack where we bundle a sample pack that includes three tea bags of each flavor. There's nine sample packs in this bundle and we, we offer it for 12% off already. And so what we're going to offer today is an extra 10% off for a total of 22% off the try Them all sample pack with that code, try now. So that's what I would recommend for anyone that's not familiar with our brand or maybe wants to just explore different flavors.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, not that anyone asked the vanilla chai, we love it in my house. Nobody asked me, but I'm just throwing that in there. Anyway, Mike, always good to see you.

[David Brody]

All right, thanks, Terrence.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, we'll talk soon. We're standing by with your top stories. That's all coming up right after this break. Welcome back to American Sunrise. Thanks so much for being here. Emily Finn, David Brody along with Terrence Bates here. So look, guys, there is a lot to watch over the weekend, but here's just a couple of the stories that I'm keeping my eye on today. President Trump headed over to the Texas Gulf coast, making his first trip to the coastal bend of his second term. Today, the president expected to speak on energy policy, which of course, took center stage earlier this week during the State of the Union address. White House officials saying that he's going to also highlight billions of dollars in investment and thousands of jobs created under his leadership. But, David, a story that I'm watching that was put on my radar by you is President Trump meeting in the White House with New York Mayor Zoran Mondami, which kind of is a head scratcher to me. And even in that an illegal immigrant is, my understanding, was released at the request of Zoran Rondami. Can you give us some more perspective here?

[David Brody]

Yeah. First of all, that picture is. There's the picture I want to show right there. That was yesterday. What? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just gonna go off. What is he doing? I'm talking about the president. Why is Mamdani brought these fake headlines to Trump to basically suck up and say, look, if you help us with housing in New York, you're gonna be this great guy. Best things in size spread in New York. Trump's loving it. Look at it. Why are we. Why is this happening? Emily, Someone please explain to me what's going on. Okay, What Art of the deal with the communists, Whatever. I don't get it. And then President Trump, Mamdani comes up to Trump yesterday and says, hey, look, there's an illegal alien that was arrested over there near Columbia. She's a student. Could you take care of that? An hour later, she's let out. President Trump let out an illegal alien from jail because Mamdani asked for it. Hello. Am I missing something here? Someone walk me down from the ledge, please. Someone walk me down from the ledge.

[Terrence Bates]

No.

[Emily Finn]

This is definitely a bit shocking to see, but I will say, and you guys are gonna hate me for saying this, Mamdani is a very effective politician. Like, who even is this clown? He gets elected. He has so much support. Now he's at the White House with Trump. We're talking about him constantly. Say what you want about Mandani. He is very good at drumming up buzz and attention. And he is an effective politician. He's getting stuff done.

[David Brody]

100%. He's effective. I agree with you completely on that.

[Terrence Bates]

So he's the mayor of New York City. I'm talking. He's going to get indoors.

[David Brody]

Trump.

[Terrence Bates]

Oh, you're saying Trump isn't effective. Okay, I thought you were.

[David Brody]

No, no, no, no. I'm saying. No, I'm agreeing with Emily. I'm saying Mamdani is very effective. I'm just frustrated with Trump. That's my point. That was my point.

[Terrence Bates]

I got you. It's. It's definitely curious to see this picture here. Definitely curious. Anyway, folks, have a great weekend, as always. It's good to have you along for the ride here on American Sunrise. We're going to get some rest, and we'll be back bigger and better on Monday. Let's get you over to war room. It's up next. Go boldly, everyone. Deuces see you out.

[Emily Finn]

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