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Dr. Gina
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
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David Brody
Ahead on American Sunrise. Holy Ayatollah. The possibility of regime change in Iran is real. Hundreds of protesters now dead. President Trump reportedly waned military action. The unfolding situation straight ahead. Plus, strikes in Syria, ISIS feeling the military might of the Trump administration over the weekend. Will the move further destabilize the region? We will have expert analysis. And later, anti ICE protests after an ICE agent shot Renee Goode in Minneapolis. The liberal demonstrations are spreading across America. Meanwhile, the FBI leading the investigation. But how are local officials responding? Well, that and so much more is ahead as American Sunrise starts on a Monday in January. Right now. Good morning America.
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Dr. Gina
Welcome to American Sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you.
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Terrence Bates
Politics.
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David Brody
President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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Terrence Bates
We've got you covered.
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David Brody
This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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Terrence Bates
We have to protect the American family.
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Dr. Gina
The American dream is still alive.
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David Brody
I'm David Brody.
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Terrence Bates
I'm terrence.
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Dr. Gina
And I'm Dr. Gina. Good morning, everybody. I'm Dr. Gina. Happy Monday to you. We are live with you from the Palm Beaches. Let's bring in David brody in Washington, D.C. and Terrence Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning, gentlemen. Hope you had a great weekend.
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David Brody
I hope you did, too.
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Dr. Gina
Thanks.
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David Brody
Absolutely. I know you did both with your Bates.
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Dr. Gina
Oh, my gosh. I have to say, this was such an amazing weekend with Lego Man Productions in Dallas, Texas and all of the RAV viewers. They are crazy about you, too. You have no idea what a fan following you and this show have. Yeah, it was really, really fun to be there and to hear all the people that watch us every morning. So thank you to all of them.
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David Brody
My ego.
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Terrence Bates
That is awesome.
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David Brody
Thank you.
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Terrence Bates
Absolutely. And I'm glad you had a great weekend there in Texas and that you're back safe and sound. Dr. Gina. I want to shift the conversation, if you guys don't mind, to Iran. The world quite literally watching the situation there unfold as protests have deadly. We're hearing that more than 500 people have been killed in the crackdown from the government there on those protesters. More than 10,000 people supposedly imprisoned following the protest. President Trump keeping a very close eye on this situation. Also considering reportedly some sort of US Intervention. In fact, he talked about that last night aboard Air Force One.
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David Brody
Some people needed for Iran San Gates.
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Dr. Gina
Diplomatically nuclear war forgot to negotiate and.
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David Brody
Put nuclear with Iran. Yeah, 20 against people attitude. They do. They called. They called yesterday. Is it so Iran called to negotiate? Yep, they called yesterday. The leaders of Iran called. They want to negotiate. What? I think they're tired of being beat up by the United States. Right. Iran wants to negotiate. Yes, negotiate. We may meet with them. I mean, the meeting is being set up, but we may have to act because of what's happening before the meeting. But a meeting is being set up. Iran, they want to negotiate.
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Terrence Bates
All right, David, I'm going to go to you first because you believe this is the biggest story in the world right now. But what we just heard, Iran wants to negotiate. When I hear that, I shake my head and like, you can't negotiate with Iran. That's not negotiation in good faith. Your thoughts, though?
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David Brody
Yeah, no, I agree with you on that. And I think it is the biggest story in the world. Not in the United States, but in the world right now. It is a couple of things. So, first of all, I understand where Trump is coming from here. Okay, Iran is a bad actor. And if the regime falls, that's good for Middle east stability, the way he sees it, because Saudi Arabia is a partner, and that will help. He wants to do the Abraham Accords part two with Saudi Arabia and Israel. I kind of get that, though. Gina, I gotta tell you, I'm concerned. I'm concerned that this isn't necessarily MAGA at all. I think President Trump, I hate to be critical, but let me be critical for a moment. I think he's falling in love with being the peace president. And I think he wants to put this on his resume, if you will, to say, hey, I helped free and liberate the Iranian people from a horrible regime, and that's why he might strike inside Iran. I'm not quite sure if we should be going there. The jury's still out on this. I'm still formulating my opinion on it, but that's where I'm at. At least that's where I land this morning. Right.
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Dr. Gina
You mentioned that on Friday, and I thought it was very insightful. And it sort of, you know, repositioned my template to watch the news from, because I think it's something to keep an eye on. If I do look on social media and look at maga, there's some criticism, although not as much as I would think, because if you really look back at what MAGA was concerned about during the election, this wasn't what they were talking about. Now, could they have shifted? Are they just being lulled for a moment? I don't know the answer to that. But here's what I think is motivating President Trump. That is a bit. I Understand to some degree the psychology happening here. He realizes, I think this is me guessing, and I have not discussed this with President Trump. This is me guessing. But he realizes that there's not a lot he can do domestically that the Democrats can't walk in and reverse and that he doesn't have the numbers in Congress to codify most of what he does domestically. Where he can make a lifelong difference and really leave a legacy is on the international scale. So that's sort of what I don't know. I'd love to get your feedback on that. But that's sort of the psychology I think might be happening in Trump's head. I'm not saying that it's 100% what MAGA was asking for, but I am asking you, David, if you think that's part of what's going on in his head.
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David Brody
Possibly, possibly. But you're right. Hard to really tell. I just think that he believes that acting is in the best interest of peace, and that's where he's at right now. I mean, everything, you know, what does he say? Eight and a half, eight and a quarter wars that he solved. Now we can make it nine and a quarter. I mean, he loves to keep that tally sheet, and I think we shouldn't discount the tally sheet. He keeps bringing it up every single day. And the reason he brings that sheet up is because that's where I think that's where his heart's at.
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Terrence Bates
Well, look, I'm going to have this conversation.
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Dr. Gina
It's where he can.
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Terrence Bates
We're going to continue to have this, and.
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Dr. Gina
Yes, and we will continue.
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David Brody
Yes, I agree. I agree. I agree. We're going to continue to. I guess we got to go off.
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Terrence Bates
Dr. G. But we are going to continue to have the conversation. Do want to get to our Bible verse Really quick?
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Dr. Gina
Exodus 33:14 is the Bible verse. And he said, my presence will go with you and I will give you rest. Those are the words of God himself. Let's now bring in Maryland Congressman Andy Harris. Congressman, what do you think about the international versus the domestic activities of President Trump? Will this result in some sort of attack, as David mentioned, on the ground in Iran? Are we going to get ourselves into a war there, or do you think that this will ultimately result in real peace? And how much can Iran be trusted? As President Trump said, they want to negotiate. What do you make of all of that?
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David Brody
Well, Iran wants to negotiate, but, you know, President Trump's a pretty tough negotiator. The bottom line is that Iran is an enem. They have crowds chant Death to America all the time. Now, of course, now the protest crowds are not. The protest crowds want to be, want to be freed from the tyranny of the Iran regime. We'll see how it plays out. They're not going to be boots on the ground. You know, whether Special forces are involved. They might be the air. Obviously, we can do a lot by air. That's the way Israel has attacked Iran before in the past. But look, this is a terrorist regime that hates America. It hates what America stands for. And the president should do everything he can to remove the regime and restore democracy to Iran. That includes strikes inside Iran. What's that? Does that include strikes inside Iran? Oh, look, if necessary, if we need to strike again, just like Israel did, just like we have in the past, that should include that they are enemies. The bottom line is that they have said death to America. That's the, that's what the Iran regime. That's their chant. The bottom line is that we can negotiate with them, but it's like negotiating with Russia. You have to be careful and, you know, trust but verify. But in this case, the President is right. We should support the protesters. And look, if that involves bringing down the Iranian regime, then so be it. They're our enemies. Yeah. And the key is no boots on the ground, surgical strikes. And I think, Gina, to your point earlier, I think MAGA trusts Trump and I think that's a big part of this. Like, if it was someone else, they'd say no way. But with Trump, they know he wants to get in and out, and he's not going to do nation building, not to do boots on the ground, for sure. All right, so, Congressman, let me ask you about what's going on with ICE specifically. We've heard a lot of talk by Democrats specifically. It's been really vitriolic, if you will. Got Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis. Governor Jacob Fry, basically describing the situation in Minneapolis in very stark terms. To have a look at this.
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Terrence Bates
If you look at what Governor Walz.
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David Brody
Has said, if you look at what.
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Dr. Gina
Mayor Fry has said, they've extremely politicized and inappropriately talked about this situation on.
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David Brody
The ground in their city.
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Dr. Gina
They've inflamed the public. They've encouraged the kind of destruction and.
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David Brody
Violence that we've seen in Minneapolis's last several days.
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Dr. Gina
And I would encourage them to grow.
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David Brody
Up, get some maturity, act, act like people who are responsible, who want people.
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Dr. Gina
To be safe and the right thing be done. When you use the kind of language.
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David Brody
That you use against law enforcement, officers, they lose their credibility. Seems like there's a powder keg brewing there, Congressman. Yes, but, you know, the bottom line is that I suggest Governor Walsh should go back and look at the, the founding of the United States and what it is. It's a, it's a group of states that have agreed that the federal government is going to enforce border security. It's in the Constitution. And the whole problem starts when these local jurisdictions don't allow their law enforcement to cooperate with border enforcement. That's the bottom line. You know, the ICE should not be doing traffic control. That should be done by local jurisdictions. And when they refuse to cooperate as they should do under the Constitution, this is the logical result. The bottom line is that states have the obligation to defer to the federal government on border enforcement and on ICE enforcement, and they aren't. And that, that's, that's wrong. That's just not the way the country is set up.
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Terrence Bates
Congressman, before we let you go, want to talk about the powder keg, the surrounding Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, he of course, now is under criminal investigation. We're hearing over the cost overruns of the Fed headquarters construction. Can you give us some inside baseball as we're hearing that? The investigation really centers on the testimony he gave before your colleagues there in the House specific to the scope of this renovation project. What do you know? What are you hearing inside the halls of Congress?
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David Brody
Well, the bottom line is I'm not sure why Powell was trying to cover up what happened over at that renovation. But like a lot of things that happen, the COVID up is worse than the crime itself. The bottom line is that there was mismanagement in that renovation. They were building a Taj Mahal and told people they weren't. The bottom line is Jerome Powell should be held liable for his testimony before Congress. I don't know why he was trying to hide the cost. Obviously, it would come, come to, you know, public scrutiny. But that's what this is all about.
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Dr. Gina
Now, Congressman Andy Harris, thank you so much for your time.
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Terrence Bates
Thanks, Congressman.
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Dr. Gina
Have a great week.
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David Brody
Thank you.
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Dr. Gina
Coming up, we check out the hottest headlines from the RAD newsroom with T. Bates. Also later, the end of an era. PBS aired its last episode of its weekend news show. What does this mean for the network after Trump has cut its federal funding? We're going to break it down ahead on American Sunrise.
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David Brody
That is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, going to be 32 degrees of game time tonight, Steelers hosting the Texans. What is this, a sports cast? No, it's not. It's American Sunrise. Welcome back, everybody. I'm David Brody. Coming up, I don't know. We have a lot of stories. How's that? Now we're going to go around the globe and talk to Jonathan Gilliam here in a moment about national security issues basically everywhere in the world. Okay, how's that for generic First T. Bates standing by with the latest headlines from the real America's Voice newsroom 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.
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Terrence Bates
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David Brody
Together we can right the course of America.
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Terrence Bates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is under criminal investigation. Investigation this morning related to the central bank's renovation of its Washington D.C. headquarters. The U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia is looking into whether Powell was being honest during his congressional testimony about the project. The New York Times reporting. At issue is whether the Fed chair accurately characterized the scope and the cost of the renovation. The price tag for that renovation has climbed to about two and a half billion dollars. You probably remember the infamous face off between President Trump and Powell over the project's cost overrun. The commander in chief publicly dressed Powell down over the funding while touring the construction site. You can see it happening here. This is kind of pictures of that interaction. US Mortgage rates are at a three year low. Analysts say the situation could get even better thanks to President Trump's order for the purchase of of $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds meant to drive mortgage rates lower for investors. Excuse me, the bonds are an opportunity to profit from people's monthly mortgage bills. Since these are government backed bonds, investors have added security if homeowners default on the mortgages or fall into foreclosure. Mortgage rates are now below the 6% level for the first time since 2020. 23. Iran is threatening both the US and Israel saying that they are quote, legitimate targets if the U.S. forces, if the, if U.S. forces, excuse me, join in to protect demonstrators in the Islamic Republic. However, just this morning there is reporting out and we just heard from President Trump that the US May meet with Iranian officials as the commander in chief says the regime wants to negotiate its nuclear program. Meantime, the ongoing government crackdown on demonstrators there has killed at least 538 people. That was at last checked, more than more feared to be dead. And more than 10,600 people have reportedly been detained over the last two weeks of the protest. Making matters worse, the Internet across the country is down and phone lines have also been cut causing an information blackout and making it really difficult to gauge just how bad the government crackdown truly is. Meantime, President Trump and his national security team are said to be weighing a range of responses to the situation in Iran, including cyber attacks as well as direct strikes. We, of course, will continue to talk more about that throughout the day. Now, though, let's get a quick check of your forecast. Weather Nation meteorologist Tracy Anthony joining us with more on what you can expect today. You also see the QR code there at the bottom of your screen. Go ahead and scan that right now and join our friends over at Weather Nation. TT Tracy, good morning. Good to see you.
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David Brody
Hey, good to see you as well.
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Dr. Gina
You know, pretty quiet across the country.
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David Brody
As you look at the map, you.
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Dr. Gina
Can see there's not a whole lot going on. We have a ridge of high pressure that's keeping us pretty calm and stable. So when you have high pressure, you have sinking air or a stable environment. So a lot of us are going.
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David Brody
To be feeling the sunshine here throughout the day today. Now, temperature is going to be trending.
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Dr. Gina
Above average with a mix of sun and clouds. But The Twin Cities 43, Denver 56, Phoenix 71.
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David Brody
So we're going to continue that trend.
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Dr. Gina
Of being above average by a good.
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David Brody
5 to 25 degrees.
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Dr. Gina
Now, we are expecting big weather changes.
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David Brody
Into the week, this week where we.
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Dr. Gina
Do have several more systems that will.
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David Brody
Be impacting the country.
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Dr. Gina
So, so high pressure and control for the next two days. And then we're tracking that next system bringing rain and snow across the eastern US and we could get some snowflakes pretty far south. So I'll break that forecast down here next hour.
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David Brody
And Terrence, I want to also break.
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Dr. Gina
Down some hometown forecasts.
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Terrence Bates
Looking forward to the hometown forecast. And if I can request that my hometown forecast here in Denver doesn't include any snow, you can keep all that stuff to the south and to the east, please keep it away from us here in Denver.
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David Brody
Got your back.
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Terrence Bates
Thanks. See, that's why I love you. That's why you my girl. We're going to again have your hometown forecast coming up in the next hour. And you just saw the QR code there at the bottom of your screen. You can always scan that as well. Coming up here on American Sunrise, though, as we've been talking about this morning, President Trump considering military action in Iran as protests there sweep that Islamic republic ahead. What could diplomatic solution entail, as the president says, that Iran is ready to negotiate? First, though, a quick look at this day in history. It was on this date in 1969 that the new York jets pulled off one of the biggest, biggest upsets in sports history. By defeating the Baltimore Colts 167 in Super Bowl 3, jets quarterback Joe Namath had confidently guaranteed a victory, even though his team was an 18 point underdog. Namath backed it up, though, with the big win that gave the AFL its first super bowl title. The game is remembered as a turning point in professional football history and a defining moment for Namath and the sport. Also, probably the last time the jets actually had a decent team. David Brody, that's for you. More American Sunrise coming your way in two minutes.
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David Brody
All right, that's Pittsburgh. Come on. We've all been to Pittsburgh, right? Hasn't everybody in America been to Pittsburgh? Okay, I have. Is it Primanti, Pimanti Brothers, Help me out in the chat. I'm going to the chat, you know, with the sandwiches, with the fries. Oh, my gosh, it's so good. The fries are like, literally, literally inside the sandwich. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. All right. President Trump reportedly weighing potential military action in Iran amid, excuse me, mass protests and a deadly government crackdown. More than 530 people have been killed. That number keeps going up, by the way. Trump has been briefed on military options, including strikes on Iranian security targets, but he has not yet made a final decision. We'll let you know when that happens, huh? I think the whole world will know. Iranian leaders have warned they would retaliate if U.S. forces intervene. Yeah, okay, whatever. Bring it. Let's now bring in former FBI Special Agent Navy SEAL Jonathan Gilliam, back with us on the program. So, Jonathan, help me through this. I have a lot of questions about Iran. First of all, do you think Trump's gonna actually pull the trigger and strike inside Iran and square this with how this is maga? And if it's not maga, is it just Trump supporters saying, well, we trust Trump? Like, in other words, if this was Biden or if this was a neocon president, you know, like, whatever, Mitt Romney, we'd be like, my gosh, they're going to nation build. This is horrible. Boots on the ground is next. But with Trump, it's like, no, it's Trump. We trust him. And to a degree, I understand that because he's been, no, boots on the ground. Get in and get out. What's your take? Well, first of all, I mean, Trump has been successful at everything he does, pretty much. And so it's difficult to sit back and criticize what he's doing, because if you look at the totality of the circumstances of everything that he gets involved in, Typically, he's right. The choices that he makes are correct. And I think in this case, the speed at which he does things confuses people, because some things he rushes right into, and other things, he takes his time. I think with Iran, he's. He's dealt with it very cautiously. But as we've seen with the. When we bombed them, when Israel was just taking it to them, he got involved just enough to take out their nuclear program. Now, what we see is that kind of what Israel started, or they didn't start it, but they really made this possible in a lot of ways, is that they showed that. That Iran is a paper tiger. And I think that President Trump understands the significance of what's happening now, because all the people there that want to be free are beginning to rise up and stay out. That's another thing. This isn't just a hey, let's go out protest, and then we'll all go to bed tomorrow. These people are staying out. There's over 500, close to 600 people that we know of that have been killed, and they're staying there. And I think the fact that President Trump has made it known to the. To those people that he is considering this has probably given them a tremendous amount of motivation, and that will allow them to actually be the ones that overthrow this regime. And one last thing on that is that people have to realize, they have to sit back and realize 1979, that Iran has been at war, in their mind, with the United States, Israel, and really the Western world since then. And when there's a chance to get rid of somebody like that, then sometimes it's okay to pile on and do what you need to do to help those that are trying to overthrow.
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Terrence Bates
Jonathan, I'd like to follow up really quickly because I'd like you to expound, if you will, on the U.S. national interest in potentially getting involved in Iran. Obviously, yes, Iran is an adversary. It is said, death to the US and it is a danger with its potential nuclear program. But beyond that, what would the national interest be for America to get involved in Iran and help to oust this regime?
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David Brody
Well, Iran is an enemy. And people need to realize it's not just that we say they're bad and they say we're bad, and so they're our enemy. They have been striking the United States and our interest since 1979. Proxy wars that they ran against Israel through Hezbollah and Hamas. We fund Israel's ability to fight those wars and stay alive. We. We. A lot of our equipment is over there. Our money is over there. Our interests are over there. And so despite or besides Israel around the world, Iran is one of the top five intelligence agencies in history in the world. And we have to realize when we see these protesters here in the United States trying to make people believe that Hamas is great and they have the plight of the Palestinian people at heart, and it's a worthy, that is Iran. Iran and their intelligence services and their propaganda, they are consistently causing issues in the United States to the point where people are getting killed inside our country because their heads have been filled with propaganda spewed by Iran. So Iran touches this nation on a daily basis in ways that people just don't quite realize. They think it has to be a direct hit by a bomb in order to cause destruction in this country. And that's just not true. They have been spreading power to and money to all of our enemies and Venezuela, for instance, and then they've also been dividing this nation. They take a huge part of the division in this country is because of Iran.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, no doubt. Jonathan. I was watching MSNBC this morning and they said that Trump is hypocritical in supporting the protesters in Iran while shutting down protesters in the United States with ice. Just wanted to get your take on that and give you a chance to refute that sort of ridiculous assertion.
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David Brody
Well, first of all, like I just said, those protesters over in Iran are fighting to overthrow a regime that hangs gay people, that beats and kills women for wanting to speak. That will take a young child, for instance, who stole something from the market. I heard this from a colonel, gave a speech at the UN when I was there. This nine year old boy stole an apple from a cart. And so the, the cart owner went and got all the kids around the village and brought them. And then to watch him set the boy on the ground with his hand on a beanbag and then he ran over his arm with a truck, his arm forever. And he did that as a lesson to the kids that is the enemy of Iran. That's, that's who they are. And so I, I think, I, I just think when you listen to groups like MSNBC and they talk about how they say ridiculous stuff like Trump doesn't support protests here, but he does over there. Those people are fighting for their lives. The people that are protesting here, they're fighting for a cause every single day that's different because they're narcissists, they are altruistic and they're brainwashed. Anybody doesn't believe that, go look at their faces. They're either on methamphetamine, some kind of speed or they're just crazy that these people that are out there, there's no purpose to their argument and no quality purpose to the protest that they carry out. Jonathan Gilliam, great to have you with us as always. Thank you, sir. You gotta have a great week. All right. Yeah, great stuff. I agree with T. Bates. All right. Coming up, new research on weight loss drugs. Studies show Ozempic and Wegovy users may regain most of the weight within a year after stopping. We're going to talk about it when we come back, everybody.
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Dr. Gina
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David Brody
Yes, I'm here. By the way. Can I just say, I love when you say give it an order. That's also very impressive. I don't say that. I don't say, hey, give it an order. I just say, order it. But you say, give it an order.
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Dr. Gina
I didn't even know I said that. Isn't that funny?
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David Brody
Well, it's not a prompter. It's just an ad lib. It's you. It's just authentically you.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, it's authentically me. Give it an order. Give David Brody an order.
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David Brody
Okay. Give me an order and I'll take it with some extra mayo. We turn now to the fallout from the story that obviously everyone is talking about around the country. The shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Now, Minnesota officials, Minnesota officials said they will review the incident after the FBI blocked state investigators from the case. State leaders say Washington is shutting out local authorities and limiting transparency. The FBI, on the other hand, insists it will handle the investigation, raising questions about federal control and accountability in law enforcement cases. So let's get some clarification on all of this and bring in attorney and former Senate chief of staff Chuck Flint. Chuck, thanks for being here this morning. So help us through this a little bit. I mean, clearly the feds don't trust Minneapolis officials. So how unusual is this to fully take over the investigation? What happens next? Kind of explain some of what's happening here. Good morning, David. Great to be with you. It's a federal investigation. There was a nice agent involved. He's a federal officer. But I want to make a couple of points quick. People have been dissecting this for days. It happened in a split second. A federal officer was hit by a vehicle being driven at him. And he responded appropriately because that vehicle was a deadly weapon. The second point that I would make is that this woman was not some innocent bystander. She was just not on her way home the way that Doc Rivers, coach of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, said she was a left wing foot soldier in their war on ice. She was a part of Minnesota Ice. Watch. This is what she did. This was her job. In fact, she had been out earlier in the day blocking ICE vehicles. And in the video that's been circulating online, you'll notice that her car was perpendicular in the street. She was doing that intentionally so that she could block ICE vehicles from doing their job. They Were conducting an active investigation and it's going to be appropriately reviewed by federal authorities.
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Dr. Gina
Oh, no, that's not true at all. The mainstream media told me that she's a loving mother of three. Three who had just dropped her children at daycare when ICE agents attacked her. That's what I heard on MSNBC this morning.
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David Brody
Well, Dr. Gina, one of the things that's interesting to know if you look at her behavior, she had been doing this, as I said, all day. She was actually ordered out of the vehicle multiple times and she refused. That tells you a lot about her mindset. She was not there to comply. She was not there in any type of capacity other than to interfere with police officers trying to do their job. And by the way, it's a real dangerous job. There's a reason they call it the thin blue line. And that's because that thin blue line is the only thing that stands between law abiding citizens and anarchy in the streets. And we're seeing it right now. You're seeing just how thin that thin blue line really is. Yeah.
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Dr. Gina
No, the pictures they showed of her. Just as a follow up comment, the pictures they showed of her, she looks literally like the glowing Virgin Mary mother of the year. And that's sure not what she looks like in that truck at all. She looks like a paid blue haired, pink haired rebel freak. Anyway. Go ahead, David.
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David Brody
Yeah, look, Chuck, let me ask you a little bit about the legality of this case. I mean, I guess it's all going to be litigated. It's going to go to court. Not litigated, but it's going to go to court. Criminal trial, I'm assuming. What do you think happens here and what's the. I guess where I'm going with this is there were three shots, right? I mean, my sense of it, one through the windshield and then two on the side. Is that going to be problematic? The two on the side like the one in the windshield? Right. Everybody's like, okay, yeah, it's coming at me, I got to shoot. But then the two on the side into the window. What about that? I think that might. Is that more controversial? David, we're getting into this now, dissecting the whole thing frame by frame. The standard that's going to be used is what would a reasonable officer in his position have done? He had a split second to react and it's important to note it doesn't matter if he was right or wrong. It's what a reasonable officer in his position would have done. He had a split Second to react. He was hit by this vehicle, which was a deadly weapon in the capacity that it was being used. And who's to say what her mindset was that she may have been trying to hit him, she may have been trying to get away. And he was right in her way. But certainly his. His actions were more than reasonable. I have reviewed that video numerous times and he will be cleared 100%.
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Dr. Gina
I mean, she did hit him. She did hit him. She did.
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David Brody
Right.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah. And this is a man who had been dragged underneath the car by another protester. I challenge anyone watching this who is agreeing with the liberal narrative on this to consider if this had been a MAGA person driving this car in a Biden administration, would they feel the same way? And I could just absolutely guarantee you it would be a whole different, whole.
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David Brody
Different perspective, 1 million percent. It would be on MSNBC or MSNBC, whatever they call themselves over there. That outfit, they would say, well, that officer, I mean, these MAGA folks are out of control. He had to do something, you know, for sure. Okay. The key is split second. Yeah. Reasonable position. Yep. Thank you. Oh, okay. Well, okay. Thank you so much. I appreciate you being here. We gotta have you on another time. Sorry to cut you off.
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Dr. Gina
There's more to talk about this for sure.
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David Brody
Thanks. Thank you so much.
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Dr. Gina
Thank you.
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David Brody
All right. Plus, we like to hear ourselves talk. Okay. Coming up, PBS's news weekend edition is off the air. The network confirms the show's been canceled and federal budget cuts are the reason. Is Big Bird next? That story. More ahead. Ernie, Burt, all those guys, whatever. Oscar, Back in a moment.
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Dr. Gina
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Terrence Bates
Well, it's going to, it's going to be interesting to see what comes next, the reshuffling of staff, let's just be honest, the mentality is still going to stay the same, largely. And so I'm curious to see what the network will ultimately do, where that staff will go. Don't expect much of the same, kind of won't expect much of the rhetoric that we've seen historically to change, but just in what form or what form will it take? That's what I'm curious to see. And again, for me, this all comes down to federal funding, like federal funds shouldn't be used for PBS or some of these other networks. And so now they're having to live in a new era and having to find better uses of their money or different uses of their money. And if we as consumers choose to watch, then fine. And if we choose not to watch, then that's fine as well. They'll be okay. David?
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David Brody
Well, PBS always says we need those donations from viewers like you, is what they say. Well, you know what? Here you go, viewers. Knock yourself out. You got an opportunity because the government's not gonna support you. But another liberal show bites the dust. I believe it's a song from Queen, if I'm not mistaken, or it might be the sequel. But you know, where am I gonna go, Gina, to get my liberal news? I mean, there's no place in America to get liberal news. So I'm just, I'm devastated, as you might imagine. But I'll be fine. But thanks for asking. Gina.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, plenty of options out there. And this is a great point for the great place for the free market to make its case. And certainly there are plenty of places for them to go. There's no doubt about that. This is not the role of government. The role of government is very, very clearly enumerated in our Constitution and we need to get back to it. We need to doge the rest of all of this and get back to the constitutional enumeration. One thing I wanted to say this weekend we were at this event and I was there with the founder of GiveSendGo and in her speech she said, don't talk about parallel economies anymore. And I Thought this was interesting because, you know, I talk about parallel economies on this show all the time. She goes, we don't want to be a parallel economy. We want to be a replacement economy. We want to replace. We're not trying to. RAV is not trying to be parallel news to MSNBC or cnn. We want to replace them and make them go away. Because we want to wake up the consumer and say, hey, we're telling you the truth. You should watch us instead. We should replace the mainstream media. I just thought that was just an amazing point she made. So the words parallel economy will no longer come from my mouth. It will be replacement economy. Isn't that nice? I like that narrative.
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David Brody
Yeah, it is. By the way, just real quick, I know we teased something about. About whether or not Big Bird is next. I just want to be clear. Sesame Street's not going away, just so you know. However, however, this is important. The Corporation of Public Broadcasting that Congress is nixing, if you will, 90% of the funds. Typically, for local stations, they get about 90% of their funds from Congress. So in other words, New York and Chicago and la, they're fine. But those local, smaller markets do get about 90% of their funds from those federal funds. So Big Bird, who knows, may not be seen in maybe, air quote, Podunk, Iowa, or wherever it is. No offense to anybody in Podunk, Iowa. I'm just simply saying that. Just that there is a little bit of a.
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Dr. Gina
They all have phones. They all have phones. You can get any of that on your phone?
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David Brody
Well, yeah, you just go to YouTube.
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Dr. Gina
It's just not the day where any of that is relevant. The analog television, you know, people not having anything and, oh, God forbid kids had to read a book instead of watch a show.
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David Brody
Yeah, I live back in 1972. I'm sorry.
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Terrence Bates
Yes, Dr. Gina, let you guys tell it. I don't really have a phone. This right here is my Android. I am not team iPhone. And you guys razz me all the time saying, this isn't a real phone. So it's not a real phone.
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David Brody
This is my life. Actually, it's not my phone. It's my life.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, certainly. I used to call it my husband's little girlfriend, because. Okay, all right. Too funny. All right. Well, coming up, God and you, a powerful new book is shedding fresh light on the connection between the Old and New Testaments and how both of those threads point directly to Jesus. Our moment of faith is next. As American Sunrise continues.
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Terrence Bates
God bless the usa.
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David Brody
In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth.
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Terrence Bates
Welcome Back to American Sunrise. I'm Terrence Bates. It's now time for our moment of faith which is brought to us by Lee Greenwood and the God Bless the USA Bible in focus today, a new book with massive insights into faith transformed by the Messiah. You see it right here on your screen. This particular book explores how connections between the Old and New Testaments reveal God's intentional story for our lives. And it also offers rich insights into Jesus birth, ministry, death and resurrection. It challenges readers to see scripture in high definition, discovering prophecies and promises that point to a life changing faith and a deeper understanding of God's plan. Plan of redemption. Let's bring in the author of the book, Jason Sobel. Rabbi Jason Sobel. Rabbi Sobel, good to see you as always, Jalam.
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David Brody
It's always great to be with you. Thanks for having me.
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Terrence Bates
Absolutely. So I'd like to start kind of with a broader view of what's happening today. Obviously much of the world is focused on the ongoing situation in Iran with the various protests. Are there parallels biblically, if you will, spiritually to what's happening today? And does prophecy, if you will, to some degree prescribe what we're seeing?
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David Brody
Yeah, of course. I mean, Persia, which is in modern day Iran, is Persia in the Bible. And they play a major prophetic role in the events that the Bible tells us that are going to happen at the end of days. We read in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 38 and 39, about the war of Gog and Magog. And Persia plays a mo major role in that battle. And so we see what was true in ancient times is also very true today. The Bible is telling us what is going to happen and he's setting it all up.
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Terrence Bates
You know, it's often said that you learn from the past so that you can do better in the future. What lessons have you learned through your research and through writing this book that can maybe guide us towards being better humans, towards being better stewards of God moving forward?
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David Brody
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think the, the what happened in the beginning is a picture of what is going to happen in the end. And when I think about this, I mean, when I think about what Jesus did for us on the cross. Why did he die on a cross? Because sin entered the world through a tree. And so he died on a tree. And he was pierced in four places. He had a crown of thorns on his head. Why? Because he. He came to break the curse of creation and he came to bring physical healing. He had his hands pierced because he came to bring about relational healing because our hands took from the tree. He had his side pierced because he came to bring about emotional healing. And so he died so that we might experience physical, spiritual and emotional healing. He had his feet pierced because the first messianic prophecies, the feet of the woman would crush the head of the serpent. And because of what he's done for us on the cross, there's now spiritual, emotional, relational healing, wholeness and transformation available to us in our lives. So no matter what happens in the world, we can have wholeness, peace and shalom with Jesus when we place our faith in him.
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Terrence Bates
Rabbi Sobel, we'll have to leave the conversation there, but it's always good to talk to you. Always good to get your perspective.
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David Brody
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
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Terrence Bates
Thank you. We're back with the second hour of American Sunrise after this.
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David Brody
Coming up on the second hour of American Sunrise, take down that flag. Anti government protests in Iran. That's not in Iran, but they're doing it in other countries, too. They've spread to all 31 of the country's provinces as the Trump administrative administration begins to weigh a possible intervention. We're going to have coverage on the latest developments throughout the show. Plus, tens of thousands march to protest ICE and the shooting of a woman in Minnesota. As unrest deepens, the Trump administration continues to maintain the shooting was done in self defense. We're going to bring you the latest details as they come about. And later. Oh, my goodness. Yes, we're talking about her. Hello, Elon. Minnesota congresswoman and leftist squad member Elon Omar reportedly kicked out of an ICE facility during a routine visit along with other Democrat lawmakers. Just another weekend for Elon. We'll have those details, those stories, so much more as the second hour of American Sunrise starts right now. Good morning America.
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Dr. Gina
Welcome to American sunrise.
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Terrence Bates
Whether it's culture.
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Dr. Gina
We have breaking news to share with you.
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Terrence Bates
Politics.
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David Brody
President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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Terrence Bates
We've got you covered.
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David Brody
This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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Terrence Bates
We have to protect the American family.
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Dr. Gina
The American dream is still alive.
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David Brody
I'm David Brody.
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Terrence Bates
I'm terrence.
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Dr. Gina
And I'm Dr. Gina.
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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 Dr. G in Wes Palm and of course, T. Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning to both of you. So I'm not necessarily a betting guy, but can you bet on political events because like what's the over under on when the regime falls in Iran like, what's the plus minus or whatever they call it? I don't know what they call it. On President Trump doing some strikes inside Iran. Gina? I don't know, but there's gotta be a betting app for that, I would assume. I don't know.
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Dr. Gina
Oh, I'm sure. I'm sure polymark has exactly that bet for you if you want to. In fact, I'll look it up and see. See what the numbers are, because I do enjoy looking at that. I think it's an important consideration. It's different than what we've ever done in our past as a way to gauge what's going to happen politically. But I'll tell you what, it's insightful sometimes to look at these betting apps and see what people are thinking, regardless of what the issue is. Even President 2028, what's going to happen in the midterms, death pools, all the rest of it. T. Bates.
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Terrence Bates
David, would you like to place a wager on Jerome Powell going to prison? A steak dinner, maybe. Dr. Jean already owes me one, so you can join the fray. Would you like to place a wager?
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David Brody
No, I'm good. I'll bet you a meal, a cava, but no. 20%. I'm going 20% on that.
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Terrence Bates
20%.
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David Brody
Okay, 10%. All right, well, that gets 5%.
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Terrence Bates
That gets us.
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Dr. Gina
No one ever goes to prison.
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David Brody
Okay.
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Terrence Bates
How are we going to go from 20 to 5%? What are we doing?
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David Brody
All right, never mind. I'm 0%. I agree with Gina.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, no one ever goes to. I'm sorry. I'm such a cynic on this.
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David Brody
Just.
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Dr. Gina
I feel like no one ever goes through prison. I'm with. I'm with our chat on this. Like it just sends someone to prison. For crying out loud. We've been waiting for this for so long.
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David Brody
Oh, my goodness.
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Terrence Bates
That's hilarious. So, look, here's the story that I was kind of alluding to. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell under criminal investigation related to the central bank's renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters. The U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia is looking into whether Powell was being honest during his congressional testimony about the project. The New York Times reporting that at issue is whether the Fed chair accurately characterized the scope and the cost of the renovation. The price tag for that renovation, by the way, has climbed to about two and a half billion with a B dollars. Well, the next time you visit the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Museum, you won't see any references to President Trump's two impeachments. The previous wall text accompanying the current president's picture from his first term included mentions of that impeachment. However, that text has now been removed. At last check, there was no extended text at all. And the president back at the White House this morning safe and sound after his motorcade was rerouted en route to the airport on Sunday. The White House says a suspicious object along the route the president typically takes to the airport in Florida forced that change. It was found during security sweeps, but at this point, there is no confirmation relative to what that object was. We'll continue to work that angle of the story as well. That's a quick check of your headlines. Now let's get a quick check of your forecast with Weather Nation meteorologist Tracy Anthony. She's got one of my favorite parts of the show, our hometown forecast. Tracy, good morning.
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Dr. Gina
Hey, good morning. I'm taking you out to Ashland, Nebraska. This coming in from Eric on YouTube. You're going to be nice and warm.
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David Brody
The next couple of days, temperatures just.
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Dr. Gina
Shy of 60 degrees. But the cold front I was mentioning, what's really going to shake up our weather from coast to coast is really going to impact you by Wednesday afternoon, a high of 37 to. So you're going to drop actually to more seasonable levels. But it's going to be a dramatic.
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David Brody
Drop going from 58 to 37 and then overnight temperatures in the teens.
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Dr. Gina
So bundle up. Those windchill values will be even colder. So this is that push of cold air that's going to be taking over midweek. We could even be talking some snow.
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David Brody
For areas in the south.
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Dr. Gina
So brace for that next push of Arctic air. The rest of the of us, calm and quiet for now to start off.
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David Brody
The week as that radar looks relatively calm and quiet.
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Dr. Gina
So just a few spots with a few flakes flying. So, Terrence, it's pretty quiet out there right now, but by midweek, things are going to get a little more active.
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Terrence Bates
All right. Thank you so much, Tracy. We'll check back with you tomorrow. Have a great and warm rest of the day since you're there in South Florida. I wish I was there with you, but that's, that's a whole nother issue. All right. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Let's get over to David now. David, good morning, sir.
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David Brody
Good morning. All quiet on the weather front instead of the western front. All right. Iran T. Bates is issuing a sharp warning to Washington, as you know, because you cover it. We've been talking about all morning. We've got deadly protests continuing to grip Iran with demonstrations entering now a second week and reports of hundreds killed. The Iranian regime accusing the US of interference. Of course they are. President Trump considering how and when to respond. Now here he was speaking to reporters on the issue yesterday. Take a look. I think so. Don't you think so? CNN don't you think so? Wouldn't you say that they probably do at this point after going through it for years with me being hit Soleimani al Baghdadi, the Iran nuclear threat wiped.
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Terrence Bates
Out, don't you think?
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David Brody
And then you just had Venezuela, don't you think, she says. CNN do you think they take your threat seriously? What do you say they do after all of the things we've done? What a stupid question. I believe the out cue on that soundbite was stupid question. Joining us now with analysis is former Congressman Louie Gohmert. Congressman, you're not stupid. You're the antithesis of that. So what is your best guess here, sir? Do you think the president will strike Iran? Is that a good idea? And I don't know what else to ask you at this point. So have at it. Well, yeah, you don't need to ask if the Iranian leaders are taking Trump seriously. Of course they are. They are taking him quite seriously. And it, it all depends on the Iranian leaders. But they do, they continue to take, keep hitting their own people. And that's what Trump says is going to provoke him to do, to take action. And but let's look at what has provoked this. It is the currency is just collapsed in Iran. And why is that? Well, the actions that the Trump administration has taken, squeezing Iran financially have really taken a toll. And this could have happened years ago. But you look at the Obama administration, what did they do? They sent billions of dollars of cash to Iran and the Biden administration sent billions of dollars of cash to Iran. This could have happened years ago. The suffering could have been over for the Iranian people. But now it's coming to a head. I was speaking in Armenian for their first national prayer breakfast and dinner just in November. And people there, you know, they, they border Iran on the north. And some of the people there were telling me they had people streaming out of Iran. They could see that this was coming. They were telling them this was coming, that things were already looking very badly back in November. So this has been coming and it comes from what President Trump's administration has been doing and he will hit them again. And the ayatollah knows that for sure.
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Terrence Bates
Congressman, President Trump reportedly been briefed on the situation and potential military options there. US Military options, specifically in Iran, many in maga, of course, asking if this is a good use of our military resources. I'd like to get your perspective how you see this from a MAGA or America first perspective. Should the United States be military involved in part two? To that question, what do you see the US national interest in Iran being, if any?
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David Brody
Well, Iran has been responsible for so many Americans being killed over the last, well, 50 years at least since 1979 when President Carter welcomed the Ayatollah as a man of peace. And the world has been paying a heavy price ever since. So President Trump, he's weighing all the options. He's looked at cyber options of hitting them. But, you know, some are worried, oh no, he's starting another war. Well, he, he took out their nuclear capability, hitting the three sites that only we could hit, only we could take out. Israel couldn't do that because they didn't have the bombs, they didn't have the wherewithal to carry the bombs. So, yeah, he's, this is a serious option, but the people have risen up and you see different figures, but some from fairly trustworthy sources say they've arrested more than 10,000 people. Hundreds have been killed in the streets and, and more are being killed. But it's coming to a head here and President Trump is very serious about, you know, taking out the head of the snake so that these people could be killed. And, and one thing I can promise you, there won't be a mistake made like was made during the George H.W. bush. Now, I, I knew President H.W. bush met with numerous times. I really liked the man. But during his presidency, he made the mistake of saying, if the Iranian people rise up, we will be with them. The people took that to mean, okay, if we rise up, America will come to our help and, and we can overthrow. And so they went to the streets and they were wiped out. And President Bush didn't mean we would come to their aid. When President Trump says, we will be with you and we'll help you, he's not kidding. He's not going to leave you to be wiped out in the street streets. There is no doubt about that. He's going to finish the job. Congressman, former Congressman Louie Gort. Thanks for being here. We always appreciate you.
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Dr. Gina
Thanks, Congressman.
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Terrence Bates
Thanks so much. Good to see you.
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David Brody
One, one other thing. It's tragic, but Elan Omar, the Babylon be reports that she's had to tell her brother it's time we see other siblings. And so our condolences go out to her and on that note, we are so glad we kept you for an.
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Dr. Gina
Extra 20 seconds and we miss you in Congress.
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David Brody
Oh, my goodness. Great to be. Now my makeup is running. Thanks a lot. That's great. All right, thanks. Okay, you know what, let's just go to break, shall we? I need to clean up here for a second. All right, back in a moment.
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Dr. Gina
Welcome back to American Sunrise. I'm Emily Finn. Time now to drain the swamp. And this morning we are fleshing out Eric Swalwell. A California lawmaker and other Democrats are moving to strip ICE officers of key legal protections as questions mount over whether a federal agent should face consequences for what the Trump administration calls an act of self defense. Lawmakers say the shooting of 37 year old Renee Good has exposed what they call a dangerous lack of accountability inside ICE. Now, a new bill called the ICE out act would remove qualified immunity for ICE officers, making it easier for them to face civil lawsuits and in some cases, criminal charges. For more, let's bring in David Brody, Dr. Gina, and Terrence Bates. Gina, this doesn't really seem to make a whole lot of sense to me here. I mean, this was a crime that was committed. Well, Emily, if you watch the lamestream media right now, you would never know that. You would never know that it would be that President Trump is directing ICE to kill, you know, peace loving protesters. That's really how it's depicted. It's a state astonishing to watch their skew of this entire story. David.
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David Brody
Yeah. And J.D. vance went to the podium, the White House press secretary or the White House press briefing. Excuse me, podium last week and was livid. I've never seen J.D. vance quite that animated. And he was really upset about the media's treatment of all of this. So, Gina, you're absolutely right. And by the way, news to Eric, his bill's going nowhere. Couple reasons, maybe there's a few. Number one, the Republicans control the Senate. Okay. Or, excuse me, the House. Okay. So let's just put that aside because a lot of rhinos there. So let's say it gets past the House. Okay. The Republicans control the Senate. Okay. So there are some rhinos there. So let's say it gets past the Senate. Oh, there's the President of the United States. Yeah, I think he's gonna veto that bill. Yeah. So there's that. And by the way, they don't have the votes to override the veto. So with that math, Terrence, over to you.
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Terrence Bates
Yeah, you're right. That bill is dead on arrival. You know what's a shame here is that no matter if you look at the video, I think it would be hard for any reasonable person to look at what happened, just to look at the video and look past the fact that the agents asked the woman to get out, actually ordered her to get out of the car on a number of different occasions, and she refused. And then she tried to pull off and actually hit one of the agents. But even beyond that, she evaded the orders of law enforcement. All of those things are illegal and would, you know. And yeah, you hate anyone to be killed. But that's the kind of response that happens when you don't follow the orders of law enforcement and you put them in jeopardy, they are forced to react. And I think it's just obvious to anyone that just looks at that. The fact that we're even having this discussion is a shame in my mind, but that's just me.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, I would have to agree with you. And I think it's a shame that Eric Swalwell is wasting everyone's time. To David's point, it's dead on arrival. It's not going anywhere. So what is the purpose of even doing this, Gina?
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David Brody
Well, the purpose is to make money. The purpose for his campaign. That's what it is. It's all about money. It's all about getting some more folks to donate $25. Some grandma or grandfather or any. Anybody for that matter. I don't know why I said grandma or grandfather. It could be anybody. Anybody.
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Terrence Bates
I would add, though, David, that I think part of the purpose is also to make these agents think twice when they're reacting, and that's dangerous. They. They have to go with their first mind. They have to react. I mean, that's part of the job. In a situation, you have to make a split second decision. And when you begin to second guess yourself, when you begin to start thinking about the potential implications of acting, that puts lives in danger. And that's dangerous, in my opinion.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah. And there's another camera angle on this. I just want to make sure everyone has seen it. I don't know if we have it from the front of the car where it actually shows her, literally.
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Terrence Bates
She hit there.
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Dr. Gina
Hitting. Yeah, there you go. That's it. Yeah, that. That angle, I mean, that is using a deadly weapon against a law enforcement officer. Plain and simple. Yeah, plain and simple. All right, coming up, we are 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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We're getting ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. It's set to ring here in just a few minutes, six minutes to be specific. Here's a quick look at the futures. As you can see, it's kind of up and down the top of our board, all in red. That's not necessarily a good sign. The major indices, the Dow SEC, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are down right now. Crude oil is also down. Hopefully all of that will change though once the opening bell rings and trading for this Monday begin. We'll take you there live here in just a moment. But first, let's get you back over to David Brewery.
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David Brody
Okay. T. Bates, so we have anti government protests in Iran. They are deepening. We've talked about it. We've got mass demonstrations spreading to cities across that country amid a crushing economic crisis. They've got soaring inflation. Some analysts say the unrest could push the regime to the brink. Human rights groups say hundreds have been killed as security forces cracked down. The government has shut down the Internet even though Elon Musk is doing his part to get Starlink up and running there. Phone networks are down so communication is not good. President Trump considering as we've talked about, an intervention. But many of his supporters are asking, is this really a MAGA priority? So let's talk about it. Dr. G and T to talk about kind of the MAGA aspect to this. Let me start with this, Gina. You know, I was looking. Since 1979, Iranians are responsible for killing roughly 600Americans. Since 1979. That's a low estimate, by the way. And so if people will say, wait, Iran attacked us? Yeah, yeah, they did. Through whether it be all of the proxies that they've got Hezbollah and Hamas and they've got bombings overseas at our military bases, all of the proxies. So you're never gonna see. You know, Iran is such a wimp, right? I mean, we know they're a paper tiger, but they let others do the dirty work. And all that dirty work has led to 600 or so Americans being dead. That's called a national security interest. And we haven't even begun to talk about some of the other ways that Iran, you know, affects Americans through cybersecurity, oil, et cetera.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, they're sort of like the useful idiots of the bullies of the world out there. You know, the Chinas and the Russias of the world. They can do things that China and Russia couldn't really do to Americans and get away with it. So China and Russia employ them to use those tactical advantages on Americans. So you're right, that count is probably really low. So there's no question they are an extremely bad actor. But I'll tell you, when I look through the comments in the chat, there are a lot of people in MAGA out there who say this is just not where they wanted the focus. Now, my question back to them would be, if President Trump can accomplish squelching some of the evil that this regime has exacted on its own people and on Americans and on the Western world, and then if he can still tackle the domestic issues that you're concerned about, then is it. Then is it something that you would say is okay? But, David, you always make the point that if it were Joe Biden doing this, then what would people say? I don't know, Terrence. There's just a lot in my head, and I'm not completely sure where I stand on it, to be honest.
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Terrence Bates
So you guys have probably noticed that my question on this all morning long has simply been, what is the US Interest? And, David, you've enumerated a number of. Of US Interests in Iran that would potentially guide US Engagement. I'll use that general term, US Engagement, and in that respect, I think it would be fair. But what I'd actually like to see is that the president engage others, that he engaged Israel, which of course, is consistently being threatened by Iran. I'd also like to see the president engage other countries, like Saudi Arabia, other Arab countries, who we are now, of course, working closer with to keep peace within the region. I'd like to see those countries be more engaged in helping to quell the situation there in Iran. And I'd like to see them really have a military investment and other investments in this issue so that we wouldn't have to have necessarily boots on the ground or that we wouldn't have to be the major aggressor in terms of helping to deal with that. That's how I would ultimately like, ultimately like to see all of this be settled. Whether that will happen or not, who knows. But I think that might be a good course of action to have others do the work and have others be engaged and invested in it.
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David Brody
Yeah, that's going to be. Well, no, no, not with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is going to be a hands off approach to this because they want to see what transpires in Iran. They don't want to be a catalyst there. It's a Sunni, Shiite thing. They don't want to get involved in any of this right now. Let Iran and the regime take a hit. Go ahead, what were you going to say?
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Terrence Bates
I get you, I agree with you. They don't want to be involved. But I think at this point we've got some strings that we can pull to force them in. Again, for me, it's about everyone being invested. I don't think President Trump has also said about, often said about Russia, look, we've got an ocean away from us. Well, those countries regionally are closer to Iran than the United States is. So they should have more buy in because the potential impact could more directly or immediately impact them. I get, they may not want to, but you know, you gotta get on the pod or get off. And I'd like to say something else, but we'll just leave it there.
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David Brody
All right, sounds good. Let's go to. You know what tbates you have a lot more to say, but it has to be about the New York Stock Exchange.
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Dr. Gina
Sorry, please.
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Terrence Bates
And another thing.
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All right, so we're getting ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. You hear the applause? The bell is now ringing which means the market markets are officially open. So let's take a look and see where the stocks stand right now. We're going to put up our board here momentarily and then you'll have a better idea of how things are looking. Not looking so hot right now. At the top of our board, the dow S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are all in the red. Hopefully by the end of this day of trading, though, it will all be in the green. And if you're investing, you'll have made a little mint or at least a little something. Undo a year means new financial goals like making sure that your savings are secure and and diversified. So will this year be the year that you finally listen to us here on RAV and talk to someone over at the Birch Gold Group? Honestly, they're really good people and we appreciate their educational approach and their understanding of macroeconomics. There are forces pushing the dollar lower and gold higher, which is why they believe that every American should own physical gold until January 30th. If you're a first time buyer of gold, the Birch Gold Group is offering a rebate of up to $10,000 on qualifying purchases. In order to claim eligibility and start the process, simply text the word America to the number 989-898. The Birch Gold Group can help you roll on existing IRA or roll an existing IRA or 401k into an IRA in gold and you're still eligible for a rebate of up to $10,000. Make right now your first time to buy gold and take advantage of a rebate of up to 10 grand when you buy by January 30th. Text the word America to the number 9898. 98 and claim your eligibility today. Again, text America to the number 9898. 98 today. Still to come here on American Sunrise. Protests escalate in Minnesota over the weekend in reaction to the shooting of a 37 year old woman by an ICE agent last week. We'll have the very latest developments after the break. Won't go anywhere.
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Dr. Gina
All right. Welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. Gina. Thank you for joining us this morning. We invite you to hop in our conversation on YouTube. Getter and Rumble. It is time now to take the political pulse of America. Here's the beat today. Minneapolis remains on the edge after another massive show of force in the streets. Tens of thousands of people turned out despite bitter cold temperatures as protests over the shooting of the woman who tried to ram her car into an ICE agent continued. The Trump administration insists the agent acted in self defense, but local leaders say the video tells a different story. Turning the protests over to over the weekend. During the protests over the weekend. There we go. Police have made arrests, officers have been injured and hotel housing. Federal agents have been targeted as well. Minnesota came into the spotlight in recent weeks after a viral video by citizen reporter Nick Shirley revealed millions of dollars in taxpayer money were going to an empty daycare center, along with a host of other fraud issues that were related to the Somali community in Minneapolis. This has outraged taxpayers. Joining us now is more with national political reporter Neil McCabe. Neil, a lot happening here. Ironically, Nick Shirley was sitting at my dining room table on Saturday night. We were watching this go down between, I'm going to be honest, watching the football game as well. But we were watching this go down and he's kind of looking at his phone saying, wow, this is just amazing. And we're all kind of sitting in live watching this as this was continuing to happen. I have to admit I was a little surprised as much activity took place as it did because the colder temperatures usually keep the protesters at home.
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David Brody
Yeah, I think you have to step.
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Terrence Bates
Back a little bit and say that.
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David Brody
This really isn't about an unfortunate tragedy at an intersection where, you know, an ICE agent shot a driver. What's really at play here is, you know, control over the government. And you have a group of people, very fancy elite people who have run this government for decades and they've set up this system and they see, you know, sort of working class working Americans, blue collar Americans, finally getting a voice in their country again through Trump, and they don't want to let go. And one of the sort of the key sticking points is, you know, are we going to allow people to hire illegal wage slaves to do there, to mow their lawns and wash their cars and brush down their horses? Or we're going to force people to hire Americans. Working Americans want those jobs, they will do those jobs. You just have to pay them a living wage. And there's a lot of people who just do not want to pay Americans and they're willing to fight over it. It's almost like the old civil war when they, you know, it's almost like if the Confederates said, listen, it's about affordability. Right. We can't find Americans who want to pick this cotton. That's the kind of crazy thing that we're hearing now from the people in Minnesota and from these leftists all over the country. Dr. Gina well, that's an interesting analogy for sure. And you talk about control of the government. Let me go to another analogy about that. Have a control of a regime because that's what's going on in Iran. Neil, you got These anti regime protesters, as you know, they've engulfed the entire country. Iran's Foreign ministry now saying it's ready for war. They're also saying they got the situation under control. So these people are a piece of work. Anyhow, this comes as President Trump considers some of his options for a possible intervention. An intervention? Yeah. That's a nice way of putting it against the Islamic government there. So, Neil, what do you think? What are some of your views about where this White House goes from here? I mean, obviously Trump is serious. You know, we've been having a discussion this morning about whether or not this is MAGA or not. I think if it was a, let's be honest, if it was a neocon president or if it was Joe Biden, there would be a lot of skepticism in maga. And right now there is some skepticism in maga. Let's be honest about this. They don't think boots are going to be on the ground necessarily, and they don't necessarily think it's going to be nation building, but they are concerned for sure. Yeah. I think what's different about these protests with other protests that have gone in, gone on, is these aren't necessarily ethnic driven because there are significant ethnic minorities in Iran who from time to time will pop off. And there's also sort of this idea of, you know, should women have to wear burqas and hijabs and whatnot? This protest, as I've looked into it, was sparked by the merchants and the business community because of the extreme devaluation of the Iranian currency and the way that that economy is faltering. And so because it's the business community that's really up in arms, it's coming from a place that nobody was really expecting. And then you have the other people piling on. So the people who are concerned about women's rights, the people who are concerned about ethnic minorities, they're now piling on. And it's really spun out of control. Traditionally, the Iranian, you know, because it's a religious leadership, they've been able to sort of appeal to people's religious sensibilities and their sense of devotion and that sort of, that shared Shia ism. But that hasn't worked this time. And so it'll be very interesting to see how the President gets involved or doesn't get involved. Certainly nobody wants the Iranians to spin completely out of control. So you have chaos in that country. And you also have to watch Qatar. Qatar is a business partner with the Iranians. And as the Iranians have been sanctioned and sort of restricted in their ability to operate in the United States. The Qataris have operated as sort of a cat's paw or sock puppet for the Iranian regime. And so it'll be very interesting to see how the Qataris handle it, because the Qataris have been very helpful to the United States, unwinding in Afghanistan and in some of other parts of the Middle East.
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Terrence Bates
All right, Neil. I was going to go to Latin America, but you brought up Qatar, so I'm going to go there. David and I had somewhat of a disagreement.
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David Brody
Sure, let's do it. Name names.
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Terrence Bates
Let's do it. Let's call. So you brought up cut. You brought up Qatar. Should other regional players, the Saudi Arabias, the Egyptians be involved in, however, in moving basically the situation in Iran forward or engaging? Should some of those other regional players be involved?
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David Brody
I think what people now want is they want stability. That's what the Abraham Accords that Trump brought forth in the first administration and now continued, frankly, through the Biden administration. People just want to get along. They want to do business, they want to travel around, they want to have tourism. They're just tired of all of the fighting and all the killing and all the terrorism. And so I think there's a lot of interest for all the players in the Middle east to have this thing have a sort of soft landing. I just don't know where that soft landing is. The problem, of course, is that the Iranians are in the forefront of Shia ism, and the rest of the Middle east is.
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Terrence Bates
Is Sunni.
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David Brody
And so that's got to be sort of navigated.
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Terrence Bates
Yeah.
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Dr. Gina
Neil, going back to what's happening in Minnesota, our own David Zier was on the ground covering these protests. Here's what that. That looks like what we're dealing with.
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Terrence Bates
On the ground all over.
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David Brody
That's right.
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Terrence Bates
Actually, I'm very respectful, and you're not respectful at all in any way. I just want to ask, do you believe in illegal immigration?
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David Brody
Do you think US Taxpayers should be.
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Terrence Bates
Funding housing for illegals and medical care? Man, he is so intelligent, this man. He's got nothing to say.
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David Brody
He's got nothing to say.
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Terrence Bates
I got a lot to say. No words.
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Dr. Gina
Wow. No more caffeine for you, ma'. Am.
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David Brody
Yeah, well, there's a lot of clutch clutching of pearls in Minnesota. A lot of fancy, fancy people. A very.
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Terrence Bates
I think she owns pearls.
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David Brody
They're gonna have to mow their own lawns come spring.
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Terrence Bates
I'm sorry, I don't think she owns pearls. That's probably a little too Classy for her. But go ahead. You were saying?
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David Brody
Well, that, no, it's just all these fancy people who, who have been living large. You know, you ask those, the people who are protesting, you ask them about the economy.
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Terrence Bates
They asked them about how the country's going.
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David Brody
They thought everything was great under Biden. They thought it was good times roll. They had no idea how many Americans were angry, you know, because these guys, you know, they don't, they don't worry about an auto plant closing, right, because they're all professionals. And you know, they're part of that sort of bourgeois, upper bourgeois class. And they just think that working Americans need to get boxed out. They're sick of Americans complaining and they want to work. They want to rely on their illegal wage slaves. They want those guys to clean their gutters, clean their pools. They're the guys that they pay cash to wipe down their cars at the car wash. They don't want to deal with Americans who want a living wage. And that's what it's really about to me. Yeah. Hey, Neal, before we let you go, we have the president. He's set to head to the Detroit Economic Club tomorrow. And of course, he's pushing his own affordability agenda. He's noting accomplishments like lower interest rates, we got lower prices at the pump. What do you think we're going to hear from the president tomorrow? Because, look, he's got a case to be made. But if people aren't feeling it, you got to be able to square the circle or. Yeah, square the circle, right? Is that what you said, square the circle Anyhow, Ben? Well, I think what the president's going to talk about is obviously the success of his economy. You think about all of the, all of this screaming and gnashing of teeth that we were dealing with, you know, nine months ago, people talking about tariff inflation, talking about the coming recession. None of that, none of that is on the board. Now, J.P. morgan came out with a port A report Friday that said the economy is so strong that they don't think the economy needs a rate cut. And so also, I wouldn't, I wouldn't be surprised if the president took a victory lap over electric vehicles when you see that Ford Motor Company took a $20 billion write down. General Motors has just written down another 10 billion. And this is all, you know, these companies were all being egged on by the left and certainly by the Biden administration, whereas Trump from the beginning said that electric vehicles weren't the way to go. And I would expect him to make a few jokes at their expense about that tomorrow.
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Dr. Gina
Neal McCabe, thank you so much for joining us today.
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Terrence Bates
Thanks, Neil.
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Dr. Gina
All right, coming up, Ilhan Omar and other Democrat lawmakers were recently kicked out of an ICE facility. That full story coming up next here on American Sunrise.
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David Brody
When it comes to these accounts.
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Terrence Bates
So it is even more important for.
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David Brody
There to be recording from eyewitnesses every.
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Dr. Gina
Single time these actions are taking place. For more, let's bring In David Brody, Dr. Gina and Terrence Bates. David, it's really not Surprising, seeing this coming from Ilhan Omar. But it is, as we talked about earlier, just dangerous rhetoric.
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David Brody
Yeah, I mean, she's gonna be starting an anti ice float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade next thing we know. Look, here's the thing with her. She's from Minnesota's 5th district. She got 264,000 votes in that district in 2024 when she won. Now, a lot of people would say, oh, got it. All the Somalis voted for her in Minnesota. No, not true at all. Well, let me rephrase that. Yeah, 90% of the Somalis voted for her in her district. But her district is only made up of about 10 to 12,000 or so Somalis in her Minnesota 5th district. So she got 264,000 votes and only 12,000 or so were Somali. Do the math. 95% were non Somalis. Gina. There you go. That proves the point that white liberals are the most dangerous people in America. Gina.
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Dr. Gina
Yes, and the least well informed people in America, they believe they listen to their own echo chambers. They believe things that simply aren't true. They act on emotion, not facts or statistics or data. We saw it during COVID It's only worsened since then. And this really shouldn't surprise us at all. These people really, truly need an awakening, Terrence. It's just so upsetting. You know, you wonder how horrible things, horrible atrocities, can happen to humankind, to countries, to whole civilizations, throughout the ages. And then you look at white leftists and you can figure out why.
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Terrence Bates
You know, I'm all about accountability. And I think if and when an ICE agent does something wrong, yes, he or she should be held accountable. But at the same time, lawmakers like an Ilhan Omar also need to be held accountable for their rhetoric and for their actions. That can put some of these law enforcement agents, be they ICE or otherwise, in danger. They also need to be held accountable. Accountability is something that needs to be had across the board. And some of this rhetoric and what Ilhan Omar and others are saying is quite literally emboldening people to try to attack and to put the lives of ICE agents in danger. And that's not right. And they need to be held accountable.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah, absolutely. Very well said there, Terrence. I don't know if we're gonna see that accountability, but, yeah, certainly not gonna hold my breath on that.
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Terrence Bates
Can we get a snapshot of that moment? I said something and nobody had anything to say. Everyone was gone, tongue tied, really. Like, even I was like, really? Was it that profound? I don't think it was that profound. But thank you, guys.
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David Brody
All right.
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Dr. Gina
Good stuff. Still to come on American Sunrise, the top stories we're following today. There's more coming up in two minutes. Stick around. All right. Welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. G. Thanks for being with us this morning. It is time now for the one to watch. David, what are you watching today?
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David Brody
Well, I'm clearly watching myself on television, but beyond that, something really unexpected in Colorado. So check this out, guys. Colorado Governor Jared Polis, liberal.
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Terrence Bates
Hello.
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David Brody
Now, Wayne, whether to grant clemency to former elections clerk Tina Peters, who of course we talk about all the time on the show. She's currently serving that nine year prison sentence for the alleged 2020 election security breach. So Polis called Peter's sentence harsh, citing her age and health as factors under consideration. Did he really say this? We have the tape. Let's play it. He got a sentence that was harsh. It was a nine year sentence. So we always look at people's sentences. And when you have people that are elderly, and we're looking at this across a number of people, people in our 70s and our 80s in our system, how much of a threat to society are there and how do we balance that in a way that makes sure that they can spend their last few years at home? Phenomenal. Gina, kudos to you. You've been bringing this up all the time about Tina Peters. Remember Tina Peters in our editorial meetings, on the air, everything. And clearly Jared Polis is a big fan of yours. I mean, that's obvious. So clearly. But the point simply is that, hey, word is getting out. This was done dirty. It was done wrong. And if Jared Polis is thinking about clemency, that's a good thing. And to me, Gina, that just means keep at it. Pedal to the metal.
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Dr. Gina
Pedal to the metal. Right on by. I hope that President Trump will absolutely build on this and use this to continue a campaign to free Tina Peters. Tina Peters should not have ever been there. It's not a little bit harsh. It's ridiculous that Tina Peters has gone through this. And look, I don't really care what reasons they want to give to free Tina Peters as long as they free her. But to say that it's just because the penalty was too harsh or because she's older or because she's unwell, no, this was wrong to begin with. This was a great injustice. This is just a continuation of what they did to our J6 heroes. And this needs to be stopped now. Tina Peters needs to be freed today.
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Terrence Bates
Terrence, action versus rhetoric.
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David Brody
Yeah.
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Terrence Bates
What Governor Polis said, sounds good. It sounds sensitive. It sounds humanitarian. But is he gonna follow through? Let's have a conversation if and when he follows through. Yeah, it sounds good, you know, on its face. Oh, he's so sensitive. He really cares. But follow through. If you're gonna. If you're gonna grant her clemency, then do it. Okay.
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David Brody
And by the way, we can have that conversation if he does it. And by the way, if and when he does it, let's say he does do it. I'm not giving him any applause. Absolutely not. You know, so to Gina's point, let's not put this guy up on a pedestal at that point, going, he did the right thing. Good for him. No, Gina's point here is that she should never have been in this place, been in this place in the first place. So give me a break. Give me a break.
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Terrence Bates
I'm not mad at that. I fully agree. But to bring this up as this. Oh, he's having a change of heart. Until he does it, really, it sounds good. But show me some action. Do it.
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Dr. Gina
Yeah. Today, as I said. Hey, guys, you know what? This show is over, and Steve Bannon's room is up next. So you want to hug your children, Love God, Go boldly now. Live the truth. We'll see you tomorrow, everybody.
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David Brody
See you, folks.
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Terrence Bates
Deuces.
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David Brody
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