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Ahead on American Sunrise, President Trump announces new tariffs against countries who do business with Iran's rogue regime. So will this bring the Islamic republic to the negotiating table or to its knees? We've got the latest developments coming up. Plus, President Trump is set to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Karina Machado on Thursday. North Carolina Congressman Mark Harris joins us live to weigh in on that meeting and the president's trip to Detroit later today. Later, New York Socialist Mayor Zoran Mondami is turning to a top content creator to push universal childcare, which is one of his agenda items. We've got those stories and so much more right now on American Sunrise.
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Good morning America.
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Welcome to American Sunrise. Whether it's cultural, we have breaking news to share with you.
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Politics.
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President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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We've got you covered.
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This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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We have to protect the American family.
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The American dream is still alive.
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I'm David Brody.
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I'm terrence.
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And I'm Dr. Gina. Good morning. I'm Dr. Gina. We are live with you from the Palm Beaches. Let's bring in David Brody. He's in Washington, D.C. and T. Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning, gentlemen.
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Happy Tuesday.
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Dr. G. And David. Good morning. Happy Tuesday.
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Happy Tuesday.
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Happy Tuesday. Hey, guys, look, I want to start off with this new Gallup poll that finds that a majority of young voters are identifying as unaffiliated and independent voters, and that includes 54% of millennials and 56% of Gen Zers. Now, David and Dr. Jean, I find this interest interesting because, of course, we've heard a lot since Charlie Kirk's assassination that more people were coming not just to faith but also to politics and were becoming more involved in politics. So are you buying this poll? And is this an opportunity, if it is in fact true, for MAGA, to really attract and reach out to young people to hopefully bring them into the tent? Dr. Gina, I want to start with you. Dr. Gina, just because you've got young kids who are very political. Active. Active.
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Yes, I do. I would say this doesn't surprise me at all. And the reason it doesn't surprise me is because I've never identified with a political party. I have always considered myself a conservative Christian first. And whatever party decides to court my values is the party that I will espouse now, obviously, in my lifetime, especially within the last decade or so, when the Democrats disavowed God in a vote at Their conviction. They lost me pretty hard. But I'll tell you, I don't vote based on party. I think parties have really tarnished what a party is supposed to be to not just young people, to people who have values. I do not. I think most people. There are some. I'm not gonna say there aren't Republican loyalists, David. And I know you'll. I know you'll see some of this too, just having observed politics for all the decades you have. But I think even a lot of our sitting, most conservative Congress people, Freedom Caucus types, they're not party first. They are values first. They are God first. And it so happens that the party stays with them, but if the party ever abandons them, they will so quickly go a different direction. And that goes for candidates too. Brodie.
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Ditto to all of that. Gina and Terrence. Yeah, to answer your question, I'm not surprised about this at all. I think we're in the free thinker generation right now. I really do. And with free thinking comes unaffiliation, comes independence, and, you know, a pox on all of their houses. Right. Republicans and Democrats. That's how a lot of folks feel. Not just the older set. You know, they've been. It's a little harder for them to get out of that mindset. But the younger set. Absolutely. A pox in all your houses. And I think Republicans and Democrats both have to work really hard to do that. By the way, I'm all for the free thinker generation now, having said that. I don't want to start already this morning about Candace Owens, but people like that. Okay. That's a bridge too far for me. Okay. But the point is that free thinking overall is a very good thing. We should embrace it. That's all I have to say. I guess we should embrace the Bible verse too.
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Interesting conversation. I wanted to get your guys perspective on that. I was thinking about that all night anyway. Would you give us our Bible verse?
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Great job with the topic. Topic today. I loved it. Today's bible verse is 1st Peter 2:21. For to this you were called because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that you should follow his steps as we all should. President Trump announces a 25% tariff on any country that does business with Iran. Trump posted on Truth Social. Effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic Republican of Iran will pay a tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America. This order is final and conclusive. The move comes as Iran faces mass protests against the government and Trump reiterates that all options, including military action, remain on the table. Let's bring in Pastor, North Carolina Congressman Mark Harris. Congressman, you know, I want to get to the topic of Iran, but I have a feeling you want to comment on what we were just talking about regarding young people, people, Gen Z and party loyalty. So I'm going to shoot that at you first. And you can pick up the Iran thing whenever you feel about it.
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Well, it's great to be with you, Dr. G. And Terrence and David, thank you so much for having me this morning. And. Oh, absolutely. I think your conversation has been spot on. And that is that when you look at this younger generation, they are more interested in issues. They're more interested in where they're going to stand on particular issues and not necessarily the loyalty to the political party. Political parties are really and truly needing to recognize this reality and understand that we've got to make sure our positions are reflective of what we believe and what we hold. And I think when you look at the younger generation, they're looking for consistency. They're looking for people with courage that are willing to speak up and step out. And so I think we, our political parties, I know the Republican Party, many of us on the conservative end, continue to try to talk about the importance of really painting in these broad or these deep colors, not the pastels that has been talked about in previous times before. But we've got to be more focused on stating what we believe and why we believe it and hanging on to that consistency because I think young people, they can smell out a rat. They can smell out inconsistency. They can smell out those that say one thing and do something else. And so I think that's why President Trump became such a major movement, because it was promises made, promises kept. And I think that consistency is very important. So, anyway, that's my two cents on what's happened there with the younger generation on the Iranian thing. We are seeing something magnificent take place here. It's painful to go through. It's painful for those that are under attack by this regime. But let's face the reality. This regime has destroyed this country and they continue to destroy lives. They've destroyed their economy and they're destroying people. And President Trump has stepped in in this latest statement that you made about the 25% tariff on those doing business with IR. I mean, bottom line, he's again doing what he always does, and that is trying to find a surgical way to leverage the power of the United States and the economic pressure that needs to be there on what's happening in Iran right now. So I think that things are happening. We need to be praying. I have told people more than once over the last few days, we need to be bathing in prayer. These powerful patriots in Iran that are willing to step up and stand up to this regime. And hopefully the reports we were hear week or so ago that the ayatollah was already plotting a path out that happens to lead all the way to Moscow, I don't know. But if he's plotting a way to escape, that's probably a good thing.
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Congressman, how do you see strikes in Iran? Like, what would be part of your calculus here as to whether or not to strike Iran? I mean, my sense of it is, is that if you've got a situation where you can tip the scales, like, in other words, if the strikes are going to actually accomplish the final topple of the regime, that's one thing. That's. But if it's going to do something and we're not quite sure if there's ambiguity to it, then maybe you hold off. I'm curious to get your take on that. J.D. vance is pushing, according to reports this morning, he's pushing diplomacy and talking with Iran. I don't know about that. Talking with Iran. President Trump, it does seem, is leaning towards striking certain security targets inside Iran. Your take?
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Well, I do understand that Iran is reaching out to the United States. And what you're hearing from them publicly and all of their condemnation of the United States is quite different from their outreach to our diplomats and to others. So I think that that's a good sign and probably the reason the vice president is indicating we maybe need to enter in some talks and do whatever we can. But I do think that the president is recognizing the importance of these, possibly the threat, even of the strategic strikes. Many of us have said the thing to be looking for is when this Iranian Gu Guard start laying down their guns and walking away, that that's going to be a clear, clear sign. So I don't know if there could possibly be some strikes on areas where this Iranian guard is particularly populous. I don't know. But I do think that all options are on the table. Of course, that's the bottom line that is there. But I do think that, again, when you realize that Iranians are perhaps saying one thing behind the scenes and trying to seek a versus what they're trying to say publicly and looking all tough, I think that's something to note.
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Congressman David asked you about the calculus. Sorry, I only made it to algebra 2. So I'll give you an A plus B equals C. If A is Iran threatening strikes against the United States or some sort of retaliation, B is that Iran says, we're willing to sit down and talk with you, then C seems to me to be incongruent. The two just don't add up.
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Well, they don't add up. And that's the unfortunate thing that we have to do here from our standpoint is we do have to watch, we do have to wait. We do have to try to apply the pressure. And I think that's what this administration on our end is trying to do. They're applying pressure from every end. They're probably hearing through these other conversations and back channel conversations of how we might come to some kind of ability to see transition without any kind of weaponry being used on our end. So I think again, all options are on the table. If military force is necessary, it will be used. If we can get to a path through diplomacy to avoid that, I think that's going to be used. So I think that again, we're right in the heat of it right now and we have to be careful in our reactions because we've got too many, too many variables that are happening at this moment.
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Thanks for joining our math class. By the way.
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I love how Terrence is giving us options today. It's A, B or C. You get to pick. Congressman Mark Harris, thank you so much for your time.
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Thank you. It's always great to be with you.
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Always great to have you, too. God bless. All right. Coming up, we're going to check out the hottest headlines from the RAV newsroom with Terrence Bates. Also later, the Trump administration versus Cuba. Cuba says there are no talks with the U.S. despite President Trump urging the country to make a deal. What will come next? Well, we have export analysis and that's just ahead here. American Sunrise.
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You're looking live at the Supreme Court of the United States. Big case today. Should transgender athletes be allowed in men's sports? I mean, let's be honest. These are men who now say they're women. And that's the truth of the matter. Anyhow. We will discuss that in the second hour. First, though, T. Bates standing by with the latest headlines from the Real America's Voice newsroom sponsored by amac.
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It's Powell versus Trump Round two. As the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks out for the first time since being threatened with a criminal indictment over the cost overruns at the Fed headquarters renovation in Washington, D.C. the Department of Justice is looking into whether Powell led missile or lied, excuse me, to Congress about the scope and cost of the project. On Monday, Powell pleaded his case in the court of public opinion and immediately called out President Trump with, with how he's had an ongoing with whom he's had an ongoing feud.
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The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest.
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Rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public rather than.
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Following the preferences of the president.
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This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest.
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Rates based on evidence and economic conditions or whether instead monetary policy will be directed to by political pressure or intimidation.
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The president denies any involvement in the subpoenas, but also says that Powell, quote, well, he's certainly not very good at the Fed and he's not very good at building buildings, he says. For months, President Trump has been touting this summer's soccer World cup, which is being played largely on US Soil. FIFA, which is the world soccer's governing body, even bestowed the president with its first ever medal of peace. Now the Trump Administration is investing $115 million in counter drone measures in order to keep peace at the event. The threat of drone attacks has increased since the war in Ukraine, which has become somewhat of a case study for the lethality of drones. With millions of visitors in the United States for one of the world's largest sporting events, the Trump administration isn't leaving any stone unturned. In a statement announcing the effort, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem writes, we are entering a new era to defend our air superiority, to protect our borders and the interior of the United States. The technology is also expected to be available in time for the summer's 250th anniversary of the nation's founding. Well, the Department of War is gearing up to fight, but not necessarily on a battlefield with tanks and machine guns. Instead, the machines being used to fight the battles of the future will be digital and guided by artificial intelligence. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth laid out the strategy during remarks in Texas on Monday. Very soon, we will have the world's.
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Leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department, long overdue. To further that, today, at my direction, we're executing an AI acceleration strategy that will extend our lead in military AI established during President Trump's first term. This strategy will unleash experimentation, eliminate bureaucratic barriers, focus on investments and demonstrate the execution approach needed to ensure we lead in military AI and that it grows more dominant into the future.
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Heath says to start, the Pentagon and other intelligence agencies will be using Google's Gemini AI platform and X's Grok. The undersecretary of war for research and engineering says, quote, speed defines victory in the AI era. And the War Department will match the velocity of America's AI industry. It's going to be interesting to see how all of that develops. That's a quick check of your headlines. Now let's get a quick check of your forecast. Weather Nation meteorologist Tracy Anthony joining us this morning. You can also scan the QR code at the bottom of your screen and join our friends over at Weather Nation. Tracy, good to see you. Good morning.
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Hey, good morning, Terrence. Another day where it's kind of calm and quiet across the country, but we are tracking that next system that's starting to work in across the Great Lakes. So that's a warm front that's pushing through. So it is bringing some snow and some rain. A lot of us will have kind of a grab bag of precipitation types until that cold front can work on through behind it. So as we get into Wednesday, we're really going to get this surge of Arctic air and it is going to impact everyone as far south as Miami. So by Friday morning, Miami will be talking about wind chill values. So fairly chilly there. But today, really from coast to coast, all of us very mild with temperatures well above average. We're talking temperatures anywhere from a couple degrees to 25 degrees above average. So areas like St. Louis, though, you're going to be bracing for that cool down and expect those temperatures to plunge a good 25 degrees in just 24 hours. So that's the big weather story, Terrence. It's the east coast cooling down, but you out west, you're staying warm and we'll take it.
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Thanks so much, Tracy. We'll check back with you next hour and get our hometown forecast. All right. Up next, folks, Iran is talking about or talking out of both sides of its mouth. On one side, the Islamic regime says it's ready for talks with the United States, while on the other, the country's leaders claim they're ready for war. So we'll break down what's really going on. First, though, a quick look at this day in history. It was on this date in 1999 that basketball legend Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA in front of fans at Chicago's United Center. Jordan is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time. He won six NBA championships and multiple MVPs. The NBA legend said that he had lost his desire to play at the highest level and was 99.9% sure that he would not return. That means there's always a chance. Well, he couldn't stay away because Jordan came out of retirement again to play for the Washington Wizards in 2000. One more American sunrise coming your way in two minutes.
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Kansas City, Missouri. Let me get some barbecue. By the way, we're having a discussion in the break and go to the chat. Could we all just go to the chat right now on getter and YouTube and rumble and all that? Who's the best basketball player of all time? We said Michael Jordan in the last segment was one of. I'm sorry, Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time.
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Who else?
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Then I heard LeBron James. Don't get me started with LeBron James.
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Anyhow, we'll talk about it in the chat. I'm sure Gina will be really interested in that. The non basketball fan. Welcome back to American Sunrise, everybody.
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All right.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Mears, I can say it, declared Tuesday that Iran's regime is in its final days and weeks, saying that any government that can only remain in power through violence, well, they're effectively finished. Mers made the remarks during a visit to India as nationwide protests sweep Iran over economic hardship and political repression. He urged Tehran to end the brutal crackdown and seek a peaceful path forward. Yeah, good luck with that. This comes as President Trump is weighing his options for Iran. So let's talk about this now with the chairman of the American Defense International. That would be Van Hipp back with us on the show. Van, thanks for being here. All right, so there are news reports suggesting that Trump is leaning towards striking Iran. But then you have the vice president. J.D. vance apparently is trying to convince Trump to go the diplomatic route and talk with Iran. I'm curious to get your thoughts about what needs to be done here. Good morning.
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Good morning. Well, the president has said diplomacy is the first option. He says he's getting briefed every hour and that he's got good options on the table. I would go back to 2020, when that regime was teetering to get a glimpse of what President Trump is thinking. He warned the Iranian regime then that if you attack US troops, you attack US assets. We've identified 52 sites in Iran, 52 representing the 52Americans who were held hostage when our embassy in Iran was seized back in 1979. So I think the President's got several options. We saw yesterday what he did with tariffs. They're looking at possible cyber attacks today. So I think these next 24 to 48 hours are critical. There's a huge disconnect between the Ayatollah and his henchmen who run and rule Iran and the Iranian people. And we're seeing it right now, 560 locations in all 31 provinces. The people of Iran are rising up. And it's dated 48% inflation, 58% food inflation, and the rial, their dollar is worthless. It takes 1.4 million rials to equal US$1. The people there have had it then.
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President of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canal says that there are no current diplomatic talks with the United States government, denying any recent claims from Washington that those discussions were in fact, underway. He clarified, in fact, that the only contact between the nations is technical discussions on migration and stressed any improved relations must be based on international law, which. What is that? And mutual respect. Sorry, what is that? Diaz Canal's statement comes amid heightened tensions following US pressure and threats against Havana, including cutting off oil support and urging Cuba to make a deal. You know, this international law thing, people love to throw that term around, but really, what is it when the most powerful man in the entire world as the President of the United States, the most powerful country is the United States. What's this international law bit?
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Well, it's whatever it suits them at the time. Diaz Canal is an old hardline communist and they're feeling the heat now like never before. Cuba could very easily collapse and was already in tough shape. Dr. Gina, back, I would say the last four years, 25% of the entire population of Cuba. Cuba has gotten out of there. And you're right about the Venezuelans. Historically have supplied most of the oil and the energy needs of Cuba. 26,500 barrels a day is what they've been getting. That's gone. That's gone. They're feeling the heat. And President Trump has said, make a deal now while you still can.
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Hey, Van, want to switch gears a little bit and talk about Russia, Ukraine? Two months ago, we were talking about the possibility for a ceasefire or potential peace. We thought that there would be talks. Those talks have been not much more than more rockets fired. In fact, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowing to intensify operations against Russian forces and even target key military and energy infrastructure as those peace talks. As I mentioned, are now stalled. He says that Ukraine is going to continue active defense if diplomacy fails. And I'm not so sure that there's even any diplomacy ongoing at this point. VAN so how do you see all of this ultimately playing out? And will there ever be peace, or is this going to be a fight that both sides just drag on? From Ukraine's perspective, they're hoping to get more money. From Russia's perspective, they're just hoping to wear Ukraine down. How do you see all this ultimately playing?
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Yeah, and what he said, too, yesterday, he used the phrase deep strikes in Russia, and basically he's targeting their logistical supply apparatus, oil rigs, fuel depots, you name it. But when he said strikes, deep strikes in Russia, I think he was sending a message to Putin. Go back to June of last year. Remember Operation Spiderweb, where they used those drones to take out 40 aircraft, 40 Russian aircraft? It was like a Mossad type of operation. I think he's telegraphing something to Putin right now that they can hit him and hit him hard deep in Russia. And I got to say this before we go, the best basketball player, mole friend, Meadow, don't forget him. He had the best free throw shooting percentage of all time. He told me, he said, van, the free throws are given to you. They're free. Take it, take it. It's free. And back in the day, the Harlem Globetrotters could beat any NBA team 1 million percent.
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The Harlem Globetrotters are near and dear to my heart. I literally, yeah, listen.
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Yeah, I love that.
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Even I loved the Harlem Globetrotters. They came to my high school and I thought they were the coolest thing ever.
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I used to watch them at Madison Square Garden every February. My birthday's February 13th. And they literally would play a lot of times on my birthday and in the 70s. And I just, oh, my gosh, loved it. MEADOWLARK Lemon. Agreed. Thank you, VAN.
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There you go. For sure.
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And let me give you a sound effect. LeBron. Coming up, the benefits of yoga, minus the spirituality, of course. None of that. You know, I'm praying to some sort of cardboard box or whatever they're doing. How can yoga help with opioid withdrawals? That's interesting. Those developments when we come back.
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All right. Cincinnati, Ohio, wkrp. Oh, no, wait. Rav. Welcome back to American Sunrise. I'm Betrogina. Thanks for joining us. It is time now for today's health news, sponsored by the wellness company Dating myself with that wkrp. But if you know, you know, right under the microscope today, could yoga help with opioid withdrawal recovery. Well, a new study suggests yoga may help people recover from opioid withdrawal a little more quickly. Researchers found that patients who combined standard medication with regular yoga sessions recovered in about five days compared to those using medication alone. The yoga program included breathing exercises, simple poses and relaxation. Experts say yoga helped reduce anxiety, improve sleep, ease pain, making withdrawal more manageable. Researchers are now looking at whether the benefits are long term. So I'm just gonna throw this in here because I think yoga's a little secular for me anyway, that I think a little bit of prayer and exercise, a little, little weightlifting and prayer in combination and some stretching could maybe do the same thing. I don't know. I'd like to see a side by side because I think it's the sort of the time turning inward and pushing out the distractions and the noise of the world that actually was helpful there. But that's just me and that's just a theory and I'm not a medical doctor. A new administration in Washington, D.C. has brought a lot of positive changes when it comes to fixing our broken health care system. Reality though, there's only so much government can do if we really want to make America healthy again. It's going to start at home with each of us. And that's where the Wellness Company comes in. You see and hear from their doctors on this network and you know their products are the gold standard when it comes to keeping you safe and healthy. The Wellness Company makes sure you're prepared for whatever comes your way with their series of prescription med kits. These kits have an assortment of life saving medications and a guidebook to tell you how to use the meds that are in the kit. Additionally, the Wellness Company offers a variety of products from parasite cleanses to methylene blue to weight loss. So much more. These can help you stay healthy and live a longer life. Make America healthy again starts at home. Do your part. Protect the health of yourself and your family. Go to TWC Health RAV today. Give it an order. That's TWC Health RAV. Use the promo code RAV. That'll save you 10 masant. And for more on the health of America, let's bring in the chief of maternal and prenatal medicine for the Wellness Company. One of my all time favorites, actually. Dr. James Thorpe. Dr. Thorpe, there's a huge flu virus that is going around. I know a number of the people in my family have had it. I've managed to duck it and I'm not kidding. I think it is my preparedness from my Kits from the wellness company. Because every time I start to feel a little tickle in the back of my throat or something, I'm like, no, no, I know what to do. I know what to do. I really do think you can prevent the flu. But let me ask you, is this a China virus? Because this seems to be a Bitter Clinger here, Dr. Thorpe.
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It's a great question, Dr. Gina, and thank you for having me on. Happy New Year. I think that it is a form of the virus particularly virulent this year with hitting many states hard with increased risks of hospitalization. Now, I don't think it's from China. Nobody really knows the origin of this, but we do know that CS fluctuate from year to year in terms of the severity of influenza. I do want to make a point. I'm not surprised that it's increased and I think it will continue to increase. Why? Because we have globally paralyzed the immune systems of the world. We distributed over 13 and a half billion injections of immune crippling gene therapy. Allegedly COVID 19 vaccine, 13 and a half billion globally to over 5 and a half billion people. That has caused a global VAIDS problem. VAIDS? What is VAIDS? For our audience, it's Vaccine Associated Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. And so that increases your risk of all types of respiratory diseases, including influenza and it increases your risk of cancers too. That's clear to the listeners. Don't take the flu vaccine. It's ridiculous. It's very risky. Very risky. Many, many complications to it, including death and Guillain Barre syndrome. But what's worse, it doesn't work. It increases the risk of influenza and other parainfluenza viruses. One of the reasons why it was taken off the schedule. Dr. Gina. So, yes, there are a lot of ways to prevent the influenza virus. And the best way, in my opinion, is keep your vitamin D levels up to the upper limits of normal by a blood test that you can get without a doctor's order through LabCorp on demand. Your vitamin D levels should be up to the 80, 90 or 100 range. Upper limits of normal, not the lower limits of normal. 30, 40 or 50. Take a couple grams of vitamin C every day. Most importantly, is the immune mist you. I take it daily. There's an oral form and a nasal form. A couple squirts in each nose. Inhale it, sniff it upwards, couple of squeezes in your mouth with the oil preparation you'll never get. I haven't had the influenza. I can't. I don't know that I've ever had it in the last 10 years because I use that twice daily. And when I'm in crowds, in a sporting event or in church, a lot of people always take it.
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Yeah. When you're traveling, I'm telling you twice a day with that stuff. And I can't believe because I've been traveling more than ever and that flu is just rampant. Like I said, all my kids have had it and I still haven't gotten it. So I just think I am diligent about taking the things in my prevention kit and I believe that's part of it. And prayer. I always want to credit God, too. But I want to talk about this vaccine schedule and the change changes that have been made thanks to our very maha Secretary Kennedy. Tell us about that. And did you ever think you'd see the day, Dr. Thorpe?
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Dr. Gina I'm so ecstatic, you know, so ecstatic. And I'm so proud of Secretary Kennedy. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Jim Lewis is now the acting head of the cdc. And by the way of note, very importantly, this was a direct order from Trump to Secretary Kennedy to Jim o', Neill, who's not a physician head of the cdc. Interestingly, why the chain of command? They bypassed the ACIP committee, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices bypassed them, which is awesome because they've been a huge mess and a deterrent and Secretary Kennedy's trying to clean that up. So this is a good start.
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Dr. Thorpe, we don't have a lot of time, so I just want to ask you this really quickly. It's a good start, but is there more to come? Do you believe? Because it's not enough.
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It's not enough, but it's a huge step. Dr. Gina and there's going to be more. There's going to be more good.
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And they inverted our food pyramid and made that look a lot more realistic based on data and actual. So for those who said believe science, now you've got a food pyramid that actually reflects that. Dr. Thorpe, I'd love to have you longer because I love the work you all do there at the wellness company keeping me well for one. Thank you so much and God bless you and happy 2026 to you.
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God bless you, Gina and have a happy 2026.
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Thank you so much. All right, coming up, Mamdani's next moves. The New York City mayor, the new one is is turning to a popular YouTuber to push his universal child care commie mom Donnie plan. We analyze this next here on American Sunrise.
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All right.
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Welcome back to American Sunrise. It's time to stay awake, not woke. And today we are discussing YouTube star Ms. Rachel and new York City Mayor Zoran Mandani during a recent appearance at a New York City show. Ms. Rachel, who is known for pushing left wing causes like Free Palestine, among others, was part of Maudani's efforts to push the universal childcare effort. The two even sang nursery songs to children. Take a look at this.
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If you're happy and you know. Or clap your hands if you're happy.
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And you know it and you really.
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Want to show it.
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If you're happy and you always after him.
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All right, let's now bring in Terrence, Dr. Gina and David. Terrence, what say you on this one? Is this a match made in heaven?
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I've got no words. Okay, Yeah, I really have no words on this one. I'm sorry. I've got very little to say. David, I'm gonna yield to you.
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Sorry.
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I'll put it on your plate. David, save the show. I've got no words. Okay. That's really about as much. Okay, Mondamia. All right.
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Yeah.
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It's your version of SOS Save our show right here. So the wheels on the bus go cray cray cray because these folks are out of control. Look, a couple of things. First of all, this is tragic and upsetting to me on a lot of different levels. Going into grandparent mode here. I've got three granddaughters, and the first two, definitely the first one when Ms. Rachel. I know all about Ms. Rachel. I don't have her IRS tax returns, but I've seen her on television and I can tell you that my first granddaughter loved Ms. Rachel. And I put on Ms. Rachel. Oh, do I feel guilty now? I put on Ms. Rachel. I didn't know anything about this. This was four or five years ago. Three. Four years ago. She's been around for a bit and I didn't know now, not in a million years is Ms. Rachel getting on our YouTube stream. That's all I gotta say.
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I'm out.
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Yeah, Gina saved the show.
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If you call me and you know it, clap your hands. I mean, really, that's what Colin was singing in my ear while that was going on. It's true. This is so creepy, Emily. You said it on the break. It's so creepy. And I wasn't prepared for exactly how creepy, but there's something so cynical and awful about this, I have to tell you. Going clear back to church camp. Actually YMCA camp. My mom worked full time. She was a single Mom. And so I was in those situations a lot in the summertime and the Wheels on the Bus and happy and you'd know it. Those two songs always bristled me and I never knew why. And then for them to sing, I always thought, can't we sing something that means something? Wheels on a bus going round and round. How does this mean anything in my life? I mean, at 5, I was thinking these thoughts and to hear them sung by these two people, I realized why. Because they are so distinctly secular. They are so distinctly collectivist. Right. Just think about it for a minute. You know, you could be riding to the death camp and the wheels on the bus are going round and round. It doesn't really matter.
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There's something really gross.
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I'm sorry, there just is. This really struck me because I've been thinking this since I was a little bitty girl and I didn't know why. And now this just kind of brought it full circle for me. Comrade commie. Mom, Donnie. I just hope he continues to expose himself for all the disgusting things that he believes. And I hope he finds Jesus.
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Dr. Gina, I have to admit, listening to the fact that at five years old you were thinking about the words to the Wheels on the Bus. I don't know if you were deep at 5 years old or deeply disturbed.
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I don't know quite which one.
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No, I was. I think I was in,002 intuitive. I think that's what it is. And I don't think it's about IQ or anything else. I think it was just an intuition, a feeling there was something really wrong and godless about it. And those things have bristled me all my life, from as young as I can remember. And don't forget, I was raised by a liberal who was an atheist most of my life, all of my life until the last week of his life. Yeah.
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And you know what else is wrong?
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I think that's fascinating, by the way.
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Yeah. You know what else is wrong? Someone like Ms. Rachel, who's what, 40 some odd years old, dressing up like a six year old, you know, like, can we just.
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Yeah.
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I'm really happy that you pointed that out. Thank you. Because it's weird.
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It's just kooky weird.
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She wearing overalls and like pigtails.
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It's like, why?
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I mean, give her a sippy cup. Give her a sippy cup while we're at it.
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Yes. We're out in the freaking world. And I had so many camp counselors that did that. Taren, like, Terrence is coming in like all right.
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No, I'm just wondering, are we in an environment where we're a little bit more sensitive to things like this? I think back to Mr. Rogers back then. I think, you know, it was normal and he was, you know, it was kind of special. We enjoyed it. To look at Mr. Rogers today, I'm like, he's really weird. And he's probably like, okay, I won't go. No, I feel like he was really.
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Weird coming home from Mr. Rogers dressed like a man. She is dressed like a man.
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That's right.
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Agree. But he still, to me, when I watch that stuff today, I'm like, he really was creepy.
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No, no, not Mr. Rogers.
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No, that was stay in his neighborhood.
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No.
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I wonder what's in his closet.
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Who's Mr. Rogers?
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But think about it.
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If Mr. Rogers came in the door in a tank top and, and, and shorts, now that would be weird.
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Or a big onesie like, like this woman.
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All right, we are, we're definitely the customer. Definitely critiquing all the fashion today. All right. Still ahead on American Sunrise, a new court ruling in Washington says a mission can't be forced to hire non Christians. What does this mean? We'll take a look next on American Sunrise.
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God bless the usa.
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In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
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Welcome back to American Sunrise. It's now time for our moment of faith, which is brought to us daily by Lee Greenwood and the God Bless the USA Bible. In focus today, a victory for religious liberty. A federal appeals court has ruled that Washington state cannot force a Christian mission to hire non Christians. Excuse me. The court sided with the Yakima Union Gospel Mission, saying that religious organizations have a constitutional right to hire based on their faith. Supporters say the ruling protects religious freedom and it limits government overreach. Let's bring in pastor, author and filmmaker C.L. bryant to talk more about this. Pastor, it's always good to see you talk about how big this victory is, particularly for the faith community.
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It is a huge victory for us in our community, especially Christians. Let me point out in Galatians 6 and 10, it, it tells us if we have opportunity, be good to everyone, especially to those of the household of faith. Christians should not be forced to share work, to share jobs with those who do not share their Christian beliefs because of the influence that it has not only upon the work environment, but also the younger people coming along behind. And so, so if we have opportunity, good, do well to everyone. Especially though that particular verse says especially to those of the household of faith. And so we should have the right to hire those who believe as we do.
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And pastor, it seems to me from a practical perspective, this is about consistency. It's about keeping the same message. And more importantly, not just talking the.
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Talk, but walking the walk, walk and defending the faith. And if we allow ourselves to be trampled by this onslaught of anti Christian, anti Jewish foolishness, we will be, we will certainly be trampled under the jack booted foot of those who would lead us to socialism. These are some of the first tenants of that type of takeover when they infiltrate everything, every facet, facet of our lives. And I think it is an incredible victory for us as Christians and people of faith to be able to say loudly that we can hire who we want in our own establishments. And of course, we can be scriptural in doing so. When we look at Galatians 6 and 10, Pastor C.L.
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Bryant, we'll have to leave the conversation there, but it's always good to talk to you, sir.
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God bless.
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Bless you as well. We're back with the second hour of American Sunrise right after this. Coming up on this second hour of American Sunrise, new evidence turned over to Congress may reveal the true beginnings of the FBI's Arctic frost probe and highlight the bureau's deeply entrenched bias against President Trump during that time. We've got the details for you coming up in just a moment. Plus, the Supreme Court is set to consider state level restrictions on transgender action athletes today. Justices will hear arguments on a pair of cases from Idaho and West Virginia. The latest developments and a live report straight ahead. And then later, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says that hundreds more ICE agents will soon be on the streets of Minneapolis as President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration continues. Local leaders, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, continue to oppose the surgeon, though, even in court. We'll have the very latest coming up. Those stories and so much more ahead on this second hour of American sunrise.
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Good morning America.
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Welcome to American sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you.
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Politics.
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President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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We've got you covered.
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This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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We have to protect the American family.
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The American dream is still alive.
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I'm David Brody.
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I'm terrence.
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And I'm Dr. Gina.
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Welcome back, Everybody, to the second hour of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody. I'm coming to you from D.C. let's bring in Dr. G in Wes Palm and T. Bates and our Denver newsroom. Good morning to all of you guys. So back to Mr. Rogers for a second.
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Now Barney. Now Barney was creepy.
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Barney was creepy.
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Hi, kids. Come to my closet. You're too weird, Doctor. I'm sorry. Okay, go ahead, Debbie.
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You're Teletubbies were creepy, but I did love where they lived. It looked just like the island of Skye in Scotland, and I really like it there.
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That's true. And if you're. If we're going to go with creepy, then the Wiggles. You remember the Wiggles.
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I don't.
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The Wiggles were Wiggles.
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I don't know.
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Weren't they Australian?
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Yeah, they were Australian. And they're dressing up as, like, little cleans everything. Yeah, it was weird. But here's my point about Mr. Rogers. I just want to say. And last thing real quick, not that I have to have the final word on this, but he did change from his business suit into a sweater and sneakers. In other words, he was trying to connect to kids. Dr. G. Psychological without trying to look like one.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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Yeah, no, I totally agree.
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I got nothing else.
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We could do a whole analysis I am actually committed to because I get to pick the debate topic tomorrow, so. The vamp topic. So I am committed to doing a deep dive on these children's people, Comrade Kami and Mom Donny notwithstanding.
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Yeah, I love it.
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Okay. I love it.
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By the way, did you.
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Glad.
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Since I know that I'm gonna go out and buy a cardigan and I'll come to work tomorrow in a cardigan.
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Double dog dares, by the way.
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Double dog dare, T. Bates.
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That's right. Yeah, yeah. And wear the ascot while you're at it.
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I will not show up in a onesie tomorrow.
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No, I don't think we want to see that.
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Right?
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Yeah, no, I just want to quickly say something about Mr. Rogers. I did not know that his mother knitted all of those sweaters for the show. I had no idea. And the sweater itself is in the Smithsonian. I did not know that there were green ones, too.
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Yeah, exactly. On occasion. Actually, I'm gonna confess, I didn't actually watch Mr. Rogers, but in learning, I didn't. It was just slightly kind of before my time. Like, I was just coming into my.
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I watched Mr. Rogers.
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Not.
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Not then.
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You watch the reruns, Terrence. That's not the same thing.
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Okay, we're going anchor jail.
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We're going.
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Yes, we are going to anchor jail. So let's get some quick headlines in here real quickly. Is there something fishy in Portland, or is it just an unlucky co. Coincidence? The FBI says it has found no video of ICE agents there in Portland shooting two suspects. All of it happened last week, just a day after that deadly ICE involved shooting in Minneapolis. The agents actually admit that they opened fire on a truck after the driver rammed the car that the agents were driving and then fled. Now, all of this went down in a parking lot of a medical building, but investigators say there's no surveillance video and there's no body cam video. After being subpoenaed and threatened with criminal charges over the cost of the Federal Reserve's headquarters renovation, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is making his first plea in the court of public opinion. Powell blames President Trump for the investigation surrounding him and the cost overruns on the project the DOJ is actually trying to detect. Determine if Powell was truthful in testimony before Congress related to the now $2.5 billion construction project. And Air Force One is fueled up and ready to take off as President Trump is headed to Detroit today to talk manufacturing and the economy. He'll address the Detroit Economic Club before touring a Ford plant. We'll, of course, air the president's remarks live right here on Real America's Voice station. Tuned for that. All right, let's switch things up a little bit. Get a quick check of your forecast with Weather Nation meteorologist Tracy Anthony. Tracy, time for our hometown forecast. Good morning.
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Hey, good morning. We are taking you out to Cape Coral. This is from the RAV Mod one on Getter. So had to do a little shout out there. We are talking about warm temperatures the next two days, but we're cooling down. Look at those overnight temperatures. Temperatures dropping into the 40s. And we have a lot of people that interact with us on the social media platforms and the live streams from Florida. They're always talking about central Florida or North Florida. So want to talk about those temperatures as they drop down to the 20s and 30s by early Friday morning. So wind chill values, though, are going to be even less than this. So that is going to be kind of the bone chilling cold of that arctic air that drops down this way, way. Now, across the country out west, we're going to be talking about record heat as a handful of cities could break record daytime highs over the next couple of days. And it's going to leave scenes like this in the mountains as a lot of snow is going to be melting. But also something people don't think about is the avalanche danger does increase when we get some warm, warm weather like this. So, Terence, I don't know if you're heading out skiing anytime soon, but be careful if you are.
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All right. I definitely will, Tracy. Appreciate it. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
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Yep.
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All right, let's get you back over to David. David, good morning.
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Good morning, teambates.
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All right.
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Newly released memos show a former FBI supervisor pushed hard to target Donald Trump in that controversial Arctic Frost investigation. Special agent Timothy Tebow, who openly criticized Trump online, pressed to add the president as a formal subject, and circulated articles from left leaning media to make his case. Emails and internal records reveal the piled heat that he piled on podcasts, media clips, and even prosecutorial memos. And it was all just a push for a criminal investigate investigation. Excuse me. Connected to January 6th. Will join us now with analysis is the editor in chief for just the news. That would be John Solomon. John, good morning. You've been our Arctic Frost correspondent. I mean, you, you've been the guy. Yeah, that's another title. Like you don't have enough, John. Like you don't have enough jobs. You can be that one too.
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I so like Mr. Foia so much better. I don't know. Listen, at the end of the day, it's no matter how you get the truth, you try to get the truth out there. And I think this is a pretty difficult truth. What you see in these documents that we got over the weekend that were turned over to Congress on Friday is the origins of artichoke. Articross is one of the largest sort of sweeping investigations. They didn't really have evidence of a crime. They just put everyone under investigation hoping they would find it. It had a theory of a crime, but not actual evidence. And so, and by the way, the crime allegedly is submitting alternate electors to the Senate back in 2020. Now that happened twice before in American history and it was never deemed criminal in 1876 or 1960. But in the Biden Justice Department, it certainly becomes a theory for a crime. The guy driving it is a guy named Tim Tebow. He is a now departed FBI agent. He was the number two person in the Washington field office and he is known because the reason he left the FBI is it was discovered he was tweeting out bad things about Donald Trump. While investigating Donald Trump, you can't show political bias when you're an investigator. So he leaves the FBI, but we now know he's the origin man for this investigation. He's pushing for it and in the absence of hard evidence, you know, evidence of someone coming and saying I saw a crime, he's taking things like liberal podcasts, documents and theories from far left websites and trying to circulate them to his colleagues to try to get them to say we should investigate Donald Trump personally. Now, the case never got to naming President Trump as a subject, but this guy was trying like crazy. And as the investigation unfolded, another interesting thing which we reported over the weekend, they put $20,000 cash on the ground. They paid a confidential human source. We don't know if it's a person or a company, but they put $20,000 on the ground trying to get dirt on President Trump on something. We think it might be video footage or something like that. But what you see is they don't really have any evidence, and they're trying to find evidence to sustain a theory. And that's not the way criminal cases are supposed to be opened or conducted in America.
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Hey, John, want to talk about Jack Smith here momentarily. The House Judiciary Committee, of course, has set a date for next week for him to testify. Before I get to that, though, let me just bring up Bill and Hillary Clinton. They're scheduled or at least have been invited to testify today. So I'm going to give you options like I've been giving, giving everyone else. Will they show up, yes, no, or heck no. And I'm only using heck no because my mom's probably watching. I don't want to use the other word.
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Yeah. So. Right.
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Yeah.
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Hi, Mom. I'd say, listen, I think at the end of the day they probably show up. As of last night, there was a belief they'll show up and then they'll try not to answer any questions or limit the scope and get into a fight that ends up in the courts and they drag this out. I think there's a possibility that they will show up today. If not, I have 100% certainty James Comer is going to bring. If he doesn't get the cooperation, even if they show up and they don't cooperate, he's going to bring a contempt subpoena, so a contempt action against them. So I think the Clintons are facing a really perilous moment. They've dodged these things in the past, but I think this time, particularly with the ban and Navarro precedents that occurred during the Biden years, the Clintons are going to have to fess up and talk to people or they're going to face a contempt charge, which would be rather historic.
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How about Jack Smith? What's the outcome there?
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He's going to show up. He's going to do the tango with them. He's already given a deposition. He wants to tell his side of the story, his side of the Story is President Trump and his followers did not have First Amendment rights to raise objections to the election. Think about that. We didn't have the right to object to our government or something we didn't think was right. He believes that everything he did was non political. His office, by the way, was the people who approved that $20,000 snitch payment that I told you about. He is going to zealously defend his record. What Republicans will be looking for is will he lie to them? Will he give a false statement that they can then refer to the Justice Department for possible prosecution? So the peril's eye Jack Smith has to be. He can have bravado, but he has to be very careful to be factual. As other people like Jerome Powell and others who are now facing investigations for their testimony realize. If you mislead Congress, this Justice Department's gonna prosecute you.
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John, you know, I'm gonna ask you what our chat is asking. And there are three things that they would like to know more about that we are not hearing anything about. One, will we hear any more about Epstein? Two, will we ever know information about the shooter who killed Cory Compratore and tried to assassinate our president? And we still know less about that than we do about the pair of dentists that were killed last week? And three, and not to take that lightly at all. And I'm so sorry those people were killed, but we should know more than we know. And I feel like there's a vacuum, no information on that. And three is of course on Charlie. Are we gonna know more about those things? Because those are the investigations the American people wanna know about. And instead I feel like it's just. It's a blackout.
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Yeah, there was an initial roll of information, then it just sort of stopped. Right. On all three cases. I think we some pretty remarkable things during the trial. Keep in mind that in the case of Charlie Kirk, there is going to be a trial. And prosecutors in the FBI tend to save that information for the trial. So the jury hears it first and you're not putting it into the news media and having a trial in the court of public opinion. Opinion of favorite trial court. I think the Kirk trial, which by the way is being handled by state authorities, will have lots of new information. I think a lot of the pieces will fit. I also believe the FBI is still trying to look at certain people to see if they had prior knowledge of the assassination or were in some way involved in it. That investigation is pretty active. The state is focused on the main shooter. The FBI is looking at a ring of people who might have been involved or seem to have some knowledge of it. Trying to get to the bottom of that. But I think the trial is going to give us the best point. Now, let me go to your first one, Epstein. Yeah. We're going to keep getting documents. There's no doubt this Justice Department mishandled the flow and the promise and the expectation in the release of the documents. We got about 2 million more pages to come. I think they're pretty much going to be like the first couple million pages we got. There's going to be a lot of uncorroborated hearsay information. People say you're guilty, they'll say, I'm innocent. I don't think we'll get any more great details on it. The one place where I think we're owed an answer on Epstein is what did the CIA knew? No. And was the CIA using Epstein as a possible asset or source or. Or just someone that they check in with regularly because he had these weird sex parties going on? And so I think that that's a place where we will break some news, and I think CIA Director John Ratcliffe will surprise people in the next few months, and we'll get some evidence on that. And then in the middle, the shooter at Butler. I think most of what the FBI plans to put out is out there. I don't think much else is relevant from what I could tell. Now, that may be a function of how bad the investigation was done in 2024, but I don't think from my reporting we're going to get any bombshells there. So not a satisfying answer, but I think it's as truthful as that can be.
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John Solomon, great to have you as always.
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Thanks, John.
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Thanks, guys.
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Appreciate.
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Appreciate you.
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All right, back in a moment.
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Welcome back to American Sunrise. I'm Emily Finn. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments today in a pair of cases that could have major implications for women's sports and for how the law defines sex nationwide. Justices will consider challenges to state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender girls from competing in women's and girls sports. Lower courts blocked those bans, but the states, backed by the Trump administration, are asking the high court to let them stand. Joining us now from the rotunda with the latest developments is rav congressional correspondent Benny Ray. Harmony. Benny, thanks for being with us this morning. What are you hearing about this case? Yeah, good morning, Emily. That those oral hearings, those arguments are about to kick off here soon. Now let's. Like you said, West Virginia, there's the two states. We have West Virginia and Idaho. West Virginia is going up against a transgender by the name of bpj. And then in Idaho, we have the governor who is going up against a girl, a man named Lindsay Hex, and she wants to try out for the track team at her high school. But because of this law by Idaho, it's not allowing her to do so. So we are going to see these play out today. Now, we can expect some sort of resolve to happen within the next couple of months. But Emily, what is so huge about this is there has never been cases at this level when it comes to protecting women's sports, especially following that February 5th signing of Trump's executive order protecting women's sports. And Capitol Hill today is just buzzing this hearing and we what comes after this will really set the tone nationally for how we address and how we just continue with women's sports. Will men be able to play? Will they not? Will they be able to use the dorm rooms and the locker rooms? It's really all up in the air as of now, Emily. Yeah, definitely going to be a consequential ruling on all of that, Benny. You know, I want to point out here a lot of the Supreme Court justices are Trump appointed. What are you hearing about the ultimate ruling? Are they probably going to, to sway in the direction that the Trump administration has indicated that they, they would like? Yes, actually there were some legal experts here that Epoch Times spoke to and they are saying that they expect that these states get the rulings in their favor that the, the women finally get a win on this. And now like you said, the Supreme Court is, is it's majority Republican. And so there is a very, very good chance that the conservatives will come out on the top on this one, Emily. And it's just overall, it's just absolutely astronomical all the things that are happening. And, and there's 20, upwards of 24 states, Emily, that have passed similar laws to this. And so these rulings, when I tell you it matters, we are really encouraging and really hoping that we see the Trump admin and their support to these justices to ensure that this gets passed. It's, it's very busy here on Capitol Hill today because of it. Absolutely. Benny, as a woman who participated in sports growing up, this is something that is, I'm keeping a very close eye on personally as well. Appreciate you being there on the ground for us, Benny. Yeah, absolutely. Me too. Emily. I was a basketball player and I cannot imagine having to play against a man.
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Man.
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I mean, come on. Yeah. Really need some common sense. All right, thank you very much. 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 and we of course will take you there live for the opening of the markets. I can tell you that futures are kind of a mixed bag. Here's our board right now. As you can see, all green pretty much all the way through. Only the Dow is in the red at the moment. Moment we'll of course continue to monitor all of this for you and let you know how it's shaping up. In the meantime, let's get you over to David who actually still has hair so he can get a shape up. Unfortunately, that's not part of my life anymore. There's no shaping up to do here, David.
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Well, listen, it's a day by day situation regarding my hair at the age of 60. So I'll get back to you every single day on the show. T. Bates. All right, time now for our dose of dollars and common sense. Joining us now to talk about keeping your money in your own wallet. Hey, that's a good idea. Sorry.
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Biden.
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Biden.
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Let's bring in Walzer Wealth Management president. That would be Rebecca Walzer. Rebecca, good morning to you. So good morning. So some big news. So late last week, mortgage rates fell to their Lowest point in three years. And it's obviously a win for the Trump administration, obviously a win for consumers or at least certain consumers. The president says this is going to bring monthly payments down and make home ownership more affordable. But, but tell us all about what's, what's happening here. Is it under 6%? That's my understanding, yeah.
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On Friday it hit 5.99% on the 30 year, which is the lowest since February of 2023. And it's a combination of the fact that Powell is out in May. Trump is set to announce his pick for the new Fed chairman this month. And we expect that person to be a lot more dovish, a lot more accommodative and that person's going to need to build consensus because the Federal Reserve is very divided. It's one of the most divided Feds we've had probably in decades.
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And so a lot of people do.
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Not understand or do not have consensus on how to deal with international and monetary policy right now. So it's going to be a challenge. But yeah, the mortgage rates have come to below 6 as of Friday, by the way.
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Any sense, not to put you into FanDuel.com or any sort of betting app here, but what's your sense here of like who might be the next Fed chair chairman? We've heard Kevin Hassert. We've heard. Well, I don't think Scott Besant's going to do it. I mean, what are you hearing? Exactly, exactly.
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Or maybe no, I mean that's a.
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Lot of the, a lot of people.
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Are picking the two Kevins.
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I actually think Besson is what who Trump wants and I think if he could convince him to take the role, that's who he wants. But I don't know. I think he is his best economic speaker in the administration. He goes out there, he explains things to people and very simple to understand terms is very common sense. And he definitely has Trump's ear and does, does Trump what Trump really cares for. So I think it's best and, but.
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I don't know if he'll take the job.
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So we'll see.
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Yeah, well, that would be huge if it was for sure. All right, so President Trump announced last Friday, Rebecca, that he's calling for this one year cap, limiting credit card interest rates to 10%, things like that. And those rates, obviously they're going as high as 20, 30% under the Biden administration. So talk about what this would do for Americans. And I mean not to, I don't know about the lawyer aspect of this But I don't know if he can actually do that. I don't think he can. I don't know what he can do and what he can't do. But help me through some of this.
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Yeah.
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From a constitutional perspective, we don't have the authority for the President to go in and say you have to limit rates to maximum 10%. We do have usury laws. Right. You can, there are things as usury laws but, but that's different, you know. Interesting. I looked at Visa and MasterCard's profit margins in Q3. MasterCard a little bit over a 45% profit margin. Visa had just over a 50% profit margin. These companies are very, very profitable. Of course, a second that President Trump stated this is a concern of his. Bernie Sanders has been banning, you know, banging this drum for a while. Obviously President Trump put a one year limit on it to make this more palatable for the credit card companies. But of course the industry, the bankers, American Banker, all of them are going to say if you do this, you're going to actually hurt Americans.
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Because what's going to happen is the.
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Credit card companies are going to immediately restrict credit to only their highest credit a borrowers and cut off all of what we call our BC borrowers. And that would make them go to potentially loan sharks, payday loans, a lot more of a usury type of thing to get credit. So it's a very, very catch 22. How does he help these people with these outrageous rates but yet not really violate the Constitution and try to tell.
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Company, private companies what to do?
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So it's very interesting, perhaps we update the usury laws to say, you know, anything over 18.99% is considered usury. I mean, I'm not sure what the solution is, David, but it is, it is a problem.
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Yeah.
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Wow, that's very well explained there. I appreciate that. Rebecca. We got like 20 seconds real quick, but there was some economic news from the President. He's backing a potential ban on corporate investors from buying single family homes. He says this is gonna help make home ownership more affordable. What do you think? Good idea. We got 23 seconds.
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23 seconds. I mean I am all about private corporations having the ability, but yes, this is a problem. BlackRock Blacks and going into our neighborhoods, buying up the entire neighborhood, making house housing prices not affordable and also becoming landlords and having a bunch of serfs. And that's not the model we want for our country. So I do think that there's merit in this proposal.
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21 seconds. I was timing you, but I was also listening. Rebecca, thanks for being here. Appreciate it.
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Thank you.
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All right, victory dance. Time for the dance. Over to Denver. Terrence Bates has the opening bell on Wall street sponsored by amac, the association.
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All right, we're almost at the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Momentarily you'll hear the applause and then you'll hear the bell. There's the applause. As promised, Pinnacle is at the podium. The bell is going to ring here in short order and then we'll get an idea if there's been any change with within the last five to seven minutes or so. You may remember that we showed you the numbers on pre market trading that we're looking pretty positive, pretty much up and down the board. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the markets are now officially open, which means those first trades are being submitted right now. And just like that, it looks like the bet.
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The.
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Excuse me, it looks like the Dow remaining in the red, but the other indices, the S P500 and the NASDAQ are up in the green. Just one other blemish there on our board. Other than that, everything looking pretty good to start this Tuesday of trading. We'll of course continue to monitor it for you throughout the day. Still to come here on American Sunrise, though, DHS Secretary Christy Noem saying that she is deploying hundreds of additional ice agents as tensions remain high in Minnesota. We'll get you the facts after the break.
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Welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. Gina. Thanks for joining us today. You've got to get in our chat. I'm telling you what is the best place. It's the best place to be. Every single morning between 8 and 10am Eastern time, we pray. We do the Lord's Prayer together, line by line. We cite Bible verses and most of all we talk about food, if you really want to know the truth. And we've decided that Terrence's new nickname is Cheap Chef Boy rt like T, like Terrence. Okay. Anyway, I don't know if that translated on air or not, but get in there with us. It's on getter rumble and YouTube. It is time now to take the political pulse of America and the beat. Today, Minneapolis bracing for another escalation as the Trump administration announces hundreds more federal officers will be deployed to Minnesota following the deadly shooting of a woman during an ICE operation last week. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the surge, saying the additional officers are being sent to protect ICE and Border Patrol agents and to crack down on anti ICE protesters she says are interfering with federal operations. The shooting death of 37 year old Renee Nicole Good has sparked national outrage, mass protests and sharp pushback from local and state leaders. They dispute the administration's claim that the ICE officer acted in self defense. Rather. Joining us now with reaction is the host of America's Voice live in the Steve Gruber Show. That would be Steve Gruber. Yeah, yeah, it would be. It would be Steve Gruber. You know, local leaders in Minnesota, Steve, like Tim Walls and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are resisting really at every turn. And the DHS is responding by sending more ICE agents into the area. Was this self defense? It looks pretty cut and dried to me. I mean, we can't try it before the trial, but wow.
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Yeah. All the cops are criminals and all the sinners saints. Thank you to the Rolling Stones for that. I mean, come on, folks. I mean really, when do the victims become criminals and the criminals become victims? We've got this all completely backwards. Look, I don't wish ill on what happened or, or feel good about what happened to Renee Goode, but she made decisions that led to that point and this cop was justified in shooting. Does he feel good about it? No, I'm sure he doesn't. Look, this guy's been on the job for years and they've ratcheted this up in Minnesota and across this country. It's not just Minnesota. It's Portland, it's New York, it's all over this country. And look, this isn't anything new. ICE officers doing their jobs went on during the Biden administration, too. You just didn't have ICE Watch and these other radicalized groups out there there actively disrupting law enforcement. Look, we went through this list yesterday, and I know you guys do the same thing. You've got child rapists, you've got murderers, you've got people that have had DUIs with crashes that killed people. Is this what you want in your neighborhood? You don't. And here's the other really odd thing about this. It's like the resurgence of hippie dom. Hippie dom is back. Look at these rallies. There aren't Hispanic people and black people, people, white folks, 65 and older, most of them white women. It's a really strange thing that's happening. You know, can you imagine what would be happening in Minneapolis right now if the woman behind that wheel had been a black woman, had been shot?
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Good Lord.
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Minneapolis would be in flames again, worse than it already is. But these white agitators, who, by the way, as Donald Trump pointed out aptly here recently, all have these nice brand new signs, the same in the Portland as they are in Minneapolis as they are elsewhere. This is all being funded and fueled by people that hate America. It is. But this is a fringe group. If you put this to the voters, I truly believe. Do you want people that are in the country illegally removed? Put it to the voters of this country. What do you think the answer is going to be? Do it in the blue states. The answer will be the same. They need to go. They don't belong here. And when you look at the people in the fraud in Minneapolis, stealing from autistic children, stealing from daycare people, stealing from people that need home health care, stealing from people who need a meal today because they're claiming to deliver 4, 5, 6,000 meals a day at some of these places and delivering none. Where does that money go? The money that was meant to help the people of Minnesota or any other place? This is not unique to Minnesota. It's unique that we found out this level of fraud and this level of abuse of government. Government and this level of attack on government. It is bizarre to me that soy boy Jacob Fry would stand there and call it murder, that the other people. Wallace, would call it murder. I mean, come on, people. Look, if I was in the same situation, if I refused to comply to lawful orders, that's a Fourth Amendment detainment there. At the time she was told to leave her vehicle. She is lawfully detained, not arrested. Lawfully detained. And it's important to understand that she didn't have the freedom to drive away whether there was a police officer in front of her or not. She did not have the freedom. And if she had driven away and he wasn't there, she would have been arrested on a felony count. Because that's what it is. Come on. The cops are not the bad folks here. And every cop is not a hero. Let's be honest about that too.
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True.
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But this guy was doing what he needed to do to defend himself. He has a right to go home, doesn't it? Does he have a right to go see his family at the end of his shift? Of course he does. And he had a split second to the side. Now we slow it down to super slow motion frame by frame. Well, what did he do in this frame? And this? Stop it. Law enforcement deserves our respect. They're out there every day doing a job that I don't know who would want this job? Getting spit at, yelled at, snowballs thrown at you. You know, things hurled at you all the time. Who wants that job for 60 or 80 grand a year? And yet they do it. And in fact I was talking to Ben Berkwam yesterday, said he's doing ride alongs this week as you know. What's the morale? Better than it's ever been, which I find remarkable and good for those folks.
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Hey Steve. So this afternoon the President is coming to your state of Michigan. He'll be in Detroit speaking before the economic club today. I also understand he'll be touring a Ford plant there. You're going to be there. What are you expecting to hear? What is it that Michiganders want to hear from the President? And I asked that question in the context of the President of course has touted that the economy is good. But I think many Americans would tell you they're not necessarily feeling good about the economy.
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Well, the economy is good in some ways. There are some things that are red flags to me. Watching gold and silver go meteorologically up concerns me about the value of the dollar. But here's what I expect to hear. First of all, if he's going to tour a Ford plant, you know what he's not going to sell? See the ford Lightning, the EV pickup truck that was just canceled by Ford Motor Co. Because the EV folly has come to its end. This whole pursuit of EVs only is over in North America. We should have followed Toyota's lead and done hybrids. That's a fact. And now Detroit is heading that way. What does Michigan want? The same thing everybody wants. An opportunity. A chance to compete. A chance to raise A family, send a kid to college or trade school or whatever and have a chance to pay the bills without being bankrupted by health care costs, the cost of electricity that's gone through the roof since we started bulldozing coal fired power plants. But I think he's going to talk a lot about Detroit, the arsenal of democracy and how it made a big wrong turn when it went towards EVs. Look, if your business plan is to get taxpayers to pay your bills and enhance your bottom line, that's not a business plan. That's fleecing American taxpayers. I expect to hear about that today.
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Hey, Steve. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, AKA Pocahontas, she got a phone call from President Trump yesterday.
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Wow.
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The two reportedly talked about credit card rates, housing costs. That's an unlikely alliance. Not that they are in an alliance. I don't have any, you know, sense at all that it is one. But I wonder if he said, hi, is Pocahontas there? I wonder if that was the first way he addressed it. That's.
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Something tells me no.
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Yeah, something tells me no. Well, then again, with Trump, you never know. He may have done that, but this is economic populism. This is kind of where Trump and Elizabeth Warren. You tell me the percentage where they see eye to eye on economic stuff. Maybe 20%, 30%, 40, maybe more. Quite frankly. I know Bannon. Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon and Elizabeth Warren have a lot in common on the economic front.
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Well, maybe we could get Kamala Harris to make us one of those cute Venn diagrams. Where do they overlap? Where are Trump and Elizabeth Warren? Talk about crazy white women, crazy ideas. She's the leader of the pack. Yeah, you'll be unburdened. All right, here's the problem with the credit card deal, from what I'm reading, and look, I agree with it. If you miss one payment, most of these credit cards have a default rate of 29.99% year. One payment missed, it goes to 30% interest. That's ridiculous. You could pay if you have $10,000 in credit card debt. No, this is not an ad. If you have $10,000 in credit card debt or more and you make your, your monthly payment, your minimum, you'll be paying that off for years to come. Interest rates like that, it's a terrible thing. It should not happen. But the problem is if you lower the cap to 10% for an extended period of time, I'm understanding these credit card companies are just going to cancel hundreds of thousands of customers. Well, we can't do that for you anymore. Not at 10%, you're a high risk customer. You're out. So we'll see how that gets handled because that too would be a blow to the American consumer. I understand President Trump's move here. It makes sense. 10% seems reasonable. I mean, 30% is right there at loan sharking rates as far as I'm concerned. That's why I don't pay credit card rates. I just don't do it. We pay off our monthly balance. But I was in my 20s once, I had credit card debt. I get. And we need to do something about it. I think we're going to find an accommodation here somewhere. I don't know if it'll be 10%, but somewhere in there. And if, if it takes Elizabeth Warren on board to get that done to help the American consumer without getting their credit cards canceled. Okay, smart move not allowing these big corporations like BlackRock and State street to buy up single family homes in places like Atlanta and other big metro areas, which drives the cost of housing up and blocks people out from getting home homes. That's worth having a conversation as well. How it actually looks when it's finally done. Time will tell. We'll have to wait and see.
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Well, Steve, what's your prediction on where all of this will end regarding the fraud? I mean, I don't think it's limited to Minneapolis. Oh gosh, no, no. And I think we'll be hearing more about it. But will there be actual punishment for crimes? I don't, I feel like, why is that laughable to talk about anyone ever actually being punished? Why is that funny?
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Well, it's not funny, it's sad. It's funny and sad at the same time.
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But why is it an irony to ask if criminals will be punished for extreme fraud? Billions and billions of dollars worth of fraud.
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Well, these politicians have to be held to account as well. And here's why. We'll use Minneapolis as the example because it's front and center for everybody. The truth of the matter is this money was flowing into the Somalian community, 80 or 100,000 strong, whatever percentage of that are voters. They're a powerful voting bloc in Minneapolis that Democrats kneeled to time and again. They acquiesced to them so they could get their votes, so they looked the other way. That's what we're hearing. We're also hearing from inside Minnesota, from whistleblowers, that documents are being changed, dates are being changed, documents are being created out of thin air. Remember, the COVID up is always worse than the crime if these things are true, high level politicians have to be held to account. Look, the state of Illinois has never been shy about throwing governors in prison. Maybe Minnesota should follow suit. Yeah, I mean, Illinois, from what? Three or four governors in prison in my lifetime. If Tim Walls was knowingly aware of this fraud and looked the other way for political expediency and the fact that he could secure votes from that community, he has to be held to account. Anything short of that will not be satisfactory to me and to millions of other Americans. We have to hold these powerful people accountable when they do bad things. And these are bad things. They're ripping off the taxpayers of that state. And you're right, G, it's nationwide. I think once you get into California, and not just blue states, it'll be red states too, that have fraud. There's no question about it.
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And I think that Ms. Rachel, I think she should be investigated. I'm just saying. Steve Gruber, thank you so much for being with us today.
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Thank you, guys.
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See you later today, brother.
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Yes, you will.
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There's more.
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American Sunrise in two minutes. I love her red dress.
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Let's spill some tea.
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Yes.
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Congratulations. And the award for most editing goes to cbs news. Yes. Cbs news, america's newest place.
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To cbs news.
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We needed another. That one is pretty funny. We want to know what you think. Let us know on Rumble or Getter. Hop on and let your voice be heard. Still to come on American Sunrise, our own Terrance Bates is standing by with the big story that he's watching today. We're back with American Sunrise in two minutes. Don't go anywhere.
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You know, someday I just know they're gonna give me some country music for an intro or something on this show because I just know they will. Welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. G. I like country music. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. It is time now for the one to watch where we talk about the pressing stories. We're keeping an eye on Terry. What are you following today?
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Hey, Dr. Gina, I'm sorry but when you said I'm Dr. Gina, I like country music, I felt like you were in a 12 step program and that was your way of Introducing yourself. So look there. Yeah, there are a number of stories that I'm watching, obviously watching to see if Bill and Hillary Clinton show up for testimony before the House Oversight Committee. We'll be reporting on that. Also, President Trump is headed to Detroit. We mentioned that a little bit earlier. Steve Gruber is going to be on the ground in Detroit. I'm going to be hosting our coverage as well. So that's among the big stories, but also this really big story that was kind of telling you guys about overnight. Secretary of War Pete Hagseth laying out a brand new vision for the future of America's military. And it's built around artificial intelligence and what he calls an AI first war fighting force. Speaking at a SpaceX facility in Texas, Hexa saying that the Pentagon is going to move forward with AI development without what he described as ideological or woke constraints. He also promised to end the use of models shaped by DEI or social justice frameworks. Here's some of his remarks.
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We will not win the future by sprinkling AI onto old tactics like digital pixie dust. We will win by discovering entirely new ways of fighting. That's why, why we will run continuous experimentation campaigns, quarterly, force on force combat labs with AI coordinated swarms, agent based cyber defense and distributed Command and control.
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Dr. Gina and David, I think it's an interesting story. While I understand the move towards AI, I have to admit I'm a little leery when it comes to technology and war fighting or technology, technology and anything, I can be a little leery. And so I'll be watching that particular story as it unfolds.
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Dr. G. Yeah, I agree with you on that. You know, we're all still learning AI and we're learning about the bad things it can do, apparently. Some new news on Grok that I think we'll be discussing tomorrow, right along those lines. But here's something interesting. This is actually happening in real time in terms of these changes. And some of them are subtle but so important. You know how you go to a national park and it's so annoying how they do the environmentalist, the radical environmentalist indoctrination. Or you go to some of our historic sites and instead of telling you about Thomas Jefferson, they want to talk about slavery and any of his improprieties, et cetera, et cetera. Okay, well, there's actually a guy, this actually happened. I was at the honors awards at the new Trump Kennedy center, the Kennedy center in Washington, D.C. over the Christmas time. And I met this young man and it is his job to go to all of these national historic landmarks and find root out all of the wokeism and change it to historic fact and what actually matters. So this stuff under Hagseth and under President Trump, it's really happening, you guys. And I met the guy just randomly at a party that is actually doing it. Isn't that cool, David? I just thought that was so cool.
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It's extremely cool. This is the wave of the future. Machines never get tired. That's important. Men do. Women do on the battlefield. So that's a crucial part of this. And by the way, in terms of the 12 step program, I'm David Brody and I like Broadway musicals.
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Oh, I do too.
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Oh, well, in that case, I'm Terrence Bates and I eat way too many Twinkies.
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Do you think that pizza is a slice or a sandwich?
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Slice. What do you mean, a sandwich?
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I mean, you guys are from New York. You scrunch it together and eat it like a sandwich. I'm just saying. Jingus. I am right about this, you guys. War room is up next. Hug your children. Love God. St. Louis Pizza reigns. Go boldly now. See you in a room.
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It's a slice and you go and.
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You fold a sandwich.
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No, it's not a sandwich. That's a turkey sandwich.
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Why do you eat it like a sandwich then? This is an I heart podcast. Guaranteed human.