American Sunrise - March 13th, 2026

Summary

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Podcast Summary: American Sunrise – March 13, 2026

Podcast: Real America's Voice
Hosts: Dr. Gina, David Brody, Terrence Bates
Date: March 13, 2026
Main Theme:
A comprehensive update and analysis of the ongoing U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran, focusing on progress, strategy, economic fallout, and how the mission is being communicated and perceived—both by leadership and the press. Also featuring discussions on domestic terrorism threats, energy markets, and American political dynamics.

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1. Episode Overview

This episode delivers an in-depth look at the thirteenth day of joint military operations in Iran, presenting breaking news from Pentagon officials, panel analysis, and real-time reaction to headlines around the conflict. The show emphasizes American military objectives, challenges mainstream media narratives, considers economic consequences, and explores the wider context of international alliances, U.S. domestic security, and the political ramifications of the current war strategy.

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2. Key Discussion Points & Insights

A. Pentagon Briefing: Iran War Update (07:16–42:41)

• Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Statement

  • Military Progress: The U.S. and Israel have struck over 15,000 Iranian targets in less than two weeks (07:16). Iran’s air force, navy, and most missile launchers are described as “destroyed or shot out of the sky," with missile volume down 90% and attack drones down 95% (07:16, 42:42).
  • Iran’s Industrial Base: Systematic focus on eliminating Iran’s ability to rebuild by destroying missile production facilities and defense companies. “Soon and very soon, all of Iran’s defense companies will be destroyed” (07:16).
  • Iranian Leadership in Disarray: Hegseth details the new Supreme Leader’s injury and lack of public appearance—“Iran may not even know who’s in charge” (07:16, 42:42, 46:14).
  • Messaging to Media: Strong criticism for U.S. media coverage, suggesting headlines should read “Iran increasingly desperate” rather than “Mideast War intensifies” (07:16, 111:09).
  • War Objectives: Military objectives are clear—deny Iran nuclear weapons, destroy their navy and missile industry, and avoid mission creep (07:16, 36:10).
  • Leadership and Unity: Praises President Trump’s clarity and focus, distinguishing this operation from prior “forever wars” (07:16, 36:10).

• General Dan Kaine’s Statement

  • KC-135 Crash: Updates on the tragic crash, confirming no hostile activity and acknowledging the ongoing recovery (16:52).
  • Strait of Hormuz: U.S. actively working to restore secure passage; Iran is currently “holding the straits closed,” but some commercial traffic continues (16:52, 26:29, 33:38).
  • Unprecedented Artillery Operations: First use of precision strike missiles and detailed praise for young U.S. soldiers and Marines operating at high proficiency (16:52).
  • Allied Support & Artillery Role: Highlights partnership with regional allies and gives insight into daily operations and leadership qualities of the forces (16:52).
  • Casualty Reporting: 90% of U.S. casualties are minor (39:55).

• Press Q&A Highlights

  • Nuclear Denial: Plans for ensuring Iran cannot rebuild or stock nuclear materials. Options “across the spectrum” remain open—military and diplomatic (30:52).
  • Civilian Casualties / Girls’ School Strike: CENTCOM has assigned an independent investigating officer—emphasizing the U.S. never intentionally targets civilians, unlike Iran (32:01).
  • Mine Threat: No new evidence of Iranian minelaying since the conflict began (35:32).
  • Defining Success: Success remains strictly defined by military objectives—no “mission creep” or regime change/nation-building (36:10).

— Notable Quotes —

• “No quarter, no mercy for our enemies…President Trump holds the cards. He’ll determine the pace, the tempo, and the timing of this conflict…”
  — Secretary Pete Hegseth (07:16)
• “…quantity has a quality of its own. As we continue to ramp up every tool of AI, of cyber, of space…”
  — Secretary Hegseth (07:16)
• “Iran may not even know [who’s in charge]. With every passing hour…their capabilities are crumbling.”
  — Secretary Hegseth (07:16, also played back at 46:14)
• “Their [Iranian] missile volume is down 90%. Their one way attack drones yesterday down 95%.”
  — Secretary Hegseth (42:42)
• “The only thing preventing commercial traffic...is Iran. They are the belligerents here.”
  — General Dan Kaine (16:52)
• On success: “We’ve defined these objectives, we’re pursuing those objectives. The president has his hand on the throttle...”
  — Secretary Hegseth (36:10)

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B. Panel Analysis & Expert Reactions

• Hosts’ Main Takeaways

  • Iranian Regime in Crisis: Panelists echo and reinforce Hegseth’s assessment of Iran’s crippled military and uncertain leadership (43:43).
  • Cynicism of Media and Political Motives: Mocking mainstream media headlines and emphasizing the need to maintain accountability and skepticism, even under favorite leaders (44:34, 111:09).
  • The Challenge of Victory: Discussion of how eliminating Iran’s defense industry is critical, to keep them from rebuilding quickly—“what’s the point of destroying their missiles...if you can just build new ones?” (44:34).
  • Cultural Moment: “War is hell, but it is necessary”—the MAGA base remains divided on underlying motivations and whether this is a justified “war to eradicate evil” or risking deeper involvement (44:34, 67:24).

• Expert Military Analysis – Col. Rob Manes (47:08)

  • Operation Scope: Fits expectation of a four-to-five week air and naval campaign, with notable thoroughness in targeting and effectiveness.
  • Power Vacuum Concern: With Iran’s leadership wounded/absent, the IRGC is now “in total control… and going to continue until they're probably dead” (47:17–48:34).
  • Allied Interference: If the U.S. leaves after air/naval victory, China could move in to help Iran rebuild—meaning the U.S. might have to stay engaged to keep the threat minimized (49:39–50:56).

• On Escalation & Endless War

  • Hosts and Matt Schlapp (CPAC) warn of the dangers of “forever wars,” urge accountability, question the military-industrial complex’s political interests, and promote coalition unity in the Trump/conservative movement (66:38, 75:41).

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C. U.S. Domestic Security, Holy War Rhetoric & Political Climate (63:04–78:02)

• Rise in Domestic Terrorism

  • Recent attacks on U.S. soil by radicalized individuals—highlighting the continued threat of homegrown extremism and weaknesses in border and immigration security.
    “...this is the consequence of the open southern border....radical people from 150 countries” — Matt Schlapp (71:48)

• “Holy War” Framing

  • Internal debate on whether the conflict should be framed in religious terms. Panelists ultimately say the Iranian regime views it as a holy war, while the U.S. does not (64:39–66:46).

• MAGAs Appetite for War

  • Panelists voice skepticism over long, open-ended missions and warn against the repetition of past justifications for “forever wars.” (67:24)

• CPAC and Political Coalition

  • Schlapp emphasizes CPAC’s importance in maintaining conservative unity and concern about coalition fracture impacting November elections (75:41).

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D. Economic Impact: Global Oil, Strait of Hormuz & Markets (83:28–89:07)

• Strait of Hormuz Threat

  • Panel underscores the global consequence of the strait remaining contested—“20% of the world’s oil passes through there" (84:45).
  • Prolonged closure could bring oil as high as $200/barrel (88:00).

• Consumer Impacts

  • Flight prices, inflation, and supply chain risks are discussed (85:54–86:21).
  • “Tech infrastructure are the new oil fields” — cyber war also a concern (86:21).

• Investor Advice

  • Short-term chaos may present a buying opportunity for stocks (88:55).

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E. Domestic Segment: Water Filtration & Product Feature (91:17–105:00)

• Panel brings on Skip Bedell (home improvement expert) to discuss the health risks of contaminated water, “forever chemicals,” and their new preferred water filtration system for American households. (A predominantly lifestyle/consumer health segment.)

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F. Notable Media Critiques and Memorable Moments

• Mocking Media Coverage & Messaging

  • Hegseth repeats the need for “patriotic press” and chides mainstream networks for “fake news” — notably suggesting CNN’s reporting on the war is “patently ridiculous” (07:16, 111:09).
  • Hosts joke about giving banner suggestions to networks (111:41).

• Satirical References

  • References to "Cardboard Ayatollah" and SNL skits, blending war coverage with pop culture (46:14, 111:41).

• Cultural Discussion

  • Interview with country songwriters for “God, Grit and Guns” as a theme for American resilience (107:46).

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3. Timestamps for Important Segments

• 07:16: Secretary Hegseth’s War Briefing
• 16:52: General Dan Kaine on Operations & KC-135 Crash
• 26:29: Strait of Hormuz status & denying Iran nuclear capability
• 32:01: Civilian casualties/questions about strikes
• 36:10: Defining success—avoiding “mission creep”
• 42:42: Panel digesting briefing
• 46:14: “Cardboard Ayatollah” quote replay
• 47:08: Col. Rob Manes military analysis
• 63:04: Hour 2 begins—focus on domestic terrorism
• 66:38: “Holy war” and forever wars debate
• 71:48: Matt Schlapp on ideological threats, coalition unity
• 75:41: CPAC’s mission at this moment
• 83:28: Economic consequences of Hormuz closure, oil prices
• 91:17: Water crisis & filtration system segment
• 107:46: “God, Grit and Guns”—songwriter interview
• 111:09: Hegseth’s critique of mainstream media banners

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4. Summary: Notable Quotes

• Hegseth:
  • “No quarter, no mercy for our enemies.” (07:16)
  • “Iran’s leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground. Cowering, that’s what rats do.” (07:16, replayed 46:14)
  • “Peace through Strength in action. From day one, as our nation Expects and the President demands.” (07:16)
• Gen. Kaine:
  • “We have a plan for every option here. We’re working with our interagency partners … to make sure that energy flows.” (26:29)
• David Brody:
  • “We are fighting radical Muslims in Iran, the mullahs, and here at home…” (63:59)
• Matt Schlapp:
  • “Radical Islam, cartels, and China are at war with America… If the coalition fractures…We will not win.” (71:48, 75:41)

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5. Concluding Notes

• The episode paints a picture of overwhelming U.S.-Israeli superiority and deliberate focus on limiting mission scope and denying Iran recovery capability.
• There’s an ongoing tension between skepticism about “forever wars” and the show of strength as necessary and overdue.
• Economic and domestic threats—terrorism, inflation—are examined as direct spillovers of the current conflict.
• Constant undercurrent: skepticism of major media, insistence on “honest” reporting, and conservative coalition unity in the election year.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode:

Even without having listened, this summary offers a vivid overview of both the facts and the tone. The hosts speak with patriotic fervor, a sense of urgency, and a consistent call for accountability amongst leaders, the media, and even their own side.

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[End of Summary]

Transcript

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[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

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[Terrence Bates]

Good Friday morning to you. I'm Terrence Bates. We begin with breaking news as another Department of War press briefing is on tap. You see a live shot of the podiums. It's scheduled to start at any moment. And as in the past Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kaine expected to update the ongoing military operation in Iran. Our David Zier is also there in the briefing room. And we'll have a live report following today's briefing. First, though, let's bring in Brian Glenn as well as David Brody. Dr. Gina will join us here in just a little bit. Guys. One of the latest headlines from the war zone involves a military refueling plane that crashed in Iraq, killing four, four of its six crew members. It's reportedly the fourth American plane to crash during this war so far. You probably remember that three others were shot down by supposed friendly fire in Kuwait. David, expectations from today's briefing, well, clearly

[David Brody]

that's going to be at the top of the list in terms of some of the questions. Here's my question today. Israeli officials have just come out in the last 24 hours and say they don't believe that the Iranian regime is going to fall anytime soon in the immediate future. So that's my question. My question simply is, okay, can we get a better timeline? Because Pete Hegseth comes out with the testosterone and says they're toast and it's over. And this is we got this and we got okay. But then Israeli officials are saying, actually, yeah, they're not following anytime soon. Okay, can we get a little bit more clarity on that? And the second part of this is specifically about how Israeli officials are saying that it is not yet time for the Iranian people to get into the streets and demand a regime change, which obviously it's not. It's dangerous out there. So what's that going to look like timeline wise, Brian?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Yeah, that's a great.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

That's an excellent point, David.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

You're getting two different messages on the

[General Dan Kaine]

status of this war with Iran.

[David Brody]

And I would also want to know exactly what's the situation with the Strait of Hormuz.

[General Dan Kaine]

I mean, you got 20% of the

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

world's oil goes through there.

[General Dan Kaine]

President Trump has threatened that there's any

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

disruption on that, there will be some retaliation.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

What does that look like?

[General Dan Kaine]

And we need to see if we

[David Zier]

can get some other countries to help

[General Dan Kaine]

the US Secure that, that bit of

[David Brody]

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[Terrence Bates]

Patched together by. He's being patched together by tape. They're putting more tape on the cardboard to try to keep them together.

[David Brody]

Yeah, well, you know, they use oil

[General Dan Kaine]

to make cardboard, so maybe they're waiting on the oil to make them more cardboard for him.

[David Zier]

I don't know.

[Matt Schlapp]

Absolutely.

[Terrence Bates]

So, guys, I'd like to get your perspective because I suspect this is a question that will be raised. Whether we'll get an actual answer to it or not, I will find out shortly. But the. The objective has been clear, President, on down to the Secretary of State. Everyone has said the objective is to make sure there is no nuclear. Ron. To make sure that Iran doesn't have missiles that would potentially threaten US Targets either here on the mainland or even across the Middle East. But then what? The end game. That is the question that I'm not so sure we've gotten an answer to. You just talked about Israel's response to regime change, if you will, in Iran or what the regime will ultimately look like. But that seems to be the lingering question, David. What will the leadership in Iran ultimately look like? Because I think there's a significant and fair question to be asked about the current leadership being able to stay in place and US Interests still being threatened if that were to happen.

[David Brody]

You're right, we don't know the answer to that question. And I believe do I see Preethegseth yet. Here he comes. I'll answer that after the Secretary War. Here we go.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Good morning. I'll start, as we often do here at the Department of War, with the bottom line up front for the world to hear and the press to actually admit that the United States is decimating the radical Iranian regime's military in a way the world has never seen before. Never before has a modern capable military which Iran used to have been so quickly destroyed and made combat ineffective. Devastated. We said it would not be a fair fight and it has not been. As I stated during our first press conference on day two, that was 10 short days ago. The combination of the world's two most powerful air forces is unprecedented and unbeatable. Between our air force and that of the Israelis, over 15,000 enemy targets have been struck. That's well over 1,000 a day. No other combination of countries in the world can do that. So today as we speak, we fly over the top of Iran and Tehran. Fighters and bombers all day picking targets as they choose. As our intelligence gets better and better and more refined. Looking up the IRGC and Iranian regime sees only two things on the side of aircraft. The Stars and Stripes and the Star of David. The evil regime's worst nightmare. Iran has no air defenses. Iran has no air force. Iran has no navy. Their missiles, their missile launchers and drones being destroyed or shot out of the sky. Their missile volume is down 90%. Their one way attack drones yesterday down 95%. And as the world is seeing, they are exercising sheer desperation in the straits of Hormuz. Something we're dealing with. We have been dealing with it and don't need to worry about it. Were on plan to defeat, destroy, disable all of their meaningful military capabilities at a pace the world has never seen before. But it's not just that Iran doesn't have a functioning air force or that their entire navy is at the bottom of the Persian Gulf or their missile force is shrinking daily. Even more importantly, they also don't have the ability to build more. That's the most important component I'd like to emphasize today. Soon and very soon, all of Iran's defense companies will be destroyed. For example, as of two days ago, Iran's entire ballistic missile production capacity, every company that builds every component of those missiles has been functionally defeated. Destroyed. Buildings, complexes and factory lines all across Iran destroyed. So we're shooting down and destroying what missiles they still have in stock. But more importantly, ensuring that they have no ability to make more. Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers defeated. Iran's leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they've gone underground. Cowering, that's what rats do. We know the new so called not so supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday A weak one, actually. But there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement. He called for unity. Apparently killing tens of thousands of protesters is his kind of unity. Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why. His father dead. He's scared. He's injured, he's on the run, and he lacks legitimacy. It's a mess for them. Who's in charge? Iran may not even know. With every passing hour. We know and we know they know that the military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling. They can barely communicate, let alone coordinate. They're confused, and we know it. Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies. Yet some in this crew in the press just can't stop. Allow me to make a few suggestions. People look up at the TV and they see banners, they see headlines. I used to be in that business. And I know that everything is written intentionally. For example, a banner or a headline, mideast War intensifies. Splashing on the screen the last couple of days alongside visuals of civilian or energy targets that Iran has hit. Because that's what they do. What should the banner read instead? About Iran? Increasingly desperate? Because they are. They know it and so do you. If it can be admitted or More fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the Strait of Hormuz. Patently ridiculous, of course. For decades, Iran has threatened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This is always what they do. Hold the straight hostage. CNN doesn't think we thought of that. It's a fundamentally unserious report. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better. Another example of a fake headline that I saw yesterday. War widening. Here's a real headline for you. For an actual patriotic press, how about Iran shrinking? Going underground. You see, Iran's leaders are hiding in bunkers and moving into civilian areas. The only thing that is widening is our advantage. Not to mention our Gulf partners stepping up even more now, going on the offense and have always been with us on the defense, with collective and integrated air defenses. Our will, it is unshakable. Our options maximized and our capabilities still building. We're going up, they're going down. As I said from the start, President Trump holds the cards. He'll determine the pace, the tempo, and the timing of this conflict, his hand firmly on the wheel as well as on the throttle, setting America first. Peace through Strength in action. From day one, as our nation Expects and the President demands. Our warriors have fought with lethality, precision, and rapid innovation. In fact, today will be, yet again, the highest volume of strikes that America has put over the skies of Iran and Tehran. The number of sorties and number of bomber pulses, the highest. Yet ramping up and only up. And quantity has a quality of its own. As we continue to ramp up every tool of AI, of cyber, of space, ew, Counter, uas, you name it, we're employing it. Blinding, confusing, and deceiving our enemy. Because we know who the good guys are here. And the American people do, too. And that makes my job simple. I serve God, the troops, the country, the Constitution, and the President of the United States and answer only to those all in service of victory on the battlefield and the military objectives that we've laid out from day one. Defeat the missiles, missile launchers and defense industrial base which I laid out today. Defeat the Navy and deny Iran the ability to have a nuclear weapon. Clear, decisive, achievable. And Admiral Cooper knows, the CENTCOM commander, who we spent a couple of hours with last night, that in pursuit of those objectives, we have his back in every way. His commanders know that, and so do the troops. In harm's way, Admiral Cooper gets what he needs. The assets, the authorities, the munitions, you name it. We will stop at nothing to win. War is hell. War is chaos. And as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC135 tanker, bad things can happen. American heroes, all of them. And as I have with all of them, as we have, we will greet those heroes at Dover. And their sacrifice will only recommit us to the resolve of this mission. But war in this context and in pursuit of peace is necessary. Which is why each day on bended knee, we continue to appeal to heaven, to Almighty God's providence to watch over and give special skill and confidence to our leaders and to our warriors, to those warriors who this nation prays for every single day. I hear from all of you out there who pray for them every day. Stay on bended knee and pray for them. I continue to say to them, godspeed. May the Lord bless you and keep you and keep going. Mr. Chairman, over to you.

[General Dan Kaine]

Thank you, Mr. Secretary. And good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining us today. Before I start with an update, I also want to address the tragic loss of our KC135 refueling aircraft yesterday. The incident occurred over friendly territory in western Iraq while the crew was on a combat mission and again, was not. The result, as CENTCOM has said, was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. We're still treating this as an active rescue and recovery operation. As CENTCOM announced this morning, four Airmen have been recovered and the Air Force and US Central Command will provide updates as information becomes available. Please keep these brave airmen, their families, friends and units in your thoughts in the coming hours and days. Our service members make an incredible sacrifice to go forward and do the things that the nation asks of of them. It's a reminder of the true cost of the dedication and commitment of the joint force. We're also aware of a fire on board the USS Gerald R. Ford. We're thinking about the crew there who are injured in the fire. We believe and hope that everyone will be okay and we're grateful for that. And for any further questions on that, we'd refer you to NAVCENT or to the Navy. This morning we enter the 13th day of operation Epic Fury and we continue to make progress towards our military objectives. As the Secretary said, today will be our heaviest day of kinetic fires across the operating area. CENTCOM continues to attack ballistic missile and drone capabilities so that they are no longer a threat to US forces, our bases or our partners. They're continuing to destroy the Iranian navy to ensure freedom of navigation. And this means going after Iran's minelaying capability and destroying their ability to attack commercial vessels. And we're targeting their defense industrial base so they cannot rebuild the capability that can harm America's interests or our partners in the future. As Admiral Cooper said in his update on Wednesday, Iranian combat power continues to decline as a result of the continued strikes. As the Secretary talked about, We've attacked over 6,000 targets and our strike packages continue to launch every hour. And we've maintained an unprecedented number of sorties up overhead of Iran. CENTCOM is now persistently over the enemy and a result we've seen a reduction in missile and one way attack fires. As the Secretary said, in less than two weeks we've rendered the Iranian Navy combat ineffective and continue to attack naval vessels including all of their Soleimani class warships which were armed with anti ship missiles and anti aircraft weapons. We've made progress, but Iran still has the capability to harm friendly forces and commercial shipping. And our work on this effort continues. But I want to make something clear. The only thing preventing commercial traffic and flow through the straits right now, which there is some through the straits is, is Iran. They are the belligerents here holding. Holding the straits closed. Although there is some traffic moving through there. We've made it a priority to target Iran's minelaying Enterprise, their minelayers, the naval bases and depots, in addition to the missiles that could influence the straits. And CENTCOM continues to attack those efforts. And we continue to make progress on the industrial base to include factories, weapons, warehouses that are stored in. And we will continue to do so in the coming days, especially today. Now, as I often do, I want to share a little bit about our incredible joint force. Today I'm going to talk about our incredible artillery force comprised of American soldiers and Marines who've been sinking ships, destroying depots, and launching army tactical missile systems, or ATACMS, precision strike missiles, or PRISMs, and high mobility rocket systems, or HIMARS. From outside Iran. Our army and Marine artillerymen are hitting sites that Iran relies on to project power beyond their borders and protect our deployed. In just the first 13 days of this operation, our artillery forces have made history. They fired the first precision strike missiles ever used in combat, reaching deep into enemy territory. They've used army atacms to sink multiple ships, including a submarine. And they've done all of this with the precision and determination that comes from relentless training and trust in each other and in their weapon systems. Yesterday, I had the incredible honor and privilege of speaking with some of our young soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the unit and the crew that fired the first precision strike missiles. The soldiers I met came from all over this great country. New York, Texas, Delaware, California. One had been in the army only six months and been in the unit for two months and was already deployed. He was the youngest at 20, but you would not know it from the way that they talked about their mission. The others were 22 and 28 years old. They spoke with a sense of calm, pride, purpose and clarity that tells you clearly they understand the weight of what they're doing and the people who depend on them. I asked them to walk me through a fire mission. I asked not just what they do, but what they feel, especially those first crew members on this particular mission. These soldiers basically live in these vehicles behind us, the cab very tight. Two folks sit next to each other with the crew commander behind them. It's jammed inside there with their personal weapons and kit. And they sit and wait for a fire mission. And when that fire mission comes, they close the armored doors and begin to program the systems. They then throw three simple toggle switches and 10 to 15ft behind them, a rocket motor ignites and the round is headed downrange to do the nation's work. I asked these youngsters, these young awesome Americans. What does that feel like? And one of them just looked at me and said, it's awesome. No drama, no hesitation. In the middle of the day, in the middle of the night, in the sun, the rain, in the snow, flawless execution. Their Marine counterparts are out there doing the same thing every night. Same work, same pressure, same expectations, same results. And we hand tremendous and enormous responsibility to these young Americans. And they carry it with a level of maturity, grit, professionalism, and tenacity that makes me incredibly proud to be a part of their joint force. Their parents and families would and should be incredibly proud, and their leaders. And I trust them to do the deeds that they must do in difficult circumstances every single time. I also want to touch today a moment. I want to touch for a moment today on their leadership. These young Americans are led by extraordinary young leaders out at the tactical edge. Yesterday, the battery commander and her NCO were there with this crew on the same video screen. The two of them hardly said a word. They didn't have to. In their eyes, in particular the commander's eyes, you could see the quiet trust and confidence she had in these soldiers and the rest of their battery. It came through loud and clear, and we appreciate their leadership. When I asked these soldiers yesterday, what is it that you need from the Secretary and I, they looked at each other, paused for a moment, and looked back at me and said, more rounds, sir. It was awesome. So thank you to those soldiers and Marines out on the firing line supporting our mission, and thank you to their families. Our joint force will continue today to deliver dynamic fires against the enemy from the land, sea and air. We remain deeply grateful for their service. And for the third time today, I'll mention that today will be our busiest day. This mission remains complex, dangerous, and difficult, and every service member has a family waiting for them to return home. And I want to thank all of the families today who are supporting their deployed forces and those doing the work here in the States. On a personal note today, I also want to thank the Joint Staff and the team that I have the pleasure of working with. Some of them right here in this room. They are working 24 hours a day to deliver the options that we must. To the Secretary and to the President today, as I close, I ask that we remember our fallen and those participating in the recovery operations to bring home our lost KC135 crew, that we keep those service members and their families in their thoughts and prayers. Those are very, very, very tough days. When that knock comes on the door for people on both sides of the Door. Again, thank you to our deployed, thank you to our fallen and to their families and to the joint force. And with that, I'll turn it back to you, sir.

[Dr. Gina]

Chairman Alexandra Ingersoll, one AMERICA News can

[David Brody]

you tell us a little bit more

[Dr. Gina]

about the Strait of Hormuz and when it might be fully operational again and how do we ensure our objective of denying Iran a nuclear weapon if they continue to align with our adversaries?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

So I'll take it and chime in Mr. Chairman, if you'd like at all. I want to emphasize what the chairman said about that. The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit. Should Iran not do that now there's a reason why we chose as one of our primary objectives destroyed. We understood the ability to interdict shipping is something Iran has done for 40 years. It's key terrain. They've used it as leverage. The world is seeing what they'll do to fight back in that context. And so we've heard them talk about taking various measures and we're planning for all of them. So we have a plan for every option here. We're working with our interagency partners and that's not a straight we're going to allow to remain contested or with a lack of flow of, of, of commercial goods. So we're, we're aware of that. We're laser focused on our military objectives, but also want to make sure our partners across this government understand we're working with you to make sure that energy flows and that's, that's an important part. And the second question was on the nuclear capability. As we said from the beginning, their strategy shifted just from defense of their nuclear facilities to a conventional umbrella of so many missiles that no one would challenge their ability to their, the opportunity to defeat their missile, their nuclear capabilities. And it was growing by the day. So with Iran at its weakest moment, taking, going at that ballistic missile capability creates an opportunity to ensure at any point in time that Iran give up their nuclear capabilities or if need be, you prevent them from doing it as the president has done once already with Operation Midnight Hammer, obliterating letting those capabilities. So the conventional side is a huge part at getting at denying nuclear capabilities. If you have anything you want to

[General Dan Kaine]

add, appreciate the question. I'm not going to comment on what we may or may not be thinking about any options that the Joint Force could be tasked to do in the future, whether it's on the nuke matter or anything else. Thank you.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

But we have options, the mines that

[Dr. Gina]

are in the Strait of Hormuz and our ability to, you know, obliterate that.

[General Dan Kaine]

We retain a range of options to solve a whole variety of problems. And that is one set of options that we have, you know, that we hold on to. So thank you.

[Dr. Gina]

Thank you, Secretary Hegseth.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Mary Bargart with Daily Wire. Thank you both for the update. ABC News has updated its story from yesterday clarifying that the FBI report on

[Dr. Gina]

Iran possibly striking California was unverified. I just wanted to ask you, what

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

impact did that original reporting have on the public?

[Dr. Gina]

And does Iran even have the ability to conduct such a strike? And then just really quickly, on another

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

note, what role did Vice President Vance

[Dr. Gina]

play in counseling the President on this conflict? Can you speak to some of the media reporting suggesting that there is a

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

division there, that reporting on California obviously had no impact on us? Also, we're used to bad reporting. We're used to ill informed reporting. And so it doesn't change how we operate, but we engage with it to prove that it's not true, as CENTCOM has done so well. Ultimately, I look at the reports on a daily basis of threat. Our interagency is all over it. My partners across government are all over looking for indications and warnings keeping the American people safe. There's a lot of things Iran has said it can do for a long time, thankfully, including engaging their proxies and getting them involved in the fight, which they haven't been able to do. So we're watching that very closely. And as far as the vice president, he's an incredible member leader of this team as well, alongside the President and Secretary of State. I can't say enough great stuff about this team, how it works together, how it provides options to the president and the vice president every single day is a key voice in that, an indispensable voice in that. Actually in the middle there red tie. Yes.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Michael Gordon, Wall Street Journal Iran is thought to have 440kg of highly enriched

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

uranium in at least two locations and

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

several thousand kilograms of lower purity material. Can you conclude this mission successfully without physically taking control of that material? Or are you counting on diplomatic negotiations to provide some measure of control leading to its removal? You've mentioned missiles, you've mentioned drones, military industry.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

You haven't stipulated that taking care of

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

that material is a mission priority.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

We've said from the beginning deny Iran nuclear weapons as a core mission. We have, we retain options across the spectrum to ensure that they never do. And President Trump has said that. And that's why this mission Actually couldn't have been possible without Midnight Hammer, without what those B2s did, going across and obliterating those facilities that set the condition for the opportunity to do what we're doing now. So he's kept. The President's kept his eye focused on nuclear capabilities. And I will say we have a range of options up to and including Iran deciding that they will give those up, which of course we would welcome. They weren't willing to do in negotiations. I would not never tell this group or the world what we're willing to do or how far we're willing to go. But we have options for sure. Right next to him. No, right there. Right here, sir. Right here.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

I'll take it.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Right there.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yep.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

No, you.

[General Dan Kaine]

Yep.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Okay.

[David Brody]

Thank you.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Sir. Can you please provide some guidance?

[David Brody]

It's been 13 days in.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Can you please provide some guidance, both

[David Brody]

of you, about the strike on the girls school?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

There has been reporting that indicates that preliminary inquiry, even though it's ongoing, has determined that the airstrike was carried out

[David Brody]

by the United States.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Given that there is another competing narrative

[David Brody]

that this was done intentionally, can you provide us with some guidance about whether

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

this was the case? Secondly, we are also getting. We had heard yesterday from Energy Secretary. Right. That said that the U.S. navy would not be ready until the end of the month to provide escorts through the state of Hormuz.

[David Brody]

Is that an accurate assessment? And if so, can you tell us why? Thank you.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Well, with an issue on your first topic, an issue of such seriousness, we don't. We're not going to let reporting lead us or force our hand into indicating what happened in a particular situation because the truth matters. So I can report that CENTCOM has designated an investigating officer to complete a command investigation. The command investigation will take as long as necessary to address all the matters surrounding this incident. And the investigating officer is from outside CENTCOM and is a general officer. But I will note to this group and to the world, there's only one entity in this conflict between us and Iran that never targets civilians. Literally never targets civilians. I look at the process that's used on dynamic strikes or on boat strikes and others. We have a very high fidelity process in that case. So we don't target. Iran does. We will investigate. We'll get to the truth and we'll share it when we have it. Absolutely. And what was the second about the Strait of Hormuz, about the Navy Secretary of Rights?

[General Dan Kaine]

It's a tactically complex environment. And before I think we want to take anything through there at scale. We want to make sure that we do the work pursuant to our current military objectives, to do that safely and smartly. So we're continuing to develop and we

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

do a lot of work. And like I said, this is, it is dynamic, but this is, I think, almost by 20% the largest day of strikes. And as I said, our intelligence just gets better and better. That feedback loop feeds itself and as we refine those targets, it exponentially increases what we can hit and why, to include strategic things the world's talking about and looking at. And it's our job to have a plan for it, which we do, to address it and ensure that the President has options. We've done that from the beginning in this department. He'll have options on that on that topic as well. Right here. Thank you. An investigation is an investigation. That's what it is. It doesn't mean anything other than that.

[David Brody]

Yes, Ryan Morgan with the Epoch Times

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

regarding today's busy day of strikes. Last week you guys discussed the progress of the air campaign to gain air superiority and to transition from these standoff weapons launched at range to more overhead strikes. Can you now say that these strikes today are going to rely entirely on stand in, over the top weapons or are standoff range weapons still in play? It's a great question. I can say based on the report I read this morning at 0600. Only 1% of the munitions we're using today are standoff munitions. The rest are over the top, the types of which we have a plethora, which is our goal from the beginning. You use standoff, which are more exquisite. You transition to a much larger magazine depth, ensuring that you're preserving all the capabilities you have and your options across the force. Absolutely.

[Dr. Gina]

Has Iran placed any mines since the war started? Is Iran placing new mines?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

We've heard them talk about it. Just like you've reported recklessly and wildly about it. But there's, we have no clear evidence. We have no clear evidence of that.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Thank you.

[Matt Schlapp]

Mr. Secretary, given everything the US have

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

accomplished in the last 24 hours as of today, how do you define success in this military option and has that definition changed from day one? And also regarding Iran government telling countries

[Matt Schlapp]

hosting US American bases that they could

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

face attacks, what is the Pentagon doing about that? First question is what is the objective?

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

How do you define success as of today?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Yeah, I mean, we like, we define success again, 1312 days in, 13 days in by reaching the military objectives that we've laid out, launchers, missile launchers, defense industrial base, their navy, the ability to project power in the naval sense, leading toward denying them to get a nuclear weapon. And we've got internal metrics that look at that, that we represent to the president, who then can decide how long he'd like to continue in pursuit of those. Those military objectives. So that hasn't changed. There's a lot of things, a lot of people talk about what they want us to do or what we should do or what we should stay focused on. And again, I've addressed this before, and I think it's worth saying, again, mission creep or expansive missions or prolonged timelines or democracy building or nation building, you name it, has not been part of what President Trump wants us to be involved in. We're solving for something here, this particular mission set, but also recognizing this country's conditioned to previous leaders, whether it's George W. Bush or Barack Obama or Joe Biden, who had these expansive, nebulous mission sets that kept changing all the time. So the timeline kept moving and we kept pouring more troops in and on the ground. And then pretty soon, everyone wonders, like I did in Afghanistan in 2012, what's our mission here? I'm not clear what it is. We're taking the opposite approach here and saying, we've defined these objectives, we're pursuing those objectives. The president has his hand on the throttle and will decide ultimately when they've been reached, that serve the purposes of the United States of America. American interests first. Yeah, right here.

[David Brody]

Thank you, Secretary Hexsett.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Polls show over 80% of Republicans support the president's military action in Iran. But there's some consternation in parts of the party, particularly from your fellow Fox

[David Brody]

News alum Tucker Carlson.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

He called the war disgusting and evil

[David Brody]

and then said of unconditional surrender, which the president has called for, means foreign

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

troops get to rape your wives and daughters. Have you heard these comments and what's

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

your reaction to them?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

We're busy executing on behalf of great patriotic Americans with a clear mission that's 47 years overdue, and we're going to execute on that, regardless of what people say about it. Yeah, Right here you have said that the US Military has essentially aerial superiority, naval superiority over Iran, yet we're not essential escorting ships to the Strait of Portmouth. Why? How did you not plan for this? We plan for it. We recognize it because ultimately, we want to do it sequentially in a way that makes the most sense for what we want to achieve and ensure that we're sending the right signals to the world when we do so. So when Chris Wright speaks, or we speak it's based on a full assessment of what we're up against, what we want to say to the world, how we want them to see and understand the conflict. It's like this whole idea of the war widening. That's what the press wants to make it look like. Like it's widening and chaos ensuing. No, we're actually closing in on grabbing hold of and controlling what objectives we want to achieve and how we want to achieve them. It's called shaping operations and setting the conditions. But when you shape the environment, you don't always tell. I mean, foolish political leaders and foolish military leaders of the past will hang an exact deadline on it. Or here's exactly when we'll do what we're going to do or here's how long it's going to take us. And then if you meet that, maybe you meet it, but if you don't, you fail. And if you're far beyond. We know exactly what we're shaping and why we're sending those signals. Working across the interagency. The Strait of Hormuz is something we've paid attention to from the beginning. And the American people can rest assured we will ensure that our interests are advanced. No doubt. Yeah, right there. Green jacket Mike Brass with the Washington Examiner. How many American casualties have there been and where were the American service members when they were in injured?

[General Dan Kaine]

I mean, it's a bunch of return to duty. So we've had a whole, the large, large majority have gone in for some medical treatment, return to duty. We've had in Kuwait, Jordan, down across the southern flank a little bit, a variety of places, most from one way attack strikes.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

But I want to clarify that. I think what we tried to do here.

[General Dan Kaine]

Yeah.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Is clarify those numbers rather than saying KIA or WIA wounded. Be more clear about that because the overwhelming majority, almost 90% thank God, are returned to duty. Minor, minor injuries, return to duty. And so that number can, can look a certain way and our job is to add some fidelity to it.

[General Dan Kaine]

Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

[David Zier]

David Sia, real America's voice. Can you share what types of munitions have been used on the attacks on commercial shipping? Have any hit mines and are USVs on manned surface vehicles being used? And just a quick follow up, were there any arrest in Fort Campbell with the drone thefts?

[General Dan Kaine]

I'm not familiar with the Fort Campbell thing. The strikes that Iran has taken on shipping up north in the vicinity of Kuwait have been, I believe, from surface to surface missiles up there. We've not seen any USV activity out of Iran that we've we've seen in the Gulf at this point, nor have

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

any ships hit mines or anything.

[General Dan Kaine]

There's like no still flowing through. There's no, no strikes.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

One more time right here.

[Dr. Gina]

Thank you so much. Heather Mullins, LINDELL TV My first question is President Trump is set to meet with Xi Jinping in a couple of weeks. How much support, if any, has China been given the Iranian regime? And then the second question, just, you know, I know President Trump calling for an unconditional surrender from Iran. Given that the US Is working in partnership with Israel on this whole operation, is Iran expected to meet demands of both countries or just the US and

[General Dan Kaine]

what are those demands?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Well, we're proud to partner with the incredible capability capabilities the Iranians or excuse me, the Israelis have. But our objectives are our objectives. So when those are met, as we meet those, we'll set the tempo of when those are met. What was the first question?

[Dr. Gina]

He's meeting with Xi Jinping.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Yeah, the president has China has a historic relationship with President Xi. They look forward to having a dynamic conversation to two powers. President Trump ultimately has established terms of that relationship which advanced the United States of America. And, and that meeting will continue to ensure we advance that. That's all I've got. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

[Terrence Bates]

So you've been listening to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kaine, as they updated us on the combat operations happening in Iran. Let's bring in Dr. Gina and David to discuss a little bit more and to break down all of what we've heard. So, Dr. Gina, here are a couple of highlights that I've jotte down here. Iran missile volume is down 90%. Drones are down 95%. Secretary Hagseth also saying that the United States is on pace to defeat, destroy, disable all meaningful military. Soon all of Iran's defense companies will be destroyed. He says they won't be able to build any more missiles. And David, this last point speaks to an issue that you raised earlier today, General, or excuse me, Secretary Heg says, saying Iran's leadership has gone underground, quote, that's what rats do. New supreme leader is injured and likely disfigured. He says who's in charge Iran may not even know. Dr. Gina, your takeaways from what we just heard.

[Dr. Gina]

Yeah, well, it certainly does appear that most of the things that Secretary Hegseth said are absolutely true. You know, we haven't seen hide nor hair of the supposed leader of Iran. There's no good reason for that surely he would want to dispel all the myths about the rumors of his death and disfigurement and all the rest. So that doesn't make a lot of sense. So I think he's astute to point to that, to spell it out for the media. Certainly the media has not reported a lot of the things that Secretary Hegseth did point to today. And certainly it would seem like it would be hard for Iran to recover if indeed they are as crippled as was reported this morning in this briefing. David Brody.

[David Brody]

Yeah, there are a couple of things, some takeaways you hit, I think, Terrence, all the salient points. Gina, obviously you did as well. PETEC said war is hell. And then he said these words, but is necessary. And I don't think obviously some within MAGA would agree with that. But is necessary part, but it is necessary. And I agree with him. So that's number one. The big thing to me, the progress, if you will, is about these defense production facilities. You know, we always hear about these missile launchers. Got to destroy the missiles and the missile launchers. Okay, fine. But what he's talking about, Hegseth is talking about specifically is making sure they get rid of those defensive production facilities and companies. Because once you do that, then you can't make any more of this. And so I think that's why this will go on for a little while until all of that can be taken care of. Because what's the point of destroying their missiles and their missile launchers if you can just build some new ones? I thought it was interesting that he had his Fox News moment, if you will, by critiquing the press and suggesting new banners that they should give, you know, put out on the air. I thought that was interesting for sure. Let's listen to Hegseth talk about specifically that new Iranian leader, the Ayatollah. I call him Cardboard Ayatollah. That's what I'm gonna call him because until I see him, he's a cardboard cutout. That's what he is. So that's my name for him. Just like you got Kami Mamdani. I'm going with Cardboard Ayatollah.

[Dr. Gina]

Okay, David.

[David Brody]

All right, sounds good. Here's what Hegsett had to say about cardboard guy. Take a look.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

We know the new so called, not so Supreme Leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one, actually, but there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement. He called for unity, apparently killing Tens of thousands of protesters is his kind of unity. Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why. His father dead, he's scared, he's injured, he's on the run and he lacks legitimacy. It's a mess for them. Who's in charge. Iran may not even know.

[Terrence Bates]

Let's get some expert perspective on what we just heard from retired Air Force Colonel Rob Manes. Colonel Manus, good morning. Thank you for sticking around and joining us this morning for the this conversation.

[General Dan Kaine]

Hey, good morning.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, so what did you make of what we just heard from the Secretary of War and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs?

[General Dan Kaine]

Well, we're day 12 into this operation that the president himself said was planned to last for about five weeks. Most of us that have done this type of work for our entire lives thought it would be at least four week air and naval campaign operation. And things are going about as expected. You have most of the targets that have been struck so far are not needing restrikes. Some targets are arising that weren't seen before because of our strikes or because the Iranians the enemy always gets a vote. Like the Strait of Hormuz situation that's going on right now. And they have capabilities that are very, very difficult to get to. I think it was very important and key what you guys just pointed out, that the Secretary of war acknowledge that the new not so supreme leader is wounded somewhere, is not making any visual or audio appearances and is likely ineffective at this time. Which means that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is in total control of the country. And that's important because it means that nobody is going to stop them because they're fanatics and they're going to continue this operation until they're probably dead.

[Dr. Gina]

Yeah, I think it's our job as media, even if we're conservative and we support, I mean Secretary Henceth is a friend and even if we support them to ask the hard questions. So I always try to flip it around in my head, like if this were the Biden administration saying all of this, doing all of this, what would I ask? And here's what I would ask, Colonel, I would ask what kind of, of allied support and the evil allies among them in Iran could try to put Humpty Dumpty back together if we don't ever have a ground game and we don't make sure the entire regime is expelled. Expelled onto whatever afterlife is. What I mean by expelled, Exterminated is probably a better word. And then what happens with the amount of Power that would be centralized by whatever control Iran would have over the Strait of Hormuz.

[General Dan Kaine]

Well, let's take a look at their main allies action so far in this situation. First is what I would look at, Dr. Gina, and that is China and Russia are the two main allies that have given Iran this ability to produce its own weapons and to continue their operations even though they are being decimated and dismantled over the last 12 days and even before that by the Israeli Air Force and Operation Midnight Hammer. What are they doing now? They're very ineffective. They're not doing anything at all. As a matter of fact, the Chinese were forced to come out and condemn the Iranians for attacking civilian targets and to tell them to stop those operations just yesterday. So what will they do in the future? Well, if we continue this methodology and go down this road and declare victory at some point in this air and naval campaign and decide we're going to go home, that will open the door for the Chinese especially to come back in and rearm Iran and start rebuilding the country. Will it take a very, very long time to do it? Yes, it will. And will it mean that we have to be engaged in this area more than the American people would like us to? Probably, if we want to continue to keep the threat minimized.

[David Brody]

Yeah. Colonel Rob Main is great to have you today. Your expertise is always valuable, especially on a day like today. So appreciate you. Thank you.

[Terrence Bates]

Thank you. Thank you so much, Colonel.

[David Brody]

All right, let's head back to Washington. David Zier, technically Virginia, by the way, at the Pentagon this morning. David Zier, who's at the was at the briefing. David, give us your thoughts.

[David Zier]

He spent a long time with U.S. sec. War Hegseth today along with the Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Kane and went into a little bit more detail today. About 90% of the ballistic missile program down, 95% of the drone strikes down. I got to ask him a couple of questions. One relating to the New York Post story that came out with emerging video of underground storage FOR missiles and USVs on manned surface vehicles, which would be a concern, but we don't know if the video was propaganda and if they've been taken out. So I asked them what was the impact on commercial shipping lanes and have any ships hit mines and have the USVS been encountered at all? And he said no, that all of the attacks so far have been surface to surface missiles. They didn't have comment on the Fort Campbell theft of drones. Fort Campbell, Kentucky I believe the suspects have been identified and released, but I don't know if there were any arrests. And supposedly these drones only had camera only operations. But this war had a really busy day yesterday with more strikes in Haifa, northern Israel. Israel taking out an important bridge that Hezbollah uses in Lebanon. Also, the UK pledged more involvement in the Straits of Hormuz as well. I believe yesterday or the day before. But there's been this KC 135 lost the Strato tanker, the backbone of a mid air refueling fleet. Incredible plane. I've been refueled by one before on a trip I took. Just amazing operations and you know, there's two planes involved or more at a time in formation usually. And the chances for a collision or impact is really great. These guys are really skilled, so we don't know what went wrong. They said it was not friendly fire, was not hostile fire as well. Rescue operations underway for located that lost their life. So a busy presser. Hegseth showing a little bit of frustration with some of the mainstream media, but I think it was productive.

[Dr. Gina]

Oh yes, it's my turn to ask a question. David Deer, I kind of want to ask you the same question that I asked the colonel and that is, you know, to what degree can this be built and how quickly and also what role could the Strait have if there is no ground game and if we indeed go ahead and pull out, which a lot of MAGA is asking this administration to do. But what are the safeguards there in terms of what you can determine?

[David Zier]

So a lot of products come out of there, not just oil. We know Iraqi oil Exports are down 70% at this. We know a lot of facilities have been attacked. But also sulfur comes out of there, which is a key ingredient for a lot of fertilizers around the globe, especially third world countries. Planting season is here. That could have a big effect. So those shipping lanes have to be reopened. But he won't commit to a timeline to do that because you know, they don't want to get in that trap. And you know, Secretary Chris Wright and Secretary Scott Bessett indicated located maybe within. Maybe within a couple of weeks. I will be doing that. But these shipping lanes are only about two miles wide and it's about 20 miles across. But you got to remember the Iranian border along the Persian Gulf and the Straits Hormuz. It's hundreds and hundreds of miles dotted with bases. And they've been focusing on taking them out, I think along with joint forces like the UK and other countries coming on board. You know, the French had their first fatality yesterday in combat, so they may be getting Increasingly involved. That was an attack in Iraq. I believe there will be some control, possibly escorts going forward, but they're not going to leave these ships vulnerable. Maybe a reinsurance program through the White House or something like that can be done temporarily. But you saw oil back down again, I think to $92 today. But you know, anything can happen, right? Big attacks. I just wanted to bring up to you guys. You know, today is Quds Day and all these forces in the Arab, Sunni and Shun Shia countries. The Quds means Jerusalem. You know, they want to take back Jerusalem, but they won't be marching through the street today with their missiles in Tehran because we've taken 95% and 90% of their ballistic missiles out so far. And everybody's on high alert here and abroad. The incredible events of yesterday and Ramadan ends on March 19. So let's see if more stuff is brewing out there.

[Terrence Bates]

David, you've mentioned on a couple of occasions now how severely the United States has been able to take out Iran's capacity for firing missiles and drones. 90%, 95%, respectively. However, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also saying that Iran still has the capacity to harm friendly forces and shipping. So is that part of the reason we're continuing to intensify the attacks and ramping up those attacks?

[David Zier]

Yes. And today day 13 is going to be the most intense, if not already the most intense, pressure we put and between the US and Israel, I think we've targeted and struck 13,000 targets. The United States striking 6,000. But he also emphasized today that they're going after the defense industrial complex. So once we eliminate these things, they don't have the ability to recreate them. But again, this could take several more weeks to get under control. They're not going to give us a timeline. And I think that there's going to be probably by the end of the weekend there'll be much more significant progress as to the state of their ability to launch more drones and other. I think they're on the ropes.

[David Brody]

All right, David Zier, we appreciate you as always from the Pentagon.

[David Zier]

Thank you so much, everybody. Yes, thank you.

[David Brody]

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[Dr. Gina]

Welcome to American Sunrise.

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[David Brody]

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[Dr. Gina]

The American dream is still alive.

[David Brody]

I'm David Brody.

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I'm terrence.

[Dr. Gina]

And I'm Dr. Gina.

[David Brody]

Welcome back, everybody, to the second hour of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody coming to you from D.C. bring in Dr. G and Wes Pal and T. Bates in our Denver newsroom. Happy Friday to both of you guys. So look, here's the deal, Gina, Terence. We are fighting radical Muslims in Iran, the mullahs, and here at home, as we just said in the open to the show there, we're fighting radical Muslims here at home. This idea that everybody's talking about Israel, oh, Israel, Israel, the Jews, we're fighting radical Muslims. Can we just call it out that this is the biggest threat to America? Not even a question about it.

[Terrence Bates]

And I'll just add, David, it's a holy war. You mentioned it. We've talked about it earlier this week whether I would argue it's a holy war. They're radical and they're fighting for their belief, and we're defending ourselves and trying to eradicate their aggression. That's my take.

[Dr. Gina]

Go ahead, Dr. G. Yeah, I mean, obviously, the attack we saw yesterday punctuates that. There's no question about it. I just think we've got to. I don't know. It's like the two sides that are in this are so dug in on this. And I'm speaking directly about the divide in our nation right now, not the war specifically, but it all ties together, David, as you said. And it's like the two sides are just, I feel like, tone deaf to the other side. And they lose me. Both sides lose me. At a certain point. I am not okay with forever wars. There's no question about that. I don't think we need to be sending all this money to Israel or anyplace else that we send. But I definitely don't ever want to see myself siding with terrorists. For the life of me, I cannot understand that component either, or hatred at a group of people based on really their ethnicity. That's really what it comes down to. And so, not to mention, you know, my grandmother was Jewish, and so I, you know, as a Christian, I just think we got to. We got to. We need Jesus. I mean, I hate to sound trite, and I'm not trying to be. You know, I'm not an evangelical, David. I'm a Calvinist, but we need Jesus. There's no other answer than that right now for any of these questions. It's like the more political problems I see in our world, the more I realize there's only one solution and he's it.

[Terrence Bates]

David, I do want to give you an opportunity. Not that I'm running the show, sorry, but did you take issue with what I said about the holy war? I do want to give you an opportunity to respond.

[David Brody]

Oh, well, I just think that the Molos see this as a holy war. There's no doubt about it. I'm not suggesting, nor is the United States for sure suggesting that this is a holy war. They don't believe that at all. And I don't think it is. From our standpoint, it's not a holy war, at least not publicly. We'll leave it at that. As for what you're saying, Gina, forever wars, endless wars, 100%. But we're not there yet. We're actually in a war to eradicate evil. And so let's have that forever war discussion, but let's wait to see where we are in May, June, July, and where we're going right now.

[Dr. Gina]

I understand that, David, but America has been sold a lot of bills of goods and our young men and women have died because we were going to. This was not going to be a forever war. How many times? Because it was, it was, you know, the nexus of evil. Because they had nukes, because we've been sold this a lot of times. So it's a fair level of accountability to say, hey, don't forget there is a military industrial complex that does have a very vested interest. And there are very powerful people in every crevice of our world of entertainment, of government. The Epstein files exposes that we need to get back to that conversation and we need to learn from it. And we need to say, look, we are not going to sit down and shut up just because somebody we like, by the way, we're going to war. This isn't gonna last forever, because guess what? We've been told that before. And so I think it's fair to ask questions and to give reminders and to be that accountability voice, David. And you've talked about this being that accountability voice that says, hey, just don't forget our appetite for this is not long lived.

[David Brody]

I don't deserve it.

[Terrence Bates]

David and Gina, allow me to interrupt really quickly. We have 55 more minutes to continue this conversation. I promise we will. But we do need to get a quick check of our Forecast meteorologist Tracey Anthony standing by. Tracy, good morning.

[Dr. Gina]

Hey, good morning. You know, sorry I'm losing my voice a little bit here. But over the weekend we've got a few really big weather stories. So I want to make sure we get this out. Winter weather across the north central plains. We're talking 8 to 18 inches of snow, depending exactly where you are. In northern Wisconsin areas. The UP Of Michigan going to get hit the hardest. Fire danger across the plains. We're talking winds clocked in the triple digits widespread. So power companies already cycling power to mitigate risk and prevent fires from spreading. But look at this. There's that snow and on the warm side of this system that's going to impact us Sunday into Monday, we are talking more strong to severe thunderstorms. This is going to be Sunday afternoon and evening. Some of the same areas that were hit hard on Tuesday once again at an elevated threat for tornado potential. This will be an overnight threat. So want to make sure everyone's prepared with those eyes on the end of the weekend. Sunday into Monday morning. That could cause some issues for your morning commute. And then, Terrence, we were talking about it yesterday, but record heat out west that is going to also linger into next week. Areas like LA could be hitting the triple digits by Monday and Tuesday.

[Terrence Bates]

Oh, it's spring break here. I think we might have to plan a trip to la. I like the heat.

[General Dan Kaine]

All right.

[Terrence Bates]

Hope you feel better. Hope you get your voice back. Tracey, always good to talk to you.

[Dr. Gina]

You too.

[Terrence Bates]

All right, let's get back over to David. David, we now have 54 minutes to discuss Islamic extremism in this country as well as the war in Iran. As I promised, we will continue that conversation.

[David Brody]

All right. Appreciate it.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

T. Bates.

[David Brody]

I'll call it Islamic terrorism. I think extremism lets him off the hook. That's something else we can discuss in 54 minutes. All right. All right. Authorities say they've identified the suspect in a violent attack on a Jewish synagogue in Michigan. Law enforcement sources say 41 year old Aman Mohammed Ghazali, a Lebanese born American citizen, allegedly rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield before exiting with a rifle. Armed security returned fire. They killed him at the scene. A security guard was struck by the vehicle and several first responders were threatened after the incident. Officials say the motive still under investigation, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Also, we're following the latest developments at Old Dominion University in Virginia where FBI officials now investigating a shooting which led to the death of at least one person. Authorities say that suspect who was found dead at the scene had ISIS ties and reportedly shouted Akbar before opening fire. ROTC students there intervened and prevented further bloodshed.

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[David Brody]

Joining us now with analysis is CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp. Matt, this is not the first time we have seen this, and that is an understatement. And sadly, we're gonna see more. These are folks that are being radicalized. They're right here in America. And how many times do we have to shout until we're blue in the face about this type of stuff?

[Matt Schlapp]

Yeah, no, that's right. And this is the consequence of the open southern border. I mean, some people think, mistakenly that that was just letting in a bunch of kind of family oriented Latin Americans through our southern border. And what was the big deal? And of course, that was not at all what the policy did. The policy allowed very radical people from 150 countries to come into our country. And, and whether or not this is. These are coordinated attacks or not, these are radicalized American hating people, some of whom who are here illegals illegally, some of whom have been able to regularize their status and are here legally. This person who shot up attempted to have this mass murder event at the university. My understanding he was convicted previously. So, you know, you look at this and you say, my God had once again convicted and let go under the Biden administration. They have made us all very dangerous. And if I could just say one thing with your debate that you're having this morning, that we have to open up our eyes to three things. We are at war. Whether we call it that or not. There are three entities at war with us, let's say it that way. Radical Islam, Jihad is at war with America. Death to the great Satan. America, these cartels to the south of us, they're at war with us. They know they want to do everything they can to destabilize the most important democracy, America. And we're at war with China. It's a long war. People might say it's a cold war, but they have as part of their plan the long term destruction of America. Electing Joe Biden and projecting that weakness imperiled 300 million Americans. We have two wars on two continents because of that weakness. You actually get war, American war, when you have weak leadership. Under Trump, I think we'll have less wars to Dr. Gina's point, because he will project strength. I trust him in Iran to know that this cannot turn into regime change. This cannot turn into American troops on the ground. I think People will be very troubled if that's where it goes. He understands that. But I think that the same, by the same token, there's a realization when you're the President, United States, and you get these briefings and you see, you get told that all of the bad guys are going to be in one room that night and you can wipe out the people that are running the nuclear program. And 20% of the population is keeping all of Iran captive. 20%, the radicalized jihadists who have control and power. You can take them out. That's an awfully tempting thing to do. And that's why the president, I believe, did it.

[Terrence Bates]

I haven't looked. Okay, I'm sorry, go ahead. Dr. Gina, this is you. I apologize, I had a question, but I'll hold it for a minute.

[Dr. Gina]

So what an interesting analysis. I thought 20%, really of the world's most powerful people seem to be running a lot of things Hollywood, parts of government, certainly all of our sex slavery, which is at an all time world high, you know. And as a result, Matt, you know, the base has woken up, CPAC's people have woken up and it has caused great division because I think we're rethinking everything we thought we knew was true. And CPAC is one of the most uniting, really probably the most uniting event we have on the right for us all to come together. And there have been years where it felt like we were one big marching army, right. And it's coming up and we're a week and a half away from the most highlighted conservative gathering in the country. Talk about why this conference is so important for such a time as this.

[Matt Schlapp]

Well, I, you know, the theme is actions, not words. And I think what we have seen is Trump do this amazing thing, get off the campus, campus in Pennsylvania, stand up, up, survive a couple of assassination attempts, stand up against lawfare, blood on his uniform and not stopping. And then you have a bunch of people around him that are very, have become very famous and powerful and wealthy and you know, they're all kind of barking and at each other. And my feeling at this moment is they should do what they want. I'm not criticizing their path on their careers. But in the end, this coalition that CPAC had a lot to do with stitching together. Think about Maha and inviting. We were the first group to invite Bobby Kennedy while he was running as a Democrat for president against Trump. We invited him and said, we actually think you're more close, closer to us than the other side. We did the same thing with Tulsi Gabbard. We did the same thing with Viktor Orban. And I got a lot of crap for inviting this guy they said was a fascist dictator in Hungary when he's been the most brave man in Europe. And we were the first people to invite Donald Trump. Trump. And because we have this tradition of saying we're more conservative and patriotic than we are Republican and that coalition is more fragile than people think. People think it's very easy. You can start throwing bricks at each other, throwing bombs at each other inside the coalition. And I'm more reticent to do that, including criticizing people in the coalition. Because if the coalition fractures, let me tell you something, folks. We're going to lose in November. Half of the cabinet's going to get impeached. They're going to start lawfare all up again. We will not win. It'll get harder to win in 2028. And if America goes left this time with majorities in the Congress and at the White House, with leftists, not Democrats, leftists, they will change everything we know in our country immediately. We will never get it back together. And then I worry where it goes civilization after that. We are talking about very consequential things. I'm not saying it all relies on what happens at the CPAC conference, but the CPAC effort has had a lot to do with saying if you agree with us on basic ideas like the Constitution, like freedom, like cops are good people, not bad people, then join us in this effort. And that's what we're going to rekindle coming a week and a half from now.

[Dr. Gina]

We're looking forward to.

[David Brody]

Hard break. Yes. Matt, thank you so much or I will be there every step of the way. You're the best. Appreciate it. We are back in a moment. But first before we do now, let's talk Medicare because a lot of folks aren't getting the full story. Most Medicare agents push Medicare Advantage plans even when they're not right for you. Why is that? Because that's where the money is for them. But seniors are paying the price and that's what makes chapter different. They're going to walk you through original Medicare, Medigap, Medicare Advantage and Part D with the pros and the cons all laid out so you can make the right call for your health needs. Don't who you know well at this point, her name is Donna. She has no last name. It's like Oprah. She said her chapter advisor walked her through every option and planned and explained everything in a way that she could actually understand in Other words, they dumbed it down, which I'm a big fan of. Plus, they saved her thousands of dollars. All right, if you're on Medicare or will be soon, this is what you do. You call 843M MED help 843M MED help to learn about enrollment options, options and find ways to save. It is free. It's quick. They can review your options in under 20 minutes. Most people wish they had called sooner. We're back in a moment. Everybody.

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Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. Time now to drain the swamp. This morning, we're flushing out George Soros and his influence on our politics. Here's the deal. Senator John Cornyn is promoting a new faith advisory council made up of prominent Texas pastors. However, some of those pastors have signed onto immigration reform principles that support a path to legal status for illegal immigrants. Critics say the group they're associated with has ties to organizations funded by Soros. That's George and Alex. And has previously lobbied for amnesty policies in Washington. So the issue is now becoming part of the runoff battle between Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as both Republicans compete for support from conservative voters ahead of the primary showdown. What do you think about all of this? Let us know on Rumble. Get her. Hop on, then hop off. Then hop back on and let your voice be heard. All right, coming up, we're headed down to Wall street with the opening bell and insight into how to hold on to your hard earned dollars with some common sense. Back in two minutes.

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[Terrence Bates]

I love that last part, Fafo. I just like that term as well. Welcome back, everyone. We're getting you ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. It's set to ring here in about seven minutes. Here's a quick look at pre market trading. As you can see, the top of our board and the major indices, The Dow S P 500 and the NASDAQ looking pretty good right now. The bottom half, not so good. Will of course update you throughout the morning and we'll take you to New York for the opening bell in just a few minutes. Right now though, let's get you over to David. David, good morning.

[David Brody]

Good morning. What does FA FO stand for? Can you spell it out? Oh, never mind. No, don't do that. Okay, I. I think I know. I'm just playing with you.

[Terrence Bates]

Fine.

[David Brody]

No, no, no, no, no. We don't have no delay here.

[Terrence Bates]

Come on. You know you can't tempt me, David. You know I've got no filter. You can't tempt me with something like that.

[David Brody]

Plus, it's a Friday trouble, so we

[General Dan Kaine]

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[David Brody]

That's true.

[General Dan Kaine]

All right.

[David Brody]

New threats from Iran are raising major concerns for global energy markets. Iranian state media now claiming the country's new supreme leader, Mujtaba Khamenei, has vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. Okay, whatever. It's Iranian state media and continue attacks on U.S. bases in the region as the war with the United States and Israel enters Israel its 13th day. The Strait of Hormuz, excuse me, of course, is one of the most critical energy checkpoints and choke points both in the entire world. About one fifth of the world's oil supply passes through that narrow waterway every day. Any prolonged shutdown could send global oil prices surging, impacting everything from gas prices, but also to global shipping and the broader economy. So with that in mind, let's get some analysis with Geltrude and company founder Dan Geltrude, who is with us. Dan, good morning. So let me ask you. We've got Iran's leadership telling the rest of the world to get ready. They're saying it's going to be $200 a barrel. How serious is this threat to the Strait of Hormuz? What would it mean for global oil prices if Iran actually managed to keep those shipping lanes closed? Good morning to you.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Good morning. So we should not take these threats lightly because. Just what you said, 20% of the world's oil production goes through the Strait of Hormuz. So it is critically important that that waterway stays open and oil can flow freely. Now, this is not just an American problem. This is a global problem. So everyone, all the countries around the world have to look at this and take it seriously. Now, Iran is trying to inflict as much disruption as they possibly can, why they cannot win this war. So it's just a matter of time as to when it's over, and we don't know how long it'll take. But what we do know, in this interim period, there is a lot of economic chaos that can be caused, most notably when the price of energy goes up, the price of everything goes up. So we could very well be looking at some significant inflation down the road here.

[David Brody]

All right, so when you say everything, let's drill down on everything. Exactly. Like, for example, I'm thinking about booking a flight to said city sometime in end of May. Yeah, maybe I want to wait on that. I don't know what to do because airline, you know, flight prices, I'm assuming, are going to go up because of jet fuel and all that. I mean, am I right to think that? Like, what do I do? What if people are booking flights and going, you know, what now what do I do?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Well, yes, that, that is certainly a challenge because prices are going to go up. So if you're going to book a flight, you may want to book it today as opposed to tomorrow or next week. Now, of course, certain people have to travel for whatever the reason may be. And yes, they're going to get hit with higher prices. And, and I also want to go back to another threat that Iran has made which we can't ignore. They are threatening tech infrastructure. Now, what I'm going to say to you and all the viewers out there is that that tech infrastructure are the new oil fields when it comes to war. Why? Because economies are running on data centers. Not just energy, but data centers. Everything flows through the Internet now. So if there's disruption in the tech area, that's another area that can produce some economic problems for the globe.

[David Brody]

Oh, wonderful. Thanks a lot, Dan. Really appreciate that bit of good news. No, I know. Don't kill, don't shoot. The messenger, right? Hey, let me ask you this. What have we seen? So oil prices have been what, at this point, as high as what, 120? Has it been higher than that? And do you expect it to? I mean, the Iranians, who cares what they say? In a way they're saying $200 a barrel. But what's realistic? I mean, how high could this go? Do you have any predictions? And I say predictions. I know it's hard to predict, but I mean, what are we talking about here? I mean, what's realistic for in terms of a barrel of oil?

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Well, war is so unpredictable. So I have to qualify any statement with that. But if you asked me what's your best guess on how high this could get? Could it hit 200? Yes, it could.

[David Brody]

I would.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

I would probably cap it at 150 per barrel. But look, eventually Iran is going to be defeated. The threat is going to be taken down. So I'm going to give you some good news. And when that happens, things will return, return to normal. Oil prices per barrel will come down. We will see that at the pumps. And then also we're going to see that on Wall Street. We're going to see the return and we're seeing some of that already this morning. We're going to see the return of value on Wall Street. So if you want some good news out there in terms of what to do, now may be a good time to buy some really good stocks at a discount.

[David Brody]

Good. Good to know. Thanks for giving me some good news. I got the sedative jar here. I was ready to dip in. Dan, we really appreciate your time. Appreciate you as always. Thank you, David. All right, the opening bell. Sponsored by abac.

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[Dr. Gina]

Let's go. All right. Welcome back to American Sunrise. Across America. Many households facing a quiet crisis, they might not even be aware of water systems that are aging. Contaminated hard water systems, chemicals, all the rest of it simply failing us. Even your own shower may be aging your skin or putting contaminants in your body. Research shows that hard, unfiltered water can worsen chronic skin conditions like eczema psoriasis. Here to weigh in on this very concerning issue is home improvement expert Skip Biddell. We have watched him for years helping families on the hit TV show Catch a Contractor. He's also appeared on some of the nation's biggest news shows as an expert contributor on how Americans can improve their homes, keep themselves healthy, keep their families healthy, keep their water safe. It's really, it's foundational. It's fundamental. And people don't even realize. People think, here's the misnomer. People think that if you are drinking bottled water, you're keeping these safe, but you're not. Because even bottled water has pfas of plastics in these forever chemicals in your bottled water. Plus, we know now, Skip, you know, I'm putting nicotine patches on my arm because that prevents dementia or Alzheimer's. And I'm putting all sorts of lotions that have things tell us what we're missing and why this system is so really important.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yeah, thanks so much for having me. Dr. Gina, you are absolutely right, because the skin is the largest organ on the human body, as you know, and it absorbs everything like a sponge. So when we hear about all these contaminants in the water, you know, the lead, the mercury, the arsenic, and now these crazy PFAs. PFAs or the forever chemicals, they're showing up in every state across the nation, coast to coast. Now they're even showing up in America's blood results. So these are confirmed to cause cancer. Very dangerous. And you're right, most people are under the impression that if I only drink bottled water or I filter the water in my home like I have at one of my. My refrigerator or under the sink, that I'm good. But what they're missing and really the false sense of security here is that they don't understand that we take in much more of those contaminants and chemicals through our skin than we ever could by drinking it. When you shower or bathe, a typical shower, let's say 10 minutes, your body can absorb up to 6 ounces of those contaminants, just like your nicotine patches. The reason why is because our skin is so, you know, transmitted. It absorbs all of that good directly into your bloodstream, as, you know, bypasses the digestive tract, and they're highly concentrated when it's in that form, vaporized. Now we're also breathing in those vapors going into our lungs and directly into our bloodstream. So now that we're finding these PFAS and all these chemicals, you know, test results are showing cancer levels. And so many different illnesses are going through the roof over the last number of years.

[Dr. Gina]

One in three people right now estimated to have cancer in this decade. We're doing something wrong, despite all the filters, despite all the things we're doing. So this one's different, though. Tell us.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

It is. Because what this is going to do, it's going to filter every drop of water to every faucet in your home, not just the water that you drink. So we're going to eliminate those problems where you're taking the chemicals through your skin and through the inhalation when you're showering, bathing, even washing your hands, brushing your teeth. We use water for everything. You know, we take it for granted. But it doesn't matter what, where you live or what you do or what you drive. Everybody has to use water all the time, right? So we're exposed to these chemicals and we're missing the boat, you know, we're not protecting. So this filtration system, this is a great system. After doing so much research, being a home improvement contract for 25 years, I've installed every kind of system you can imagine. And when I realized these things and I went down the rabbit hole and I started doing some investigation myself, I'm like, I got to do something to protect my family and the whole house. Water filter is the best way to go because it covers all the bases. Basically, you install a system like this right where the water comes into your home, right by that shutoff valve. And it's just a simple one line in and one line out back to the house.

[Dr. Gina]

So no big plumbing bill here. This is just a matter of literally like 30, 40 minutes for a plumber to install this.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yes.

[General Dan Kaine]

Amazing.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

It's the easiest install ever. And it's going to force all the water that comes into your house to go through this filter first and then then back out to every faucet. And now you're actually getting filtered alkaline drinking water. Alkaline water, you know, is like the best water you can drink. People are paying like 8, $9 a bottle to get alkaline water.

[Dr. Gina]

That's right.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

You're literally getting filtered alkaline water better than bottle of quality water to every faucet. Even when you shower. Eliminating all those harsh chemicals, the things that cause your skin to be dry and itchy, your hair to break and

[Dr. Gina]

be brittle, it makes such a difference. Skip just putting a hard water filter on my shower, which was the first thing I did like 10 years ago, that made a huge difference. But what people don't realize is all of the things that are in our water, it's not just about the hard water. It's not just about the chemicals. Now we have pfas, we have minerals in our water that cause degradation of our systems.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yes. Yep.

[Dr. Gina]

This takes care of literally all of it.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yeah, it does. So the mineral system, like, you know, for years people have been using water softeners, right? And they're usually pretty large, cumbersome units. They're kind of antiquated. Now you have to do a lot of maintenance, keep adding salt to it all the time. That's why you see, like, Costco, these 40 pound bags of salt people lugging around. Nobody wants to do that anymore. This is a new technology. This does the job of a softener. It takes out all those minerals that break down your plumbing pipes, but it also takes out all the harmful contaminants all in one thing. So it's a really great system to have in your home. I installed this in my home house a couple years ago. And you're right, it was like somebody flipped a switch.

[Dr. Gina]

Yes. Over hair. Softer skin is better. People say, what did you do? I'm like, nothing. I just, I'm doing this. This is all I'm doing.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yes, just. Oh, yes, the hair in the skin, you notice right away. And the first thing, the very first shower you take, you don't smell the chlorine and the chemicals. You don't see it on the glass and you don't taste it in the water. It's like just pure water. That's the first thing. But over time I noticed that I was actually feeling better. Like I wasn't, you know, look, we're taking in all this stuff and people complain all the time that we see huge spike in like chronic fatigue, chronic, you know, inflammation throughout the body, brain fog. Everybody's saying like the same thing. And we're exposed to a lot in our environment. You know what they're spraying in the air, all the contaminant, the, all the processed ingredients in our food now. And this, you can't control everything, but this is something that you can be proactive with in your home. You can filter all that garbage out of your water in your home very easily.

[Dr. Gina]

Okay, so let's talk turkey. I want to know how often do I have to change a filter? What's the maintenance on this system?

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

That is a great question because this is really the only system I was able to find that's completely maintenance free. As you can see, it's a sealed tank. So once you set this up, it's literally set it and forget it. And that's one of the things I loved about it.

[Dr. Gina]

Forever.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yes, Being a well forever. There's a, There's a tank 10 year and there's a 20 year warranty. So even on the, even on the, even on the 10 year. For, for a smaller system, you're getting 10 years guaranteed pure water, you know, and that's like over a million gallons of water, more than you could ever use. So they also have a system that has a pump on it that backwashes it. Kind of like a pool filtration System is a 20 year guarantee. So basically you set it and forget it. Once you set it up, there's no filters to change. And that's really what I loved about it. The easy install, zero maintenance. You put it in.

[Dr. Gina]

You know, that's almost unbelievable.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

We have enough things to worry about.

[David Brody]

Right.

[Dr. Gina]

Almost hard for my brain.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

I know. Because we have enough things in life to worry about, especially now. Just turn on the news. It's like, right. We have enough things to worry about. We don't need to worry about poison water for our family. I want it, like, check it off the list. This is it. Set it and forget it.

[Dr. Gina]

Love that. Love that. Okay, so talk to us about these forever chemicals, because this is a really big deal. And this isn't just a big deal in our drinking water. This is, as you mentioned, a big deal when it goes to our skin, our dogs. I lost two dogs to cancer this year. You know, it's a big deal to me that my dogs have filtered water. And I. If that sounds diva, okay, whatever. But that's why I need this system 100%.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Right? So I have 50 chickens, I got four dogs and five cats. I'm a big animal lover.

[General Dan Kaine]

Oh, you're as.

[Dr. Gina]

You're as much as me.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

My wife and I, we only give the dog to know water that comes out of our house system. Right. So we know that.

[Dr. Gina]

Take it with you when you go on vacation.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yeah, you can bottle it. So what's great about the sue is it right under any faucet in your house, just get your little stainless steel bottle or glass bottle you take for the day, you get the best water that you're going to get. But these forever chemicals, you're right, they're in everything. And the reason being is that they're used in the manufacturing process of everything that we have. Everything from our clothes, furniture, textiles, technology, everything that we're surrounded by requires as chemicals in the manufacturing process. And as things grow, as technology goes up, solar panels and batteries for cars and everything, more and more chemicals are needed. And these chemicals now we've seen really at high levels, getting into our groundwater and getting into our homes. The municipalities just can't filter it all out. They just can't. And you can see article after article, story after story, how they're trying to combat these forever chemicals in every state, every municipality. So it's a real. A real problem. And, you know, people ask me all the time, what can I do? I have a filter on my faucet, one in the refrigerator. And I try to remind everybody and. And I too thought the same thing. I was always a guy to filter my water, refrigerator any. Any way I could. Very conscious of it. But once I started doing the research and I thought about the skin, and I'm like. Like this light bulb went off. I had this like, aha, Moment. Like so, like, because when you take a shower, you think it's like the cleanest, healthiest thing you can do.

[Dr. Gina]

Yeah.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

You're not really realizing that you're taking in all of these chemicals.

[Dr. Gina]

Tell us about the system, what's in it.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yeah. So there's multi levels of filtration that the water goes down through this and is forced to come back up through multiple stages of filtration. Also, it goes through a center tube here that ionizes the water and converts it into alkaline. So when it goes in, it strips out all the minerals that are harming your plumbing and causing hard water scale damage to your plumbing. But at the same time, through those multiple levels of filtration, it's also taking out each level takes out different types of chemicals and by the time it gets to the top, it comes out alkaline drinking water that's just pure.

[Dr. Gina]

This is really pennies a day.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

It is.

[Dr. Gina]

You know, all that money we've been spending on the bottled water, which now we've all moved to the boxed water and the glass bottled water, which is even more expensive sometimes 5, 6. I've seen my kids spend like $12 for a bottle of water. What in that? But this is literally pennies a day over the course of 10 years.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

It is. When I look at what I spent on bottled water over the years, it's like ridiculous. It's the reason why the bottled water industry has become nearly $100 billion a year for plastic bottles that aren't even

[Dr. Gina]

putting them out of business. Skip.

[General Dan Kaine]

It's.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yeah, yeah, they're in big trouble right now. You know what's funny about the plastic bottle, what people don't realize when that water goes into the bottle and it goes to a warehouse and then it goes to the supermarket, all in hot trucks. Right. And then you take it and you. Your hot trunk and you put it in your hot garage. And by the time you break a bottle out, put the refrigerator, that water plastic bottle might have been heated up a dozen times. Right. We all know what happens when you heat plastic. No one thinks of this.

[Dr. Gina]

Expands and contracts, but just the chemicals

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

leach out of the, into the water. So the plastic bottled water is definitely not a way to go. If you're going to have to drink bottled water, do it out of a glass bottle, you know, but you can

[Dr. Gina]

get your own glass bottle.

[David Brody]

You can put your own filter.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

This is by far the most cost effective way for pennies a day. You can literally have the best quality water from every faucet in Your home.

[Dr. Gina]

Now, alkaline is really important as well. We've talked a lot about that. How acidic our water has become over the years. I don't know what's caused it, but I know this fixes it.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yes, the chemicals in our water and a combination of a lot of different elements cause the water to be acidic. And as you know, when you have acidic levels in your body, it's also promoting cancer and a lot of other problems.

[Dr. Gina]

Inflammation is the big thing that causes.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

We want to get our body to alkaline. We want to get our blood to alkaline, our body to alkaline. So drinking and also bathing in alkaline water is a really very helpful thing to do, you know, so good for

[Dr. Gina]

the skin, keeps you young. David Brody, on your birthday. So tell us what I'm not asking you. What did I not ask that you want us to know?

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Well, as far as the installation and it's one of the reasons why I really again, being a contractor, I've installed like so many different systems, like hundreds of different types and brands. And when I looked at my own home, I'm like, what's going to be the easiest installation install? Also the size. If you look at the footprint of this, this is like literally like 9, 10 inches.

[Dr. Gina]

Oh my gosh, I can't even believe.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Yeah, so you could, you can literally put this in the smallest little space in the closet. Most people have their, their water systems either in the basement or in the garage. Takes up a lot of space. Like the softeners are big, cumbersome units. The footprint of this is so small, you don't need anything else. It's an all in one thing. So it's a really great system from that regard, the installation and all. Also of course, the no maintenance, you know, that's really my thing.

[Dr. Gina]

Skip 26, that's a QR code. What does that save us?

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Oh my gosh, this is a great time to get one. Because this company, which by the way, I didn't mention this another. And really the thing that put me over the top of it, this is an all American company. They're all 100% manufactured and sold right here in America. Their home offices are Novava.

[Dr. Gina]

So important. Made in America.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

And I'll tell you why, you try to get someone on the phone from any of these other water filtration companies is farmed out across the world. No one speaks English, right? These guys, when you get on the phone with them, you're speaking to a water specialist. They're in your country. They're speaking English. They're going to tell you exactly your zip code, what the problem is in your water. They know water and they make it really easy to get this, you know.

[Dr. Gina]

So the code is skip26. You're going to save some big bucks on that.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

Thousand dollars off right now.

[Dr. Gina]

Thousand dollars off right now. Skip Patel, this is just, this is really exciting. I want one for my house. Definitely.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

And give me your address. Ship one.

[Dr. Gina]

I can't believe that one little system with this small of a footprint for this little money can save lives. Can save lives.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

It really can. In the long term, it can save lives.

[Dr. Gina]

Yeah.

[General Dan Kaine]

Right.

[Dr. Gina]

All right. Thank you so much. Skip 26. That's the code. Saves you $1,000 just today. So make sure you order right now. And we'll be back with more American Sunrise right after this. Thanks.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Let's spill some tea.

[Dr. Gina]

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[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

America. It's time to make some noise. Scan the QR code right now and download the new song God, Grit and Guns by the Truth Bombers. Or search for it on itunes and download it today. In a world filled with chaos and uncertainty, this song is a reminder of something stronger. America's grit, faith and fortitude. From the label that brought you the

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

boss anthem of the free and Somali

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

waltz comes the next anthem, God, Grit and Guns by the Truth Bombers. Scan the QR code and download it now. To our enemies F A F O God greeting guns.

[Dr. Gina]

Remember to scan that QR code though to download this song on itunes for yourself. Joining us now to talk more about this new release is producer and songwriter Brendan Redding and Real America's music producer LJ Fino. Gentlemen, good morning. I love this song. It gets me pumped in the morning to come in and do the show. So full of Energy, Brennan, and really encapsulates that American grit. Tell us about what inspired you.

[Terrence Bates]

Oh, man. Me being a veteran myself, two tours of Persian Gulf, Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and that's what America is about. God gritting guns. That's what it's about.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

That's what we're about.

[Terrence Bates]

I solely believe in that.

[Dr. Gina]

Yes.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

I'm telling you when I'm coming back. When we was coming back from. From the Gulf, you talking about.

[Dr. Gina]

I was in 6th Fleet.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Just since they're talking about a Group

[Terrence Bates]

6 coming back from the Gulf. But you talking about somebody looking at the firepower we have.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

Let's go.

[Terrence Bates]

Don't mess with us.

[Dr. Gina]

Don't mess with us. Don't mess with us. Fafo, Right, lj, this had to be a fun one for you. Working with this one was. Yeah, this was a lot of fun. Yeah, it was a lot.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

So the story goes. Just. I'll give you the Cliff Notes. I'm heading to the studio, Miami. I have this song title in mind. I'm a Sucker for Alliteration Guy Griggums. And this was. You know, you would think we wrote this right after Operation Fury.

[David Brody]

Epic Fury, rather.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

But no, the. You know, the inspiration behind the song was, of course, President Trump, the DoD, Dow, Rather, and what his administration has been standing for. If you listen to the lyrics, you. Like I said, you would think it's about Operation Fury, but really, it's emblematic of what this administration has been doing from a military standpoint and geopolitical standpoint. Not backing down. Peace through strength. That's what this song is all about.

[Dr. Gina]

Yeah, absolutely. And, Brennan, what has the response been?

[Terrence Bates]

Oh, my gosh, it's incredible.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

First of all, I'd like to say

[Terrence Bates]

thank you to my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

[Dr. Gina]

Amen.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

He's like my nephew.

[Reporter (e.g., Michael Gordon)]

For years. For years.

[Terrence Bates]

I mean, for years, this has been. It's just been a whirlwind for me. I mean. Cause it represents our country, and I love my country, as you can see. I love my country.

[Dr. Gina]

Well, I can see that you obviously stood for it, served for it. We thank you for your service and to both of you. We thank you for partnering with Real America's music and giving us a great song. I personally want a lot more country music, so please keep doing it. Brendan Redding, LJ Fino, thank you so much for being with us. And remember to scan that QR code. Let's take this song all the way to number one. Download it on itunes, get this song up, up, up in the charts. There's More American Sunrise after the break. So stick around. Thanks, guys. Have a great Friday. All right. Welcome back to American Sunrise. Thanks so much for being with us this morning. It is time now for the one to watch tarot. What are you keeping your eye on today?

[Terrence Bates]

Well, I'm still unpacking some of what we heard from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the beginning of last hour. He held a press briefing at the Pentagon and lashed out at reporters and the media in general. Here's some of what he had to say.

[Secretary Pete Hegseth]

People look up at the TV and they see banners, they see headlines. I used to be in that business, and I know that everything is written intentionally. For example, a banner or a headline, mideast war intensifies. Splashing on the screen the last couple of days alongside visuals of civilian or energy targets that Iran has hit, because that's what they do. What should the banner read instead? How about Iran increasingly desperate.

[Terrence Bates]

Dr. Gina David, your thoughts on what you just heard from Secretary David? I guess I'll go to you first, since you're chuckling.

[David Brody]

I just think it's funny that he's giving banner suggestions to the media. You know, my banner suggestion, the media would be like if they had a bias headline. It would just be something like, you know, trump administration fumbling Iran war. But we have to admit we are a little biased. Like, that should be their headline, though. That would be a small font to get all of that on. Have you guys seen Colin Jost on Saturday Night Live do the Hegseth imitation? It's phenomenal, by the way. It's so good. It's really cool, huh?

[Terrence Bates]

I haven't seen it either.

[Dr. Gina]

Have not.

[Terrence Bates]

I don't watch Saturday Night Live anymore, though.

[David Brody]

I do. I'm a liberal. Go ahead.

[Dr. Gina]

I do have to admit it is humorous watching Hegseth sort of mock the media and prescribe to them. I just, I think it's funny. Hey, everybody. I want you guys to remember, this includes you, David and Terrence. Remember, Colby says happy puppy Friday, by the way. Go to YouTube right now, right now. And watch the music video for God, grit and guns. Download it on itunes. Drive itunes. Drive it up the charts. Colby says.

[David Brody]

Colby speaks. Colby speaks.

[Dr. Gina]

Colby. Yeah, to my heart. Every day. All right, you guys, War room is up next. Have a great weekend. Happy freedom Friday. Happy Friday, Puppy Friday. We love you guys. Go boldly live the truth.

[Terrence Bates]

Take care, everyone.

[David Brody]

See you.

[Dr. Gina]

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