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Three times a week we do our podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz. Nationwide, we have millions of listeners. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we break down the news and bring you behind the scenes inside the White House, inside the Senate, inside the United States Supreme Court. And we cover the stories that you're not getting anywhere else. We arm you with the facts to be able to know and advocate for the truth with your friends and family. So download Verdict with Ted Cruz now, wherever you get your podcasts. Ahead on American Sunrise, Israel claims it acted alone and is taking Responsibility for firing rockets into Qatar, targeting Hamas leadership. So how is the world responding? More importantly, what President Trump is saying about the situation. Plus, the new ICE operation in Chicago, Operation Midway Blitz continues. As Democrats slam the move, we have reaction. And Democrat Socialist Zorhan Mandami continues to lead the New York City mayoral race. So how is the business world reacting? Ahead, the Southern city that's pitching itself to those businesses. Those stories and so much more as American Sunrise starts right now. Good morning, America. Welcome to American Sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you. Politics. President Trump is joining us live now from Florida. We've got you covered. This is what it looks like to be a patriot. We have to protect the American family. The American dream is still alive. I'm David Brody. I'm terrence. And I'm Dr. Gina. Good morning. I'm Dr. G. We are live with you from the Palm Beaches. Let's bring in David brody. He's in D.C. and Terrence Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning, Dr. N. And David. Good morning. Look, guys, there is so much news to sift through, both domestically as well as internationally. But one of the highlights, if you will, is President Trump going out to dinner with the Cabinet, basically showing that Washington, D.C. is safe again, that it's safe again to go out to dinner, that it's safe again to walk the streets. And, David and Dr. Gina, this is really kind of an overarching theme nationwide in which President Trump is pushing for safety out there. He's pushing for criminals being put away, be they illegal aliens or otherwise. He truly is the president of public safety and he's the law and order president. David. Yeah, for sure. And I think we have some video, if I'm not mistaken, of him being out at the Cabinet meeting. He literally had like a Cabinet dinner in D.C. as you said, T. Bates. And he was confronted by these protesters. Let's take a look at this real quick. Free D.C. free Palestine. Trump is the Hitler of our time. Free D.C. free Palestine. TRUMP is the Hitler of our time. Free D.C. free Palestine. TRUMP is a Hitler. One more time. Okay? Yeah. Okay. You know, the beauty of all of that is Trump, just look at that, at them going really, you know, so calm, so self assured, and probably needed to ask them when are they going to go get their hair dyed blue, Gina? Their hair is probably already dyed blue, David, is my guess. No, what I love is he just kind of stands there, like, looks at him like, like, I hear you, I hear you. Got you. Okay. Now get him out of here. Exactly. I thought it was, it was a fantastic reaction by our president. And you know, gosh, I'm a little crowded going into those D.C. restaurants like that. I can't believe he did that. I just, the guy is just an endless barrage of brave. No, absolutely. On the issue of crime and safety, there's of course that situation. Dr. Gina, we were talking about this this morning. This is a story you're watching very, very closely. The attack of that Ukrainian refugee, a young 23 year old woman stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. We've got this still pict. Just really shows, I think, kind of the shocking nature of this crime. And that is not AI and that is not AI by the way. That's correct. No, this is real life, ladies and gentlemen. This was taken from the cameras on the train itself. But again, this just goes to show how out of control crime has become in some of the major cities. And guys, I know this city well. I lived in Charlotte for many, many years. My girls went to school in Charlotte and I've been on these trains many times. And so it's just shocking. It's shocking for us, I think, as Americans, Dr. G. But particularly for me, someone who's lived in this city and has such a high regard for it, to see something like this happen. Go ahead, Dr. Gina. Well, it's tremendously upsetting for my mother's heart. I know our booker Allison, who's incredible and hosts the show sometimes and a great host as well. She and I were both just so upset about this. I watched the video in its entirety. I don't recommend doing that. But the shocking part of this is the lack of humanity. The shocking part of this is how long it took that that girl laid that precious, innocent 23 year old woman who came here to get away from war, right, and died this violent, brutal death. This one still picture, honestly does it no justice because she laid there and she bled out on a train while no one did anything for so long. It's mind blowing. When you watch the second by second video, which is available on X again, I don't recommend it, but the shock and horror, just let me tell you of all of those minutes while that woman in the red shirt across from her, that gentleman in the shirt just behind her right shoulder on the other side of the aisle did nothing. No one did anything for the longest time. People walked by, looked at her and ran out of the train. And then one man, I think takes a napkin and tries to like dab the blood and just doesn't even know it. He's just so overwhelmed. He's trying to hold his phone and call 911. And then there is a racial component here. And obviously there's the juxtaposition of all of those with Ukrainian flags next to their bios all over social media who haven't even said anything about this. And then you have the news media talking about basically how this poor man was a mental patient and a victim of the system. Excuse me. Arrested 14 times. Right. I mean, this is. This is the most unbelievable story I've seen in the news this year. Most unbelievable. And I just. I don't even know what to say about it. My mind just will not wrap around it. Anyway, let's get to the Bible verse, because that's about the only thing that's going to give us any peace on this particular footage. Genesis 28:15. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you. Well, the U.S. white House says the U.S. was notified by the military of Israel's strike inside Qatar that targeted top Hamas leadership. Here's what Press Secretary Caroline Levitt had to say about that. Well, I have a statement to read for all of you with respect to the Israeli strike in Doha. And here it is. This morning, the Trump administration was notified by the United States military that is Israel was attacking Hamas, which very unfortunately was located in a section of Doha, the capital of Qatar, unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks from with us to broker peace does not advance Israel or America's goals. However, eliminating Hamas, who have profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal. President Trump immediately directed Special envoy Witkoff to inform the Qataris of the impending attack, which he did. The President views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States and feels very badly about the location of this attack. I want to bring in Texas Congresswoman Beth Van Dyne. Congresswoman, I want to get to that, but I want to give you a chance first to make a comment. You know, I had dinner with Daniel Penney, and we'll all remember him from the Jordan Neely case, where he was on the train and he did the vigilante thing and he paid dearly for it. And I talked to him about this. Not since I've seen this, but before that, and his big Concern, too, was what all of ours is, that there would be something like this that would happen, maybe not even on a train, and people would just be so brazen to it. You know, we're in such a clickbait world, Congresswoman, where we're on our phones and we're. And you look and everyone on the train is on their phone. When you watch this footage, no one is paying attention to this girl who's dying there. Is this because we have so misunderstood crime. What can we do about this? Well, we can actually take it seriously. We can encourage our law enforcement instead of demonize them. We can be supportive of people who actually step in and help. What we've done is. You've seen it, you know, with Penny alone. You know, they criminalized him coming to people's aid, and people are now afraid to step in. And we need to stop that. We need to make sure that people understand that we all live together, we are all dependent on one another, especially when we're in our most vulnerable moments, and we should all be stepping up and sticking in there. I don't want to be so. I don't want to be so judgmental on the people that were on that subway that day. I'm not excusing that behavior. But you're on your phone, you see something that happened. I watched that video a number of times, and it was shocking to me how quickly it happened. It didn't escalate. There was no conversation between the two. It wasn't like they came on the train fighting. This just happened. It was just. It was a shock, I think, to everybody that you have to take a second. Did that really just happen? But. So I'm not going to be so critical of the people that were there, except to say that, look, if you see something, say something. We've been doing this, step in if you see somebody who needs help. But that guy should never have been in that position. He should never have been on that train. He should have been either in a facility or. Or he should have been in jail. But to have been let out as many times as he was just shows the failing of that complete system. And where does that lie? That lies in the elected officials who are not holding people accountable, who are not enforcing their law. And that is at a local level. I'm sorry, those mayors. I was a former mayor. I worked very well with our police department. You take all of these dollars from your citizens and your. As a local elected official, the primary use of those dollars should be on law enforcement and first responders they are failing and they're failing miserably. Well, then to that point, what can. And what are you and your colleagues in Congress doing to help bring more funding to law enforcement, to help bring more funding to mental health services, to help bring more funding to the policies of President Trump in order to help when it comes to law and orderly nationwide? Excuse me. Because this is an issue that's nationwide. It's not just isolated to Charlotte. It's not just isolated to Chicago. These are issues that cities across our country are dealing with. No, absolutely. And here's the deal. It's not all about funding. That's the problem. You collect property taxes, you collect sales taxes. You have to prioritize your law enforcement in your budget. The city of Irving, Texas, where I was mayor, we did that. Nearly 60% of our dollars went into our first responders. You are already collecting dollars to do that. This should not be a federal issue where federal dollars are coming in and having to pay because local elected officials are choosing to spend their dollars elsewhere. This needs to be a local effect. But what we can do and what I've actually introduced legislation to do is where you have these cities who are ignoring federal law, who are not supporting their law enforcement officers, you who are, who are, who are basically coming out and proclaiming themselves as sanctuary cities, saying we are specifically not going to even work with federal law enforcement. Why are they getting federal dollars if they're not going to do their basic job? Why are they getting federal dollars? So it's not an issue of throwing more money at it. It's holding these elected officials accountable to do their most basic job, which they took an oath to do when they took that office. Nobody's forcing them to be mayor. Nobody's forcing that city council to run for election. You're going to be in that spot of a lot of responsibility. You need to be held accountable. No doubt about it. And that kind of segues us to Midway blitz in Chicago going on right now. You are a leader on immigration. You have been out front big time down there in Texas and across the country. Curious to get your reaction. I got off with DHS about 20 minutes ago on the phone. They were telling me, because I'm asking for the latest stats of what's going on this week. They say they are compiling those. They'll be released shortly. They're checking out the criminality in terms of fusing all the resources that they have on the streets together. So that's, that's kind of the latest from them. Where are you on this, exactly what's going on. I do believe that you need to work with local law enforcement. I think D.C. is an example of what can happen when you do have a good partnership, when you've got, you know, you have a crime problem, you've got people who are being murdered every single week. And when you work with national law enforcement to work with your local law enforcement, you know, it does have effects. When you're actually, again, enforcing law, when you've got the presence there, you will find that criminals, when they know that they are going to be prosecuted, when you know that they're going to be arrested and held accountable, all of a sudden that acts as a deterrent and they don't commit those crimes. Chicago has for too long allowed these criminals out time and time again. This cashless bail program has been a complete and utter failure. And yes, if I was a mayor and I saw that crime was so out of control as it is in some of these large cities that have been ignoring it for years, you need to get it under control. If that means calling up the president and saying, hey, we need your help, we don't want it permanently. We're not asking for you to come in and, you know, do martial law here, but we need your help just to get it under control. Once it's under control, we will take back over. You've seen it in blue, in blue cities elsewhere at times. You know, Baltimore was, was one of those examples when they realized that they, you know, they had been using their, their other officers for so long and people are quitting. But when that happens, ask for help when you need it, don't deny it. And the reason why they're protecting these, these, these criminal illegal aliens in these cities is all about power. They want to make sure that they keep their population up for numbers on the Congressional district. Gavin Newsom doing it is just another example. You got Christopher in Illinois. I'm so sorry. We're so out of time. Congresswoman, I hate interrupting you because you are fortified and we love hearing from you. So thank you so much for being with us. We'll have you back soon. Thank you. Thanks so much. That's great. All right. Coming up, we check out the hottest headlines from the RAV Newsroom with T. Bates. We'll be at your moment. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because let's be real. Your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG XBoom and for a limited time, save 25%@LG.com with code fall25 bring the boom x boom the US electric grid is approaching a breaking point as demand soars from data centers and home energy use. Our aging infrastructure can't keep up and the Department of Energy warns that without action, blackouts could surge 140 fold by 2030. The good news? 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Wherever you get your podcasts, the association of Mature American Citizens is the conservative voice for Americans 50 and older. AMAC is fighting for the values that you hold dear. Join today. Together we can right the course of America These headlines brought to you by AMAC. The man accused of stabbing and killing a 23 year old Ukrainian refugee on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina is now facing a federal charge. In addition to state charges, the feds are charging the 34 year old with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. Attorney General Pam Bondi says her department will seek the maximum penalty possible and that the accused, quote, will never again see the light of day as a free man. That's him there in the red, about in the red hoodie. This is obviously a horrible, horrible situation, but this is why federal statutes exist. They exist to take care of situations like this because no one should sit in fear when they sit on the light rail. If you sit in fear on the light rail, you sit in fear when you walk around the streets of our center city like I do every day. You sit in fear when you go to our perks, like I do with my daughter every weekend. You sit in fear at our sporting events, our entertainment venues, at concerts, at restaurants, at our museums. These are all the things that we have worked as a city so hard to build. We built a city that people want to live in, but we can lose that all if we allow violent crime like this to go on in our streets. And I'm here to tell you the federal government is going to save our city from that. That was U.S. attorney Russ Ferguson. The accused killer also faces first degree murder charges in state court. That's a quick check of your headlines. Weather Nation's Tracey Anthony standing by now with a quick check of your nationwide forecast. Tracey, good morning. Good morning, Terrence. Across the country going to start you off with some temperatures for the day today. We're starting to level off. So the east coast is warming up and out west temperature temperatures starting to become a little more mild. So seasonable feelings across the country. Now there's a few trouble spots for rain, Florida being one, but then also the Pacific Northwest. Now both of these areas are expecting to be impacted by several systems over the next few days. As for Florida, it is a stalled out boundary that just lingers into the start of the weekend. So brace for the potential for some flooding. But very tropical like downpours expected for Florida now they could pick up up to about 5 inches of rain. Now want to do a quick check in with the tropics. We do have Kiko that continues to weaken as it pushes north of Hawaii. So those impacts are going to continue to decrease. And relatively calm and quiet out across the Atlantic, which is very rare for this time of year because we're right into peak of Atlantic hurricane season. So this is abnormally quiet. And you know, you kind of start to think, is this the quiet before the storm? Terrence Nicely played, Tracy. The quiet before the storm. I like that. Israel tried to eliminate Hamas leadership with the strike on Qatar's capital city. Coming up, we'll assess the global fallout. More American Sunrise coming your way in two minutes. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG X Boom. And for a limited time, save 25%@LG.com with code Fall25 Bring the Boom. Xboom the US electric grid is approaching a breaking point. 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I don't know just me, but I think you can just write that script every single day ever since President Trump has taken over as the 47th President of the United States. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. By the way, join us on YouTube. Just go to YouTube, type in real America's voice, type in American Sunrise. And we are there live. Also, Getter Rumble. What am I missing? Samsung TV plus, Pluto, all that stuff. All right, Israel says it acted alone in the strike inside Qatar where they targeted top Hamas officials hiding out in the lap of luxury in that Middle Eastern country. Qatar slammed the strike, calling it cowardly, and added it's not going to tolerate reckless and irresponsible Israeli behavior. The Trump administration says the U.S. was notified of the strike ahead of time by the US Military. For more, let's bring in former CIA covert operations officer and the host of the President's Daily Brief podcast. That would be Mike Baker. Mike, I mean, Look, I got 97 and a half questions here. There's a lot going on. Let's go here. Yeah, exactly. Look, the White House, I get it, right? They don't want to jeopardize their relationship with Qatar because we got this big American base there. There's economic cooperation. They provide a conduit to deal with terrorist groups like Hamas and the Taliban, et cetera. I got that. But the truth of the matter is Qatar has been complicit in their support for Hamas. I mean, they blamed Israel for October 7th. They sent a couple billion dollars over to Hamas. Okay, I'm sorry, it's a. To the Gazans. Give me a break, okay? Give me a break. Stop that. And they made a nice home for their leadership there in Qatar. So this puts the White House in a pickle, if you will. Good morning, Mike. What do you say? Yeah, it's a. It's a pickle. It's a conundrum. Look, this is not unusual for some of the countries that we deal with to be playing both sides of the equation. So whether it's the Qataris or, you know, at times, whether it's Turkey or others. So we're used to that where we understand it. But look, the. The Israeli government is responding essentially to the Latest attack by Hamas. Right. Just the other day, they, a couple of Hamas operatives went in and shot up a bus stop in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish area in Jerusalem, killed six. And I think the Israeli government's calculation was, you know, enough is enough. We have to go after those that are actually responsible at the top of this. They've known that these leaders are betting Qatar. Now, you know, is Qatar a sovereign nation? Of course it is. Right. So do they have a right to be upset? Of course they do, but this is the real world, and so they're gonna have to pull out on their big boy pants and, and deal with it. The Israelis have decided that they're operating on this on their own. Right. They don't care at this stage of the game what the international community thinks. They are surrounded by enemies. They have been for a long time, and it's an existential threat for them. So they've decided that Hamas has to go. And these operatives, these individuals that they took out or struck in Qatar were at the top of the Hamas leadership game. And by the way, were wealthy individuals who had bled billions out of the supposed aid for the Gazan civilians over the years. Mike, I also want to talk to you about the new DHS operation in Chicago called Operation Midway Blitz. This amid getting rid of illegal aliens in the city. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city did not get any notice on the operation. Mike, when we look at the horrors of, like, what just happened on the train, how far can the administration go here? Yeah, they're in, I don't want to say unchartered territory, but they're getting close. It's unusual. And I think, once again, the Democrats find themselves on the wrong side of this because they can't help themselves. Right. If this was the Biden administration or the Obama administration, and they said, look, we want to offer up federal resources to assist with the crime issue because you're understaffed in law enforcement and because clearly your policies have not been working. The Democratic leadership in Chicago and elsewhere would have slobbered on themselves trying to show their fealty to the Democratic administrations. But because it's Trump, everything has to be contrarian. And so it puts them in this optic of saying, no, we don't need your help, we don't want your help to reduce crime. You know, this crime is ours, and we're quite okay with it. I think, you know, the administration, again, it's a difficult area and they're going to get legal pushback here, but I understand their thought process. I think they're on the right side from a perception perspective, the constitutionality of it will be decided elsewhere. Mike, I want to quickly get back to this strike in Doha. Was that sort of aggressive posture from Israel long overdue? Particularly given that Israeli leadership has said from the very beginning that eradicating Hamas is the goal. And this was in my mind a very good first start, which probably could have happened months ago. Yeah, it could have happened quite some time ago. Now look, I think that from an operational perspective, sometimes it's, you know, you know where your enemy is, you've got the intel resources to monitor them, to gather intelligence on them. So, so there's value sometimes in saying we're going to leave that, that, that element alone over, you know, and that's what's happened for quite some time because those individuals from Hamas have been housed in the Qatar for quite some time. But again, I understand why the Qataris are up in arms. You know, it's a little silly for France or others to get out there and self righteously proclaim their, their frustration and anger with this. Right? They're just doing, that's performative art on the part of most of the international community. They're playing to their internal political base because it, you know, it doesn't cost them anything. You know, the, the Israelis are the one dealing again with this existential threat. And so as you're absolutely right, you know, they've got to get to a point where whatever the, the peace plan looks like, it doesn't include Hamas in any way. Right. So they have might have to deal with this problem. Mike, if I could just kind of ask you a follow up here because it seems to me that at the heart of this for Israel is self preservation. That's what this comes down to. And so forget what the rest of the world or anybody else has to say. Israel has got to move forward aggressively, it seems to me to eradicate Hamas, to do away with all of Hamas. Otherwise there is never going to be peace, there is never going to be peace of mind for the Israeli people. Right? I think you're absolutely correct. Look, it's the international community again is going to be up in arms, but they always are, right? And Hamas is played that for years they've understood, they've got a fairly sophisticated understanding of messaging. Right. And so they've been able to capture the narrative. Look, the international community was horrified on October 8 after the attacks by Hamas into Israel. It started this conflict, but shortly thereafter the international community was up in arms with Israel. Right? So once again the narrative had turned in part because Hamas is good at doing that. But right now, I think the calculation again has been for some time that Israel doesn't care anymore. Right. They have to deal with this. And look, you're right, you're not going to get long term, long term peace or stability in the region as long as you've got these proxies that have all been built by Iran and supported by Iran and trained by Iran and resourced by Iran. So ultimately, yes, Hamas is the issue. But above that, we've still got a problem. We've got the Iranian regime, the mullahs and their, you know, Revolutionary Guard corps, the irgc, that ultimately sits on top of this whole problem. Mike Baker, great to have you. Such great analysis as always. We appreciate you. Yeah, thank you. Thanks, Mike. Take care, guys. Coming up. Yep, one controversial drug now being tested as a way to treat anxiety. What drug is that exactly? We're going to talk about it next on American Sunrise. Back in a moment. Everybody stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with The Ultra Durable LG XBoom Portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG XBoom and for a limited time, save 25%@LG.com with code Fall25. Bring the Boom XBoom. 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Welcome back to it's right across the peninsula, but I never get over there. Welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. G. Thanks for joining us. Time now for today's health news and is sponsored by the Wellness Company. And under the microscope today. You know, they're using it for PTSD with veterans. But here is a new and shocking study that could help reduce anxiety for all Americans. A new study conducted to see if LSD, also known as acid, can help treat anxiety. Nearly 200 adults between 18 and 74 years old took a single oral dose of LSD over several weeks. They found that those receiving the highest doses after four weeks had lower anxiety. And then at 12 weeks, 65% of those patients who took the 100 microgram dose showed improvements, while 50% reported total remission of anxiety. You guys, this is big news. The DEA classifies LSD as a Schedule 1 drug, which means it's considered to have a higher potential for abuse and no accepted medical use whatsoever. 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We're gonna talk about that later in the show. Yeah, we need to unpack that. Regarding Big Pharma, right? Yes. And yeah, definitely looking forward to that. Also, I missed the 10%. So thank you for bringing it back while you were gone. I just missed it. So thank you. All right, over to New York City now, where Democrat socialist Zoran Mamdani has a massive lead in the mayoral race. According to a New York Times Siena College poll, 46% said they would vote for Mamdani. Then you've got former New York governor Andrew Cuomo distant second. He's only got 24%. And then you've got GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa coming in with 15%, the mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, as a message to New York City businesses, should Mamdani win, he says come to the Sunshine State. Mayor Scott Singer tells the New York Post that he has had many discussions with prominent businessmen to move to Boca. Singer also said the city has financial services firms with strong presences in the city. Boca has no income or business tax. And that's what I'm talking about. All right. Joining us now is the man himself. That'd be Boca Raton. Raton Mayor Scott Singer. Mayor Singer, thanks for being here. Appreciate it. You're also the chair, by the way, of the America First Policy Institute's Mayoral council. We should point that out. So what do you think? I mean, a mom Donnie win going to be Bad for New York, but hey, good for Boca business. What sort of plans are underway there? Good morning to you. Good morning. Thanks for having me. We're going to make lemonade out of the lemon that New York voters may give themselves in November. They're going to be driving business businesses out, high net worth individuals and job creators. And we're trying to attract them at Boca Raton to join our ecosystem. We have more than 40 publicly traded corporate headquarters already and since the primary win and it has continued, we're getting inbound calls and interest and I'm having lots of conversations with executives about moving corporate headquarters and C suites to Boca Raton. Are you already seeing some of that movement? My daughter Lyda Guilfoyle lives there in Boca and she says that she sees already an explosion of businesses and that when she goes into these businesses, a lot of times they have come from New York. Yes, we've been attracting people to Boca Raton from other parts of the country for decades. And it really picked up after Covid, when people were fleeing high tax, high regulation, closed down cities and they wanted to come to a place where there was no state income tax, where we have the lowest property tax rate of any full service city in Florida and great services. And that's continued. But I think we're going to see an acceleration after November and people from other cities are coming here too. We launched a campaign called nytaboca.com right after the primary and within the first week we got inquiries from 10 different states, thousands of people clicking on our website. And we're trying to follow up with those job creators. California too, by the way. California too? Yeah, A lot of transplants, businesses from there. Go ahead, David. I just wanted to follow up real quick because if you think about it, socialism has been now good for capitalism. I mean, in a way it's kind of a situation, you know, it's like. And so to that end, you wonder if Mamdani, which would be horrible for New York, but if it's one step back to go two steps forward, in other words, shine a light. The disinfectant, right? You know, let him institute these policies. The New Yorkers, if they vote for it, they deserve it anyhow. But let them institute these. Let him institute these policies and expose the socialism, the communism, the Marxism for what it is. I guess every generation we have to go back with these tired ideas. I remember the fall of the end of the Cold War, end of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall. And I thought that it was a Death knell for communism on a wide scale. And yet a generation later, these Marxist ideas have percolated. They're getting to young people and it's something we're going to have to deal with. I do hate to see it. Candidly, I don't like any city in America having a socialist bent. But some of these ridiculous ideas are only going to have the opposite effect. He wants to lower the cost of housing, but then puts a cap and tells private developers you can't build. That makes no sense. You need a free market solution in Boca Raton. We're an affluent city, but we've also provided a mechanism for affordable housing. So we have housing creators providing more homes for the talent we're trying to attract as we get younger and grow our business base. Mayor, I just want to give you a chance to comment because we had Congresswoman Beth Van Dyne on the show a little earlier. We were talking about what mayors can do to prevent crimes that like we saw obviously on that subway. We were all so horrified with a poor Ukrainian 23 year old girl who had come here to escape war and lost her life in the process of riding a subway. But you know, my kids and I, we go out in Boca a lot of times to dinner. I'll even go to clubs with them sometimes and we feel completely safe. What have you done? What's your advice to mayors and cities? What are they not doing that could prevent such horrific crimes? Well, it's simple. You invest in public safety. We've got the finest police officers and firefighters around. We have one of the highest starting salaries for police officers in the nation, which has allowed us to retain and attract the best talent. We have a Boca way of policing. Our crime rates were at 40 year lows. They've only dropped. While you see other cities with great spikes in crime and it's just going back to the basic policies. People were talking about defunding the police and now are some and other mayors are trying to run away from that record. That's why I'm proud to not only govern this way in our city, but work with mayors from across the country as part of the AFPI Mayor's Council, where we're trying to bring common sense policies and see that good policy in Washington like border security has an impact in our communities by getting fentanyl off our streets. So those ties are important. And if we exchange best practices and just focus on governance, great safety, attract businesses, make it easy for people to do business and live in a city and then you can invest in great quality of life. It's a simple recipe and it makes for a very nice city. Mayor Scott Singer, thanks for what you're doing here in Florida and thanks for your time today. Thank you. All right. A high school principal in Alberta, Canada, reportedly targeting students and local teachers for speaking against trans ideology. We're going to break that down next here on American Sunrise. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG x boom. And for for a limited time, save 25%@LG.com with code fall25 bring the boom x boom. 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You know, Dr. G, I am not a mother yet. I dream to be one day. If I was in this situation, I would have to pull my kid out of the school. I mean, this is just craziness. Yeah, and that's the answer. I mean, homeschooling is obviously happening more and more all over the country, becoming more and more mainstream. I remember when I homeschooled People were like, well, how will you socialize your children? I'm like, oh, boy. Gotta explain the S word again. That's what we call it in homeschooling, the S word. But you know, the thing about it is when parents are active, Terrence, I think, is a great example of this. That's why I'd like him to speak to this. When you have a school system where the parents are extremely involved on the daily right. We hear Terrence on the phone on commercial talking to his girls, telling them what to say to their teacher, going over their test stuff with them. When you have parents who are that involved, schools can't get to this place, right, Terrence? Yeah, yeah. I think what you call me is a helicopter parent. I'm not so sure that you almost have to be these days, involved. I didn't mean to say that, but you almost have to be. And actually, Terrence, I think you're exemplary. Yes. Well, thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. I do believe, you know, that you've got to be involved. And I come, you know, I guess you parent by example. My parents parents were both educators and my dad actually was my assistant principal. He even had to suspend me. But that's a whole nother story. Oh, yeah, that's a whole nother album. Okay. Yeah, that's a whole drop bomb and moves on. Yeah, I'll tell you guys that story in the break. But the point is, I think as parents, it is incumbent on each and every one of us to be involved. And education, I think for our kids and what happens in the school is transferable to what happens outside. I think it's more important to be an example and involved in our kids lives and to be responsible for the education they get at home and outside of the classroom. That way, once they go to the classroom and whatever happens at school, hopefully they'll already be prepared for that. I hope that makes sense, David. Yeah, it does. And from a free speech standpoint, let's also just remember that what's up with free speech in Alberta, Canada? Hello, you've got the premier there, Danielle Smith. She's part of the United Conservative Party. She's conservative. But you've got the Canadian Charter of Rights out there in Alberta which guarantees free speech. And I'm putting that in air quotes because it's limited. And what that means is, is that they can pass laws, for example, they've passed a law. It's called the Alberta. I have it here, the Alberta Something act that basically says, except if it's hate speech Right. And here we go down the hate speech line lane. So once again, this is the type of stuff they're gonna have to clean up in Alberta. So I'll be right over to Alberta. I'll take a four and a half hour flight and I'll be there because I need to talk to somebody. Give them all the tips on how they can improve. Yeah, yeah. They'll be like, who are you? Get away. Yeah. Thank you so much for noticing, Dr. Gina. I really appreciate that. I'm humbled by that. Thank you so much. I will say, Terrence, every time that I hear you talk to your girls, it makes me smile as well. My parents used to do that with me and make sure. Did you get your homework done? Are you talking to this teacher? So it's. You should be really, really proud of that, Terrence. Well, thank you, guys. I really appreciate it. Those are daddy's babies. Aw. So sweet. So sweet. All right. We do have a whole lot more coming up on American Sunrise. President Donald Trump is putting faith front and center. His new initiative, America Praise, aims to defend religious expression, including prayer in public schools. We'll discuss next with Braden Sorbo. Stay with us. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because, let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG XBoom. And for a limited time, save 25%@LG.com with code Fall25. Bring the Boom XBoom. The US electric grid is approaching a breaking point. As demand soars from data centers and home energy use. Our aging infrastructure can't keep up. And the Department of Energy. She warns that without action, blackouts could surge 100 fold by 2030. The good news, One solution is already here. Propane. It's American made, stored on site and always ready. Powering homes and businesses with cleaner, reliable energy that doesn't depend on the grid or the weather. Learn more@probane.com support for today's show comes from Sonos. You know what makes draft day even better? Surround sound. That hits harder than a sleeper pick in the 12th round. I just hooked up the Sonos Arc Ultra, and let me tell you, this thing booms crystal clear highs, deep bass, and it looks sleek enough to sit next to my fantasy draft board. Whether it's game day or mock draft night, Sonos makes every moment feel like a stadium experience. Trust me, your fantasy team deserves elite Sound upgrade with sonos@sonos.com this is for guys who like being guys. We're public rec and we make clothes that are lightweight, breathable, that look good and feel great even for summer golf with our new Medina series. Shop now@publicrec.com radio public rec. I'm Ben Ferguson. And I'm Ted Cruz. Three times a week, we do our podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz. Nationwide, we have millions of listeners. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we break down the news and bring you behind the scenes inside the White House, inside the Senate, inside the United States Supreme Court. And we cover the stories that you're not getting anywhere else. We arm you with the facts to be able to know and advocate for the truth with your friends and family. So download Verdict with Ted Cruz now, wherever you get your podcasts. God bless the usa. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Welcome back to American Sunrise. It is time now for our Moments of Faith, brought to us by Lee Greenwood and the God Bless the USA Bible in focus Today, President Trump is putting prayer back in the spotlight, announcing a new initiative this week called America Prays. He's calling on schools, communities, and homes to embrace religious practice in public life. The plan aims to protect prayer in public schools and defend religious freedom and encourage what Trump called the moral rebuilding of the nation. Joining us now is someone who's been speaking out on these issues for years, actor and author Braden Sorbo. Braden, thank you so much for joining the show this morning. Your new book, Embrace Lifting Men up in a World that Pushes Them down, takes on culture wars, faith, and the role of men in modern society. So let's start with this. You know, we had a Catholic president, Joe Biden, for four years never doing anything like this. Now we see President Trump calling America to pray. Is this a turning point for faith in America? It certainly is. And I want to say people obviously can claim whatever they want, just like Nancy Pelosi claims to be Catholic, but the Bishop of San Francisco denied her communion. And that's really what we need. We need people who are strong in their faith to help correct the the wrong turns that our government has made. We know in the Bible it says to not even associate with people who bear the name Christian Brother in Christ, but are drunkards, are liars, are cowards, are adulterers, are greedy. We, we know that this is something that we should be practicing. And yet it unfortunately has taken this long for us to start doing it. But I am Incredibly grateful that the turning point has come. And as a Gen Z or myself, I know that there are plenty of people in my age, in my generation, who are excited to see this as well. Yeah, I'm in the Gen Z generation right there with you. And I've seen such a turning point for young people in this country. People are going to church, they're talking about faith, reading the Bible. It's really, really great to see. And I think President Trump gets a lot of credit for that at the federal level and having that inspiration and example be on such a high stage. But, Braden, tell us more about your new book, embrace Masculinity. What can men take away from this, especially young Gen Z men? Well, the book is a deep dive and a deconstruction into the Western values that built our nation and how we no longer are celebrating them, so to speak. And so what I wanted to do when I wrote the book was create a guide for young men who are feeling disenfranchised by the establishment and allow them the opportunities that I also wish that I had in the sense that we want the American dream, we want that we desire to get married, to have kids and to protect our family. That. That is all men want, really. Nothing more. You can measure a man's success by that. When I die, it doesn't matter how much money I have. It doesn't matter the type of car I drive or, you know, how many bedrooms my house has. What matters is the legacy that I leave behind him. Primarily, that is my family. And so. So I wanted a guide that was practical. I wanted something that people could relate to, that they could understand coming from the perspective of someone who grew up in the same world that they're currently experiencing. And so in the book, I discuss everything from pornography to the dating scene to the church to. To the necessity of fraternity, the beauty of marriage, the deconstruction of art, and how that has directly impacted society as a whole, because we know there is an objective beauty in the world. When God created the world, he created beauty. Truth and objectivity are all one in the same. And so when we started to deconstruct art, we modernized the world and we detracted. We made beauty subjective. And we can see where that's led us. And so what I wanted to do was create a guide not only for just men, but a checklist and a discernment tool for women. Are the people that you're surrounding yourself with, are they matching the characteristics and qualities of that I outline in the book? Because if they aren't you might want to check it. Braden Sorbo, thank you so much for joining American Sunrise and everyone. Go check out his book. It sounds like there's a lot of great tips in there. Yes, thank you. Sorbo Studios.com is where they can get it. They can sign up for our newsletter as well. All right, thanks again. Appreciate you. We'll be back with the second hour of American Sunrise in just two minutes. Stick around. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with The Ultra Durable LG XBoom Portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG XBoom and for a limited time save 25%@LG.com with code 4 fall 25 bring the boom x boom. The US electric grid is approaching a breaking point. 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Coming up on this second hour of American Sunrise. President Trump is cracking down on lawless in Chicago with Operation Midway blitz, sending ice to target illegal immigrants and take back the streets. All the while, Democrats and activists are complaining. Many Americans are saying it's about time someone stood up for law and order. Though we've got the very latest from the Windy City. Bold strike. Far from the war zone, Israel confirms the precision attack on Hamas leaders in in Qatar's capital Doha. It's the first known operation there where Hamas has long operated freely. Details of Israel's mission to take out the Mastermind of the October 7th attacks. And later, a disabled Vietnam veteran is under attack, fighting to keep his Trump is my president banner flying his struggle. And so much more is ahead right now on the second hour of American American Sunrise. Good morning, America. Welcome to American Sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you. Politics. President Trump is joining us live now from Florida. We've got you covered. This is what it looks like to be a patriot. We have to protect the American family. The American dream is still, still alive. I'm David Brody. I'm terrence. And I'm Dr. Gina. And welcome back, everybody, to the second hour of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody coming to you from D.C. let's bring in Dr. G in West Palm T. Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning to both of you. You know, we've been talking a lot about the Charlotte light rail brutal, horrible killing. And Gina, you were so eloquent at the top of the first hour. And I'm sure you'll be in this hour as well. We have some breaking news here to share with you. President Trump just putting this out on Truth Social. I'll read it to you. The animal who so violently killed the beautiful young lady from Ukraine who came to America searching for peace and safety, should be given a quick there is no doubt trial and only awarded the death penalty. There can be no other option. Three exclamation points. President Donald J. Trump. Gina, your reaction? Yeah, I don't know. Drawn and quartered. I literally just, I cannot believe the brutality and the callousness of this individual. And, you know, if he's mentally ill, then let's have the conversation about what is more humane for people. Because I'll tell you something, here's another place where I've been proven wrong in my political walk. It is that I took part in deinstitutionalization. I was a huge advocate of it because I worked in mental institutions for different. Various internships for my degrees and whatever. And I saw people like my Samuel in mental institutions. That is wrong, but that doesn't mean it's wrong. Straight across the board, right. This person should have been in a mental institution to keep harm from himself and certainly from others. And we've just, we've done away with that in our society. We've gone way too far in favor of criminals. And as a result, this is what we have. And the blood is on our hands. And I was in the chat, David and Terrence, and someone was telling me, oh, this happens all the time. This one just happened to get national attention because she was Ukrainian, but it happens all the time. This kind of brutal murder just on our streets. Apparently there was a veterinarian someone mentioned that was murdered in the same way. What I still can't believe, and I think what perhaps congresswoman hadn't seen, is the video in its entirety. Because when you watch the entirety, it's not just that people stood aside while the guy was stabbing her. I have to tell you, if I'd been sitting next to her, I'd have been scared to death. I probably would have frozen in panic too. I'm talking about after he was off the train, how long it took anyone to come to her aid. That was just extremely upsetting to me. Wow. No, I think that's fair. And I think that the suspect in this case is going to be tried by a jury of his peers and whatever verdict they return should be a just will be a just verdict. At least that's my hope. Guys, let's get to some other headlines of the day. Poland, and by extension its NATO allies could be one step closer to war this morning after Polish and Dutch fighter jets shot down four of 19 Russian drones that entered Poland Polish airspace. The country's prime minister says that Poland is at its closest to open conflict than at any time since World War II. This marks the first time Russian drones have been downed over Poland, which is in the midst of a years long war with neighboring Ukraine. Russian Ukraine, of course, that would be. Many are questioning whether the drones are a Russian escalation meant to test NATO's response in a statement, Polish Prime Minister Daniel Donald Tusk saying, quote, I have no reason to claim we're on the brink of war, but a line has been crossed and it's incomparably more dangerous than before. We'll continue to monitor this situation. In the meantime, there is chaos in France this morning as protesters there are rioting in the streets across that country. At least 200 people have been arrested so far, and demonstrators are clashing with police. 80,000 police officers have been deployed, which is considered an unusually strong show of force. Today's protest comes as the French government appears to be in disarray. President Emmanuel Macron just installed a new prime minister. Continuing the carousel of French prime ministers. There have been at least four in the last two years, with the outgoing minister lasting just nine months. One of the key issues plaguing the French government is its outgoing of control debt and inability to tame that debt. That's a quick check of your headlines. We'll, of course have more headlines, including your economic headlines, a little bit later. But now let's get you back over to David. Okay, appreciate that. T. Bates. Tensions rising in Chicago as President Trump's Midway blitz immigration crackdown hits the streets. ICE agents have made multiple arrests targeting illegal immigrants with criminal records. And we should point out, about an hour ago or so, I spoke to someone at Department of Homeland Security, and they tell me some actual statistics will be out soon. But they're trying to compile it all and then they will release it. Of course, you've got Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago there and Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker, who are calling the operation reckless and militarized. The White House says it's about protecting communities, of course, from sanctuary city lawlessness. More arrests are expected, and our own Ben Berkwam is on the ground in Chicago. He was confronted by protesters. Look at Ben. Take a look at this. It's unbelievable. Guys, this is the problem. I just want to make sure the media understands this is only happening because of these activists. The only reason that CPD is out here wasting all of these resources is because you have leftist activists. Chicago. It's about Chicago. This guy, this guy threatened federal agents. Said, said the Second Amendment goes both ways. Second Amendment goes both ways. So this guy threatened federal agents. How many criminals you want to keep? Rapists. Rapists, Murderers? How many? And it goes on and on. Amazing stuff. For more, let's bring in the man himself. That'd be Ben Berkwam, the brave patriot who joins us. Brent, are you in Chicago? I'm assuming you're in Chicago. Is that where you're at? Yeah. Yeah. Good morning. Yeah. Just finished up three days of operations with ice. We've got a special press conference coming up a little bit later on a different topic. I'm heading to that right now, and then I'll be back out tomorrow as these Midway Blitz operations continue. But, you know, you mentioned Brandon Johnson and Governor Pritzker saying President Trump and ICE are creating chaos. It is Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson's policies that have created the chaos in this city, and it is people like those activists. That scene you just played was after we had. I'd been with ice, we had embedded with ice. We had staked out a criminal illegal alien who had been charged and convicted multiple times for very serious crimes. And I can't even get into the crimes right now because we don't want to blow who they're actually still going after. That guy is still at large today because of those leftist activists who are incentivized, encouraged, and even profited or paid for by BRANDON Johnson and Governor Pritzker and these leftist NGOs that are being paid for with taxpayer dollars. It is criminal. It's absolutely criminal. And ICE is out there going into these communities. The only reason they're having to go into these communities, for many of these, the worst people in our society are because this is a sanctuary jurisdiction. It's a sanctuary state that lets criminal illegal aliens out of the jail back into the communities. You want to stop the chaos, Brandon Johnson, you want to stop the chaos? Governor Pritzker, let ICE go into the jails and pick these guys up when you have them in custody. Ben, I want to tread lightly here because you made it quickly, you've made it clear, excuse me, that you don't want to release too much so as to warn some of the criminals who are still being sought. But I think perspective is very important, particularly in this day and age. And I'll watch your back as well. I don't know what's going on, but I'll kind of keep an eye out for whatever's behind you as well. But I think it is important for our viewers to know the kinds of people, the specific kinds of crimes that these ICE agents are going after. They may already have been arrested. I think that perspective is critical. Yeah, we caught one yesterday that had a rape of a family member under the age of 18. We got a child molester. We've got two guys from Kyrgyzstan. You've got multiple illegal aliens from Islamist countries that are Here that have no allegiance to America, that support Sharia law, murderers, rapists, you go down the line, multiple dui, manslaughters, it just goes on and on and on. Every single one of these people victimizing not just American citizens, but other illegal aliens, these same hypocrites that say they care about so called migrant communities send the criminal illegal aliens back into the inner city in one of the most dangerous cities, not just in America, but in the world, back into those communities to victimize American citizens, but also the illegal alien population that are so called innocent. They all need to go. They're all illegal aliens here. But what ICE is doing is targeted enforcement. They're going after the worst of the worst. When you see these rap sheets, guys, it will blow your mind. One had over 40 convictions. 40. It's just, it's out. It's insane. And the fact, and I go around and I ask everybody what crimes are okay, guys, are you okay with this crime? Are you okay with this crime? Are you okay? And, and these guys will not, they will not say any crime. They don't want anyone deported. And the reality is, yes, the illegal aliens got to go. The criminal illegal aliens, the, the worst ones got to go first. But our biggest threat in this country are the enemies within legal citizens and illegal aliens who are also fighting us in the streets to stop ICE from doing their jobs. And the politicians like Governor, Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson. Yeah, the rhetoric on the left, Ben, is really out of control on this and not really on the side. I don't think of most American people, except maybe some coastal elite leftists. But I don't know if you saw the interview between Mika Brzezinski of Morning Joe and, and that's on msnbc, of course, and, and Tom Holman, but he took special exception to her saying, you're disappearing innocent people, people who've been here paying taxes and in some cases even in the military for 20 or 30 years. Ben, are you seeing any of that? Is this just a line of the left? Where is this coming from? Because this is what is being propagated by the left. Yeah, they are being so outlets like MSNBC are being spoon fed by leftist activist lies. Every single person that ICE is going after is a criminal illegal alien. Now, if you go to that house, say for instance, when we were in San Antonio, we went into a house after one criminal illegal alien. It was a criminal warrant. We found five other people in that house that were there illegally. Well, all five of those illegals are gonna go. You still don't have a right to be in our country. So if you're an illegal alien and you're hanging out with criminals and ICE goes after one criminal, you're there as well. Well, you're probably getting deported too. And in my opinion, and I believe in most Americans opinions, good riddance. This is the. But the reality is only illegal aliens are being deported and only criminal illegal aliens are initially being targeted. There are so many of them. Ice, Tom Holman, all of these guys, they don't have time to waste on the mom and pops that are just, that have been here for 30 years, that are just living and working illegally on false security numbers and stealing people's identities. They don't have time to go after those people. Yet they have so many criminals to go after, rapists and murderers. And you go down the line. But Mika Brzezinski, and I'll just give you an idea of the mainstream media aiding and abetting the left, the cartels, and these criminal aliens. We were at our location two days ago when WGN Channel 9 here in Chicago blew our spot. They burned our spot. They showed up at a corner when we were undercover and they pointed their camera directly at our vehicle. And within minutes, activists showed up at that same corner. The mainstream media, fake news media, is just as big of the problem and they are lying to the American people. They're playing dangerous games. I'll tell you what. Ben Berkhwam, thanks for being here. Love your reporting. We appreciate you so much. And be safe, Ben. My pleasure. Stay tuned. Thanks, Ben. All right, are we welcome? Will. Coming up, are you afraid of the IRS and a coming audit late on paying your taxes? Have you not filed for years? There's a lot of questions. Well, if so, we've got answers. You can't afford to miss our next segment. Relief two minutes away. We're back in a moment. Everybody stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because, let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG x boom. And for a limited time, save 25%@LG.com with code fall25. Bring the boom x boom. The US electric grid is approaching a breaking point. 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In this case, it's really not to be fair. Unfortunately, in most Americans going into this, they don't know all of their rights. They don't know how to properly push back against the irs. Maybe they're not familiar with their tax, their tactics, but a professional team like Tax Network USA does. Tax Network has a team of CPAs, licensed attorneys, people who know the tax code inside and out, even former IRS agents in some cases, and they know exactly how to help you. We've negotiated directly with the IRS and understand how to protect your finances against aggressive enforcement. And we're willing to do the same for you. Yeah, it's always been interesting to me about how you guys go about helping with tax resolution and IRS issues because you. Because a lot of the promo here and what you're saying is that they know kind of how to handle the IRS in a way, or some of these folks, like, what does that look like exactly? Like, what are they doing specifically to kind of push the ball forward because, you know, you just get, you know, Joe Schmo. Did I call somebody Joe Schmo? But you know, Joe Schmo, they don't. They don't know what they're doing necessarily. But you guys do. What are you doing exactly with these IRS negotiators? How do you get that through? Right. Well, a lot of these IRS negotiators count on people who are too confused or too scared to act. And when the IRS comes after you, we don't just play defense. We go on offense. So whether that's wage garnishment, mounting back taxes, a lien on your home, our job is to push back and protect your hard earned money, what you've worked for. And so you noted the filing deadline may have passed those penalties haven't. They do compound daily, unfortunately. And like I noted, they just count on people who make these mistakes. They put those letters in the mail or put those letters in a drawer, per se. They don't act on it. They're too afraid. And so that's really where we step in. We've helped thousands of Americans find relief and we'll do the same for you, but you just have to make that first initial call. Yeah, I think the key word there was offense. You guys go on offense and you guys are not playing around. You ain't playing. As they said about 15 years ago, I think I dated myself. All right, so how can people get started with Tax Network USA if they need help with their taxes, where do they go? What do they do? What's the first step? Well, we try to make this as seamless and easy for the individual as possible. We know how tax season and dealing with these types of issues are not only a financial burden, but it also can take an emotional toll on you as well. So we're not trying to add to that, to that burden. So the consultation with one of our team members is initially completely free of charge. You'll just kind of go over your case, what some of those burdens may be, and we can maybe go over a solution or kind of get a plan outline for you during that initial call. Or you can go online, you can fill out a form@tnusa.com rav and give a little bit more information as well. But our call number is 1-800-905-8000. Again, that's 1-800-905-8000. You'll really just get a team who knows how to keep the IRS off your back, knows how to keep your finances protected. But it really only works if you're proactive. Absolutely. And if Joe Biden were watching, you'd have to say that number much slower. But thank you for doing it for our regular audience. Thank you Cameron. Appreciate you. Thanks David. All right, coming up, more about your money. We're headed to Wall street for the opening bell and insight into how to hold on to your hard earned dollars with some common sense. The Jet fan Jake Novak here in a moment. More American Sunrise in two. Stop settling for weak sound. 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Three times a week we do our podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz. Nationwide, we have millions of listeners. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we break down the news and bring you behind the scenes inside the White House, inside the Senate, inside the United States Supreme Court. And we cover the stories that you're not getting anywhere else. We arm you with the facts to be able to know and advocate for the truth with your friends and family. So download Verdict with Ted Cruz now. Wherever you get your podcasts foreign Dallas, Texas, and doesn't matter where you wake up. We're wishing you a good morning here on American Sunrise, getting you ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. It's going to ring here in about five minutes. I can tell you that pre market trading is looking pretty good so far. All of the major indices, the dow S P500 and the NASDAQ are in the green, as you can see. The rest of our board is in the green at the moment as well. BELL we'll take it to New York for the opening bell here in just a few minutes. But now let's get you over to David Brody. David, good morning. Good morning. T. Bates. All right. Time now for our daily dose of dollars and common sense. With a guy that has a lot of common sense, that would be American Sunrise Early Edition host, the guy behind Jake's take sub stack, Mr. Jake Novak. Yes, I called you Mr. Hey, Jake, good to see you. All right, so this downward revision of the jobs numbers, Caroline Levitt was talking about that yesterday, so were a lot of other people, mostly under the Biden presidency. Really stunning. So stunning for everyone, though, I guess not you apparently, because it was you who told us on this program last month when President Trump fired the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that these job numbers were all bunk. Anyway, so take your victory lap or actually give us some analysis as well. Well, here's my analysis. It's called the bls. They can drop the L. Just call it the blue. Yes, because the way and this is beyond just I know a lot of people watching and I agree there's probably a good chance that there was some partisan political gerrymandering of the jobs numbers under Joe Biden and puffing them up to get make it look better for him and then eventually for Kamala Harris. That's another discussion. But as I said on this program last month, and I'll say it again, it doesn't matter. The way that they take these numbers, the way that they gather jobs numbers and other numbers, numbers that I'm talking about in a second is ridiculous. It's stupid. It's a lot of voluntary reporting. I don't know anyone who runs a business who has Time to stop everything and fill out little forms all the time. At least accurately. Of course they'll do it and they'll do it quickly, which leads to errors. Haste makes waste, as Gomer Pyle used to say. So, folks, this is exactly why we shouldn't put too much stock in this. But speaking of that, we got an inflation report just a few minutes ago on wholesale inflation that came in cooler than expected. That's good news. We want less inflation. That's great. But again, please take it with a grain of salt, because guess who comes up with that number? The Bureau of Labor Statistics. The B.S. i'm sorry, I forgot. The L. The BLS. Folks, stop with all this stuff. It is all inaccurate anyway. We should look at economy in other ways. Do you have a job? Yes. Do you have enough money to pay your bills, yes or no? Looking at these statistics, Wall street, by the way, knows it's BS but they're betting on how other people will react to the number. It's got nothing to do with economic reality. Yeah, for sure. By the way, I always get distracted on things you say, like Gomer Pyle. And then I'm like, you went retro. So I don't know. I don't know. I just get distracted, like squirrel. And then I'm there. All right. Hey, listen, before you go, we've got about 30 seconds or so. We hear you're heading down to ground 0 Tomorrow, obviously. September 11th. What can we expect on the show, sir? Well, it's going to be live, obviously. It's the 24th anniversary of September 11th. And in addition to all the other memorials and things like that. Listen, you know, we're having a business segment here. You know, that was an attack very much on our financial center in this country. The stock market was closed for several days, as you might remember. We'll talk about all the things that have happened since then and of course, really the sad fact that we're on the verge of electing in New York City an anti American mayor just 24 years after 9 11. But I'll talk about something that people may not know. I would say 30 to 35% of the city's population was not living in the city on 9 11, 2001. And that is a big reason for a lot of the changes. Yeah, you'll unpack all that tomorrow on American Sunrise, early edition, 7:00am Eastern. Jake, thanks for being here. Appreciate it. My pleasure. All right. The sun is rising over Chicago as well this morning, so let's get to Chicago. We talked to Ben. Berkwam earlier we've got team coverage this morning. Brian Glenn, our White House correspondent, not at the White House this morning but in Chicago. Brian, good morning. What do you got for us? Hey, good morning, David. Well I'm just about to board a plane here at Point based Andrew to travel with Attorney General Ken Bonney and RFK Jr. As they are taking on these Chinese owned companies that are detrimental to Americans health. A lot of products going to bake products, a lot of chemicals, I should say going into bait products they might take on that industry. We're on our way to Chicago. We'll have live coverage on the ground here in a couple of hours with a press conference as well as this is just one of the things that RFK Jr. And Attorney General Pam Bondi is committed to doing is keeping America healthy and safe from these dangerous products for sure. And I think I said you were in Chicago, obviously you're on your way to Chicago. You're a joint base Andrews, what about specific, specifically any details that we know or they're going to be announcements coming usually when you go to a, you know, they're getting on a plane obviously to do this, you are too. You would think there'll be some there there when they get there, so to speak. Yeah, I know some of the details have got to be very limited at this point for the security issues and, and just the nature of this visit. So we can't disclose where we're going to specifically. But this is, this is an area, this is a business that has been known to put vape shops in and around US Military bases and also around college and university campuses. So they're putting in products in these vaping devices that are harming Americans various chemicals that have been known to cause hallucination, hallucinations and other medical reactions. So I don't have a lot of details. I can't tell you specifically where we're going just because we don't want to blow the COVID at least blow the COVID of the officials that we're going with. So but we should have all that David, on the ground here in a couple hours. But you know, when you look at all of the chemicals that go into these products and you've heard people talk about the Chinese government poisoning our food. Well, this is just another aspect of that going into these vape products, putting chemicals and things that we quite honestly don't know what they are and of course so many young people into vaping. An alternative that was, you know, promoted could be the alternative to cigarettes smoking. But we are now finding out that a lot of these vape products, David, are very harmful to your health. And this is just one of the things that the attorney general and RFK Jr. Committed to fixing. Absolutely. When you have two cabinet secretaries going to an event, getting on a plane, that's, that's big, a big deal. And of course, Brian, when there's a big deal, you're always around because you're just in the mix of it at all times. We appreciate you, Brian, as always. Say flight. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Appreciate guys. We'll see you later. Okay. Brian Glenn there on the ground for us at Joint Base Andrews on the way to Chicago. We do always have team coverage here on Real America's Voice. And we've got the inside scoop. All right. You know, when inflation jumps, when you hear the national debt's over $37 trillion, do you ever think maybe now would be a good time to buy some gold? 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Time now to take the Political pulse of America the beat. Today, President Trump mobilizing evangelical pastors down in North Carolina. He's urging them to recruit 500 church members to run for office in 2026 and 2028. The message was delivered in a video to hundreds of pastors and their spouses attending the Nehemiah Project. It's an event hosted by the American Renewal Project. Trump praised the movement, saying faith leaders have already been winning elections in droves and are help turning back America towards its biblical foundations. Have a look. Hello to everyone at the North Carolina Nehemiah Pastor Summit along with David and Cindy Lane and the American Renewal Project. Very exciting. Across the state, you have inspired dozens of faith leaders to run for office and to win elections. And they've been winning them in droves, including me. It is truly encouraging to see so many Americans of faith stepping forward to serve as president. I have ended the radical left war on religious believers. And I stopped the Biden administration's persecution of Christians and pro life activists. I created a presidential commission to protect religious liberty. And we established the Department of Justice Task Force to eradicate anti Christian bias, of which, sadly, there's a lot. But we have pretty much put it to an end. We also restored the fundamental principle that God created two genders, male and female. And we're keeping men out of women's sports. Everybody knows that. It was a big reason I won. Not the biggest perhaps, but it was a big reason. As we work to defend these achievements and expand our movement in the years to come, I will be cheering you on as you recruit 500 church members to run for office in 2026 and 2028. More and more you're running and you're winning. So once again, thank you for your outstanding work and God bless America. Great stuff by President Trump, David Lane and the folks at American Renewal Project doing wonderful work. For more, let's welcome to American Sunrise, Eric Metallic, author and host of the Eric Metaxas Show. Eric, great to see you. You know, Trump had as he only he would say he loves the evangelicals. I like how he always puts the before evangelicals. By the way, good morning to you, sir. Good morning. And I'm a card carrying evangelical. I've misplaced the card, but I guarantee you I have it right. Tell us more about what's going on in this country and how President Trump, I tell you what, talk about God having a sense of humor, you know, and driving the liberals nuts. So, I mean, putting God, God, excuse me, putting Trump for such a time as this, it really it shows you that we have an active God who's on the throne, who knows that, hey, just because maybe a few commandments were broken along the way by him and others. God uses imperfect people to accomplish his perfect will. That's the whole message of the New Covenant. It's called grace. And there are many people who think they understand Christian faith. And Christians, if you don't understand grace, you don't understand anything. And there's no doubt from the beginning, evangelicals. I remember I was at the meeting in 2016 here in Manhattan, where I live, and Trump came, and I think he was expecting a chilly reception. Oh, these church people, they know my past. They're not going to receive me warmly. Precisely the opposite. Why? Well, the cynical, secular left would say, oh, because it's transactional. We want something from him. Well, I have to tell you, it's not that, although transactional is not necessarily bad. That's called representational government, where we the people say, we want this and we want a leader who's going to do what we want because we're the leaders of the government. And so that day, because people believe in grace, Christians believe in grace. And I think that he was shocked by that. And he has been really blessed by his warm reception by people of faith. And let's not either pretend that he is not pro faith. That's not an act. He gets that. And, you know, we've talked to him personally about it, so it really is. It's so fascinating. But. But to me, the most fascinating thing is how the left doesn't speak this language. So they're completely baffled. They're stymied by it. The president's support for religious liberty two days ago, unprecedented. Absolutely amazing. It's an honor for me to be on the commission and to be in the room while it all went down. Yeah, but you've been there. You had me at Bonhoeffer, as you know, since I love your work and I've always said you're my favorite author to read, and all my children have to read your books as well. But, you know, you've been there. This has been a long, slow process. Right. I think I've known you for probably close to two decades, Eric, and you've never stopped. You've worked quietly behind the scenes. You've done the hard work. That's in the trenches. I don't know about you, but I was just thrilled with the abolition of the Johnson Amendment. Like, for me, that was a huge thing as a Christian. But President Trump has gone beyond that and he's done so much. Where does this go next? Because I think as we as Christians are kind of watching this whole thing go down, there's a danger, Eric, in being too forgiving of a candidate. Perhaps because they say the right thing. The next candidate for president, the next candidate for everything, is going to say the right thing. Thing, right to believers in general. And there's a little bit of trepidation for me at least, in that having been a part of this movement for so long, I have a feeling you know where I'm going with this. And you're much more articulate than me. Go on this. Well, look, first of all, we've got to be clear about this. I don't care if a candidate, if a politician says, I am a Christian, Everybody should know by now. Now, if a candidate says, I am a Christian, that means absolutely nothing. Nothing. It means nothing. I don't care what you say. I care what you do. We had Mike Pence, we had George W. Bush. We had. I mean, you could even say Obama claimed to be a Christian, but Mike Pence and George W. Bush clearly were, quote, unquote, evangelical Christians. That doesn't mean that they understand what courage is. It doesn't mean that they understand what it is to do the will of we the people just because you're a Christian. There are plenty Christians out there and plenty Christians on the left who. They get everything wrong. What we're looking for is leaders who understand the fundamentals. And when we say, you say, where are we going? Hopefully where we're going is back backwards to the Founder's vision. I'm writing a big book right now on the American Revolution to come out next year. And the level of faith that was present in our founding is astonishing. I am astonished by the level of Christian faith involved in our founding. Now, when I say involved, I mean it wasn't just there. It was central to America coming into existence. You cannot get America without robust expressions of Christian faith. And I mean, I could show you on a whiteboard behind me, I could show you there's no way you get representational government as we have had, like real liberty, real freedom, unless you have people who really understand the Bible and the ideas that come out of the Bible. It goes through John Locke and on and on and on. But when you see it, you realize you do not even get America without robust expressions of Christian faith. Now, this doesn't mean that the government can force people to be Christians. Of course we believe in liberty and religious liberty, but we have to go back to where this secular establishment, you know, the Constitution says we're not supposed to have establishment of religion. We've had effectively the establishment, the unconstitutional establishment of a secular government where we push God out. That is as bad as if everybody is commanded, you have to go to the Episcopal Church on Sunday morning. The government is not supposed to get involved in this stuff. But we've had secularists pretend that by taking God out, that's not the establishment of religion. That is essentially the establishment of a secular religion, a leftist secular religion where the state is God, where the state tells you what to do, which is antithetical to the founder's vision. In the founding documents that we, the people, we govern ourselves, we have natural rights given to us by our creator. He created us. That's in our documents and he gave us natural rights. So all of that stuff, we've drifted over the decades far away from that. And by God's grace, Donald Trump is being used to bring us back to where we need to be. This is not to be an overtly Christian nation, but it's to be a fundamental, fundamentally a Christian nation in our bones. And so it's a very, very exciting time. And I do think the Lord is doing it. This is not like it might happen. It's happening. We have to stay the course. We have to be honest and clear about what we're talking about. This is the antithesis of bringing theocracy to America. I was on TMZ last night. They're all worried about, oh, we're gonna have, you know, people with guns forcing children to pray in schools. You know, they present this fear mongering picture of how terrible faith is and prayer is oppressive. It's just the opposite. But, you know, we've got a lot of work to do to convince people who don't understand this stuff. Yeah, no doubt. Well, Eric Metaxas, as I said, you have been there from the very beginning and just congratulations to you. You were called out by the president at the event. We all watched it live on this network and we just appreciate you all your work, the long journey you've had and the long journey ahead, because I know you'll still be fighting. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Still ahead on American Sunrise, a veteran in New York is fighting to keep his Trump is my president flag a fly in calling it a First Amendment right. The village says it violates their code and it must come down. The details of one patriots fight just ahead. Also later on, a long lost class ring has been returned to its rightful owner after 56 years, thanks to the determination of a Long island beach comber and his little metal detector. After more than five decades, one man finally holds his high school ring again. A miracle many thought impossible. Stick around. We're American Sunrise. Two minutes. 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Tracey, good morning. Have Tracy right now. We apologize. We will try to get to her later on. But still to come here on American Sunrise, 56 years gone and now found the class ring story that'll restore your faith in humanity and maybe even a higher power. That's next when American Sunrise returns. Stop settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game and bring the boom. Hit the town with The Ultra Durable LG XBoom Portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. Elevate your listening experience to new heights because let's be real, your music deserves it. The future of sound is now with LG XBoom and for a limited time save 25%@LG.com with code Fall25. Bring the Boom X Boom. The US electric grid is approaching a breaking point. As demand soars from data centers and home energy use, our aging infrastructure can't keep up. And the Department of Energy warns that without action, blackouts could surge 100 fold by 2030. The good news? One solution is already here. 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Three times a week we do our podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz. Nationwide, we have millions of listeners. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we break down the news and bring you behind the scenes inside the White House, inside the Senate, inside the United States Supreme Court. And we cover the stories that you're not getting anywhere else. We arm you with the facts to be able to know and advocate for the truth with your friends and family. So download Verdict with Ted Cruz now wherever you get your podcasts. All right, welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. G. Thanks so much for joining us today. It is time now for our sunny side up and in the pan today. How's this for a good vibration? A metal detector hobbyist on Long island has reunited a man with his class ring that was lost 56 years ago. David Orlowski dug more than a foot into the sand at Cedar beach and found a fordham Ring from 1969, complete with a name inside. Now, thanks to a Facebook group and a little help from his wife. Isn't that always the case, gentlemen? He tracked down the owner. Now, Dr. Alfred DiStefano, who got the ring back in the mail. Take a look. I got a good hit on the metal detector and I dug for it and it was very deep. It was probably like a foot and A half deep. And I just kept digging and finally it came out a few days later in Texas, Dr. Alfred DiStefano asked his letter carrier to document him opening the package. I lost it again. But there it was. I can't believe it. The class ring he'd been without far longer than he'd had. That is it. That's pretty cool. You got it back after 50 some odd years. 56 years. Could you imagine that? And, yes, he calls it a miracle and sent a heartfelt thank you in return. I love this. This story. You guys know I lost my grandfather's baby pillow from World War II. That didn't make sense the way I said that, but yeah, and. And I just. I pray someday, somehow, some miracle, I get it back. And I. I think, wow, this guy got it back 56 years ago. Gives you hope. Yeah. A good vibration as we're playing in the background, which is kind of cool. You know the one, I must tell you, the first thing I thought when he opened the thing and it almost fell down that little chute or whatever was that little crack and he's like, oh, no. Could you imagine? I'm sorry, that would not be Sunnyside up. That would be Sunnyside Downer. That would not be good, you know. Good night. Goodbye, everybody. Sorry. You lost it again after 56 years. Can you imagine? No. You gotta call the metal detector again. All right. Gotta find it for me. Were any of you surprised that it was only a foot and a half down missing from for 56 years? I would have thought it would have been like 10ft under. You would think someone else would have found it, you know, before in 56 years. That's a long time. Yeah. A foot and a half deep. That's it. I'm with you, doctor. Gina, that was what I was thinking the entire time I'm listening at storm. Like only a foot and a half. Like I would have thought it would have been, you know, seven, eight feet deep. With all those years of erosion and other storms and everything else, I would have thought it would have been much deeper. Well, you know, apparently it was God's will that it be found. That's right. I do want to say one thing. Obviously, I don't want to bury the lead. The. The wife helped, number one, first and foremost. Okay? So, yes, Gina, you're absolutely right. The wife, number one. Of course, now that I've gotten that out of the way, and I mean it, by the way, I'm very sincere. How about Facebook and these Facebook groups or whatever they are, the Meetups. Some of. Some of the meetups. I mean, you know, it just kind of frustrates me at times. So, you know, know, social media can be so hazardous to your health in so many ways, but it can be so positive in other ways. And I. And this is a good example of it. You know, I just remember back in the day, so to speak, which I'm talking, I guess, to maybe a few of us here on the panel back in the day where like, we didn't have any of the information at our fingertips. We'd have to go to the library or the encyclopedia or whatever, or we just didn't know it and we just moved on. Yeah, exactly. The white Dewey decimal system. Yeah. Or we picked up or we call. Or went to a pay phone and made a phone call. Anyhow, sorry, I digress. It has revolutionized virtually everything, including the research we do right here for the show. I mean, it's amazing. You can just go into Grok or ChatGPT immediately and get all the sources and go straight to the sources. This used to take an inordinate amount of time for producers. It really is amazing. The information age. Yeah. Yeah. How many of you are going to go invest in a metal detector now? Speaking again of good vibrations if they want to. I have one. You have? Do you really? I do. I do have one. Darn straight. And sometimes we'll take it out at the beach and go look for some stuff because times are tough in Biden's economy. But now we're better. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I find a lot of dead animals. That's a true story. I have a beach behind my house and I find a lot of dead animals is usually what I find. Or injured seagulls like yesterday. But I have found some very interesting things as well, including some jewelry now and then. So it does happen. Wow. All right, you guys. Animals and jewelry. Yeah. Nothing too valuable, though. War room is up next. You guys hug your children, love your God, go buy a metal detector. Why the heck not? Go boldly now. Live the truth. I highly recommend it. I highly recommend it. Vibration. Stop. Settling for weak sound. It's time to level up your game. Game and bring the boom. Hit the town with the ultra durable LG X Boom portable speaker and enjoy vibrant sound wherever you go. 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