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Christina Williams
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Steve Urick
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Jillian Barbri
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Steve Urick
I see him live. Breaking news right now here on Real America's Voice Filtered. These people are domestic terrorists and unapologetic. We're here to take a stand for God and country. Does feel good. America's Voice Live starts now. And welcome to America's Voice Live. I'm Steve. It is Thursday the 18th of September, year of our Lord 2025. Let's get to today's top stories. As always, thank you for joining me here. Unreal. America's Voice, abc, as you've probably heard, has suspended Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely after the late night host continue to mock conservatives in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Affiliates have since resulted and now even a top federal regulator is weighing in. I'll explain why. Kimballson's mention could mark a turning point in the culture wars. Also, an idea cannot be killed with a bullet. And Charlie Kirk's legacy lives on, carried not only by the thousands of students whose hearts he touched, but also by his wife Erica, who was announced as Turning Point's new CEO earlier today. I'll discuss that coming up. And then later. A massive attack on law enforcement in Pennsylvania has left at least three officers dead, two more fighting for their lives, and an unusual call for the Mexican consulate in Philadelphia to get involved. That indicates a direction for the investigation. That and so much more coming your way. But first, I'd like to start with Antifa. President Trump announcing that he will designate the left wing activist group as a major terrorist group. The announcement comes just days after Trump said he would 100% consider that designation. The President described the group as a sick, dangerous, radical left disaster. In a truth social media post, the President adding that he will be recommending that those funding Antifa be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Antifa, short for anti fascist, as a decentralized movement that does not have a designated leader, membership or structure. The movement claims to oppose fascism, white supremacy and far right extremism. However, those who identify as part of Antifa, often wearing all black clothing and masks, have come under fire for their use of Doxing violence and intimidation. Here with me to discuss this further, former special assistant to President Donald Trump, Colonel Derek Harvey. Colonel, thank you for being here.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Great to be here. It's a good topic, Steve.
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Steve Urick
It's an important topic. Look, we're at a time and a place where the world has changed. I believe the left lost the argument completely. 12:23 local time, September 10, 2025. You may have been able to gun down Charlie Kirk, but you certainly didn't kill his ideals. But it does bring to light, into full relief, into full focus the idea that political violence and political violence killing people is ramping up in this country. And this is not a both side sides issue. I don't even want to hear that discussed anymore. I look at the baseball game, I look at President Trump being shot, another attempt on his life, and Charlie Kirk murdered for the world to see in front of 3,000 college kids. And then all the video and all the streaming video that was up live at the time. Antifa, one of those groups that pushes violence. Antifa, one of those groups we saw during the summer of love in 2020. I guess my question, Colonel, is it legal to target an American organization, whatever its structure is? With this kind of a designation we can definitely.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
The President has the authority to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization based on the overseas ties that originated in East Germany, was supported by the Soviet Union and it has only grown and expanded since the days of the Soviet Union. You've got a combination of Maoists, Communists, democratic socialists, self described Antifa's, all under this banner of Antifa. They believe in direct action and violence, intimidation, going after economic and political targets. And you know, they are intimidating and they are a threat. Most people became aware of them during the 2020 riots where we saw billions of dollars of damage. It's a subversive organization. Also, it's not just terrorism domestically. There are a lot of tools, Steve, that we can use. You can go after them under rico, providing material support to an international terrorist organization for breaking American laws in support of violence, economic, illegal activity and the like. The IRS can go after them too. We have a lot of investigative techniques available to the IRS and the FBI. It's a movement, it's aligned, there is organization. Much as I looked at the insurgencies in Iraq, for example, they didn't have a specific leader, but they knew what they were doing. They didn't need someone calling the tune every day for each action.
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Steve Urick
Right. Colonel, I want to weigh in on what you pointed out about. They became known to Americans in 2020 in places like Minneapolis and Portland and Seattle, because of their aggressive, often violent tactics, taking over police stations, creating no go zones, that sort of thing. Minneapolis burned in the summer of 2020. Many cities had tremendous damage. Minneapolis the worst. Remind me again, how many riots have there been since Charlie Kirk was gunned down in front of those 3,000 college kids in Utah? How many riots? How many cities burned? How many attacks on police stations or anything else of that matter?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
That shows the very real difference between the left and the right. The right is not violent. They do not call their enemies, you know, these horrific names in order to inspire violence. The left has routinely, for 10 years made the dog whistles and the rhetoric to inspire violence and immobilize people, distorting facts, distorting the stories, manipulating and creating disinformation for false narratives in order to generate violence.
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Steve Urick
Yeah, it's interesting that, you know, there's this whole pattern out there, not just of creating violence, but Hillary Clinton was out there today endorsing a book by Randy Weingarten, why Fascists Fear the Teacher, or something like that. Here we are, barely a week after the public execution of Charlie Kirk, a conservative voice who chose to do what the left asked for. Hey, why can't we just talk? He went out there and talked and he paid with his life for talking to the other side, for having conversations. And yet here we are with Hillary Clinton and Randy Weingarten from the American Federation of Teachers still tossing around the word fascist, a word they can't even define. It is pretty outrageous, isn't?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Is? It's outrageous. And there may be a pause in some of the rhetoric by some of the Democratic leaders and leftist leaders, but it's just a pause. They're going to go back to their old game of demonizing their political opponents because they are losing the common sense arguments that matter to Main Street America. Whether it's about children and sex changes, whether it's about values in schools, whether it's about jobs, they. They are losing on the real issues that impact the mom and dad shops in America and parents in this country.
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Steve Urick
Yeah. So what do you think? I believe the world has changed. I think that it's time to clean up groups like Antifa. If they commit crimes. We can't have DAs that just file them through and send them back out on the street. We can't have people that burn down cities, that cause riots, that throw bricks through windows, who attack ICE vehicles and officers, border patrol vehicles and officers. We cannot tolerate this any further. And I think America has had it. And look at this. Seven homicides in Washington, D.C. since the 11th of August. Seven, Colonel. That would equate to less than 70 a year. That's what's happened since the National Guard went into reduced crime in Washington, dc. It has been, by any metric, a massive success. Next Memphis and then New Orleans. I think America craves law and order. People want to feel safe in their homes, in their cities. And I think this is again, to use the term, it is a major turning point.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
It is. And it's important that we bring law and order to the cities to protect citizens no matter what race or ethnicity or religion they are. But let's keep in mind, Kash Patel, the President and the Attorney General are focused on, on going after the weaponization that occurred in the past. We've highlighted the issue of, you know, Arctic Frost, which targeted 92 or more, you know, conservative groups to include Turning Point usa. That was weaponization. What this administration is going to need to do is get the FBI, and I'm confident Cash Patel and the Attorney General will do it, focused on building the knowledge and the databases to identify those that are breaking the law domestically, that are tied to this loose umbrella organization called umbrella called Antifa, whether it's, you know, their Maoists or their student action groups, whatever they are, if they're breaking the law, if they're organizing, if they're training, if they're using social media to incite violence, if they're being financed, they need to be gone after and so do the big financiers. Whether it's the money's coming from Kellogg foundation, the Tides Foundation, Act Blue, or the Soros Open Society Foundation. We need to go after it, every bit of it, and identify where the crimes have taken place and then prosecute.
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Steve Urick
Yeah. So here's the thing, a couple of things. Jimmy Kimmel has been indefinitely suspended. That's code, by the way, for he's been fired. We're just letting the lawyers work out the settlement. That's what's happening with that Jimmy Kimmel is never coming back on air. I. He was incorrect about what he said. ABC is a business. They have the right to do that. But I don't like the FCC coming in and putting a chill on speech. I think that's a step too far. I like the idea of investigating who's supporting these terrorist organizations, but we do need to be mindful of that, that we're not targeting people the way that we're pointing out that the right has been targeted. We need to have Some integrity here, integrity in the institutions of America. Do the right thing, enforce the law to the letter of the law, but do it with integrity and honesty. And I think that would be the difference.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Colonel, I would agree with you. And I think, you know, from what I've read, you know, it's the ABC affiliates and some of them owned by, you know, larger corporations, whether it's the Sinclair Corporation or others that, you know, have been interested in cleaning up the act of the programming. And they're the ones who put pressure also from the bottom up on the ABC conglomerate. But, you know, I agree with you. We want to make sure that we're protecting, you know, the right of the First Amendment right, our free speech. But there are consequences. Private employers, they can, they have agreements, they can protect their brand and they can let people go. It's less clear when it gets to those that work in the federal government. But we need to be careful that the federal government does not overreach and violate that very important right, free speech, religious liberty and the like encompassed in the First Amendment.
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Steve Urick
Colonel, I agree with you on those points. Private company. Look, Jimmy Kimmel had alienated well over half of his audience at that point. The show was financially destitute. It was going nowhere. That's a business decision. Now, he said some things that offended people personally, and Sinclair and others stepped up and said, no more of this. We will not put it on our TV stations, this kind of filth. But it is a business decision. You're right. Government has to be careful about who they pick and choose as to what they can say or not say. In fact, that is strictly prohibited by the First Amendment. Colonel, always a good conversation, sir. Glad to see you again.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you. Take care of yourself.
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Steve Urick
Of course. Be safe out there. Coming up after the break, I'll discuss late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel having his show paused indefinitely. Again, that's code for, hey, we're letting the lawyers work it out, see what the settlement can be. He's never coming back because Sinclair owns more ABC News affiliates than anyone. They said, no, absolutely not. More when we come back.
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Christina Williams
Would you guys consider anything less than a championship to be a failure from this year?
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I wouldn't say anything is a failure, especially because we all grow every day. Obviously, the goal is a championship. That's. There's no doubt in that. And that's the goal. We want to win a championship.
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Steve Urick
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Christina Williams
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So to be here, I think it's one that we definitely don't take for granted. But we also know, you know, that's just one stop along the way and we're hoping to, you know, make a run.
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Steve Urick
All right. Well, I've got a bit of breaking news here for you. At this moment, the United States Senate has unanimously approved a resolution designating October 14, 2025, Charlie Kirk's birthday as a national day of remembrance for the late conservative broadcaster, father, friend, colleague and co worker. October 14, 2025 National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk. I thought I'd share that with you. Very important here to so many people now. Last night, ABC announced the indefinite suspension of late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel over an FCC violation after the host made a comment regarding the Charlie Kirk assassination. That's the play. Kimmel started his opening monologue by stating, we hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. President Trump also had some words of encouragement for abc, citing the network's courage to do what finally had to be done. While Kimmel's reinstatement and continued programming is up in the air, it at least shows that major networks are holding the people who represent them to account. Let me tell you something, though. I'm going to correct that. This whole idea of being indefinitely suspended, that's code. The lawyers are working it out. Jimmy Kimmel's never going to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live again. Not in any serious number of networks or stations. Because Sinclair, among others, said, absolutely not. We will not put that program on our stations any further. It was a business decision. The FCC threat probably a step too far for me. I believe in free speech, but I also believe in accountability for that free speech. Here with me to discuss is real America's Voice correspondent David Zier. David, I know you're at the White House. A lot of conversations there. First, your reaction. October 14th, Charlie Kirk, remembrance Day. I know you knew him like we all did here. Your thoughts?
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David Zier
We'll be out in Arizona to remember him. A celebration of life this weekend. A massive turnout expected. It's devastating. And the impacts, I think, are still yet to be realized. You know, everybody's been in some state of shock here. It's also my son, who's the same age, his birthday, October 14th also. So it's resonating with the young people, you know, and people want to be able to go to college and feel safe. People want to be able to go to college and express their free speech without getting assaulted. It's really a big deal.
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Steve Urick
Yeah. Without being murdered. How about that?
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David Zier
Yeah.
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Steve Urick
What about the impact on your son? I think that's an important consideration. Not a college age kid. A young man at 31, your son, what impact on you, on him?
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David Zier
Well, all of my children, you know, 36, 34, 32, 31. I forgot my son's age. Age and 21. My daughter at USC Columbia in South Carolina, you know, they had a lockdown on a shooting. It was a false alarm, but she was in a lockdown for 12 hours two weeks ago. And then hearing that Charlie Kirk was shot on the campus, it's got to be PTSD on these students, you know, not like asking for a safe space or a safety pin. You know, this is real. People, I think, are kind of traumatized with what's going on in our country. And it's like we have a whole new generation of people who don't respect life. They've been desensitized. I don't know if it's too much call of duty, lack of parenting, lack of God in their lives, whatever it is. In some ways, Charlie made us make a turn for the better. But in other ways, this country is turning for the worse. And I hope we can get a handle on it.
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Steve Urick
You know, I saw a couple of different metrics. You know, if we're going to find some silver lining here in this deep dark, a bit of depression the nation's in. It is that more people attended church this past Sunday than in. Well, in a very long time. There have been something like 40,000 applications for new Turning Point USA chapters going into Charlie Kirk. That Wednesday morning, there were 900 official on college campuses, 1200 official on high school campuses, 3500 affiliations total. They've had 40,000 applications. That was the last update. It could be higher now. So there is this movement There is this return to the, to the churches, to the roots of America, to the Constitution. David, I think if we're going to take something positive out of this, those things are positive. It's a terrible price to pay, but those things are certainly positive.
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David Zier
I agree with you. And I believe this is going to be a revival and a resurgence of, you know, the good people are tired of being told they're bad, Steve, and they're going to double down on this going forward.
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Steve Urick
Yeah, we're sick and tired of being told, oh, you're bad. You're this, you're a fascist, you're a Nazi, you're a white supremacist. Stop it. I am none of those things. I'm a father, a friend, a colleague, a coworker, and a standup guy. And you know what? I am mostly an American and a Christian. And so stop with the name calling. Just stop it. All right. I want to switch gears for a second, talk a bit about this Tech Prosperity deal that the President just put together. They're in Air Force One on the way back right now. I understand they are in the air, but what about this Tech Prosperity deal made in the UK what do you think about it?
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David Zier
I don't know all the details of it, but I will say at the state dinner, Melania Trump, everybody was there. Rupert Murdoch, Tim Cook from Apple. You know, Trump is doing incredible things here, and he's saying that he did about $350 billion in business while he's over there and really important. And look, intel stock went up, I think 30% today. Look at what Nvidia's done. These companies are prospering under Donald Trump.
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Steve Urick
You know, to be fair, let's see the Dow, over 46,000 today. David, I hadn't even glanced at it yet. You're right about that. The NASDAQ is almost at 23. Excuse me, 22.5. I mean, the S&P is over 6600. These are remarkable numbers. I remember when my father told me years ago he couldn't believe the dow had reached 10,000. Never thought he'd live long enough to see the Dow at 10,000. Now we're at 46,000. So the world continues to prosper and prosper under Donald Trump. But I will say this, and I think I speak for a lot of people when I say I don't trust Tim Cook. I don't trust Rupert Murdoch. So I hope that the president has his six covered pretty well. I'll give you the last word.
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David Zier
He's backing them into a corner and Trump is putting the US first. And we've seen them shift away a little bit from India and other countries, so putting them on the spot and that's what Trump does best. And I think once these interest rates come down another 100 basis points, the economy is going to take off like a rocket ship, Steve, and people will finally be able to buy a first.
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Steve Urick
Time buyer home and do some other big things. David, I appreciate it. I will see you in Phoenix this Sunday as we will be there to look forward to the passing of Charlie. Kurt, David's here everybody. Thank you, David. Coming up after the break, Charlie Kirk empowered young students to defend truth, faith, patriotism all across the country. Been decided that Erica Kirk will take on the role of CEO at Turning Point USA to carry on Charlie's legacy. She's going to be formidable. Details straight ahead.
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Christina Williams
Would you guys consider anything less than a championship to be a failure from this year?
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I wouldn't say anything is a failure, especially because we all grow every day. Obviously the goal is a championship. That's, there's no doubt in that. And that's the goal. We want to win a championship.
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I'm Christina Williams, host of the podcast in case you missed it with Christina Williams, the WNBA playoffs are here and I've got the inside scoop on everything from key matchups and standout players to the behind the scenes moments you won't find anywhere else.
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Steve Urick
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Christina Williams
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CJ Womack
First of all, thank you for having me. But I've gone through stages. Right. At first it was just pure sadness, and then it was a sense of infuriation. And then now I think I feel a sense of productivity. And my heart obviously goes out to Charlie Kirk, God rest his soul, his wife, Erica and their children, and everybody who knew them so personally. But for me, as a conservative growing up in a blue city in Los Angeles, Charlie Kirk is what gave me life. He's what gave me a voice. I was never invited at the proverbial seat at the table. Nobody ever invited me to conversations. And now there are millions, I would argue, of Charlie Kirk's. Now we are all Charlie Kirk. So I feel a sense of productivity not only around me, but my generation as well.
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Steve Urick
Let me talk about your generation. I was going to ask about that, C.J. the impact on young people, those from, say, 15 to 30. I think the impact is profound. I've seen these kids. I've got a couple in that age bracket myself from that 15 to 30 age bracket, I think the impact is remarkable. I think it has made a lot of people say, I want nothing to do with the violence and the rhetoric and the name calling and the smearing from the left. They just want truth. They just want to say, I live in a country that I'm proud of and stop being called names, among other things. Your thoughts?
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CJ Womack
You're 100% right, and we've seen it. There's a record breaking number of Turning Point USA chapters that are being requested to be opened up not only at the higher education level, but at the high school level as well. And I think that in response to this absolutely horrific event that my generation is saying, no, we're not going down this path. We are not going down the path of violence. We've seen it in other parts of the world, not here in America, not in the greatest country on earth. That's what Charlie Kirk stood for, and that's what he gave light to, is the fact that our country is based on ideas of disagreement, based on ideas of coming together and having conversations with people we disagree with. So my generation is not backing down. We're not going anywhere. Like I said earlier, we are Charlie Kirk now, and we're going to continue the conversation like he would have wanted us to.
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Steve Urick
Yeah, absolutely. We need more conversations. We need more people talking. You know, it isn't it. Isn't it the worst of ironies? It's the left. We need to talk more. We need to make sure that we don't have fascism. And here they are today. I just saw it happen again. Here is Maxwell Frost, member of Congress, saying, the fascists aren't coming. The fascists are already here because Jimmy Kimmel lost his job because his ratings were in the toilet. That's the truth. It was a business decision. And the affiliate said, we're not carrying him anymore. It's not just his hateful comments. It's the fact that he's losing money for everybody. Be a comedian. Do your job. Your job was not to be a political commentator. Trust me, we have plenty of those. Look around, C.J. i'll give you the last word.
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CJ Womack
You're 100% right. And we're seeing what was once on the left, a culture, a cancel culture. Now we're seeing a consequence culture. You cannot go on live air, you cannot go on social media and celebrate the death of a political, I argue a civil rights leader, somebody who argued for the First Amendment, somebody who advocated and lost his life for his Free Speech Amendment. And so at the End of the day, I shed no cheer for Jimmy Kimmel. And at the end of the day, see you later, pal.
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Steve Urick
There you go. C.J. womack, greatly appreciate you being here. We'll see you again, that's for sure. Appreciate you, sir. All right. A new administration in Washington, D.C. has brought a lot of positive changes when it comes to fixing our broken health care system. But the truth is there's only so much government can do and that if we really want to make America healthy again, well, that starts at home with each other, every one of us. That's where the Wellness Company comes in. You see and hear from twc doctors all the time on this network. And you know their products are the gold standard for keeping you and your family safe and healthy. The Wellness Company gives you the opportunity to make sure you are prepared for whatever happens with their series of prescription medical kits. Kits that contain an assortment of life saving medications and guidebooks to assist in the proper use of all the medications you find inside. I've got these on my shelf, folks. I own them myself. Additionally, the Wellness Company offers a variety of products from parasite cleanses to methyl and blue to weight loss and so much more that can help you stay healthy and live a more prosperous, satisfying life. Make America healthy again starts at home with you. Do your part. Protect health of you and your family. Go to TWC Health Voice today and order. That's TWC Health Voice. Use the promo code voice and you'll save 10%. After the break, I'll discuss the shootout in Pennsylvania. It left three police officers dead, two more in critical condition. What are the details? We'll have the latest up next.
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Christina Williams
Would you guys consider anything less than the championship to be a failure from this year?
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I wouldn't say anything is a failure, especially because we all grow every day. Obviously, the goal is a championship. That's. There's no doubt in that. And that's the goal. We want to win a championship.
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I'm Christina Williams, host of the podcast in case you missed it with Christina Williams, the WNBA playoffs are here and I've got the inside scoop on everything from key matchups and standout players to the behind the scenes moments you won't find anywhere else.
- [30:22]
Steve Urick
It's really, really hard to be the champions, but we have to remember how it feels and embrace the new challenge.
- [30:27]
Christina Williams
That we have for all the biggest stories in women's basketball. Plus exclusive interviews with the game's brightest stars.
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So to be here, I think it's one that we definitely don't take for granted. But we Also know, you know, that's just one stop along the way and we're hoping to, you know, make it run.
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So listen to In Case youe Missed it with Christina Williams, an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and entertainment on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Steve Urick
You know, it seems the instances of violence against law enforce have been on the rise. This time a bloody scene in York County, Pennsylvania. A shooting involving five officers and a suspect sadly saw three of those officers die. As a result, two more are in critical condition. York county officials recount that five officers were dispatched to a rural area in response to reports of a man loitering around the area. Besides getting the man off the property, officers were tasked with serving an arrest warrant for trespass. But as soon as they showed up, the suspect opened fire, forcing law enforcement to respond to the exchange. The suspect has been identified as 24 year old Matthew J. Ruth, who died during the shootout. And further details surrounding the motive cite multiple stalking and trespassing offenses and an unusual call for the Mexican consulate in Philly to get involved. That seems a bit bizarre. We don't know what that's about. Joining me to discuss is the former police captain, SWAT commander and law enforcement director Joshua Sherrard. Josh, nice to see you here today. Look, I don't know what happens that three police officers get killed, two more in critical condition, one gunman on that side. That just seems remarkable to me and remarkably bad. What do you know about it? What are your thoughts?
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Joshua Sherrard
You know, there's still a lot of questions that have to be answered as far as how it got from the initial call the day before, the night before, into, you know, obviously the tragic shooting of five police officers. But looking at the data that we have and what we know, it looks like officers felt that there was a pretty exigent need to go back and serve this search warrant. Clearly there was some danger to, to the shooter's girlfriend that he may carry out some violence against her. We have footage of him the day before in that same cornfield armed with an AR15. So my question as a, as a career SWAT guy is, is what kind of planning went into this? Was there a threat assessment matrix done? Was there other resources that were asked for in order to kind of combat this possible threat, especially if we knew that he was armed and of course dangerous before this. But unfortunately, like I said, I think that there was some exigency to try to get there quickly and arrest and detain him quickly. So that he couldn't cause that violence. Unfortunately, you know, this is the kind of thing that police officers deal with every day. And I think a lot of the American public doesn't understand that, that, you know, police officers every day go in, put on a badge and a bulletproof vest in the reality that they might not make it home at the end of the night. And it's, and it's situations like this that remind us that that is a very, very, you know, possible reality. And unfortunately, we're looking at so many deaths in one police department. It's absolutely tragic.
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Steve Urick
Yeah, I don't know the situation with the York County Police Department, Sheriff's farm, whatever it might be there as far as staffing goes. I know around this country staffing is at all time lows. In places like New York city, there are 3000 police officers short in Chicago, the 1300 police officers short in Washington D.C. the nation's capital, more than 500 police officers short. And the problem is, Josh, is that they don't, they don't have the support of the people in the prosecutor's office. If they do something wrong, it's the police that are often targeted. We need to make it so that the police are a priority again, that they're respected in our communities again, that they're given the opportunity to do the job that we the people ask them to do without threatening to put them in jail if they have to make a decision under tough circumstances. Is that fair to say?
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Joshua Sherrard
Absolutely. You know, the police, a police officer, a police department is the most visible form, invisible face of government that anyone will see on a day to day basis. And like you said, unfortunately, a lot of the frustration, disappointment and anger throughout the entire justice system, which the police department only plays a small role, unfortunately falls on those shoulders and gets taken out on them quite often. And also, like you said, all police officers want to do is get out there, put bad guys in jail, make their community safe. And in the instance of D.C. yes, we added a bunch of resources there, but really the biggest thing is we took those proverbial handcuffs off of those street cops, let them go do their job. And, and that's why we see, you know, such a safer DC in the last several weeks than we have in decades. So that's when you talk about resources. You know, the entire country's police departments are hamstrung and they're short, they're shorthanded. So it's, the public has to understand that the support for their police department and playing an active role in Policing their community is so incredibly important. Look, most of the time, crimes are solved with community involvement. The tips that we get, the help that we get, the information that we can get. So for. For the public out there, it is your responsibility as an American, as a member of your community to play that active role in making sure that you keep your family, your neighborhood, your community, and inevitably this country safe.
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Steve Urick
Absolutely. And I keep updating people on this. I have found eight homicides in Washington, D.C. and it's subject to being updated. It was yesterday. Eight homicides since the 11th of August. 37 days, eight homicides. That would put us on track for the lowest number of homicides in Washington, D.C. in my entire life. In my entire life. Because it'd be less than 80. It'd be about 71. So to think that what Donald Trump did with the National Guard is not working is foolish. Of course it's working. That's why Memphis and New Orleans are next. Joshua Shirt, really appreciate you being here. Law and order matters. People want to be safe. People want to trust the police department. That's a fact.
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Joshua Sherrard
Thanks for having me, Steve.
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Steve Urick
Don't go anywhere. America's Voice Live will continue in just a moment.
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Christina Williams
Would you guys consider anything less than a championship to be a failure from this year?
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I wouldn't say anything is a failure, especially because we all grow every day. Obviously, the goal is a championship. There's no doubt in that. And that's the goal. We want to win a championship.
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I'm Kristina Williams, host of the podcast. In case you missed it with Christina Williams, the WNBA playoffs are here and I've got the inside scoop on everything from key matchups and standout players to the behind the scenes moments you won't find anywhere else.
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Steve Urick
It's really, really hard to be the champions, but. But we have to remember how it feels and embrace the new challenge that.
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Christina Williams
We have for all the biggest stories in women's basketball. Plus exclusive interviews with the game's brightest stars.
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So to be here, I think it's one that we definitely don't take for granted. But we also know, you know, that's just one stop along the way and we're hoping to, you know, make it run.
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So listen to In Case youe Missed it with Christina Williams, an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and entertainment on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Steve Urick
All right, welcome back to the program. Other things to talk about, although it's been a heavy week, eight days, I guess now, but other things to concern ourselves with because despite things that are happening out there in the world, a lot of Americans are being crushed by debt. Good decisions, bad decisions, doesn't matter. This is where they are. When you get buried in credit card and loan debt, it's easy to put it off and think, I'll deal with that later. But if you wait, you could miss out. The experts at done with debt discovered a new strategy that can dramatically reduce or even eliminate your debt. But it only works right now. So today I've invited Jillian Barbri to join me. You know her as a TV personality, but what you may not know is that she lived through this debt crisis, this stress herself. She laid awake at night. She hated it, frankly. Gillian, welcome back. We've talked about it a number of times. I mean, it's when you're in debt, just feels like the world is on top you, doesn't it?
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Jillian Barbri
You know, after this week, boy, oh boy, things get put in perspective, don't they? It's again, once is. Yes, Steve, I've been through it. The heaviness of debt, like you said, weighs over you. You don't sleep right. You're not present with your kids, you're worried the phone is ringing, you don't want to answer it, the bills piling up. But also, you know, they're after you. So I always say to people, the number one thing to do is don't pay another bill until you talk with us at done with that because we'll give you a free consultation over the phone. And what you must realize is that there are a team of expert negotiators and they're there to help you put your life back on track. Right. So they know exactly who to speak to. Whether it's the banking institutions, credit card companies, it doesn't matter. They have ends with them and they know certain deals that they can make. As you said, some debt for some people gets completely wiped out because they're in no shape to pay back. And so companies say, okay, now that can happen. And some people actually go home with some money in their pocket at the end of the month. But, you know, nothing happens. In fact, it just gets worse if you don't do something proactively. And that's why, Steve, I wish I would have known.
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Steve Urick
Let me ask you this earlier. Yeah. In your experience, in your experience, because you went through this, you had medical debt, you had other issues, you were sick for a while. Different challenges. Everybody's got different challenge. You get there for different reasons. But what do you wish you had done sooner that you did not do?
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Jillian Barbri
I wish I would have called the people at Done with debt. I just gone to done with that dot com. Look at the testimonials. See, the people, the real people, human beings, Americans, just like you and I, that have been, you know, bombarded with bills. Not that they're out there spending, spending on luxury items. They're just trying to make it day to day, right? They're trying to get their kids through school. They're trying to make ends meet. And in my case, yes, cancer came up and job loss at the same time and divorce. So it was just this world trifecta. And I wasn't doing anything about it except for lying under the covers and freaking out. I was getting chemo at the time. It was a horrible time in my life. But I did find out through a friend about this company. Because another thing with debt is shame, right? We don't tell anybody. So I was going through all of this on my own and freaking out. Because when you're on tv, I had five TV one shows at one point. People think that you're just rolling in the dough and everything's great.
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Steve Urick
They do, don't they? Oh, you're on tv, you're rich. Yeah, that's a common fallacy. Common fallacy. Carry on. Go on.
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Jillian Barbri
When you put things into perspective. So true. And it might be the case for some people, but for others, you know, I was paying a lot of bills, I was taking care of a family, including husband. And it is just, it was a huge insurmountable debt that just toppled on top of me. So I let it go for a while and freaked out internally. And that's not a good thing for your nervous system while you're going through chemo. However, I did find them. Yes, I found them and they put me back on track. And you work with them and it's just incredible what they could. And it's not the end of the world in the sense that, you know, it can be done. You think it's like, it's impossible and you can't see out of this gray cloud.
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Steve Urick
It can be done.
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Jillian Barbri
It can be done.
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Steve Urick
Just so I gotta ask you this. You guys got this new, this new thing, this, this new. Why now? What makes this the right time?
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Jillian Barbri
Gosh. We are in a situation right now where more families are struggling than they have been because of the past few years. So what you have to do is think about the future of your kids. Think about where you want to be in a few years. You do not want this over your head. You do want to make ends meet. You want to live within your means. You want to pay your taxes and just be on par. And that's why the done with debt people will do that for you. And they will basically try. They don't want to go bankruptcy route. They don't want a huge conglomerated loan. They want you to get back on track in a healthy, positive way so that you can start living again. And I mean that in the sense of just being relief. You know, it is a complete relief.
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Steve Urick
Wouldn't that be something?
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Jillian Barbri
Yeah.
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Steve Urick
So what should people do right now if they want to take advantage of this incredible opportunity and the timing and the things that are available.
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Jillian Barbri
Exactly. Go to dunwithdet.com look at the testimonies and get a free consultation. Tell them where you're at. And you can do this from, you know, the privacy of your home. They will work with you. If you have kept this a secret, like many people do, don't worry, they are there to help you. They're almost like psychology along with, you know, wizards with money. So they are a really good team. These are master negotiators. They do not mess around. They're going to get you back on track. The first thing to do, though, is get a consultation. It's free. What have you got to lose? Stop stuffing the envelopes away and not answering the calls. I've been there, and there's nothing like the relief of sitting at dinner and the phone rings and you're like, hello. You can actually answer it again. You're not afraid to go to the mailbox. It's like, ah. The relief is instantaneous. It stops overnight. All those calls and all those letters. Done with that dot com.
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Steve Urick
Yeah. Free to sleep. Free to go to the mailbox. Free to move around in your financial world again. What a relief. All right, Jillian, thank you as always.
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Jillian Barbri
Thank you, sir.
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Steve Urick
Always.
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Jillian Barbri
Great to see you. And we'll talk again soon, sir. Thank you.
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Steve Urick
We will. Here's where you can find more information. Go to donewithdebt. That's donewithdebt.com. look, if you're suffering through this, don't do that. Don't walk away and say, hey, Gruber, I'm not paying attention to you. Pay attention. If you got a debt issue, you can fix it. That's donewithdebt.com. you can sleep tonight. And you can thank me later. After the break, we'll have a story that reminds us of how wonderful America is. Plus answers to the America's voice. Question of the day. How has Charlie Kirk's assistant assassination motivated you into action? Looking for some big answers afterwards?
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Christina Williams
Would you guys consider anything less than a championship to be a failure from this year?
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I wouldn't say anything is a failure, especially because we all grow every day. Obviously, the goal is a championship. That's. There's no doubt in that. And that's the goal. We want to win a championship.
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I'm Christina Williams, host of the podcast in case you missed it with Kristina Williams. The WNBA playoffs are here and I've got the inside scoop on everything from key matchups and standout players to the behind the scenes moments you won't find anywhere else.
- [45:41]
Steve Urick
It's really, really hard to be the champions, but we have to remember how it feels and embrace the new challenge.
- [45:47]
Christina Williams
That we have for all the biggest stories in women's basketball, plus exclusive interviews with the game's brightest stars.
- [45:53]
So to be here, I think it's one that we definitely don't take for granted. But we also know, you know, that's just one stop along the way and we're hoping to, you know, make it run.
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So listen to in case you missed it with Christina Williams, an iHeart women sports production in partnership with Deep Blue sports and entertainment on iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
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Steve Urick
All right. What makes America wonderful? It's been a tough week, little more than that now, but we still have to take a moment to exhale. I suppose what makes America wonderful, We do it every day with the hope that you'll leave this program with a smile on your face and just a little bit of hope in your heart. Today's story comes to us from Aurora, Illinois, where police officers were dispatched to evacuate a burning house, only to find a very smart dog. And I mean a very smart dog. Aurora officials note that first responders reported a burning house and quickly told two officers to evacuate anyone still trapped inside. After forcing entry, the two officers swept the house only to find Oakley, the household dog, who had to ensure that he was leashed before evacuating. Let's take a look. Police.
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David Zier
Anybody in here? Hey, buddy.
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Steve Urick
Come on. Come on.
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David Zier
Sorry, buddy.
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Steve Urick
Come here. You're a good boy. Come on. Oley, this way. Now, Oakley, undoubtedly well trained, but the officer who ensured his safety remind us of what makes America wonderful. So they got the dog out. Saved the dog. You know I like a good dog story, don't you? Makes you feel good about the world, right? All right, so here's the question of the day. How Has Charlie Kirk's assassination motivated you into action? Let me answer the question first. I joined TP usa. So did my wife. I mean, we've known Charlie and worked with Charlie, been around Charlie a number of times, you know, numbered him among our friends. Not in the way that didn't know him as well as some people on this network, but know him well enough to climb a friend. And we joined TPUSA and started going back to church again a little bit more regularly. There is that Gen X Republican @candace2262 writes, I'm taking a deeper dive into my faith. Charlie's killer faces the death penalty if he repents before his execution. He will be received by our Lord and Savior and welcomed into heaven. Charlie would love that. Me, not so much, which is why I'm working on it. That's fair. That's a really good answer, by the way, Josh, at Mr. Stiff 333. I'll be knocking doors in the next election and many more years after that. It'll be my first time doing it, getting involved. Sasquatch Seeker Keith 2661, so on and so forth. It has made me look inward more. What's the state of my spirit? Am I all in for Jesus or am I sitting on the fence? Trumpiest Girl writes this. Being more conscious of each small interaction with people and holding myself more accountable to my Christian beliefs. You see, there's been this awakening. Free to think, writes a Christian attempt to make sense of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Charlie Kirk. I finally reached the meditative point. Charlie's horrible death is worth sharing. I cried to the Lord, knowing nothing like this happens without his approval. Why, just as Job cried, the spirit said to me, look at the number of lost sheep I am gathering to my fields for blessing. I praised God. Good answers. Good answers, people. All right. Don't forget to follow me on social media. It's very important so you can be part of the question of the day. All the normal places, I think they've got a thing, they're going to put them up there for you. But it's. It's X, it's Facebook, it's all the normal places. Get her truth. Find the question today. Get involved. Right. Don't forget to watch me first thing in the morning. 6am I get up early. I was up at 5 in the morning watching the President this morning. Boy. I was up for early duty today because he was in the UK, always on duty at 4 o'. Clock. My good friend Eric Bolling, he's sitting here dressed up bright, bushy tailed and ready bowling. Nice to see you.
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Eric Bolling
Good to see you, Steve. I got Alex Jones standing by. We can do a couple blocks with Alex. He's got some very animated things to say about the, the Jimmy Kimmel firing. And we have this. You know, I've been talking about a theory. You know, I wouldn't call it conspiracy theory, Steve, because every time we call it, we're called conspiracy theorists, they turn out to be neither conspiracy nor a theory. They're usually right. It's that this shooter doesn't feel like he acted alone. It's just for me reading through the text, the diversion that the old guy immediately created. Diversion so the, the shooter could get away and then the guy standing up in front like waving his arms. That's against human nature. If you're fearful of an assassin's bullet or bullets are flying to jump up and make your. And then that text thread between the two of those, the guy and his.
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Steve Urick
That doesn't sit right, does it?
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Eric Bolling
Seems I never heard of it. No one types to that degree. That types that well, that perfect grammar in texting. And, and Steve, he laid out a motive, put himself in in the theater, talked it even got to the point where they proved it was premeditated. So whatever that, that script was, and I believe it was a script written not by the assassin, alleged assassin, it's from someone in some group because they've, they've made sure that this kid is the only human being that will get the spotlight, the investigation spotlight. And I think there's a lot more in the works.
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Steve Urick
And I want to go back to what you said here. You said conspiracy theory and all this other. I, I've been looking at those text messages. They're on my desk. I keep reading them and looking at them and going, you know, that doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't look right to me either. And the difference bowling between a conspiracy theory, in fact, six months, 12 months. It depends on how long you know exactly.
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Eric Bolling
Well, we got Alex Jones is going to help me break. Help me break it down. It'll probably get me deeper into the rabbit hole, but whatever. That's what we do here. That's what we do.
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Christina Williams
This is an I Heart podcast.