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Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, March 11th, 2026
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John Solomon
Good evening America, Happy Wednesday and welcome to the latest edition of Just the News. No noise. I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you as always from the nation's capital. You were just watching President Trump speaking live in Kentucky. He's on his way back to Washington, D.C. and my amazing co host Amanda heads at the White House. She's on poll duty today so that she has to stay until they put a quote unquote lid on there. So she'll be coming in from the White House hopefully later on. But we start with some more news on the Save America act as President Trump has been pushing it hard in recent weeks, including in his speech in Kentucky just a few minutes ago. The outcome of the Senate race in Texas hangs in the balance over this very issue. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said earlier this week that the math doesn't work in order to pass the voter ID bill, and he still wasn't open to enacting a talking filibuster in order to get the bill passed. What's the talking filibuster? Just give you a couple of seconds. For most of our history, if you want to delay Senate action, you had to stand on your feet and talk until you drop. Then a few years ago, senators got lazy, and they created the lazy filibuster. What's it mean? It means you just say, I'm going to filibuster. You don't have to stand, you don't have to talk. You don't do any of the hard stuff. Americans, a lot of Americans, want that change, but Senator John Thune doesn't. Now, the President was asked about Senator Thune in the holdup in the Senate earlier today, and this is how he responded. Take a watch.
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Russell Coleman
Is Senator Thune listening to you when you say you want to pass the Save America Act? He says there aren't the votes to
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do it right now.
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Russell Coleman
What's your response? Well, he's got to be a leader. You know, he's a leader. He's got to get him. It's the most popular bill I've ever seen put before Congress, and it's voter ID and it's voter. You have to be able to be a citizen to vote. It's called citizenship. And we're also adding in no men playing in women's sports, no transgender mutualization of our gender, children, and no mail in ballots, fake mail in ballots.
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John Solomon
That's a lot of pressure on the Majority Leader, Thune. He's got to be a leader. We'll see how that works out. I know the President's had some pretty tense conversations with John Thune over the last couple of weeks. He's also trying to light a fire underneath Texas Senator John Cornyn as President Trump dangles his endorsement in that Texas Senate race. Is it going to be Ken Paxton? Is it going to be John Cornyn? Well, earlier today, John Cornyn did something no one expected. He wrote an op ed saying, hey, I want to take the lead on maybe changing the Senate filibuster back to a talking filibuster. That was a pretty big moment, by the way. It was egged on by Ken Paxton, who said, listen, if they get it done, I'll step aside from the Senate race and let Cornine have it, have his chance to be the nominee one more time. Now, Cornyn's op ed saw him state that, quote, I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the Save America act and Homeland Security funding past the Democrats. Obstruction through the Senate and on the President's desk for his signature. He further explicitly said he would be open to the talking filibuster. That's a change for him. He's part of that Senate club that likes the lazy filibuster. This was a big moment. This all follows our interview with assistant attorney general for Civil Rights Army Dylan last night. You all watched that. She says she's proven tens of thousands. I want to say that again, proven tens of thousands of non citizens have made it onto state, state voter rolls. By the way, she said dozens actually voted and hundreds of thousands of people who died or left their states are still on the voter rolls. That is just from her first 16 states review. There are 50 states already. Those numbers. How do you solve that problem? You make people show their citizenship when they register and you make them show their voter ID that they really are who they are and they're registered to vote when they come to vote. Well, the public pressure caused the Senate to go with a talking filibuster and get the Save America act passed. Will make sure we bring all of those updates to you over at Just the News and on this show. We're going to kick off today while Amanda's out at the White House with a guest I always love bringing on. He's a straight talker. He is committed to reducing the size of government, getting voter ID in America and so many other common sense things. And he represents the great state of Tennessee. One of my favorite places to visit. He is Congressman Tim Burchett, and he's with us right now. Congressman, great to have you on the show, sir.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Thank you, John. It's always a pleasure. I would say I wish you didn't have to almost bribe these guys and gals to do what's right. It drives me crazy. Just, you know, they always hold out to the end. And then, you know, if thun does this next week, everybody's gonna want to nominate him for, you know, Republican of the year or something. I'm so sick and tired that we have to beg and cajole and say bribe. But you know what I mean, it
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John Solomon
is a frustrating thing. I mean, the last 20 years have just watched the action in the Senate slow down to a crawl. It's the place where good ideas die or any idea dies. Mostly where we are right now, we've gotten. We're getting new data every day. We've had a recent raid in Fulton County, Georgia. We had a grand jury subpoena now delivered in Maricopa county last night. The assistant attorney general for civil rights who oversees voting in America from the Justice Department's perspective said her first review of the 16 first states whose voter rolls she's gained access to found tens of thousands of noncitizens made it in a position to vote, and dozens actually did vote in violation of law. This week, we charged a man in Pennsylvania voted in seven straight presidential elections even though he's a legal alien. How much more data does the Senate need to realize that the solution they have will solve this problem a lot
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Congressman Tim Burchett
more obviously, they're gutless. They don't want to kick the hornet's nest. I need to. I think they need to kick it right now because it's pretty obvious to me. And they'll throw up these statistics. The left will. And frankly, some people on the right will say, well, it's such a small percentage, Burchett. But let me tell you, you know, when you. When you can dislodge one postmaster in Illinois and it could throw a presidential race, that little percentage matters. And every. Every one of those votes that an illegal steals from us, it just. It steals your vote. It steals an individual's vote. And to me, that's just. It's paramount to what we have in this country. We better start embracing the things that we've got and that are given to us or we're gonna lose it. And it's very evident to me that there's a lot of people that would like for us to lose it that hate our country.
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John Solomon
The head scratcher. I was in a hardware store the other day and I heard two people talking about this, very animated. But they said, you know, saying that it's only a few thousand illegal aliens that vote is like saying, there's only a few thousand murders. We should let them go. And then I thought, well, that is a good way of putting. Then I point out, well, actually, some liberal cities are doing that now, so maybe that is the plan. Most Americans support this.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
I was eating lunch with my wife and a couple of my campaign guys today down at the mess hall. It's a veterans oriented kind of thing. I'm not a veteran, of course, but daddy fought. And so I'm sitting there and a guy beside me at the table was wearing a tie dyed T shirt. And he turns around and says, congressman, we need to pass that Save America act. And I thought, if the dude in the tie dyed shirt get America, I think everybody gets it. I think Thune is underestimating who is supporting this thing. Sorry, I went off on that.
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John Solomon
Yeah, no, that's a great story because, I mean, every day Americans like, I don't understand the big deal about this. And then they'll hear a Democrat say, oh, you're trying to stop women from voting or married women from voting, or you're trying to stop black people. And I'M thinking if I'm a woman or a black person, I'm pretty darn insulted that the Democrats think I'm too stupid to have an idea and whip it out because I do it all day long on the airline and at the drugstore and every place I gotta go. What is the magic turning point? Do you see a moment in the near future where Americans could put enough pressure on the Senate to make this painful enough that they get it done?
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Congressman Tim Burchett
I think it's going to happen here in the next few days. I really do. I think they're there and I think Thune realizes it. And for whatever reason he needs to, he needs to back off and embrace what America wants. We are, you know, we've proven that there's fraud. We've proven they're stealing boats. And there's no other reason not to. There's no other reason not to. And again, you're exactly right.
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John Solomon
It is.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
It is insulting to our minority community or a lady think that they can't get a photo id. Heck, in Tennessee, I think it's free. Just go down where you get your driver's license. They'll give you one if you're, if you're disabled and can't drive. But you need some identification, get it? It's the same idea you show when you have to buy certain types of cough syrup over the counter. It's the same idea when you go buy a scratch off down here at Waggles on Tazzle pike or a six pack of beer. And then the birth certificate, you know, I had to show a birth certificate. This was really racially insensitive of them. But I had to show a birth certificate when I played little league baseball. It's just ridiculous. The whole thing is ridiculous. Schumer is a dinosaur and he's. I think he's cut his hand nailing this rice card.
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John Solomon
Yeah. No, it is, it just is insulting to almost everyone I talk to of every age group and gender and capability. It's just, it's a simple thing to get done and we've made it complicated because of the debate that the Democrats have had. I want to pivot to another idea, which is for the two step process of getting citizenship check and voter id. We, we created these smart ID licenses the last couple of years. The government already knows every person who's a citizen, every person who is a law firm in the country. Is that something that could be quickly adapted to make it a really simple system for registering and voting?
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Congressman Tim Burchett
I think so. But the last thing you need to do is have a congressional study committee to get involved in it. I would hope that Elon or somebody with a little understanding of the computer system could, could put a program together very overnight. And I would say if I know Trump, and I do, he's not playing checkers. He's, he's playing for djs. And he's already got this thing ready to go. It'll hit the ground running. That is something he's been very effective at doing so far. And I'm, I've been, I'm never, you know, I'm always surprised and I'm always impressed, but I think they, they've got this thing, if we can just get it passed and we can implement it.
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John Solomon
Yeah, I think the next couple of weeks are going to be pretty extraordinary. We're going to learn some new things, too. I've been working on some intelligence to get declassified that shows some China intrusions that people haven't been told about public. And I think that'll be helpful to just understand the environment we're in now. I want to turn to something that I know is dear to your heart, and it's something I hear more and more when I go out now more than any other question I get is, do you think we're going to get some government cut, we're going to get some more spending? You are an important driving force in the Doge movement. With the role you have in Congress right now, is there a chance between now and the election Day that Americans can see some more savings beyond the ones we got in the big, beautiful bill and in the rescission, more coming, you think?
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Congressman Tim Burchett
I think so. And I think what you got to realize, every single Democrat voted for a tax increase, and they want to take, they want to take that tax reduction back from you that you've earned. They don't like the tax. No tax on tips. They don't like any of the other stuff. I'd like to see us go a little farther. I'm, I'm going to prepare some legislation to take away our, the capital gains tax on a piece of property. And, you know, it's just redundant. And the thing you realize, John, and you understand this, is that when you tax people less, they don't stick it in a dadgum pillowcase under their hat, under their bed.
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John Solomon
That's right.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
They reinvest it. They put it in a bank, and that bank loans it out to other people or they buy something by an automobile. And under Trump's plan, American automobiles, the reductions there, they just on down the line I just think Americans are they. I would rather let America decide what they do with their dad got money than a bunch of them unelected bureaucrats in Washington and 535 congresspeople. Because it's just, to me it just, it never ends. It's never ending or closing in on $40 trillion in debt. And when is enough. Enough of our spending Congress, I think
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John Solomon
you just made some news. You're going to introduce legislation to get rid of the capital gains tax when you sell a house. That's a big thing for retirees or people narrowing retirement. When do you think that'll happen? And do you got some co sponsors are going to come behind you? Because it seems like that'd be a pretty popular idea.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Yeah, I don't think it'll happen because we don't have the guts to do it. I probably won't even get a hearing in the committee. That's part of, that's really the problem we have in these in Washington D.C. and it's both parties. It's not necessarily the chairman but the committees are so big. I almost wish we had smaller committees that were divided up under individual things a little more, a little more concise and that way we wouldn't have all these monster mega spending bills and that we could do them individually and also in. The reason there is is the staff members. The staff members are too close to lobbyists. I have a good, I have a bill dealing with China and I'd love to talk to you about it sometime. And I can't.
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John Solomon
Let's talk now. Yeah, it's important.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
It is important. I have a bill and it's, and I talk to the, the chairman and the, and the staffer who will be overseeing it, I guess and they tell me, well, it's really not needed. It doesn't need to be. It's sort of, it's in a rule somewhere but it really isn't. It's dealing with genetic material. If you, you know, you go to these, these groups and they say find out where you come from, your, you know, your genetics. So you send them a swab of inside your mouth, you stick it in a, in a test tube or something and send it off to them. And then of course it comes back you're related to the king of England. I don't know why anybody isn't related to a bunch of horse thieves or criminals. But they're always something, you know, and they, and they find out you're, you know, the King of England or the king of Africa or something and. And so what happens with that genetic material after that? Well the. It's the all the files. They've been selling our genetic information to the Chinese. And you say well what. What good does that do Bertra? They need that for. Well they create what's called a genome. And they. And what they've done and we've been told this by our intelligence months ago, over a year ago and we're still just stumbling. And what they do is they create a genome and we think that they're creating a biological entity or a bug or a disease that would primarily affect women of American women of childbearing ages. Now to me that's pretty scary. And you think well the Chinese wouldn't do that. The hell they wouldn't. They did it with COVID So we know. We know where that came from. And so I have the greatest difficulty of getting this bill out. It's the most ridiculous thing. And I'm about and I'm going to go public here. If I have another meeting with the chairman and if he does not decide to put my bill on notice to where it can be voted on in the committee I'm going to publicly embarrass a lot of people because I'm over it.
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John Solomon
I'm completely over Is mind boggling that something that would protect the privacy of Americans would be even for a second controversial in Congress. It seems like exactly. Elect members of Congress to get things like this done and it seems like it's a backdoor for China to spy on us. We found a lot of places where that's true. Right. Yet tick tock happening you had other places where they were gathering data. Closing this loophole would be a tremendous benefit to every American who does you know the any family research that they want to find out about themselves.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Absolutely. And. And I think that we just given them this information that they could literally shut end our population really. And that's just stop. And and I think that that's. We better start understanding the evil nature and just how cunning they are and just how greedy our lobbyists are and our politicians that will not move forward with this legislation.
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John Solomon
Now you're on the forefront of that. Stopping those genetic individualized genetic weapons is a thing I think most Americans would support by a mile. I can't wait to see you call out your chairman and get that work done because I think that's going to be an important one. Congressman. We always enjoy when you come on you make a smile, you make us think and you make us get some faith that Congress will get some things done despite itself. Good to have you on, my friend.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Thanks, John. I always appreciate, and I appreciate your, your investigative reporting on this stuff. You're one of the few that actually does that doesn't just read something off a dad gum teleprompter. And I, I miss those days very much. Thank you, brother.
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John Solomon
You're very kind, sir. Thank you for saying that means a lot personally to me. We'll get you back on real soon. Thanks, sir. Good to have you on.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Thank you, brother.
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John Solomon
What a fun conversation. I always love having that Congressman. We just have a great time. All right. We got a little bit of commercial break ahead. You can hear from our great sponsors. Back in a second with more news right after these messages.
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John Solomon
Welcome back, America. Earlier, just a few minutes ago, you got to see President Trump wrap up a speech in the great state of Kentucky. It's a commonwealth that is pretty conservative yet as a Democratic governor, but most of the rest of the state is pretty red. But there's an extraordinary story bawling behind the scenes. 240 violent fenders may soon be released by Kentucky. The state's attorney general, the chief law enforcement officer, former FBI man himself, Russell Coleman is working day and night to try to stop that from happening. It's a legal loophole with A really complicated story, but it is one that could have enormous impact on public safety in that great state. Earlier, before men headed over to the White House, we had a great conversation with the Kentucky Attorney General, Russell Coleman. Have a watch. It's an amazing story.
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Bo (Interviewer with Russell Coleman)
Well, and thank you. Because there are 240 criminals at stake here and we're not just talking petty crimes. This is carjacking, strangulation, homicide, attempted murder. These are not, like I said, this is not petty crimes. Why on earth are they being considered for release?
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Russell Coleman
Well, backing up. We're so grateful that I'm able to join you with a partner in Washington D.C. a partner that's helping ensure that our borders are secure, helping with the assistance of federal law enforcement, with the talented prosecutors of the Justice Department as colleagues. We're finally there again after the reelection of President Trump and his administration. But what we're finding in states like Kentucky, we have a General assembly, super majority Republican General assembly that's passing great policy, policy that makes sense. And two years ago they passed a common sense measure called the Safer Kentucky Act. What it did was just as the nomenclature indicates, it took amongst a number of other public safety measures. It took very concerning offenses. We're talking strangulation, manslaughter, multiple abuses, types of abuse of kids, rape and sodomy. And it said these folks, because of the inherent violence of these type of offenses, truth in sentencing, they need to serve at least 85%. Lot like the federal system before they are eligible for parole. They were serving 20% before that, 85%. And wouldn't you know it, class action of some of these very same criminals have challenged this measure. And unless the Kentucky Court of Appeals acts, because of the action of a single judge, 240 of these violent offenders are going to be released to counties across, potentially released to counties across our commonwealth.
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John Solomon
There's an amazing dynamic, sir, going on in our country and that is that it seems like the bad guys get portrayed as the good guys and the good guys, who the people are the victims, get the portrayed today as the bad guys. How did that perversion of the system go? How did so many young people come to think it's a good idea to let the bad people on the street and not worry about the good people who get victimized by them.
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Russell Coleman
Well, it's an oversimplification for me to cast aspersions and throw bombs at others in the media, others that aren't you. That's why real America's voice, that's why just the news is so important. And my hat's off to you. The media played a big role, has played a big role in that and how they portray our heroes, the men and women, John, Amanda, that are going to be out there tonight, be out there tonight when we're safe in our beds. They're heroes. Now occasionally we have a bad actor in law enforcement, just as with any profession, but as the chief law enforcement officer of this commonwealth, I get to work with some amazing men and women and we need to continuously uplift and point the finger in a positive way at those that are doing this amazing work. Let me take one of those, those offenses that, that would be released for only serving 20%. Strangulation. We know strangulation. We know that not only if someone is willing to put their hands around a victim's throat. We know that it's a high likelihood that that offender will not only commit a homicide against a domestic partner, intimate violence, a child. We know the Data says that 80%, roughly 80% of those that kill police officers have committed a strangulation offense. We know that when they are allowed out, if allowed out, our men and women, our troopers, our deputies, our officers are going to be put at great risk.
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John Solomon
Amazing statistic.
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Bo (Interviewer with Russell Coleman)
Absolutely. Well, and it makes me think of broken window policing because I remember back when that was utilized and was highly successful, you had an instance where a quote, unquote, lesser crime, although I would argue this strangulation is not a lesser crime of practically anything, but it indicates a future crime, something that is much, much more violent. Do you find that that happens there in Kentucky? Is this something that is considered accepted doctrine?
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Russell Coleman
Well, that's what the, that's what the data says. And that is why our legislature carved out strangulation a few years ago, made it a separate felony offense and an aggravated felony offense. We are seeing good policy again coming out of super majority legislatures like ours. The challenge is courts that aren't applying common sense. This is not rocket science. This is the need to apply common sense in our judicial system. And unfortunately that is not happening in many places across the country and even in red states, conservative states, pro law enforcement states like the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is still a challenge here.
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John Solomon
So I've bumped into a lot of people in the last few months who are praising the work you're doing to call attention to Roblox and the gaming, social gaming platforms where young children think they're in a safe environment but often can get lured into very dangerous circumstances or weaponization of their own thoughts. Talk a little bit about what you've learned about roblox and why you've been so adamant in educating parents about it.
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Russell Coleman
Well, I'm a, I'm a dad before I'm the Attorney General. I'm a dad when I go home every night. A six year old and two teenagers. And as a law enforcement officer though just like as a parent John, we go to where the threats are. We go to where the threats are and the threats in my time in office, the opioid battle of 10 years ago, 15 years ago, the social media fight, this being the most dangerous item in your home and you catch a picture of my six year old on the phone, that's where the battles are, that's where the threats are emanating from. And whether it's a cartoonish platform like Roblox, by the way, 280 million users a month, it is ubiquitous in our homes. Roblox, whether it's TikTok and then insidious algorithm that's targeting particularly our young girls, whether it's meta and the algorithms and the known conduct that puts our kids at risk or whether it is in the AI space and we need to be winning the AI race from a national security perspective. But we also have to make sure that the AI platforms are doing what they say they are in terms of safety. And so I also filed suit against character AI. We're the first state in the nation to do that a few weeks ago. The social media dynamic, those platforms, that's the opioid fight of our time in office. That is where the threat is emanating to our kids.
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Bo (Interviewer with Russell Coleman)
That's terrifying. I mean you hear these stories all the time about a very, very tragic ending for a child. When a child is targeted on a platform like roblox, the perp at the other end, is it typically someone who is stateside or is it international?
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Russell Coleman
So it's both. The real risk so is two pronged with Roblox. One, it's the content that Roblox hosts. These are things like the Charlie Kirk assassination simulator or the Canadian shooter of a few weeks ago, the mall shooting simulator. This is stuff that kids don't unsee. As believers and parents, we try to guard our kids hearts. The fact that it's cartoonish doesn't mitigate the fact that abhorrent sexual conduct, bathroom experiences where our kids are abused. So part of it is the content. You don't unsee that stuff. Part of it is there's no what's known as age gating. We have young kids like my son when he was 10 said he was 15. Snuck on. We have young kids saying that they're older, but we have older kids, older kids. We have adults rather saying that they're kids. Some are international, but the real risk is those that are here, domestic, that are getting our kids to a secondary platform, an encrypted platform. The next thing you know, our kids are disappearing story after story. Even in these last few weeks, some of these kids we've been able to find that have been, they're going to other states to meet these offenders. Some of these kids aren't returned home safely to their parents, unfortunately. So it is a, it is like, guys, it's like every bad science fiction movie we watched in the 80s and 90s. It's like it's coming true in this environment. That that's. And I'll leave you with a book that every time I open my mouth, I recommend John Height's Anxious Generation for parents, for policymakers. We have to read this book. Have to read this book. It is great. Great. It's the best worst book I've read in the last 10 years.
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John Solomon
Yeah. Important stuff. Before we let you go, sir, you've been working on another very important thing to protect women's health. The rise of these abortion pills showing up in gas stations without any real medical diagnosis for them. And the protection of women really lacks. I know you've been cracking down on that. Tell us what you've learned about it thus far.
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Russell Coleman
Well, we are aggressively investigating and I want to be careful to protect the nature of our ongoing investigation. But on that front, I'll just, I'll say stay tuned. What we're talking about is a gas station owner being paid a pittance to post nonprofit information out of state for an out of state entity that allows, unfortunately, oftentimes a disadvantaged woman in a very difficult position offers her an out. And without medical counseling, without real treatment, simply shipping this medicine into a state like Kentucky, where this is illegal under Kentucky law. So stay tuned. I have colleagues like Liz Merrill, the attorney general in Louisiana, that's been very aggressive in this space. The Commonwealth will act. This is not acceptable to lose life here in the Commonwealth, to circumvent our laws because someone in a state like New Jersey or New York disagrees with a law here in Kentucky. That's not how it works. And we're going to aggressively address that to protect families, protect young women here in our Commonwealth. It's just not acceptable.
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Bo (Interviewer with Russell Coleman)
Hugely important, Mr. Attorney General, the causes that you are taking up, I think, as you said, they are the issues for this generation, they reign so. And we are so lucky to have you here, and the people of Kentucky are lucky to have you there.
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Russell Coleman
I'm grateful for the kind words. It's a privilege to serve with amazing men and women in Kentucky law enforcement. So thank you, Bo.
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Bo (Interviewer with Russell Coleman)
Absolutely.
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Russell Coleman
Absolutely.
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Bo (Interviewer with Russell Coleman)
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman. Thank you, sir. All right, everybody, stay tuned because we've got more for you coming up on the other side of these commercials.
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John Solomon
Welcome back, America. As many of you know from watching the show, I am a big fan of space exploration. I'm kind of a space nerd. I love it. I enjoy the opportunity to see America explore the most unexplored frontier in the universe. Joining us now, an astronaut who spent more time than most anyone I've ever known in space. He has an extraordinary story and a brand new book coming out. He is Captain Barry Wilmar. Captain, great to have you on the show.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Sir John, it was wonderful to be with you. Thanks for having me. Thanks so much.
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John Solomon
Well, first, thank you for your service to your country because both as a veteran and as an astronaut, you've done some pretty extraordinary things. Before we get into the book and what is one of the most amazing stories I know in space exploration? How many days did you spend in space total over your three missions?
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Oh, my. I only know this because I was told 464 days total.
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John Solomon
That is a lot of time. More than a year off this plant. It's pretty remarkable. Very few people come even close to that number. It's really amazing. Part of that reason is you actually were stuck in space and you have this great new book coming out, Stuck in a powerful new memoir. Tell us a little bit about. It's coming out on my favorite day, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. I'm an Irishman. I love it. Tell us what happened and what is at the kernel of this great book.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Well, I think this book, John, is written. I actually initially started writing chapters for my daughters because my wife and I, we were in our 40s when we had them and we'd lived a life before they were born. So that was the genesis of the book. But as the starliner saga continued throughout the 2024 and the first part of 2025, I continued to write some chapters while I was in space, trying to use my time with intent. And as the story began to develop, it just seemed like a good story of hope in the now. And it also, you know, I believe in. It doesn't matter what I believe. What matters is what's true. But I align My beliefs with God's word, the Bible. And I see that he is at work and working out his plan and his purposes for his glory and our ultimate good, if we will believe. And I've seen that in this life. And I think this book gives a message of hope in the now, while also pointing to the, you know, the true message of eternal hope through believing in the sacrificial diet, incurring the wrath of Almighty God, of Jesus Christ our Lord, for our sins, for my sins as well. So it's hope. It's hope in the now. Hope for eternal hope. And that's really honestly why I published it, is for that message shown in the events of the life as he's working. Sacrix. Excuse me, working sovereignly and providentially in all of our lives, including mine.
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John Solomon
Yeah, it's such an amazing story. And you're right, we live in an era where people see a problem and all they see is the obstacle to solving that problem. But in NASA, there are no obstacles. As famously said during the Apollo 13 mission, failure is not an option. So you're stranded in space, aboard the International Space Station for a very long time, you're cut off from Earth, and then a team comes together and finds a remarkable way to make sure you can get off the station. Tell us how that unfolds because it's such an amazing anecdote.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Yeah, well, it starts, obviously, but before we docked, we had some issues. We lost four thrusters, which has affected our ability to fully control the spacecraft, which it was the crew on board, myself and Sonny, and also the ground heats coming together, coming up with a plan on the fly. Never been in a situation like this before where you couldn't fully control the spacecraft. Again, six degrees of freedom. Pitch, roll, yaw, that's attitude. And then translation, forward and aft, up and down, left and right. That's translation. Put them all together, that's six degrees of freedom. And we couldn't fully do that again. Never happened before in human spaceflight. So that led to the, you know, the situation where, at least out in front of the space station where we actually, we really needed to dock. We had to dock because our options were limited if we weren't able to dock, not sure at the time, not knowing what was going on or why we were losing thrusters, that we could actually make it home. So as that unfolded, as we were able to finally get docked to the space station due to heroic efforts by the ground team and getting some thrusters back, then the saga continued about when we would come back. And honestly, before we ever docked, I knew the spacecraft was sick and I wasn't sure there was a path to get to where we would climb back on board and come back because it's really difficult to bound the problem that we had and to the point to where we would feel comfortable getting back on board and risking the chance that it could happen again before we got back to Earth. And again, in that situation where we were, I'm not sure we could have made it back to Earth with four thrusters down. But again, that's kind of the saga that went on for several months before we finally decided that no, we would not risk that and chance that. And we went on the longer, longer plan to come back on a SpaceX dragon.
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John Solomon
Yeah, that's an amazing story. And you know, we had 1 maybe 50 years ago, 40 years ago, with Apollo 13, a similar sort of need for ingenuity and human spirit enduring. When you're going through that moment and you're looking at the possibly maybe I don't get back home, your faith kicks in. And I know you're a man of great faith, as you expressed right at the opening. Tell us a little bit about how this also becomes a personal spiritual journey for you.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Well, it does indeed. And it's from the beginning. You know, I've studied God's word for decades. It is truth. Again, I said before, it doesn't matter what we believe, what I believe, what anybody believes. What matters is what's true in this journey of life is aligning our understanding and our beliefs with what is absolutely true. And I see God's word as being absolutely true. And with that comes a comfort, regardless of what the situation is, that he's in control. And regardless of how the outcome is, if we were to, if it was to take the time for this life to end, then there's comfort in that, regardless. Because eternal hope is something that can never be taken away. So that's a very, very special thing to be able to rely on and know and feel in those moments of life where things can seem dire. And that's regardless. And again, that's really why I published the book. There's hope in all situations in knowing Jesus Christ, our Lord as savior. And that's the message. That's the true message.
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John Solomon
Well, I am excited and I can't wait to read the book before we let you go. We're at an extraordinary moment. So we had the Apollo program, then the space shuttle program, then the space mission program we're about to embark on returns to the moon and then beyond to Mars. How extraordinary a moment are we in. In human space flight and specifically American space exploration?
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Wow. I tell you, I am very encouraged by what is taking place right now in human spaceflight. We had an architecture leading up to just a couple of months ago that was very, very challenging. It would be multiple launches for a single trip to the surface of the moon. We are altering that now. We're going to a different architecture, a different lander, a smaller lander. The plan of the missions themselves are changing. I know Artemis III now is currently planned to go to low Earth orbit and practice some of the rendezvous techniques that have to be done with the Orion spacecraft. And so that architecture is completely different than it was. And that is the right move. There's many of us that felt that for quite a while. And now those steps are being taken. So it's a very, very encouraging time
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John Solomon
for sure for those who will never get to experience space. What's it like to be above the Earth, looking down at that extraordinary planet?
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Amazing. I know you're growing up, you're watching films and video like Superman, and literally that's how you feel the weightlessness of space. Superman, I know in some of the films I saw, he would fly up into space and view the Earth from a. From that vantage point.
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Shannon Davis
And.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
And there you are floating, obviously not out in the vacuum of space, but inside the space station, looking out through the windows at the. The beauty and the grandeur of this Earth below that, like, you know, Isaiah 45:18 that said, Lord created to be inhabited. And it is breathtaking. It is awe inspiring. It's adjectives that I can't even come up with. It's truly, truly amazing.
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John Solomon
You've done pretty good. And I'm pretty sure your book's going to pay a great tribute to that as well, Sir. What a great honor to have you on the show again. Thank you for your service. Thank you for bringing us on your personal journey with this new book. I can't wait 464 days in space. That is jaw dropping. Good to have you on, Captain.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
Thank you, John. Thank you again. God bless.
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John Solomon
Yeah, you got. Bless you as well, folks. Go get the book. It is going to be amazing. All right, quick commercial break. When we come back, health care, housing and groceries are rising faster than the government's inflation formula captures. So what does that mean for your savings and retirement? We're going to have Shannon Davis right after these messages. Welcome back, America. Earlier today, the latest inflation report came out. It's still running a Little hotter than where the Fed wants it. More importantly, it doesn't include the sudden spike in energy prices that the Iran conflict has imposed. That's expected it'll eventually even out. But that does raise some concerns, particularly when you look at the fact that the 2026 Social Security cost of living increase, which is pretty generous, 2.8%, is already losing purchasing power because it doesn't account for the real cost that seniors are facing when they go out. Their health care, their housing, their groceries are rising much faster than the government's inflation formally captures it trails. That is a concern. And at the same time, you got the S&P 500, the NASDAQ selling off and retirees with 401ks, well, they got a little bit of agita. Right now if you get an IRA or 401k, your feeling a little bit like you're on a roller coaster. Now joining us to put all of this in perspective and to give us some ideas of how to survive that roller coaster. He's a great friend. He's the CEO of American Alternative Assets, which is one of our great partners, our go to place for gold and silver, Shannon Davis. Shannon, great to have you back on.
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Shannon Davis
Great to be back on with you, John. Happy Wednesday. Happy hump day, sir.
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John Solomon
Absolutely. It was a hump day even for the economy a little bit. I think you see. All right, we're still, you know, we wasn't a terrible inflation report, but it's still running above where the Fed's sweet spot is. And now you got gas rising and other things probably going to rise in return with the Iran conflict. You should be a little nervous, shouldn't we?
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Shannon Davis
Yeah, definitely. I think when you have uncertainty like this, when there's a lot of unknowns around the corner, you just want to be cautious more than anything. And you know, with the reports we just got, you know, it's squeezing the dollar from both sides one hand. Social Security is using a formula that undercounts what retirees are actually spending money on. You know, and you mentioned it, health care, prescription drugs, housing. The costs are rising much faster than the 2.8%. So every month the check buys less and less and savings are starting to reduce more and more. So 65 year old individuals don't have 20 years to keep fighting this battle or make money back in the stock market. Silver is still performing. It's a tangible asset. Gold still performing, it's a tangible asset. And Wall Street's volatility doesn't affect that ever. So just be cautious, really. I Think is the key today, John?
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Yeah.
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John Solomon
And have a plan. I think that's one of the things I love about our partnership. These great reports that you put out that give us different ways of planning and thinking that we probably don't know because we don't have the time to research it like your expert team. I want to go back to what I mentioned at the top of the show. The Social Security cost of living adjustment. The formula is made to the benefit of government budget keepers, not to all of us. Describe that gap and what it means for us.
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Shannon Davis
Yeah, John, here's why. So cola, right. Cost of living adjustments is based on something called CPI W that's consumer price index for urban wage earners. And so it tracks what working age people spend money on. Keyword is working, you know, gas, electricity, which is obviously going up. That will correct, like you said. But retirees, you know, their biggest expenses are health care prescriptions, housing. Health care alone has rised at 7, 8% prescriptions, 4 to 6% home insurance. Some states it's up to 10, 15%. So although 2.8, you know, somewhat healthy, I guess relative to what. So you know, when you talk about, you know, 2.5% adjustment against real costs rising 4 or 5, 6%, that's not keeping up. That's falling behind every single year. John.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
Yeah.
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John Solomon
You're taking a step backward. Even though you get an increase, the gap is probably what, another 2% on top of the cola. When you take real costs in, right?
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Shannon Davis
Yeah. I mean depending on what cost we're looking at, really is what you have to look at, you know, every year. Yeah, it's going to compound. Right. The Bureau of Labor Statistics actually track an experimental index. It's called CPI etc. This stands for elderly and it consists consistently shows inflation running half a percent higher than what is used to calculate COLA. Over 20 year retirement the gap adds up to tens and thousands of dollars of lost purchasing power. This is why we talk to people every day. This is what we talk to them about. Assets that we provide historically keep pace with real inflation, not government inflation. And so just to give you an example of 20 years of fighting that type of inflation, gold and Silver have done 600 and 865% to 795% over the last 20 years in comparison. So this is what we're talking about, real money.
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John Solomon
Yeah. If you had a 7% performance in your stock portfolio that you'd only be at 140%, 600%, 800% sounds a lot better. Better in the. In The. In the simple math of it all, it's really remarkable. What is the outlook right now? Because I'm fascinated, even in this moment, you continue to see the central banks of big governments continuing to buy up gold in a big way, like at historic levels right into 2026. Why are they doing that and what should we be looking for in that trend?
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Shannon Davis
Yeah, well, watch the trend. You know, we have more options than you think. Most people don't realize they can. They can move their existing IRA or their 401k into gold and silver without penalties, without taxable events. It's a. It's a direct rollover. What that does, it takes just a piece of your retirement off of Wall Street's roller coaster and puts it into something real, something you can hold. You know, the smart money right now you just mentioned it. They're not panic, you know, they're. They're doing the same thing. They're diversifying, and so they just got to pay attention to the patterns. The writing's on the wall. I think you just now need to read it and then react. Yeah, yeah.
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John Solomon
You've got another great guide out. I love all the guides that you guys do that. I learned stuff and we're so busy, sometimes we don't have the time to go out and do the research. You do it for us. What's your best latest guide?
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Shannon Davis
Yeah, well, this one just with everything that's going on. I mean, we've got a global. Global crisis going on. So you're going to pass out the information. They should follow your lead, you know, submit their information, request the guide, give us a call. It starts with a call. No pressure. We'll take a look at the situation. But it starts with the guide, and it starts with education. Everybody should be doing that.
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John Solomon
I love it. That's exactly right. These guys are just. They're an easy read, but they're very detailed. You learn some really great stuff. Stuff that's what I appreciate so much about our partnership. Shannon, you've done it. You made it easy for us, all of us who are busy. Great to have you back on the show.
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Shannon Davis
Yep. Thanks for having me, John. I know life can take over quickly. Time's flying whether you're having fun or not. So we're. We're honored to provide this.
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Congressman Tim Burchett
True.
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Shannon Davis
So, you know, take advantage of what's being provided. It's free.
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John Solomon
Yeah, that's a great thing. Particularly someone like me. I'm, you know, I'm in that back end of my career. So, you know, you got 10, 20 years tops in your career. You want to start thinking about have I calculated right? Shannon gets you thinking about that. Folks, if you have heard anything today, it's your opportunity to go to American alternative asset site. We're going to make it really easy because they made a site just for me. It's my favorite site. John likes gold. I do like gold. I just want to make that clear. That's why I love the name of that site. You can go get that guide there right now. All the research is already done for you. So go today. Johnlikesgold.com They've also set up a phone number that you can call. It's pretty easy. 855-Gold-340-855-Gold-340 or John likes gold.com you get that global crisis playbook, the latest one they've created for us. Free, easy to read. Gets you started on the right path. Go check it out today. That's your homework assignment. Back in a second. To wrap up the show right after these messages. I has been warning about attack of real estate fraud on the rise called Home title theft. And your equity is the target. Here's how it works. Criminals forge your signature on a single document, use a fake notary stamp and file it with the county. And just like that, boom. They're on record as owning your home using your ownership. They then take out loans against your record or even sell your property. And you're not going to know about it until you get a foreclosure or collection notice in the mail. And that's not going to be a good moment. That's why I partnered with with Home Title lock so you can protect your equity. And find out today if you're already a victim. Use my promo code jtn@hometitlelock.com you'll get a free title history report and a free trial. Their million dollar triple lock protection. That's a great deal. Million bucks to protect your home. That's 247 monitoring of your title records, urgent alerts to any changes. And if fraud occurs, their US based restoration team will spend up to a million bucks to fix it. Find out why I trust home Tedlock protection. Protect yourself like I did. Don't be a victim. Protect your equity today. Go to hometitleock.com and use that promo code jtn. That's hometitlelock.com promo code jtn. Welcome back America. Just a couple minutes before we head into the night and hand off things to the amazing Grant Stenchfeld. I want to show you a little Bit diatribe that one of the sports reporters kind of controversial. Jamel Hill had take a look at what she had to say recently about Jasmine Crockett's loss in the Texas primary.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
There are Latinos who feel like they did it the right way. And because they did it the right way, they trying to pull up the ladder for everybody else and say, hey, yeah, we did it the right way. We did it the way that. Because what they're really saying is we did it the way the white people told us to do it. And because we did it, we want our gold star. We all know in this country we have associated being American and what a patriot is with frankly being white.
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John Solomon
Wow. It's racist to follow the law and come into the country lawfully. And if you're Hispanic, you are becoming a white supremacist. Now, according to Jemel Hill. Just let that sit in for a second. I find it insulting. I find all of the current efforts to race bait these conversations in America. If you want to just say you're for open borders, just say it. But don't try to make it a racial issue. There is no racial component to this at all. Either follow the law or you don't. That was one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. All right, I got one more from a fun clip before we go tonight. Ted Cruz on the terrorist attacks from sleeper cells. And he us it's real. I think he has. He's made a very important point. Watch.
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Russell Coleman
The risk of terrorism right now is quite high. We tragically saw in Austin, Texas, just, just last weekend we saw a terrorist attack. We also saw another terrorist attack in New York City. There is a heightened danger of terrorism right now. And I will say it is particularly indefensible that Democrats have shut down the Department of Homeland Security while we are facing an enhanced terrorist risk.
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John Solomon
On that enhancement of the terrorism risk today, California's Governor Gavin Newsom and the FBI confirmed there was a bulletin that went out a few weeks ago warning of potential drone attacks by Iran in California in the sunny state. So one of the many things that we're keeping a close eye on here at Just the News and Real America's Voice will keep you up to speed. Next couple days, I'm going to be on the road on a business trip. Amanda will gladly take you through the next few days. We got great guests coming up. When I get back next week, I think we'll start to have a conversation about some things we've been denied, truths we've been denied about election integrity, election security. Now, I'm not talking about machines flipping votes, but the sort of mischief that some foreign countries have been playing that we, the American people, many in Congress, haven't been told. I think not even some cabinet secretaries know about what we might be able to reveal next week on the show. So be sure to tune in when I get back on Monday. Amanda will take good care of you the next couple days. That's all I got for you, folks. Time to hand off to the amazing Grant Stitchfold. We'll be back here tomorrow night at six o'. Clock. Until then, God bless you.
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Captain Barry Wilmar
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