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Today go by the names of Gobble and Waddle. When I first saw their pictures, I thought we should send them. Well, I was going to, I shouldn't say this. I was going to call them Chuck and Nancy. But then I realized I wouldn't be pardoning them. I would never pardon those two people. I wouldn't pardon them. I wouldn't care what Melania told me. Darling, I think it would be a nice thing to do. I won't do it, darling.

Ben Ferguson (3:29)

You're listening to a MORNING Special Edition with Ben Ferguson.

Ben Ferguson (3:34)

Good Thursday morning. It is Thanksgiving and thank you for all of you that are spending some time with us as we have one tough and important story to talk about. Two National Guardsmen have been shot near the White House. The West Wing went into a lockdown and now we know about the suspect who was in the country illegally from Afghanistan, yelling apparently Allah Akbar during the attack. I'm going to give you the details of everything we know at this moment. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.

Ben Ferguson (4:05)

Story number one, I want to open.

Ben Ferguson (4:07)

By talking about what happened in D.C. you have two National Guardsmen that were ambushed. We now know it was because of a Afghan national. We know that the Afghan national came into the US in 2021 in our withdrawal from Afghanistan. We know that the individual, the alleged terrorist gunman who shot the two National Guard members overstayed his visa. Crazed gunman shooting those two National Guardsmen in an ambush near the White House as a night is a 29 year old Afghan national who came during the chaotic 2021 Afghan withdrawal. He was lying in wait before he rounded the corner near the Farragut west metro station, opened fire, striking a female guard in the chest before deliberately trying to execute her, shooting her in the head. According to law enforcement sources the man entered the country under Operation Allies. That would be Joe Biden, you know, because he never met an illegal immigrant. He didn't say, come to America. He, quote, resettled in Bellingham, Washington. He fired at and struck the second guard after shooting the first in the head. A third guard stationed nearby rushed the area and took him down. The two armed soldiers who were patrolling the streets when the suspect launched his vicious rampage were taken to nearby hospitals in critical condition. At the time, the suspect was reportedly shot four times. What was he saying when he was shooting? Allah Akbar. Some things never change in these terrorist attacks. Law enforcement sources to the FBI is initially treating the shooting as a potential act of terrorism. But why did this happen and how did we get here? Yet again, I'm going to tell you, I think it's because yet again we are witnessing the dehumanization of our men and women in uniform. Yet again, we are watching Democrats dehumanize our men and women who protect and defend. Over and over again, we are witnessing this happen. When FOX News Channel broke the news, you had them telling the story and in shock about how we got to this point. And this is just days after six Democratic lawmakers dehumanized our men and women in uniform dehumanize the National Guard. And you wonder what could have motivated this individual. I want you to listen to the FOX Report.

Fox News Reporter (6:27)

This is a FOX News alert to National National Guardsmen in critical condition tonight after being shot in a targeted attack just blocks from the White House. The lone suspect is in custody. Sources telling Fox News that the gunman is an Afghan national who was let in under Biden and then overstayed his visa. And this is in just moments ago. The suspect apparently waited for the guardsman to come around the corner, then open fire. He shot a female guard in the chest, then walked up, took her firearm and shot her point blank in the head. He took her weapon and fired at other guard members, hitting one in the neck before a third guardsman engaged him and brought him down. Let's go live now to West Palm beach, where Fox's Dana Marie McNichol is standing by. Dana, Marie, what has the reaction been from the White House tonight?

Fox News Correspondent Dana Marie McNichol (7:20)

Hi, Jason. Good evening. Although President Trump is here in Florida, the White House went on lockdown immediately after that shooting happened. We know that the president was quickly briefed and then he posted on Truth Social updates who he shared. The suspect who shot the two National Guard members is severely wounded and will pay a very steep price. Price he wrote. God bless our great National Guard and all our military and law enforcement, they are truly great people. We know Senator Chuck Schumer. He posted on X. He's closely monitoring the situation and thanking first responders for quickly capturing the suspect that FOX News just confirmed is an Afghan national who came into the United States during Operation allies welcome in 2021 under the Biden administration. Now, Lauren, law enforcement's sources say they believe the male suspect acted alone in a targeted attack. Now, hundreds of National Guard troops have been in Washington since August. And earlier this month, President Trump ordered their deployment to be extended in the city until at least through February of next year. And tonight, the secretary of war, Pete Hegseth said that Trump ordered an additional 500 troops to be deployed in D.C. now as the news of the shooting broke, the vice president, J.D. vance, he was addressing servicemembers at Fort Campbell in Kentucky ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. He asked for prayers for the two West Virginia National Guard members who are in critical condition tonight. And Jason, you just shared those gruesome details of how this shooting played out just blocks away from the White House. Now, the president is not expected to address this shooting on camera tonight, but tomorrow does have a scheduled call over the phone with service members. Of course, we'll be bringing you those remarks.

Ben Ferguson (9:05)

Just think about everything you just heard there and then go back to this question. And the question that that all of you should be asking yourself is how did we get to a point where this is now the new norm? It's not just the shooting of the National Guardsmen, it's the attacking of ICE agents. Multiple ICE agents have been shot. Multiple innocent people have been killed while they were targeting ICE agents. This is consistent over and over and over again the dehumanizing of our men and women in law enforcement over and over and over again. Why is the left doing this? Because they don't mind it when these people get shot. They don't mind it when they get killed. And if you stand up and say the truth about this, that you don't want these people coming into our country, there's like, oh, that's Islamophobic. And you can't say that, I'm sorry. This person should have never been let into this country. This person should have never been allowed to come in without being vetted. And when you have an Islamic war cry going out, Allah Akbar by a 29 year old Afghan illegal immigrant who opened fire on U.S. guardsmen just two miles from the White House brought here in 2021 by Joe Biden, multiple law enforcement sources and eyewitnesses confirmed the shooter, the Afghan national, screamed Allah Akbar while attacking three DC National Guardsmen near the Capitol. Witnesses describ the chilling jihadist indicators. Islamic beard, a hallmark of religious jihadists, repeated shouts of Allah Akbar, the signature war cry used in nearly every major jihadist attack worldwide. And of course, the media is going to want to tell you and downplay this and not give you this story and say it was random or senseless or that we, you know, some sort of gun violence. So we need more gun control. They're going to tell you all of those things. They're not going to tell you this is a failed US Policy. They're not going to tell you that Joe Biden let this person in. They're not going to tell you that the person overstayed his visa. They're not going to tell you that he believes that we are the infidels and we must be killed. That's what jihadists believe for more than what? I mean, over a thousand years, there were red flags here. Why were they all ignored? Allah Akbar, by the way, it's never a coincidence. Allah Akbar means Allah is great. Not great, the greatest, right. Greater than God, greater than your laws, greater than your country, greater than your life. It's tied directly to Islamic conquest theology. It appears alongside the Quran 933, which commands Islam to triumph over all other, face all other faiths in this country, in the world. It's been the shouting battle cry in nearly every major Giadis attack, including the 911 hijackers, the Paris massacre, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016, the London Bridge attackers, the ISIS execution videos, the 2025 EasyJet hijack attempt. It's not a prayer. It's a psychological warfare. It's a battlefield signal meant to terrorize, intimidate and sanctify the attack. When witnesses heard the D.C. shooter screaming at mid firefight, they knew exactly what it meant. They knew it was a terrorist attack. They knew it was going to be someone that is Muslim. But they're going to say none of this on the news. They're going to make this go away so fast. These. The clear connection between these attacks over and over again is obvious. Whether it was Queen Sheikh Mohammed, whether it was Al Baghdadi, whether it was Taliban enforcers, whether it's radicalized European jihadists, whether it's this guy here. What do you see? Consistently, the same exact things over and over and over again. And the Afghan connection and the warning that Washington ignored is obvious. Biden's catastrophic 2021 Kabul withdrawal. More than 80,000 Afghans were flown to the US with incomplete vetting. That is a fact we know. The Department of Homeland Security later admitted that thousands had derogatory information. Those are their words, not mine. The Department of Homeland Security admitted that thousands of the 80,000 that were let in had, quote, derogatory information, including possible terror ties. Afghanistan remains one of the world's most intense jihadist incubators. The Taliban, the ISIS K openly endorsed attacks on the West. Biden brought them in anyway. Our guardsmen, they're heroes. But what are they being treated like villains now by our own Democratic Party? One guardsman, by the way, was airlifted in critical condition after taking rounds meant to kill him. And what are the jihadists? Do they seek to destroy? I. I will say it right now. I want a full release of the suspect's background. I want any watch list that he was hit on or on. I want all the immigration and vetting history. I want his mosque affiliations. I want online radicalization information. I want all of the government failure points. And by the way, I do want Joe Biden, his administration, be held responsible and accountable for this attack. Let me be very clear what I am saying. It is time to shut it all down. People that are coming in that we're not vetting, that we don't know who they are from around the world, we need to shut it down. Why do I say that? Because the suspected D.C. national Guard shooter has been identified as an Afghan illegal alien who entered the US in 2021 under the Biden administration. I want you to hear this latest from Fox News Channel about what we know about the shooter and how he came into this country. And I'll say it again, shut it all down now.

Fox News Reporter (14:38)

List sources telling Fox News that the gunman is an Afghan national who was let in under Biden and then overstayed his visa. And this is in just moments ago. The suspect apparently waited for the guardsman to come around the corner, then opened fire. He shot a female guard in the chest, then walked up, took her firearm and shot her point blank in the head. He took her weapon and fired at other guard members, hitting one in the neck before a third guardsman engaged him and brought him down. Let's go live now to West Palm beach, where Fox's Dana Marie McNichol is standing by. Dana Marie, what has the reaction been from the White House tonight?

Fox News Correspondent Dana Marie McNichol (15:22)

Hi, Jason. Good evening. Although President Trump is here in Florida, the White House went on lockdown immediately after that shooting happened. We know that the President was quickly briefed and Then he posted on Truth Social Updates who he shared the suspect who shot the two National Guard members is severely wounded and will, quote, pay a very steep price, he wrote. God bless our great National Guard and all our military and law enforcement. They are truly great people. We know Senator Chuck Schumer. He posted on X. He's closely monitoring the situation and thanking first responders for quickly capturing the suspect that Fox News just confirmed is an Afghan national who came into the United States during Operation allies welcome in 2021 under the Biden administration.

Ben Ferguson (16:10)

What we do know is this man entered the US in 2021 under the Biden administration. He was in the country illegally. He entered on 98 of 2021 during Operation Allies welcome and overstayed his visa. I also will go back to another basic point. This is exactly why I'm in favor of of the death penalty. This Afghan individual should have never been in America. He should have never been allowed to come in. With the lack of vetting, he entered the US and then overstayed yelling Allah Akbal while he did the shooting. By the way, if you want to know who to blame for this tonight, this is on the Biden administration. This is on the Democratic Party. They allowed millions of people to come into this country illegally. Millions. This is a Democratic policy. It's pretty clear Joe Biden did that. He has been identified. He entered in 2021 under Biden's open border policy. You want to know who did this? This is Joe Biden. I don't know any other way to put it. This is Joe Biden.

Ben Ferguson (17:14)

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