Hour 2 - Uncle Bill: "We'll Do It Live!"

Summary

---

Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Hour 2 - Uncle Bill: "We'll Do It Live!"
Date: March 12, 2026
Guest: Bill O'Reilly
Main Theme:
Hour 2 of Clay Travis and Buck Sexton is centered around breaking news coverage, an incisive interview with Bill O’Reilly about his viral legacy and new show, as well as in-depth analysis of ongoing U.S. political, military, and national security issues—particularly surrounding the U.S.-Iran conflict, the Save America Act, and a developing possible terrorist attack in Michigan.

---

Main Segments

1. Bill O’Reilly on “We’ll Do It Live” and His New Show

Timestamps: 00:20–04:45

Key Discussion Points

• Bill O’Reilly joins Clay and Buck to discuss his new long-form talk show, aptly titled “We’ll Do It Live,” riffing on the notorious viral clip from his Inside Edition days.
• O’Reilly recounts the story behind the viral moment, noting it initially resurfaced after he became a well-known personality on Fox News and spread worldwide (“When I was in Iceland, I had people yelling at me, ‘We’ll do it live.’”).
• The premise of the show is to offer substantive, truth-telling interviews: “It’s a long form interview with somebody you care about and somebody who's not a phony and will tell the truth.”
• First episode features Rob Schneider, delving into Schneider’s political outspokenness and the consequences in Hollywood.

Notable Quotes

• Bill O’Reilly [01:32]: “My staff turned on me...I dropped a couple of F bombs and said, ‘We’ll do it live,’ which we did. And that was that…If I had known it would go like that, I would have done it many more times.”
• Co-host/Producer [03:38]: “That clip of you is one of the ten greatest viral [moments], and it was released early in the viral internet game.”
• Bill O’Reilly [04:02]: “If I had known it would go like that, I would have done it many more times.”

---

2. The Iran Campaign: Political, Military, and Media Fallout

Timestamps: 05:01–11:27

Key Discussion Points

• Buck and Clay pivot to current world events, probing O’Reilly on the ongoing U.S.–Iran campaign, the related oil price spike, and political risks for Trump.
• O’Reilly weighs in on the strategic consequences, the unprecedented nature of Trump’s actions, and the lack of modern precedent (“Maybe Teddy Roosevelt, but he wasn’t a modern guy”).
• Discussion of Iranian steadfastness in pursuing nuclear capability, lack of diplomatic progress despite negotiations, and the combined U.S.–Israeli military operation targeting Iran’s leadership and military infrastructure.
• O’Reilly notes potential economic pain and a global media atmosphere that he claims is “rooting against America...That is really a tipping point.”
• The domestic political stakes: possible Republican setbacks in the midterms if the war causes widespread economic distress.

Notable Quotes

• Bill O’Reilly [05:24]: “There’s not one modern president who would have done this. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt, but he wasn’t a modern guy…But even Teddy might have said, you know, it’s just too much uncertainty here.”
• Bill O’Reilly [07:13]: “A lot of the media, the worldwide media, not just America, is rooting against America. They want Iran to win, which is absolutely shocking to me...This is the Third Reich light.”
• Clay Travis [08:45]: “If you did or if you were asked what should victory look like here, what would you suggest to President Trump…What should an end to hostilities look like from a U.S. perspective?”
• Bill O’Reilly [09:29]: “I said, I negotiated it down to...They’re not to develop ballistic missile capacity, you have to downgrade Revolutionary Guard and...not wage war constantly or finance terrorism. If they agree to that...you would help them rebuild their economy. The problem is Iran will say they’ll do it and then they won’t do it.”

---

3. Save America Act and U.S. Election Integrity

Timestamps: 11:27–14:06

Key Discussion Points

• Buck pivots to the Save America Act, expressing skepticism about its chances in the Senate due to Democratic opposition and Senate rules.
• O’Reilly explains the likely legislative outcome—Republicans lack the votes to bring it to the floor but see political value in forcing Democrats to oppose voter ID, which is popular with Americans.
• O’Reilly critiques key Republican and Democratic Senators’ motives and engagement.

Notable Quotes

• Bill O’Reilly [12:47]: “You need 60 [votes]...They’re not going to get that. Thune knows it...But this hurts the Democratic Party big time because 79% of the American public...want voter id.”
• Bill O’Reilly [13:32]: “McConnell will, Murkowski won’t. But…he’s barely cognizant. The guy’s just limping to the finish line.”

---

4. Breaking News: Michigan Synagogue Attack Coverage

Timestamps: 17:30–38:34

Key Discussion Points

• As the show pivots to breaking news, Clay and Buck cover a developing story about an active shooter and vehicle attack at Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
• Immediate reactions focus on the Jewish community’s vulnerability amid international tension, and the intersectionality between Jewish and Arab populations in the Detroit area.
• Real-time updates:
  • Police brief that there are no confirmed injuries among worshipers, possibly only the attacker is harmed.
  • Security at the synagogue engaged the threat immediately.
  • Clay and Buck contextualize the danger, noting the role of armed security and the importance of such measures for all places of worship and schools.
• The hosts and police suggest early indications point to an attempted terrorist attack likely motivated by geopolitical tensions (Iran/Israel conflict).
• By the hour’s end, Fox News reports the suspect is dead and no bystanders were harmed.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Clay Travis [18:33]: “This is my wife’s hometown…large Jewish population…certainly synagogues have been under intense danger for some time, but it accelerated probably during the situation right now with Iran.”
• Police Officer [24:17]: “Don’t come to the area. It’s active and it’s busy and we’re still trying to figure it out.”
• Police Officer [25:54]: “Yes, there was [security], and they engaged the threat.”
• Buck Sexton [27:18]: “Usually these kinds of things, Clay and I have covered far too many…there's some moment where they start to say, number confirmed shot. Right now, no one of any of the Jewish worshipers at the synagogue seems to be shot or even hurt.”
• Clay Travis [30:26]: “We had a school shooting here in Nashville. I want armed security at every school in America, regardless of whether it’s a Jewish school or a public school. This may be a positive story of a community that…did everything they can to try to make [their temple] as secure as possible.”
• Buck Sexton [32:21]: “Someone goes in, they draw down, security’s right there with all these people. If security engaged that threat, that’s happening pretty much right away. I can’t imagine there’s not a rapid response.”
• Clay Travis [38:34]: “They say everybody’s safe and the shooter is dead. We’ll give you more info when we come back here on Clay and Buck.”

---

Structure & Flow of Conversation

• The show opens with humor and nostalgia, delighting in O’Reilly’s viral past before making a “hard turn” to serious geopolitics and current events.
• O’Reilly offers insight into both political and media culture, with sharp, candid opinions about the current U.S. situation.
• Clay and Buck handle a major breaking news event with professionalism, focusing on verified information and contextualizing events for their listeners.
• Throughout, the tone remains conversational, energetic, and at times urgent, especially during police press conference excerpts and live updates.

---

Timestamps for Key Segments

• The “We’ll Do It Live” Origins & O’Reilly’s New Show: 00:20 – 04:45
• U.S.–Iran Conflict & Political Impact: 05:01 – 11:27
• Save America Act & Senate Dynamics: 11:27 – 14:06
• Developing Attack at Michigan Synagogue: 17:30 – 38:34
  • Police Press Briefing Excerpts: 24:17 – 26:12

---

Conclusion

This hour of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show provided a blend of nostalgia, political analysis, and high-stakes, real-time news coverage. Bill O’Reilly’s segment offered both levity and serious reflection on media and politics. The real-time breaking news segment about the Michigan synagogue incident highlighted the show’s ability to shift gears and provide critical live coverage, with both hosts emphasizing the importance of security and vigilance in uncertain times.

---

For further updates on the incident and more political discussion, listeners are encouraged to catch subsequent hours or visit billoreilly.com for O’Reilly’s new series, “We’ll Do It Live.”

Transcript

[Podcast Host]

This is an iHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human.

[Buck Sexton]

You and I hear about people and families who bought a timeshare years ago. They enjoyed it at first, but now feel completely stuck. And that's the part that hits home. People don't regret the vacations. They regret the obligation. If your life has changed but that contract hasn't, you should know this. There is a legal way out.

[Clay Travis]

That's why we want to tell you about ACA timeshare.com they've helped thousands of families illegally cancel their timeshares for good. If this sounds like you, call ACA Timeshare at 888-364-0222. That's 888-3640, ACA. Or visit acatimeshare.com at least have the conversation. That's ACA timeshare.com welcome in hour number two, Thursday edition. Clay and Buck, we appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we are rolling through the program here. We are joined now by our friend Bill O'Reilly who has a brand new show debuting, Will Do It Live, which is one of the most viral Internet videos of, of, of news history. I, I would suggest, and I love that you're playing on the, the virality of that moment. What do you remember from that? Like, did you remember that clip when it sorted started circulating on social media or was it so long ago that you had totally forgotten about it?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Well, I was 12 years old, so I figured the statute of limitations might have run out on it. This is a great story. My whole staff turned on me. So I was anchoring Inside Edition and as I mentioned, I was barely a teenager and the tech crew couldn't get their act together and it was super annoying and I dropped a couple of F bombs and said we'll do it live, which we did. And that was that. And then years later when I became, let's say, notorious on Fox News, somebody sold that clip, oh wow. Far left website for a large amount of money and they put it out in the viral world and it has become worldwide. And when I was in Iceland, I had people yelling at me, we'll do it live. And of course I threw snowballs back at them. So anyway, we're looking for a name for this long form program we're going to do. I hate to call it a podcast because podcasts are basically two guys sitting in basement smoking pot. That's not what we do. Okay. It's a long form interview with somebody you care about and somebody who's not a phony and will tell the truth, the first guy is Rob Schneider that drops today. And Schneider goes through how he suffered in his career because he supports Donald Trump and he talks about Jimmy Kimmel. I mean, it's fascinating stuff I've never heard before. But anyway, my staff, you're all younger, we have a great name for this show. I said, okay, what is it? We'll do it live. They all started to laugh. So not only did they turn against me, but they won. I surrendered. I said, all right, I don't care what you call a damn show. But I didn't drop any F bombs.

[Co-host/Producer]

I gotta tell you, Bill, we all, we, we love the name. The audience loves the name. It's a great, it's a great name. That clip of you is one of just like the 10 greatest viral and that was, it was released pretty early on in the viral Internet game, so it really had resonance. But we'll do, we'll do it live. I mean, that line has probably been translated into 150 languages now.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I know it's unbelievable. If I had known it would go like that, I would have done it many more times.

[Co-host/Producer]

Oh, wait, can we, can we, you guys have it a couple of bleeps here, but the, the team wants to play it a little throwback here, Bill, Inside Edition, he's just a teenager. He just started shaving. And here he is on Inside Edition.

[Buck Sexton]

Play it tomorrow.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And that is it for us today.

[Buck Sexton]

And we will leave you with a.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I can't do it. We'll do it live.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Okay.

[Bill O'Reilly]

We'll do it live. It do it live. I can all write it and we'll do it live.

[Co-host/Producer]

Oh, wait, is that okay? That, that's, we'll do it live. There you go, Bill. Everyone knows the clip.

[Buck Sexton]

It's a lot of fun.

[Bill O'Reilly]

By the way, guys, I really appreciate it.

[Clay Travis]

You're welcome.

[Co-host/Producer]

We got, we got you.

[Buck Sexton]

We got you.

[Co-host/Producer]

That's going to be a great series and ever should go Check it out. Bill O'Reilly.com I there's no, I gotta say hard turn here, Bill, because we're

[Buck Sexton]

going to, we were having a fun

[Co-host/Producer]

trip with you down nostalgia lane there, but now we got to focus in

[Buck Sexton]

on, you know, world peace, fixing America, all that stuff for a second. How concerned are you? You're a balls and strikes calling guy. How concerned are you with this campaign in Iran, oil price spike? Does Trump really know what the end game is here? Do you feel like this is going according to plan or are you getting worried about it?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Well, anytime it's military action, I'M concerned from the very beginning of the adventure, if you want to use that word. It was a huge risk. The president's aware of it. If it goes his way, he will, I think, catapult himself into the top area of the presidential sweepstakes, which is important to him, his legacy. If it doesn't, then the Republicans are likely to lose the midterms. So a lot on the line. There's not one modern president who would have done this. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt, but he wasn't a modern guy. But even Teddy might have said, you know, it's just too much uncertainty here. So the thinking was that Iran is not going to stop developing a nuclear weapon, even though we hit them in June of 2025. They have other places where they're developing this, and they admit it. It's not like he said, she said. And in the last negotiation with Witkoff in Geneva, Switzerland, the Iranian foreign minister, basically, look, we're going to. We're not going to stop. We're going to develop this nuclear weapon, and we don't care what you think. That was it. For Trump, that was the end. And then the president waited for an opening. The opening came when the Israeli intelligence, Mossad, pinpointed the Ayatollah and 25 of his thug cronies were all going to be together on a Saturday morning in a specific place in Tehran. That information got to President Trump. He said, okay, we'll let the Israelis wipe them off the face of the earth, which happened. And then we'll follow up and destroy the infrastructure of Iran's ability to wage offensive war, which is underway now and which will succeed. Now, the unintended consequences are how much pain is that going to cause the world economically? And the other unintended consequence is that that a lot of the media, the worldwide media, not just America, is rooting against America. They want Iran to win, which is absolutely shocking to me, because this is a murderous nation. This is the Third Reich light. They killed 30,000 of their own people a few weeks ago. 30,000. And you're rooting for them to win. You want Trump to be humiliated. That's what you're putting forth on cnn, the New York Times and others. That's what you want. Really think about it. That is really a tipping point. Now, President Trump himself believes what he wants to believe, and he is convinced that the United States and Israel will wipe out Iran's ability to wage offensive war. I believe that is true. But the economic outcome is cloudy, and that could mean the Democrats win the midterms in November, and that's what we're looking at right now.

[Clay Travis]

Bill, you may have talked to President Trump and actually given him this advice. If you did or if you were asked what should victory look like here, what would you suggest to President Trump, given where we are right now, We've wiped out certainly a lot of the Air Force, a lot of the Navy, a lot of the military capabilities of Iran are gone. We'll see whether or not Mojitaba, the son here is or is not alive and able to take power. But what would you say to President Trump is an off ramp here? What should an end in hostilities look like from a United States perspective?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Well, I did talk to the President about it in a one on one phone conversation. He called me. I don't, I never call him. I mean, that's not my job. And he's a president. I'm not going to intrude. And he said, what would you do? And I said, I negotiated in down to the fact that there'll be routine expectancy inside Iran. They're not to develop ballistic missile capacity, you have to downgrade Revolutionary Guard and you have to become a nation that does not wage war constantly or finance terrorism. That's a negotiation. If they agree to that, then you would help them rebuild their economy. The problem is that Iran will say they'll do it and then they won't do it. We all know that. But that negotiated settlement I think still could happen. But they're going to have to experience a lot of pain before the Iranians get to that place. And so no one can say when it will end. I mean, it's like asking General Patton, you know, when he's up trying to defeat the Nazis and Bastogne, how long is this gonna take, General? You know, I mean, come on, it's war. I mean, those questions are ridiculous and stupid and immature and designed to produce gotcha results. And that's all the American president. Well, how long?

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

How long?

[Bill O'Reilly]

Nobody knows. And the American people, it's just we are a soft society. We don't want to be inconvenienced or pay more money for anything. And then, you know, you got to hate Trumpers. So it's very complicated. But I think what will happen is that Iran will come back to the table and there'll be some kind of an agreement to neuter them as a state sponsored terrorist outfit.

[Buck Sexton]

Hey, Bill. First off, everyone make sure you check out first episode today of We'll Do It Live, which is up on bill o'reilly.com go watch the show. It's got Rob Schneider, who I give a lot of credit to for being a Hollywood guy who's been right wing and right wing for a long time. Bill, one more topic for you before we got ahead into the break. So we'll do a kind of shorter version on it. But this Save America act, we're getting so much from everyone listening about. Talk more about the Save America Act. You got to push the Save America Act. And I get it and I agree with it and I wish it would pass. But I also feel like you, Majority Leader Thune, plus about four or five other senators, aren't going to pass this thing. So what are we supposed to do? I mean, do you think that is there a world in which there's enough pressure, enough phone calls on these senators? You know, I don't think you're getting McConnell and Murkowski and they're not going to vote for this thing.

[Bill O'Reilly]

McConnell will, Murkowski won't. But you need 60 to get it to the Senate floor. They're not going to get that. Thune knows it. He'll put it up for a vote next week. But this hurts the Democratic Party big time because 79% of the American public, and that includes a lot of Democrats obviously want voter id and all the socialist countries in Europe have it and there's no reason not to have it. So the Republicans are going, yeah, we know we're not going to get it through the Senate. It's already passed the Houses, you guys know. But you know, the damage that the Republic that the Democrats are going to do to themselves may be worth it. And that's the way our system is. So you need 60 votes to get it to vote on the floor in the Senate. Now there's an effort to knock out the filibuster. I don't think that's wise. But that could happen. And the American people understand that in order to diminish voter fraud, you've got to prove that you're an American citizen, which is the federal law.

[Buck Sexton]

Do you believe these reports that McConnell is stalling it, that, you know, you

[Bill O'Reilly]

say he'll vote for it, but no, he's barely cognizant. The guy's just limping to the finish line.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I mean, he doesn't, you know, has any presence at all. Murkowski is not really a Republican. Okay. And she hates Trump so much that anything Trump supports, he'll oppose. I don't expect any other defections, even crazy Rand Paul. I mean, you just can't. But the Democrats. I mean, that's, that's a bad hill for them to stand on.

[Clay Travis]

Bill O'Reilly, check it out. We'll do it live. We appreciate the time and good luck on the new show.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Always fun talking to you guys. Thanks for having me.

[Clay Travis]

That's great work. And he's going to do it live. Bill O'Reilly, look, few organizations do more to create a bridge between the Christian and Jewish populations than the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. The IFCJ has been doing this for a long time, firmly established in communities throughout Israel and Ukraine, just to name two countries where help is needed most right now. This is a humanitarian organization. When I was in Israel, we helped to put together food bank deliveries. We saw the bomb shelters that they built. We even saw the hospital that they had built that could be flipped so that everything was underground in the event of danger. They need your help right now as people more and more are under siege in the Holy Land right now. You can give $45 to Rush Life saving essentials to the vulnerable there in Israel under fire. Call 888-488-IFCJ. That's 888-488-IFCj. You can join us in [e-mail] that's

[Podcast Promo Voice]

ifcj.org stories of freedom, stories of America, inspirational stories that unite us all. Each day, spend time with Clay and Bob. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

This episode is brought to you by Spreaker, the platform responsible for a rapidly spreading condition known as podcast brain. Symptoms include buying microphones you don't need, explaining RSS feeds to confused relatives, and saying things like, sorry, I can't talk right now. I'm editing audio. If this sounds familiar, you're probably already a podcaster. The good news is Spreaker makes the whole process simple. You record your show, upload it once, and Spreaker distributes it everywhere. People listen. Apple podcasts, Spotify, and about a dozen apps your cousin swears are the next big thing. Even better, Spreaker helps you monetize your show with ads, meaning your podcast might someday pay for, well, more microphones. Start your show [e-mail] spreaker because if you're going to talk to yourself for an hour, you might as well publish

[Podcast Host]

it day or night. VRBoCare is here 247 to help make every part of your stay seamless. If anything comes up or you simply need a little guidance, support is ready whenever you reach out from the moment you book to the moment you head home. We're here to help things run smoothly because a great trip starts with the right support. And hey, a good playlist doesn't hurt either.

[Safeway/Albertsons Ad Voice]

Safelane Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week at Safeway and Albertsons. USDA Choice beef, boneless, tri tip, whole or flank and style ribs bone in are $6.99 per pound member price and asparagus are $1.99 per pound member price plus 16 ounces strawberries 6 ounces raspberries or blackberries are $1.97 each. Limit three member price with digital coupon. Hurry in. These deals won't last. Visit Safeway or albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save.

[Buck Sexton]

Welcome back into Clay and Buck. We are following breaking news events as we always do here live on the show with you, including what is seeming to be a tragedy unfolding in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan where there are reports of an active shooter at at a Michigan synagogue in West Bloomfield Township. We're seeing all the, all the news channels running live feeds on this, a lot of police presence, a lot of emergency vehicles. We have no information beyond that. It is breaking as we speak to you, but clearly something that we are monitoring very closely. Authorities in large presence are there at this synagogue and we will bring you information as we have it. Just prayers up that, you know, you always are hopeful in one of these situations that you know there's no fatalities. Maybe someone got him. We don't know anything right now though.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, this is, I know this area well. This is my wife's hometown. So Oakland county, just north of Detroit, for those of you who are wondering where this is, large Jewish population in that area of Michigan just north of Detroit and they are live on the scene with Fox News, MSNBC and cnn. And again, reports of an active shooter there, large police presence and certainly look, synagogues have been under intense danger for some time, but it accelerated probably during the situation right now with Iran even more so. And there's also a large, to be fair, large Arab population in this area too. So you have a lot of Jews and Muslims who are living in close proximity, probably more so than almost anywhere in the country. So anyway, just FYI, we will see and hopefully this is not going to be as, as, as awful as it could be. But but we will get keep you updated. Again, that's live breaking news in Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield, Michigan.

[Buck Sexton]

When we come back, Clay, we can we should update everybody on the conversations going on right now about cells, factions, terrorist groups operating in this country. This has been brought to the president's attention. He's absolutely paying close attention to this. You have members of the United States Senate who are saying they think the threat and there are obviously people who get classified briefings. The threat is higher now than it has been in a long time. We already saw a jihadist shooting at that Austin bar and fatal shooting there.

[Clay Travis]

And given all these attack in New

[Buck Sexton]

York City, given all the pieces we're seeing so far, this has the indicators, the early indicators of some kind of attack, terrorist attack in the West Bloomfield Township. But we'll, we'll follow this closely with you. Stay with us.

[Clay Travis]

In the Travis household right now there is a strong likelihood that you will see Cozy Earth sheets and everywhere because we've got their products all throughout the house. At cozy earth.com you can check it out. They've got everything plus totally risk free 100 day money back guarantee in addition to a 10 year warranty because they want you to be totally and completely satisfied. Go online to cozyearth.com right now. Use my name Clay to get a 20% discount on your purchase. And if you get a post purchase survey you can see say hey we heard about it on Clay and buck. Again 20% off everything. When you use code [e-mail] that c o z y earth.com my name clay to get the best possible 20% discount. Cozyearth.com code clay. Welcome back in Clay. Travis Buck Sexton show. We are following again reports of shots fired outside of a synagogue. It's also a school in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan that is Oakland county just north of Detroit. And there is a report that a car was driven into the school, that the car is now on fire and that shots were fired there. Now Buck, you and I were talking about off air. It is an unfortunate reality that many of the people out.

[Buck Sexton]

I can't imagine, I don't want to get ahead of the story but I can't imagine that they don't have armed security at the biggest reform synagogue in the whole country. And especially given what's going on around the world right now and all the wackos. In fact here. This is Ted Cruz Clay talking about the terror threat here at home. This was. Yeah, just this, just this week. This is cut 6. Listen to the senator.

[Ted Cruz]

We sit here right now tonight. The threat of terrorist attack is higher now than it has been in decades and there are two causes of it. We had four years under Joe Biden of open borders we had 12 million people flood across the border. Basically an open invitation to every terrorist, every Hamas and Hezbollah and IRGC terrorist come to America. We have seen in just the last week two terrorist attacks unfold. We saw just over a week ago in Austin, Texas, a deranged killer showing up in a sweatshirt that said Property of Allah in a T shirt underneath with an Iranian flag opened fire at a bar in Austin, Texas, killing several Texans, wounding more than a dozen more. It was a brazen act of terrorism. Then we saw just a couple of days ago, two ISIS terrorists from Pennsylvania travel to New York and throw two handmade bombs. Bombs filled with nails and bolts designed to kill as many people as possible.

[Clay Travis]

It looks like, Buck, there is a briefing that may be going on right now. CNN is covering it. Guys, if we can run on what's being said here. Cash Patel just tweeted. FBI personnel are on the scene with partners in Michigan responding to the apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation out of Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. And again, there is someone, it looks like a police officer that is updating media in some way. And the parade, we can join this live. Guys, can we.

[Buck Sexton]

Let us know when you have. We got it. Yeah. Go there.

[Police Officer]

Don't come to the area. It's active and it's busy and we're still trying to figure it out.

[Clay Travis]

Guys, can you say anything about any potential casualties, anyone hurt?

[Police Officer]

Nobody at the moment has been confirmed to be hurt except potentially the. The shooter.

[Clay Travis]

Any ties potentially to terrorism?

[Police Officer]

That's still way early to talk about. We have no idea because we don't even know who the person is at the moment.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Has that person been neutralized?

[Police Officer]

We don't have that person in custody.

[Buck Sexton]

So they're still on the run.

[Police Officer]

It's a work in progress. So that's why we're sheltering in place until we figure it out. It's a big facility with a lot of land around it. Until that gets secured and everybody's comfortable that there's no active threat in that spot, stay away from it. Shelter in place.

[Buck Sexton]

We're told there's a daycare, preschooler.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All those kids out.

[Police Officer]

Yeah, everybody's been moved out of the school. We've got a ton of people here. As I said, Westpool Field got on scene in a heartbeat. Everybody else came from everywhere. Actually, the chief and I have been communicating for almost two weeks. Every time I've gotten some. Some intelligence from the national level, I've been sharing. We've been talking for two weeks about the potential sadly, of this happening. So there was no lack of preparation. In addition, all Jewish facilities in the area are going to have a lot of extra presence around it until we figure this out. Well, again, we would tell everybody, shelter in place.

[Buck Sexton]

Okay.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Okay.

[Buck Sexton]

Was there any security at this temple, as you mentioned?

[Police Officer]

Yes, there was, and they. They engaged the threat.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So there was one person that approached

[Police Officer]

the security guard, and that's still a work in progress. Okay.

[Buck Sexton]

And then shots were fired.

[Police Officer]

Shots were fired.

[Ted Cruz]

There are reports that somebody crashed a

[Buck Sexton]

vehicle into a building.

[Police Officer]

A vehicle was involved.

[Clay Travis]

They breached the building.

[Police Officer]

We're going to get into more detail. Details when there's time for that, and the chief will lay out exactly specifically what happened. But we just want everybody to kind of know what's happening as we get it. More will come to you.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Thank you.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, Buck. What? Let me try to collate some of that information.

[Buck Sexton]

Something very important just said there, but. Yeah, go ahead.

[Clay Travis]

Car driven basically into this synagogue in West Bloomfield that security engaged the individual, shots fired. The most, you know, sort of intriguing thing I think that he said, Buck, was that they're not exactly sure what happened to the. The shooter, the driver potentially there. That seems a bit unclear. But he said that there were no injuries that they knew of to the kids or people inside of the synagogue, which is probably the most important. Again, it's still a breaking news situation, but that was just a live discussion with one of the police officers there.

[Buck Sexton]

With police on the scene, it's hard to imagine that they wouldn't already know if we were talking about a mass casualty incident. And it seems like that is certainly not the case. So we're. Everyone is kind of going, ok, all right, that's. Again, I'm not trying to get ahead of the story or the facts, but that is an encouraging indicator. That very encouraging indicator. Usually these kind of things, Clay and I have covered far too many of them together separately. There's some moment where they start to say, you know, number confirmed shot or number. Right now, no one of any of the Jewish worshipers at the synagogue seems to be shot or even hurt. That is what we're being told right now. Also, very important detail from that little press conference that we just picked up, that short press conference that security engaged the threat. That. That is going to be something critical here, I'm sure, because here's what I'm hearing or what I'm putting together, Clay, obviously this. They're not going to say it's terrorism yet because they don't have really enough facts to say it's anything other than someone rammed a car. But the rest of us pretty clear this terrorism targeting the Jewish community. Ok, that that is overwhelmingly likely in the case. But it seems that the person doing a vehicle ramming attack into a building. A lot of people don't realize this. Back in the CIA and the Farm, we did different drills in cars and we would go at different speeds. Just running into clay a parked car. So you could get used to if you have to run through a checkpoint or whatever. If you run into a wall or a structure at like 30 or 40 miles an hour and think you're just going to kind of get out of that thing and, and you know, go all go all mass shooter, you may be in for a surprise if you haven't actually done that before. You know, I think in people's heads they see these things on TV and they think, oh, I'm going to drive through this building and I'm just going to come. Well, what'd you hit? How fast are you going? You know, there's a lot that comes into this and the fact that security engaged him. We may have a situation here where the the would be terrorist was either driven off or so to speak by security right away or maybe was even taken out right away that those are what the early indicators look like. Again, no reports of innocent, not just innocent shot, no reports of innocent being injured yet, which is pretty surprising in a good way.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. And you know this a lot of these guys, and they're mostly guys who are in charge of helping to protect Jewish targets. Synagogues, schools, a lot of them are pretty badasses. You know, I mean, you're talking about, first of all, everybody has to serve in the idf, if you are in Israel at all. So that's basically 100% familiarity with weapons and training and all those things. And then they don't mess around because of the danger that exists there. Again, Ginger Spice, this is where I come back and I say, yeah, this

[Buck Sexton]

is where the dog is making. The dog is yelling. I'm trying to get her to be quiet in the background, apologize, apologies, keep going.

[Clay Travis]

This is where I've said for a long time we had a school shooting here in Nashville. I want armed security at every school in America, regardless of whether it's a Jewish school or a public school. And this may be a positive story of a community that unfortunately knew its people are in danger and they have done everything they can to try to make a school and a temple as secure as possible. But again, that police report we just carried for you suggesting that, that there are no injuries and hopefully we'll know a little bit more in the near future about the motivations of exactly why this guy behaved the way that he did.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, I think there'll be no surprises about the motivations. I think there'll be no surprises about the reason that he targeted this community. I mean, that's all you're talking about. And it would be a shocking low probability event if it weren't exactly what we all think it is right now, which is someone mad about Iran, mad about Israel and trying to kill a bunch of innocent Jewish people in this country. So terrorist act, plain and simple, straightforward motivation. But right now, I mean, Clay and I, we saw the initial headline, we're thinking, I mean, you know, you see a place of worship, a large place of worship too, means a lot of people there, it seems. Fox is reporting, others have reported, I think too that school wasn't in, it's also a school, the school was not in session today. So that's where the school wasn't going on. So that would also be something that would be favorable for obviously limiting the exposure of innocence to some kind of maniac. But the fact that security engaged the threat, because that's going to happen quickly, you got to think about this, right? Someone goes in, they draw down, security's right there with all these people. If security engaged that threat, that's not happening five minutes into this earth, that's happening pretty much right away. I can't imagine there's not a rapid response.

[Co-host/Producer]

Because the whole point of him being

[Buck Sexton]

there is to defend the congregation from an incident like this, right? It's not, oh, it's a college campus or something. And there's one police officer who's on foot patrol for the entire, you know, 100 acre facility. He's there, assuming it's him, to protect those congregants from this exact threat. And right now, based on what we have been told, that may be exactly what happened here. So we'll continue to give you updates on this as we go to your point, Buck.

[Clay Travis]

Austin, New York City and now potentially the Detroit area. What is that? One week and basically three different potential terror related acts. Again, Austin, Texas, New York City and now the Detroit area, Oakland county. They say, again, the sheriff says this is the headline on Fox News. And I think they're probably reacting to what we just heard. But the headline on Fox News is suspect not in custody. Which given the response here seems to me crazy. I think would probably maybe a fog of War style situation. Buck, it seems improbable to me that the suspect would have been able to get away. But we will see, or I mean,

[Buck Sexton]

again, now we're just surmising this is not what's reported. But if you're trying to, if you're trying to look at this tactically, maybe this person really just didn't think about how there'll be armed security there, drove the car in and then was trying to get his. Maybe he had a firearm, assuming he probably had a firearm, trying to get his firearm ready to engage in a terrorist act. And it's a whole different thing when you think you're just going to be shooting innocent people versus when someone who's trained draws down and you've got bullets whizzing by your head. Right. And maybe the guy took off. As you know, that could be possible. To me, I'm very, we're obviously the whole country is now very much attuned to we got to get these facts and figure out what's going on here. But it was confirmed by law enforcement, security engaged the threat, and no innocent casualties or even injuries to speak of right now. So that, that's all very encouraging, and we hope that it all continues in that direction. All right. Just the mention of the word abortion and people's emotions come to the forefront, and you're probably having that reaction. You can imagine for women making a decision about an unplanned pregnancy, they're often pressured to make irreversible decisions. In moments of fear and panic, they're told to act quickly or maybe lose support. Many feel they have no option. But that's not true. There are options. And thanks to so many members of this audience, the care and support offered from preborn clinics is one of them. At preborn clinics, women receive compassion without pressure. That mom to be receives clarity about the little life growing inside her and the opportunity to meet her unborn child through ultrasound experiences she might not get anywhere else. More than 80% of the time, when a mother sees her baby on a preborn ultrasound, she chooses life. This March, Preborn is attempting to save the lives of 6,800 babies. But it will take thousands of people this month to say yes to an ask. And here's that ask. Pause your busy day for just a moment and consider saying yes to a gift of just $28. That's the cost of one ultrasound. And that cause could help save a tiny baby's life in the womb. Today, $140 would be five ultrasounds for five moms. To bring five tiny babies into this world. To donate using your cell phone, dial 250 and say the keyword baby. That's 250. Say baby or visit preborn.com buck preborn.com B U C K sponsored by Preborn.

[Podcast Promo Voice]

You ain't imagining it. The world has gone insane. Reclaim your sanity with Clay and Buck. Find them on the free iHeartrad radio app or wherever you get your podcast.

[Buck Sexton]

Welcome back into. Clay and Bach are watching very closely for breaking news on this. It seems so far perhaps averted terrorist attack or at least a countered terrorist attack in Michigan. That seems to be the trajectory of that story right now. Was looking for a few minutes there really upsetting and horrific. And now it's looking like, okay, maybe, maybe the good guy with the gun, the proverbial good guy with the gun here might have stepped in in just the right time. So we'll see. We'll update the. Wait, hold on. We have two people confirmed to have suffered injuries in the shooting. That's. That's the latest. Is that right? No. Is that a different shooting team? Greg, what are you sending?

[Clay Travis]

That's the one. I think there was a shooting in Virginia earlier. I don't think. No.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, not related to this thing in Michigan. Ok. So still in Michigan, we have no one confirmed even injured. So that's very encouraging. Here we have coming up in the next hour, we have Senator Schmidt and Senator Cornyn. So now is a great time to get us your questions for the two senators and we will pose them some important questions about Iran legislation like the Save America Act, DHS funding and more coming up in the next hour. And also to tell you to go get some Crockett Coffee, my friends. We're gonna have a special book offer for my book for Crockett Coffee subscribers coming up, I think next week. So it's a great time to start getting set up with your Crockett Coffee. Now go check it out. Crockett coffee.com and the most delicious coffee you'll get absolutely anywhere. Yes, Mr. Clay.

[Clay Travis]

No, it is outstanding. I encourage everybody to go get Crockett Coffee. I absolutely love it. I am drinking it as we speak. And I cannot wait to hear from Senator Schmidt and Senator Cornyn. So we should have a fun third hour coming your way. And hopefully again we will hear a senior law enforcement source as we go to break. Buck, the shooter at the synagogue believed to be dead. That is on Fox News.

[Buck Sexton]

I thought that would be coming.

[Clay Travis]

So that is the latest update. We'll continue to track this that is West Bloomfield, Michigan. They say everybody's safe and the shooter is dead. We'll give you more info when we come back here on Clanbach.