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Tyrus
Foreign.
Kayleigh McEnany
Hello, everyone.
Shannon Bream
I'm Shannon Bream along with Kayleigh McEnany, Jessica Tarloff, Jesse Waters and Tyrus. It is five o' clock in New York City, and this is the five. Huge explosions rocking Beirut as Israel and the US Military continue to ferociously pound terror targets across the Middle east, escalating their strikes on Iranian air defenses and missile sites. President Trump posting on Truth Social, there will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender. And Press Secretary Caroline Levitt outlining what that means when he, as Commander in
Kayleigh McEnany
Chief of the US Armed Forces, determines
Shannon Bream
that Iran no longer poses a threat
Kayleigh McEnany
to the United States of America.
Jessica Tarloff
And the goals of Operation Epic Fury
Kayleigh McEnany
has been fully realized, then Iran will essentially be in a place of unconditional surrender. Whether they say it themselves or not.
Shannon Bream
The President telling NBC News that a potential US Ground invasion of Iran isn't needed because, quote, it's a waste of time. They've lost everything. They've lost their navy. They've lost everything they can lose. Meanwhile, the Democratic resistance to Epic Fury is just getting started. The country is split evenly on how they feel about the strikes, but AOC doesn't see it that way.
Kayleigh McEnany
The vast majority of Americans are against
Jessica Tarloff
a war with Iran.
Kayleigh McEnany
Two things can be true at the same time. We can acknowledge the brutal reality of the Iranian regime and their murdering of protesters and targeting of people. And we can also know for sure
Jessica Tarloff
that a forever war will not resolve that issue.
Shannon Bream
And Kamala Harris taking a moment at Jesse Jackson's funeral earlier today to hit President Trump.
Tyrus
So let me just say I predicted a lot about what's happening right now.
Shannon Bream
I'm not into saying I told you so, but we did see it coming.
Kayleigh McEnany
But what I did not predict is that we would not have Jesse Jackson
Tyrus
with us right now to help us get through this.
Shannon Bream
And rip to Mr. Jackson. All right, Jesse, a number of these Democrats just weeks ago were saying, taco, the president told these protesters he was going to help and he never did anything. But now they're angry that he's done something.
Jesse Waters
Yeah, I don't even care about these people anymore. Kamala Harris is a joke. She couldn't find the straight of Hormuz on a map. And AOC totally discredited herself. When she was in Europe the other day, they asked her about Taiwan and she froze. So forget about those people. They're not serious. The Democrat argument against the war is three, it's illegal. Not true. It's going badly. Definitely not true. And it's unnecessary. And if you look at the last week, we've proved that it was necessary because every time they send a missile or a drone our way or our allies way, we have to intercept it with a thaad, a patriot, a hornet, or a laser that costs blood and treasure. If we had waited for the threat to be imminent five years, three years maybe in Gavin Newsom's next presidential term, the Iranians would built up such a massive stockpile of drones and missiles, it would have created a shield around their nuclear program. And any operation like this would have been unthinkably bloody and catastrophic and may not have worked. And it may have prevented. Let's just go with the argument. President Gavin Newsom from even doing this, and then on his watch, we would have had a nuclear Iran who would have been able to blackmail the entire world. I didn't even know this, but one third of the world's population is within range of Iranian missiles. If we had waited, it would have been more. I'm talking from Paris to Calcutta. We did the entire world a favor. This war was the last realistic opportunity to take this regime out, and it's going incredibly well. The drone carrier was just taken out. We have Growlers jamming their electronics. We actually have attack helicopters flying over the capital of the country. Think about that. Six days ago, we were firing missiles from the Mediterranean, and now we have manned attack helicopters right across their capital, leveling their command and control posts. And they can't do a thing about it because they're blind. The pace of US operations is doubling over the last 48 hours. And the pace of the Iranian offensive effectiveness has just dropped in. It's plummeting. The Israelis, they just lowered their threat level. They can come out of their bunkers now. Flights are coming out of Tel Aviv now. Their strategy is to cower and wait until we don't have the stomach for this and to inflict enough pain on our Arab allies. Hit an oil refinery or a tanker. So it raises the cost of the war. Pete says it, we have the will and the commitment and the munitions to see this thing through. And the President of the United States does not seem bothered by the timeline right now. You're already seeing desertions among the police, the irgc, and among regime elements. If that continues to go and you see this ethnic fracturing around the perimeter of the country, remember, it's mostly Persian, but you got Kurds, you got Arabs, you got Baluchis, you got a lot of different sects. If they start to fracture and you get an armed outside group come in and draw this, whatever's left over of this regime out, it opens them up to airstrikes. I think the rest of the country needs to look at this. We are six days in. This is going very well. And I think the United States military is the best in the world.
Tyrus
Okay.
Shannon Bream
I bet the panel would probably agree on that last part, if not a lot of other things that you said. Now, Kelly, I did notice that you were wincing every time we said Governor Gavin Newsom as President Newsom, you were a little faint there. You know how.
Kayleigh McEnany
You know how that fell over.
Jesse Waters
Try to make a point.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah.
Shannon Bream
You know how important messaging is, especially in a moment like this. And that's what some of the critics are saying. Listen, the president has spoken about this. He's been very accessible the last few days, as he always is. But does he need to sort of land the plane on messaging here? Because he's got trouble on the far right. To a lot of the MAGA base who were worried about this, I think
Kayleigh McEnany
the effectiveness of this operation is landing the plane. I think the single most effective communication we've seen was the CENTCOM briefing yesterday. That extraordinary. They should do those often. But as Jesse was talking, I was just looking up some facts and ensuring I was correct on them, and indeed I was. You had President Trump when he left office, and this is something I'm going to talk to Vice President Mike Pence about tomorrow. A status quo in the Middle east that was rapidly going in a positive direction. You had Middle east peace accords the first time in 25 years. I was sitting there on the South Lawn when Bahrain and the UAE said, we are going to normalize relations with Israel. Two other countries came on board. I was told by people in the administration they would have been given a little more time. Saudi Arabia would have normalized relations. Not only that, I was looking this up and confirming the last 11 months of the Trump presidency. You had not a single US Service member pass away in Iraq during active duty. That's an extraordinary accomplishment. And it didn't come just on its own. It came because President Trump got on the phone with the leader of the Taliban and said, if you harm the hair on the head of an American service member, you will have hell to pay. And it paid dividends. And then you had Biden come in and you had Abbey Gate, and you had all of these US Service members die at the Abbey Gate. The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. You had immediate resuming of talks with Iran. The posture changed and Iran grew. And October 7th happened. This was the time to Strike. If not now, when allow these maniacs to get nuclear weapons? I mean, just today. You want another data point as to how crazy these religious fanatics were? Look at training's reporting that Khamenei chose not to go down into the bunker last Saturday because he was confident that nobody would have the guts to strike him. Well, maybe you remember Biden. You don't remember President Trump because he struck you and the ayatollah was killed immediately. Imagine if this wouldn't have happened. Imagine, God forbid there's a Gavin Newsom presidency and the damage that would be done to US Service members abroad. You sometimes need to show your strength. President Trump has done that. Iran will never have nuclear weapons and that will be the legacy of President Trump.
Shannon Bream
Well, Jessica, to the points that both of them have made so far, Jesse and Kelly, this issue about imminence and the fact that proxies were, you know, fully funded, carrying out all kinds of terrible attacks, those kinds of things. We know that there were active assassination attempts that Iran hoped to carry out on President Trump. Where for you, does the line come when it's imminent, not imminent?
Jessica Tarloff
Well, the right would have you believe that it's been an imminent threat for 47 years, even though we were sending birthday cakes all around. And Jesse says in five or 10 years it could have gotten really bad. That would have given us a little more time to think this through. And you guys basically listening to you should just waive that mission accomplished banner and go back to that kind of era because you're talking as if that this is a done deal, that we are so overwhelming them that nothing can go wrong when the facts on the ground are that things are going wrong. Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, NBC. Confirming that it was US Airstrikes that were responsible for hitting that Iranian school. Over 150 people dead, dozens of children. You talk about our new allies in the region. And I have given president his flowers multiple times about the Abraham Accords. But the FTSE reporting that our partners like the Saudis, the Emirates, Kuwaitis, Qataris are talking about withdrawing from contracts with us and suspending their investments. Oil prices surging. You love talk about gas prices up to $86 a barrel. The say we get you to $150 a barrel. Gas up 35 cents in a lot of conservative states. So that's not good for the midterms. And the Trump administration didn't refill, refill the Strategic Petroleum reserves. You can say, oh, Biden depleted it. You still had over a year to fill it up. And you shouldn't go to war in the Middle east when you don't have enough oil. And now that Russia is providing the Iranians with information on where to strike American forces. So we didn't give the Ukrainians the Tomahawk missiles they asked for to take out the drone factories, the $20,000 drones that we spent $4 million on a missile her to take out. And now the Russians are helping the Iranians. And Bloomberg's reporting that we're going to ease sanctions, oil sanctions on the Kremlin,
Jesse Waters
saying this operation is not going well.
Jessica Tarloff
I am saying that it is.
Jesse Waters
What you're saying, Jessica?
Jessica Tarloff
I am saying that there are problems with this operation.
Jesse Waters
Tell the American people right now, is the American operation against the Iranian regime going well?
Tyrus
Tell them.
Jessica Tarloff
I don't know how.
Jesse Waters
You don't know that this is an effective.
Jessica Tarloff
I don't know how you could listen to me say that we. That we struck an Iranian school and that there are a bunch of dead kids. And just say, this is going to.
Jesse Waters
Jessica, he murdered 35,000 people. If someone made a mistake when they hit a school, that's bad. But that's war.
Jessica Tarloff
But you didn't mention it.
Jesse Waters
The operation is not going well. Don't lie about the war. Do not lie about the war, Jessica. You're lying.
Tyrus
I'm prepared to come out and say,
Jesse Waters
you know, the war is going well.
Tyrus
I'm willing to say that this is a done deal.
Shannon Bream
He's ready to wave the banner.
Tyrus
I'm excited you got your banner out. I will get my banner. I'll put my beard on the line. I think by the by summertime, it's going to be an amazing time to be an American. It's going to be an amazing time to be all over the world because the sheriff is back. Listen, one of the things you guys argue a lot about is you like to. One of the biggest things was, you know how it's going well, because they brought up gas prices. That was the thing. Or, you know, we might be out of bombs. That's. Those are the talking points. But here's the thing. I like to. When I'm anti war also, until my countrymen are sent out to war, then I'm all for it. Full regalia. Our troops are out there doing the things. So you know what? High gas prices, no big deal. Food prices, no tech, all these things. Because you know what? In World War II, we, our American people who stayed home, sacrificed everything to support our troops. So if the gas prices go up and it's Nice. Because we know why they went up now. Before, when we, when prices went up, we'd be like, hey, Biden, why is this happening? Trump did it. President said, yeah, you're going to feel a pinch because this is what happens when you support the great American men and women who are just, if this was a, if this was a boxing match, they would have stopped it. The president does not, I believe, I think Greg said this yesterday. I'm 1000% behind him. He does not go into deals. He does not know how to get out of the. This is a completely different situation. And you keep bringing up things from the past. We've never seen a response from the Middle east like we have now. We're seeing this. Iran is done. They are done. And the longer it drags out, it's not going to be that long. The president wouldn't put us in this position. He's proved over and over and over again that he's an anti war president. And you're talking points and just keeping it real. Every time somebody quotes media as a source, I, and most American people laugh. You guys have no credibility. So whatever polls you want. The only poll that I'm seeing right now is there's no flags pole flying in Iran right now. So good on usa, keep doing your thing, making the world a better place.
Shannon Bream
And Kelly, you got a note.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yes, Just wanted to say quickly that I intended to say no active U.S. service member deaths in Afghanistan during the last months of Trump's presidency. So just wanted to throw that out there.
Shannon Bream
Clarification. Okay, thank you everybody. We're going to take a break here, cool down a little bit and then coming up next, the Democrats are already plotting revenge against Kristi Noem after she got ousted at dhs.
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Why wait? Ask your doctor. Visit botoxchronicmigraine.com or call 1-844botox to learn more. All right, Democrats in the liberal media are already plotting their revenge on outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after President Trump announced Oklahoma Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen will replace her at the end of the month.
Tyrus
Don't think you get to just walk away. I guarantee you you will still be held accountable. Funniest thing will be if they deport her to El Salvador.
Jesse Waters
I just want to say with absolute certainty she is a domestic terrorist who deserves to go to Gitmo.
Tyrus
I mean, there have been dozens of injuries and deaths under her leadership of ice.
Jesse Waters
Dark heart of this administration does not know him. It's Stephen Miller and he needs to be next. She's just a scapegoat in all this.
Shannon Bream
Oh, Christy, it looks like cricket had the last laugh after all.
Kayleigh McEnany
But while Democrats are busy settling scores, they are missing what really matters. Our security. That's because in the middle of a heightened threat environment in Iran, Democrats are still holding up funding for dhs. And incredibly, some Democrats are even gloating about the standoff.
Jessica Tarloff
ICE has enough money in the big,
Tyrus
bad, stinking, lousy, ugly bill that was passed.
Shannon Bream
They're well funded.
Jesse Waters
So we don't need to pass this bill. Don't give them any money, don't confirm a DHS secretary.
Tyrus
Continue to drag them in in front of you and put the guardrails around. What Democrats want is regardless of who's at the top, that icing DHS actually not murder American citizens.
Kayleigh McEnany
Shannon, it is very unclear to me what Democrats want, but going back to the early days when Schumer was presenting his list of demands, one of them was judicial warrants, which was a nonstarter starter for Republicans. You get that to enter a home, but to have that for every immigration operation, it would just put handcuffs on ice.
Shannon Bream
Yeah, it would change the scale of what they could do. I mean, they are not part of that branch of government. They are within the executive branch. You're going to get an administrative warrant. You don't need a judicial warrant will be their argument. But how many Democrats have told me in Washington they got to get rid of Kristi Noem? Then maybe we could talk. She's gone now. And they say, oh no, the rot is totally deep. DHS is terrible. While also saying ICE is already funded. So they know that they're acknowledging ICE is already funding. So why are you sticking it to the TSA folks who missed a ton of paychecks last fall? And they got to remember, if they want to go after Kristi Noeman, they're warning her, when you are out of office, we're coming after you. They're setting precedents. They did that with Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro and guess what? That showed up when the Clintons decided that they were not going to comply with a congressional subpoena. You could point to, ok, look at the last administration. We put those guys in jail. So if they go after Kristi Noem, they may regret it at some point when they have members of the cabinet who do not live up to what Republicans expect of them.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah, no doubt. You know, Jessica, when you look at the heightened threat environment we are in, clearly we saw what happened this weekend with that shooting that left Americans dead. And then you look at what Democrats are doing. Cisa, we know that Iran is known for targeting and hacking US Critical infrastructure. Cisa, you're depriving them of funding the Coast Guard. That's maritime search and rescue, port security, Secret Service, tsa, fema.
Jessica Tarloff
These are critical, absolutely critical. It doesn't mean that Republicans and Democrats can't return to the table to talk about that list of demands. You say the judicial warrants is, you know, completely off the table. Let's talk about the body cams. Let's talk about the masks. There was a list, I think, of 10 items on there. And I don't think the Democrats want to see anybody here at home harmed because of the heightened threat level from the war abroad. This is going to spill into the funding fight when they come and ask for another $50 billion though, and the Democrats are going to come back and say we fully funded the Pentagon. You got your ask. There was supposed to be a full audit. That didn't happen. They got over over $1 trillion, including the reconciliation bill, plus the budget funding. There's a lot of money swirling. You could also pull money from that ICE budget, which is funded until 2029, and put that towards FEMA, CISA, etc. I don't think Democrats fear what's going to happen to them if they set some precedent with Kristi Noem. We're already there. The Clinton's testified. It's the Clinton rule now. I think that they'll be on the side of we didn't give, you know, $220 million contracts to our friends for vanity shots. We didn't. The $143 million contract that went to a company that was just incorporated eight days before Krissy Noem paid them, that was brought up in the oversight hearing in the House side. We have no fear about that. She was clearly rotten. And Republicans agreed because Senator Kennedy got the go ahead from the Trump administration to ask her about it. He checked all the boxes, he said, I'm going to go and do this. And Trump said, go with God. So, you know, to haul us in. But she deserves to be questioned about this. We need to know where all of that money went. And it looks like Corey Lewandowski was making money that he should not have been making too. As her, you know, Jesse, I have a cabin. Special assistant.
Kayleigh McEnany
I know you want to focus on Kristi Noem, but I think that was the question. I think the country would love to know, Jesse, why only Senator Fetterman and four House Democrats would vote to fund DHS at this time?
Jesse Waters
You know, the Democrats say they want to be taken seriously. They say they care about the safety of the country. They say they care about protecting Americans. They say Trump doesn't and they're the party that's going to keep you safe. And then they don't fund the homeland during war. It's like Democrats when they say, no, this is for protecting illegals. This is because they care about illegals. They don't want all these illegals, all these rapists and molesters and traffickers. They want to protect them, so they stay. It's like the ad that we run. Democrats don't care about you. This is just another great example of that. This country is under threat. Sleeper cells, lone wolves, reprisals. You name all these things that could happen and they don't protect us. What are they waiting for? They're waiting for an American to die. What are we doing here? This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Donald Trump's DHS reduced border crossings to an all time low. They reduced the murder rate to a level we haven't seen since the 18th century. 17th, what is it? 20th, 19th, what is 1900? What would you call that? Is that on the 20th century or the 19th century?
Jessica Tarloff
Either way, 125 years.
Jesse Waters
That's better. 26. Either way, the Democrats didn't do it. The Democrats released people from prison. The Democrats caught and released people on the terror watch list and then brought them into the Country. They were letting people sex traffic children into the country and now they're like shutting down the people that protect us during a war. That's crazy.
Jessica Tarloff
You have won me over. I'm a Republican now.
Jesse Waters
No, you just. Fetterman, Democrat.
Jessica Tarloff
That's like a Republican.
Kayleigh McEnany
Can we get like, That's a smart person.
Shannon Bream
Not exactly.
Kayleigh McEnany
Can we get a round of champagne with that announcement? Look, and then you have the golden boy in Texas, Talarico, who uses the term undocumented Americans to just underscore Jesse's point.
Tyrus
Yeah, you know what? First of all, let's just. The reason why Gnomes is not employed anymore is because of her off the field issues. All right? That's number one. It wasn't because of the job. The border. I didn't interrupt you. The border was a mess. She locked it up. She's a lot better than the last one. Majorca, by far. But here's the difference between the two groups. She wasn't doing what needed to be doing the ridiculous spending that she did. She got fired. What did the other group do? Nothing. They double down. They're fine with their mistakes. They act like they didn't happen. We know why she was let go. She was let go. And as far as revenge on Trump, let me just help you guys. Maybe you guys need to get some sleep or go outside and play on that green crunchy stuff called grass. You can't get revenge on the president. He's already won. He's not running for anything again. He's gonna lay the smack down on the rest of and get this country where it needs to go. And there's nothing you can do about it. So you look cute doing your dumb videos that one would. A 13 year old would do. And then they presented it to you as a parent, you'd be like, don't do that. You're gonna look silly. You know, you pulling pictures off the wall and you're doing all the. Who is the cool police for the Democratic Party? Who is telling them to make these videos because they're hard to stomach. Everything from their barbecues with no coals burning to having a beer with a husband who never takes his jacket off when he comes home. That's a huge sign. All their little things they do. Go back and look. Hey, honey, would you like to have a beer? He wouldn't even take his jacket off. So as fake as they are. And Pelosi's questioning people. Hey, Pelosi, you got the extra cash? Why don't you fund tsa? Why? It's all going down.
Kayleigh McEnany
There you go. Paul Pelosi stock accounts. Yeah. All right. Well, onto this FOX News alert. A federal jury has found Pakistani national Asif Merchant guilty on two counts and plotting with the Iranian government to assassinate US Political leaders, including President Trump. The plot was foiled when Merchant was arrested just one day before another assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Well, onto this. Coming up next, a Democrat civil war is erupting. James Carville scolding Ilhan Omar for her war on white men.
Shannon Bream
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Jesse Waters
The raging Cajun trying to save his party again. James Carville says it's time for far left squad Rep. Ilhan Omar to find a new party over her attacks on white men. And I'm saying, wait a minute, let's stop. All right, in 2024, 72% of the people that voted were white. All right, that's just a fact. Of that, 72, probably 48% or 48 and a half were male. About 33% of the people that are going to vote are going to be white males. Well, it's stupid to attack 33% of the voters. It's just insanity. But nobody in the Democratic Party ever gets the memo that insulting voters is a bad strategy. Jamil Hill is smearing right wing Cuban and Latino communities as being soft targets for misinformation.
Kayleigh McEnany
Listen, they are very soft targets for misinformation. Cubans hear socialism, communism. And as long as the Republicans use those words to describe Democratic policies, they will vote Republican every time, even if they're voting for themselves to be put out of America.
Jesse Waters
All right, so Ilhan has to leave the white men alone, right, Tyrus?
Tyrus
Yeah. Or not. You guys do a good job. You guys don't seem to be phased by the insults. You actually have very thick skin. I'll look that up. You know, I'm just, I just, I feel like Carvel. Why does it always come from somebody not in the game anymore? Yeah, you know, like he's on the sidelines. And unfortunately, apparently they're dressing him like his grandchild. You know, like he looks like he's in a toddler outfit with a hat. Listen, I'm all for rocking a hat, but again, I don't see how this helps or move the needle. It's not his party Anymore.
Jessica Tarloff
Anymore.
Tyrus
It's a progressive party. It's not. They don't care what he has to say. He's part of the problem. He probably did that interview on stolen land, Jesse.
Jesse Waters
He probably did. He probably did. He does not look like a white man.
Tyrus
No, no. He's leaning more towards, like, one of my lizards, to be honest with you. But, you know, he's got the whole little. It's just, if you're gonna do this, fix the collar. I mean, it just looks like he's wearing the arm sleeve. It was short sleeved. Like, somebody sewed it for him that he loved a lot. I don't know.
Jesse Waters
He almost pulled it off, but I
Tyrus
can't get whatever he's talking. He could literally be hitting me with racial epitaphs, and I would just be staring at that sweater. I just. It's a distraction.
Shannon Bream
It is distracting.
Tyrus
It is distracting. But he can't change the. You know.
Shannon Bream
Yeah, well, listen, there's a generational thing going on with him, like you said. I mean, for a lot of people, they think the progressive part of the wing of the party is pulling them out. Remember, he got into this big showdown with David Hogg.
Kayleigh McEnany
Who?
Shannon Bream
David Hogg's out there spending money to primary Democrat incumbents. So the party has to decide who is actually calling the shots. But they continue to listen to Carville, and he's worn them many times. But there are a lot of things that he's right about. If you think about pulling to the left and, you know, insulting men if you want them to vote for you. But also, I mean, what. We had 53 Democrats who voted against naming Iran as a major state sponsor of terror. I mean, there are things within the party they've got to work out for themselves.
Jesse Waters
You know, those are both really great points. Let's see where Jessica falls on them. Is Carville relevant anymore, or is he saying really smart things like you might not want to alienate 35% of the country?
Jessica Tarloff
Both those things are true, right? He's relevant and he's correct about that.
Jesse Waters
He's irrelevant.
Jessica Tarloff
No, you said he's relevant. Is he so relevant? He is leading cable news segments on the highest rated show on cable. He's obviously relevant.
Jesse Waters
That's true. That's true. Relevant in the Democrat Party.
Jessica Tarloff
Totally.
Kayleigh McEnany
He is.
Jessica Tarloff
If you go to big conferences, he's speaking. People take him seriously, and they want to hear also from the David Hogs of the world. We are a big tent. In case you missed our memo from the November elections, we are the party of Abigail Spanberger and Zoran Mamdani.
Jesse Waters
They're both crazy leftists.
Jessica Tarloff
Good luck with that. Anyway, it's also I, I fight for every voter you saw in 2024, there are people who are available or were available to vote for Donald Trump, who we didn't expect. People are up for grabs, treat them with respect and let Republicans make mistakes, but, you know, just earn their votes.
Jesse Waters
Republicans do make mistakes sometimes.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yes, sometimes they do, but it is very rare. Jessica, I just want to throw out my socialist talking points and agree with you that I think he's very fashion forward. I absolutely love the sweater. I think this is like Fetterman 2.0 and Fetterman brought to vogue the hoodie. I was an early lover of the hoodie and now people have like, kind of glommed on. Like, we women, we actually put hoodies in our blazers. It's like a fashion thing. So this, I mean, maybe a year from now I'll be wearing a sweater like that. I would say. I'm glad you say he's a serious contender in the party. He is. And he admitted to me he wants to nuke the filibuster, make D.C. and Puerto Rico states and get rid of the electoral college. If you think that Democrats will not do that, you are deluding yourself. You are ignoring James Talarico. Once again, the wonder boy of the party also wants to nuke the filibuster, the so called moderate.
Jesse Waters
Okay, really good discussion, guys. I enjoyed that.
Kayleigh McEnany
Thank you.
Jesse Waters
Coming up next, America's sweetheart is gushing over America's oil slick. Katie Couric thinks Gavin's hot.
Kayleigh McEnany
Rocket man.
Tyrus
Oh, I guess we're on. All right, here's a vomit inducing preview of how the media will treat possible 2028 Democratic candidates. Katie Couric asking California's king of hair gel, Gavin Newsom, if being ridiculously good looking is a problem.
Jessica Tarloff
Do you have a Zoolander problem?
Tyrus
No, I do.
Jesse Waters
Jesus.
Tyrus
Yeah, Zoolander.
Shannon Bream
Are you just ridiculously good looking as folks?
Kayleigh McEnany
No, seriously, what do you do about.
Jesse Waters
You don't do anything about it. Because if you're gonna do something about it, then you're.
Tyrus
You're people. You know what?
Jesse Waters
I am who I am, and it's fine. You don't have to like me. Or maybe you like a slick person. I don't know. Whatever, it's okay.
Tyrus
What? But to be fair, America's sweetheart did ask old Greasy about his failing state and he rambled for four minutes without an answer. Jesse, I go to you because he's clearly, clearly you should need to get some copyright stuff down because he's trying to steal your whole era. The aura, the coolness. Notice the hand movements was down. The hair styling, you know, trying to be charming and witty with a used Carl salesman kind of essence.
Jesse Waters
Am I really in that category?
Tyrus
A little bit.
Jesse Waters
No, no, no.
Tyrus
On the short side, I don't know.
Jesse Waters
But, you know, you can't cover Newsom like a woman. You can't talk about him being handsome. That's not what men want. That's not what women want. Even women don't want to be given compliments like that. You can't even compliment a woman. But you can compliment Gavin Newsom. You can treat him like a piece of meat. But I can't say some girl that's running for office is cute. I don't like that. I also don't like the fact that people think he's good looking. You want to know why? He's only good looking for a politician. He's better looking than Adam Schiff.
Tyrus
Okay.
Jesse Waters
That's about it. But I have to make a confession. I didn't want to do it, but I'm going to have to do it. Just so we clear up all the conflicts. I'm reading his book.
Jessica Tarloff
Told you.
Kayleigh McEnany
Smart Bible.
Jesse Waters
And you know what? I kind of like it. And it's well written. And he pours his heart out and he was a total loser growing up. And he's likable. I can't believe I'm saying this, but he's just not presidential. There, I said it. There, I said it. I like him, but he's not presidential.
Tyrus
Jessica, is it a romance? Maybe you could translate this for us.
Jesse Waters
He's suing me. I hate him.
Tyrus
You don't know anything about it. Cuz if you're going to do something about it, then you're bullshitting people. You know what? I am who I am, and that's fine. What does that mean?
Jessica Tarloff
It means I am uncomfortable that you told me to my face that I'm really good looking. And I'm trying to swerve around it because what's he supposed to say? It's been really hard all my life, that women just, you know, just fall for me right away? And, like, you want to talk about that photo with Kimberly Guilfoyle on the rug? Like, what's he supposed to say?
Kayleigh McEnany
You remember.
Tyrus
Thank you, but I'd like to talk about my policies. I appreciate that, but no.
Jessica Tarloff
It was a wide range. He talked about it. He talked about policies.
Tyrus
Yeah. Let's be Honest, he's not. I don't see it. Is slick hair that attractive? Maybe I'm just missing it.
Kayleigh McEnany
I mean, he's a pretty boy, and if you're into that type of thing, then you do you. I mean, I'm more into the rugged look. I'd be more into a Fetterman type look.
Jesse Waters
What?
Jessica Tarloff
So great.
Kayleigh McEnany
This is a sexy compliment.
Tyrus
I support that. Thank you. Thank you. Well said. About time. Yeah. Come on, Jesse. You had your time.
Jesse Waters
I need to hear this.
Kayleigh McEnany
I've been into hunters. I'm into sporty guys.
Tyrus
I'm into the males, actual biceps.
Jessica Tarloff
Yes.
Kayleigh McEnany
I'll take the hoodie over the slick back hair.
Jesse Waters
No, that is a lie.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yes.
Shannon Bream
That is not a lie. I'm with you. Thank you. I want a man who can take your business. And I. No offense to Gavin, but I think that he's going to be hanging at the French laundry.
Jesse Waters
You know, why am I agreeing with Jessica here?
Tyrus
I don't know. You read his book. You don't get to talk anymore.
Jesse Waters
Coming up next, they would date Betterman over water.
Tyrus
Sir. Sir, I hold you in contempt. Of the five. Coming up next, a major airline is finally taking aim at one of the most annoying passengers besides water's behaviors.
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Tyrus
inhibitions feel the rain on your skin.
Shannon Bream
No one else can feel it.
Jessica Tarloff
It's the airplane pet peeve that boils your blood. Passengers who blast their TikTok videos at full volume, well, now United Airlines is taking a stand, pledging to boot any flyer who doesn't use headphones on their flight. A lot of nodding heads going on here. Kayla, you're excited about this new rule.
Kayleigh McEnany
Love it. I don't need to hear your TikTok videos. I don't need to hear your business transactions while I'm sitting on the plane. And look, I'm a mom. I'm very empathetic with kids on planes, but I don't need to hear, like, bluey on the plane. So I bring headphones for my kids or put it really, really low next to their Don't. Don't put Bluey on.
Jessica Tarloff
It is tough with the kids, though, because they won't wear headphones until they're like three. We had this. We got a complaint.
Jesse Waters
Yeah. My kids are blasting Little angel and Despicable Melon.
Tyrus
Right?
Jesse Waters
And I'm just trying to, like, sh down and then. But the best feeling as a parent when you have the kids in the plane is when we land and one of the other people in the cabin goes, your kids are really good.
Jessica Tarloff
Oh, yeah, it does feel good.
Jesse Waters
And then I'm like, yes, yes.
Jessica Tarloff
A win for Emma.
Jesse Waters
Parent of the year. I help.
Jessica Tarloff
Okay? That's all.
Shannon Bream
Justin doesn't even address it.
Jessica Tarloff
She's like, shannon, is this. It bothers you?
Shannon Bream
I do not love flying. And I fly every week. And so the first thing I do when I get on the plane is I look around and see who next to me would be least weirded out if I grab their hand during turbulence. Like, if I have to, I feel like I could go with Tyrus. He would give me more of a break than Jesse. He'd be like, don't touch me.
Jesse Waters
You know who grabbed my hand? Gayle King grabbed my hand.
Shannon Bream
See?
Jesse Waters
Well, maybe she was nervous. Not by sitting next to me. Just because of the flight turbulence.
Shannon Bream
Yeah, I don't like it. And then I put in my headphones so I don't have to hear anybody else's stuff. And they're noise canceling. My brother in law suggested them to me. They're excellent. Got them on Amazon.
Jesse Waters
Shout out to the brother in law.
Jessica Tarloff
Cyrus.
Tyrus
This is a great rule, and I think they need to really. Although the TikTok stuff. They really need to crack down on the FaceTime.
Jesse Waters
Yes.
Tyrus
Like the FaceTime. Like, put the headphones on. I don't need to hear about your conversation about the line at Fresh Market or you know, or why you're not. I mean, that's. There is a certain decorum that you need to have when you fly. And Jesse, I take great pride as I get off the plane, leaning over to her parents going, you could have did better.
Kayleigh McEnany
Oh, whoa.
Tyrus
Oh, yeah.
Jesse Waters
That would destroy me.
Tyrus
Yeah, I know. Man. Like, man, not never to the. To the father. You walk up to him, be like,
Shannon Bream
yeah, out of control.
Jesse Waters
Get him in line.
Tyrus
Wouldn't happen in my house, sir. But you go, carry on.
Jessica Tarloff
One More Thing is up next.
Shannon Bream
It is time now for One More Thing. And yeah, I've got a book coming out next week called Nothing is Impossible with God. And listen, it's twofold. I want you to be encouraged. Whatever you're walking through that God has got you, including all five of us here and beyond. And I want you to be equipped, too. There's a lot of practical stuff in here. If you're trying to think, how do I get through this valley? God doesn't always change the circumstances, but he walks through it with us.
Jesse Waters
So what kind of practical things? Be specific.
Shannon Bream
Well, I mean, if you can look at some of these specific stories, Moses, for one, is, you know, there was a point where he said, be still. Just stop and watch. I've been faithful to you before, and I'm going to walk you through this. So be still.
Tyrus
Which chapter would best help me deal with Gutfeld?
Kayleigh McEnany
Let's see.
Shannon Bream
Maybe Jonah.
Tyrus
Jonah.
Jessica Tarloff
Yeah.
Shannon Bream
I think that you want to.
Tyrus
I would be a whale in that situation. Yes.
Shannon Bream
You'd be in the belly of the whale.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah. And I love the Bible verse. Take heart. I have overcome the world. Maybe this should be part of the Herald Bible Study.
Shannon Bream
That's what I'm hoping, that Jesse, Harold and Greg might choose this as their inaugural book for Bible study.
Jesse Waters
We would be honored.
Jessica Tarloff
You guys would be up there with, like, Reese Witherspoon's book club and Oprah's book club if you started.
Jesse Waters
Listen, if we could make money out of it. I'm in.
Jessica Tarloff
All right.
Shannon Bream
He wants to cut off the book.
Jessica Tarloff
Do you write about your eye?
Shannon Bream
I do. I talk about that. Because, listen, we all have stuff that you've been through, you're going through. You're in it, in the middle of it right now. And so I think it's good to acknowledge that we all struggle in different ways. And so I share about my genetic cornea condition that has no cure. But God has walked me through that and really provided a lot of miracles along the way.
Kayleigh McEnany
Love it.
Jessica Tarloff
Amazing. Congratulations. Thank you.
Jesse Waters
You should really just start on this right now, Jessica. It could really help you in so many ways. All of your conditions, we don't need to list them. Tonight, March Madness came early. Check this out. Lehigh tied with Holy Cross in the Patriot League. No one knows about the Patriot League, but now we do. Gets to the line, tied at 66. Buzzer beater. Whitlock nailing it. Lehigh wins. All right, tonight, Jesse Ward's primetime, we have Kevin McCarthy, Jim Hansen and Joe Concha.
Shannon Bream
8:00pm hey, Jesse, did you ever throw
Jesse Waters
up a shot like that in a game? No, not in a game.
Shannon Bream
All right, well, let's check in with Kayla. Maybe she did.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yes. So I just want to announce who's On Saturday in America tomorrow. Shameless. Plug in the A block. But former Vice President Mike Pence, who says that history will smile upon President Trump's Iran decision. General Petraeus, Trey Yings, Alan Jackson, Mike Lee on the Save America act, and John Fetterman.
Jesse Waters
I'm a fan of light a candle.
Shannon Bream
All right. And Alan Jackson, I think you're going
Kayleigh McEnany
to have a very interesting conversation about Talarico's biblical philosophy.
Tyrus
Yes.
Shannon Bream
Okay, Jessica, I'm sorry I went out of order.
Jessica Tarloff
It doesn't matter. I have nothing to plug. Except this wild turkey. So he loves the wobble of trouble.
Shannon Bream
Yeah, the wild.
Jessica Tarloff
After failing to comply with officers and blocking traffic, after a long standoff, the turkey eventually wobbled out of the road, according to the Cobb County Police Department. Highly doubtful. This turkey gets pardoned on Thanksgiving. Ha ha ha.
Tyrus
Yeah, that's great to say.
Shannon Bream
Like not resisting arrest, but failure to comply. What was it?
Jessica Tarloff
Failing to fly with the officers and
Shannon Bream
comply with an officer.
Tyrus
The bird was acting foul, which is hilarious because that sets up. What time is it, Jesse? Planet Tyrus Comedy Tour. We're coming this time. It's the west coast part of it. We're wrapping it up. So you're going to be in Arizona and all parts California. Newsom, you're not invited. And then if you can't wait to see me there, you can always check me out on Planet Tyrus Amazing podcast, which is just crushing it.
Shannon Bream
So I have no doubt. Here's my question, though. If Governor Newsom did show up to one of your shows, like, would you heckle him?
Kayleigh McEnany
Would he get.
Shannon Bream
Oh, would you. Would you call him up on stage?
Tyrus
Only if he wears mittens. Okay.
Shannon Bream
You've got to have. You've got to have mittens and slick hair.
Tyrus
No, I don't. Dudes like that. He has no business at my show. I just would. Would ask him.
Kayleigh McEnany
We'll send Fetterman.
Jessica Tarloff
You'd be charged.
Tyrus
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Date: March 6, 2026
Host: FOX News Podcasts
Panelists: Shannon Bream, Kayleigh McEnany, Jessica Tarloff, Jesse Waters, Tyrus
This episode of "The Five" centers on escalating military conflict in the Middle East, focusing on the aftermath of dramatic explosions in Beirut as a result of intensified US and Israeli military strikes on Iranian assets. The panel discusses the political and military strategies at play, contentious reactions from US political figures, and the divide in American public opinion about the conflict. The episode also delves into domestic controversies, DHS leadership changes, intra-Democratic Party strife, and lighthearted segments on air travel etiquette and political personalities.
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The episode follows a combative but bantering style, typical of "The Five," blending serious national security discussion with partisan jabs, sarcasm, and occasional humor—even (sometimes exaggerated) mutual ribbing over media, fashion, and pop culture.
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This summary covers the episode’s depth—geopolitics, domestic fallout, party fractures, media persona commentary, and everyday annoyances—sampling the mix of news analysis, debate, and entertainment that "The Five" employs.