The Five 07-15-2026

Summary

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The Five – July 15, 2026 – Episode Summary

Overview

This episode of The Five dives into three main areas: U.S.–Iran tensions in the wake of renewed American military action, debates over the Democratic Socialists’ new radical policy platform, and urban policy controversies like homelessness in Los Angeles. The hosts—Dana Perino, Kennedy, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Waters, and Tyrus—debate and banter, bringing their characteristic wit, sarcasm, and sharp political divides to the hot topics and controversies dominating the current news cycle.

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1. U.S.–Iran Conflict and U.S. Foreign Policy

Key Points and Discussion

• The U.S. has initiated airstrikes against Iran in daylight (“not just under the COVID of darkness”) after President Trump’s decision to escalate the offensive, extending beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
• Vice President J.D. Vance rules out U.S. ground troops in Iran and emphasizes that regime change must come from within Iran, not from U.S. intervention.

  “We’re not going to send 150,000 ground troops … We’re just not in that business anymore.” – Tyrus (01:06)

• Jesse Waters discusses a multi-pronged U.S. strategy: airstrikes, blockade, sanctions. He underscores the enhanced severity of the U.S.'s approach and how Gulf States are working to make Iranian geographic leverage obsolete.

  “That’s like being in a headlock, getting punched in the face and robbed all at the same time.” – Jesse Waters (01:45)

• Jessica Tarlov and Jesse debate the long-term effectiveness. Jessica is skeptical about promises that the end is near, highlighting recurring announcements of “Bridge and Power Plant Day.” She accuses the administration of overpromising, questioning the efficacy of force alone.

  “We were promised a start at 24–48 hours, then it was a few weeks, then it’s a few months... Feels like BS at this point.” – Jessica Tarlov (03:52)

• Tyrus argues for a pragmatic, power-with-restraint approach, emphasizing the failures of previous administrations and stating that only “ruthlessness” can force Iran to the negotiating table.

  “Every president has failed. The closest we’ve gotten to this is … now showing them strength by power, but with restraint.” – Tyrus (09:05)

• The conversation also touches on the ethics and consequences of targeting infrastructure, with concerns voiced about harming Iranian civilians and the risk of quagmire.

  “Bridge and Power Plant Day is going to harm the Iranian people who have been held hostage by this regime for 50 years.” – Kennedy (06:48)

• Dana Perino adds that improved U.S.-Israeli intelligence (such as drone strikes and targeted decapitations) allows the U.S. to avoid “boots on the ground.”

Notable Moments

• Multiple sarcastic exchanges about “Bridge and Power Plant Day” and the administration’s communications strategy.
• An extended, mocking riff between Jessica and Jesse over the credibility of “Dropsite News” (a scoop about alleged insider dealing by Kushner and others) and media trustworthiness. (05:09–06:43)
• Shot at continuity and flip-flopping depending on who occupies the White House, with skepticism that any solution will last past this presidency.

  “Next person who ascends to the presidency—if it’s a Democrat—they will just undo everything the president has done.” – Kennedy (06:48)

Timestamps for Reference:

• Airstrikes and escalation: 00:05–03:33
• Sanctions, blockades, objectives: 01:41–03:33
• Critique of communication, media, and long-term outlook: 03:33–08:50

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2. Democrats’ Internal Struggles: The DSA’s New Platform

Key Points and Discussion

• Kennedy introduces the Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) platform as extreme: abolish the Senate, presidency, Supreme Court, grant amnesty to all undocumented immigrants, defund the Department of Defense (“Department of War”), and have Congress appoint both executive and judiciary.

  “It’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet of the dumbest ideas ever presented by the far left.” – Kennedy (11:32)

• Jessica Tarlov argues these are fringe ideas, more online fodder than actionable policy, and notes that swing voters and non-college-educated, minority Democrats prefer centrist/moderate candidates by wide margins.

  “Twitter is not real life... They are perfect online fodder. They have very little applicability in the real world.” – Jessica Tarlov (13:46)

• Jesse Waters rebuts that these are not mere fringe candidates, citing DSA-backed politicians making headway in major U.S. cities (NYC and LA). He lampoons their “Trojan horse” agenda and criticizes calls to abolish checks and balances.

  “They just ran on saving democracy, and these people are like, you know, we’re going to take away your right to vote for president.” – Jesse Waters (15:40)

• Dana Perino and Tyrus argue that Democrats need a “Sister Souljah moment,” drawing a line against the far left, and warn the current big-tent strategy could fracture the party—or benefit Republicans.

  “Democrats have to say, hey, you’re not with us, you’re communists. Form your own thing.” – Tyrus (17:53)

• Kennedy describes the platform’s economic promises as both utopian and unworkable, sarcastically equating them to Bernie Sanders’ blank-check spending.

Notable Quotes & Moments:

• “Are we the Bernie Sanders of the DoD now? Just assuming we can write blank checks for everything?” – Kennedy (08:48)
• “If we abolish anything, let’s abolish Congress then.” – Jesse Waters (15:55)
• Lively banter about “meth as part of the four food groups” and mocking the DSA's online support level (“two or three likes”).

Timestamps:

• Policy breakdown: 11:44–15:40
• Real-world relevance, polling, and party strategy: 13:46–20:59

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3. Homelessness, Urban Policy, and California Controversies

Key Points and Discussion

• The panel addresses LA Mayor Karen Bass’s controversial comment that homeless people use meth for “protection”—to stay awake and avoid assault while sleeping rough.

  “You sleep out on the street for a couple of weeks and tell me that you’re not using something to stay sane or use meth so that you don’t go to sleep to protect yourself.” – Karen Bass (21:59)

• Kennedy lambasts Bass for essentially admitting she’s presiding over a city so dangerous “street people are terrified” and self-medicating with meth, arguing that her response is an abdication of real policy leadership.

  “What she’s saying is her city... is so incredibly dangerous that the street people are terrified... and they have to use drugs.” – Kennedy (23:11)

• Tarlov and Waters mock the framing, with Waters arguing the root cause is meth addiction itself, not “protection.” They criticize policy inertia, red tape (e.g., homeless outreach required before police intervention), and lack of accountability.

  “I’m pretty sure that people use meth because they like meth. And the reason they’re homeless is because they like it a lot.” – Jesse Waters (25:33) “You can’t fix it when you talk about meth like it’s a lollipop.” – Jessica Tarlov (30:20)

• Jessica Tarlov spotlights cities that have shown improvement (San Jose, San Francisco) and argues for leadership that sets clear metrics, deadlines, and accountability.

  “You don’t brag unless you’re in, like, 50s, 40s, right, or you have a tactical plan where you can tell people, ‘This is what I’m going to do, these are the deadlines, if I fail this is who takes responsibility, and it’s me.’” – Jessica Tarlov (29:00)

Timestamps:

• Karen Bass controversy and critiques: 21:44–28:45
• Competing mayoral models and Tarlov’s policy analysis: 28:12–30:20

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4. Other Segments: Biden’s Memoir & Courthouse Weddings

Biden’s Memoir

• Jesse Waters introduces the announcement of President Biden’s new book, Promise Me America, calling it ghostwritten and lacking in substance, while Kennedy claims “there are no Bidenites left.” Tarlov is sympathetic, urging more kindness due to Biden’s illness and long service.

  “I just think that it would behoove people to be a little bit kinder to an older person who has served the country for a very long time and who is sick.” – Jessica Tarlov (35:56)

• The panel jokes about “auto pen” memoirs and the timing of book releases relative to midterm elections.

Timestamps:

• Book trailer segment: 30:48–36:10

Courthouse Weddings Trend

• Discussion of the growing trend towards chic courthouse weddings, with Dana Perino and Jesse sharing personal anecdotes. Lighthearted banter about wedding aesthetics and breaking tradition for efficiency.

  “I think you do not need to spend half a million dollars to get married.” – Dana Perino (37:36)

• Jokes about Zoom weddings during COVID and “editing out” forgetfulness in wedding memories.
• Kennedy links wedding trends to the recent Taylor Swift celebrity wedding “swift defication of weddings.” (37:44)

Timestamps:

• Weddings segment: 36:38–38:30

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5. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jesse Waters on Iran escalation:
  “That’s like being in a headlock, getting punched in the face and robbed all at the same time.” (01:45)
• Jessica Tarlov on U.S. promises in Iran:
  “It feels like BS at this point... We’ve tried bombs, that didn’t work.” (03:52)
• Kennedy on DSA:
  “It’s like an all you can eat buffet of the dumbest ideas ever presented by the far left.” (11:32)
• Jesse Waters on Congress:
  “If we abolish anything, let’s abolish Congress then.” (15:55)
• Kennedy on meth in LA:
  “Is it going to be in the food pyramid soon? Like, hey, feeling a little afraid, don’t want to go to sleep, meth up.” (23:05)
• Jessica Tarlov on anecdotal solutions:
  “You can’t fix it when you talk about meth like it’s a lollipop, you know, or it’s a five-hour energy drink.” (30:20)
• Kennedy on Biden memoirs:
  “There are no Bidenites left in the world. Even Hunter isn’t going to shell out 1695 to read this.” (31:41)

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6. Tone, Style, and Flow

The conversation is candid and sharp, leavened with signature sarcasm, pop culture references, and frequent interruptions for banter. Exchanges are rapid-fire and sometimes combative, especially between Jessica Tarlov and Jesse Waters. Kennedy employs sardonic humor throughout. The hosts circle back on recurring jokes (“Bridge and Power Plant Day,” “meth up,” and “hitting each other in the A block”), making for a freewheeling but engaging episode.

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7. Key Segment Timestamps

| Topic | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------| | U.S.–Iran escalation, military strikes | 00:05–03:33 | | Internal argument over military and media strategies | 03:33–08:50 | | DSA Policy Platform & Democratic Party reaction | 11:44–20:59 | | LA Homelessness, Karen Bass’s meth statement | 21:44–30:20 | | Biden memoir announcement & panel reactions | 30:48–36:10 | | Courthouse weddings trend and anecdotes | 36:38–38:30 |

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For listeners and non-listeners alike, this episode is a fast-paced blend of news analysis, political theater, and personality-driven dynamics, covering the ongoing saga of U.S.–Iran policy, party politics, urban issues, and lighter human-interest trends with the signature back-and-forth energy of Fox’s “The Five.”

Transcript

[Ryan Reynolds]

Foreign.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Hello, everyone.

[Dana Perino]

I'm Dana Perino, along with Kennedy, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Waters and Tyrus. It's five o' clock in New York City and this is the five. Well, it's not just happening under the COVID of darkness. Iran is now taking hits in broad daylight. The US Military conducting airstrikes earlier this morning and, and a few hours ago as well. So this comes after President Trump reportedly gathered his national security team in the Situation Room and discussed a much broader offensive inside of Iran, one that would extend well beyond the current campaign around the Strait of Hormuz. The commander in chief was out in Pennsylvania telling the regime that they better behave if they want to avoid Bridge and Power Plant Day.

[Kennedy]

Are you giving Iran a deadline before

[Dana Perino]

you start bombing bridge?

[Jessica Tarlov]

I don't like giving deadlines, but they

[Jesse Waters]

pretty much know they know the story, so they better behave.

[Dana Perino]

And Vice President J.D. vance telling Joe Rogan that right now ground troops are off the table. If tensions continue to escalate, if the

[Tyrus]

Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that's up to them. But we're not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a change in a regime unless the people on the ground themselves want to accomplish that outcome. Now, we're not going to send the troops in regardless, but like to propose sending in the troops. You're basically saying that the US Military should do the job for the Iranian people. We're not in that business anymore. We're just not.

[Dana Perino]

Jesse, it could be infrastructure week next week.

[Jesse Waters]

Finally.

[Dana Perino]

Waiting a few years for that, waiting

[Jesse Waters]

for this one for a while. So right now we have airstrikes, a blockade, and the sanctions have snapback. That's like being in a headlock getting punched in the face and robbed all at the same time. So right now, the latest was this. Four nights in a row, heavy airstrikes on the coastline, taking out drone, missile and naval sites. But there was deeper strikes into the country. We took out a railway that goes from enemy territory into Central Asia. So what they're saying is that they're signaling if we escalate. This is the bridge of the Bridge and Power Plant Day. It's basically a land blockade that goes with the naval blockade. They won't be able to trade via land or sea, so that's pretty tough. They made a such a huge mistake by clipping these tankers, Dana. We gave peace a chance and they blew it. And now we're going to tenderize them day after day, week after week, while all of these other Gulf States are building pipelines, fast tracking them around the strait, and you can do these in a year and a half. And so they're trying to get leverage over a strait that might be obsolete in a year and a half. And then they'll have no leverage over the strait. No nuke program, no military, and no money for proxies. That's not a very good place to be. Trump seems very committed.

[Dana Perino]

They might not have bridges or power

[Jesse Waters]

plants and they might not. And we've threatened this before and we'll see if they can come to the table, but I don't know. He seems very committed to doing this. He doesn't care about the midterms. He has said explicitly, I don't care about the midterms. He got almost killed by a bullet in Butler. This is legacy. This is safety and security of the American people. Long term, American credibility is on the line and I think he's going to see it through.

[Dana Perino]

Jessica has some notes over there. Let's turn it over to her.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I did. So Jesse's best case scenario is that maybe this is a good situation in a year and a half. That seems like a while to wait for.

[Jesse Waters]

I think we have a good handle on things. Jessica. We haven't been hit. They get hit over and over and over again.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Jesse. We were promised to start at 24 to 48 hours. Then it was a few weeks. Then it's a few months. It's been bridge and power plant day, I think three times, you know, threatening 10. The civilization. He says ever, every day or sorry. Only about 40 times that Iran wants a deal. Also another 40 times. The war is almost over. It feels like BS at this point. You know, we've tried bombs that didn't work. We tried to.

[Jesse Waters]

Bombs didn't work. I think we destroyed their entire military.

[Jessica Tarlov]

If it was as obliterated as you say it is, we wouldn't have any of these problems. That's the truth. Iran is really.

[Jesse Waters]

Jessica, it's one drone.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Everything.

[Jesse Waters]

It's one tanker. They mean.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Donald Trump has made it clear that if he can get on TV and say the markets love what's going on, that it's going to be fine. And the timing of it. You've even made jokes that, you know, things have got to be ready to go by Monday morning. You know, you get a little off time.

[Jesse Waters]

The commercial breaks.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Oh, I'm sorry that I.

[Jesse Waters]

Jokes are off the record, Jessica.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Well, now they're on the record, Jessica.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay, okay. We're doing commercial break out now.

[Dana Perino]

All right, all right.

[Jesse Waters]

All right, I can't wait till next block.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Fine. You get me in the B block, I get you in the A. Dropsite.

[Dana Perino]

What?

[Kennedy]

No family show. Jessica. Family show?

[Dana Perino]

That.

[Jesse Waters]

No, but I. Yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Moving on a serious note, dropsite news just published. I mean, I can barely do this now. Okay, so dropsite news just published.

[Dana Perino]

Drop site news.

[Jessica Tarlov]

It's the new Jesse.

Are you okay?

Either way. Okay. It's something that. I mean, it's a real site. Anyway. They have a piece out about an Iranian official told them that. See what? Cough and Jared Kushner are abusing their insider status for personal gain. We have talked about how much money they're making.

[Jesse Waters]

An Iranian said that.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I love that you said that.

[Jesse Waters]

That to who? That was drop site news.

[Jessica Tarlov]

What's so funny about this is that that's exactly what you guys said to me when I Talked about the MOU, right. That was allegedly leaked. And J.D. vance, the vice President, sat next to me and said that I was parroting Iranian propaganda. And guess what? That MOU was word for word what it actually turned out to be. So you can mock me all that you want.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay, I will.

[Dana Perino]

Let's wait for the commercial break for more mocking and get Kennedy's point of view on.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I mean, I don't want to. I don't want to hit Jesse in

[Jessica Tarlov]

the A, but I already got him good.

[Kennedy]

I didn't realize that we were dealing with dropsite news. Like, that's. That's some big league news. That's. That is a major bombshell here, Jessica.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Is this espn?

The guys from the Intercept. So Ryan Grimm and Jeremy Scahill. Is that how you pronounce it? It's their site, and they get a lot of the stuff about the Middle East. Right, Got it.

[Dana Perino]

I just didn't know that they had this new.

[Kennedy]

No, it's Kennedy heading.

[Dana Perino]

Yes. On substance.

[Kennedy]

I worry that Bridge and Power Plant Day is going to harm the Iranian people who have been held hostage by this regime for 50 years. That's. That's the thing that I worry about. It's. And I know the vice President said, and rightly so, like, we are not there at the behest of other people and other countries doing their bidding. We are there to advance the cause of the United States of America, and that's how it always should be. But the problem is this could still turn into a quagmire. It's still very much. Could be a long, protracted, unsolved thing, because we know the next person who ascends to the presidency if it's a Democrat, they will just undo everything the president has done to say, well, I did the opposite of Trump, therefore it has to be the right thing. So, you know, what are they going to do? Are they going to rebuild Iranian drone factories? None of that would surprise me. But I still look at this and so much can go wrong and it can all be so, so incredibly expensive. And it's like, what are we, the Bernie Sanders of the DoD now? Just assuming we can write blank checks for everything. So, you know, it's like I am a bluff old traditionalist in terms of my limited governmentness. And I don't just think that government can be abused and corrupted, you know, in the name of poor people like the socialists do. I also think that it can be corrupted in the name of blowing things up. Unfortunately, what the president could do is blow up his own legacy with these good intentions. I believe he's in charge. I believe he has good intentions. But we don't even know who we're dealing with. When the president says Iran is coming to the table, who is he talking about exactly? Like, someone who will be dead very soon. Someone who hates the ayatollah and wishes they were in charge and should be. And maybe like Jaylen Brown has a PhD like, who exactly are we talking about?

[Jesse Waters]

The people that are. He's negotiating with.

[Tyrus]

With.

[Kennedy]

So.

[Dana Perino]

And speaking of.

[Kennedy]

But their bell gets unwrong just as quickly as they agree to something.

[Dana Perino]

Tyrus.

[Jesse Waters]

So just wipe them out and negotiate with the next layer.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Jesse, I'm about to hit you in the a.

[Dana Perino]

So I can tell they've been warned.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yes, they've been.

[Dana Perino]

Are they going to accept the.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Here's the thing. Iran doesn't play by rules. The president is still thinking of their future while trying to fix this. Because if he was like them, he would have blown up their oil fields. We don't need their oil. And half. And China would have been. It would have been a domino effect of United States control. But because we wear white gloves and we think about the people and he's holding, he's letting them know we could do this. They don't. They use their own people for shields. So what's going to end up happening is the only way that this works is there. They have to. Their leader, the head of the snake, has to be completely cut off because they've been going to the table for 47 years. The Obama administration gave them money. They didn't build schools. They didn't fix things. They got a nuclear program. They sponsored terrorists. So for 47 years, every president has failed. The closest we've gotten to this is the fact that he is now showing them strength by power, but with restraint. And he will continue. That's why this has taken. But again, this is four months. He has done more. They keep coming to the table to buy time, and we're smart to it. So what he needs to do is. You hate to say it, but America has to be ruthless because that's all they understand. And so he's doing exactly what he's giving them every opportunity. Because this president, it is peace with power, because he's still thinking of the people, and Iran does not.

[Dana Perino]

And also, the thing that's different for this President is that you had the incredible intelligence between the United States and the Israelis that led to the decapitation of the people that were there at the meeting, at the zoom that should have been a zoom. You have new technologies that can do things on both sides, right? The drone can attack the cargo ship, but then we are able to do a lot of things where you don't have to have boots on the ground. Okay, coming up next, abolish the Senate, replace the presidency. The Democrat socialists just dropped their new platform, and it's a doozy.

[Jesse Waters]

Feeling now, and there's nothing left around.

[Unidentified Announcer]

And we're live on Matchday as Doug reaches for a buffalo wing. He's got it. Oh, and he's gone for a can of Pepsi, too. What a finish. There's no doubt about it. It just tastes better. Match Days deserve Pepsi.

[Kennedy]

Well, speaking of vampires, the Democratic socialists of America are sucking the blood out of the body politic, officially launching their new platform. And it's like an all you can eat buffet of the dumbest ideas ever presented by the far left. They want to abolish the Senate, get rid of the presidency and the Supreme Court, and replace them with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress. Yeah, screw you, Constitution. Plus, they want to give amnesty to all illegals and defund the Department of War. Course, just listen to their socialist sales pitch.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Whenever people are like, my God, they want to get rid of the President, I was like, well, I don't know

[Kennedy]

what we would call it in the future.

[Jessica Tarlov]

We could call it the head honcho of whatever.

[Kennedy]

You know, we have a feminism section

[Jessica Tarlov]

that is trans liberatory and also socialist feminist. Everybody sees that, like, that Trump is super evil. I mean, every president since the founding of the country has been super evil, but somehow we have, like, one that is even more evil.

[Kennedy]

Good one. Wow, what a Brain trust. But Nancy Pelosi, she's trying to bust up the commies by calling for a little less revolution and a little more party discipline. Watch.

[Nancy Pelosi]

I wasn't happy about people saying let's spend a whole lot of money challenging Democrats. There are elements, exuberances in the party now that should be heard. And the rest of the. But when we have that vote the first couple of days of January, we will all not me, because I won't be there. They will all be voting for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. You run anytime you want and do whatever you want to do. But don't expect that to be welcome when we've got to stay completely focused on saving the Constitution. But more importantly, helping people at the kitchen table in a way that should be universal in terms of our purpose.

[Kennedy]

Oh yes, they've got some universal ideas. They universally want to scrap the Constitution and destroy the country. So a lot of people in your party are calling for a big tent to welcome these people inside. They really hate America.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Not those ones. I those ones aren't good. They are perfect online fodder. They have very little applicability in the real world of all the policies and they're the only one that I think you could have a grown up conversation about is Medicare for all. But otherwise it's all totally crazy. And I think that we are in a little bit of a crisis of Twitter is not real life and the online world is not real life. When you look at how people are actually voting and they're winning in these very blue seats and then we're electing great moderate Democrats in swing seats where we need to win, like Kate Connelly or Bobby Polito. And it was interesting. There was a new poll out for the Michigan Senate primary with Abdul Al Said, who actually, by the way, isn't a DSA candidate, he identifies further left or a doctor, a physician. But it was interesting because you know, everyone is dunking on Haley Stevens because of that clip that went viral. And she's up 7 in this poll. And with no college voters with no college degrees, she's up 22 with black voters and 15% of Michigan is black people. She's up 46. And I'll say add ahead with college

[Kennedy]

educated white people, it's always the college.

[Jessica Tarlov]

But who is going to call I am the college. I'm done anyway. Twitter is not real life,

[Kennedy]

Jesse. Yeah, what they're calling for is absolutely insane. And I don't agree that these are fringe candidates. I see what they're doing in New York. I see Zoran Mamdani. I see what they're doing in la. They've got two commies running for mayor of Los Angeles. They will have the two largest cities in America. This is not fringe. And also this is not a Trojan horse. They are telling you exactly what they want to do and they're so dumb they can't even come up with replacement terms. Your thoughts?

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah. Like, they're like, well, we want to abolish the Senate. And the Democrats in the Senate are like, you know, they have some good ideas. Yeah, they just ran on saving democracy. And these people are like, you know, we're going to take away your right to vote for president.

[Kennedy]

What?

[Jesse Waters]

I like primaries and conventions and debates and campaigning. I don't want to give my right to vote to Congress. Congress has a 9% approval rating. If we abolish anything. Let's abolish Congress then. They said they want to defend the Defense Department.

[Dana Perino]

So defund.

[Jesse Waters]

Defund. So no Air Force, no Navy, no Marines, no police.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Police.

[Jesse Waters]

I have a feeling Mexico is going to try to take some land back, Jessica. I have a feeling the Brits might want to come and take back some men. We've made some enemies.

[Jessica Tarlov]

French might roll up.

[Jesse Waters]

I mean, we could pro beat the Canadians without a military, but that's fine.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Are you nervous about getting your green testosterone shot?

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, I don't.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I don't know. Pete says at your age you might need a tee shot.

[Jesse Waters]

I've never had any trouble in that department, Jessica. And you've said that in the commercial break.

[Kennedy]

Just ask HR that is worse than

[Jessica Tarlov]

hit him in the eye.

[Kennedy]

I have never said that.

[Jesse Waters]

Also, how about no borders, no ice, no deportations. So someone can break into the country, rape us, go to jail? Oh, actually, no. There is no jail because there's no

[Jessica Tarlov]

social worker will talk them down.

[Jesse Waters]

That's right. So it sounds like they just want us all dead. Do I have that right, Jessica? And Medicare for all green New Deal and freezing rent. So they're going to take away your vote, they're going to take away your gas grill, they're going to take away your doctor, they're going to take away your police and your military. But they're for a four day work week.

[Dana Perino]

No, they're not for work.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Work is only if you have a few little bills. Unfortunately, I had to sit through most of this. I remember when spinsters just had a book club. You know, like the lonely ladies who can't get a date. They just got together with their cats and they talked about cool books. Now they want to take over the world.

[Jesse Waters]

Right?

[Jessica Tarlov]

I mean, this is, this is just, and here's the deal, it's not very, I'm going to agree with Jessica on this. This is not very popular. Did you see the amount of likes and hearts they were? The thing that was like they were hitting it for each other. It was like two or three. There was no love in that thing. But this is, you do have to take it seriously. But at some point, the Democrats have to say, hey, you're not with us, you're communist. Form your own thing, get out of our tent. Because they are going to. If I'm voting and I'm like, I'm an independent and I'm going to vote for the conservative party or Democratic Party. And that's the speech I hear. Like, if you're a Republican, you start funding them, help them get better backgrounds. Like, jazz up that depressing backdrop that they were all in. One of them didn't have the lights on and we're seeing the reflection of our lonely life in their glasses. And they just went on and on. And they even said, I think Bernie Sanders is the most popular one because he ran for president. Like, that's what we have to worry. If I'm a Republican strategist, I'm like, that's it. Like, get them on the debate stand.

[Jesse Waters]

Right.

[Kennedy]

So who put this out? Is it, was it Democrats? I mean, it almost seems like it benefits.

[Dana Perino]

It was a. And it actually, I'm actually a little surprised because it was so ham handed and they've been a little bit more politically sophisticated. It's sort of like my mom, Donnie did the Fourth of July speech and I thought, like, he's usually better than that. And so maybe they have, I don't know, lost a step. But I do think it's worth taking very seriously. And the Democrats should thank Fox for talking about this story because if they don't, it'll just continue to eat away. And if we make fun of them, then that protects them from having to do so. Yes. And if we point out the tradeoffs, then the Democrats can be like, yeah, what they said. And they don't have to do it. Like, Chuck Schumer is like, I'm not going to weigh in on the main raise. I'm just going to sit here and not do that. The other thing is they say it's the, it's for the workers. Jessica just pointed out 40% of minority communities in Michigan want Haley Stevens not el sayed. So and that happened again. Here in New York and it happened in Colorado. So the white liberals are the ones that are propping them up. But also when they say they're for the workers, let's be clear about that. The candidates that we know about so far, the light on their resume, that is oyster farmer or doctor or some of them have never gone had a job. They've been in college their entire time. But they're for the workers party. And that is why it has very little to do with economic, economic socialism. It has everything to do with anarchy. And I would also say that when they talk about packing the court or getting rid of the Supreme Court, there's a direct thread to be made to that and the threats against the Supreme Court justices that have been happening because it dehumanizes these people. And you can't, you can't respect what the Supreme Court says because you disagree with it unless they go your way and then you think it's great and then you don't want to pack it. So I think that there's a moment for a Democrat to have a sister soldier moment here, but if they don't want to take it, we'll just keep doing it for them.

[Kennedy]

Well, if they're not going to grow a spine, they're going to lose their party. Like it is going to fracture in two. And who does that benefit?

[Dana Perino]

Jesse Waters when he runs for president.

[Kennedy]

Up next, maybe meth as self defense. Wait until you hear LA Mayor Karen Bass hot take on the homeless crisis there.

[Dana Perino]

That's next.

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[Jessica Tarlov]

I'm not getting with that. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Batts has found a new way to embarrass the city. She drove into the ground with this head scratching explanation for meth use on the streets, saying it helps homeless people stay awake for protection.

[Karen Bass]

You sleep out on the street for a couple of weeks and tell me that you're not using something to stay sane or use meth so that you don't go to sleep to protect yourself.

[Jessica Tarlov]

You said that people are on the street using meth for protection.

[Karen Bass]

Well, no, what I said is. No, what I said is, is that I know that people have used meth to stay awake at night so they don't fall asleep because they're worried about being assaulted.

[Jesse Waters]

Meth is not protection.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah, that sounds like projection. Meanwhile, in New York, Mandami is taking a page out of Bass LA PlayBook, letting the homeless run wild and set up a tent city, creating a socialist skid row in the Big Apple, which apparently Kami Mandami is, quote, freaking out and scrambling to address Kennedy. I'll go to you first because you loved California. You know, we both are from there. What? Irresponsible, almost on the take kind of. Meth is part of the four food groups. Is it going to be in the food pyramid soon? Like, hey, feeling a little afraid, don't want to go to sleep, Meth up.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, she says it and then tries to backtrack and then says exactly what she said before, right?

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So what she's saying is her city that she's been the mayor of for almost four years now is so incredibly dangerous that the street people are terrified because they're being terrorized and they have to use drugs. You know, these, these Boy Scouts who are just doing a little bit of urban camping, they have to use drugs in order to stay awake.

[Unidentified Announcer]

They.

[Kennedy]

And protect themselves from the gang members who want to control their territory and kill them or take all their stuff and set it on fire if they don't comply. That is the climate that she has created. Those are the problems that have exacerbated under her watch that she has not addressed. And that is the best case scenario for her. I mean, the worst case scenario is still the people who are displaced from the Palisades and Altadena fires who have nowhere to go. And they are contemplating putting trailers like trailers that homeless people live on the streets in, buying some of those and putting them on their land because they can no longer afford to rent apartments outside of their burned down lots. Like that is the reality that she's living in. And you're telling me that Spencer Pratt didn't get enough votes to go to the runoff? I still don't believe that for a second. I have a hard time believing what comes out of her mouth. And then I live a block away from the homeless encampments where you try to walk into Riverside park in, and it's terrifying as a woman to run early in the morning because it's all dudes. They've been up all night long and they're doing the same thing they're doing in skid row in la. They are prostituting women. They are forcing people to sell drugs at their behest. And now they're electrifying their homeless encampments, you know, with the one guy who got his master's degree in electrical engineering, who has figured out how to steal a line from the city power pole and make sure they're all lit up so everyone can see where. Where they're raping innocent women in the middle of the night.

[Jessica Tarlov]

So under the Karen Bass philosophy, if you're afraid to go to the park during the day, just meth up so you can run fast.

[Jesse Waters]

Red Bull.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah. Jesse, this is absolute. What is her obsession with meth? First of all, if you do too much meth, she's going to make sure you get new teeth so you can keep your meth game strong. And now, basically, we're going to see what. Instead of the ice cream truck, the meth truck is coming because she's basically saying it's okay to be on meth. So if you're a meth dealer, load up like, the hell with coffee. It's. It's meth time.

[Jesse Waters]

I'm pretty sure that people use meth because they like meth.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

And the reason they're homeless is because they like it a lot.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yes.

[Jesse Waters]

You know, and the people, if they are worried about being assaulted, you know who's going to assault them? Other meth heads. It's meth heads. Assaulting meth heads for meth is the problem. It is not the answer. Okay?

[Karen Bass]

Yes.

[Jesse Waters]

And Johnny went out to this, I don't know, Zo ro, whatever you want to call it. And you're right. They're plugging in electronics. They're washing their clothes in fire hydrants. They have old tents set up. They're living large out there. And you know why? The cops can't go near it. Only the Department of Homeless Services are allowed to do anything about it. And they need to make seven straight days of outreach to shut a tent down. So you know what they do? They make six or they make zero and they just let them sprawl out there. When Dana goes to work each morning, she's probably going to have to smoke meth to stay alert.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Right. And Dana on method, trying it just once.

[Dana Perino]

Kidding.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Not seeing her blink the whole episode.

[Dana Perino]

And I'm a blinker.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah. Poor Hemmer, you know?

[Dana Perino]

Exactly. No one feels sorry for Hammer.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Well, he will want to. He gets meth attacked.

[Dana Perino]

I think that this is so interesting because it is where the rubber meets the road. So I've always believed that local government is the toughest government because you're closest to the people and this is no longer theoretical. You're not in the university anymore. You actually were elected to solve problems like this. And so let's see how he does. Let's see. I hope he is freaking out about it and I'd love to see if he has a solution. And if he actually can solve it, well, great, because then he can maybe be a model for other places. Maybe Karen Bass would say, how about I try some of that? But if he fails, not Matt, but whatever solution, if he comes up with a solution. Because one thing that we know is that as Johnny Bellisario showed last night on. Last night, right. On Jesse's show, he went with empathy, but also like he's tough with them. And I hesitate just a little bit because I was very moved by Johnny and because he has this compassion. But he's also very clear eyed about the situation.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Right.

[Dana Perino]

And he's the one who was willing to go down there and show us exactly what was happening. I was really proud of him last night.

[Kennedy]

Give him a raise.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Jessica, party affiliation aside, why are we seeing these mayors instead of looking for real solutions? It's almost like an acceptance, like you're almost accepting that they're going to use meth. So we're just going to make excuses for it.

I don't know. I think that it's wrong on a humane level and it's certainly wrong on a political level. And there are examples of mayors that have been tackling these problems. And you look at the change in San Francisco in just, what is it, a year and a half, two years with Dan Lurie in charge versus what goes on in other parts of the state. Or Matt Mahan, who ran for governor, is the mayor of San Jose and he brought down homelessness by a third party. Right. He said, this is how you do it. And I get it. The San Jose is obviously, you know,

smaller than a blueprint. A blueprint.

But a blueprint is a blueprint and it is least. It is at least worth a shot. And Karen Bass has a really tough fight on her hands. She wanted to run against Spencer Pratt because then you get into a D versus our fight. Right.

And it'll be her against Trump.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Or yes, a guy who likes Trump and make it easy. So, yes, there will be, you know, some crossovers for Pratt, but it would have been a cakewalk on a comparative basis. And she's running now against Nafia Rahman. You know, she's pointing out that no one else in the city council endorsed her, that she actually hasn't been that Effective, but she's got to get better at the very least. In these interviews, I was watching her talking to a reporter. They were talking about the homelessness crisis. She said, well, we've had a 17% reduction. 17% for $300 million. Get out of here. Like, you don't brag unless you're in like 50, 40s, 50s, right. Or you have a tactical plan where you can tell people, this is what I'm going to do. These are the deadlines on each of these actions. If I fail, this is who takes responsibility. And you know what? It's me, right? Like this was my job. And it's an enormous problem. I mean, homelessness in cities, this happens across the board. No one thinks that you can have a city with no homeless people. It is an aspiration, but you have to do a lot better. And you have to talk like somebody who is living in this shared reality with all of us. Because it is liberal people who are upset by this and they don't want to turn to the Republicans. They want you to fix the problem.

You can't fix it when you talk about meth like it's a lollipop, you know, or it's a five hour energy drink. Coming up next. He's back. The auto pen just wrote a book.

[Jesse Waters]

The big guy is back. Sleepy Joe taking a break from bingo night, dropping the new trailer of his upcoming auto pornography, which he titled Promise Me America.

[Unidentified Announcer]

It's about the challenge we faced as a nation. About the decisions I made and why I made them. It's about why I chose to run for re election and why I chose to step aside and the promises we made to future generations of Americans to remain the beacon to the world. Promise me America is about my faith in America and the American people.

[Jesse Waters]

Joe showing the Democrats some mercy. The auto pen diaries come out November 17, two weeks after the midterms. Have you preordered your book?

[Kennedy]

Obviously, yeah. And I got the. The giveaway drool pad comes with every.

[Dana Perino]

And that.

[Kennedy]

That's all he was missing was just a long line attached to his tie there. This is going to be absolutely worthless there. There are no Biden Nights left in the world. Even Hunter isn't going to shell out 1695 to read this because again, not only was written by someone else, it's not going to have anything of substance. No one cares about the decisions that were made by committee. No one cares that he should have been pushed out of the race months earlier and replaced with an actual primary and not the substandard Kamala Harris. What they do care about are the actual feuds with the Clintons and the Obamas and Nancy Pelosi. And you know, Dr. Jill didn't write about stuff and she should have. Everyone would have read that book. And if he were going to be bold and really cement his legacy, then, you know, throw some punches, don't hold back. This is the only time he will ever have to do that and he is squandered an opportunity to be a really interesting person.

[Jesse Waters]

Dana, do you think someone told him you are not releasing this book before the midterms?

[Dana Perino]

It's actually a pretty traditional model for a former president. I remember when President Bush's book came out. It was after the midterms in 2010. It makes sense. This doesn't make sense. What would have made sense is for the Democratic Committee to have raised enough money to have just given that to Joe Biden as a donation so that he didn't have to write this book. It's obviously going to be extremely painful. And also the other thing that's going to happen is you have. He's doing it in a presidential year. So in 2010. Okay, you have time then for Obama's going to run for reelection. Now we know there's going to be a possible open primary on both sides. What do you think happens at midnight on election night? We turn our attention to the presidential election. So now every Democrat that wants to run is going to have to deal with this book. Like they just keep. They keep. Sorry, go ahead.

[Jessica Tarlov]

No, I'm sorry. If it was a school, I'd be sent to the principal's office. I'm not going to buy the book, but I would buy the audio if he's. I just don't know how you write a memoir without a memoir. Like, this is. This is. I listened to this this morning. This is absolutely brutal. Like how there was at least 35 cuts in a 20 second video. Like, this is. This is bad. And shame on it. Making him do the. He didn't need to do this commercial. Whom is doing this? How much does Dr. Jill dislike her husband to be. Keep pushing him out there. He says the same thing over and over again. He says, believe in America because I believe in the American people. If you believe in America, we're assuming it's not the physical ground, it's the people. Like it's just nonsense and shame on them for.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Wow.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Just. He also said, I wrote this book, sir. Sir.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, right. Do you think he'll do Fox Jessica when he does his book tour?

[Jessica Tarlov]

I. I guess I would doubt it. I could see a world maybe in a long form, sit down potentially. But no, I don't expect so I was relieved to see the November 17 date because there was talk of a late September release. But that's when the second half of Obama's memoir comes out.

[Jesse Waters]

Wait, dueling memoirs Memoir.

[Tyrus]

This is good.

[Jessica Tarlov]

But no, now and then.

Anyway, it's happening at different times. This, the video did bum me out. I mean, he's sick. He has cancer. He's talking about how he's been undergoing treatment. I hope that the prognosis is good. I. The video and the swirl around this takes away from the accomplishments. And what were they against? Well, we had the fastest recovery from COVID of all.

[Kennedy]

The GC killed more people than Trump did.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I was fact Joe Biden killed people under Covid.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, more people died from COVID under Biden than Trump. And also Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoir while he was dying of cancer and it is considered one of the most scintillating presidential memoirs ever in the history of our country.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I just, I think that it would behoove people to be a little bit kinder to an older person who has served the country for a very long time and who is sick and.

[Kennedy]

Great argument for term limits.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Fine. Well, he's not.

[Jesse Waters]

I'm just saying we will try to be kind.

[Jessica Tarlov]

No, you won't.

I'm not going to.

[Dana Perino]

Clearly nobody wants to talk about this.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay, let's move on.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Neither does he.

[Jesse Waters]

Coming up, brides are dumping the ballroom for the courthouse. Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my day. Oh yeah,

[Unidentified Announcer]

I

[Jesse Waters]

feel

[Jessica Tarlov]

looking to save some money on your big day. All the cool girls want chic courthouse weddings. City hall was once a go to option for couples looking to elope, save money, or simply get their wedding over with. Now it's a venue with a recognizable esthetic. Dana Courthouse bride So yes, I we

[Dana Perino]

got married at the justice of the peace in England. It's called the office of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Peter calls it the hatches, matches and dispatches. So but ours wasn't like fancy or anything. I did think there was something very cool I heard about the other day. So wedding photographers, two men and a woman, they fall in love and they decide to get married. And they are very, extremely introverted. And they just wanted a simple wedding at the courthouse. So they made a date and they had a schedule, an appointment, and they go down to do it. And it was the day of the Knicks parade and all the fans went crazy and the Photographs are so great. So I'm for this. I think you do not need to spend half a million dollars to get married.

[Jessica Tarlov]

No, I love this too. And I live nearer city hall and so it's always fun to see them. And then they go out for lunch or it's fun.

[Kennedy]

This is what Greg calls a summer story. And I think they wrote this before Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding because I do think that there's going to be a swift defication of weddings. There are going to be a lot more women who want to be brides after their patron saint got married. And they're going to want big weddings after Taylor Swift's wedding.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I think this is great. It starts at the courthouse and it ends at the courthouse.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Brilliant.

Recycle.

[Jesse Waters]

I got married to Emma in Florida, but our legal marriage was in the courthouse and Johnny was the witness.

[Dana Perino]

Oh, Johnny.

[Jesse Waters]

He went to brunch.

[Jessica Tarlov]

He needs a raise.

[Dana Perino]

Would you eat?

[Jessica Tarlov]

Where'd you go?

[Jesse Waters]

I don't remember. And then I did five. Yeah, It's a very romantic day.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I wish we could have edited out the not remember part. You're gonna get kicked in a again.

[Jesse Waters]

I had waffles.

[Jessica Tarlov]

There you go.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Really?

[Kennedy]

Now I remember as he's waffling.

[Jessica Tarlov]

We did it on Zoom because it was Covid for the courthouse part, which

[Jesse Waters]

is kind of fun.

[Dana Perino]

Well, that's efficient.

[Jesse Waters]

Very sexy.

[Jessica Tarlov]

In and out. One more thing is up next.

[Jesse Waters]

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[Dana Perino]

It's time now for one more thing. I'll go first. Just before we have this other segment I got. Everybody brace yourself because here's a reporter. She can handle things. She's KTLA Rachel Menitoff. And she handled this like a pro. She continued on and she is a hero and we salute you. Good job, Rachel.

[Kennedy]

Terrible.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Wow.

[Jesse Waters]

That was crazy.

[Dana Perino]

Johnny could do that.

[Jesse Waters]

That was crazy. That was crazy. All right, feeding frenzy. Let's see it. Happy National Hot Dog Day, everybody. Did you know that a hot dog is America's favorite meat stick? And did you know Americans eat an estimated and I'm just reading what's on the thing. 20 billion hot dogs every year. 20 billion hot dogs.

[Kennedy]

I believe it when I look at the beach.

[Jesse Waters]

Now I know why. Last year we bought more than £905 million of hot dogs. I think we have an eating disorder.

[Dana Perino]

Feels like a lot of math.

[Jesse Waters]

Enough for me.

[Jessica Tarlov]

One who ate 17% of that?

[Jesse Waters]

Tonight, primetime 4th of July snakes.

[Unidentified Announcer]

Oh, no.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I love snakes.

[Dana Perino]

Jesse, you can't do snakes. Jessica.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Okay, Mr. 305 just took his bald head worldwide over. Yep, over 22,000 fans showed up in his London concert wearing bald caps, aviator sunglasses, white shirts, and black ties, all dressed like Mr. Worldwide himself. Pitbull. Very cool.

[Unidentified Announcer]

All right.

[Dana Perino]

Just kidding, Jesse. It's a great toupee, though.

[Unidentified Announcer]

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