C (5:29)

I just want to break in for a moment because we're looking at live pictures in the air over Tel Aviv. And obviously, as many people know or maybe don't know, there is an Iron Dome that Israel uses as its missile defense system. And we're seeing it working now, but in some places and instances, it does not work. And I believe this is one missile feasibly that has broken through the Iron Dome.

D (5:50)

So Donald Trump moments ago also gave an interview to Axios to Barack Ravid. And he also gave an interview to NBC. Here's what he told Barack Ravid. I can go long and take over the whole thing with regard to Iran or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians, see you again in a few years if you start rebuilding your nuclear and missile program. Trump told me he says he now has several off ramps from Operation Epstein Fury, I mean, epic fury in Iran. Our editor in chief, Ron Philip Koski writes, so we're just going to spend billions in bombs, kill the ayatollah, temporarily degrade their military, then walk away and hope they learn their lesson? That's the plan. Like, do you understand how the Iranian Revolutionary Guard works and how their succession plan works? And the ayatollah gets killed. You know, they just find another ayatollah who's probably more extreme than that. And then also asked who would replace Iran's supreme leader, Donald Trump told NBC, I don't know. But at some point they'll be calling me to ask who I'd like. I'm only being a little bit sarcastic when I say that. So Donald Trump doing jokes thinks this is all funny as America is currently at war. Share this with you as well. A high rise building hit by Iranian drone is now full on fire in Bahrain. Here, play this clip. Now here's another video of the Iranian Shahid drone striking a high rise apartment building earlier tonight in Bahrain. This was close to the headquarters of the U.S. navy's 5th Fleet in Jew Fair that was also struck. Here, play this clip. And now it also appears that Iran successfully was able to strike the Dubai International Airport. We have footage after the Dubai International Airport was hit by Iran. Here, take a look at this. And you can see people running away here as they're being evacuated from Dubai International Airport. Let's play it. And folks, there are videos of the people in Iran celebrating the Ayatollah being killed. And again, our heart goes out to all of the people in Iran. I mean, the Ayatollah and the regime is repressive, authoritarian, despicable regime. And the people in Iran have been treated brutally by this repressive regime for decades and decades and decades. And they do deserve freedom the same time as the as an American, the question ultimately is, do we support wars of regime change? Do we want our taxpayer dollars going to things like this where, for example, as part of regime change, our government in Israel blew up a elementary school, a girls elementary school in Iran, and killed perhaps 100 little girls today were killed in the area known as Mano. Absolutely devastating strikes right there. And so do we support regime change? And this is an unlawful war. It is an unconstitutional war. Trump did not get constitutional authorization from Congress. And so I think that we can hold complex thoughts and say the people of Iran deserve freedom. The people of Iran deserve our thoughts and prayers and attention. But also it's an unlawful war. It's a war that Donald Trump should not have done without seeking, explaining to us what the hell is happening. And I don't support regime change wars, period, full stop, end of story. We see what happens. So you got rid of the ayatollah. There's going to be another one that comes in. And we already see things escalating even since the killing of the ayatollah. But let's listen to some people clapping because they're hopeful. But Donald Trump's messages, he may abandon them in a little bit, that I may just leave and then imagine how that's going to imagine what's going to happen if America just does this and leave here. Just play the clips of the people clapping. Let's play. Used for that purpose as it relates to Virginia Giuffre State stating those facts. And Donald Trump is seen there, the place he hung out with Epstein, monitoring today's strike campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epstein Fury. Epic fury alongside the Secretary of State Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Raisin Cain and other senior officials at his Mar a Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. You see over here, J.D. vance and Tulsi Gabbard and others right there. It looks like Treasury Secretary Scott Besanter there. They're watching it over there. Take a look at what drop sites telling us about the Strait of Her Muse. Tracking data shows dozens of oil and gas tankers are currently halting, idling or diverting away from the Strait of Hormuz to seek refuge in ports in Qatar and the uae. Bloomberg reports Iran has not yet formally confirmed a complete official closure of the Strait of Her Muse, although the irgc, the Iranian irgc, has issued warnings to maritime traffic. Some vessels, such as the Dash Abiman, have been observed making U turns just before reaching the straits. Apex major shipping firms have officially suspended all transit through the strait until further notice. The Strait of Her Muses, the world's most vital of oil choke points, handling approximately 20 to 30% of global seaborne oil and nearly a quarter of the global liquefied Nash natural gas lng. You can see that right there. Some other as the Open Source Intelligence Defender account explains, remember Khomeini is replaceable and his death does not mean the death of the Islamic Republic. Now going over here, you can see what took place in Manob. That death count is probably closer to 100 right now that the joint attack with Israel on Iran struck a girls elementary school, killing all of these little girls. I mean, you can see right here these tragic images of the backpacks. There were 170 girls inside when the elementary school was hit by the United States military and Israel. And I'm just showing you some of the tragic images that are surfacing as well. Show those images right there and we can just play you some, some of the B roll so you can see what's going on right there in Manob. You know, but for Donald Trump, he's joking about this. He thinks this is funny. He hasn't addressed the nation as of this recording. And Iran seems undeterred, even with the death of Ayatollah Khamenei from continuing the attacks that we're talking about in the strikes, the retaliatory strikes in response to the preemptive strikes by the United States and Israel against its country. All right, hit subscribe. We're on our way to 7 million subscribers. Let's try to get there together soon. We need to keep growing this very quickly, so hit subscribe. Thank you so much for watching. Want to stay plugged in? 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