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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 7th, 2025: Soros-Backed Station Exposes ICE Agents & Alaska Plane Vanishes
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Mike Baker
Foreign 7th of February. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed today. We'll begin with what looks like, I'm saying looks like sabotage against immigration enforcement. A Soros backed radio station broadcast ICE agents locations live on air. And a major immigration rate was reportedly undermined by an intelligence leak. Later in the show, a commercial passenger plane goes missing in Alaska, potentially marking the third tragic aviation disaster in just two weeks. But first, today's afternoon Spotlight. A San Francisco radio station backed by billionaire George Soros. Well, there's a surprise. A San Francisco radio station backed by Soros is under federal scrutiny after it broadcast the live locations of undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Ice obviously. The report aired on KCBS am. It revealed details of an ongoing ICE operation, including specific vehicle descriptions and agent locations. Potentially, of course, putting officers lives at risk. Oh my. How brave of kcbs. Potentially endangering law enforcement officers and at the same time aiding and abetting illegal migrants with criminal convictions. Now, some might argue that they've got their priorities all mixed up. The Federal Communications Commission, or fcc, has now launched an official probe into the station. The key question did KCBS violate the terms of its broadcasting license which requires it to operate in the public interest? The controversy stems from the January 26th edition of KCBS Radio Weekend News. Now, during that broadcast, host Brett Burkhart reported on ICE activity in San Jose. But he didn't just cover the story. He pretty much gave away the game. The report included the exact make, color and model of unmarked ICE vehicles, as well as locations of agents operating in the area. Yeah, I'm not making this up. And to make matters worse, those agents were conducting enforcement in a part of town known for violent gang activity. Once again, I'll say it. How, how brave of the self righteous KCBS AF. The FCC's enforcement bureau is now investigating whether this kind of reporting crosses a legal line. What do you think? But politically, this story is about more than just journalistic ethics, which may or may not in this day and age actually be a thing. KCBS is part of a network of more than 200 radio stations purchased last year in part by left wing billionaire George Soros, who's been a major financial force, of course, behind progressive causes across the nation. And this isn't the only time that someone has tipped off illegal immigrants about enforcement actions. On Thursday, border czar Tom Homan blasted an intelligence leak that he says derailed a major immigration raid targeting the trend Aragua, or TDA gang in Colorado. Here's what happened. Early Wednesday morning, a multi agency task force launched a coordinated crackdown on tda, a violent Venezuelan gang known for drug trafficking, extortion and human smuggling. Hundreds of agents from ice, dhs, the FBI, CBP and the DEA raided multiple apartment complexes in the town of Aurora, Colorado. But something, frankly, was off. After hours of searching, only 30 arrests were made, far short of the 100 plus that officials had expected. And of those arrests, well, just one was an actual member of tda. Holman says they've already identified the source of the leak. And that person, in his words, quote, may find themselves in a pair of handcuffs very soon. End quote. Taken together, these two incidents raise major concerns about security breaches and political interference in the pursuit of immigration enforcement. Coming up next, authorities are scrambling to find out what happened to a passenger plane that went missing over the Bering Sea yesterday evening. I'll be right back.
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Welcome back to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. Authorities in Alaska are searching for a missing commercial passenger plane that disappeared over the Bering Sea Thursday evening. Now, the aircraft, a Cessna operated by regional carrier Bering Air, had nine passengers and a pilot on board when it lost contact about 12 miles offshore. The Coast Guard, U.S. air Force and National Guard are leading the search, but so far there is no sign of the plane. It was traveling on a short flight across the Norton Sound to Nome but never arrived. The last known position showed the aircraft flying at 5,300ft before vanishing from radar. Weather conditions aren't helping. Nome saw temperatures drop as low as 9 degrees overnight and the coast is under gale warnings. Heavy winds, rough seas and poor visibility are making the search effort even more difficult. Local police initially called for volunteers with boats to assist, but later said they had enough support. Authorities are now warning residents against launching their own search missions due to the dangerous conditions. The National Transportation Safety Board, the ntsb, is monitoring the situation and Bearing Air, which operates flights to remote communities along Alaska's northwest coast. While they haven't yet commented, the incident marks the third aviation disaster in just over a couple of weeks. First there was the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C. where an American Airlines passenger jet and then Blackhawk helicopter collided, killing 67 people. Then just days later, a medical transport jet exploded near a Philadelphia mall, killing all seven on board. We'll keep you updated as search efforts continue. And that, my friends, is the PDB Afternoon bulletin for Friday 7th February. Now, if you have any questions or comments, and I hope you do, please reach out to me and at pdb@thefirst tv.com and as I'm sure you realized when you woke up this morning, it's Friday. And that, of course, means that a brand new episode of the stunningly popular PDB Situation Report. That's our extended weekend version of the pdb. Well, it airs this evening. This week's guests include author Gerald Posner and former congressman from Ohio, Jim Renaissi. It's a buffet line of interesting topics. We'll look at the upcoming release of the jfk, the RFK and the MLK assassination files, the purge taking place over at USAID, and the waste and overspending within the US Government. And spoiler alert, there's a lot of waste and overspending within the US Government. Tune in and amaze your friends with your command of news and current events. The Situation Report is available every Friday evening at 10pm on the first TV and also on our YouTube channel. And you can find our YouTube channel at President's Daily Brief and of course podcast platforms throughout Podcast Land. And as they talk about all the time on the late night talk shows. To listen to the show ad free. Well, it is simple. Just become a premium member of the President's Daily brief by visiting PDB premium.com I'm Mike Baker and I'll be back over the weekend with our PDB Situation Report. Until then, stay informed, stay safe, stay cool.