Trump's Iran Endgame | Episode 238

Summary

VINCE Podcast Episode 238: Trump's Iran Endgame (March 4, 2026) – Detailed Summary

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Episode Overview

This episode of VINCE dives deep into pivotal U.S. political and foreign policy developments. Host Vince Coglianese, known for sharp conservative analysis and snark, unpacks the latest Texas election results, Kristi Noem’s fiery Senate hearing on DHS funding and immigration, and delivers an in-depth update on the Trump administration’s evolving strategy in Iran. The episode is laced with humor, pointed critiques, vivid language, and signature barbs at both political adversaries and squishy Republicans.

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Key Topics & Segments

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1. Texas Election Results & Democratic Infighting

Theme: Shifting dynamics in Texas politics, election integrity disputes, and left-wing infighting.

• Jasmine Crockett Loses In Texas ([03:39]):

  • Jasmine Crockett, a progressive Democrat with a flair for controversy, is defeated in the primaries by James Talarico.
  • Vince notes GOP voters even crossed over to support her, hoping to face a more radical opponent in the general.
  • “...she is so effervescently and so obviously a psychopath that they kind of liked the idea of having her be the representation for the Democrats...” – Vince ([04:12])
  • Vince accuses Talarico (“Jussie Talarico”) of staging hoaxes for attention (e.g., an alleged Colbert interview suppressed by Trump).

• Jasmine Crockett Accuses GOP of Election Rigging ([07:50]):

  • Crockett blames Republicans for voting delays and claims targeted interference.
  • Quote: “Unfortunately, this is what Republicans like to do. And so they specifically targeted Dallas county...” – Jasmine Crockett ([07:54])
  • Vince dismisses her claims as “pathetic,” explaining that even GOP supporters preferred her over Talarico.

• Talarico’s “Blasphemies” and National Media Hoaxes ([10:57], [13:00]):

  • Vince highlights Talarico's statements about God being “pro abortion” and “non-binary.”
    • Quote: "God is non binary." – James Talarico ([13:00])
  • Vince interjects: “There’s a demonic level of narcissism going on here...” ([11:50])

• Other Texas Races ([13:38]):

  • Cornyn vs. Paxton Showdown: Cornyn narrowly leads, but Ken Paxton, with MAGA backing, is expected to consolidate anti-establishment votes in the runoff.
  • Dan Crenshaw Loses: Four-term incumbent Crenshaw is ousted by state Rep. Steve Toth, a MAGA candidate, signifying a shifting GOP base.

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2. Kristi Noem vs. Senate Democrats: DHS, Border, and Crime Data

Theme: Border security, sanctuary cities, and political wrangling over DHS funding in light of terror threats and alleged Democratic obstruction.

A. Noem Calls for End to Dem-Led DHS Shutdown ([20:49])

• Kristi Noem’s Testimony:
  • Slams Democrats for underfunding DHS during “a time when we’ve produced the most secure border in history and removed nearly 3 million illegal aliens.”
  • Quote: “Disrupting the department responsible for those gains is indefensible.” – Kristi Noem ([21:42])

B. Debating Criminality & ICE Arrests ([23:12])

• Dick Durbin’s Claims: Only 14% of ICE arrests are “real” criminals.
• Noem’s Reply: The media/democrats manipulate stats by excluding DUIs, embezzlement, fraud, drug trafficking, and even murder charges from other jurisdictions.
  • Quote: “If you were counting crimes that these individual illegal aliens in this country have committed, it would be well over 65 to 70%...” – Noem ([23:51])
• Vince provides additional context: 70% of Trump-era ICE arrests had criminal convictions or pending charges in the U.S., with 92% of DACA recipients arrested by ICE having criminal backgrounds ([31:03]).

C. DACA/“Dreamers” and Deportations ([30:33])

• Durbin scolds Noem for deporting DACA recipients (“dreamers”).
• Quote: “Sir, we follow all laws as applicable to the Department of Homeland Security...” – Kristi Noem ([31:03])
• Vince clarifies: Majority of DACA deportations are due to criminal convictions, not technicalities.

D. Voting, ICE, and “Voter Intimidation” ([33:31])

• Senator Chris Coons grills Noem about claims of ICE agents at polling places.
• Noem’s retort: “Do you plan on illegal aliens voting in our elections, Senator?” ([33:38]), exposing the flaw in the “voter intimidation” narrative.
• Vince: “Maybe we should send ICE agents to polling places. Democrats keep talking about it ... They just hate us. Yeah, it’s just enforced the law.” ([34:29])

E. Republican Infighting: Thom Tillis vs. Kristi Noem ([38:40])

• Tillis (derisively called “Thumbelina”) attacks Noem for prioritizing deportation numbers over "quality."
  • Quote: “Not quantity. Quality.” – Tillis ([39:16])
• Vince lambasts Tillis for enabling Democrat-aligned immigration policy (“... given a tongue bath to Alejandro Mayorkas ...”).

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3. The Iran Endgame: Trump, Israel, and Global Security

Theme: A blow-by-blow update on Trump’s aggressive campaign against Iran, Israel’s covert strikes, and the U.S. military’s successes.

A. Israeli Strike on Iranian Leadership ([41:51])

• Iranian clerics gathered to select a new Supreme Leader were targeted by Israel.
• Vince: “If the Iranians had called me...I would say something like, don’t all get together in one place. … They all got together and then they exploded.” ([43:46])

B. Marco Rubio’s Senate Briefing – U.S. Strategy and Progress ([44:37], [45:41])

• Sen. Rubio (now Secretary of State) provides status updates:
  • Systematic destruction of Iran’s missile inventory, launchers, navy, and air defenses.
  • Quote: “We have every confidence … these objectives will be achieved.” – Marco Rubio ([45:21])
  • Warns of escalating intensity: “You’re about to see … we’re going to unleash Chang on these people … a change in the scope and in the intensity of these attacks...” ([45:41])
    • “Unleash Chang” explained: a Bush family/foreign-policy inside joke meaning ‘attack aggressively’.

C. Senate Reactions—Partisanship and Unlikely Praise ([49:11], [51:11])

• Rubio predicts Dems will complain about “more questions than answers,” which Chuck Schumer immediately confirms on cue.
  • Schumer: “I left the intelligence briefing more concerned than reassured … a strategy is missing.” ([49:57])
• John Fetterman (D-PA) surprising support: “I think overall this has been a very, a big, big win for global security, especially in the Middle East.” ([51:59])
  • Vince notes Fetterman’s willingness to speak plain truths.
  • “Senator Hoodie” even wore a suit out of respect for President Trump.

D. Military Update from CENTCOM ([54:27])

• Admiral Brad Cooper reports Iran’s combat power “is very rapidly declining,” citing:
  • 2,000 targets struck in under 100 hours.
  • Destruction of hundreds of missiles, launchers, drones, and nearly the entire Iranian navy.
  • Quote: “Today, there’s not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, or Gulf of Oman. And we will not stop.” ([55:36])
• Vince: “Iran is now firing fewer and fewer missiles because … they just have fewer missiles to fire.”

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Notable Quotes & Exchanges (With Timestamps)

• “...she is so effervescently and so obviously a psychopath...” – Vince on Jasmine Crockett ([04:12])
• “God is pro abortion.” – James Talarico ([10:57])
• “God is non binary.” – James Talarico ([13:00])
• “There’s a demonic level of narcissism going on here.” – Vince ([11:50])
• “If you were counting crimes...it would be well over 65 to 70%...” – Kristi Noem ([23:51])
• “Sir, we follow all laws as applicable to the Department of Homeland Security...” – Kristi Noem ([31:03])
• “Do you plan on illegal aliens voting in our elections, Senator?” – Kristi Noem ([33:38])
• “Not quantity. Quality.” – Thom Tillis ([39:16])
• “We will now not allow Iran to hide behind the immunity of a massive short term ballistic missile inventory.” – Marco Rubio ([44:54])
• “We’re going to unleash Chang on these people in the next few hours and days...” – Marco Rubio ([45:41])
• “I left the intelligence briefing more concerned than reassured...a strategy is missing.” – Chuck Schumer ([49:57])
• “I say ... this has been a very, a big, big win for, for global security, especially in the Middle East.” – John Fetterman ([51:59])
• “Today, there’s not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, or Gulf of Oman. And we will not stop.” – Admiral Brad Cooper ([55:36])

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Memorable Moments

• Vince mocking Republican infighting and RINO senators like Thom Tillis (“Thumbelina”).
• The “Unleash Chang” inside joke, offering a playful historical tangent ([45:41], [46:25]).
• Vince’s critical, occasionally over-the-top language for effect (“establishment pain in the ass,” “demonic gangster,” “psychos”).
• Unusual bipartisan moment with John Fetterman backing Trump’s Iran policy ([51:59]).

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Conclusion & Forward-Looking Takeaways

• Texas’s shifting electoral landscape signals heightened polarization and the decline of establishment characters.
• Expect continued, even escalated, U.S. and Israeli action against Iran, with both military and political fronts heating up.
• The Trump administration is doubling down on strict immigration enforcement—despite Democratic and RINO resistance.
• Vince promises to track further updates as the “intensity” in Iran and election politics ratchets up.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode: You’ll find a high-energy breakdown of Texas political upheaval, DHS controversies, and the U.S.-Iran military chess match. Heavy on conservative commentary and mockery of both left- and right-wing antagonists, this episode offers a potent blend of news, analysis, quotable moments, and sardonic entertainment.

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End of Summary

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Try it today. How many likes do we have on the stream right now? I think we need more likes. I can't even see them. I don't have them up right now, but I'm just gonna pretend. If you don't mind, I'm gonna just pretend for a moment. Oh, my goodness. The level of likes sucks right now. Can we get the likes way up? Holy crap. Hello. We need the likes to be up. If you get the likes up, then that means something meaningful for Rumble's algorithms, doesn't it? I think it does, yeah. Like. Like the stream. Hello, like the stream. And subscribe while you're here. If you. If you don't mind, I'd appreciate that, too. Okay, let's get into some of the breaking news overnight. We just got results out of Texas, and Jasmine fricking Crockett just lost. So you can say bye, which is a nice story. You can say bye to Jasmine Crockett. I saw people tweeting straight out of Congress. She's gone. She's gone. She'll be leaving. But, you know, the truth is, Republicans were kind of rooting for her, at least in this phase. Republicans in Texas wanted Jasmine Crockett to be the nominee. And the reason for that is because she is so effervescently and so obviously a psychopath that they kind of liked the idea of having her be the representation for the Democrats on the ballot in Texas. And to be fair, beyond that, nationwide, Republicans wanted to see that, too, because you could use her as a pretty obvious example of the Most psychotic tendencies of the left, no matter where you are in the country. Going into the midterms, she was a perfect mascot for the insanity of the left. And last night she was defeated. But the guy who defeated her, he's not much better. Candidly, he's a psycho. In his own way, he's pretty sinister. His name is James Talarico, you'll remember. There it is, straight out of Congress. Hilarious. James Talarico, you'll remember, is the guy who says that God is pro abortion, that God is non binary, that God justifies and blesses gay marriage. It's like the whole thing is just a series of abominations. It's just blasphemies. The guy just making things up about scripture that aren't true at all. And he's playing with perhaps eternal fire. That's James Talarico. Now, James Talarico came to the national consciousness in large part because of a hoax, a stunt. This is why I've been calling him Jussie Talarico. He went on Stephen Colbert's show not that long ago. And then all of a sudden, Colbert said he told his audience, we can't air the interview because Donald Trump stopped us from doing it. You're not allowed to see this. That's how much Donald Trump fears James Talarico. That was the frame up that the left gave us. Well, that was a hoax. It was a complete and utter hoax. The Trump administration didn't in any way get involved with who Stephen Colbert was booking on his show. They probably didn't even know about it. Fundamentally, it came down to CBS made a decision to say that, hey, if you're going to have him on, you should have Jasmine Crockett on For Equal Time. And then Colbert used that and so did Talarico as an opportunity to invent an anti Trump hoax. Trump censoring us. Trump censoring us is a threat to the First Amendment. The left went crazy with it, especially in the first 24 hours, despite the fact that the rest of us knew this was a lie. And they raised over two and a half million dollars like that for Jesse Talarico was a scam. But mission accomplished. Money raised and then money spent. Talarico spent a ton of cash in order to defeat Jasmine Crockett yesterday. And this is despite the fact that insofar as Republicans were involved in the election, many of them were crossing over in Texas's open primary to support Jasmine Crockett, justice for Jasmine. They were trying to get Jazzy Crock across the finish line so she could be the nominee for all the reasons I just mentioned. So what happened? Well, Crockett is candidly a low IQ person, and she decided that the real sinister people in yesterday's race are not Jesse Talarico, who says that God endorses abortion, or Jesse Talarico, who orchestrated a hoax against her. She said it's actually Republicans. Here she is reverting to form. This is pathetic. That rigged the election so that Jussie Talarico could win. Look at Jasmine Crockett last night as she was very bitchy about what just went down.

[Jasmine Crockett]

So, so that's my news is that we're not going to have election results tonight, in my opinion, based upon what specifically is taking place in Dallas County. Unfortunately, this is what Republicans like to do. And so they specifically targeted Dallas county, and I think we all know why. So I want you to enjoy yourselves. But I won't be back tonight because I have no idea of when we're going to get results. And I fully anticipate it won't be until tomorrow. So I love y', all, too.

[Host Vince]

Yeah. You guys are noticing her accent. So very much for being here. Love you down.

[Jasmine Crockett]

I love you down, Dallas.

[Host Vince]

I love you down, Dallas. Look, listen to her accent. This looks so proper now. She's, she's such a cartoon character. And she says, you know, it's, it was Republicans. Republicans stole the election from her. Obviously, that's, that's what was going on. The. The Texas Supreme Court. The Richie's referring to in Dallas County. The Texas Supreme Court. According to News outlets like Fox 4 out of Dallas Fort Worth, local affiliate out of Dallas Fort Worth, Texas Supreme Court blocks Voting time extension in Dallas County. A judge in Dallas county extended voting hours to 9pm for Democrats. As some say voters in parts of Texas are being turned away from the polls. Just before that extension ended, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the order, saying voting should only happen as permitted. Well, that makes sense. You should only follow the rules of voting. I don't know. Why is this so complicated? Can't you just follow the rules? But let me just go attack the core point. Republicans would not in any capacity rig the election against Jasmine Crockett. Republicans were hoping she would win, and so she's accusing Republicans of this. Meanwhile, she should really be attacking Talarico for his election rigging stunts. So that's, that's, that's where we are on that. So that's, that's the Democrats. Trust me, we've got more to say about Jesse Talarico. We're going to spend some time beating up on this guy because, boy, does he deserve it. He really, really deserves to lose in Texas now that he's becoming the nominee there. We should not have this guy in the Senate. He is absolutely sinister. Just to give you. If you, if you don't mind, I'll give you just two quick examples here. Let's see. James Talarico says that God is pro abortion. He says God is pro abortion. And he uses one of the most beautiful stories in all of the Bible about Mary learning of the blessing of carrying the Son of God. And he says that that story justifies abortion, that God endorses killing children in the womb. Here's the, the way Talarico presented this.

[James Talarico]

But I say all this in terms of, in context of abortion, because before God comes over Mary and we have the incarnation, God asks for Mary's consent, which is remarkable. I mean, go back and read this. And in, in Luke, how disgusting.

[Host Vince]

He's. He, he's making it seem like Mary gets to decide whether or not to abort Jesus at this moment. This is what James Talarico saying.

[James Talarico]

I mean, the, the angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do. And she says, if it is God's will, let it be done. Let it be. Let it happen. So to me, that is a, an affirmation in one of our most central stories that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create. Creation is one of the most sacred acts that, that, that we engage in as human beings.

[Host Vince]

There's a demonic level of narcissism going on here. This is idea that God is irrelevant. I am God. I create life. I destroy life. I can control the weather. This is the attitude of the modern left.

[James Talarico]

But that has to be done with consent. It has to be done with freedom. And, and to me, that is absolutely consistent with the ministry and life and death of Jesus. And so that's why I, that's how I come down on that side of the issue.

[Host Vince]

That's how I reach this demonic conclusion, is by advancing a heresy. That's. That's James Tallarico. That's the guy. That's the guy. So if you were, if your goal was, let's have the craziest possible Democrat on the ticket in Texas, well, the mission might be accomplished. That guy might be crazier than Jasmine Crockett. He's got, you know, less diverse accents, but that's nuts. One more for you from this Jussie Talarico. The hoaxer he's also got a clip where he says that God is non binary. Take a look at this. This is insanity. Here he is. God, non binary. Jesse Talarico Watch.

[James Talarico]

Is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non binary.

[Host Vince]

All these lib women standing behind him, all gravely nodding along. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. This guy's a mess. This guy's a complete mess. So there you go. That's the nominee there. Now, what about the Republican side in Texas? What just happened overnight? Well, that's interesting, too. That's interesting, too. I've been talking a lot to producer Jim about this. He's a. A proud Lone Star State resident, proud Texan, and he's been showing up. He showed up at the polls and he's trying to stop John Cornyn from getting back in. John Cornyn is, you know, Mr. Establishment. John Cornyn has been there far too long, and John Cornyn's got to go. And John Cornyn was able to prevail with just enough votes to make it to the next round. You see, in Texas, the primary vote doesn't end the election unless you get a majority over 50%. Nobody got over 50% yesterday. In fact, the results here are that in this race, John Cornyn and Ken Paxton are now heading to a runoff. Look at the numbers here. For Those of you rumble.com/vince, I've got the. The numbers on screen right now. Cornyn takes 41.9% of the vote. Ken Paxton took 40.7%. Okay, so this is a neck and neck race already, and that's with all these other candidates on the ballot. Wesley Hunt was the only other person who was taken very seriously in this race. Cornyn and Wesley Hunt had some very vicious campaigning going on against one another. Wesley Hunt collected 13.5% of the vote here. Now, you just, just. I just want you to walk through the logic of this for a moment. If you voted for Wesley Hunt, what are the chances that you will now vote for John Cornyn? I don't think so. I don't. I don't foresee this happening. I don't. I don't see how that happens. It seems to me that Ken Paxton is the one to beat here that you will see so many of these Wesley Hunt votes instead go to Ken Paxton. Now, as John Cornyn and Ken Paxton face off in this runoff election, this is a fascinating, fascinating development and could be very, very good. Ken Paxton, very maga. Very maga. Going to be a much better hand in the United States Senate than John Cornyn. But, man, they've spent a lot of money. They've spent a lot of money here. John Cornyn and Al Lives have spent over $100 million in this race already. And it's about to get even uglier. So keep your eyes on Texas. Texas, a huge race going on right now. And then one more out of Texas for you. Overnight, Dan Crenshaw has lost his congressional seat. Dan Crenshaw losing his primary overnight, defeated by a Ted Cruz backed state lawmaker who just won the Republican primary there. Crenshaw, you know, is not, has not always been the, the warmest embracer of President Trump or his base. He did tell the Houston Chronicle ahead of the vote this week that his relationship with Trump is good. But Dan Crenshaw has been defeated now in Texas in that Republican primary after four terms. He loses to Steve Toth, the state representative and businessman. And following years of turmoil between Crenshaw and the MAGA faction of the Republican Party that questioned Crenshaw's loyalty to Trump. That's the FOX News report here. That's the second Congressional District primary ending last night. Toth beating Crenshaw. And there you go. So Crenshaw now headed out. Steve Toth looks to be headed in as he picks up that primary victory. All right, so that's, that's some election news for you lot. A lot going on in the country right now. A lot going on. Just trying to keep an eye on all of it. Coming up in a moment, I want to get into Kristi Noem's visit to the United States Senate yesterday. Fireworks as the DHS secretary showed up and said, hey, guys, it's time to fund DHS again. You know, we have terror attacks going on in the country. Might be nice to have Homeland Security paid. 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Watch.

[Kristi Noem]

The latest Democrat led shutdown of DHS is reckless, it's unnecessary, and it undermines the American national security and it harms the men and women who work at DHS and, and their families. Despite the House passing a bipartisan, bicameral full year DHS funding bill, it is Senate Democrats who have chosen not to fund the department and have held this department hostage. As a result. Critical national security missions, including border security, immigration enforcement, aviation security, disaster response, cybersecurity and the protection of critical infrastructure are all being strained. Our ability to provide for a safe and successful World cup is being hindered as well. More than 100,000 dedicated DHS employees are once again being asked to work without pay. For the third time in just five months. At a time when we've produced the most secure border in history and removed nearly 3 million illegal aliens from our country, disrupting the department responsible for those gains is indefensible.

[Host Vince]

Yeah. I mean, this is unconscionable that you would put us in this position. We just saw a terror attack in Austin, Texas this weekend where a guy opens fire, killing a bunch of people wearing his Property of Allah sweatshirt. He's got his Iranian flag shirt on underneath. Back home, he's got pictures of the ayatollah. The guy's a full blown terrorist. And you're going to tell us that you're going to continue to defund, defund the Department of Homeland Security because you're mad that we're deporting illegals. You people are psychos. Or as President Trump said last week, these people are crazy. These people are crazy. And then he gestures off to his side. They're crazy. They are crazy. Crazy what they're doing in this country right now. And you have moments like this yesterday where, you know Ridiculous Durbin. Dick Durbin. That's the first time I've ever constructed that particular nickname. Ridiculous Durbin yesterday goes after Kristi Noem for arresting illegals. He's pretending that all these illegals that ICE has been rounding up are a bunch of choir boys. They're just, just innocent people. They're doing nothing wrong. Why are you hassling them? They didn't do anything beyond being illegal aliens. Well, that's justification enough. But listen to Kristi Noem as she, as she absolutely smacks ridiculous Durban around yesterday. This is cut to watch.

And then it turns out that 85% of the people you've gone after have no criminal history whatsoever. How do you explain that?

[Kristi Noem]

Sir, when you talk about violent crimes, what you're saying the crimes that don't matter, that you aren't counting are ones that affect American families every single day. You're not counting DUIs, you're not counting embezzlements, you're not counting theft, and you're not counting the other crimes against people and drug trafficking and proliferating that. So if you don't count those as crimes that these individuals and impacting families in this country, they are counted and

[Host Vince]

they calculate 14% of those.

[Kristi Noem]

Those are not counted in your 14%. If you were counting crimes that these individual illegal aliens in this country have committed, it would be well over 65 to 70% of the individuals that are detained today have those crimes on their record.

[Host Vince]

Okay, now this Dick Durbin lie that you just heard. 14%. 14%. You may be thinking to yourself, wait, I've heard this number before. I have this, this claim. 14% of illegals are criminals beyond their illegal entry into the country. The rest are just, you know, they're just poor innocent people looking for a better life. Yeah, that's because this lie came to us from cbs. It was just a few weeks ago that we were served this up. Remember this lie? DHS data show that 14% of immigrants arrested by ICE in the past year had been charged or convicted of violent crimes. 14%. Now what did the analysis exclude in all of this? Well, we know that there were all sorts of crimes that if you had lump them all together, if you actually classify them, you would have picked them up. Here's what DHS said. Horrendous crimes like the distribution of child pornography, drug trafficking, burglary, fraud, human smuggling, even being in a gang like MS.13 or trend or being a known or suspected terrorist are all considered non violent crimes by the media. They said, take this guy, his name is Antonio Israel, Lasso Quintanilla. He was wanted back in El Salvador for aggravated homicide. Who? He's wanted in El Salvador for homicide, but because he hadn't murdered anybody in America yet, he was considered nonviolent. Look at this dude's face. I think we showed this to you at the time. For Those of you rumble.com Vince to see it, he's got 666 tattooed across his forehead. The guy is a demonic gangster who is wanted for murder in another country. And Dick Durbin says he's nonviolent. So Dick Durbin is once again using an already debunked talking point. Don't you just love the left, how they do this? It's like they'll say something that's untrue. You'll prove it's untrue by delivering the actual facts to the conversation. And then they'll just stick with the old talking points like Adam Schiff and Trump. Russia collusion. You're like, wait a second. Donald Trump didn't collude with Russia. We get. There's not even. The Steele dossier is garbage for a million reasons, including there isn't even a Russian consulate in Miami. The document claimed that's not even true. And yet the left would continue to be like, no, no, no. Obviously there's lots of evidence of collusion here. The evidence is in plain sight. Adam Schiff would say they'll just lie. They'll just lie to the bloody end, regardless of what facts you introduce to the conversation. But, but that is, that's, that's a fact. That, that he whipped out that 14% number, and it was garbage. It was total garbage. And appropriately, Kristi Noem said, actually 70% have further criminal histories. Over 70% of the people that they're picking up. The Trump administration last year arrested nearly 600,000 illegals between January 20 and December 11, according to DHS. And in so doing, 70% of them have either criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. And just inside of the United States, it doesn't even include the murders that these guys were committing in other countries. So, in fact, the overwhelming majority of the illegals who are being picked up are the most violent, the most dangerous, and the most necessary to get out of the country first. Meanwhile, it's not a scandal to pick up an illegal alien who hasn't murdered someone in America. Let's get rid of them, too. I'd like them not to one day commit murder. I'd like them just to follow our laws. That's it. That's all I'm asking for. Is that too much to ask for? It's not too much to ask for. More in a moment. Kristi Noem, she was great there, although she got caught a little flat footed with Dick Durbin just moments later. Well, we'll help her out. 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It's the right thing to do for the American people. No, it wasn't the right thing to do to allow huge categories of illegals to stay in our country. The right thing to do would be to enforce our laws. That would be the right thing to do. Which of course, Obama wasn't all that interested in. He was Mr. Pen and Phone, not Mr. Constitution. And so Dick Durbin yesterday was like, hey, why are you arresting all these dreamers? You're deporting all these dreamers? What is wrong with you? Have you no heart? And as he's saying this, he has to know better, at least his staff does about the kinds of people that they're, they're picking up. Listen, cut three. Here's how the exchange went down.

Last week, your agency informed us that last year ICE arrested 261 DACA holders and deported 86 of them. We learned about a DACA recipient who'd lived in this country for decades was arrested by ICE at her green card appointment. In tears, she hugged her daughter goodbye. She was deported to Mexico within 24 hours. Madam Secretary, why have you deported dozens of DACA holders who had to comply with a criminal background check to be eligible for daca?

[Kristi Noem]

Sir, we follow all laws as applicable to the Department of Homeland Security. How we handle detainment and deportations.

[Host Vince]

Why did you deport them?

[Kristi Noem]

We. I will not. I don't know the details of that specific case you just read, but I'll look into it, sir.

[Host Vince]

Okay, a little bit of a mess there because Kristi Noem actually does have details available to her that she just couldn't recall at that moment. But that's okay. I think she did a good job yesterday. So we'll, we'll, we'll clean this up for her a little bit. Here's the truth. Bill Malusion over at Fox. He obtained a letter that was sent between Kristi Noem and Dick Durbin just, just last month. And in the letter, as Bill reveals, It shows that 92% of the so called dreamers that ICE has arrested have criminal histories. Criminal histories. These are people who are, have either been convicted or have been charged in our system. 92%. So ridiculous. Durban sitting there going, these guys are just poor innocent souls. They, they came here by no fault of their own as children. Now they're criminals. Basically everybody, 92% are criminals in addition to the fact that they're here illegally. So Kristi Noem not readily equipped with those facts yesterday, although that letter was addressed to Dick Durbin with Kristi Noem signature on it. So she should have had that detail available to her. But thanks to Bill Malusian for offering that, that important context, which is great. And then Kristi Noem got her get back on on Chris Coons yesterday. Chris Coons, another insane Democrat senator was asking Christine about, hey, are you going to send ICE agents to polling places? This is the big thing that the left is now claiming that the right is going to rig this year's election by arresting illegal aliens at polling places. Now this should of course lead to an obvious follow up question. Why are there illegal aliens at polling places? Why would you see what I'm saying? Like, why would. Why would people be intimidated from voting legitimate American citizens? Why would they be intimidated by seeing ICE agents at their polling places? What is the left even talking about? Listen to Chris Coons create a trap for himself and then Kristi Noem just closes the gate on him. Watch.

[Kristi Noem]

There are no plans to have ICE officers at our polling locations.

[Chris Coons]

And I'm glad to hear that. But would you roll it out? Would you say it will not happen?

[Kristi Noem]

Do you plan on illegal aliens voting in our elections, Senator?

[Chris Coons]

I do not.

[Host Vince]

In fact, the heritage would be.

[Kristi Noem]

No need to. Unless you plan on illegal aliens.

[Chris Coons]

The Heritage foundation recently concluded that over a 20 year period where they reviewed hundreds of millions, billions of voting cases, they found only a small handful of actual cases of illegals voting. So I'm concerned by your rebuttal, which suggests you may be unfamiliar with 18 USC Section 592. Are you familiar with this federal statute that relates to sending armed men to polling places?

[Kristi Noem]

There are no plans to send any of our law enforcement officers to.

[Chris Coons]

But Madam Secretary, you're clear.

[Kristi Noem]

There have been illegal for you to do so. There are illegal aliens that have voted. And it's been proven in the past in certain cases, in certain states. We provide.

[Host Vince]

I love that. I love how she's just responded. Do you plan on having illegals voting? Is that your plan? No, no, no, no, no. It's not my plan. I think it's their plan. I think it's their plan. I think they're. They're upset that we might spoil their plans. Maybe we should send ICE agents to polling places. Democrats keep talking about it. You know, it's like, what, are they going to hate us more if we do? They still. It's not going to change. The level of hatred is not going to change. They just hate us. Yeah, it's just enforced the law. So if you keep tipping your hand that you're sending illegals to vote, then we'll send ICE agents to arrest them. Easy peasy. I love this guy. He's like, so, what a scandal. What a scandal that we would stop illegals from voting. What a bunch of clowns. Holy cow. All right, one more for you in just a moment. But Guy reminds me through telepathy, he didn't say a word in my ear. But I could feel it. I could feel it from a distance. He all the way from Florida. I just got a telepathic message from from Gee. He said, vince, you missed one of our sponsors in our last break. You're right, I did. And I don't want to miss this one. True Trade. True Trade is a great sponsor of our program. Thank you to True Trade for being with us and supporting this show and this audience so we can keep all this great content free. You know, trading the markets has never been easier. True Trade introduces one of the world's first one click AI driven trading platforms. It's cool. There's no if you don't have trading experience, no problem. Just purchase access to the platform, connect your trading account, download the app, turn it on. It's that simple. No need to worry about what or when to trade with just a single click. Their AI software handles everything for you. No headaches, no worries. Whether you're trading a single account or managing an entire portfolio. True Trades software runs on AutoPilot with its AI risk management, protecting your downside. And here's the best part. True Trade offers an unprecedented money back guarantee on their software purchase price so you can join thousands of traders worldwide who are already benefiting from their AI driven trading technology. The markets won't wait. Learn more about taking control of your financial Future today, visit TrueTrade IO Vince. That's T R U T R A D e I O/ Vince. Investments involve risk. Results vary. Consult with your financial and tax professionals. See terms@TrueTrade IO Vince. Thank you TrueTrade. All right, finally, this here's. I'll leave you with this. These clips we've been talking about. Republicans, establishment Republicans, some of them are a complete pain in the ass. Some of them are just standing directly in the way of the Save America Act. You know, you just heard this issue like, how are we going to deal with illegals voting in our elections? Here's a fun idea. What if we verify only American citizens are registering to vote? What a crazy idea. What if we require people to show ID when they vote? What a crazy idea. What if, if we limit the number of mail in ballots to just legitimate absentee ballots and then make everybody else actually go to the polls and cast their ballot as if it's a republic where your participation is worth actually doing in person. What a crazy idea. That's what the Save America act is, by the way. That's the Save America Act. And right now we have idiots like Thumbelina out of North Carolina standing in the way Thumbelina is retiring, that's Thom Tillis. If you're wondering who's Thumb Balina, it's Thom Tillis. Obviously Thumb. You know, it's funny. I had a listener to the radio show recently. Email me. She's like, Vince, you keep saying Thumb. It's. It's Tom. You're. You're mispronouncing his name. And I said, I know I am. I'm doing it on purpose. I have contempt for Thumb. So I say Thumb. His name is. Thumb is Thom Tillis. Thom Tillis yesterday decided that he would act all tough by trying to go after Kristi Noem for deporting too many people. He's upset about this, just going after everybody. And then watch the comparison here. The contempt with which he treats Christy Noem and the tongue bath that he gave. What was his name? Alejandro Mayorkas under Biden. Watch Thumb as he craps all over Nome and sucks up to Mayorkas. Watch this.

[Thom Tillis]

Cut 5 case to get hundred thousands of dollars of payout. It's going to be another reason why it's a crisis and not just the situation we're trying to work through. Thank you, and I wish you good health.

[Host Vince]

Thank you, Senator.

[Thom Tillis]

Why am I disappointed with Secretary Noem? Because we're not going after enough people who did this damage at the expense of running numbers that Stephen Miller wants out of the White House. We just want numbers. We want a thousand a day, 6,000 a day, 9,000 a day. Because numbers matter, right? No, they don't matter. Quality matters. Not quantity.

[Host Vince]

Quality.

[Thom Tillis]

And what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership, Ms. Gnome. A disaster. Not quantity. Quality.

[Host Vince]

His voice cracking as he's acting like an emotionally incontinent psychopath. Boy, I'll tell you what. In the. In the contest for who deserves the most swirlies in the United States Congress, it goes Eric Swalwell, and then it goes Thom Tillis. Thom Tillis is number two. Somebody needs to pick him up by the ankles and dip him into a toilet. He's unbelievable. Freaking out on Christine because Stephen Miller wants to pour everybody. Yeah. What do you think Trump got elected for? Dumb. Dumb. The whole reason was to restore order to our country, to restore our borders and to mass deport everybody who's here illegally, get rid of the invaders and turn back the mess that was created under Joe Biden. The mess that you didn't do much to stop because you were given a tongue bath to Alejandro Mayorkas as he was selling out our whole country. So excuse us if we don't take you seriously and enjoy your swirly. Psycho guys. Psycho. Can't leave soon enough. Can't leave soon enough. That guy's on the way out, but, man, he's making things hard here. He's trying to freeze up nominations, too. I'm not going to let Trump get any more nominees through. You know what? Screw you. An utter clown. He's trying to stop Trump's Fed Chair pick. You know, he's tried. He tried. He did. He succeeded, unfortunately, in stopping Ed Martin from becoming the U.S. attorney for D.C. like, you going to call yourself a Republican. You're a joke. You're a joke. And, man, we can't wait to be done with you. What else we. Thom, Throwing me off here? Just crazy. All right, let's, let's move on. Let's move on. We've got Iran news for you. I've got a lot of Iran news to get to, so let's do that. Yesterday, this is a crazy story. Yesterday, the mullahs, the clerics, the, the Council of Nimrods got together to try and pick their new Supreme Leader. The way it works in Iran is they've got 88 dudes who all come together to decide who the Supreme Leader is.88. Not to, to borrow from the, the canon of the Dan Bongino Show. But isn't that a Frank Boughsy thing? Isn't, shouldn't Frank be all over this? The Claire, Is he upset that the clerics have eight? Right. Am I right about this? Ghee. Wouldn't Frank Fugazi 8.

[Kristi Noem]

8.

[Host Vince]

Isn't that a thing with him? Am I missing something here? That is a thing. Okay, Gee's confirming for me. Okay. That's the thing. Anyway, so the, the, the Islamists in Iran, they have 88 guys who pick the new Supreme Leader, and they all got together yesterday. I don't know if it was all 88 of them, but a bunch of these guys got together yesterday morning and they're like, all right, let's pick the new guy. Now, you don't have to be in like, like a national security expert. You don't have to be like some brilliant tactician. But if, if the Iranians had called me and they were like, events, we want to pick a supreme Leader. How do we do this? If I cared about seeing them survive, I would say something like, don't all get together in one place. Don't. Don't gather in person. You just saw what happened on Saturday. The Supreme Leader got all of his friends together for breakfast. And then they exploded. So I would recommend not all getting together. They all got together and then they exploded. Cut six. Watch this. I'm told by a senior Israeli official that the Israelis just struck the Supreme Council gathering where the Iranians were meeting to choose a new supreme leader. This is a significant development. And again speaks to the Israeli intelligence about this war. They just targeted the meeting in Tehran where what's left of the leadership was gathering to choose a new supreme leader. I saw producer Jim told me, I don't know who told this joke. So I'm going to. I'm going to give credit to whoever said it. I don't. I don't know who said it, but black smoke went up, which means they have not yet chosen a new supreme leader. War is messy business.

But.

But Israel. Israel's got their number. I don't know what they could do. They probably are thinking themselves. We can't do Zoom, we can't do the Internet. Israel's gonna hear everything we do. We should meet in person. They all meet in person, they all die. So I don't know. I don't know what to tell you. Israel is sourced up out the wazoo right now on these guys, and they took him out. All right, so that's what happened. And then back here in the United States, Marco Rubio stopped by the United States Senate to give yet another briefing, this time to the full Senate. I talked to Tommy Tuberville yesterday just ahead of the meeting. He was eager to hear from Secretary Rubio. He says, of course, that all of his Democrat colleagues are acting like psychos, which Marco Rubio also said. Here is Marco Rubio saying, look, the meat. The meaning of all of this is Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. And we are definitely not only on schedule, we're ahead of schedule right now in order to solve all of this. Cut seven. Here's Marco Rubio with an update.

[Marco Rubio]

I will obviously refer you to the Department of War. Suffice it to say that our objectives remain as they've been identified from the beginning and by the President laid out clearly yesterday. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. And we will now not allow Iran to hide behind the immunity of a massive short term ballistic missile inventory or the ability. Ability to make them or launch them. And so centcom in a joint operations is carrying out a systematic destruction of their missile belt, destruction of their launchers and destruction of their ability to make these, as well as the destruction of their navy. From what I've been told by the Department of War, everything is on or ahead of schedule and proceeding on these objectives. We have every confidence in the world that these objectives will be achieved.

[Host Vince]

Yeah, we're on or ahead of schedule. That's good news from Marco Rubio, who's just been fantastic through all of this. And he also said that, look, you know, as we talk about these headlines, expect things to get a little bit more intense in the days ahead. The intensity, he said, is about to kick up big time. Cut eight. Here's Marco yesterday.

[Marco Rubio]

You're about to see, you know, we're going to unleash Chang on these people in the next few hours and days. You're going to really begin to perceive a change in the scope and in the intensity of these attacks as frankly the two most powerful air forces in the world take apart this terroristic regime and defang it and take away its ability to threaten its neighbors or hide behind a zone of immunity that allows them to develop their nuclear ambitions. This terroristic radical, clerical led regime cannot be ever allowed to have nuclear weapons. We saw what they were willing to do to the own people. They were willing to slaughter their own people in the streets. Imagine what they would do to us. Imagine what they would do to others under President Trump. That will never ever happen.

[Host Vince]

Okay, I've got, I've got to address something from this video. You heard him say, yeah, El Dunn, MD has this correct. You, you heard Marco Rubio say we have to unleash Chang. Which caught my attention. Unleash Chang. This is not a phrase that I've, I don't know if I've ever heard it. I don't think I've ever used it. I know. Well, I've never heard it, therefore I've never used it. Unleash. What was he talking. I love it. Whatever it is. I was like, man, Chang sounds intense, whatever that is, we're unleashing it. And just so you know, so you're well equipped. He didn't say Chang as in C H A N G. He said Chang as in C H I A N G. It's a historic reference to Chiang Kai Shek, who was a nationalist leader of Taiwan. Chinese Nationalist leader of Taiwan. And the goal at the time, back in the 50s, was to see if we could use him as a vehicle to take back China from the commies. So there were people, Americans calling to unleash Chang, to, to get rid of Mao's China. Which is a fascinating little detail. It just, you know, spending some time staring at all of this and it's great. But apparently it became the Source of a lot of, according to reporting from places like Politico, this, this goes back years now. This came became one of the key phrases inside of the Bush family, who Marco Rubio was close to for a bit. Remember, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush were very close back in the day. And, and apparently it's the source of trash talk in the Bush family when they're, like playing tennis against one another. They'll say they'll unleash Chang as they're about to deliver a serve and these types of things. And in fact, at one point, as you see in the photo here, rumble.com Vince, Jeb Bush gave Marco Rubio what he referred to as the sword of Chang so that he could, quote, unleash Chang. So this has been a, this has been a part of Marco Rubio's lexicon for a very long time. And I, and in case you're wondering, does that mean that the Bushes are controlling our foreign policy? No, it does. That does not. That's not what that means. It means that Marco Rubio has been using the phrase unleash Chang for a long time in his political career. And there he was yesterday saying, I was like, what was that? That's the answer. That's a long winded answer to a very short moment in time. Yesterday. I was like, unleash Chang. What is he talking about? That's the story. That's the origin story. There you go. That's how that happened. Marco Rubio also said he laughed yesterday when a reporter got at him and said, hey, the Democrats are criticizing you. And Rubio intercepted the whole conversation. Cut nine, Watch.

[Marco Rubio]

Several Democrats criticize. They're going to always criticize. We've been doing this for years, guys. They come out, I'll tell you right now, they're going to come out after the briefing and say, we didn't hear anything. We have more questions than answers. You mark my words.

[Host Vince]

But we still do these briefings. Yeah, they're going to come out here and be like, we got more questions than answers. And sure enough, Chuck Schumer instantly came out of the briefing and he said, I'm very troubled by what I heard. I'm very, very troubled. Cut 10, watch. I left the intelligence briefing more concerned than reassured. If the case for war were strong, it would be consistent. Instead, the rationales change by the hour. Regime change, nuclear weapons, missiles, defense preemptive. Which is it? When the justification keeps shifting, a strategy is missing. There is no strategy. We've got more questions than answers. I love, I love how they come out right away and then deliver exactly what Marco Rubio said they would do. There they are. So there's, there's Chuck Schumer acting like a total tool as usual, true to form. So, you know, good to see that guy hasn't changed. And stepping out in front of a microphone and saying, we've got problems. We got huge problems. Now, not every senator said that. Not every Democrat said that. No chat. Which Democrat thinks that Trump administration is doing a good job? I want to see anybody know the answer to this question. Which Democrat senator who doesn't normally wear a suit thinks the Trump administration is doing an excellent job? Right there it is. M. Furious John Fetterman. That's, here's Fetterman. Mr. You know, Senator Hoodie appeared on CNN last night to drop some truth bombs in the midst of this bombing campaign. Cut 11 watch. Senator, the Trump administration just wrapped up its Iran briefing for all members of Congress. Did they give any information that gives you any pause about supporting this war?

[John Fetterman]

No, no, nothing that I've, that I've heard. I mean, I, I think overall, I think the, the, the dynamic really is, is, is the same. And now ever since, especially after 10, seven, you know, it's all been, you know, every single senator agreed that we can't ever allow a quiet Orion to acquire a nuclear bomb. And now here we've had what's happened now. They, it seems now this has made it virtually impossible to, to do that at this point. And that's also severely damaged their entire military apparatus, though. So I say, like, I think overall, this has been a very, a big, big win for, for global security, especially in the Middle East.

[Host Vince]

He's saying it's going well. This is a big win for global security. We've severely damaged their entire military apparatus. The pursuing ahead of schedule. As John Fetterman, who Democrats, they really hate him. Talk about a guy they want to get rid of. They're going to try and Jasmine Crockett, that dude out of the Senate for different reasons entirely. But they want to get rid of him. They want to get rid of him. And yet there he is just saying, look, they just told me the truth. It's funny, you know, Fetterman has been such an interesting character in the United States Senate. He votes against us. You know what, 95% of the time it's not like he's on our side in a meaningful way, but just the idea that he would come out and state some plain and obvious truths every so often makes him an unusual character in that party. Which refuses to say obvious and true things out loud. Like men can't become women or that a nation should have borders or that invaders should be deported, or that the supreme leader is actually a poisonous demonic figure in Iran who has led to a lot of suffering on our planet, including the death of thousands of americans. He's just saying true things out loud, which is neat to see. Also, I did find it interesting that he wore a suit to the state of the union out of a sign of respect to president trump last week. He shows up to the senate every day in a hoodie. Not when president trump came, he showed up in a suit. So kind of fascinating. Just gonna dog ear that and save it and just keep it in mind as we go forward. You know, Fetterman at this point doesn't shock me when he says true things out loud. One more component here for you. The commander of central command. Central command, there's all these joint commands. Basically all of the various services come together in these joint commands that cover different regions of the world. And central command, it covers the middle east. And the commander of central command is a guy called Brad Cooper. Bradley cooper. Bradley cooper, not to be confused with the actor from the hangover, Admiral brad cooper is the head of central command and he just gave us an update on how intense our operations are in iran and how successful they have been. Iran's military capabilities, their combat power is very rapidly declining in a measurable way. Here's Bradley cooper offering us the update.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'm admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of United states central command. In this capacity, I lead u. S. Military forces in the middle east. Now, we're less than 100 hours into this operation and we've already struck nearly 2,000 targets with more than 2,000 munitions. We have severely degraded Iran's air defenses and destroyed hundreds of Iran's ballistic missiles, launchers and drones. And in simple terms, we're focused on shooting all the things that can shoot at us. Our B2 bombers and B1 bombers have executed uncontested surgical strikes against multiple missile facilities deep inside iran. And then just last night, a B52 bomber force struck ballistic missile and command and control posts. We are also sinking the Iranian navy. The entire navy. Thus far, we've destroyed 17 Iranian ships, including the most operational Iranian submarine that now has a hole in its side. For decades, the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping. Today, there's not a single Iranian ship underway in the arabian gulf, Strait of hormuz or gulf of oman. And we will not stop.

[Host Vince]

Have you noticed the markets were Quote, stabilizing going into this morning, that things are improving. The fact that Iran can't lock up the Strait of Hormuz anymore, that its navy is at the bottom of the sea, that we're sinking their subs, that all of their air defenses have been debilitated. They're even one of the ways they're measuring like basically their stockpiles is like how many missiles are they firing each day. That's going down precipitously every day. Iran is now firing fewer and fewer missiles because theoretically and just in terms of practical reality, they just have fewer missiles to fire. They've been firing them off mostly to ill effect, mostly getting intercepted. And a lot of these places have been destroyed. They just have fewer to actually fire off. So the, the aggressiveness is ramping up by the United States and Israel and the ability of Iran to, to do anything belligerent is vanishing by the day. So an interesting update there, an encouraging update there from Central Command, encouraging update from the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and an encouraging reaction to all of it from Senator Hoodie John Fetterman. As, as this thing moves along, we'll keep you posted. As I said, intensity expected to ramp up in the next few days according to President Trump and Secretary Rubio. We'll keep our eyes on that. As that intensity occurs, we'll share it with you. As always, thank you as always for being with me. You guys, I really love doing this show with you. This was a fast hour. I agree with you as, how do I say this name? Ezra Morris, thank you for being here. Great to have you. We've, we'll have another mighty show for you tomorrow. Before we even get there though, I've got the big national radio show today that starts at 12 o' clock Eastern Time. Get your local listings at the vinshow.com if you want to see me live on Rumble for the radio show and join us in the chat. You're always encouraged. We always have thousands, thousands of people just hanging out, having a great time in the middle of the day. We start that at 1:00 clock Eastern Time. 1:00 clock Eastern Time. That that starts for the radio show today. You should definitely check out Dan Bongino's great program. That's rumble.com bongino at 10am and then check out Haley Kareni's amazing show as well. That's at noon eastern time. That's rumble.com Haley. That's Haley with Two Wise. Why? Because she's just phenomenal. She's just one of the best out there. She's really great. You guys should check all that out. Thank you, as always. Please, like, subscribe, comment, share. You know, all the stuff that tells the rest of the Internet that this is an amazing thing, that people should check it out. That goes a long way, actually. Really helps us out. Appreciate you for doing that. And I'll be back with you tomorrow. As always, God bless. Good to see you today.