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00:00:01COAST-TO-COAST COVERAGE FEATURING KEY EVENTS FROM OUR
00:00:03PAST THAT MAKE POSSIBLE THE UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR
00:00:07FUTURE, CELEBRATING OUR NATION'S
00:00:10JOURNEY LIKE NO OTHER NETWORK CAN.
00:00:14AMERICA 250 -- OVER A YEAR OF HISTORIC MOMENTS.
00:00:17C-SPAN -- OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER OF AMERICA 250.
00:00:23ASK C-SPAN IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CABLE, SATELLITE, AND
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00:00:29>> A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON
00:00:33THE U.S. WAR IN IRAN FEATURING
00:00:37TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS, JOINED BY HOST
00:00:41DASHA BURNS. ALSO, THE ECONOMY AND THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN THE
00:00:45UPCOMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS. ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:00:53>> CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY AND
00:00:57THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. EVERY SEAT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
00:01:01REPRESENTATIVES IS UP FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH 30 THREE U.S. SENATE RACES.
00:01:05THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD
00:01:06RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
00:01:10VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS.
00:01:13FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
00:01:15ELECTION NIGHT, FOLLOW CAMPAIGN
00:01:172026 ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS.
00:01:20C-SPAN -- BRINGING YOU DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
00:01:24HOST: WE ARE JOINED BY ADAM
00:01:26BROWN -- ADAM BRANDON, COFOUNDER OF THE INDEPENDENT LEADERSHIP
00:01:30COUNCIL. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
00:01:35SO, WHAT IS THE INDEPENDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, AND WHERE DO YOU GET FUNDING?
00:01:41GUEST: I WILL START BY SAYING I AM ORIGINALLY WITH THE
00:01:45INDEPENDENCE CENTER. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, I HAD
00:01:49BREAKFAST WITH SENATOR JOE MANCHIN AND HIS DAUGHTER. THEY WERE LOOKING AT POLITICS
00:01:52AND LOOKING UP WHAT THEY COULD DO TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
00:01:55THERE WERE LOOKING AT OUR PLAN TO GET INDEPENDENTS ELECTED AND
00:01:59IT MATCHED WITH THEIR VISION.
00:02:02OUR ORGANIZATIONS OF KIND OF MERGED TO CREATE SOMETHING
00:02:06CALLED THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL COUNCIL. OUR GOAL IS THAT HOPEFULLY BY
00:02:08THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THIS ELECTION CYCLE WE WILL GET TWO
00:02:12OR THREE INDEPENDENTS ELECTED.
00:02:18INDEPENDENTS WHO ARE NOT RUNNING AS REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS,
00:02:22WHOSE GOALS ARE TO COME TO THIS
00:02:24TOWN
00:02:31GUEST: RIGHT NOW IT'S COMING FROM ALL ACROSS SUPPORT.
00:02:34FORMER REPUBLICAN DONORS, FORMER DEMOCRAT DONORS.
00:02:37WE'RE TALKING WITH DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS. WE'RE TALKING WITH DIFFERENT
00:02:40FOUNDATION ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT.
00:02:43HOST: WHAT'S THE PITCH THERE, ADAM?
00:02:47JUST LIKE WITH VOTERS, IT'S LIKE THIS IS A LONG SHOT.
00:02:50IT'S A VERY MUCH TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
00:02:54ARE THEY GOING TO GET BANG FOR THEIR BUCK WHEN THEY ARE
00:02:57DONATING? GUEST: WE HAVE AN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT'S IN CRISIS.
00:03:01WE ARE HITTING $40 TRILLION IN
00:03:06DEBT. WE ALL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS WITH IMMIGRATION.
00:03:10THERE'S A PRETTY SIMPLE SOLUTIONS. YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE ISSUES
00:03:14TOGETHER, MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING AMERICA, YOU TALK TO ANY
00:03:17OF THESE CALLERS WORRY ABOUT GAS
00:03:22PRICES. WHAT IS EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF AI?
00:03:25OUR HOPE IS, YOU BRING IN PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK WITH REPUBLICANS,
00:03:28WORK WITH DEMOCRATS. TRY TO FIND WHERE WE AGREE.
00:03:31MOVE LEGISLATION FORWARD.
00:03:33START SOLVING SOME PROBLEMS.
00:03:37HOST: LET'S TALK ABOUT MORE HOW
00:03:40YOU DEFINE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
00:03:42A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF CANDIDATES WILL SAY, I'M
00:03:46INDEPENDENT I'M GOING TO MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS.
00:03:49EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY VOTE WITH THE SAME PARTY.
00:03:51>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I'M INDEPENDENT.
00:03:55I VOTE 98% OF THE TIME WITH MY
00:03:59PARTY. WE'LL BE SUPPORTING A PLEDGE.
00:04:02WHEN THEY COME TO WASHINGTON,
00:04:04THEY WILL NOT CAUCUS WITH EITHER
00:04:08PARTY. HOST: ARE THERE CERTAIN POLICIES
00:04:10THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN OTHER WORDS?
00:04:13YOU KNOW, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
00:04:17CANDIDATES WHO WILL SAY THEY ARE PRO LIFE OR PRO SUPPORT FOR
00:04:20ISRAEL OR ANY OF THESE HOT
00:04:22BUTTON ISSUES?
00:04:26GUEST: WHEN WE STUDY INDEPENDENTS WHO THEY ARE.
00:04:28GALLUP SAY IT'S ABOUT 45% OF COUNTRY NOW. SOME OVER 50.
00:04:32WHAT IS DRIVING THIS CHANGE IS THE GENERATIONAL SHIFT.
00:04:35UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN THE LAST
00:04:3720 YEAR, BABY BOOMERS HAVE BEEN
00:04:39THE DRIVING DEMOGRAPHIC.
00:04:42MILLENNIALS, THOSE IN THEIR 30'S AND 40'S ARE GOING TO BE THE
00:04:46LARGEST VOTING BLOCK IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
00:04:49VALUES AND PERSPECTIVES. IT HOLDS A LOT OF THESE INDEPENDENTS TOGETHER,
00:04:53PARTICULARLY THESE MILLENNIAL INDEPENDENTS IS ON SOCIAL
00:04:56ISSUES.
00:05:00THEY TEND TO LET LIVE AND LET LIVE.
00:05:03ON ECONOMIC ISSUES THEY WANT CHOICE. THIS IS THE GENERATION THAT
00:05:07REALIZES ALL OF THIS DEBT IS
00:05:08GOING TO BE FALLING ON THEM. THEY WANT TO SEE SOME PROGRESS
00:05:12ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY KIND OF
00:05:16BORROW FROM THE RIGHT. THEY BORROW FROM RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
00:05:19THEY ARE LOOKING FOR POLITICIANS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH
00:05:21BOTH SIDES TO COME UP WITH A
00:05:25SOLUTION. HOST: YOU GOT A QUESTION ABOUT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES, INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND CAMPAIGN
00:05:292026 AND 2028 FOR THAT MATTER.
00:05:31YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL NOW
00:05:34ADAM BRANDON IS OUR GUEST. REPUBLICANS ARE ON 202-748-8001.
00:05:38DEMOCRATS 202-748-8000.
00:05:41AND INDEPENDENTS 202-748-8002.
00:05:46ADAM, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT
00:05:48UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO'S JACOB SAID.
00:05:51HAVE YOU REACT TO IT. HE SAID THIS.
00:05:54THE SUPPORT FOR THESE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES TENDS TO
00:05:58EVAPORATE WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE VOTING BOOTH. THEY ARE THINKING THROUGH
00:06:01THINGS. IT'S JUST BECAUSE INDEPENDENT
00:06:03CANDIDATES HAVE A VANISHINGLY
00:06:06SMALL CHANCE OF WINNING. PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT THEM IN THE
00:06:08ABSTRACT BUT ON THE DAY OF THE
00:06:11ELECTION, THEY TYPICALLY MORE
00:06:12PULL THE LEVER FOR THE LEAST BAD
00:06:15IN THEIR ICE MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATE.
00:06:19GUEST: THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
00:06:20DEMOCRACY IS NOT VOTING FOR THE
00:06:23LEAST WORSE OPTION. WHY CAN'T WE VOTE FOR CANDIDATES
00:06:27THAT WE LIKE AND THIS PERSON REPRESENTS MY COMMUNITY.
00:06:29WHEN I LOOK AT SO MANY PROBLEMS
00:06:32HERE IN WASHINGTON. WE KEEP SENDING GOOD PEOPLE TO
00:06:35THIS SOUND BUT THE SYSTEM, THE
00:06:41WAY WASHINGTON WORKS IT JUST
00:06:42GRINDS THEM UP. CARE, YEAH, THAS
00:06:47THE WAY THE RULES WORK. THINGS ARE CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY.
00:06:50HOST: ARE THINGS CHANGING, THOUGH? THEY STILL HAVE A VERY SMALL
00:06:54CHANCE OF WINNING. GUEST: WE DO.
00:06:57WE WIN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HERE IS THE FUTURE.
00:07:00THE SAME WAS SAID IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY. THE TAXI INDUSTRY.
00:07:05WE ARE ENTERING AN ERA WHERE MASS DESTRUCTION IS HAPPENING IN
00:07:08EVERY PART OF OUR LIFE. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN POLITICS
00:07:12YET, BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS YEAR. OUR GOAL IS TO GET TWO OR THREE
00:07:16INDEPENDENTS ELECTED ACROSS THE LINE, AND THAT BLOWS THE DOOR
00:07:20OPEN IN 2020 EIGHT WHEN PEOPLE REALIZED YOU CAN GO AROUND THIS
00:07:24DUOPOLY OF DYSFUNCTION.
00:07:25HOST: CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
00:07:28THOSE CANDIDATES YOU ARE SUPPORTING? GUEST: IF YOU LOOK AT THE
00:07:31SENATE, YOU LOOK AT SETH BOGNER IN MONTANA.
00:07:34UP TO ALASKA, BILL HILL.
00:07:39MICHAEL BRIDGE FOR IT IS GOING TO BE RUNNING ONE OF THE MOST
00:07:43SHOCKING RACES IN IOWA'S FIRST DISTRICT. THERE IS A HANDFUL RIGHT THERE.
00:07:48THERE IS ABOUT 10 OTHER RACES WE ARE WATCHING.
00:07:51RICK ANNETTE, WHO IS RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT.
00:07:57FOR OUR STRATEGY TO WORK ONLY TWO OR THREE NEED TO PUNCH THROUGH. HOST: THIS IS WHAT GALLUP SAYS.
00:08:01THIS IS FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
00:08:04IT SAYS, NEW HIGH OF WHAT HE 5%
00:08:08IN THE U.S. IDENTIFY AS POLITICAL INDEPENDENTS.
00:08:11MY QUESTION IS, ARE THEY ACTUALLY INDEPENDENT? GUEST: YES.
00:08:14HOST: WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT
00:08:18LINE, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ON THAT LINE AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH ONE PARTY.
00:08:21GUEST: I UNDERSTAND, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
00:08:26INDEPENDENTS, THESE ARE, I WISH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD BE
00:08:29MORE TO THE LEFT, I WISH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD BE MORE TO THE RIGHT.
00:08:33THERE IS A CERTAIN VALUE SET --
00:08:36THEY TEND TO BE MORE -- THAT IS
00:08:40THE LINE THAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER. WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN THE MAP,
00:08:44REALLY ONLY 20 CONGRESSIONAL
00:08:48DISTRICTS CAN ACTUALLY FLIP ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WHY IS THAT?
00:08:51AH, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
00:08:54THOSE DISTRICTS ARE PLURALITY TO
00:08:58MAJORITY INDEPENDENT. YOU LOOK AT MONTANA, THE DATA SHOWS IT IS NOT NEARLY AS
00:09:02REPUBLICAN AS PEOPLE INC. IT IS.
00:09:05ONLY IN A HANDFUL OF DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY DO INDEPENDENTS
00:09:09HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN. THERE IS ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD
00:09:12BECOME A CRITICAL MASS THAT HERE IN WASHINGTON THEY COULD CHANGE THE WAY THE BODY WORKS.
00:09:18ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS BEING SO NARROWLY DIVIDED.
00:09:20IF YOU HAD TWO OR THREE INDEPENDENTS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL CONTROL CONGRESS.
00:09:25BECAUSE OF THE NARROW MAJORITIES.
00:09:26GUEST: LET'S TALK -- HOST: LET'S
00:09:30TALK TO SOME CALLERS. STEVE IS ON THE LINE IN NEW JERSEY.
00:09:34YOU ARE ON THE LINE WITH ADAM BRANDON.
00:09:35CALLER: I HAVE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT ALL MY LIFE.
00:09:39I GREW UP IN THE 19 60'S, AND THE IDEA OF JOINING A PARTY WAS
00:09:43SO FROWNED UPON BACK THEN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF
00:09:47BEING INDEPENDENTS WAS --
00:09:52INDEPENDENT WAS -- YOU DID. I'M LISTENING TO YOU AND I LIKE YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
00:09:57I AM LOSING HOPE. I TURN ON THE TV THIS MORNING
00:09:59AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE AND
00:10:02MORE JEWS ARE UNWELCOME IN
00:10:07AMERICA.
00:10:08AND I JUST AM SO FRUSTRATED --
00:10:12TO THE POINT WHERE I AM THINKING OF MOVING OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.
00:10:16TO ISRAEL.
00:10:19NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF ISRAEL, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INTOLERANCE
00:10:22OF A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHICH IS GROWING AND GROWING AND
00:10:27GROWING TOWARDS ME.
00:10:31TOWARDS ME. I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH
00:10:36THIS DEBATE IS SORT OF THE USE OF WORDS.
00:10:39WHEN YOU CALL SOMEONE PROGRESSIVE, YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY GIVING THEM A POSITIVE SPIN ON
00:10:42WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
00:10:44AND FOR SOME REASON JEW-HATRED
00:10:48IS PROGRESSIVE. AND I THINK THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
00:10:52PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING AND PEOPLE DON'T READ, YOU KNOW?
00:10:55I HEARD A CALLER JUST RECENTLY
00:10:58SAY, THE DEMOCRATS ENDED THE CIVIL WAR, AND HE OBVIOUSLY WAS
00:11:02WRONG. SO MUCH OF THE PROBLEM IS THE
00:11:06MEDIA'S SPIN.
00:11:09IF I SAY SOMETHING, IF I AM
00:11:12PRO-ISRAEL, I AM A PRO-TRUMPER.
00:11:16IT IS DESIRED BY THE MEDIA TO PUT US IN BOXES, AND IT IS WORKING, UNFORTUNATELY.
00:11:20GUEST: I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE TRENDS.
00:11:24YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE
00:11:28SECURITY. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.
00:11:32THE FACT THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR LIFE IN AMERICA TODAY IS ONE
00:11:35OF THE REASONS I DECIDED TO LEAVE TEAM READ AND COME OVER
00:11:38HERE TO THE INDEPENDENT SPACE,
00:11:41WHERE THINGS LIKE ANTISEMITISM
00:11:44JUST DOES NOT WORK IN THE INDEPENDENT SPACE.
00:11:47THE INDEPENDENT SPACE IS A BIG TENT WHERE THESE AMERICAN VALUES
00:11:50OF WHERE WE ALL AGREE UPON, THAT IS WHERE I SEE THIS COMING TOO.
00:11:54I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE THAT WE NEED TO STEP BACK FROM THE HARD
00:11:57RIGHT AND HARD LEFT IN OUR AMERICAN POLITICS.
00:12:01AGAIN, I POINT IS THE CHANGE IN
00:12:03THE RISE OF INDEPENDENTS IS A GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
00:12:07DON'T MOVE YET, BECAUSE THIS NEXT GENERATION, THESE
00:12:11MILLENNIALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE PLURALITY ELECTORATE FOR THE
00:12:14NEXT 20 YEARS, THEY ARE PROBABLY THE MOST SOCIALLY-TOLERANT GROUP
00:12:18IN AMERICAN HISTORY RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING IS A
00:12:21DIFFERENT CHANGE IN POLITICS, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR
00:12:24OPINIONS, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VALUES, BUT WE HAVE COMMON CRISES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH,
00:12:28LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN AGREE ON AND LEGISLATE FROM THERE.
00:12:32HOST: ANGELA IN CALIFORNIA.
00:12:37INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THE MORNING TO YOU AND
00:12:41YOUR GUEST, AND GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
00:12:44I WAS BORN IN 1960 IN LOUISIANA.
00:12:481947, MY GRANDFATHER MOVED HIS FAMILY OFF THE PLANTATION.
00:12:53I CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1967.
00:12:57MY MOTHER WAS NOT ON WELFARE IN LOUISIANA, BUT WHEN SHE GOT TO
00:13:01CALIFORNIA THEY PUT HER ON WELFARE. I REGISTERED AS AN INDEPENDENT
00:13:05AT 18 YEARS OLD IN HIGH SCHOOL
00:13:06BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF
00:13:10THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WANTS.
00:13:14JUST GET UP AND GO TO WORK, EARN
00:13:18YOUR WAY IN AMERICA, GET A GOOD
00:13:20EDUCATION, GO
00:13:24>> WE'LL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDER AT THE WHITE
00:13:28HOUSE.
00:13:35PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A FEW SUBJECTS THAT
00:13:37WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ALL
00:13:39IMPORTANT BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR
00:13:41IMPORTANT HAPPY TO DO WITH
00:13:44BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
00:13:46MAYBE YOU COULD START OFF WHAT
00:13:49HOWARD WILL BE DISCUSSING.
00:13:53>> SHORT WHILE AGOERS YOU SIGNED
00:13:55AN ORDER RELATING INDUSTRY,
00:14:01POWER AND TARIFF ACTION UNDER SECTION 332.
00:14:06TO ENSURE MANUFACTURING IS
00:14:07PROPERLY SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED FROM OVERSEAS DUMPING AND
00:14:11OFFSHORE THREATS.
00:14:13POWER CAN SPEAK MORE TO THE
00:14:16DETAILS.
00:14:20LIKE MANY OF YOUR PREVIOUS TRADE
00:14:22ACTIONS, THIS IS INTENDED TO
00:14:24ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON SHORING MANUFACTURING CAPACITY THAT
00:14:28WE'RE ON SHORING SUPPLY OF
00:14:31CRITICAL PRODUCTS AND WE'RE
00:14:34PROTECTING AMERICAN INDUSTRY IN
00:14:37THAT PACE.
00:14:42>> POLYSILICON IS THE
00:14:43FOUNDATIONAL PRODUCTS THAT MAKE
00:14:49SILICONE WAFERS THAT MAKE THE AI
00:14:51CHIPS AND CHIPS IN THE PHONES.
00:14:53THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES BROUGHT 50% OF PRODUCTION INTO AMERICA.
00:14:57WE NEED THE FOUNDATIONAL PRODUCTS MADE HERE.
00:15:01OTHERWISE, WE'RE MAKING THE PRODUCTS HERE. WE NEED THE SUPPLY CHAIN HERE.
00:15:04THIS WILL BRING SUPPLY CHAIN HERE.
00:15:07WE'RE SETTING PRICES.
00:15:09WE'RE SETTING TARIFFS TO SAY BUILD IT HERE.
00:15:12WE GOT THE INDUSTRY HERE.
00:15:14IT'S TOO SMALL.
00:15:19PRES. TRUMP: WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE NUMBERS OF YOU CALL THEM
00:15:22FACTORIES OR PLANTS HAVING TO DO
00:15:24WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF CHIPS
00:15:26MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.
00:15:29INTEL WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. THEY'VE DONE INCREDIBLE.
00:15:33THEY'RE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE COMPANY.
00:15:36WE'RE DOING SOME UNBELIEVABLE BUSINESS, CHIPS WILL HAVE A BIG
00:15:40PERCENTAGE OF THE CHIP BUSINESS BY THE TIME I LEAVE OFFICE.
00:15:43WHICH WOULD BE A LONG TIME. IT COULD BE FAIRLY QUICK.
00:15:47THEY SAY TWO AND A HALF YEARS. WE'LL FIND OUT.
00:15:50I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S AN HONOR
00:15:53TO WORKED WITH A VERY SMART GROUP OF PEOPLE.
00:15:56WE'LL BRING YOU THE CHIP BUSINESS BACK IN THE UNITED
00:15:58STATES IN A BIG WAY. JAMESON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
00:16:02SAY? >> TO PUT IN CONTEXT EVERYTHING
00:16:05ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING. MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY IT'S
00:16:08THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN IN YEARS.
00:16:13UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE LAST
00:16:15PART OF HIS PRESIDENCY, HE LOST
00:16:18220,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS. NOW THE MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE GOING UP.
00:16:22ALL OF THESE INDICATORS ON THE MANUFACTURING ARE HAPPENING
00:16:25THAT'S BECAUSE OF TARIFFS, BECAUSE OF TRADE ACTIONS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT
00:16:29CREDITS YOU GIVEN PEOPLE, THE TAX CREDITS. EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
00:16:32THE ENERGY PEOPLE, A OF IT IS BRINGING MANUFACTURING BACK HERE
00:16:36PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS AND AMERICAN JOBS.
00:16:40PRES. TRUMP: TARIFFS ARE BRINGING US HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
00:16:42OF DOLLARS WITH NO INFLATION.
00:16:50WE HAVE VERY LOW INFLATION. WE BROUGHT INFLATION WAY DOWN.
00:16:54I INHERITED THE WORST INFLATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:16:58THEY SAY 48 YEARS.
00:17:00I SAY THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
00:17:04WE'RE BRINGING IT WAY DOWN.
00:17:06THE NUMBERS THAT -- BEYOND THE
00:17:09MONEY BEING BROUGHT IN, THE
00:17:11NUMBER OF FACTORS BEING BUILT IS
00:17:14MORE NOW THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
00:17:17IT'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. YOU'LL' THE RESULTS.
00:17:20YOU SEE THE RESULTS ALREADY IN CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
00:17:24THEY ARE BEING BUILT ALL OVER ON THE COUNTRY.
00:17:27ANOTHER YEAR AS THEY START TO
00:17:30OPEN, THERE'S NEVER BEEN RECALL
00:17:33GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA.
00:17:35WE CAN TUCK, STEVE, YOU CAN
00:17:38DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE DEALING ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
00:17:41WE HAD A VERY UNFORTUNATE
00:17:43DECISION IN THE SUPREME COURT
00:17:46CONCERNING BIRTHRIGHT.
00:17:48VERY UNFORTUNATE DECISION.
00:17:51WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS. IT'S VERY UNFAIR.
00:17:54THIS WAS DONE FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. THIS WAS DONE RIGHT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
00:17:58THIS WAS FOR THE BABIES OF
00:18:03SLAVES. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW PEOPLE ARE
00:18:05BUILDING BUSINESSES AROUND IT
00:18:08FROM WEALTHY PEOPLE ARE
00:18:10BUSINESSES AROUND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT SUPPOSED TO WORK.
00:18:14THEY ARE BUYING THEIR WAY IN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN.
00:18:18STEVE, IF YOU WILL PLEASE. >> TODAY THE PRESIDENT SIGNED
00:18:20THESE TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS HERE
00:18:24RELATING TO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND BIRTH TOURISM.
00:18:26AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED, THE
00:18:2914th AMENDMENT WAS PASSED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CIVIL WAR.
00:18:33TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN OF SLAVES WILL BE CITIZENS.
00:18:36IT HAD NO OTHER MEANING PURPOSE OUT OF THAT.
00:18:40THAT'S BEEN CLEAR SINCE THE DATE IT WAS PASSED.
00:18:42YOU CAN READ THE CONGRESSIONAL
00:18:46-- SERIOUSLY CONTESTED.
00:18:48THE PRESIDENT IS USING HIS
00:18:51AUTHORITY AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER USING
00:18:54THE NEW RULE AND THE SUPREME COURT ISSUE TO EXPAND THE
00:18:57DEFINITIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:19:01ELIGIBLE FOR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. THAT INCLUDES ALIEN ENEMIES OF
00:19:05THE UNITED STATES, MEMBERS OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND LARGE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE
00:19:08WHO LOBBY AND ACT ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
00:19:12WE'RE TAKING THIS ACTION IT
00:19:15ENSURES LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE GETTING BIRTHRIGHT
00:19:18SIT WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE THOSE BENEFITS.
00:19:22THE SECOND ACTION, WHICH IS HISTORIC, FOR THE FIRST TIME
00:19:25EVER IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO BAN
00:19:29BIRTH TOURISM. LET THAT SINK IN.
00:19:32THIS HAS BEEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY FOR YEARS
00:19:36BUT FOR DECADES. THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE COME HERE
00:19:39PRETENDING TO BE A TOURIST, PRETENDING TO BE A VISITOR,
00:19:43SAYING THEY WANT TO DO TO DISNEYLAND AND VISIT A MONUMENT OR NATIONAL PARK.
00:19:47BUT THE REAL REASON THEY ARE
00:19:49HERE IS TO HAVE A CHILD TO MAKE
00:19:52THAT CHILD AUTOMATIC CITIZEN, LEAVE OUR COUNTRY AND HAVE A
00:19:56U.S. CITIZEN CHILD THAT GIVES
00:19:58THEM ACCESS TO WELFARE BENEFITS,
00:20:01ULTIMATELY TO THE VOTING BOOTH AND ALL THE OTHER RIGHTS AND
00:20:04PRIVILEGES THAT BELONG TO AMERICANS.
00:20:06THAT PRACTICE OF BIRTH TOURISM
00:20:09IS THE SIGNING OF THIS ORDER, HEREBY BANNED.
00:20:13WHAT THAT MEANS, NO ONE IN THE
00:20:16WORLD IS ANY MORE ALLOWED TO
00:20:18OBTAIN A VISA FOR THE FRAUDULENT PURPOSE.
00:20:22IT IS PROBABLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:20:25HAS DONE HICK THINGS -- HISTORIC
00:20:28THINGS ON IMMIGRATION. RECORD DEPORTATIONS, RECORD
00:20:31INTEGRITY, STOPPING FOREIGN
00:20:35TERRORIST, RECORD REDUCTION IN DRUG SEIZURES.
00:20:38DISMANTLE THE CRIMINAL CARTELS AND THE GANGS.
00:20:41EVERYTHING HE'S DONE HAS BEEN SO UNPRECEDENTED.
00:20:43I WILL PUT THIS IN THE TOP THREE
00:20:48TOURISM IMPORTANCE.
00:20:49IT'S THE EGREGIOUS ABUSE OF
00:20:52AMERICAN SYSTEM.
00:20:53IT KEEPS THE AMERICAN CITIZENS
00:20:57SAFE.
00:20:57PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
00:21:03>> ON BIRTH TOURISM. WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR
00:21:06ENFORCEMENT IN TERMS OF CRACKING
00:21:08DOWN ON HOTEL TOURISM.
00:21:15PRES. TRUMP: WE'RE CRACKING DOWN VERY BIG.
00:21:18THEY'VE TAKEN BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND THEY MADE A JOKE OUT OF.
00:21:22WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY OF SIZE,
00:21:25I THINK JUST ABOUT THE ONLY
00:21:27COUNTRY PERIOD THAT DOES BIRTH
00:21:34BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WIN SUPREME COURT. OUR COUNTRY SUFFERS BECAUSE OF
00:21:38IT.
00:21:38WE'RE ENDING IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
00:21:44>> MR. PRESIDENT.
00:21:45, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL DID NOT
00:21:49HAVE AN ANSWER HOW MANY
00:21:51INDIVIDUALS TAKE ADVANTAGE. PRES. TRUMP: HUNDREDS OF
00:21:55THOUSANDS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
00:21:58YOU HAVE ONE MAN CAME IN WITH A
00:22:01FAMILY SAID HE HAD 56 CHILDREN. ANOTHER ONE CAME IN THEY SAID
00:22:05THEY HAD 98 CHILDREN. THIS WAS NOT WHAT IT WAS FOR.
00:22:08THIS WAS MEANT FOR THE BABIES OF SLAVES.
00:22:12IT WAS RIGHT AFTER ONE WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
00:22:15ENDED.
00:22:17THIS FOR WEALTHY MULTIMILLIONAIRES AND
00:22:22BILLIONAIRES COMING IN BRINGING
00:22:2515, 20, 30 CHILDREN ALONG WITH THEM. IT'S BECOME A BIG BUSINESS.
00:22:28WE'RE ENDING THAT BUSINESS. >> WHAT MAKES YOU CONFIDENT THAT
00:22:32THIS WOULD PASS CONSTITUTIONAL?
00:22:36PRES. TRUMP: I THINK IT WILL.
00:22:37I ASKED A VERY TALENTED PERSON
00:22:40STANDING BEHIND ME YOU WANT TO
00:22:46DISCUSS THAT
00:22:49>> THE LAW IS CLEAR. IT'S BIRTH TOURISM.
00:22:52SOMEBODY WHO HAPPEN TO BE ON VACATION AND WENT INTO LABOR EARLY AND HAD A BABY.
00:22:56THIS WAS SORT OF A RELATIVELY SMALL PROBLEM.
00:22:59WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS,
00:23:03THOUGH, ORGANIZED RING, SETTING
00:23:06UP A SYSTEM, WHEREBY TENS OF
00:23:09THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND ORGANIZED
00:23:13FASHION AND GIVE BIRTH HERE PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF OBTAINING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
00:23:18THIS ORDER TAKES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS INTENDED
00:23:21COMBAT THOSE ORGANIZED PRACTICES.
00:23:24WE LOOK VERY HEAVILY DENYING
00:23:26VISAS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE ARE COMING
00:23:29HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. VISAS BOTH FOR PUNITIVE PARENTS
00:23:33BUT FOR THE PEOPLE ORGANIZING THESE RINGS.
00:23:36THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT.
00:23:39WE'LL A FULL FACT SHEET RELEASED
00:23:44SOON. WE'RE TAKING LEGALLY VALIDATED
00:23:46MEANS CLEARLY WITHIN OUR
00:23:50DISPOSAL. AND TARGETING SQUARE ON. THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT
00:23:53RUNS AFOUL OF ANY OF THE SUPREME COURT'S OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT.
00:23:57THIS IS ACTION THAT'S OVERDUE. I'M THANKFUL THAT PRESIDENT
00:24:00TRUMP IS FINALLY TAKING THIS
00:24:02ACTION TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE WITH BIRTH TOURISM.
00:24:05NOW IT'S BEEN QUEUED AS A RESULT
00:24:09OF THE SUPREME COURT'S OPINION.
00:24:13PRES. TRUMP: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED YEARS
00:24:17AGO. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A TOURIST
00:24:20AND A BIRTH TOURIST?
00:24:25>> HAPPY TO. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
00:24:28FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO YOUR
00:24:30RESEARCH ON THIS, SECTION 215A
00:24:33OF THE IMMIGRATION NATIONALITY
00:24:35ACT, GIVES THE PRESIDENT THIS AUTHORITY.
00:24:38215A OF THE IMMIGRATION NATIONALITY ACT. VERY RARELY USED.
00:24:41PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST LAWS IN THE ENTIRE FEDERAL CODE.
00:24:44GIVES HIM THIS POWER. IT'S THE MAIN STATUTORY
00:24:47AUTHORITY USE IN THIS ORDER.
00:24:50BIRTH TOURISM IS BY DEFINITION A
00:24:52FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN SYSTEM.
00:24:54ON THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER ON THE AMERICAN VISA.
00:24:58IF YOU'RE COMING HERE, YOU STATED PURPOSE THAT YOU'RE A
00:25:01TOURIST, BY DEFINITION, YOU ARE
00:25:04HERE TO COME FOR A FEW WEEKS
00:25:07LOOK WHAT WE HAVE AND LEAVE.
00:25:10YOU'RE TELLING A OFFICER THAT YOU'RE HERE AS A TOURIST.
00:25:13YOUR PURPOSE AND INTENT IS TO GO TO A BABY MILL AND GIVE BIRTH
00:25:17AND MINT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN HERE.
00:25:20YOU'RE COMMITTING FRAUD. BY DEFINITION, THAT VISA CAN AND
00:25:24SHOULD WILL BE NULL AND DENIED.
00:25:27>> THERE'S REPORT THAT YOU TOLD DONORS THAT THEY NEED TO GET
00:25:30J.D. VANCE ELECTED IN 2028.
00:25:33IS THAT YOUR OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT? PRES. TRUMP: NO.
00:25:36I HEARD ABOUT IT LITTLE WHILE AGO.
00:25:38I THINK HE'S GREAT.
00:25:40WE'RE WAY TOO EARLY TO BE THINK BEING THAT.
00:25:44>> MR. PRESIDENT, REPUBLICANS ARE ARGUING A LOT NOW ABOUT
00:25:48AFFORDABILITY. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE ON AFFORDABILITY GOING INTO THE
00:25:52MIDTERMS? PRES. TRUMP: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:25:56I INHERITED THE HIGHEST PRICES EVER. I INHERITED THE WORST INFLATION
00:26:00IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:26:03WE HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
00:26:06OIL PRICES NOW COMING DOWN VERY RAPIDLY.
00:26:08WE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON.
00:26:13WHEN I STARTED VERY IMPORTANT
00:26:17EXCURSION INTO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:26:20THEY CAN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
00:26:23OTHERWISE, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD GET BLOWN UP. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN.
00:26:27NOT ONLY US, NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL WORLD WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:26:31CATASTROPHIC. WE HAD TO CHOICE.
00:26:32WE HAD OIL DOWN TO LESS THAN
00:26:37IOWA. OIL WAS DOWN, GASOLINE DOWN. NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE HADN'T SEEN
00:26:41IN YEARS.
00:26:44$1.85, $1.95 PAST TUESDAY.
00:26:47I WAS IN IOWA AT A STOP.
00:26:49WE HAD $1.95 AND ANOTHER ONE, $1.85.
00:26:53A GALLON. WE'LL SEE THOSE DAYS PRETTY SOON
00:26:57AGAIN BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I SAID.
00:26:59AS SOON AS THE WAR ENDS.
00:27:05IT'S GOING TO INCREASE SOON.
00:27:07>> HAS A DEAL BEEN REACHED TO
00:27:10REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ? PRES. TRUMP: IT'S SORT OF OPEN NOW.
00:27:13WE HAVE ALL THE BLOCKADE HEADED UP BY THE U.S. NAVY.
00:27:17WE CONTROL IT.
00:27:19NOW, WE CAN CONTROL IT BUT THEY
00:27:21CAN SHOOT SOMETHING OR DROP A MINE.
00:27:25IF YOU HAVE ONE MINE SITTING OUT THERE, YOU MESS THINGS UP.
00:27:28PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE BILLION DOLLAR BOATS AND
00:27:32ACCIDENTALLY GET HIT BY A MINE.
00:27:34I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
00:27:37I'M INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATION. I THINK WE'RE DOING FINE.
00:27:40IT COULD BE SOON. >> HAVE YOU LOBBIED ANY OF THE
00:27:44UNDECIDED REPUBLICANS WHO VOTE TOMORROW ON TODD BLANCHE'S NOMINATION?
00:27:48PRES. TRUMP: I WILL LOBBY IF I NEED TO.
00:27:51I WILL LOBBY VERY DILIGENTLY. HE'S OUTSTANDING.
00:27:55HE SHOULD BE GOOD.
00:27:57I CAN'T IMAGINE HE'S GOOD THERE IS IN THE COUNTRY.
00:28:01PEOPLE IS SUCH UNBELIEVABLE RESPECT FOR TODD BLANCHE.
00:28:04HOPEFULLY, THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
00:28:05I SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE I DID.
00:28:10HOPEFULLY, IT WILL ALL WORK OUT VERY WELL FOR THE COUNTRY.
00:28:13YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND BETTER THAN TODD BLANCHE.
00:28:15>> WILL YOU REACH OUT TO SENATOR
00:28:18MURKOWSKI FOR INSTANCE?
00:28:21PRES. TRUMP: I'LL REACH OUT TO WHOEVER I HAVE TO. ANYBODY VOTING AGAINST HIM WOULD
00:28:25BE DOING A GREAT DISSERVICE TO
00:28:27THE COUNTRY.
00:28:29>> DEADLINE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
00:28:32MILLER TO WITHDRAW FROM HIS RACE IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
00:28:35DO YOU BELIEVE HE SHOULD WITHDRAW? PRES. TRUMP: I'M NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
00:28:39IT'S A VERY SAD SITUATION.
00:28:43I KNOW MAX VERY WELL.
00:28:46IT'S VERY, VERY SAD. THE SITUATION LIKE THAT TAKES
00:28:50PLACE. >> DO YOU THINK DEPARTMENT OF
00:28:52JUSTICE SHOULD PROSECUTE
00:28:55DR. FAUCI? PRES. TRUMP: THEY PROSECUTED
00:28:58PETER NAVARRO AND STEVE BANNON
00:29:05OVER SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER PROSECUTED BEFORE.
00:29:08TELLTALE SIGNS OF SIMILARITY.
00:29:11THEY WENT TO JAIL FOR A NUMBER
00:29:14OF MONTHS OVER SOMETHING THAT
00:29:19ANALYST USED TO SAY AT IT IN THE
00:29:23JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
00:29:25MERRICK GARLAND PROSECUTED TWO
00:29:27VERY DECENT PEOPLE. SENT THEM TO JAIL.
00:29:31I WASN'T PRESIDENT. I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM A PARDON
00:29:34IN TWO SECONDS. IT WAS AFTER I LEFT.
00:29:37THEY PROSECUTED THESE TWO PEOPLE AFTER I LEFT.
00:29:40THEY OUGHT TO BE ASHAME. WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN, YOU
00:29:43SAY, MAYBE SHE SHOULD. WHAT HE DID WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS
00:29:47THAN A LOT OF CRIMES.
00:29:49THEY PROSECUTED TWO PEOPLE WITH
00:29:51NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER TAKEN
00:29:54PLACE BEFORE.
00:29:56>> ON THE AMMUNITION, YOU SAID
00:30:01U.S. HAS MASSIVE AMOUNT. YOU DENY ANY SHORTAGES.
00:30:05THERE'S A REQUEST FOR
00:30:07$21 BILLION TO RESTOCK.
00:30:10WHY IS THAT REQUEST STILL THERE? PRES. TRUMP: BECAUSE WE NEED
00:30:13MORE ALL THE TIME. WE NEED MORE.
00:30:16WE GAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO UKRAINE.
00:30:20THE BIDEN PEOPLE DID. THEY WERE GIVEN FREE OF CHARGE.
00:30:24NO CHARGE. BILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
00:30:28OF DOLLARS.
00:30:31FORTUNATELY, I BUILT UP. I REBUILT THE MILITARY.
00:30:35I LOADED IT UP.
00:30:36WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF
00:30:39MUNITIONS THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL
00:30:40THAT WE HAVE UNLIMITED SUPPLY.
00:30:44WE HAVE OTHERS WHERE IT'S LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.
00:30:47WE'RE GETTING THEM IN ON A DAILY
00:30:50BASIS.
00:30:52OUR DEFENSE COMPANIES ARE
00:30:56BUILDING MORE NOW.
00:30:58WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF AMMUNITIONS.
00:31:02THEY MAY NOT BE AS ACCURATE.
00:31:04THEY ARE NOT AS ELITE.
00:31:11WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF WHICH
00:31:14ARE VERY POWERFUL AND VERY GOOD
00:31:17AND WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY.
00:31:20WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ALWAYS
00:31:24WANT MORE. WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS MAYBE COME UP.
00:31:28MAYBE COME UP AND MAYBE DON'T COME UP. HOPEFUL IT WILL NOTHING ELSE DOES COME UP.
00:31:32WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. WE HAVE LITERALLY MASSIVE
00:31:36AMOUNTS OF AMMUNITION.
00:31:39>> ON UKRAINE, PRESIDENT
00:31:48ZELENSKYY SAID HIS COUNTRY NEEDS
00:31:51LONG RANGE MISSILE. PRES. TRUMP: BIDEN GAVE HIM SO MUCH.
00:31:54BIDEN GAVE $300 BILLION WORTH OF
00:31:59AMMUNITION. WHEN I LEFT IT WAS FULL.
00:32:03WE'RE USING MUNITIONS THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL, VERY GOOD.
00:32:07WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN USING IT. WE COULD HAVE USED SOMETHING ELSE.
00:32:11THESE ARE LITTLE BIT OLDER TYPE.
00:32:15EQUALLY AS EFFECTIVE.
00:32:17IT'S THINGS THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH.
00:32:20WE HAVE SUPPLIES OF MOU MISSIONS
00:32:22-- MUNITIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:32:29WE'RE VERY GOOD SHAPE.
00:32:32>> RUSSIA SEEMS TO FOCUS THEIR ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS.
00:32:36WHAT'S YOUR CONCERN? PRES. TRUMP: LOOK. WE ARE NOT INVOLVED FROM THE
00:32:40STANDPOINT. WE'RE SEPARATED BY A NOTION.
00:32:43I HATE TO SEE 25,000 YOUNG
00:32:46PEOPLE A MONTH GET KILLED.
00:32:48THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
00:32:52THEY ARE USING 25,000 MOSTLY
00:32:55SOLDIERS A MONTH. WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
00:32:58I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
00:33:01IT'S A VIOLENT WAR. THERE'S A LOT OF HATRED BETWEEN
00:33:05THE TWO LEADERS. I SETTLED EIGHT WARS.
00:33:08THIS WILL BE MAYBE ONE OF THE
00:33:09EASIER ONES AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFICULT.
00:33:13PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
00:33:14THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
00:33:26>> LATER TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:33:28HOSTS 120 WINTER OLYMPIANS AND PARALYMPIANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:33:32THE U.S. SENT 232 ATHLETES TO
00:33:37THE 2026 GAMES. WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THEIR
00:33:40VISIT GOING AT 7:00 P.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW OUR FREE
00:33:43MOBILE APP AND ONLINE AT
00:33:47C-SPAN.ORG.
00:33:54>> DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS AND UNFINISHED CREATION.
00:33:57>> DEMOCRACY IS WORTH DYING FOR. >> DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO US ALL.
00:34:01>> WE ARE HERE IN THE SANCTUARY OF DEMOCRACY. >> GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES FALL
00:34:05ONCE AGAIN TO THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES.
00:34:08>> AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS BIG THAN ANY ONE PERSON.
00:34:12>> FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED.
00:34:16>> WE ARE STILL AT OUR CORE A DEMOCRACY.
00:34:19>> THIS IS ALSO A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR
00:34:23FREEDOM.
00:34:31>> FRIDAY ON C-SPAN CEASEFIRE, A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE
00:34:33U.S. WAR WITH IRAN.
00:34:36FEATURING ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC
00:34:41CONGRESSMAN RAJA, THEY WILL
00:34:47DISCUSS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WATCH CEASEFIRE FRIDAY AT
00:34:507:00 P.M. AND 10:00 P.M. EASTERN
00:34:54AND PACIFIC ONLY ON C-SPAN. >> REMARKS NOW FROM TEXAS
00:34:58ATTORNEY GENERAL AND U.S. SENATE
00:35:00CANDIDATE KEN PAXTON.
00:35:07PAXTON CRITICIZED HIS DEMOCRATIC
00:35:11OPPONENT JAMES TALARICO.
00:35:14THE NONPARTISAN CURRENTLY RATES THIS RACE LEANS REPUBLICAN IN
00:35:18THE GENERAL ELECTION.
00:36:07>> WASN'T KENNY WEBSTER AMAZING.
00:36:11HE'S GOT TO BE THE FUNNEST TALK SHOW GUY ON THE RADIO.
00:36:14I WILL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TONIGHT. I NEVER DONE THIS.
00:36:18IT'S KIND OF RISKY.
00:36:21WE ARE GOING TO -- U.S.A.
00:36:26U.S.A.
00:36:28U.S.A.
00:36:36U.S.A.!
00:36:43THEY GONE?
00:36:47I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING --
00:36:52[ INDISCERNIBLE ] ALL RIGHT.
00:36:53I WANT TO DO A LITTLE