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00:00:00>> SOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS ARE REISSUED ANNUALLY.
00:00:04ONE VERY IMPORTANT ONE COMES OUT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING.
00:00:08I SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF IT
00:00:11WHO SAID THEY ARE GOING TO SEE MORE DECLINE AMONG AMERICAN
00:00:13INSTITUTIONS. HOW WE REVERSE THIS IS A REALLY
00:00:17COMPLICATED QUESTION. WHEN PEOPLE STOP COMING, IT IS
00:00:20HARD TO GET THEM TO COME BACK.
00:00:23AND SO, YES. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY HERE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:00:27KNOW THE DAMAGE HAPPENING ON
00:00:30BOTH SIDES THROUGH THE
00:00:33UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
00:00:35I THINK THEY ARE AWARE OF IT AND
00:00:38THERE IS A LOT OF WORK JUST GETTING UNDERWAY NOW TO KIND OF TURN THAT AROUND.
00:00:44JOHN MARCUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
00:00:46>> THE LAST DESTITUTE IS THE
00:00:51QUINCY INSTITUTE DISCUSSING IRAN'S ABILITY TO HOLD OFF
00:00:53ATTACKS BY THE U.S. SO FAR AND THE OPTIONS LEFT WITH THE TRUMP
00:01:01GAINING THE STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ.
00:01:02THE CONVERSATION COMING UP.
00:01:09>> SUNDAY ON THE C-SPAN Q&A, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
00:01:11STATES JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH WILL
00:01:14DISCUSS HIS CHILDREN'S BOOK,
00:01:16HEROES OF 1776 WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION
00:01:19OF INDEPENDENCE AND OTHER LESSER-KNOWN REVOLUTIONARIES THAT RISKED THEIR LIVES, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY IN A FIGHT FOR
00:01:23INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH.
00:01:27>> THEY WERE COMING IN ON PHILADELPHIA.
00:01:29CONGRESS RETREATED TO BALTIMORE.
00:01:33AND THEY NEEDED TO GET OUT WORD DESPERATELY THAT THE DECLARATION
00:01:36HAD BEEN MADE. >> IT WAS A RALLY CRY.
00:01:40>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THINGS ARE DICEY THEN.
00:01:43ONLY ABOUT 40% WOULD IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS PATRIOTS.
00:01:47THEY WERE LOYALISTS. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO STAY OUT OF IT.
00:01:50THEY WANTED TO GET THE NEWS OUT. SO THEY WENT TO THE LOCAL
00:01:53PRINTER WHO WOULD ALWAYS PUBLISH
00:01:57THE BOTTOM OF THE NEWSPAPER.
00:02:02THEY DID NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE
00:02:03THE WOMAN.
00:02:09>> SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NEIL
00:02:12GORSUCH SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 EASTERN ON THE C-SPAN Q&A.
00:02:16YOU CAN LISTEN TO Q&A AND ALL PODCASTS ON THE FREE C-SPAN NOW
00:02:19APP OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
00:02:21PODCASTS.
00:02:26>> THE ROAD TO THE CAPITOL RUNS
00:02:28THROUGH AMERICA'S BATTLEGROUND STATES AND C-SPAN IS THERE.
00:02:31OUR CAMERAS ARE ON THE GROUND FOLLOWING THE CAMPAIGN WITH THE
00:02:35TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECIDING THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS.
00:02:38WE ARE THE ONLY NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF ACCESS UNFILTERED
00:02:41TO THE CANDIDATES AND VOTERS.
00:02:46NO COMMENTATORS TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK.
00:02:48NO PARTISAN SPIN.
00:02:50THE ROAD TO THE CAPITAL ONLY ON
00:02:53C-SPAN.
00:02:56>> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES. >> OUR LAST AGHAST OF THE
00:03:00MORNING IS HADI KAHALZADEH WITH THE QUINCY INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT AND IS
00:03:04ALSO A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
00:03:08HERE TO TALK ABOUT IRAN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME.
00:03:12>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING A. >> FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW,
00:03:16THE QUINCY INSTITUTE, HOW WOULD
00:03:19YOU DESCRIBE IT?
00:03:24>> I BELIEVE QUINCY HAS A
00:03:27BALANCE ADVOCATING FOR PEACE AND
00:03:29ALSO RESEARCH FOR ADVOCATING AND
00:03:37FOR PEACE AND DIPLOMACY.
00:03:41>> BEFORE WE GET INTO DETAILS, WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN, WE HAVE
00:03:45BEEN AT THIS FOR SIX MONTHS NOW PLUS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
00:03:48ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS BETWEEN
00:03:51THE INTERESTS OF THE U.S., WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IN IRAN AND
00:03:54WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING?
00:03:56>> I SAID SAY I'M NOT SURE THE INTERNATIONAL RELATION [
00:04:00INDISCERNIBLE ] BUT THE PERSON WHO FOLLOWS THE POLITICAL
00:04:04BACKGROUND WITH THE U.S., THE
00:04:08FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND
00:04:12WORKING ON THE IMPACT OF
00:04:13SANCTIONS AND WELFARE STATE.
00:04:17AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] YOU CAN
00:04:23THINK OF THE LAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE ECONOMY. AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AS A
00:04:27DISASTER FOR THE URANIAN PEOPLE -- IRANIAN PEOPLE.
00:04:31WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY.
00:04:39IT IS VERY DIFFICULT ACTUALLY TO
00:04:43ESTIMATE THE PRIMARY GOAL. WE HEAR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FROM WASHINGTON.
00:04:47FROM SUPPORTING [ INDISCERNIBLE
00:04:51].
00:04:53AND INFLUENCING THE REGION TO [
00:04:56INDISCERNIBLE ] TYPICAL [
00:05:00INDISCERNIBLE ]. WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] SAFETY WAS.
00:05:03BUT THE THOUGHT IN TEHRAN IS
00:05:11CHANGING [ INDISCERNIBLE ], SO FAR THIS HAS CHANGED.
00:05:13BUT VERY CONSTANT FOR THE
00:05:21IRANIAN PEOPLE.
00:05:24AND WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
00:05:26$50 BILLION WITH THE COST OF THE
00:05:30WAR IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:05:31IT SEEMS THEY COMFORTABLY FIT CE
00:05:37OPERATIONS SO FAR.
00:05:41AND WE CAN MEASURE WHETHER THIS
00:05:46COULD [ INDISCERNIBLE ] OR NOT BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET. >> ONE OF THE THINGS HE WROTE
00:05:49YOU WROTEEARLIER THIS MONTH WASA OF IRAN DIGGING AND WHEN IT
00:05:52COMES TO THIS CONFLICT. YOU SAY THAT AS LONG AS WASHINGTON CONTROLS THE TEMPO OF
00:05:56THE WAR, THERE WOULD BE A LACK OF AGENCY IN TEHRAN.
00:06:00SO THE EFFORTS TO PUSH BACK IS MANAGED CONFRONTATION, AS A WAY
00:06:04YOU DESCRIBED IT.
00:06:04CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?
00:06:09>> THIS IS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I
00:06:12DECIDED WITH THIS NARRATIVE WITH
00:06:18THE IRGC. THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
00:06:21THE LOGICAL -- DECISION MAKING
00:06:28AND ADDING A NEW SHADOW OF DECISION-MAKING.
00:06:30WE CAN TALK LATER ABOUT THAT.
00:06:32>> RIGHT NOW, WE WILL SEE THE
00:06:37NEW DECISION-MAKERS THAT ARE
00:06:40MORE CONFIDENT AND PROTECTABLE. AND LESS PATIENT COMPARED WITH
00:06:44THE PAST, THE PREVIOUS ONE.
00:06:47AND SO THE PERCEPTIONAL THREAT
00:06:51AND THE LEVEL OF [ INDISCERNIBLE
00:06:56] THEY HAVE IS THAT THE WAR WILL
00:06:57CONTINUE BY THE END OF PRESIDENT
00:07:02TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT PREDICTABLE BUT AT THE SAME
00:07:04TIME, HE IS NOT RELIABLE. AND THERE IS NO DEAL.
00:07:06THERE WAS NOT ANY SANCTION
00:07:09RELIEF OR ANY DURABLE PEACE.
00:07:14SO NEGOTIATIONS SANCTIONS OR ANY
00:07:22[ INDISCERNIBLE ] ARE ALL FROM THE SAME PACKAGE.
00:07:24THE SAME PACKAGE FOR THE GOAL TO
00:07:28CHANGE THE REGIME. WE HAVE TO SURVIVE. WE HAVE TO MANAGE THIS AND WE
00:07:32HAVE TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND AN
00:07:39IMMEDIATE CONFRONTATION.
00:07:40AND SO THE WERE TO CONTINUE AT
00:07:47THE END OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WOULD NOT
00:07:51BE ABLE TO -- THEY ARE NOT
00:07:56WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE. OR CANNOT AFFORD IT.
00:07:57OR BASED ON THE IRANIAN NATIONAL
00:08:04PERCEPTION.
00:08:04THIS PERCEPTION OR THREAT OR [
00:08:10INDISCERNIBLE ] THEY HAVE THAT HAS CHANGED THE LAWS IT -- THE E LOGICAL DECISION-MAKING AND
00:08:14PUSHED THEM TO -- PUSH THEM TO
00:08:20HAVE SOME SORT OF MANAGED OR
00:08:23CONTROLLED CONFRONTATION.
00:08:26AVOIDING EXPLANATION.
00:08:31AS HE FIRST MENTIONED, AT THE SAME TIME, THE AGENCIES ARE
00:08:35WAITING TO SEE THE NEXT AND WHEN
00:08:38THE U.S. CHOSE TO MANAGE ANOTHER
00:08:42ROUND OF THE WAR.
00:08:43SO MANAGING SOME SORT OF
00:08:51CONSULATE. AND TOO CHEAP TO PUSH THE COST HIGH FOR THE UNITED STATES.
00:08:55I DON'T BELIEVE IRAN LOST ITS
00:08:57CONTROL OF THE STRAIGHT OF
00:09:01HORMUZ.
00:09:03I BELIEVE THEY TRIED TO PASS
00:09:06FIVE, 6 MILLION PER DAY.
00:09:11BUT AT THE SAME TIME, [
00:09:16INDISCERNIBLE ] TO FULL ESCALATION.
00:09:19AND AT THE SAME TIME, IRAN --
00:09:23REFINING AT 80-$90.
00:09:28AND THE PRICE OF THE FUEL AND
00:09:29GAS.
00:09:37CRUDE OIL, $80.
00:09:42AND THEN $40. OR 120.
00:09:45THESE ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF CRUDE
00:09:47OIL IS 80.
00:09:50$160.
00:09:55FINDING THE MARGINS HIGH, IRAN
00:09:56CAN KEEP THIS -- OR KEEP THE [
00:10:03INDISCERNIBLE ] ECONOMY AND
00:10:04MANAGE IT CONSTANTLY.
00:10:09THIS IS HOW THEY DESIGNED THE
00:10:14BAR AND TRY TO FIND OTHER
00:10:14AGENCIES.
00:10:21>> HADI KAHALZADEH WITH US. IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS
00:10:23ABOUT IRAN AND PARTICULARLY WHAT
00:10:27IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
00:10:30202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS.
00:10:33202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
00:10:34INDEPENDENCE, 202-748-8002.
00:10:38TEXTURE QUESTIONS AT 202-748-8003.
00:10:42WE WILL HEAR FROM TONY AND
00:10:46PENNSYLVANIA. IN PENNSYLVANIA. INDEPENDENT LINE. YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD.
00:10:50>> GOOD MORNING. RARELY DO WE GET TO HEAR THE
00:10:52TRUTH WHEN IT COMES TO WAR AND
00:10:56DAMAGES AND LOSSES. AND THE U.S. HAS BEEN PUMMELED.
00:11:00THE BASES AND ASSETS, IN TERMS
00:11:03OF CONTROL OF THE AIRSPACE.
00:11:06WE CAN'T GET NEAR IRAN.
00:11:10PRIOR TO THE WAR BEGINNING, I CALLED IN AND THERE WERE PEOPLE
00:11:12FROM THE EPSTEIN CLASS THINK
00:11:16TANKS PROMOTING THE WAR.
00:11:18GENERALLY, THERE WAS A RABID
00:11:21MOTION OR A LUKEWARM PROMOTION. BUT A PROMOTION OF WAR. POINTING OUT THAT THE PENTAGON
00:11:24LOOKED AT IRAN AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO MILITARY
00:11:27SOLUTION.
00:11:31YOU CAN GO INTO IRAN, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO FAIL.
00:11:34AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
00:11:37THERE IS NOT AN ECONOMIC SANCTION SOLUTION.
00:11:40WE HAVE TRIED THAT FOR 40 YEARS. TIME IS ON IRAN'S SIDE.
00:11:43THE GLOBAL ECONOMY CANNOT
00:11:45SUSTAIN THIS. TRUMP KNOWS THAT.
00:11:49IRAN KNOWS THAT. PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS IS
00:11:52THAT ISRAEL ONCE THIS WAR AND IT
00:11:57SEEMS ISRAEL DRIVES THE FOREIGN POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES AND
00:12:01CERTAINLY, NOT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:12:05AMERICANS NEED TO GRAB HOLD OF
00:12:07THE EPSTEIN CONTROL GOVERNMENT AND KICK OUT ALL THE POLITICIANS
00:12:11ACCEPTING MONEY FROM APAC OR WE
00:12:14WILL BE SENDING OUR KIDS
00:12:17OVERSEAS TO DIE FOR WORDS THAT DON'T BENEFIT US IN THAT WILL
00:12:20CONTINUE TO HAPPEN LIKE IT HAS. >> TONY FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
00:12:23THANKS.
00:12:28>> RESPONSE.
00:12:33>> THAT ONE CHALLENGE WHERE THE
00:12:34U.S. HAS NO MILITARY SOLUTION,
00:12:38THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT, THE
00:12:42UNITED STATES AND THIS
00:12:42ADMINISTRATION [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
00:12:51AND IT IS VERY COSTLY TO PRESENT
00:12:57THE IRANIAN NARRATIVES.
00:13:01AND TALKING ABOUT THE NARRATIVES
00:13:06[ INDISCERNIBLE ]. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS SUCH
00:13:08A GAP IN EVIDENCE AND A GAP IN
00:13:12UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
00:13:16AND CREATING A MISTAKE OR
00:13:17MISCALCULATION AND I BELIEVE THE
00:13:22ADMINISTRATION, REGARDLESS OF IF
00:13:24IT HAS A PLAN OR NOT -- LIKE THE
00:13:31ECONOMIC PRESSURE AND POLITICAL
00:13:32PRESSURE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
00:13:37IT IS NOT THE SAME.
00:13:43[ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND IT IS ONE
00:13:44OF THOSE.
00:13:48AND WOULD BE WILLING TO
00:13:49ENCAPSULATE OR ACCEPT THE DEAL.
00:13:55BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NOT A
00:13:59WAY. THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] -- THE
00:14:03PRESSURE WILL NOT WORK. IF YOU WANT TO AWARD SURE, YOU
00:14:07HAVE TO ADD SOME INCENTIVES.
00:14:13AND ADDING SOME INCENTIVES.
00:14:17CREATING SOME SORT OF CONFLICT.
00:14:22AND MAKING IT COSTLY FOR IRAN.
00:14:24SO THEY PREFER TO COMPROMISE AND
00:14:27GO THE DISTANCE.
00:14:29RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO SUCH INCENTIVES. AND SO IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY YOU
00:14:33CAN SURVIVE IS TO HAVE MORE
00:14:40ACCEPTABLE OR [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
00:14:46THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
00:14:50THIS SITUATION IS VERY COSTLY FOR THE REGION.
00:14:55AND THIS CAN BE A DISASTER FOR
00:14:55EVERYONE.
00:14:59>> ED IN MASSACHUSETTS, GO AHEAD.
00:15:00DEMOCRAT LINE.
00:15:04>> AS. YES.I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
00:15:08ARE FIGHTING A WAR OVER
00:15:12RELIGION?
00:15:16>> CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE?
00:15:17>> ELABORATE MORE PLEASE. >> YES.
00:15:21I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING A
00:15:25WAR OVER RELIGION. >> ELABORATE ON THAT.
00:15:29WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
00:15:29>> ONE RELIGION -- RELIGIONS
00:15:34SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ALONG. THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE
00:15:37RELIGION, TO BE PEACEFUL.
00:15:40>> OKAY. ED IN MASSACHUSETTS.
00:15:44LET ME TAKE THIS QUESTION.
00:15:45THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, HOW ARE THEY
00:15:49ACTING ABOUT THE DECISIONS MADE
00:15:52AFTER THE MILITARY CONFRONTATION?
00:15:56>> WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW HOW RELIABLE -- WE
00:15:59HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT [
00:16:04INDISCERNIBLE ] ON HOW AMERICAN
00:16:05PEOPLE LOOK AT FOREIGN-POLICY.
00:16:09RECENTLY, A WEEK SURVEY
00:16:15CONDUCTED BY THE LITERARY
00:16:20FORCES, SHOWS THAT 60 5% OF THE
00:16:25IS SATISFIED WITH THE SITUATION. BUT THEY SUPPORT A WAR AND
00:16:29EXPECT SOME SORT OF A CHANGE.
00:16:34BUT SOME ADVOCATING. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE NOT
00:16:38HAPPY WITH THE STATUS QUO.
00:16:43AND IT IS CHANGING.
00:16:45AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULD HAVE
00:16:48SOMEONE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
00:16:54THAT IS OPERATING.
00:16:58AND THEN THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
00:17:06AND THEN THREATEN IT WOULD
00:17:11DESTROY EVERYTHING.
00:17:1560, 80 UNIVERSITIES.
00:17:18EVEN SOME -- ACTUALLY -- NOW [
00:17:30INDISCERNIBLE ] IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
00:17:32AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] TO SURVIVE.
00:17:36I -- WE ALSO DON'T KNOW THE
00:17:39CAUSE.
00:17:41WHERE THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WERE
00:17:45AFTER THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] COLLAPSES.
00:17:47, WOULD HAVE IT RESOLVED.
00:17:52SO SUCH THINKING, WITH SYRIA AND
00:17:59LIBYA.
00:18:02I BELIEVE THERE IS THE SUPPORT TO MAKE IT PUBLIC. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE
00:18:06ARE NOT SUPPORTING FOR ANY
00:18:10SOUTHERN COLLAPSE. THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE
00:18:14WHAT EXACTLY -- BECAUSE MOST
00:18:21PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WERE OR SUPPORT WAR.
00:18:22AND THEN THE SYSTEM, I DON'T
00:18:26BELIEVE THE SYSTEM HAS [
00:18:30INDISCERNIBLE ] RIGHT NOW.
00:18:30IT SEEMS THEY ARE CAUGHT IN SOME
00:18:35LIMBO. AND EVEN A CHANGE IN THE
00:18:39LEADERSHIP HOPES FOR ANY
00:18:43POSITIVE CHANGE.
00:18:44AND SO IT IS THE HOPELESSNESS.
00:18:50OF NOT HAVING ANY FUTURE. A STATE OF LIMBO.
00:18:53SO DOMINATING IN [ INDISCERNIBLE
00:18:57] RIGHT NOW. >> FOR OUR GUEST, THIS IS SARAH
00:19:00ON THE DEMOCRAT LINE FROM
00:19:05MARYLAND. >> I WANT TO GIVE A HIGH 52 TONY
00:19:09ON FOX.
00:19:10THIS IS A RICH MAN --
00:19:14>> SARAH, YOU ARE BREAKING UP.
00:19:19>> AND MAKE SUPER FANCY WEAPONS. AND SUPER FANCY WEAPONS THAT
00:19:22RIGHT NOW ARE BEING TAKEN OUT BY
00:19:25LAWNMOWERS ESSENTIALLY DRONES.
00:19:26AND WE ARE ON OUR BACK HEELS.
00:19:31THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR AMERICA. THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE.
00:19:34NOT GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
00:19:39>> SARAH, WE WILL TAKE THAT. YOU ARE BREAKING IN AND OUT. THANK YOU FOR THE CALL.
00:19:42YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. IF THERE IS A VIEWER THAT ASKS
00:19:46YOU ABOUT THE POWER OF THE IRGC
00:19:49AND HOW MUCH IT HAS AND HOW THIS COMPLICATES ANY NEGOTIATIONS
00:19:52GOING FORWARD.
00:19:54BUT YOU ALSO SAID EARLIER THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT CHANGE THE
00:19:57DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN IRAN
00:20:00BECAUSE OF THE WAR BUT HE WAS MAKING THE DECISIONS. CAN YOU TIE ALL THOSE THINGS
00:20:04TOGETHER?
00:20:07>> THIS IS A NARRATIVE TO SAY
00:20:09THAT THE IRGC HAS CONTROL OVER
00:20:14THE DECISION-MAKING. MANY IRANIAN POLITICIANS AND
00:20:18LEADERS WITH THE IRGC -- IT IS
00:20:26VERY DIFFICULT.
00:20:28THE PRIME MINISTER WAS PART OF
00:20:30THE IRGC AND MANY PARTICIPATED
00:20:34IN THE WAR.
00:20:36AND WORKING.
00:20:39VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT IT WAS THE IRGC.
00:20:43THE POINT IS THAT -- IRGC HAS
00:20:46BEEN FUNCTIONED.
00:20:51AND SO THIS MOU -- THE IRGC [
00:21:05INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR SOME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSEL
00:21:07SUPPORTED THE MOU AND ONCE TO
00:21:12SIGN A DEAL. WE DON'T KNOW.
00:21:16SO WHICH PART OF THE IRGC.
00:21:23FOR THE ENTITY. EVERYTHING HAS DIFFERENT
00:21:24FUNCTIONS AND GROUPS IN SOME
00:21:27PART OF THE IS VERY PRAGMATIC.
00:21:32VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT.
00:21:34BUT IN SAID THE NEW SYSTEM. LIKE THE SANCTIONS.
00:21:38PROLONGED SANCTIONS.
00:21:41CREATING SOME SORT OF NATIONAL
00:21:43TRADE.
00:21:46AND WORK WITH THE FORMAL NETWORK OF TRADE.
00:21:50SO WE HAVE A FORMAL ECONOMY
00:21:54SYSTEM AND THE DECISION-MAKING.
00:21:58WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE -- HOW
00:22:03THE SYSTEM WORKS.
00:22:04BUT IT IS THE WAY THEY MANAGE
00:22:07THE SANCTIONS. AFTER THE WAR, WE HAVE THIS
00:22:09SHADOW DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
00:22:16AND IT IS THROUGH LETTERS AND
00:22:22LEADERS COULD MEET HIM.
00:22:24MOSTLY BECAUSE, THEY CHANGED THE
00:22:32ARRANGEMENTS. AND SHADOW THE DECISION-MAKING
00:22:35SYSTEM AND LEAD BY IRGC WITH A
00:22:44NOTE.
00:22:45AND ANY FORMAL INSTITUTION, THE
00:22:50HEAD OF THE PARLIAMENT.
00:22:53AND THE SECURITY COUNCIL -- TO
00:23:00CREATE SOME SORT OF MISCOMMUNICATION AND
00:23:04COORDINATION WE SEE.
00:23:09AT THE SAME TIME, SOME SORT OF
00:23:12CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE.
00:23:16AND AND THEN MORE PREDICTABLE.
00:23:22MAKE A SYSTEM DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE.
00:23:25BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A
00:23:28MEETING BETWEEN THEM.
00:23:32AND JD VANCE.
00:23:41AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 40, 45 YEARS OLD.
00:23:45AND SO IT HAS CHANGED.
00:23:50BUT NOT JUST THE IRGC CONTROL EVERYTHING IN THE COUNTRY.
00:23:53VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE WHO IT
00:23:56IS OR AUTHORIZE IRGC.
00:24:03>> CARLOS IN NEW YORK, AND DEPENDENT LINE. YOUR NEXT. >> HELLO.
00:24:07CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? >> YES. YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD.
00:24:11CALLER: ABOUT IRAN, IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT BACK TO WHY WE DID THE
00:24:13ORIGINAL ATTACK THERE, YOU ARE
00:24:20IGNORING REALITY. THE FACT IS THAT THEY HAVE
00:24:23ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM WHICH
00:24:26THEY NEEDED TO TAKE 60%, OR 85 OR 90 FOR IT TO BE USED FOR
00:24:30ATOMIC BOMBS. THEY WERE GETTING THE EQUIPMENT
00:24:34TO DO THAT. THEY WOULD HAVE HAD IT WITH THE
00:24:36NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AT WHICH POINT, YOU CAN COUNT ON ISRAEL
00:24:39BEING DESTROYED AND POSSIBLY NUCLEAR ATTACKS ON EUROPE AS
00:24:43WELL.
00:24:46BEING A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY. THAT IS WHY WE WENT IN THERE.
00:24:50WERE DEVELOPING BALLISTIC MISSILES, WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE
00:24:54IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO SO
00:24:56SUCCESSFULLY. AND IT WAS PROBABLY SEVERAL
00:24:59YEARS OUT BUT THEY WERE AT
00:25:03FAIRLY CRITICAL STAGES OF GETTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EQUIPMENT BUILDS NECESSARY
00:25:06TO DEVELOP THE EQUIPMENT TO LEAD
00:25:08TO THE MUSCLES.
00:25:12WE WENT IN WHEN WE COULD DO SO
00:25:15AND IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY
00:25:20GEOPOLITICALLY AND TACTICALLY. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MILITARY MOVES A LEADER OF THE UNITED
00:25:24STATES HAS CALLED FOR PROBABLY
00:25:27SENSE MID WORLD WAR II.
00:25:33>> THAT IS CARLOS IN NEW YORK.
00:25:37HOW DO YOU SWEAR WHAT HE SAID AS FAR AS THE ADMINISTRATION'S
00:25:39INITIAL REASONING FOR GOING INTO
00:25:41IRAN?
00:25:44WHAT WE SEE NOW IS FOCUSED LARGELY ON THE STRAIGHT OF
00:25:46HORMUZ.
00:25:49>> THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] STATE
00:25:51HAS A VERY [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
00:25:53MILITARY POWER.
00:25:56AND THE CAPABILITY.
00:26:02IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST 10 YEARS
00:26:03SINCE 2018, IRAN WAS 300 [
00:26:14INDISCERNIBLE ].
00:26:18SO THE ENRICHMENT WAS
00:26:24THREE-POINT 5%. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHDREW
00:26:27FROM THE DEAL, YOU START FEELING
00:26:32THIS CAPACITY.
00:26:34AND IRANIAN SCIENTISTS AND
00:26:39TRYING TO FIND -- SOME PRESSURE
00:26:40OR LEVERAGE TO CREATE SOME
00:26:44REACTION TO THE [ INDISCERNIBLE
00:26:48] BY INCREASING THE LEVEL OF ENRICHMENT.
00:26:49AND SO THEY WENT FROM 3%, TO 20%
00:26:55AND THEN FROM 60%.
00:26:56AND THEN THE TURNCOAT TONE UNDER
00:27:03THE JCPOA, RIGHT NOW IT IS -- 30
00:27:14TIMES MORE.
00:27:17AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ONE, 29.
00:27:2150 TIMES STRONGER.
00:27:24IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGION, THE [
00:27:30INDISCERNIBLE ] ISSUE [
00:27:37INDISCERNIBLE ] I BELIEVE IT COULD BE MANAGED THROUGH
00:27:39NEGOTIATION AND TALK WITH THE
00:27:46REGIONAL NATIONS IN THE STATE.
00:27:51BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE ISSUE.
00:27:55IT IS A PROBLEM OF [
00:27:58INDISCERNIBLE ].
00:28:01THE NEXT PROBLEM WOULD BE,
00:28:08HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
00:28:12AND WILLING TO PROVIDE THIS
00:28:13TECHNOLOGY.
00:28:17WE DON'T KNOW.
00:28:23IT CANNOT CLOSE [ INDISCERNIBLE
00:28:28]. SOME TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU JUST
00:28:30RELY ON THE MILITARY, WE TRY TO
00:28:36USE IT.
00:28:39YOU WOULD USE THE SANCTION OR [
00:28:44INDISCERNIBLE ]. SO WE CREATE A NEW PROBLEM WITH THE COST.
00:28:48THE CONFIDENCE.
00:28:54THE U.S. -- THE [ INDISCERNIBLE
00:28:59] LEADER.
00:29:00AND SO SURVIVING UNDER HEAVY
00:29:05SANCTIONS.
00:29:08SHOWING THAT SURVIVED. SO UNDERMINE THIS [
00:29:12INDISCERNIBLE ] AND UNDERMINE
00:29:15THE RELIABILITY.
00:29:18THAT IS WHY DIPLOMACY CAN HELP
00:29:21TO MANAGE AND SOLVE A PROBLEM.
00:29:24WE HAVE TO USE THIS IN A WAY.
00:29:31YOU HAVE INCENTIVES TO HAVE MANY MEANINGFUL RESULTS.
00:29:35>> THERE IS A STORY STEMMING FROM THIS WEEK SAYING THAT IT
00:29:37WAS GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY THAT THE TREASURY
00:29:39SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAID THEY WILL INTRODUCE MORE
00:29:43ECONOMIC MEASURES THAT THEY CLAIM WILL SWATCH THE ECONOMY IN IRAN AND COLLAPSE THE REGIME.
00:29:47WHAT HAVE WE SEEN ABOUT THIS
00:29:51APPROACH PREVIOUS TO DATE AND
00:29:52COULD NEW MEASURES CHANGE THAT?
00:29:57>> THE NOMINAL FASHION IN IRAN
00:30:00IS 3700 CASES.
00:30:02AND SO EVERYTHING IS UNDER
00:30:06SANCTIONS. THE CENTRAL BANK.
00:30:10>> AND MORE IMPORTANT WITH [
00:30:11INDISCERNIBLE ] WITH ACCESS TO
00:30:17THE -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
00:30:26VERY COSTLY FOR THE ECONOMY.
00:30:30ADDING A NEW SANCTION OR A
00:30:31BLOCKADE EVERYONE IS UNDER THE
00:30:40HEAVY CUSHION. THE SHOCK OF SANCTIONS,
00:30:42BLOCKADE, USUALLY TAKES ONE
00:30:45YEAR, SIX MONTHS, TWO YEARS AND
00:30:49THEN THE ECONOMY LEARNS HOW TO
00:30:49MANAGE AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
00:30:56HELP TO MANAGE IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WE NEED SANCTIONS.
00:31:00CHINA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO
00:31:03MAKE THINGS MORE [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
00:31:06YOU CANNOT PAY MORE WHEN YOU
00:31:10KILL THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY.
00:31:12AND ALL OF THEIR COMMENTARIES.
00:31:16[ INDISCERNIBLE ] YOU CAN PUSH
00:31:20TO HAVE IT RESOLVED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A NEW
00:31:22FUNCTION WOULD BE PAINFUL FOR
00:31:29THE ECONOMY. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] MORE
00:31:32INSULATION AND MORE [
00:31:36INDISCERNIBLE ] ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND HOUSING AND EVERYTHING.
00:31:38IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS WOULD
00:31:42LEAD TO THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
00:31:51>> OUR GUEST HAS WORK THAT CAN
00:31:55BE FOUND ON QUINCYINSTITUTE.ORG. NONRESIDENT FELLOW.
00:31:59ALSO TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY.
00:32:05THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
00:32:09>> WE WILL FINISH THE PROGRAM WITH OPEN FORUM. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, IT
00:32:11IS 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS.
00:32:16202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS. AND 202-748-8003, FOR THE
00:32:19INDEPENDENCE -- INDEPENDENTS.
00:32:36>> C-SPAN IS AS UNBIASED AS YOU CAN GET. YOU ARE SO FAIR.
00:32:40I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SAY OTHERWISE. >> YOU GUYS DO THE MOST
00:32:43IMPORTANT WORK FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY. >> I LOVE C-SPAN BECAUSE I GET
00:32:46TO HEAR ALL THE VOICES.
00:32:49>> YOU PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
00:32:52YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS.
00:32:56>> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE C-SPAN. I LOVE TO HEAR BOTH SIDES.
00:32:59>> I WATCHED C-SPAN EVERY MORNING AND IT IS UNBIASED.
00:33:03YOU BRING IN FACTUAL INFORMATION
00:33:07FOR THE CALLERS TO UNDERSTAND
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00:33:13>> IT IS AN HONEST OPINION OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> YOU GUYS AT C-SPAN ARE DOING
00:33:17A WONDERFUL JOB OF ALLOWING FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WITHOUT A LOT
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00:33:23LIGHT IN THE DARK.
00:33:29>> CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY. AND THE STAKES COULD NOT BE
00:33:33HIGHER. EVERY SEAT IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS UP FOR GRABS ALONG WITH 33 U.S.
00:33:36SENATE RACES. AND THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD
00:33:40RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
00:33:42VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36
00:33:45GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS. FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
00:33:49ELECTION NIGHT, FOLLOW CAMPAIGN 2026 ON THE C-SPAN NETWORK.
00:33:53C-SPAN, BRINGING YOU DEMOCRACY
00:33:54UNFILTERED.
00:33:59>> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES. >> YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN OPEN
00:34:03FORUM BY CALLING 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS. AND 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
00:34:07AND FOR INDEPENDENTS, 202-748-8002.
00:34:09TEXT US AT 202-748-8003.
00:34:13THE DEMOCRAT LINE. ANTHONY FROM NEW YORK.
00:34:17HELLO. >> HOW ARE YOU? >> FIND.
00:34:20FINE.YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD.
00:34:23CALLER: MY QUESTION IS, WHY
00:34:24SHOULD TRUMP GET THE SHIP NAMED
00:34:28AFTER HIM WHEN HE HAS NEVER
00:34:32SIGNED UP FOR THE MILITARY?
00:34:34AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR PEARL
00:34:41HARBOR AND THE NAVY SHIPS AND
00:34:42AWARDED A MEDAL.
00:34:49WHY SHOULD IT BE AWARDED TO HIM?
00:34:52ABDUL EL-SAYED JAN IN FLORIDA.
00:34:53INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:34:58GUEST: I'M INTERESTED IN CALLING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER
00:35:00REGARDING THE WAR IN IRAN.
00:35:06I WAS BORN AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
00:35:08MY MOTHER WAS ONE OF THE ROSIE
00:35:11RIVETERS.
00:35:15WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A TREMENDOUS OF PEOPLE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT MY
00:35:19LIFETIME.
00:35:22I HAVE SEEN THE DESTRUCTION OF PROBABLY HALF OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
00:35:25IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
00:35:27AND BECAUSE OF WARS AND BECAUSE
00:35:32OF PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO WANT
00:35:33TO PUT MONEY INTO PHYSICALLY
00:35:37MORE WEAPONS, WE ARE NOT FINDING SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS THE
00:35:40WAY WE SHOULD.
00:35:43I BELIEVE THAT MORE WOMEN'S
00:35:44VOICES SHOULD BE HEARD AND
00:35:48SCHEDULING ARGUMENTS WITH OTHER NATIONS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE
00:35:51DONE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS DID NT
00:35:53BOMBING OTHER COUNTRIES AND HOW
00:35:58WE ARE BEING PREEMPTIVE. I THINK THAT IS WRONG.
00:36:00I THINK THE PEOPLE OF IRAN ARE GOING TO BE VERY DISSATISFIED
00:36:04WITH US.
00:36:05WE HAVE WONDERFUL NEGOTIATORS
00:36:08FROM JOHN KERRY, WHO HAS ALREADY
00:36:13BEEN IN VIETNAM AS AN OFFICER. AND HE HELPED END THE WAR WHEN
00:36:16HE CAME BACK WITH OTHER
00:36:22OFFICERS. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN.
00:36:26AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A GOOD AGREEMENT AND IT SHOULD HAVE
00:36:29UPHELD.
00:36:31THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE NOW DON'T
00:36:33KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT WHAT
00:36:36IS GOING ON. SORRY.
00:36:40I HAVE HAD A STROKE. MY PEACH IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD BE.
00:36:44HOST: YOU GOT YOUR POINT ACROSS.
00:36:48THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. LET'S GO TO SHARON IN OREGON. THE DEMOCRAT LINE.
00:36:51YOU ARE NEXT UP ON OPEN FORUM. GO AHEAD.
00:36:54CALLER: I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
00:36:58I WILL MAKE IT QUICK.
00:37:01THEY KNEW THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BIL,
00:37:05IT ADDED $2 TRILLION TO THE DEBT.
00:37:08THEY KNEW IT WOULD ADD 4.9 --
00:37:13ACCORDING TO THE GAO IN THE
00:37:17CURRENT ONE IS OVER $7 TRILLION.
00:37:20THEY ALSO -- WHAT THEY DECIDED
00:37:23WAS, THEY ARE GOING TO BALANCE IT BY PUTTING ON NEW TARIFFS.
00:37:26SO THEY GAVE TAX CUTS WHICH LOWERED THE REVENUE FOR THE
00:37:29GOVERNMENT, WHICH PAID FOR THE BILLS FOR THE RICH.
00:37:33AND THEN IN TURN, THE TARIFFS,
00:37:38WHICH MAINLY AFFECTED THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR, WOULD TAKE
00:37:40UP FOR THOSE CUTS.
00:37:45THE TROUBLE WAS, THE TARIFFS
00:37:46ONLY BROUGHT IN 215 BILLION AND
00:37:50THAT GOT CUT DOWN TO 100 BILLION
00:37:51BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY
00:37:54WERE ILLEGAL. SO NOW WE ARE WEIGHT IN THE WHOLE.
00:37:58ON TOP OF THAT, 40 6% -- EXCUSE
00:38:02ME -- I'M SORRY.
00:38:10I'M NERVOUS.
00:38:13WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IN
00:38:14TERMS OF THE WONDERFUL DOGE,
00:38:19THEY CLAIM THEY CUT 215 BILLION, WHICH IS NOTHING IN THE
00:38:23TRILLIONS WE OWE. BUT IT WAS UPDATED AND THE GAO
00:38:25SAID IT WAS ONLY 110 AND OF THE
00:38:282500 CONTRACTS CANCELED, 90 6%
00:38:33OF THEM DID NOT HAPPEN. IT WAS A LIE.
00:38:37>> SHARON IN OREGON, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. WE NOW KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:38:41THE FUTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT.
00:38:43IT IS REPORTED ON THE HILL AND OTHER PLACES THAT SHE IS LEAVING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHICH
00:38:47WAS ANNOUNCED PREVIOUS, BUT SHE
00:38:50IS GOING TO WORK AT THE
00:38:52PRESIDENT'S MAGA INC. SUPER PAC
00:38:57FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE. SHE CONFIRMED THIS FRIDAY. SHE SHARED HER NEXT CAREER MOVE
00:39:01WITH REPORTERS OUTSIDE AIR FORCE ONE FRIDAY.
00:39:02SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WILL STEP DOWN
00:39:05AT THE END OF AUGUST TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY.
00:39:07SHE DID NOT ELABORATE WHAT HER
00:39:09TITLE WOULD BE AT MAGA INC.
00:39:14SITTING ON OVER $350 MILLION IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS AHEAD OF THE
00:39:18NOVEMBER MIDTERM INSPECTION MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AS THE PRESIDENT WAS TRAVELING TO SOUTH
00:39:21CAROLINA TO HELP SUPPORT SENATOR
00:39:23DARLINE GRAHAM IN HER EFFORTS TO WIN.
00:39:27AND IT WAS DURING THAT TIME TO THE PRESIDENT MADE THESE COMMENTS ABOUT DARLINE GRAHAM.
00:39:31>> YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE AND CAN'T GET IN.
00:39:34THEY ARE STANDING OUTSIDE AND W.
00:39:42BUT WE ARE RUNNING. WE HAVE TO GET DARLINE GRAHAM
00:39:45AND OTHER PEOPLE ELECTED. SO WE ARE RUNNING.
00:39:47THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS, THEY SAY
00:39:51TRUMP DOES GREAT WHEN HE IS ON THE BALLOT BUT WHEN HE IS NOT ON
00:39:54THE BALLOT, HIS PEOPLE DON'T
00:39:57COME AND THEY DON'T VOTE.
00:40:00THE SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN AND OTHER REPUBLICANS.
00:40:03THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE RUNNING
00:40:07BUT IF TRUMP IS ACTUALLY ON THE
00:40:11BALLOT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS PRETEND, PLEASE, LET THEM ON THE BALLOT.
00:40:15COME IN VOTE.
00:40:20SUCH AS SAYING, THAT I'M ON THE
00:40:24BALLOT. ONE MORE TIME. YOU HAVE TO SAY IT. AND YOU HAVE TO COME OUT AND
00:40:28VOTE.
00:40:30>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FULL SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT, YOU CAN
00:40:33GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
00:40:39202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS. 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS. AND FOR INDEPENDENTS, 202-748-8002.
00:40:43LET'S GO TO ANDY IN FLORIDA.
00:40:46INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:40:51>> HELLO. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE BIG
00:40:54DEAL IS ABOUT THIS NATALIE HARP,
00:41:00I THINK IS HER NAME.
00:41:02IF [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IF HE NEEDS
00:41:08TO GRAB HER TO GET SOME
00:41:12ASSISTANCE, I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANYTHING NEW OR WRONG
00:41:13WITH THAT.
00:41:17IT WAS OKAY WHEN HE WOULD PUT A
00:41:22TICK TICK IN HIS MOUTH AND GRAB
00:41:25GIRLS AND GRAB THEM BY SOMEPLACE
00:41:26LOWER THAN THEIR WAISTBAND AND
00:41:30GOING INTO EATING CAROL'S
00:41:31DRESSING ROOM.
00:41:39FILL IN MONTANA, REPUBLICAN
00:41:40LINE, YOU ARE NEXT.
00:41:45>> THE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS
00:41:48SUPPOSED TO BE INTERNATIONAL WATER. NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO CLOSE
00:41:50THAT DOWN.
00:41:54SO COUNTRIES LIKE BRITAIN AND
00:41:55FRANCE WHO HAVE A LOT OF
00:42:01MINESWEEPERS, WHY ARE THEY OVER THERE GETTING THE MINDS OUT OF THE WAY SO THE INTERNATIONAL
00:42:05WATERWAY CAN BE OPEN?
00:42:09>> WE CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE NOW IN BUFORD, GEORGIA
00:42:11WHERE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL
00:42:17CANDIDATE RICK JACKSON IS HOLDING A RALLY.
00:42:19LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN.
00:42:31>> ALL RIGHT.
00:42:32GOOD AFTERNOON, BUFORD.
00:42:38THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
00:42:42LET ME FIRST THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
00:42:46IT IS AN HONOR FOR US TO BE HERE
00:42:47TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ELECT
00:42:53RICK JACKSON AS OUR 84TH
00:42:54GOVERNOR.
00:42:58OF THIS GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA. HONORED TO HAVE THE GREATEST
00:43:01FIRST LADY IN THE COUNTRY WITH
00:43:03US TODAY.
00:43:08AND ON BEHALF OF HER AND OUR GIRLS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
00:43:11MANY IN THIS ROOM. MANY WERE WITH US WHEN WE
00:43:15STARTED THIS JOURNEY EIGHT YEARS AGO.
00:43:18AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR
00:43:21PRAYERS AND FOR HOW HARD YOU
00:43:24WORK FOR US. WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WERE
00:43:28NOT FOR YOU.
00:43:28SO THANK YOU.
00:43:33[APPLAUSE] [CHEERING].
00:43:36>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT TO ASK THAT YOU GIVE THAT
00:43:39SAME SUPPORT TO RICK AND HIS
00:43:43FAMILY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
00:43:44BECAUSE JUST LIKE EIGHT YEARS
00:43:48AGO, 2026 IS INDEED A FIGHT FOR
00:43:50THE SOUL OF OUR STATE.
00:43:57THE SELECTION IS ABOUT WHERE WE
00:44:01WANT OUR STATE TO BE IN 2034.
00:44:03BUT ALSO, 10 OR 20 YEARS PAST
00:44:07THAT. DO WE WANT OUR STATE TO HAVE
00:44:11GOOD PAYING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES NO MATTER YOUR ZIP CODE?
00:44:15>> [CHEERING].
00:44:17>> DO WE WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION IN AN
00:44:20ENVIRONMENT THAT FITS THEIR
00:44:26INDIVIDUAL NEEDS?
00:44:26>> [CHEERING].
00:44:30>> DO WE WANT OUR STREETS TO BE SAFE?
00:44:34CRIMINALS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? AND DANGEROUS STREET GANGS
00:44:37BROUGHT TO JUSTICE?
00:44:42>> DO WE WANT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GROW
00:44:44AND THRIVE?
00:44:48>> DO WE WANT TO GOVERNOR THAT WE CAN TRUST?
00:44:52DO WE WANT TO GOVERNOR THAT
00:44:52KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
00:44:57ACTUALLY CREATE JOBS AND NOT JUST GROW GOVERNMENT?
00:44:59[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE].
00:45:04>> AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO WE
00:45:06WANT TO GOVERNOR WHO WILL NOT QUIT WHEN THE TIMES GET TOUGH?
00:45:09>> [CHEERING] AND DO WE WANT TO
00:45:16GOVERNOR WHO WILL ALWAYS PUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE FIRST?
00:45:20>> [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE].
00:45:24>> IF YOU WANT THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ELECT RICK
00:45:28JACKSON AS OUR NEXT GOVERNOR OF
00:45:29THIS GREAT STATE.
00:45:40>> I TOLD RICK THAT MY REMARKS WOULD BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL WHEN I INTRODUCED
00:45:43SOMEBODY.
00:45:45BUT I'M NOT LIKE YOU ALL.
00:45:49MARTY AND I HAVE WATCHED A LOT OF THESE OUT-OF-STATE
00:45:51POLITICIANS SHOWING UP HERE
00:45:55LATELY AND OUR STATE IN IN OUR D CAMPAIGNING FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
00:45:59GAVIN NEWSOM, GRETCHEN WITMER,
00:46:06MARK KELLY, KAMALA HARRIS AND
00:46:13OLD MAYOR PETE.
00:46:17YOU KNOW, IT IS A FAMILIAR
00:46:18PLAYBOOK FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
00:46:22BRING IN THE OUT-OF-STATE POLITICIANS AND CELEBRITIES TO CAMPAIGN FOR THEM.
00:46:25DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DURING
00:46:26STACY ABRAMS CAMPAIGN?
00:46:30>> AND THEN THEY GO OUT THERE AND RAISE MONEY FROM THE FAR
00:46:32LEFT DONORS AND THEN TRY TO
00:46:34PRETEND THAT THEY WON'T IMPLEMENT THEM -- THOSE SAME
00:46:38CRAZY IDEAS RIGHT HERE IN
00:46:40GEORGIA IF THEY GET ELECTED. WE SAW THIS WITH STACY ABRAMS
00:46:44AND WE ARE SEEING NOW WITH
00:46:46KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS.
00:46:50LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHAT THEIR IDEAS HAVE
00:46:54DONE IN OTHER STATES.
00:46:55CALIFORNIA TAXES HAVE A $1.20
00:46:58GALLON AMOUNT FOR EVERY GALLON
00:47:04OF GAS THAT YOU BUY OUT THERE.
00:47:08THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 5%.
00:47:09AND BY THE WAY, CALIFORNIA HAS
00:47:12AN 18 BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET
00:47:15DEFICIT THIS LAST YEAR.
00:47:19IN MICHIGAN, GOVERNOR WITMER HAS DONE A LITTLE BETTER THAN GAVIN
00:47:21NEWSOM BECAUSE THE BUDGET
00:47:24DEFICIT IS ONLY 600 MILLION. AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS
00:47:27ONLY FOUR-POINT 9%.
00:47:31THESE ARE THE POLITICIANS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE POLICIES
00:47:34THAT KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS WANTS
00:47:36TO BRING TO THE STATE.
00:47:39OUR TAXES PLUS BUDGETS.
00:47:44FEWER JOBS AND LESS MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
00:47:48IN GEORGIA, THANKFULLY, THINGS ARE A LOT DIFFERENT.
00:47:50WE HAVE THE MOST PEOPLE WORKING
00:47:54RIGHT NOW IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE.
00:47:57[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE]
00:48:035.5 MILLION PEOPLE.
00:48:07OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS NEAR
00:48:08HISTORIC LOWS AT THREE-POINT 3%.
00:48:16GEORGIA HAS OVER $8 MILLION IN
00:48:18OUR RESERVE FUND AND WE HAVE
00:48:22ANNUAL BUDGET SURPLUS AND NOT
00:48:26DEFICIT.
00:48:34THINGS TO THE SUPPORT OF MANY LEADERS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
00:48:38WE HAVE GIVEN HARD-WORKING
00:48:39GEORGIANS TAX REBATES FOR FOUR
00:48:43OUT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE CUT YOUR INCOME TAX AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
00:48:47TO SPEND -- SUSPENDING THE GAS
00:48:51TAX MULTIPLE TIMES. AND ALSO PROVIDING PROPERTY TAX
00:48:55RELIEF.
00:48:56WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP -- WHEN
00:49:02YOU ADDED UP, A TOTAL OF FOUR
00:49:04.-POINT $9 BILLION IN TAX RELIEF
00:49:08AND EIGHT .-POINT $8 BILLION IN ONE-TIME TAX RELIEF FOR
00:49:11HARD-WORKING GEORGIANS.
00:49:19LET ME BE CLEAR TO OUR FRIENDS
00:49:22IN THE MEDIA WHO ARE HERE.
00:49:25WHILE GEORGIA DEMOCRATS AND ALLIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
00:49:27TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, GEORGIA REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
00:49:30DELIVERING RESULTS FOR THE
00:49:34PEOPLE OF OUR STATE FOR THE LAST 4-5 YEARS COMING OUT OF COVID.
00:49:38AND I KNOW THAT RICK JACKSON WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT
00:49:40SUCCESS.
00:49:49YOU KNOW EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE
00:49:50TALKED ABOUT WHAT STACY ABRAMS
00:49:54MIGHT DO AS OUR GOVERNOR.
00:49:59WILL KNOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE FOR EVERY HARD-WORKING GEORGIAN AND THEIR
00:50:03LOVED ONES. IN THE SELECTION, WE DON'T HAVE
00:50:06TO WONDER WHAT KEISHA LANCE
00:50:07BOTTOMS WOULD YOU AS THE
00:50:10GOVERNOR BECAUSE SHE HAS ALREADY SHOWN DISASTER IS FOUR YEARS AS
00:50:14MAYOR.
00:50:17VIOLENT CRIME WENT UP AND SMALL
00:50:19BUSINESSES CLOSED DOWN.
00:50:22FAMILIES FELT UNSAFE AND OUR CAPITAL CITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE
00:50:26SCARED TO DO THEIR JOB. THAT IS NOT THE GEORGIA I KNOW
00:50:30OR WANT FOR MY FAMILY IN THE
00:50:33FUTURE.
00:50:35YOU KNOW, RICK CHANCE -- RICK JACKSON KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
00:50:40STRUGGLE. HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND NOT KNOW
00:50:43WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL MIGHT COME FROM.
00:50:47HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MAKING RENT OR
00:50:50CAR PAYMENTS.
00:50:52SO HE KNOWS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS
00:50:56HELPING HARD-WORKING GEORGIANS GET THROUGH THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC
00:50:59TIMES, THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO.
00:51:03AND I BELIEVE THAT RICK IS THE
00:51:05PERSON TO GET THAT WORK DONE.
00:51:09[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] I WILL
00:51:15CLOSE WITH THIS. THE HARDEST PART ABOUT BEING
00:51:19GOVERNOR IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW
00:51:21WHAT CRISIS OR CHALLENGE
00:51:24TOMORROW MAY BRING.
00:51:26THERE ARE THINGS YOU CANNOT SEE.
00:51:30STORMS YOU CANNOT CONTROL. AND POLITICIANS YOU CAN'T
00:51:34MANAGE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MY
00:51:38REPUBLICAN FRIENDS.
00:51:44BUT THE 11 MILLION PEOPLE THAT
00:51:47ELECT TO YOU, THEY EXPECT THEIR GOVERNORS TO FACE EACH AND EVERY
00:51:50ONE OF THOSE OBSTACLES WITH
00:51:52DETERMINATION, COMPASSION, HARD
00:51:56WORK AND A DEEP BELIEF IN THE
00:52:00LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION OF OUR STATE. AS GOVERNOR, YOU CAN'T CALL OUT
00:52:03SICK AND PASSED THE BOOK OR GO
00:52:07HOME WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF THE JOB.
00:52:10AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE, A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:52:13AND RESPONSIBILITY.
00:52:16THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND
00:52:19THAT WE MUST HAVE RICK JACKSON
00:52:22ANSWERING THESE CALLS.
00:52:33MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND
00:52:37LEADING OUR STATE FOR THE NEXT
00:52:38EIGHT YEARS.
00:52:42SO, IT IS OUR JOB, FOLKS.
00:52:43IT IS OUR JOB TO HELP GET THIS
00:52:47DONE. WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT.
00:52:49THIS IS 2018 ALL OVER AGAIN.
00:52:54EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE FOR
00:52:55OUR STATE AND WE KNOW THAT THE
00:52:58OTHER SIDE IS MOTIVATED.
00:53:02THEY ARE MOTIVATED BECAUSE THEY WANT GEORGIA TO GO THE WAY OF
00:53:04NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA.
00:53:08BUT I SAY, NOT ON OUR WATCH.
00:53:16I WAS JUST TALKING TO RICK ABOUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN
00:53:19THE 18 CAMPAIGN WAS GETTING
00:53:22PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE TO REALIZE THAT, YES, THIS COULD
00:53:24HAPPEN IF WE DON'T GET OUT AND WORK.
00:53:27WE COULD ELECT SOMEONE LIKE
00:53:29STACY ABRAMS OR KEISHA LANCE
00:53:32BOTTOMS. SO WE COULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING
00:53:36FOR GRANTED. WE CANNOT RELY ON PAST
00:53:40SUCCESSES.
00:53:42WE HAVE TO WORK HARD EVERY DAY,
00:53:44JUST LIKE WE DID BACK IN 2018
00:53:47AND JUST LIKE WE DID BACK IN
00:53:502002.
00:53:54AND 2044. AND 2006 WHEN THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CAME TO REALITY IN THE
00:53:57STATE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND
00:54:01OF WORK ETHIC. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET
00:54:04YOUR FAMILY IS IN YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR COWORKERS AND THE
00:54:07PEOPLE YOU ARE WORSHIPING WITH,
00:54:11ENGAGED WITH THE JACKSON CAMPAIGN.
00:54:15ASK THEM TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND
00:54:18WRITE POSTCARDS AND MAKE PHONE CALLS AND GET THE VOTE OUT.
00:54:21WE HAVE 72 DAYS TO GO.
00:54:22WE HAVE TO KEEP SHOPPING UNTIL NOVEMBER THE THIRD.
00:54:25AND WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT YOU
00:54:36WILL WELCOME OUR NEXT GOVERNOR, THE 84TH GOVERNOR.
00:54:39MY FRIEND IN OUR NEXT GOVERNOR,
00:54:42RICK JACKSON.
00:54:48♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪.
00:55:26>> THANK YOU.
00:55:28THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:55:32GOVERNOR, THANK YOU FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU HAVE SET FOR OUR
00:55:34STATE.
00:55:43BRIAN CAMP HAS SHOWN GEORGIA WHAT STRONG CHARACTER IN PUBLIC
00:55:45OFFICE LOOKS LIKE.
00:55:49WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS GREAT, HE
00:55:55STOOD FIRM. HE MADE THE TOUGH CALLS AND KEPT
00:55:57HIS WORD AND PUT GEORGIA FIRST.
00:56:02[CHEERING] [APPLAUSE].
00:56:07>> I SAID WE SHOULD BUILD A MONUMENT FOR YOU FOR WHAT YOU
00:56:11DID DURING COVID.
00:56:12AND, I MEAN, IT.
00:56:17THE GOVERNOR HAS BUILT A LEGACY
00:56:20OF LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP THAT HAS GIVEN GEORGIA A STRONG
00:56:24FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE.
00:56:27AS GEORGIA'S NEXT GOVERNOR, I
00:56:29WILL BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION AND MAKE SURE THAT GEORGIA'S
00:56:33BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD.
00:56:41GOVERNOR, YOU AND MARTY HAVE
00:56:43SERVED GEORGIA WITH STRENGTH AND HUMILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP,
00:56:47YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SERVICE
00:56:50THROUGH OUR STAY.
00:56:56[APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
00:57:02TAXES AND BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
00:57:04HEALTHCARE AND BEFORE WE TALK
00:57:08ABOUT ANY PLAN FOR GEORGIA'S FUTURE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
00:57:11WHAT MATTERS MOST.
00:57:13CHARACTER.
00:57:21A CAMPAIGN CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE. A RECORD SHOWS WHO YOU REALLY
00:57:24ARE.
00:57:29POWER DOES NOT CREATE CHARACTER.
00:57:31IT REVEALS IT.
00:57:34AND WHEN THE MONEY BELONGS TO TAXPAYERS AND YOUR DECISIONS
00:57:38IMPACT THE LIVES OF OTHERS,
00:57:39CHARACTER MATTERS.
00:57:46THAT IS THE CHOICE IN THE
00:57:51SELECTION. NOT PERSONALITY. NOT POLITICS AS USUAL. BUT CHARACTER.
00:57:55AND THE FAIREST WAY TO JUDGE CHARACTER IS SIMPLE.
00:57:57YOU ARE WHO YOUR RECORD SAYS YOU
00:58:00ARE.
00:58:04MY RECORD BEGAN LONG BEFORE I
00:58:05THOUGHT ABOUT POLITICS.
00:58:09BY THE ODDS, I WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. NOT ON THE STAGE.
00:58:12NOT RUNNING TO BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. NOT HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR
00:58:16VOTE. I NEVER MET MY FATHER.
00:58:18MY MOTHER WAS A WAITRESS THAT BATTLED ALCOHOLISM.
00:58:21I GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS IN
00:58:25ATLANTA. I HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT STEPFATHERS BEFORE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. I LIVED IN FIVE DIFFERENT FOSTER
00:58:29HOMES. AND WENT TO 13 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
00:58:33THERE WERE TOO MANY DAYS TO
00:58:33COUNT WHEN THE FUTURE FELT LIKE
00:58:37SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE. BUT THOSE HARD YEARS TAUGHT ME
00:58:41WHERE TO TURN.
00:58:42I LEARNED TO LEAN ON MY FACE.
00:58:51BY FAITH.
00:59:09A FAITH THAT DOES NOT MAKE CHALLENGES DISAPPEAR.
00:59:12IT DOES GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO FACE THEM. AND IT TAUGHT ME TO KEEP GOING
00:59:16AND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, EVEN
00:59:18WHEN IT IS HARD.
00:59:21AND THE TRUST THAT GOD HAD A
00:59:22PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE.
00:59:31THAT FAITH HAS GUIDED ME THROUGH EVERY CHAPTER OF MY LIFE.
00:59:33AND THE LESSONS THOSE YEARS
00:59:35TAUGHT ME HAVE NEVER LEFT ME.
00:59:39OUR TIMES DO NOT TO FIND YOU BUT THEY DO TEST YOU.
00:59:43THEY CAN BUILD YOUR CHARACTER,
00:59:44FORTIFY YOUR BAGGAGE AND
00:59:47ULTIMATELY REVEAL WHO YOU REALLY
00:59:48ARE AT YOUR CORE.
00:59:52BECAUSE CHARACTER IS NOT PROVEN WHEN EVERYTHING IS EASY.
00:59:55IT IS REVEALED WHEN THE PRESSURE
00:59:57IS THE GREATEST.
01:00:01[APPLAUSE]
01:00:05WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, THE
01:00:09EASIEST THING TO DO IS TO TAKE A SHORTCUT, SHIFT THE BLAME, PUT
01:00:13YOURSELF FIRST OR SIMPLY JUST WALK AWAY.
01:00:17STRONG CHARACTER MEANS DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO.
01:00:21[APPLAUSE]
01:00:26EVERY GOVERNOR WILL FACE CRISIS,
01:00:30JUST LIKE GOVERNOR CAP HAS --
01:00:34EMERGENCIES, MOMENTS NO ONE CAN PREDICT. WHEN THOSE MOMENTS COME,
01:00:37GEORGIANS WILL NEVER HAVE TO
01:00:40WONDER WHERE I AM.
01:00:44I WILL MEET THEM WITH INTEGRITY AND RESOLVE. I HAVE SPENT MY LIFE RUNNING
01:00:48TOWARD PROBLEMS AND STAYING
01:00:51UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE. [APPLAUSE]
01:00:58HA