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00:00Good evening everybody, I'm Joey Jones along with Tommy Lahren, Molly Lahn and Griff Jenkins
00:11and welcome to the first hour of the Big Weekend Show and the big story tonight is a Fox News
00:17alert. President Trump is now on his way to the Middle East as the ceasefire between Israel
00:22and Hamas continues to hold. He spoke to the press just moments ago about this historical
00:27day. This is going to be a very special time and I guess if you read your own papers and
00:36your own networks, everybody's very excited about this moment in time. This is a very
00:42special event. They had 500,000 people yesterday and today in Israel and also the Muslim and
00:49Arab countries are all cheering. Everybody's cheering at one time, that's never happened
00:53before. The president is expected to address the Israel, the Israeli legislature and meet
01:00with the hostages who are set to be released in the coming hours. He will also sit down
01:04with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is praising Trump's deal as the beginning of
01:08a new path to peace. Because tomorrow children will return to their border. This is a historic
01:17event that blends sorrow over the release of murders and joy over the return of the hostages.
01:24This is a historic event that some did not believe would happen. But our fighters believed.
01:30Many among the people believed. And I believed.
01:33The ceasefire also seeing Palestinians returning to northern Gaza with Vice President J.D. Vance
01:40lays out America's role in the peace plan.
01:42It's a little bit unpredictable, but we've been told to expect them by tomorrow in Israel
01:49time, which of course would be early morning here in the United States. I've seen some reporting,
01:54Maria, that suggests that you're going to have American boots on the ground in Gaza. That
01:57is not true. That is not the president's intention. What we are is going to use the troops that
02:02we already have at central command. And we've had these troops for many, many years. They're
02:05going to make sure that everybody's actually keeping up their terms of the deal.
02:09Yeah. We're joined now by chief foreign correspondent, Trey Yinks. He's live in Tel Aviv. And of course,
02:14he has the latest. Trey?
02:15Yeah. Hey, guys. Good afternoon. It was a joyous celebration here in Hostages Square overnight
02:23as hundreds of thousands of Israelis were in this center part of Tel Aviv. They were cheering
02:29and celebrating, hoping it will be their final hostage rally. The families of the remaining
02:34hostages still in Hamas captivity were joined by President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve
02:40Witkoff, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his daughter, Ivanka Trump. You could see how
02:45many people were in the crowd. We're talking about hundreds of thousands. And we spoke with
02:50President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, just after. Take a listen.
02:54What does this moment mean to you? It's the moment of my life. A blessing in my life. And
03:02I couldn't be more thrilled to work for the greatest president out there, Donald J. Trump.
03:07He brought him home. Anticipation is high in these final hours. The hostages are expected
03:13to be picked up by the Red Cross inside Gaza and then transferred to Israeli forces. Then
03:18they'll be reunited with family members and flown by helicopter to local hospitals for medical
03:23treatment. The brother-in-law of one hostage, Omri Mehran, is anxiously awaiting his return.
03:28What I want to give Omri in those first moments is the ability to choose what he wants to do,
03:37what he wants to say, how he wants to act. For two years, he was deprived of the freedom to act on his
03:43own volition, of the freedom to choose what he wants. So I'm going to give that to him. If he wants
03:49to embrace me, I will embrace him back. If he wants to laugh, I will laugh. If he wants to cry,
03:53we will cry together. The hostages are set to be exchanged for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
04:01142 of them will be deported abroad, 100 released into the West Bank, five to East Jerusalem and three
04:07to Gaza. Inside the Gaza Strip, Palestinians continue to return to their homes in areas formerly controlled
04:13by the IDF. New images show the scale of destruction within the enclave. We fled our home under artillery
04:21fire, leaving everything behind. The house was destroyed with all our belongings inside. We have
04:28nothing left, no clothes, no bedding, not even money to go anywhere. Here I am, pushing the cart with my
04:34own hands, just trying to move forward. Tomorrow, President Trump will arrive here in Israel. He's
04:42expected to address the Israeli Knesset before traveling to Egypt to finalize his peace plan.
04:47Guys, back to you. Trey, thanks for the report. You're there on the ground. You're among people.
04:52What is the sentiment there among everyone? I know they're incredibly excited to get the
04:56hostages back. Is anyone taking objection to some of the prisoners that Israel is having to release?
05:01Is there any sentiment, positive or negative, right there on the ground?
05:06Look, President Trump has made history with this deal. It's very rare in the Middle East that you
05:10have both Israelis and Palestinians celebrating the same thing. But we've talked with Israeli civilians
05:16and Palestinian civilians, and they are thrilled that President Trump has been able to get this deal
05:21across the line. He had his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner,
05:26fly to Egypt last Wednesday. And we're told that the president was on the phone with interlockers,
05:31making sure that this agreement got done. Now, there are some challenging parts. The Israelis will
05:36have to release thousands, around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, but they are getting the hostages back.
05:43And that has been the primary goal for the Israeli military since the beginning of this conflict.
05:47Trey, you partially addressed this, but I want to dig a little deeper in terms of the Palestinian
05:53sentiment here. You said that they were also hailing this as a great victory and giving some credit to
05:58President Trump. But what's your sense of the buy-in of the Palestinian people in terms of what's next for
06:03them? Who's going to be in charge? Who's going to lead those people? Have you heard anything from
06:08your sources on what the Palestinian people would like to see for the region?
06:14It's a great question, and they are uniquely tuned into American politics. Bill Hemmer and I,
06:21a few months ago, went into Gaza to see the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, where they were providing
06:26aid to Palestinian civilians. And some of the kids there were chanting,
06:30Trump, Trump, America. And it gives you a sense that they realize what's happening abroad. They
06:35understand that these decisions directly impact their lives. And I've talked with some civilians
06:39in the aftermath of this deal going forward, and they're open to any sort of idea that's going to
06:44bring them some level of peace and stability. They've lived through two years of war, and they're
06:49looking for some sort of bright future. The deal that President Trump is offering here that's currently
06:54on the table as it continues to progress, will ultimately usher in a technocratic government
06:59for the Gaza Strip. And we're talking about more than two million Palestinian civilians.
07:04This is going to give the Americans and the Israelis the ability to figure out who could be a moderate
07:09leader for Gaza, ultimately rebuild the Gaza Strip, and then give the Palestinian civilians who are living
07:15there an opportunity at a different path. And so there is a lot of hope in the aftermath of this plan
07:21moving forward. And there are questions about what comes next in the region. But in the immediate
07:25future, we are looking at the release of these hostages in the next few hours. And already you
07:30are seeing Palestinians, as you saw in those images, return to their homes because the bombing has stopped.
07:35The war is now over. Trey, you stand in a class of your own, matched by none other,
07:43in reporting this story. You have been there since day one with exceptional coverage
07:48on October 7th and every single day for the last two years plus. And as you mentioned earlier,
07:55we're about to witness this historical moment. Put it in context for us. And if you have any more
08:02details about the role that President Trump actually did play in all of this throughout all of it.
08:11Yeah, absolutely. My team and I were here on the morning of October 7th,
08:15along the Gaza border. People were killed just in front of us. They died before our eyes.
08:21And we've been covering this story ever since, going into Gaza with the Israeli military to see
08:26some of the fighting with Hamas firsthand. We've covered the humanitarian angle. We've talked with
08:31leadership all around, across the board, to get an understanding of what was happening during this
08:36two-year war. And I think President Trump did something very important when he spoke alongside
08:40Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. When he came out with this 20-point peace plan,
08:44he humanized Israelis and Palestinians. And that's the biggest takeaway that I have in all of this.
08:50To find a solution for the future of this region, it will require the humanization of the people
08:55involved. And to look at things on the ground exactly as they are. And like we talked about,
09:00the President sent his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, here,
09:05and kept them here to make sure this agreement went into effect. Because for the Israeli people,
09:10the people behind me that are here in Hostages Square, they've been waiting for two years for
09:15their loved ones to come home. And when they're ultimately released from Gaza, and now that the
09:19war has stopped within the enclave, the ceasefire that the President put together is holding,
09:24it creates a new chapter for the region and a fresh start, a restart button, if you will,
09:29for the Middle East. And that's exactly what the President is looking to do here. When you talk with
09:34world leaders all around the world, but specifically in this region, a region that I've covered for
09:39more than seven years, people respect the President. And they know that he's going to do what he says
09:44he is going to do. And that is something that U.S. officials have stressed to Fox. When we've talked
09:48to them about this very deal, they said that the President himself, President Trump, was able to build
09:53trust with two sides that had no trust. And that's the reason they were able to get this agreement
09:58together and across the finish line. Trey Molley here. I think Griff alluded to what I
10:03had planned to ask you, which was because you were there on October 7th, and now we're going to see
10:08the hostages released here in these coming hours. What a remarkable day of history ahead.
10:12Part of it is, as you talked about President Trump bringing these world leaders together,
10:16he'll also be heading to Egypt. A great number of leaders from the Middle East, from Europe,
10:21all gathering there to look forward. Your thoughts on what that potential meeting or summit could
10:29lend towards in the coming days, weeks, and really years ahead.
10:33Well, it's an important move in all of this to bring these world leaders together
10:39so that they can see the outcome of negotiations that are successful. And that's exactly what the
10:43President has done here. It's important for many reasons, but I want to give you just a few.
10:47One has to do with the rebuilding of Gaza. That's one of the outlines in this plan. And it's going to
10:52require a lot of money. And the Americans aren't going to be the main people paying for that,
10:57according to the sources that we've talked to. But there are regional partners in this part of
11:02the world who are going to put up money and support to get security forces in place, to ensure that
11:06aid is flowing to civilians. And that's part of what they're going to discuss there when they're in
11:10Egypt. But also looking forward, again, the President wanted to make very clear that this
11:14is not just a ceasefire for Gaza. This is a peace plan. This is the eighth war that the President
11:20has ended since he took office, but it's also something much larger. It's an opportunity to stabilize a
11:25region that historically has had peace deal after peace deal collapse. The President doesn't want
11:30to see that, according to his public statements and the reporting that we've done. And so what he
11:34wants to do here is lay the foundation for the future of not just this agreement, but how it's
11:38going to expand. Remember the President during his first term, the Abraham Accords. He was able to
11:43normalize ties with countries like the United Arab Emirates and with Bahrain and with Morocco.
11:49And then you started to see direct flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. And it created a
11:54scenario in the Middle East where countries realized that there was real possibility for
12:00the future if you opened up tourism, you opened up trade, and you opened up the ability to normalize
12:05ties. And so there are regional countries, countries like Syria, where the President has been able to
12:10send his envoy, Tom Barak, to go and speak with the new leadership of Ahmad al-Sharrah and say,
12:17look, we're not going to have endless wars in the Middle East anymore. We want deals that we can
12:21stabilize the region. That's what he's doing with the deal now in Gaza that has ended this two-year
12:25conflict between Israel and Hamas in a matter of hours. The hostages are going to come home.
12:30The President's going to deliver remarks before the Israeli Knesset. And then immediately he's going
12:34to fly to Egypt and meet with world leaders to finalize this deal and send a message that this
12:39is not just a ceasefire in Gaza. This is a peace plan for the Middle East.
12:43Trey, it's great to see you reporting not having to wear a helmet and a flak jacket. I hope it stays
12:49that way for a while. Thank you so much for bringing us the latest information and we'll see you soon,
12:55I'm sure. All right, we're looking forward to tomorrow's historic moment when all Israeli
13:01hostages are set to be released, including the 20 that we pray are still alive. Joining us now is
13:07Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danan. Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us.
13:12Thank you for having me, Joey. You know, the interview we just had with Trey, very optimistic.
13:17If we wake up tomorrow morning here in the States or Tuesday morning and those hostages have been
13:22returned and accounted for, what's the next problem on the horizon? What's the next goal for Israel?
13:28And what's the next worry to move this forward? First, Joey, everyone in Israel is holding their
13:32breath, praying for the release of the hostages. Eight hours from now, you should expect them to come
13:38home to unite with their families. It's a miracle. Two years after, to get them out of the dungeons
13:43of Hamas. So we are grateful for President Trump and for Prime Minister Netanyahu for the leadership
13:47and for the soldiers who sacrificed so much to bring us to this moment. But that is the easy part of
13:53the agreement because it's an exchange. You know, we release terrorists. And by the way, look at the
13:58difference. We will celebrate citizens who were kidnapped coming home. They will celebrate
14:03terrorists who murdered innocent people getting out of jail. So you cannot make the equation.
14:10But after that, that's the difficult part because the second phase requires the disarmament of Hamas.
14:15Yeah. They should give their weapons. They should stop with everything they did for the last 20 years.
14:20And it's going to be much harder to implement it. And that's why we stayed in Gaza. We withdrew our forces
14:27to a certain point, not completely, because we have to wait. And we'll be very careful and cautious
14:33to see that they're actually implementing the second phase. Ambassador, thank you so much for being
14:38here. I'm just wondering your sense of phase two and how much trust Israel has in Hamas. Again,
14:45we're dealing with a terrorist organization. There was reports of how they're already possibly
14:50positioning themselves to be Hamas under a new name and regain control. What does that look like if they
14:55don't disarm, if they don't give up control, if the Palestinian people are not allowed to move
15:00forward with new leadership? What does that look like? Well, we have zero trust with them. You know,
15:05after October 7th, we know with whom we are dealing. We trust ourselves. We trust our soldiers. But we
15:12expect the international community to look at reality and understand that it's not enough to declare.
15:18You have to follow through. And it's not about the reconstruction of the building in Gaza.
15:22The international community may have to make sure that they take out the radical elements
15:26from the Palestinians in Gaza, not allowing the radicals to take over. You know, 20 years ago,
15:31we pulled out from Gaza completely. We gave the keys to the Palestinians. We told them, build your own
15:35future. Hamas took over. And since then, they are there. So I think the challenge is to see that the
15:42money that comes in now is conditioned in the fact that Hamas is not part of the game anymore.
15:47Yeah. Ambassador, obviously, the biggest questions are the disarmament and the future governance of
15:54the phase two. But because we have you here, the ambassador to the United Nations, I want to
16:02get your reaction to what is it? What do we to think? Because we just had the UN General Assembly
16:08here in New York and a number you're talking about the international partners, a number of international
16:13delegations got up and walked out of Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech. And now, partnering with
16:20President Trump, who led and got this done, I would argue no other world leader could have gotten this
16:26done. We are about to witness history. Absolutely. And you can make the distinction between leadership,
16:32like President Trump proved, and people who came to make a show. Like President Macron came to the UN,
16:37made declarations, and went back to France. Or the Secretary General of the United Nations. It is
16:43fine, by the way, to meet President Trump in Egypt. But he wasn't there for the two years. You know,
16:48he never visited Israel. He never took any real actions to bring back the hostages. So I think we saw
16:54the difference between real leadership, real diplomacy, and the show off of the UN. And I told my colleague
17:00at the UN, regardless of all the declarations you are passing here, the war will not end with the
17:05hostages in Gaza. And they tried to put pressure on us and sanctions and isolated us. But we stayed
17:11strong. And hopefully we are seeing that we are having a closure now, but the hostages first, they come
17:16home. Ambassador, my heart is in my throat for you, for everyone, for all of the families waiting
17:23for these hostages to come home. Some very powerful and hopefully joyous hours to come. And then
17:29after that, the president heads for Egypt. We spoke a little bit about this with Trey,
17:33about the leadership that he's pulled together. The countries, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
17:38the UAE, as well as European nations, all gathering together with a focus on what comes next in Gaza.
17:44Even as we recognize the factions there on the ground in Gaza, I mean, have been known for civil war,
17:51as well as coming after Israel in the past. I think it's very important what the president is doing,
17:56because it's not enough to declare that the war is over. You have to rebuild something in Gaza.
18:01And the involvement of moderate Arab countries, it's crucial. Because you need someone who speaks
18:06the language, understand the mentality. And I think the involvement of Egypt, the UAE,
18:11and many other Muslim countries that share the same ideas with Israel, it's crucial for the success of
18:16the second phase. You need someone to be there and make sure that Hamas is not rebuilding their
18:21capabilities. Because as I said earlier, we don't trust them. They want to stay there. They want to
18:26regain power. And God forbid to put a threat against Israel again. I just want to follow up on that.
18:32You talked about moderate Arab countries, moderate Muslim countries. I mean, Qatar apparently played
18:38a big role in this, but they call the hostages detainees. So how much of this is playing the game of
18:46publicity and not, I guess, pissing off Hamas more? And how much of it is what they truly believe?
18:51I mean, when you have these meetings, and I know you can't say everything, but when you have these
18:55meetings with leaders from these countries that seem to almost play both sides of it,
18:59how genuine are they in a world where they accept Israel as their neighbor?
19:03They should be stronger and braver. They know the truth. They have to face radicalism in their own
19:09countries and in the region. But they're not doing it publicly. And I think they should. They should
19:13tell their people what they saw on October 7th was not part of Islam. You know, the barbarism,
19:19the atrocities, and I think they should stop playing that game. We have seen it. Some countries
19:24stood with Israel, and we are grateful for that. The Abraham Accords, the country which signed with us,
19:29sticked to the Accords during the war. And it shows that we have a strong bond with those countries.
19:35But the countries you mentioned, they have to make a choice. Either they support the radicals,
19:39or they want to be partnered for peace. Well, I think I speak for the panel and say,
19:44we all pray we wake up tomorrow morning, and those hostages are back, and as many as possible are
19:49alive and healthy. Amen. Thank you. Ambassador Danny Denon, thank you so much. Thank you very
19:53much. Thank you, Mr. Ambassador. Thank you so much. All right. Moments ago, Trump held a gaggle on board
19:58Air Force One where he hinted that hostages might be released early. All right. That would be
20:06whenever we see him going up on Air Force One. Apparently, he spoke and said that he thinks
20:12they might be released early. I guess that would mean early as in a few hours from now,
20:16because we're talking an eight-hour window here, I think is what the ambassador just said.
20:20Tommy, it's a big deal. I mean, could anybody but President Trump make this happen?
20:25I don't think so, because no one did, right? There's been efforts at this for a long time,
20:28and I don't want to undercut work that other leaders have done on this. I think everybody has had
20:33great intentions for generations and for decades, but President Trump is uniquely qualified
20:38to get a deal done. And I think that him laying the groundwork with some of these nations and
20:43saying, if you want economic prosperity, if you want to work with us, you want to trade with us,
20:47you want to be a part of a civilized world, then you've got to reject all of this here,
20:52and you've got to stop funding it. And I think that that spoke volumes.
20:55Griff, you know, we just heard the ambassador say some of these countries have to be more forward
21:01about their not just support of Israel, but rejection of radical Islamic terror.
21:06That's defined my life. That's defined your career. That's two, three decades where it's
21:11been front and center for us. And it's amazing that we sit here today. And this is really the
21:15current embodiment of it is what's happened in Israel with Hamas and the way these different
21:21countries have kind of toed the line one way or the other or straddled it.
21:24I'm so glad you brought that up, Joey, because honestly, what is so magnificent, historic,
21:32you can apply any adjective here to what President Trump has been able to do to get to where we are
21:37now is not just find a way to get to a ceasefire or find a way to try and mediate between two long
21:47time foes. He actually looked at the experience that you and I have had for the past two decades
21:53plus and said, you know what? There doesn't have to be wars in the Middle East. It doesn't
21:59have to be this way. It's the same way that President Trump looked at major cities like D.C.,
22:05now Memphis and others and said, you know what? This this crime where citizens just accepted,
22:10it doesn't have to be that way. And that's out of the box, unconventional thinking that came with
22:17an actual plan. And the reason why I asked Ambassador Danan about that walkout is because
22:24that walkout was so cliched, so trite. It's so the way it's been for the last 20 plus years.
22:32And President Trump said, nope, we're doing it my way and look where we are now. And I think,
22:38you know, ultimately, when you talk about what the history books will write about this, hopefully,
22:43years from now, will be that he brought trade and commerce, as Trey was talking about, to the
22:49Middle East. And trade and commerce will replace terrorism to a great degree if it works for
22:55everybody. Molly, he talked, Griff talks about this walkout that happened at the UN. I don't have
23:01a calendar in front of me, but that was like a week ago. That was, you know, that was in the last
23:04couple of weeks. We've gone in a couple of weeks from these countries walking out on Benjamin Netanyahu,
23:10as he addressed the UN to tonight. These hostages may be released in much of those same countries
23:15are involved in this peace deal. Yeah. And when we look at the tick tock ahead, just in the coming
23:19hours, this really is incredible history being undertaken. Just the coming home of the of the
23:25hostages, the live hostages in a group and the potential for what could be happening ahead in Gaza.
23:32This meeting in Egypt coming shortly thereafter, the address before before the Knesset of President
23:37Trump. This is major history in the making. And this meeting in Egypt looks towards what Griff was
23:44talking about, the future of all of these nations, the moderate Arab nations coming together and
23:49saying and looking at the situation as it is and saying enough is enough. They too, if they too can
23:54envision this greater future and peace across the Middle East, perhaps collectively, it can actually
23:59be accomplished. Tell me. Yeah, we certainly hope so. I think what you're saying is so important. And I
24:07hope that we're so optimistic, right? You don't you don't want to be pessimistic about this, but we also
24:12should be realistic. And I guess I kind of go back to Joey on this because you mentioned groups reported on
24:17it, but you've spent your life fighting it. And that's why I keep going back with Trey and others on the
24:22Palestinian people. Because I wonder when you were born with hatred or your hatred is taught to you
24:29and you're indoctrinated with that and you have no chance to see anything else. And that's what you
24:33are raised with. Is there a possibility that the Palestinian people can now reject that and say,
24:37no, we want a better way of life. Do they have the opportunity to reject that? I guess that's where
24:42my greatest hesitation is. But I'm optimistic. And I'm wondering your sense of that. Yeah, I don't I'm
24:47optimistic that these hostages get released tonight that I think the ambassador kind of
24:52alluded to the exact same place. I mean, it's in phases for a reason. I don't know what these
24:58conversations are. I don't know. And I don't I don't know how much you can trust the mosque,
25:03but also I don't know how you trust that a so Sun Tzu said when you defeat your enemy,
25:10leave them enough that they don't feel like they have nothing to lose. I don't know if the Palestinians
25:16right now feel like they have nothing to lose or feel like it's time to start over.
25:20I think that's an important part of this. I think that's a part of these conversations.
25:23What do you think? Well, you know, I just want to pick up on that, Joey, because we now can share
25:28with our viewers. We have got a list of the 20 living hostages in just hours from now that are
25:36expected to be released. We're getting their bios and some photos from I'm not sure if we're able to
25:42show some of those. But we're learning their names. We're working on that. We're going to bring
25:46that to our viewers here in this show. But Ariel Cuneo, David Cuneo, we've got Avinada Orr,
25:54we've got Alain Oel, we've got Aitan Ham. We're going to show you who these hostages are. This is
26:00becoming more and more real. This morning when I was hosting on Fox and Friends weekend, we got the
26:06first reports that Hamas had officially contacted Israel and said that they were planning within the
26:13next 24 hours to make this transfer. That was the actual first confirmation we had that there
26:21was actually 20 still living hostages. Because remember, nothing that comes out of Hamas's mouth
26:26is something that we trust. We now have a list of these hostages that we expect that will be returned
26:33home in just hours. Molly, on those hostages real quick.
26:40Only that I think we need to brace ourselves a little bit for their health and how things go.
26:47We may not get as much revealed as we have in prior hostage releases because Hamas apparently is going
26:54to rein in their propaganda arm on this issue and not hold these ceremonies that they've held in the
26:58past where they've paraded the hostages to a great degree. So this may be a bit more solemn,
27:04more dignified, and a bit more behind the scenes before we actually see how these hostages are and see
27:09the reunification. But potentially, the president is also expected to be there on the ground, so we'll
27:16see if those pictures come to light. That's such a great point. I mean, these hostages have been held for
27:20737 days. Their physical condition has to be difficult, and I think that's part of why in the
27:28original agreement that this would be a private transfer, not like the one we've seen in the
27:33past where we really saw the hostages getting out of vehicles. So we'll see what we get.
27:37And we look forward to hearing their stories at a point in time, if and when they're ready as well.
27:42We're going to turn now to Virginia, the Democrats' candidate for attorney general,
27:47Jay Jones. You've heard a lot about him in the last couple of weeks. Well,
27:50he is now tumbling in the polls and trailing his opponent after voters say his violent text messages
27:56where he fantasized about shooting a Republican lawmaker in the head. Well,
28:01the Dems nominee for governor, Abigail Spanberger, tried to dodge the controversy at this week's debate.
28:06Will you continue to endorse Jay Jones as the next attorney general of Virginia?
28:13The comments that Jay Jones made are absolutely abhorrent. I denounced them when I learned of them.
28:20I just, I didn't hear an answer there on the endorsement issues.
28:24The voters now have the information, and it is up to voters to make an individual choice based on
28:29this information. Do you still continue to endorse Jay Jones? We are all running our individual races.
28:35We just want to clarify, you know, what you're saying is that as of now, you still endorse Jay
28:41Jones. I'm saying as of now, it's up to every voter to make their own individual decision.
28:46Got to get up to that moderator as well. She's tough as nails. But even as Jones declines in the polls,
28:52most Democrats are refusing to withdraw their support.
28:57That's up to the people, the leaders in Virginia. They have said he has apologized.
29:04What I understand is they say that on balance, he's the better person to be attorney general.
29:09But that's up to them. Jay has apologized. I've known
29:12Jay Jones for 25 years. I think those statements were not in character. I still am a supporter.
29:18Well, at least one Democrat has the courage to buck the party line.
29:23Should that man, Jay Jones, drop out of the race?
29:26Yeah, I mean, I haven't followed all the details. But if he was actually saying that, I certainly
29:32wouldn't support him.
29:36Joey, it's just not that hard. And I cannot for the life of me figure out why these Democrats are not
29:41running away from this man. It's just not that hard to pull your endorsement. He's tumbling in the
29:47polls. I understand that there's a political calculation. They want the Democrat to win. And
29:51Democrats have this loyalty complex, which I guess you give it to him for that. But I mean,
29:56you'd think at some point you'd cut bait and run. And that debate with Abigail Spanberger and her
30:01even refusing to acknowledge Winsome Earl Sears looking straightforward, that's now being used as
30:07a campaign ad. Of course, it's just perplexing to me. Yeah, it definitely puts them in a bad spot.
30:12And Republicans have been here, too. I mean, you know, we had it was Santos here in New York.
30:16And we had we had the guy that was running for Senate down in Alabama that, you know,
30:21it came out that he had relationships with underage girls. But Republicans eventually
30:25cut ties with those people. Why the Democrats can't? It is politics. That's exactly what it is.
30:30It comes down to the fact that he's probably sharing donor base with her. And there's a lot
30:35that early voting's already started. They don't want to do something that stops people from going to
30:39the polls. She ultimately cares more about becoming governor than if he's attorney general.
30:43I don't know that I necessarily blame them. But it's fun to sit back and watch because they
30:47don't have a good answer. If they pull their endorsement, it calls them to question their
30:52entire judgment to begin with to run him. It calls them to question every time they've shared the
30:57stage with him. So it adds just as much fodder and ammo to the Republican side. I think, you know,
31:05Ro Khanna, it's a lot easier for him to condemn it because he's in California. It doesn't really
31:08affect his life that much. For those that are like Tim Kaine, which I mean, he doesn't mind
31:12to embarrass himself, we saw in the hearings. You know, I guess for them, it comes down to
31:18they have to share cocktail hour with this guy too often.
31:20You nailed it. You nailed it. The answer to the question is early voting. Nancy Pelosi
31:27gave you that answer. She said that it's up to the Virginia voters because early vote,
31:33this broke after early voting started. And so you can't swap a candidate out. So it's a guaranteed
31:40defeat. And that's why every Democrat's like, I'm just gonna not ask him to drop out and hope this
31:46goes away. Close my eyes, close my ears. Like they have no choice. Otherwise it's a guaranteed
31:52office. And that's an office that's important. Exactly. That's why I'm saying this is so bizarre
31:56to me. He's not running to be dog catcher or, you know, town fool. He's running to be the attorney
32:03general. And I, and that also goes back to the point that Republicans, I know we've embraced some of the
32:07new voting, the mail in voting, the early voting, but having a voting season for reasons just like
32:14this to me is preposterous. You get yourself into this situation where people are putting politics
32:19and the D on the ballot ahead of just basic decency at a time like this, Molly, I'm still perplexed,
32:25even though the gentlemen are not. And this is a position that you would want someone that has
32:29temperament and judgment to be in. So, and this is someone Jones knew that he had done this. He knew
32:35those text messages existed. And here we see the governor candidate finding out very, very late
32:41in the game that this is something that he knew about the whole time. So I'm, I'm shocked that his
32:46own party isn't more furious at him for just that alone. You'd think, well, they stick together. I guess
32:52you give it to him for that, but still ahead. The left's most popular influencer is now being suspected
32:58of animal abuse. Plus it was another night of chaos and anarchy in Chicago and Portland.
33:04Independent journalist Nick Shirley was attacked by riders last night in Chicago.
33:09He joined us tonight with a firsthand look at what's happening on the ground there.
33:14Dire straits. Meanwhile, the far left's most popular influencer, Hasan Piker, doesn't just hate
33:31America. He also doesn't like dogs either. A video is going viral of Piker allegedly abusing
33:39his pup Kayla with a shock collar warning. This could be disturbing. I hate this country so much,
33:47but it is emblematic of all of America's much more consequential violence. Okay. It's the same
33:55reason as to why America Kaya, please just stop.
33:59Now, Piker denies that he hurt his dog, and it looks like the left continues to drool over him.
34:11The Big Weekend Show first told you about this guy back in May. The New York Times did a glowing
34:19piece on him and called him the Joe Rogan of the left, which I don't really follow him that much,
34:24but I can tell you he's not the Joe Rogan of the left. But let's start with you, Tommy. You know,
34:28when you hear a dog yelp, I mean, you watch the video, and I'm a dog lover, so I'm having trouble
34:35being unbiased about this. He says that the collar was just a vibrating one, and he didn't do it. But
34:43you see him ranting about hating America when he sees his dog gets off the bed, which I presume is
34:50his prop for hours of this podcast. And he reaches for something, and the next thing you know, the dog's
34:55like... Yeah, I can't tell if it's a bed or a treadmill back there. I was trying to see what
35:00it was. There's a lot of tchotchkes in there, I guess they would call it, just sitting around.
35:06It's hard to see what it is here. I would never use a shock collar on an animal. I mean, as you know,
35:12and Joey, you know, I'm like probably the biggest animal lover here, maybe even more so than Griff.
35:15We'd have to fight over that. But again, I can't get over him saying he hates this country so much,
35:22and then you allegedly shock your dog. And this is the guy the left is like, this is our guy.
35:28This is the guy. They call him the one that's going to communicate to the manosphere,
35:32the leftist values for the manosphere. He is, you know, the answer to the right and conservatism.
35:38If that's their answer, is it any wonder young men are more conservative than ever?
35:43Yeah, it's very... The background... What's sad to me, even beyond the shocking, which is potentially
35:49what happened here, and PETA has spoken out against this individual, all the rest of the
35:54stuff in the background, there's like video games and posters, and it's like the bedroom of a 13-year-old
35:59girl. And the sad part is, is that dog also part of the props? Because maybe just start there.
36:05Maybe the dog could be walking, or out in the world. Get back on your bed.
36:11What do you think of his dog? Yeah, I think the shock was the least
36:14shocking part of it. Shock collars exist. They're legal. I would never use one. I've trained,
36:19or I've had my dogs trained in obedience. My first dog, Tucker, was trained in obedience.
36:24And my second dog, Mac, just came back from six months of training to hunt ducks, and he can
36:30be cast in different directions. He knows all types of commands. Neither use the shock collar.
36:34That was not part of their training. It was important to me. I've got friends that have
36:37used the shock collar. They're, they're a tool of last resort, usually so a dog doesn't run away.
36:44So it's similar to how those electric, or those in the ground fences is like, oh, if I go over there,
36:49that hurts. And they can be tuned up and down, and they can be tuned really, really low to where it's
36:54more of a vibration feeling. So I don't know if the shock collar was tuned up, tuned down, whatever.
36:59I can watch that and see he's not training his dog. He is punishing his dog. Those are two different
37:04things. If he expects that dog to sit there for hours on end on what looks like just a,
37:10like a desk mat, then number one, that's the abuse, not the shock collar itself. And number two,
37:16if these people are watching him and the fact that he hates America is so awesome that they're going to
37:22forgive him for treating his dog that way, then, then I guess there is no controversy here because
37:27they're the only people who care because what the real controversy is the fact that he's,
37:31he's lying about it. He's saying, oh, it was a vibration collar. There's someone online that's
37:35already showing, he showed the collar and he thought he hit it, but he didn't. And you can
37:38see the prongs on there. It was a shock collar. Well, so his name is Hassan Piker. The left loves him.
37:44They think he's a Joe Rogan, which he's not, but here's a flashback. When we first got tuned
37:49into Mr. Wonderful as we covered it on the big weekend show.
37:55The New York times calls the viral streamer quote made for the manosphere in their glowing profile,
38:01detailing his good looks, fashion choices, and influence over Gen Z. The only thing they forgot
38:06to mention is his pro Hamas radical antisemitic views. Watch. October seven was a retaliation
38:15for an ongoing apartheid. It doesn't matter if rapes happen on October seven. Like that doesn't
38:20change the dynamic. Any kind of Zionist tendency should be treated in the same way as, as being a
38:26rabid neo-Nazi. You shouldn't even let someone be the local dog catcher as if they've ever exhibited
38:34positive feelings about the state of Israel. So there you have it. The internet doesn't buy his apology,
38:41but as you can see from our look back, he clearly has quite a bit of disdain for this country and for
38:48others. We're just going to have to keep an eye on this guy and see. And hopefully the dog Kayla will
38:53be okay. I hope she gets a hold of him one day and just bites his hand off. That's right. He deserves
38:58it. All right, coming up. Democrats are getting schooled on their excuses for holding the government
39:03hostage as the Schumer shutdown enters day 12. Plus investigators are still trying to figure out
39:09what caused that deadly explosion at that bomb factory in Tennessee last week. We'll have a
39:14live report on the scene.
39:28The investigation continues into a deadly explosion at a Tennessee explosives manufacturing plant.
39:33Governor Bill Lee was at the scene earlier today and local authorities have confirmed,
39:38unfortunately 16 people died in the blast. The plant which supplies explosives to the military
39:43as well as civilian companies has now been reduced to rubble. Madison Scarpino is live in the few in
39:49Tennessee and she has the latest. Madison.
39:54Good evening, Joey. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee was just here over the last few hours. He had the chance to
40:01take a look at the devastating scene for himself from a helicopter. He also was meeting with crews here on
40:07the ground that have been working tirelessly ever since Friday and he also met with some family members
40:12of the 16 people killed. Listen. It was very somber in there in the church. Tears and
40:23stunned silence, quite frankly, from most of them in a situation of real grief.
40:28This catastrophic deadly blast happening here at Accurate Energetic Systems and the local sheriff
40:36says the explosives company is fully cooperating with authorities. The highly skilled ATF national
40:43response team is leading the investigation and they're part of the more than 300 authorities who
40:48have been on this scene so far. Investigators say finding out what caused this will be a long process
40:55given all of the widespread damage. People are reporting debris more than two miles away,
41:00but people working on this case are determined. Take a listen.
41:06We want to deliver a methodical incomplete report to the community, to the citizens of Humphreys in
41:14Hickman County on what happened to their loved ones.
41:19There have already been several vigils held since Friday. There are several more planned over the next few
41:24days as people here are mourning. This is a very small, tight-knit community and many people knew
41:29at least one of the people killed. Joey. Madison, thank you for that report. Of course,
41:34we're praying for all the victims in that entire town. Thank you. All right, still ahead, President
41:38Trump is making Christopher Columbus Day great again and he's declaring his love for the Italians,
41:43plus running him out of town. Zoran Mondani was heckled out of a New York City rally
41:49as his campaign is facing dirty money allegations. Stick with us.
42:02All right, it was a bit of a rough weekend for socialist mayoral candidate Zoran Mondani. First,
42:06he was chased out of a rally supporting recently indicted Letitia James.
42:22Now we are learning that the socialist reportedly has been quietly pocketing thousands in
42:36and potentially illegal donations from foreign sources, including one from his mother-in-law in
42:43Dubai. At least 170 contributions to his campaign have come from outside of the US. Now he has a lot
42:50of family outside of the United States, a lot of connections outside of the United States, but you
42:55cannot do this legally when you're in a campaign. You can't take the money. So Griff, your thoughts on
43:00this? Is your mother-in-law this great? Does she send you illegal money?
43:03I'll have to call Dubai. I love, by the way, you know, this comes on the heels of
43:10mom. Donnie's family has a B&B in Ghana with a pool where you can look at the animals. You can go
43:18and stay over there. I mean, like it's here yet again, the want to be communist, because when you're
43:27talking about government owned grocery stores and free buses, communism is the government ownership
43:34of means, not socialism as he prefers to be called, because he's one of the leaders of the democratic
43:41socialist America. But I mean, we just keep getting one after the other of hypocritical nuggets that show
43:50that he just isn't wanting to live the life that he reports to bring to New York City.
43:55Yeah. In all seriousness, US citizens, permanent legal residents are allowed to contribute to
43:59political campaigns, not your mom in Dubai. Yeah. Okay. So I don't want to throw water on
44:05this controversy, but he's taken in $4 million. 13,000 of it is in contest here. He's given six of
44:13that back. 500 of it was from his mother-in-law. The largest contribution was $2,100 from a climate
44:18change activist professor in Australia, not quite a terrorist organization. So like the reason why
44:24I point this out is I've never ran for office. I don't plan on it. You have packs, you have fundraisers,
44:30you have people working on your behalf. This is a very marginal amount of money. What we need to be
44:35talking about are his bad ideas and how sad is it in politics that he can stand there and say that
44:40Israel committed genocide and we need socialism and we can't get people to care unless we bring in,
44:45oh, that might be dirty money in his campaign. Like his bad ideas are the controversy and that's
44:51what's terrible about this. Tommy. Yeah, I agree with you. His ideas are definitely the more dangerous
44:55part of all of this and the more scandalous. I guess I'm wondering what will it take though?
45:00I mean, the ideas are bad. You'd think that that would have been enough, but by all accounts,
45:04he's going to be the mayor of New York City. So it's like, what more on this guy? They said early on,
45:10as we learn more about him, he will be less palatable to voters, but there's been nothing
45:15that has made him less palatable to voters because the alternatives, although I love Curtis
45:19Lee Waugh, the alternative in Cuomo is just also not great. So New York City, brace yourself.
45:26Yeah. Donnie still has the solid numbers still leading in the polls right now. All right. Still ahead,
45:31you will not believe how the number one state sponsor of terror is trying to make money. Plus,
45:36independent journalist Nick Shirley was attacked by anti-ice rioters last night in Chicago. He joins us
45:42to give us his firsthand account of the violence and the chaos that he has witnessed.
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