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00:04Good Sunday morning everyone. Welcome to Sunday Morning Futures. I'm Maria Bartiromo and today
00:09we are covering breaking news out of South Florida where an armed man was shot and killed
00:14by U.S. Secret Service agents and Palm Beach County Sheriff deputies after unlawfully entering
00:19a secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago earlier this morning around 1.30 a.m. last night. The man
00:25was armed with a shotgun and a gas can. No Secret Service agents or personnel with the Palm Beach
00:31County Sheriff's Department were injured. President Trump at the time was at the White House at the
00:36time of the incident. Right now we bring in former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker with more. Nicole
00:42thanks very much for being here. Your assessment of what took place last night. This is just another
00:49attempt potentially to assassinate President Trump. We know that he was not there at the time but we
00:55are not sure of what the shooter knew at the time that this occurred. He may not have known that
00:59President Trump was not present but Maria a 20-year-old male like you mentioned approached.
01:03He breached the perimeter and he had a shotgun and a gas can at the agents and the law enforcement
01:09officers West Palm Beach Sheriff's Office approached him and told him to put it down. He agreed to put
01:14down the gas can but instead he raised the shotgun into firing position and they had to make a split
01:20second decision. Again as a law enforcement officer, as an FBI agent, a Secret Service agent, whatever
01:25department you may be with, when you believe that your life is in imminent danger of death or serious
01:30physical injury, deadly force is justified. And that is something that the FBI will be coming in and doing
01:35a full investigation. Again, the press conference this morning was extremely well done. It was very
01:42organized. We had different representatives from each of the agencies. I can tell you that as an agent who worked
01:50to meet with the special agent in charge of FBI Miami just Friday evening here in Miami and he is
01:56buttoned up, he will ensure that there is a solid investigation into this case. They are right now
02:02sending and deploying what we call our evidence response team. They are the evidence experts. They
02:06go in and they gather the evidence in a way that is proper, legal and we do not at this
02:12point know if
02:13there was just one individual. There might have been a co-conspirator behind the scenes. We do not know but
02:18they will follow the evidence process as if it is going to eventually end up in the court of law.
02:23That is how we do business there. I think also it's important to note. No, please continue.
02:29Okay. Also, it was important to note that the special agent in charge of FBI Miami came in and he
02:35said, look, we need anyone in the area, in the neighborhood, surrounding areas. If you have exterior
02:41cameras, please provide that footage to the FBI. And again, that number that you can call to give any sort
02:47tips or information is 800-CALL-FBI. What they're going to want to do is they're going to want to
02:54retrace the steps of exactly how this individual got there, where they came from. Obviously, this person
03:00will be fully identified. There will be a full profile done on who he was, what his motive was,
03:07his grievance. There is typically a precipitating stressor that causes an individual to do something
03:11like this. But we are aware that President Trump is in more danger than any other president.
03:18And again, this could potentially be the third assassination attempt on his life.
03:22Right.
03:23And there are people that are working tirelessly behind the scenes to keep him safe every day.
03:27And Melania, his wife, his children, his family, they should have the right to live safely,
03:32even if he is not present there. And so this is, again, unacceptable. This will not be tolerated.
03:37Anyone that has the idea that they think that they're going to do this, you will be faced with
03:41a severe consequence, potentially losing your life. Because when you are raising a gun at a law
03:47enforcement officer, deadly force is justified. Well, in fact, you have to wonder how it is that
03:53this individual was able to get as close as he was holding a shotgun and a gas can. If, in
04:00fact,
04:00this is a potential assassination on President Trump's life, this would be the third time and
04:06the second at or near Mar-a-Lago. Right. That will be fully investigated. Again,
04:13they will retrace the steps, how he got there, what exactly occurred. But right now,
04:16the number one thing is that the law enforcement officers were safe. No one was injured. And
04:21thankfully, President Trump is safe. He was not present. But again, they'll do a full analysis and
04:27scrub right now. They're going to pull this individual. They're going to pull his text
04:30messages, his social media accounts, if he was involved in any gaming, things of that sort.
04:34We're in a really, really dark place in our culture and society where individuals of this
04:39sort are actually praised. They're put on pedestals and heroes. And we know that there are people that
04:44absolutely despise our president. And they have this rhetoric is so toxic and it causes people to
04:50act out. And then they lash out in violence and they believe that they are fully justified many times
04:54to do this. That is not okay. It is unacceptable. And you will face the full consequence of the law
04:59or even potentially lose your life. If you act in this manner, we cannot have this continue to happen.
05:05And you have to wonder how many attempts will be enough to stop the rhetoric on the left.
05:11You've got just this upcoming week expectations of protesting against President Trump and his State
05:18of the Union address on Tuesday night. Why the entire Congress, Republicans and Democrats would not
05:24be in that chamber Tuesday night altogether to hear the president's State of the Union is beyond me.
05:30But let me go back to something you just said in terms of scrubbing the background of this individual.
05:35When you go through all of that social media and those those posts to try to find out who,
05:42in fact, this individual was, what specifically are they looking for? Do you expect we will then find
05:48a motive and what was going through his mind to actually show up at Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun
05:53and
05:54a gas can? What specifically will the FBI be doing and looking at? Right. So again, they will specifically
06:00be going through any form of communication that he had electronically, digitally, technologically.
06:06They will be going through his text messages, his phone call history, who his friends were.
06:10They will be interviewing everybody, his family members, friends, co-workers, classmates,
06:16whatever it might be, and his sphere of influence or anyone that knew him. So they'll be doing interviews.
06:21They'll be going through all of his scrubbing, all of his social media, all of his devices, his computers,
06:26his laptops. And again, one thing that's really important, I would like to know, was he involved in gaming?
06:31You know, there seems to be a common pattern that a lot of these individuals actually, you know,
06:35live in this world and then they they want to act it out and and carry out the shooting in
06:40real life.
06:41I would be very curious. We have no indication that this was what happened in this instance,
06:44but there has been a pattern in many of these young male shooters. And again, we're seeing
06:48the pattern of the young male shooters being involved in this type of activity.
06:52So let's see what the FBI comes up with. But they will do a full and exhaustive case. I have
06:58no doubt
06:58in my mind it will be fully it'll it'll be a good investigation. FBI Miami, it's sad to say this
07:04is
07:04not their first time to do an investigation of this sort. Ryan Ruth, they just had a successful
07:09prosecution. He was sentenced to life in prison because of the shooting attempt on the golf course
07:14president Trump. And obviously, we know that Thomas Crooks, he is now deceased. The FBI continues to,
07:19you know, work these cases, but they will have a full analysis of who this is. And that's why it's
07:24so important. They worked with the profilers from the behavioral analysis unit out of Quantico.
07:29They are the best of the best. And they will get a full picture of who did this and understand
07:33the
07:34patterns because, Maria, there are distinctive patterns that we're seeing in many of these shooters.
07:37Do we know for sure that this shooter was targeting President Trump? I mean, it could be that he knew
07:45President Trump was at the White House at the governor's meeting. It certainly was widely
07:49broadcast. But you made an important point a moment ago. Maybe Melania was at Mar-a-Lago. Maybe
07:55his family was there. What do we know in terms of who was in Mar-a-Lago and how this
08:01person was able
08:02to get as close as he was? That's part of the ongoing investigation. It is just beginning.
08:08And these are excellent questions that the FBI will be looking very closely at. What was his intent?
08:13What was his, you know, what were his internet searches leading up to this, you know, this crime
08:17that he committed? Was he, you know, targeting President Trump? Did he know? Did he look up that
08:22he was at a, you know, a governor's meeting? Did he know that he wasn't there? Whether he's there or
08:26not there, it is, the investigation is going to be the same. They're going to carry this out. They're
08:31going to see. And again, we don't know where the family members are at this time, but we're in the
08:35beginning stages. The message I would like to make very clear, if you think that you're going to
08:40attempt to get close to a perimeter that you are not supposed to be around or breach, and you attempt
08:46to raise a gun at a law enforcement officer, you will face a severe consequence. All right, Nicole,
08:51please stand by. We're going to come back to you as you work the phones, and we will be talking
08:55with
08:55you shortly, a former special agent, Nicole Parker. I want to bring in right now our nation's
09:00Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, with us this morning. And Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining
09:05us. We had planned to have you on this program to discuss tariffs, but let me first begin with
09:11your reaction. Do you know if President Trump was in Washington at 1.30 a.m. last night?
09:17Good morning, Maria, and good to be with you. I just spoke with President Trump. He spent the night
09:23in D.C. He was here for the National Governors Conference, gave a great speech to the governors
09:32last night. And, you know, Maria, I just want to say, why don't we look back here and think
09:36two assassins, would-be assassins dead, one in jail for life, and this venom coming from the other side.
09:45Look at this terrible, profane Senate commercial in Illinois. I would call for them to take that down,
09:52take that down, because it is that kind of venom that, you know, we don't know whether this person
09:56was a mastermind, unhinged, or what, but they are normalizing this violence. It's got to stop.
10:03I want to congratulate Sean Kern and the Secret Service for protecting the president and his family.
10:10And how is it possible that this individual could have gotten as close as he did
10:14to Mar-a-Lago last night?
10:17Yeah, for anyone who's driven along there, the perimeter is very, you know, very protected.
10:26So, you know, we'll see. I don't know whether, you know, did he come along the beach? Did he,
10:31you know, I don't know. But, you know, I can tell you that the Secret Service is running.
10:36They are so much better now than it was in Butler.
10:39New leadership and, you know, President Trump and his family, they're safe, but they shouldn't
10:45have to endure attempt after attempt.
10:48And, and, and, Secretary, will there be any further changes in terms of the president's
10:52security, the security at Mar-a-Lago post this incident?
10:56Yeah, Maria, I, I'm not going to discuss that on TV, but, you know, I, I think the perimeter
11:01around the, the, the president, the, is as strong as it's ever been. But, but again, you know,
11:07this existential threat, this venom from the left really has to stop. They've normalized this
11:13violence. Yeah. Secretary, I want to get your take on the impact of the Supreme Court's decision.
11:17While much of the discussion over the Supreme Court's decision to, to rule against the president's,
11:25president's emergency tariffs or some of the tariffs, it's been focused on the impact on foreign
11:30allies and the president's power. But I want to worth, it's worth noting that this ruling will also
11:36have a profound impact on America's fiscal position. The Committee for a Responsible Budget,
11:41President Maya McGinnis, told me that the Supreme Court ruling will cut government revenue by $1.9
11:47trillion through fiscal 2036. It will increase debt by $2.4 trillion over the same period.
11:55Debt could now rise to 125% of GDP, with deficits rising to more than 7% of GDP. It's
12:02worth noting this
12:03SCOTUS impact on U.S. debt. Do you believe that the president's actions to come up with tariffs under
12:10a different authority will, in fact, replace all of the revenue lost from this ruling?
12:16Yeah. So, Maria, let's take a step back here. And Maya McGinnis should be ashamed. And they should
12:21take the word responsible out of her organization's name. Everything she told you was completely
12:28irresponsible. And look, where were they when the Biden administration blew out the deficit
12:34that we had a fiscal contraction last year? So she should be ashamed. So let me tell you what's
12:40going to happen. First, this ruling was a very narrow ruling in terms of the president's ability
12:46to use IEPA to collect revenues. The Supreme Court said the president can put in a full embargo,
12:52but he cannot collect $1. So the president still has the most draconian measure for negotiations.
13:00And, you know, that under sections 232, sections 301, we're already collecting substantial tariff
13:08revenue. The IEPA tariffs are going to be replaced in three days with the section 122. And I can tell
13:17you, at Treasury, contrary to what the Committee for an Irresponsible Budget or whatever it's called
13:23says, tariff revenue will be unchanged this year and will be unchanged in the future.
13:28Yeah. No, I mean, just to be clear, she's saying the fact that the SCOTUS ruled against the president's
13:33emergency tariffs will be problematic for the U.S.'s fiscal policy.
13:38Again, that is wrong. Treasury projections show 2026 revenues are from tariffs unchanged and all the
13:49out years unchanged. What is going to happen, the president announced on Friday and then amended
13:56over the weekend 15 percent global tariff using a very robust authority from 1974. Those will be layered
14:04on with section 232, section 301. And the 122s, they run for 150 days. And during that time,
14:16Commerce USTR will be doing studies. And the studies will likely lead to increased tariff revenues.
14:24We've been in contact with our foreign trading partners and they like the tariff deals. So,
14:29you know, they're not going to be changed. And the president remains undetermined
14:34in his determination to lower our trade deficit and bring manufacturing back to the U.S.
14:42Now, Secretary, what about the potential for refunds from the 2025 tariff revenue that you were able
14:48to raise that in and of itself cut into the deficit? And you've talked about that a lot. What can
14:55you tell
14:56us about how that money will have to be repaid? Or is it going to overlap with this new revenue
15:03that you will be raising as a result of the 15 percent tariffs? Yeah. So, Maria, I can't tell you
15:08anything because on Friday, the Supreme Court did not address that. They remanded it back to the lower
15:14court. And I imagine that we will be hearing from them in weeks or months to come. And then we
15:19will
15:20follow their instructions. Okay. So do you expect this to be in the courts? I mean, you've got some
15:26corporation saying I expect a refund at this point. Well, again, this is a court decision. Supreme
15:33Court made one decision. The lower court is going to make another that it's out of our hands since
15:38it's in the court. And we will follow the court's orders. Now, Secretary, I know that recently the
15:45president suggested that there was unlikely a chance for a reconciliation package before the
15:51midterm elections. But with this change from SCOTUS on the emergency tariffs, would the president be
15:57open to putting a tariff legal situation in a reconciliation package? Is that on the table now
16:06once again? It could be on the table. But again, we do not need the administration. The president does
16:15not need Congress to move the tariff revenue back up. The president ran and received, won the popular
16:25vote, won the swing states, won an electoral landslide. And he is fulfilling his mandate to
16:31the American people to bring back manufacturing and stop the U.S. from being ripped off by our
16:37trading partners. And he used IEPA for a year and pushed down tariff barriers, non-tariff trade
16:44barriers, unfair subsidies. And the trading partners are going to stick with these great deals.
16:50Yeah. So what kind of tariffs, what's the amount of tariffs in question for 2025? And how much tariff
16:57revenue are you expecting to raise in 2026, Secretary? Yes. So the overall amount, if we look
17:07that it's several hundred million dollars that, you know, as I said, it's going to be unchanged.
17:13So, so 175 billion in tariffs for 2025 and in 26 unchanged? Unchanged. Yes. Secretary, thanks very
17:23much for handling all of that. We appreciate your time this morning, sir. Thank you. Good to see you,
17:27Maria. And to you, Secretary Scott Besant. We'll be back with Utah Senator Mike Lee as we continue
17:32covering this breaking news. Stay with us. Welcome back. We're in breaking news mode this morning with
17:42coverage following the breaking news out of Florida last night. The U.S. Secret Service
17:46shot and killed an armed man, they said unlawfully entered the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago overnight.
17:53President Trump was not at Mar-a-Lago. He was in Washington. Joining me now is Utah Senator Mike Lee.
17:59And Senator, thanks for being here this morning. Your reaction to what has taken place overnight?
18:06This is tragic. It's fortunate that President Trump was not in danger and that the president,
18:11of course, is well secured. Nonetheless, it's alarming when you look at the rhetoric that's
18:17coming out and the attacks that follow that frequently accompany these things and are oftentimes
18:22intensified by them. You have to ask yourself the question, is it all worth it? Is it worth the far
18:30left's aggressive rhetoric that they're using over and over again, which, frankly, isn't warranted
18:35anywhere? But nonetheless, we're grateful that the president is safe and hope that these things stop.
18:42I mean, when you speak with your colleagues on the left in the Senate and you raise these issues that
18:47the rhetoric is dangerous, that we may potentially be talking about a third assassination attempt
18:53on our president, what is their response?
18:57Look, most of the time, whoever you're talking to on this doesn't tend to think that it's their
19:03issue. Nonetheless, I think as a country, it would be worth us taking stock from time to time
19:09and asking, is this what we're supposed to be doing? If the U.S. government has become the
19:13biggest presence in people's lives, if government policy dictates whether someone lives in peace
19:19or in hostility culminating in violence, perhaps we're approaching government in entirely the wrong
19:25way. It's not just that they don't like his policies. It's that they're comparing him frequently
19:32with all the certainty that they're capable of people who engaged in violent acts,
19:38involving and culminating in mass murder. That's the sort of thing that causes many people,
19:43including the mentally deranged, to go out and do things that they shouldn't do and wouldn't
19:47otherwise attempt.
19:48Senator, let me switch gears. You are one of the architects of the Save America Act.
19:53This is an act that will require voters to show ID before they vote. Are you expecting to
20:02take and do a talking filibuster this upcoming week to debate the Save Act on the floor?
20:10Look, we absolutely need the Save America Act. 85 to 90 percent of Americans agree that people
20:16ought to have to establish that they're citizens to vote in U.S. elections and they should have to show
20:22up on polling day with a photo ID. I also believe that with a bill this popular, we really owe
20:30it to
20:30the American people when we consider it to make any senators wishing to filibuster to actually speak.
20:36They shouldn't be able to filibuster while they're napping. They shouldn't be able to filibuster
20:41while they're at the Munich Security Conference. A filibuster in this circumstance should require
20:46them to go to the Senate floor, seek recognition, and start speaking until they are no longer able.
20:53That's how we ought to get this thing passed, and I think we need to. As far as the timing
20:57of it,
20:57that's going to be complicated a little bit by the fact that Democrats shut down the Department
21:02of Homeland Security and then left for the Munich Security Conference. We'll have to deal with that,
21:06I suspect, before we turn to the Save America Act, but that's why we've got to get it done fast.
21:11So are you saying that you will be unable to do a talking filibuster this week
21:15because the Department of Homeland Security is still shut down?
21:21Yeah, it's difficult to imagine a scenario in which the Senate proceeds to a measure
21:26intending and hoping, as I hope it will, to enforce the talking filibuster, meaning to require
21:32any senator wishing to filibuster to speak. That could take some time, and I think there
21:38are reasons why we'll have to get the Department of Homeland Security funded before we can begin that
21:44effort. That said, I'll continue to make the case to my colleagues and to Senate Majority Leader
21:49John Thune, whose support I'm very grateful to have as a co-sponsor of the Save America Act to move
21:56this forward. Well, there are certain Democrats who also support showing ID to vote. I want to ask you
22:04about that. What is the appropriate ID to prove citizenship?
22:11All right. So for proving citizenship under the Save America Act, you can do it, obviously, with any of the
22:16traditional forms that you use whenever you're starting a new job with a new employer. Obviously, a birth certificate
22:22or security card can help with this. If you've got a U.S. passport, that will suffice. But the Save
22:29America Act
22:30actually gives you more options. It provides more flexibility, even the I-9 form that you have to
22:35fill out every time you start a new job. It allows you to go through a process of attestation,
22:42assigning a sworn affidavit indicating the circumstances under which your citizenship was
22:47obtained. And then the state in which you apply to register to vote can follow up on those things.
22:53But the point there is that even if you are someone who has lost your documentation,
22:59there are still ways of making sure that you can register to vote. This is not too hard to comply
23:05with. People should have to provide some sort of support for the fact that they are U.S. citizens
23:11before they're allowed to register to vote in a federal election. Of course. And we have been
23:16really taken aback by the fact that the mayor of New York City, Mamdani, is now demanding that anyone
23:24who wants to partake in shoveling snow needs to show several pieces of citizenship proof. So this is
23:33why I mentioned what's the proper proof of citizenship. You know, your colleagues on the left say
23:40they don't like the fact that it's anything more than a driver's license. What is wrong with the
23:45driver's license? And what has happened in terms of that process of giving out driver's license being
23:50abused? What can you say there? Okay, well, first of all, there's two different sets of documents
23:57that are required. Under the Save America Act, you've got to prove your citizenship at the time you
24:01register and then show up with a government issued photo ID at the polling place to prove that you are
24:07the same person listed on your voter registration. In nearly all 50 states, you can get a driver's
24:15license even if you are not a U.S. citizen. In 19 states plus D.C., you can get a
24:20driver's license
24:21even if you're a known illegal immigrant. And that's exactly why we've got to do this, because
24:26under the 1993 NVRA, if you fill out one of these forms, check the box and sign your name, that's
24:33all
24:33you have to do when applying for a driver's license to simultaneously register to vote. That's why that's
24:39not enough, because in nearly every state, you can go through that process. And as long as you're
24:44willing to lie on that form and sign your name to it, then you can register to vote. There ought
24:49to
24:49be more required than that. So if they said that Save America Act is Jim Crow, this Jim Snow example
24:55in New York is really perplexing. It's okay to require people to provide proof of their citizenship
25:01in the context of Snow removal, but not voting. I don't understand.
25:06And that's the point that I was looking for. Senator, before you go,
25:09do you believe you have support from Senate Majority Leader John Thune to take Save America
25:16to the floor and get a vote?
25:20I believe Senator Thune is going to bring it forward. I believe he's going to allow us to
25:24get a vote. What remains to be seen is exactly what procedure we will use. But I hope in that
25:29process, I'll continue to make the case to him and to my other colleagues, that filibustering senators
25:34should be required to speak. If they don't want this law, let them explain that at length to the
25:40American people until they are no longer able to do so. So should we not expect a talking filibuster
25:45until the Department of Homeland Security reopens?
25:49That's my expectation. It's hard to imagine a scenario in which we would begin a process,
25:55particularly one that might involve, and I hope will involve, a talking filibuster.
25:59Sure. We've got to get DHS funded first.
26:02Okay. Senator, we'll be watching that. And of course, I know this will be part of the
26:06President's State of the Union in his address on Tuesday night. Thank you so much for being here.
26:10We'll be back with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin next. Stay with us.
26:20Welcome back. And now the single largest deregulation action in history. President Trump,
26:26along with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, rolling back President Obama's 2009 greenhouse gas
26:32endangerment finding and all the subsequent federal emission standards for vehicles and engines
26:37from model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond. The EPA says revoking the rule will save taxpayers more
26:45than $1.3 trillion, along with lowering the cost of new vehicles by an average of more than $2,400.
26:52Joining me right now in the Sunday Morning Futures exclusive is EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. And Lee,
26:57thank you very much for joining us this morning. As you know, we are in breaking news coverage mode
27:02this morning, given the incident last night at Mar-a-Lago. Before we get into this large
27:07deregulation action, what is your reaction to a shooter showing up at Mar-a-Lago holding a shotgun
27:14and a gas can? I mean, it's infuriating. When does it end? And I feel like after what we witnessed
27:25with Steve Scalise in 2017, and gosh, it's been almost a decade, that that would be enough for
27:33people to be taking action to stop this form of radicalization that we're seeing out there.
27:39And the people who lose their lives, like my good friend Charlie Kirk, the people with the close
27:45calls like President Trump has now on multiple occasions, the people have experienced the physical
27:51violence. I mean, we settle our scores at the ballot box. And for people to try to bring a shotgun
27:58and a
27:58fuel can to the president's home at Mar-a-Lago to cause who knows what kind of damage, you know,
28:04I look forward to learning more. It is infuriating. Yeah. And we know that there's an active
28:09investigation underway to try to understand the motive here and who this person is. Do you expect
28:17this rhetoric to stop anytime soon? What have you heard from colleagues when you raise this issue? We
28:23still hear words like fascists, Nazis from the media, as well as from sitting leaders like the governor of
28:33Minnesota or, or colleagues on the left?
28:38Honestly, the scary part of it is that, to be brutally honest, I fear that the rhetoric is only
28:44going to continue to get worse on the left. I mean, they are, they're desperate. And in the search for
28:50power to, to ramp up an activist base, they're running out of words. You know, when you start with
28:55right-wing extremists, I remember, you know, back in the day in 2010 with the Tea Party, and then you're
29:02getting closer to just using words like you, you talk about Nazi or terrorist and the way history
29:07has taught us of people like Hitler and the Nazis, what are you supposed to do to combat that fascism?
29:14The rhetoric is, is a, is a triggering radicalization of a base that is getting their followers to take
29:22extreme measures and harm people. And I think for leaders of the Democratic Party, they're afraid to
29:27take it on head on. Instead, they, they just continue to fuel it. And I fear it's going to get
29:32worse.
29:33An incredibly dangerous situation that we are all watching unfold. Lee, let me turn to your
29:39portfolio and what you have been able to do in terms of rolling back regulations. This is one of
29:46President Trump's key tenets of his agenda, deregulation. And we are talking about the climate
29:52change agenda of President Obama. You are rolling that back. Tell us about that and its impact.
30:00President Trump on day one signed an executive order telling me to do all the research, the vetting,
30:06provide a recommendation in the first 30 days of his administration on what to do with the 2009
30:11endangerment finding. We provide that recommendation and pressed forward at Trump's speed, announcing with
30:17President Trump in the Roosevelt Room, what is the largest act of deregulation in American history,
30:23$1.3 trillion of savings. That means $2,400 per new vehicle, less electric vehicle infrastructure
30:31that's needed. It adds up in a very big way for the American economy. What we saw from the Obama
30:37and
30:37Biden administrations taking the endangerment finding for mobile sources, then stationary sources, oil and gas,
30:44airplanes. I mean, they ended up doing what amounted to trillions of dollars of regulation. We're just
30:49talking here about the light, medium and heavy duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions that we repealed.
30:54It's a big savings and it's about following the best reading of the law. And the Clean Air Act
31:01simply doesn't state that EPA should be doing trillions of dollars of regulation to combat global
31:07climate change. That's not even in Section 202 of the Clean Air Act. So we're respecting Supreme Court
31:13precedent. We're following the law and we're delivering on that Trump mandate that the American
31:17public probably voted for. What can you do to push or encourage the Congress to codify this
31:26into law? Because, you know, even in the most recent earnings season, you saw the automakers,
31:32for example, having to take charges, switch gears because the law is now changing
31:38with these executive orders. And in terms of having long term confidence in what the law is,
31:46we need to see some of this codified. Do you expect that to happen anytime soon?
31:51Well, here's the great the greatest thing about this particular action in the best reading of
31:57Section 202 of the Clean Air Act and following the Supreme Court case in Loper Bright. It doesn't
32:03allow us to combat global climate change that with all the many mental leaps that the Obama
32:07administration made in 2009 to reach this endangerment finding isn't even allowed in the
32:12current version of the law. And by the way, kudos to Congress because they passed three really
32:18important Congressional Review Act bills that got rid of Biden EPA waivers to California to get rid of
32:25tailpipe emissions, got rid of their electric vehicle mandate that a bunch of other states had
32:30subscribed to. So you look at President Trump's auto policy in total. When you look at getting
32:35rid of the electric vehicle mandates, you look at the repealist endangerment finding, reset the cafe
32:39standards. The U.S. auto industry is booming. Yeah. And we should point out a word on affordability
32:46because I know this is going to be among the headlines of President Trump's address for the
32:50State of the Union address on Tuesday night. You say that this rollback of this climate change agenda
32:57and these emission standards will mean that the price of a vehicle will also come down along with
33:04all of the other efforts that President Trump has been leading in terms of getting health care costs
33:08down and grocery prices down. Yeah, that's right. So we're promoting more consumer choice because this
33:15also includes getting rid of the off cycle credit on that annoying start stop feature. No more climate
33:21participation trophies to manufacturers for putting a feature that makes your car die at red lights and
33:27stop signs. So more consumer choice, more affordable new vehicles and a lower cost of living because
33:33the trucks that deliver the goods you purchase are now going down as well. All right. We will be
33:38watching the impact far and wide. Lee, thank you very much. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. We'll be back
33:44with Florida Congressman Brian Mast. We are taking a look at Iran in the middle of all of this stay
33:49with us.
33:54When you're young, you don't just get handed trust. You have to earn it by hand.
34:15You have to earn it by hand. You have to earn it by hand. No more money I will count
34:24on the
34:47Welcome back now to Iran.
34:50President Trump is weighing a limited military strike on Iran
34:52as talks between Washington and Tehran continue
34:55over Iran's nuclear program,
34:57with the president setting a deadline
34:58for a deal to be made within the next week or so,
35:02and as the U.S. amasses its largest military buildup
35:05in the Middle East since the Iraq War in 2003,
35:08centered around air power and maritime deterrence,
35:11with the Ford and Lincoln carrier strike groups in place.
35:15Joining me now in this Sunday Morning Futures exclusive
35:16is the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
35:19Congressman Brian Mast.
35:21Mr. Chairman, thanks very much for being here this morning,
35:24and of course, thank you for your service to our great nation.
35:26What are you expecting in terms of the U.S. potentially striking Iran?
35:31So I expect, number one, that diplomacy continues.
35:34You have Kushner, you have Wyckoff meeting in Geneva,
35:37trying to offer, here's the off-ramp,
35:38you have to end nuclear enrichment,
35:40you have to end ballistic missile program,
35:42stop having the Ayatollah kill your people,
35:45stop threatening the United States of America.
35:46I don't think they'll take that off-ramp.
35:48I think we end up using the capabilities of our two carrier battle groups
35:52that are in the region when that timeline hits to say
35:54the threat to America comes to an end.
35:57It's destruction or diplomacy, it's one or the other,
35:59and I think they choose destruction.
36:01So just to be clear,
36:02the president has given a deadline of the first week in March.
36:06You are expecting a strike from the United States on Iran.
36:09I expect that Iran does not take the diplomatic off-ramp,
36:13and that it comes to a strike for the president
36:15to protect the homeland of the United States of America,
36:18which absolutely this is against an imminent threat
36:21against the American people.
36:23I can give one example of Americans literally killed
36:26at the beginning of 2024,
36:28three American service members killed by the hand of Iran
36:30while they were in Jordan.
36:32That's one example.
36:33Continual attempts to fly drones to our merchant marine fleet,
36:37drones to our Navy vessels, you name it.
36:39They are constantly threatening America,
36:40and the president says,
36:41no more, this comes to an end.
36:43He is always about protecting the homeland
36:45and about protecting our people,
36:46and this is no different.
36:47And, of course, we saw him stick to his promises
36:50when he tried to give them a timeline
36:53to end their nuclear ambitions
36:55and ultimately had to direct our military to strike
36:59and destroy much of that facility, facilities.
37:03President told Iran, end your nuclear weapons program.
37:06They chose not to do it.
37:07He gave them a certain number of days.
37:09Israel closed the skies over Iran,
37:11and then America brought in the B-2 bombers,
37:13a capability only we had,
37:14and destroyed that infrastructure, obliterated it.
37:17And Secretary of State Marco Rubio
37:19is going to be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu
37:21in Israel in the coming week.
37:23Can you assess specifically what the threat is?
37:27What is Iran trying to do?
37:30Iran is doing what they're always trying to do.
37:33Any place that they can use one of their proxies,
37:36the Houthis, Hezbollah, arm them, train them,
37:38and then direct them to kill Americans, they will do it.
37:41If they can attack our merchant marine fleet
37:43or our Navy vessels, they will do it.
37:44They constantly chant, as we've all become so numb to,
37:47they'll say, death to America.
37:48They want to kill Americans.
37:50But they want the capabilities to kill Americans
37:53at an even higher rate with ballistic missiles,
37:56with nuclear weapons, and that's not going to be allowed.
37:59And that's what that whole thing is about.
38:01On top of which, again, they're killing and imprisoning
38:03tens of thousands of their people.
38:04Well, it's time, I think, one way or another
38:07for this regime in Iran to come to a close.
38:10And I think it's inevitable that there is regime change there.
38:13But what we know about this administration,
38:15any action that they take, they take it because
38:18they meet the trigger of making sure that tomorrow
38:20is a better day, just like in Venezuela.
38:23And, of course, the president did say a week and a half ago,
38:26it is time for regime change in Iran.
38:29Mr. Chairman, before you go, let me get your reaction
38:32to what has taken place overnight, we had a shooter show up
38:35at Mar-a-Lago armed with a shotgun and a gas can.
38:40This, of course, in your backyard in Florida.
38:44We have the best possible sheriff's departments
38:46anywhere across the country.
38:48So thank you to my Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies
38:51always putting themselves in the line of fire.
38:53We have lost sheriff's deputies in the past,
38:55you know, very unfortunately.
38:57Protecting our president, they do their job
38:59better than anybody can do it.
39:01And shame on Democrats.
39:02If you don't know, Secret Service is not funded
39:05because Democrats are not funding
39:06Department of Homeland Security.
39:08So those Secret Service agents that are on the ground,
39:10they're working, their department,
39:13their agency is not funded right now,
39:14putting them at risk of not being paid
39:16to do their always inherently dangerous work.
39:19I mean, the president was in Washington at the time
39:22meeting with the nation's governors.
39:23Do you believe this was, in fact,
39:26a third assassination attempt on our president?
39:30Absolutely.
39:31If somebody is coming to the president's home
39:34with a firearm, with a gas can,
39:37with something incendiary or something explosive
39:39or anything else, you have to believe
39:41they have an intent to conduct an attack
39:43against the president of the United States of America
39:45or his family or his friends
39:47or the ambassadors that might be there
39:49or the cabinet secretaries that might be there.
39:51It could be a host of different targets
39:52because this is a huge place for diplomacy taking place.
39:56But they are coming with intent
39:57to disrupt the actions of the United States
39:59all the way up to the president.
40:01Unbelievable.
40:02Dangerous moments.
40:03Congressman, thank you.
40:04Mr. Chairman, we appreciate your time.
40:06Congressman Brian Mast this morning.
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