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00:00Alert tonight, major progress from Operation Epic Fury, plus more disinformation from fake news CNN
00:06and new threats to the homeland from the desperate regime in Iran. But we begin with the very latest
00:12figures out of Operation Epic Fury. Take a look at your screen. Iranian ballistic missile attacks,
00:18they're down by over 90 percent. More than 5,500 targets now have been eliminated. Air dominance
00:26has been secured. More than 60 Iranian vessels have been obliterated, including all four Soleimani class
00:34warships. The old Ayatollah supreme leader and all of his top deputies and the next layer of leadership
00:39are all dead. The new Ayatollah is too afraid to appear anywhere in public. In fact, we don't even
00:45know if he's dead or alive. Now, all of this in less than 11 days. America and Israel are dominating
00:51the evil regime in Iran. But tonight, with Iran wavering, one of its proxies, Hezbollah,
00:57is trying to step up, launching a volley of rockets into nearby Israel. There are also reports of a
01:03coordinated cluster bomb attack against Israel. Here on the ground with more, he is in Tel Aviv
01:09tonight where a lot of the activities going on. Nate Foy is with us. First, stay safe, Nate. What's
01:15going on there? Hey, Sean. Thank you. Good evening. Tonight, a senior IDF official tells Fox News that
01:23Iran and Hezbollah coordinated their attacks against Israel, launching rockets and missiles
01:28at the same time, including here at Tel Aviv. So take a look at this video. My producer, Tim,
01:33actually took this video from right where I'm standing. You can see Hezbollah rockets being
01:38intercepted by Israel's air defense. And just before this, a senior IDF official tells Fox that Hezbollah
01:44launched roughly 100 rockets in one hour into northern Israel. Israel responded to the offensive
01:50with widespread airstrikes in Tehran tonight. Israel also targeted the Dahia neighborhood in Beirut
01:57and Hezbollah positions closer to the Lebanon border as well. The U.S. is conducting airstrikes
02:02in Tehran nearly every single hour. They've sunk 60 Iranian ships, including at least 16 Iranian
02:09mine laying vessels while Iran continues targeting energy infrastructure. Today, an Iranian drone
02:15hit oil storage tanks in Oman. Now, tonight, Iran's president, Mazoud Pazeshkian, is laying out
02:22some possible terms to end the war. He's calling for international security guarantees to prevent
02:28future conflicts. And get this, Sean. He wants reparations for the damages that Iran has suffered
02:34so far in this war. We'll send it back to you. Nate, I think that is a non-starter,
02:41knowing President Trump as well as we know him. And they had their chance to make a deal. They had
02:47a
02:47chance before, you know, the previous attack, and they had a chance here. They chose not to ignore it.
02:53Midnight Hammer, Epic Fury. They had more than ample time. Nate, thank you. Earlier today,
02:58President Trump told Axios that there's practically nothing left to target in Iran.
03:03Now, according to the president, Iran lost their Navy, their Air Force. They have no
03:08anti-aircraft apparatus at all. They have no radar. And their leaders are all dead.
03:13So what's next for Operation Epic Fury? Joining us now from Washington, our very own Kevin Cork has all
03:20the details. Well, one target I think they have to pay attention to would be the Iranian Revolutionary
03:25Guard. And maybe those holdovers that might remain loyal, that are armed, that would prevent people
03:31from coming to power. That would be an obstacle, no? Yeah, that's an astute observation, Sean. And
03:35you're right. That's one of the careful things that they have to not just plan, but also follow
03:41through to the very end of this particular conflict, because this could repercolate at any given point.
03:46But the president, as you point out, said today the war with Iran will frankly end soon, because
03:51there's practically nothing left to target. A little of this and a little of that. And at any
03:55time I want to end it, I will end it. That's the president talking to Axios today. Though, even though,
04:00as he says publicly, that this could be over at any point, the operation has largely accomplished a lot
04:07of its objectives. But U.S. and Israeli officials say there's still no internal directive to stop
04:13fighting. And so they're going to keep on going until otherwise told. But do keep this in mind,
04:17Sean, the president outlined four, count them, four U.S. military objectives in this conflict back
04:24in a speech given on February the 28th, when he first announced the strikes on Iran. He said,
04:29our mission is to destroy their missiles and to raise their missile industry to the ground.
04:35We also want to annihilate their Navy. We want to ensure that Iran's terrorist proxies can no longer
04:41destabilize the region or the world. And we want to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.
04:48And if you look at it from that perspective, you can certainly understand why the president says
04:52this may not take much longer. He said this to Axios, quote, the war is going great. We are way
04:59ahead
04:59of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six week
05:05period. He also added this. They were after the rest of the Middle East. They are paying for 47
05:11years of death and destruction they caused. This is payback. They will not get off that easy.
05:18The president has given a variety of timelines for the end of this particular conflict, but generally
05:23he's predicted about a month's worth of bombing and then some. Now, what that means, frankly,
05:28Sean, at this point is there's still lots of work to be done, including weeks of working on energy
05:34safety and drone interdiction. And yes, targeting the regime, which somewhat dead, but there's still
05:40others that may pop up from here and there. They better watch their back, though, Sean.
05:45Oh, I think that's very, very good sound advice. Kevin Cork in D.C. tonight. Thank you.
05:51Now, if you dare to turn on fake news, CNN, MSDNC, well, you might think we're actually losing this
05:57conflict to Iran while picking up enemies all over the world. In reality, nothing could be further from the
06:02truth. In fact, even at the, let's see, anti-Semitic, historically, anti-American,
06:08historically, United Nations, a record 135 co-sponsored joined Bahrain on a resolution
06:16condemning Iran. Keep in mind, on Capitol Hill, dozens of Democrats, they refused to even sign off
06:22on a bill naming Iran as the world's number one state sponsor of terror. That would be called
06:27the simple truth in life. This is a murderous regime. It is evil. Several players from Iran's
06:33national women's soccer team were labeled wartime traitors for refusing to sing the Islamic
06:39regime's national anthem before the match. They even flashed SOS signs asking for help.
06:47President Trump weighed in loudly and clearly, writing on Truth Social, Australia is making a
06:53terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran national women's soccer team to be forced back to
06:59Iran, where they will most likely be killed. Don't do it, Mr. Prime Minister. Give asylum.
07:06The U.S. will take them if you won't. Ultimately, Australia, to their credit, granted asylum.
07:12Shortly after several of these players escaped their handlers, get this, cameras caught Iran's
07:19Iranian Revolutionary Guard thugs actually chasing after them. Take a look at this.
07:25What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? No, no, it's Australia now. You're in Australia,
07:31you're in Australia. You better run. Yeah, we're going to get you now. You better run. Yeah,
07:38you've got no rights here. You're in Australia. I know who you are. Get down the stairs, yes.
07:46You can't run now. What cowards are you guys running?
07:55Yeah, cowards.
07:58The fear, the terror that people in Iran have lived with now for, what, 47 years? Anyway,
08:05but back in Iran, the new Ayatollah doesn't even have the courage to appear in public if he's still
08:11alive and well. He's now reportedly, you know, backed by, you know, Iran's kill squad, at least for
08:18now, if he's even alive. Here with more to respond. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Mike Walls.
08:24I found this interesting because I stand by my statement. I believe that historically,
08:29the U.N. has been historically anti-American and anti-Israel and anti-Semitic even. Every Gulf Arab
08:38nation and 135 co-sponsors. That's a U.N. record condemning Iran. Wow. I don't know if that's all you.
08:47Do you get the credit? Or is it the world finally waking up to the fact that this is an
08:52opportunity
08:53to get rid of the number one state sponsor of terror?
08:58No, Sean, President Trump gets the credit, and we're going to clean up the U.N. and get it back
09:04focused and working not just for the American people, but for the world. President Trump's
09:11going to do for the U.N. just what he did for NATO over the last eight, nine years. But
09:16in this case,
09:17here's why it's such a big deal, this resolution in the Security Council by all of our Gulf allies
09:23today. Number one, a lot of these Gulf nations historically have kind of been in a neutral
09:29position when it comes to Iran. Qatar, for example, shares a huge gas field for them. Well,
09:35today, they are unified. They are standing together. There's no disagreement amongst them,
09:41and they are publicly on the world stage condemning Iran and calling them out for the indiscriminate
09:49firing in all direction of hotels, resorts, ports, airports. This strategy Iran has of trying to
09:58sow chaos and shake our allies and even shake us in Israel has absolutely backfired.
10:06You are seeing the Abraham Accords coalition standing strong and fighting back. And then another piece
10:13to that, Sean, was guess where Iran and guess where Russia and China were today? China and Russia
10:21abstained. They backed away. They didn't stand with Iran when it really came down to it, especially
10:27with the Gulf Arabs standing strong. So, look, we defended Israel today and its strikes against Hezbollah
10:36and its fight to the north. Today in the U.N. Security Council, we had all the Gulf Arabs 13
10:42to 0
10:43with 135 nations standing with them. And then tomorrow, again, what the heck is the U.N. good for?
10:50Well, tomorrow, we're going to have them talking about snapback sanctions and keeping the maximum
10:57pressure up that President Trump put in place his first term and put back in place this second term.
11:03So we're fighting the fight on all fronts, Sean. And this is the diplomacy that we can have on the
11:10world stage to match what our great warfighters are doing. There have been a lot of ignorant and
11:16frankly naive narratives being advanced by people either online or people that make commentary that,
11:25oh, the president is doing BB's bidding or Israel's bidding. No, I think the president looked at the
11:31last century over 100 million human souls dead and made the determination that if you see an emerging
11:37Hitler-like figure and they chant death to America and they desperately want weapons of mass destruction
11:44and they didn't get the message after Midnight Hammer. And they tell Steve Whitcoff they're going to
11:50continue to enrich uranium, that that's their inalienable right, in spite of being told that
11:56they would not be allowed to. This is an opportunity for the world to nip something in the bud
12:04to prevent a future disaster, which in my mind would be incalculable. Your thoughts.
12:11That's absolutely right. President Trump's a peace president. He gave diplomacy a chance on multiple
12:17occasions last year before Midnight Hammer, this year with both Steve and Jared. But at the end of
12:26the day, he is not going to wait until a diabolical fanatic regime has fully functional ICBMs with a nuke
12:34at the tip. He's not going to wait until it's too late and we have very few options. He's going
12:42to take
12:42care of it while we are still in an absolute position of strength with the entire world standing
12:47with us. And, you know, thank God for it. And unlike his predecessors, frankly, on both sides of the
12:54aisle, he's not going to kick the can to the next president or kick the can to the next generation.
13:00President Trump is not here to admire problems and give strongly worded letters and resolutions.
13:05He's here to solve problems and we are going to solve this one on his watch. I couldn't be more
13:11prouder to serve under him and under his leadership. Ambassador, appreciate you as
13:17always. Thank you for your time. Now, if you are on the West Coast tonight, listen up closely.
13:22The FBI is now warning law enforcement officials in California that Iran could be plotting a
13:27surprise drone attack against unspecified targets within the state of California. Now,
13:33this as Senator Cruz is now warning the threat from the possible Iranian sleeper cells has never been
13:40higher. He joins us now. Texas Senator Cruz, let's talk about the sleeper cells and this direct
13:46threat of drones to California. Well, Sean, as we sit here right now tonight,
13:52the threat of terrorist attack is higher now than it has been in decades. And there are two causes of
13:58it. Number one, we had four years under Joe Biden of open borders. We had 12 million people flood
14:03across the border. Basically an open invitation to every terrorist, every Hamas and Hezbollah and IRGC
14:09terrorist come to America. We have seen in just the last week two terrorist attacks unfold. We saw
14:17just over a week ago in Austin, Texas, a deranged killer showing up in a sweatshirt that said property
14:23of Allah in a T-shirt underneath with an Iranian flag, opened fire at a bar in Austin, Texas,
14:31killing several Texans, wounding more than a dozen more. It was a brazen act of terrorism. Then we saw
14:37just a couple of days ago, two ISIS terrorists from Pennsylvania travel to New York and throw two
14:44handmade bombs, bombs filled with nails and bolts designed to kill as many people as possible.
14:50Fortunately, these terrorists were not very bright terrorists, so they didn't actually
14:54know how to make bombs that worked. So the bombs didn't detonate. But the terrorists told the
14:59Department of Justice they had hoped to kill a lot more people than the Boston bombers did at the
15:05Boston Marathon. Those are the two terrorist attacks we've seen. And we're at danger of more.
15:11We have had radical Muslim clerics in the Middle East call for fatwas, issue fatwas against America,
15:17instruct Islamists to try to kill as many Americans as they can. And I got to tell you the most
15:23indefensible part of all of this. At a time when we are facing profound threats of terrorism,
15:31every single Democrat except John Fetterman has voted over and over and over again to shut down the
15:39Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security, its central purpose is to prevent
15:45acts of terrorism. And the Democrats are saying defund DHS when we're facing a massive risk of terrorism.
15:53You know, I have very hard pressed to understand those that do not understand the Trump doctrine.
16:01I think they purposefully distort it for their own political purposes. You know, then you have the
16:07isolationist wing, the anti-Semitic wing, Democrats that don't support anything Donald Trump does.
16:13So you've got these voices out there that are loud, but to me rather meaningless because they don't
16:20understand history. And I brought this up with Mike Walls. 100 million human souls last century,
16:26they have said they want to destroy Israel and America. When they say it, believe it. When even after
16:32Operation Midnight Hammer, they did not learn their lesson and they think it's their inalienable
16:38right to have nuclear weapons. At that point, when do you realize maybe you want to take out a regime
16:44that's pledging a modern day Holocaust before they actually have the weapons to do it?
16:50Sean, you are absolutely right. And it's worth understanding. The threat from Iran is not theoretical.
16:57It's not hypothetical. 47 years ago, the Islamist revolution happened in Iran and the Ayatollah came
17:04in. The first thing they did to start the revolution was to take Americans hostage and to hold them
17:09hostage for 444 days. That's how they started their revolution. For 47 years, the regime in Iran has been
17:17the number one funder of terrorism across the globe. Hamas that carried out the horrific October 7th
17:25atrocities, 90% of their funding comes from Iran. Hezbollah, 90% of their funding comes from Iran.
17:32The Houthis, 90% of their funding comes from Iran. In the last five decades, Iran has murdered
17:39nearly 1,000 Americans. The Ayatollah, he leads mobs chanting death to America. Listen, if history teaches
17:49anything, it's that if somebody tells you they want to kill you, believe them. And to be clear, the
17:55Ayatollah twice hired hitmen to murder President Trump. And so you were talking a minute ago about
18:04the Trump doctrine. The Trump doctrine is not invade foreign countries and send our soldiers to die in
18:09extended occupations. We're not doing that. That is not happening in Iran. Iran is not Iraq. But what
18:16President Trump will do is if you are killing Americans, if you are a threat to the safety of
18:22Americans, President Trump is a strong commander in chief and he will take you out. And this decision
18:28to attack the regime in Iran is the single most important national security decision made by
18:35President Trump by taking out the Ayatollah, his top military leaders, the ballistic missiles,
18:41the drones, his naval force. All of that is making America much, much safer. And by the way,
18:47all of the clowns who go on and on and say, this is for Israel. Understand this is for America.
18:55Iran wants to kill Americans. The Ayatollah called Israel, the little Satan and America,
19:00the great Satan. And President Trump said, you know what? If you're killing Americans and you're
19:05telling us you want to kill more Americans, we're going to stand up and stop you before you kill more
19:09Americans. All right. We appreciate your time, Senator Ted Cruz. Thank you. And I ask everyone
19:14at home, ask yourself this question. President Trump using the Trump doctrine took out the live,
19:20convert or die ISIS caliphate. Is the world better off? Is America better off? The president took
19:27out the world's worst terrorists, Soleimani on the tarmac. Is the world better off? Is America better
19:33off? He also dropped the mother of all bombs when needed on Afghanistan. Was that the right call for
19:43America also? Was the president right in Midnight Hammer to take out the ability of the Iranians to
19:49enrich uranium? Yes, I would argue America is better off. The region is better off. The world is better
19:56off. And at the end of this, we will ask ourselves a question. The world will never know or be
20:04able to
20:04ever estimate or calculate how many lives likely are saved because Donald Trump struck at the heart of
20:12this crazy, insane death cult regime before they had nuclear weapons. Is the world better off? Is that
20:19better off for our children, our grandchildren? Coming up, Democrats, the woke media mob want you to panic
20:25over gas prices per usual. They have no idea what they're talking about. David Asman will set you
20:32straight. Also, Senator Tom Cotton demanding answers on the Biden administration's prior abuse
20:37of the strategic oil reserves. We do need answers. Was that for politics in 22? He'll join us straight ahead.
20:59All right. Welcome news from today's inflation report. Over the course of the past year, gas prices
21:05are down nationwide by about 6%. Now, don't forget under Joe Biden, there was once a point where the
21:12nationwide average price of a gallon of gas was five bucks. Now, two weeks ago, the average was less
21:17than three. Of course, there has been a recent uptick in prices because of global fears that the
21:23strait of Hormuz could, in fact, become too dangerous for ships to pass through, given the
21:28ongoing conflict with Iran. But tonight, ships are making their way through the strait.
21:33Prices are stabilizing. The president is undeterred. Here's what he had to say earlier today. Take a listen.
21:39Are you talking to the CEOs of various oil companies, encouraging them to use the strait
21:45of Hormuz right now? Yeah, I think they should. I think they should. I think they should use the
21:49strait. In my opinion, look, we took out just about all of their mine ships in one night.
21:56Now the tankers are being attacked in the strait of Hormuz. How are you going to ensure the safety
22:01of oil flowing through there? I think you're going to see great safety. It is going to be very,
22:04very quickly. We have decimated that country. They're paying a big price now for 47 years of
22:12killing. 47 years of killing and death in the entire region around the world, including Americans.
22:20You might remember back in 2020, President Trump had to take historic action to stop the price of
22:26oil from collapsing completely. Now he's taking historic action to make sure it doesn't spike too
22:31high. The U.S. is ensuring ships that pass through the strait and Trump has offered Navy
22:37escorts as well. He's also blowing up Iran ships before they can place underwater mines or attack
22:43any commercial vessels. And today, the 32 nations of the International Energy Agency announced they
22:49will be releasing some of their oil reserves into the market as part of that effort. The president
22:55now plans to release some oil from our very own strategic oil reserve. We're going to have more
23:01on those plans in just a minute. But first here, now with a closer look at the economics behind all
23:05of
23:05this, Fox Business host, friend of the program, David Asman. So we did hit a high of $115.88 a
23:14barrel
23:15as this initiated, Epic Fury. The average for the past month has been $70.87 a barrel. The low was
23:2462,
23:25but the average was 70. So now we're at 87, $17 higher. Do we want that? No. Is it predictable?
23:34Yeah. Does the president have a plan that I think is calming the markets? I think he does.
23:41Well, Sean, his plan began before he became president. I mean, the plan was to drill baby
23:48drill. He set it on a campaign trail, and he's been doing exactly that. By lowering regulations,
23:55by increasing drilling that's in places like the Gulf of America, which, of course, the Biden
24:01administration cut off, he's increasing the amount of oil not only for the United States,
24:07but for the whole world. We export a lot of what we produce. And by the way,
24:11the world right now is still awash with oil. The world produces about 106 million barrels a day.
24:19I'm sorry to throw out some numbers, but I'm going to do it very shortly. 106 million barrels a day
24:25is
24:25how much the world is producing. We consume, the world consumes about 104 million barrels a day.
24:31So we're producing more oil than we are consuming. Now, the stuff that's happening at the Strait of
24:39Hormuz is stopping about 20 million barrels a day. That's a lot of oil. Some of that might be covered
24:45by our reserves, our oil reserves. We have about 400 million barrels. We should have 700 million,
24:51but remember, when Donald Trump tried to refill our reserve, Schumer and other Democrats said no,
24:59and that was a $20 a barrel. We could have been up to 700 million barrels a day. But put
25:05that aside,
25:05the point is, is that 20 million barrels a day, if we use up 400 million barrels of the reserve,
25:12that would give us about a 20-day breathing period. But all that we have to do is solve the
25:19Strait of
25:19Hormuz problem, and we won't have to use any more reserves. In fact, places like Saudi Arabia have
25:25avoided now the Strait of Hormuz and are using their pipelines to get the oil out in a different,
25:31in a different location. So all these panic-ins, all the people that were freaking out in the,
25:37marketplace on Monday and even into Tuesday, of course, Tuesday ended well. But they're,
25:43they're really overwrought about it. They're, they're clutching their pearls when they don't need
25:47to be. This is what markets do. They tend to overreact both on the upside and the, in the downside.
25:53I think as soon as the Strait of Hormuz situation is solved, you're going to see not only a drop
25:59of oil,
26:00but you're going to see a major increase in the stock market as well. The, the VIX index,
26:05that is the fear index on a market is trading. It was trading over 30. When that trades over 30,
26:12you know that, that markets are panicking, and maybe that's the time to buy in. That's in fact,
26:16when a lot of retail investors, the folks out there who, who aren't the smart brainiacs from
26:22the Federal Reserve, who's got good common sense, they were buying into the market when everybody was
26:27selling at the beginning of the week. I think they're going to do pretty well for themselves.
26:32All right, David Asman, as always, thank you for your expertise. We appreciate it.
26:36Now, as we mentioned, President Trump said today, he is planning to release oil from the
26:42strategic reserve. And that's exactly what the reserve is meant for,
26:46to respond to a temporary shortage brought on by extraordinary events.
26:51But to Joe Biden, it was a political tool used to bring down gas prices. Oh, ahead of the midterms
26:58in
26:582022. And then even worse, he never replenished the oil that he took and he left it really,
27:06really at historic lows. Biden wanted U.S., you know, by the way, he wanted all of you
27:11driving an electric vehicle anyway. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is now asking the Department of Energy
27:16Energy for a damage assessment on Biden's time overseeing and abusing the reserve.
27:22He joins us now with all the details. As we were heading into that midterm year of Biden,
27:28you know, months, months earlier, price of gasoline was reaching on average nationwide close
27:33to $5 a gallon, if not higher. At that point, then they started releasing the oil, the reserves that
27:40we had. Was that done for politics? And is there any explanation they could possibly give us
27:46as to why they never replenished it? No, Sean, I think the question answers itself.
27:52The strategic petroleum reserve was literally built because of conflict in the Middle East.
27:58After the Arab oil embargo in 1973, we decided as a nation to create that reserve in part because
28:04we were so dependent upon Middle Eastern oil. It's not supposed to be used to help the Democrats
28:10in an election because their own runaway spending had created record inflation. And you're right that
28:16he refused to refill it. But also, Sean, let's go back to President Trump's first term. In 2020,
28:21at the start of the pandemic, President Trump wanted to refill it when oil had cratered to $20 or $25
28:26a
28:26barrel. Chuck Schumer and Democrats in Congress refused to because they called it a bailout to the oil
28:31industry. Buying oil at $20 a barrel is not exactly a bailout to the oil industry. I would call that
28:37a good deal for the American taxpayers. And now here we are needing that reserve, yet not having it at
28:44full capacity, thanks to the Democrats' reckless decision to put politics ahead of national security.
28:50Let me ask you about Prime Minister Netanyahu's post on X yesterday. Your dreams will become a reality.
28:56When the time is right and that time is fast approaching, we will pass the torch to you.
29:02Be ready to seize the moment. Now, that echoes what President Trump said at the beginning of this
29:08conflict, that this was for future generations. He didn't want to leave our kids and grandkids with
29:14a nuclear-armed Iran or one in the near future. And then he said, be ready. It might be, you
29:20know,
29:20seize the moment. It might be a one in a generation opportunity. Is that moment coming? And how do you
29:27interpret it? Well, Sean, we can certainly hope and pray for it. I think it would be not just good
29:34for the Iranian people, but good for America and the cause of stability and peace if you had a
29:42different regime in Iran. And as President Trump said in January, help is on the way. Help has arrived
29:48in the form of epic fury. All right. We appreciate you, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Coming up,
29:55heroism was on full display in New York City this weekend after a brave NYPD officer sprung into action,
30:02clearing a fence in pursuit of the two terrorists who just tried to blow him up. Our very own Alexis
30:08McAdams sat down with the NYPD chief, Erin Edwards. She will join us more with more next as we continue.
30:22Now, earlier today, the man being hailed as a hero for leaping into action and chasing down the
30:28Gracie Mansion bombing suspects over the weekend. NYPD chief Erin Edwards spoke with our very own
30:35Alexis McAdams. She joins us now with more. He really was a hero. And by the way, did you hear
30:40what his wife had said to him? Wrong move. No, you were supposed to head in the other direction.
30:45That's right. Exactly. Yeah. She said, where are you going? Wrong direction. Because most people,
30:50right, Sean would have just said, I'm out of here. I'm going the other direction. I'm not going that
30:53way. When you see two people armed with weapons like that or explosives in this case. But NYPD chief
30:59Erin Edwards and his partner, Sergeant Luis Navarro, didn't do that, right? They charged right
31:03toward those two suspects who had homemade bombs on them. And they tell me to them, it's just part
31:08of being a police officer. To us, it's just an everyday thing. Like we, we respond to dangerous
31:14situations. We handle a lot of different situations. And, you know, sometimes you just don't think
31:19about it. You just do it. You know, it's our, it's our job. And it's, it really is the responsibility
31:23for us to, to make sure that, you know, when there is danger, we're the ones that's rushing
31:27in to help people so that they can rush out. That's just the job.
31:32Now, this happens after 18-year-old Amir Balat, 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayoumi allegedly threw
31:37these homemade bombs right into that crowded area there in New York City. The duo came from
31:42their houses, Sean, out in Pennsylvania with bombs. And what investigators say was
31:46a dangerous plan inspired by ISIS. They were looking to hurt or kill people, according to
31:51federal authorities. And one of them yelled this after their arrest. Listen.
32:03And so NYPD Chief Edwards there, he clears the barricade that day. He chases after these teens
32:09and puts the safety of New York City above his own. The picture went viral. And as you said,
32:15his wife saw it too. And she said, where are you going? Wrong way, sir. Don't head that way.
32:19The reason they wanted to become police officers is simple to them. It's to help people,
32:23both stepping up for the job after 9-11, a reminder that in this city, you always have to stay
32:29on alert.
32:29And one of the things that really stuck with me, Sean, is that they said they were inspired,
32:32right, to get onto the police force after 9-11. And they said it's because every day, you know,
32:37you get closer to 9-10. So you have to be on alert. You got to see what's out there.
32:41And investigators
32:42say in this case, the only reason these bombs that were packed with metal and chemicals didn't go off
32:47is because they didn't know how to put them together, these suspects. So we really came
32:51close to a tragedy that day, Sean. Certainly defines New York finest and bravest in every way
32:57imaginable. Boy, he cleared that barricade. That was pretty athletic and amazing. And by the way,
33:04any invite to Gracie Manchin? I know the mayor has been having a lot of guests lately.
33:08Yeah. He did have Mahmoud Khalil over there the other day, but not these officers just yet. So
33:14we'll keep an eye on it, Sean. Maybe the White House. Maybe the White House will invite him over.
33:18You know what? I like that idea a lot. I think that's a great idea. I hope the mayor's wife
33:25is
33:25not liking any more pro-October 7th postings. That would be good, too. That would be good. Alexis,
33:31thank you. Thanks. All right. The battle over the SAVE Act on Capitol Hill continues. President Trump
33:36is insisting that Senate Majority Leader John Thune find the votes to pass it in a big win for this
33:42legislation. Earlier today, Texas Senator John Cornyn reversed course and is now urging Republicans
33:48to do whatever is needed to make sure the legislation is on President Trump's desk before
33:54November's midterms. Here with Reaction, the Katie Miller podcast host. She is brutal. She is tough.
34:00I was on the pod and it was rough. She has hard questions. And Fox News political analyst,
34:07Reince Priebus, welcome both of you. All right. So I understand what John Thune is saying. He doesn't
34:14have the votes yet. It was an interesting point made by Senator Mike Lee. Katie, I want to get your
34:19thoughts on it. He said if you go back to 64, 65 Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, they just
34:25kept
34:25the bill open on the floor. And then public pressure caused the people in the U.S. Senate,
34:31Republicans, ended up helping pass both of those pieces of legislation and help Lyndon Johnson.
34:39President Trump has made very crystal clear in his messaging, Sean, that if you don't have
34:44sanctity and security in our elections, you don't have a country. And in a country with only with over
34:4950 million foreigners, the idea that anyone can vote anonymously by mail is frankly insane.
34:56What President Trump is asking Republicans to do is fight as hard for voter security as he fought
35:02against Democrat witch hunts and to win back the White House. President Trump is simply asking
35:09Republicans to stand up and do the right thing and to take the leap and, God forbid, work nights and
35:16weekend, Sean. It's not that complicated. 83-17 issue Reince Priebus. 71% of Democrats support it.
35:24Okay, I understand what they're saying mathematically. If they had a standing filibuster,
35:29Republicans are going to hand the floor over to Schumer. Schumer's going to put up a series of
35:33votes that Republicans are not going to want to take, especially heading into a midterm.
35:37Okay, how do you get this over the finish line?
35:41Well, I mean, I would put my money on the president. I mean, if he's really digging in
35:47here and he's really going to say, I'm not going to sign anything, I'm not going to support you.
35:53I mean, basically, you've got four senators that are holding out on the Republican side
35:59on breaking the filibuster and ending debate on this kind of issue. So, you know,
36:06the old days of Washington are completely over. I mean, I understand this issue. The issue that
36:12the few Republicans that don't want to do this, they're saying, if you get rid of this filibuster,
36:17you just narrowly tailor it to, we'll break the filibuster on any issue that has to do with
36:23elections. Well, then the Democrats will come back and they'll do D.C. and they'll do all kinds
36:29of things that they want to do. But I think you've got the old adage, strike first or be struck.
36:35And it would have been better if they would have done this at inauguration day when Donald Trump took
36:40over. And then we could have passed, you know, a hundred different things once in a lifetime to get
36:48done. And yes, you are rolling the dice and taking your chances. But there is nothing more
36:53important in this issue. And the Democrats are so hypocritical about it. You need an ID and
36:58citizenship for SNAP benefits, Section 8 housing, Medicare, Medicare, go into a government building.
37:05Mondami required five forms of ID to shovel snow. I mean, this is crazy.
37:12It is crazy, indeed. By the way, Reince, don't ever go on Katie Miller's podcast.
37:16She has questions. I've heard it's brutal. I've heard it's brutal.
37:20No, it's tough. It really, I'm not making it up. This is not flattery. I'm sitting there like,
37:24she's giving me the hardest, toughest, unanticipated questions ever. Not predictable at all.
37:31Anyway, I did have fun. I heard on your podcast, you can drink beer.
37:35She didn't offer me a beer. I would have taken five by the time I was done with that interview.
37:40Your podcast allows beer. You can drink anything you want. Beer, spirits, wine. You can smoke a cigar.
37:49Well, that's how you get people talking.
37:52That's true. Fox News. I'm sorry. Fake News CNN with another new low. Wait till you hear.
37:57Abby Phillips has to apologize. And we'll get Clay Travis's reaction next.
38:04All right. What's going on over at Fake News CNN? Host Abby Phillip falsely claiming Tuesday night
38:10that the suspected ISIS-inspired terrorists were targeting Mayor Zoran Mamdani. Take a look.
38:17Two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here. After an attempted terror attack against New York's
38:22Mayor Zoran Mamdani and the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, says nothing really to condemn those comments.
38:30After facing backlash, Phillip, well, posted this half-hearted apology on X saying
38:35the attack was not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani and that the wording was inaccurate
38:40and she just didn't catch it in time. The bomber said to police their hope was more death than the
38:46Boston bombing. Now, this comes after CNN was forced to apologize, delete an outrageous post
38:51downplaying the ISIS-inspired terrorists and mere Pennsylvania teenagers, like a snowball fight
38:57when you ambush cops. Here was a reaction. Host of OutKick and the Clay and Buck show, Clay Travis.
39:03All right. Maybe I'll give Abby a pass. Maybe she misspoke. Maybe she didn't understand it. I don't
39:09know. All right. I don't like to... She has a political point of view. But really? Teenagers in
39:17Pennsylvania?
39:19Yeah. I think what connects both these... First of all, Abby said that wording was inaccurate. You
39:25know, that's reading off the teleprompter. Someone inside of CNN wrote that and hadn't done the due
39:31diligence to know what the truth was. Someone else at CNN, as you saw, Sean, tried to turn these two
39:38would-be terrorists into heroes by starting off sort of a hagiographic story about them. What does that
39:46represent? A broken culture. And this is why CNN needs new owners, because if you had any sort of
39:54balanced culture at all, you'd at least get basic facts right, and you wouldn't be embarrassing
39:58yourself at an actual news network. So I see these both connected. Abby Phillip misspoke because the
40:05people who work on her show haven't done enough due diligence to get the facts correct, and they
40:10let her across the middle, and she got decked. More examples. Democrats cashing in, by the way.
40:17We'll get to that in a minute. Joe Biden has a new memoir promising to, quote, set the record
40:21straight about the Biden years and Joe's exit under pressure from his own party. How about they just
40:28tell the truth? She knew he was a cognitive mess. She knew the border was wide open. Why didn't they
40:34tell the truth then? Sean, how about, I didn't believe it was possible for there to be a book
40:41to read for punishment worse than Kamala Harris's 107 days. But at least she was the candidate.
40:49Can you imagine reading Joe Biden's wife's book? I mean, this is even worse than a Hunter's book.
40:55And how did they leave the doctor off the title? I'm offended. This is sexist of the publisher.
41:00I demand a rewrite. Why didn't I tell you the truth about my husband's decline? I might read that one.
41:09Why my husband lied about wide open borders and said they were closed. I'd read that one, too.
41:14I don't know. By the way, you bucked your partner on radio. He wrote a great book about mind control.
41:20Anyway, he did write a great book, by the way. You said that I was I needed some compliments.
41:25Where's my money? Where's my money, Sean? Pay me up. Clay Travis. All right.
41:31When we come back, a preview of my next pod straight ahead.
41:37All right. The second episode of my new podcast, Hang Out With Me, drops tomorrow featuring USA
41:42hockey Olympic gold medalist from the Florida Panthers, Matthew Kachuk. Here's a sneak peek.
41:47What's better, winning the Stanley Cup or?
41:52Olympic gold.
41:53Well, you can't compare. I'm giving you an unfair question.
41:57I think, no, it's been a question I've been getting a lot. Very lucky to have won both.
42:02Let me just say that first and foremost. But winning a Stanley Cup physically on your body
42:06is so tough. It's the hardest trophy to win in sports. And I think when it's done
42:10and you're lifting the cup and your body's just mangled, like you realize how hard it is to win
42:16it. And there's something special about having your name engraved on that for history.
42:20But with that being said, the Olympics and representing the greatest country in the world,
42:27like we had people tuning in that have never watched hockey, that were just fans of USA.
42:32I had somebody that came up to me the other day that said that the only reason they watched
42:37is because how like patriotic we were and how we were representing the country. And
42:40now they're big hockey fans and they couldn't name a handful of players.
42:45They made our country proud. My interview with Matthew Kachuk drops tomorrow morning.
42:49Check it out tomorrow. YouTube, Spotify, wherever you get your video podcasts. That's all the time we
42:53have left. Please set your DVR so you never, ever, ever miss an episode of Hannity News every time,
42:57anytime, all the time. FoxNews.com, Hannity.com. In the meantime, let not your heart be troubled.
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