00:00President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance held their first joint event on Monday since
00:04the start of the war in Iran. The Oval Office meeting was billed as the official kickoff
00:08to the administration's fight against fraud, with the Veep taking on the role of fraud czar.
00:13But questions about Iran, and specifically Vance's previous reservations about undertaking
00:18missions that aren't America First, took center stage.
00:21You're trying to drive a wedge between members of the administration, between me and the
00:26president. What the president said consistently, going back to 2015, and I agreed with him,
00:31is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. We have taken this military action under the
00:35president's leadership. I think all of us, whether you're a Democrat or Republican,
00:39should pray for success and pray for the safety of our troops. That's the approach that I've taken.
00:43The president took several questions on Iran, but he also talked about a bunch of other topics,
00:49like restarting his tariff plan after the recent Supreme Court ruling, the importance of the Save
00:54America Act to end mail-in voting, ending transgender surgery on kids. And the president
00:58also revealed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to delay their meeting by a month
01:03so he could stay in D.C. while the war in Iran continues. The Post's White House reporter Emily
01:08Gooden kept a close eye on the event, and she has some interesting details on another topic Trump
01:12discussed, his view of Cuba, largely thought to be the next potential military target for the
01:19administration. The president made a rather startling statement in the Oval Office saying
01:23he thought he would have the, quote, honor of taking Cuba. Now, when asked what that meant,
01:28if he meant diplomatically, if he meant militarily, the president wouldn't elaborate,
01:34just saying he would do whatever he wanted to. Now, this isn't the first time the president has
01:40expressed interest in Cuba. After the success in Venezuela, he indicated that would be another
01:44target for the United States. But this is the first time he's been so direct about it.
01:51And he's going to have a lot of support in his administration in this. Keep in mind,
01:55his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is the son of Cuban immigrants and has long wanted to see
02:00this regime out of power. President Trump is thrilled by FCC Chair Brendan Carr's threat to
02:06revoke local news broadcast licenses over coverage of the Iran war. Now, this all started when Carr posted
02:12to X over the weekend, quote, broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions, also known
02:18as the fake news, have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up.
02:23The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest and they will lose their licenses
02:28if they do not. The president cheered on Carr in a series of truth social posts, writing in one,
02:34quote, I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,
02:38looking at the licenses of some of these corrupt and highly unpatriotic news organizations.
02:45The president ripped outlets that distribute AI-generated content created by the Iranian regime.
02:50He called it a, quote, disinformation weapon used to make their military look strong when it has,
02:55in fact, sustained heavy losses. You can hear a lot more about this and everything else the FCC
03:00chairman is up to when he joins Miranda Devine on our sister podcast, Pod Force One Tomorrow.
03:06What do you get when you mix severe weather and an ongoing partial government shutdown that's left
03:12TSA agents unpaid? Nothing good. It is an absolute mess at some of the nation's airports.
03:18As of Monday evening, more than 4,200 U.S. flights had been canceled and about 10,000 more had
03:25been
03:26delayed. Have you seen the social media videos of security lines? Insanity. Nearly 200 million
03:32Americans are under the threat of severe weather right now. Blizzard conditions in the Midwest
03:36and severe storms in the East are creating ground stops at major hubs like Atlanta and Charlotte.
03:42Then add in the government shutdown. More than 300 airport security officers have already quit
03:47because, you know, they aren't getting paid. And that's caused those epically long lines at
03:53airports. And that's before the weather canceled thousands of flights. In Austin, Texas, for example,
03:59airport staff suggested that flyers show up two and a half hours early, even for domestic flights.
04:05And a lot of that time is going to be spent standing in line. And I'm sure that makes for
04:09really pleasant spring break travels. For more on these stories and everything else you could
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