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"FOX NEWS ALERT, IT'S DECISION TIME. CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL BRAD COOPER HAS JUST BRIEFED THE PRESIDENT IN THE SITUATION ROOM ABOUT WHAT COULD BE THE FINAL BLOW. THE U.S. MILITARY IS PREPARING FOR A SHORT AND POWERFUL WAVE OF STRIKES. TARGETS INCLUDE THE ENEMY'S REMAINING MILITARY ASSETS,..."
[0:01] FOX NEWS ALERT, IT'S DECISION TIME.
[0:03] CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL BRAD
[0:05] COOPER HAS JUST BRIEFED THE
[0:06] PRESIDENT IN THE SITUATION ROOM
[0:08] ABOUT WHAT COULD BE THE FINAL
[0:10] BLOW.
[0:11] THE U.S. MILITARY IS PREPARING
[0:12] FOR A SHORT AND POWERFUL WAVE OF
[0:14] STRIKES.
[0:15] TARGETS INCLUDE THE ENEMY'S
[0:16] REMAINING MILITARY ASSETS,
[0:18] LEADERSHIP, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
[0:21] IRAN IS PROVING TO BE VERY
[0:23] STUBBORN.
[0:24] THE TALKS SEEM LIKE THEY ARE
[0:25] STALLING.
[0:26] ARE YOU GETTING ANSY TO BREAK
[0:29] THE CEASE FIRE?
[0:29] WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
[0:33] WHAT THE TALKS ARE, EXCEPT MYSELF
[0:36] AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
[0:37] THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL BADLY.
[0:40] IN CASE THE IRANIANS NEEDED A
[0:42] LITTLE NUDGE, THE PENTAGON IS
[0:43] CONTEMPLATING BRINGING A BRAND
[0:45] NEW WEAPON TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
[0:47] THE MOTHER OF ALL HYPERSONICS,
[0:49] THE DARK EAGLE.
[0:51] IT CAN HIT TARGETS 2,000 MILES
[0:53] AWAY.
[0:53] THE ENEMY'S LAST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[0:56] LAUNCHERS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS.
[0:58] B-1 BOMBERS HAVE BEEN SURGING
[1:00] INTO THE REGION AND THEY CAN BE
[1:02] ARMED WITH UP TO 5,000 POUNDS OF
[1:05] HYPERSONICS.
[1:05] IT'S A BIG PAYLOAD.
[1:06] WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT DAY 60 OF THE
[1:09] WAR.
[1:10] AND IF WE'RE GOING BY THE BOOK,
[1:11] AND IF YOU'RE ASKING CONGRESS,
[1:13] THAT MEANS THE DEADLINE FOR
[1:15] OPERATION EPIC FURY EXPIRES
[1:16] TOMORROW.
[1:17] BUT TRUMP COULD ALSO DO WHAT
[1:19] CLINTON AND OBAMA DID AND IGNORE
[1:21] CONGRESS AND KEEP FIRING.
[1:22] THE SECRETARY OF WAR SAYS
[1:25] TECHNICALLY WE PAUSED THE CLOCK
[1:26] TWO WEEKS AGO.
[1:27] IS THE PRESIDENT INTENDING TO
[1:29] EITHER SEEK CONGRESSIONAL
[1:31] AUTHORIZATION FOR THE WAR IN
[1:31] IRAN OR SEND US THE LEGALLY
[1:33] REQUIRED CERTIFICATION THAT HE
[1:34] NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO
[1:36] REMOVE U.S. FORCES.
[1:37] WE ARE IN A CEASE-FIRE RIGHT
[1:38] NOW WHICH OUR UNDERSTANDING MEANS
[1:40] THE 60-DAY CLOCK PAUSES OR
[1:41] STOPS IN A CEASE-FIRE.
[1:42] IF KANE'S RIGHT, THAT MEANS
[1:44] TRUMP HAS 24 HOURS.
[1:46] THE PRESIDENT IS BEING
[1:47] PRESENTED WITH OPTIONS.
[1:48] ON TOP OF AIR STRIKES, ADMIRAL
[1:50] COOPER ALSO REPORTEDLY BRIEFED
[1:51] THE PRESIDENT ON SEIZING THE
[1:52] STRAIGHT.
[1:53] A GROUND ASSAULT ON THE COAST
[1:55] LINE AND STRATEGIC ISLANDS, WHICH
[1:57] WOULD BE A SHAME FOR IRAN, BECAUSE
[1:58] THE PRESIDENT IS BEING
[1:59] PRESENTED WITH OPTIONS.
[2:00] ON TOP OF AIRSTRIKES,
[2:02] A GROUND ASSAULT ON THE COAST
[2:04] LINE AND STRATEGIC ISLANDS, WHICH
[2:05] WOULD BE A SHAME FOR IRAN,
[2:07] BECAUSE TODAY THEY ARE
[2:08] CELEBRATING PERSIAN GULF DAY.
[2:09] HERE'S A QUOTE FROM THE GAY
[2:11] AYATOLA.
[2:12] FOREIGNERS WHO COME FROM
[2:14] THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS AWAY
[2:15] WITH GREEDY INTENTIONS HAVE NO
[2:17] PLACE THERE EXCEPT AT THE
[2:19] BOTTOM OF THE WATERS.
[2:20] TOUGH TALK FROM A GUY WITH NO
[2:22] LIPS.
[2:23] AND THE ONLY SHIPS AT THE BOTTOM
[2:25] OF THE WATER ARE IRANIAN.
[2:26] WE'VE ALSO TURNED AROUND 44
[2:28] VESSELS HEADING INTO AND OUT
[2:29] OF THEIR PORTS.
[2:30] WE EVEN SEIZED SOME.
[2:32] WHAT'S THE REGIME DONE ABOUT
[2:34] IT?
[2:35] NOTHING.
[2:36] BECAUSE THEY CAN'T.
[2:38] THE TROOPS ABOARD THE U.S.S.
[2:40] NEW ORLEANS HAVE BEEN ENFORCING
[2:41] THE EMBARGO IN THE ARABIAN SEA,
[2:43] INTIMIDATING ANY POSSIBLE
[2:44] BLOCKADE RUNNERS.
[2:45] THE U.S.S. GERALD FORD STILL
[2:47] SEEING ACTION.
[2:48] IT'S STATIONED IN THE RED SEA.
[2:50] WE HAVE THREE CARRIERS IN THE
[2:52] REGION AND A LOT OF FIRE POWER.
[2:54] THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS DRUMMING
[2:56] UP AN INTERNATIONAL NAVAL
[2:57] ALLIANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
[2:59] THE U.S.
[3:00] THE U.S.
[3:03] THE U.S. ISRAEL IS
[3:04] FORGING A MILITARY AND FINANCIAL
[3:06] COMMAND TO SECURE SAFE PASSAGE
[3:08] THROUGH THE STRAIGHT.
[3:09] AND FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE TO
[3:11] GET ON BOARD.
[3:12] WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY TAKERS.
[3:14] AMERICA'S ALLIANCE ARE IRON-CLAD
[3:16] COMPARED TO IRAN'S.
[3:17] A NEW MIDDLE EAST IS FORMING AND
[3:19] ALL THE REGIME CAN DO IS WATCH.
[3:21] THE ARABS AND THE JEWS ARE
[3:23] FORGING A MILITARY AND FINANCIAL
[3:24] ISRAEL HAS EVER BEEN THAT
[3:26] GENEROUS WITH THE SYSTEM.
[3:28] AND OPEC IS STARTING TO BREAK.
[3:30] THE U.A.E. JUST BECAME A FREE
[3:32] AGENT AND THEY ARE BUILDING
[3:34] PIPELINES THAT SKIPPED THE
[3:35] STRAIGHT.
[3:36] IRAN'S SUGAR DADDIES, RUSSIA AND
[3:38] CHINA, THEY ARE ON THE SIDELINES.
[3:39] YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A
[3:41] QUAGMAR?
[3:42] PUTIN IS GETTING NOWHERE IN
[3:43] UKRAINE.
[3:44] AND CHINA'S ECONOMY IS STARTING
[3:47] TO CRACK.
[3:48] THE WHOLE INDO-PACIFIC IS
[3:50] SWIMMING WITH AMERICAN SAILORS.
[3:51] THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE
[3:53] NUCLEAR DUST.
[3:54] WE WANT TO GET THE NUCLEAR DUST.
[3:56] OUR SPECIAL FORCES THERE HAVE
[3:58] BEEN CONDUCTING SEARCH AND
[4:00] SEIZURE TRAINING EXERCISES
[4:01] ALONG OUR PHILIPPINE ALLIES.
[4:03] WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM THE
[4:04] IRANIANS?
[4:05] THEY ARE BEGGING US TO DROP THE
[4:07] BLOCKADE.
[4:08] AND THE GAY IYATOLLA JUST
[4:10] ANNOUNCED HE IS GOING TO GUARD
[4:13] HIS NUCLEAR TECH LIKE HIS
[4:14] BORDERS.
[4:15] PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS SURE YOU
[4:16] ARE.
[4:17] WE WANT TO GET THE NUCLEAR
[4:19] DUST.
[4:20] WE WANT TO GET THE NUCLEAR
[4:22] DUST.
[4:23] WE WANT TO GET IT OR WE WILL
[4:24] TAKE IT.
[4:25] CENTCOM HAS DRAWN UP A PLAN TO
[4:27] SEIZE THE IRANIUM.
[4:28] THE CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFED
[4:31] THE PRESIDENT ON THAT TODAY.
[4:32] SO WE ARE READY.
[4:33] THE IRANIANS AREN'T.
[4:34] IT IS ACTUALLY SEDICIOUS IN
[4:35] MY OPINION.
[4:36] YOU READ THE NEW YORK TIMES
[4:37] YOU ACTUALLY THINK THEY ARE
[4:38] WINNING THE WAR.
[4:39] THEY ARE SITTING IN A CAVE AND
[4:40] ALL THEIR LEADERS ARE DEAD.
[4:41] EVERYONE IS DEAD AROUND THEM.
[4:43] MISSILES ARE ALL OVER THE
[4:44] PLACE.
[4:45] THEY HAVE NO NAVY.
[4:46] WE CAN FLY RIGHT OVER THE
[4:48] MIDDLE OF TERRAN WITHOUT BEING
[4:49] SHOT AT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
[4:50] ANTI-AIRCRAFT.
[4:51] THEY HAVE NOTHING.
[4:52] AND THEY ARE READING THAT
[4:55] THEY ARE WINNING THE WAR.
[4:56] THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT
[4:57] OUT.
[4:58] THEY GET THE NEW YORK TIMES I
[5:00] GUESS IN SOME FORM AND THEY
[5:02] THINK WE ARE CRAZY.
[5:03] USUALLY THE COUNTRY WITH THE
[5:07] DEAD LEADERS AND NO MILITARY
[5:08] ARE THE ONES WHO LOST.
[5:09] YOU KNOW, THE ONES WHOSE
[5:10] COUNTRY IS SURROUNDED BY
[5:11] AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND CAN'T
[5:12] TRADE.
[5:13] BUT IF THE TIMES CAN'T DEFINE
[5:14] WHAT A WOMAN IS, I'M NOT
[5:15] SURPRISED THEY CAN'T SEE
[5:16] VICTORY.
[5:17] SENATOR DICK BLUMENTHAL WHO LIED
[5:19] ABOUT FIGHTING IN VIETNAM BUT
[5:21] IS STILL SOMEHOW A SENATOR SAYS
[5:24] THE TERRORISTS HAVE US EXACTLY
[5:26] WHERE THEY WANT US.
[5:27] AMERICA NEVER SUCCEEDS IN
[5:30] WAR UNLESS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[5:32] ARE BEHIND IT.
[5:33] AND IF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AS
[5:37] SUCCESS NOW IS WINNING, I WOULD
[5:41] HATE TO SEE WHAT LOSING LOOKS
[5:42] LIKE.
[5:43] THE NEGATIVE NATURE IN WHICH
[5:45] YOU CHARACTIZED THE INCREDIBLE
[5:46] AND HISTORIC EFFORT IN IRAN IS
[5:48] PART OF THE REASON, SENATOR,
[5:50] WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VIEW IT
[5:51] THE WAY THEY DO.
[5:52] IT'S WHY I LOOKED OUT AT OUR
[5:53] PRESS CORPS AT THE PENTAGON AND
[5:54] CALLED THEM THE PHARISEES IN
[5:55] THE PRESS.
[5:56] AND IT'S DEFEATUS DEMOCRATS
[5:58] LIKE YOU THAT CLOUD THE MIND
[5:59] OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[6:00] THE FALCONS WERE BEATING
[6:04] THE PATRIOTS 28-3.
[6:05] BUT THEY HAD TOM BRADY.
[6:07] ALL IRAN HAS IS THE GAY
[6:08] AYATOLLA.
[6:09] AND HE HAS NO LEGS, LIPS, AND
[6:11] MISSILES THAT CAN'T SHOOT
[6:12] STRAIGHT.
[6:13] SECRETARY WAR HEGSETH WAS ON THE
[6:15] HILL TODAY FOR ROUND TWO.
[6:16] AND GUESS WHOSE SIDE DEMOCRATS
[6:17] ARE ON.
[6:18] THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE
[6:21] SAFER BECAUSE OF THIS WAR.
[6:22] WE DID NOT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE
[6:24] THAT IRAN INTENDED TO EMINENTLY
[6:26] ATTACK THIS COUNTRY IN ANY WAY,
[6:27] SHAPE, OR FORM.
[6:28] SO I DISAGREE WITH YOUR
[6:30] ASSESSMENT THAT WE ARE UNDER
[6:31] THREAT.
[6:32] DO YOU NOT BELIEVE THEM
[6:33] WHEN THEY SAY DEATH TO
[6:34] AMERICA?
[6:35] LISTEN, OUR ADVERSARIES USE
[6:38] RHETORIC ALL THE TIME.
[6:39] THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN
[6:40] SCREAMING DEATH TO AMERICA AT
[6:41] THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS FOR 50
[6:42] YEARS.
[6:43] AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE JUST
[6:44] SAYING, YEAH, THEY DON'T REALLY
[6:45] MEAN IT.
[6:46] ALL THOSE IRANIAN MISSILES WE
[6:47] TOOK OUT, WHAT DOES SHE THINK
[6:48] THEY WERE FOR?
[6:49] DECORATION?
[6:50] THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NO
[6:52] CREDIBILITY ON SAFETY.
[6:53] ALL THESE PEOPLE GETTING RAPED
[6:56] AND MURDERED IS BECAUSE
[6:57] DEMOCRATS EITHER LET CRIMINALS
[6:59] INTO THE COUNTRY OR KEEP LETTING
[7:01] THEM OUT OF JAIL.
[7:02] POCAHONAS DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO
[7:05] TALK ABOUT THE WAR.
[7:06] ALL SHE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
[7:07] WAS WAR CRIMES, THE WHITE
[7:10] COLLARED KIND.
[7:11] THE FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTED
[7:13] THAT YOUR BROKER TRIED TO BUY
[7:15] HUNDREDS OF SHARES IN A BLACK
[7:17] ROCK FUND INVESTED IN DEFENSE
[7:19] COMPANIES JUST BEFORE THE WAR
[7:20] BEGAN.
[7:22] THE LAW CLEARLY PROHIBITS THE
[7:23] SECRETARY.
[7:24] THAT ENTIRE STORY IS FALSE.
[7:25] HAS BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING AND
[7:27] WAS MADE UP OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.
[7:28] ANYBODY THAT LOOKS AT IT SEES
[7:30] HOW IT WAS WORDED FROM THE
[7:31] BEGINNING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
[7:32] I WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING I
[7:33] HAD NOTHING TO DO AND NEVER
[7:34] HAVE.
[7:35] I'M NOT LOOKING FOR MONEY.
[7:36] I DON'T DO IT FOR MONEY.
[7:37] I DON'T DO IT FOR PROFIT.
[7:38] I DON'T DO IT FOR STOCKS.
[7:39] THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I'M
[7:40] ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS
[7:41] JOB.
[7:42] NO ONE OWNS ME.
[7:43] I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU AS A BIG,
[7:45] FAT, NEGATIVE.
[7:47] THEN LET ME ASK YOU A SECOND
[7:48] QUESTION.
[7:49] IS YOUR BROKER GETTING YOUR
[7:51] PERSONAL SIGN-OFF ON ANY
[7:53] INVESTMENT IN INDIVIDUAL STOCKS?
[7:54] BIGGER, FATTER, NEGATIVE.
[7:55] HE'S NOT GETTING YOUR SIGN-OFF
[7:59] BEFORE HE MAKES IT.
[8:00] HE'S NOT GETTING YOUR SIGN-OFF
[8:01] ON ANY INVESTMENT IN
[8:02] INDIVIDUAL STOCKS?
[8:03] I'M NOT MAKING INVESTMENTS,
[8:04] SENATOR.
[8:05] I'M NOT MAKING INVESTMENTS,
[8:06] SENATOR.
[8:07] NANCY PELOSI IS WORTH 300
[8:08] MILLION DOLLARS.
[8:09] WHY DOESN'T WARREN WALK DOWN
[8:10] THE HALL AND ASK HER ABOUT
[8:12] INSIDER TRADING?
[8:13] THEY DIDN'T JUST WANT TO PUT
[8:15] PETE IN PRESSURE IN THE
[8:16] PRESSURE IN THE PRESSURE IN
[8:17] THE PRESSURE IN THE PRESSURE.
[8:18] LET ME ASK YOU A SECOND
[8:19] QUESTION.
[8:20] IS YOUR BROKER GETTING YOUR
[8:21] PERSONAL SIGN-OFF ON ANY
[8:22] INVESTMENT IN INDIVIDUAL STOCKS?
[8:23] BIGGER, FATTER, NEGATIVE.
[8:24] HE'S NOT GETTING YOUR SIGN-OFF
[8:25] INSIDER TRADING.
[8:26] THEY WANT TO PUT PETE IN
[8:27] PRISON.
[8:28] THEY WANT TO FIT HIM FOR THE
[8:29] GUILLOTINE.
[8:30] BACK IN WORLD WAR II, THE
[8:33] ALLIES TRIED NAZI SUBMARINE
[8:35] CAPTAINS FOR DOING THIS EXACT
[8:36] SAME THING.
[8:37] GUESS WHAT THE CONCLUSION WAS?
[8:38] THEY GOT EXECUTED.
[8:39] LISTEN TO THAT, MR.
[8:40] SECRETARY.
[8:41] SETH STILL FRAZZLED THAT
[8:43] PISTOL PETE DOUBLE-TAPPED
[8:45] SOME COKE BOATS.
[8:46] YOU SEEING A PATTERN HERE?
[8:49] DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO KILL
[8:51] CARTELS OR TRIED TO KILL
[8:52] CARTELS OR TRIED TO KILL
[8:53] CARTELS OR TRIED TO KILL
[8:54] AMERICAN FOR FIGHTING THEM.
[8:57] THE MILITARY HAS DONE AN
[8:59] OUTSTANDING JOB.
[9:00] IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO ATTACK
[9:03] THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT
[9:04] ANYTHING, ATTACK THEM ABOUT
[9:06] THE PRICE OF GAS.
[9:07] THAT'S INBOUNDS.
[9:08] THAT'S FAIR, I GUESS, EVEN
[9:10] THOUGH THEY HAD GAS PRICES MUCH
[9:11] HIGHER.
[9:12] THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON
[9:14] OF GAS IS NOW $4.30 IN THIS
[9:16] COUNTRY.
[9:18] WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
[9:20] NUCLEAR WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF
[9:21] RAND.
[9:22] THE GAS PRICES ARE MUCH
[9:24] GAS WILL GO DOWN.
[9:26] AS SOON AS THE WAR IS OVER, IT
[9:28] WILL DROP LIKE A ROCK.
[9:29] THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT.
[9:30] IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, SITTING
[9:32] ALL OVER THE OCEANS OF THE
[9:33] WORLD.
[9:34] THE PRESIDENT KNOWS WAR
[9:36] ISN'T CHEAP AND HIGH GAS
[9:38] PRICES ARE PAINFUL.
[9:39] BUT THE THINKING IS NO PAIN,
[9:41] NO GAIN.
[9:42] AND HE UNDERSTANDS DRIVING
[9:44] SEASONS AROUND THE HORIZON AND
[9:46] WANTS TO FINISH THE JOB.
[9:47] THE MARKET HAD ONE OF ITS BEST
[9:49] DAYS OF THE YEAR TODAY.
[9:51] THE MARKET HAD 100 POINTS.
[9:54] NASDAQ AND S&P CLOSED AT ALL-TIME
[9:57] HIGHS.
[9:58] EARNINGS FROM COMPANIES LIKE
[10:00] CATERPILLAR, HUGE.
[10:01] AND THE LABOR MARKET LOOKS ROCK
[10:04] SOLID.
[10:05] INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS HITTING
[10:07] THE WIRES AT 189,000.
[10:10] 189,000.
[10:11] WOW.
[10:12] THAT IS TRULY INCREDIBLE.
[10:14] WE'RE LOOKING AT LEVELS TRULY
[10:16] THAT WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN
[10:18] INCREDIBLE.
[10:19] WE'RE LOOKING AT LEVELS IN THE
[10:21] 60s.
[10:22] THIS IS VERY, VERY INCREDIBLE.
[10:24] SO FAR, DESPITE THE GAS PRICE
[10:26] SPIKE, THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS
[10:28] WEATHERING THE WAR REALLY WELL.
[10:30] IRAN'S ECONOMY?
[10:31] THEY'RE STRIPPING STEEL OFF
[10:33] FERRIS WHEELS TO BUILD CHOPPING
[10:36] CARTS TO HAUL COSMETICS INTO THE
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