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Will Democrats Stop Trump's Agenda? · The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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  Speaker 1: Today, I'm thrilled to announce that my administration is taking
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  Speaker 1: historic action to help our nation's great cattle ranchers and
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  Speaker 1: deliver American meat process to the highest standard. And they
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  Speaker 1: have to bring it to these processors, and it's a monopoly,
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  Speaker 1: I would say. So I've heard all about it. I've
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  Speaker 1: been listening to it, the big processors. And they say
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  Speaker 1: they're a very nasty group, very difficult to deal with.
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  Speaker 1: So for the first time ever, we're going to give
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  Speaker 1: farmers and ranchers the right to process their own food.
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  Speaker 1: That's a big announcement.
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  Speaker 2: You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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  Speaker 3: Good Saturday morning. Nice to have you with us on
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  Speaker 3: the 47 Morning Update. And we've got two big stories
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  Speaker 3: for you. First up, Democrats feel like they've got a
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  Speaker 3: very good chance to take back the House and even
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  Speaker 3: the Senate in the midterm elections. So what does that
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  Speaker 3: look like and what would it mean for the Trump
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  Speaker 3: agenda moving forward?
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  Speaker 4: We break it down for you.
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  Speaker 3: Also this week, there was a massive victory for the
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  Speaker 3: president of the United States of America, and it deals
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  Speaker 3: with the White House and the ballroom. And the left,
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  Speaker 3: they're losing their minds. We break down what the Supreme
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  Speaker 3: Court actually said. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it
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  Speaker 3: starts right now.
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  Speaker 4: Story number one.
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  Speaker 3: So we're heading into the midterms, and there's a big question.
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  Speaker 3: What happens if Democrats win in the midterms? And how
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  Speaker 3: much will it stop the president's agenda? Let me give
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  Speaker 3: you an example of what's actually at stake right now.
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  Speaker 3: We have learned that the Department of Homeland Security is
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  Speaker 3: now telling the story about more than 2,100 illegal aliens
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  Speaker 3: that have been arrested in New York. It was an operation,
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  Speaker 3: they say, that targeted illegal aliens, and it led to
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  Speaker 3: the arrest of more than 2,100. The Homeland Security Secretary,
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  Speaker 3: Mark Wayne Mullen, said the Operation Rotten Apple took place
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  Speaker 3: on Saturday, the 29th of April, through Monday, July the 27th,
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  Speaker 3: and led to the arrest of murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug
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  Speaker 3: traffickers and violent assailants. Mullen said ICE made these arrests
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  Speaker 3: without help from New York City Mayor Mondani or without
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  Speaker 3: the help of the governor, Kathy Hochul. We won't let
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  Speaker 3: sanctuary politicians stand in our way, Mullen said. If you're
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  Speaker 3: a state or local politician, your best bet is to cooperate,
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  Speaker 3: is to cooperate with us so we can all make
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  Speaker 3: America safe again. Those arrests included an illegal alien from Ukraine,
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  Speaker 3: whose criminal history includes convictions for kidnapping, abduction resulting in death,
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  Speaker 3: criminal possession of a weapon, and murder. There was another
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  Speaker 3: illegal alien from Colombia whose criminal history included arrests on
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  Speaker 3: charges of sexual conduct against a child and acting in
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  Speaker 3: a manner to injure a child less than 17. Another
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  Speaker 3: illegal alien from India whose criminal history includes a conviction
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  Speaker 3: for rape in Germany. Add to that list an illegal
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  Speaker 3: alien from Venezuela whose criminal history includes a conviction for
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  Speaker 3: rape as well. Remember when the president said they're sending
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  Speaker 3: us their worst? Well, that's exactly what now ICE and
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  Speaker 3: the Department of Homeland Security is getting off the streets.
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  Speaker 3: Their worst, another illegal from Cambodia, whose criminal history includes
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  Speaker 3: a conviction for drug trafficking. Or another illegal alien from
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  Speaker 3: the Dominican Republic whose criminal history includes a conviction for
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  Speaker 3: conspiracy to distribute with intent to distribute heroin. Yeah, these
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  Speaker 3: are who they're getting off the streets and who the
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  Speaker 3: mayor and the governor in New York refused to work
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  Speaker 3: with ICE. There was another illegal alien from Sierra Leone
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  Speaker 3: whose criminal history includes convictions for robbery, dwelling, causing injury,
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  Speaker 3: first-degree assault, criminal possession of a controlled substance. and possession of, well,
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  Speaker 3: tools that are to create or hurt and do bodily harm.
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  Speaker 3: No big deal, right? How about an illegal alien from Vietnam?
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  Speaker 3: His criminal history includes a conviction as well for robbery,
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  Speaker 3: possession of stolen property, damaging property, larceny, and possession of cocaine,
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  Speaker 3: cocaine possession, receiving a stolen vehicle. Or the illegal alien
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  Speaker 3: from Honduras whose criminal history includes a conviction for possession
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  Speaker 3: with intent to distribute narcotics. Now you go through this
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  Speaker 3: list and there's one thing that's very clear. All of
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  Speaker 3: this will stop if Democrats get their way. In fact,
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  Speaker 3: we already know that they're not working with ICE.
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  Speaker 4: They want to.
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  Speaker 3: Abolish ICE and they refuse to cooperate with ICE in
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  Speaker 3: any capacity.
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  Speaker 4: Why?
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  Speaker 3: Because they truly believe that we should have wide open borders.
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  Speaker 3: They truly believe that America should not check who's coming
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  Speaker 3: to this country illegally. They truly believe that America is
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  Speaker 3: an evil nation that should be changed from within. That's
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  Speaker 3: exactly why they opened the borders and fled this country
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  Speaker 3: with millions and millions of illegal immigrants. And when you
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  Speaker 3: look at who we're taking off the streets, you should
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  Speaker 3: ask yourself this question.
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  Speaker 4: What world are you living in where.
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  Speaker 3: You have a murderer or a child rapist and you
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  Speaker 3: don't hand them over to federal authorities to get them
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  Speaker 3: out of this country? That is a question that everyone
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  Speaker 3: should be asking. So here we are yet again in
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  Speaker 3: another scenario where the good guys are winning, even as
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  Speaker 3: governors and mayors refuse to step up and do their
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  Speaker 3: job the appropriate way. Now, I want to pivot quickly
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  Speaker 3: and get you some last minute breaking news. President Donald
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  Speaker 3: Trump is now warning that Iran could be, quote, totally
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  Speaker 3: wiped out as a country if it continues to attack U.S.
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  Speaker 4: Forces.
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  Speaker 3: Tehran launched a new ballistic missile barrage targeting American military
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  Speaker 3: facilities in Jordan following a wave of U.S. strikes on Iran.
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  Speaker 3: Trump issued the warning during a phone call with Fox
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  Speaker 3: News chief foreign correspondent as U.S. forces carried out a
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  Speaker 3: new round of strikes across southern Iran, which Washington said
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  Speaker 3: were retaliation for Iranian threats to shipping in the Strait
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  Speaker 3: of Hormuz, and an earlier missile attack against American forces
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  Speaker 3: in Jordan. If they do respond, they'll be hit much harder,
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  Speaker 3: Trump said. This is a very big hit today. If
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  Speaker 3: it goes a third time, they're going to be totally
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  Speaker 3: wiped out as a country. Here's more of that reporting
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  Speaker 3: from Tel Aviv.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, John, good afternoon.
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  Speaker 5: I just spoke with President Trump, who indicated that if
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  Speaker 5: the Iranians respond to these U.S. strikes against their country,
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  Speaker 5: the president said.
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  Speaker 4: they'll be hit much harder.
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  Speaker 5: He went on to say today's strikes were a very
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  Speaker 5: big hit, and if it goes a third time, they're
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  Speaker 5: going to be totally wiped out as a country. Now,
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  Speaker 5: I asked the president what was hit tonight in Iran,
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  Speaker 5: specifically in the southwestern part of the country, next to
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  Speaker 5: the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump says a lot of radar.
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  Speaker 5: And added that they were trying to rebuild the radar
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  Speaker 5: systems and the United States was watching. And then just
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  Speaker 5: before they completed this construction, that's when these strikes took place.
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  Speaker 5: The president says the USS George Washington, that new aircraft
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  Speaker 5: carrier that arrived in theater last week, is loaded to
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  Speaker 5: the gills with ammunition. And he indicated that they have
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  Speaker 5: enough to continue this fight against Iran, again, if the
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  Speaker 5: Iranians do decide to respond. As for any sort of
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  Speaker 5: possible agreement with the Iranians, President Trump says, I think
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  Speaker 5: an agreement with them isn't worth the paper. It's written on.
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  Speaker 5: We gave them a lot of chances. But again, the
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  Speaker 5: latest information that we have, John, U.S. strikes are ongoing
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  Speaker 5: against Iran, hitting the southwestern part of the country. And
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  Speaker 5: the president, once again, in a call with Fox News,
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  Speaker 5: warning the Iranian regime, if they respond to these strikes
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  Speaker 5: against the southwestern part of Iran, that they will be
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  Speaker 5: hit much harder. And again, he goes on to say
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  Speaker 5: if this goes for a third time, they will be
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  Speaker 5: wiped out as a country. He described the Iranians as
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  Speaker 5: crazy and stupid. And again, the region is waiting to
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  Speaker 5: see if there will be an Iranian response already in
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  Speaker 5: Iranian state media. They are threatening retaliation against U.S. forces
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  Speaker 5: in the region.
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  Speaker 3: So there you have it. The president making a new
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  Speaker 3: threat against Iran. We will be watching this and keep
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  Speaker 3: you updated on it. But I want to make sure
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  Speaker 3: you had that as well.
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  Speaker 4: Next, story number two. The Supreme Court.
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  Speaker 3: Handed Donald Trump a major win.
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  Speaker 4: And it was not just a big win for him
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  Speaker 4: in general.
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  Speaker 3: It was also a personal win after the harassment by
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  Speaker 3: so many on the left. The White House ballroom can
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  Speaker 3: now move forward yet again. proving that when the people
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  Speaker 3: actually decide who they want their president to be, that individual,
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  Speaker 3: whether it's Republican or Democrat, should be able to do
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  Speaker 3: what they need to do as president. Donald Trump not
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  Speaker 3: only scoring this major victory at the Supreme Court, But
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  Speaker 3: now it allows the president to move forward with that
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  Speaker 3: White House ballroom that suffered a massive setback. It was
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  Speaker 3: a 5-4 decision, and the Supreme Court ruled Monday that
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  Speaker 3: construction can continue on the new White House ballroom and
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  Speaker 3: associated complex while, quote, the legal battle plays out. Now,
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  Speaker 3: the decision blocks the lower court rulings, and they were
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  Speaker 3: activist judges that would have stopped the above-ground construction. And
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  Speaker 3: understand what that means practically. The cranes keep moving. The
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  Speaker 3: workers keep building the project. It now keeps going forward. Now,
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  Speaker 3: the ballroom project is enormous. It's about 90,000 square feet
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  Speaker 3: with an estimated price tag that was originally around 400 million.
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  Speaker 3: The broader redevelopment also includes significant underground military and security facilities,
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  Speaker 3: which are needed. Trump has argued that the White House
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  Speaker 3: desperately not only needed a permanent world-class space for major
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  Speaker 3: state events, rather than repeatedly relying on temporary structures for
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  Speaker 3: large gatherings. Almost immediately, the left and the opponents and
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  Speaker 3: the media, well, they tried to stop him. The National
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  Speaker 3: Trust for Historic Preservation sued, arguing that Trump did not
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  Speaker 3: have the authority as the president to undertake a dramatic
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  Speaker 3: transformation of the White House complex without what they demanded, Well,
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  Speaker 3: guess what? The Supreme Court said they were wrong. Now,
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  Speaker 3: they did find success in the lower courts. They found
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  Speaker 3: activist judges, and a federal district judge moved to block
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  Speaker 3: the above-ground construction, and the D.C. Circuit upheld that injunction
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  Speaker 3: as well. Now, the Supreme Court said they were wrong. Now,
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  Speaker 3: had the Supreme Court not intervened, construction would have faced
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  Speaker 3: a major shutdown. Here is how Fox News described the
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  Speaker 3: news as it broke.
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  Speaker 6: As mentioned at the top, breaking tonight, a divided Supreme
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  Speaker 6: Court allows the White House to continue construction on its
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  Speaker 6: $ 400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out. The president
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  Speaker 6: posted news about that a short time ago, calling the
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  Speaker 6: project part of the golden age of America. Fox News
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  Speaker 6: chief legal correspondent, anchor of Fox News Sunday, Shannon Bream,
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  Speaker 6: has details tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Good evening, Shannon.
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  Speaker 7: Good evening, Brett. Well, today's 5-4 decision is a big
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  Speaker 7: win for the president. As the administration says, crews are
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  Speaker 7: working 20 hours a day on the complex that includes
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  Speaker 7: both the ballroom and those underground military installations. Well, the
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  Speaker 7: court had this to say. It said it's not passing
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  Speaker 7: judgment on the legality of the project, but it did
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  Speaker 7: hold that the plaintiff challenging the ballroom project likely doesn't
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  Speaker 7: actually have the right to sue the Trump administration over it. Quote,
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  Speaker 7: we conclude only that based on the submissions before us,
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  Speaker 7: the government is likely to prevail in showing that the
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  Speaker 7: National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States lacks
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  Speaker 7: Article 3 standing to challenge the project in federal court.
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  Speaker 7: But the dissenters, and this is an interesting lineup, they
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  Speaker 7: were led by Chief Justice Roberts, included Justices Sotomayor, Kagan,
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  Speaker 7: and Jackson. They argue that the National Trust Executive Committee member,
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  Speaker 7: Alison Hoagland, does have standing, quote, given the distinctive nature
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  Speaker 7: of the White House and Hoagland's focused and substantiated interest
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  Speaker 7: in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury
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  Speaker 7: from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized. Now,
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  Speaker 7: that doesn't mean the legal battle over the ballroom is over, though,
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  Speaker 7: only that while the fights play out, construction can continue.
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  Speaker 3: Now, this is exactly why Democrats and the media, of course,
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  Speaker 3: are livid this morning. The majority, by the way, made
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  Speaker 3: a very important point. They said disagreement with what a
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  Speaker 3: president is doing does not automatically give someone the legal
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  Speaker 3: right to sue. The Supreme Court's majority concluded that the
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  Speaker 3: National Trust likely doesn't have Article 3 standings. Now, what
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  Speaker 3: does that mean in plain English? The court questioned whether
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  Speaker 3: this organization has suffered the kind of concrete personal injury
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  Speaker 3: necessary to bring this lawsuit in federal court in the
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  Speaker 3: first place. And as the court put it, quote, mere offense,
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  Speaker 3: disagreement or distaste for a project does not amount to
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  Speaker 3: the concrete injury required for standing in the court. Now,
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  Speaker 3: that is significant far beyond this ballroom, because the argument
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  Speaker 3: from the administration is essentially this.
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  Speaker 4: You cannot simply turn.
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  Speaker 3: The federal judiciary into a political veto whenever an advocacy
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  Speaker 3: organization disagrees with a president's decision. That is good news,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, for this president and future presidents, by
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  Speaker 3: the way. And the Supreme Court's majority concluded that the
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  Speaker 3: government is likely to prevail on its argument. and that
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  Speaker 3: the National Trust doesn't have the standing to challenge the
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  Speaker 3: project like they've been claiming. Now, there's also an important
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  Speaker 3: legal distinction here. The Supreme Court did not rule that
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  Speaker 3: every aspect of Trump's ballroom project is definitely or definitively legal.
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  Speaker 3: The majority specifically said it was not deciding the ultimate
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  Speaker 3: legality of the East Wing project. It ruled on the
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  Speaker 3: standing question that the government's request to keep construction going
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  Speaker 3: while litigation continues.
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  Speaker 4: is something they said yes to.
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  Speaker 3: And that is the reason why this matters so much,
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  Speaker 3: because time is really what this is about. There is
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  Speaker 3: now time for the president to do what he needs
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  Speaker 3: to do. Construction is already underway. The administration has argued
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  Speaker 3: that stopping a massive construction project in the middle of
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  Speaker 3: the process would impose not only serious costs and interfere
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  Speaker 3: with security-related work connected to the broader complex. And the
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  Speaker 3: Supreme Court agreed that the government's interests favored allowing the
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  Speaker 3: work to continue. Now, this is exactly why, by the way,
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  Speaker 3: the president immediately decided to celebrate. The president said the
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  Speaker 3: project can now move ahead without the uncertainty that has
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  Speaker 3: surrounded it because the radical left. And when completed, he
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  Speaker 3: said in the summer of twenty twenty eight, the ballroom
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  Speaker 3: and the military complex will be something the entire country
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  Speaker 3: can be proud of. So congratulations to President Trump for
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  Speaker 3: being able to actually be the president and do something
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  Speaker 3: incredible for the American people at our White House. We'll
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  Speaker 3: take a quick break. It's the Ben Ferguson Show. Much
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  Speaker 3: more coming up right after this.
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