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Speaker 1: Oh, we're very ezy, guys, to kick off week right
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Speaker 1: this morning. After a great trip last week. It's good
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Speaker 1: to see all of you back in Washington. This afternoon
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Speaker 1: in the Rose Garden, President Trump, alongside First Lady Milania Trump,
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Speaker 1: will sign the Take It Down Act into law. First
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Speaker 1: Lady Milania Trump was instrumental in getting this important legislation passed.
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Speaker 1: The Take It Down Act will protect victims of digital exploitation,
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Speaker 1: hold Internet platforms accountable by requiring them to remove such
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Speaker 1: imagery from their platforms, and provide justice for victims by
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Speaker 1: allowing prosecutors to go after those who publish non consensual
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Speaker 1: explicit images online. The First Lady met with members in
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Speaker 1: the House and the Senate, survivors and their families and
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Speaker 1: advocates throughout the process to get this bill across the
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Speaker 1: finish line. We are grateful for the First Lady's hard
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Speaker 1: work and dedication to this issue, and moving forward, she
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Speaker 1: will continue to champion the well being of our nation's
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Speaker 1: children through her be Best agenda. I know the President
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Speaker 1: looks forward to signing that bill into law later this afternoon,
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Speaker 1: and we will see.
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Speaker 2: You all there.
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Speaker 1: In other news, the One Big Beautiful Bill passed the
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Speaker 1: House Budget Committee last night, bringing it one step closer
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Speaker 1: to final passage. The One Big Beautiful Bill is perfectly
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Speaker 1: named because it represents a once in a generation opportunity
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Speaker 1: to deliver on the make America Great Again agenda responsible
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Speaker 1: for President Trump's landslide victory on November fifth.
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Speaker 2: The America First.
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Speaker 1: Policies in this bill are the reason why Republicans currently
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Speaker 1: have the majority in Congress right now. Passing this bill
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Speaker 1: is what voters sent Republicans to Washington to accomplish, and
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Speaker 1: that's why it's essential that every Republican in the House
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Speaker 1: and the Senate unites behind President Trump and passes this
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Speaker 1: popular and essential legislative package. This bill will be the
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Speaker 1: single most pro small business, pro family, and pro American
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Speaker 1: worker legislation ever. This bill will give Americans the large
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Speaker 1: tax cuts in our nation's history. When Republicans pass the bill,
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Speaker 1: Americans will be keeping more of their hard earned money
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Speaker 1: and taking home much bigger paychecks. The One Big Beautiful
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Speaker 1: Bill will deliver some of President Trump's central campaign promises.
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Speaker 1: No tax on tips for our hardworking waiters, waitresses, and
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Speaker 1: service workers. No tax on overtime for our law enforcement officers,
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Speaker 1: our firefighters and all those who Americans who are putting
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Speaker 1: in extra hours to make ends meet, and a large
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Speaker 1: tax deduction on interest payments for Americans who purchase American
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Speaker 1: made cars Despite desperate Democrat lies, the biggest beneficiary of
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Speaker 1: this tax cut will be working class Americans in their families.
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Speaker 1: Americans earning between thirty thousand dollars and eighty thousand dollars
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Speaker 1: per year will pay about fifteen percent less in taxes
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Speaker 1: after this legislation is passed. And according to a brand
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Speaker 1: new paper from the White House Consul of Economic Advisors,
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Speaker 1: the average family with two two children's take home pay
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Speaker 1: will be up to thirteen thousand dollars higher because of
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Speaker 1: the increase in wages and reductions in tax obligations. The
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Speaker 1: CEA study also said that the average overtime worker receives
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Speaker 1: a tax cut of roughly two thousand dollars.
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Speaker 2: Again, this is great news.
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Speaker 1: For our nurses, our police officers, and all those who
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Speaker 1: work overtime to make ends meet across our country. Put simply,
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Speaker 1: President Trump's one Big Beautiful Bill will be a boon
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Speaker 1: for working class America. This one Big Beautiful Bill is
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Speaker 1: also pro family. It will increase the child tax credit
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Speaker 1: to twenty five hundred dollars per.
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Speaker 2: Child, establish optional savings.
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Speaker 1: Account for newborn babies with a one thousand dollars credit added,
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Speaker 1: and strengthen.
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Speaker 2: Paid family leave.
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Speaker 1: This bill also delivers historic tax relief to America's seniors
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Speaker 1: by allowing middle and low income Social Security recipients to
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Speaker 1: deduct an additional four thousand dollars in payments from their
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Speaker 1: taxable income. If Democrats get their way and the Trump
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Speaker 1: tax cuts are no extended, Americans will face the largest
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Speaker 1: tax hike in history, to the tune of four trillion dollars.
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Speaker 1: Republicans must not side with Democrats in helping them raise taxes.
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Speaker 1: The One Big Beautiful Bill also provides critical protections of
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Speaker 1: Medicaid which will strengthen and preserve the program for decades
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Speaker 1: to come. Through common sense efforts to eliminate waste, fraud,
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Speaker 1: and abuse, Medicaid will no longer be used to pay
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Speaker 1: for barbaric gender mutilation procedures on minor children, and the
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Speaker 1: one point four million illegal aliens who are currently improperly
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Speaker 1: receiving Medicaid benefits will be kicked off the program to
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Speaker 1: preserve it for hard working American citizens who need it.
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Speaker 1: President Trump and Republicans are protecting Medicaid benefits for pregnant women, children,
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Speaker 1: disabled individuals, low income seniors and families, and the most
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Speaker 1: vulnerable Americans in our society.
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Speaker 2: And that's what Democrats are so angry about.
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Speaker 1: Basic Medicaid protections that will stop the funding of transgender
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Speaker 1: and sanity and illegal aliens from ripping off American taxpayers.
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Speaker 1: As you all know, over his first four months in office,
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Speaker 1: President Trump ended the previous administration's open border crisis and
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Speaker 1: secured our homeland in record time, all using executive authority.
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Speaker 1: Now Congress needs to act. The One Big Beautiful Bill
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Speaker 1: is the most significant investment in our nation's border patrol
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Speaker 1: and law enforcement agents in our nation's history. The bill
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Speaker 1: ensures that President Trump's popular and successful border security measures
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Speaker 1: are made permanent. Republicans have the backs of border patrol
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Speaker 1: and ICE agents who were put through hell over the
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Speaker 1: past four years and have quickly worked to secure our
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Speaker 1: southern border. And that's why this bill gives them more
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Speaker 1: resources to do their jobs, including a ten thousand dollars
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Speaker 1: much needed bonus to ICE agents and border patrol agents
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Speaker 1: over the next four years to provide those brave agents
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Speaker 1: with desperately needed reinforcements on the ground. The bill allows
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Speaker 1: for the hiring of thousands of new ice personnel, customs officers,
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Speaker 1: and border patrol abias. These significant hirings will empower President
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Speaker 1: Trump to continue delivering on his promise to carry out
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Speaker 1: the largest mass deportation in the history of our country. Again,
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Speaker 1: that is a promise that Republicans made to American voters.
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Speaker 1: It's a promise they were elected on, and it's a
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Speaker 1: promised Republicans on Capitol Hill need to keep secure our border.
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Speaker 1: To supplement those efforts, the bill fund The bill's funds
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Speaker 1: will fund the completion of President Trumps signature border wall.
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Speaker 1: As a result, seven hundred and one miles of primary wall,
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Speaker 1: nine hundred miles of river barriers, six hundred and twenty
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Speaker 1: nine miles of secondary barriers, and one hundred and forty
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Speaker 1: one miles a vehicle and pedestrian barriers will be constructed
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Speaker 1: when this bill passes, along with cutting edge technology to
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Speaker 1: secure our homeland from dangerous illegal alien invaders. This bill
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Speaker 1: also advances our national security and defense interests by ensuring
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Speaker 1: the United States military has the necessary resources to remain
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Speaker 1: the strongest and most lethal fighting force in the world.
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Speaker 1: The bill will provide resources for the construction of President
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Speaker 1: Trump's Golden Dome to safeguard Americans from potential tax give
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Speaker 1: the Coast Guard resources to build more modernized ships, and
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Speaker 1: the Air Force resources to acquire better planes. If all
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Speaker 1: of those incredible things were not enough, the Big Beautiful
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Speaker 1: Bill also finally modernizes air traffic control in America. A
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Speaker 1: bipartisan issue, the bill will allow President Trump to deliver
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Speaker 1: on his promise to overhaul and update our air traffic
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Speaker 1: control systems to keep Americans flying as safe and efficiently
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Speaker 1: as possible. The previous administration failed to act and do
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Speaker 1: this themselves despite repeated warnings from the GAO, which has
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Speaker 1: resulted in unacceptable delays at major airports like Newark that
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Speaker 1: the Trump administration is working hard to address. When the
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Speaker 1: One Big Beautiful Bill passes, we will replace the current
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Speaker 1: antiquated system. The FAA will enhance safety in our skies,
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Speaker 1: reduce delays, empower the future of air travel in the
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Speaker 1: United States. That's just some of what this historic legislation
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Speaker 1: will accomplish. It is absolutely essential that Republicans unite behind
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Speaker 1: the One Big Beautiful Bill and deliver on President Trump's agenda.
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Speaker 2: There is no time to waste.
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Speaker 1: Americans gave Republicans a once in a generation opportunity to
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Speaker 1: course correct our country over many wrongs over the past
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Speaker 1: four years, and Americans are counting on Republicans to work
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Speaker 1: as hard as President Trump is in this White House
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Speaker 1: every day on Capitol Hill.
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Speaker 2: Send this legislation to his desk as soon as possible
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Speaker 2: for his signature.
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Speaker 1: Here in our new media seat today we have Liam Crosgrove,
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Speaker 1: the White House correspondent for Zero Hedge with that BM
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Speaker 1: please kick us off.
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Speaker 3: Thank you, Caroline. So, first questions on foreign policy. Sure,
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Speaker 3: the President has made several moves towards peace and multiple
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Speaker 3: fronts India Pakistan with the hoot of the who Thi's
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Speaker 3: talking with Ran and talking with Putin. Biden didn't even
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Speaker 3: talk to Putin for the entire span of the war,
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Speaker 3: which is crazy considering two nuclear powers, we're engaged in
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Speaker 3: a proxy war. So I do admire these moves by
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Speaker 3: the current president, I'll be honest. However, as of today,
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Speaker 3: we are still funding both Israel's and Ukraine's wars. So
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Speaker 3: can Americans expect to finally be done financing foreign wars
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Speaker 3: at some point? With if you consider that one of
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Speaker 3: the president's goals, well.
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Speaker 1: I think I summarize the President's foreign policy agenda with
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Speaker 1: two words America first, and that means putting the American
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Speaker 1: people in the American taxpayer first. And that's why the
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Speaker 1: President is moving as quickly as he possibly can and
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Speaker 1: working over time to end these conflicts in both Israel
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Speaker 1: and Gaza and also the Russia Ukraine war. As you
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Speaker 1: all know, the President will be speaking with Putin at
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Speaker 1: ten o'clock. He plans to call President Zelenski when that
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Speaker 1: call concludes. I spoke to the President about that call
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Speaker 1: at ten o'clock. I don't want to get ahead of
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Speaker 1: those very important conversations, but of course you will hear
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Speaker 1: directly from the President or me after those calls conclude today,
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Speaker 1: so you can expect that. As for Israel in Gaza,
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Speaker 1: the President continues to not only himself but his national
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Speaker 1: security team engage in talks on both sides of this conflict.
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Speaker 1: The President made it very clear to Hamas that he
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Speaker 1: wanted to see all hostages released. In last week when
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Speaker 1: we were flying out of town, there was great news
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Speaker 1: on that front with the return of den Alexander, who
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Speaker 1: was the last remaining hostage in Gaza. So to answer
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Speaker 1: your question, the President is always thinking about the American people,
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Speaker 1: the American taxpayer first. He wants these conflicts to end,
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Speaker 1: not just to save money, but most importantly, to save lives.
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Speaker 4: Thank you.
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Speaker 3: And my only other question for you is so over
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Speaker 3: the weekend, President Trump posted truth social video highlighting what
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Speaker 3: most people call the Clinton BodyCount, which is the strange
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Speaker 3: number of suicides that seemed to happen in Clinton circles.
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Speaker 3: I have a headline here from the Washington Post that
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Speaker 3: said Trump pedal's false conspiracy theories tying the Clintons to
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Speaker 3: several deaths. So I just wanted to highlight real quick,
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Speaker 3: this wasn't in Trump's video, but this is from the
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Speaker 3: Arkansas Times, and it's the death of Mark Middleton, who
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Speaker 3: was a former Clinton White House aid who was found
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Speaker 3: dead on a Clinton Foundation property. And i'll just quote
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Speaker 3: from the Arkansas Times. Middleton apparently shot himself in the
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Speaker 3: chest with a shotgun and also hung himself from a
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Speaker 3: tree with an extension court. So I have no idea
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Speaker 3: how somebody commits suicide that way, but if the Washington
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Speaker 3: Post is here, maybe you can enlighten us as to
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Speaker 3: how that was actually a suicide. So anyways, that's just
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Speaker 3: to lead into my question about the most famous Clinton
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Speaker 3: related suicide, which is that of Jeffrey Epstein. There's still
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Speaker 3: a lot of questions around that case. You've released Phase
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Speaker 3: one of the Epstein files. What was missing from that
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Speaker 3: is any connection to his ties to intelligence agencies, And
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Speaker 3: that's really the whole story that not just trafficking young girls,
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Speaker 3: doing it on behalf of intelligence agencies and even potentially
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Speaker 3: as part of a blackmail ring with potential ties to
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Speaker 3: the Israeli government. So for Phase two, when can we
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Speaker 3: expect it? Will it have information pertending to those aspects
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Speaker 3: of the Epstein case.
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Speaker 1: I know the attorneys has committed to releasing those files.
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Speaker 1: I would defer you to the Department of Justice on
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Speaker 1: her timeline, But when she has made a promise in
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Speaker 1: the past, has kept it, and I'm certain that she
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Speaker 1: will in this case as well.
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Speaker 2: Rachel, thanks so much.
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Speaker 5: Kiera Lyon, the President set a two week deadline for
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Speaker 5: Ukraine and Russia to negotiate a deal. That time is
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Speaker 5: now up. Does the President intend to set a new
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Speaker 5: deadline on this call with President Putin?
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Speaker 2: And how much longer is he willing to give these talks.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't want to get ahead of the specific
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Speaker 1: the conversation the President will be having with President Putin
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Speaker 1: in less than an hour this morning. But he has
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Speaker 1: made clear throughout the entirety of this conflict since he
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Speaker 1: inherited it from Joe Biden.
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Speaker 2: Don't forget.
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Speaker 1: This is a war that began because of the previous
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Speaker 1: administrations and competence and weakness, and President Trump is working
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Speaker 1: very hard to fix it. He has made it clear
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Speaker 1: to both sides that he wants to see a peaceful
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Speaker 1: resolution and a ceasefire as soon as possible. But as
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Speaker 1: for specifics on a timeline, I won't get ahead of
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Speaker 1: the president, and just.
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Speaker 5: On the goals for this call in particular, is the
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Speaker 5: goal the goal to get Putin to agree to a
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Speaker 5: cease fire. Is the goal to lead to some sort
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Speaker 5: of in person negotiations with Putin and the President?
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Speaker 2: Well, I think again, we'll see how the call good.
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Speaker 1: The President has made it clear his goal is to
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Speaker 1: see a ceasefire and to see this conflict come to
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Speaker 1: an end, and he's grown weary and frustrated with both
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Speaker 1: sides of the conflict. The President and his team have
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Speaker 1: put an enormous amount of effort in solving this very
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Speaker 1: complicated war that again began because of the last administration's weakness.
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Speaker 6: He still want to meet Footin personally.
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Speaker 1: I think the President would certainly be open to that.
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Speaker 1: But let's see how this call goes today.
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Speaker 5: What's the status of the second secondary sanctioned pack which
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Speaker 5: the President's been talking about that you haven't imposed them yet,
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Speaker 5: but it's actually.
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Speaker 6: On the tape.
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Speaker 2: I think everything's on the table.
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Speaker 1: And again I won't get ahead of the President in
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Speaker 1: any commitments or decisions, but certainly it's something he's been
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Speaker 1: looking at and discussing.
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Speaker 5: Elen Hiken, I want to ask you about the House
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Speaker 5: Bill Uget Bill.
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Speaker 6: So does the President agree with Republicans minds filled that
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Speaker 6: Medicaid work requirements should be implemented as soon as twenty
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Speaker 6: twenty six.
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Speaker 1: So the President wants to serve and protect Medicaid for
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Speaker 1: Americans who This program was intended for the most vulnerable
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Speaker 1: in our society, pregnant women, low income families, seniors, those
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Speaker 1: who truly need these benefits, and it should be going
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Speaker 1: to people who physically cannot work. We want to see
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Speaker 1: able bodied Americans at least working twenty hours per week,
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Speaker 1: whether that's part time or full time, whether that's even
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Speaker 1: looking for work or volunteering for twenty hours a week,
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Speaker 1: if they are receiving medicaid. These are common sense provisions.
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Speaker 1: These are common sense changes that were actually introduced by
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Speaker 1: former Democrat President Clinton. They've been supported by every Democrat
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Speaker 1: president since, including the previous President Joe Biden. But again,
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Speaker 1: these are common sense reforms to ensure that those that
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Speaker 1: this program was intended for receive those benefits. And just
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Speaker 1: a quick fallow, is the President okay with this bill
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Speaker 1: adding to the deficit.
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Speaker 2: This bill is not the deficit.
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Speaker 1: In fact, according to the Council of Economic Advisors, this
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Speaker 1: bill will save one point six trillion dollars. And the
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Speaker 1: President absolutely understands. And here's the concerns of phil school
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Speaker 1: conservatives and of Americans who want to get our fiscal
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Speaker 1: house in order.
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Speaker 2: That's what the intention of this bill is.
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Speaker 1: There's one point six trillion dollars worth of savings in
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Speaker 1: this bill. That's the largest savings for any legislation that
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Speaker 1: has ever passed Capitol Hill in our nation's history. The
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Speaker 1: next bill that even comes close was eight hundred billion dollars.
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Speaker 1: That's less than half of the savings that we see
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Speaker 1: in the one big, beautiful bill. And so the goal
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Speaker 1: of this bill is to produce economic growth, to cut taxes,
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Speaker 1: and to get our fiscal house in order. And this
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Speaker 1: is the right step in the right direction towards doing that.
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Speaker 2: Edward, Yes, thanks, and then I'll go to you, thank you.
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Speaker 4: I'm going to get the president's reaction to Moodies downgrading
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Speaker 4: the credit rating credit rating of the United States.
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Speaker 2: Sure.
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Speaker 1: Well, Look, the President talked about this over the weekend.
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Speaker 1: The Secretary of Treasury also talked about it. When you
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Speaker 1: look at the world, the world has confidence in the
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Speaker 1: United States of America and our economy.
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Speaker 2: Once again.
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Speaker 1: The President just last week secured trillions of dollars in
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Speaker 1: investments from countries in the Middle East. We have seen
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Speaker 1: billions of dollars of investments flowing into our economy since
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Speaker 1: the President took office.
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Speaker 2: That is because America.
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Speaker 1: People around the world have confidence in the United States
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Speaker 1: of America. And if you also just look at the
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Speaker 1: raw economic data that we're seeing. Last week when we
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Speaker 1: were out of town, inflation dropped once again. Oil prices
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Speaker 1: are dropping, gas prices are dropping. The President has added
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Speaker 1: nearly a half million jobs to the American economy already,
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Speaker 1: so there's a lot of optimism in this economy.
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Speaker 2: And the President disagrees with that assessment.
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Speaker 4: And I want to ask you when we're think I could
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Speaker 4: on your Middle East trip, the United Arab Emrab Emirates
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Speaker 4: is getting some of the most advanced AI chips, so
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Speaker 4: there's agreements there. The UAE is the newest member of bricks.
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Speaker 4: Is there a concern from the President that those chips
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Speaker 4: and the technology will pass through to China, India, Russia
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Speaker 4: and Iran.
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Speaker 1: Part of going to the Middle East was to ensure
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Speaker 1: that is part of the region. Our golf partners know
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Speaker 1: that the United States of America is there for them
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Speaker 1: again and that they should be investing in the United States,
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Speaker 1: not in China. And these AI agreements, particularly the one
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Speaker 1: the Secretary of Commerce signed in the UAE, has security
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Speaker 1: guarantees to ensure that China is not getting the advantage
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Speaker 1: but the United States is getting the advantage when it
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Speaker 1: comes to AI, and that the UAE and the US
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Speaker 1: are working hand in hand together to invest in this space.
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Speaker 1: So read the agreements, their security guarantees. And this was
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Speaker 1: a great trip for the country, no doubt, go ahead.
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Speaker 7: Thanks Calen.
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Speaker 8: Prime Minister Netsan Yahoo of Israel has said today that
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Speaker 8: Israel will take control of all of Gaza. Is that
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Speaker 8: a goal that President Trump is comfortable with? All that
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Speaker 8: he supports.
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Speaker 1: I'll have to talk to that in about those comments
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Speaker 1: as they just came, I believe from the Prime Minister
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Speaker 1: this morning, and I'll let him speak on that. The
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Speaker 1: President has made it very clear he wants to see
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Speaker 1: this conflict in the region end. He wants all hostages
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Speaker 1: to be released. He was pleased that Eton Alexander was
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Speaker 1: returned home safely to his loving family. The President spoke
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Speaker 1: with Eden directly while we were traveling to the Middle
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Speaker 1: East last week. As for the Prime Minister's comments, I'll
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Speaker 1: let the President himself respond to those.
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Speaker 2: Sure.
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Speaker 9: How about the two questions one, how involved does the
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Speaker 9: President intend to be directly in talking to House members
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Speaker 9: about the bill over the next couple of weeks of
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Speaker 9: the next Thanks.
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Speaker 1: Well, over the weekend, the President was in direct conversation
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Speaker 1: and communication with the Speaker of the House.
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Speaker 2: He's been very involved. He always is.
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Speaker 1: He's willing to pick up the phone when he is
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Speaker 1: asked to, so he'll continue to be very engaged in
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Speaker 1: this process with both House members and his friends on
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Speaker 1: the Senate side as well.
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Speaker 9: And on former President Biden's cancer diagnosis, the President put
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Speaker 9: out a very nice message on through social Has he
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Speaker 9: talked to President Biden directly? Does he intend to call,
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Speaker 9: what does he intend to say directly?
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Speaker 1: Not to my knowledge, I don't believe they have spoken,
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Speaker 1: but I'm sure the President would be open to doing that.
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Speaker 1: I spoke to him last night about the former president's
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Speaker 1: cancer diagnosis, and the statement that he put out was
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Speaker 1: the initial reaction he had with me on the phone
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Speaker 1: as well.
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Speaker 2: Peter follow up.
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Speaker 7: I'm former President Biden White House doctors may have missed
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Speaker 7: the early stages of this prosty cancer. So is President
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Speaker 7: Trump worried about the quality of care that presidents get here?
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Speaker 1: Not as far as President Trump is concerned. The White
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Speaker 1: House physician we have here is phenomenal, and the team
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Speaker 1: of physicians that take care of the President, particularly at
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Speaker 1: Walter Reed Medical Center, are great. The President had his
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Speaker 1: physical recently, as you know, he had perfect results. He's
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Speaker 1: in very good shape. I think those of you who
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Speaker 1: traveled to the Middle East with us last week could
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Speaker 1: attest to.
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Speaker 2: The President's endurance. And by the way, I will add.
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Speaker 1: We returned home from a very long and tiring trip
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Speaker 1: last week and on Saturday, where was the President in
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Speaker 1: the Oval Office? Working all day? He doesn't stop, he
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Speaker 1: doesn't quit. He's in great health, and he trusts his physicians.
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Speaker 7: Two more thanks. Putin ghosted everybody buddy at these peace
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Speaker 7: talks last week. As President Trump phones him today to
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Speaker 7: try to figure out an end to the Ukraine War,
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Speaker 7: does he think that Putin is the good guy for
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Speaker 7: the bad gap.
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Speaker 1: Let the President speak on that conversation later. He's made
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Speaker 1: his feelings about both sides of this war quite clear
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Speaker 1: throughout it.
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Speaker 2: He wants to see an end any last one.
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Speaker 7: What does President Trump mean when he says that Taylor
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Speaker 7: Swift is no longer high?
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Speaker 1: Look, he is speaking about Taylor Swift's political views and
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Speaker 1: how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American
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Speaker 1: public for her work.
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Speaker 2: And I will leave it at that, Annie, go ahead,
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Speaker 2: than thanks so much, Callan.
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Speaker 10: I'm just going back one more time to the White
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Speaker 10: Housebandical Office because there seems to be some question about
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Speaker 10: this with regard to President Biden's screening. Can you say
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Speaker 10: whether or not President Trump is screening for prostate cancer
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Speaker 10: as part of his physical To the best of.
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Speaker 2: My understanding, he is.
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Speaker 1: But we can certainly check in with the White House
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Speaker 1: physician and go back and look at that physical report.
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Speaker 2: And there's just one other question.
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Speaker 10: Recently, Stephen Miller at the White House made some comments
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Speaker 10: about considering suspender habeas purpose, and I'm curious if there's
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Speaker 10: any update on how the White House is exploring that
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Speaker 10: option to not the president's agenda.
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Speaker 1: I don't have any update at this time, but I
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Speaker 1: can check in with our deputy chief of Staff, Mary Margaret.
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Speaker 2: Go ahead, thanks Caroline.
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Speaker 11: Given the ongoing revelations about the former president's on mental
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Speaker 11: acuity and how staff and media covered that up, especially
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Speaker 11: with the release of this book on two days, I think,
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Speaker 11: is there any interest in further scrutiny of Kevin O'Connor
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Speaker 11: the former president's position.
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Speaker 2: I'll let the President speak on that.
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Speaker 1: I spoke to the President again about the former president's
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Speaker 1: health diagnosis last night, and he wanted to extend his
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Speaker 1: warmest wishes to the former president and his family.
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Speaker 2: But as for any further action, I'll let the President
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Speaker 2: speak on that first. Michelle.
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Speaker 11: Vice President Vancey's meeting with Silenski.
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Speaker 2: Can you share any more information on that.
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Speaker 1: My understanding was it was a good meeting, a productive meeting,
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Speaker 1: and we're grateful that the Vice President did it and
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Speaker 1: that he also went to the Hope's first Mass in Rome.
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Speaker 2: I also have an update on that.
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Speaker 1: The Vice President passed along a letter to the Pope
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Speaker 1: from the President and from the First Lady extending their
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Speaker 1: warm wishes and inviting them to the White House as
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Speaker 1: soon as they possibly can come. Michelle and Iran Steet
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Speaker 1: wood Coffa yesterday that you continued in Richmond is a
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Speaker 1: red line for the US Urine Foreign Ministrators that's going to.
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Speaker 2: Continue no matter what.
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Speaker 3: How committed is the US to that red line, what's
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Speaker 3: the next step for the next round of talks.
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Speaker 1: We are one hundred percent committed to that red line.
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Speaker 1: The President, Special on Voy wit Cough, Secretary Rubio have
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Speaker 1: made that incredibly clear, not just to the American public,
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Speaker 1: but also in those discussions that Special.
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Speaker 2: On Boy Witcoff has had directly with the Iranians and
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Speaker 2: the next round of talks. I don't have an update
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Speaker 2: for you, but we can get one to the back row.
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Speaker 2: Go ahead, Thank you.
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Speaker 9: Carolin South Africa's the president says he's going to come
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Speaker 9: to the White House Committee with.
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Speaker 7: President Trump on Wednesday.
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Speaker 3: What are the President's expectations for that trip?
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Speaker 7: And South Amborga president recently said he believes the folks
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Speaker 7: that have been resettled here recently are powers running away
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Speaker 7: from the problems in South Amberka.
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Speaker 1: Because the White I was ever response to that, So
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Speaker 1: I did see the South African president put out that statement.
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Speaker 1: I want to confirm an our end with our Secretary
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Speaker 1: of State and National Security Advisor and we'll get back
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Speaker 1: to you on that.
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Speaker 2: Monica.
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Speaker 1: Thanks Carolyn, you mentioned the President the First Lady are
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Speaker 1: signing the Store Take It.
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Speaker 7: Down Act this afternoon.
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Speaker 2: I'm curious, you know, what are some of the.
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Speaker 1: Repercussions or consequences for these online platforms?
28:22
Speaker 2: Are perpetrators that will comply with you? A. Well, what
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Speaker 2: this bill does.
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Speaker 1: It takes the initial step to ensure that prosecutors are
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Speaker 1: able to take down That's why it's called the Take
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Speaker 1: It Down Act platforms that are allowing this sexually explicit
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Speaker 1: content on their platform, so it gives them more leeway
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Speaker 1: to go after them as they see fit. But as
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Speaker 1: for specific repercussions, I would defer you to the Department
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Speaker 1: of Justice of how they plan to implement this bill
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Speaker 1: once it is signed later today.
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Speaker 2: Brian, Yes, thank you.
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Speaker 1: You said in your opening statement you talked about this
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Speaker 1: bag of baby Satan's account exactly.
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Speaker 4: How would that work?
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Speaker 6: We will be eligible for it on this women would
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Speaker 6: be helpable for that.
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Speaker 1: Yes, so one of the provisions in the One Big
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Speaker 1: Beautiful Bill. As I said, this is a very pro
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Speaker 1: family piece of legislation. Not only does it increase the
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Speaker 1: child tax credit, but it also includes MAGA baby savings
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Speaker 1: accounts for children that are born before January first, twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty four, under eight years old US citizens and have
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Speaker 1: at least one parent with a valid Social Security number,
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Speaker 1: and when this tax provision becomes law, the child, if
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Speaker 1: the parents seek to do this, will be set up
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Speaker 1: with a savings account. Essentially, it's a four oh one
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Speaker 1: K for a newborn baby in child's relatives. Their parents
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Speaker 1: can contribute up to five thousand dollars per year of
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Speaker 1: after tax dollars annually to that account, and then later
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Speaker 1: in the baby's life at age twenty five, savings account
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Speaker 1: holders can withdraw up to the full balance of the
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Speaker 1: account upon reaching thirty. The account holders can access the
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Speaker 1: full balance of the account for any purpose desired. So
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Speaker 1: it's a great initiative for new parents new mothers who
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Speaker 1: want to set up the savings account for their children.
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Speaker 2: We ja thank you, Carolyn.
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Speaker 6: President Trump and his top economic aids have repeatedly said
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Speaker 6: that America Americans will.
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Speaker 2: Not pay the cost of tariffs.
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Speaker 10: In fact, last week, Letnix said people have to drop
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Speaker 10: the quote silly arguments that consumers would.
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Speaker 2: Pay the costs.
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Speaker 10: But over the weekend, as you know, the President posted
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Speaker 10: that Walmart should eat the tariffs and not charge the
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Speaker 10: value customer anything.
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Speaker 5: I'll be watching and so will your customers.
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Speaker 2: So does he acknowledge that if companies.
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Speaker 5: Don't absorb the full cost, Americans will have to pay.
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Speaker 8: Well.
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Speaker 1: First of all, the CEO or made those comments about
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Speaker 1: the tariffs on an early earnings call, where CEOs I
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Speaker 1: believe are legally obligated to give the most dire warnings
30:51
Speaker 1: and forecast to their investors in stakeholders. The reality is
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Speaker 1: is the President has always maintained a Chinese producers will
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Speaker 1: be absorbing the of these tariffs, and that is why
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Speaker 1: China was so quick to hustle to the negotiating table
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Speaker 1: with the United States of America. They need our markets,
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Speaker 1: they need our consumers. And I would again point you
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Speaker 1: to the inflation report that came out last week showing
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Speaker 1: that inflation is declining in large part because energy prices
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Speaker 1: are dropping across the board in this country because of
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Speaker 1: the President's robust energy agenda that he has taken since
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Speaker 1: January twentieth. So the President is committed to ensuring that
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Speaker 1: prices remain low for American consumers. And he maintains the
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Speaker 1: position that foreign countries will absorb these tariffs.
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Speaker 7: Which does he mean by all be watching to Walmart.
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Speaker 2: He'll be watching seeing what they're doing.
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Speaker 6: Jennifer on the gift plane from Qatar, three things, Is
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Speaker 6: there a timeline for the US receiving that plane? Do
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Speaker 6: you know how long it will take to retrofit the
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Speaker 6: plane to presidential standards? And Thirdly, has the intelligence community
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Speaker 6: security folks have they weighed in on whether that plane
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Speaker 6: can actually be security to presidential standards.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up this question because I was
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Speaker 1: watching the American press spew a lot of misinformation about
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Speaker 1: the plane donation last week when we were abroad. Let's
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Speaker 1: be very clear the government of Qatar. The Katari family
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Speaker 1: has offered to donate this plane to the United States
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Speaker 1: Air Force, where that donation will be accepted according to
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Speaker 1: all legal and ethical obligations. It will be retrofitted to
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Speaker 1: the highest of standards by the Department of Defense in
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Speaker 1: the United States Air Force. This plane is not a
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Speaker 1: personal donation or a gift to the President of the
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Speaker 1: United States, And everyone who wrote that last week should
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Speaker 1: go and correct their stories, because this is a donation
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Speaker 1: to our country and to the United States Air Force.
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Speaker 1: As for a timeline, because it is the United States
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Speaker 1: Air Force that is accepting the plane, I would defer
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Speaker 1: you to them for specifics because the President, frankly, has
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Speaker 1: nothing to do with it.
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Speaker 2: It's the Air Force's project to take on Sure.
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Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Carelian and the President call fiscal
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Speaker 1: conservatives who are hesit to vote for the big beautiful bill,
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Speaker 1: and if so, what did they say?
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Speaker 2: What did he say?
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Speaker 1: But I don't reveal the president's private discussions unless he
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Speaker 1: gives me the liberty too. But he has been engaged
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Speaker 1: in this process. He spoke to the Speaker of the House,
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Speaker 1: and he will continue to make those phone calls.
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Speaker 2: If it's necessary for him. Sure, thank thank you, Carol,
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Speaker 2: I'll go to both of you.
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Speaker 7: Go ahead, thank you.
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Speaker 9: Any updates on Greenland? Will the President be making any trips?
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Speaker 9: And do we have any detail that you can share
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Speaker 9: with us.
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Speaker 1: I don't have any future for us to read out
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Speaker 1: for you. We just returned home from one. But the
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Speaker 1: President maintains the reasoning for Greenland's strategic purposes in the Arctic,
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Speaker 1: and he continues to remain committed to the idea of
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Speaker 1: obtaining Greenland in whatever means we can to advance our
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Speaker 1: national security interests in the region.
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Speaker 8: Thank you, Everline, I have a question. Was leven On
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Speaker 8: part of the discussion during the Middle East tour and
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Speaker 8: did you meet with any of presentatives.
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Speaker 1: To manage The President did not meet with any representatives
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Speaker 1: from Lebanon, although he did talk about the election that
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Speaker 1: they recently had there and how he hopes that Lebanon
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Speaker 1: can come to a more peaceful place in their country
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Speaker 1: and that we drive out hesb Iranian backed Hesbola proxies
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Speaker 1: in Lebanon to ensure peace and prosperity in that country
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Speaker 1: and also for the greater Middle Eastern region. And I
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Speaker 1: would just add to that before I wrap up, because
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Speaker 1: the President's call will begin in a few minutes.
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Speaker 2: The President's historic tour.
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Speaker 1: To the Middle East last week truly reset our foreign
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Speaker 1: policy agenda in that region. I think actually, in fact,
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Speaker 1: the Washington Post had a headline, president Trump remakes US
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Speaker 1: foreign policy in the Middle East, and that's absolutely true.
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Speaker 1: He took a courageous and bold step to lift sanctions
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Speaker 1: on Syria. He strengthened our ties with our golf partners,
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Speaker 1: and he put ran into a very difficult position because
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Speaker 1: the United States.
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Speaker 2: Of America is back.
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Speaker 1: And I will summarize the President's trip with an anecdote
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Speaker 1: that I heard directly from a member of one of
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Speaker 1: the foreign delegations. I asked him how hopeful their country
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Speaker 1: when they learned President Trump won the election, and he
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Speaker 1: told me, when President Trump won the election, it was
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Speaker 1: like the lights turned on in a dark room. For
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Speaker 1: the past four years, to the rest of the.
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Speaker 2: World, America was dark.
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Speaker 1: We were unresponsive, We did not pick up the phone,
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Speaker 1: we did not return calls. All of that has changed
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Speaker 1: under the leadership of this president. And I think the
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Speaker 1: world saw that last week with this historic and wildly
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Speaker 1: successful trip.
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Speaker 2: And the work continues.
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Speaker 1: The President will be speaking to President Putin at ten
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Speaker 1: am and we'll have a readout for you after that call,
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Speaker 1: and we'll see you in the Rose Garden at three o'clock.
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Speaker 2: Thanks guys,