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Thanks so much for watching. We got a great show for you tonight. Ambassador Mike Wall is here with us live. He's going to talk about what the Gulf states are saying and what they're telling him behind the scenes as the Iran war wages on. You, it's going to be talking about what's happening to politics.
When it came to war, we used to be on the same page, not today, also. We might need $50 billion more for this war. Are Democrats going to get aboard? And Steve Mosher, is this really all about China? He's one of the nation's foremost experts on it.
He's going to weigh in. I think he's got a very strong case. But first, the Fox News alert to the war in Iraq.
Now entering its second week as explosions are up over Tehran, while the U.S. and Israeli forces continue their relentless barrage of strikes on the terrorist regime. What do you want from Iran? I said unconditional. I said unconditional.
It's where they cry, uncle, or when they can't fight any longer. We've wiped down. Their leadership numerous times already.
So, what we're doing is a great thing, not only for our country and not only for Israel. not only for the Middle East, but for the world. Where this ends, we're going to have a much safer world.
So, just hours ago, Iran choosing their new supreme leader, the son of the Ayatollah, Mujjaba Khumani. It comes just days after President Trump called him a lightweight and an unacceptable selection. I just spoke to the president. He said, This: I am not happy. Also, breaking today, a seventh U.S.
Service member has died from injuries sustained during the first day of attacks. Iran's foreign minister has rejected calls for a ceasefire as Gulf states have now been caught in the crossfire.
So what's really happening behind the scenes with our Gulf state allies? Let's ask a man who's behind the scenes doing the diplomatic thing now, Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Walsh. Ambassador, how are the Gulf states responding to being targeted by Iran one week in? Yeah, thanks, Brian.
Well, look, I've met with every one of them: Kuwaiti, Qatari, Imrahati, the representative of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi, and Jordanian, and so forth. And to a person, you know, there was some expectation that. The Iranians would hit back, perhaps targeted on our bases. But they are furious and are beside themselves that the Iranians would dare shoot in all directions and indiscriminately fire drones and missiles into hotels, into tourist sites, into ports, into gas terminals, airports. It is outrageous.
It's unacceptable. And look, I'll tell you, just a few months ago, they were not very united. We saw action in Yemen. We saw a lot of disagreement over Sudan. They are united now.
And this strategy on Iran to try to sow chaos by hitting our allies and hitting their neighbors is absolutely backfiring. I've never seen the Gulf Arabs so united and standing together. I think you'll see some very serious diplomatic action forthcoming, but there's a lot of calls for military action as well. I'll leave that to Secretary Hegseth. And the Pentagon to coordinate those actions.
Yeah, Senator Lindsey Graham says, I want the UAE and Saudi Arabia, I want them in the fight, but let's see what the decision they'll make.
Meanwhile, just to build on what you said, it's really perfect. I just spoke to the President of the United States 20 minutes ago about the Gulf states and their involvement. And what he told me was this: Iran had thousands of missiles pointed at all these Middle Eastern countries for the last four months. They were going to take over the Middle East, meaning Iran. They were going to control it all: the UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
They had 1,200 missiles pointed at these countries. All these nations were afraid of Iran, and they are not anymore. And they had reason to be afraid. We have knocked the hell out of them like no other nation could, and they still have remnants left. Just wanted you to respond to that.
Well, this is why the president, one of the reasons I think he did why he did this now. Imagine, we're seeing how the Iranian regime is behaving now. Imagine if The president had kicked the can like so many of his predecessors had, and at the rate that Iran was producing these drones and ballistic missiles had tens, if not hundreds of thousands years from now. That's the shield that Secretary Rubio has been talking about, behind which they would then develop a full-blown nuclear program, which we know they intended to do. They were not negotiating in good faith.
The reason President Trump went now is because they're at their weakest point, and he's not the type of president to kick the can and let future generations have to deal with a much stronger, nuclear-armed Iran to then truly hold not just the region, but the world hostage. Ambassador, they think Israel's the problem, but those Gulf states know Iran's the problem. I also asked the president about the rise in oil prices, $100 a barrel. And he said this about the Strait of Hormuz. These ships got to go through the Strait of Ramuz and show some guts.
There's nothing to be afraid of. They have no Navy. We sunk all their ships and all but 20% of their launchers. What is your reaction and that message to the merchant ships, and that's the Gulf states too, to start getting that oil going through there?
Well, to the President's point, we've destroyed their Air Force, destroyed their air defenses, destroyed 80, 90% of their launchers and missile capability, and sank their entire Navy. This is about, I think, emotion. It's irrational. We have eliminated the threat for these both merchant ships, and commerce needs to start moving. In addition to that, the Development Finance Corporation, led by Ben Black, the President and Secretary, and he announced that we'll put insurance in place just as an additional safeguard.
So these ships need to start moving. I understand from talking to Secretary Wright, our energy secretary, that one, what they call Suez Max, which is a super tanker, has moved, and we're asking the rest to follow suit. We'll give them the protection they need, and we are knocking the snot out of Iran's capabilities. But again, one more reason why we Had to do it now and not wait until they had even additional capability to not just hold the region hostage, but the world's energy supplies. Enough is enough.
They've been doing this for 47 years. They started this war 47 years ago. Thank God President Trump is doing what's necessary to end it. And to close this. Russia is helping Iran with targets against us.
Our facilities in Bahrain, our office buildings in Saudi Arabia, where the CIA is located. At the same time, Ukraine is helping us.
Well, with drone technology. What does that tell you about that conflict? and whose side who's on.
Well, you know, Russia has now lost its largest manufacturer and supplier of drones, these Shaheed drones that have been so devastating. Oh, by the way, so have the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, and everyone else. Russia has also lost a supplier of ballistic missiles.
So that symbiotic relationship has to break. Special Envoy Witkoff has delivered a very tough message. And at the end of the day, this kind of axis of evil is going to be broken. Iran is no longer going to be a threat and no longer going to be a supplier to China and Russia. And Ambassador, I just had a chance to watch you go at it with the Iranian Foreign Minister, and you made America really proud.
And you kept your temper, which I wouldn't have been able to do. Ambassador, thanks so much. Mike Wallace, appreciate it.
Meanwhile, have a great night. Fire explosions rain down on Tehran as U.S. and Israeli forces dominate Iran's airspace, with oil facilities being targeted by us for the first time. Joining me now for the latest on the operation is Rear Admiral McNally. He's been somebody who spent the majority of his youth, Robert Harwood, I should say.
He spent the majority of his youth in Iran and has a real perspective on what's happening. Admiral, first off, When you look at what we've done so far, I've talked to you along the way, Admiral. Do you feel as though this mission militarily is strong? Without a doubt, look at the massive targets that struck the ability to eradicate the Air Force, take out their air defense with the last major binion, making sure they can't launch any missiles.
So, across the board, we've inflicted heavy pain and suffering to the regime. And that thing's only going to continue unabated once they can't launch missiles. And that's the next stage. This phase is going after the IRGC and the Bashat. And I guess they're located in 31 separate provinces throughout Iran.
What kind of bead do we have on their location? And when it comes to the Bashit, which are like the Gestapo, they dress in plain clothes, they walk the streets, they don't stay in bunk beds and barracks. How do you get them?
Well, the Bethige, which is the local militias, are known by the people.
So that's one thing. They know where they live, so they can't hide at the end of the day. The IRGC, which 150,000 spread throughout the country, all of those. But keep in mind, Brian, for the last 30 years, we've developed systems and processes to find, fix, and finish people. And you know, those same skills will be used here to hunt down the IRGC and those besieged who have blood on their hands have murdered the Iranian people.
So we won't be doing that alone. You can count on ground support, be it the Iranian people, to weigh in and be a part of that when they know there's no ramifications.
So part of that eradication will come from the air, but also be on the ground as well. The Mossad, I mean, it's so great to know this Air Force and Israel is by our side. It was great to have our NATO allies with us, but the Israelis are shoulder to shoulder with us, just as motivated with the same objectives. How much stronger does that make us?
Well, that's all our partners, especially those we share technology with, those who use our systems and all. It's a force multiplier.
So when we come together, that mass and Scope is only enforced, and that's needed here in Iran.
So that's where it's really paid huge dividends, that investments over years. And that's the same approach we take with all our partners. How do we share our capabilities so together we're stronger than alone? You know, the President of the United States, as I mentioned, said it's time for those merchant ships to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That we sunk their Navy, we've eliminated almost all of their launchers.
Do you agree? Without a doubt. And look, ANS ships, especially ships that have our systems, have some of the best counter-UAS platforms in the world. The close-in weapon support system, the Phalanx Vulcan Phalanx. That system has been used for 40 years, very good at handling cruise missiles, drones, counter-UAS.
So having those systems on the ships that escort those things should be able to get them going readily quickly. What does a third carrier do for us that's coming into the Gulf? more air power, more eyes, more capacity and a lot more weapons.
So all those things just is indicative of what we can bring to the fight alone. And then if you look with our partners, it adds to the mass. And if these Gulf countries, as they said, and have we seen all of them have come out and said, they will defend their nations. And I'm assuming that means offensive operations.
So when you add that all together, that's overwhelming force that Iran's going to have to deal with. Admiral, what could you tell us with the context you might have still maintained from your years in Iran? What's the mood? President said, stay put for now until we can continue to degrade the IRGC. What is the mood amongst the people?
I think they all see the inevitability of this. They're seeing, they knew these guys weren't strong, now it's being forced in and demonstrated to everyone.
So I think they see the inevitable fact that this regime will be gone. And they're starting to think about what's next and how they bring that together and how they are part of it. Lastly, When you talk about an operation that's only a week old, and you see that with this running to reach its goal, and that is, if you don't say regime change, this current fifty six year old leader, the son of the evil Ayatollah, is not going to fly. What's an acceptable outcome in your mind, Admiral?
Well, a government that's accepted by our government and the people of Iran. And I think they're out there. It's yet to be identified and won't be until this regime is gone.
So I think that's the end state. A government we know that will represent the people of Iran, look after their interests, unlike this government, and is not interested solely in exporting an Islamic revolution. Yeah. I'll tell you, from my point of view, and you're the expert. I've never seen a military more coordinated, more focused.
The execution's been flawless almost from the time. The President took over mission after mission. Does it impress a guy like you, Rear Admiral? Hell yes, and here's why. Everyone knows this is a just cause.
This is a regime that has been killing our people, attacking us for years. The fact that we have to have security on Americans in the U.S. because of Iran, that's completely unacceptable.
So everyone understands what they were trying to do in their nuclear programs, what they were doing through their surrogates, what their henchmen, what they were doing building out missile inventories. And if it hadn't been stopped, there would have been a tipping point where you couldn't come after it.
So I think all of this really reinforces the purpose of why our servicemen are willing to take on these risks and serve our great country.
So it's really just an amazing indication of them. Admiral, thanks so much. Appreciate it. And he's probably the only president who had the guts to do it.
Meanwhile, Iran just named its next supreme leader, the dead Ayatollah's son, Mujtaba Khomeini, who was reportedly wounded in strikes last week. A choice President Trump said is going to be totally unacceptable. I just talked to him and he said, I'm not happy. Joining us.
Now to expand is Ambassador Dennis Ross. Dennis Ross is a fellow at the Institute for Near East Policy. But most importantly, you've worked for Democrat and Republican administrations dating back to Jimmy Carter. Ambassador, this is an extremely exciting opportunistic time. What could change in the Middle East if Iran stopped being this terror state?
Well, the idea of a kind of regional integration militarily, for sure, we're going to see all the The Gulf states realize the benefit of doing even more with us. Politically and economically, I think that also becomes much more of a likelihood. I still think when it comes to the Israelis, we're going to something will have to happen on the Palestinians. exactly what that is and no one can talk about achieving two states anytime soon. That's just not realistic.
But the character of the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians for the Arab states will have to look different. The Arab states themselves can assume a responsibility to get the Palestinian Authority to reform, to make steps towards the Israelis and say, okay, here are the kind of steps we can take towards you. Here's what we'd like to see you do towards the Palestinians. That issue will come back if you want to produce the kind of integration that the region actually deserves. The more integrated this region can become without the Iranians preventing it, trying to intimidate others against it.
Without the Iranians basically producing failed states, What do the Iranians specialize in? They specialize in producing failed states. You know, there was one point where they were they were touting how they controlled Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. And the one thing they all have in common They're basically all failing. Right, they're paralyzed.
Right, and Israel has fought back. The ring of fire has been extinguished almost. I want to, you know, a lot of people say who would be the next leader. I don't know. Dennis Ross doesn't say that.
Because of your exceptional knowledge of the area, I asked you who could replace, and maybe you could tell me a little bit about him. Let's put up the full screen: Hussein Mousavi, former Iranian Prime Minister. There's Mahidi Karubi, senior Shi'ite cleric, and Mohammad Khatami, former Iranian president. Let's talk about Mousavi first. What makes you think that this guy might be someone we could work with?
First, they're all old. I mean, in Musavi's case, he's 84, Kurubi is 86. Hatami, the former president, is over 80.
So none of them are young, so they would all be transitional figures. Why am I... raising them as possibilities. Two of them, the first two, Masave and Kurubi, have been under house arrest. since 2009.
In 2009, there was an election. Basically, Ahmed Jijan was installed by the Supreme Leader. You had three million people turn out in Tehran. In that campaign, what you saw was both Musavi and Kurubi. And Kurubi's a cleric.
Both of them were pushing for fundamental reform. Their approach towards final reform was liberalization of the system. A completely different relationship with the public, addressing public needs. In effect, what they're saying is end this effort to export the revolution, end this effort to basically impose on the rest of the region. The only ones to lose from that are it are the Iranians themselves.
So they were making a real effort. The consequence of that is that they have been under house arrest since. Since 2009. Hatami was a reformist kind of president. In the end, he was limited in terms of what he could do.
I don't put him quite in the same category as Mousavi and Kurubi because they really put themselves much more on the line than he did. Yeah. Ambassador, thanks so much. It's going to be an exciting time. The Middle East has a real shot when this is over of having maybe a lasting peace.
Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but I could see it in front of you right now, and I know you wrote about it. Ambassador Dennis Ross, thanks so much. All right, coming up, straight ahead. The most striking thing about striking Iran has been the partisanship. Played by Democrats.
We're going to break down all of this with you. It never used to be this way and still to come. Trump's long play with China. Steve Mosher weighs in. Is this really all about China?
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The theme this week, partisanship over patriotism. You know, the most striking thing about the U.S. striking Iran hasn't just been the military operation itself, it's been the stunning indifference, dismissiveness, and pure partisanship coming from virtually all Democrats. Military moments in the past like this used to be bring a measure of seriousness, of unity, especially from people with military backgrounds, national security credentials. These are the times when you'd expect politics to pause and leadership to step forward.
Instead, we've seen rhetoric that sounds more like campaign season. And it's not for months, by the way. A war with Iran, 47 years in the making, a nation which has bedeviled seven previous presidents, but now it's about terrible Trump. I think this is a perfect example of what happens when you have a leader of a country who doesn't take input, doesn't take advice, puts a lot of yes people around him and makes these decisions without The right input and without the right data. This isn't a war for America.
This is Trump's war. It's so disappointing. These are coming from lawmakers who sit on intelligence committees, who receive classified briefings, who have spent decades watching the Iranian regime sponsor terrorism across the globe and maybe kill their other Army officers. It's a level of political reflex that raises a real question. When the United States confronts a hostile regime, one that challenged America for 50 years, is the first instinct still side with the bad guys, the opposition, because an election is eight months away?
Historically, it has not been the case in America. Democrats supported Republican presidents in moments of conflict. Republicans supported Democratic presidents when confronting global threats. We want President Bush to know. We want the world to know.
that he can depend on us. We will take up the President's initiatives with speed. I was one who supported giving President Bush the authority, if necessary, to use force against Saddam Hussein. I don't believe he needs to come to Congress. I'll gladly vote on what he did.
I think it's inherent within the authority of the Commander-in-Chief to take such action. And that was Senator Graham talking about President Obama. You know, outside Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, there's been very few Democratic voices willing to say openly that stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, stopping them from threatening Israel, was actually a good thing. but they didn't always feel that way. We will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests. Should Iran ever, ever contemplate using nuclear weapons against Israel, they must understand what the consequences will be to them.
So how do we get to this point where stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? Is controversial. You see, it wasn't always that way. Need I mention all previous presidents didn't act unless you call appeasement and pallets of cash action. This president did.
Joining us now with his take, the host of the Yu Hewitt Show, Yu Hewitt, and he's a Fox News contributor. Hugh, I wanted to dig up those tapes because I started thinking I was hallucinating. It wasn't always this way. No, Brian, you're right. It's great monologue and good to see you this evening.
President Trump has broken the Democrats. He has broken their resolve to defend the United States. He has broken their resolve to fund the troops. He has broken their ability to see clearly that we have an enemy in Iran. It's been our enemy since 1979.
This isn't lingering Carterism where President Carter was simply confused about events going on during the Iranian Revolution. It's not Bill Clinton attacking Yugoslavia in 1978. It's not even Barack Obama attacking Libya in 2011. This is after 10-7, the Democrats went anti-Israel. They went all in to be against Israel.
And now Democrats are afraid to stand up for Israel, and they're afraid to stand up for the United States. Even though we are in a direct conflict with an enemy that has been a declared enemy who has killed thousands of Americans over 47 years, it's astonishing what's happened to the Democrats. They are now defeatists. Like a guy like Senator Kelly, like he's got to be extremely bright. The guy's an astronaut, a fighter pilot, esteemed great American.
American, and he thinks these, he just wants to put down the war effort, which has been flat-out phenomenal from the military point of view. And there's a myriad of reasons why they need to be confronted now. But I thought Bill Maher was brilliant on Friday night. When he said this to Adam Schiff, watch. This statement from the administration.
The president had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest. That's too vague for you? Totally vague.
Okay, because that's from Obama about Libya.
Well, Obama made the argument initially that he could go into Syria without an authorization. I and many others pushed back on that argument. Ultimately, he did not go forward with going after Assad, even though Assad was gassing his own people, because he thought he might lose the vote in Congress. Yeah. He jogged past Libya, which was an eight-month operation without authorization, and went to Syria.
I would argue at the lowest moment in his foreign policy career when he ignored the red line that he laid down and lost his credibility forever in the region. It's hard to argue that which is worse, the red line that President Obama erased or President Biden's collapse in Afghanistan. Taken together, they sent a signal around the world that America was weak and that the Democratic Party, when it was in charge, could not be trusted to defend America. That signal is being amplified in the first week of this very successful battle with Iran. As the Admiral pointed out, as you have pointed out, as everybody who talks about the numbers, they have lost 90% of their ability to project power, maybe 85%, but it's again close to 90% of their ability to attack, and their attacks aren't getting through.
We are in complete integration with our Israeli ally and with our Gulf allies. Everybody in the region knows that Iran cannot be allowed to rearm, can't have a nuke. We're destroying the remnants of the program that the president obliterated. They had begun to rebuild. It's being destroyed again.
The missiles are being destroyed. The drones are not getting through. We have lost seven Americans, ten Israeli citizens, somewhere around 12%. Of the citizens of our Gulf allies, so it's not without terrible, terrible costs. But Iran, the trajectory that they were on, was such a dramatic threat to America.
It's astonishing to me to hear Democrats talk this way. And I'll simply say, I'm hoping Angus King, he's an independent from Maine who caucuses with the Democrats, Jack Reed from Rhode Island, some of their serious people step up and say in their caucus and on the floor: hey, we want to win this war. We want to win it very, very quickly. We want the price of oil to come back down, and we want Iran to be put into a box and for them to stop killing their own citizens. 35,000 of their own citizens they killed.
The mind meltdown in the Democratic Party that they will ignore the tyranny of Iran against its own people, much less against Israel and against us, against our own soldiers, is baffling. And maybe they will wake up. It's not the Democratic Party I've grown up with.
So here's an example. They're going to have a chance to do something for the country, I think. Think. There might be a need for a military supplemental.
Some say as many as $50 billion. They haven't requested it yet. But when they do, they're going to need Democratic votes. Will they get him? They won't get them on a supplemental.
They're too afraid of their left wing. They absolutely won't get them on the supplemental. I am hoping that Leader Thune, Speaker Johnson, consider using the reconciliation process so that the money that the military needs to prosecute this war to its successful conclusion quickly comes very quickly through reconciliation. But any Democrat who votes against an appropriation, it will never be forgotten. This is not the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F.
Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson. It's not even the party of Bill Clinton anymore. And if they refuse to fund this effort against one of the most malign nations in history, really, one of the most evil regimes that we have ever seen in the course of modern history, they will be departing from a position I think that most Americans will be very uncomfortable with. They can't count on the Democrats to defend the country if they vote against that measure when it comes forward. Do you think it would be good for the President to give a speech and talk about what the day after looks like when the war ends, what will look like?
And maybe clarify the objectives because so many people are making a living blurring what he's actually saying. Yeah, I have sort of come around to his approach, Brian, which is if you say concise four to five minute things, you engage with the press a lot, you are less subject to distortion. He is at his best, engaging with the press, talking to people like you on the phone tonight. Even members of the left-wing legacy media calls him up, he talks to him. I like the four-minute video that he released on the night that the operation commenced.
I don't think he needs to do the big set piece because events are moving so rapidly. I hope he just stays in constant communication with a lot of people. He doesn't want to leave anything for the next guy. If he can handle it now, he's going to handle it. I think that's pretty clear.
Cuba, I hope you heard that. Cuba is next. I know. You knew it. Thank you so much.
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Well, let's say it's one of the favorites. This week I gave him a VCR. All my TV guides and my cords and my tape stock too. Fox News contributor Joe Concha. And Joe, I gave you this mission.
I said, watch everything. Watch everything. Come up with three clips. Did you do that? I did, as a matter of fact.
And where do you want to start? Let's start on the daily show. Jon Stewart is like Rachel Maddow. He hosts once a week. Yes.
But when he does, it can be interesting. Jafar Panani. Do you know who that is? He's an Iranian filmmaker banned from making films because he's in Iran. Precisely.
This guy has been through everything. He's like the Iranian Martin Scorsese. Yeah. Except he was in prison, he was under house arrest. There was a 20-year ban on him not only making films, but even traveling outside the country because the government said, and I'll quote it, he was producing propaganda against the system.
That's another way of saying in Iran, telling the truth, right?
So when we hear from journalists and late-night comedians about fascism in this country and their First Amendment rights being under attack, they have zero idea what they're talking about. We have an example here in terms of what Jafar Panani told Jon Stewart about his monologue. and how they'd be treated in Iran. I was watching your show now. If you say one hundredth of what you just said in Iran, the sentence will be.
Execution. I would be killed. But they will not even tolerate a peaceful protest. And that's why they start shooting people en masse and committing mass murders. I'm sorry if I messed up the mood of your show.
Not even close. I'm in awe of your courage.
So he had his monologue just ripping the president for the war in particular. But Jon Stewart True Schmidt, funny, even if he disagrees. But I thought he was stunned by that response. He was stunned by that because he realized that, wow, I didn't realize how good I have it. I have a living proof here that my First Amendment right under Donald Trump or any president is alive and well in the U.S.
All right, there's something else when I asked you to come up with three media moments. I knew you were going to watch The View. Did you come up with a clip?
Well, you know, I watched The View on a daily basis, of course. I found several clips actually this week. There are so many great ones to choose from, Brian, because we had Elizabeth Hasselbeck, our old friend, back in a former co-host. That's right, she was a co-host, and she was also a former co-host on The View as well. And here she is challenging The View co-host, something that has not happened to them literally in years.
Watch this. How many people in the audience here had to go through security to get here? Raise your hand. Just be honest. Otherwise, you go to jail, I guess, for illegal trespassing, right?
This is an authorized audience. They had to go through security to get through the border to get right here to just hear us talk. We need strong borders more than ever right now. We are being influenced by the people. But Lisa, they gave us to the border when Renee Goode and Alex Pretty were murdered, and death is not a mistake.
I agree. That is a murder. I'm not sure if that's not murder. I'm not dismissive. I just said all their lives matter.
Wow. Wow. Went right back at him. That's the theme they didn't want to hear. They never hear anything about the border being shut down.
No, of course not. And to watch Sonny Hostin's CPU just explode for the first time, actually having a common sense conservative on this show was a pleasure to watch.
Now, here's the one problem: Cheryl Underwood will be in Elizabeth's chair next week. Elizabeth's not going to be invited back anytime soon because they don't like that. And Cheryl Underwood's vehemently anti-Trump but is called a Republican.
So, what's the point? What's the point?
So, finally, let's just talk about a guy still on a book tour, hoping to launch his candidacy to be the next president of the United States, Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom, who went on Jimmy Kimball's show. And Jimmy, of course, is there to prop up Gavin and never challenge him in any way. He's very handsome. According to Katie Corrick.
Great veneers, outstanding hair. Katie, and I think Gavin went for a walk on the beach after that interview. I think so, too. Probably, but anyway, here is Newsom on California derangement syndrome. Yeah.
Sometimes I hear people talking about California, and I want Like, where are they getting this? Where are they getting this?
Well, Fox derangement. I mean, it's 24-7, the California derangement syndrome. It's through these propaganda networks focusing on what's wrong every single day. And there's an old adage: you're nothing more than your consistent thoughts. Whatever you focus on, you find more of.
And these networks have really honed in on California for one reason. Our success runs completely contra to their entire world view. The fact that California is the fourth largest economy in the world, has more scientists, engineers, more Nobel laureates, the finest system of higher education, more venture capital than any other state in America. Yeah, you know, Brian, when I go to live somewhere and I'm thinking of a state, I want to know where the most Nobel laureates are. That's a very big thing.
Now, all that said, let's look at California, shall we? As far as you mean the facts? The facts, yes. And we're not focusing on the negatives. This is actual data.
Largest homeless population, drug overdose deaths have doubled since 2011. Obviously, all these things you see on your screen, highest housing costs, one of the largest health prices. Exactly. And I could go even further on this outside of that screen. U.S.
News and World Report, they rank all the states in the country, all 50. California ranks 37th. And that last check, they got really nice weather and a really nice coastline. They're last in the nation in affordability. They're 47th in employment.
10 million people have left California in the last decade. Right. And again, it's not because of the weather, it's because they have a governor who just wants nothing more than to be president of the United States and says, I hope you have a memory of a goldfish because ignore my record or at least forget about it.
So, Jimmy Kimmel, if you're going to interview him again, Joe Control will provide some notes. To maybe have a follow-up question. Thanks so much, Joe. I appreciate it. I had a long day, but a great day.
Great to see you. Thanks so much for closing up with me. Best way to end it. All right, thank you so much.
Meanwhile, straight ahead. Trump might have struck Iran, but China has always been in the back of his mind. We'll explain how this all has to do with Iran with one of this country's premier experts, Steve Mosher, live next.
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So, the strikes on Iran could have much bigger impact globally.
Some analysts say it's part of a long game with China, Iran's biggest oil buyer and a key partner helping Tehran dodge sanctions. The attack on Iran's main oil export hub threatens a major energy supply line to Beijing and exposed Chinese-made defense systems that failed to detect the U.S. strikes, now twice in two years. All of this comes as President Trump prepares for a high-stakes visit to China later this month. Joining us now, one of the nation's foremost Chinese experts, author of multiple books on China, and the president of the Population Research Institute, Stephen Mosher.
Stephen, has this operation, Venezuela operation, maybe Panama operation, really all about China? Oh, yeah, I think it's all about China. I think it's been all about China since Trump's first term when he used tariffs. And now he's using much more kinetic means. And I believe it is truly shock and awe in Beijing as we take down their proxies one by one, as we cut off the arms of the octopus.
And yeah, I see Iran as part of a larger strategy to roll back China's global influence. Panama, Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba. China was involved in all of those areas. I think there's a pattern there. I think Xi Jinping sees it.
I'm absolutely sure that the Chinese leadership is now going to treat President Trump when he comes to Beijing in three weeks with a great deal of deference and respect.
So it looks like China imported 1.38 million barrels of crude oil per day from Iran back in 2025. That has really sustained this country that's been so heavily sanctioned. And they get it delivered through ghost ships, correct? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, and about 150 of those ghost ships are now trapped in the Persian Gulf, by the way.
They can't get out through the Strait of Hormuz. China imports 75% of its oil. We produce the oil that we consume in our own country. China doesn't. China is a resource-poor country, and we now control, directly or indirectly, a good chunk of that 75%.
We can literally choke off the Chinese economy at will. And, you know, this is the fourth or fifth round of dismantling Beijing's strategic architecture wherever it exists. The goal is to transform the global order to America's advantage. And that means reducing the influence of China, obviously.
So some people say, well, we should be pivoting to China, like Elbridge Colby. We are pivoting to China. But we can't do that as long as the menace of the Middle East is armed up to its teeth with ballistic missiles. A lot of that technology is supplied by China. They cut a deal in 2021 to be Blood Brothers, didn't they?
Oh, yeah. And I think it would get worse over time if we didn't deal with Iran now. I remember they delivered fissionable material and component parts for nuclear weapons to Pakistan a couple decades ago. I've been worried they would do the same thing in China. And now, of course, they're back on their heels.
And let me tell you why we know that. For the last 10 days, the Chinese jets and bombers have stopped invading Taiwan's airspace. Before that, they were sending over dozens of planes every couple of days to harass that independent country. They were sailing ships around Taiwan to suggest that they were going to put a blockade on the country. I don't know why they've stopped.
Are they starting to think about conserving fuel? You know, you can't run ships on solar panels and you can't run planes on windmills. Or are they just trying to be nice to Trump before he visits Beijing? And I think they're easing back on their aggression because they realize that directly confronting the United States now would be a losing proposition. You mentioned Chinese radars and anti-air defenses that failed to.
Even not just deter, but even detect the U.S. attacks.
Well, everyone who owns said systems now realizes that they are useless against the U.S. military. This includes, most importantly, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, who realize now that their own anti-air defenses, their own radars, can't defend them against American attacks. I don't think they're sleeping very well. Steve, they're going to have a lot to talk about when they meet face to face in a couple of weeks.
I hope they don't cancel that summit because they could really make some progress. Finally, I think we have China on its back foot, Norn on front foot. Steve Mosher, thanks so much. Look forward to keeping up with your columns and your take on all this.
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