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All right. Hi, everybody.

So glad you're there. Get ready for Father's Day. And a couple of days away, or whenever you're listening to this, this hour we're going to be joined by Rosemary Beckov, Republican strategist and economic policy expert. And the economy is front and center in everything to do with why I believe we are not just finishing off. Iran right now because the economy, without the economy in gear and the foundational, the numbers are pretty strong foundationally.

The midterms are going to be a nightmare for Republicans.

So we'll talk about that. And then also standing by, Kimberly Brown, daughter of activist, actor, pro football player, Jim Brown, the greatest of the 20th century. She's a renowned running back, as you know, for the Browns from 1957 to 1965, then became this huge movie star, and then became an impactful activist. She's got a brand new book out, and she got a brand new book out called The Legendary Mindset. And she's co-host of Daughters of Legends.

So she's going to be with us shortly on this Father's Day talking about her legendary dad. And I just got to remind you, always get the YouTube channel, youtube.com slash at the BrianKillmeat Show. Let's get to the big three. Number three. Yeah, I think obviously we go into all the games wanting to win the games, and even if we do win tomorrow, whatever the result is, we still have a third game to play and it won't be taken lightly at all.

So, yeah, I think it's more of a job not done. Texas' own Weston McKinney. Yup, Team USA back in action versus Australia. And perhaps without their best player, 15 million people watch the first game. I think it's going to double this game as Australia will bring the crowd.

But Seattle will be all about Team USA. Number two. Economic disruptions, mass protests, backlash against mass protests, political conflicts that have shaken the very foundation of our democracy. Same spirit that will see America and the world through its present trials. President Obama gets his library.

Yeah, it's over budget and it's four years late and uses some of that time to take shots at Donald Trump. Why? Number one. We believe international waterways should be free of tolls, and that's been our position. That's what you see, of course, in the 60 days of the MOU.

And when you say it leaves it open, it doesn't really leave it open, except in the sense that, of course, the final negotiation is going to set the terms of what comes afterwards, right? And those negotiations are on hold. Failure to launch, 60-day sprint to a permanent peace deal is not happening today. We tried to explain why, but the straight blockages have broken. Yep.

Now we're not blocking the straight, and they're not blocking the straight, and no one's been attacked.

So they're going to begin to organize in an organized way. And it's not going to be easy. I was watching one of these ship captains being interviewed. There's still a lot of confusion to get through the strait. And it's got to be toll-free.

And that's one of the things in these 14 points that was really Vague. And if you listen to the Iranians, they say they're setting up a permanent toll system. That is a non-starter. You can't charge for international waters. They wrote a book about that: Thomas Jefferson, the Tripoli Pirates.

Because they were taking our guys hostage and plundering the cargo and taking our ships, we had to go back there with attack ships, blockade Tripoli, which is now Libya, and eventually get a ground war and get all our guys out. We're never going to allow that.

So you talk to the Supreme Leader, who's pretty banged up right now, hiding because he's scared. He says we're definitely going to toll the straight. That's never going to happen. And Vice President Vance yesterday was good. He's very, very nice and he's very conversational.

But it was his plan that he led that got these 14 points done that's going to lead to 60 days of negotiation, and day one is not happening. But I was shocked at how he went out of his way to blame Israel because Israel was not factored into this, and we're told, don't bomb Hezbollah.

Okay, number one, what are you talking about? Hezbollah has been rocketing us and we're responding. And if the Iran is demanding that Israel stop fighting Hezbollah. Hezbollah just killed four IDF soldiers. Do you think for a second Israel is not going to hit back?

And if that's the reason you're not starting these 60 days of talks, then this is doomed to fail, which I think it is anyway. President's doing this for economic reasons, and I thoroughly understand it. He knows that there's a problem around the world with oil. And getting the strategic oil reserves, everybody's running out, and our allies, not just our enemies.

So this is part of the reason the calculus, the midterms, and the economy is the reason. But I was a little struck when the Vice President of the United States went after Israel. Cut cut uh ten. Over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars. The problem for Israel is not Donald J.

Trump. And anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the President of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in. I just told you, no one says Donald Trump's a problem. But they know that they have to be able to hit Hezbollah. The only reason they're in Lebanon is not to hurt Lebanese people.

Marco Rubio is refereeing talks and a reapproachment between both nations. They are protecting themselves because it's a terror organization who they not will allow to get a foothold in that country again because the last time that happened and let Hamas live, they ended up having a whole bunch of Israelis and some Americans dying on November 7th. October 7th. All these dates, sadly, for tragic reasons, are kind of blending together.

So that's my problem. Why is he tougher on Israel? Than he is a run. I know why. Because a lot of those people on the extreme right in the podcast world want to be very anti-Israel, and the left, very anti-Israel.

So it's kind of cool to be anti-Israel.

So the vice president took his shot at being anti-Israel. But this is his plan, and he's on the record.

So you know he didn't want to fight in Iran, and maybe you think that's a good thing. But now he's been told to work out a deal with Iran. Maybe those things are counterproductive. I am not sure.

So we'll see what's going to happen. In terms of what we're doing now with the 14-point plan, and allowing them to immediately trade oil At the full freight. At the trading rate, and now they're allowed to export oil, not through ghost ships, by shutting off their transponders to outlaw nations. But now to nations and commit transactions and release all the banking restrictions. Rich McCormick, a veteran congressman from Georgia, cut 13.

In my opinion, once again, this agreement requires us to remove our entire, not just remove the blockade, but remove our Navy from that area. That takes a while to build up. But if you want to strike them, if you want to take out their ability to take out other ships, you affect their electrical grid. I know that's going to kill people. That's war, though.

I think we need to start doing just what Ukraine did to Russia. Go after their storage facilities. They have 13 major ones that are running right now. Take out their electrical grid. Without electricity, you can't launch.

War is a tough thing, but you finish it. That's Congressman. He knows maybe his fortunes will be affected, the majority in the House. But he says, you finish it. And if we didn't stop and we stopped and got those two extra weeks, it would have happened.

But having said that, practically, the President saw the market rise. He saw oil drop. He sees the economy on all other cylinders ready to roll, especially with the rise of AI. And he said, I'm going to put this thing on pause and give them a shot because we've done so much damage. Let's see if these new leaders will come around at all.

There's about 5% chance that will happen, and I think the President knows that.

So here's Lindsey Graham. Cut 15.

Some of the criticism of MOU is is valid, I think. But here's the way I look at it. Without the MOU being signed, there is no pathway to diplomacy to end the nuclear ambitions of Iran. What does that leave you with? War?

continuation of the status quo.

So the upside of signing the MOU was greater, I think, than the downside. The deal itself is the big prize. If it's a bad deal, I'll say so in my view. And he will. But he also is very loyal to the President, who endorsed him right away and will campaign for him.

He's practical. And he knows he and the President have the same objectives. But the President's got to take in his military advice. He's got to take in the State Department advice. Then he's got to meet with his economic principals and they'll say, listen, we've got a problem with oil and gas.

It's probably going to double if we continue to bleed our strategic oil reserves, not just in America, but amongst our allies. And he meets with the G7.

So he's got to take all these things into play.

So the Pentagon has one view, the State Department has another view, the Vice President has another view, the economic experts, the CEOs have another, and he says, all right, I got to make my decision. I'm totally willing to say the President got 77 million votes, I got none. But I also have been a student of what's happening after the left 47 years, and I know the Iranians are not going to see the light. And the North Koreans and Chinese are going to go out of their way, along with the Russians, to arm up and rehabilitate that terror state.

So we'll talk about that, but we'll talk about that. In fact, I talked to General Kim one hour ago, and here's you have to target to the president. He says this is the big picture right now. Cut eight uh cut eighteen. The president is the first of the eight presidents to deal with Iran in a consequential way and Leading to significant military operations.

No one has ever confronted them in such a manner. But now it's time to give the economy a moment to breathe.

So, when we come back, Kimberly Brown's next, daughter of activists and pro football legend, Jim Brown. You're listening to the Brian Killmeat Show. Politics, current events, and news that affects you. Brian's got a lot more to say. Stay with Brian Kilmead.

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No matter if you are a dad, grandfather, whatever, it's the time to take account of your family and what you're thankful for or your dad that has passed away. And that is the situation with Kimberly Brown, daughter of activist Jim Brown legend. I was lucky enough to host a talk show with for about three years, and then we stayed friends for the next 20. Sadly, he passed away a couple of years ago. He was the athlete of the century in the 20th century, but made more of an impact, I would argue, as an activist, really turning around so many lives.

Kimberly Brown is his daughter and joins us now. Kimberly, congratulations on your new book, The Legendary Mindset. What was your approach to writing it? My Father, Honoring My Father. But this book goes to the honor of all of our fathers, which is God Almighty.

So, God actually stranded me, took away everything, made me Job to put to keep me still to write this book, to honor my father and to pass on his legacy as well as his mindset to the world.

So, what is the legendary mindset? The legendary mindset is a system of thinking. It's about seeing vision. It's about fearlessly executing, having an unstoppable mind, and making a legendary impact on the world for positive change. And do you think that he had it before he became successful?

Yes, it is, because it's only through God that you can become a legend and have the legendary mindset, because it's part of God's wisdom.

So he told me that he goes, I'm spiritual, I'm not necessarily religious. How does that figure in?

Well, actually, towards the end, are you talking about my father? Yep.

Yeah, towards the end, actually, I found out that George Foreman baptized him and he took Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. How uh how cl how long ago before he passed away? I think it was like a couple of years before you passed away.

So tell me about the dad you know. The dead I know. Uh Was a legend because he was in my life. He was consistent. He was my provider, my protector.

He fulfilled all my needs. And he passed on the most important thing, which was creation of me and the legendary mindset. This book is going to give you clarity. It brings, it takes you to remove all of the challenges, tribulations, and anything that's holding you back. Especially fear.

And so I want to pass that on to the audience because my father the greatest and legendary number one in my eyes We have to share that knowledge and that wisdom to the world.

so we can do better and make a positive impact for others.

So you know pe people have to understand that he'd stopped playing sports at 29.

So he had his best years, you could argue, three or four years. I mean, he was just simply the best. Never. No one's ever seen anything like what he's done in those nine years that he was a pro, in those years at Syracuse, when. No one let him, they didn't let him know, but they rallied the town of Manhassett rallied to get him into Syracuse.

And as soon as they got a chance to see him, they offered him the scholarship. They wouldn't offer it to him coming out of high school. And then he becomes the greatest running back ever in college and then in the pros. But how did he change to describe to you from the 29-year-old who dominated on the field? To the adult that dominated in the movies and then as an activist.

How did he grow? How he grew is, I think he was really led by God. I think that was, it was very spiritual. I think God had his hand on him from the very beginning because he was able to overcome. But from going from transitioning from football into movies is, you know, he was already filming the dirty dozen while he was playing football.

And because Art Model was like, if you don't come back, you know, I'm going to find you. And then my dad on the set with Muhammad Ali said, you know what? I'm retiring. And so he went into movies full time, which able to be able, he was able to be an activist, you know, because in the book, I talk about Colin Kaepernick. I talk about how he's an activist under a corporation, under a man's corporation.

So, with my dad being able to be an actor, he was able to be an activist and make a positive change. And also, what he did in this prison program, the American program, how many lives he's turned around through teaching people basically life skills that many in prison never had. Exactly. And that's what I write in the book. And I talk about, you know, that's why President Trump wanted to meet with him because, you know, because my dad knew the black community, because my dad was in the streets with Amara I Cannon and with the Black Economic Union.

And so when my dad went to meet with President-elect Trump, you know, You know, my dad told him the real, what's going on with the black community and how he, as president, can help the American people. He told me Obama never called me back. When I reached out to Trump, he got back to me and we stayed in touch the whole time. That was not a popular decision for him to stay tight with Trump, was it? You know, I don't think so towards if you're, you know, if you're a Democrat, if you're a liberal.

But, you know, my dad's going to always do what he's going to do. Yes. You know? And that's what makes him a legend. And that's what I talk about in the book: is like, we don't listen to outside noise, legends make legendary moves.

So, why do you think he had that mindset? Where did he get that from? Because he grew up as just his mom, raised him, single parent, never really knew his dad, living on the second floor of a house in Emman Hassett, surrounded by extremely wealthy people. No one gave him anything.

So, a lot of people are looking at that and saying, How do I get that toughness? What recommendation do you have? Where do you get that? Or you get that? You get it from my book, one, but ultimately, the number one is you get it from God.

Like I said, God had his hand on my dad. I remember him saying later on in the years, he's like, I've lived at this house. Brian, have you ever gone to my dad's house? Yes. Over in Hollywood.

Yep.

On the cliff. Yes, so he would say, you know, I've been living here for fifty years. How? He's like, how? He was like, and he said it was God.

He knew at that moment, like. he took on a higher power. And I think that's why You know, he got baptized by Big George Foreman. And what do you miss most about him? The talks The talks.

Um Yeah, we would our I think our record is about eight hours straight. I'm just talking. And it's always about saving the world and making a positive impact. And I also speak about that in the book where he said that. He doesn't come out of the box as racial.

He comes out of the boxes looking for like-minded human beings to make a positive impact on the world. Especially when he's. when he grew up in segregation. Yeah. Exactly.

I believe that God has just Been having him and taking him to the next levels. And that's why he's a legend because he wasn't just a football player. He was a football player. He, you know, he founded and managed Earth, Wind, and Fire, which is a lot of people don't know. You know him from UFC, boxing, music management.

Yeah, Rockwell Welch. Yeah, it's all in Kimberly's book, The Legendary Mindset: The Story of Her Dad. Pick it up for Father's Day. Thanks, Kimberly. Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile.

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Bush. We could debate whose fault that was and why it happened, or is it just flat-out corruption? But there's been movies done about it, so let's move forward.

Well, after that, we set up a midterm where the Republicans won big, and the Tea Party just came out of nowhere. And they talked about fiscal responsibility, but it divided a lot in the Republican Party.

Now, the Democrats have their own version of this, in my view. They have their own version because it's not called a Tea Party or a portion of the Democratic Party. It's called socialism/slash communism. They feel as though the rich are the problem. Green energy's got to come back, go easy when it comes to crime.

There's like 26 things that they are for that are fundamentally against the average American mindset, which is free enterprise, entrepreneurship. They want to. Raise taxes and vilify success and spread out the wealth. It's pretty clear that doesn't work, but it seems to be resonating, and that's where the momentum is on the left. With me right now is Rosemary Becky, a Republican strategist and economic expert and founder of Jersey First.

Rosemary, how do you explain the rise of socialism? Yeah. You know, frankly, it's hard to explain what's going on here, but I do think it's a sense of Americans and certain groups feeling frustrated, right? And looking for solutions. I do think that that is a factor in what's going on and who they're blaming.

You kind of pointed that out, right? I'm blaming big corporations. I'm blaming the rich, things, you know, people like that. I think that that is factoring into this here.

So they do that.

So they want to Bernie Sanders is suddenly front and center. He's the most powerful force in the Democratic Party.

Now the Democrats successfully pushed him down, whether you like it or not. He was en route to getting the nomination against Hillary. He was being strong when Biden was anointed in the middle of the pandemic. He was starting to rise there. Why don't you think they're trying to stop him now?

Because I think they see it playing out and happening. I mean, in my own district in New Jersey, we just elected a socialist. We went from being a Republican district to now having a socialist and probably one of the communities that's on the wealthier side and things like that. And so what district is that?

So it's the 11th district in New Jersey. And who won there? It is a woman who is a socialist that won there. Won a special election? Yes.

Won a special election. Yes. When the governor became governor. Right.

So. We're looking right now, so if you're a Republican, which you are, and you want to strategize against that. Do you would you relish the opportunity to run against a socialist? I would, because you know what? I think you gotta, I gotta, I think you gotta get the messaging right, right?

And I think you've gotta embrace the issues around affordability, right? And lowering taxes and less spending, right? And particularly the reining in of the spending. And I think that that's an important component of the message that has to be out there. I do think that when we talk about the One Big Beautiful bill, I think we absolutely have to be out there talking about what a difference that's made and can continue to make.

Think about all the policies in there we made permanent for businesses. And so I think that that's a really important component of the policy. And I think we have to talk about ways to continue. To lower taxes and lower spending. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: Well, right now you have a situation where the Big Beautiful Bill is basically it.

They did a reconciliation bill to fund DHS.

Some people say that the third one's not coming. But what you do have is a market going through the roof an all-time high. And now you have oil going down to $74 per barrel. At $65, it's basically as low as you can go in the oil industry.

So now we're seeing under $4, unless you're one of those states like yours, New Jersey, with high taxes in your gas. Right.

High taxes and high spending. I mean, we're going through a budget cycle. Yeah, it's California all over and New York all over again and stuff. And it's just got to be a component. Frankly, I would have loved to have seen the second reconciliation be broader and encompass more.

Unfortunately, there's not time to do a third reconciliation, but a third reconciliation should have more, to me, more tax incentives, more things that would. Help Americans. Right.

So when you look at the House right now, how many seats are actually? Up for battle.

So there's only 18, according to the Cook Report, toss-up races, and 14 of those are Republican races.

So Does that include the redistricting? Is that taking redistricting and doing that? Yes, that does. The Cook Report does.

So out of the 18 races, 14 races you say are Republican seats. Right, correct.

So what do you think the chances of you holding those seats? I think it's going to be tough. You know, there's some places where you've got the dynamics of very, very blue progressive states, areas. Again, New Jersey, we've got the 7th district where Tom Kaine is. New York, we've got Mike Lawler.

There's some places out there where... One or two times in a row. Right.

What worries you most about the third for Lawler? Yeah. Again, I think it's this sentiment, this anti-Trump sentiment that's out there. I think those are the things that I worry about. I think that it will really depend on how Americans are feeling and how people are feeling about their pocketbook as we get closer to that election.

And if we're still don't have any kind of certainty in the Middle East, I really worry that he's going to have a tough time overcoming the other side's narrative.

So Tom Kaine Jr. is going back to Washington today. But we don't know where he's been for the last three months. That seat's tough anyway in New Jersey. Tell me about this race.

Where has he been?

So we don't know. He does say he's going to address it, but we don't know. That's a really tough seat. And in fact, with redistricting, they made it more red and included parts of a county that were very red. And so, you know, but that whole area has been trending bluer and bluer.

Right.

So let's keep it in New York for a second. Here's an ad with Zora Mamdani, the avowed socialist who sounds like a communist, picking out candidates. To run against established Democrats. Listen to this ad. New York, we know anything's possible with a great team.

I'm Brad Lander, and I'll block billionaires from buying our elections. I'm Maria Lisa Avila Chevalier and I'll defend New York by abolishing ICE. I'm Claire Valdez, and I'll stand up against bad landlords and greedy corporations. Get out and vote. This Is the team?

So he's taking on his it's not you don't even run against Republicans yet. Yeah. What do you think about this? No, it's very concerning. And I mean, it's resonating.

It's resonating around, you know, in those very deep blue areas.

So here, they want to end the war on drugs. Yeah, let's let drugs run wild. College for all. It's interesting. Housing for all.

Okay. 32-hour works week. Tax the rich, Green New Deal, Free Palestine, end the U.S. war machine.

Okay, cutbacks. Expand seats in the House, popular vote for a president, replace the two-party system, fully extend voting rights to criminals and non-citizens. Statehood for D.C.

Sounds great. Who's going to pay for it? Who's going to pay for all this? Where's the money going to go? They want to also pack the court.

And by the way, and you see this phenomenon happening around the country. You know, look at California. You want to put a billionaire's tax in. Guess what? People are leaving, right?

People are just going to be able to do this. By the way, I was talking to Rosemary Becky, a Republican strategist, economic expert.

So, why wouldn't this be easy to run against? It should be. And again, I think you've got to get the messaging out there. Free enterprise. How do you say it?

You have to talk about lowering taxes, less money, more freedom. You've got to talk about those issues. You really do.

So then you have the Senate.

So you look in New Hampshire, they say, and the generic ballot, Susan Collins, is down by 10. But specifically running against Graham Plattner, it's 1. Whip Graham Platinum with the Nazi tattoo, the abuse of women, him on these dating websites for teens, what he said about Purple Hearts recipients when he saw a video of a teenager, young girl, trying to kill herself, and thankfully she wasn't able to. His response was, she should try harder. I mean, this is just a despicable human being.

Right.

So is it hard? And he's a socialist. Right.

Your thoughts about running against that.

So again, I do think that one of the Issues out there and problems out there is the anti-Trump sentiment, right? Voting against that. But I do think, you know, that look, Susan Collins has run many successful races. I do think she'll prevail. I do think she's doing the hard work and out there talking about, you know, how to solve issues, how to make life more affordable, how to, you know.

Not exactly a Trumper. No.

So if they're going to say she's MAGA, that doesn't pass the lesson. No, that's not going to. Here's what Bill Maher said about Platiner, which I found surprising because sometimes Bill Maher can be logical. Then there's the sexting while married, scary behavior, so say some of his exes, old posts about how he's a communist and all cops are bastards and black people don't tip. And then of course there's the Nazi tattoo on his chest.

I mean seriously, this guy's whole life is the movie The Hangover. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. And yet I would still urge the folks in Maine to vote for him for two reasons.

One, we need to restore balance in our government, and a Democratic Senate would help a lot with that. And two, Get used to it. America is a country filled with a lot of broken, horribly educated, phone-addicted, sort of nutty people. And as long as we live in a representative democracy, we are always electing our reflection in the mirror.

So he's saying balance out the power even if he's a flawed candidate. What kind of logic is that? It's terrible logic. He's basically saying, balance out Donald Trump. Isn't that what he said?

So you're right. And that's terrible logic. Terrible logic. It ought to be about the issues.

So I have Mike Rogers on Sunday, and he barely lost the last election to Slotnick. who fancies herself a moderate. He's going to be going against somebody who's extremely progressive or a radical if this is this guy El Saeed. We're going to find out, I think, on Tuesday who he's going to go up against. Mike Rogers might be your best chance to flip a seat in the Senate.

Yeah, absolutely. He's a great candidate. And, you know, I think, again, I think he's going to, you know, you look at Michigan, I think he's going to resonate. And he's been out there. You know, he talks about the fact that in that first go-around, he got a late start.

The primary set him, you know, having an August primary set him behind in the process. And so I think that the fact that he's been out there campaigning, people know him. I think that he will be successful. No doubt about it. And I think when you have, if Rogers can be successful, a lot of people think maybe John Sununu could be successful in New Hampshire.

How's that campaign going? I've not heard much from that. Is he and Scott Brown battling it out? I haven't even heard much from Scott Brown. You know, you don't hear much about it.

I think they are battling out, but it's not really on anybody's radar. I don't think that it's one that folks think we can pick up.

So, in the issues that matter, the one that's emerging is fraud. What we're doing what the Trump team is doing in fraud in states, Ohio is one, with Minnesota, Maine is another, California, New York, finding b millions, if not billions, of dollars of people just bilking this social welfare system. Right.

And that's a perfect example of what to be talking about on the campaign trail, right? And it all leads to less spending, right? Combating that Fraud, waste, and abuse. And I think we're starting to see that it's pretty much happened everywhere, right? And again, I think that Republicans have got to get the messaging right, got to be talking about how do you control costs?

Well, first thing you do, easiest thing you do, get rid of the fraud, waste, and abuse. I mean, that was a big part of the One Big Beautiful bill, right? And getting rid of that and combating that, it's, you know, to get things under control. All right, Rebecca. Thanks, Rosemary.

Thank you. You have your hands full. It's going to be tough, but Republicans are looking to defy history. And there are some positive polls on the generic ballot that shows them within five of Democrats. When they did not have a good midterm in 2018 under Trump, it was in double digits.

Rosemary, thanks so much. Thank you for having me. Got it. Back in a moment. Keeping you informed, engaged, and always a step ahead.

It's the Brian Kill Meat Show. The more you listen, the more you'll know. It's Brian Kilmead. Yeah, I think we've set a standard for ourselves and yeah, we've set an expectation that if that's the level we can perform at, then why not do that all the time? And it's not going to be as easy as it is.

It's very tough no matter who you play against and of course with the team with Australia they've made some really good ones in the last World Cups so we need to be ready to go. Hopefully you know Christian's gonna be ready for the game because he's a big player to us and we really want him to be there of course. But they do have depth. And they're talking about Christian Pulisic, a Pulisic who heard his calf in the game won and was dynamic when he was in. And now they're going to the U.S.

national team is playing against Australia. Normally, would I talk soccer on the show? No, even though I know soccer and played it. Uh since I was in first grade. But I think the whole country is talking about it after the remarkable game one win, 4-1 over Paraguay, thought to be one of the better teams who beat the world champions, Argentina, and tied Brazil.

And then the U.S. goes out and crushes them. But it's been a while. I mean, you have small islands like Cape Verde tying Spain, who's won a World Cup before.

So there's a lot of crazy things going on. And I think Australia is going to play hard today, but you're going to love this game. I was talking to Alexei Lollis with Fox and Friends an hour ago on the show. And he said that he believes that Australia is going to pack it in and just look to counterattack. That's almost giving up that you have as much talent as the U.S.

That used to be the way the U.S. play. But for Australia, who lost to the U.S. 2-1, when used to 2-1 gaming, you know it can go either way. And you saw them win against Turkey, and they beat Turkey in a surprise.

So Turkey's going to be they're going to play Turkey on the 25th in Los Angeles. Australia is today, 3 o'clock in Seattle. You're going to have 70,000 people, crazed American fans pulling for them. Yeah, there's going to be some Australians who took the 24-hour flight, but not many. And they're going to be pro-American, and it's going to matter.

And I think they'll show some depth. My feeling is. I keep Polisic on the sideline. If he can go, but there's a risk. I keep him on the sideline and put him in late if you're trailing.

Or tight. And you need that goal. Because you do have some firepower and And I do think that you have some depth, and that's what you have it for. If you're in your head going deep in this tournament, you don't want your best player being lost in game two, a game you should win and should win without him. But if you know this, this win matters because you take this win and you break out.

That means you're in the knockout round. But do you want to be in the knockout round without your best player? If you're in your knockout round without your best player, people are going to look back and maybe you will as a coach and say, man, why did I play him in game two? I got this great bench. And that's the other thing.

We're seeing so much dynamic, so many positive things about the country. And we're not selling it, we're just living it.

So people come in and they walk New York City and they're loving everything New York City has to offer. I'm seeing them take over sports bars and be thoroughly welcomed. I'm seeing what's happening in Boston and Dallas and seeing people loving in Miami, talking about the food we have, the beaches that we maybe take for granted. And I was watching this one Australian just put themselves on camera and post on Instagram and saying, you know, everyone tells us we have the world's best beaches. He's walking on the beach and saying, I think theirs might be better.

Right? You don't get that in an ad. But man, this is a lot of ad for America. A lot of millions of people coming back and gonna say, you know, I spent June and July in America watching the World Cup, and I loved it. And I think that's great for the country, especially as we celebrate year 250.

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And for that, I am truly honored. Got a big weekend coming ahead. And of course, today, the U.S. national team plays. It's going to be cool.

Julian Epstein's going to be with us shortly. And Jonathan Bornstein, American former professional player who played left back in the MLS for years.

So he's going to be with us too.

So I just got to share with you this news. It just broke. A short time ago, the Imranas reclosed the strait. Instead of coming to Switzerland, Uh they say because Israel refuses to leave Lebanon and US forces ongoing presence in the region. You idiots, you think that if we were gonna leave the reg we're not gonna leave the region, if we're gonna scale down, you think we're doing it in twenty-four hours?

and before the 60 days are up, that's in none none of the texts. In a statement read over maritime radio, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard says the U.S. was in violation of the Memorandum of Understanding the two countries which President Trump and Iranian President signed. I quote, Israel, since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, The complete lifting of the naval blockade and the withdrawal of American terrorist forces from the terrorists from the Persian Gulf and the region are among the main conditions of the agreement between Iran and the United States. All ships are requested for the sake of their security and safety not to approach the strait.

You idiots.

So here we go again. Market's not going to like that. The President's realizing once and for all the only thing they understand is complete. A total victory for us. That's it.

Total victory. These people are terrorists. They have no interest in survival. Julian Epstein joined us now, served as Chief Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee and Staff Director of the House Oversight Committee, and he's still a main player, great analyst. Julian, first off, Instead of debating the fourteen points, it looks like we got Iran not even living up to their 14 points.

Yeah, good morning, Brian. I'm not surprised. Iran has always, always, always banked, acted in bad faith. They've always banked on America having a low pain tolerance. in a negotiation, oil prices spike up a little bit and they think the West will cave.

I'm not surprised they're playing this game. I think what Donald Trump did in the war was incredibly courageous. We have never seen so much. One on the battlefield. But I think the deal, the 14-point deal, squanders a lot of what was won on the battlefield.

So I would not be sorry. The CDS MRU go by the wayside. Yeah, I tell you, in the short term, I guess the market and oil would pay the price, and people are concerned about the strategic oil reserves. But a lot of people agree with you. And one of them is Congressman Rich McCormick, who is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, now a Congressman from Georgia, Cut 13.

In my opinion, once again, this agreement requires us to remove our entire, not just remove the blockade, but remove our navy from that area. That takes a while to build up. But if you want to strike them, if you want to take out their ability to take out other ships, you affect their electrical grid. I know that's going to kill people. That's war, though.

I think we need to start doing just what Ukraine did to Russia: go after their storage facilities. They have 13 major ones that are printing right now. Take out their electrical grid. Without electricity, you can't launch. War is a tough thing, but you finish it.

I mean that's what you're saying, isn't it? No question. Look, we had our foot on the throats of this terrorist regime. Uh, and I don't know why we declared a ceasefire on April 8th. Uh, it was a unilateral ceasefire.

We stopped bombing and they closed the strait. And then our response to that was sort of. Uh, the blockade, which I don't think achieved all that much on our side. But you know, look, we were winning on every aspect of this. I mean, even Even with the close Straight, we were moving probably one to two million barrels a day through military escorts.

Almost 10 million barrels a day were moving through the east-west pipeline through Saudi. We were effectively breaking the blockade. And this deal now is, I just can't understand it. I mean, the JCPOA brand was worth about $50 million in liquid. Assets, $50 billion in liquid assets to the regime.

This deal could be worth $500 billion. When you add up the three hundred billion for the reconstruction, one hundred billion that's going to be unfrozen from the Chinese and Gulf banks that are tied up by the sanctions. And then about sixty or seventy billion dollars a year in sales That Iran will be able to get mostly to China with the lifted sanctions. This could be as much as $500 billion, and we're not getting that much in return. The nuclear deal is very, very flimsy.

There's nothing on ballistics, there's nothing on terror. There's nothing really satisfying in terms of what the future of the future governance of the Strait will be. I think the president was getting very, very bad advice on this. I think Iran will continue to act in bad faith. And we were very close.

We had almost solved. The closing of the strait problem again through the pipeline and military escorts. And with a little bit more military pressure, I think we could have gotten them to cry uncle. And the president, I think, and the administration sort of fumbled this at the 95 yards. I think it was the Gulf states that put the pressure on out of respect for them.

I want you to hear what General Jack Keene said, who is like you, feels as though we should have finished the job and should go back, cut 20. It shifted to economic objectives and political objectives involving the midterm as taking the priority. His advisers landed the idea. That because of the persistence of the shutdown of the Straits of Amuz. And that the oil and gas prices were going to continue to remain at the levels that we're at, if not get higher, if we return to military operations.

And the potential, if we return to military operations, that the Iranians would be able to successfully retaliate against the Gulf states' oil and gas infrastructure. Military leaders discount that because they think we could adequately defend it and also take away most of their offensive capability to do that.

So he knows. He said, look, the president talked to his sources. He was concerned about the economy. And he's got a reason to, because Julian, as you know, you come from the political world. He's got to worry about the military world.

He's got to talk to his economists. He's got to talk to his allies. And he's got to figure out, come up with that decision. My feeling is, he said, yeah, I'll get, we'll do this 60 days. Probably have to extend it because not everything's going to be done.

Get me to the midterms, and on November 5th, I'm not worried about politics anymore. I will do the right thing because the next guy or woman is not going to do this.

Well, yes, I think it's not a 60-day window. It's a five-month window. I think it's through the midterms, no question. And I think the president has had all the right instincts and the courageous instincts about the need to finish the job. You don't put out 80% of a fire, you got to put out 100% of a fire.

And I think that. Um You know, as I say, I think we had mostly solved the straight problem. We were getting close to it. We were escorting more and more oil through on a daily basis. I mean, here's what it comes down to, Brian.

If the West does not have a Pain tolerance. For a slight increase in oil prices. And I say that with all due respect to people, working people. That have to make ends meet. But if we don't have a pain tolerance to deal with what is an existential issue here, For not just Israel, but for the West.

If if Iran Develops preemptive ballistic capability or nuclear capability, then a couple dollar spike in oil. prices, gas prices, is going to look like a walk in the park. compared to how the geopolitical world will be reconfigured. with an Iran with that kind of military capability. And I just think I think what the So, yeah.

I'm critical of this deal. I think it's a bad deal, but I'm also critical of the president. For not making the case to the public. I mean, I think you have to go out and say to the public, this is an existential threat. to our security and to our economy if we don't put out this fire.

I don't think he's done that job. I think he should be using Marco Rubio. Much more than the vice president. I know. I'm not going to tell you.

The president is the vice president, does fine. Right? He's good. He's very likable. But he's not into this.

Everybody knows it. He allowed the leak. He doesn't deny it. He did not want to do this operation.

Now he said, go cut a peace deal. Why should I think this peace deal is going to help anybody? This is J.D. Vance's peace deal. That's right.

And he's sort of making JD bad. This is the equivalent of what President Biden did to. Kamala Harris by making her the border czar. He's giving her a thank. But he's doing a thankless task.

She didn't do it. No, I know that. But he also, I don't think JD was particularly good yesterday when he said things like: Iran is not going to get a cent. Until we are satisfied that they have executed their end of the deal. That's false.

In the agreement itself, it says upon signing of this memorandum, the Secretary of Treasury will start issuing waivers. For sanctions, Iran can go out and sell oil to China effectively today. Upon the signing of the memorandum, And that's worth five, six billion dollars a month.

So I think J.D. Venice was just factually wrong on some of the things that he was saying yesterday. His sort of chastising of Israel. Um when they took out a leader that killed five US five uh Americans. This is what else bothers me too.

Listen to what he said about Israel, cut nine. Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time. And he happens to be the head of state of the world's superpower. If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.

And the second message I would give to some of those cabinet members, BB, to his credit, has not gone down this path.

So, what is he talking about? He says: if I'm a cabinet member, people weren't, they did not discuss this. With Israel, but yet they're supposed to pull out of Lebanon when the only reason they're in Lebanon is because Hezbollah is rocking them, vacating, forcing them to vacate the northern part of their country.

Well Again, I just don't know who's briefing the vice president when he says That the United States is the only country that's friendly towards Israel. That's just factually wrong. I mean, you go through India, you go through Gulf State allies. I mean, she's just factually wrong about that. But secondly, to be chastising Israel, as you point out, when they are defending.

Against a maniacal genocidal terrorist organization that has 250,000 rockets buried under the houses of southern Lebanon. and have been firing them continually at Israeli civilians. Since October 7th, And now he's suggesting that Israel The only democracy, the only pluralist democracy in the Middle East does not have a right to self-defense. because they think that might upend What is a very, very bad deal. Um in this 14-point memorandum.

I don't get that. That doesn't sound like the J.D. Vance that I know. I think that J.D. Vance is a good guy.

I sort of like him. I think he's been an effective vice president, but Boy, I think he had a really bad day yesterday. You're the political expert. But you know who he's talking to? Number one, I think the whole podcast world on the right is very anti-Israel.

And he spent some time promoting his book on some of those venues, number one. And number two is it's kind of cool to be anti Israel these days.

So he can go out there and take a shot because President Trump took a shot the day before.

So we went there and he took an opportunity to act tougher on Israel than Iran. He was defiant for like five minutes about Israel. When we know too, by the way, Israel's got some Gulf State allies, and they're the ones who gave UAE a portion of the Iron Dome to protect itself.

So I think and you mentioned India is a very good friend. Notice, Israel doesn't attack Egypt, doesn't attack Jordan. They got no problems with Bahrain, no problems with Saudi Arabia, there's no problems with the UAE, there's no problem with Oman. They have a problem with terrorists that try to kill them. That's what they're guilty of, trying to kill them first.

Right.

I think that's very well said, Brian. And yes, I think he is playing to the woke right. That doesn't understand, I think, historically the Judeo-Christian tradition and doesn't understand. What Israel is doing is on the front line of defending the West. against jihadist Um genocidal ideologically 12th century based Uh uh regimes Um I don't understand how the woke right is so out of touch with what is going on in terms of what this fight means for the West.

I know. So I want to agree to the woke left. There's a rise of socialists. It's the number one story in politics. Mondami, yesterday, big rally with Bernie Sanders, pushing forward two socialist candidates against two established Democrats.

Listen. The outcome of these elections will reverberate around our city and around our country. And it will send a very clear message. When we win. We will make it clear that our movement is more powerful than their money.

And there is something else that the American people understand. And that is that the politics and the policies of the democratic establishment. are no longer good enough.

So he wants green energy. He wants to raise taxes. He wants to double the taxes on billionaires. You know the list. Your thoughts about what's happening to your party.

And where are the moderates speaking up saying that's not okay?

Well, it's John Kennedy's old line that if you ride the back of a tiger long enough, you'll end up in its belly. And that's what's happening with the moderates inside the Democratic Party. They feel like they can contain the socialist left. And they can't. The socialist left is going to swallow them.

And it'll end up destroying the centrists within the party. B I think the rise of the democratic socialist left is a function of the internet age.

Socialist left, the primary vocabulary of the socialist left is rage and anger. and deconstructionism. And that's the kind of thing that works. In social media, that's the kind of thing that works on the internet. We've known that with Facebook since 2012.

It's a bad brand. It works in the inner city enclaves. It works in deep blue areas. It's a bad brand nationally for the Democrats. Um and um programmatically this idea That you can redistribute your Your way out of every single problem.

that you should promote. Dependency rather than agency. I mean, that is basically a siren song. For the left, that is that that will not work.

So it's a premise that. The socialists, the progressive socialists can't deliver on. It's a siren song in a sense that it's taken the Democrats to the very, very far left. in a way that'll make them even more unpopular. with the general electorate.

I hope so for the country. We're already down into the twenty five percent range right now. I hope so for the country. I'd like to see some people like Bill Clinton stand up and go, excuse me, this direction is not going to work and it's not the party I used to be president of. Julian Epstein, thanks so much.

When we come back, we'll take some of your calls. We put a lot out there, and there's a lot going on, as you see. Just been announced, the Huh. Uh Iran has reclosed the strait. Don't move.

It's Brian Kilmade. Uh If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmead. Hey, we are back. Let's go out to the phones.

Listen on WOKB in Jacksonville, Debbie. Hey, Debbie. Hi, Frank. How are you? Good, good.

What's on your mind? I just wanted to.

Well, two points. I told your call taker that when you guys are on the five, no one really addresses Harold or Jessica in regards to their counting these socialist communist wins, as I call them, as Democrat wins. They prefer a communist or a socialist over a Republican. In the United States, in this day and age, I don't understand their thinking. They're part of the Democrat mainstream.

Why aren't they trying to fix that? It's terrifying. They're afraid. They're afraid of the DSA money. I remember the money.

You're afraid of being primaried.

So I appreciate it. Listen, we'll take some more calls too, but at the bottom of the hour, we'd talk a little World Cup soccer and then get right back to what's happening in Iran. As you can see, the Iran has reclosed the straight. What's our move next? You'll listen to the Brian Kilmey Show.

Radio that makes you think. This is the Brian Kill Me Show. If you win tomorrow, you're guaranteed to make it to the North Air Rounds. Does that mean anything, or is it not a job done unless you qualify first? Yeah, I think obviously we go into all the games wanting to win the games and even if we do win tomorrow, whatever the result is, we still have a third game to play and it won't be taken lightly at all.

So yeah, I think it's more of a job not done.

So that is Uh That is Weston McKinney, and he is talking about the chances the U.S. winning today at 3 o'clock Eastern Time as they take on Australia. A game many people think they will win, but if you watch Australia play Game 1, you know how well they did play and are capable of playing. We talked to Alexei Lawless last hour on Fox and Friends, and he said, I look for them to pack it in, look to counterattack. What about Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player, MLS rookie of the year in 06?

He's also an All-Star team guy, two-time All-Star, and a silver medalist with Team USA in the Maccabee Games. Jonathan, your thoughts about going into this game, how do you think the U.S. is approaching it?

Well, first of all, Brian, thank you for having me on the show. Um, I do think that the U.S. is going to take this game very seriously. I think, um, you know, obviously, the result that Australia had against Turkey was a positive one for them. I agree with Alexei Lawless that I think the socceroos, Australia, are going to.

kind of park the bus in the back and probably counterattack. And so the US has to have a lot of patience, find their opportunities to be able to attack. And then obviously make the most of those opportunities when they come.

So they want to slow them down. Like the U.S., when they got their momentum, Paraguay tried to keep up. They couldn't, obviously.

So if you want to slow down a team like the U.S., possibly with better. Better team play who might be faster. What do you do? How do you slow the U.S. down?

So, I mean, there's a couple of ways to do that. I would say one way is the way that we all think that Australia is going to play by pushing themselves into a low block. They're not going to have as many spaces for the U.S. to be playing in between their lines.

So, we might have sustained possession kind of in the back of our field, but it's going to be very hard for us to kind of penetrate. in between the lines of Australia, and that's one way to kind of slow the team down. Obviously, in their defensive half. Right.

And why are they playing so much better with this new coach? What are they doing different? Do you have any idea? Referring to the United States. Australia.

I think they just have a solid game plan. I think everyone's bought into what the coach wants their system to be. I think obviously, at times, you even saw it with like Cape Verde against Spain, where the teams will Keep themselves in a low block, very hard to play against. Spain wasn't able to. create any true opportunities to score on goal.

And Cape Verde kind of counter-attacked. They almost win the game at the end there. And I think Australia is doing pretty much the same thing. We'll probably see that tomorrow. This Australian defender, Kai Trewin, talked about the mindset of his team.

Listen, cut 44. I have never wanted to win a game more than this one, I can tell you that for free. But um to be honest, they they give him a little bit more stick than I'd say they give give Ado and I training because obviously there's a lot of South American boys and Um I think they'd prefer Australia, you know, maybe like they call it an upset, beat the US and um they try and give him a bit of stick about it too, but he doesn't really he doesn't really budge too much. He's pretty Pretty locked into what he does.

So, um, but yeah, like I said before, I've never wanted to win a game more than I've wanted to win this game against the US for sure.

So that's pretty much the mindset they have, and know what they've heard. Jonathan, they've heard a lot of the American commentators saying, out of these three games, this will be the easiest. And that bothers the Australian. The players haven't said it, but the experts have. Yeah, I actually don't agree with the experts on that one because I think every single game matters at this World Cup.

We've already seen it with other teams playing bigger. On paper, named teams and having good results.

So I think the US more than anything has to be very prepared for a difficult game and a game where everyone's going to need to be on the same page. Bring the same energy as they brought the first game against Paraguay and expect a battle from Australia.

So, I want you to hear the coach talk about the health of Christian Pulisic, who got banged twice in his calf and it's still bothering him. He couldn't practice with the team, cut 41. He's evolving, he's much better from Friday. We'll see. I think at the moment we see is it's not available for tomorrow, will be available for the next game.

But I think he's doing a massive effort, trying to be ready. When this type of thing happen always is painful, but I think Christian is is is is strong and Uh with great mentality and is doing a fantastic effort to try to be ready as soon as possible.

So, what figures into whether he plays or not? Because the U.S., for example, does not think they're going to get knocked out, especially if they're where they played in the first round. The worry is, if he gets hit again or he strains it, he's out for the tournament.

So, you know, you can be as tough as you want. If you tear a muscle in your calf, you're not playing.

So what do you think goes into this decision? I mean, I think a lot of things go into this. One being, how does Christian feel? You know, if it's a contusion, it can be something that they can kind of rub out and with a little bit of time since last game. He may be feeling good.

If it's more of a strain, then you got to be protecting that. And you risk the. The idea of getting more injured because you're compensating and injuring other parts of your body. But I don't think it would come down to Christian and their conversations they're having with the medical staff. And, you know, all of us want Christian to be playing.

That's a question mark we'll see as they roll out the lineups. But we're all hoping that Christian is going to be able to play and perform today.

So, John, so talking to Jonathan Bornstein, longtime American soccer player, rookie of the year, two-time All-Star in the MLS.

So I think the coach has got to really think about what he wants to do. For example, he's got such depth now. Tim Way is not starting. He would be very dangerous out there. They have other players.

And if the scorer is tied, do you think this is a possibility, Jonathan? You don't start him? And you pull him off the bench if the goal scorer is tight or you need a goal, you're trailing by a goal because he does provide that type of offense. But see if you can give him another week to heal. Do you think that would be that judging by what people are saying, because I'm not at practice.

That's probably what I would do. What about you? Yeah. I think you have a very good point there, Brian. I think we do have other guys who can step in and perform for the US, right?

Guys like Gio Reyna or even Alex Zendejas. Uh, potentially of Brendan Aronson, right, who can step in in opposition and still provide a very good um, you know, game for the U.S. Um I think we saw that with La Mini Mal with Spain as well, where they did not start him because he's kind of nursing an injury. The game is tied 0-0. They bring him on, and he has an impact in the last 20 minutes of that game.

So, could we see something similar with Christian in this game? It's a very good possibility.

So, what do you think it does for your league? When they told Leon O'Messi when he comes to the U.S., well, there goes your game. The league is not up to Premier League status. It's not like you're going to go play in Italy or Germany.

So if you go there, he's done. And he comes here and he shines and But of course, the experts are saying, well, you're going to watch internationally. He's going to have slept because plus he's getting older. And he comes out in game one and he scores a hat trick. I think that looks great for the MLS.

Oh, you're completely right. I think I even heard it in the stadium yesterday. I was at the The Bosnia-Switzerland game, and people were asking me that exact question: like, is Messi able to score so many times in the MLS because the defending is worse than it was in Europe? And my only point was: well, did you see him in the World Cup just recently? Like, he scored three goals against top competition.

I think he steps up to perform every single game. And it's just a very good example to everybody, just how good MLS is, but also how good Messi is. Yeah, so we'll see how this goes in Australia.

So, if they pull off a win, they're through, Jonathan. I do believe so. I think the result for the other game would have to be a draw. With a draw from those two, we definitely would be going through already. I think U.S.

just has to do their job. They got to win. Keep playing with great momentum, and obviously, keep playing together, because that I think is what got them the victory in the first game, in the first place. Did you ever play in Seattle? Um not with the national team, but with My club teams, yes.

So describe the atmosphere, because I hear it's insane. They really love soccer in Seattle, and that's where the game is today. If you they show up, seventy thousand strong with USA supporting the USA, what difference would it make? No, I think you know, they always say like the 12th man, right?

So I think 70,000 strong representing the U.S., as long as we have the majority of the fans in the stadium, as it was kind of in Los Angeles stadium the other night, I think it definitely helps the players to be motivated to go out there and perform well. And it always is hard for Australia to see that when they're walking out on the field, 70,000 strong. Supporting the United States. You know, you have a local kid right there with Christian Roldan. Will he be able to get time on the field this game?

Let's hope so. He plays there as his home home matches. Obviously they I think they put grass on top of the turf, so it'll be a little bit different of a of a game, but I think a lot of those players know what they're uh what to expect as they step into that stadium. Do the players prefer the uh the grass over the turf? Oh, for sure.

I think um you know it it It's first of all, the turf is very tough on your body, so to be running consistently on turf, it's a little bit harder to impact. And then grass is just a natural role. And the way they have these fields set up recently, I mean, it's like. Every player's dream to be able to play on a pitch like that. Right.

And I think there's going to be a push for the NFL as well as the MLS. Can we just play on grass, please? You're paying all this money for players. Can we at least get them on grass? It must be killing the Giants and Jets to see grass on a field, and they're dying for it.

They literally are twisting their knees. Jonathan Borstein, thanks so much. Finally, before you go, what's your prediction? I know what you hope you want U.S. to win, but what do you predict?

I could see the game being 2-0, potentially like a 3-1. I think the U.S. needs to get an early goal, just like they did against Parawide, to kind of start to open up Australia. If the longer Australia goes 0-0, I think it favors them a little bit more in the game. Because that's the result they're going with.

3120. Yeah, John the Bornstein. Thanks so much. Appreciate it. All right.

Thank you, Brian. Yeah, and we'll see who will be starting. If it is not polistic when they name the starter, who will be in there? We'll have to see.

So we'll be following that at 3 o'clock. 16 million people watch game one. I think it's going to be even bigger at game two because they played so well, and many people have seen those highlights. You listen to the Brian Killmeat show. Politics, current events, and news that affects you.

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We honor the Nishinabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawanabe nations. Three nations on that one park. Who never thought they could live in a park like that? Unbelievable. Valerie Jarrett got $700,000 a year to get the Obama.

Get the Obama library ready. And it was only four years late.

So she got four more years to get $700,000 a year, I guess. Perhaps. I don't know. Did they cut her off after three? Supposed to be done by 2021.

He was out of office in 2016. You know, Trump Has to decide whether he wants to start his library before he leaves. It is already planned out. Pretty amazing, right? It's going to be in Miami.

I have it all sketched out. And I saw the plans. And this guy can't get it done in the meantime. Look, I liked a lot of what President Obama said in his speech. He talked about how the Constitution was written in a way in which we could grow into it and reach all the principles.

And America could grow and make progress. In 1919, women get to vote. And obviously, in 1865, African Americans finally get the freedom they deserved on day one. And then we hear about segregation and overcoming that in the 60s and everything like that. And the terrible compromise in 1850.

You put all those things into our story, but he did it in a positive way. I needed that when he was in office. But having said that, And a lot of people don't want to hear it. They want reparations. A lot of these, especially these city leaders.

But then he's taking shots at Trump. I'm like, what are you doing? Can you just possibly be above politics? You're supposed to be a former president. Talking about the country, Nixon and Clinton, Nixon is advising Democrats and Republicans after.

And I know Trump can be polarizing too, but he's still president.

So the whole cost was supposed to be $300 million. It ended up being over $850 million. They promised an endowment of $470 million. You know what the endowment is? $1 million.

But it gets worse from there. They have contractors who have lost have gone into bankruptcy because he's not paying them. One, the Adamson Plumbing Company, whose owner Mike Owen says his firm is owned is down four million dollars after years of work. The Obama Foundation says it paid Lakeside Alliance that Lakeside was responsible for hiring managing and subcontractors, and the foundation has no outstanding disputed charges with Lakeside and no direct contract relationship with Lakeside subcontracts. But the article notes that the broader project aimed at awarding 50 percent of subcontract packages to diverse vendors and required 35 percent of workforce hours from targeted south and west side communities.

When you start doing the political correctness, when it comes to execution, instead of getting the best people possible, that's how you have cost overruns.

So it also says two minority owned subcontractors had to declare Chapter eleven bankruptcy because he didn't pay their bills. You know, you get Bruce Springsteen, you get Bono, you get Oprah. Can someone write a check and make sure at least the work they're doing is paid for? Can you imagine if Trump rolled out a library and didn't pay anybody? They'd be hitting the roof.

Here are some of those subtle jabs. Cut 29. In the newly independent United States, there will be no kings or lords, no serfs or subjects, but only citizens. Economic disruptions, mass protests. Backlash against mass protests.

political conflicts that have shaken the very foundation of our democracy. The good Reverend was under no illusions about the perils and obstacles facing the abolitionist cause. Same spirit that will see America and the world through its present tracks. Present trials? What do you mean?

The economy, the stock market's up too high, unemployment's too low? Too much oil on the market. I don't know, to Venezuela, it's no longer communist. Cuba's about to be turned over. You wanted to make sure they stayed communist?

As you bring baseball, American baseball to Cuba and you sit with Fidel Castro. I mean, what is the bad time? You're unhappy because of Republicans in office. And Donald Trump is a very unique person, understood. And he could be challenging and insulting.

I understand that. But why are you wasting your time? And it's time to reflect on you and your career and your family. Why are you sitting there taking shots as if you're running against Donald Trump in next year's election? And why are you taking your free time helping out Mayor Mamdani of New York City?

You should be telling him, we don't need a socialist in our party. You will destroy it.

So, and by the way, to open up and say we're on stolen land with dedicating it to Indian tribes that don't exist anymore, please. We are so over that. We are done with that. I am so glad we're through with that. Sharon, you're in Texas.

Sharon, what's on your mind? Ryan, I like to say I like that interchange you had with Julian Epstein. And he agreed everything he said. And you two, y'all were in agreement. And I believe that President Trump had the right instincts in the beginning when he went in to attack Iran for their nuclear capability.

He fumbled the ball because he got bad advice. And I think J.D. Vance is one of the ones giving bad advice because that whole stupid MOU makes no sense at all. And it doesn't agree with any of the reasons we went into Iran in the first place. And J.D.

Vance is out there trying to sell his book and boast of himself because he fertilized his wife's eggs and he wants to be coronated as the next president of the United States. I do not like J.D. Vance.

Well, I think he comes off a likable, knowledgeable, and I think a really good politician. On foreign policy, I just don't agree with him. I didn't agree with him when he was running. I didn't agree with him when he was named vice president. And it's okay.

He doesn't probably care if I agree with him or not. That's just not the foreign policy. You give me Markarubio any day. And It's just a foreign policy I agree with, but I think they're both extremely talented. And I just do think he has too much influence, and I'm not convinced that he fully understands what the Iranian challenge is.

From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan, it's the fastest growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead. Hi, everyone.

So glad you're there. Brian Kill Me Joe closing out a wild week. I'm so glad you were a part of it. I think about what's happening with the parade in New York City, and I know the other teams in the NBA aren't happy about it, but it is significant. I'm sure you noticed it.

And the remarkable playoff run it wrapped up yesterday. And then I watch every sports bar in New York City overcome with different countries and they're obviously wearing the national team jerseys. And they're filling up the sports bars, which is interesting because The tickets are so expensive, and that is a story, and it's not our fault, it's FIFA's fault.

So, what happens is people want to support their team.

So, it's helping out, I think, the bars and restaurants because they'll say, okay, they're playing over there, they're playing five miles away, but I'm going to come over here and feel the game and be able to go to America and I'm going to go hang out and have some french fries and start cheering and singing with my team. Shannon Bream is standing by this hour. Michael Dorgan's going to be with us too. A Fox News Digital reporter who covered the story about the subcontractors who have been stiffed by the Obama library, some of which have declared bankruptcy.

So, before we get to them, let's get to the big three. Number three. Yeah, I think obviously we go into all the games wanting to win the games and even if we do win tomorrow, whatever the result is, we still have a third game to play and it won't be taken lightly at all.

So yeah, I think it's more of a job not done.

Weston McKinney of Texas, Team USA, back in action against Australia in a few hours. Without their best player, perhaps in Christian Pulissic, I still like their chances as the world continues to simply love America. Economic disruptions, mass protests, backlash against mass protests, political conflicts that have shaken the very foundation of our democracy. Same spirit that will see America and the world through its present trials. Present trials?

What are you talking about? Do unemployment's too low? Gas, the price of oil is too low? President Obama gets this library. It's over budget four years late.

And sometime he took some time to take shots at Trump. Why? Number one. We believe international waterways should be free of tolls, and that's been our position. That's what you see, of course, in the 60 days of the MOU.

And when you say it leaves it open, it doesn't really leave it open, except in the sense that, of course, the final negotiation is going to set the terms of what comes afterwards, right? Failure to launch a 60-day sprint to a permanent peace deal is not happening. And right now, it looks like the Iranians have reclosed the strait. I'll try to explain why, but it's the Iranians. Irall, both blockades have broken up.

until this one reconvened. How much more are we going to take, really? We have our military there. What are we doing? And I love the Supreme Leader.

I'll just paraphrase what he said. He said. And Donald Trump begged for the ceasefire and he used his leverage to get it. Hey clown! You don't use leverage if you're begging for a C-fire.

You have no leverage if you're begging.

So the Supreme Leader might not be alive, he's likely alive. But he says he gave in because he trusts the president. His president to negotiate with us for 60 days. My question is, how big is the Trump team? Put the technocrats behind, because you can't leave the Vice President in Switzerland if the Iranians ever show up for 60 days.

So who's going to run, work out the details? Shannon Bream joins us now. Shannon, do you know who makes up the Trump team outside the three? I mean, you got to feel as though there's got to be technocrats out there that know nuclear and no history. Yeah, and we've been hearing about them tapping into some of those resources and folks.

I mean, obviously, they already have them within the administration, but possibly reaching out to some others who would have more to say. But, you know, we were all kind of surprised last night when, you know, we're following the pool reports. We know that the vice president is at Joint Base Andrews, ready to go. And then we see the email, he's not going. And then, okay, that starts to raise a lot of questions.

There's no way they're going to send him over there to sit there, like you said, and just kind of cool his heels in Switzerland while we're waiting for everybody to show up. It's just not going to happen.

So, you know, Iranian officials this morning saying, all right, you got, you know, Israel and Hezbollah at the ceasefire.

So plans are coming together for the talks in Switzerland over the Iran deal, but we don't have a date.

So the Supreme Leader said: based on the commitment given to me by my honorable president, acting in his capacity as chairman. Of the council, whatever, on behalf of himself and the other members, to safeguard the nights. The rights of the Iranian nation and the Axis of Resistance. Actually, they call themselves the Axis Resistance. That's great.

His explicit acceptance of responsibility for doing so, I authorize it. Because the president's responsible, I'll authorize it. But they also are saying we need Israel to get out of Lebanon. Shannon, Israel wasn't in negotiations, they're only in Lebanon because Hezbollah is in Lebanon.

So this could st uh stop before it starts. It really could. I mean, Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy. They have killed many, many people. They are a terrorist organization.

And Israel rightly says we have a right to defend ourselves, which the Trump administration fully acknowledges and endorses. But they say they're not moving out of the area. They have on just every about on every one of their borders groups that say Israel does not have a right to exist. They are in a very tough neighborhood.

So there's definitely some daylight between Bibi and President Trump. I mean, clearly, we've seen a little bit of tension there. The president thinks they're overreacting when they respond to some of these incoming and other issues with Hezbollah. And he wants them to, you know, rein it in a little bit until they can get his deal done. But, you know, there's so many of us who think that Iran is just sort of dragging the U.S.

along anyway. They're just about buying time. And that's coming from people who are fans of President Trump. I mean, his own supporters believe that is, many of them believe that's what's happening.

So, the Iranians, I read the Institute's Study of War. If you want to know what's going on in any of these conflicts, I recommend everyone do that. And this is what I see. I see it in the 14 points, and I see it here. The Iranian officials continue to signal that the regime will charge fees in the long term for vessels that want to transit the strait, which is part of the broader Iranian effort to maintain long-term control over the strait.

There's no way we'll agree to that. There's no way we should agree to that. Which again gets you to can we even do a deal with them, or is this just a gigantic waste of time? Is the president trying to say to his critics, yes, I'm trying to solve this diplomatically, but ultimately, does it end up again in kinetic action? I mean, they have no Navy, their Air Force, you know, their missile launchers, the majority of that stuff is gone.

Now, They do still have missile capabilities, and the fact is they want to maintain that. And there was some conversation, obviously, from President Trump, from the vice president, saying, well, people in that region are going to want defensive weapons, and we can't tell them what to do on that front. But the fact is, we now know their ballistic missiles can reach to places like London and Rome and Paris.

So those kinds of things have to be part of a deal. But, you know, Iran's made a lot of promises on paper before that they have not kept. And they continue to chant death to America and death to Israel.

So a lot of people think that this negotiating is just a waste of time. Yeah, you said the president wants to have the economy reconfigure itself, reignite itself, and get you to November. But this is going to get you to. August.

So then there's going to be another time. And you know who knows the calendar? The Iranians.

So if they decide to blow up this deal and say we're charging in the strait, they know the President, the economy is going to suffer, oil is going to go up, and the President will have his party will pay the price. But you mentioned allies that are critical of this deal. Senator Ted Cruz, Cut 17. The idea that we would have three hundred billion dollars for Iran. The most catastrophic foreign policy decision that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made was to flow a hundred billion dollars to Iran.

That money funded terrorism across the globe. In a very real sense, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's billions that they sent to Iran funded October 7th and the horrific atrocities that occurred on that day. If we give billions of dollars to Iran, that money will be used to murder Americans. And so I don't believe we should do that. And the idea that we would have effectively a Marshall Plan for Iran and come in and rebuild Iran after they've been the leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years, they've murdered nearly a thousand Americans, I don't think that makes any sense.

It doesn't make any sense. And what he's doing, too, is. is it's really he knows the vice president did this deal. And I'm thinking Ted Cruz is running for president, too. Not only do I believe, he believes every word he said.

But I believe he's also saying. This is the beginning of letting you know that in 2028 I'm going to run, and it's going to be different from J.D. Vance.

On foreign policy, they are very different. They are. They are. And for people, just a reminder: if you were not alive then or don't remember, in 2016, it came down to President Trump and Senator Cruz. They were the last two standing.

So it's not out of the realm of possibility that Cruz knows how to run a presidential campaign and ran a really strong one back in 2016. Obviously, the world has changed a lot since then, but there is daylight between the way that Cruz and Vance see the world and see these foreign entanglements and, you know, the president and how it all moves forward.

So there have been very few Republican critics publicly. He's definitely one of them, but there are others who were starting to come out of the woodwork because the number one criticism that Republicans had of the JCPOA was that it allowed these pallets of cash to flow back to Iran, who funded its proxies, who killed people all over the globe. By doing that, the question is: why would it be okay under this deal?

Now, the vice president said yesterday they do not get it unless they perform in very specific ways. But if we are taking away our naval blockade and they are able to ship out their oil and fuel, Products and start to make money off of that, that is allowing money to flow back to them, which has been obviously one of Israel's biggest concerns and critiques of the deal.

So it's supposed to be the Arab world that provides the $300 billion. I imagine they came out of the meeting they had with Qatar.

So if they have it, do we control it? If it stays in a so-called Arab fund, Qatar's not going to say, make sure you build a sewer system. They're going to need solar panels for the stadium you're building. You know, it's not going to happen. They'll say, give me the money.

Or else I'll bomb you again like I did before, and this time the US will not be there poised to be ready to fight and protect you.

So if you have a $300 billion fund, unless it's in our account, Shannon, I'm not convinced we're going to be able to control it.

Now, the lifting of sanctions right away to me is a big deal. Yeah, they were sneaking out oil. And Joe Biden did look the other way, but Trump wasn't. Cut eight. The choke point on Iranian oil was never the sanctions.

We didn't see that as a major concession to the Iranians. Frankly, the Iranians didn't see that as a concession to them because what prevented them from selling oil was not the sanctions. They were selling plenty of oil without any discount because the sanctions were just fundamentally ineffective at that point. What the sanctions did do is move the Iranian financial system to sort of the shadow banking system. Wow.

So I think that he's soft peddling a lot of this. And someone told me the first day that he doesn't think that Trump is being told the truth by his negotiators. And I think by now everybody knows the 14 points. We do know the 14 points, but man, they leave a lot of things undecided and undetailed. Like you said, the $300 billion, who's controlling that?

Will there be strict guidelines and protocols on that? If you say that the sanctions weren't that big of a deal, Republicans were certainly criticizing the waivers that Biden gave on those sanctions every time he did that.

So they must have felt like there was some impact that was. you know, negative for the Iranians when those sanctions were in place.

So the thing is, there's been so much criticism of the JCPOA that Republicans who are going to defend this deal have to talk about how it's different. And the vice president did lay out what he said were differentiations between the two deals. But for a lot of people, you hear any kind of relief for Iran instead of kind of keeping a neck on their boot of their economy at this point just sounds like, why are we giving up leverage? And if this country knows that whenever they get cranky or don't like something we're doing or Israel's doing, that they now have the power to cripple everyone by shutting down the strait, why would you give them any ability to resolve? What they're doing there.

Trevor Burrus, Jr.: I know. It's all about saving the economy. And the president made that clear in an honest statement the other day: I'm afraid of a global depression. But the one thing we do, if you take kinetic action and further degrade them for two weeks, maybe they're forced to open up the strait and we stop listening to the Gulf states who tell us to stop bombing.

Meanwhile, yesterday, I couldn't find you because President Obama was opening up his library. I know you were glued to the television. I was busy. Yes. Here's a little of those remarks.

And keep in mind, he's taking subtle shots at Trump, and I don't know why. Cut 29. In the newly independent United States, there will be no kings or lords, no serfs or subjects, but only citizens. Economic disruptions, mass protests, Backlash against mass protests. Political conflicts that have shaken the very foundation of our democracy.

The good Reverend was under no illusions about the perils and obstacles facing the abolitionist cause. Same spirit that will see America and the world through its present trials. So I just don't know why it was necessary. I thought so. A lot of his speech was pretty cool, where he talked about, you know, we weren't a perfect country in the beginning, but our Constitution allowed us to grow into it.

And be the country we are today. I thought, well, okay, that's nice. That's pretty cool. He could have gone the other direction. And then he just starts taking shots at Trump, Michelle taking shots at Trump.

And I'm thinking, it's your library. This is your day. You didn't invite him. He didn't want to come. You are over budget, four years late.

Focus on your accomplishments. I don't know anybody that's playing politics. eight years out of office like he does. How fun would it have been if President Trump did show up, if he got invited? That would have been so awkward and crazy.

Those two obviously don't get along. I mean, there was bipartisanship. We saw the bushes were there. And so, yeah, you want a presidential library to be that kind of thing. Let's talk about where the country is good and where we've worked together.

And for somebody who wants to talk about, you know, authoritarians and serfs and all that kind of stuff, President Obama, like most presidents, was a big fan of executive action. Remember, he said, if I can't get things done, I've got a pen and a paper. And he used it. I mean, executive power is something that all presidents like to use. And so I don't know that you can single out President Trump for that.

But yeah, you hope it's a day that's going to be uplifting.

So what's going on? I don't know if I'm a big fan of the architecture, but to each his own. Right.

A tall, lumpy skyscraper. I'm not really sure. He says a bunch of hands coming together.

So we'll see what happens. Shannon, your thoughts about your Sunday show.

Well, we are going live from the U.S. Supreme Court this Sunday because over the next week, we get all the biggies from the court that we're waiting on: so, birthrights, citizenship, and biological born males and trans athletes in female sports. How many days after election day can you keep counting ballots? I mean, there's a lot of good stuff we're still waiting on.

So, we'll preview all of that for you. Senator Mike Lee is with us, a former Supreme Court clerk himself. He can give us some inside scoop. And Congressman Roe Khanna, a Democrat who thinks we need to pack the U.S. Supreme Court.

So, we've got a Trump administration official that we should be able to announce shortly, but we'll be able to speak to the Iran situation. And also, Danny Danone from the Israeli side of this conversation. Very interesting to get their input. I'm interested to hear his response to Vice President Vance yesterday. Absolutely.

I hope he does stand up, but he's got to be diplomatic because he doesn't want to make things worse. But what about your show? What am I going to say? We have Mike Rogers on. You know, the best chance to flip a seat might be in Michigan.

He's going to be with us, it'll be great. Kimberly Strassel is going to lead us off. That'll be fun. And then we are also going to have Chris Ruffo joining us. The great Jimmy Phale is going to be with us.

And Ainsley Earhart has agreed to appear. And unless she shows that temper of hers and storms off, she'll have the whole segment to herself. But I can't. Listen, it doesn't happen a lot, but when it flashes, she is a tornado of anger. It's frightening.

Yeah. By the way, go USA. Go USA, 3 o'clock today. Time to sweep the leg. Sweep that Australian leg.

Do it. Absolutely. I know your husband's a big soccer fan.

Soon shot. Oh, like crazy. All right. And I'm predicting a victory, and I'm predicting more than 16 million will watch. Shannon and Breen, thank you.

Bye. Not yet. Back in a moment. Don't go anywhere. Brian Kilmead will be right back.

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The talk show that's getting you talking. You're with Brian Kilmead. It's over about a hundred million dollars, probably that estimatedly probably owed to contractors on this project. One contractor may be anywhere from 40 to $50 million. Another contractor told me they're owed $100,000.

Another one told me they owe $4 million.

So we have over 10 contractors that are being hurt and crippled by this particular project.

So that is Omar Sharif. He is the president of the African American Contractors Association, and he's commenting on how much they're owed from the Obama library bill that was unveiled yesterday that was four years late and way over budget, almost double the budget they intended. For $300 million, it's up over $850 million. Michael Dorgan joins us now. He's been on this story, Fox News Digital Reporter.

Michael, great to see you. Thanks for having me, Brian. Yeah, and I think the final bill is going to go well over $1 billion. That $850 million figure has been there since 2021, and we haven't got an updated figure since. What's the delay?

I spoke to several subcontractors. I was in Chicago two weeks ago and they told me that the place, the work site was totally chaotic. There was just over-regulation, too many people there asking them to do too many things that weren't in line with specifications. And a two-year job turned into a five-year job for a lot of these subcontractors. And a lot of them now are...

face financial ruin. A lot of them are owed millions of dollars for this project. And a lot of them are minorities, right? Yeah, several. You had Omar Sharifon there.

I spoke to Omar when I was outside the centre and he's an advocate for these black-owned subcontractors and they're afraid to speak out. A lot of them have signed non-disclosure agreements so they can't go public. They can't reveal any documentation. I spoke to one. He didn't want to go public.

He said he's owed $2.5 million and he said he would be happy to walk away with $1 million. But his business has been around for 40 years. He feels he's financially crushed. And we found that with several other subcontractors. Yeah.

Wow, Hughes Moore, Cut 38. We thought it would be an excellent project for them to work on, but we find out it's a very shameful project for them because we have not gotten paid and they should pay us as they celebrate with their celebrities today. And they had Bruce Springsteen there, they had Bono there, they had Oprah there, Tom Hanks, who is the who-who of celebrities, who have had nothing to do because Joe Biden was basically a corpse when he was in the Oval Office. And now this is the time to show up and look back at his eight years. What else do you think was noteworthy about the event?

A lot of billionaires there yesterday, Brian. They could pay all these guys. Yeah. And it's the little guy that's getting crushed. You know, this was supposed to uplift the minority community, the local contractors.

What struck me yesterday was some of the framing about what the center is going to be. It's been promoted since day one as a presidential library. It is not a presidential library. Obama's documents will not be there. They're going to be off-site.

You're going to have The fortified structure, which is the museum, that's going to be a museum, but it's also going to be the home of the Obama Foundation. And the Obama Foundation is what pushes, that keeps Obama's influence going. And that's significant because this site, this is public land, this is Jackson Park, this is the central... That's controversy too, isn't it? Several court cases were filed against this that violated what's called the public trust doctrine, that public spaces must be used for public purposes.

And what we have here is Obama got this land, 19.3 acres, massive site, for $10 for 99 years. And it was supposed to be a presidential library. And it sort of evolved into a presidential center. And yet he still doesn't have enough money to pay the people. Doesn't have enough money to pay the people.

And he also got the public infrastructure built around the center paid for by the city, the taxpayer, the Chicago taxpayer, and the Illinois taxpayer.

So a lot of people feel, and you were in the neighborhood, that if you upgrade the neighborhood, you push a lot of people out. Did people get pushed out? A lot of people are telling me that their rent is going up and that a lot of Airbnbs are bringing up property prices, property taxes. I'm not sure if anyone has been pushed out yet, but some people are looking to get compensated. They're looking for $4 million spread across the neighborhood for gentrification purposes.

And there's like hotels being planned to build there.

So this is a. A working class community that is going to be at some stage outpriced. And the reason why a lot of these people are coming up is because they sign an NDA. They're not allowed to talk. They're afraid of getting sued, even though they're short and they're about to go bankrupt.

Here's Dr. Eliyah Israel. Cut 40. I don't mean no harm. It's nothing personal.

It's business. You know, we love Obama. We helped to get him elected. We loved them before the nation even knew about them. But if people are misusing his name, now I'm not saying he knows about it, but if people are misusing his name, then we have to come and say what?

Justice for the Obama builders. People have put their lives on the line just to be a part of history.

So he was willing to speak out. Why? Yeah. He's not directly related to the build. The subcontractors are afraid to speak out.

It's a Democratic stronghold, as you know. And Obama was the first black president. And if they speak out, they're going to violate these NDAs. They've all been muzzled. And when I went down there, there was a wall of silence.

You could feel it there. No one wanted to talk to you. Omar rang me at the last minute on a Friday wanting to do an interview. That it was one of the subcontractors put me in touch with him. They're all afraid to speak out.

So, what is your impression of where this is going? Is it going to take it on the chin? I mean, can't they see a lawyer and say, look, I have to be able to fight back. I have to be able to get paid. And if that becomes public, I'm not a violation of NDA.

If I take you to court and I have an NDA, you still rob me of my $4 million. See, they're in a hole because they're owed money, and litigating against this is going to cost them money as well.

So, that's why the subcontractor I spoke to you about was willing to take $1 million.

So, he was willing to take a $1.5 million hit on the job. Has President Obama been confronted on this? Any of the Obama? Not yet. We just broke the story yesterday.

I've been on it for a while, but we just broke the story yesterday because these guys only started to speak out recently. Because they felt if the center gets opened, they think now it's going to be harder for them to get paid once the doors open. What was the delay? We could only speculate.

So, what was happening was a lot of change orders were happening. Mike Owen, who I spoke to, he's a plumbing contractor, he's 4 million in the red. He had built this stormwater system at the center. It runs next to a lagoon, so it could see a lot of flooding. He put the system in.

An architect or an engineer came back to him and said, You did it wrong. You weren't following code. Mike said he did follow code, but he'll fix it anyway.

So he fixed it, $900,000 of cost. And he went to the inspector, and the inspector said, The way you did it the first time was correct. And he went away and fixed it. On instruction, and now he still can't get paid that nine hundred thousand dollars, which he con contacted me about nearly eighteen months ago.

So what was it? Were you there yesterday? Wasn't there yesterday? I was there last week.

So w would you p project that this is going to be a big tourist attraction? I think I spoke to people outside last week, and of course they're Democrats. They're very happy with it. It promotes Obama's legacy. Have you walked it?

I walked it, yeah. But I didn't get into the museum. It was they had soft opening events two weeks ago. It's a nice, expansive place. You can walk out there.

It's kind of parkland, but the building itself is. It's controversial, let's say the least. The museum is a big granite concrete structure and it's just hard, it sticks out. If you compare it with President Trump's, it's going to be a big shiny tower like the One World Trade Center down in Miami, completely different.

So I guess it's whatever taste buds you had, but it wouldn't be my cup of tea for sure.

So he took shots, yes. He's a great speaker. Michelle did a great job. And it was just time for your family and friends, I thought, and your supporters, especially the people that put you in office. But he didn't waste any time going after Trump.

Listen, cut 29. In the newly independent United States, there will be no kings or lords, no serfs or subjects, but only citizens. Economic disruptions, mass protests. That clash against mass protests. political conflicts that have shaken the very foundation of our democracy.

The good Reverend was under no illusions about the perils and obstacles facing the abolitionist cause. Same spirit that will see America and the world through its present trials. So, is there any of your takeaway from that? Listen to that. It's very politically charged.

Yeah, it's very politically charged. And this, again, this goes back to the initial controversy. It's public land supposed to be for public use, and now it's been run by a private foundation, Obama's foundation. NARA, which oversees all the presidential libraries, won't be there.

So Obama has got this plot of land that he can push his own influence, his own ideology on. And just to let you know, this is what he said yesterday. For while our work is non-partisan, we are not values neutral. We have a point of view.

So what's he going to be pushing at this? At this foundation, at this centre for the next couple of years, it's going to promote himself, his influence. Is Michelle going to run for office? Is this going to be a headquarters for the Obama Foundation?

Well, I have to say, so the other big story that you're working on is a DSA and the infiltration of this DSA into the Democratic cause. Who's financing this move? There's nothing attractive about socialism, but yet now it is beginning to sell and they're beginning to make progress on the left. Yeah, so we at Fox News Digital have been doing some deep investigations into this money network or what it's called. It's this foreign malign influence that's coming from China.

Azra Nomani, who's our senior investigations editor, has done Trojan work on all this for the last couple of years, really. And she was able to piece together over 700 non-profit groups that are funding all these left-wing protests. We've been out at these left-wing protests. There's all these various non-profits there. And it's all being funneled.

A lot of it has been funneled from an American tycoon who lives in China. His name is Neville Roy Singham. And he's been funding, he's a billionaire, and he's been funding a lot of these left-wing groups. Not in Hong Kong. No, this is Shanghai.

Shanghai.

So this is pretty amazing. And they say that he's really thought this through, and it's hard for us to get to him. You can't have a foreign entity paying for an American political system. That's what Code Blue is being investigated for, taking foreign money.

So why is the DSA allowed to take foreign money where it has not been found out yet? I think federal authorities are looking into this, and he's on their radar. But I think it's a matter of time, but we could see some action fairly soon. All right, we'll be able to follow that on Fox Digital. Fox News Digital, yeah.

All right, Michael Dorgan, great work on the true story behind the Obama library. They can't do anything without controversy. You can find it on Fox News Digital. Thanks, Michael. Thanks, Brian.

Back in a moment. It's Brian Killmeade. Yeah. He's so busy, he'll make your hat spin. It's Brian Killmeade.

Sponsored by Previgen. Previgen, made for your brain. And I have to tell you something, I'm begging FIFA to change the position of the photographers in the national ensign because I Could not see my team in the national anthem. And I was waiting for this moment. This was a very, very special moment today.

And I was standing in front of a wall of 50. Photographers Half a meter away, and I could not see one single player, and it ruined a little bit my experience today. Good for him. I think he's absolutely right. How close do those cameras need to be?

I mean, look at these cameras. They're like the idea, like, isn't the idea of those long lenses that you can do it from a long way away? Like Also, I don't really know Which news outlet is just clamouring for a photo of England's backroom staff? This is not fair to Thomas Tuchel at all. I understand that, but I cannot listen to a German talk about anything without it feeling sinister.

So that is James Corden. He's got his late night show on Fox, talking about some of the complaints that people are having. Here's more from James Corden. He had some fun about the Canada's coach singing the national anthem. Cut 48, he's Net, he's an American.

This allowed today Canada's American-born manager, Jesse Marsh, to be with his team. And boy, did he go all in on O Canada. I don't know how I feel about it. I don't know how I feel about it. I don't.

I absolutely hate it. I hate it so much. It makes, and like, listen, I feel like I'm a pretty liberal, level-headed guy, but when I see that, I'm like, if you don't like it, brother, there's the door. You stay up in Canada. I bet to be Has the same, like, he's from Wisconsin.

You got to take whatever job you get. He didn't get the U.S. job. I understand that. But him singing O Canada with that much energy and passion.

The gusto. The gusto of it. The gusto. That has the same energy as, like, when your dad orders, like, in overly correct Spanish at a Mexican recipe. Yeah, yeah.

You're absolutely right. He's absolutely right. He's like, I will have the que fadia. Yeah. Voave, arancha.

And also, I don't know, would anybody else want to get some aguaque mole?

So, they're having some fun at late night. It was just a great idea to sign him and then end the show. We find some of the quirky things. He also went out to U.S. practice, they seemed to like that he was around.

The other thing was there was a little bit of a rivalry here. Mondami, who's just a smiling politician to me, he's lethal because he looks so friendly. Those people are the most dangerous. When you're fiery, you at least you know where the people are coming from. When you're angry, like us on Pike, or at least you know, Mondami comes off benign and he's anything but.

Now, with the Knicks game, he actually tortured the Knicks owners by canceling. The screening sites where you can watch on the street and allow the fans to get together outside the stadium as they made in this remarkable playoff run. And then they blamed Dolan for canceling it, so people are mad at him. He was not canceling it. Also, the Secret Service told me they're not the one who set up the abusive perimeter when the president came to town.

They said this went way beyond, and it was the NYPD and it was the city.

So when it was time to do the march and the parade down the Canyon of Heroes, Mondami gets up there and speaks for 20 minutes. James Dolan, not the most eloquent guy, but he makes his point. Cut 49. Thank you for waiting 53 years. Although I have to say when I look out Over to Nick fans here.

You all don't look older than fifty-three years.

Some of you weren't waiting 53. You weren't born yet.

So, but. We're very, very happy to have brought you a championship. I'm very proud of our team. Look. I don't need your vote.

I don't need to quote to you, right, about what happened here. Because if you're real Knick fans, you know it already.

So thank you for supporting our team. Yeah, because Mayor Mamdami, I'm not going to play it, but gave this speech outlining what happened as if he memorized a paragraph about what the Knicks went through. He is convinced. James Dolan, that Mondami is not even a real Nick fan. Here's Jalen Brunson, the new megastar that'll live in infamy in New York and never buy a dinner here again, fifty one.

There's a lot of people who have a lot of opinions. But when you prove them wrong, You really are just you don't have to say sh to them. Nah, they don't deserve it. They don't deserve it. Appreciate it, y'all.

Thank you. And he doesn't. And the one thing they pointed out to Mike Vaccaro, who's been on our show, said the Knicks lost to Heartbreaker last year, they shook everybody's hand in Indiana. The Knicks lost the year before, I think it was against Detroit. They shook everyone's hand after.

You stick around, you do it. And for the San Antonio Spurs just to walk off the court when they lost in five games, not like their heart was broken on a bad call in game seven, where they thought that the Knicks were playing dirty, they weren't. Just bad sportsmanship. Kids watch that. They should really apologize.

Their coach stuck around, shook everybody's hand. Brunson, the minute he won, he didn't go to his dad, he went to the other team's coach. That's class. I think this stuff matters a lot. I do.

Meanwhile, coming up on One Nation, I think you're going to love the show. Kimberly Strassel is going to be with us. We got Chris Rufo is going to be here. I want to get Kimberly Strassel's take on this foreign policy decision, as well as in the revival of the economy under Donald Trump, who's now the Republicans getting a breath of fresh air and some light in the polls. We'll see that.

I'm also going to have Jimmy Phale on, breaking down the media moments that really matter. Ainsley Earhart's going to be in the studio. If Mike Rogers can flip that seat in Michigan, he can help keep the Senate in Republican hands. I'll get the exclusive story. And also, he was a former FBI agent, got to get his take on the UFC plot all Saturday night at 10 o'clock.

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