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They expected a little bit more. Market still likes it, though. We're up over 180 points so far. Oil's down below 70.

So economic numbers look good. We've got some challenges. Ben Dominich will discuss that. Fox News contributor daily wire opinion editor. Bottom of the arrow, Michael Makovsky joins us, president and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.

We have a lot to go over, including today. Today, the president will be giving us some details and previews of his big speech on July 4th, which I'll be there for the coverage for Fox News for about four or five hours with Sean Hennerty, Harris Faulkner, Brett Baer, and Dana Perino. But before that, let's get to the big three now. Number three. The vice president reached out to have a conversation and we've had a brief conversation.

We've been in touch over the last few months and I really do appreciate her outreach. Really?

So she wants to be a socialist? Does she stand for anything? Lurching left. Kamoa meeting her party there as principalist politician sees the socialist writing on the wall and she decides to join them rather than fight them. That story in the latest polls shows the Senate is in play.

Number 10. We've had a lot of patients. We've given them off-ramps and they're not taking it.

So the use of military force. Is on behalf of the American people and the Arab nations and all the other in the regions who depend on that free flow of commerce. Admiral Robert Harwood, born and raised in Iran, sees the problem now. A pause for now and a war with a war win within reach. Two world conflicts coming to a head: Iran and Ukraine.

And yes, we'll win in Iran eventually, and Zelensky's forces are capable of taking Russia now, soon, including Crimea. I'll explain. Number one. Mauricio, congratulations. What a win and performance.

How proud are you?

So proud. The player deserves everything. And then these fans that were amazing today again, it's amazing to live that experience. World Cup win has America celebrating America like never before. The next stop would be Belgium for the team and for us, Washington, D.C., Saturday night for our 250th birthday, as we see a lot of people really enjoying our country.

But sadly, what are these influences? Influencers that came here and decided to stay here because he was saying such great things about the country. People ponied up and allowed him to stay longer. He's getting hate mail. Hate emailed to the point we had to take his social media down, but the White House is still inviting him to come see them because they appreciate the way he appreciates our country.

But last night was the big story. Against Bosnia, a team they're favored to beat, but look, they're the biggest, tallest team in the World Cup. We already watched upsets of the Netherlands as well as Germany. It would not be too much to imagine the U.S. could have lost last night, but the way they played, they weren't going to.

They clearly were the better team. And if it wasn't for the red card that never should have been, this would have been a complete victory. Winning 2-0, the second goal came a man down. Here's how it sounded. Cut one.

Great pressure there, McKenna. Flo Maligan, can he find Pelosi? He takes it up and scores. Flo Maligan once again. The flag comes up for offside.

We saw that hurry. Happen in Seattle. Balogun able to run off him couldn't get around with that ball to the deflection. Balogun's goals for Balogun. First to react to the deflection.

He'll do the LeBron celebration. It's 1-0 U.S. But look at Valogan, puts the brakes on, sets his body, and then nutmegs the goalkeeper. Just a terrific striker's goal. Till end of day.

Malik Tillman to the United States. There's the final whistle. Seattle, we're coming back. Monday night of the round of 16. The United States, despite being down to man for half an hour, has beaten Box and Herzegovina and has moved on to the next round of the World Cup.

And Malik Tillman scored that free kick outside the 20, but the way it bent in was just shows great skill that you expect from Messi and from Beckham, but not from Malik Tillman. But maybe we should. Most of these guys are in their 20s outside their 38-year-old in the back. And I just think overall, it was a fantastic win. The crowd loved it.

The sports bars loved it across the country. The watch parties from DC to San Diego loved it.

Next stop will be Monday night in Seattle. The crowd will be fantastic. That's pretty clear. But about the red card, here's what matters.

So, if you just want the US to win and don't know soccer, red card means you're out. You've thrown out of the game. Your team plays a man down. You can't be replaced. You can make subs, you just can't replace that person.

So they're out the next game, too.

So he's their most lethal scorer. He is probably the biggest surprise of the entire war. World Cup And now, Flo Balogan cannot play. Here he is talking about the red card. Cut three.

Yeah. And Mohoronovich, both are down. Mohoronovich seems to be... In the worst shape, Oligan is still shaken up. Man, that is contacted the back of the leg.

You can see it was actually, it was almost the contact, yeah. Um Removich is way too much. What is he gonna see? The problem you've been got is as he puts, Paligan puts his foot down, it catches the foot. After if you'll.

The number 20 United States Committee Series Foul. Yeah, it's gonna be red card. The final decision is red card. Wow. He's bewildered and shocked.

Is it the right call? I don't think it's the right call. It isn't the right call. And this is the thing. Usually, when you get a red card, you cost your team maybe the game, but you certainly make them work hard down a man.

He doesn't he should not feel bad. It was not a red card. They got tangled up. That's it. What happens is a red card.

Usually, red cards are you look at the guy, you elbow him in the face, you take a swing at him, you go out to create, you take him out instead of the ball intentionally. But this guy's back, they just got tangled up together, and the referee did not make the call. The AR watching above said, check this out. They bring down the video in slow motion, and they said he's out.

So Look, it's still a fantastic win. Mauricio Potticino has done a fantastic job adapting to American culture and getting his team to believe. I thought. That of all people. The NASA administrator put it best when he put this on X.

Winning the World Cup is impossible. People said landing on humans in the moon was impossible. Americans did it six times. No one has done it since, and we're doing it again. The U.S.

has a rich history of achieving the near impossible.

So, when you guys defy the odds, we'll send the FIFA World Cup ball and one of your jerseys with their signatures to the moon. I think that's a pretty good deal, right?

So that's good. I think through the July 4th weekend, through the celebration, this team run will continue. Belgium's beatable, winnable. And then the next round, you know, you're going to be facing some stellar opponents from Argentina to France, which seems to be the best team pound for pound, but Brazil, but anything can happen. You're seeing that.

All right. That's the fun stuff.

Now here's the stuff that's not fun. We got war with Iran, and we're now talking with Iran. They said they agreed to de-escalate for a week, almost as a salute, to our 4th of July. I don't believe it for a second. They're going to do it to bury their Grand Diatola, who we killed at the age of 86 two months ago.

So they're finally going to have their jam-packed celebrity-strewn religious zealots there to bury this guy who's been nothing but evil to the United States and his son. Let's see if his son has the courage to show himself, because he seems to be in hiding bin Laden style since.

So, where are we with this? They said they've agreed to allow weapons inspectors in. We'll see if that lasts the. I last the end of the day. Here's Robert Horwood talking about what Trump has to do and the tools that he still has.

Cut 12.

Well, there are two tools the president has. Of course, the military force, but more importantly, his economic strangulation. Remember the blockade. We've let them move some oil with other shipping, but we can quickly reconstitute the blockade and even take it further, try to shut down their airflow, shut down their border crossings with Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey so that we can only reinforce and make that economic strangulation tougher and more stringent.

So add that with additional strikes against the IRGC. Those are the tools he has available to act against the IRGC. And I believe those are the actions they'll take should he not lose patience with the negotiations. Right. And he could.

He debated. The Wall Street Journal had the story not denied. I'm sure it was given to them that the president said, what would all-out war look like again? And he talked about it.

Now, the difference now is there is some tension with the Gulf states, in particular Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Evidently, the president is not happy with them, and they're not happy with us. We did not, when Rubio went and talked to all the Arab states, they did not show and we did not visit. We also were upset because we went ahead and did Project Freedom, which was escorting all these ships essentially through the strait, and they got crazy about it. They didn't want us to use the bases.

We used the bases anyway. Why? Because they feel they're going to be targeted and they know that some of these drones do get through. And they're resentful of it, that somehow in the kinetic war, not everything is going to be simple, especially when you have a ruthless enemy like Iran who they are arch enemies with.

So there's a little tension there. And I don't know if we're going to continue to base troops. That's how bad it's gotten. Last month, the Prince, bin Salman, turned down an invitation to attend the G seven summit in France as a direct protest of the U. S.

handling of the war in Iran. And as I mentioned to you, Rubio did not go to them and visit.

So that's one thing you got to think about. You got enemies here at home. You have an unpopular war with the extreme right. Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano on the chances of returning to full military operations, which for my money is happening in November if we wait that long, Cut 14. I could see the United States going back in and conducting military operations either to trick targets, to attack leadership.

uh or to go after th things in the straight. Um So I can see that happening. I think the President's been super clear about that.

So I do think, and this is the key point. There is no constraint. On the President's ability to use force. Other than the president of the United States. The weapons are there, the munitions are there.

There is no domestic political opposition to keep him from doing whatever he wants. There's no international pressure to keep him doing whatever he wants. And there's a big NATO meeting too, so at which time if they are smart, They will be nice to the nation that has dedicated $980 billion to their military. The next highest one. The UK 90 billion.

A little bit different, don't you think? 1866-408-7669. When we come back, I'll take your calls. Also, we're going to get the Israeli perspective on all this and talk about the rise of socialism, how concerning it is. Look, I think it gives the Republicans a lifeline in the midterms, where history says they shouldn't have it.

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We are dealing with. The most corrupt, callous, and incompetent presidential administration in the history of the United States. This for the most callous, corrupt, and incompetent presidential administration. In the history of our country, Kamala Harris gets one line, keeps saying it over and over again, as if we don't have a video.

So she's out there making Trump the bad guy. Expected. She's running again, which I thought she'd run for governor, but she never thought about that. She would have won easily, judging by the field. Even though she's a terrible candidate.

And now she is meeting with Montomney on a regular basis, made calls months ago, weeks ago, to try to get, I guess, what's been driving him. The same way Governor Hokul is kissing up to him. I never thought Governor Hokul was a socialist. I never thought that she was going to give support giving taxes for people with second homes here in America. I didn't think that she was going to write a big check to New York City for being way over budget.

I didn't think that she'd be in support of canceling police academies. Even though you wrote a big check to the New York City so you can have a police? Here's Mondami. On Kamala Harris reaching out, cut nineteen. The Vice President reached out to have a conversation and we've had a brief conversation.

We've been in touch over the last few months and I really do appreciate her outreach. So the Socialists of America, the DSA, who are they? Eighty five per cent non-Hispanic white people. Within 80% college educated among members 25 and older. About 35% held graduate or professional degrees, so they're overeducated.

So they keep on talking about the working class. You think the working class is rallying around them? 4%. of their supporters, of their members are blue collar. Four percent identify as black.

By the way, by just not saying black and identify as black, you know what party you're talking about.

Some analysts say New York's recent primary results showed stronger support for progressive than candidates in wealthier or higher educated neighborhoods.

Well, that's true. But how do you explain Colorado? How do you explain Philadelphia? How do you explain Washington state? where the mayor was elected in Seattle.

So the and this is an example. Milak Kiros, 29 years old, didn't accomplish anything, law degree, vehemently anti-Israel, praised the essentially October 7th attacks, said basically inevitable, you had it coming, cut 20. I think it's a defining issue in the sense that you can find connections to all other kinds of issues depending on what your position is on what's happening in Palestine right now, the genocide that we are complicit in with our taxpayer dollars, taxpayer dollars that otherwise could be used here at home to build more hospitals, to fund our public education. Yeah, good luck with that. Bill Moore Hospital, and they also said Medicare for all, which means Medicare for none.

The whole thing would collapse.

So every time someone says Medicare for all, James Carville even said it. Medicare for all doesn't work. You want to change our medical system again. Obamacare has been a failure. It keeps on getting subsidized on a record rate.

It was supposed to be on its own by now. If the program was good, if the principle was worked, you know, if the concepts worked, you shouldn't be subsidizing like we're subsidizing. And the president stopped it. When it when it was sunset it And now they say he doesn't want to give people health insurance, but that's just politics.

So Abdul El-Syed is somebody else in Michigan, not just a New York thing. He is leading the Democratic primary to be the SETI candidate to go against Mike Rogers on the right for the open Senate seat. But he's best friends with Hassan Piker, who condemns America, called for Rick Scott to be killed, says Hamas is much better than any Republican, just the worst things possible, but a kingmaker, along with Bernie Sanders, and best friends with Abdul El Syed. Cut 23 on CNN. But I think what people find frustrating by that perspective is that when you talk about the mass killing of children, we saw that done by our tax dollars in a genocide in Gaza.

And it took, I don't know, two years to talk about that. And I think we have to take seriously the idea that the money that we spent to kill other people's kids there was money that we did not spend to take care of the kids that I was taking care of in Wayne County in Detroit.

So nobody's hearing about this embrace of him. Do you think people are making too much or too little about this? Look, you know, it's a pretty crazy thing.

So Hassan Piker was invited to stream from the DNC in 2024. We had a whole debate about whether or not the vice president should have gone on Rogan. The idea that we're going to tie people together and say, well, Gilpai Association, so, is just not in keeping with the way most of us think about the world. Who do you think about that answer? He's obviously chose, like Rogana, to go on with a guy that says everything anti-American, possible and feasible.

That you can imagine. And you couldn't imagine that this guy actually is in America saying that about America. You think that he'd be in Iran or in hanging out with Hezbollah in Lebanon? But he's not. He's in Michigan.

with his buddy Abdul el-Sayed.

Now look. If your buddy is a Patriots fan and you're a Cowboy fan, you could still be friends. But if he hates America. thinks that Republicans are worse than Hamas. And calls for Rick Sa Scott to be killed.

And you can only imagine what he says about Trump? It's not Euro it's not a wise move. To say I can hang out with wha w whoever I want. And it doesn't mean I believe what they believe. Will we come back, Michael Bukofsky?

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We're in the Golden Age of America. And America is going to experience something that I can truly say I believe the best is yet to come. It's gonna be Coming and it's a bit it's here, but it's is coming at at speeds that nobody thought possible. A lot has to do with these tech stocks and being on the edge of innovation. It works, just like the creator of the internet, our country.

It worked. And then there was a bubble and it popped when George Bush took over. But we're seeing the market up almost 300 points already. We're over at 52,000. I mean, we didn't think we'd get over the 50,000 threshold.

That doesn't mean everybody benefits, but it means if you have a 401k, you have a pension plan, things are benefiting. And then when you have oil drop around $70 to $68, you're about to get a delayed benefit. But as people were explaining to me in the oil and gas business, you bought the oil at $80 a barrel. and it got to your gas station at that rate.

So just because it dropped this week. You didn't buy it this week, so that's why they say it goes up like a rocket and falls like a feather. Michael Makofsky joins us now, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, leading Washington, D.C.-based policy and educational organization. Michael, you're like me in many ways. You're much more experienced and savvy of the Middle East.

But I have no faith. That Iran is doing anything except for dragging us along. And they're still saying they're tolling the straight. And they're basically making cursory moves about weapons inspectors who I still don't think know what they're looking for. Right.

Well, thanks for having me back, Brian. Great to see you. I'm with you. You know, remember the The bridge from nowhere, I think these talks are going to be the talks to nowhere. Look, the Iranians.

Say that they're going to control the flow through the Strait of Hermuz. They deny they're going to give an inch about the nuclear. You mentioned the inspections. I just don't see how this is going to work out. Although, the positive now is what you just said, which is that oil prices are going down.

I saw a report, I think, today that the Iranians claim they've sold something like 40 million barrels, which I guess was on storage ships. And they're selling it, though, for 20% more than they sold it before the war because there's no sanctions discount right now. Interesting because the Secretary of Treasury said to me on Tuesday That no one's buying their oil because they're afraid they're going to get sanctioned for it, but you're saying that you've heard differently.

Well, no, I just saw it on CNBC.

So I don't know if that's true. I just Iranians are claiming that, whether you know, so I don't know, but that's just what I saw right now. I mean, so far, when it comes to the trade, they said they're going to have a one week secession of any violence. And the one reason I believe that is they want to have a huge funeral for their slain Ayatollah.

So they don't want to get bombed and they want to get all their VIPs there, their VIPs of hate, their Hall of Fame of hate. And we have a 4th of July. That's the only reason why I think that might. I think they might follow through on that because if they hit us hard, we know what funeral we're going to bomb. Exactly.

I think you're right about that. I think we might have a little respite, and then we'll see whether we go back to a tit for tat again like we saw recently. I'm not sure that you can weigh in on this, but what have you heard about the rift we now have with Saudi Arabia? Rubio did not go and visit them. They did not show up at the G7 despite being invited.

And they're reluctant to give us our basis for Operation Freedom, which only lasted a couple of days because of that. What's the reality with Saudi Arabia and I think Qatar? Yeah, look, I read what you read. I don't know beyond that, but I would say it makes sense to me because. There was, I think, growing.

We saw a bit of a change in the Middle East right before this war, where you had the UAE getting closer to us and to the Israelis and the Saudis keeping more of a distance. And you could see reasons why both America and the Saudis. I'm not saying I want this that, but I'm just saying that you could see it. Where you could see that tension or divergence of views between us and the Saudis. From our perspective, it's like what you just said.

They didn't give us the access. They maybe hit back a bit against Iranian attacks, but they didn't hit back as hard as the Emiratis did. And then on the Saudi side, they see us going to war. We didn't consult with them as much. And also, they see that the Iranian regime is still standing, so they have less faith in our leadership.

So you could see, given what was before the war, why you could still see this sort of differing views between us and the Saudis now. You say, Prime Minister Netanyahu on June 22nd. had a meeting. He said the delegation visited Ovida Air Base and spoke with U. S.

and Israeli Air Force pilots and were operating side by side during Operation Fury. But it looks as though he's meeting with other military experts about a way to go forward alone, perhaps to go having a plan in place. If we don't want to go forward, they will. Yes, so my organization, Jinsa, we led a delegation, which we do annually, of retired U.S. Generals and Admirals.

Israel, we met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and all the Senior military and intelligence leadership in Israel. And as you point out, we went to Uvda. Uvda is a base right near Eilad in southern Israel. It was built. Built after the Camp David Accords, the US specifications.

My organization before the war thought that should be a permanent base for the US. And what we under what the delegation heard from the Israelis and the American commander there is what an amazing job of what an incredible cooperation you had. I mean, I think there were something like over 4,000 American sorties from Muvda. If I'm not, I think that's right. There were something like 6,000 American soldiers, airmen, and other military personnel that had been stationed there.

America brought, the military brought defensive weaponry, but didn't need it because Israel actually has a very sophisticated air defense weaponry. Of course, it's been augmented recently by the United States with FADS and so on.

So, and unlike what you just referred to about the Saudis. The Israelis give America complete freedom of action.

So I think it's look, it's actually one of the very good stories here of the war that has probably not been really focused on is that the incredible military cooperation between the two countries and Uda is a perfect example. And I'm hoping going forward that this could be a base. that we'll use use permanently because it's great for all the reasons I mentioned. Do you think that the Lebanon situation will settle down? Do you think Hezbollah is that has their cadence of rocket attacks slowed?

Yeah, so uh one of the things we learned is that um I think one of the interesting things I didn't appreciate I was just in Israel uh last week was that um Unlike Hamas, which has no, they feel no choice but to fight because they have nowhere to go, Hezbollah. Generally, is not fighting very much in southern Lebanon. The Israeli has done a very good job of clearing out southern Lebanon. Almost all the Shia villages have been moved. The populations, excuse me, the Christians in their villages have stayed, and Israel is helping them with humanitarian support.

But generally, not every time, but where the IDF moves into a town in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah is withdrawing. But what remains the threat is these drones in particular and these rockets. And Israel has not yet figured out an answer to those fiber optic attached drones, which they can't, Israel is unable to jam because they're attached to a cable. Yeah, so I mean, it's a problem. Where is the technology to stop that?

Right now.

So they're working on it. I've heard that I think that's the priority number one now for the IDF right now. I've heard that they're making a lot of progress, that we might see something. But in the next couple of months, we'll see if that actually happens. They've tested out something successfully.

But meantime, Hezbollah has been successful with these drones to kill Israeli soldiers and civilians. Wow, it's pretty incredible. What has been done since the ceasefire started to replenish your missile defense? With Israel, well, that's a good question. I think They're obviously working to do that.

I think, and we didn't hear enough about it, but obviously, what the Israelis would like is that the United States would help. replenish them, but they're obviously working. I have to tell you, I ask Very senior Israeli military folks about their capabilities on their on in terms of air defense interceptors and so on. They feel they they're they're in good shape. Obviously, they want to replenish what they have, but they they claim they could have kept for another month.

Easy. You know, they express. Not a lot of reservations on that score, but obviously they want to replenish what they have. If you get to November, I think it's going to be a different deal if they continue to do this. But you know who's going to figure that out?

Iran.

So I think they're going to create havoc in the fall because they want Trump's party to lose. Michael Bukovsky, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. I want to wish you and everybody a really special July 4th this weekend.

Yeah, it's going to be fun. And again, I do believe that. As much as Iran would love to disrupt our July 4th. I think they also want to pull off their own funeral.

So there might be some reason not to attack each other. But we'll see, Michael. Thanks so much. Thank you. All right, listen, when we come back, we have to open up the phones or get your emails, BrianKilme.com.

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So some of you, and I'll get to some of your emails, but if you want to call live on the air, 1-866-408-7669. Keeping you informed, engaged, and always a step ahead. It's the Brian Kill Meet Show. The more you listen, the more you'll know it's Brian Kilmead. Democrats need a net gain of four, four Senate seats to regain control of the upper chamber in Congress.

And right now, the math simply put isn't there for them. That is the picture. And I want you, it's just, you know, it's a math problem. It is a math problem. 2026 Senate poll margins.

Okay, Democrats need a net gain of four.

Okay, you get one in North Carolina. But then. If you got a bunch of red on the screen, now these are close races, but you got a tie in Texas, then it's plus two in Iowa for the Republicans, plus two in Alaska, and then plus three, if we can make the circle there, in Ohio.

So that gets you one seat, but of course you need four seats, and on this board, red, red, red, close races, and a tie. You're at one. You're not yet to full. Yeah, I mean, John Eusted in the Ohio seat was appointed there. And Gerard Brown, everyone's known him for decades.

So that's why he's in shouting distance. And Schumer got his person there to run. Got it. But that's in play. The other place that he talked about is Texas.

Not many people, they're in a flat-footed tie right now. Remember, Ted Cruz won by 2.5 points.

So, I don't look for to be a runaway anyway. Paxton's got personal problems, but he's extremely well liked in Texas. I would have much preferred John Cornyn, but you guys know that.

So, where else can Republicans pick up? They think they can pick up in Michigan. Where can Democrats pick up? They think they had a shot at Maine. But already, Susan Collins, who rarely wins polls, is already up two points with that platinum guy who is just horrendous as an individual.

So, where else could they pick up? Maybe Iowa. Listen to this. I looked at this poll and it's got to be concerning, but I can't tell you it's not surprising because I've been hearing this that the farmers aren't happy with the Trump administration, especially because of the tariffs. It inordinately hurt them, and China wanted to do that, and they were effective.

Turek against Hinson, Ashley Hinson is the Trump pick. In the all voters right now, In the in the latest Pole Fox poll. It has. Ashley Hinson trailing by four points. Not good.

Extremely motivated voters, 56-41, 15 points. For the Senate race favorability ratings, 51% have a favorable rating for Turek. Forty-two percent for Hinson. They're both very likable. But I think that Hinson's got some ground to pick up.

Now, look at this. Iowa State race, extremely or very concerned. The question: Are you concerned that Hinson is too close to Trump? 50% are concerned. She's too close to Trump.

37% say too liberal.

Now the other area of what people in Iowa care about, inflation, overwhelmingly thirty nine percent, health care, fourteen percent, immigration, thirteen percent, political divisions, thirteen percent, abortion jobs, Iran, crime, all extremely, extremely low.

So, the chances of knocking off Asoff right now don't look great, but Mike Collins has got to introduce himself. The Senate race, extremely very concerned. That Mike Collins is too close to Trump, 53%. John Ossoff, are you extremely or very concerned that Jon Ossoff is too liberal, forty-seven percent?

So that's where the vulnerability is. Point out what he votes for, point out where Georgia is. It's really a red state with two Democratic senators. That's why people think that's That's he's vulnerable. But the problem is, again, inflation, most of which the President inherited, but they look at it as his economy.

40% say inflation is the reason that they would vote either way, and it's a concern. 13% say healthcare. 11% they're most concerned about political divisions. Hey, Gary, you're in Daytona, Florida. What's on your mind, Gary?

Hey, great to talk to you. Really quick comment. I keep hearing Congress and the Democratic Congress and Senators say that they have a very large tenant.

Well, I find it amazing that The the new DSA. has their own tent and they're not letting all the admission from the current establishment in. And they wear their hatred and vitriol for this country like a badge of honor. I mean, and uh they've gotten a lot of people.

So they the current Dems, they don't know how to handle this, or they'll tell the press. that they really don't know much about it. That's all they yeah, we don't really know much about it. Yeah, I don't really you know, they're an economic philosophy, we're a big tent.

So I want you to hear Ashik Sadiq. He is the Democratic Socialist of America co-chair with Will Kane yesterday. Cut 25. We believe that right now what we have is open borders for capitalists, for CEOs. We have people who've run major companies that have hollowed out cities all over the country, taking jobs out of communities, outsourcing jobs, pushing trade deals that are bad for workers.

So we would not have open borders tomorrow, but we want a world in which all working people are taken care of, every basic necessity, so that we don't need a militarized border.

So get this. They want working people taken care of everywhere. Working people. Only 4% of your constituents are blue-collar, by the way. Here's more from this lunatic, CUT26.

We want more Americans to be able to afford their own homes, to afford the cost of rent, to afford the ability to own their own home if they can afford it. But wages are not keeping up with inflation.

So the wealthiest people right now, in Manhattan, in the island of Manhattan right now, one out of three apartments are vacant right now. They're just owned by rich people. Nobody lives there. You know why? Because they're rent controlled.

And if you don't raise rent, How do you expect to get money to fix places?

So they leave it empty since they're not allowed to raise rents.

Now these landlords were told to freeze rents. It's going to lead to more empty apartments, which I believe the goal is to take over those apartments. Finally, Cut 27. We want safety for everybody.

So safety from us doesn't come from just investing in more and more militarized police and prisons. We want the data shows that when you take care of people economically, crime goes down.

So, Zoro Dani just passed a budget that doesn't add any new police in the budget while investing way more in other public services like mental health. You out of your mind? That's exactly what he did, though.

So, you're absolutely right. He defunded the police by canceling the academies he said he wouldn't, by surprising everybody at the last minute who was signing off on the budget because they had nowhere to go. They were all cornered. He got a huge check from the state not to do that. And now he's postponed all academies until the next year.

What he also is doing is saying, level off on the overtime. If you level off on the overtime and force people's yearly salary to go down, They're going to retire immediately. Many of which are up. They're sticking around because they like the job and want to continue to earn money. But if you're going to sal, they only take the last year and do their average salary.

If you knock down the overtime, their average salary is less. The rest of their pay, the rest of their lives will be less. There's going to be mass. Retirements. From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan.

It's the fastest growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead.

So glad you're there. Brian Kilmead is here, 48th and 6th in Midtown Manhattan. We're going to be at Liberty Park tomorrow in New Jersey on Friday. That'll be great as I take off the previous hour and get ready for this hour. Melissa DeRosa is standing by, Democratic strategist, also concerned like many about the rise of socialism in America amongst the Democrats.

And at the bottom of the hour, Jennifer Say will be with us, fantastic gymnast in her day, now CEO of XXXY Athletics. Got to talk about the Supreme Court decision and also what we're witnessing in terms of athletic excellence with the World Cup. And then we'll do a simulcast with Stuart Varney, who's rolling along on FBN.

So before we get to all that, just let me remind you: job numbers came in a little bit below expectations, about 51,000, but the market's up almost 400 points. They like other things about the economy.

So let's get to the big three. Number three. The vice president reached out to have a conversation and we've had a brief conversation. We've been in touch over the last few months and I really do appreciate her outreach. Really?

Isn't that interesting? Lurching left. Kamala meeting her party there as the principalist politician sees the socialists writing on the wall and decides to join them rather than fight them. That and the latest polls show the Senate is somewhat in play. Number two.

We've had a lot of patients. We've given them off-ramps and they're not taking it.

So the use of military force. Is on behalf of the American people and the Arab nations and all the other in the regions who depend on that free flow of commerce. A pause for now, and a war win might be within reach. Two world conflicts coming to a head, Iran and Ukraine. And yes, we will win in Iran eventually.

And Zelensky's forces are capable of taking Russia down. I'm being very clear about that. Not only that, they also are just basically vacating Crimea of Russians. I'll explain. Number one.

Ricio, congratulations. What a win and performance. How proud are you?

So proud. The player deserved everything. And then these fans that were amazing today again. It's amazing to live that experience on. World Cup win has America celebrating America like never before.

The next stop, Belgium for the team and for us. Washington, D.C., Saturday night for the 250th birthday. I'll be at a panel that I hope you'll be watching for the next four hours that night. We'll be with Dana Perino, Sean Hattery. Harris Faulkner.

and Brett Baer.

So that'll be fun. It'll be interesting because the President's going to be speaking. People are going to be celebrating the country and they say the greatest fireworks show ever. Although there'll be a good one in New York, too. Melissa DeRosa could be there.

Melissa, welcome back. Thank you for having me. Great to see you, Brian. Yeah, so of course, you're a Democratic strategist. You're a political commentator role over this channel, especially of late.

And Melissa, I'm just watching The Socialists Shine Again in Colorado. You have a seat there, flip to a 29-year-old with that experience from Ethiopia, first generation. Doesn't seem to like our economic philosophy or our foreign policy when it comes to Israel.

Well, and this is just the latest in a string. I mean, we saw it here in New York City. There were three Democratic socialists who beat out two. One was an open seat, but two were sitting incumbents. And it should be noted that the one that won the open seat was going against someone who was so far to the left he would basically tip over.

He was the Working Families Party candidate. He was supported by all of the local far-lefties, other than AOC and Zoram Mamdami. And so we're seeing this happen all over the country, Brian. But it's very strategic. They're running in safe blue districts where they know that they can energize the children, the 18 to 39-year-olds, who haven't really lived, who don't really understand how the world works, who lack a lot of important context in history, who latch onto ideas like free this, free that, free this, without understanding that those are promises that will never be delivered upon, and who are very energized by hating Israel.

And it's noun, verb, APAC, noun, verb, APAC. And we're seeing this trend going further and further and Creeping further and further into the party and across the country. And what I find most disturbing is this morning in the last couple of days, you see these stories. Gavin Newsom is texting Mazoram Mamdami. Kamala Harris is texting Mazoram Mamdami.

They want to meet with the pro-Palestinian anti-Israel factors. And so rather than trying to show leadership and pushback and save the core of the party, which will make us competitive in 2028, they're catering to and caving. And it won't work. The only thing I've seen speak out you, I've seen you speak out, John Federal Fetterman speak out, and I've seen James Carville speak out.

Now, from political, there's a lot of things you feel, but then you got to be politically savvy. Like you, you want to scream at the ref right in the first few minutes of a game, but you go, wait, I need this guy on my side for the next 90 minutes, even though the ref. Might have been doing things that are egregious and wrong.

So you got to be practical.

So, why do you think Chuck Schumer and Akeem Jeffries don't share your urgency? You know, I think that when you're, first of all, I do think that Chuck is deeply concerned. And Graham Plattner, for example, was not Chuck Schumer's candidate in Maine. And Haley Stevens is Chuck Schumer's candidate in Michigan. He's getting beaten.

His person, Janet Mills, got beaten by Graham Plattner. And Elsy Ed is currently leading in Michigan in the primary. Chuck, I think, understands that, especially in the Senate, it's one thing to win a safe congressional district. It's quite another to win a purple swing statewide or attempt to flip a red state blue and where these politics sell and don't sell. But I think it sort of demonstrates a lack of leadership on Chuck's side because, yes, while he gets the swing district or swing state politics, he isn't picking candidates who are either effective or who are compelling at putting forth a vision that's winning over voters.

So I do think that Chuck gets it.

Sorry, go ahead. But he's not speaking up, Melissa.

So you think he gets it because you know him. They're scared. They're scared. I mean, look, I don't think Hakeem is necessarily scared. I think Hakeem believes this is a small faction.

I'm going to be able to control them. And, you know, within my conference, it could be 10, 11, 12, but we're going to have 220. And yes, and so, you know, I'll be able to manage it.

So I think that their politics are a little bit different. Hakeem really cares about the big tent. He's willing to sort of put up with it. I think Chuck knows his days are numbered. I think Chuck doesn't run again.

I think that he sees the writing on the wall. In New York State, his home state, he pulls worse than Donald Trump in a state that infamously doesn't like Donald Trump. His numbers are worse. And so I think that Chuck is just trying to get through the day. And it's sad because Chuck could actually, I think, strengthen his legacy if on the way out he were to push back on some of this.

For example, you know Donald Trump is upset with Mitch McConnell. Because they did not agree on a lot and they end up not speaking ever again.

So that was a leader also in the last lap who had run his last election, but said, No, no, I don't agree with him. And they fought. You know, probably for two of the four years he was in power.

So I look at guys like Jason Crowe, John Fetterman, I thought, these guys are saying they're moderates. Fetterman speaks up. If you listen to Jason Crow, Congressman, who is from Colorado and a veteran. Let's listen. That's why we have primaries, right?

That's why primary voters are able to decide. You know, are you taking a PAC money or not? Like, I don't, for example, because I don't think it's the right thing to do. And then you have to figure out how do you support your entire population? How do you support your entire constituency?

How do you create a safe space for one of the most diverse communities in the country? What's he even talking about? By the way, anti-Israel too. I don't take APAC money. Everyone says I don't take AIPAC money.

No, it's interesting because APAC has sort of become, I'm sure you remember well, you know, Occupy Wall Street. It was like back in 2007, 2008, the boogeyman for the Democratic wing of the party was Wall Street. And right now it's APAC. I don't see outrage about Hamas, about the Houthis, about Hezbollah, about crypto, about list any of the potential demonizing forces out there, you know, corporate America, whatever. It is noun-verb APAC, and that is very calculated.

And you see that latent throughout all of these people's emails, fundraising appeals, you know, when they're up on stage with people like Hassan Piker, who said America deserved 9-11. And so it's interesting because the question becomes: what's driving the voter turnout? Is it saying we're not fighting appropriately in the right way on affordability? Or is it really this far-left movement that's against Israel and focused on the Middle East and TikTok's role and social media's role and all of that? And I think that's something people are going to be studying for years.

So did you you formed a super PAC to fight against socialism, right? No, no, I didn't form a super PAC. I've worked with a super PAC in the city who's been fighting some of the socialist candidates, who's involved in some of the various elections in New York and are working on different things around the country. I'm supporting that because all of us have to do our part if we feel so compelled to fight back. But this is a moment in time that I think we're going to look back on, and it's sort of our Tea Party moment.

It's going to be: if we don't successfully stop this from going any further, then we're going to end up in a position where the Democratic Socialists of America and the far fringe are the majority of the party. We lose all these purple seats, we set our party back, and we end up losing faith in the Democratic Party overall and stoking cynicism about government. Yeah, very interesting.

So, they want one of the DSA's main goals is to have a candidate run for president. And it looks to be AOC who just endorsed Al Saeed in Michigan. Here's when asked about J.D. Vanson running, cut 33. Judy Vanstone said in an interview that she thinks you are going to be the leading Democratic candidate for president in 2020.

What's your response to that? Yeah. That's it. Yeah, he's not.

So, Jeet's really thinking about running. What do you think? I don't think that she's going to run. I think she's being encouraged to run. She has a real glass jaw for anyone who's dealt with her closely.

She doesn't like negative attention. When we saw her go to Davos and to other places and sort of try to demonstrate her foreign policy chops, she said that Venezuela was in the wrong hemisphere and was mercilessly mocked. And just in general, she can't take the heat.

So the question is: will it end up being her? Will Bernie end up doing it at age 86 or 87, whatever it would be? Does it become Rocana? Who will have that lane? Certainly she's being encouraged, but I don't know if at the end of the day she pulls the trigger or instead tries to run for Chuck Schumer's seat in New York and gets that safe win and then she can continue from there.

So it'll be an interesting personal choice because once you're under those hot lights in the presidential, it is a totally different ballgame.

So if you can't stomach it at a lower level, that's something you really have to be ready for.

So make sense of this, Melissa. You know that Governor Cuomo, as you know, who you work for. And with Rand for mayor. And he lost. But Mondami won with as few votes, much less than de Blasio and Rudy and Bloomberg won, right?

So how did he-so slight tweak. Mamdami got 1.1 million votes, roughly, a little less than that. Cuomo got 950,000 votes. He almost got a million votes.

So Cuomo actually, in losing, got more votes than Bloomberg, got more votes than Adams, got more votes than de Blasio ever did. It was a historic turnout on both sides. Had Curtis Slewa not run, and Curtis Sleewa's votes we know would have been gone to Cuomo and the dynamic was a little bit different, you could have seen Cuomo as an independent. Beat Mom Dami, which is crazy because it's a city where the turnout was 76% Democrat. He was on the Democratic line.

He at that point had all the labor unions, all the establishment, and the fringe. But in terms of the population, he barely hit 50%, which I think is a very important point in this whole discussion about your electability in purple areas. And you're seeing the same thing play out now in Michigan, where you've got El Syed running against Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow, and they're splitting the vote. And if you, a poll came out this morning that if you added Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow, they would be basically even with El Syed.

So we keep doing these strategically stupid things also that allow a split vote to benefit the fringe candidate. Do you think that Curtis Lewu was incentivized to stay in the race? You know, I think that Curtis It has an ego, you know, larger than the state of New York. I don't know. I don't, there's been a lot of speculation around financial incentives, or otherwise, he had a lot of family members on the payroll.

He was getting public campaign financing. But I know he burned a lot of bridges, and I know a lot of people hold him personally responsible for the position we're in now in the city.

So, let me ask you: this is what I was building towards before. Having said that, How did he go from barely winning? Mamdali, to becoming a kingmaker that even the the sitting governor is scared of. Who just gave him money to fix his budget holes? And then he just lied the other day and just canceled the police academy.

Which is going to leave us ridiculously short shortly.

So how did this happen? It's crazy. And truly, I mean, when you think about it, he barely won in New York City in the general election with barely hitting 50%. But then once he was in there, you know, he's sitting with Barack Obama. He's taking phone calls and meetings with Steven Spielberg.

He's doing these things. And there's this sort of effect on people psychologically that doesn't necessarily match reality of someone's power and the projection of power. And everyone has fallen in line. And to your point on the budget, I mean, Hogle caved and flip-flopped on her own in a million different ways. And if she was running against someone strong, I think it would make her really vulnerable.

Blakeman hasn't really gotten up off the mat. But The fixes that she gave him for the budget were one-shot allocations, so basically, one-time money to fill holes for recurring spending.

So, next year, we're all going to be right back here again with the choice of is the state going to bail out the city or raise taxes, and so it's just bad government. But they all, for whatever reason, they're seeing this, they're frightened by it, and it's that famous line that is, Where are my people going? I must know so I can lead them. And there is a real lack of leadership from the center left in holding the line on the party. Instead, they're all just catering.

So, when you do the autopsy, and the autopsy was ridiculously written, spelling errors, I got it. But when you go back and try to figure out why Kamal Harris lost in the 120 days she did it, one thing that was pretty clear, she thought she had to get to the middle. All of a sudden, she's pro-fracking. She was going to build up the border again, right? She was, uh, I'm sure on Gaza, she couldn't quite say why she'd be different than Joe Biden.

But how come in a in from 2024 to 2026, the lesson seems to be moving. Move more left among the Democratic Party because even Kamala Harris is meeting with Mondami and other DSA people in order to move that. No, you're absolutely right, Brian. The lesson hasn't been learned. I mean, there's two things.

One, she tried to pivot to the center on all the things you mentioned and also had to live with her previous soundbites, that devastating ad, Trump's campaign cut of her talking about transgender surgeries for prisoners that, you know, was wall to wall during the campaign that she couldn't outrun.

So it wasn't just her trying to pivot and failing. There's a real authenticity issue at play. And whether you like Trump or not, the man is authentic. Momdami is also authentic, whether you like him or not. But this is why it won't work for people like Kamala Harris or people like Gavin Newsom, because it's so nakedly opportunistic.

And they're attempting to seize on a movement or win over energy of a movement that they don't belong to. And all they're going to end up doing is emboldening that movement further. And at the end of the day, that movement is not going to line up behind them.

So, but right now it's all very short-sighted. People are thinking about the primaries and who votes in the primaries and where's the energy on the left in the primaries. But then you got to win in a general.

So it it's just it's not a good strategy. Melissa DeRosi, you're the expert. You're the one who runs campaigns. But I'm going to make a prediction. You're going to be on here talking about the surging Bruce Blakeman shortly.

And I think it has a lot to do with Governor Hokul, too. I think she's vulnerable. I mean, you know, Trump didn't do him any favors because Trump buddy-buddied up with Mom Damien when Mom Dami flew down and flattered him. Whereas they could have made him, you know, sort of this is the only way to save the state would be to save it from socialism. And they sort of normalized him.

But we'll see. Great job, Melissa. Thanks so much for joining us. I know we'll do it again. Melissa DeRosa on stream, Democratic Strategist.

Thanks so much. Back in a moment. It's Brian Kilmade. If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmead.

Just to give you an idea of what Democrats think about Democratic socialists, one-third of Democrats want socialists in office. 11% say no. Only 11% and 50% are indifferent. White Democrats support the socialist wing, 40% of them. Double that of blacks, 21%.

Only 20% of Hispanic Democrats won socialists in. 4 in 10 upper-income Dems say they like Democratic socialists compared to 34% middle-income Dems who don't. 24% of low-income Dems.

So the people that would need the handout don't want it, they want it the least. Who's in the brain? Kill me, Chair. When you come back, Jennifer said. Radio that makes you think.

This is the Brian Kill Me Show. It's hugely significant, and there's no evidence of rushing. This thing has been pending and driving people crazy for years. Many people who support allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's sports have said that that's because they're following the law, specifically Title IX. They can't say that anymore.

So, this is now a choice. It's a choice that large athletic organizations have rejected, that a majority of states have rejected or about to reject. It is a choice that they are making on an issue that is almost now 70%. Of the populace as against this type of transgender athletes participating in women's sports. And of course, the Supreme Court upheld the fact that you can ban trans men from being in women's sports, but the blue states are going to continue to do it.

So they rather have a trans athlete Compete.

So their feelings don't get hurt. But rather put your child, your daughter, you know, your sister Your aunt, whatever, put their health in jeopardy and their success, their success takes a back seat. Jennifer Say joins us now, CEO of XXXY Athletics, author, filmmaker, business executive, and retired national champion gymnast. Jennifer, I was not surprised by the Supreme Court decision. Were you heartened by it?

Um I am absolutely encouraged. It was the right thing. I will say it's what I expected. I expected the Supreme Court to uphold the legality essentially of the 27 states that have laws protecting women's sports. I did not expect them to go so far as to say all states must adhere essentially to the intent of Title IX.

And we have 23 states still that basically will refuse to protect women and girls in their sport categories.

So we're not done. We won, but we're not done is what I would say. Right. So what could they be done if you're stuck in one of those blue states and blue cities? I mean, what do you encourage them to do?

I think there's a few things. I think we need national legislation. We shouldn't because we have Title IX, but we need to kind of restate the meaning of Title IX, which was to protect women and girls' sex-based rights. I think we need state-by-state legislation. I'm the chairperson for a ballot initiative here in Colorado.

We did get enough signatures and will be on the ballot in November. I think the people will decide and do the right thing. And I think, and this is what I've been saying and why I started the brand, we need to change the culture because if we make it culturally unacceptable for a coach or an administration to feel the boy, then it will stop happening. The cultural influence here is undeniable. You know, this whole idea that quote unquote trans women are women, that's a cultural Fixation at this point, and it's a lie.

The other thing I would say is: not only is it unfair that, depending on your zip code, you might have to face unfairness, but as a matter of practicality, it doesn't work. If you're a really good athlete, you compete across state lines from a very young age. I was in my first national competition at nine. I competed in New Jersey, but I competed against states all over the country.

So, how is this going to work? If you're in a state like Tennessee that protects women's sports, but you have to go up against a team in California that could field a boy, it doesn't work.

So, it just doesn't work practically, and it's certainly not fair to the girls in the 23 states that don't have laws.

So, why did you start XXXY?

Well, I wanted to have a brand that actually does defend women and girls in sports, you know, that does it for real, that isn't just pretending to champion women and girls, but takes a real stand and elevates them and their performance and their rights. I've been fighting for safety in women's sports for a very long time. I was the first gymnast that spoke out about abuse in women's sports and gymnastics all the way back in 2008.

So you've got brands like Nike pretending to champion female athletes, but treating them with astonishing disregard. We deserve a brand too. And let's be clear here, Brian. Brands influence the culture, and we're at a cultural disadvantage. Even though 70, 80% of Americans agree with us, the 20% that don't, they've got like a hold on our institutions, whether it's media or universities or school boards.

And so it feels like it can feel like they're the majority. I mean, look at the headlines we've seen in the last few days. It's all about how horrible and Devastating this is for trans rights. No one is writing as a headline: this is a win for women and girls, civil rights. That's the essence of the cultural problem we have.

And I want to be a part of changing that. Yeah, I mean, Nancy Plusy came out and condemned the decision right away. Yeah, she's not the only one.

So did Tim Waltz, so did Gavin Newsom, so did Governor Pritzker, not to mention all the advocacy organizations like the NAACP. And they're all lying, Brian. I mean, they're all saying that these trans-identified athletes are banned from competing. No, they're not. They can compete in the category of their sex.

No one is banned from anything. Yeah, that's a good point. How do you feel about what else is going on? And everyone's talking about Caitlin Clark. Uh in the WNBA.

I can't believe I'm still talking about this three years later. But it seems to be getting worse. How do you feel about the uproar and the fact that there's an unapolog there's no apology from the league, there's no explanation from the league, nor from the the players that were suspended? It's astonishing. The WNBA, which has never made any money in its 30 years of existence, they have this golden goose, right?

They have this athlete that everybody loves. Her jersey sales compete with the Best, you know, male basketball players. I think her jersey sales are number two of all jersey sales for basketball players. That's insane. The only one she comes in second to is Steph Curry, right?

So they have this person, this player, that is putting butts in seats and getting eyeballs. You know, the games that she plays have twice as many viewers as the games that she's not in, and yet they refuse to market her. I mean, it's business malfeasance, and the league is just letting her be injured on the court. I mean, her coach has been really strong on this. And of course, Sophie Cunningham has been her greatest defender.

So I don't know. I don't know what the solution is here. She's going to get hurt at some point. There's a part of me that would love to see her walk away and start her own league. Or go to Europe.

Do it. Make money. Go to Europe. Get the eyeballs in Europe. They don't deserve you, Caitlin.

They don't deserve you. You know, I saw it in the first year. I said, wait, man, it must be resentment because they've been there for 20 years and Caitlin Clark walks in and we see her successful. I could see maybe a few hard fouls. I get it.

Pre-established, you're not in college anymore. Oh, I got it. Part of the game. But now we're seeing here. Know what I also love, Jennifer, is that she doesn't complain.

She doesn't. She'll talk to the ref or whatever, but you don't see her, and she'll just clear the foul or wants additional free throw or wants a flagrant. I get it, but she doesn't complain. Do you think that hurts her? In the public opinion.

I don't think so. I mean, she is quite stoic. I don't know. I think if she complained, it would get worse. I think she does, to some extent, view it as part of the game.

But it's obviously gone too far. I mean, when you've got a fist on your throat. And they don't call that as a flagrant foul for 24 hours. You don't have to look at film to see that. It was obvious to everyone watching.

Fist on her throat. And the punishment wasn't significant enough. I don't know. I think it's just her way. We can't ask her to change her personality, right?

I mean, she's a real stoic, and that benefits her in the game. Yeah, I love it. And I got two more topics that are unrelated. And this is just my thought. I love the fact that they have premier athletes.

Talking about The other gender. For example, Carly Lloyd on the desk. I saw her to cut her, and I'm watching her again analyze the men's game. It's the same sport. Why not?

But don't you love that we're doing this now, making it interchangeable, and if an Alex Morgan or somebody else wanted to go do it, we accept it now. I think it also shows progress, don't you? Absolutely. It's a great point, and I hadn't thought of it. I mean, I'm enjoying the World Cup like everybody else right now.

It was a great win for the U.S. last night. And talk about stoicism. They had a player ousted from the game, their main scorer, and they just focused and doubled down and won the game 2-0. I can't wait to watch them in their next game.

But yeah, why can't Carly Lloyd comment do commentary for men for the men's game? I mean, it's the same sport, same rules, same everything.

So, absolutely, it's fantastic. Can Jennifer say, lastly, the biggest and smartest thing that football ever did. was push for flag football. Because Even though there's so many female athletes now, it's 50-50 in this country basically. Most women don't know football 'cause they don't play it.

So now that they're playing flag football, every girl I know wants to play it in high school now.

Now they're offering scholarships, and now when they watch it on television, the NFL now, instead of people saying, you know, what's going on, and maybe I'll pick a team, they know what's going on. They know what it's like being in a huddle. They know what it's like executing under pressure, they know the positions. Yeah, it's a great point. I mean, I think it's the fastest or second fastest growing sport amongst high school girls.

Colleges are introducing teams. Girls can get scholarships for flag football. It's fantastic. Look, women are competitive. Women want to win.

Women want to play. Why not have more teams for women to play on? I think it's outstanding. Yep. Jennifer, thanks so much.

Always appreciate having you on. And it's nice to know you're watching the World Cup, too. A gymnast who likes soccer. How about that? Jennifer, thanks.

Two kids at play. I'm all in. Oh, yeah. XX, XY. Go check out her athletic action wear.

Appreciate it. Back in a moment. I'm going to be doing a simple cast with Stuart Varney on FBM. Don't move. Don't go anywhere.

Brian Kilmead will be right back.

Now, the Brian Kilmead Show joins Fox Business's Farney and Company with Stuart Varney live on your radio and on Fox Business. Here's Brian Kilmead. Yeah, I look forward to talking to Stuart in a matter of moments, too. We're going to talk about the World Cup, going to talk about not just the U.S., but the U.K., and also the extraordinary success of the African countries. I mean, you look at.

You look at what the Congo has done. And you see what's happening with these other nations. Nobody wants to face Ghana, believe me, when you're out there. Senegal has been fantastic.

So we'll see where this goes and we'll see how many of those other teams will fall to an upset. We see that Germany has already lost. We see the Netherlands already lost because they played too careful, afraid to lose. That's not the way to do it. That is the way to lose.

We'll see what happens when the U.S. plays a European team that just beat them 5-2, and that'll be Belgium.

Next up, it'll be in Seattle. It'll be Monday night after the dramatic win last night. What made it dramatic? The fact that they had to go down to 10 men and lost their most potent scorer maybe that they ever had. No, sorry, Clintempsey and Landon Donovan.

This guy might be better. But he was thrown off what I thought was a ridiculous reason, but I can't even blame the ref. But let's listen in.

Solid games across the board there. All right, it is now exactly 10.51 Eastern. Let's bring in Brian Kilmed. All right, Team USA beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 last night. They'll play Belgium and Seattle on Monday.

This U.S. team is the real deal, isn't it, Brian? The way they move the ball, the way they keep their composure under pressure, where they continue to open up and give themselves opportunities, not waiting for another team to make mistakes. I'm not used to that. I'm used to a strong physical team that's in better shape than you, plays harder than you, and will find something in, you know, some way to counterattack and convert the goal.

But now I'm looking at a sustained attack. You know, Dave Portnow, your good friend, brought up to me, he goes, you know, the U.S. has been favored in all three matches. It doesn't matter. When you go to execute at this level in front of your hometown fans, you can either freeze up or open up.

They're using it as motivation. And this same team, Stuart, was having trouble leading up to this. They didn't have to qualify because we're hosting and they were struggling. They play a Belgium team on Monday that beat them 5-2, but this is not the same team. Sadly, this red card has overwhelmed a lot of that win because no one understands why it happened.

It's how we have technology kind of hurt the game, I think, a couple of times. I am not convinced that the penalty kick that they were able to get. That Belgium was able to get and convert into a victory late to Al Senegal was legitimate either, but they won to the eye in the sky. They did. I want to talk about the England game.

Harry Kane saved the team, saved England from a big upset against DR Congo. The Congo was actually winning the game for most of the game itself.

So, Ronaldo, Messi, Kane, Haaland, these are the new superstars of soccer, and we're all getting to see them play in America. This is the best World Cup ever. It is. We've already gotten over 5 million fans. It's a brand new record that we held from 94 who have seen all these games, and I get it.

You know, there's going to be 104 games in there's 48 teams, but even before we got to the 104 games, we already outdrew it. I saw the FIFA put out that they have the stadiums are 97.5% full. They said the other games without the big constituencies would not be. People are just buying tickets, even if they don't know who's playing. They're buying the round of 16, the round of 32.

They just want to be part of it. Yeah. African countries, they are the big success, the breakthrough teams of this World Cup, I think. I've not seen what have you enjoyed about these African teams like Morocco, for example. I mean, they're underdogs until you see in play.

I mean, if you watch Morocco play, you go, well, let's see how those guys will do it. They do great. Ghana, does anyone ever want to play Ghana? Are you kidding me? And then you have Congo, who had the, as you mentioned, the British down, won nothing into the second half, and Harry Kane has to emerge with a dramatic victory.

But now, this is the last World Cup they're playing with house money. From now on, they will not be underestimated. A lot of them are going to get contracts that don't have them already to bring them into the Premier League over to Germany and Italy. I don't think there's any doubt about it. Or, dare I say, the MLS, who I think is going to have an opportunity when this is done, since America has afforded themselves so positively, to get some more great players to join Messi over here.

Maybe even Ronaldo, what's left of what he has? What's left? Careful, son, careful. We've got some crucial matchups this weekend. Saturday, Canada plays Morocco.

Uh Paraguay plays France. On Sunday, Brazil plays Norway. Mexico plays England. That's going to be a big game because Mexico is playing England in Mexico City. That could be a pretty wild affair.

Mexico just looks fantastic playing in front of 100 and 100,000 fans. They look great and they're celebrating. I'm happy for them. Canada, I predict, goes down to Morocco. The best, most entertaining game, most diverse styles will have to be Norway and Brazil.

That is going to be unbelievable. I'm going to be going to that game on Sunday. That'll be great. And man, what I wouldn't give to go to that game in Seattle on Monday for the next round with the U.S. and going against some revenge on Belgium.

But I think it'd be crazy to count out the British. They feel as though they got saved. They're playing with a lot. I think the stress of underachieving is almost done. And now they can go out there and take on anyone.

But what I saw of France. I think they are really legitimately the best team. They are the best team on paper and who have been playing at the best right now. And they got down. I just don't know what I'm going to do with myself when all these games are over and the World Cup's over.

I don't know what I'm going to do. But you got a lot of friends, Stuart. You've got to talk to them again. After July 19th, you can start answering their text messages and their calls, and you have a huge audience that wants to get some replies back on the emails. All right?

Go back to your work that's always fueled you. Yes, sir. Brian Kilmer, you are all right. See you again soon. Go get him.

I'll be a lot better if the U.S. can win. Go to win on Monday. I think they can because even the players and the coaches have said that the fans have just been that extra player on the field. I think they do have some players.

Pepe will go in there and try to place Balagon, and I'm not sure he can. I think the guy has got a knack for scoring, but hasn't shown it yet. I admit he can't be replaced, but man, if you can get past Belgium. And then you bring him back. That would be something with a healthy team that's well rested, with a coach that knows how to win on the clutch.

The other subplot story that I think you guys will really love is how much these horrible entrepreneurs, and I'm being sarcastic, that looked at what's happening with Arthur Blank and some others, And Alco Escadarian, who is a fantastic player, works in the MLS, put together some investors in order to get a high level coach over here. And they went and got and targeted this guy. Puntuccino. And he comes up with all his experiences and his love of America. And basically, he's under 500 as a coach when you take factor to the friendlies and the cups.

And yet, and there were some times in which they, when they lost to Panama and Tim Weyer gets tossed out. a little bit earlier, this team looked like the underachieving golden generation. And now they just look like the golden generation. Instead of breaking him up and turning the page, now they're reinforcing. And they're keeping people around.

So, I think this is gonna be really exciting. I think people get to know him, and my hope is they use that momentum. To fuel the league, get some known quantities out there. People love the sport, but they'd like to know. Who's fighting when it comes to boxing or UFC?

And they like to know the people that are playing. Yeah. From high atop Fox News headquarters in New York City, always seeking solutions, never sowing division. It's Brian Kelmead. Hi everyone, the job numbers are in and they're not fantastic, not terrible.

51,000. I thought they'd get more, but the market doesn't care. They're up about 400 points. We're over 52,692. We're going up and down gyrations, but it just seems to be positive.

And for those people who say, well, I'm not in the market, you might be. You have a pension. You're in a union. You have a 401k.

So look, I know it doesn't mean everybody, but it means a lot. And also, if people are making money, they're spending money.

So for those people who don't have the pensions and stuff, they're maybe getting more retail outlets. Of course, the number one issue for Americans for the most part is inflation. There's a price of goods and gas. Gas is going in the right direction. I don't know what it's going to mean for the midterms.

It's all good topics for Yumissi Egbawale. She is a former chief of staff, chief of staff, and advisor to the Biden White House. I want to talk to her about the rise of socialism. Also, Jonathan Hunt's going to be with us, doing a fantastic job recapping and following the men's national team.

So let's get to the big three. Number three. The Vice President reached out to have a conversation and we've had a brief conversation. We've been in touch over the last few months and I really do appreciate her outreach. That is Mayor Mumdami, suddenly a kingmaker, a lurching left.

Kamala meeting with her party that she's proving that she is principles. Politicians see socialists as a way to getting the nomination, and she's more than happy to give in on anything that she stands for. Remember, she went to the middle to take on Trump, and she failed miserably. I guess she's trying something else. Number two.

We've had a lot of patients. We've given them off ramps and they're not taking it.

So the use of military force. Is on behalf of the American people and the Arab nations and all the other in the regions who depend on that free flow of commerce. Robert Harwood, the Admiral, a pause for now and a war win within reach. Two world conflicts coming to a head: Iran and Ukraine. And yes, we'll win in Iran eventually, more like November-ish.

And Zelensky's forces, believe it or not, are capable of taking down Russia. And they've already basically vacated Crimea because they now have developed missile technology and drones that allow them to hit into the heart of Russia. There is a massive shortage. Of gas in Russia. Who would have thought?

Number one, Ricio. Congratulations. What a win and performance. How proud are you?

So proud. The player deserved everything. And then these fans that are going amazing today again. It's amazing to leave that experience on. World Cup win as America is celebrating America like never before.

The next stop, Belgium for the soccer team. And for us, Washington, D.C., Saturday night. We'll have all the coverage. I hope you'll be watching between 7 and midnight. And always keep it here.

Keep in mind, too, everybody's talking about our YouTube.com channel. You go to youtube.com at the Brian Killmeat Show and you get highlights of this show and so much more. We'll talk about the history of this country coming up on year 250. We know that building up. And keep in mind, you could always pre-order United States to six crucial moments that forged the American Miracle that's going to be out October 13th.

And I hope you can get it now. It's those moments where the country could have gone either way. I'm getting excited because people are getting excited about the country. I want to. Sithsonian about a month ago, and I asked people about the traffic, and they said it's through the roof.

I saw Brett last night at Mount Vernon. Their traffic is through the roof. I was in Washington, D.C. I saw people coming out asking and seeing our history from the National Archives on down.

So I'm pretty encouraged about what people are seeing and asking about, too. And I've been commenting on, I was able to write an editorial in the New York Post just about. The American Miracle and what I think our founders would think about us today. Also, just did an interview about George Washington's Secret Six, our spy ring that saved the American Revolution.

So it shows the amount of interest in our past. And for those people that don't understand who can't accept it or be excited about it, I feel bad for them.

So let's talk about the World Cup. I watched last night Eastern time. The numbers were pretty good.

So I said I could probably watch to the end and I could till ten o'clock, even though that's four hours of sleep. But I watched the U. S. have superior talent And athleticism than Bosnia. I knew it was going to be tough, but they finally broke through.

Er early on in the first late in the first half, I should say. But then in the second half, up one nothing, looking for the second, there would be a red card by the guy who scored first, Flo Balagun. Let's listen, cut three.

Okay. And Milhoronovich, both are down. Milhoronovich seems to be... In the worst shape, Pelagon is still shaken up. That is contact in the back of the ball.

But you can see it was actually a bit it was almost in contact, yeah. Mularemovich is right for him. What is he gonna see? The problem you then got is as he puts Baligan puts his foot down, he catches the foot. After if you're gonna be able to do it.

The number 20 United States Committee Serial Series Faux. Yeah, it's gonna be a red card. The final decision is red card. Wow. He's bewildered and shocked.

Is it the right call? I don't think it's the right call. Of course, it's not the right call. And if you watch, it's not the right call. And the referee didn't think it should be a call.

But the VR who was watching the video, they said, go check this out, Ref. And he looked at it in slow motion and said, okay, he intentionally, I guess, intentionally chomped down on his ankle. The guy walked, finished the game. And Balagon is now out for that game. They played a man down, and he's out for the next game.

But it didn't stop Malik Tillman on a direct kick outside the 18. You can't see it, but you can imagine what it was like as it went over the wall and bent right to the pose. Cut five. Malik! Congrats!

Congratulations on playing hero tonight, a brilliant free crick. Take me through it: the visualization and getting it done. Nah, it's been a lot of thoughts, to be honest.

Now, of course, I practice it in training. And then uh I mean, you never know when it's going to happen. But luckily, today it happened, and now I was ready for it. I felt confident and now happy I went in. I know you're taking in all of this fan support, the fact that your group is moving on and you did it shorthanded for most of the second half.

Describe the fight from your team. No, I think it shows our character for today's video. I mean, we said it before a lot of times. We always deaf to each other no matter what. And I think this today showed it as well.

It was the 82nd minute. They had to play another 15 roughly after that, but they would just hold on. Bosnia knew they were done. Their manager held on to the ball, got a yellow card. He was trying to inspire his guys, but he realized it was too little, too late, and they didn't have enough.

So the U.S. did what they wouldn't have done in the past. They overcame a problem. They didn't let. The I guess inaccurate Red Core would hold them back and they didn't.

Afterwards, Christian Pulisi commented not only about the game, but about what he's been witnessing over the last two weeks, Cut Six. People from all over the world coming and enjoying America who haven't really gotten to experience it that much. Yeah, it makes me happy. It makes me proud that people get to see what a good country this is and what we can offer.

So Sunday, July 5th, I'm going to have a chance to watch Brazil play against Norway. One of the great stories is the Norwegians have that Viking row. The great booking by Will Kane Show. Old Forstad is the guy who created it. You know, where they all sit in a row and they wrote together as if there were Vikings prior to Columbus in the 1300s.

Here's him talking about how it happened. Cut seven. It's crazy. I'm speechless. I never could have imagined that it was going to get this big.

Their reaction when I took it there was, hey, this might work. And then we sat and we talked about it. And they wanted to use it. And then we had to figure out, okay, what type of beat should we use to make this as easy as possible for people to join in?

So we decided together on a... double beat before the row And I'm just so thankful and happy that Oliabadege, Norway's supporter group for the national team, wanted to use it.

So it started out as a thing that people are ridiculing with, and next thing you know, it's become an international phenomenon, and that's what Norwegians are known for. He went on to explain a cut eight. We had to spend some time doing it and we had to rehearse, tell people what we're doing, use your back and all of that and we started with this on the Norway-Switzerland game and Olije Bargi brought it to the stadium. Didn't turn out great but it was okay and we got a lot of negative comments and yeah, some positive, some negative, but we just kept going for another game and then it was a lot better and now everybody's loving it. It's pretty cool.

Finally, this guy Freddie, this World Cup super fan from Germany, started posting how much he loved the country, how much he was surprised by the country, how the world is getting the wrong message about the United States. And he gained so much attention that the White House noticed and they invited him here. But evidently, he also got this uh negativity to the point where he disabled And uh he disabled his social media account. But yet, the White House is still inviting him.

Now, I don't know who. is pursuing him negatively. His only crime was loving the country, documenting his travels, and that got some people upset. Imagine the same idiots that want Socialist America, the same Hassan Piker fans that will say that Hamas is better than any Republican, and calls for the death of Rick Scott. Maybe that's the same group.

All right, you listen to the Brian Kill Me Show, and we come back, we talk about our history with one of America's finest historian, Jane Hampton Cook. She's got a brand new book out, and she's written 19 books in all. The name just went from grievance to gratitude. Uh a a great and grateful nation. Don't move.

Real talk, real guests, real insight. Where curiosity meets conversation is the Brian Killmeat Show. Breaking news, unique opinions. Hear it all on the Brian Kill Me Show. This week, Americans all across our nation are filled with joy and excitement and anticipation as we prepare for one of the proudest moments in our history.

250 years, think about that. Three days from now, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. What a document that was. And this week We look back on 250 years of glorious freedom, and we took so much time and so much effort. And by the way, On July 4th, It's going to be approximately 107 degrees out.

And I'm going to go and I'm going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything. Right, Daddy is the president of the United States having fun. The prompter went down yesterday in the dedication of the TR Library in North Dakota. The goal was to make North Dakota as attractive as South Dakota is with Mount Rushmore.

Now you have a reason to go to North Dakota in the Badlands, and it looks really cool. I can't tell you how many people watched yesterday's ceremony and thought, I got to go to North Dakota. Thankfully, I did twice, and it is pretty amazing. It really is. And knowing that how it rounded out who Teddy Roosevelt was, the rich kid who was a really sickly kid, ended up being an Ivy League grad, an honors grad, a fantastic author, extremely learned man who loved American history.

And then with learning about the Midwest and what ranchers and what cowboys went through, seeing it firsthand came an additional understanding. Having a mom that grew up in the South, whose brothers, her uncles, fought. For the for the um uh for the For the Confederacy, gave him a different perspective of where America was. And made him the perfect guy to be a president at an extremely young age. Jan Hempton Cook knows all about it.

Former White House Communications staffer presidential historian and award-winning author of 19 books. Her latest is A Great and Grateful Nation from Grievance to Gratitude. Jane, what did you think of yesterday's ceremony? I thought it was awesome. I loved seeing the rough riders on the horses and seeing all about, hearing all about Teddy Roosevelt, because President Trump has a lot in common.

They were both big talking New Yorkers who loved America. And they both survived an assassination attempt. And Teddy Roosevelt famously gave his speech anyway after he had been shot. His speech. Blocks the bullet from piercing him in the heart.

So, yeah, it was a Great ceremony. I was glad to see it. Yeah, I just want you to hear a little of President Trump was able to talk to AI Teddy, Cut 48. Do you consider the Panama Canal your greatest achievement? Right then, yes.

The canal stands as one of my proudest battles, no question. But greatness is a strange thing. It isn't always the biggest or boldest job that matters most. The Panama Canal showed what America could achieve if we held steady and acted fast when the world dragged its feet. Still, when I stood in the mud watching those steam shovels, Knowing ships would pass through, changing the world's map forever, I felt I had left a mark that would last.

Okay, you did. Thank you. He thanked the AI image. But he also made the presidency a big thing, right? He was the first one to really say, hey, America should be proud.

And the presidency became a big, bigger-than-life situation. Yes, he's the one that gave us the term the White House on his stationery. He really left just a really strong mark. He established the West Wing and the construction of the West Wing. His kids, he had so many kids, they filled up the White House interior and he needed office space.

So he gave us a lot as a president. I'm really glad to see that he has a library now. That's amazing.

So tell us about your brand new book and what your approach was on year 250. It's called A Great and Grateful Nation from Grievance to Gratitude.

So, it's an illustrated keepsake book. It has a lot of pictures, both new ones and ones you've seen, classical paintings, but it gives you in short form the story of the American Revolution. And then it also gives perspective-taking essays on some of the more controversial things our culture has been through lately. But it gives you the look through the theme of giving thanks. I realized that the founders gave thanks a lot.

It wasn't just a Thursday in November in New England. It was a habit. John Hancock would call upon America to give thanks after the Battle of Saratoga. They give thanks if there was even a difficulty that they were going through, that they needed fasting and prayer. And so, this shows you a lot of those thanksgivings, those days of giving thanks.

I mean, even at the end of the war, the president of Congress sent George Washington a thank you note, and that's included in the book.

So, it's just a great look. And I also think. Giving thanks helps us process our difficulties, our grievances. It gives you that balance. It doesn't mean you're grateful for all the bad things, but you can find something good to be grateful for within your life.

And that's what gratitude can do for your attitude. And when you say grievance, you mean that's where we're coming from. We were upset with the British. We're saying, what are you doing with these taxes? What are you doing with your troops?

What are you doing with uh with uh you know with the forced billeting and everything that led up to the war? That's right. I have the grievances in the book. There were 27 grievances in the Declaration of Independence, but I show you, you know, when they were forced to house the soldiers in Boston at a factory that served as this man's home, and he told them no, he fought back. That was 1768.

I show you, you know, the we have to have a warrant now, right, to search ships.

Well, John Hancock didn't get that treatment. And so, a lot of where we get our amendments, the right to bear arms, the very first thing the British tried to do when the war started was to take our guns and ammunition at the Battle of Concord. And so, all of these have origin stories. Ben Franklin's the origin story of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. He set those standards that we have honored now for more than 300 years in Benjamin Franklin's case.

So, I bring out where those grievances came from, the amendments that they led to, but the giving thanks that the culture practiced. And even after the Stamp Acts, they had a celebration when Parliament revoked the Stamp Act. They had Thanksgiving in July. In the year of Christmas in July, they had Thanksgiving in July.

So that was just a really interesting and important part of their culture that we could learn from. What about this new ruling that allows trans women to participate in the Daughters of the American Revolution? How crazy is that? That is crazy. And it's coming from kind of a couple of people in particular.

They're going to vote again in October. I'm a part of the DAR, and I actually ran into a friend of mine at a party earlier this week, and she was telling me all about it.

So I think the Supreme Court win will really help. that you know, not be passed in voting down in October. Right. And I was able to see Jane, you're part of our special we're having now. You went we went out to the Adams House where John Quincy Adams lived and John Adams lived.

That was pretty special, right? That was amazing to be there with you and to talk about their legacy, both John Adams and John Quincy Adams. You know, John Adams took the Declaration of Independence, the Equality Clause, and he put it into the Massachusetts Constitution. Jane Hampton Cook, thanks so much. The fastest three hours in radio.

You're with Brian Kilmead. Big tent means big tent. We have to have a big tent. We are a big tent party. What makes our party a beautiful party is the fact that it's a big tent.

We are a big tent party. Are you a Big Tent party? Yemese Egbowally joins us now, former chief of staff and advisor to President Biden's White House press office, also a Democratic strategist and founder of Podium Strategies. Yemese, welcome. In studio, great to see you.

Yeah, this is so fun for me.

So I want you to hear that. There's a lot of buzz.

Some people are saying Big Tent Party. Other people like James Carville go, no, no, we want you out. You know, we want you out of the party. I'm calling for a schism. I'm not sure with people like Axel Rodd, who are usually known as somewhat moderates.

I know President Trump, excuse me, President Obama doesn't seem upset by the rise of socialism. He's sang Wheels on the Bus with the mayor of New York City.

So where do you stand with this? Are you schism or are you Big Tent? I am Watch them very, very closely. I think, look, love you, New York City, but I think you can't. You can't say no to whoever they send our way.

So, James Carville, I understand his sentiment, but constitution, like. They were duly elected. They've got to come down.

Now, I think when you get to Congress, how you handle what assignments come on. I'm thinking about the guy in New Jersey, Adam, who had ties and was the character witness to the man connected to the terrorist bombing. Right. There should be conversations about what committee he gets on. We can't deny.

the people who voted their right to an elected official.

However, We don't let to have them define what the Democratic Party is, what Democratic leadership looks like, what leadership looks like for the entire party, for the for the Congress, for the committees. I think I will be watching them very, very closely. For example, if the DNC goes through their time and goes through the trouble of saying this is what we stand for, this is what we're going to run on, these are what aren't the candidates to understand, and everyone collaborates on the platform. And they end up going, well, no, we're ignoring that. We're going with Bernie Sanders, who's not even in the party.

And we're going for taxing the rich at a greater rate. We're going for Medicare for all. We're going for anyone who gets APAC is not allowed. And pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel. If I'm the Democratic Party, I go, wait a second, that's not what we vote.

I would say, no, there's got to be a criteria or run in your own primary. Do you feel that way? I do think that DSA. They pile on, and even folks outside of DSA, because Grant Plattner is technically not DSA, but he's a part of that feeling of anti-establishment. He's self-a communist.

Right, right. And they pile on a lot of the party and the establishment, and then they have to turn around and look at the establishment and say, We need funding because your small dollar donors, your out-of-state, high-net worth donors, and they do get money from billionaires. They don't want to admit it, but they do, that push their far-left progressive values, don't have the infrastructure of the machine that is the party. And we saw that with Graham Plattner, who released a statement saying he's being outraised by Susan Collins and is now working with the DSCC to figure out a structure so that he can build a fundraising platform.

So, you actually do need the establishment, and they're going to have to learn that the tough way.

So, but in a way, if I'm the establishment, there's RNC and DNC, I would say, okay, there's going to be a criteria for my support. Do you think they're wrong in not doing what Carville says and says, You're not, you want a different party, I'm calling a schism and let the DSA leave. I think they're being politically careful. And Jeffries, I keep getting upset at him because he's just like, You're elected, welcome. And I'm like, Well, don't let's not.

Roll out the mat for them. Let's be very careful here because you let people inside of your house, and then all they do is trash your house. Who's left to clean up the mess when they all leave? Think about Corey Bush. Think about Jamal Bowman, two people who came to Congress with the idea of disrupting it.

And Jamal Bowman quite literally did when he pulled the fire alarm. But they're no longer here, and we're still cleaning up the mess of their squad. But now there's more of them. Yeah, yeah. Who won in New York State politics as well as the three that won in New York State.

So Mar Marilee Marley Mallory McMorrow is running for the Senate seat, the Democratic nomination Senate seat in Michigan. And she pointed out the leader right now is Abdul El Syed, and he is. Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, best friends with Hasan Piker, and she picked up on that. Hasan Piker, an extremist, called for the death of Rick Scott, said Republicans are worse than Hamas. Just among the many things he said.

Cut 22. It could have been the largest mass killing of kids in this country's history. And to bring somebody in to represent your campaign, in my mind, is a very different decision than going on somebody's stream and talking to their audience. Because Hassan Piker basically did not condemn the the mass assassination of Jews at a synagogue when he came in, and he does not condemn it either. Right.

And I think Hassan Piker is disgusting. And every single person that sits down with him that wants to run for office should be called out for it. And when they are, some of them seem to back off a bit, but it's not enough. And Abdul Syed, he also excused what happened to the young Jewish children, that terrorism attack that also happened in that area. And Mallory McMurrow is married to a Jewish man, goes to a synagogue and spoke about that as well.

Who would you like to see win that? I would like to see Haley Stevens win that. I would. Mallory McMurrow right now is not at a place polling-wise to overtake Abdul. Haley Stevens has a lot of the infrastructure, having like worked in the house for a long time.

I know Mallory McMurrow worked in the state house, but we really, really, really, really need. To coalesce. That's also what establishment have to do because this is what happened in the New Jersey race and how Adam was able to get in, there were 15 candidates. And at some point, we all have to coalesce and say, for the greater good, people have to drop and we all have to get all of the voters onto one candidate. We need to be more politically smart.

I feel like establishment Dems are running a little bit on easy mode. Right. And guess who? And it looks like Schumer endorsed. Your guy, Haley Stevens.

Haley Stevens.

So here is Abdul Sayed being pressed on CNN about embracing Hassan Pike or Cut 23. But I think what people find frustrating by that perspective is that when you talk about the mass killing of children, we saw that done by our tax dollars in a genocide in Gaza. And it took, I don't know, two years to talk about that. And I think we have to take seriously the idea that the money that we spent to kill other people's kids there was money that we did not spend to take care of the kids that I was taking care of in Wayne County in Detroit.

So, no answer about this embrace of him. Do you think people are making too much or too little about this? Look, you know, it's a pretty crazy thing.

So Hassan Piker was invited to stream from the DNC in 2024. We had a whole debate about whether or not the vice president should have gone on Rogan. The idea that we're going to tie people together and say, well, guilt by association so, is just not in keeping with the way most of us think about the world.

So we tried to deflect and said, well, when the IDF went into Gaza, innocent people died, that is why when Hassan Piker doesn't condemn the death of those Israelis those Jewish kids, it's the same thing. Yeah, and also bringing up Hassan Piker live stream from the DNC. Yeah, it's a convention. They're not just going to kick people out for having a different belief system. There were also Republicans that were at the DNC.

They won't own. The thing is, if you say the words, if you say defund, if you say abolish prisons, if you make these broad statements about Jewish people and about the conflict in the Middle East. You have to own it when you go from campaigning to want to be in governance. And a lot of these folks, especially at the DSA level, they have never held traditional jobs. They have been activists.

They have been organizers. And so they have been allowed in their spaces to say whatever the heck they want. And now we're all asking them to verify what they say. And is it what they still believe? And they don't have the right answers for it.

I'd almost respect them more if they doubled down and said, yeah. I said, like when Zoe runs, yes, I said defund the police, and I still believe that. And we obviously know when he sat down with Martha McCollum that that wasn't what he believed last summer. Yeah, but now we know that he is kind of defunding the police. He just yesterday, two days ago, canceled the police academy.

So they need another 600. They need thousands. They're about 5,000 short.

So they're going to have 600 this year. And he just canceled it. Said, I got to save some money.

So all those people queued up to maybe start their career. It's not even going to replace the amount of people retiring coming in. You're going to have a D.C. problem on your hands with those police numbers because, you know, down in D.C., we just elected a DSA mayor, Janice Lewis George. And one of the things that she was constantly pressed on, especially by the police union, was we have a 4,000 officer deficit in a city where you constantly, you're having all these large-scale events, all these protectees, you constantly need the MPD there.

And she does not have a plan for staffing it up. And I just think people are going to really find out the hard way that a lot of these promises, she also promised a free grocery store. In passing in a debate, a lot of these promises are not going to go to fruition. Yeah. Just how much you want to raise taxes.

You could give me a discounted grocery store, but at what price? How much in taxes do you have to do? And then also just the fact that people like Ken Griffin and others who are wealthy, I think they're, you know, I don't begrudge them at all now that. That pair de terre or whatever that's called, that tax for second homes, if you don't live there primarily, that's in play. And it was really shocking to watch a mayor.

Talk about Ken Griffin in that way because you can talk about billionaires, you can talk about the corporate elite class, but they're also still your constituents. You're also an elected official whose job is to represent them. And so, when you pick someone out intentionally, in a sense, to bully and to own and to make a cute video, it's actually denigrating you and that office because that's completely beneath you. That was really, really, really disappointing to see. All right.

Yemency, thanks so much. I appreciate you coming in. It's always great to see you. Good to see you. Just before you go, can you give me three candidates to look for in 28 that you're keeping an eye on?

John Osoth, if Keisha Lance Bottoms wins the governorship in Georgia, Andy Bashir, the current governor of Kentucky. And I do think J.B. Pritzker is somebody to watch because he can fund his own campaign. Right. Well, we'll see if people care like his track record or not.

We'll have to see. All right, that'll be you mentioned two center Democratic candidates, center-ish, or liberal candidates. You didn't mention any socialists.

So that's interesting. And I didn't mention Josh Shapiro, who I love, because I think there's a reckoning about anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. Absolutely. If you aren't anti-Israel, I don't think you're going to get anywhere, or if you ever take any APAC money too. Yemesi, thanks so much.

Back in a moment, we talk a little sock when we return. Both sides, all opinions. It's Brian Killmead. The talk show that's getting you talking. You're with Brian Kilmead.

Great pressure there, McKenna, and for Flora Malga. Kitty five, Pelosi takes it a top and scores. Flo Baligan once again. The flag comes up for offside. We saw that happen in CL.

Balogun making it run off of him can he get around to that ball to the deflection. Balogun scores. Flo Balogun first to react to the deflection. He'll do the LeBron celebration. It's 1-0 U.S.

But look at Balogun. Puts the brakes on, sets his body, and then nutmegs the goalkeeper. Just a terrific striker's goal. Till that. There's the final whistle.

Seattle, we're coming back. Monday night of the round of 16. The United States, despite being down a man for half an hour, has beaten Bosnian Herzegovina and has moved on to the next round of the World Cup. And there you go. Just like that, the U.S.

moves on. As you know, it'll be Monday night. It'll be against Belgium, a guy that's been there, been covering the team every step of the way, Jonathan Hunt, based in Los Angeles. We'll go with U.S. team goes.

He found himself in Santa Clara last night. We'll be in Seattle on Monday. Jonathan, it sounded crazy. I love the singing at the end. Can you describe the scene?

Yeah, it was extraordinary in Santa Clara Stadium, right behind me here, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, as FIFA likes to call it. 68,000 in there, Brian. And just when the team came out at the start of the game, you could sense the atmosphere. Everybody in that stadium knew how important this game was. And then by the end, you've gone through the drama of the red card, the U.S.

having to back up defensively, but then that Malik Phillip free kick that Leon Messi himself would have been proud to score. And then Country Roads at the end. And I was standing right on the sidelines at the end, Brian. The whole team out there. On the pitch, the crowd going wild, and Wester McKenney walking towards the US fans behind one of the goals, just waving his hands, get all singing country records.

You know, I've spent a lot of time in a lot of stadiums around the world, Brian. I can't remember an atmosphere quite as much fun as that one. It was just something to behold. I loved every second of it, Brian, as did the whole country, I think.

So tell me about the styles. I've got a chance to see the U.S. the first game. I had a chance to see Ecuador and Germany, and then had a chance to see France and Sweden up close and personal, as well as watching the U.S. game since then.

And I just watched a technical play. And I look, watch the U.S., and I go every step of the way. France is the best team I've seen in person and the best team I've seen play, period. But the U.S. technically can play with these guys.

Used to be, we'll be in better shape, we'll be more physical, we'll be more determined, we'll use the home fans, and we'll grind it out. This is a different style with this team. Do you agree? Yeah. Yeah, this is a different U.S.

men's soccer team, I would say, than we have ever seen before. Technically, much more talented than anybody who's gone before them. With all due respect to some of the great players that we've had on the U.S. team, this is a different level of soccer they are playing. And a lot of credit has to go obviously to the players, but also to Coach Mauricio Pochatino, who has introduced a new level of technicality with this team and also has brought about the kind of spirit that can survive going down to 10 men as they went to last night.

And a real awful one and one-for-all spirit in that team, Brian.

So, yeah, I think on many levels, you have a team that is very clearly reaching new heights for any U.S. men's team. And yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right, Brian. France is playing football soccer right now from a different planet. But the way that this team, this US team, Plays for each other.

I think that they can match at least in terms of spirit and togetherness on the field. Any team left in this World Cup. How far that can take them, we'll see. But it's a great time to be a U.S.

soccer fan for sure, Brian. Right, of course. The British are still alive, too. They come back for two late goals, and they're very much alive in this.

So I guess you can't lose, Jonathan. Your good luck to your new homeland and your former homeland. About the red card that has Balagon out for the for the uh for the Belgium game. Here's the coach on the red card, which I don't think anybody I know, including in Bosnia, thinks it was should have been a red card cut for for me now. It's a red card.

Watching afternoon TV, I'm. Never was the intention. to step up of the of the player. That was a a normal action in football that It happened because by accident And it's never intentional. That is why for me never is never red car.

But he is out and there is no appeal, right? Yeah, no appeal at all. He is out for the round 16. And I agree with you, Brian. I have not, I didn't think it was a red card myself, and I have not seen anybody I respect in the world of soccer say anything other than that should not have been a red card.

And I think what's interesting as well, Brian, Leonel Messi stepped on the calf of a player in one of Argentina's games earlier in this World Cup. If anything, that looked more deliberate than what Flo Valikin did, which was just getting tied up in a tangle with a Bosnian player. Leonel Messi didn't even get a yellow.

So is there a double standard? Are the referees looking at this thinking? Oh, we can't possibly give Goat himself, Messi, a red card, but any other player, yeah, we can. That was not. A red card.

I have to say, the referee's performance across the entire game last night was not one that deserves a lot of credit. I don't think we will see that referee refereeing any of the semifinals, or certainly not the final. Not a red card in my book at all, Brian.

So, Jonathan, 30 seconds, real quick, I watched them lose to Belgium 5-2. What's going to be different this time? When they play.

Well, you've got four great players who weren't in that friendly that they lost in March. The Belgians have not looked good since then. You've got great players in Kevin De Bruyne and Romelo Lukaku, the greatest players of their generation, but they were at the end of their careers, not the beginning. And I believe that this U.S. team can and will beat Belgium, right?

Jonathan Hunt goes out in a limb using that analyst and reporting ability. Jonathan, you're doing a great job. And I hope to see you out there, if not this round, the next round, or in the finals on the 19th. That would be great. Thanks, Jonathan.

Brian, kill me, Cho. Keep it here.