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From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan, it's the fastest growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead. Wow, what kind of backdrop is this? If you are watching the stream, go get to the Fox News app or get the Fox Nation and check this out. Right over my left shoulder is the Statue of Liberty.

Behind that is Ellis Island. And we got ships coming through from today, and the tall ships are going to be streaming through throughout the next three hours. You're ready for tomorrow, July 4th, as we sit here on July 3rd. This is birthday eve of America's 250th. Two great patriots and warfighters are with me in a matter of moments.

General Jack Keena is standing by, bottom of the hour from Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Alan West.

So without, I don't want to waste too much time, but we'll talk about the World Cup and what it means for patriotism, just like the hockey team. I think it really helps talk about this country and really inspire this country. And then we talk about the wars that we're still fighting.

So let's get to the big three. Number three.

So I think people need to reframe what that idea is of America and what that dream is for you. It's a lot different than it was for our parents and grandparents.

So make it what you want, people. Come on. If you work hard, definitely get a good education. I think those things go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other.

America's birthday Eve this year. We got more details on what to expect on the 4th in D.C. Maybe in your small town you want to share your stories and your plans. I'll be with Sean Hannery, Deanna Perino, Brett Baer, Harris Faulkner doing five hours of coverage from Washington, D.C., in between presidential speeches, drones, and fireworks displays. It is not going to be an Obama-like apology speech, I promise you, in D.C., but I can't promise that from a mayor in New York City.

Number two. I'm concerned that we're still on step one because three months ago when we started the original ceasefire, the one precondition was that there'd be a no-strings attached opening up the Strait of Hermuz. And I'm concerned they're continuing to play us and play for time. I agree with you, General Tigert, 100%. Iran and U.S.

could not be further apart on our mutual quest to bring adorable peace between our nations. And it all goes back to the horrible MOU we review. Number one. Standing with units, guaranteeing health care through Medicare for all. And I think that is winning up and down the ballot because for too long we've been focused on parties and where the parties are going rather than the people and what the people need.

And I think this movement is about the people and what we can do to actually serve them. That is a guy that doesn't really like America, but running to be the senator from Michigan, Abdul El-Syed. The Dems have a huge internal problem, and the rabble-rousing socialists seem to be reveling in it, while the rest of the country should be panicking as another radical gets an AOC endorsement in Michigan, defying Chuck Schumer. With that, the big story is, and that matters most to our country, even though we're looking at our birthday, we're looking at our 250th journey and joining us now to talk about our two greatest challenges in the world: Ukraine and their struggle to stay alive against Russia and doing great. And General Jack Keen is here to talk about what's happening with Iran.

General, thanks so much for being here on 250th birthday. What comes to the forefront of your mind when you talk about? how many years you spend in uniform and how many years you spend explaining uh America's security issues uh in a suit here on Fox News.

Well, I think certainly its influence. You know, by my time in the military and what I've chosen to do with my life, but you know, just being an American and the fact that the people that were living here at the time were fighting oppression and were willing to risk their lives to change it and remove the control that England had over the vast majority of what existed at the time as America. And the fact that today, here we are 250 years later, and we're very much involved in fighting oppression. And I think the turning point for the United States in dealing with adversaries and oppression was World War II. The reality is we don't defeat the Germans without the United States participation, and obviously we don't defeat the Japanese either.

But what is truly remarkable, we went from 334,000 total United States military prior to World War II to 12,200,000 people under arms, all services, fighting this kind of oppression. And we won that victory. And then, as a nation, we turned around and made a decision, as opposed to humiliating these countries and continuing to punish them. We decided to recover them and rebuild them. And nothing speaks louder to me than the compassion and generosity of the United States of America and what we did in post-World War II to rebuild these countries into thriving democracies, Japan and Germany, which they are today.

And that is alive today, right now today. And I wished Admiral Cooper a happy 40 years. Just a little while ago. He's in charge of our troops in CENTCOM, who's standing up once again, representing our 250 years of history by standing up with his troops against oppression in the world. The United States wasn't seeking to become a world leader post-World War II, but it fell to us because of our military power and our economic prosperity.

And it defaulted to us, and we accepted that mantle of leadership. And how much we have changed this world to the positive as a result of taking on that leadership role is really so extraordinary. I'm so proud of the leaders we've had in the country from both parties, some better than others, to be sure. Imperfect political system, to be sure. But the collective wisdom and judgment of the American people have always been there for us, and they seem to get it right time and time again.

In general, I even think about the Cold War that you were in, you were in Vietnam, and what we were doing is just trying to preserve South Vietnam, South Korea, Western Europe, and try to make sure these people stay free, not so we can dominate and take over their country, unlike the Russians, the Soviets. We were just saying, hey, leave these people alone, give them a chance to pick their own government. That's what the Cold War was about. Yeah, many people say we won the Cold War without firing a shot, and I say no. we fired a lot of shots.

I mean, we went into Korea to do what? The North Koreans communist country was taking over South Korea, who asked for help, and we provided it. And we went into Vietnam for basically the same reason. North Vietnam, a communist country, was trying to take over South Vietnam. And our overall strategy was to contain communism and certainly the Soviet Union.

But as they extended their influence around the world, we did fight to stop it from happening.

So there was a price to be paid in the Cold War, to be sure, not just standing up and deterring the Soviet Union from ever attacking into Europe. And thank God we did that, but also standing up when they attempted to take control of other countries as well. General, the MOU is really, it's just one word after another, it's gray area, misinterpretations on both sides on what it represents and what it says. And that's why we continue to have contention over everything, especially the straight. Here's the President of the United States on his mindset that's really the only thing stopping him from going back in and finishing the job, CUP 37.

You know, look, I always said... I don't want to be. a president with a depression on his On his resume, I don't want to be Herbert Hoover. Of almost all presidents, and some have been bad, some have been good. Very few have been great.

To what? I never want to be Herbert Hoover. Because Herbert Hoover was the president that probably took us into the great The Great Depression, the greatest. Perhaps. What he's looking at is the economy, General.

And he's worried about the straight being shut down and gas being over $150 a barrel. It's now down to under $70. Your reaction and the role oil's playing in the fact that we have not gone back to finish the job.

Well, when we stopped the war on April the 7th, April the 8th, we had 10 days to two weeks to finish the military assigned objectives. 25% of the targets still remained in doing that. There was no doubt we could have accomplished those military objectives, in my mind, and actually put the regime on a path for economic collapse. No guarantee that the regime would fall, but put them in such a situation that it was likely quite predictable. That was the scenario we walked away from.

And the President's advisors and the Gulf state leaders, with the exception of the UAE, really convinced the administration and the president, obviously, that if we continued military operations, the result would be that Iran would attack the Gulf oil infrastructure and And so destroy it that it could create a worldwide depression. And I think it was the Energy Secretary who made that recommendation, but they'll hold me to it. That's what I've been told. I'm not the primary source. But I'm out of my lane in dealing with that.

But I can say, you know, just looking at the world, just seeing what is happening right now, how markets adjust to find other avenues when something is shut down, and there was a lot of adjustment taking place when essentially the straits were shut down.

So I'm not convinced that it would have resulted in that. But here's what I do think happened. The military capability to prevent that from happening was discounted. And what do I mean by that?

Well, one, if the oil if the Gulf states needed to be defended, they could have asked for it. Admiral Cooper has never been asked to defend them. He was asked to defend Israel, and we've done that quite satisfactorily in the minds of the Israelis, and that's all that matters. And we could have done the same thing in in thickening their defense. Second point, offensively, we've been tracking all during the ceasefire what the Iranians are doing with their ballistic missiles after they excavate the tunnels that we rubbled.

They're moving those missiles out and those launch systems out to other places.

So job one would have been once we destroyed their air defense, go back to military operations so we'd have freedom of the air once again. It wouldn't have taken much because they don't have much left. We would have gone after those missiles and launch systems with a major, major effort on the part of the Israelis and ourselves. We wouldn't have destroyed all of them, but we would have destroyed the overwhelming number of them, which would have reduced significantly their ability to retaliate against the Gulf oil infrastructure. I'm not saying there wouldn't have been some damage, but wholesale destruction leading to a world depression, I think the military capability was discounted.

And I believe that. The The political and economic objectives became the priority, obviously, as we're facing the situation now. And listen, we we've got to understand the Iranians are almost euphoric about this. Because what what they did, they sh they impo the we went to war on 28 February, they shut down the straits on 2 March. We came up with a blockade after we went to a ceasefire.

Uh in April. And that blockade served us well, but it was not going to be an immediate deterrence for the Iranis because they don't care about their people. And then we tried to open up the Straits of Amuz, and what happened? Saudi Arabia denied us use of their base and also their airspace, which is quite significant given the size of Saudi Arabia and the fact it borders the Gulf.

So that. We shut down that operation as a result of it. What a sad thing that was, because we do have the capability to forcibly open it up. We've got to do that again. I think we're in a situation now where we're providing financial relief to the Iranians with the promise that we're going to get a deal.

But they're. They are emboldened by what has happened. And there's no secret about this. And that's the reality of it. And they're going to continue to play for advantage.

In the straits of a moose, you can see that. I think the difficulty of achieving all the objectives that the President would want to achieve with the Iranians, given their state of mind today, is pretty slim to none. because they they believe they have the advantage in their minds. I know we have all the cards in terms of military capability and the threat to use it, but they they're not buying that threat. And so they don't see it ever happening before the midterm elections, and we've almost said as much publicly to them.

General, I talked to somebody with a source in Iran, and their goal was to make Trump Jimmy Carter. They're going to try to disrupt the midterms and bend it towards the Democrats. The best they can. They understand our political system because they know when it gets to November, all bets are off.

So I'm not sure what they're capable of, but we have to keep an eye on that being their objective. And number two, just real quick on Ukraine, and I only have three minutes, but on Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine has done some remarkable things. They make no Russian city safe. We have huge gas lines in Russia. And I was talking to Dan Hoffman.

He says Putin has no idea how to get out of this. And we're not even trying to conduct an exit ramp because our guys are focusing on Iran. We have to, if we're gonna bring these guys to the table, don't you think we need a new group? Uh a different group working on Ukraine than Iran? Yeah, that's a very good idea, and obviously we're not focusing on it.

And for our audience, we've taken down almost 30% of their oil infrastructure Russia-wide. Can you imagine that? What a staggering statistic that is. 40,000 casualties almost this month, quite significant on the Russian part. Ukraine destroyed 64,000 drones, Russian drones this month.

Quite remarkable. This month, last year, 4,000 destroyed. The biofuel has turned in favor of Ukraine for sure. Strategic targets inside of Russia.

Some oil storage facilities, Ukraine is attacking in Siberia, 1,200 miles away.

So that's why the gas lines exist throughout the country. The strategic advantage as well as the tactical advantage is moving towards Russia. And that's why Russia so desperately is trying to kill. As many civilians as they can. And listen, there's a problem, and our audience has to understand this.

Almost 700 drones attacked just recently. And you saw that. About 70-something ballistic and cruise missiles. 90% plus of the drones were knocked down. On a given day against ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, Ukraine takes down either zero.

or something around one percent.

So that is the state of play. We have got to get interceptors into Ukraine. It is an emergency crisis situation. And I understand we have challenges because what we have been doing in Iran, obviously. But we've got to move with as much speed as we possibly can.

And yes, we should be putting maximum pressure now on Russia. Slap the hard sanctions back on them for sure. Increase military assistance. The Europeans can certainly be the vessel for that. We pass our capability to them.

They pour their capability in. Maximum pressure on Putin. No accommodation. Pressure, pressure, pressure. And recognize the weakness that he is.

He's never been this weak in the five years he's been involved in the war. And the President could see a victory if he just pushes it and organizes it because Ukraine has earned it. General Jack Keene, always great. Thanks for everything you've done for the country as we celebrate Year 250. Yeah, happy fourth to you and our great audience out there.

God bless America. I'll talk to you again soon, General. Back in a moment. Fuck! Giving you everything you need to know.

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Must be 21 or older to order. Please drink responsibly. From Liberty State Park, inside of the Statue of Liberty for America 250, it's Brian Kilmead. Welcome back. I went really long with the general, but man, there's just not enough time in the day to get all the information that we need that he knows about the things that matter most to Ukraine.

And I know people are tired of Ukraine, four and a half hours in. Imagine four and a half years in, but can you imagine if you're actually fighting? And understand, they are the backstop to Europe because if they went right through Ukraine in four days, as our geniuses predicted, They would have been knocking on Germany's door, who basically doesn't have a military, but it woke them up. And it woke up NATO, and that which makes the meeting with NATO even more impactful for the President of the United States. And they're not going to have that, we're pulling out truth speech coming from the Secretary of War.

It's going to be, we're in this, so let's win this. And that's what I hope. The President gets a new team to work Ukraine and a separate one to work Iran. It's not hard, got fun of you people. Teens share everything.

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We haven't seen that. The blockade is now lifted, which means that we've taken some of the pressure off of Iran. And I'm concerned they're continuing to play us and play for time. General Tiger, not pulling back. He's really concerned that the MOU would just set us up for failure, I think, anyway, because there's so much gray area in it and they didn't level with us in days before they released it.

Oh, they're not going to pay tolls.

Well, they think they are. Oh, they're never going to give up and allow inspectors in. They say they're not. Uh we have to defund their uh proxies. They're still funding their proxies, and they're asking Israel to leave Hezbollah alone and get out of Lebanon.

Lieutenant Colonel Alan West joins me now, American Constitutional Rights Union Executive Director. Uh Colonel, your thoughts about what the general said he finds the state of the strait. No, I mean, I have to agree wholeheartedly with the general, and happy Independence Day, Brian. It's great to be with you because we missed a window of opportunity. And now, Iran is weakened.

There's no doubt about it. And you and I have had this conversation previously, but they're not defeated. And as a matter of fact, they see themselves in a stronger position to manipulate us because, you know, President Trump is up against a couple of hard issues here in the country. And one of those with the gas prices, and the other is the impending midterm elections. In a theocracy, they don't care about elections because there aren't really any elections.

They are in totalitarian control and power there, just the same with China and Xi Jinping.

So the president has to be concerned about these domestic issues, political issues, economic issues. And I think that that binds him up a little bit when it comes to dealing with Iran. And they know that.

So how do you think they're going to play this?

Well, I think Iran's just going to continue, as the general said, they're going to string it out. They're going to continue to violate the quote-unquote ceasefire. I don't think we're going to see anything going any right direction after the end of the quote-unquote 60 days for this memorandum of understanding. I think that they will just continue to be who they are, and they will continue to try to manipulate and threaten and coerce people in the strait of Hormuz. And again, they're receiving revenues from the sale of their oil and gas now, so they're still propped up.

I think he has to get to November somehow, and guess who knows that? Iran. And now we have a situation where they're saying that they're charging for the straight, and we're saying they're not. That is black and white. That's not gray area.

That's where the rubber hits the road.

Now, I don't know if the president's gonna say we're just gonna bring people through our side of the strait because we did that and they took a shot at us and then we took about ten shots at them and then they hit Kuwait. Uh and they t they hit Kuwait and they Uh and they also hit Bahrain.

So that puts our guys in jeopardy because they're going for our bases. Uh how I mean, play uh the the president evidently told the Wall Street Journal that they sat down and said what would going back full bore look like? Is that what you'd be for now, knowing what because you're also a pol a guy who knows politics, knowing what the stakes are?

Well, again, I think that that window of opportunity is very tight and maybe it has closed because the two things, again, the centers of gravity for them are their oil and gas revenues. That's why Carg Island is important. And control of the Straits of Hermuz. That's the other thing. They want to continue to hold the rest of the world hostage.

So we should have seized control of the Straits of Hormuz early on in this Operation Epic Fury. I don't think we can restart everything and go back to that because what could happen is another spike in gasoline prices. And the American people right now are seeing those things tumble. The administration is touting the fact that gasoline prices are tumbling.

So I don't think you're in a position right now to restart that. Taurico is out there in a dead heat with the former Attorney General, Paxson. Why? Why are they tied? They couldn't be more different.

Well, yeah, they couldn't be more different, but I think that right now, when you look at the major urban population centers here in Texas, they're blue. I mean, anybody can look at the county breakdown of Texas from the last 2024 presidential election, that tells the story. And I think also, you know, Senator Cornyn needs to come out and say, you know, I'm behind Attorney Gerald Paxton and get his followers to be behind him because we could be heading to another Robert Francis O'Rourke Ted Cruz race where Ted Cruz only won it by 2.4 percent.

So, yes, I think it's going to be tight. Do I think that it's all about to turn out, of course? But I don't think Tallerico, again, he is not going to do well, be successful in East Texas, West Texas, and South Texas along the border. But it's not going to be some blowout win. I don't see that happening.

So I want you to hear What some people, as we look at America 250, feel about this day, cut one. I've been struggling with what we are actually celebrating. And so I'm really going into July 4th, grappling with whether or not the ugly ghosts of our country have us by the nape of the neck, Mika. I took one of those sightseeing boats, and I passed by Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and it brought me to tears. I'm not going to his celebrations.

I'm going to do my own set of celebrations. You know, this is an opportunity for us all to come together and to celebrate the promise of America, not Donald Trump, because everything Donald Trump does is about Donald Trump.

So that's the attitude on the left. I would tell you that if Joe Biden was president or Kamal Harris was president, we would still have 84% of Republicans saying they're patriotic and appreciate our day. Only 27% are very patriotic for America among Democrats.

Well, I think again that comes out to that chasm that we see happening, and it's an ideological chasm. It's this Marxist leftist chasm as opposed to constitutional conservatism and people that believe in our fundamental principles and values, our Declaration, our Constitution. And you're right, if it had been Kamala Harris sitting up there, everyone would be giddy. Everyone would be talking about how great it is to have a first black female president supervising our 250th celebration. And look, it's going to be the 250th celebration.

I would be honored to be part of it. I would be happy. I would be cheering us on as the United States of America. But that's not who the left is. They want to continue to make this about one person.

And I think this is why they're going to fail when it comes to the midterm elections, because they're not offering the American people anything other than wealth redistribution, nationalizing economic production, taking over your property.

So, this whole thing about what's happening at the Washington Mall, where nine or ten states have decided not to participate, Pennsylvania says we couldn't get a sponsor and we think it's too political. I walked through that. There's nothing political, but it's all historical. And what your city has to offer tourists or people that live there.

So, Governor Shapiro, who many people think is a centrist and everybody thinks is running for president, flat out lied. Listen to Congressman Republican Dan Muser cut three. Wow, what we've done with the Pennsylvania booth, I think it's the most crowded booth. Josh Shapiro, I mean, to state that businesses did not want to participate, that's why we had an empty booth, was just a falsehood. We all got together and we started making calls to businesses, and not one business said, oh, no, we're not interested.

They were very excited. They said, thank you. Yeah, I mean, do you think we're idiots? You can't get a sponsor as a governor in Pennsylvania on a July 4th celebration when we have the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania, we got the Continental Congress, where the Declaration of Independence was fired. You can't get a sponsor, then you are the worst salesman ever.

Not to mention that's the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, November the 10th, 1775, Ton Tavern. Yeah, again, I think that this shows this ideological divide that we have in that you have a party that is being overtaken by Marxists, and many of them are welcoming them because they're afraid of what could happen to them politically. But they're showing the American people, true American patriots, that they don't care for this country, they don't love this country, they don't like our foundation and our fundamentals. And I believe that that's going to be rejected. What the Democrats are really doing, they're making commercial advertisements for the next two election cycles here in the midterm and also for the 2028 presidential cycle.

Lieutenant Colonel Alan West, thanks for all you've done to the country and continue to do. Enjoy the 4th. Shayal, it's a great country. And everyone out there, please read the entire Declaration of Independence. That's an important document.

You got it. Thanks so much, Lieutenant Colonel Alan West. When we come back, I'll have a chance to read your emails, BrianKillmee.com. And if we can work it out here on Liberty Island, maybe even take some calls and also go over with the rise of socialism. Today in the Wall Street Journal, Mark Penn, who got Bill Clinton elected twice and helped Hillary Clinton become senator, has written an editorial, along with Andrew Stein, two Democrats, saying it's time for them to take their party back.

Is anybody going to listen? Back in a moment. Diving deep into today's top stories, it's Brian Kilmead. Uh Oh A talk show that's real. This is the Brian Kill Me Show.

Well, we've taken the time to listen. I myself have been to 110 different cities, 450 public events. We go everywhere, we talk to everyone. And no matter where you go, people are deeply frustrated by the fact that they can't afford a dignified life. They're worried about somebody getting sick and having to hit that $6,000 deductible.

They're worried about being able to pay just for the meat to be able to grill up on July 4th. They're worried about being able to afford the utilities. And we're speaking to what it looks like to take corporate hands off of our politics so that our politics can actually be about trying to make our lives more affordable. Standing with unions, guaranteeing health care through Medicare for all. And I think that is winning up and down the ballot because for too long we've been focused on parties and where the parties are going rather than the people and what the people need.

And I think this movement is about the people and what we can do to actually serve them. Voice of Abdul El-Syed, and that's what he's trying to say. He's for the people. But if you look at the socialist movement, the people that support him, most of them are upper-class, overeducated white people. The working class people, in terms of supporting the socialist movement, the DSA, make up about 4% of that movement.

And he is sitting there saying, I'm going for the working man. What are you going to do? Oh, I'm going to tax people more.

Well, already, if you take state and local taxes, the average A successful person is paying six out of every $10 back to the government. You want nine?

So, are they going to work 100 hours a week so you could work 20, and they're supposed to give it back to you? Yes. You have an opportunity in this country to be successful. You're successful, you have more tax dollars, you'll hire more people, you start more companies. That's pretty much the way it's worked.

So, because you're frustrated, you're not where you want to be through maybe situations or decisions you made on your own, it's time to blame our system. Abdul El-Sayed is dramatically different from who Mike. Uh who the who we've uh who we watched. We watched Mike Rogers run against in the last election and only lost by a handful of votes. Mike Rogers is a former chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, former FBI agent and a military veteran, who barely lost to Alyssa Slotnick, who has also served in the CIA, but said, I am for center, I am center-left, even though she doesn't do much center-left, at least she said it.

This guy's going, I'm not close to left. My good buddy is Hassan Piker, who says we deserve 9-11. The Republicans are worse than fascists, and Hamas should really take over what they say is Palestine and wouldn't even admit that Israel has a right to exist. In fact, either does he. He was asked repeatedly: Does Israel have a right to exist?

Listen to this guy's answer as we wait for Tuesday's primary Cut 16. And I'll tell you this: the question about Israel having a right to exist is separate from whether or not Israel has the right to our tax dollars. And too many politicians spending huge amounts of money in this race through APAC think that our best use of our tax dollars is to be sent over there, to drop bombs over there, rather than to invest in healthcare and schools and housing here. And I happen to believe, as the next senator from Michigan, that I want my tax dollars spent in Michigan. He was asked two more times.

He never even said it, never even admit it. Cut seventeen. That message there, what you just said about Palestinian state, but also the Israeli state, American taxpayers. Do you think, I mean, certainly right now in the Democratic primary, there's some energy behind that idea. But can that win in a general election?

I'll tell you what. There is no room I've been to where somebody doesn't come up to me and says, You know, I voted for Donald Trump and I'm voting for you.

Now, that might break some minds in New York or D.C., but here in Michigan, people understand that we're struggling. And they say, Look, I want America first. I thought that's what that guy was going to give me. And then he went off to Venezuela and then Greenland and Iran. I think you really want to make sure I have health care here.

I think you really care about the quality of my kids' school, and that's what I want too.

So I'm voting for you. Hey clown. What did President Trump do? What about the Trump accounts for the next generation? What has he done when Trump RX?

So good that. Mark Cuban, who campaigned for Kamala Harris and vehemently against Donald Trump, has now combined with Donald Trump to say this has prescription, this has lower prescription rates. And what are we finding out about Obamacare that everybody was so desperate to subsidize, even though there was sunset? What are we finding out about it? That there is so much fraud that so many people had it, didn't even know they had it.

Because states are allowed to cash in on it, the more people they got in it. And it was so great. It wouldn't years later, eight years later, still need to be ten years later, still needed to be artificially subsidized by the federal government still.

So that's what this guy is saying. I'm for the working class, but what do you plan on doing? Where are you getting this money? That's just not the way it works. You want to maybe have a different approach with our system.

They want to break our system, and that's why AOC is endorsing him. And also, it looks like he's going to win. And she wants another victory in her belt because I think that she is running for president of the United States.

So I think it's important, too. If you go on with David Dooku, if he had a podcast, I think he got a huge problem. Oh well, I don't agree with the white supremacist, but I like his economic plan.

Sorry, you went on with David Duke. Hassan Pikard, the same thing. These guys are laughing it up as his Rokana on his podcast.

Well, I don't agree with everything he says.

Well, why are you on he's such a radical? that if you go on, you're s you're going to be adhesed to everything he says.

So that's what's uh that's what's uh what's bothering me. And I want to bring you to what Mark Penn wrote about. And Mark Penn was on with us on the weekend show on Sunday in One Nation, which, by the way, I hope you're watching. And he is really concerned about socialism. He's like, anyone who says it's not a big deal is not paying attention.

And here's an excerpt from the Wall Street Journal editorial. He said the turnouts of New York's elections were well below anything that could be called representative of the community. Only 18 to 25 percent of registered Democrats voted in each of the closed primaries for three contested nominations. This means that a good organization effort can impose its will with less than 15 percent of the party electorate. Mainstream politicians need new get-out-the-vote organizations to mobilize the huge majority of voters who are sitting at home while socialists and communists are making their way into political power.

He is 100% right. And the thing is, they're doing it and no one's standing up to stop it because I've been told repeatedly because they're afraid. There is so much money with the DSA and so much money in the extreme left. They feel as though if they speak up against it, they're going to get primaried, or if they get primaried, they're going to lose.

So that's what they're looking forward. And that's what they wrote about. That's what he wrote about today in the Wall Street Journal. He also saluted. Uh Tom Swazi and Adam Gray.

They were Democrats who came out this week and last week and said Capitalism over socialism, public safety over lawlessness, fiscal responsibility. Problem-solving government, mainstream rather than ideological politics and patriotism. Yeah. A lot of people have told me, hey, don't fall for this, because that's what they have to say, because they're in. purple or red districts that Donald Trump won, that Tom Swazi won.

But he is in the problem solver's carcass, I'll give him that. But if there's a Republican alternative, I'd like to see that debate. I'd much rather see him get the nomination than an extremist, even if it means good news for Republicans. 'Cause I think it's bad news. for the country.

Moderate Democrats alone are unlikely to counter the movement. Near a tandem, uh you know, a problematic Staffer of Barack Obama and James Carville, who seems drunk half the time, came out and said, I want you out of this movement. I'm calling for a schism. But he's more of a showman than an impact player these days. And by calling, but uh but by calling but having Mark Penn come out.

and saying it's a threat. It can no longer be Republicans trying to marginalize Democrats. But if I'm running, and even if my opponents are moderate, I make them call out those extremists, or else I'm going to label them an extremist. That's what gives Republicans a lot of hope, and they should feel it for the midterms on year 250. From Liberty Island, a special edition of the Brian Kill Me So July 3rd.

Don't go anywhere. From high atop Fox News headquarters in New York City, always seeking solutions, never sowing division. It's Brian Killmey. Yo, I used to stay from 48 to 6, not anymore. By the way, it's too crowded today.

I'm so glad I'm out of New York City. I'm in New Jersey, Liberty Island, Liberty Park, overlooking the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and everything else. We have a busy hour coming your way, and we have a lot going on here today as we celebrate America's 250th birthday. Keep in mind, too, that we do this by looking back, but I am also shocked and disheartened how many people are not celebrating this birthday and don't think it's a big deal. I really recommend that those people consider leaving the country and find something that fits their needs.

And I don't mean that in a derogatory way. Literally, please try someplace else and let me know how that goes. Joining us this hour, Mr. Stephen Stretch Armstrong is currently the NORAD Commander-in-Chief. He's going to talk about Operation that Golden Shield, the Golden Dome, to save us from any type of missile strike.

It's going to cost a lot of money, but I think it's going to be worth it. We're going to talk to Olga on Duh. And she is someone in charge of the Lafayette Museum. Without General Lafayette fighting with us in the Revolutionary War, perhaps we're not as successful, and Ben Dominic is standing by.

So let's get to the big three. Number three.

So I think people need to reframe what that idea is of America and what that dream is for you. It's a lot different than it was for our parents and grandparents.

So make it what you want. People, come on. If you work hard, definitely get a good education. I think those things go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other.

All right, that is part of the birthday celebration here in America. We get more details on what to expect from city to city, especially on July 4th when I'll be in Washington, D.C. with the great Sean Hennedy, Dana Perino, Brett Baer, and Harris Faulkner. Number two. I'm concerned that we're still on step one because three months ago when we started the original ceasefire, the one precondition was that there'd be a no-strings attached opening of the Strait of Hermuz.

And I'm concerned they're continuing to play us and play for time. That is General Eichert. Iran and the U.S. could not be further apart thanks to the terrible MOU. We'll review.

Number one. Standing with unions, guaranteeing health care through Medicare for all. And I think that is winning up and down the ballot because for too long we've been focused on parties and where the parties are going rather than the people and what the people need. And I think this movement is about the people and what we can do to actually serve them. Yeah, nobody wants Medicare for all.

Have you thought about that? Dems have a huge internal problem, and the rabble-rousing socialists seem to be reveling in it, while the rest of the party should be panicking. As another radical gets an AOC endorsement in Michigan, defying leader Schumer, if he's still the leader. Ben Dominic joins us now. Ben, as we look at America 250, what portion of the country do you think is on board and ready to celebrate?

Well, Brian, I just want to tell you that in the last minute and a half, I just moved a car seat, so you might hear some sounds of children in the background during this interview. I love it. Uh the truth is that I I think the Democrats have a much bigger problem on their hands than anyone is currently acknowledging. And the big part of that is that their leadership is completely bereft of power. They do not have the kind of authority that they have had for essentially the last two decades under Nancy Pelosi's leadership.

And that's a situation that I think creates a decrepit leadership that can be exploited, that can be taken advantage of, and that is beholden to all of the energy that we're seeing among these young socialists and young Marxists. And that's something that I think is very dangerous for the country. Republicans in Washington for too long, I think, have thought of this as a sideshow that actually played to their benefit because these people were so crazy, because they were so off the map in terms of their ideological position. In reality, I think it's very dangerous for the country to have capitalism become something that is only a Republican talking point, only a Republican ideology. position.

Instead, I think we're moving toward a point where the Democrats are really going to be at odds with the very principles that have made America the greatest nation in the world and everything that contributes to this two hundred fiftieth anniversary. What people are missing is the socialist movement is not being driven by the working class. Do you see how low the numbers are of working class people who are running for office? And they're not blue-collar people. Not at all.

It is a champagne socialist movement. It is entirely backed by these overly educated, these master's degree-holding folks who are, quite frankly, I think, operating out of a position of some degree of guilt about the way that they made their money, perhaps, or the way that they've achieved things in America. And the way that they're covering up for that is the fact that they're saying, you know, of course, I'm with killing the billionaires. I'm with killing executives. I'm with Luigi Mangione.

I'm with all this other stuff. And that, to me, is something that is just so devastating for the country as a whole and, quite frankly, will break us apart. It's the kind of thing that we haven't seen for a very long time. You have to go back to the 1970s and the rash of... of bombings and the type of things that we saw from the people who were true radicals back then to have anything approaching what we're seeing today.

So, I want you to hear Abdul El-Sayed, who yesterday got AOC's endorsement, which matters, by the way. And Chuck Schumer is endorsing Stevens, Haley Stevens, for that Democratic nomination to go against Mike Rogers over in Michigan. Listen to him talk about capitalism. Cut 18. I don't identify as a socialist.

I just read about capitalism. And I can tell you that capitalism, its biggest danger, was never government regulation. Its biggest danger was always monopoly and oligopoly. And we've gotten to a point in our economy right now where, no matter what you want to buy, what you want to pay for, there are like two or three mega-conglomerates that get to decide what that price is. They use AI and algorithms to collude to raise your prices on you.

I think part of the reason they get to do that is because corporations have too much of a say in who our elected officials are, so they have too much of a say in our governance. I just want regulation on capitalism so that actually works for people. Really? You mean capitalism and competition get together and decide how cheap the Amazon box can be in your door? Look, the thing is, he's trying to, obviously, he's trying to obfuscate here.

Every single one of these candidates is trying to turn what they're saying into something that sounds very palatable and very popular. Cheaper health care, cheaper sort of goods, cheaper access to different things that people want, free education across the board, not just for K through 12, but through college and beyond. They want to turn this into a situation that is all about the things that poll well and not the things that are actually their priorities, namely destroying the police, getting rid of all police, getting rid of all prisons, getting rid of virtually every enforcement mechanism that we have, engaging in this type of thing branded under anti-colonialism that is designed to go after Americans based on their race. Racial background and the like to an unprecedented degree. It is absolutely abhorrent stuff, and it's completely at odds with the country and our priorities.

But it's also something that I think they are just trying to sneak past a bunch of voters who, unfortunately, I think, have a very short memory about the way things were under Joe Biden just three years ago. And it's important for Republicans and conservatives and for the president himself, I think, including during this upcoming convention, this midterm convention that they haven't done before, to reset and to refocus people on you should not forget how bad things were three years ago. You should understand how much things have improved. And if you want to vote for these people, you can go back to that very quickly. Right, and you weave in the security in Iran in that, and that's why there was short-term-term pain, economic pain, when it came to gas and oil.

Also, the farmers. The president's got to do a good job messaging to the farmers, many of which might be looking to switch Senate seats and give the Democrat a shot, which would be devastating to their hopes to holding on to the Senate. But I looked at Mark Penn's editorial today in the Wall Street Journal, and he is putting the five-alarm fire that you are, Ben Dominic, on the Democratic Party. He's upset about the author, he said, upset that these new socialists are talking about abolishing borders, abolishing private property, defunding the police, abolishing prisons, expressing sympathy for 9-11 and extremists that killed all those Israelis on October 7th. And he's saying, why are people accepting this?

So, this is a Democrat calling on Democrats to rise up. Just a prediction. Will any? Unfortunately, Brian, I really don't think that they will. And this goes back to my first point about how toothless the Democratic leadership really is.

I think they're scared of this energy. They're scared of the whatever you want to call it, the thirty five percent to forty percent of their party that is invested in this idea, these younger activist class Democrats who quite frankly have learned from their past experience. They're the same people who got AOC elected, who pulled off that primary upset, and they've learned from that. They've learned that they can actually take on the Democratic establishment and win. They have now sophisticated, organized and well funded efforts across the country that are putting these people into positions where they are going to win in majority blue districts.

So let's talk about what's happening with Iran. We have an MOU that has so much gray area, both sides are saying the exact opposite things. Number one, who controls the strait? Iran says we are administering this strait, and if you don't go through our side of the strait, we're going to shoot at you. We say you're not allowed.

And then we say when it comes to funding the proxies, we actually, I think, agree that Israel should come out of Syria, which is a joke. They're not. And number three, I guess. uh when it comes to uh their nuclear program We said you're going to let in weapons inspectors, and they say they're not. I mean, you can't have two sides further apart, can you?

No, I don't think you can. And I think that this goes to the point that look, you and I have made similar points. We haven't talked about it really that much, but it's. It is really a degree of skepticism about this MOU from the get-go because so much of it relied on the Iranians being honest. And that's really what our problem is with it.

You know, Brian, I'm at the point where a no deal would be better than this deal because it's one of these situations where you are giving up so much, really, if this goes through in order to have faith in these Iranians to do something that they've never done before, which is to be honest about what their plans are, honest about their intent, honest about what they've actually got. We can't count on that. It's ridiculous to have any kind of assumption of that based on their past history. And because of that, unfortunately, you know, I think that the people who are backing the MOU, and I understand there are a lot of people supporting the administration who are going along with it, you know, including the case being made by the vice president, I just fundamentally disagree with their take that we can trust the Iranians. And someone's leaking to the New York Times.

Now they're leaking out that Israel wants to take out the speaker as well as the foreign minister. Why are they saying that from inside the administration and who is saying that? They're trying to back off the Israelis or show the Iranians that they're on their side? That doesn't work.

So the President's got to get a hold of that because I know it's not him. Yeah, thanks so much, Ben. Good luck. Great to be with you as always, Brian. Go get him and have a great fourth.

Coming up next, Stephen Armstrong, Chief of NORAD. Don't move. Ah! Politics, current events, and news that affects you. Brian's got a lot more to say.

Stay with Brian Kilmead. From Liberty State Park, inside of the Statue of Liberty for America 250, it's Brian Kill Me. If you want to be accepted, if you want to be loved, if you want to get elected to public official, to be a public official, you need to hide your Jewish identity. That is a terrible thing that we are going through right now because sadly, what's happening in this country, the rise in anti-Semitism, what you and I have spoken about for a very long time, the rise in anti-Zionism, it's a feature, not a bug.

So as much as we've been talking about this, saying this is a terrible thing, and a lot of people that have a bit more common sense were saying, yeah, maybe we should do something about it.

Now people are actually getting elected for being blatantly anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist. And if there is any Democratic candidate. There wants to be considered for 28. They will not say anything good about Israel. You know, I say it's a democracy, and I understand they were attacked, and this is what they got.

You can't have that. If you take AIPAC money, That's like taking money that they used to save for oil and gas companies.

Now they realize we got onto their green scam. Be responsible in the environment, but don't change the entire way you fuel a country, especially in the age of AI. I don't think anyone not named a socialist radical would run on that. But the anti-Semitism is everywhere in that party, and sadly, it's on the left, too. It's never going to be on this show because I have a brain on my head and know you want to blame Jews for things, you want to blame Israel for things, the only democracy, pound for pound, as good a fighting force as we have in the world.

Because they're not going to be victims, it's their fault. It's crazy. Phil Weiser on Next Night News talked about this Malat Kiros. This 29 year old from Ethiopia. Who just unseated A woman that's had that job since 97.

Now, should you have had a job for 30 years, I'm not sure, you know, in and serving. But that's not it. I'm not even talking about getting the job, I'm talking about the nomination to get the job over somebody who accomplished nothing but wants to be a socialist. And hates Israel. Here's Phil Weiser on Kiros, her comments, anti-Semitism, and that the Jews and Israelis deserve October 7th, CUD 24.

Well, I want to pick up one point because it's personal to me, and I believe she said something about this in your interview. What happened on June 1st in Boulder was an anti-Semitic attack. We cannot. Look at that murder. And say anything else happened than a hate crime.

And so If someone isn't going to acknowledge that, I am concerned about that. Phil Weiser, the Democratic nominee for Colorado governor.

So call it out. Where's Chuck Schumer? He wrote a book about anti-Semitism and says nothing. When it rises up at Columbia and then spreads throughout the country, Senator John Fetterman is not afraid of anything. Especially Milat Kiros.

And he looked at her resume, who, by the way, got the nomination easily, cut 25. The individual that just won in Colorado She refused to describe the situation where someone firebombed a group of Jews that was just rallying for the Israeli hostages at that time and killed a woman. She refused to even address that. Is that anti-Semitic?

So this is the point. And now there's that strong correlation. Anti-anti-Israel, drifting into anti-Semitism, very, very intensely anti-American. And now just here, that individual also believes America deserved 9-11. And of course, Israel deserved the massacre of 10-7.

That's been building. And she won? Easily.

So that's what worries me. Yeah, okay, it didn't happen in Oklahoma. It didn't happen in Texas. But it's happening more and more, and let's see if that happens in the general. The only thing that would stop it.

This would really eventually stop the Tea Party. They were good at getting the nomination, bad at getting the position. doesn't mean you don't get a lot of good people out of the tea party, but I the tea party didn't worry me. Tea Party was just about fiscal responsibility and reestablishing priorities when it came to spending. And they saw what Barack Obama was doing.

They saw what happened after the 2008 collapse of our financial system and saw the bailouts that went everywhere and the. And all the money that went back into the system, so fewer Fewer companies went upside down and they said, okay, we're going to start the Tea Party to push against Barack Obama. And they took 63 seats in the House and almost took the Senate. That that doesn't bother me. If you have somebody go center middle and they knock out other Democrats.

That doesn't bother me. That's a choice. Having two parties isn't a choice. This is a third party running as a second party.

So this is this is a problem.

So So we'll talk about that, and I'll talk about the anti-Semitism, but I just think that if you look at what's going on right now, I also think it's on the extreme right too. And if you look at what's happening, there was a leak to the New York Times, as I mentioned. To Ben. that said that Israel is very close to white killing the speaker. and killing the foreign minister.

and that it got the Americans nervous, meaning us. Because those are the two people we're dealing with. Listen. One guy was best friends with Salamani. The foreign minister, every time he's talking, he's lying.

And if you have to wipe out another level of government, you do it. Especially if their level of government's lying to you about a nuclear program that's going to wipe you out. But why are you leaking out to the New York Times? Because you want the world to know it, you want Iran to know it, that you're mad at Israel. And we wanted to make sure they don't get killed instead of talking to them one-on-one.

I just wonder whose side of the White House it's coming out of. I know it's not coming from the president. From Liberty State Park, in celebration of America 250, what more do you need besides Lady Liberty and Brian Kilmead? Regardless of where you come from, your background, it doesn't matter at this point, you know. You could do it here.

This this is the place. I believe that American dream is still achievable because, in my heart of hearts, I'm not giving up. I'm still working towards my American dream, so I definitely feel like it's achievable. You just have to put your mind to it and stay focused. The American Dream exists, and it's super, super cool to see.

That is. And I think most people are feeling very optimistic. Two hundred and fifty years later, what adds to it too is the World Cup and seeing the country through the world's eyes. And we're not putting on a party or a show. We're just saying jump in, Do what you want.

Watch the game, can't get into the game, go to a watch party, go to a sports bar, go to a restaurant, hop in a hotel, and people are loving it. Oga Ana Duel is a co-creator of a major new expedition, Lafayette between France and America, history and legend. And when we talk about the Revolutionary War, we've been doing a lot of that lately. I think you can never discount the role of Lafayette. Best friends with Alexander Hamilton, with George Washington, with James Monroe, and James Madison, and Jefferson.

What was his role? And why did he seem to be so popular with the Americans that mattered most? Let's ask Oga and Adul. Olga, as co-creator of the Major New Expedition Lafayette between France and America, what do you want people to know About Lafayette. Very wealthy, aristocratic family, and he was from early on inspired by ideas of liberty and wanted to help Americans win the war against the British.

So he came to America at the age of 19 and he offered his services to George Washington and he became a major general right away in the American Continental Army.

So this was a very interesting story from the beginning. He became also very close to George Washington. He was considered his adopted son. because George Washington didn't have a son. And Lafayette had lost his father in the Seventh Year War, which was very devastating for him as a young man.

So he was two when he lost his father.

So he was very determined to help the Americans to win the war. Understood. But what was his genius? Why was he so smart? Why did he hit it off?

so well. Why is it that if James Bonro and Madison and Jefferson and Washington saw such greatness in him. What was it about him? He was very smart, first of all. He had a lot of money, and he put his money to something useful and wanted to help, as I said, the Americans to win the war.

And he was also a great military figure. He participated in the Battle of Brandywine on the 11th of October 1777, and he was wounded there.

So he was already on the path to heroism from the very beginning of his stay in America. And then he participated in major battles throughout his stay, actually, first trip to America.

So he was considered a brilliant strategist. But he was also a diplomat, a pretty good diplomat. He was among those such as Benjamin Franklin who persuaded the French king to actually enter the war officially against the British.

So he, Lafayette, along with other people, as I said, including Benjamin Franklin, who had been in France for a while, were able to persuade the king to enter the war. And in seventeen seventy eight, a Treaty of Alliance was signed between the two countries.

So not only was Lafayette a military strategist, but he was also a diplomat that facilitated the Franco-American alliance.

So I see Lafayette everywhere. And you know, there's Lafayette street signs everywhere sprinkled throughout New York. Not many people know the role he played. But when the French Revolution happened, they went after him, didn't they? And wasn't it Ambassador James Monroe that took him and his family in?

Yeah, well, he, you know, when he went back to France, he participated in the French Revolution in the first years of the Revolution until 1992. He was really very popular during that time, in the beginning, very, very popular. He was a deputy at the National Assembly. He drafted a Declaration of the Rights of Men and the Citizen, and so on and so forth.

However, He, as the commander-in-chief of the National Guard, had a very tricky position. He had to defend the king and his family, and he also had to keep order, public order.

So that was a difficult position for him to hold. And he was not a radical revolutionary, so when the French Revolution turned radical, then he went into the opposition and he started, unfortunately, being Yeah you know, considered a traitor. Um and he had to flee the country. He was in prison for five years. in a prison in today's Czech Republic, which is called Olmutz, in a place where he was joined by his wife and two daughters for a whole year.

So he spent five years away and in prison, and only after that was he able to return to France. And that was mostly the you know thanks to Napoleon, Napoleon who actually wanted him to occupy, wanted Lafayette to occupy some kind of public, you know. Post, but Lafayette did not like Napoleon, so he was again in the opposition.

So it's interesting. You know, he was always on the wrong side of things, especially after the revolutionary years. It's a very interesting story. You know, his his French side Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Olga, I just thought people should know, Olga Anadu is with us, co-creator of the major new expedition, Lafayette between France and America, History and Legend. You put together this thing, it's in the National Archives Museum over in Paris, because you want to celebrate his 200th anniversary, along with the founding of our country 250 years ago, because they're so interlinked. Uh so when Lafayette came here, he also came back. It was amazing.

I keep reading how he was treated like a conquering hero when he returned. Did that mean a lot to him? Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

So after his years in prison, he returned to France, but he was no longer a popular figure.

So he wanted to work on his image in France. And he was very happy when James Monroe actually extended an invitation to him to come back to America. And he was supposed to spend a few months here, but he spent 13 months visiting all the states, all 24 states that belonged at the time to the Union. And he was treated really like royalty all over the place. He was very happy to see people, to shake hands with everyone.

He went to major cities. He went, as I said, to all the states that belonged to the Union. And he was very happy to be back here. That's why you see Lafayette's name everywhere in America. That was the time when they celebrated his return.

And he celebrated this major visit also by providing some kind of feedback to Americans about their progress, including he delivered a very famous speech on the 10th of December, 1824, to Congress. He was the first, the very first foreigner to have been invited to do that. And then you got a document. Excuse me, I'm sorry. I understand that too.

I understand too. He promised Washington. Washington promised him: you win this war, end slavery. And that's the one thing that they did separate on. He was really disappointed we did not get rid of slavery when we won the war, right?

Yes, you know, I have a beautiful story to tell about this. Lafayette became an abolitionist from early on. He was in contact with British abolitionists and he proposed to George Washington a project of emancipation of slaves. He said, oh, I would like to buy a plantation with you. And George Washington, this was in 1983, Washington said, oh, I don't think we are ready for that.

So he did not participate. But Lafayette put his own money to task and he bought a plantation, actually three of them, but one was more flourishing in French Guiana. and that's where he tried this project of gradual emancipation.

So he wanted these people, about seventy of them, first to be educated, then to work for a salary. Um and then you know gain their freedom. The idea was that they could not be free, you know, without having some kind of uh survival skills in society. And um because yeah. Real quick, 'cause we're gonna get to break.

Just So yeah, I mean that's just some of the major stories. When people think about Founding Fathers, absolutely think about them and thank them, but do not diminish the impact of French General Lafayette. Oga Ana Duel from Paris talking about her expedition between France and America. Go check it out at the National Archives Museum in Paris. Olga, thanks so much for sharing your story because it's an important part of our story.

Brian Kilmead, Liberty Park, don't move. Keeping you informed, engaged, and always a step ahead. It's the Brian Kill Meat Show. A radio show like no other. It's Brian Killmead.

I think being able to start from nothing and build a name for yourself, I think that's an American dream. Whether that's what the American dream might have been then, might be different now, but if you want something, I think you are still able to dream what you want.

So I think people need to reframe what that idea is of America and what that dream is for you. It's a lot different than it was for our parents and grandparents.

So make it what you want, people. Come on. If you work hard, definitely get a good education. I think those things go hand in hand. You can't have one without you.

There you go. Yep, there you go. And joining us now and talking about his American dream is Mr. Steven Stretch Armstrong, currently the NORAD Commander's Chief and NORAD Strategic Engagement, serving as the Premier Subject Matter Expert and Strategic Engagement Lead on NORAD and Operation Noble Eagle. And we all know about the Golden Dome that NORAD's looking to lead.

Stephen, welcome. Thank you, sir. It's good to be with you this morning.

So, Commander, when you look at NORAD right now and you look at the missile threats, how has it changed with the advent of these drones and what we've seen in Ukraine? Yeah, so one of the biggest things that we're starting to be concerned about, and we've been concerned about for years, especially with drones, is the gap in the scene that's associated with it. Because a lot of these things are very, very difficult to detect based on their radar cross-section.

So if we can't see it, we get it hardly, it's very difficult to mitigate it.

So the first thing we're focusing on. is all domain awareness and making sure that we can see things first. Because we understand there's a drone that Israel's having trouble dealing with, a fiber optic drone. Yes, sir. Again, that goes back to the radar cross-section.

uh and being able to see it with the current sensor laydowns that we have.

So that's interesting. When you talk about the golden dome, what does that look like for the layman?

Well, it's going to be very specific to different areas and the parts of the country, and we're really going to be focused in on. Defending critical infrastructure and defending critical command and control nodes.

So that's going to be the major focus areas.

So, in other words, how much do you think that you need in the budget to really get started? Oh, to be honest with you, I'm not sure about what that figure is. I think I'd have to refer you to the experts on Golden Dome specifically, but I know it's a significant amount.

Okay, when it comes to what NORAD's doing now, talk about how you're cooperating with Canada. Yes, sir. So obviously, we've been in a binational command with Canada. Since 1958, and we work very, very closely with them to include things like over-the-horizon radar. Canada recently has made a significant effort to uh invest additional dollars into Especially the sensor aspects of it.

So, this OTHR, that over-the-horizon radar, is one of the most significant things that we can do to be able to detect early. Either cruise missiles or hypersonic vehicles, those kinds of things that may be coming toward North America. Wow. Let's talk about the flyovers. We're watching them.

We're going to be watching them tomorrow. We've been seeing them over the World Cup games. We see them over almost every major event. Tell me about the flyovers and what goes into it. Yes, sir.

So we've been coordinating with the lead for is actually the Air Force, but all services will be represented. As part of that, to include the Navy, the Army, the Air Force, the Marines, are going to be participating with different aircraft. And I can tell you that this isn't going to be the biggest air show that anyone has ever seen. To that point, we've actually closed Reagan Airport to be able to make sure that we can get aircraft in and out for all the flybys that we're doing. And they start tomorrow at about one o'clock and go until sunset.

And today they're actually starting, and they already started today, actually, and go through about one o'clock this afternoon Eastern time. Is it to coordinate for any events? Or is it just just to show strength? It's really to show strength and make sure that folks understand how advanced we are in the air power domain. And that we rely very, very heavily on our air power, as we saw that recently in Epicurie and other events, but it's really to showcase air power.

Understood. And when you look at the state of the Air Force today and how it coordinates with Space Force, what should we know?

Well, the fact is that we talk to them day in and day out to make sure that the sensors and capabilities they have in the space realm. Are conducive with the needs and requirements that we have for both a NORAD. and the Northcom perspective. Yeah, I guess that certainly would help.

So, you were for the formation of a Space Force? Oh, yes, sir. I think it's a great idea. It gives them a little bit more flexibility and gives them their own budget. I think it works out very, very well.

All right, Stephen Stretch Armstrong, currently NORAD's Commander in Chief for NORAD Strategic Engagement. Thanks so much. What are your thoughts before we let you go on this birthday of America, 250 years young? Yes, sir. What an honor it is to serve this nation.

I spent about almost 30 years in the uniform. And I've been doing this job now for about 18 years. Man, there's no place like America. That's all I can say. Absolutely.

Thanks so much, Stephen. Appreciate it. And, Commander, have a great fourth. Good luck with those flyovers. You make it look easy, but I know it's not.

Meanwhile, they ask NAD the the country. They have pride and patriotism. 53% say they're proud of the country. Only 27% are Democrats. 83% of Republicans.

Gotta get that number up with the damage. Do you think? Lewis and the Bryant Kill Meatshall from Liberty Island. Don't move. Yeah.

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And this hour, I'm going to be joined by the chairman of House of Ways and Means, Congressman Jason Smith. He's got the pocketbook for America. Also, could talk about affordability big time. And Trey Inks is standing by right now, Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent. He's talking to us on his day off.

Yesterday marks a thousand days since October 7th, and man, has the world changed since, let alone here politically. Trey, your thoughts about the latest revelations coming out of the strait? And that is, the Iranians are insisting that they are in control, and you better use their side of the strait. Not our side of the straight. Yeah, it's a dangerous game, and it's a game the Iranians are used to playing because they know that ultimately.

If they have some control of the strait, that they have leverage. And they lack a lot of leverage because much of their navy was taken out during Operation Epic Fury. And they also lack leverage because they're in a position now where their economy was suffering so greatly due to the U.S. naval blockade. That they had to make some concessions in order to try and get some sanctions relief for their country and get money flowing back into the banks of Iran.

And so it's a situation where the President will have to maintain a certain posture to make sure that the Iranians are, A, not tolling the straits, but B, not threatening the shipping vessels that are passing through.

So we look at what's happening right now. There's a story in the New York Times today, which you might not have gotten, but knowing you you have, that the administration was worried that the Israelis were going to assassinate Gabarov. I think you say his name better. He is the Speaker of the House doing a lot of the negotiating, and the Foreign Minister, Agarachi, they were going to kill him. And that they were urging them not to, and that to the point they were actually warning Pakistan to warn Iran: look out.

Uh again No one's denying this. I've heard this. You've heard it probably firsthand. And I'm wondering why, to me, they're clearly leaking from the White House. What's going on here?

Yeah, it may be a messaging campaign and specific leaks to try and send a message to the Iranian delegation. But both the New York Times and the Washington Post are reporting that not only the top negotiator, Mohammed Khalebaf, but also Abbas Archi, the country's foreign minister. were going to be targeted by the Israelis. And ultimately, these reports indicate, according to U.S. officials, that there was actually a time in which.

The plane for the negotiators that they were flying on back to Tehran made. What you could call an emergency landing. Along the border, because they detected Israeli fighter jets crossing into Iranian territory. And the belief was, according to this report, that the plane was going to be shot down. And so this could be a leak that was purposely provided To reporters to scare the delegation to keep them at the negotiating table.

But as the president has said, he actually told the Iranians. The president told me this on the phone. He said he told the Iranians when they. basically were trying to close the strait before that they wouldn't make it back to their effing country. If they ultimately close the Strait of Hormuz.

And so this report is not out of nowhere. And we've heard similar reports in the past. And I've talked with officials in the region who say that all officials in Iran remain on the target list for the Israelis because the Israelis don't see this as over. They see this as a pause in the fighting. And Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, even said as recently as two days ago that the Israelis have been instructed to prepare independent plans.

unilaterally to strike Iran and officials there if these talks fail. Yeah, I saw that too.

So tell me about what you hear about our relationship with Saudi Arabia. That Marco Rubio, evidently, the president's angry at the Prince, and he's back angry, MBS is angry at us, and that is why when Secretary say Rubio went over, he did not meet in Saudi Arabia. They were invited to the G7, they did not come. Do you have uh do you can you give us an idea of what's going on? What was really interesting today, Brian, is that we saw A delegation from Saudi Arabia in Tehran at the funeral for Iran's late supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamen Ayi.

And this delegation was led by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia. Which was quite interesting because Saudi Arabia came under direct Iranian attack during Operation Epic Fury, but yet they still sent a delegation. the funeral or the supreme leader. And there were these reports during the war that for a period of time, The Saudis actually stopped US jets from using their territory to launch attacks against Iran. But it's an interesting dynamic here because these Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yeah.

were not the intended targets for the Iranians, at least initially, but yet they decided to attack. And this took everyone from President Trump to the Israelis by surprise, because this was a war between Israel and the United States against Iran, but yet Iran was lashing out against these Gulf countries, and they're still sending delegations to Tehran for this funeral. And it speaks to the politics behind the scenes and sort of the messaging that a lot of these Gulf countries want to have. They are not seen even by the Iranians as neutral parties anymore, but yet they're trying to maintain relations and even, according to some reports, create back channels that could circumvent the U.S. delegation and the Israelis to deal with the Iranians directly.

And it raises real questions about the future because these countries are on the front lines of this war if it does resume.

So, Trey, do you think they're worried because they got hit and their missile defense did not stop all the drones and rockets from hitting targets? Certainly. And we also have to consider Iranian proxies in the region that threaten countries like Saudi Arabia. You have the Houthis that weren't so directly involved in the war. But they have the ability to launch missiles and drones.

They've done it targeting Israel in the past and even a few times during the war, but not as directly as some had thought they might. But that is one factor at play here. There's a lot of proxy fighting that takes place in Yemen, for example, and the Saudis are on one side of that proxy fighting. But then you have this question of the future. And again, this is considered a sixty day window.

The President has indicated this is a ceasefire. This is an opportunity to see if the Iranians are willing to make serious nuclear concessions. And while at least initially it does appear that some of the cracks in their public propaganda and messaging are starting to show, we're a long way away from actually having the Iranians give up their highly enriched uranium to stop expanding their ballistic missile program and to act as a good faith country in the region to keep the Strand of Hormuz open and stop threatening regional countries along with U.S. forces.

So you wrote, you saw the Wall Street Journal story that the president had serious talks over the weekend about what a full-scale back-to-war would look like. What do you think it would look like? And we've talked to military people. How frustrated are they where they weren't able to finish the job which they wanted was at least two more weeks of bombing? This is a great question because The broad consensus here is that if there is another bombing campaign against the Iranian regime, if the targets are the same as before, the outcome will be the same as before.

And the President talked about bridges and power plants, these things that would actually take the Iranians back even further than they already are. And the question is: what ultimately the President would target if he ordered strikes against Iran again? And There's a lot of different targets on the table. One thing that the President has ruled out, at least in the conversations that I've had with him, are the desalinization plants. He feels that these would affect the civilian population too much.

But again, the bridges and the power plants and these other things that were largely Off-limits is maybe not the right term, but were decidedly not targeted during the campaign, could be hit. There are other military targets, these production lines. And I think if we just look at the past three to four weeks, It shows that the Iranians still have the ability to rebuild, whether it's their missile capabilities, the drones that they used to threaten these shipping lanes, or even their air defense systems and radar sites. The question that many in the region have: how many radar coastal radar sites do they have? Because every time CENTCOM announces that they're conducting these counter-strikes as a result of the Iranians threatening shipping vessels, They say they hit coastal radar systems.

And I did ask the president about this. I've asked other officials. And they say: look, the Iranians had some things in storage. They do have the ability during the ceasefire to rebuild in some capacity. But it does raise questions about what those targets would be.

I think more broadly, when we look at what comes next. What didn't happen, and you remember in the early days of the war, it was day one or day two of Operation Epic Fury, the president came out and he addressed the Iranian people directly. And he said, take over your government institutions, keep records, and ultimately people will be brought to justice.

Well, that didn't work. And that is the reality of the situation. This is not a campaign that can be concluded from the air if the goal is regime change.

Now, for the Americans, the goal is not regime change. The goal is weakening the ballistic missile program. It is taking out the officials who are unwilling to negotiate, and it's keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. The Israelis have a different agenda. They have a different goal here because they are in the neighborhood and they are more directly threatened by the regime and also Iranian proxies like Hezbollah.

And so that is part of the reason that we've seen the divide actually from President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, because while they have some similar objectives, they have other objectives that don't actually align. And the president wants to give diplomacy a chance here to see if the Iranians will make these concessions before he decides to return to war. I want you to hear Rebecca Heinrichs, who really knows the region, what she said the Iran is up to, Cut 45. We should expect the Iranians to make the MOU very, not only difficult for the United States, but difficult for President Trump politically. They're not going to make this easy for him as they go into this election.

The other thing I would just flag is that we are going to now witness the funeral for the supreme leader that the Iranians have not done yet. That begins Friday.

So Americans are now going to see death to America, death to Israel, all these signs reminding Americans who this regime really is, which is a regime committed to our destruction and the destruction of our allies in the region. What have you seen at the funeral, Trey? The funeral is a massive display of Iranian propaganda. There are posters and flags. It is a country that is mourning, and the ninety million people there do not have an option whether or not to participate.

There are estimates that say 20 million people will actually be participating in funeral processions and events across Iran. What we've seen today, which again is quite interesting, is so many Gulf countries, many of whom actually came under Iranian fire, sending delegations to Tehran to participate. Whether it's Saudi Arabia or Oman, to see these officials there. It raises questions about The actual situation in the region, because you have these officials who are there mourning the supreme leader who was taken out in the first strike campaign of the war, but these are countries that were commander-attacked from Iran.

So, at least today, that is what the focus is. The images that we've seen from Tehran show mourners in the streets, they show people with flags, they show banners, and even on social media, some of the journalists who actually arrived there to cover showed these black flags in the airport in Tehran. The rest of the funeral will actually also be quite big. There are going to be personalized floats that were made to carry the coffin of the Supreme Leader. There are going to be all of these funeral processions taking place.

And it's actually not supposed to end until July 9th. This is a five-day funeral procession. And it speaks again to how important Iran's supreme leader was to that country. And his son, Mustafa Khamenahi. Again, we've not yet seen him since he has taken power.

And there are questions about his state and if he is critically injured following the U.S. and Israeli strikes that took place against Iran. Yes, the President thinks he's alive but banged up, no question about it. It's a target rich environment, isn't it? And that's why I believe that we're pretty safe on July 4th, because if they decide to disrupt our birthday, we'll disrupt their little funeral.

The timing is quite interesting. The fact that the Fourth of July celebrations in the United States will be taking place, and on a split screen, there will be funeral processions going on for Iran's supreme leader taken out in U.S. and Israeli strikes on the first day of the war. Again, it speaks to the reality in the region right now. This is a ceasefire.

The war. is still there in the background. And again, the President maintains, he says, the ability to use both military force and diplomacy moving forward if this doesn't lead to a changed regime. You covered both wars, Iran as well as Ukraine. I really believe we need another delegation.

If you have somebody working on Iran, Witkoff and Kushner, somebody else has got to do Ukraine, just don't leave it. There are other people there. Uh it looks like the Russians are in are in hell right now. They can't even they've lost a third of their refineries, thirty percent of all their refineries, and so many of their cities are now in the crosshairs. Of Ukraine because of their missile technology.

In fact, they hit Siberia, which is 1,500 miles away. Here's Dan Hoffman, CIA guy who was stationed in Moscow, Cut 47. I think Putin is stuck in this war. He sees no way out. And again, these most recent barbaric attacks on Ukrainian civilians just reflect his desperation.

Do you get the sense from people that the Russians never expected to be in this place? Yes, the Ukrainians have increased their ability to counterattack, and they've been targeting refineries just outside of Moscow.

Some of the imagery is quite striking. You just see these massive fires as a result of the Iranian drones that are being used Cross the border to hit the Russians. And it's something that the Russians. did not expect. Remember, the Russians thought they were going to take the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in three days.

We were there on the ground the night the Russians invaded, and there was a real tension across the city in Kyiv because there was concern that the city could fall in a matter of days.

Well, Years later, the Ukrainians are still fighting for the sovereignty of their country. But the Russians continue to target not military installations in Ukraine when they launch these missile and drone attacks, but civilians. Earlier this week, in one night, Brian, there were 70 missiles and 500 one-way attack drones launched at Ukrainian cities. The majority of them targeted the capital of Kyiv, a city of 3 million people in Europe. 18 people were killed.

Dozens injured. And according to President Zelensky, there were 20 different impact sites in Kiev alone. And that's not to mention the eastern part of Ukraine and the Donbass region and Luhans and Donetsk. These eastern provinces where the Russians continuously are losing thousands of forces in order to take sometimes just a few hundred feet of territory. And recent reports from the ground, I've been talking with people there, indicate that the lines that the Russians actually say they hold Don't reflect reality.

Sometimes they're 10 miles off because they'll send these individual soldiers or groups of one or two soldiers to the front. They'll plant a flag, take a photo with a drone to say that they hold this territory, and then immediately get taken out by the Ukrainians. And this game of cat and mouse that takes place on the Eastern front lines, it speaks to the Russian effort to try and show that they are winning in a real war of attrition. The Ukrainians have defended their territory for years now. And their cities are getting hit hard because they need assistance, they need air defense.

And the Russians are targeting the capital of Kiev, where there are Western embassies, there are American diplomats. And there are civilians who are trying to survive. And as this war continues, the Russians continue to ramp up their attacks against the civilian population because they realize they are not winning. Yeah, I mean, uh they gotta up the sanctions and they gotta get them more Patriots. I know we don't have a ton, but you give them the Thad Missile System, the Patriots, they flat out can win and could finish them off.

Trey, thanks for what you do. Joining us on the day off and your great reports through the week. This story is not going away, sadly, because the MOU is such a document that's up for interpretation three weeks after it was released. Thanks, Trey. Thank you.

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We're here at Liberty Park in beautiful New Jersey, overlooking the Statue of Liberty one day. from our nation's 250th birthday. Strong opinions backed by hard facts. Get the truth behind the spin with Brian Kilmead. Uh From Liberty State Park, inside of the Statue of Liberty for America 250, it's Brian Kilmead.

Impossible to describe the emotion and the feelings. It's amazing. It's amazing, guys. I think in the way that we compete, that we play, that we Therefore, when I was at that moment You appear and we show that we know how to compete. Everything is possible guys, everything is possible.

We were talking from the beginning. We have A little bit more close.

Okay, we were talking about to touch the moon. Touch the moon. We are close, a little one step closer. Eh? But we need to keep keep being ambitious.

Okay, play in the way that we play. Competing how we compete. That is, you know, amazing. I am so proud, so proud of you. Guys, take me home, take me home, take me home.

So that was the U.S. coach after their dramatic 2-0 win despite being a man down.

Now they excel and they move forward in the field of 16 against Belgium. That'll be Monday night at 8 o'clock Eastern Time. 33 million watched that game. I can imagine about 50 million watching this game. From Liberty State Park, in celebration of America 250, what more do you need besides Lady Liberty and Brian Kilmead?

The era of clichés that politicians deliver with Charisma and Charm is over. This is a time for courage. It's time for the old guard to step aside. Um Really? And bring in the socialists.

That's what Congressman Rogue Ghana, who fancies himself a presidential candidate, is saying. Really? You want to step aside the socialists who don't like the country, hate Israel, and want to make sure that we don't give a dime to Israel? That's pretty much where you stand instead of taking a stand against it. By the way, this guy's on Hassan Piker's podcast.

He will do anything to consolidate power, win an election, and I guess do anything then. Especially when he knows capitalism, because he represents so most of Silicon Valley. Let's welcome in Chairman Jason Smith, Chairman of Ways and Means, the Congressman from Missouri. Congressman, welcome back. Brian, it's great to be with you.

Happy Fourth of July and two hundred fiftieth. Absolutely. And on 4th of July, it looks like the Democratic Party is losing its battle with socialism. How is it, you know, RoCanna? If I was to tell you four years ago that this guy would be pro-socialist, taking on capitalists, you'd go, Brian, well, he's a Democrat, but he doesn't mean that.

You have the purse strings for the country. What's he talking about? What's he doing? You know, it's what's happening in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate in Washington. It's been gradually moving towards socialism every election cycle with more socialists within the Democrat Party getting elected.

And now it's starting to get frighteningly like that they're what controls the Democrat Party. And what's even scarier, Brian, is that it's not the candidates. It's who's electing the candidates. And if in fact these people are true socialists, that should alarm and concern. Everyone.

So here is Donny Deutsch, a Democrat, a liberal, on the party that he doesn't recognize. Cut 49. Democrats have gone off the rails. They're not even focused. What matters to people is affordability.

And Democrats right now are focused on two things. They're focused on anti-Semitism and socialism. Not all Democrats. But that's where the energy in the party is. When you look at the two candidates that got elected in the last week, it's insane.

And the Republicans are going to tar them with this. You would think, but now I think there's a lot of people who are just anti-Israel on both sides of the aisle, and I don't get it. You know, there's, I don't get it either, Brian. Um, there's. It's it's unfortunate.

What's going on within the Democrat Party that you see to begin with of the anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism has been astonishing. But I'll tell you, the Republicans who are anti-Israel, like I can't comprehend and understand what's moving them. What I will say is, is some of the investigations that we've been doing in the Ways and Means Committee with these non-for-profits, the 501c3s and C4s, we've seen. this money come in from outside forces outside of the United States, billionaires who want to create unrest and chaos. And I'm talking about billionaires outside of the United States that's bringing in, that's helping fuel this anti-Semitism rhetoric and also just the protest and the unrest.

It's quite disturbing. Yeah, so you're talking about You're talking about the Uh you're talking about to finding out who's funding DSA. and you're trying to find out who's who's bringing in money. On the blue side of the aisle. And have you gotten anywhere specifically?

Because that's a violation of the law. Yes, especially whenever non for profits get involved in elections, that's a violation of law when it's foreign money. And that's what we've been tracking. We've been seeing a lot of Chinese money, Brian, that's been coming into five hundred one C's that have been helped Organizing these protests, whether it was the ICE protest in Los Angeles, whether it was the protest in unrest in Minnesota, whether it was the Anti-Semitism protests on college campuses. They've all had the common theme of a lot of different groups, whether it's the People's Forum, which we have been investigating very aggressively.

In fact, I have called for the administration to pull their tax exempt status because we have discovered where they've actually been funding terrorist activities.

So these are things that we have to be full throttled on in making sure we stop, prevent, and root out of the current system.

So what these socialists are trying to say is the working class getting the shaft and the successful have been too rich for too long, essentially. What is your message as the ultimate capitalist in the country?

Well, look at what we've been working on just the last year and a half to make sure that all Americans don't face a 21% tax increase. Tomorrow, Brian, on July 4th, will be the one-year anniversary of the passage of the One Big Beautiful bill, which every single Democrat in the House and the Senate voted for. In fact, they campaigned in 2024 that they wanted all of the tax cuts to expire, which would have resulted in every single American facing another 21% tax increase because they want the government to have more money. They believe that the government knows how to spend your money better than you do. That is not what we believe.

But what we just delivered was we not only prevented the largest tax increase in U.S. history, we created an additional tax cut of no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security. Increase in the child tax credit, increase in the guarantee deduction, so many provisions that delivered real relief for working families. I'm always reminded of this waitress that came up to me in my congressional district just two months ago and said, Congressman, I want to thank you. I did my taxes.

I got a refund of over $10,000. This was a single mom, waitress who works overtime, who has three kids. And she's like, because of this refund, I will be able to pay for my rent for a year plus some groceries. I had a waiter in Las Vegas that told me because of the no tax on tips, they will be able to afford their utilities for a year. That's real relief and affordability.

Yeah, but the problem is you guys haven't done anything since, and you just disbanded rather than work last week. What happened?

Well, we can do a whole lot more and get a lot more done. I am very disappointed with how the House floor has been running. And guess what? When the floor disbanded on Tuesday, the Ways and Means Committee followed through with passing seven bills out on Wednesday. We didn't cancel our activities because there's too much work to be done for the American people when it comes to tax policy, when it comes to trade, when it comes to health care.

You're talking to someone, Brian, who is very disappointed of what's been going on the floor. But you know what? I'm not going to stop working. I'm going to make my committee members continue to work, and hopefully the leadership will get it together on the House floor. Do you want to see the President sign the housing bill?

It's bipartisan. Do you think it'll help? I do think that it would be very helpful for the president to sign it, and I think in the end. the housing bill will become law. And so, you know, the President is upset, rightfully so, that the United States Senate has not been acting on the Save America Act, something that he's been pushing very aggressively.

The House of Representatives has passed out three different times. The Senate just needs to get this bill passed. But but congressman, they can't. Mitch McConnell is in the hospital. He's not for it.

Then you got Makowski, who's on the edge of flipping parties if you keep pushing her. And then you got Susan Collins, who might hurt her chances of reelection, which would hurt your entire party. And then you have Tillis, who's angry because the President was going to primary him. But Tillis might be coachable, but you're still at 54 after that.

So what Democrat that's not named John Fetterman would go for it? You just don't have the numbers. Exactly. It's because of the rules of the Senate in regards to the filibuster. I think when you talk to the everyday average American, Brian, they don't understand, okay, Republicans control the White House, they control the Senate, and they control the House.

Why can't they control everything? And it's because of the filibuster, the 60-vote rule over there. I'll tell you, Brian, the most alarming and most concerning thing that concerns me right now is that the Democrats last month in June started saying that they were going to shut down government on September 30th, that they were not going to even vote for a continuing resolution. And why can they do that? It's because of the 60-vote filibuster rule.

The United States Senate, they need to be having a real conversation with their members because the Democrats believe that it is. You're not going to like it if you lose power. Congressman, you're not going to like it if you lose power. I totally agree. And that's why the United States Democrat shall not allow there to be a lapse of government funding.

If they have to blow up the filibuster on October 1st because the Democrats refuse to fund government, soon better do that, because there should not be a lapse of government going into the election. Yeah, I gotta figure a way uh to do that because that really hurt your agenda. It really hurt everybody. It hurt the country, but it helped the Democrats when they shut down the government. I think they should pass a rule amending the filibuster, saying that if there's a lapse of government funding, it only takes a simple majority.

vote from that until government's funded. And then that will incentivize Democrats and Republicans in the Senate to never allow there to be a lapse of government funding.

So well Congressman Chairman Smith, before you go, what is the 250th anniversary of this country mean to you? It's all about freedom and opportunity, Brian. It's exactly what our country was founded on 250 years ago, and it's what it stands for today. And it's why I serve in government is to continue to push that envelope to make sure that the next generation has freedom, the next generation has opportunity, and that's what we're working towards. It's great to be in America, and it's great to see people visiting our country and loving it even more now than ever before.

Absolutely. You watching the World Cup? Watching the World Cup, super proud of super proud of the United States. And also the team captain is from St. Louis, Missouri.

So we're extremely proud of him. The angeless won. Lastly, this is making a lot of headway lately. The President's personal finances are front and center. And it looks like he has gotten a lot richer since he took office, and so is his family.

Here he was confronted on CNBC, Cut 29. In the disclosure this week, the amount of money that you and the family made in crypto, it was an outsized number. I was just asking, did you, were you know about the crypto venture?

So that was just something. By the way, I could know about it. I didn't. I mean, there's nothing illegal. There's nothing wrong with it.

I could know.

So, the President, I think, needs to get out in front of this message. Do you agree? Absolutely. You know, the president was involved in crypto before he was ever president of the United States. And crypto has definitely been growing in popularity and doing quite well.

And so all I would have to say is the president was involved before he was ever president of the United States.

So everyone who's been involved in crypto during this process, they're benefiting. They're doing quite well. Yeah, and by the way, if you're in the market, you're also doing quite well. That was the President's point. 401k, if you're in a pension fund, take a look at the market.

And the job numbers are still good, despite the emergence of AI. Jason Smith, thanks so much, Congressman. Best of luck, and good luck when you get back to work in the summer. Thank you, sir. Happy fourth and take care of yourselves.

Try to stay cold. Absolutely, and of course I saw Jason Smith at the first USA game where they won a 3-1. This is the Brian Kilmeat Show, back to wrap things up from Liberty Park in just a moment. He just doesn't read the headlines, he breaks them down. Real talk, real news.

This is the Brian Kilmeat Show. From Liberty State Park, inside of the Statue of Liberty for America 250, it's Brian Kilmead. Cristiano Ronaldo. And 41 for Portugal Ronaldo's first ever knockout stage goal change the angle Yuvisic was rating Matabovic And is it gonna go? And it does!

It's remarkable! Crazier, player number 20, touch the ball and head it. To the goal scorer. Final visit offside.

So, with literally no time left on the clock, Croatia scored the tying goal. I mean, you're talking about injury time plus 12.

So, the tying goal against Portugal. And they called it back. They had to watch this thing for five minutes, at which time they said it brushed against an offside player who didn't affect the trajectory of the ball, went to another guy who nailed it on. I'm telling you, the VR has got to be looked at. It's not working in soccer.

I know for offsides or whatever, you could take a look at it. I like that. But in terms of penalties, you're alerting the red card that the U.S. player got, the one that Messi didn't get, the replay that happens. They're taking the human element out of the game to a way that doesn't make the game better.

And I always for videotape replay, especially in baseball, now that they finally added it. They have it in basketball. We see it. But I think in soccer, it doesn't work. It just doesn't work.

And I'm not saying that just because of the U.S.

Now, this sets up the U.S. against Belgium. That'll be 8 o'clock on Monday night. They're going to play the winner of. Portugal and Spain.

Obviously, that's going to be an incredible game. And Canada is going to have their handfuls playing against Morocco. But look, they're playing with house money in Mexico and England are going to be playing against each other.

So we have Brazil playing against Norway. These are fantastic matchups in front of fantastic fans. You're talking about over 6 million people have now come to watch these games in person and millions have come here. They say FanFest. Has brought in over 5 million people, fan fests in various cities.

Remember, I was talking about 90% of the bookings were not done in Kansas, and people would think they weren't buying tickets, they were too expensive, and they are too expensive. But their stadiums are 97% filled up, so someone's paying for him, or their governments are paying for him, and giving him to some of their constituents and some of their residents and some of their citizens at a discount rate. Regardless, it has just been phenomenal. But I think the other thing that's understated is the respect the fans have for other fans. You're not seeing the people, and you've always heard about the hoodlums following the soccer teams around and the fights that they get and the bands that they have, and there's no tailgate parties, and people feel they know you mix drinking and all these things, and it gets out of control.

And maybe it does. But not this time. Uh and not this cup. And they're talking about bringing it back in 2034, which would be unbelievable. Remember, the last time it was here was 1994, and that was considered very successful.

But and out of that, we got the MLS. Do you think there's going to be any residual effect? Do you think there's going to be any residual effect for For soccer, when we leave, I was talking to Dave Portnoy, and he says, No, I don't think so, Mr. Barstool. He said, It's great for now.

We want to see the U.S. win, enjoying the games like everybody else play, but this is not a soccer country. We're not going to be doing that. I actually feel differently if we can get some of the players that we watch, especially Ronaldo. I mean, is he going to go back to Saudi Arabia again and play in anonymity for $100 million?

I think $300 million or something. Saudi Arabia is running out of money. That's why Liv collapsed. My sense is that he has a shot at coming here. You put him in here playing against Messi, even at 41 years old, it's going to matter.

You grab some of the other players we're getting to know. And if anyone thinks, well, you go to America, the field the level is low and my game will drop, Mesty has never had a better World Cup and he's 38 years old.

So get this. The World Cup is the most viewed the World Cup game the U.S. won. over Bosnia. was uh the highest ever rated, twenty-four million.

It peaked at thirty-two million. To be exact, the best, most successful FanFest is Miami, uh and so far uh in firms of average, but the most overall is Kansas City. Together, that means people are showing up, having a good time, they're spending money, they're buying things at $5.5 million.

So that's pretty cool. I love the message. The coach keeps talking about touching the moon. And then the NASA Administrator Jared Isigman said: hey, people say that with the men's soccer team, winning the World Cup is impossible. He thinks it's possible.

And if they do win, he promises to bring a World Cup ball and bring it to the moon. Signed by every one of those players and leave it there. Remember, we're going to be on the moon in the next few years. That would be nice.