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Hey, Brett, I'm just watching Ethan Vauci take the Fifth Amendment after a brilliant opening statement and then, of course, Senator Peter saying we're wasting our time, as that was expected. Are you surprised he's taking the fifth? And what does that tell you that he is? Yeah, good morning. I think it is a little surprising.
I think when you have a preemptive pardon to take the fifth is I don't know. It just seems out of place, but I'm guessing he's fearing a situation where he could be caught in a lie. And at first, I was asking our legal people whether he could take the fifth in the current environment with that Biden pardon. And I guess it is an option.
So this will be a frustrating hearing. You know, I'm not sure how fruitful it will be, but it will definitely bring to light a lot of the diary entries that were. counter to what he was saying publicly. Right. And besides Fox, You have not seen that anywhere.
You know, I guess for that effort, that's going to be a positive for those Republican senators. CBS Evening News gave it 90 seconds. That was it. And I just talked to Matt Taibbi, who, as you know, used to write for The Rolling Stone, not known as a conservative journalist, and just pointed out the fact this is just the latest example. We thought we were through this.
Remember the Hunter Biden laptop wasn't real. Of course it was real. Remember the Russia hoax? Of course, the president colluded with Russia. Turns out he didn't collude with Russia.
They got awards for it, but they never owned up to it. And the shadow banning that took place that was revealed when Elon Musk took over and everything else that happened, no one ever owned up to that.
So this is just the latest example of the media deciding: well, even if we're culpable, if we ignore it, maybe it'll go away. But I want people at home to hear Anthony Fauci. You'll see Senator Rand Paul give a real brilliant opening about everything and the contradictions. And this is what Anthony Fauci said: Dr. Fauci, were you ever made aware of gain of function research on monkeypox?
Being conducted at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center and back at Fort Tietrich.
Okay. On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. That's Fauci. Did the CIA?
So basically, Rand Paul is just going through his questions, and that's the answer with Laura Ingram in the backdrop.
So, Brett, there you go.
So, what does it lead everyone to believe that Anthony Fauci wasn't going to be treated fairly? He had no choice. Is that how many in the media are going to portray this? I'm sure. I mean, if they cover it at all.
And that is really egregious. And it's also disappointing. Because, you know, all these folks, media who cover media, say, you know, why is it that the media has lost such trust with the American people? And you look at the examples you just listed off, and this is another one. I mean, this was our life.
This was the biggest health policy decision ever that the country had made. And it was horrific.
Now, there's a lot of people saying it was evolving, a lot of stuff we didn't know. That's the problem, is that these diaries and these entries suggest that he did know. And he did know that, you know, the mask thing, and yet what he said publicly was totally different than what he said privately. The lab leak theory, which we did first, and we were called crazy and conspiratorial and all kinds of stuff. And it's just another example of all of this.
And it it hurts us in the media overall. I mean, listen to him on masks, cut 14. People should not be walking around with masks. Let me just state for the record that masks are not theater. Wearing a mask might make people feel.
A little bit better, and masks are protective, but it's not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. Good that you're vaccinated, but in a situation where you have people indoors, particularly crowded, you should wear a mask. You are vaccinated, fully vaccinated, you are protected, and you do not need to wear a mask, outdoors or indoors. This was every day with me, you know, especially on this show. I mean, my head was going to explode.
You know, they kept us out of the office. We all know that. And you couldn't even. I'm just saying, does anyone realize there's contradictions? Why do people love this guy?
And by the way, you know his bias is too, Brett. I'll never forget. Do we have that cut, Eric? You told me you have.
So if Joe Biden becomes president, yeah, Joe Biden becomes president. And Anthony Fauci in his diaries reaffirmed it that they kept him off television. Like this big sin, Donald Trump kept me off television.
So he gets on Rachel Maddow's show. You know, it's not like making Johnny Carson as a comedian. It looks like you made it. If you're on Rachel Maddow's show and you love that show, you have one point of view when it comes to politics. Should we hear it?
I've been wanting to come on your show for months and months. You've been asking me to come on your show for months and months, and it's just gotten blocked. That's, I mean, let's call it what it is. It's just got blocked because they didn't like the way you handle things and they didn't want me on there. I mean, it was so clear when we sat it down.
Why would you want to go and make your Rachel Maddow show?
Well, because I like her and she's really good. It doesn't make any difference. Don't do it. I don't think you're going to see that now. I think you're going to see a lot of transparency.
So he got on his favorite show. Why is that? It's amazing. It really is. And some of the stuff about how excited he was about the stardom and how popular he was.
I mean, it really was some kind of reading in that diary. And here, people, you know, thousands of people are dying based on decisions that we're making. You know, it will go down as the worst two-year span in the health policy decisions ever. And, you know, I think we've obviously learned a lot from it. And we as a country are not going to do that again in the same way if we ever, God forbid, had to face something like that.
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So Fauci recorded numerous celebrity contacts. How he loved Julia Roberts, Steph Curry, Ann Wintour, Trevor Noah, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Lil Wayne. Also, Julia Roberts interviewed him on Instagram, sent flowers and later presented him with an award. The 22 Kennedy Senator Won Awards, Fauci wrote that he hugged Hunter Biden. According to his diary, Biden joked that a photograph would cause the internet to explode because both men were being attacked by Republicans.
So it is a very sad page. And I think after the January this is I think we're going to see them just cover for him and say nice things about him. I'm very intrigued if some Democrats, especially a guy like Senator Peters, who's leaving, If they're going to just say, listen, I'm a little disappointed what I read in the diaries. I'm a little disappointed with some of the things you said publicly as well as privately, or are they going to just look to cover for him? I'm very curious.
You know, Fetterman said, I don't read diaries, but that's the one guy I was counting on to come out and point out. Who he really was. Yeah, well, he's clearly, you know, Senator Fairman will show a lot of respect for the Republican line of thinking in a lot of ways, and we'll see how this ends up. But this is going to be a long hearing if he's doing that all day.
So I know you went to Senator Lindsey Graham's memorial yesterday, his funeral yesterday. You've been to some of these before. What was it like? Continue. You know, the National Cathedral does it better than any place in the world, and the pomp and circumstance and the somber respect, it was beautiful.
It really was. I thought the president's remarks were spot on. They talked about Lindsay. It was funny. It was self-deprecating.
He actually said that Lindsay and Annika Sorbsam beat him in golf and then said Annika had a really good day. You know, I thought Sean's remarks were spot on. And, you know, what I was most struck at by is the people who showed up: the Democrats, Republicans, the ambassadors from every country, the world leaders. And to see Zelensky and Netanyahu chatting in the pew, it was really something. And it was a fitting tribute to Lindsay.
So let's talk about Iran, Lindsay Gramwood. And we know that they attacked. The militias, the associated militias in Iraq attack Saudi Arabia. and uh attacked us in Jordan. The IRGC sponsored, and we were able to knock down, and the president said he saw it in real time.
we were able to knock down the rockets that were heading our direction. And Trey Yinks picked up the phone and called the president and here's what he said, cut one. President Trump reacting to that Iranian attack on U.S. forces overnight in Jordan. President Trump tells Fox News about Iran: We are going to beat the effing S out of them.
He went on to say, we'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating.
So clearly, the United States is going to respond to what the president described as a surprise attack. He says U.S. forces had just minutes to shoot down these incoming Iranian ballistic missiles. The president says he has reviewed video of the shootdown, and it was U.S. forces conducting this operation to defend that area.
So, the President, we expect some massive action way before when you hop on the air on special report today. But this is the most predictable thing ever. Brett, did you really think the IRGC was going to seriously consider bringing this thing to an end after 14 straight days of strikes, knowing that the last MOU, which was terrible, but lasted a week, and next thing you know, they're shooting at merchant ships again. And then yesterday, we understand three separate ships were attacked. This, we, we know, we know this game.
The president's either gotta decide I'm pulling out. or I'm gonna go for it, don't you think? Yeah, I do. And I think he's in the mindset right now of Going forward, I think he's frustrated by repeated efforts to sit at the table. And he's got people inside his administration that are saying give it a shot.
He's given it a shot a number of different times. And each time, the Iranians, one way or another, do what happened, do these attacks on ships, and more importantly, attacks on U.S.
soldiers in the region. I I I think that uh there's probably not going to be a slow up. I think it's going to be forward and that's Senator Lindsey Graham has talked about that a lot. I think that the President's in that place.
Now where it goes, how far it goes, does Iran eventually get to a place where they really are negotiating? Tough to say because they've never been there. You know, Brett, yesterday something about face to face seeing the Prime Minister Netanyahu face to face with Zelensky and knowing that Ukraine took out an Iran ship that was full of weapons to Russia. These wars are coming together. I talked to Zelensky yesterday.
I actually taped a brief interview that I'll air later this week more about drones and technology. And we're going to do a series on what Ukraine has done technology-wise and how we are benefiting from it as a country. But one of the things I asked him is: do you see this direct linkage between Iran and Russia? And he said, absolutely. He mentioned what you just mentioned, but he also said there is a draw of anti-ballistic missile capability, Patriot missile batteries, FADS, to the countries surrounding Iran that need protection, and so do we.
And so. Russia knows this, and they need Iran to keep stirring the pot so that the focus is less on what Ukraine's doing and U.S. help with Ukraine.
So, I mean, he did the direct tie, and I'll play some of that in a couple of days. I just hope more people, and nobody knows Zelensky in America better than you, and Oz interviewed him more too. And I just hope people realize Ukraine's a good guy. I hope people are waking up and understanding that you've been sold propaganda that Russia had no choice, that NATO was surrounding them and they had to push back. All that was BS, I couldn't believe it was resonating a lot with the right and left.
I hope people understand. A lot with the right, I should say. And I hope people understand. Yeah, they definitely did. And, you know, he's evolved in the way he can communicate.
When I first interviewed him, I think it's eight times, and I went over there to the front lines, but his English was not that great, and he had to stop and get translated. He's point on now. And I think President Trump likes a winner, and I think Ukraine has turned the tide, and I think that their relationship has evolved too. Go get him. 6 o'clock tonight, Eastern Time.
Expect to see Brett Bear. Brett, thanks so much. We'll see you. You got it. And pick up his book, The Case for America, An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation.
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