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So glad you're there. It's the Brian Kilmeade show, and a beautiful Friday. Been a crazy week, really intensely leading up November 3rd. I never remember a midterm like this. This hour, you're going to hear my whole interview with President Zelensky.

It was live on Fox and Friends. I want to bring it back. People are asking me all these questions about it because they've only seen a couple of sound bites from it.

So let's just bring the whole thing together. And 20 minutes after, we're going to take. You're going to hear from Michigan voters. I think that's the most exciting, most intriguing race with most at stake because. I mean, the Republicans are in a place to flip that seat.

It reminds me of Dave McCormick when he lost to Dr. Oz. And Dave McCormick came back the next cycle, two years later, and then beat Casey, and then took that seat for Republicans. And very much like a battleground state, Michigan is like Pennsylvania.

So, and just quick announcement: I'm going to be in Palm Beach Saturday at the Raptus Bookshop at 12 o'clock. Hope everyone could see me there for "United States: The Six Crucial Moments That Fought the American Miracle," number five on the New York Times list. Thank you very much. And on Sunday, Vero Beach, same time. I'll see you there live.

So let's get to the big three. Number three. Iran's shadow fleet has run out of oil. Economic fury is working. If we do another round of extensive combined strikes alongside Israel, to your point, two to three weeks, does that lead to better outcomes?

Mike Zerelli, the best in the business when it comes to fighting wars, talking about what's going to happen next with Iran, oil flowing through the Strait right near pre-war levels as we seem poised to go back to war after the midterm elections, and Bibi declares the Iran regime has to go. We go over all this next. Number two, what Russia is doing is they can't win on the battlefield. That's a fact. Not this year, not next year, not five years from now.

Ukraine has turned the situation completely around here. He can't defeat Ukraine's army. Not happening. General Keane, trilateral talks straight ahead for Russia and Ukraine. But for this to work, the push to peace has to be relentless from the U.S.

The only true true arbitrator in the world, every day and every way. This, as Elon Musk says, he was asked by the president to put Ukraine full speed back on Starlink and Star Shield. But I'm getting reports it hasn't happened yet. Number one, there are six Senate races right now that are under two point two points or less in our Real Clear Politics average. Trump won five of them, four of them by double digits, and so if Republicans turn out, they're going to win a lot of these races, and that's the strategy that that Donald Trump and the Republicans are playing right now.

I mean, think about it: how many within the margin of error are flat-footed ties, especially in the Senate? Last Fox Power Ratings around a point of concern for the GOP: Hispanics, and now the Arab vote. Why they seem to surge in a flat. In Maine, Michigan, and Texas, and that's really where I like to begin, because in Maine they did something really questionable, I think, and I don't get it. But if I'm a Democrat, what are you doing?

So you have Joe Manchin show up, a Democrat who's now gone independent because he's so fed up with his party. We shut up for Susan Collins, and he says basically she's the soul of the Senate, and you can't lose her. A Democrat, right? That signed off on the new Green Deal. That's signed off on it on the Inflation Reduction Act, saying New Green Deal.

Even though we West Virginia, he pared it back and got a lot what he wanted. You got to vote for Susan Collins on the other side. AOC shows up. For this terrible candidate who finished third in the primaries to become governor, the Democratic representative to run for governor of Maine, who was put in there because of the disastrous Graham Platter who got the nomination then imploded, and she's out there, she is out there, a Queens Congresswoman who signed up as a member, resigned as a member of the DSA, is out there going to bat for George Jackson. I mean, I don't get it, but it's okay.

It makes I think it it just underlines that small vote, that small margin that you need. Here's Troy Jackson, AOC on the stump. Cut eighteen. It comes back to prioritizing where we're going to put money. You know, are we going to give tax cuts to wealthy people, or are we going to give benefits to people that need it in this country?

Troy believes in our reproductive freedom. Troy stands up. For my and your right to choose, public colleges and universities should be tuition free. Are you kidding me? Who's paying?

Nothing is free.

So you're going to tax people more for other people to go to college. I mean, we know there's situations in California and New York where, if you're an in-state, not in New York actually, if you're an in-state resident, you get discounts on on state schools, and I get that. You can't just make everything free. Because what you're saying to the people of Maine, they get more taxes. But okay, I'm not telling you what to do.

But I just thought AOC just said the the quiet part out loud here. Cut 19. There are a lot of consultants out here in Washington that would tell him, "Do not sit next to a stage next to her." I'm sure you've probably heard some variation of that, and. It takes a lot to say, you know what? No, I know my people, and I know who I am, and I'm going to do things my way.

It's a bad move, right? You could be best friends with somebody, but what do they stand for? I mean, what Hassan Piker has not shown up in Michigan since they were trying to win the general. Donald Trump has not gone to Maine because it's not going to help Susan Collins. He's only going to Michigan once.

The battleground state where his numbers a little low. That's called smart, smart.

So I'm not going to tell him what to do. Democrats can figure it out. But I guarantee you, I really guarantee you that Susan Collins is going to win. And you could bring this back. If I'm wrong, I'm more than happy to admit it.

But just judging by a track record, how solid he is, and how unwieldy Troy Jackson is. I mean, he's a slubbish guy, like a lazy guy. Told her to shut up. Never apologized. Come on.

The other big story is, I mean, there's a lot. Is Kamala Harris goes to to Mississippi? What are you doing? I mean, is that is that going to be helpful? And then when she shows up, she absolutely makes absolutely no sense.

I've never seen somebody so unsure of themselves on their feet without a script. She can read a script, no doubt about it. Everyone knows she's smart. I mean, in the Senate, I had much higher opinion of her in the Senate. Not that she was that active, but when she was, she was pretty incisive.

But as a vice president, embarrassment and lazy, and as a presidential candidate, unable to talk coherently about any issues or take on hostile interviewers. What did JD Vance go to the view? I mean, Kamala Harris can't do any of that.

So. She has a wants to inspire. I guess they don't put her in battleground states because she lost every single one of them. Listen to her struggle through this statement and trying to get people to vote Democrat in a red state. Cut six.

Never let anybody else's, somebody else's limited ability to see your capacity. To be a limitation on your ambition. That's their limitation. That's not our limitation. That's their limitation.

We see Scott Collum as the next United States senator from the state of Mississippi. We are not limited in our ambition and desire and ability to see what is possible and what can be.

Okay, Pete. Could you write that down? Because sometimes I get down on myself, and I need an inspirational line. And so many times I'm going back to what Newt Rockney might say or Thomas Paine. I need Kamala Harris, but I'm afraid I'm going to forget that.

So again, if you just jot this down, here we go, Pete. We are not limited in our ambition, and desire, and ability to see what is possible and what we can be. That's all I need to hear.

So if you notice, you know, my shoulders droop. And I seem little slow and not delivering with punching my sentences. Would you read that to me? Yeah, how about I text that to you too every so right, just to lift your spirits. Right, like on a Saturday at one.

Yes, right, because you know I'm so depressed Saturday at one. Right, I just, I, I. Every day it gets worse for her. Every day. If I was advising her, this is what I would do.

I would have said a year and a half ago, "You're going to run for governor of California." You're going to win easy, and she she would have won. I know as much as I would have voted for Steve Hilton, she would have won, and then I would get the best staff possible around her. I mean, a bunch of doers who understand it, and I would try to kill it as governor for two years. And maybe miss this cycle, but be ready. I mean, she brought me in the '60s.

Be ready for the next one, and say, "Look what I did in California." Because Gavin Newsom, such a horrendous governor, you could do some moderate things, move to the middle, fix things, listen to Republicans, and come off as a bipartisan winner. And then blame all your ineptness on Joe Biden. But now she wants us to forget that she failed miserably as a vice president. Forget that she failed miserably as a candidate. Go out as a surrogate in red states where you can't win, and say things like that.

There's, I can't say she's dumb. I don't say it at all. But there's just no nothing natural about her. Usually, have two things. One is, well, she's great at getting the job.

Like Mondami was great at getting the job. He's doing a terrible job doing the job. You know, I would never would have voted for him, but he was very, he's very good on his feet. Can get him get himself out of difficult situations. Governor DeSantis is solid politician, but a fantastic governor.

Ted Cruz knows things, but he's got his likability issue. Bill Clinton kind of did both things, except for his personal problems. Barack Obama, fantastic speech, terrible president. Great speaker, unbelievably charismatic, terrible in his agenda. Right.

George Bush probably an average speaker. I think he's going to look at as an above average president. I really do. And Donald Trump is great. He's great at getting his agenda together.

You might not like his agenda. I like his agenda, almost all of it. And man, he does the job. Sixteen hours a day, and then you know he got the job. And even the the election he lost more votes up until the one he won than any Republican in history.

So, you want to challenge him on that one eight two six four zero eight seven six six nine at at nine fifty Eastern time, or fifty minutes, ten minutes to the top of the hour. I'll be able to take some calls.

So we'll see. But yesterday, El Sayed is on the defense. Why? Because finally, Mike Rogers is coalescing around an attack line that people used to be afraid to afraid to say, and I regret that they are. But hopefully, never again.

Nobody is anything against Muslims. No one's anything against the Arab world. But if you have links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the foundational terror organization that goes back hundreds of years, used to vacation, spend your summers as a kid in Egypt. And you are on the record in a Huffington Post article, helping telling the Egyptians to rally around El Moussy from the Muslim Brotherhood and for them to disband police. You also said to fund the police, and now you say fund the police.

Now, Mike Rogers is hitting him on his record. You already know Mike Rogers' record. You know exactly what he's going to do. El Sayed is trying to convince you he's going to do something the opposite. But when he gets in there, Hassan Pike's agenda will be his agenda.

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Information you want, truth you demand. This is the Brian Kilmeade Show. All right, so I'm excited. I'm going to be in Florida this weekend in Palm Beach. We have a great affiliate out there.

I can't wait to see all the listeners. And then in Vero Beach, so Saturday at noon, I'll be in Palm Beach signing "Uniting the States: The Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle," number five book on the New York number five book in the New York Times list is going to be great. Can't wait to meet all of you. And then I'm going to be in Vero Beach the next day on Sunday, which is always a lot of fun. We already got a lot of reservations, but I will stay for every book and take every picture.

That'll be great.

Meanwhile, everybody. Talking about the midterms when we're not talking about my book, and they're talking about the midterms. But I wanted to know what the voters think, so I did these interviews with two voters, and we're we're talking Michigan Democrat Henry Houshek as well as Iman Dashti. He's a Michigan voter and Republican. But I had them watch the debate this week between Rogers and El Saeed, and then cumulatively tell me what you think and where you're at.

So here's my interview with them. Already, Michigan voters have returned almost 800,000 ballots with less than two weeks until Election Day. Of course, that's early voting. As Abdul El-Said and Mike Rogers debated again, clashing over El-Said's alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood.

So, being bought off by the Muslim Brotherhood. Having donors to his campaign from Hamas that support Hezbollah is not a problem. If you are going to go to the United States Senate, we need to know: Are you for America or are you for these terrorist groups overseas? This he keeps raising this question about this association with an organization I've never been a part of, because my mom, who's a nurse in Missouri, it doesn't make any sense, and it's actually really quite beneath you, Mike. It's really quite beneath you.

To call in a question, my loyalty to the Constitution. I'm talking. I'm talking. Yeah, it's what a stretch it is. His sister, sister-in-law, and mother tied to the organization.

Meanwhile, the Rogers says the warning signs about El Sayed are coming from Democrats as well. People who know Abdul the best are sending up flares for caution. The guy that worked with him in his gubernatorial campaign and then the Senate campaign said this guy will go to one group and tell them one thing, two hours later and tell them another. He said he's a manufactured candidate. He's no longer with the campaign because he couldn't take it.

Think of that, and this is why people like the Democrat senator from New Jersey described him as a fringe candidate. This is why Van Jones, who a Democrat, came out and said, "That's your time." His policies are insane.

So let's bring in two Michigan voters to see what they think. Iman Dashti is a Republican Michigan voter, and Henry Hushki Hushki is a Democratic Michigan voter. And Henry, let me start with you. You had a chance to see the debate; they've debated before, so no one's going to say, "I don't know how how these guys differ and where they're alike." What is your take on both? Honestly, my take was that Mike Rogers had some more radical policies than I thought before I saw the debate.

One thing that really stood out to me was that former Congressman Rogers didn't rule out cutting Social Security. Look, my parents are turning sixty-five in twenty thirty-two, and the fact that Rogers couldn't say that he would protect Social Security was, frankly, very disappointing for me. Another thing is that he didn't put any daylight. Between himself and the president on the ICE interference that we've seen in a lot of our communities, and I felt like Rogers didn't really focus or really avoided any questions that were brought up about his record during the debate.

Meanwhile, I really felt like El Saeed focused on the economic realities that we've been seeing as voters here in the state. And I really felt like he was better able to defend his positions when he was questioned on them. Nice.

So, Henry, you are a Democrat who says this this candidate's fine with me. How do you feel as we look at this, Iman? How do you feel about what you saw last night? Yeah, the debate I saw last night didn't really change my opinion much. I'm a student, so I sort of love learning about stuff like nuances of U.S.

foreign trade policy, healthcare proposals. But I'll be honest, call me a simple guy. There's certain qualifications that the Senate candidates have to pass for me to consider voting for them. Abdul was talking about playing Maga Bingo. Let's play Abdul Bingo for a second.

I mean, cross the square out for every radical Islamic terrorist organization. Abdul has failed to condemn. I mean, I think we need to clear that bar before we start talking about Social Security or other issues that face us. We need a senator who can call out evil by its name. Abdul has failed that multiple times.

And look, Mike Rogers has great proposals. He wants to implement phonics. He wants to get us back on track to not being one of the five worst states in education. Democrats have had keys to the castle for the past twenty-five years in the Senate. I'm ready for something different.

Wow, and. Henry, when when you look at Elsie, do you think he's done enough to consolidate after the Haley Stevens tough primary the the primary battle that he had? I really do, Brian. I think that, frankly, the sort of tack of be one of the really key deciding factors for this race. And just on the grounds, people at the University of Michigan I'm talking to, some of my African American friends, I'm seeing a lot of encouraging signs.

That really seeing past this con, I think Mike Rogers is someone who wants to represent the state of Michigan, which includes the diverse African American community. Abdul, meanwhile, is still struggling to figure out whether Iran or Israel is more dangerous to the United States. I don't think people are going to fall for it. I'm seeing a lot of encouraging signs for Mike Rogers. All right, guys, great.

I really appreciate it. We'll see what's going to happen. This is why the election is going to be so close. You guys both made great points. Thanks so much.

I love just getting the voter perspective, especially the twenty-somethings, because the youth vote. President Trump did good, but is he losing at this time? All this stuff is going on. They say the president's losing some Hispanic votes. We'll see if it's so much that really hurts him in the election.

So, when we come back, my interview with President Zelensky of Ukraine made a lot of news, and I thought if we could see the whole thing, listen to the whole thing together, and bring it back for radio, you'd really enjoy it. I think it's an impactful interview that's going to hold up well and maybe help set up, which seems to be. The first trilateral meeting that's going to be taking place in the UAE in about three weeks. You'll listen to the Brian Kilmeade show. Don't move.

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So I'm excited. I'm going to be Saturday, as I mentioned before. I'm just going to be in Palm Beach Saturday at noon at Raptus Books, and Sunday at Biro Beach. And you got to register ahead of time. It really helps so we understand how many books to get.

So if you go to BrianKilmeade.com, just register. This way, we can go in now. Couple hours, have a chance to go in. Great to see it. Be great to get out of this weather.

It's starting to get cold here.

Meanwhile, I had a chance to interview President Zelensky. I've met him before, but never interviewed him. But how about this? Doing it live. Not this new for me.

We always do live stuff. This is this is live.

So that's not a big deal. You know, being on Fox and Friends not a big deal. But having a Foreign leader on live, but just ten minutes in and out. He's on Zoom in a war zone, a little bit challenging, but interesting. But no chance to edit, so I thought it'd be good for the radio show, the radio listeners, to be able to hear the whole interview because people are just playing a few clips because it made a lot of news.

So here is my interview with President Zelensky.

Now, after this, we find out trilateral talks will begin, peace talks will begin in the UAE. Here is my interview. Our next guest, this country is still fighting a brutal war against Vladimir Putin's Russia, and joining us right now, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Mr. President, like us, we found out twenty minutes ago this hostage has been released.

I know you don't know anything about him; he was captured in Ukrainian territory. He's a teacher, not fighting in a war. But what do you think it means for the perspective of peace? Why do you think Vladimir Putin did it? I know, I know.

Of course, some details about this about this guy here, and but he was in Izium before he was captured by by Russians. But in any way, I want to say that I congratulate his family and people who are around him, and this is important to give people possibility to live again and be free. And we we always we we always. Raise this topic with our American friends. How to do?

How to exchange people, warriors and civilians? It's so important to bring kids back. Also, this is very important. And our talks, our talks with Steve yesterday was very productive meeting. And thanks to Norway, Norwegian Prime Minister, he hosted us.

Then a lot of Europeans and our American friends.

So Steve. Steve was and Jared Kushner was online, so we spoke. We shared our ideas, steps forward to the peace, and and I wish Steve today productive meeting in Russia and have feedback because we we we are shared that we are on on one side with Americans and Europeans. This is very important that Putin will support. In the peace, maybe two steps of deescalating, like you know, food security peace, food security, sorry, food security ceasefire, ceasefire on the sea or energy ceasefire, which is very important, which was raised by by President Trump, and I think it was strong idea from the president.

I supported it immediately.

So I hope that I hope, Brian, that today in I don't know some hours we will have some result. God bless positive.

So, what the Russians want to do, and I'll give this simple course: they invaded you. They did in twenty fourteen, did it again in twenty two. They invaded you. They they want Ukraine. They thought they could take it right away.

So they essentially are saying, if the way I understand it, if you give up Donbas, if you give up the Donbas region, this war can end tomorrow. Everything, everything else freezes. They have not earned it on the battlefield. Would you be willing to give it up in negotiations?

So, Brian, it's not the first time when they said that they are. I mean, how good. Positive and successful operation on the battlefield. It's not true. Between us, in twenty twenty six, they didn't have success.

They are not winning on the battlefield. That's why they want us to push using any kind of you know any kind of pressure on us to push us from our land. It's not fair, and and of course they use massive attacks with Iranian drones, ballistic missiles, and etc. to make chaos. In my country, but we stay strong.

People are tired, of course. We want to end this war as quick as possible. Yes, but you know, nobody can just live by ourselves. Live our countries, our houses. Yes, it's our children.

So we speak about stay where we stay. Let's move to diplomacy. It's a great idea of ceasefire of President of the United States was from the I think from the very beginning of his term. It was in spring, and he said that let's make peace, let's make ceasefire, no killings. And I supported this.

I think we have to start from the point where we stay, move to diplomatic way, and then on the tactical level, we will find a way of peace. Plan and etc. That is what's important, and of course from the America.

So I'm, I'm, I'm. First of all, I'm very proud that we have such huge support from American people, and you know that security guarantee is the most important. Just peace, but with the security, not to give any chance for any aggressor in the future. Come back with aggression. The most important thing for our people, of course, the most important to think about the future, security, future, prosperity.

The future for our country security guarantees our army, but not only our partners. Of course, first of all, United States and Europe. And is it true, Mr. President, that even if you sign a deal, it has to go to your parliament and the people of Ukraine, and basically your representatives have to sign off on a deal?

So it's not Zelensky and Putin. Putin can do what he wants, but you still have to go to your parliament with the deal that they would accept. Correct. I want, I want it very much to go to Belmont. It's a better way because if we we want to move, if we want to have some, I don't know, compromises.

First of all, we have to ask our people because they stand. They lost people, they lost children, they lost—I mean—this relatives and houses and etc. You can't just, you know, sign and that's all. Of course, we can sign. Of course, we can support or not support the deal.

But first of all, only one nation has to support it: Ukrainian people, because it's our losses, and and that's why I think this is very fair to go to the parliament and to make a referendum, which the parliament has. To support referendum, their function, yeah, just infrastructure for the votings. It's you know, it's a choice of the way to peace. It's the same how the choice, you know, who is the leader.

So it's a choice of people. We we have a strong democracy in our country, and that's why I think it's it's fair. But before it, we have to negotiate between us. Of course, it's important to negotiate trilaterally. I think this is the best way.

President Trump, with his leadership, and me and Russian leader, trilaterally better with Europeans, but minimum trilaterally. I think so. This is important. And some questions we have to manage also bilaterally. If there are some questions from Russians to us, and we have questions to Russians, especially territorial sensitive questions, yes, I said always.

I said I always said that we are open to negotiate in any format, any topics. Gotcha, but. But don't speak about us without us, please. Right. So you're worried about a triad situation with China, Russia, and the U.S.

Without you, that you would not accept that.

So let's just get to the bottom of this. What's going on with Starlink and Starshield? Is it back up to full speed? Is Starshield able to to pick up all these jet-powered drones like it was being able to do?

So, first of all, we are thankful for such tactical support from our partners, American partners, and intelligence. What about we spoke yesterday with Secretary Rubio? By the way, now intelligence works. Thank you so much. That was crucial for us.

That was very dangerous for us not to get early warning information after ballistic attacks from Russian side.

Now it works. That's good. About Starlink, Starship, it's still limited. But secretary told me that he will work with his team on this to unblock this question. God bless, it will be done.

So, why over the last few days, one thing I think you understand about the president attacking him through the press or was never going to be effective? Why over the last few days were you going so public with your disapproval of what the president was doing?

So with the Starlinks, still we had the problem: massive attacks of Iranian drones on us, and couldn't be stopped by our drones interceptors because we used Starlinks. It's not to for offensive; just not to you know, not to to have a disappointment. Messages. It's not for offensive. We used it only for defending our lives, and only by the way, civilians, because it's in in the cities, in the villages, we have the.

These drones interceptors using Star Links, and when the speed is limited, speed five times began to be less, five times decreased than Shahid Iranian Shahid, and we couldn't destroy. And the second part, we have you know villages on the front line which are under Russian block, artillery, drones, etc., and people cannot survive there. The soldiers are there, and they can't get you know. No, I understand. I understand the back story.

So by these starlings, we use it. By this, that's why it was so so important. Have you seen any indication that Vladimir Putin wants to wants peace and end to this? And number two, if you could answer directly, would you accept a peace deal that freezes everything the way it is right now, where you still keep seventy-five percent or more of your country, regardless of how it started? Would you be?

Would you accept where it is right now? Yes, we right now we have to freeze, and I think this is real way to end this war. We call a ceasefire or stop killing, like President Trump called it. Freeze and stop. And of course, this is minimum what we need from Russia today.

Then, of course, we will go to President and to Europeans and will ask security guarantees. The most important is peace. And also security peace. This is the most important. Not to have, you know, not to be afraid.

And that occupation will come back. Aggression will come back. Killings will come back.

So we have to stop this. And that's why freeze and talks. And security guarantees from the United States and prosperity from our partners for renovation of our lives. We need 9.5 million people, which lost their houses, which are abroad everywhere. We need them to come back to Ukraine, just to live and to build their country.

President Zelensky, thanks so much for your time. Steve Witkoff has what resulted from your meeting. He's presenting to Vladimir Putin right now. Hopefully, we start talking about peace, and we talk one day about what life looks like after the war. President Zelensky, thanks so much.

Thanks so much, Brian. Thanks to American people. All right, that was my interview with President Zelensky. It's the first, and was cool. I hope it's not the last.

I'm in touch with his people. We'll look to do it again. My hope is that Vladimir Putin is going to be forced to come to a peace deal. He is not going to do it willingly. He's going to be forced.

He's running out of people. He's running out of people. He is running out of money. His economy is falling apart, literally falling apart. It's all—it's all war.

Maybe two thirds of it. They have zero growth, might even have negative growth. President could help them with that, and he'll take some political heat to do it. But he could help them with that, and he's the only president to do it. Believe me, the next Republican president, the next Democratic president, do you think they're going to be treating Vladimir Putin with this much respect?

I doubt it. All right, you listen to the Brian Kilmeade show. We come back, we'll have your calls one eight six six four zero eight seven six six nine. The headlines, the stories behind them, and the people who make them—only on the Brian Kilmeade Show. How can we help make stronger communities happen?

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That was portion of it. It was retweeted by the President of the United States. He also, the president retweeted this on Truth Social. I guess it's a truth because Harry Enten said he's the most impactful president of our lifetime. He is.

Either way, I'm going to vote because of Trump. I'm going to vote for Trump or because of Trump. Either way.

So, by the way, Zelensky's interview, President, was enjoying the tone. He told somebody I know quite well. He enjoyed the tone of the Zelensky interview. He noticed how how different it was from the day before, when he was basically saying America is abandoning him. Two things are happening right now.

We heard the president of the United States call up. He said, "I called Elon Musk. I said, bring up Star Shield back up to full speed to be able to stop what comes the other direction from Russia." But now, Mark Teeson put out that they have not picked up the speed. It is still too low, allowing allowing some drones to get through. The other problem is they did not they did not knock down any ballistic missiles last night because they're out of Patriots.

You know, as Patriots, Europe they are about to lend them. But since we give them, since we sell them Patriots, they have to ask us who they give it to. And the Washington Post says we said no.

Now I don't think Trump said no.

Somebody said no. If somebody in the Defense Department, somebody in the White House said no.

So I want to know: Did Elon Musk say no to the president? I don't think he would. And did who said no to just Europe? Because the day before, Scott Bessent on the Sunday Show on Meet the Press. When asked, "Do you have patriots?

They need patriots." He said, "Europe has plenty of patriots. Give them them." So they went to do it, and if they get blocked, that's inexcusable, in my view.

So the trilateral talks are in a couple of weeks, and you ask yourselves, "Are they going to show up?" They'll show up for technical talks. But last night they had three waves of attacks. Does that seem like a guy that wants the war to end? And that's what Zelensky came out and said. Yeah, nice humanitarian.

Nice humanitarian move last night, and they're going for civilian targets. That is, as President, as General Keane said on Fox and Friends Meet Today, that is a war crime to aim for to aim for civilian sites. The one other thing that General brought up is this: is that Ukraine is not going to lose. Cut thirty-five. They shot down about eighty, ninety percent of the drones.

Every single ballistic missile and cruise missile got through, because they don't have the capability to intercept them. And that certainly is is absolutely very critical for Ukraine. What Russia is doing is they can't win on the battlefield. That's a fact. Not this year, not next year, not five years from now.

Ukraine has turned the situation completely around here. So Putin last night is evidence of it. He can't defeat Ukraine's army. Not happening. But he's trying to defeat Ukraine's people.

And he wants to break their will, so they pressure the government to make major concessions to Russia. That is his tactic on the battlefield. Yeah, that's just it.

Now that's General Jackin. He would say, "Listen." The surge, the second year of the war, Ukraine thought when the summer came they were going to make huge progress. They didn't. They had bad tactics. In retrospect, I talked to some of the Americans who were advising them.

They did not listen to us. They said they know better, and they were wrong.

So they were unable to penetrate anywhere.

So General King would be the first one to say, "This is not a good tactic. They're not making progress. They're in danger now of expending too much of their troops and their troop strength for the winter." Well, that was two years ago. And they've adjusted in real time. And then when General Petraeus gives a speech the other day, I'm watching it.

He said, "I don't look at the Iran War as something that's going to change war. If you want to know the future of war, it is happening in real time in Ukraine. They're actually using robots in the field as army officers." Here's more from King Cut Thirty Seven. Where is Putin? He's coming into these negotiations with one thing in mind.

He wants to get economic concessions, money, funding, as a result of that, to do what?

So he can continue the war. He's not going to end the war. He wants to continue in his mind to eventually break the will inside of Ukraine, so he can take control of it. But he cannot defeat Ukraine's military. That's not going to happen.

Sorry, guys. I know everyone says it's not our problem. Just let Russia win. Give up the Donbass. What's the big deal?

We needed this to end. We needed diesel. How this ends decides if we're going back here. What Trump is doing, his next president could be a Democrat. No one will be happier than the next president that Donald Trump finds a way to land this plane in a way that doesn't allow for a sequel, and the sequel would be no Latvia, Lithuania.

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All right, from 48th and Sixth in Midtown Manhattan, heard around the country, around the world. This is the Brian Kilmeade show. Mark Teeson at the bottom of the hour. Brett Barr standing by. We're looking at the President of the United States.

Could not be busier. Running the country, passing all types of executive orders, moving forward with this this move to begin to make fertilizer here. Put one and a half billion dollars into it. That's what the Vice President announced yesterday. The President will deliver remarks at a rally in Fort Myers at about.

Looks like two o'clock this afternoon. Then he's got another event on Saturday. He's going to be in Georgia, and on Sunday. He's going to be in St. Clair County, so he is going to be a busy guy, and I think he's going to run right through the tapes.

Really, the last time he tangentially is going to be on the ballot was going to affect him directly. Brett Baier joins us now, chief political anchor of Fox News and anchor special report weeknights at six. Host of the Brett Baier podcast and author of the Case for America, an argument on behalf of our nation, and host of Spy Nation on Fox Nation. Brett, welcome back. You're in Detroit.

Yeah, I'm in Michigan. Yep, we're we're in Detroit. We're going kind of out and about on the campaign trail with both candidates a little bit today. We've got speaking to a number of different voters, different perspectives on the race and what matters to them, and then we'll do the show live here. 6 p.m.

tonight. Wow, that's pretty impressive. And I hear Haley Stevens said a couple of days ago that Mike Rogers has set up such a presence in Detroit. He has never, she has never seen a Republican this this work this hard to get the black vote. Is that because of what happened in the primary between her and El Saeed?

Yeah, I think so. And I think that Rogers and his team sees real movement. There and you know that the ads and the you know social media posts from prominent black figures in the community here, and also just voters saying that they they can't vote for Elsad is like fueling something that's happening. And you know how big it'll be, how much it moves. You know, if you move two, three points.

It could be significant in a really tight race. All right.

So here is Abdul El Sayed yesterday talking about what came up in the debate on Wednesday, and that debate really focused on Mike Rogers. He looks, what's was you in the Muslim Brotherhood? Your birth mom was there. Your sister talked about how proud she was of your birth mom's role in this. You go back to the Huffington Post.

You were in a column hoping the Muslim Brotherhood candidate El Moussi would take power and disband the and disband the military. Excuse me, disband the Cops, but now he doesn't really want to address that directly. Here's what he's claiming. Cut sixteen.

So I watched my dad become cut fifteen. I'm sorry. And the contrast could not be more clear. On Sunday, Donald Trump is going to come to Michigan at the invitation. Of Mike Rogers and John James, you might have know, you might have seen.

Yesterday, we had a little debate, or I had a debate, and he just pointed at me and said, "Well, he's Muslim." I mean, he has a way of diminishing, diminishing those questions about his background. We're trying to, yeah, and I think he'll continue to do that. You know, attack the question, "How dare you? How low?" etc., etc., but not really getting to the heart of some of those substance answers. You know, I don't think he wants, obviously, to talk about all of that in the closing days.

We'll have a mix of questions for him today and on substance and and issues in the race, plus you know what Rogers is saying. But you know, I think it's fascinating. You know, I I think in any other year he might have a hard time getting as much traction as he's had. And then you have the issue of polls, and one of the big polls that was in a an average of polls, including Nate Silver's and New York Times, was this Wedgewood poll that you know we found out just last week that was completely fabricated, and it in the primary had El Sayed up.

Something ridiculous, like ten over Stevens, and now it's even factored into some of the averages in this race.

So, listen, I think we got to be careful about polling what what it says, what it means. It's a snapshot in time; it's a tool, but really, what matters is talking to people on the ground and who turns out. Right, you got three three flat footed ties, Michigan. Maine, and you have Texas now. Paxton's moving up from the early turnout.

It looks like Republicans are motivated in Texas to come out. Democrats was expected, but the key that the main thing that's got a lot of Republican strategists worried is the Hispanic vote. It's now the traditional level that Republicans are at, roughly thirty percent. Trump had it at like forty-five percent, and do you believe that's driven from what you know, anecdotally or directly? Do you think it's driven from the way in which ICE the bad publicity ICE has gotten, or the way in which we've ICE has picked up illegal immigrants who have overstayed their visa or who are criminals?

One hundred percent. Those images, those you know, anecdotes of people getting wrapped up that weren't supposed to be. The way the deportation has been run is clearly a concern for Latino community, and it's it's real. I mean, I hear it anecdotally. I also see it.

You know, I mentioned polls, but this is not one poll, two poll. This is twenty polls where you see a trend in that way, and you know, there was a huge gain in twenty four. This is not a presidential election, clearly, but it still shows a trend that's troubling for Republicans.

So, I saw just to go international for a second. I know you got to run; you're doing a million shoots and getting ready for your show.

So, I just see that Bibi Netanyahu said while he's campaigning in a week, he's going to find out if he keeps his job. He said, "We have to finish the job in Iran. We got to get rid of this regime, and we got to do it with the U.S. and we got to do it now." And then the president, kind of indicating, "We're not doing anything until after the election." I'm not sure if the president made up his mind yet, but I know that Netanyahu certainly has, and they've taken action before. And now that they've come out the Iranians and said we want this new supreme leader said we want a nuclear weapon, it took the they don't even can't even they're not even pretending to deny it anymore.

My sense after after the the midterms. There's a plan in place to go back in, even though the oil has gotten up almost to pre-war levels in the Strait of Hormuz. Wonder what you're hearing. Yeah, I think so too. I'm not so sure that doesn't happen before the election, Brian, as an act of surprise.

You know, we there's been the headfakes before. They're clearly primed, and they have all the stuff they need in theater. I think Netanyahu saying that we need to do this. The U.S. and Israel in the next two years, with President Trump at the helm, I think is also telling.

And you know, I also think that whatever happens, it's going to be something that takes the attention away from whatever happens on election day. And not that that's the reason. I think that they believe that there's viable targets to hit. That have yet been hit. No doubt about it.

And pickaxes won. People say, "Well, you can't really destroy it with the mother of all bombs." But what you do is collapse it and entomb it. I think that would more likely be the goal, unless they want to come across and let let our heavy equipment go in there. I doubt it. But it looks like this, and I don't have any pushback.

Even the Chinese—they have stopped the ghost ships, so the Chinese aren't getting any Iranian oil.

So this is really interesting. They're not selling anything. The tankers aren't able to get out, and even the go ships are being stopped. And yet, other other merchant ships are able to get through the strait. They can't get the the diesel out.

They need the refineries, no doubt about it. But there are certainly things. It seems like things have to come to a head, and it just doesn't think that talks ever work out. Brad, is anything you want to tease for tonight?

Well, it's just going to be an interesting show from Michigan, and I think these road shows do tell you a little bit. We'll be out bouncing around in different significant places, but most importantly, listening to voters.

Some, a couple of them, I talked to in 2024, and we came back to the same people and how they've evolved about their thinking, which usually illuminates a little something. All right, Brett Bear, we'll watch you tonight, six o'clock Eastern time. Thanks so much, Brett. All right, we'll see you. All right.

Meanwhile, the case for America is still out. You should grab it, especially in year two hundred and fifty. One eight six six four zero eight seven six six nine. I just want to go a little bit more about Iran. Mike Sorelli on on what you think could be happening next.

He's a retired U.S. Navy SEAL, multiple deployments in Iraq, multiple deployments in Afghanistan. What this campaign could look like. Cut forty five. A secondary target to the the nuclear facilities, but you're absolutely right, Larry, and that's why a two to three week air campaign matters because we will have total domination over the Iranian airspace, and they cannot hide forever.

And with that intelligent mechanisms and twenty four seven eyes over the target, we can identify those residual missile drone capabilities and then remove them from the battlefield. Yep, those are some of the things we look at. I just can't see them not going even. Further to obliterate their nuclear program, and then, with the intelligence the Israelis have on who's who, Vahidi is now running the IRGC. Evidently, the IRGC not getting paid.

Supreme Leader in hiding is coward. Wiped out his family. He's kind of banged up. Maybe he looks hideous. Doesn't matter.

You do the whole burka thing. What the hell? No one even thinks twice. That should you do to women? Torture, ruin their lives if they don't do it right.

You kill them or hang them.

So. So I could see them going back in, and we know exactly who the new players are. Gonna be interesting. I would love to resolve, give up the nuclear program and the ballistic missile program. I just don't see it happening.

Back in a moment. Coming to you on a need to know basis because man, do you need to know? It's Brian Kilmeade.

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A talk show that's real. This is the Brian Kilmeade Show. Let's talk about Minnesota. Yeah, that's the other one. On the other side, Republicans think they can flip a Democratic state here again in 2024.

Trump carried the state. Show you what it looked like relatively close here for Republicans. They've been trying for decades to flip Minnesota. What they think is working in their favor here is there's a state scandal there about Medicaid fraud. The governor Tim Walz didn't run for re-election.

I think because of it, this is his lieutenant governor and Tefoya, the Republican, has been saying, "Look, if you're upset about that scandal, don't." Vote for the lieutenant governor. There does seem to be a tide within the state that might be working against Democrats.

So that's interesting.

So this is what I'm saying: if Republicans can't lose the House and keep the Senate, it's going to seem like a major victory for Trump. Last time he got two seats in the Senate, no one thought about could talk about, no one even talked about that because the biggest story was he lost the House. And remember the post-conference press conference afterwards? That's when that idiot Jim Acosta got thrown out by refusing to give up the microphone to the White House aide.

So that was just a meltdown afterwards, and you just saw how rude and disrespectful they were to the president.

So we'll see. Either way, and I know Democrats are going to be relieved, and maybe some Republicans will be relieved. There's two more years of Trump. What I don't think—I remember Vladimir Putin thought that George Bush got Dan Rather fired for writing for doing that story about him that was erroneous. He's like, "You fired that?

You know, you say you have a free press, but you fired that CBS anchor." And Bush looked at me. I don't fire anybody. What are you talking about? I get the sense that Iran, who's doing we're 24 pages, why you should vote Democrat in this election. I think they think that Trump is going to be powerless or out of office.

They don't know he has gotten so many executive orders out. I think he's doubled or tripled what Biden did total already. I mean, everything from from the helipad to the reflecting pool. This guy is nonstop. What he's doing, he's not going to stop doing that.

You think that they're going to defund the war? They could possibly defund the war by the time they get the vote and the people. Does anyone really want to defund against to a guys who are going to be defanging our number one enemy outside the superpowers? Ron, really? I don't think so.

You know, they just want to see an end, and they'll be ridiculed and use it for twenty eight. It's it's it's just going to be interesting.

So, more about this midterm election. Tom Bevin weighed in, and he just talked about it's going to be. This is so close. It's a matter of who's going to come out, which backs up why I believe, and Britt Yum doesn't agree with me, and I'm usually afraid to be on the other side. And with all his years of experience, this is why what Trump is doing is so perfect.

He's going to the areas that like him and saying you got to vote. He's getting them excited. They line up, and he says pretend him on the ballot. You could say it, but when they see him, it could be the difference. Cut twelve.

There are six Senate races right now that are under two points, two points or less in our Real Clear Politics average. Trump won five of them, four of them by double digits, and so if Republicans turn out, they're going to win a lot of these races, and that's the strategy that that Donald Trump and the Republicans are playing right now. That's his hit. And as Francesca Chambers said last night on special reports, she's with USA Today. This is what the Democrats have to do, Cut Eleven.

There's a difference between your individual Senate race and looking at a generic ballot, whether that's for the Senate or for the House of Representatives this year. I mean, broadly speaking, for Democrats to take control of the Senate, we were just talking about this. They'd have to win roughly half of the toss-up states. You know, it goes beyond Maine this cycle if Democrats were going to control the Senate. Right.

So, what we usually do is in traditional years. Usually, out before the whole woke thing happened, the George Floyd riots took place. Usually, one. Candidate is trying to out patriotic, out patriate the other one with how much they love America and the American story. I see none of that happening on the other side.

Almost none of that. Love this country. This country has provided me great opportunities. I could see the potential here. That's why I'm looking to serve.

All the stuff that you might say, well, I've heard it before, but man, that always moves me. Abdul El Sayed tried that yesterday for maybe the first time. Cut sixteen.

So I watched my dad become an American, and there are moments like these where you reflect on what it would have meant for him as an immigrant coming here to go to school to watch his eldest son someday run for the United States Senate. But ain't that America? Ain't that America? Look, I'm relieved to hear him say it. I hear almost none of it, though.

I mean, do you ever see like Peggy Flanagan? Love this country. You know, do you hear that guy from from Troy Jackson? Loves the country. All I hear from him is shut up.

You know, you ever hear that from Hillary Clinton? No, you know the Hillary Clinton's now coming out and saying they need a total. Everybody needs basically a lobotomy. Every Republican needs a lobotomy because they're right now they're not a party; they're a cult. Yeah, what did you say about the party in the nineties?

A vast right wing conspiracy there to take down your husband and you and the first family. You were never happy. Then I am watching Rahm Emanuel come out and say the Republicans got to return to the John McCain. Mitt Romney, I like both those guys, I really do, but both those guys got beaten thoroughly by Democrats and vilified along the way. Remember, you remember what they said about John McCain.

I remember guys from the entertainment world to the political world just ripping him, ripping him. Mitt Romney, they made him the worst person on earth, and now those are the good old days. Mitt Romney and John McCain. John McCain got hammered, and the way he was so gracious in defeat was fantastic. And Mitt Romney should have won that after winning the first debate against Barack Obama on the re-election, where Barack Obama had just got shellacked in the midterms, lost sixty-three seats, and then Mitt Romney comes out and destroys him in the first debate to the point where, and then they would never do that now.

SNL mocked him because he looked like he was asleep and unfamiliar with the issues. And then he didn't show up for the next two debates. That's what that's what Democrats want—the good old days where I could hammer Republicans and they wouldn't do anything back. That's never going to happen again. JD is a fighter.

Oh my goodness, is Marco Rubio a fighter? Ted Cruz will rip your eyes out. Ron DeSantis a fighter.

So they're never going to knuckle under. You can come up with things that they allegedly did or didn't do. It's not going to matter. Those days are done. I'm not saying John McCain wasn't a fighter, but when the mark when when the economy collapsed in 2008, he stopped his campaign, showed up to the White House to come to put our heads together and decide what we want to do together with Barack Obama, sitting President George Bush, and John McCain refused to participate.

So he would have been great in a military crisis. He wasn't great in an economic crisis. And Mitt Romney kind of folded down the stretch. He took the slings and arrows and let people mischaracterize him. I think he would have been a really good president, but he would never get elected.

Never get elected in this climate. I come back, Mark Teeson, and I were going to talk about where we go forward in Ukraine and so much more. You listen to the Brian Kilmeade Show. A radio show like no other. It's Brian Kilmeade.

The goal of these negotiations will be to discuss the issue of ensuring the security of Ukraine and Russia after the peaceful agreement is reached, and in their final version, rather than as a result of the ceasefire, an action for some short period of time. We are ready to renew these contacts in order to achieve this goal. Really?

Okay.

So that means the trilateral thing will happen. I think in the UAE is supposed to be in two weeks. They say it's going to be in the technical level. But with their acting like they're still bombing the hell out of civilian targets, which is as Jack Keen pointed out to me today, the general, it's a war crime. It's just nonstop.

This guy aimed for all these sites.

Meanwhile, we're not able to—not we, but Ukraine's unable to knock down any of these missiles because they're out of Patriots. They are able to knock down most of the drones, but still, we're getting reports that even though the president asked Elon Musk to bring everything up to full speed, it looks like Star Shield is not up to full speed. Mark Teeson joins us now. As you know, Mark Teeson's got a great podcast. I was finally on.

He's a fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, and he's a Fox News contributor. Mark, welcome back. Good to be with you, Brian. Hey, first off, I want your comment about Putin. He says maybe we can get to a point where the goal of the negotiations would be to bring this to an end.

Yeah, he's not a humanitarian. I can tell you that he just is every night massacring dozens of of Ukrainian civilians, intentionally targeting their their the civilian targets. Because, as Jack Keane pointed out in a great interview you did with him this morning, he can't win on the battlefield. He's been he the the Ukrainians have just defeated his campaign to take Donetsk. Right, they pushed them back.

They've broken broken their their lines. And so he can't achieve his objective, which is to take Donbas. And so he wants to get it on the in the negotiating table. And the way he's doing that is by trying to terrorize the Ukrainian people and create and create pressure internally by killing innocent Ukrainians for for them to make concessions. And you know, it's it's it as Jack said, it's a war crime.

And and so yeah, we we we need we need to put the we need to put the pressure on where it belongs, which is on Vladimir Putin.

So, how would you proceed? Would be the next exact thing you would do?

Well, first of all, make sure get that get that Star Shield back up. I there are reports I understand that we have low stockpiles of our own interceptors. But if the Europeans are willing to hand their interceptors over to Ukraine to help them defend themselves, then we shouldn't be blocking them from doing that. Which the public news reports are that we are. We there are other places where they could get interceptors, like South Korea.

We need to help them protect their civilian population from from from Ukrainian attacks, Russian attacks, and then we need to we need to put the squeeze on the Russians to. I think this energy deal is a terrible idea. It's you know it's not going to give them new revenue because all the oil that they're giving us was already committed to be sold somewhere else.

So it's not that it's giving them revenue, but it's lifting the pressure on them. We should be seizing oil tankers like we were a little while ago, and putting the pressure on them.

So and the other thing is we should be helping the Ukrainians take out the the Russian ballistic missiles before they launch. You know, we can give them the targeting and the and the and the satellite support to be able to do that. Right now, they don't. You know, they have these they have these drones that go into Russia and they put them on a course where once they get out of contact, they could they they're sort of autonomous, but they can't adjust on the fly. And so we we we could we could enable them to hit those.

You know, the idea is why why knock arrows out of the air when you can just kill the archer, right?

So let's let's let's take those out so that they can't hit Ukraine with those missiles anymore, and then push them to the negotiating table and end this thing. Russia cannot win the war. Ukraine can't win in the sense of getting its territory back, but it can. But it would be a victory for them if you were able to get a peace deal that essentially stops on current lines, because Russia's goal was to take all of Ukraine, and they have they they are not going to achieve it.

So we're in a Situation where you know tens of thousands of people are dying for a war neither side can win, and it's got to end. Trump is right. And by the way, you heard this huge lines for gas and oil of in Russia right now. Yeah, so everybody is feeling it. It's no longer in the beginning.

It was the Russian even know what was going on. And now everyone's feeling it. They got to drag people and do people out of Africa to fight for them, or North Korea. They just get dropped in there, and they're they like cannon fodder. But sooner or later, they'll learn to fight better.

Roger Wicker once also was heard President Trump say, "Easy on the refineries," and he proposed this. He's the chairman of Armed Services. He proposed. An approach Ukrainian would restrain from hitting petroleum facilities in exchange for American targeting assistance against Russian missile launches. It deserves consideration, and I think they would do it in a second, don't you?

Absolutely, a hundred percent. I mean, look, if the president is asking Zelensky to stop hitting refineries, you know, we were the ones who gave them. It's interesting. It was a great story. I can't remember.

I think it was the Wall Street Journal, but somebody about a few months ago about how John Ratcliffe. CIA brought to Trump this plan of striking the Russian refineries, and we have a way of giving them intelligence on hitting the refineries at a certain place, which makes it impossible for them to restart them. Right, and Trump approved it.

So you know, a few months ago, Trump was actively helping the Ukrainians to to take out refineries. But if he wants to pause on refineries because of the midterms, okay, let's do that for a little while. But how about they take out Russia Russian elect Grid, you know. How about they take? There's lots of ways to put pain on the Russian people, and I don't understand, quite frankly, why.

Why should if the if the Ukraine if the people of Kiev have to freeze because they don't have any power and they don't have any any heating, why should people in in Saint Petersburg and Moscow not freeze as well? I know. I don't think you know the Ukrainians are never going to hit civilian targets the way the the Russians do because they're not terrorists and they're not. War criminals, but there's no reason why they can't hit the power stations that that that power the Kremlin. Let's turn the lights out in the Kremlin.

There's lots of there's lots of creative things that can be done short of refineries. But one thing I would do is set up negotiators. They're going to be relentless.

Okay, you just met with you. Here's the they said the the deal that the offer from Kiev they said was without substance. All right, fine. But they complimented us for making the effort. Don't stop.

Just keep going back and forth. Go back to Kiev. Say, "What do you got?" They didn't move on. Let's go back. Just be relentless, and and do not relieve any sanctions leading up to those talks in two weeks.

But my feeling is, Iran is these same guys are doing the Iran negotiations, and that's heating up again.

So they're going to go talk to the Iranians, leave the Ukrainians. That's not the way you do things. No, it's not. And you don't take pressure on. Here's The thing the Ukrainians have agreed, and you got it in your interview with Zelensky, immediate ceasefire on current lines.

That that that's that's what Trump has wanted. The Ukrainians have said yes. Putin said no.

So why is there any pressure on Ukraine? Zero. I know all the pressure. All the pressure should be on Putin because Putin is the intransigent party. Putin's the one who's saying no.

So we should be turning the screws up on Putin and pressuring him to agree to a ceasefire on current lines. It's It's just it's just basic common sense, and you know exactly. I think I think, and you don't you don't relieve pressure on them economically or otherwise when they're being when they're the intransigent party, you increase the pressure on them.

So we should be finding ways to increase. Pressure on the on the Russians, and by the way, Republicans are very critical of the president right now on this. Is they're pretty clear-eyed as you and I are that Ukraine are the good guys in this, and the other team were the invaders.

So we listen to Senator Kevin Kramer of North Dakota, Cut Thirty-Three. Let me put this way: I've never confused Vladimir Putin with a rational negotiator. Any concession just brings more demands.

So I don't think you can have a rational negotiation of terms that Vladimir Putin will ever. He may agree to him and sign a contract, but it'll only be good for about a day.

So I think that's a miscalculation on the president's part that somehow he's going to have a rational negotiation with Vladimir Putin that's going to result in the end of a war. Do you know any other Republicans that think the pres that think that it's Putin's? Putin's the good guy in this. Do you know any other besides that's not in the cabinet? Any other senators?

I don't want to name names, but yeah, I think I do. And and but not not the most of them. And and look, the Putin. It's just absolutely clear that Putin is the entire party.

Now I disagree that you can't get a deal with Putin because. But the key to it is the security guarantees, right?

So. If if you if you stop the if you stop the war, Putin's just let's say we get a deal tomorrow.

Okay, stop on current lines. What does Putin need to demand? Reduce the size of the Ukrainian army. No foreign troops. No you know no weapon sales to Ukraine like that.

Basically, what he wants, what what his idea of a deal is. I'll I I need a pause for two years to wait out Donald Trump until I get a weak president like Joe Biden back in, and I can do what the hell I want to Ukraine. See, I have a different.

So you have to.

So a deal has to be backed up, and these should be non-negotiable with Russia. None of Russia's business, right? We should not be negotiating what security guarantees we give to Ukraine with Russia.

So we need to have, like you know, we we need to have international peacekeeping force, like every other war where there's where there's a line. You know, I mean, look at Korea today, right? You know, there's the UN force there. You go any war that stops, there's an international force to keep the parties. Separate and as a tripwire, we have to have concrete security guarantees for Ukraine.

We have to build up the Ukrainian military and and quite frankly, get into a mutually beneficial defense relationship with a free Ukraine and a peaceful Ukraine because they can help us as much as we help them. They, what they've, the way they've innovated warfare, we need to be learning from them. The drone technology. There is no country in the world that has better drone technology than than Ukraine. It's better than ours.

You know, if you ask Admiral Cooper, could I use a thousand Ukrainian drones right now to to use against the Iranians? He would say, send them right now. You know, so there there are ways that they can help us as well, and this could be a mutually beneficial relationship. But it's got to it's got. But the war has to end for that to happen.

See, I have a different take. If if he if As much as evil as Putin is, I don't think he's dumb. Do you agree with that? All right.

So the Putin knows how he was treated. The previous administration got caught with his pants down on the invasion, and then didn't talk to them for four years. Flooded them arbitrarily and slowly with weapons. They eventually got there. No, you know, no weapons and all the weapon.

Everything they end they end up getting what they asked for, but all too late.

So he knows the next guy in or woman in. There's no way they're going to be able to have this relationship that he has with Trump.

So I think he sees a deadline. Even though two years is a lifetime, and it better not be two years. I think that he knows his best option would be Trump.

Now, even if they end the war, would he want his massive trade with us? Trump will do that. He'll take the slings and arrows, lame duck president. Doesn't matter. Ah, you think I'm too nice to Russia?

I don't care. I ended the war, and I think he knows the next guy. There's going to be no upside to dealing with him at this level.

So, and and that's what I think he sees. Is he sees these people come in and give him respect and say things like "you're a humanitarian," which is laughable. But what they're trying to do is say, "Listen, I know, I know your reputation. I'm just looking to end this war, and I'm not going to hold it against you." What do I need to end this war? He's never going to get that again.

So I think he might see somewhat of an urgency there. I agree with you that he knows that he's never going to get a better deal than with Donald Trump, because Trump is willing to reward him if he does the right thing. But the problem is, does he want those things? How much does he care about that? I mean, Putin is possibly the richest man in the world, next to Elon Musk.

You know, with all his ill-gotten gains. That I mean, the the Russian government is completely corrupt. He's got money parked everywhere. Does he really care if the if if there are gas lines in Russia? If it's not threatening his rule, I don't know.

So yeah, so so yeah, you know, as long as he feels that his regime is stable, he. You know he and that he's you know you know now maybe he what he values is what Trump can give him, which is an invitation to the G eight summit again, or you know return on the world stage in some way. But but I I don't don't know that he the economic deal. You know just you know I remember when Trump met with Kim Jong Un and they showed them this video of what North Korea could look like with U.S. investment, the resorts on the beach.

They'd be like that, and Kim. Looked at that and said, "I don't give a shit about that." Sorry, excuse my language, but you can beep that out. But, but you know, that that that's I don't know that Putin cares about that, or that that's what he values. He he he wants Ukraine, and all these idiots running around saying, "Oh, it's because of NATO expansion. We provoked him into this." He he just said the other day in an interview, "Those lands that you know, Ukraine wouldn't be giving up those lands that we control because they're Russia." And all of Ukraine is Russia, and so you know we'd be the ones conceding.

So so you know he he he wants it. He believes this deep in his heart. One one of the lessons of history. I don't know how much. I don't want to go over time.

You got one minute. One of the lessons.

Okay.

One of the lessons of history that we that we can keep making in the West. Is not taking the words of our enemies seriously. You know, Hitler said what he wanted. He wrote Mein Kampf. He said what he was going to do.

We didn't listen to him. Osama bin Laden wrote a fatwa declaring war on us and saying he was going to attack us. We didn't listen to him. You know, the Iranian regime says death to America. Trump's the only president who listened to what they said.

Right? Listen to what Vladimir Putin says. He wrote a six thousand word essay explaining what what was motivating him. It didn't say anything about NATO expansion. It said the Ukrainian and Russian people are the same people.

It was stolen from us, and we're getting it back. That's the summary of the essay. You can read the six thousand words if you want. You want to learn about, you know, Ivan the Great and you know Ivan the Terrible and whatever else, you know, all the figures that that he talks about in the Russian history. But they want Ukraine.

That's what they're what they're after, and so you have to take the words of the enemy seriously. Their goal was to take Kiev and put a stooge in there, and basically run both countries like Belarus. Still is, it still is. That's still the goal, and they're not giving up on that unless the only the only way they they will give up on their goal is if we make it impossible for them to achieve it. And that's why that's why the president always snaps back and does the right thing.

And he's got to fix he's got to fix shield and he's got to fix store a store link and store shield. Do it today. It was supposed to be yesterday. Who knows why it hasn't happened yet? But the Wall Street Journal says it hasn't happened yet, and you said it hasn't happened yet.

So hopefully he fixes the next two days. We go back up, and then we find a way to loosen up the European donation of Patriots, and then we stand Zelensky back up.

So in two weeks, maybe it's a substantive meeting. Maybe. Maybe not, but maybe to get that done is an accomplishment. To get them to meet and talk and see what happens from there. Absolutely, it would be.

All right, Mark, we can do it. We got we got two years left. I hear you, Mark Teason. Great to talk to you. And how do we get your podcast?

By the way, it's called "What the Hell Is Going On." Just go type in. www what the hell is going on pod at ai at at ai org you know some are saying that you know that people are telling me that the one I'm one with you is the best ever that's what they're saying it actually hasn't gone up yet oh so I don't know who said oh I got a great source it's going up next week I'm gonna so I had a bad source what can I tell you I'm gonna so thank goodness I didn't give them up. The same people that are telling us that Starshield is working. Yes, a little bit more serious. Mark Deeson, thanks so much.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for having me on your great podcast. Learning something new every day on the Brian Kilmeade Show. The more you listen, the more you'll know. It's Brian Kilmeade.

Hey, we are back. Mr. President of the United States is meeting, taking questions before he goes to his Fort Myers event, which I believe is going to be at two o'clock today, and at fourteen hundred hours. That's two o'clock, yeah. Fourteen hundred hours.

It's going to be he's going to be there, and he says the crowd's already lining up. And he did point out too: you want enthusiasm, you need these guys to vote. I'm going to all these stops. I'm packing the place. Does that does that equal votes?

I think it does. Because you want your MAGA base. I mean, he's not going. If if you told him I got to turn out Democrats who are going to lose, I'd say, yeah, you got you got a problem.

Some independents are sourd because of some of the affordability issues, some of the the because with the Iran war, which I think is absolutely necessary, he's taking on. But his people that are there, he's got to make sure they show up. And then those, yeah, the eight point wins are going to be two point wins. That's just going to happen. That's Nebraska and that's Kansas for sure.

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From 48th and Six in Midtown, hadn't heard around the country, around the world. Brian Kilmeade show coming your way, where really going to be happy. Craig Carton, the great sports mind, now host of Outkick, the Craig Carton show. He's going to be with us at the bottom of the hour. Senator Darlene Graham is standing by in South Carolina.

She is leading in her race, man, for a rookie politician.

So much been thrown at her after the tragic loss of our favorite Senator Lindsey Graham, who's been a great friend to the show and to me personally, unbelievable. Ally taught so much about foreign policy from him, and she's stepping in there in a tough election, and she's going to be joining us talking about the final ten days, the final days of this race.

So, just a quick note: I'm going to be in Palm Beach, signing my book "United in the States," which is number five in the country. Thank you, New York Times bestseller list. Six crucial moments that forged the American miracle, and then Sunday, Vero Beach and Doylestown, November first, and then I got dates in Clearwater on the seventh and on the eighth in Jacksonville. Also full shows on Fox Nation, but you get a chance. Everybody who gets a ticket gets a book.

BrianKillme dot com to get tickets so I can meet you in person. Before we get to Senator Graham, big three number three, Iran's shadow fleet has run out of oil. Economic fury is working. If we do another round of extensive combined strikes alongside these, we'll get to your point. Two to three weeks.

Does that lead to better outcomes? That is Mike Cirilli. Mike is a Navy SEAL, fought multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Oil flowing through the Strait near pre-war levels. Are we going to go back to war in the midterm elections to finally, after the midterm elections, to finally get rid of this regime?

Bibi declares, if the Iran regime is still there, we have failed. Therefore, we'll finish him off. Number two. What Russia is doing is they can't win on the battlefield. That's a fact.

Not this year. Not next year, not five years from now. Ukraine has turned this situation completely around here. He can't defeat Ukraine's army. Not happening.

And that is key. That's what Jack Keane just told me on Fox and Friends. Trilateral talks straight ahead for Russia and Ukraine. But for this to work, for the push to peace to happen, they got to be relentless. You not make sure that whoever's negotiating this every single day pound it into.

Some type of agreement, as Elon Musk has been urged now to get Ukraine's Star Shield and Starlink back up to full speed. Number one, there are six Senate races right now that are under two points, two points or less in our Real Clear Politics average. Trump won five of them, four of them by double digits, and so if Republicans turn out, they're going to win a lot of these races, and that's the strategy that that Donald Trump and the Republicans are playing right now. Yep, last power rankings are in. A point of concern for the GOP: Hispanics and the Arab vote.

Why they seem to surge to a flat-footed tie in Maine, in Michigan, and Texas, and another senator trying to step in for her brother and doing a great job and having the. And guess who has his back to Donald Trump? Is Senator Darlene Graham. Senator Graham, welcome. Hi, thank you, Brian, for having me.

Yeah, well, thanks so much for joining me. I don't know if you know that, but I was one of those people harassing your your brother forever on foreign policy. What's the latest? We talked about we talked constantly over the last maybe fifteen twenty years. You must have heard that a lot in the past.

And his passion for the job was without. Pierre, did you? I mean, what did the job mean? Before we get into what you're doing to get to get the job, six more years of his, which will be yours. Can you can you tell everybody what this job meant to him?

Yeah, absolutely. First of all, I appreciate the optimism in me getting in there for six years. I hope you're right. But when it comes to Lindsey, I mean, he was just absolutely so passionate about serving the people of South Carolina and serving in the United States Senate. Any time we went on vacation, he never stopped working.

He was always working, even if we were at dinner somewhere. You could see the will. Turning in his head, he absolutely loved serving the people of South Carolina and helping our country. I mean, you talk about all in; he was all in, and I'm just so proud of everything that he did for our state and our country. I just could not be more proud of what he did.

And after burying your brother, because you guys were so close, within a day you have to step into his job. And what has that been like? That is right. Yeah, that's pretty much. You know, I got the unexpected tragic news just out of nowhere.

It was absolutely, obviously devastating to me because we were so close. And within 24 hours, the governor was calling to ask me if I would serve out Lindsey's term, and you know that never even occurred to me. I've I've never had any desire to be a politician.

So when he called, I said, you know, let me pray about it. Let me talk to my family about it. And the next morning, I called him back and said, of course, I would be honored to serve out the term. And then from there, things progressed even further.

So you had the chance to do the job. And when did you realize you wanted to keep it?

Well, you know, within a week I was being sworn in, and then obviously the next day was in the Oval Office meeting with the president. And as you probably heard, you know, the president asked me to serve a full term, and I agreed to it. But I had already been thinking, you know, because I have been working for the people of South Carolina for the past thirty years. It was. I'm passionate about that.

I'm also passionate about serving the people of South Carolina, just in a different way. I work for state government.

So when this happened, I thought, you know, this would be a way for me to continue serving the people of South Carolina, just in a different capacity. Plus, I could continue on with Lindsey's legacy. What an honor! What a great opportunity! I'm a hard worker, just like him.

We have the same values. You know, we grew up in a small town from humble beginnings, so we were both about hard work, and we learned the value of a dollar and the strong work ethic from our parents.

So I had all that ingrained in me as well.

So yeah, it was about serving the people of South Carolina is what finally made my decision. And now you're in a heated race. I mean, it would have been Senator. Your brother would have would have probably walked away. I mean, be up ten points by now.

With you, you're in single digits. What separates you? Yeah, you know, I just. The polling—it's kind of confusing and drives me crazy. I remember back six years ago when Lindsey was running against Jamie Harrison.

You know, they had that race close, and then he won by I think ten or twelve points. I can't remember exactly.

So I don't know if I fully trust the polling, but I tell you what—I'm running like I'm points behind, regardless, because I'm not taking anything for granted.

So I'm out there, you know, covering the state, meeting the voters. I want to hear what's on their mind, what's important to them.

So again, I just try to, you know, take the polling with a grain of salt because I don't know how accurate it truly is. It depends on the poll, first of all, and second of all, it doesn't matter. I don't care if I was 10 points ahead; I'm going to run like I'm behind. Understood.

So, what separates you from your opponent?

Well, that's easy. I'm a conservative Christian, and she's the most radical liberal that has ever run for a federal office in South Carolina. I mean, some of the stuff that. She is flip flopped on. She's for transgender surgeries and treatments for minors.

She's for abortion up to the time a baby feels pain. Just everything opposite of me. She called the one big beautiful bill the one big ugly bill.

So she wants to tax tips, overtime, and social security. Obviously, I want to lower taxes. I want to lower spending. I am. Pro-life.

I was proud to be endorsed by Susan B. Anthony and National Right to Life. She wants to take people's guns. You know, she's been paid. She talks about she's a pediatrician, but she was let go from MUSC for her radical beliefs on the transgender treatments, and she's actually been paid more by an anti-gun group over the past couple years than as a pediatrician.

You know, obviously, I fully support the Second Amendment.

So those are just some examples of the clear differences between myself and her. But at the end of the day, I'm a true conservative Christian Republican. She is just, you know, a true radical liberal Democrat.

So, and in South Carolina, you wouldn't think that would fly. We notice a lot of candidates in red states are running almost as independents because they know the liberal socialist agenda that thrives in New York, that thrives in Illinois, thrives in California would not work there. Do you find that she's changing her? Doctor Annie Andrews is changing some positions to try to be more. More attractive to the South Carolina voter.

Absolutely, you know Brian, and that's what frustrates me more than anything. It's all out there, where you know, years two, three years ago, she has all these videos, these social media posts, these quotes, where she's been for transgender treatments, and she's opposed guns. I mean, just just quote and video after video, and now all of a sudden she's running these ads like she's some moderate. I mean. And it's a complete lie.

She's deceiving the people of South Carolina, and like I've told several people, that's really what bothers me more than anything. It's all out there. You can't hide from it. You can't run from it.

So at least be honest with the people. But she's lying to the great people of South Carolina and deceiving them.

So it's interesting because if you're trying to get an idea, and it's not unusual, but the opposition party out of power, you know they usually say we're just going to run against the party in power. But what would they do if they got the job?

So we're hearing about adding two states. We're hearing about blowing up the filibuster, and we're also hearing about packing the court. This is Abdul Saeed. This is Tarullo. This is Flanagan over in Minnesota, and Troy Jackson in Maine.

Listen to this. Cut nine. Are you in favor of expanding the U.S. Supreme Court? Yes or no?

Yes, but fairly.

Well, I think the Supreme Court needs to be overhauled. And I'm open to a discussion about expanding the number of justices. I think I believe that we should add additional seats to the Supreme Court. I believe that we absolutely should look at staggered terms. I think that we should have term limits, and I'm not against putting more people on the court because this court obviously is not working.

So that these are the candidates, and that's what's going to happen when they get in. Where do you stand on that, and do you think that would be a bad move? Yes, I mean, Annie Andrews has already come out saying that she wants to increase the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen members to pack it with liberal justices. She couldn't even answer the question, "What was her favorite justice?" So that tells you right there. You know, I've answered that question clearly.

Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas. You know, basically the hell they had to go through to get on the Supreme Court. No, no doubt about it. But that—that's one thing that looks like it might even happen.

So we'll see what's out there.

So you have ten days. How do you plan on closing? What is your final message? My final message is: I'm just getting out across the state, trying to get to as many voters as I can. But my message, my main message to everyone, is please get out and vote.

Whether you vote early or you wait until election day, get out and vote. Because it's going to be close, and we can't, you know, take anything for granted. Like I said earlier, so get out and vote. Take your family, take your friends, take anyone, and just don't sit this one out. And you know, make sure you vote Republican.

Obviously, there's some. People out there who might not be sure, so again, just get out and vote and and vote Republican because it's going to be a close race. Because I cannot, these people are trying so hard to turn our state blue. She's spending a million dollars a week. Eighty-four percent of her donors are from outside of South Carolina, so they are trying so hard to turn our state blue.

So we could take you know help with that too, darling. Graham dot com if you. Want to help us out because again they're just pouring money into her to turn our state blue.

So my main message is just you know help us out, Darlene Graham. dot com and get out and vote, please. And Darlene, Senator Graham is our guest right now.

So Senator, one reason you broke with the president, you said flat out, I'm going to be more domestically oriented, worrying about the local economy than foreign policy. But you did break with the president when he did the diesel deal with Russia, and I think they're going to start. Chipping it soon. Why did you do that? Why do you think it was a mistake?

Well, you know, here is how I believe on that. You know, one of my main goals when I got in there because it was so important to Lindsay. It was the Lindsey Graham sanction Russia and Iran act of 2026. I worked hard as soon as I got in there with my Senate colleagues to get that across the Senate, pass through the Senate, across the finish line, and we accomplished that. Got it through the House and signed into law.

Ultimately, the President and I have the same goal, which is to end the war, to get the price of gas down, right? And the bill gives him the flexibilities, the tools to kind of turn it on and. Turn it off whenever he so chooses. Would I have done that? I would like to keep the pressure on Russia because I don't.

It comes down to the fact that I just don't trust trust Russia, our Putin.

So I think we need to keep the pressure on. That you know, it's okay to you can agree to disagree on things sometimes. But again, it boils down to the fact that I just do not trust Russia. Did the president get mad at you because you said that before he appeared with you at Clemson? I do not think so.

I mean, he came down and did the rally, and it was a phenomenal rally—a huge turnout. It was very nice of him to do it. I have thanked him. I appreciate the endorsement.

So, I think we're good. Senator Lindsey Graham, excuse me, Senator Darlene Graham. Right now, she has Lindsey's seat, and she wants it for six years. And she'll know if she's got it November third. Senator Darlene Graham, thanks so much for your time.

Thank you. Thank you for having me. All right, you got it. We'll be right back. Giving you everything you need to know.

You're with Brian Kilmeade. If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmeade. When asked whether or not she married her brother today, they asked her, "Did you marry your brother?" She said. Not to my knowledge.

That's one of the worst answers I think I've ever heard. You know, I've heard some bad political answers. I could go over a lot of them, but that would be about the worst. Not to my knowledge. I don't think so.

Did you have children with your brother? I'm not sure.

So that is. President Trump playing off the news yesterday on the stump, talking about a ridiculous. Elon Omar, they want to say, "Oh, wait a second, you guys are targeting her because she's black. Nothing to do with it because she's here illegally. It seems she doesn't even give her right name.

It turns out it's not even her name. Then all of it turns out she can't fully back up the fact that they have a paper marriage with her brother." And while she's married to this other guy, she has a kid with her previous husband, so she's got three kids, three husbands. The one guy that she was married to, evidently from England, could have been the brother because now we see that her last name and her full name is totally different than the one she listed. You would think with someone with this type of background, trying to would stay under the wire, you know, open up a coffee shop somewhere in Escanaba, Michigan, and don't be let anyone bother you. But instead, she becomes a high-profile American critic, Congresswoman, member of the squad, condemning everything Donald Trump does.

And you wonder, and you wonder why President Trump is saying, "I got problems with her background." People looking at it said, "Wait a second, her dad lied about getting a visa. Evidently, to get a visa, he was a military colonel enforcing some communist country's rule. Then he comes over here and says, 'Hey, I'm an educator. Here are my kids.'" Your kids—they automatically get your visa? Not really.

Only the ones under eighteen.

Well, turns out she was eighteen, and changed her birthday to be under seventeen.

So this is crazy, and they know there's a lot there, and she is in a whole lot of trouble. Will she be deported? Maybe. Will she no longer be a congresswoman? I think she's going to get expelled.

There's no one runs against her in that district, but she's going to get expelled. They all should watch themselves. All the squad. I mean, and just to make sure, not that you should you be targeted because you don't believe what the president believes, or you're a critic. But if you are, I always wondered: these first generation Americans that come here and hate the country, why are they here?

Why did they choose us? We didn't ask them to come. Finally, we have a situation where the criteria is strong enough, the border strong enough. We have less people coming in than going out.

So that's what we need. We need to get control of our population. Then those jobs are going to open up, and then people are going to understand exactly how great this country is—at least the one we allow in. Radio that makes you think. This is the Brian Kilmeade Show.

Welcome back, everyone. Brian Kilmeade is back with you, and so it's a Friday. Craig Carton's going to be here. This is a big mystery to me. I normally Craig comes in early and then does his show, but today I saw him at.

He's on my the rundown 11:35, and I'm thinking to myself, "Have you you quit the show? Are you what's going on?" No, that's what you guys ask for. Oh, we ask for. Is this a normal slot? No, I normally do it at 9:34.

I think. Oh, so you have this type of flexibility? Anything for you? Really?

That's right. You tell me what time you want me. I'm available for you.

Well, yes. Don't believe that, but I'm going to accept it because I'm a little naive. Yes.

So, and I know you're upset that I was right last week about the same. Beating your Giants, and your Giants gonna get blown out on Sunday against the Texans, and then we can start having a real conversation about your football team.

Okay, I don't want to. I know we're national, but I just gotta focus on the fourth quarter. Yes, I'm saying to myself, "What's going on? Right? I mean, how is this happening?

Because I'm listening to the game because I couldn't see the game, and I said they're up." They're up seven nothing. Where were they up ten? Giants were up ten. Then they were down thirty-four ten. It's going to be twenty-four nothing.

Yeah, it's going to be twenty-four nothing. Oops, and then. They could. Jamison makes a couple of interceptions, just absolutely killer, and they want to win for the running game. Yeah, well, fell off the punt return fumbles where everything just turned, and then he couldn't run the ball, and he's throwing picks, and you lost.

Thinking in the fourth quarter, they pull in JJ McCarthy. Yeah, he's only been with the team three weeks, right?

So when you watched him, they going through like layers of the defense to complete these passes, and you're watching him run like that. Are you thinking this is going to be the number one story? The come.

Well, I knew knowing that neighbors was open to tie the game, right? Yeah, no, I think you have to remember that the Saints were playing their backup defensive players in a pre-prevent defense, but you'll see the real JJ McCarthy this weekend. You do, and I don't want to just talk, John, say, but if this is an unwinnable game for you guys, but here's the good news: whatever happens on Sunday, you're going to wake up Monday morning. I assume you're up about two, three o'clock in the morning, and your Giants are going. To be in first place again, so that's a good thing.

Well, so let's enjoy that while you can. Put this way, I don't know what the Texans did last week, but everyone who saw that game said their defense looked unbelievable. Their defense is starting to get better because on paper they should be the best defense in the AFC. They've not played like it. All right, so a lot of people think you hold JJ McCarthy out, give him a week, did two more weeks because the bye week's coming up, right?

Yeah, and then you put him in again. That's what I would have done. I would have Jameis play because I think it's an unwinnable game. And then you have the bye week, and then you have the Eagles after the bye week, and they're all messed up with Jalen Hurts not playing and a bunch of other guys. And I thought that would have been a better, softer landing spot for JJ McCarthy.

But here we are. Yeah, here we are.

So Harbaugh, Najee Harris goes in and says, "Listen, I want more carries." He goes, "You're cut." Exactly right.

So did you see the stories that Scadaboo's on up for betrayed to Buffalo? There's a lot of silly rumors out there right now. You don't think it's true? I don't think it's true, but I would say this: we have to remember that John Harbaugh didn't draft Cam Scadaboo, right? And if there is an available running back, if you take like Jonathan Taylor on the Colts, they're not going anywhere.

Saquon Barkley from the Eagles, guys like that, maybe there is an opportunity to get the Giants to acquire a better back. You get Saquon back? Yeah, I mean, it's not going to happen. By the way, would you trade for Brees Hall, the Jets? Mmm, you might.

It's a lot of money. Yeah, but he's better than what you got. Keep like you guys have a chance. You love Scadaboo because I don't love Scadaboo. Of course you do.

Of course you do. Because you know there's still the caveman in the back of your head, like angry. Make contact. He's like a throwback football player. But I love people that care.

Yeah, but he's like Amy Winehouse, you know. It's gonna be a flash in the pan. Like he's not gonna be here two years. What happened to that? She had like she died.

Yeah, she overdosed. Oh, yeah, not funny.

So no one. I'm not saying he's gonna overdose, but he ain't gonna be around much longer. Right. I did not know. I forgot how that ended.

So tragic. She had the Wall of Sound, didn't she? Ah, is that the name of an album? No, I don't know. What am I thinking of?

Did she do something? She did. They want to make me go to rehab, but I said no, right? No, no, right? She should have gone.

She was in one rehab. Yeah, sad story.

So wasted talent. You know how it goes. Kind of bring the show down a little.

Sorry.

So let's talk about the anthem.

So you sent it to it. I did, and it's a huge story. It's getting bigger and bigger. Yeah.

So what is what is going on?

So so he, LeBron James, is playing the national. Anthem at Madison Square Garden. Yeah, Tuesday night. He decided to practice his golf swing and jump shot. Yeah, so he's standing there, and rather than just stand there for two minutes, right?

He's out there doing air golf and aerial free throw shooting, which is, I think, even more disrespectful than the gals of the WNBA. You're running off the court, which is obviously disrespectful. And I've come up with a solution, which I know you're going to love.

Okay.

And the solution to this problem is if you can't. Pay respect to the flag and all the soldiers that have dedicated their lives and sometimes given their lives to our way of life. Then you cannot wear the flag on your chest in international competition.

So if you want to run off the court, have at it. Run off the court, be disrespectful. But when the Olympics come around next time, or the World Cup comes around next time, whatever the international event is, you are not allowed to put the red, white, and blue on your chest. Very simple. And represent this country.

I like that idea a lot. Simple. In case you haven't seen it, because you guys don't watch the WNBA either, do I? Although I'm pro women's sports, absolutely. With more more opportunities for everybody, they run.

They don't just get off the court and kind of walk. Off and go. You know, let me just get into the background. Right. Remember, they used to kneel, and you just don't be a big deal.

Who's kneeling? You know, you'll try to find it. They run. They're like, we don't want to be anywhere near it. Correct.

The finals. I'm breaking the rules. I don't care. I want people to talk about it. And they're doing it.

It's performative. They want you to see them running off the court. They could stay in the locker room if they wanted to and come out after the anthem. I would still have a problem with that. But they're making a spectacle of.

Oh no! Here comes the anthem. We better get out of dodge. And they're getting the attention I suppose they want. But that look, like you said.

I've I've done sports talk radio for 35 years. I've never taken a call or started a show talking about women's basketball, and I never will.

So, do you remember the '96 team with Rebecca Lobo, Carol Walters, Jen Rose? No, that's the first time I notice women's basketball because and UConn was selling the place out. They were like almost a bigger story, and they are a huge story, especially with their coach and everything. Yeah.

So, I see that you know, and you see the rivalries happen. You see the passion. I just it just stops for me. As imagine me what maybe remember when college football they say in the fifties and sixties was bigger, you know, forties, fifties, sixties was bigger than the pros. Yeah, that's what reminds me of.

Like college is a bigger deal. Yeah, college is a bigger deal. I'm with you. Like women should have the ability to play sports. Sports are important, and there's wonderful athletes that get to play sports.

I've never had an interest in it at a professional level. I think we all kind of rally around the Olympics and international events like that, but. But here you have a league that's been subsidized by the NBA since its existence, has never made a profit, and now along comes Kaylin Clark, and suddenly people have an interest in the league because she changed the dynamic in this country for women's basketball, and they're doing everything in their power to drive us away from watching what they do. Right, it's crazy. You know, you know, Ennis Canter.

You had he was thirty-two years old. They just said, "We don't want to deal with you. You're out," and he knew it because he was making a big, big deal about the. Kneeling and could take it on LeBron. No one just drafted him, so he doesn't seem bitter.

But he probably lost four years making twelve million dollars. Look at an eleven-year career; he made a lot of money. You know, he's also been politically active. I know there is like a hit on his a price in his head in Turkey, yeah, yeah, because he spoke out about the Turkish government.

So he's a he's a politically active guy. But everything's performative now. But that's why I worry about that. Tovy Cunningham as a worker, like coming off the bench, play. Makes this stand.

Do you think they're going to cut her? No, because she's popular. And look, but this is the back, the ass backwards lead. Yes, and let's be honest, Sophie Cunningham's popular because she's beautiful. If Sophie Cunningham had a hairy mole on her face and weighed two hundred and ten pounds, nobody would care what she has to say.

But she's a model, supermodel, and she's got a cool personality and she doesn't take crap from anybody. And oh, by the way, she's a supermodel and take and going it back for Caitlyn. That was yes. We don't listen to ugly people, right?

Well, I think we do. We do, yeah. And I think you're calling me shallow, some way. We're all shallow, really. Yeah, even Pete and Eric.

Pete's the worst. He's the worst.

So I want you to hear LeBron because it's been so long, people forgot. LeBron James was asked about the president ripping her, ripping him for doing the golf swing. Cut sixty-one again. That Trump tried to take shots at you. And tonight, while you were playing, as well as I'm.

Slow news day at the office, you know. Slow news day in the office.

So I guess he didn't apologize.

So LeBron was screaming at a at a Garden fan who called him soft. Yeah.

By the way, he did apologize. He just didn't use the words "the president's right" because last night the Sixers had their home opener against the Cleveland Cavs, and when they played the anthem, he stood there. That's his way of apologizing. Yeah.

He's like, I'll change. And maybe he did it for the home crowd, and maybe that's his deal. I guess we'll have to wait for future Sixers games. This is an easy one for me. If you want to wear red, white, and blue on your chest in the Olympics, then it's not too much for to ask for you to respect the flag at home.

All right.

So, Greg Cardin, quick question. Yes, sir. Why don't people love LeBron James? Because he's insufferable narcissist. And if you if you're the greatest of all time, you don't have to tell anybody.

Michael Jordan never told anybody I'm the greatest of all time. He let his game speak for himself. LeBron has never done that. LeBron's a flopper. He's a crybaby.

He's a guy that has only won championships when he built super teams because he couldn't win on his own, and he that's what he's after. He and he's and you know to me a part of that his generation where that's what it's all about. World Series on Fox, yes, and two two fantastic teams. Small markets, yeah. One is the second lowest payroll, and the other is the nineteenth lowest payroll.

Yeah.

So, what does that say? Mets are number one, so the Dodgers two, and the Yankees three. Yeah.

So, what does it tell you?

Well, it tells me that people should take a clue from Tampa and Milwaukee how to build good baseball teams, and the fact that you can build a potential championship team for a third of the money some of the "quote unquote" major markets are spending to me is not about money. It's about having good talent evaluators, having good farm systems, and having competent people making competent decisions.

Now, there's a conspiracy out there that, with a looming lockout after this World Series on Fox, as you correctly mentioned, that this is going to further embolden the players' side to vote against the cap. That here we just proved to you that caps are relevant. The two teams in the World Series have hundred million dollar. Payrolls, give or take, and the three hundred and fifty million dollars payrolls weren't even in the postseason. But there's going to be some level of a work stoppage in baseball starting December first.

So I think we should enjoy this World Series because I'm not quite sure when baseball's coming back after it. It's so interesting because they can't afford to miss anything. They are dying, and in terms of the country, just every year, just a little bit less. People care a little bit less about baseball. I'm not sure if I subscribe to that.

Because you're in the middle of Mets Yankees.

Well, in New York, it's different for sure. Yeah, I'm not in Cincinnati. Do people care about the Reds anymore? Maybe, maybe they don't naturally. Maybe, but like do the Reds care about the tech?

Probably not. Yeah, you're probably right about that. Probably not. So here's something you can relate to. Yeah, Freddie Peralta, who was useless with the Mets.

Yeah, he was. He wins the MVP in the ALCS, cut fifty-seven. If I would have told you in July, ALCS MVP with the Rays. What would you say? That you are crazy.

This is crazy, and I'm very happy to be here, to be part of this great group and this this great organization. God is the only one that brought me here, and this is not only mine. We all earned this. This is for the boys. Great.

What did he do different?

Well, what he did different was he had better coaching. Apparently, the day he got to Tampa, and I don't know the name of the pitching coach, but they told the story during the ALDS this year in Tampa, swept the Yankees. That, like, within five minutes, they recognized some mechanical thing in his pitching. They changed it the day he got there, or I guess after his first start, which he got blown up in, and after that change, he became you know the great pitcher the Mets thought. They had.

So again, you could spend all the money in the world. Do you have the right people in the organization to coach, to teach, and to bring players along? And Tampa clearly does. Should the NFL be playing this weekend in Paris? Craig will answer that when we come back.

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Dee Marie Smith, the longtime former head of the NFL Players Association, so we're talking about should the NFL be in Paris this weekend? Talking about the Jalen Hurt situation with the blood clot and a little anthem stuff as well. And he's a really, really bright guy that I like a lot and respect a lot.

So hopefully, you guys will check that out. Saints Steelers in Paris should. Yeah, I don't think so. You know, they've canceled every fan event in in and around Paris this week because part of the NFL going to European countries is a celebration of American football. There's events and appearances.

Now, the stadium they're going to play the game in Sunday morning here, Eastern Time in America, is a train ride from Paris. It's not in downtown Paris. It's in a neighborhood. I'm told about 15 minute train ride from Paris.

So I'm not sure. If these riots and your nonsense in Paris is now going out there, but if you're a rioter and you have some agenda you want the world to know about, and you hate America, of course you hate America, and you've got the NFL, nothing bigger than that in this country, in your country. Don't you think that mob is going to say, "Oh, I've got a good idea. Let's leave the Eiffel Tower alone. Let's go get a name and a platform by connecting ourselves to the NFL." The NFL.

This is the hubris, Brian, of the NFL. If you're canceling fan events, why you playing a football game there? Where you want fans to come? Right. So you just don't want them playing outside.

Because fan events are just like a bunch of interactive things, fan fests. And look, I know the players are safe. The NFL has, you know, special ops guys, you know, former you guys, you know, seals and whatnot that'll protect them. I am not worried about the player safety. But the NFL is about the fans, isn't it?

I thought so. You know, the UK is going to have these same rights. We keep going back and forth there because the Jaguars having their stadium rebuilt, so they're playing there a bunch of times.

So I'm just wondering. I know they export the game; they make a ton of money.

So what happens is, in their wake, people buy the jerseys. Then they begin to pay attention. It becomes more of a global audience. It's work. It's work for the NBA.

And by the way, there's going to be a European division in our lifetime, especially as we change the rules of you know supersonic travel. There will be a year. European division, and that's why we play games in Paris and in Brazil and in Germany and in Tottenham and in London. Because the ultimate goal of the owners is more teams paying exorbitant fees to join the league, more money in their pockets. But this one have an American and European champion, and they're playing the double Super Bowl, double secret Super Bowl.

Exactly.

Well, the thing is, it's kind of working because they already have flag football in the. If you told me flag football is ever going to be in the Olympics, I'd say you get no way. But it is. Yes, it is. And the flag football team that represents the USA now played an NFL team and beat them.

Yeah, because it's really it's a different game. It's very narrow field. It's narrow, and obviously you're not tackling. Right. So, and I'm actually excited about it.

Right. Flag football is the fastest growing sport in America.

Now, for women, it is so huge. Yes.

My both my daughters are so upset they just missed it by a year. Flag football for high school. For high school, yeah, they would all played. And now, of course, scholarships. And it's genius for the football teams because what's a common thing?

Women can watch baseball; they could pick it up. You can watch soccer. Obviously, you could pick it up. But they look at football and go, "What the hell is going on? When's this game over?" But you play it.

The minute you play it, you understand it. Yeah, I think flag football is great, and yes, females in high school—it's awesome. Awesome, and I'm glad they're doing it. And they let the girls play; it's great. Do you think, as a guy, you would like to play with the girls in school?

Yes, you would have been on the girls' team. Look, my favorite female sport of all time. And don't send letters, please. It's just the fact. Was the lingerie football league?

It was awesome. Did you report on it? Yes.

Oh, look at Candy, a quarterback. Yeah, she also danced for me on Saturday night. But it was awesome. But look, I have a daughter. I'm a girl, Dad.

My daughter played soccer, and she would have played flag football if they offered.

So I do think the growth of flag football is great. Yeah, my daughters both played soccer. United in the States is now out. That's all you're talking about. The six crucial moments that forged the American miracle.

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