5063 Afternoon News with Beth and Bill

One of these days we'll ask you why you call yourself that. So I saw your note and I said, "Okay, we'll we'll just jump on. I'm glad you're here." You made it this time. Usually you have to watch it later verse today. But I trust in your unfailing love. My heart rejoices in your salvation. That is Psalms 13:5. And to begin today, I wanted to talk a little bit about primaries. If not every state has already had their primaries. I don't know what the schedule is for different states, but I know that we voted in our primary yesterday and Texas and other states. And I wanted to talk a little bit about it is so important to vote in the primaries. And one of the things that I've noticed is that it's not that there are more Democrats than Republicans, but more Democrats vote in the primaries than Republicans. And Republicans need to really pay attention to the primaries. We still have a contested uh an election that's probably going to have to go to a recount in North Carolina. Phil Burgerer who was Trump endorsed and Sam Page are in a fierce battle and it's come coming down to the wire at one what the word is now is that Sam page is ahead by two two votes and so if you think your vote doesn't count it counts and they are in the process I think of recounting those votes but good news and the even from the primaries is that Dan and Krenshaw has been primar so he's out. Jasmine Crockett lost her primary and but Jasmine Crockett is saying that she lost her primary due to cheating and she's blaming Republicans and I was trying to figure out this is the Democrat primary. I was trying to figure out how Republicans are to blame for her losing her primary. She lost. And the other person who's lost his primary is Al Green. >> Yay. >> Yay. And in Texas, John Cornin and uh Ken Paxton are going to be going to a a head-to-head. They're going to have a a runoff. And here's what bothers me, but that Republicans do this, and it just kind of bothers me. I love Wesley Hunt. He is a wonderful house member. He does great things. He's young. He's a veteran. He's all kinds of uh good things. He's smart as a whip. He's great in the House. And he decided to run um for the Senate against John Cornin, who is the incumbent, and Ken Paxton, who is the lieutenant governor. And what happened is he split the vote. And so Ken Paxton, I think, would [clears throat] have won handily had Wesley Hunt not been in in the race because Wesley Hunt pulled votes from Ken. I don't think he pulled votes from John Cornin. So I mean pull votes from Ken. And if those votes had been added to Ken, Ken would have won. And now Wesley is no longer a house member because he didn't run in his own primary. So, not that we will lose that seat because Wesley Hunt won that seat in the elections. Uh, he got 62.9% of the vote over this. So, it's a heavily Republican district. So, probably we will take that seat, keep that seat, but I would rather have him in the House now. I feel like, you know, and they do this, the Republicans will do this. They'll they'll let [clears throat] three people run or four people run in the primaries. I I think it's a mistake. Anyway, >> Trump will give him a job. >> Well, that's not the point. The point is I'd like to see him stay in the House and now they have to have a runoff election and so Ken Paxton has to kind of essentially run again and it's just un unfortunate in in in my opinion. Um, and it looks like, you know, we've got quite a few elections still to go, but it looks like Thomas Massie, whenever that primary comes up, he's running again, he's going to be primar because the person who is put his hat in the ring is um doing very well in polls. And who knows about polls, but I just want to say one real quick thing uh about the hearings that are going on. We still have the Epstein hearings and they're calling more people. One of them is going to be Bill Gates who has already admitted to some of his to some level. Uh but I have to say this. I saw them questioning Tim Waltz about all the fraud in Minnesota and about specifically coming after the whistleblowers. And of course, he denied knowing anything. He had his eyes closed in his hand out. Give me the money and I'm not looking. And so the young man who was questioning is really smart. One of those rapid fire people. And um he said something about, "I'm glad you're not running for reelection for governor because you have not done a good job for Minnesota." And Tim Waltz just shot back at him and he said it in a real angry voice. Did you serve 24 years in the military? And somebody said, you know, that had nothing to do with it. That wasn't even a question. And whoever was the next member of Congress to ask the questions, I it was a woman I couldn't see, said, "I'm a veteran. He's a veteran. Let's move on." And the chairman said, "Nobody asked you that question. Stop talking. You're no, you're taking away time." But Mark Kelly does the same thing. I serve I I thank you for your service. Thank you for serving in our uniform, but that is not a reason to give you a pass on everything else that you do for the rest of your life. You know, that's that's great that you serve, but that has nothing to do with you being governor or the governorship. >> It's a diversion. >> It is. It's just it's a guilt manipulation [clears throat] technique. >> Okay, you ready? >> Yes. >> So, um here's my rundown of things that you might be interested in knowing today. Uh, a US sub sinks Iran's only drone making ship [laughter] and actually it it had fled out into into the ocean hoping to, you know, stay invisible. But our sub got it and sunk it with a torpedo. That's the first torpedo kill since World War II. >> Wow. >> And that was a big one. That was it was it looked like an aircraft carrier. It just wasn't quite as big. And that was not only a drone ship, but a drone making ship. >> Wow. >> So, that's a good one. Uh, next, um, uh, [clears throat] US forces have killed the Iranian who headed up the unit designed to assassinate President Trump. >> Good. >> They tracked him down and killed him. Um, next one. This is not in in the war category exactly, but a major general who was uh the head of project blue book at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, which is where I was born, um uh headed up um uh yeah, Project Blue Book, which was the UFO thing. He uh went to New Mexico and walked out into the desert on Friday, and he hasn't been seen or heard from since. Not saying the UFO guys got him, but it's uh not something that happens every day. A uh a two-star general. >> Uh next, the Supremes have ruled that parents in California must be told if their child uh in school uh is starting to go by a trans name. >> And that of course makes the a lot of those California people go crazy. But too bad. Good for the Supreme. >> Good for the That's the California Supreme Court, right? No, >> that's a US Supreme Court. >> US Supreme Court. Okay. >> What was the vote on that? Do you know? >> I think it was six to three. >> Okay. >> Um next, um oil prices have dipped today. Uh they surged yesterday. They're down again today. and uh uh [clears throat] thousands of Israelis are now trying to get back into Israel. There's supposedly a 100,000 that evacuated from Israel and now they think everything's okay because uh the US controls the skies and so they want to go back. >> And that's exactly what you said about the oil prices when oil prices went up and you said, "Ah, they'll come back down." But that's what the press does. The press grabs it. Oh, look at what he's done. The oil prices, gas prices, everything's going up up up and then it comes down and it's crickets. You don't hear anymore about it. >> Yeah, that's it. We're we're winning. You know, all all we're trying to do now basically is is take out the remaining bad guys. >> Yeah. But I want to jump in with a point. You have You won't forget because you've got it written down. I I noticed that Iran um shot a missile at Turkey. >> Oh yeah. >> And I was wondering why. Do you know? >> Well, you asked me that about five minutes ago and I asked you why. >> Why? I know why. That's >> Turkey. Turkey is is the most pro uh Iran uh of of the the countries of that area, I think. Well, and Turkey had come out against with against the United States and all this and now they're like, "Hey, don't bomb us." But I tell you why. You want to know why? I'll tell you why. [laughter] The um the there was an announcement by an Iranian that there is no leadership in Iran. And so the military is just doing whatever the heck they want to do. They're just bombing whoever they want to bomb. They don't have anybody telling them what to do. So the generals are just making the decision. Well, they're trying to get that together. Um, Israel or um >> Yeah, but >> Israel says what says the U. Iranians say that they're going to uh appoint uh Hini's son, who I think is in his 40s, as a successor. And Israel already announced that if that's the case, he will immediately be targeted. >> Yep. I would not want the Israelis to target me. >> Oh, you know, you put that target on your back. I I think that that and that's exactly right. I have heard that that's what they wanted to do, but I we're not going to allow them to appoint who they want. >> No, I'm Well, we're not going to allow anybody who's who's pro continuing on with this with this uh basically trying to kill the United States. I mean, >> and that you want to kill us, well, we're going to kill you and we've got the power. And that's exactly what President Trump said. I took him out before he could take me out. >> Yeah. And it might have been close, too. Um Trump's 15% tariffs go into effect this week uh amongst all the nations. Uh and Israeli spokesman says that he supports the return of the son of the Shaw of Iran. Oh. And what I uh wrote in the last thing that I posted of my my regular type of stuff was that I kind of favor that because he uh is uh his approval rating in among the Iranians is 50% right now. >> What >> uh the the approval rating of uh the current group in Iran is only 20%. And so uh I I it's real really key that somebody not of that 20% gets in there to try to straighten things out. >> Well, it is and that's the name that they chant. That's one of the names they are chanting is um what is his name? Ron. >> Yeah. But there there's a lot a lot of uh pro- US let's say Iranians who don't want the monarchy back. And so what I wrote in my piece yesterday, the day before, was that uh I I would fully support him if he pledged uh not to stay in that position for over two years because when asked, he said that uh he figured it would take about two years to straighten everything out. So we we need to hold him to that pledge if he's going to assume that office. Um, now there there's like I I said in my piece, there's another group in England that is trying determined to uh form a constitutional republic exactly on the US pattern in Iran. And that would be a great thing if they're powerful enough to keep it right now. And I don't think they are. I think that's we probably need Prince what's his name in office for a little while until things settle down before and and that other group gathers power and starts meeting regularly and blah blah blah. So that's just the way I feel about it. Um and [clears throat] next Bill Gates tomorrow will testify uh on Epstein. >> Yeah, I know that that's going to be very interesting what they're going to ask him. You know, the Democrats are going to ask him about President Trump's involvement and you know the Republicans are going to ask him about the Clintons or whatever. He has already partially confessed to some of these things. His wife is the one who said he has to answer for this stuff. He has confessed and to having an affair with two Russian prostitutes. Beyond that, he said he really didn't know anything about this or that and the other. Well, I don't know, you know, what he knows or what he'll say, but it will be interesting to to watch. And the last thing is there was a very interesting article in the Washington Times from two days ago uh basically saying that uh Trump needs to just abandon the former European allies. Germany, France, and England have all uh yeah uh tried to encourage Trump to immediately return to the negotiation table, which of course is a mistake. That just gives Iran time to secretly start rebuilding again. And Trump knows knows this and he's not going to do it. England also uh prohibited uh the Americans from using um the big base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the name of which I'm forgetting right this second. I should have written that down. But u in any case, that was quite a shock. And uh England also forbid the US from uh launching any planes from England for a while, but kind of as uh they gave in a little bit. So now the US can uh land some of their planes in England that are on the way to Iran >> and so did Spain, but Portugal said that the US was free to use their airspace and whatever. Um so >> yeah, Spain that that was a real a real catastrophe. Trump got so mad about it, he he forbid the US from trading at all with Spain. Right. That's the first nation that's been given that type of of disciplinary action. >> So that's that's pretty much my rundown on the news for today. >> Well, that's the other thing, and I don't know if we talked about this yesterday, but the straight of Hermuz uh the fact that everybody was saying that Iran had closed it. No, it was the fact that they could not get insurance to cover the boats and President Trump said, "Hey," got on the phone and changed that real quick. And then he said that they would provide escorts for him. So, you know, this is a man that people do not yet still understand. You don't mess with him. You don't question him. Don't push him. He will push back. and he's has an agenda that one of the things I think that I mean Donald Trump before he was president has always kind of been this way. But one of the things that I think happened to him was a he got shot and he came within an inch or less of being killed and I think let me finish >> like within five seconds he goes fight. >> Okay. He got shot and came within a centimeter of losing his life. And he became very well aware of the fact that God saved his life. And I feel as though I have seen a resurgence, a new energy coming from him because he believes now that God has called him to do what he is doing and God is with him. And I I just feel like that has empowered him even more. just the fact that they came so close and they couldn't and it was an absolute miracle that he didn't lose his life and I just I I just and he has said that he believes God has him here for for a reason to do this >> and that that that first assess assassination attempt was supposedly one that was run by the Iranians >> could very well be and they could very well be behind I it seemed to me and it could have in Iran. But it seemed to me the Ukraine was uh the country that paid Ryan Ruth. He got money from them. He was in contact with Ukraine. >> Oh, really? I've never heard that. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. That came out early on, but that he had received a f was in communication with Ukraine trying to get weapons and etc. And I don't know um what Iran's involvement may have been with that, but of course, as we have said before, he has way more intelligence information than we do, so we don't really know fully everything. >> Diego Garcia, thank you. Yes, that that's the the base in the middle of the Indian Ocean. >> I would I would never have known that. [laughter] I've always been able to pull that out of memory, but I get under just a little bit of pressure on TV and my brain just >> Yeah, >> that's why I use a script. It's just what I have to do. So, this is this is news to me, not actually using a script, just a couple scribbled [laughter] notes. So, this is like major >> Well, this is what we do when we do a live show. The reason we're doing live shows, as we said yesterday, is Bill's computer is in the shop and he doesn't have his editing program that he normally uses to edit the videos that he does. And when we do the live show, I am I kind of help. >> Yeah. Without Beth, I couldn't do it. I'd be sitting here going uh [laughter] like I did yesterday. I I forget what I was going to say. >> Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm getting older, you know. >> So, we have a lot of things going on. We have the primaries that just happened and uh we have Michael Watley did win his primary and he was the RNC chair for President Trump and President Trump endorsed him. President Trump has not endorsed anybody in Texas because he had three people running for that Senate seat. They were all good in his opinion >> and well and they were all well I John Cornin you know and now we have >> the Republicans who were will not bring the Save Act to a vote. They will not do what they need to do to do that and I'm so mad with them. Then we have Tom Tillis, a senator supposed to be a Republican who is blasting um Christy Gnome and saying she's, you know, not doing her job and what you Yeah, >> the Democrats have just gone nuts. >> No, that's a Republican I'm talking about. >> He's blasting Christy Nome and wanting her to be impeached or whatever. It's just it the Republicans have never been good, but they're getting worse instead of better. >> The comment is Stormer should lose his UK citizenship. >> A lot of people of the UK are not happy with him. Tommy Robinson has been out of jail now and he's been speaking out again and you know, of course, he agrees with us that this was the right thing for President Trump to do even and I hate to give him credit. I don't even want to mention his name, but that former vice president, Mike Pence, even came out and said, "President Trump has done the right thing." You know, these politicians for years would talk about doing something about Iran. Do something about Iran. Do something about Iran. For years, they would talk about it. And now, >> and in Obama's case, he sent him a plane load of money. Yeah. Well, he did something about Iran, >> right? But my point is now that President Trump has done something is is doing something about Iran, they're all going, "Oh, no, no, no. We didn't want that." You know, I I still can't get over all the people in Iran all over the world cheering and celebrating and, you know, jumping up and down and doing the YMCA dance of President Trump's, which that always that always tickles me. And then you have a and I feel bad for him. I always respond to him. You have Iranians who get on that say, "Americans, what's wrong with you? You know, Democrats, what's wrong with you? You know, we we've been suffering. We're under the we're under Why are you not supporting us?" And I always say, "They are actually the minority." Most of us do support you, [laughter] you know, don't pay any attention. >> We'll see that demonstrated in the next election in November. >> Yeah. I tell you what, if any Iranian American votes for Democrat, I'm I'm not not going to be happy with that. I'll just say >> Dave says Trump should only back Paxton, hands down. >> Well, I think he's in a tough place. uh now that he pro he might now that Wesley Hunt is out of the race. But um >> doesn't he need the other guys vote on some critical upcoming issues between now and then? >> Well, Wesley Hunt's out of the race, so it doesn't matter. You mean John Cornin? >> Yeah. >> Well, he needs to vote on the Save Act. I think I think John Cornin would do whatever he thought was necessary to get President Trump's approval, but uh we'll see. I don't know when the runoff is going to be. So, we have no idea what the time frame is. >> So, >> Oh, May. >> Oh, okay. So, it'll be May. Yeah. >> Well, we'll see. Um >> between the two of us, we know a lot of stuff. [laughter] >> Well, it feels like May today. It's so hot outside. We go from freezing to boiling. Is there any or are there any other comments before >> Margaret says, "I'm so proud of our president and administration. I know there's never been anything like it in my lifetime." >> I'm right with you, Margaret. I have never been more proud of my president and I have never been more proud of a secretary of state in my entire life. Marco Rubio has really shown who he is. He steps up to the plate. He takes all those questions. He corrects it. Today he was doing a press conference and people were trying to get him to answer stupid questions and he said this is my press conference [laughter] and I'm going to answer what I want to answer. I'm the one that called this press and they were like okay you know he's but he is really smart. Yeah, I love I love those guys who get in the or women get who ask questions like uh uh what's the status, how many soldiers do we have [laughter] or you know stuff like that that just would be cons considered classified material and general what's his name just puts them right down and said sorry that's we can't tell you that >> we're not going to tell you that. Yeah, >> I'm not stupid. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're not going to tell you where we're what we're going to target and where or how. I mean, it and and you know, you have to wonder if they know better and they're just trying to trip them up and fake them out to get them to to to say something. I don't know. >> This Washington Times thing, there's one more thing I wanted to say about that story. It's a really good story. And in fact, I I wrote down several paragraphs I was going to read, but they're lost in the shuffle at this point. Um but the the question that they asked was why are uh Trump's three largest European allies, England, France and Germany abandoning him. And the answer is real simple. Too many Muslims in their country. >> Right? That's right. >> You know, once once there, you know, there's a certain amount uh there the political apparatus just won't dare to oppose them. And you know, we could we could hit that in another four or five years. We've got to start dumping some of them. >> Well, you know, Japan won't allow mosques to be built, won't allow the prayer at whatever time they pray, won't allow this, won't and and has really cut back. And I think um the Italian prime minister [music] has made some comments about Yeah. >> Well, she's good. >> She's good. Maloney. >> Yeah, she's she's a Trumper. >> But you know, that's one of the things that one of the jokes that's going on the internet in the from from people in the UK is these are the Muslim countries that are supporting President Trump and they list, you know, Dubai and Bahrain. They list all that and and this is this is the Muslim countries that are not supporting Trump. The UK, France, [laughter] Germany, and I'm like, "Oh my god." But unfortunately, that's exactly and look >> the weak the weak ones. >> Well, look at New York City. That's exactly that. You know, the scary thing, and I I'd forgotten this. In 1979 when the first Ayatollah took over, when they first took over Iran, he promised the people free electricity, free this, free housing, free food, everything will be great. We'll have wonderful peace, etc., etc., etc. Except they didn't get any of that. You know, they got horrible stuff. They didn't get free anything. And the women have been oppressed worse than anything I've ever seen. And that's exactly what's going on in New York. You know, he promised them free low rent, free subway rides, this and this and this, and hasn't done any yet. And in fact, the costs have gone up. And then he had to cry for people to help shovel snow. [laughter] And by the way, you'll have to shovel your own snow. You want >> like do something for the good of the community? What's that? >> So [laughter] it, you know, it it it's the same handwriting on the wall. They lie. They lie. They lie. They're supposed to lie. That's part of the doctrine of Islam is it's good to lie. And I I mean I'm not that's not hyperbole. That's true. Uh >> yeah, Audrey, you're you're right on there. Job creation has collapsed from millions added in both 2023 and 2024 down to 181,000 in 2025. >> But there are going to be a lot of jobs available. >> Yeah. Well, that's the the effect of Obama, Biden. >> I'm just going to say they're going to be a lot there. As President Trump said, he's creating jobs in Iran. So, and the [laughter] in the in leadership positions. He's creating a lot of leadership positions. And I think that we are about there about it. We usually try to keep this to 30 minutes. So, we will say God bless and keep and protect President Trump. God bless the people in Iran >> and God bless the United States of America and every single one of you and thank you for listening again >> and being just generally interested and involved in this situation. Thank you. >> And if your primary hasn't happened in your state, don't forget to vote. Go vote. [clears throat]

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