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Stakelbeck Tonight | Eric Stakelbeck: Can Iran Uphold Their Promise? | Stakelbeck Tonight | June 18, 2026
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck and i'm not concerned
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- That iran will acquire nuclear weapons as long as president
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- Trump is in office.
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- But i am concerned
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- About what happens after trump leaves office.
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- Between operation midnight
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- Hammer last june and the recently completed
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- Operation epic fury, the us military on president trump's
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- Orders has turned iran's nuclear sites into rubble.
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- It's also eliminated iran's navy, air force and air defenses
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- And much of the regime's
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- Ballistic missiles and drone launching capability,
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- Not to mention
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- Many of its senior political and military leaders.
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- Meanwhile, iran's
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- Economy is in tatters thanks to a crippling u.s.
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- Naval blockade.
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- The president was bold and decisive,
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- And he deserves immense credit for all of this.
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- So does our great ally israel, which fought bravely by our side
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- In these operations.
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- Great things were.
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- And the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism
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- Was on the ropes and more vulnerable than ever
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- To an uprising by the long suffering iranian people.
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- That's why i'm so baffled by the memorandum of understanding
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- That president trump signed with iran on wednesday.
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- Now, this memorandum is not a final deal.
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- It's an agreement
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- Between the united states and iran to continue talking
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- For the next 60 days in hopes of achieving a final deal.
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- And as we know,
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- With iran's terrorist regime, nothing is guaranteed.
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- Yet some of what's laid out in the current memorandum, which
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- Again, is the basis for a final deal, is deeply troubling.
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- First, iran pledges to not develop nuclear weapons.
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- That's their promise.
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- Scout's honor.
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- Gee, now i feel better.
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- Are we to believe that the most untrustworthy
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- Regime on the planet, which in 47 years
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- Has never signed a deal it did not break, has now
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- Suddenly discovered the concepts of honesty and transparency?
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- Or will they simply restart their nuclear program
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- Once president trump leaves office?
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- Folks, the iranians haven't suddenly seen the light.
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- They're engaged in the islamic concept of
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- Deception.
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- As david brody of cbn news pointed out to vice president
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- Vance on wednesday watch.
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- It kind of goes to the theological issues within islam,
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- Specifically the way they the regime sees it to kia,
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- Which basically allows you to lie in righteousness
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- If you will.
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- There is a hoodie ba which is the treaty of hoodie b,
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- Which muhammad sign in the sixth century,
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- Which basically says that's a way
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- For them to retool and to rearm.
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- And this is part of their mindset. it's a theology.
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- How concerning is that to you?
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- Well, you know,
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- I certainly hope that they're not lying,
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- But it's not concerning to me because
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- I don't really trust anybody.
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- And i think this is one of the things
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- The president has told us to do in this negotiation is don't
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- Trust any words that are written on paper,
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- Which is why i think you know
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- Both the good and the bad of of this entire negotiation.
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- Meaning i shouldn't say the bad, the good things for america
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- And also the good things for iran
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- Fundamentally only happened through action.
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- And that's what we have set this up to do.
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- So if they do things, then they get things.
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- If they don't do anything, then they don't get any
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- Of the benefits of the bargain.
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- I am sure that there are people within their system
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- Who are not telling us exactly what's on their mind.
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- That's just the way that these things go.
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- But that's why the president has told us
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- Don't reward good words, reward good conduct
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- If that happens, and if not, we don't know skin off our back.
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- Iran does get one big immediate benefit.
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- It will restart
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- Its will exports as the us lifts its naval blockade.
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- Now, other deal points,
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- Thankfully, are contingent on iran's behavior,
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- According to the memorandum of understanding, if iran keeps
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- Its end of the bargain a big if, it will receive u.s.
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- Sanctions relief, plus $300 billion in reconstruction money
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- From arab gulf states, some of the same gulf states,
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- Presumably, that iran just spent months bombing during the war.
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- It's not hard to imagine what iran's regime will do with
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- A financial windfall of hundreds of billions of dollars.
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- Again, they'll lie low as much as they can until trump
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- Leaves office, and then they'll resume pouring
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- Those new found billions into rebuilding their nuclear
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- And missile programs
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- And funding the likes of hamas and hezbollah.
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- Folks, president trump is no dummy.
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- He knows what iran's regime is all about.
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- But it seems the economic factor loomed large here.
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- He warned yesterday of a global depression
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- If the iran issue wasn't resolved soon.
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- Here's more.
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- Who's really happy is the market,
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- Because the market's gone up
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- Thousands of points over the last 4
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- Or 5 days since hearing about it,
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- And the strait is going to be opening.
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- It's already partially opened.
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- It's going to be opening up soon in full over the next day
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- Or two.
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- And the market has gone wild and all has come tumbling down.
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- Well, is it 73, $74?
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- And it's getting to very close to where it was before
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- The crisis.
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- The difference is now we have iran without a nuclear weapon.
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- So we'll see how that all plays out.
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- I think people are going to be very happy.
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- But there's nothing so smart as the market.
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- And the market loves it.
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- Hey, it's great that the strait of hormuz
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- Is reopening,
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- But a big question is whether iran will be allowed to
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- Control it.
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- The regime has even
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- Talked about charging tolls to ships that pass through.
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- Clearly, there are many important points
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- That will need to be worked out over the next 60 days.
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- And two of the most important points of all
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- Are not even mentioned in the memorandum of understanding
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- Iran's ballistic missile program and its support for proxies
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- Like hezbollah.
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- Speaking of hezbollah as part of the deal,
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- Iran has also managed to link israel's battle
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- With a terror group in lebanon to the broader agreement.
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- Iran says it will not sign a final deal
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- Unless israel stops responding to repeated attacks
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- By hezbollah attacks that iran encourages.
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- This obviously puts israel in an impossible position.
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- So clearly we have lots of red flags
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- Here to be worked out over the next 60 days.
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- So i encourage everyone to
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- Pray for wisdom for our leaders, president trump in particular,
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- As he engaged in these very sensitive negotiations
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- And pray for the iranian people who are the main victims
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- Of this evil regime.
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- President trump's threat to use military force
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- If the regime does not comply to the terms of the memorandum
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- Is extremely important.
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- There is still an opportunity to do what i believe
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- Should have been done back in april.
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- That is to finish the job.
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- Big things happening in america on our 250th birthday
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- As a nation.
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- Coming up next,
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- Rachel campos-duffy of fox news joins me with a call to action
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- For american patriots everywhere they'll move.
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- For american patriots everywhere they'll move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck
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- Tonight as america celebrates its 250th birthday.
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- Here's a very important question.
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- Do we still know who we are as a people at a time
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- When patriotism is attacked as fascism and many young
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- Americans are struggling
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- To connect with our nation's story,
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- A great new book reminds us of what has made america
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- So special and unique in the first place.
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- Rachel campos-duffy's co-host of fox
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- And friends weekend and editor of the instant
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- New york times bestseller all american patriotism.
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- It's a collection of stories
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- From some of fox news's most recognizable personalities,
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- Celebrating the people, faith, resilience and spirit
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- That have made the united states the greatest nation on earth.
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- Take a look.
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- Rachel, great to have you with us.
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- We love the book.
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- One of the things you write about in it
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- Is that as we celebrate our 250th birthday as a nation,
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- We're also going through an identity crisis.
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- Tell us more about that.
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- Yeah, we are definitely going through an identity crisis.
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- And you you really laid it out perfectly.
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- People are asking, who are we as we turn 250 years old?
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- And there's a reason.
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- I mean, you and i think we're probably,
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- You know, around the same age ish.
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- If i was a young person growing up, you know,
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- During the cold war and we kind of knew who we were,
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- We were very unapologetically patriotic.
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- We knew our country wasn't perfect,
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- But we saw our country and her flaws through a prism of love.
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- And i like to compare it a lot to what
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- It's like to be a parent. right?
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- Like, we're all imperfect.
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- But if i
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- If my children grew up only hearing about my shortcomings
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- And all the things that i, i'm not doing well enough
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- And even, you know, derogatory things about me,
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- It would be very hard for them to grow up loving me.
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- And so the first thing they need to do
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- Is trust me, love me, learn all the great things about me.
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- And then as they grow older,
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- They learn about me and my husband's flaws,
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- And they're able to love us through that prism of of love.
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- And as you said, gratitude and being able to
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- To do that is a very natural thing.
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- And i think what we've done is robbed
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- Our children of that very innocent early period.
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- The number one book that's being taught
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- For american history, that's
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- Being taught to our children right now, is the book
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- Called a people's history by a marxist named howard zinn.
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- And all of this
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- Is to look at american history through a prism of marxism,
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- The oppressed versus the oppressor.
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- And everyone's a victim to this racist experiment
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- That we call america.
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- And so then we wake up 20 years later and go,
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- Why do all these kids, why are these kids
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- So ambivalent about america?
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- Why aren't they patriotic?
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- Why are patriotism levels collapsing?
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- If you pull young people on there, you know,
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- The numbers are actually very shocking.
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- And so this is exactly why.
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- And, you know, obviously our leaders need to,
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- You know, take hold of this curriculum.
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- We need to eradicate this from our schools.
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- But at a more practical level, we as parents need to understand
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- What is happening,
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- And then we need to retell that story ourselves.
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- And the stories in this book are just the stories
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- Of different hosts from fox news.
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- A lot of them are around my age.
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- They're gen xers, a few younger, a few older.
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- But most of us grew up in homes where we were taught
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- To love our country,
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- And it was sort of taken for granted that you, you know,
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- Hung the flag out on your porch and you had a 4th of july that,
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- You know, celebration in the backyard.
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- And everyone loved america and everybody,
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- You know, was sort of just accepted
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- America as the greatest,
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- Most exceptional country on earth, which we are, of course.
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- And and then we work towards fixing our country out of
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- That context.
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- That is no longer the case, but we as parents can tell
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- Our own american dream stories.
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- We can tell the stories of our ancestors who came here,
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- Whether it was on, you know, on the mayflower or,
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- You know, if the recent immigrants like my parents.
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- But i do think we have to at the home
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- Level, at the family level, start to tell these stories.
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- Stories are very powerful.
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- You write about in the book
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- And you highlight
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- Stories of the founders and rachel in particular,
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- The declaration of independence.
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- People almost take it for granted,
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- But the risks that the founders took to sign a declaration.
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- Tell us more about that.
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- Absolutely.
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- I mean, they lost property.
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- Some of their homes were burned down.
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- Their families were imprisoned.
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- They lost their wealth.
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- And yet nobody ever.
- 00:12:51.394 --> 00:12:53.663
- And signing this, i mean, it's really hard
- 00:12:53.663 --> 00:12:55.532
- For us to understand signing it meant it was a death sentence.
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- You were committing treason against the monarchy.
- 00:12:59.436 --> 00:13:01.338
- By the way, a couple of days ago,
- 00:13:01.338 --> 00:13:02.439
- I went to a a dinner at the british embassy
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- Here at the british residence
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- Here in washington, d.c., and ken burns was the speaker.
- 00:13:06.643 --> 00:13:10.814
- And he also sort of unfolded just what it took
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- To for these people to sign that declaration of independence.
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- And then for regular americans.
- 00:13:18.355 --> 00:13:19.956
- I mean, this was a you know,
- 00:13:19.956 --> 00:13:21.625
- It was no small thing to sign up to be part of this revolution.
- 00:13:21.625 --> 00:13:25.428
- And people helped in
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- So many ways that women were involved,
- 00:13:26.830 --> 00:13:29.399
- If not on, you know,
- 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.467
- Not on the battlefield, but in, in different ways,
- 00:13:30.467 --> 00:13:33.003
- Supporting the patriots.
- 00:13:33.003 --> 00:13:34.170
- And so this was a remarkable experiment.
- 00:13:34.170 --> 00:13:37.107
- Ken burns said, and i couldn't agree more with them, he said.
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- Aside from the birth of jesus christ,
- 00:13:40.076 --> 00:13:43.546
- The american,
- 00:13:43.914 --> 00:13:45.348
- You know, declaration of independence, that revolution
- 00:13:45.348 --> 00:13:48.785
- Against the monarchy and that idea that we were free
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- Men, that our rights came from god,
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- That the purpose of the state
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- Of the government
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- Was only to protect
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- Those rights, that no one could take it away from us.
- 00:13:57.727 --> 00:14:01.097
- And it was, you know,
- 00:14:01.097 --> 00:14:01.998
- We the people who ruled over ourselves.
- 00:14:01.998 --> 00:14:04.935
- This was this.
- 00:14:04.935 --> 00:14:05.802
- There's no other moment
- 00:14:05.802 --> 00:14:06.703
- Besides the birth of jesus christ
- 00:14:06.703 --> 00:14:07.938
- That has changed the course of history more.
- 00:14:07.938 --> 00:14:09.506
- And so it is so sad what we have done,
- 00:14:09.506 --> 00:14:12.776
- What we have allowed these marxists,
- 00:14:12.776 --> 00:14:14.311
- These bolsheviks, to do with our school system
- 00:14:14.311 --> 00:14:17.347
- In our curriculum.
- 00:14:17.347 --> 00:14:18.548
- And so we've robbed these kids and we need to change that.
- 00:14:18.548 --> 00:14:21.451
- And like i said, we can do it, you know, through school boards,
- 00:14:21.451 --> 00:14:25.021
- Through taking our kids
- 00:14:25.021 --> 00:14:26.156
- Into classical academies, through homeschooling.
- 00:14:26.156 --> 00:14:29.192
- But, boy, we need to start in the home.
- 00:14:29.192 --> 00:14:31.494
- We need to have these discussions because if
- 00:14:31.494 --> 00:14:33.596
- We're not having them, somebody else
- 00:14:33.596 --> 00:14:35.632
- Is having these conversations with our kids.
- 00:14:35.632 --> 00:14:37.600
- And it's not a very nice conversation about america,
- 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.570
- Our founders, or our history.
- 00:14:40.570 --> 00:14:42.772
- Up next, from tearing down statues
- 00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:45.775
- To rewriting history books, a generation of americans
- 00:14:45.775 --> 00:14:48.979
- Is being taught to view this country
- 00:14:48.979 --> 00:14:51.381
- To the lens of shame instead of gratitude.
- 00:14:51.381 --> 00:14:54.551
- We're back with fox news host rachel campos-duffy
- 00:14:54.551 --> 00:14:57.620
- To learn why she believes america's
- 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:59.856
- Greatest threat isn't coming from china, iran or russia.
- 00:14:59.856 --> 00:15:03.593
- It's the loss of our own national identity
- 00:15:03.593 --> 00:15:07.464
- That's next.
- 00:15:07.464 --> 00:15:12.008
- That's next.
- 00:15:12.008 --> 00:15:15.506
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, at a time
- 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:18.843
- When so many institutions
- 00:15:18.843 --> 00:15:20.277
- Are teaching americans to apologize for their history.
- 00:15:20.277 --> 00:15:23.881
- Fox news host rachel campos-duffy is pushing back.
- 00:15:23.881 --> 00:15:27.418
- Her new bestselling book
- 00:15:27.418 --> 00:15:28.452
- Is called all american patriotism,
- 00:15:28.452 --> 00:15:30.621
- And it's a celebration of the people,
- 00:15:30.621 --> 00:15:32.890
- The values and the stories that made this country
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- The greatest force for freedom that the world has ever known.
- 00:15:35.793 --> 00:15:40.431
- You write in the book, you've talked about this often,
- 00:15:41.465 --> 00:15:44.135
- The importance of reemphasize
- 00:15:44.135 --> 00:15:47.038
- And getting back in touch with america's christian heritage.
- 00:15:47.038 --> 00:15:50.441
- Where does that fall in all of this?
- 00:15:50.441 --> 00:15:52.376
- Gosh, that's another thing we have robbed our kids of.
- 00:15:53.477 --> 00:15:55.713
- I mean, these stories are, you know,
- 00:15:55.713 --> 00:15:58.215
- The whole experiment was based, as i said,
- 00:15:58.215 --> 00:16:00.918
- The whole thing was your rights come from god.
- 00:16:00.918 --> 00:16:03.454
- If there's no god, then this this whole thing doesn't work.
- 00:16:03.454 --> 00:16:07.158
- And and that's what communism is.
- 00:16:07.158 --> 00:16:09.360
- By the way, communism isn't atheistic,
- 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:11.595
- You know, religion or ideology.
- 00:16:11.595 --> 00:16:15.399
- It is, you know, very much
- 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.501
- Opposed to any religion or any idea of a god.
- 00:16:17.501 --> 00:16:19.970
- And the god is the state, right?
- 00:16:19.970 --> 00:16:22.373
- And we've allowed people to infiltrate our system and,
- 00:16:22.373 --> 00:16:26.510
- And change these stories.
- 00:16:26.510 --> 00:16:28.212
- I mean, even
- 00:16:28.212 --> 00:16:29.246
- Even if you don't have to look very far back,
- 00:16:29.246 --> 00:16:30.915
- Even the story of the civil
- 00:16:30.915 --> 00:16:32.216
- Rights movement, which isn't that long ago,
- 00:16:32.216 --> 00:16:35.419
- When that story is told now to our children, it is devoid
- 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:39.457
- Of the christian pastors who let that.
- 00:16:39.457 --> 00:16:41.659
- And starting with luther king himself.
- 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:43.828
- So, you know, you can go down, down the line
- 00:16:43.828 --> 00:16:47.331
- From the revolution to right now,
- 00:16:47.331 --> 00:16:49.233
- And you will never hear about the christian roots,
- 00:16:49.233 --> 00:16:52.970
- The christian heritage that is so intertwined with our history.
- 00:16:52.970 --> 00:16:56.974
- And that's another thing we need to appreciate.
- 00:16:56.974 --> 00:17:00.311
- Yeah, the founders were godly men, no doubt.
- 00:17:00.311 --> 00:17:02.379
- Again, folks have all american patriotism picked up right now.
- 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:05.483
- Amazon.com wherever books are sold.
- 00:17:05.483 --> 00:17:07.184
- And of course, follow rachael on instagram across social media.
- 00:17:07.184 --> 00:17:11.222
- Hey, i mentioned a minute ago rachel, and your story is
- 00:17:11.222 --> 00:17:13.557
- Actually interwoven in the book.
- 00:17:13.557 --> 00:17:15.259
- Of course,
- 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:16.060
- You have lived the american dream,
- 00:17:16.060 --> 00:17:18.028
- Starting out in the real world reality tv,
- 00:17:18.028 --> 00:17:20.264
- But rising to do incredible things.
- 00:17:20.264 --> 00:17:22.333
- Fox and friends.
- 00:17:22.333 --> 00:17:23.501
- Obviously married to the great transportation
- 00:17:23.501 --> 00:17:25.870
- Secretary sean duffy, nine children.
- 00:17:25.870 --> 00:17:28.639
- Tell us more about your journey
- 00:17:28.639 --> 00:17:30.274
- And how really represents, in many ways,
- 00:17:30.274 --> 00:17:32.710
- The promise, the greatness of america.
- 00:17:32.710 --> 00:17:34.678
- This still is the shining city on a hill, as reagan
- 00:17:34.678 --> 00:17:37.948
- Said, where you can be anything you want to be.
- 00:17:37.948 --> 00:17:39.850
- The opportunity is there for all of
- 00:17:39.850 --> 00:17:41.652
- Us to excel here in america.
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- Yeah.
- 00:17:44.588 --> 00:17:45.422
- So my journey in terms of america
- 00:17:45.422 --> 00:17:47.758
- And my american dream story
- 00:17:47.758 --> 00:17:49.026
- Starts with my grandparents decided to move to the southwest
- 00:17:49.026 --> 00:17:52.630
- And new mexico and arizona to start a better life.
- 00:17:52.630 --> 00:17:56.333
- They understood that this is where, you know,
- 00:17:56.333 --> 00:17:59.069
- They wanted their american dream,
- 00:17:59.069 --> 00:18:00.437
- And they came here and they had 15 children.
- 00:18:00.437 --> 00:18:03.340
- And my
- 00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:03.974
- My dad
- 00:18:03.974 --> 00:18:04.875
- Got very, very poor in a little copper
- 00:18:04.875 --> 00:18:06.710
- Mining town in the mountains of arizona.
- 00:18:06.710 --> 00:18:08.679
- And, you know,
- 00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:10.314
- He was a shoeshine boy when he was only like,
- 00:18:10.314 --> 00:18:12.683
- You know, 6 or 7 years old,
- 00:18:12.683 --> 00:18:14.852
- Shining shoes for miners on a friday night.
- 00:18:14.852 --> 00:18:17.254
- He had
- 00:18:17.254 --> 00:18:18.189
- He would go into the mountains of arizona
- 00:18:18.189 --> 00:18:19.857
- And he would cut cactus leaves with his brothers,
- 00:18:19.857 --> 00:18:22.560
- And they would take the, the the spine, the prickly
- 00:18:22.560 --> 00:18:26.330
- Spines out, peel it, wash it, dice it,
- 00:18:26.330 --> 00:18:29.400
- Put them in bucket, sell them door to door.
- 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.102
- He learned to make candy from the cactus
- 00:18:32.102 --> 00:18:34.638
- Leaves with his father.
- 00:18:34.638 --> 00:18:35.739
- They would sell that as well, and eventually
- 00:18:35.739 --> 00:18:38.275
- He ended up becoming an apprentice
- 00:18:38.275 --> 00:18:40.010
- To a pinata maker when he was 12 years old,
- 00:18:40.010 --> 00:18:43.080
- And he learned how to make pinatas.
- 00:18:43.080 --> 00:18:44.515
- And then he ended up starting his own little business.
- 00:18:44.515 --> 00:18:46.617
- And eventually he graduated from high school.
- 00:18:46.617 --> 00:18:49.954
- And he had two choices.
- 00:18:49.954 --> 00:18:50.988
- You can either work in the copper mines,
- 00:18:50.988 --> 00:18:52.890
- Or he could join the united states military.
- 00:18:52.890 --> 00:18:55.259
- And my dad loved america.
- 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:57.661
- You know, his parents were mexican american.
- 00:18:57.661 --> 00:19:00.030
- They you know, they came. they came to america.
- 00:19:00.030 --> 00:19:01.832
- His father never became a citizen. his mother was born
- 00:19:01.832 --> 00:19:05.603
- Here and
- 00:19:05.869 --> 00:19:06.837
- Was a citizen, but she was born in new mexico.
- 00:19:06.837 --> 00:19:09.740
- But he
- 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:12.042
- He just loved american culture.
- 00:19:12.042 --> 00:19:13.544
- He wanted to be like elvis.
- 00:19:13.544 --> 00:19:15.746
- He played baseball.
- 00:19:15.746 --> 00:19:16.981
- And, you know, back then, assimilation was not a bad word.
- 00:19:16.981 --> 00:19:20.718
- I mean, that is why people came.
- 00:19:20.718 --> 00:19:22.119
- They wanted to become american.
- 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.554
- So we ended up joining the military and the air force.
- 00:19:23.554 --> 00:19:26.657
- And one of his first
- 00:19:26.657 --> 00:19:27.858
- Assignments was in spain, and that's where he met my mom.
- 00:19:27.858 --> 00:19:30.594
- And when i was in kindergarten, my mom became
- 00:19:30.594 --> 00:19:33.897
- An american citizen.
- 00:19:33.897 --> 00:19:35.232
- And i have to tell you, when she became a citizen, she,
- 00:19:35.232 --> 00:19:40.471
- You know, the fbi went to spain and interviewed her,
- 00:19:40.471 --> 00:19:45.242
- Her relatives, her mom and her her her sisters, her neighbors.
- 00:19:45.242 --> 00:19:49.613
- They wanted to make sure she wasn't a communist.
- 00:19:49.613 --> 00:19:52.383
- Just think about how far we've gone.
- 00:19:52.383 --> 00:19:53.751
- These communists are now out and proud in congress.
- 00:19:53.751 --> 00:19:56.353
- But back then we would vet even a woman who married a us
- 00:19:56.353 --> 00:20:00.391
- Military guy, a gi.
- 00:20:00.391 --> 00:20:02.059
- We wanted to make sure she wasn't a communist
- 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.927
- And she was going to
- 00:20:03.927 --> 00:20:04.928
- Cause trouble to this free, free country now.
- 00:20:04.928 --> 00:20:08.032
- And my mother was
- 00:20:08.465 --> 00:20:09.667
- So proud to be an american and she taught herself english.
- 00:20:09.667 --> 00:20:13.370
- She fought the school system to make sure we were removed
- 00:20:13.370 --> 00:20:16.840
- From a bilingual program
- 00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:18.709
- That we were somehow automatically enrolled in
- 00:20:18.709 --> 00:20:20.744
- Because our last name was hispanic.
- 00:20:20.744 --> 00:20:22.713
- She wanted us to have no accent.
- 00:20:22.713 --> 00:20:24.415
- She wanted us
- 00:20:24.415 --> 00:20:25.683
- To have all the opportunities and privileges in this country.
- 00:20:25.683 --> 00:20:27.918
- And so, you know, and they both worked really, really hard.
- 00:20:27.918 --> 00:20:32.556
- My father went to night school while he was in the military
- 00:20:32.556 --> 00:20:35.659
- To get a degree.
- 00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:37.194
- My mother ended up had been homeschool as a child,
- 00:20:37.194 --> 00:20:41.432
- Got her ged again when i was in kindergarten,
- 00:20:41.432 --> 00:20:43.834
- And when i was in college she registered
- 00:20:43.834 --> 00:20:46.270
- At the same university that i did.
- 00:20:46.270 --> 00:20:48.372
- I was mortified at the time, but she they really like
- 00:20:48.372 --> 00:20:52.343
- Through example, taught us that education
- 00:20:52.343 --> 00:20:55.612
- Was the stepping stone to the american dream.
- 00:20:55.612 --> 00:20:59.483
- And so,
- 00:20:59.483 --> 00:21:00.684
- You know, all of their children have postgraduate degrees.
- 00:21:00.684 --> 00:21:04.455
- My my brother's a very successful attorney.
- 00:21:04.455 --> 00:21:06.857
- I have another brother who's a successful businessman.
- 00:21:06.857 --> 00:21:09.960
- My sister is the ambassador
- 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.662
- In the dominican republic, and i'm the host at fox news.
- 00:21:11.662 --> 00:21:14.865
- And that's the american dream story.
- 00:21:14.865 --> 00:21:16.266
- I don't think my parents could even, you know,
- 00:21:16.266 --> 00:21:19.269
- Fathom or they never thought their kids would get that far.
- 00:21:19.269 --> 00:21:22.339
- They knew that
- 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.440
- If they worked hard, they would do better than them.
- 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:25.509
- And and that promise is still alive.
- 00:21:25.509 --> 00:21:28.679
- And but it's not possible in other countries.
- 00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:31.515
- And that's why one of the things
- 00:21:31.515 --> 00:21:32.683
- I really encourage young people to do
- 00:21:32.683 --> 00:21:35.352
- Is to travel to other countries.
- 00:21:35.352 --> 00:21:36.954
- I lived in india for a summer.
- 00:21:36.954 --> 00:21:38.756
- I came home and the first thing i did,
- 00:21:38.756 --> 00:21:40.457
- I swear to you,
- 00:21:40.457 --> 00:21:41.525
- When i got off the plane, was i kissed the ground
- 00:21:41.525 --> 00:21:44.561
- Just like the pope does wherever he goes.
- 00:21:44.561 --> 00:21:46.430
- I love this country.
- 00:21:46.430 --> 00:21:48.065
- And so we got to get back to our roots.
- 00:21:48.065 --> 00:21:50.134
- We got to get back to the 80s.
- 00:21:50.134 --> 00:21:52.102
- Get back to, you know, whitney houston at olympics,
- 00:21:52.102 --> 00:21:55.305
- I think brought a good start. i went to the ufc
- 00:21:55.305 --> 00:21:58.008
- Fight at the at the white
- 00:21:58.575 --> 00:22:01.378
- House a couple of days ago, and i felt like i was in the 80s.
- 00:22:01.378 --> 00:22:04.581
- Felt good. yeah.
- 00:22:04.581 --> 00:22:06.750
- I know i hear you.
- 00:22:06.750 --> 00:22:07.751
- Hey. and all american patriotism is helping
- 00:22:07.751 --> 00:22:10.254
- To recapture that vibe as well.
- 00:22:10.254 --> 00:22:11.622
- Rachel, look,
- 00:22:11.622 --> 00:22:12.790
- Folks, stories in the book from jesse walters, will cain,
- 00:22:12.790 --> 00:22:14.658
- Steve doocy, laura trump, dana perino, and of course,
- 00:22:14.658 --> 00:22:17.461
- Rachel campos-duffy. rachel, great job.
- 00:22:17.461 --> 00:22:20.230
- Keep it up. god bless.
- 00:22:20.230 --> 00:22:21.498
- We'll see you again soon. thanks again.
- 00:22:21.498 --> 00:22:23.934
- Thanks for having me on. god bless you too.
- 00:22:23.934 --> 00:22:25.602
- God bless america. amen.
- 00:22:25.602 --> 00:22:28.906
- Up next, my final thoughts on some very monumental decisions
- 00:22:28.906 --> 00:22:32.376
- Being made right now that impact the future of our country.
- 00:22:32.376 --> 00:22:36.079
- That's next.
- 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.314
- Stick around.
- 00:22:37.314 --> 00:22:41.002
- Stick around.
- 00:22:41.002 --> 00:22:44.186
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
- 00:22:45.053 --> 00:22:46.855
- As we wrap up here, clearly some big decisions
- 00:22:46.855 --> 00:22:49.491
- Being made in washington, dc right now.
- 00:22:49.491 --> 00:22:51.193
- Regarding iran, i made pretty clear
- 00:22:51.193 --> 00:22:53.028
- I'm not a fan of this memorandum of understanding.
- 00:22:53.028 --> 00:22:55.730
- I've serious concerns
- 00:22:55.730 --> 00:22:57.532
- Not about the president, but about iran's regime.
- 00:22:57.532 --> 00:23:00.435
- But we need wisdom right now for our leaders.
- 00:23:00.435 --> 00:23:02.904
- And i think of james chapter one verse five,
- 00:23:02.904 --> 00:23:04.873
- If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask god,
- 00:23:04.873 --> 00:23:08.076
- Who gives generously to all without finding fault,
- 00:23:08.076 --> 00:23:11.179
- And it will be given to you. let's pray.
- 00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:13.782
- There are leaders in dc are praying for
- 00:23:13.782 --> 00:23:16.051
- That kind of divine wisdom right now.
- 00:23:16.051 --> 00:23:17.986
- It is sorely needed. hey, thanks for joining us tonight.
- 00:23:17.986 --> 00:23:20.555
- Until next time. god bless you.
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- We'll see you soon.
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