From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it's clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we're witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.
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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Building a Stronger FCC | Stakelbeck Tonight | April 7, 2026
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight i'm erick stakelbeck
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- And the moment of reckoning has arrived.
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- President trump has given iran's regime a deadline of 8 p.m.
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- Eastern time tonight
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- To make a deal to end the ongoing war, or else.
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- The president posted earlier today
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- That if the regime does not comply, quote,
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- A whole civilization
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- Will die tonight, never to be brought back again.
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- I don't want that to happen, he said.
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- But it probably will.
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- We will find out tonight.
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- One of the most important
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- Moments in a long and complex history of the world.
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- 47 years of extortion, corruption and death
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- Will finally end.
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- God bless the great people of iran, he wrote.
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- Folks, two things here.
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- Number one, the united states and israel
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- Have stepped up attacks against critical targets in iran
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- Throughout the day in advance of the deadline, the u.s.
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- Struck military targets on kharg island,
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- Which is iran's main base for oil exports.
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- And israel bombed several bridges and roads used
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- By iran to transport weapons and military equipment.
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- So the president and prime minister netanyahu
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- Mean business.
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- Which brings me to number two.
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- When the president talks about destroying a civilization,
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- He doesn't mean the ancient persian civilization
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- That once flourished in iran and which you can read about
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- In your bible.
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- He's talking about putting an end to the demonic
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- Jihadi death cult
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- That's ruled over iran with an iron fist
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- For the past 47 years, and brought so much misery
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- And mayhem to the middle east and the world.
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- Here's an iranian official just yesterday
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- Calling on children, little kids, to form
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- A human chain around power plants
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- To prevent them from being bombed.
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- This is pure evil.
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- Yet it's always been iranian regime policy.
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- Ever since the 1980s when ayatollah khomeini
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- Sent thousands of young boys to clear minefields
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- During the iran iraq war, promising them
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- They'd be in paradise with allah when they died.
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- Here's another iranian official on monday calling for parents
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- To lead their children into the streets
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- To act as human shields. watch.
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- That is what president trump wants to destroy.
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- An islamist fanatic regime that uses children
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- As human shields a group of modern day nazis
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- Who are inherently anti civilization.
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- And guess what?
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- They're not going to change.
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- It's been nearly a half a century of this madness.
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- Enough is enough.
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- That applies to iran's regime.
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- And it also applies to some of the nonsense
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- We're seeing from the left here at home.
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- Coming up, former
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- Congressman louie gohmert joins us to share the way forward.
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- And it all starts now.
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- Folks, we are at a pivotal point for america.
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- We're in the process right now
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- Of taking down the iranian regime,
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- The world's number one state sponsor of terrorism.
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- And then here at home, president trump is pushing
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- For the save act to secure really save our elections.
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- And in both cases, democrats are howling
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- And opposing the president at every turn.
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- Joining us now is a man who knows
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- Those capitol hill battles very well.
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- Our good friend, former texas congressman louie gohmert.
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- Congressman, great to have you with us.
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- Hey, the safe act to me, congressman,
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- Seems like common sense.
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- Look, i need to show id to get a library card,
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- But not to vote in a presidential election.
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- And yet democrats oppose this.
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- And senate republicans seem like they're dragging their feet
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- And taking this bill across the finish line.
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- How do you see this all breaking out
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- And playing out and breaking down?
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- Well,
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- A lot of senate republicans are wanting to push it on through,
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- But their own procedures are creating problems for them.
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- I've heard people say, well,
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- It's really dangerous if you do a talking filibuster.
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- Well, you just got to make sure you got all your people there.
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- That's the bottom line. yeah.
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- So, i would really like to see them push that.
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- The talking filibuster, make them talk
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- Until they can't talk anymore, and then pass this thing,
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- Get it through.
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- Yeah.
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- And yes, we have some, a few republicans
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- That, are often not sure they want to pass it,
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- But this is too important for our country.
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- We've got the millions of people
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- That president biden just welcomed in.
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- And we know there are thousands
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- Of people that came in that would love to see,
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- Terror and chaos in america and dom homan
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- And, homeland security, they're doing all they can.
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- But, you know,
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- They've got to have all these different groups funded
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- Are what?
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- We're just very fortunate.
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- We haven't had a bad terrorist attack,
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- But if there is number one,
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- It'll be absolutely catastrophic for america.
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- But number two,
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- People are going to turn
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- To the democrats and say, what were you thinking?
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- You knew this was going to happen.
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- Why were you holding up the money
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- To prevent this kind of thing?
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- Yeah.
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- And, congressman, this happens at a time
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- Where the islamic threat in america look,
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- We had in the month of march 4th attacks,
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- Some attempted and unsuccessful, some sadly successful.
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- And yet democrats have partially defunded
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- The department of homeland security.
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- But here in texas, even your home state,
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- We've got this epic city
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- Project, a muslim only enclave they've tried to form.
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- And we see 48 mosques in the span
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- Of 24 months being built in texas as well.
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- How concerned are you about the rise of sharia
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- Law here in america?
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- People might think it sounds crazy,
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- But there are really attempts to replicate
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- What's happened in europe right here in america.
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- Yeah.
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- And and you and i have
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- Talked about this going back nearly 20 years, erick. and,
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- Yeah, you and i have
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- Been concerned about this for a couple of decades.
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- And you had a book about it, back, early
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- On when when i was making a speech about it.
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- Speeches about it on the house floor.
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- You came out with a book, but, it's
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- Sharia law.
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- Is totally incompatible with our constitution.
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- It just is.
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- And so any,
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- Laws are set of laws
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- That are against the,
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- The freedoms that we are guaranteed,
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- Just should not be allowed to,
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- To take precedence in this country.
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- And, so some of these places,
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- Like in, in minnesota, where
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- Sharia law is being practiced, that's totally unconstitutional.
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- It is totally anathema to our constitution.
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- And it really needs to stop.
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- Yeah, it's just common sense.
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- And by the way, speaking of the war
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- Against the jihadist threat,
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- Right now, we're taking on the world's
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- Number one state sponsor of terrorism, the iranian regime.
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- Obviously, congressman, the importance
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- President trump has been steadfast in this war,
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- The importance of finishing the job here, finishing well
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- And leaving iran's regime unable to threaten america, israel
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- Or the free world any longer.
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- Yeah, well, president trump,
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- When when he says we're going to do something,
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- Our enemies better take notice.
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- Iran should have understood by now.
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- I mean, they took out the head of the iranian, the irgc.
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- He was head of their
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- Intelligence, you know, and he didn't see it coming.
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- The rest of the iranians should go, wow.
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- If they took out our head of intelligence,
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- Maybe we should be listening to what this president
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- In the united states is saying because he is serious.
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- And when so that happened.
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- And then they've got till tonight.
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- They better listen and,
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- Do what president trump said or he is going to
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- Do exactly what he said and he's going to take out
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- Infrastructure.
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- And that's going to be so unfortunate for the country.
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- It doesn't have to be this way.
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- But they have been threatening our country for too long.
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- And i just got to say,
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- I was in the army in 79, stationed at fort benning.
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- We were paying careful attention.
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- You know, we were on alert.
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- Everybody was after they took our hostages.
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- If president carter
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- Had even threatened
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- What president trump is doing, i think that the iranians
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- Would have released our hostages right then.
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- They were in no position to to have a fight.
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- But because president carter kept begging them
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- To just release them
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- And took military threat off of the table,
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- Then we have been suffering for 47 years,
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- And president trump's determined we're going to suffer no more.
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- This is it, congressman. great point.
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- Seven of his predecessors kick the can down the road.
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- But president trump finally has confronted this evil head on.
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- Congressman louie gohmert very encouraging.
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- Thank you for sharing that. always great to see my friend.
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- God bless folks.
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- Follow him on x across social media.
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- Congressman god bless. we'll see you again soon.
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- And coming up after the break,
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- Fcc chairman brendan carr is here.
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- Folks.
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- You'll want to hear about some of the amazing things
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- Happening right now for christians in media and beyond.
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- Good stuff coming up with the chairman of the fcc.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck
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- Tonight, a major shift is underway
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- At the fcc, and it could impact millions of americans
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- From cracking down on scam calls and overseas call centers
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- To tackling rising frustration over streaming access.
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- Fcc chairman brendan carr is shaking things
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- Up and in the process.
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- Standing up for faith, family and freedom.
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- Chairman carr, great to have you with us once again.
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- We're here at the cpac convention
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- In dallas, texas.
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- But you are in dc
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- And you're doing great work for our country.
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- And i think of these offshoring call centers.
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- Now, it's tough, chairman, to get someone
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- When you call a certain company who actually speaks english.
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- Yeah, i'm sad to say.
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- Then you get robo calls with people
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- Who are not in america
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- Trying to sell you something, scans, etc..
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- What are you doing at the fcc to combat that?
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- Well, this is a real consumer frustration.
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- You call a business, you have a problem,
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- You end up connecting to a call center
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- Halfway around the world. there's connectivity issues.
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- There's communications barriers, language barriers,
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- But also there's a security threat. there.
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- Because a lot of times
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- These people working at these foreign call
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- Centers get flipped
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- By bad actors to steal your sensitive personal information,
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- Or they leave a legitimate call center
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- And go work for an actual illegal
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- Robo call center overseas.
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- So what we're doing is we're pushing regulated entities
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- To bring those call centers back. our positions.
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- Pretty simple, which is american call centers
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- For american callers.
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- And we're also pushing to make sure
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- There's standard english proficiency
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- At any call center that remains abroad.
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- Yeah. here's a question for you.
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- And we're talking about issues that kind of make americans
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- Pull their hair out a little bit.
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- Like, why don't you just lay it out?
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- Yeah.
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- Sports fans, it's march, march madness right now.
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- I'm a big sports fan.
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- College hoops fan, but you're flipping around.
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- It's tough to find the game.
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- There's so many streaming networks
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- Now, etc., and you're trying at the fcc
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- To make that easier for the american people.
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- Talk more about that.
- 00:13:04.441 --> 00:13:05.542
- Well, look, americans work hard when they get home.
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- They want to sit down, maybe in the la-z-boy, turn on the tv.
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- And they're used to finding right away
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- The big game, the, the game they want to watch.
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- Yeah.
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- And the last couple of years, that's become more complicated
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- As an increasing number of those
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- Are going behind paywalls and streaming services.
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- You gotta fumble around and figure out
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- Which app is this game in.
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- It's also gotten expensive for consumers
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- The way that's working out.
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- So we launched a proceeding at the fcc to look at this issue,
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- Because i think
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- If you have too many games going behind paywalls,
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- It also is harder for a local broadcast tv station
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- To continue to invest in local news or reporting.
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- An interesting legal issue here, though, is
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- The reason
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- The leagues can negotiate this way is cause
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- They have an antitrust exemption,
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- But that antitrust
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- Exemption applies
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- When the games are distributed over
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- What's called a sponsor telecast.
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- So there's an interesting
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- Legal question about whether putting those games
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- Behind paywalls at netflix and other places.
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- Yeah, means that the leagues are losing
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- Their antitrust exemption.
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- We're going to look at that.
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- It's interesting legal question,
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- But we're also concerned about it,
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- Just from a consumer perspective
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- Of the frustration that people have right now.
- 00:14:06.870 --> 00:14:08.672
- Yeah, people might say, well, it's only sports,
- 00:14:08.672 --> 00:14:10.440
- But it's a quality of life issue in the sense,
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- Like you said, people on online watch a game.
- 00:14:12.509 --> 00:14:14.344
- It's an american tradition.
- 00:14:14.344 --> 00:14:15.745
- Speaking of which, the army navy game,
- 00:14:15.745 --> 00:14:17.948
- This is near and dear to president trump's heart,
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- And you've been discussing it with him.
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- What can we see going forward
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- When it comes to the army-navy game?
- 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:25.255
- It's really america's game,
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- And president trump wants to keep it that way.
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- Tell us more about that. what you're doing at the fcc.
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- Yeah army-navy game. it's so good.
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- It's america's game.
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- It's a fantastic event to demonstrate
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- Our service academies how hard they work.
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- It's a great recruiting tool as well. yeah.
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- So we want to make sure president trump has said
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- That we don't want other college
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- Football games being broadcast on top.
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- You have army-navy game.
- 00:14:47.177 --> 00:14:48.211
- There's a lot of precedent for this, actually.
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- I mean, you'll know friday night, saturday
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- Nights are generally clear of nfl games.
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- So they're reserved for high school and college football.
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- So we are going to work to make sure
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- That college football isn't broadcast on top of army-navy.
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- That continues to be a really important sacred event for the.
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- Country, and it should be that way.
- 00:15:04.027 --> 00:15:05.428
- And president trump obviously loves attending that game.
- 00:15:05.428 --> 00:15:07.697
- It's a very big deal. again, it's an american tradition.
- 00:15:07.697 --> 00:15:09.966
- Speaking of which, we're in our 250th anniversary as a nation.
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- So our birthday,
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- Big celebrations, playing in d.c.,
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- Really around the country,
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- The trump administration has some major plans
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- To commemorate his very important anniversary.
- 00:15:20.310 --> 00:15:22.379
- What about the fcc pledge?
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- America, you have great initiative there.
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- Tell us more about that.
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- One thing we're doing is we've launched
- 00:15:26.583 --> 00:15:27.817
- This pledge america campaign.
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- We're inviting broadcasters to air patriotic pro
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- America program to go through our history
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- And highlight
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- Some of the great achievements of this country, everything
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- From george washington up to president trump.
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- But we've seen some great, uptake on that idea.
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- You know,
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- You can run the pledge of allegiance
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- When you start the broadcast day.
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- Some tv stations are now doing that.
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- I think it's a great thing for the country.
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- Civic education is important as well.
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- Maybe bring some of that in as part of pledge america.
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- Yeah,
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- There should be patriotic programing.
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- And we're in a time of war right now
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- With the iranian regime.
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- I mean, there should be pro-american broadcasting.
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- And speaking of which, some
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- Of the so-called legacy or mainstream media outlets
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- Wouldn't necessarily be considered
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- Pro-american patriotic broadcasting.
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- Needless to say,
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- Even late night comedians,
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- That's become kind of a mess and late night.
- 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:18.635
- What is the fcc doing about that?
- 00:16:18.635 --> 00:16:20.870
- I know there's some concerns there that it's very one sided.
- 00:16:20.870 --> 00:16:24.574
- The views
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- That are being expressed on many of these programs.
- 00:16:25.675 --> 00:16:27.544
- Well, look, if you want to distribute
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- Programing over the broadcast airwaves,
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- Which are owned by the american people,
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- They're given to broadcasters essentially originally for free.
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- There are certain rules of the road.
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- You have a license, you have a public interest obligation.
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- For the last, i don't know, 20 or 30 years.
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- The fcc has walked away from enforcing.
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- I don't think we're better off as a country for that.
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- So what we've been doing is reminding broadcasters
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- That if they want to put the programing
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- Over the broadcast airwaves,
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- They've got to comply
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- With our rules on no news distortion, no broadcast hoax.
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- You got to identify and respond
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- To the needs of your local communities.
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- We've been also reminding them
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- Of this political equal time rules.
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- So we're going to have one legally qualified
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- Candidate for office on air
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- E to offer comparable time for others.
- 00:17:06.883 --> 00:17:08.852
- And some are saying right now that that's resulted in fewer
- 00:17:08.852 --> 00:17:11.721
- Politicians going on the show since the fcc enforced it.
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- I don't know that people think that's a bad thing or not,
- 00:17:15.925 --> 00:17:17.961
- But it ultimately it's
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- A provision about more speech and having all candidates have a
- 00:17:19.229 --> 00:17:21.998
- Fair shot
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- Coming up.
- 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.101
- Lower cell phone
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- Bills, cheaper broadband and big changes at the fcc.
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- It's good news for your wallet,
- 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:32.308
- But what about the future of ai?
- 00:17:32.308 --> 00:17:34.911
- We continue our conversation with fcc chairman brendan carr
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- After the break.
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- Stick around.
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- Stick around.
- 00:17:44.007 --> 00:17:46.923
- Good news happening under the administration.
- 00:17:47.891 --> 00:17:49.959
- A change at the fcc, of course.
- 00:17:49.959 --> 00:17:51.661
- Look, broadband costs are decreasing.
- 00:17:51.661 --> 00:17:55.331
- Cell phone bills are decreasing for a lot of americans.
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- Talk more about that.
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- How you've made that an emphasis at the fcc?
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- Well, president has been very clear
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- With all agencies, and he wants us working hard.
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- He wants us working for the american people.
- 00:18:05.642 --> 00:18:07.177
- He wants us delivering results.
- 00:18:07.177 --> 00:18:08.411
- And we're seeing that at the fcc.
- 00:18:08.411 --> 00:18:10.146
- So just year over year,
- 00:18:10.146 --> 00:18:11.314
- Cell phone pricing is down about 6 to 8%.
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- It's down 8% over biden era highs.
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- We are.
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- It's massive.
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- Yeah. it's really good results.
- 00:18:19.856 --> 00:18:20.823
- You know, we're not mission accomplished.
- 00:18:20.823 --> 00:18:22.091
- We're going to keep driving that number down.
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- But it's going down right now. and that's a good thing.
- 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:26.296
- We're freeing up more spectrum.
- 00:18:26.296 --> 00:18:27.363
- Watch the airwaves. people use the cell phones.
- 00:18:27.363 --> 00:18:29.065
- That's going to help drive down prices.
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- You're doing permitting reform.
- 00:18:31.034 --> 00:18:32.135
- Just this week, we voted to,
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- Allow providers to retire these old copper lines.
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- Yeah.
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- And actually build out modern high speed networks.
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- That's going to benefit communities as well.
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- Yeah.
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- It's all about putting americans first.
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- Everything we're discussing here, chairman.
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- But also when it comes to satellite coverage,
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- Europe kind of taking advantage a bit perhaps.
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- Tell us more about that.
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- I think that's right.
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- You know, historically we had a great relationship
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- With europe where it was reciprocal.
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- Their businesses in the satellite sector
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- And otherwise would do business here.
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- Ours would do business there.
- 00:19:02.465 --> 00:19:03.967
- But europe is sort of taking
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- A turn of the last couple of years.
- 00:19:05.034 --> 00:19:06.135
- It's the real protectionist approach. yeah.
- 00:19:06.135 --> 00:19:07.770
- You see it in the technology sector space,
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- But you also see it in the satellite space.
- 00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:11.975
- They're trying to erect effectively economic barriers
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- To u.s. companies doing business in the sun.
- 00:19:14.711 --> 00:19:16.746
- I sent the ball's in their court.
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- If they want to head down that path will respond in kind.
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- If they want to be open to u.s.
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- Businesses having a free and fair shot to compete,
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- They will do that with their businesses here.
- 00:19:25.288 --> 00:19:27.290
- But again, if they want to go different
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- Route, we'll go a different route to.
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- How do you adapt to the changing technologies, by the way?
- 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:31.995
- I of course top the top of the list at the fcc.
- 00:19:31.995 --> 00:19:35.298
- What president trump has made an emphasis.
- 00:19:35.298 --> 00:19:37.000
- He wants the united states
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- To be at the forefront of the ai revolution.
- 00:19:38.001 --> 00:19:40.470
- I guess you would call it at the fcc.
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- How do you deal with those changes
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- And these new advances and new technologies?
- 00:19:44.040 --> 00:19:46.309
- They were doing a lot. first and foremost.
- 00:19:46.309 --> 00:19:47.710
- Obviously,
- 00:19:47.710 --> 00:19:48.945
- We're making sure that people can upgrade their networks,
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- Close the digital divide that's going to help
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- Power these next gen technologies.
- 00:19:51.681 --> 00:19:53.416
- But more broadly, one technology that we're excited about
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- Is this thing called direct to cell technology.
- 00:19:55.852 --> 00:19:58.087
- So rather than your smartphone
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- Connecting to a nearby cell tower,
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- Increasingly it can be able to connect
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- To a low earth orbit satellite.
- 00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:05.161
- You're going to get real high speed internet
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- Right to your phones.
- 00:20:07.530 --> 00:20:08.464
- We're taking the steps right now.
- 00:20:08.464 --> 00:20:10.166
- Bring up spectrum permitting reform transactions
- 00:20:10.166 --> 00:20:13.269
- To make sure that becomes a reality.
- 00:20:13.269 --> 00:20:14.704
- So u.s. can lead the world in that new technology, too.
- 00:20:14.704 --> 00:20:17.240
- Yeah. amazing.
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- Last time you and i talked, we were in dc a few months ago,
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- And you said you were going to have a big emphasis
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- At the fcc on faith based programmers
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- And supporting faith based programmers.
- 00:20:25.081 --> 00:20:26.949
- Talk more about that.
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- The progress you're making.
- 00:20:27.717 --> 00:20:29.118
- There, what we're doing. good work on that.
- 00:20:29.118 --> 00:20:30.687
- Brian altman we need to make it easier
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- For people to invest in the broadcasting market
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- In news and media, and we're doing that.
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- We're engaging
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- In a series of reforms
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- That are designed to help spur
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- Even more investment in that space.
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- And we're hopeful, with results that we're going to see.
- 00:20:42.432 --> 00:20:45.101
- Yeah. two part question to close.
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- You're a busy man.
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- We'll let you go in a minute.
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- Number one, working with president trump,
- 00:20:49.005 --> 00:20:51.207
- He has publicly praised you.
- 00:20:51.207 --> 00:20:52.508
- You are an invaluable member of his administration.
- 00:20:52.508 --> 00:20:55.311
- What's it like working for him and for him at the fcc?
- 00:20:55.311 --> 00:20:58.181
- He's someone who's very media savvy,
- 00:20:58.181 --> 00:21:00.283
- Communications conscious, needless to say.
- 00:21:00.283 --> 00:21:02.819
- And number two, a bit about you and how your faith
- 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:05.455
- Actually supports you in your work.
- 00:21:05.455 --> 00:21:07.023
- You've got a wonderful young family, three kids.
- 00:21:07.023 --> 00:21:09.525
- After this, you're going to some baseball games.
- 00:21:09.525 --> 00:21:11.394
- We our son's. health a bit. more about that as well.
- 00:21:11.394 --> 00:21:13.830
- We'll look at, you know, working with president
- 00:21:13.830 --> 00:21:15.231
- Trump is, your honor, a lifetime.
- 00:21:15.231 --> 00:21:16.332
- He's a just a political colossus. he's one of a kind.
- 00:21:16.332 --> 00:21:19.235
- His energy level is literally through the roof.
- 00:21:19.235 --> 00:21:21.504
- You spent a day with him,
- 00:21:21.504 --> 00:21:22.572
- And for about a day or two afterwards, on the way,
- 00:21:22.572 --> 00:21:24.307
- Just from having to keep up with his pace.
- 00:21:24.307 --> 00:21:27.176
- And look at the end day. yeah. come talk to family.
- 00:21:27.176 --> 00:21:28.711
- Got three young boys are 12, nine and six.
- 00:21:28.711 --> 00:21:31.080
- And, look at boarding it back to see them this weekend.
- 00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:33.282
- They're all in baseball and t-ball and little league.
- 00:21:33.282 --> 00:21:35.952
- And so we have one weekend of watching their games,
- 00:21:35.952 --> 00:21:38.454
- And there's nothing better than, you know,
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- Leaving the office, leaving the beltway,
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- Getting back to my wife and kids.
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- That's what matters most.
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- Hey, you're the chairman of the fcc.
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- Very important position, but you're also a normal guy,
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- And we appreciate that. chairman, thanks so much.
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- Thanks for great work. god bless. chairman.
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- Appreciate it. see you.
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- Great stuff there from chairman carr folks.
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- He is
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- Shaking things up at the fcc and it is much needed coming up
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- After the break.
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- My final thoughts on children, civilization and iran's regime.
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- That's next.
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- Don't move.
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- Don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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- As we wrap up here, i can't get it out of my head.
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- Those clips we saw earlier in the show
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- Of those iranian officials calling for young children
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- To come and act as human shields in the line of incoming fire.
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- It's really sick.
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- And what a contrast, i think, of psalm 127, verse three.
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- Children are a heritage from the lord.
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- It says offspring, a reward from him to show so
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- Little regard for for children your best and brightest.
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- The contrast again,
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- Folks, couldn't be more sharp in christianity.
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- God sends his son to die for you.
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- Islamic jihadis send their sons to die for allah.
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- Big difference.
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- Big civilizational difference, no doubt.
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- Hey, if you want more updates about everything
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- Happening in the middle east, israel, iran,
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- How it affects you, make sure to check out
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- My youtube channel, watchman tv.com.
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- That's m-a-n watchman tv.com.
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- Great show tomorrow night, pastor
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- Jackson lahmeyer, billy hallowell here.
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- You won't want to miss it until then.
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- God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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