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: January 17, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight | January 17, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck and the world is moving
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- To the right.
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- I've called it the shift.
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- It began here in the united states
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- With donald trump's resounding election victory.
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- And now it's going global.
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- The uk's daily telegraph laid out the trend this week,
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- And the headline said it all.
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- The left is more unpopular than any time
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- Since the cold war, except in great britain.
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- Now more on britain in a minute.
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- But the telegraph conducted a study of dozens of elections
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- That took place around the world in 2024,
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- And it found that left wing parties won just 45% of the vote
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- In the united states and western europe.
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- The trend is even more noticeable, with left
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- Wing parties winning only 42% of all elections
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- Compared to right leaning parties, winning 57%.
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- Folks, this is the shift i've been talking about.
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- In a spiritual sense, it began back on july 13th,
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- When donald trump miraculously survived
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- An assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania.
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- In a political sense, it kicked into high gear
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- On november 5th with trump's landslide victory.
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- And now left wing globalists are on their heels,
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- And there are dynamic voices emerging on the right.
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- People across the western world are fed up with woke open
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- Borders, madness with gender, madness, with cancel culture,
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- With secularism, socialism and separation.
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- And they're starting to wake up and ask themselves,
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- If america can do it, why can't we?
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- It's an outgrowth of the trump effect.
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- He's inspired freedom lovers
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- Throughout the world and the tide is now turning.
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- Justin trudeau resigns in canada.
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- Gavin newsom exposed in california
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- For his stunning mismanagement of the wildfire crisis.
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- Great britain's left wing government in deep trouble
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- Over the cover up of muslim rape gangs
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- Preying on thousands of british girls.
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- Emmanuel macron in france weakened and essentially
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- A lame duck.
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- And in practically every case, a conservative
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- Waiting in the wings to replace the woke weak left wing leader.
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- But nowhere is the shift more powerful than here
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- In the united states.
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- Donald trump takes office in just three days
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- And the shockwaves are being felt everywhere.
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- The fbi just announced that it's joining major corporations
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- Like wal-mart, meta and boeing in doing away with diversity,
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- Equity and inclusion, or diy programs
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- That have proven so destructive by elevating gender,
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- Race and sexual orientation over merit.
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- Speaking of meta, mark zuckerberg will join amazon
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- Founder jeff bezos and other tech giants like
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- Elon musk at president trump's inauguration.
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- Very interesting to see zuckerberg and bezos
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- Suddenly realize that, yes, there is this shift happening
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- And the american people are rejecting the woke nonsense.
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- But here's a question.
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- Could this shift even extend to the most
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- Woke the realm of them all, hollywood?
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- It seems like a long shot, but donald trump is going to
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- Give it a try.
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- He just announced that he's naming
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- Mel gibson, sylvester stallone and jon voight
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- As his special ambassadors to hollywood.
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- Trump said he wants to spark a new golden age in tinseltown,
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- Which frankly means less garbage on our screens
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- And more content focused on faith, family and freedom.
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- Films that give a positive, patriotic
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- Portrayal of the united states
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- Rather than denouncing our country.
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- Imagine that.
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- Now i'll be in washington, d.c.
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- On monday, january 20th,
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- Covering the inauguration for starkel beck tonight.
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- So you won't want to miss that.
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- But in the meantime, know this good things are happening.
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- God is moving.
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- The shift is real.
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- And coming up next.
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- Emily companion,
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- Fox news is here to share how a big part of that shift
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- Is honoring the brave men and women of our armed forces.
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- And it all starts now.
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- She's
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- Co-host of fox news's hit show outnumbered and author
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- Of the brand new runaway bestseller under his wings
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- How faith on the front lines has protected our troops.
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- Emily campagna was a staunch supporter of our military
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- And law enforcement.
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- And as an attorney, she's
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- Called out the weaponization of our justice system
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- Against conservative and christian voices.
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- Emily great to have you with us.
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- Hey, we want to talk about the book,
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- Which is a number one new york times bestseller.
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- But first, what's been your take on the confirmation
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- Hearings this week?
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- It seems that the left is following the same playbook,
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- But the country has moved on and said
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- We don't need to take this nonsense anymore.
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- We've seen president trump's cabinet choices
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- Like pete hegseth and pam bondi stand strong.
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- What have you seen?
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- Well, i think, erick,
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- That the democrat party sort of came out swinging. right?
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- I think that we saw, frankly, their greatest bombs
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- Being thrown at the initial hearing with pete hegseth.
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- And frankly, i saw them deflate from there.
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- I think perhaps was that a realization
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- That america indeed passed a mandate
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- With the overwhelming votes for change
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- Or an actual appropriate stewardship
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- Of our legislative funds or an actual demand that congress
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- Do its job, legislate
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- In our favor, and stop regulating us to death? perhaps.
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- Or maybe they just saw that it wasn't working,
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- That these these nominees were actually excellent.
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- They were outstanding at fielding
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- These left field questions and appropriate questions,
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- Sort of myopic questions, and frankly, an outdated
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- Narrative that, again, the american people
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- Has responded, have responded to and said,
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- We don't want this anymore. this doesn't ring true.
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- So i saw as the week progressed, a weaker and weaker and weaker
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- Body coming from the left
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- With their questions and i think culminating today
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- In governor noem's confirmation hearing
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- Where we saw that same thing, we saw sort of,
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- Frankly, a conciliatory tone
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- And an actual maybe getting into business.
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- So i'm heartened by that.
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- I think, you know,
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- A dose of optimism in there that i always have.
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- But i think at the end of the day,
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- All of these nominations will sail through.
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- And it's incumbent now upon the upon
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- The republican party to vote like the unified body
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- America demands of the party in charge of all three.
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- Yeah, emily, great point all around.
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- And look, as you said,
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- Just excellent choices here for president trump in his cabinet.
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- Do you sense a shift, emily?
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- I've been talking about this national shift where we even see
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- Mark zuckerberg
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- And jeff bezos, the tech giants heading to the inauguration
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- On monday.
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- It seems that the country has rejected the woke
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- Madness that we saw over the past four years
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- And is actually more unified than we even expected.
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- I think those are two different things happening.
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- I think what we are seeing
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- At the corporate level, which social media is corporate,
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- And we saw that today even with the ceo of tik tok.
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- There's there's sort of a save your hide notion
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- That's going on.
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- So i personally don't trust those
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- In those corporate positions that have had
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- A massive amount of influence and a massive amount
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- Of lobbying dollars that have gone through
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- Regardless of the party in power.
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- So we're going to see that a lot. right.
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- But we're also going to see, to your point,
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- That mandate of the american people
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- That have risen up and said no more actually,
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- And we care about what our children are looking at.
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- We care about what foreign power is.
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- The owner of the app
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- That my child spends
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- All of this time on,
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- We care about the algorithm behind it
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- And the fact that there are humans behind that.
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- So i do see the demand for greater transparency,
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- Accountability and a legal framework
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- To protect americans
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- Being represented in the next four years ferociously.
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- But i do not expect that lobbying and the flag waving
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- To come in the form
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- Of those people who represent these corporations,
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- These businesses, the social media apps that we see.
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- And keep in mind
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- And you can sort of compare this as well
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- To the transnational cartel organization,
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- If you're making a certain amount of income,
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- You are loathe to part with any dollar of such,
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- Including, by the way, the federal government.
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- Right. that became nice and fat
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- And bloated under the democrat watch.
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- So at the end of the day,
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- They're going to fight tooth and nail
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- To keep that certain amount of income flowing.
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- So it's up
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- To the american people to demand of their congressmen,
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- Like we just talked a moment ago,
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- That they steward these funds appropriately
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- Because every dollar of the government
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- And every dollar of profit comes from us. right?
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- So we just need to make sure
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- That we keep a tight leash on essentially
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- Who's representing us in these decisions.
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- Amen. and emily, a great point.
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- People like zuckerberg,
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- By the way, were the main purveyors of cancel culture.
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- Hey, you mentioned accountability.
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- California is a place you know very well.
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- What's been your take on the handling
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- Of the wildfire crisis by gavin newsom and l.a.
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- Mayor karen bass? this seems like a debacle
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- All around and he's being exposed.
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- Well, having suffered under
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- Gavin newsom as mayor when i lived in san francisco,
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- I've never in any way respected his leadership
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- Nor supported any of his policies.
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- His decisions have always been only about form
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- And not substance of,
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- Frankly, attachment to talking points
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- And an appeasement of a certain donor pool
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- That he shares, by the way, with kamala harris.
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- And that's why they sort of tetris
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- To themselves in terms of who's going to run for president
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- And who's going to do ag and the like. right.
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- So i frankly have no respect for the individual
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- Whose policies have run california into the ground.
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- The situation with the fires is so much more complex
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- Than simple budget cuts.
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- And in fact, the budgets weren't cut there
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- In southern california, as evidenced
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- By the fact that this fall city council
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- Voted to increase the budget by $350 million.
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- The point is what those dollars go toward.
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- And again, this is the theme
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- Of our conversation, erick, as we talk about stewardship.
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- So of that $350 million, only 5% went to fire prevention.
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- Wow. the firefighters pensions
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- And their salaries are well-deserved.
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- When you couple the 5%
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- Fire prevention with the abject, abject environment.
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- First, policies that actually have led to the destruction
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- Of forest fire, prevention of appropriate stewardship
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- Of forest lands, of job losses, of water reduction.
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- The whole point is they all tie together.
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- And while gavin newsom and other left politicians
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- Like to have their talking points and decision be siloed,
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- The reality is that everything is interconnected.
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- So first and foremost,
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- I just pray for everyone there in california,
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- And i hope for better leadership,
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- Common sense leadership coming soon.
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- Amen. emily. so true.
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- And by the way, prayer,
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- We need to pray for california, as you said.
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- And prayer is one of the main themes
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- Of your brand new bestselling book under his wings.
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- We're going to talk to emily about that after the break.
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- Don't move.
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- Don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, we're talking to emily
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- Companion, co-host of the fox news, hit show outnumbered
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- And author
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- Of the new york times, number one bestseller under his wings.
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- Emily, you come from a family with deep military roots.
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- You've been on the ground
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- With our troops in iraq and afghanistan,
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- And you write about it in the book, the role that faith plays
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- In the everyday lives of our soldiers, especially, obviously,
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- When they go into battle.
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- What struck you so much about the faith
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- Of our military being on the ground with them,
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- And why did you feel compelled to write about it?
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- It's a story that every american i think needs to know.
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- It was such an honor, erick, to serve as a messenger
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- For these extraordinary stories of faith
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- That were deeply intimate of these war fighters.
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- And some of them have never been told before.
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- Some of them hold the story for the first time, to me,
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- Which just underscores that honor that they trusted me
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- To carry their stories accurately and adequately.
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- And the main takeaway is that these soldiers are never alone.
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- These war fighters were never alone, not in combat,
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- Not in war.
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- When war looks different,
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- When the home front can be at at home,
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- The battlefield can look different.
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- When it can be in combat and in the thick of
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- These ferocious firefights
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- Throughout many conflicts that we cover and also at home
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- With catastrophic injury or battling the
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- The grief of the ultimate sacrifice.
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- And so much more.
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- And so i think what struck me was that that same theme
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- That these war fighters realize
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- And know that they're never alone
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- And perhaps they learn that after the fact
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- That jesus never left them, god is always with them.
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- And also the fellowship that within that community,
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- They are never alone, not in their faith.
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- And not certainly in walking with the lord.
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- And no, i come from a strong military family and
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- My mother is a genealogist.
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- So i had the honor of growing up with these stories
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- And having these medals adorn my childhood home walls and
- 00:13:46.476 --> 00:13:50.213
- The records and the writings.
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- And so a lot of this book is my own family's history.
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- You mentioned that i visited the troops.
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- It was with the oakland raiders
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- When i was an nfl cheerleader on an uso tour.
- 00:13:57.787 --> 00:14:00.356
- And we had some incredible things happen
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- And some incredible things happen after we left, including
- 00:14:02.859 --> 00:14:06.462
- A very special reunion with a commander
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- That took care of us in sadr city 15 years later.
- 00:14:08.398 --> 00:14:11.668
- So there are so many intimate and emotional details
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- In this book that i'm just privileged
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- To be able to share with you all.
- 00:14:17.473 --> 00:14:19.242
- But there's something for everyone.
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- Every branch of the military, every type of war fighter,
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- It's all there truly.
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- And it's so inspiring. emily, as you said,
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- The firsthand stories really amazing.
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- Hey, you're open and bold about your faith
- 00:14:29.152 --> 00:14:32.088
- In writing this book and hearing these stories.
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- Was your faith strengthened?
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- Absolutely.
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- I mean, it's impossible
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- Not to have your faith strengthened
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- When you are sharpening your iron, among others.
- 00:14:42.332 --> 00:14:45.234
- And i will say that my prayer the whole time
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- With these individuals, everyone i spoke to,
- 00:14:47.036 --> 00:14:49.005
- We prayed before and after we talked and connected.
- 00:14:49.005 --> 00:14:51.808
- And my prayer was just that his territory is enlarged,
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- Which is that
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- The kingdom was grown and every day when i wake up,
- 00:14:55.945 --> 00:14:58.314
- I pray that i pray the prayer of jabez.
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- I pray to be blessed indeed, and to enlarge his territory.
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- And that happened here.
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- And i think the boldness and faith, the inspiration
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- For others, as we talked about the notion that god is never,
- 00:15:08.591 --> 00:15:13.196
- Never, not with us, that he's always with us,
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- And that the fellowship is always present.
- 00:15:15.665 --> 00:15:17.400
- I think that serves
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- As a continuation of continued reminder
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- And source of encouragement for others.
- 00:15:20.970 --> 00:15:22.905
- So my faith never wavers.
- 00:15:22.905 --> 00:15:25.274
- But i think the beauty of it is watching faith grow in others
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- And grow in a community that so desperately needs faith
- 00:15:28.378 --> 00:15:31.647
- And that for so long i think was
- 00:15:31.647 --> 00:15:33.349
- Was tried to be kept separate from a lot of these ranks.
- 00:15:33.349 --> 00:15:35.752
- So you'll see.
- 00:15:35.752 --> 00:15:37.020
- And read about how that faith is now celebrated and encouraged
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- Rather than encouraged to be separate.
- 00:15:41.524 --> 00:15:43.760
- Yeah, it's amazing, emily.
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- And it just built my appreciation
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- Even more for our troops.
- 00:15:46.629 --> 00:15:48.031
- And again, it's a prayer point
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- For all of our viewers right now.
- 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:51.267
- Remember, always in your prayers every day.
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- Keep our troops in your prayers, emily.
- 00:15:53.703 --> 00:15:56.139
- Great job.
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- The book is
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- Called under his wings again, a new york times number one
- 00:15:58.007 --> 00:16:01.210
- Bestseller and deservedly so. emily, great work.
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- God bless you.
- 00:16:03.746 --> 00:16:04.514
- We will see you again soon.
- 00:16:04.514 --> 00:16:05.815
- And coming up after the break, hamas is declaring victory
- 00:16:05.815 --> 00:16:10.219
- After the announcement of the hostage ceasefire deal.
- 00:16:10.219 --> 00:16:13.156
- But we're joined by an arab israeli who says
- 00:16:13.156 --> 00:16:16.492
- Hamas may want to hold its applause.
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- Find out why after the break.
- 00:16:19.662 --> 00:16:23.996
- Find out why after the break.
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- Welcome back to stickleback tonight.
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- Yusuf haddad is an arab israeli who is a passionate defender
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- Of the jewish state,
- 00:16:33.246 --> 00:16:34.714
- Both as a former member of the israel defense forces
- 00:16:34.714 --> 00:16:37.384
- And now as ceo of together vouch for each other,
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- A great organization.
- 00:16:40.921 --> 00:16:42.289
- Through his advocacy and activism, yusuf works tirelessly
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- To bridge the gap between israel's
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- Arab citizens and the broader israeli society.
- 00:16:48.361 --> 00:16:51.898
- And in the wake
- 00:16:51.898 --> 00:16:53.066
- Of the hostage ceasefire deal that was just agreed to.
- 00:16:53.066 --> 00:16:56.703
- He's got some strong words for hamas.
- 00:16:56.703 --> 00:16:59.706
- Yosef joins us now from israel.
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- Yosef, always great to see you, my friend.
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- Hamas is of course, hamas is declaring victory
- 00:17:04.010 --> 00:17:08.748
- In the wake of this deal, which seems pretty odd.
- 00:17:08.748 --> 00:17:11.551
- Considering their leadership is absolutely decimated,
- 00:17:11.551 --> 00:17:14.354
- Gaza is in ruins.
- 00:17:14.354 --> 00:17:16.223
- What's your take on that, yosef?
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- I know you've had some strong words for hamas
- 00:17:17.624 --> 00:17:19.659
- In the wake of this deal and hamas
- 00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:21.528
- Celebrating in the streets of gaza.
- 00:17:21.528 --> 00:17:24.631
- I mean, the second you said
- 00:17:24.631 --> 00:17:26.166
- That hamas is celebrating, i immediately left.
- 00:17:26.166 --> 00:17:30.237
- And the reason why i liked it, because i expected that
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- Even if you decimate the whole organization,
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- Even if you make the whole gaza strip a parking lot,
- 00:17:36.042 --> 00:17:39.379
- If there is one one hamas member left here,
- 00:17:39.379 --> 00:17:42.649
- You will go up after a cease fire and say, we won.
- 00:17:42.649 --> 00:17:45.819
- This is their sick, twisted way to actually take the situation
- 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:50.857
- And just make it all about themselves and lie again,
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- Time again.
- 00:17:53.827 --> 00:17:54.427
- Let's see what's going on.
- 00:17:54.427 --> 00:17:55.529
- 15,000 members of hamas member decimated by the idf,
- 00:17:55.529 --> 00:17:59.232
- Another 25,000 plus civilians because of hamas
- 00:17:59.232 --> 00:18:03.937
- And the actions of hamas are killed through a war.
- 00:18:03.937 --> 00:18:07.073
- Let's talk about the gaza.
- 00:18:07.073 --> 00:18:08.909
- Gaza is ruined because of hamas, because of the fact
- 00:18:08.909 --> 00:18:12.179
- That they started a war that they cannot win.
- 00:18:12.179 --> 00:18:14.481
- And now they're only crying and crying.
- 00:18:14.481 --> 00:18:16.850
- And so the situation is very simple.
- 00:18:16.850 --> 00:18:19.052
- But, you know, you know why we feel,
- 00:18:19.052 --> 00:18:21.955
- Despite the fact that we did what did we did to hamas,
- 00:18:21.955 --> 00:18:25.225
- That we decimated hezbollah, that we made
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- Literally a changed regime in syria.
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- We attacked in iran, we attacked in yemen.
- 00:18:32.132 --> 00:18:35.268
- We literally changed the face of the middle east.
- 00:18:35.268 --> 00:18:37.938
- Yet we still do not feel victory.
- 00:18:37.938 --> 00:18:40.207
- You know why?
- 00:18:40.207 --> 00:18:41.241
- Because for us, it's very simple.
- 00:18:41.241 --> 00:18:43.176
- One israeli, one israeli.
- 00:18:43.176 --> 00:18:45.111
- And it doesn't matter
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- If it's an arab or a jew if he's dead because of a war.
- 00:18:46.246 --> 00:18:49.716
- We feel sad and we feel that we cannot win because of that.
- 00:18:49.716 --> 00:18:53.486
- And to add to that, that we have hostages
- 00:18:53.486 --> 00:18:55.689
- At the hands of a cruel terrorist organization.
- 00:18:55.689 --> 00:18:58.959
- That's why even if we win militarily
- 00:18:58.959 --> 00:19:01.127
- And we did, we still doesn't mean we don't feel victory.
- 00:19:01.127 --> 00:19:04.497
- And that's the biggest difference between us and them.
- 00:19:04.497 --> 00:19:07.234
- And that's the bottom line.
- 00:19:07.234 --> 00:19:08.335
- So true.
- 00:19:08.335 --> 00:19:09.302
- Yosef israelis celebrate life and hamas and its
- 00:19:09.302 --> 00:19:12.005
- Ilk celebrate death.
- 00:19:12.005 --> 00:19:13.206
- As you mentioned,
- 00:19:13.206 --> 00:19:14.374
- That iranian ring of fire has been smashed by the idf.
- 00:19:14.374 --> 00:19:18.278
- Yosef between that, between the iranian axis being weakened
- 00:19:18.278 --> 00:19:21.848
- And now president trump taking office in just a few short days,
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- Are you optimistic
- 00:19:25.952 --> 00:19:27.087
- That the region can be reshaped even more?
- 00:19:27.087 --> 00:19:29.923
- Maybe we see the abraham accords back on the table,
- 00:19:29.923 --> 00:19:32.926
- Potential normalization between saudi arabia and israel.
- 00:19:32.926 --> 00:19:36.830
- How do you see the next few months and years shaping up?
- 00:19:36.830 --> 00:19:41.268
- Well, you know, first of all, we're already seeing
- 00:19:41.268 --> 00:19:44.104
- A different movement, you know, towards a better middle east.
- 00:19:44.104 --> 00:19:49.142
- And yes, trump trump's coming to power
- 00:19:49.142 --> 00:19:51.845
- Is a very, very big change because eventually europe
- 00:19:51.845 --> 00:19:55.081
- Is going to follow what america is.
- 00:19:55.081 --> 00:19:57.450
- We saw under the biden administration
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- And how america is treating, for instance,
- 00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:01.955
- All the anti-israeli terrorist supporters for all palestinians.
- 00:20:01.955 --> 00:20:05.992
- And because of the way that america treated them,
- 00:20:05.992 --> 00:20:08.528
- Europe did it in the same.
- 00:20:08.528 --> 00:20:09.963
- Now, hopefully trump is coming to power
- 00:20:09.963 --> 00:20:13.133
- And we will see a shift and change,
- 00:20:13.133 --> 00:20:14.968
- Which we will probably see also in europe.
- 00:20:14.968 --> 00:20:17.137
- Because of that,
- 00:20:17.137 --> 00:20:18.238
- We can actually see also a change in the middle east.
- 00:20:18.238 --> 00:20:22.008
- Yes, of course, we want to extend the abraham accords.
- 00:20:22.008 --> 00:20:25.312
- We want saudi arabia to join.
- 00:20:25.312 --> 00:20:26.780
- It's a very, very important country.
- 00:20:26.780 --> 00:20:28.648
- But we must not forget it doesn't matter eventually
- 00:20:28.648 --> 00:20:31.718
- If we do not make a change in the iranian regime.
- 00:20:31.718 --> 00:20:36.089
- Iranian regime will always try to destroy israel because first
- 00:20:36.089 --> 00:20:40.026
- They going to destroy israel, and the second they do that,
- 00:20:40.026 --> 00:20:42.696
- Then the door is open to america and that's their main target.
- 00:20:42.696 --> 00:20:45.932
- The united states.
- 00:20:45.932 --> 00:20:47.133
- So if we do not stop iran and if we do not make a
- 00:20:47.133 --> 00:20:50.103
- Change in their regime,
- 00:20:50.103 --> 00:20:51.471
- I'm telling you
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- Iran is going to keep doing the same thing
- 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:54.240
- And they're going to try and actually
- 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.177
- Put hamas again in power, maybe put hezbollah back in power.
- 00:20:57.177 --> 00:21:00.780
- And that's why we're not allowed to to allow them to do that.
- 00:21:00.780 --> 00:21:03.616
- And one more just comment about the anti-israeli terror
- 00:21:03.616 --> 00:21:07.354
- Supporters in the united states and in europe.
- 00:21:07.354 --> 00:21:10.023
- If you remember, they've been protesting for
- 00:21:10.023 --> 00:21:12.659
- And calling for a cease fire for so many months.
- 00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:15.729
- Cease fire, a cease fire, the second
- 00:21:15.729 --> 00:21:17.497
- Israel agreed to a cease fire.
- 00:21:17.497 --> 00:21:19.466
- You know what they're calling right now?
- 00:21:19.466 --> 00:21:21.334
- Great. we've done the job.
- 00:21:21.334 --> 00:21:22.736
- Let's now destroy israel.
- 00:21:22.736 --> 00:21:24.504
- That's exactly what they're doing.
- 00:21:24.504 --> 00:21:26.139
- So you what did you pick for ceasefire?
- 00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:28.375
- And now that you got a cease fire,
- 00:21:28.375 --> 00:21:30.009
- You're saying that the next step is to destroy israel,
- 00:21:30.009 --> 00:21:32.045
- Which means you are actually advocating for another war
- 00:21:32.045 --> 00:21:34.514
- And another way you're going to lose.
- 00:21:34.514 --> 00:21:36.015
- And then what?
- 00:21:36.015 --> 00:21:36.983
- You're going to again, ask for a cease fire.
- 00:21:36.983 --> 00:21:38.885
- Come on, if you're not waking up.
- 00:21:38.885 --> 00:21:41.020
- I know.
- 00:21:41.020 --> 00:21:42.255
- And i'm talking to every western every western in the world.
- 00:21:42.255 --> 00:21:44.958
- If you're not waking up by now, then it's too late for you.
- 00:21:44.958 --> 00:21:48.027
- Yeah, so true. yosef.
- 00:21:48.027 --> 00:21:49.329
- Well said all around. as always, my friend.
- 00:21:49.329 --> 00:21:51.064
- And you have been in the belly of the beast on college campuses
- 00:21:51.064 --> 00:21:54.768
- Facing these pro-hamas mobs in both europe
- 00:21:54.768 --> 00:21:57.937
- And the united states.
- 00:21:57.937 --> 00:21:59.005
- Thank you for your brave work, my friend.
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- Keep it up, folks.
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- Be sure to follow yosef on x and across social media.
- 00:22:02.275 --> 00:22:05.812
- And coming up after the break,
- 00:22:05.812 --> 00:22:07.113
- We're talking about israel, the us, israel relationship.
- 00:22:07.113 --> 00:22:09.516
- Well, i was in mar a lago with hundreds of christian leaders
- 00:22:09.516 --> 00:22:13.453
- Just this week, and we were able to pray for president trump
- 00:22:13.453 --> 00:22:17.157
- In the run up to his inauguration.
- 00:22:17.157 --> 00:22:18.925
- You won't want to miss this.
- 00:22:18.925 --> 00:22:20.193
- Praise and worship from mar a lago after the break.
- 00:22:20.193 --> 00:22:23.930
- Stick around.
- 00:22:23.930 --> 00:22:25.999
- Stick around.
- 00:22:25.999 --> 00:22:28.439
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
- 00:22:29.206 --> 00:22:30.707
- Psalm 133 says how good and pleasant
- 00:22:30.707 --> 00:22:33.377
- It is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
- 00:22:33.377 --> 00:22:36.780
- Well, we did exactly that this week in mar a lago,
- 00:22:36.780 --> 00:22:40.184
- Florida, location of president trump's private residence.
- 00:22:40.184 --> 00:22:43.787
- Hundreds of christian and jewish leaders
- 00:22:43.787 --> 00:22:45.923
- Came together for prayer and worship
- 00:22:45.923 --> 00:22:48.258
- For president trump in the run up to his inauguration
- 00:22:48.258 --> 00:22:50.761
- And also for israel.
- 00:22:50.761 --> 00:23:05.476
- Folks.
- 00:23:05.676 --> 00:23:06.076
- It was amazing
- 00:23:06.076 --> 00:23:07.311
- To be a part of that at mar a lago for such a time as this.
- 00:23:07.311 --> 00:23:09.847
- Speaking of which, remember.
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- Join us this monday, this coming monday, january 20th,
- 00:23:11.315 --> 00:23:14.451
- From the inauguration in washington, d.c..
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- History made donald trump taking office once again until then.
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