FEMA Should Go - January 24th, Hour 1

Senate on the nomination of Pete Hegseth. It is expected to be close, but you know, you can't say anything with any degree of certainty when it comes to Washington, d C. If you want a friend, get a dog. There's the best advice I can give people. And at this time, when it's freezing cold, you might want to get an extra sweater and bundle up to the maximum level. I've got to give Donald Trump credit beyond moving forget about the first hundred days, His first hundred hours have

been incredible. We're going to play part of my interview with him in the Oval Office coming up later in the program as well today and the President now and just think about this for a second. You think that Joe Biden could sit with me for over an hour and answer any question. And by the way, I don't give him questions ahead of time, and sometimes it doesn't even matter what questions I ask him. He wants to talk about things. He wanted to talk a lot about California.

He went to North Carolina. We're going to talk about that. He's headed to California. Gavin is planning on, you know, sabotaging this. I don't. I don't know what is going on in Gavin Newsom's mind. But whoever's advising him, or if he's just you know, running rogue, I just think it's the wrong strategy in so many different ways. We'll talk about that. But while he was in and he said this to me in the interview in the Oval Office, you know, while he was in North Carolina, he said

he may eliminate FEMA. And we, probably more than any other show, have chronicled the disaster that has been the northeastern part of North Carolina, that it was devastated by Hurricane Helene. It was devastated and that is a failure of FEMA. Remember, we kept having the Operation Helo guys on there. One of the guys was on yesterday. We kept having Franklin Graham on the program. We kept talking to people that were raising money, and FEMA for weeks

was nowhere to be found. And he the President today said he's considering an executive order that would eliminate FEMA, blasting it as a failure, saying that the states should oversee their own disaster recovery efforts. And if you think about North Carolina without neighbor helping neighbor and groups like Samaritans Purse and groups like Operation Helo, these people would be out in the freezing cold. I mean, just go back a week and a half ago, or two weeks ago,

or a week ago, whatever it was. They were on a one day deadline if you didn't fill out the proper paperwork and you were being housed by FEMA. They were thinking of kicking out thirty five hundred people. And it's freezing right now in North Carolina. I mean, we've got this arctic blast that continues all throughout the country. But what the President is saying here, he's not saying that we're not going to help our fellow Americans in need,

just the opposite. He was in Asheville, North Carolina. He surveyed the damage which is just devastating. He said a state response to the crisis would be faster and less expensive. He've rightly pointed out FEMA's not done its job. And where was Joe Biden, Where's Kamala Harris? During all of this, we kept calling them out, saying, when are you going to go help North Carolina? They never seem to care. I have no doubt it had an impact on the election.

Early on, we were all worried whether or not people in the affected areas would even be able to vote, But they voted. They voted in big numbers, and Donald Trump carried the state by more than was anticipated. And he just said FEMA has not done the job. And I like, frankly, the concept when North Carolina gets hit that the governor will take care of it. When Arty

gets hit, the governor takes care of it. And to have a group of people come in from an area they don't even know where they're going to solve immediately a problem is something that never worked for him. And he's right, he's not saying not to give money. No, We're going to give money to North Carolina, and North Carolinians, you know, deserve the support of the American people, especially in light of how much money we give foreign countries

like Ukraine and others. It's a massive amount of money. And you know, so the American people are absolutely the most generous people on earth. They're willing to help the people in North Carolina and the people in Los Angeles, and we want them to rebuild. Now in Los Angeles a little bit of a different situation because a lot

a lot of things were not done properly. And if we're going to give billions of dollars, and there's you know, estimate estimates out there, you know, two hundred and fifty billion, you know, up toward trillion dollars. It's not that high, but two hundred and fifty billion dollars a taxpayer money. You've got to give it with some conditions that prevent this from ever happening again, like practicing the science of forestry,

removing the brush controlled burns. You know, you build these these areas, these these gaps where you know, even with Santa Ana winds, Santa Ana winds are predictable. Wildfires in California are predictable. These are events that can be stopped. These are events that could be handled. You don't cut the firefighters budget. When the lead firefighter is saying that you need twice the manpower if you ever have a wildfire in the state. I mean, that's just that. That

is madness by its very definition. It's insane. And you do need hydrants that actually have water in them. You do need reservoirs that are filled. You can't be pouring you know, you know, hundreds of millions of gallons of water into the Pacific every year from northern California when southern California is very drought prone and you need that water, and you can easily transport that water from the north to the south in that state. It's not that complicated.

It is the highest tax state in the country. And all of this is just as basic, simple common sense. The President also newly confirmed CIA director John Ratcliffe has vowed to conclusively answer questions about the origins of COVID. That was good news in my mind. Today we already know the origins of COVID. We know that it happened

in the Wuhan virology lab. Why did Anthony Fauci, you know, why was he you know, feverishly texting in January of twenty twenty as he was with other members of the NIH knowing that they gave money to the Eco Health Alliance, knowing that the Eco Health Alliance had given that money to the Wuhan virology Lab that was known for gain of function research. It's insane, but Trump continues to move at the speed of light, at a pace that Joe

Biden could never think of running at. Donald Trump today pardoning twenty three abortion protesters convicted by the Biden DOJ. These were peaceful pro life protesters. They should not have been prosecuted, he said. Many of them were elderly people. This is insane should they never should have been prosecuted.

This is a great honor to sign this. And he issued the pardons on the eve of the annual March for Life on DC, a massive anti abortion protest that will take place in Washington to mark the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in nineteen seventy three. Back to California for a minute. We still have fires as of today going on in multiple areas in southern California. You know, you have the huge fire off the Pia Canyon Road which is ongoing, and you have other firefighters working to

prevent the spread of that fire. And in the last day, hundreds of very tired, weary firefighters because they're undermanned and understaffed and underpaid. Frankly a battled multiple fire fires in the hills of Los Angeles, in Ventura County and other areas that are threatened like Brentwood and bel Air, and Mayor Bass says her brother lost her home in the Palisades fire. Okay, but they're not practicing basic fire management. And then you got to look at how they spend

their money while they're cutting back. They don't have enough firefighters to fight a wildfire, according to the fire chief, and that yet they still cut the firefighters budget. But then they allocate over six hundred and fifty million federal and state dollars to make the Port of Los Angeles green. This is insane. I read this article today. It was in Politico, hardly a conservative publication. That Gavin Newsom has now said, you know, he's yet to hear from Donald

Trump and whether he's invited or not. Newsom confirmed he's planning to show up at the airport for a customary greeting. You know, I look forward to being there in the tarmac to thank the president, welcome him. And making sure that all the resources he needs for successful briefing are provided to him. I mean this, this is no way to communicate with the president. I don't know who's advising Gavin,

but it's really bad advice. You know, Trump to visit California, and he's been very critical of a lot of basic, basic, simple, you know, forest management items that have not been handled, including the water, including the hydrants, including the reservoirs, including cutting the firefighters budget, including money billions set aside for you know, turbines, and all this other nonsense and all these other green products. So that'll be interesting to watch.

I'm not sure exactly if Newsom's you know, doing this for show, but we'll see what happens when he gets out there. I don't think the President's going out there not to help the people of California's going out to help them, but they do, they do have to make some changes out there. It's simple, basic, common sense. A lot of reaction to Donald Trump's signing in order to declassify the files on JFK, RFK and the MLK assassinations.

He had promised to declassify the previously classified documents during the twenty twenty four campaign yesterday. It was when I actually saw the tape of it, it was more of a beatdown than I thought it was. A President Trump did it in a pretty nice way, calling out the Bank of American Chief Brian moynihan during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He did it visa via a zoom link. But these are all important items for the president.

We know that the President's nominations, the way things look like they're going tonight, that it looks like Senator Murkowski Lisa Murkowski will be a no vote on Pete hagg Seth Collins will be a no vote on Pete hagg Seth. And while Mitch McConnell did vote to move the bill to the Senate floor, there is absolutely no guidance at all from his office. I called over myself personally today as to which way he's going to vote, and so in that sense, it does hang in the bounds.

many people also call. He said, you served to Washington for years. You're going to be challenging the status quo. You're going to be called crazy. Many people thought, Noah and the Bible was crazy equipped and then he and then the rains came and all the fact checkers died. You have to persevere. You gotta love this guy. Anyway, So this major hurdle yesterday. But we still don't know

about Senator Mitch McConnell. There's been some rumblings that others there might be some discontent among others until this vote takes place. You know, I don't count votes until they're actually cast. But this is an important vote because we need a Secretary of Defense and we need one in quickly. John Ratcleff was born in as CIA director. After the vote on Pete, heg seth, I believe they're going to vote next to and debate on PHS Secretary nominee Christy

Nome is not a problem expected in that area. Hawaii's Urano is the only Senator to vote know on Collins, continuing partisan streak of the hearings. Anyway, the only lawmaker on the Senate Veterans Affair Committee to oppose Trump's nominee to the Department of Veterans Affairs. That's Doug Collins, former representative from Georgia. So that's the latest on the nominee front. And there's a lot there. We have a ton of immigration news we've got to get to today Donald Trump

more economic news. The economy he is inheriting is an unmitigated disaster for the American people. That means all of you out there listening, and we'll give you that information so you know exactly where Donald Trump is starting as he begins the process of hopefully getting this economy humming again and getting prices down, and getting energy prices down, and getting inflation down and getting interest rates down. It won't happen overnight, but hopefully it can happen pretty quickly.

Watching the people in North Carolina today, it is unbelievable. When when did Hurricane Helene actually Hitlinda. Was it October November? In November, the end of September, right the end of September. It's been such a long time. Anyway, here's President Trump. And why Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, you know, didn't give North Carolina at the time of day, is unfathomable to me.

Telling the people in North Carolina, the victims, that you're not forgotten and how badly they were treated by the last administration.

didn't use it. But I'm going there. But we set up to go there, and they said, what about North Carolina? They said, well, what would you? I said, I have to stop there first. I'm stopping in North Carolina. So we made the stop. I wanted to come here, and before I went anywhere, frankly, in the campaign, I promised that I'd come back to western North Carolina to help the people of the state. And today here I am

to deliver on that promise. And we have a lot of things in mind, and we're getting the core of the Army Corps of Engineer engineers all set. You need your riverbanks fixed, you need a lot of roads fixed, and we're going to get it done and rapid time. And I've asked Susie Wiles and all of my people to start calling up, get the corps ready, and they're going to get ready to go.

also know is a lie. But him promising that the victims of Hurricane Helene were getting everything they need in spite of everybody on the ground telling us the exact op Listen, well, what are.

four months ago. Well for us, today is still September twenty seventh. You know, we haven't had help. And so when I talk to FEMA, I'm explaining the road and the bridge, and they send me a letter that tells me to basically fix it and send in my receipts and they'll refund me some money. I'm on looking at a road and bridge that honestly, the bridge itself is probably going to be three hundred thousand dollars in the

road could be close to that. Also, because we have to have the community has to have big boulders brought in. We're not a rich community. We can't fix it ourselves, you.

feel entitled. I'm embarrassed to even say I need help because you know, and sometimes there's even that that that that survivors guilt us what they're calling it. But you feel guilty even be alive sometimes, you know, when you look around, you see your neighbors that are gone, and it's just, you know, we need help. I wrote a letter that to send to Congress. You know, I don't understand what's going on. If we can get FEMA help, then will you guys help us? Will you step up

and be our fellow citizen? Will you step up? And be our neighbor and send us something, help us, help us get our community back. It's I could go on, it's just a I don't know. It's just heartbreaking. God appreciate you.

Medicare is headed towards insolvency. Obamacare a disaster, not one promise of Obamacare, and they want a green new deal. Cradle to grave, womb to the tomb, society. That's real life what that lady is describing. And again, neighbor helping neighbor, Samaritan's purse. Franklin Graham was with the President today. He grew up right near where the where hurricanes lean struck, and he pointed out Trump's not coming there for votes. The election is over. He's not running for office again.

He wants to make life better to the people in North Carolina that have been abandoned. Oh, just just send us your receipts. Well, you can't get through the roads and there's no bridges. How are you going to get the building materials there? You're going to fly him in on a helicopter. These people out of their minds. It's unreal. They abandoned them. They abandon our fellow Americans, you know.

And then I go to the economic numbers. I was pointing out earlier, higher mortgage rates, record home prices, you know, sales Now, US home sales in twenty twenty four, the last year of Biden fell to the lowest level in nearly thirty years. This is two years in running. It's been a disaster. What do you think that is? Higher mortgage rates, record home prices, you know, kept sales subdued for the second straight year. People cannot afford it. I've been there. I know what it's like. It sucks. It

just does. Then we have you know that more people are paying the minimum payment on as credit card balances of rising. You know, in the third quarter of twenty twenty four, nearly eleven percent of active credit card accounts paid only the minimum balance well, you know, with twenty one twenty two percent interest rates, you're never going to pay that money off. And people using that money not for extravagance. They're not going to air mace and sacks,

Fifth Avenue and expensive stores. No, they're going to grocery stores. They're putting gas in their cars that is way too expensive. You know, whether it's a busted refrigerator, car trouble, medical issues, unexpected cost of any kind. It's a part of life. But even routine curveballs are now spelling serious financial trouble

for many Americans. According to a new report that came out surveying one thousand US adults about their ability to handle a surprise bill like that, they found fifty nine percent of Americans starting out this year don't have enough savings to cover an unex expected one thousand dollars emergency expense. I mean, I mean that's the bare minimum, a thousand dollars. Most people can't afford that this has had. This is what paying twelve thousand dollars more year because of Biden

Harrison Plation does to people. By the way, Trump is ordered the halt of the wind energy and these ugly windmills by the way, California, you know, they're cutting the firefighters budget, but they put aside billions for that disaster. And by the way, don't forget it was Donald Trump that got Elon Musk. You know that's been attacked because he's friends with Donald Trump. Uh to get you know, starlink communications up for the people in north northeastern northwestern

North Carolina so they can have communications back. And Trump's call what the Saudi Crown prince has resulted in a six hundred billion dollar pledge and investment to our country. And call it the Trump effect, you know, Trump warning economic leaders at Davos, you know, make your products in America or face tariffs. I mean, we can't even buy a dozen eggs. I eat eggs and meat, and the egg supply is now strained because of bird flew. Most people around the country paid nine bucks, you know, for

a dozen eggs. I know for a fact, that's what it cost. I like to get organic, large cage free eggs, you know, trying to eat a little healthier, and it cost eleven dollars a dozen. Now I can afford it, and that's the diet of my choice. But still that's a lot of money for a lot of people. I remember when eggs were, you know, just a couple of dollars, a couple of dollars, a dozen. Now Donald Trump is using military cargo planes, fulfilling his promise on the border

to fly Biden illegals back across the border. The President has shuddered the Biden administrations immigration offices in Latino, Memora, America. Donald Trump and Ice have raided, you know, make these raids even in sanctuary states and cities. They're finding tedophiles, gang bangers, and a suspected terrorist. You know, they're up to hundreds and hundreds of people, including new arrests of teedofiles, gang members and a suspected terrorist in New York. And

this crackdown continues. Illegal alien gangs have been targeting the homes of NFL players, we find out according to the Daily Caller, I mean, we've been reading all about these NFL players. Tom Homan says that the Haitian illegal who vowed he'd never returned to Haiti is being returned to Haiti. And he was trashing Trump and praising Joe Biden and

Barack Obama. The judge that block Trump's birthright citizenship Reform gave an anti cop rioter, according to the Justice Department website, who tried to burn down a Seattle police headquarters a slap on the wrist two years sentence. Gee, because you're appointed by a Republican doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot. Los Angeles suburb unanimously voting to become a non sanctuary city to support Donald Trump. On the other hand, then you have other cities vowing to fight Donald Trump.

I mean, this is insanity. It's not my job, says the sheriff. Vows that Vegas police will not assist with Trump's illegal immigration roundups. Why not. That's called enforcing the law. The law enforcement Ice. You know, it's pretty unbelievable. Massachusetts Massachusetts District is instructing school bus drivers to harbor illegals from Ice. By the way, James Carvell has spoken out.

He's calling on Joe Biden to disappear into retirement, wondering if he tries to steer the party forward that will have a negative impact. Your last act was terrible. Just get out of the way. Your party is moving on. And he's not wrong, and he said he should go to his home in Rehobeth and Delaware and just stay there. Ouch. Uh not exactly the nicest goodbye from James Carvill. James Comer warning that the Trump DOJ now has the power to subpoena Joe Biden's personal bank records, and they should.

Trump pulled the plug on Anthony Fauci security detail. After all we know about what he knew about the origins of COVID. I believe he flat out lied to us. I want a full investigation and he can't plead the fifth anyway. We got so much news to get to. Oh and by the way, Kamala Harris and her husband were caught using plastic bags after going to the grocery store, but they wanted to ban plastic straws. You can request, by the way, and you can you have reusable bags.

Because I like the reusable bags. I buy them and then I bring them with me. I know, I'm like a little old lady when I go to the grocery store, Alynd, I know you're laughing, because I buy them and they're much stronger and they don't breakastic ones in the paper one's break. I don't want to breaking