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5/8/2025 Ridding America of Hateful Actions and Attitudes While Strengthening the U.S. Here and Abroad
May 8, 2025 · 59 min
Tony and guests cover the U.K. trade deal, purging colleges of anti-Semitism, the new Pope, dangers from the abortion pill, reforming Medicaid, budget reconciliation, and Planned Parenthood funding.
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In this video 0:00 Trade Deals and International News2:34 Domestic Controversies and Planned Parenthood4:39 Papal Election and Religious Freedom18:49 Congressional Challenges and Budget Negotiations
Trade Deals and International News 0:06 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall, and welcome to the Washington Watch News Desk. President Donald Trump has made his first trade deal with United Kingdom after imposing reciprocal tariffs0:18 on virtually all countries last month. Today, Trump announced he would be lowering tariffs on British auto imports from 27.5 percent to 10 percent. The universal0:30 10 percent tariff on other British imports will still remain. Britain has also agreed to lower or eliminate trade barriers to US imports.0:40 Today's agreement with the UK is the first in a series of agreements on trade that my administration has been negotiating over the past 4 weeks. With this deal, the UK joins the United0:51 States in affirming that reciprocity and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international trade. The deal includes billions of dollars of1:03 increased market access for American exports.1:06 British prime minister Keir Starmer was on the phone when Trump revealed the trade deal. Here was his reaction.1:13 This is a really fantastic, historic day in which we can announce, this deal between our 2 great countries. And I think it's a real tribute, to, the1:25 history that we have of working so closely, together.1:28 The White House says this deal is a critical step forward to promoting reciprocal trade with a key ally, ally, and partner. Trump administration officials are also currently in active negotiations with
1:40 countries such as India, South Korea, and Japan to make a deal for fairer and more reciprocal trade for the US. And in international news, white smoke appeared from the Sistine
1:52 Chapel today in Rome, signaling that the papal conclave had chosen a new pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 260 seventh leader of the Catholic
2:04 church. 69 year old Privost is the first ever American pope hailing from Chicago, Illinois and will be known as Pope Leo the fourteenth. He was selected on the second
2:15 day of voting receiving the required 2 thirds majority of the a hundred and 33 cardinal electors. In his first papal address on the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica, Leo called for the
2:27 church to build bridges with others and engage in loving dialogue. Now switching our attention to more domestic news, undercover phone calls reveal released by live action show
Domestic Controversies and Planned Parenthood
2:39 that planned parenthood clinics across several states are offering cross sex hormones to minors as young as 16. A live action employee posing as a 16 year
2:51 old girl called dozens of Planned Parenthood locations and was told she would be prescribed cross sex hormones at her first appointment with little to no prior therapy,
3:03 mental health clearance, or parental supervision. Planned Parenthood, which has bragged about being 1 of the leading providers of cross sex hormones is actually providing cross sex hormones, which are
3:14 life altering to 16 year olds without any therapy, any psychiatric evaluation, any counseling appointment, and they're doing same day appointments to send them right away to the prescription store to get their drugs. And
3:26 this can be, of course, life altering these trans hormones, life altering for minors. And this is what they're doing across the country. It's absolutely outrageous. That was live action president Lila Rose yesterday on
3:37 Fox News. She's calling on congress to defund Planned Parenthood of all federal funding. Planned Parenthood receives more than 700000000 taxpayer dollars per year. Now cross sex
3:49 hormonal treatments alter the body so that it exhibits characteristics more in line with a person's gender identity than biological sex. These treatments can result in serious life altering
4:01 side effects including permanent infertility. Sadly, all these side effects are dollar signs for planned parenthood. Now, Lila Rose's comments come as some house Republicans are considering
4:13 cutting federal funding for planet parenthood in their multi trillion dollar budget bill meant to advance president Trump's agenda. While makers are looking to make at least 1500000000000.0 in spending cuts
4:25 to offset Trump's tax cuts and planned parenthood's funding could be a part of those cuts. Now those are today's headlines. I'm Victoria Marshall. Up next is Washington
4:37 Watch with Tony Perkins. We'll see you tomorrow with more news.
Papal Election and Religious Freedom
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5:12 I'd like to also thank my brother Cardinals. Who chose Me too. Successor
5:27 searching altogether for peace and justice
5:31 and working together
5:34 men and women faithful to cross without fear. To proclaim the rest of the missionary. To be missionaries.
5:43 That was Pope Leo the fourteenth elected just hours ago, history's first American pope. Welcome to this May eighth edition of Washington Watch. I'm Tony Perkins. Thanks for tuning in. Well, a
5:55 historic papacy begins. What does Pope Leo the fourteenth's election mean for glow the global church and for religious liberty? What is it, how does it how will it apply to debates here at home?
6:06 Princeton legal scholar professor Robert George joins us. Even as Catholics celebrate new leadership, anti Israel protests are flaring once again on university campuses and on
6:18 Capitol Hill.
6:19 It is
6:20 upon abundantly clear that the cynical work of the majority party on this committee is now being expanded and weaponized
6:32 by the administration seeking to squash dissent.
6:36 That was, congresswoman Ilhan Omar at yesterday's House Education Committee hearing regarding anti anti Semitic behavior on college
6:48 campuses, and this occurred just moments before mass demonstrators overtook Columbia University's library. Committee chairman congressman Tim Wohlberg of Michigan will tell us what congress is
7:00 doing about the rising tide of antisemitism in higher education. Nearly 2 dozen self styled moderate House Republicans now threatened to sink the 1 big beautiful bill if it
7:11 scales back Biden era Medicaid expansion or defunds planned parenthood.
7:17 When I talk to the reporters that, you know, run around where we are, they're saying that Democrats can't believe Democrat leadership, Democrat staff, Democrat members can't believe how much Republicans are diving in
7:27 hard to defend Obamacare and to defend the worst parts of Obamacare, which was the Medicaid expansion and what you described, which is the 90 percent federal match rate to go to the able-bodied,
7:39 a population that should be working, the able-bodied instead of the vulnerable for whom Medicaid was created.
7:45 That was Texas congressman Chip Roy sounding the alarm on Fox Business. We'll break down the numbers and the stakes with Paul Winfrey, former director of budget policy at the White House and CEO of the Economic Policy
7:56 Innovation Center. By the way, I'm gonna give you this number, so, go ahead and jot it down because you're gonna need it. Capital switchboard number where you can reach your member of congress, 2 0 2 2 2 4 31 21. That's
8:08 2 0 2 2 2 4 31 21. You know, our republic was made not for spectators but participants, and I'm gonna need your participation today. And later, we'll be joined by the Washington
8:20 stand's Suzanne Bauti and FRC's Kena Gonzalez for a closer look at what congress did and didn't do this week. But before we dive in, a quick reminder, session 12 of our God in
8:32 Government course, making an effective appeal to authority is now live. You can watch it exclusively on the Stand Firm app or text the word course to 6 7 7 4 2 if you don't have the Stand
8:44 Firm app. That's course to 6 7 7 4 2. All of that and more straight ahead on this edition of Washington Watch. Well, before we, look at the recurring antisemitic
8:55 environment on college campuses, I wanna talk trade for just a moment. This morning, president Donald Trump announced a historic trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom. This deal, according to the
9:06 White House, grants American companies unprecedented access to the UK markets while bolstering US national security. In addition, the office of the US trade representative says that this sets the tone for
9:18 other trading partners to achieve reciprocal trade. So how does this deal achieve such lofty expectations? Here to discuss this and more, congressman Tim Wohlberg, chairman of the House Education and Workforce
9:29 Committee and a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources. He represents the fifth congressional district of Michigan. Congressman Wahlberg, welcome back to Washington Watch. Always good to see you.
9:40 Tony, it's always good to see you as well, and thanks, for giving me a chance to step back into common sense.
9:46 Well, let's talk, trade first because you come from the state of Michigan where trade's pretty important. What does this deal mean?
9:56 Well, I think it's a start, and I think it's an evidence that what the president has been saying all along that this is a tool that will work for restoring America and setting in place and understanding with our
10:07 allies around the world who, in many cases, we've been helping them out for many, many years since the World Wars. It's time for them to step up the plate and understand that it's not a free pass anymore.
10:19 So you have to treat us at least fairly, on on the trade end. So what we've seen today with this trade deal that is that has been consummated with the UK, says
10:31 a number of good things, I think, for our auto industry, gives us further involvement opportunity to export our cars to Europe, to the UK, especially. It
10:43 also, helps my farmers. The farmers in my district that are concerned but have been strong and willing to, take a deep breath and hope that would work out. Now we get some
10:55 significant trade opportunities, in the UK, 5000000000. What I understand, opportunity for new exports from the US to the UK, farmers, ranchers, producers that we have,
11:07 including, what I've seen 700000000 in ethanol exports. I guess I'd rather see ethanol in many cases going there, and 250000000 in other agricultural products like
11:19 beef grown in my district. So those are good things. Those are a start, and I think it gives an indication to other, countries as well as to our own citizens that, these
11:30 trade deals will take a bit of time, but when they come to fruition, they'll serve us well.
11:37 So as as you alluded to and then the White House stated, this would be a blueprint. I guess this meant a blueprint because it's, 1 of the early negotiated deals for other trading partners.
11:49 So so what's the timeline here? When will this be implemented with the UK?
11:54 Well, as I understand, it's working out. I I haven't seen an an absolute date on it, but, the fact that it's been announced indicates that it's it's it's coming quick. And we know how the president works. He wants to
12:06 work faster as opposed to slower. And so I think that coming out and doing this press announcement indicates that it's not gonna be long. And, with the other deals that are in the
12:18 pipeline, just last week sitting behind, treasury secretary Scott Besant, at the, in the Rose Garden for the National Day of Prayer, he at that
12:29 day was at least it was said by the president that Scott was on the phone with 30 30 other countries that very day. And, I think that indicates things are ramping up. And if the UK goes this
12:41 direction, I think there are other countries that are gonna wanna do similar things.
12:45 And, the president has alluded to a major announcement next week during his Middle East, tour, and, those close to the White House, sources in the White House suggest that that has something to do with the
12:57 economy as well. I I I wanna move on to another issue before we run out of time here, congress in Wahlberg, and that's something that's, really at the heart of the committee work that you're doing right now. In fact, the
13:07 committee hearing you had yesterday, hitting this issue of anti semitism, that is, that that continues on college campuses. Ironically, as you were holding a hearing yesterday,
13:19 we saw on the campus of Columbia University masked individuals protesting against Israel, the Jewish people, taking over the library there.
13:30 Yeah. And, desecrating the library it is. I received a video from 1 of our Columbia student friends, a senior there that was in the library at that very time,
13:41 took videos of what was going on, the defacing of of library property, the takeover for over 4 hours, from the freedom to use that library
13:53 by all students. And then ultimately, thankfully, the New York Police Department came in and gave a bums rush rush to these people who are abusing their rights as
14:05 citizens or I guess we'll wait to see how many of them were on visa as with student visas to study here. If we find people that were in that conflagration
14:17 as it were, who who are legal immigrants under a Visa but have abused their opportunity here by demonstrating in such a way supportive
14:29 terrorist organization like Hamas. I'm hoping to see that they'll be removed from the country and they'll have to take their education someplace else because America's free. But the opportunity isn't
14:41 for people who will abuse the freedom that they have here. So, we're gonna continue pushing back and had 3 college presidents in front of yes of us yesterday from across the
14:52 nation trying to show that it's not just at the eastern liberal, Ivy League schools or places like Northwestern and others. It it goes to
15:04 smaller colleges like Haverford, in Pennsylvania. We looked at DePaul, which was a surprise, that the largest Catholic school in the country
15:17 was involved with this antisemitism on the campus and then Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also is in front of us. I think 2 of the presidents showed that at the very least by
15:28 having this hearing, they've jumped up and are attempting to do some things that I think will bring about some control, but Haverford gave us no indication that she
15:40 understood at all what, what potential there is for her and her school to have significant problems by being unwilling to make it very
15:52 clear that this type of activity goes beyond the simple first amendment liberties. When you start to take away people's free free living out of those liberties on the campus and
16:04 you put people in fear simply because who they are, what they are, their their nationality, their race, their position as a Jew that they can't change, that's wrong and that's un American.
16:16 Well, it it's, disturbing that we're still seeing this type of activity, although not surprised. This ideology has been around for a long time, this anti, Jewish, anti people of the book. We've seen
16:28 it. It's his it's rooted in history. But what what I I would say, congressman, is is a bit encouraging is the response yesterday on Columbia's, University's campus,
16:40 which is a little different than what we saw last year where they were coddling these, the these brats, they were instead of coddling these thugs, they were, arresting
16:52 them, which I would say is a result of in part of the hearings that you've been having that you're showing that this you're serious. You're not gonna put up with this stuff.
17:01 We are serious. We believe in free expression. We believe in the first amendment liberties in this country, but they cannot be abused. And in talking with the ACLU attorney there yesterday,
17:13 he certainly didn't get it. We were not decrying speech even even some very, unsavory and mean and awful speech. That happens.
17:25 But when it is used to incite riots, when it's used to incite, people to go after other individuals, in this case, Jews, and take
17:37 away their freedom for an education that is enjoyable, meaningful, and is without fear. And when it insights people to follow these same students to their,
17:49 their residences, promoting further fear, and when it causes them to beat up students to the point that they have to have surgery for broken wrist, 1 student that was there,
18:01 yesterday, and others who had concussions as a result. That goes way beyond free speech. We have to stand against that, and it's un American to boot. And I think that's what's come from the indoctrination
18:14 that's going on with liberal faculty, progressive, socialist faculty on campus that do not like America. In fact, they hate America and and they wanna change it.
18:24 Well and the good news under, the current administration, it's not gonna be funded with taxpayer dollars. Congressman, always great to see you. Thanks so much, for joining us, Tim.
18:35 Good to be with you, Tony. Have a great day.
18:37 You too. Congressman Tim Wohlberg of Michigan, chairman of the education committee of the house. Alright. When we come back, professor Robert George of Princeton University joins us to talk about the new pope. Just don't
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