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The Rise of Assisted Suicide 0:06 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall, and welcome to a special edition of the Washington Watch news desk. Today, we're going to explore why western nations are now legalizing assisted suicide. What is0:18 behind the rise of this industry of death? Now this past November, the British parliament voted to advance a bill that would allow terminally ill adults to end their life through assisted suicide. The bill is0:30 not yet law. Still has to go through the amendment process and a final vote by both houses of parliament, which could take a couple of months, But it is likely to become law. Now Britain is not the only western0:41 country to legalize assisted dying, however. In the past decade, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and Austria have all introduced laws enshrining the right to assisted suicide.0:53 And it's having disastrous consequences. Assisted suicide in Canada jumped nearly 16 percent last year with more than 15000 deaths. And the median age of this group was more1:05 than 77. The vast majority of those who died had terminal health conditions. And yet it's not just the terminally ill who are seeking to end their lives through assisted suicide. There are a number of reports1:17 of Canadians driven by poverty and a lack of access to adequate health care, housing, and social services who are opting to die.1:26 If you1:26 call the number on the government website, they will provide doctors that will sign off for you.1:33 Like many disabled Canadians, she is stuck in a cycle of poverty and despair.1:38 There's no hope for anybody in Ontario. That's a good boy.1:43 So she's planning to end her life Up. With the government's help.1:47 They can have me dead in 90 days. That's what I was told.1:51 Like in my case, the problem is not really the disability. It is the poverty.1:56 Les Landry is in the same position, wanting to live, but seeing no other option than death.2:03 In multiple cases, veterans requesting help from Canada's Veterans Affairs Department, 1 asking for PTSD treatment and another a ramp for her wheelchair, were asked by caseworkers if they would like to2:15 apply for assisted suicide. Those against assisted death say vulnerable, depressed, and elderly people may feel coerced by their family or doctors to die if they feel like a burden2:27 to them. Conservative member of parliament, Danny Kruger, who was opposed to the bill legalizing suicide in Britain, said such a law would irretrievably change the relationship between doctors and patients2:39 for the worst.2:40 Objection is to the more general effect that the bill would have on the relationship between doctors and their patients and indeed our whole relationship with the state. If we decide that it's acceptable2:53 for government officials, people licensed by the state doctors, to conclude that some people are better off dead, our whole understanding of the responsibility of care that the state and the NHS has to us is3:05 changed.3:06 Meanwhile, in Orwellian state of affairs, police in Northern Switzerland arrested several people in assisted suicide group in September after a woman reportedly ended her life using a3:18 so called suicide pod. The Sarco capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person sitting in a reclining seat inside to push a button that injects nitrogen3:29 gas into the sealed chamber. The person is then supposed to fall asleep and die by suffocation in minutes. Exit International, an assisted suicide group based in the Netherlands, is behind the3:41 sarcopod. Its inventor hopes to use artificial intelligence technology with the pod, So people who wish to die don't have to rely on doctors to judge whether their reason for wanting to3:53 die is legitimate. Now this is a scary future, but as Danny Kruger said, instead of pushing assisted suicide on the vulnerable in society, we should be ensuring they die with dignity by4:05 investing in palliative care.4:07 We eliminate all suffering, and I don't think we ever can.4:10 Okay.4:10 We we can't eliminate the existential suffering, the emotional distress that people feel. That needs real treatment and support. We can get on top of physical pain. Increasingly, we really can. And I think we should be4:22 investing in a system which supports people to die well, not to give them this terrible option, which as I say say, imposes an obligation on their families to think about doing this Okay. Rather than ensuring that they4:33 don't.4:34 And that's today's segment. Thanks for joining me for this special edition of the Washington Watch News Desk. Up next is Washington Watch with Tony Perkins. We'll see you next time with more news.Political Tensions and National Security 4:52 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and5:04 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heiss.5:12 Well, good afternoon, and welcome to this Friday edition of Washington Watch. I am your Friday host, Jody Hice, the senior vice president here at the Family Research Council and president of FRC5:24 Action. So honored and glad to have you joining us today. A lot coming your way on the program. Let's begin with the highlights. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle continue to demand answers from the5:36 Biden administration regarding the mysterious drones that had now been spotted in the skies of New Jersey, New York, and many other places. But after 3 or so weeks, very5:48 few answers have been given, and the ones that have been given are woefully insufficient.5:55 We must take these drones out of the sky so we can finally get some answers in who is flying them and why they're flying them. We don't wait. We don't sit back.6:07 We are America, and it's time to act.6:12 Well, that was New Jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew in a video message that he posted yesterday. Retired Air Force Brigadier General John Tigert will join me in a moment to6:24 discuss the latest. And many Democrats have been pushing back against president-elect Trump's plan to deport illegal immigrants. But there have been some that actually see6:36 eye to eye with the incoming Trump administration on the initial stages, at least, of that plan.6:42 I think that, what has been reported is totally distorted, from what, our face to face eyeball to eyeball conversation. His goal is the same goal I have. We cannot allow,6:55 dangerous individuals to have commit repeated violent acts of violence, in our cities across America.7:04 That was Democrat New York City mayor Eric Adams yesterday speaking to the press after his meeting with incoming Trump border czar Tom Homan. And I'll be discussing the7:16 latest on the mass deportation plan a little bit later on the program when I'm joined by Todd Binsman. He's a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. And then as7:28 Congress works to finalize some critical legislation, an issue that you may not be aware of, it looms under the surface of all the other talk and that's the fight to keep AM7:39 radios in our cars. Why is this important? We'll unpack this a little bit later when I'm joined by Troy Miller who's the president and Ceo of the National Religious7:51 Broadcasters. And then we'll close out the program today when I'm joined by David Clawson, our biblical worldview expert here at FRC. See, we'll be discussing this week's8:03 headlines and how we as Christians should be thinking about all these headlines through the lens of scripture. So as always, we've got a lot coming your way and you don't wanna miss any of it. But8:14 if by chance you do, you can always go back and catch it by going to our website, tony perkins dot com where you obviously can get this edition of Washington watch as well as past editions8:26 and also tons of resources available there for you. So be sure to bookmark that web page. Also, with the new year fast approaching, I wanna encourage8:38 you to join our family here at Family Research Council in studying god's word in 20 25. We have coming out right now the second edition of the stand on the8:50 word journal. For those of you may not be familiar with this, it's a spiral bound journal that accompanies our chronological stand on the word bible reading plan. And this particular9:02 edition is going to cover the books through from Isaiah through Revelation. This is a fantastic resource, something that you wanna have personally. It will help you grow in your personal9:13 understanding of God's word and it will also make a great gift for any loved ones this Christmas season. So if you'd like to order your copy, you can do so by going to tony perkins dot com or9:25 you can simply text the word journal to 6 7 7 4 2. That's journal j o u r n a l, journal, to 6 7 79:37 4 2. Alright. Let's jump into our first topic for the day. Over the past, probably close to 4 years, we'll just put it that way. President Biden has not brought the unity9:49 that he promised when he was first elected. But in the last few weeks, he has managed to do a few things that literally have brought Republicans and Democrats together. For example,10:02 the pardoning of his son, Hunter, that has received a lot of criticism from both sides of the aisle. And now there's his administration's response to the mysterious10:14 drones that have been spotted in the skies of New England. What in the world are we supposed to be making of the way his administration has handled all this? Well, joining me now to discuss all of this10:26 is retired Air Force Brigadier General John Tigert. After a distinguished military career General Tigard retired as the assistant deputy under secretary of the Air10:37 Force for International Affairs where he led international engagement on behalf of the US Air Force and the US Space Force while managing the services entire10:49 security cooperation portfolio. General Teichard, welcome back to Washington Watch. Always an honor to have you, sir.10:57 Jody, thanks for having me on again. I appreciate it.11:00 Well, listen. To start off, let me let me start with a clip of what White House national security spokesman John Kirby told the press yesterday. This is very interesting.11:10 The analysis thus far in an investigation that is ongoing has not revealed any national security or malicious intent or criminal activity. We're at the beginning here, not the end. There's a lot11:22 more work to be done, and we're working closely with state and local authorities to gain more information. I would argue that it's we're we're moving, pretty well here.11:35 Wow. What what do you make, general, of the responses that we're hearing from the Biden administration?11:41 Jody, I'm most bothered by how dismissive John Kirby and others have been. You can't tell us that there's no risk or that it's not a threat if you don't know what these things are11:53 and where they came from. I also wanna point out that this has been going on in New Jersey for about 3 or 4 weeks. It follows something that happened last month, US bases in the United Kingdom, and last year that12:05 happened around a US base in Virginia. And my concern is that either the government massively lacks transparency to the American people about what is going on or they're frankly not competent. But12:17 either way, they cannot categorically tell us there is no risk if they don't know what's going on themselves.12:23 Yeah. That is a great point. I think that is a concern. Certainly, the concern that I feel and a number of people that I've spoken with personally about it. How in the world can the administration be so12:35 confident that there's no threat to the public, no threat to the, public safety or to our national security? And then at the same time, appear to know so little about12:46 these drones.12:48 No. And at the same time, we've got this robust aviation and aerospace system in the United States that can allow us to track objects of all sorts. And the fact that John Kirby will13:00 tell us that we're just trying to start tracking down what these things are when we have information, no doubt, that can tell us their point of origin and their point of destination and why the federal13:12 government has not scrambled to both where they came from and where they are going to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible is something that is lackadaisical at best and negligent at worst.13:23 Yeah. And, I mean, I don't know how many there are, but I have heard reports of friends, people on the ground watching them while I was on the phone with them. And they they're talking dozens and13:35 dozens and dozens. And when you add that to other I mean, we're talking hundreds of these drones all over the what can you tell us general about the overall capabilities of drones today? What can they do?13:48 It is very clear that drones are the future of warfare, and drones of this size may be reportedly about 6 feet in diameter, can carry a variety of payloads. Those could be14:00 payloads that spy. Those could be payloads that release something onto the ground. Those could be a variety of possibilities for some of these drones, and they also can get in the way of other aviation activity14:12 in the United States. My concern is that if these are foreign adversary drones, then they are doing probing activities to see how we respond. And much like the Chinese spy balloon from 214:24 years ago, the federal government would rather ignore it instead of do something about it until the public clamors long enough that they've actually gotta do their job and protect our sovereignty.14:34 And at that point, quite frankly, if they have been gathering information, it's a little too late. Information will have already been gathered. So what would be the proper response in your opinion?14:46 Jody, it does go back in my mind to our tracking capabilities that can tell us where these things came from, where they launched from, and then where they ultimately end up. And it is very14:58 easy based on all the tracking systems that we have to go to that point of origin or point of destination and very quickly get to the bottom of all of this. The fact that we apparently have not done so15:10 is a huge concern to me and should be to the American people. And while a lot of people are talking about immediately engaging these drones, I believe you can get a lot more information from where they launch from and15:22 where they are going to that can tell our federal government definitively what's going on instead of just telling us that there's no indication that there's a threat or a risk.15:32 Yeah. Yeah. You know what? Like, you've already mentioned, we saw this very similar response with the Chinese spy balloon It floated across the country. It just seems like it's deja vu all over15:43 again. Listen, general. While I still have you with us, I I'd like to get your opinion, your thoughts on the latest developments in the Middle East. Of course, US secretary, Blinken is over there.15:56 But how has the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria changed the dynamics of the the Israel Hamas war?16:06 Jody, we are very fortunate that in spite of the fecklessness of the American administration in the last 4 years, that we have a friend and ally in the Middle East and Israel and prime minister Netanyahu that has16:17 demonstrated peace through strength. And the fact that he stood up as quickly as possible in response to the October seventh terrorist attacks and not just took the fight to Hamas, but has unraveled16:30 Hezbollah and has set in motion a chain of events that has fundamentally reshaped the Middle East. That is all because of a strong partner and ally in Netanyahu, and we should be16:41 marveling and appreciative of the opportunities that come with reshaping the Middle East in a way that is away from the strong domination of Iranian influence that we've seen for decades up to16:53 this point.16:55 Do you think this is going to affect the hostage negotiations at all?16:59 Jody, I think there's a good chance that when you see the shift of balance of power so quickly go towards Israel, it means that they're in a stronger negotiating position. Now we've said that there's hope for a17:11 negotiating position, of release of hostages now for several months. But the fact that this dynamic now is causing Hamas leaders to indicate that some of those Israeli demands about17:23 maintaining presence in Gaza are something that is on the table instead of dismissed by Hamas. Give us an indication that we should be cautiously optimistic that based on the current power dynamics17:35 that we could see the release of some or all of those hostages in the near future.17:40 Wow. So so far, you're pleased with the steps that Israel's been taking since the fall of Assad regime?17:48 Jody, absolutely. They have shored up their defenses. They have taken out some of the Syrian threatening elements of their military. And now they're parlaying their18:00 successes against Hezbollah and now the unraveling of the Assad regime in Syria to further change the dynamics of power that are favorable to the west and certainly favorable to Israel's interests in the region.18:12 Can't thank you enough, general John Teichart. Always an honor to have you joining us here on Washington Watch. Heartfelt thank yous for your service to our country, and thank you18:23 personally for coming on the program and keeping us on informed on these critical issues.18:29 Jody, call me back anytime. Thanks a lot for all that you do in service to our country and our matchless sport.18:34 Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you. Alright, friends. After the break, I'm gonna examine 1 aspect of the human toll that the Biden Harris administration border crisis has inflicted, sex18:46 trafficking of minors. More Washington watches straight ahead. Stay tuned.18:54 The throne of Jesus Christ is unchallenged. His name was never on the ballot to begin with, and it's never gonna be on the ballot. He's the king of kings, and he's the lord of lords, and nothing's gonna19:06 change that. And so our mission stays the same, preach the gospel, make disciples, get ready for heaven. In the meantime, that we're to advance the concerns of the kingdom of god here on Earth.19:18 America has entered a critical and vulnerable period from now until January the twentieth. Join Family Research Council for Operation Prayer Shield, a 10 week prayer initiative for our nation. 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There are many Christians who believe that if we just keep our heads down, if we just don't say the wrong thing, that that somehow we will come out of this unscathed.20:40 You're naive if you think that. Because what they want from us is not our silence. What they want from us is our submission.20:49 Part of the dilemma of Christianity in our generation is that we've relied a little too much on human wisdom and human reasoning, human strength, human resource, and we've relied too little on the power21:01 of God and God's ability to open doors that we can't open and do things that we can't even hope to begin to do.21:08 This may not be an easy task, but we are living in a moment of challenge, but also a great opportunity. And we know, always, that we are not alone. That his21:20 spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable. Jobs, after all, was never supposed to happen.21:29 Father, we thank you. You have entrusted us21:32 with this moment in history, and I pray that21:34 we would be found faithful. And that as a result of our faithfulness to you that thousands, millions21:40 would come into the kingdom21:42 as they would experience the forgiveness of sin and the new life that is found only in Jesus Christ. Amen.21:56 Good afternoon. Welcome back to Washington Watch. I am your Friday host, Jody Heise. So glad to have you joining us. Yesterday, New York City mayor Eric Adams met with incoming Trump22:07 border czar Tom Homan. And by all accounts, it seems as though the meeting went very well and the 2 saw eye to eye regarding the issue of illegal immigrants.22:18 I think that, what has been reported is totally distorted, from what, our face to face eyeball to eyeball conversation. His goal is the same goal I have. We cannot allow22:31 dangerous individuals to have commit repeated violent acts of violence, in our cities across America.22:40 Well, this is in contrast to remarks made by Illinois, Democrat congresswoman Delia Ramirez. She wrote in a tweet to Homan and incredible. She said, quote,22:52 Tom Homan, the next time you come to Illinois' third congressional district, you better be ready to meet the resistance. You may think Chicago needs to get out of the way of Trump's plan for mass deportation,23:04 but we plan to get all up in your way, end quote. I I don't know. That just sounds like open lawlessness on display.23:16 Certainly disturbing to say the least. Well, how might Trump's mass deportation plan play out, considering the reactions that we've already seen? We're here now to discuss this is Todd23:28 Vinceman. He's a senior national security fellow at Center for Immigration Studies. He's also the author of Overrun, How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in23:40 US History. Wow. Todd, welcome back to Washington Watch. Great to have you.23:45 Good to be here. Thank you.23:47 Alright. First, remind us if you will how many illegal immigrants are estimated to be here in the United States, particularly since the Biden administration began?23:58 We think that there's probably on the order of 10000000 that crossed in in the last 4 years, and are in inside the country, in addition to, you know, whatever they were, they were like24:10 at a 10000000 here before. So altogether, and it's very difficult to, really kind of get your hands around that number.24:22 But maybe there's 15000000 altogether or less, but nobody really knows because a lot come over the border and just get away and disappear tens of thousands a month. So24:35 Who knows? Yeah. The the getaways have always been a a a big huge question mark for me personally, and I've been to the border over and over and over. Are you at all surprised that Democrat Eric24:47 Adams, mayor of New York City, seems to be seeing the light if we can put it that way in regard to illegal immigration?24:55 A little bit. Yeah. Because I've been watching him for 4 years now, and he's always been, you know, where's the money? I need federal money to help clean up this mess. Not25:08 pressing on the president to shut it down at the border, to turn the spigot off at its origin, which is the border. He's never been concerned about that, and he's certainly never been25:20 concerned about deporting people that are showing up in his city, including criminals. So this is a little I think he just kinda shifts with the wind, and he sensed that the wind has shifted.25:32 Lots of people in his blue city have voted for Trump on this issue. Historic numbers have shifted over to Trump on this issue. They're all gonna get thrown out of office if they don't play25:44 ball on this, especially the criminal alien, deportation plan. After all, who in their right mind, intervenes in the deportation of25:56 criminals if you have a chance to do it? Who does that? Who puts them who puts those people with with your voters?26:04 Great point. And I think, that's that's good insight to see the shifting winds that I mean, anyone could see this. But in spite of that, we we have on the other side of the26:16 coin, people like congresswoman, Ramirez. And by the way, she's not the only Democratic public official who's promising lawlessness. Unbelievable. But promising lawlessness when it26:28 comes to immigration policy enforcement. What do you make of responses like hers?26:34 I mean, my first thought is if, somebody commits a crime26:38 Jennifer.26:39 Somebody quick commits a crime or, you know, could does a riot or something like that. Did she just incite a riot? I don't know. We've seen this playbook before. But26:51 I expect that there will be significant opposition to deporting criminals. There are a lot of Democrats that are really committed to the idea of protecting27:03 criminals and making sure that they are released to stay inside their communities to continue to victimize, their constituents. That 1 right there is 1 of them27:15 for sure. She she likes the idea of criminal aliens in in, her district and will do everything she can to protect them.27:24 Well, it sound like it might be a good place to put them if that's what she wants. There are ways to make her wishes come true. You know, it putting joking aside, is it27:36 a a political thing only that we're seeing? Are some people just shutting their eyes to the problems that we've seen, that have come about over the past 4 years of the Biden's policies on the southern27:48 border? Are they just closing their eyes because they don't wanna embar embarrass Biden?27:55 I think that was the campaign strategy, but it obviously failed because all of the post election autopsies that have been done show that the border crisis and the28:07 millions of foreign nationals that have poured into US cities across the country was seen and noticed, and and it angered people to vote for Trump, who is28:19 promising the solution to it, meaning deportations and detention, really just a return to normal, you know, immigration law. And and I think that, you know, the the28:31 mainstream media, the regular media really went out of its way to suppress the news in their platforms. But the fact is is that there are so many other28:43 platforms now, Facebook and TikTok and, you know, all these different platforms out there that just get around those old legacy media organizations and have rendered them sort28:54 of, obsolete, or, you know, certainly irrelevant.29:01 Todd, we don't we've got just literally seconds left here. But does the federal government have at its disposal some way to address these city officials who are saying they're going to defy the29:13 immigration laws? Is there a way to deal with it? Kind of a yes or no answer.29:19 Yeah. Cut the umbilical cord to federal funds. You'll you'll get you'll get some cooperation then.29:28 Thank you, Todd Binsman, senior national security fellow at the center for immigration studies. Always great to have you on the program. Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you.29:37 Thank you. You too.29:40 Alright, friends. Again, don't go away much much more Washington watches on the other side of the break, so stay tuned. We'll be back in a moment.Show more In this video 0:06 The Rise of Assisted Suicide4:52 Political Tensions and National Security29:52 The Importance of AM Radio39:00 Worldview and Moral ConfusionBible Reading: Hosea 1-3 Tony Perkins Nov 14
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