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National and international leaders reflect on and celebrate the life of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, his impact on key peace negotiations, and his pro-life legacy. Today’s program also covers Planned Parenthood’s funding and ongoing peace negotiations, including President Trump’s separate meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelensky.
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National and international leaders reflect on and celebrate the life of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, his impact on key peace negotiations, and his pro-life legacy. Today’s program also covers Planned Parenthood’s funding and ongoing peace negotiations, including President Trump’s separate meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelensky. ...more Show the full description Show less National and international leaders reflect on and celebrate the life of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, his impact on key peace negotiations, and his pro-life legacy. Today’s program also covers Planned Parenthood’s funding and ongoing peace negotiations, including President Trump’s separate meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelensky.
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In this video 0:00 Honoring Lindsey Graham and Key Diplomatic Updates5:00 Graham Tributes, World Leader Meetings & Budget Battles20:00 Israel-Iran Strategy & Abraham Accords Expansion30:00 Tony Perkins on Lindsey Graham's Faith & Legacy40:00 Life's Purpose: Bomberger's Abortion Survivor Story
Honoring Lindsey Graham and Key Diplomatic Updates 0:00 Hello. I'm Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and host of Washington Watch. Thanks for tuning in. Every day, we offer a biblical perspective on the news as well as insightful interviews with elected0:12 leaders, newsmakers, and culture experts. We have a great program planned for you today, but 1st, get up to speed on the top headlines with Washington Stan's news brief.0:27 Welcome to the Washington Stan news brief. I'm Casey Harper bringing you today's big stories. The late senator Lindsey Graham was honored in Washington DC Tuesday for his service to the country. Graham, a0:39 Republican from South Carolina who served in the senate well over 20 years, died suddenly from a heart ailment on July 11th. He was 71 years old. Vice President JD Vance spoke at the US Capitol where he0:51 honored Graham for his service.0:53 So I choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a man who could disagree with you without being disagreeable. I choose to remember Lindsey Graham as a person who could fight with you on 1 issue,1:05 but fight for you on another issue. I remember Lindsey Graham as a man who loved people. And because he loved people, he was willing to reason with them, to1:17 respect them, and ultimately, to persuade them.1:22 President Donald Trump also honored the late senator at a service at the National Cathedral.
1:28 By the strength of his steadfast convictions, the force of his magnetic personality, and the goodness of his noble soul, Lindsay Rhodes, from a small town in
1:40 rural South Carolina, a place he loves so much, to become a constant fixture of American politics at the highest level and a force to be reckoned with all over
1:52 the world. For more than 30 years, nothing of consequence happened in this capital without Lindsey Graham knowing about it.
2:02 The Pentagon also announced that joint base Charleston would be renamed after the senator. In addition to Tuesday's ceremonies in Washington, there will be funeral services for Graham on Wednesday in South Carolina where
2:13 he where he will be buried. 1 other news in Washington. President Trump hosted 2 world leaders Tuesday in 2 crucial meetings. 1st, president Trump met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr
2:25 Zelensky. That meeting comes as Ukraine has made notable progress in its drone campaign against Russia. They've significantly hindered supply lines in occupied territory and even sent drones deep into Russia to attack
2:37 Moscow. On top of that, Ukraine has hit dozens of Russian ships this month alone, nearly 200 according to their reports. Zelensky said he had a, quote, good meeting with the president with discussion focusing on
2:49 licensing for Kyiv to produce US missile interceptors as well as how to revive peace talks with Russia. A few weeks ago, president Trump did publicly say that Ukraine would be allowed to use American Patriot interceptor
3:01 missiles, which would be a huge and, defensive gain for Ukrainians and it will help them keep the Russian missiles at bay. Now president Trump also met Tuesday with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
3:13 The 2 leaders have experienced some strain on their relationship amid the Iran war, but still appear to be working together. White House press secretary Carolyn Levitt posted on it saying both meetings were, quote,
3:25 positive and productive. For our last story, the Pentagon may be addressing growing concerns about a missile shortage in the Iran war. US Department of Defense officials on Monday
3:37 announced 2 7 year agreements with major defense firms, l 3 Harris Technologies and Lockheed Martin to expand the production of key components for the Patriot missiles and the Terminal High
3:48 Altitude Area Defense, THAAD as they're called, anti missile systems. Now, the Pentagon noted that it had already established a series of framework agreements with Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Honeywell specifically for
4:00 the Patriots. But it's notable that the production expansion deal comes amid fast depleting US munitions stockpiles, at least according to US military and intelligence officials. US forces have expended
4:12 large volumes of Patriot and THAAD interceptors to counter attacks from Iran with consumption outpacing resupply. In fact, the Pentagon has already diverted interceptors from other regions to support its
4:23 deployments in the Middle East. And a recent report found that restoring these missiles could take up to 5 years. Well, that is today's news. I'm Casey Harper. You can dive deeper at the Washington Stand
4:35 which is Family Research Council's outlet for news and commentary from a biblical worldview. As for us, we're back next time with more stories that matter.
4:53 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 and
Graham Tributes, World Leader Meetings & Budget Battles
5:05 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heiss. The spirit of
5:12 the lord is upon me because the lord has anointed me.
5:16 He has sent me
5:17 to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to release the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the
5:29 lord's favor, that
5:31 the day of vengeance
5:31 of our god, to comfort all who mourn.
5:38 That was our very own Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and host of Washington Watch. Earlier today at the National Cathedral, he was reading a scripture there at the funeral service for the late
5:49 Republican senator Lindsey Graham. Welcome to this Tuesday, July 28th edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host today, Jody Heiss, an honor to be filling in for Tony. And thank you so much for
6:01 joining us for the next hour. We've got a lot to bring your way. Coming up, we'll be talking about Congress, which is now facing a tight September 30th deadline to fund the government. And, the big
6:13 question is can Washington avoid gridlock by, passing this multibillion dollar reconciliation 3.0 package as it's being referred to? And will that package,
6:25 if it's passed, will it include the House budget committee. In
6:37 just a few moments, he'll be with us. Then later on, Greg Roman, executive director of the Middle East Forum, will be joining us to discuss this morning's White House meeting between president Trump and Israeli
6:49 prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And then a little bit later, we're looking forward to having Tony Perkins join us. He'll be reflecting on the life of the late senator Lindsey Graham and discuss his
7:01 powerful, powerful impact and pro life legacy. So all that and much more coming your way on today's edition of Washington Watch.
7:15 We begin today in Washington DC with the funeral services for the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. Lindsey was known in Washington for his
7:27 foreign policy expertise for sure. He was also a strong defender of the unborn, and he was a tremendous friend of Family Research Council. Joining
7:38 us now to discuss this is Washington stand reporter Casey Harper. Casey, tell us about the service today. I know it was a powerful event.
7:48 Yeah. Thanks, Jody. Well, hundreds did gather at the National Cathedral earlier today to honor the life and legacy of Sandra Graham who suddenly died from a heart ailment at 71 years old in on July
7:59 11th. As a nod to his service in the US Air Force, the Air Force bands played, and his colleagues paid tribute to his really 1 of the best known senators in the country. They remembered him as outgoing, funny,
8:11 and persuasive. In fact, here's president Trump speaking as he reminisced over the late senator's life and his impact.
8:18 But no matter how heated things got in Washington, virtually everyone, Republican or Democrat, liked Lindsey. Well, not everybody, but it sounds good. Not
8:30 everybody. He was a tough cookie. Okay? I have to be I have to veer from this 1st set. He was a tough cookie, Darlene, but he was beautiful.
8:39 So a a moment of levity there, during president Trump's speech, but that wasn't the only speech. There were many, and among them was FRC president Tony Perkins who read a passage of scripture, as you mentioned, at the
8:50 funeral. We also had world leaders, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in attendance, and he called senator Graham 1 of Israel's greatest friends. And he actually said he was also a personal friend. And,
9:01 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine attended and called Graham a true defender of freedom and the values that make our world safer, Jody.
9:11 I know that was quite quite an event. So you mentioned, prime minister, Netanyahu, Israeli leader today, not only was at the funeral of Lindsey Graham, but he also met
9:23 with president Trump earlier this morning to discuss the conflict that's taking place in Iran. Do you know, Casey, what came out of that meeting?
9:32 We're starting to have bits of information come out of what was, as you said, a very important me meeting given the resurgence intentions that we saw in the war in Iran, but then maybe an apparent pause. As you know,
9:43 that situation is changing almost daily. But prime minister Netanyahu did meet with president Trump alongside other officials in the White House earlier today. And it comes as, you know, they have had some maybe tension
9:53 over their, policy or different disagreements in the war. But vice president JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio, secretary of war Pete Hegseth also attended this important meeting, which really actually marks the
10:05 1st day that president Trump and Netanyahu have met face to face since the war in Iran began. They both they're both signals that the meeting, was productive, but we'll see what comes out of it, Jody.
10:17 Well and as you mentioned, Ukrainian president, Zelenskyy was also at the, funeral service today for senator Graham, but he also met with president Trump. What do we know
10:29 about that? What information is coming out of that meeting?
10:31 Sure. That's right. So president Zelensky had a private meeting with president Trump in the Oval Office with no reporters presence present before they attended Graham's, the funeral proceedings. You know, there's the
10:42 capitol and the the national cathedral. In their meeting, president Trump and Zelensky in particular discussed efforts to revive the peace talks and those, talked about those important Patriot missile interceptors, which
10:54 president Trump said at the at the UN event a few weeks ago that he would allow Ukraine to start using, which would be a big blow to Russia. But overall, White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said the meeting the
11:03 meetings with Netanyahu and Zelensky were both positive and productive. And, by the way, Trump met Netanyahu after 1st having brief closed doors talks with Zelensky. So back to back meetings before, a very packed day for
11:15 the president.
11:17 Alright, Casey. Thank you so much. Very, very busy day in Washington DC. I wanna turn now my attention to Capitol Hill, which paused from their typical day of busyness. And they put
11:29 took a pause today for the funeral services of the late senator Lindsey Graham. But now we are less than 2 weeks away before both chambers officially will be out for their August
11:41 district and state recess. And there is a lot yet to get done on Capitol Hill. And there's a lot of questions about what they actually can get done. And joining me now to discuss
11:53 this is congressman Ron Estes. He's a member of the House Budget Committee as well as the Ways and Means Committee. He represents the 4th congressional district of Kansas. Congressman Hess is always great to
12:05 see you, my friend. Welcome back to Washington Watch.
12:08 Well, thank you, Jody. I appreciate you having me on.
12:11 Alright. So members of the House are already out for their district work period, but the senate, is going to remain here until, next Friday. President Trump is really ramping up
12:23 a significant amount of pressure on senate majority leader John Thune as well as Republican senators there, to try to pass the Save America Act, parts of which, include what that which
12:35 the house has already passed in a resolution. What do you think of that? What's what are you hearing? Is it gonna get across the finish line?
12:43 Yeah. This is really important piece of legislation. And as you mentioned, the house has passed it several different times in different versions and and trying to help structure it so that it can get through the senate.
12:54 And and it's so important. I mean, you you look at what the American people want. You know, if you depends on the polls, somewhere between 80, 75 and 85 percent of the Americans, whether you're Republican, Democrat, or
13:05 independent, want to have voter ID when you go to the polls. They want to know that, you are who you say you are when you step up and cast that vote for your elected officials. And so that's why it's so important to get
13:16 get this piece of legislation passed. Obviously, there's different rules in the senate than there are in the house, and, they're they're the pieces of legislation are there or held up now, and that's 1 of the reasons why
13:28 we're we're wanting to structure the reconciliation 3.0 the way we did is to help make sure that it fits in, and makes it as simplified as possible for the senate to pass that through. And, at the end of the
13:39 day, I I think Americans wanna have reliability on their election systems for the leaders that they elect, and and we wanna make sure that the the process works smoothly.
13:50 Yeah. So what about this getting through the filibuster over in the senate? How is that hurdle going to be overcome?
13:57 Well and, really, that that was the the real driver on, on reconciliation 3.0, the piece that we we put in there. And we're calling it 3.0 because it's the 3rd 1 during during this session. There's,
14:09 the the whole point of that is how do we structure the, Save America Act provisions so that it fits under reconciliation, and the the parliamentarian rules around,
14:21 use around the Byrd rule. And so, basically, what that means is you have to have some expenditures that tie to that that affects the budget and, and the, the expenditures coming out of the federal government, but also
14:32 addresses the issues, that that are at hand. And so we we structured that, the bill that we crafted together in the budget committee to address not just those provisions, for for the Safe
14:44 America Act. We also included, as part of that, provisions that address, defense, making sure that we can replenish some of our weapons and help make sure that we can have some funding to, to do some
14:56 research into the future.
14:57 You
14:57 know, some of the technology, some of the new threats that are out there, whether it's from China or or some of the experiences that we've seen in Ukraine as well as, things that have that Iran has done. Wanna make sure
15:08 that we have the cutting edge research and technology for the future. And then the the area other area that we added into that was, support for agriculture commodities. We've had we've had weather conditions. We've
15:20 had drought. We've had, China actually pushing back against American agriculture in terms of playing games and manipulating the grain market, and and we're we're at multiyear lows in terms of
15:31 grain commodity prices. So those 3 provisions are the key things we wanna get, over to the senate. We believe there's a structure that, working, through the through votes that, because it's a
15:43 reconciliation bill, it only require 50 votes in the senate, and a tie breaking vote. If, if the vice president were were in the, the speaker's chair over there, he could actually cast the tie breaking
15:55 vote to, to move this piece of legislation forward. And, it's it's so important. So many people across the country want it.
16:02 Well, before I let you go on this topic, president Trump has put a lot of pressure on senate majority leader John Thune to not send the senate home until they pass the, Save America Act. How likely is that to
16:14 happen?
16:15 You know, it's it's really I I haven't talked to, to leader Thune over there in terms of, how he's playing his schedule. Obviously, the senate, they have to, do confirmations as well as running
16:27 pieces of legislation. And, I I haven't talked to senators in terms of a vote count. Have talked with folks in the White House, and, they they're actually in communication with the different folks
16:39 in the senate of, what they need to do. And and this is the best structure that we can craft together in the house, get it passed that addresses the approach that the the folks in the White House think is the best
16:51 way to get it through the conversation with senators.
17:00 Well, let me before I let you go, 1 more quick question for you pertaining to Trump accounts. Secretary, Scott has said that there's about 7000000 children so far have signed up,
17:12 which is up from 6.5, previously. What what are your thoughts on this?
17:19 Oh, I think this is a great way. You know, America was founded on a a the purpose of a capitalist system, so it's great that all Americans have the opportunity to invest and and to plan for their future. And and getting
17:30 kids started young is a is a great opportunity. The Trump accounts that are set up, through, the treasury department will allow anybody to be able to set up an account for their child that's under 18. Parents
17:42 can contribute to it or or churches or employers can contribute to that. And for the next 4 years, anybody born in in America, as as a a new
17:54 newborn child will be able to get 1000 dollars as a jump start for their account. But, it so it'll help kids of all ages to be able to save some money that ultimately when they turn 18, they'll have money for their
18:05 education or to buy a house or to start a business, and it gives them a piece of the American dream that they can start with.
18:13 Outstanding. Well, thank you so much for joining us today. My good friend, we used to share bible study time together. Kansas Congressman Ron s is great to see you. God bless. Thanks for joining us.
18:25 Thank thank you, guys.
18:26 Coming You bet. Alright. Coming up, we're going to discuss the meeting that took place today between president Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. You can well
18:38 imagine there was a lot of discussion between those 2 as to what's happening in Iran. Some they agreed with. I'm sure there were some differences, and we wanna try to dissect as much as that as we can right
18:50 after the break. Stay with us.
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Israel-Iran Strategy & Abraham Accords Expansion
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21:55 Welcome back to Washington Watch.
21:57 I'm Jody Heiss filling in today for Tony. Glad to have you on board with us. Alright. President Trump, as we've already discussed, met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu today at the White
22:09 House. This is the 1st time the 2 leaders actually met since the US launched Operation Epic Fury earlier this year. And according to an official from the prime minister's
22:20 office, the 2 leaders, held an excellent and comprehensive discussion on key issues of the day. Of course, 1st and foremost of all of that is Iran. And both leaders
22:32 are reaffirming their ironclad commitment to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon. But what about the areas where the 2
22:44 leaders disagree? Previously served as political
22:56 advisor to Israel's deputy foreign minister and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Greg, thanks for staying up. Glad to have you back on Washington Watch.
23:07 Doing a good evening.
23:09 Alright. President Trump has repeatedly said that the main goal, from his perspective is to ensure that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. And, obviously, Israel agrees,
23:22 but there are some areas of disagreement, Arthur.
23:27 Well, I think that Trump paused American strikes to give talks a very short window, saying that diplomacy has gotten little before more strong military action needs to resume. So the Israelis would
23:39 rather have there be a quick end to this Iranian nuclear debacle. But frankly, if the president thinks he needs more political credibility, both with Gulf Arab allies of the United States and to give a short
23:51 respite to be able to put US forces in the correct position for a massive strike, That's where the Israelis and Americans are having tactical disagreements, but the strategy remains the same. Mediators are flooding a
24:03 revival of talks for the failed memorandum of understanding, but this in and of itself can be 1 of 2 ways. Either a lifeline to the regime or the client that precedes the storm.
24:15 Okay. Very interesting. So you see that the disagreement's more tactical than they are strategic. Is that correct?
24:22 Right. Because the Israeli and American goals are the same. They wanna be able to have a verifiable end to enrichment in Iran. They wanna be able to remove the support for proxies. They wanna collapse the government and
24:34 the regime rather than to see regime change to see forces in power that won't pose a threat to Israel, to the United States national security interests, and to US and Israeli allies in the region.
24:47 Well, that's good to know. And I've also been wanting to get your take on, where Israel stands on the potential civilian nuclear agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia.
24:59 How is that playing out in Israel?
25:02 So the energy secretary announced the deal prior to the president being able to vet it through the White House. The president quickly came back saying that the Saudis would have to join the Abraham Accords as a
25:13 precondition to be able to get this, nuclear civilian nuclear, accessibility from US technology. In addition to that, another statement was made by secretary of state Marco Rubio a few
25:25 days ago where he said that the Saudi deal would have to follow the Emirati deal, meaning this is a clean enrichment, clean deployment of civil civilian nuclear energy. There will be no enrichment in
25:37 Saudi Arabia. And prime minister Netanyahu, in the interview that he gave to Fox News over the weekends, said that Israel would also accept that kind of deal. So I think that where you saw a few US officials sort of
25:48 tooting their horn before the actual deal was sent to Congress, we now now have a parity and agreement between the Israeli prime minister and the US president.
25:58 I'm sure along the way, there will be some some degree of verification if that that moves forward. But I know president Trump has linked this whole agreement to, normalization, if you will,
26:10 between Israel and Saudi Arabia. What is the likelihood of that actually happening, do you think?
26:18 Well, I think you really have to look at the meeting that took place in the White House today. There was no press to spray. Prime minister Netanyahu came in from a side entrance to avoid the media, and they got straight
26:27 down to business for 80 minutes discussing this issue and others including the Iran war and other relations with Abraham Accords countries and mutual threats to both the US and to Israel.
26:39 So if the Saudis hope to be able to export oil from Yanbu, which is their port on the Red Sea, now that they're facing the Houthi threat, if they hope to move their export infrastructure from
26:51 the Gulf due to the Iranian threat, and if they hope to be able to get the kind of investment and technology that will really make them to be able to fit in the jigsaw puzzle of the Abraham Accords, They are a keystone,
27:02 but they can only be that keystone if they're willing to make a deal to normalize relations with Israel. And in fact, we've seen reports come out over the weekend that they were pretty close to being able to have a very,
27:12 very long runway and off ramp to get to their demand for Palestinian states. Something like 7 to 10 years of what was being negotiated under the Biden administration. I think they'll be more malleable. They'll be more
27:24 flexible. And if Israel keeps on its current path and the Saudis continue to face Shia threats, they're more likely to normalize now than they were even 3 weeks ago before the Houthis started getting involved.
27:36 So what's your take? You mentioned it a couple of times there. What's your take on the Trump administration's efforts to expand the, Abraham Accords?
27:46 So the only real notable success was saying that Kazakhstan had joined the Abraham Accords in terms of the number of countries which were involved in this alignment. But there's larger strategic plays that are being put
27:57 in place too. You have the National Energy Dominance Council from the White House, which is seeking to integrate the Eastern Mediterranean with Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, having a way in which to get Israeli and then
28:08 eventually, hopefully, other Middle Eastern natural gas through the Eastern Mediterranean into Europe. You also have offers right now of trying to build alternative pipelines through, Iraq into Syria
28:20 and then perhaps through Turkey, which I think is actually sort of a bad play because it relies on Islamist actors rather than on the US's democratic allies. And it successfully put Iraq
28:31 against the Iranian prophecies. And we may even see some action right now by the Iraqi government like they have been doing since the new prime minister was sworn in. And in doing so, all those are strategic steps that
28:43 will eventually create an opportunity for these countries to not necessarily normalize relations with Israel, but to have security agreements to finalize the negotiation with Lebanon to get the Saudis on board. So you
28:54 see what's happening right now is all the pieces of the chessboard are being put in place for a large event to take place. But they have to take incremental, microscopic steps before you can have that big play of having
29:05 another White House Rose Garden ceremony like we saw at the end of the 1st Trump administration when the UAE, Sudan, Bahrain, and Morocco signed on board. The same kind of steps that were made before these agreements
29:16 were signed are the same kind of steps that are being made now with other countries that are not currently part of the Abrahamic courts. I'm optimistic about it.
29:25 Well, thank you so much for staying up late, from Tel Aviv. Greg Roman, executive director of Middle East Forum. We appreciate you being with us so much. God bless you. Stay safe.
29:37 Alright. Coming up, our very own Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, will join me to discuss today's funeral services for the late senator Lindsey Graham. Stay with us. We'll be right back.
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