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Investigating Minnesota fraud amid riots, understanding the personal cost and regional impact of Iranian protests, a Christian consideration for technology use, SCOTUS arguments, and Senate hearings.
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In this video 0:00 News Brief and Program Introduction7:01 Domestic Policy: Health Care and Immigration Challenges18:52 Global Tensions: Iran's Protests and Middle East Impact31:55 Christian Engagement with Technology41:54 Biblical Worldview on Ideology and Religious Freedom
News Brief and Program Introduction 0:00 Hello. I'm Tony Perkins, president of 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 elected0:11 leaders, newsmakers, and culture experts. We have a great program planned for you today, but first, 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 Sarah Holiday with today's top stories. A resurgence of terror is gripping northwestern Nigeria. An infamous Muslim militant0:39 leader vowed deadly retribution following a security operation that killed 1 of his fighters. Now he is threatening wholesale destruction of entire villages0:50 upon his return, warning not even a chicken will be spared. Over the weekend, his fighters carried out attacks that claimed at least 3 lives, sending terrified villagers on the1:02 run-in search of safety. The nearby town of Issa has become a refuge, taking in roughly 3000 displaced people as dozens of entire communities are1:14 abandoned. This latest outbreak is only part of a much broader trend of violence against Christians, so severe it's drawn the concern of the White House with calls for the Nigerian1:26 government to recognize the widespread persecution. Turning now to Washington DC, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corino Machado made an extraordinary
1:38 gesture at the White House. Machado was awarded the 20 25 Nobel Peace Prize, But during a meeting yesterday about shaping Venezuela's future, she gave president Donald
1:49 Trump her Nobel medal. She framed it as a symbol of gratitude for Trump's support of Venezuelan freedom in light of the recent capture of regime leader Nicholas Maduro. Speaking to
2:01 reporters after the meeting, Machado said she was impressed by Trump's understanding of Venezuela's crisis and his concern for the suffering of its people. Trump publicly thanked her
2:13 calling the moment a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. The White House released photos of the framed medal on display. However, this is only a gesture as Noble officials
2:26 made sure to remind the public that the prize itself is non transferable even if the medal changes hands symbolically. Now from peace to utter chaos,
2:37 anti ICE protests in Minneapolis show no sign of slowing. Confrontations between residents and Federal officers have become increasingly tense after an ICE agent fatally
2:49 shot Renee Goode when she appeared to try to run into him with her car. That was 9 days ago. And now, protests continue to spread rapidly to other cities. Just yesterday,
3:01 president Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, opening the door to deploying military forces in Minnesota. This specific comment came a few hours after an illegal Venezuelan
3:13 immigrant was shot in the leg after allegedly attacking an officer with a shovel. In a fiery exchange during a White House press briefing, press secretary Caroline
3:25 Levitt called out a reporter for bias after he accused ICE agents specifically regarding the death of Renee Goode of acting recklessly and unjustifiably.
3:36 So you're a biased reporter with a left wing opinion.
3:39 Why do you want me to do it?
3:40 Yeah. Because you're a left wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist, and it's so clear by the premise of your question. And you and the people of the media who have such biases but
3:51 fake like you're a journalist, you shouldn't even be sitting in that seat. Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the hands of illegal aliens who ICE is trying to remove from this country? I
4:01 bet you don't. I bet you didn't even read up on those stories. And the brave men and women of ICE are doing everything in their power to remove those heinous individuals and make our communities safer. And shame on
4:12 people like you in the media who have a crooked view.
4:16 Ever since the surge in immigration enforcement began, federal agents have faced continual violent confrontations, responding with tear gas, arrests, and crowd control measures that have evidently
4:29 prompted some of the public to retaliate. And those are today's headlines. I'm Sarah Holliday. Dive deeper with the Washington Stand. And for more stories that matter, be sure to tune in to the Washington Stand
4:41 news brief on Monday.
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 and
5:03 newsmakers, all from a biblical world view. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heiss.
5:10 Despite the lies you're hearing from the regime, its bloodlust has not diminished. The slaughter has not stopped. My brave compatriots still
5:22 holding the line with their broken bodies, but unbreakable will need your urgent help right now. Make no mistake,
5:33 however, the Islamic Republic is close to collapse.
5:40 Strong words. That was exiled former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, speaking to reporters earlier today about the Iranian regime and the weeks long
5:52 protests that they've been trying to quell. Welcome to this January sixteenth edition of Washington Watch. I am your Friday host, Jody Heise. Thank you so much for joining
6:03 us. Coming up today, according to reports, the scale of protests in Iran has noticeable noticeably declined since Sunday. But
6:15 the ongoing Internet blackout that has taken place there has made it extremely difficult to separate fact from fiction. We'll get an assessment of the situation there in Iran when I'm joined by
6:27 doctor David Adesnick from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. And a little bit later on, how should Christians respond to technologies that can be
6:39 both beneficial and harmful. Well, I'll discuss this a little bit later in the program with doctor, Keith Plummer. He's the dean of the school of divinity at Karen
6:50 University. All this and much more straight ahead. President Donald Trump has
Domestic Policy: Health Care and Immigration Challenges
7:02 rolled out his health care affordability plan, which he says aims to lower health care costs for Americans. And, of course, the announcement comes as affordability has been a key issue for millions in
7:14 the US, and the White House is calling on Congress to get behind his plan. Well, joining me now is Washington State reporter Sarah Holliday who's been following today's stories. Sarah,
7:26 let's start with this 1. Can you break down for us what's in this new plan from the president?
7:32 Thank you, Jody. President Trump says that the new health care plan aims to lower insurance premiums and the cost of drugs. He said it would also maximize transparency
7:44 of prices and hold insurance companies accountable. The plan also calls for ending taxpayer funded subsidy payments to insurance companies.
7:54 We're calling it the great health care plan. Instead of putting the needs of big corporations and special interests first, our plan finally puts you first and puts more
8:06 money in your pocket. The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own health care. Nobody's ever heard of that before,
8:17 and that's the way it is.
8:20 Jody, critics claim the proposal is not complete and could raise insurance rates for people with preexisting conditions. When asked about that in a press conference yesterday, here's what
8:32 White House press secretary Caroline Levitt had to say.
8:36 The president's plan that he outlined today will have no impact on individuals in this country with preexisting conditions. Obviously, that's a continued conversation that the White House will have with Congress, but
8:45 that's not the president's intention with the great health care plan.
8:49 Lawmakers from both parties have continued to be divided over health care and have not agreed on the enhanced COVID era Obamacare subsidies that Democrats have been fighting for.
9:01 Despite the division, the Trump administration expects his plan to receive bipartisan support. Currently, however, the plan lacks clear language that would prevent taxpayer dollars from
9:13 funding abortion. Her life groups will be working to protect taxpayers' funds from that. Jody?
9:21 Yes. We certainly will. Thank you for that, Sarah. I know in some other news, tensions continue to rise in Minnesota, where protests against ICE agents, they are still taking place. And now,
9:33 Sarah, president Trump, seems to be threatening to send troops to Minneapolis. And, of course, all this is coming after a surge in immigration agents already there in the city. What's the latest that you're hearing in
9:45 that situation?
9:47 That's exactly right, Jody. President Trump is now threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota. Confrontations between residents and federal officers have become
9:59 increasingly tense following the shooting death of a woman by an ICE agent last week. And since then, anti ICE protests have only spread further throughout other cities. The
10:11 president's threat to deploy military forces, though, came shortly after an immigration officer shot a Venezuelan man who fled the scene in his vehicle. According to DHS, the
10:23 man sped off, crashed his vehicle, and then ran away on foot. Then 2 other Venezuelan men came out of a nearby apartment with a snow shovel and a broom handle and began hitting
10:34 the officer. DHS says the officer fired shots in self defense. Now both the Venezuelan man and the officer are in the hospital recovering. Press secretary Caroline Levitt called
10:46 out democratic leaders for escalating tensions between protesters and ICE agents.
10:52 These democrat governors and mayors in not just Minnesota, but in states across the country are are essentially you know, they've referred to ICE agents who, again, are brave men and women. And I would encourage everyone
11:03 in this room, and I would encourage governor Walz and other Democrats who are demeaning law enforcement
11:07 That's right.
11:08 To sit down and have a cup of coffee with an ICE agent or a border patrol agent. These are great patriotic men and women who have families, who put on the uniform every day, and are following our nation's
11:19 immigration laws.
11:22 It's estimated there are close to 3000 immigration agents in Minneapolis and across the state. As for the Insurrection Act, it has been used 30 times in US history.
11:34 The US Supreme Court has ruled that the president alone can determine if the act's conditions have been met. Jody.
11:43 Thank you so much, Sarah. A lot happening in the news. And as always, we appreciate you keeping us up to speed and, what's taking place. Sarah Holliday, thank you so much. Alright. I wanna turn back now
11:55 to the situation specifically that's taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'd like to get a perspective straight from Capitol Hill. And joining me now to discuss this and more is congressman
12:07 Glenn Grossman. He He serves on several committees, including the Oversight Committee. He represents the sixth congressional district of Wisconsin. Congressman Grossman, welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to see
12:19 you.
12:20 Glad to see you, Jordy.
12:22 Well, I know we haven't spoken since the New Year. So, let me begin by saying happy New Year to you. And, of course, thank you for joining us again on Washington Watch. Let's start with this, congressman Grossman. Just
12:34 generally speaking, your take on what's, happening, what we've been seeing in Minneapolis and elsewhere, in relation to all the protests against ICE.
12:44 Well, this is a very scary thing for the country because every country has to have an immigration law, and the United States has very generous immigration laws. It's not reported enough
12:56 that every year in this country, over 800000 people are sworn in as new citizens. So we are very generous in allowing people from around the world to come here.
13:09 But despite that generosity, there are other people who under president Biden, we're guessing 8 to 10000000 people came here who shouldn't. Every country needs the ability to enforce their
13:21 immigration laws, and some Democrat states are almost they're hostile to introducing it. They, refuse to help the federal government and are providing sanctuary for people who come here illegally.
13:33 It's the end of the country if we allow this to continue. In any event, in Minnesota, in part, because the mayor, is not, have his
13:44 police force out assisting the ICE agents, The ICE agents have been dealt a very difficult hand. As you just heard, they're very brave men and women. They're doing a fantastic
13:56 job. But, people are resisting arrest. People are interfering with the ICE agents, and therefore, they have to be arrested. I think 1 thing that hasn't been
14:08 said is anywhere you have law enforcement, if somebody you are trying to arrest somebody and they refuse to go along, they will be handcuffed and taken in.
14:21 Anyway and I think in Minnesota, we have left wing groups who want to be arrested. We have horrible criminals who are in this country who shouldn't be, who have to be arrested, but understandably
14:33 try to run away. And as a result, the ICE agents have to physically arrest these people as happens in other crimes around the country every day.
14:45 Right. You know, it it looks to me, congressman, that the Democrats are actually simply throwing fuel on the this fire that that that they've stoked. And literally, they're just turning
14:57 people against law enforcement right now. Now I wanted to play a clip from you for you from congresswoman Ilhan Omar, what she said during a hearing, and then get your response to this.
15:09 Play clip 3 for me, please.
15:11 What we are witnessing right now is unprecedented. There is no modern present for this level of federal overreach, violence, lawlessness carried out in the name of immigration enforcement.
15:24 This is not
15:24 routine enforcement. This is not about public safety. This is not even about immigration. This is about political retribution.
15:35 Your reaction to that.
15:37 Well, it's a preposterous thing to say. We have something unprecedented going on, and then we have record record number of people in this country illegally. Even if you're just talking about legal, by the way. We are
15:49 right now at the highest percent of our country in our country's history of people who are in this country who country who were born abroad. So like I said, we've been very generous. Now we're trying to enforce the laws,
16:01 and no president has ever been dealt a more difficult hand than Donald Trump because his predecessor allowed 8 to 10000000 people here illegal. So, you know, what president
16:12 Trump has to do, if he's gonna maintain the United States, the country he grew up in, he's gotta take a lot of these people and remove them. He is starting with, illegal immigrants who broke the law.
16:24 And a a thing that's very scary to me is the number of elected officials who almost have declared war on the federal government and said, you are or we're not gonna be of any
16:36 assistance to you, and, actually, we're gonna encourage our citizens to hinder, to, prevent right, prevent ICE from
16:47 Right.
16:48 And putting the law.
16:49 Yeah. You know, this looks this this is a lot like this is like the the defund the police that, took place while I was there serving alongside with you. Is this yet another defund the police
17:00 2 type thing for the Democrats?
17:03 Well, similar and just that some radical Democrats wanted to have no more police. There are all sorts of Democrats who wish we had no ICE. They don't wanna enforce their immigration laws at all. And if you're in a
17:15 conservative state, you might say, well, how does it affect me? The United States cannot survive if we continue to allow individual states and individual cities say
17:27 no. We're not going to be removing illegal immigrants, even illegal criminals from your state. And that's what's going on in Minnesota
17:35 right now.
17:36 Last question. Last question for you. We've got less than a minute. What do we do moving forward? What what needs to happen?
17:43 Well, I think president Trump just has to educate the American public what's going on. I think with regard to all the fraud that's going on, we have to, across the board, have the states pick
17:55 up more of these programs. It's easy to say for Minnesota, I'm gonna let 9000000000 dollars of fraud happen because it's the federal government that loses the money. If the states have to pick up 20 or 30 or 40 percent
18:06 of these programs, they wouldn't be so quick to allow this fraud to happen.
18:12 Yeah. Good point. Thank you so much, Wisconsin congressman Glenn Grossman. Always great to see you, my friend. Thanks for joining us today on Washington Watch.
18:21 Thank you, Jody.
18:23 Alright. Coming up, we've got much more headed your way. Next, we'll turn to the latest in Iran. We'll be looking at how the situation there may affect the entire Middle
18:35 East, including Israel. So you don't wanna miss this. We've got much more coming your way, and doctor David Dedezenik will be joining me. So stay with us. He'll be with us on the other side of the
18:47 break.
Global Tensions: Iran's Protests and Middle East Impact
18:52 We have state leaders that wanna keep the deadly drugs out of their states. Maybe if these abortion pills were coming by boat, the administration would change its tactics. It's time to respect the rights, the
19:04 states, and it's time to end death by mail.
19:09 Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, alongside senator Lindsey Graham, led a press conference on Capitol Hill, urging the Trump administration to end the Biden era policies that have
19:20 allowed dangerous abortion drugs to be shipped across state lines. They were joined by state attorneys general, pro life advocates, and multiple Republican congressmen.
19:30 There are more abortions today in the United States than when Roe versus Wade was the law of the land. And why is that? It's because of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. Nearly 70 percent of the abortions that are
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19:46 The federal government is allowing a chemical abortion pill to be sent through the mail that wipes out every state unborn protection law in the land.
19:56 It's harder to ship alcohol in this country than it is to ship the abortion pill, and that should never be the case.
20:01 This is a drug that takes the life of every child, so there is always a death that's involved in this drug, but is also incredibly dangerous for the mom as well. We think that we should require a doctor to be able to get
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20:21 It's not about a national abortion ban. It's about validating Dobbs and preventing other states from nullifying the legislative policy choices that have been made by our states and facilitating
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20:42 We can simply fix this if we have the courage to do it. So what are all of us telling the administration? You've been a great pro life president, Mister president, it's now time to deal with this
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21:55 Good afternoon. Welcome back to Watch and Watch. Great to have you. I'm your Friday host, Jody Heise. Thank you so much for tuning in with us today. Alright. More than a week now has passed since
22:07 the Iranian government abruptly cut off Internet access for most of the country's population there. By the way, it's a population of some 90000000. And, of course, cutting off the Internet was
22:18 an attempt to suppress the widespread protests that were, taking place there and left back spreading across the country since the end of December. As a result, it's been
22:44 based upon witnesses there or at least individuals who were in touch with witnesses. The scale of the protest noticeably declined since Sunday.
22:56 Although, on the other hand, there certainly remains a heavy military and security presence in different areas across the country. So how much of all this reporting can we trust? Well, joining me now to discuss this and
23:08 more is doctor David Adesnick. He's the vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. And for 2 years, he served as deputy director for joint data, support at
23:20 the US Department of Defense. And while there, he focused on modeling and simulation of irregular warfare and counterinsurgency. Doctor Adesnik, welcome back to
23:31 Washington Watch. Always an honor to have you.
23:34 Thank you so much. It brings back memories to hear about those Pentagon days.
23:39 Well, you we appreciate what all you did and what you continue doing right now. This is it's let's just start with with with that. What do you make of the reporting that we're hearing right now? How much of it
23:51 is true? How much is, false?
23:54 Well, I mean, part of the whole purpose of shutting down the Internet and cutting us off from the people of Iran is to make it impossible to know what's true and what's false. It's a it's a tactic to create a screen
24:05 behind which the regime can gun down its own citizens. I think it's broadly accurate that there has been a diminution in the intensity of protests, but a lot of things are only gonna become clear over the next few
24:17 days or perhaps longer.
24:20 So what are you hearing? You've got, you've got ears on the ground and places, ways to to get information. What are you hearing right now?
24:30 Well, I think some people were definitely hoping for a more forceful, American role. They obviously heard, president Trump draw a red line and say that if the regime started killing its own people, America would act
24:42 decisively. And then, there seems to be some hesitation on that part, in Washington. There seems to be indications that perhaps we didn't have enough, forces immediately in the region at the time or for other reasons
24:54 that made it complicated. And to some degree, with a without that encouragement, people may not have, decided they wanted to keep going and and absorbing the kind of punishment the regime was giving them.
25:07 So as you've been monitoring this and keeping a pulse on, for for a long time, how did these protests that are taking place now compare with
25:18 past protests that we've seen?
25:21 Well, this Islamist dictatorship has been in power for 47 years. There's never been protests that's widespread bringing in such entire swaths of the country. They're in every province, all
25:33 31 provinces. They're in reportedly 185 different cities, just bringing out people like never before. You know, 1 f we've seen protests every few years, major ones,
25:45 and these are still taking it up another notch.
25:50 Well, I I've heard others say what you just said too that this seems different from a protest we've seen there in the past. I wanna play a clip for you and get your reaction to this. This took
26:01 place earlier today at a press conference that was held by the exiled son of the last Iranian Shah. And here's what he had to say about the situation from his perspective.
26:13 Play clip 1 for me.
26:15 Despite the lies you're hearing from the regime, its bloodlust has not diminished. The slaughter has not stopped. My brave compatriots still
26:27 holding the line with their broken bodies but unbreakable will need your urgent help right now. Make no mistake,
26:39 however, the Islamic Republic is close to collapse.
26:46 Close to collapse. I'd like to get your reaction to that comment he made.
26:50 Well, I hope so. This regime has been killing its own people, sponsoring terrorism, killing Americans for decades. You know, it's very hard to say these revolutions. We've
27:02 seen many of them across this region, especially in 20 11 in the Arab Spring. We've seen them in other parts of the world. And until the final critical moments, you don't really know if the the dictatorship will hold on
27:12 or the people will manage to liberate themselves.
27:16 And I guess that's going to continue to be difficult for us to monitor with the Internet access and limited information that we're able to get from there. Certainly, there will be new
27:28 ways for people to find ways to communicate. Don't you think?
27:32 Yeah. And I think and it'll also be a response from the regime. There have been some hope that things like Starlink terminals could help. It seems like they may be finding ways to disrupt those as well. I mean, there's a
27:41 constant race. If you remember back when the people of China rose up in 19 89, they were often relying on fax machines, which we we thought were a novel new technology to help, protesters get their views out. So, you
27:53 know, it's a cat and mouse game. Each leap forward helps, it'll be different forms of texting, different forms of encryption, and we hope we can stay 1 step ahead and maybe even find ways America can help people
28:04 overseas.
28:06 So, based on what we do know, let let's go back to that. How could this situation in Iran affect the Middle East as a whole, including Israel?
28:16 Well, it's important to understand that Iran is the key driver, the key sort of, in some ways puppet master of what they call the axis of resistance. Right? Israel has been fighting a war that was on as many
28:27 as 7 fronts at 1 time. Hamas gets major support from Iran. Hezbollah gets major support from Iran. The Houthis in Yemen get support from Iran. Militias in Iraq get support from Iran. The Assad
28:39 regime, the which killed hundreds of thousands of people, it ultimately fell, but it was a client of Iran. Iran is the 1 driving this entire group of regimes and terror groups across the region. There are some outside of
28:51 its reach. Right? It will it may partner with Al Qaeda and the others. I'm not saying it drives every last America hating terrorist group. The point is many, many of them are being bankrolled, supported, trained by Iran.
29:04 We don't have time to go into this last question. So just a general, very brief, bird's eye view. What do you make of the US response to this situation so far? Are we doing the right things?
29:16 Oh, I think a lot may still be undecided. We have a president who sees the strategic value of being unpredictable, and it remains so. We don't know if he'll do a 180 degree turn at the last moment, but
29:29 there's certainly fears that, you know, president Obama declared a red line on using chemical weapons in Syria. He didn't hold it. Is Trump gonna hold his? We don't know.
29:36 Stop it right there. Doctor David Adesnik, vice president of research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Thank you so so much. Alright, friends. Coming up next, how should
29:48 Christians respond to technologies? We'll go there.
29:52 For over 4000 years, the Jewish people have had legal, historical, and biblical ties to the land of Israel, especially the heartland of Israel, Judea and Samaria, which much of the world still calls the West Bank.
30:04 To Israelis, Judea and Samaria is far more than a name. It's the center of their ancestral homeland where nearly 80 percent of the Bible's events took place. Abraham purchased property in Hebron, Jacob in
30:16 Shechem. Joshua made an altar on Mount Ebal and led the Israelites into a covenant before God. On Mount Gerizim overlooking Shechem, Jesus talked to the Samaritan woman at the well about worshiping neither on Mount
30:28 Gerizim nor in Jerusalem, but in spirit and in truth. Judea and Samaria is nearly a quarter of Israel's current land mass, not a small strip of land on the Jordan River, but a
30:40 vital and strategic part of the nation's identity. The October seventh massacre launched from Gaza shattered the illusion that giving away territory brings peace. Gaza, which was once
30:52 seen as the cornerstone of a 2 state solution, became a launchpad for terror. Today, only 21 percent of Israelis support a Palestinian state. Trust in a 2 state solution has
31:04 all but collapsed. The Middle East is changing. Iran's grip is weakening. New alliances are forming. But western countries and some US officials still chase the mirage of a 2 state solution.
31:15 History speaks clearly. The 2005 Gaza withdrawal backed by the US led not to peace, but to a terrorist regime. Judea and Samaria are 24 times larger than Gaza,
31:27 deeply woven into Israel's geographic and spiritual fabric. To surrender them would not bring peace. It would invite conflict and existential danger. Family Research Council stands with Israel's
31:39 rightful claim to sovereignty. It's time for America to do the same for history, for justice, and for lasting security in the Middle East.
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