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International Tensions and Domestic Policies 0:06 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall with the latest news from the Washington Watch news desk. President Joe Biden has authorized the use of anti personnel mines to Ukraine Ukraine for the first time. A defense0:18 official confirmed Wednesday. More than 2 years ago, the Biden administration pledged to limit the use of anti personnel mines around the world due to their disproportionate impact on civilians. Now this reversal0:30 is the Biden administration's second policy flip in several days as the outgoing White House seeks to shore up Ukraine's defenses against Russia before president-elect Trump takes office0:42 and likely reduces US support of Ukraine. On Sunday, the US also authorized Ukraine to use US provided long range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. Ukrainian0:53 forces fired the missiles into Russia yesterday. On Wednesday, they fired British made storm shadow missiles into Russian territory as well. Now the story comes as the US closed its embassy in Kyiv,1:06 citing threats of a potential significant air attack from Russia. Now Missouri senator Josh Hawley has warned that Biden's decisions risk a full scale scale war with Russia.1:18 Well, it looks like escalation to me, Laura. It looks like a a a green light for escalation on the part of Ukraine and then Russia as you pointed out. What would happen if Russia would launch and retaliate missiles into1:29 the territory of a NATO member? Then our treaty obligations would be triggered. Then we're talking about a full scale war. I can't imagine that president Trump wants that. He's been totally against it. What I'm sure he1:39 wants is for Biden to stop screwing this up and allow him to get into office and begin to work towards America's security interest. Let's remember what our interest in the region are. It's our national security. That's1:50 what we ought to be putting first and giving a green light to Yeah.1:53 Wow.1:53 Shoot missiles into Russia. That's not putting our interest first. It's putting them last.1:57 And in domestic news, house speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that transgender identifying individuals on the house side of the Capitol must use bathrooms in accordance with their biological sex,2:09 not their gender identity. In a statement, Johnson wrote all single sex facilities in the capital and house office buildings such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker locker rooms are2:21 reserved for individuals of that biological sex. It is important to note that each member office has its own private restroom and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol. Women deserve2:33 women's only spaces. Now Johnson's comments come after congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced a resolution banning transgender identifying men from women's restrooms in the house. Mace's resolution was2:45 in response to the election of Delaware representative Sarah McBride, a biological man that identifies as a woman, to the House of Representatives this November. Yesterday, after conservatives criticized Johnson for2:57 failing to identify McBride as a biological man, Johnson defended himself.3:02 For anybody who doesn't know my well established record on on this issue, let me be unequivocally clear. A man is a man and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman.3:14 That said, I also believe, that's what scripture teaches, what I just said. But I also believe that we treat everybody with dignity. And so we can do and believe all those things at the same time. And3:26 I wanted to make that clear for everybody because there's lots of questions, but that's where3:29 I stand. I've stood there my whole life and those are facts.3:32 And in other domestic news, Colorado has agreed to pay over 1500000.0 dollars for violating an artist's first amendment rights after she took her case to the US Supreme Court.3:45 Last year, the court ruled that Laurie Smith and her design studio, 3 0 3 creative, could not be compelled by the state of Colorado to create art that violates her religious beliefs.3:57 Smith is a Christian and believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. Smith creates wedding websites and Colorado's anti discrimination law would have compelled her to create same sex wedding websites.4:10 The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of free speech. This is a victory not just for me, but for all of us. Whether your views on marriage are similar to mine or perhaps different,4:22 free speech is for everyone. And today's ruling affirmed that the government cannot force anyone to say something they don't believe.4:31 That was Laurie after the Supreme Court's decision last year. And those are today's headlines. I'm Victoria Marshall. Up next is Washington Watch with Tony Perkins. We'll see you tomorrow with moreWashington Watch and Global Affairs 4:43 news.4:52 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and soundbites into conversations with our nation's leaders and5:03 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.5:11 As this council has previously called for, a durable end to the war must come with the release of the hostages. These 2 urgent goals are inextricably linked.5:24 This resolution abandoned that necessity. And for that reason, the United States could not support it.5:32 That was ambassador Robert a Wood, alternative representative of the US at the United Nations, speaking earlier today after a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza failed. Welcome to5:43 Washington Watch, and thanks for tuning in. Later in the program, we'll hear from Carolyn Glick with her reaction to the United Nations' attempt to impose a ceasefire in Gaza without addressing the5:55 return of Israeli hostages. The ongoing Biden administration is raising the stakes in Ukraine.6:02 I can confirm, as you heard the secretary of defense speak to, earlier today, that we are providing the, Ukrainian government with nonpersistent anti personnel land mines. We have providing6:14 been providing them with anti tank land mines for some time, but this is the first time we are providing them with, anti personnel line land mines.6:22 That was state department spokesman Matthew Miller earlier today. We'll be joined shortly by Alabama senator coach Tommy Tuberville. And is it really about the well-being of children, or is it about the6:34 money?6:35 We are performing surgeries on these children that have neither the capacity to make these life changing decisions nor the wisdom to know the difference. And we are telling them, this is your quick fix6:47 all, and we are creating complications that require multiple surgeries. And the only people benefiting is the medical industrial complex because the more surgeries that are done, the more money6:59 that's made.7:00 That was doctor Melanie Kreitz Backert who is featured in a new documentary, What is a Doctor? Later, doctor Simone Gold, founder and president of America's Frontline Doctors,7:12 will join us to discuss this new documentary. And finally7:16 Despite losing by nearly 20000 votes, despite the fact the AP and decision desk have called the race for Dave McCormack,7:29 senator Casey is refusing to concede.7:33 That was Republican senator Steve Daines, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, earlier today discussing the Pennsylvania senate race. Brent Kylan, vice president for strategic initiatives with FRC7:44 Action, will join us to provide the latest updates on election results across the United States. Stay tuned because we've got a packed program for you this evening. By the way, I invite you to join us for Operation7:56 Prayer Shield, which is a collective prayer effort in which we'll seek God's divine protection and guidance over our nation during this transition from 1 administration to the next. As you can tell from the stories we're8:07 covering each and every day, there's a lot at stake. The world is already volatile, and the decisions made in the next 2 months could make the situation even more intense. So8:19 join us. Text Shield. That's s h I e l d, to 6 7 7 4 2. That's Shield to 6 7 7 4 2. You'll receive weekly alerts, prayer points,8:31 and more. So text Shield to 6 7 7 4 2. Over the past nearly 4 years, a hallmark of the Biden administration's foreign policy has been the avoidance of moves that they8:43 feel that they feared could lead to escalation of international conflict. But since the decisive victory of president-elect Donald Trump, that appears to have changed. Late8:55 yesterday, president Biden approved sending anti personnel mines to Ukraine, reversing a previous policy. And this comes just days after the White House gave the green light for Ukraine to use US supplied9:07 longer range missiles that will strike deep within Russia. What could be behind these moves, and what could the effects be? Joining me now to discuss this and more is senator Tommy Tuberville9:19 of Alabama. He serves on 4 senate committees, including the Armed Services Committee. Coach, welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to see you.9:27 Hey, Tony. How are you?9:29 I'm doing well, sir. Thank you. What do you make of the latest move by the Biden administration?9:35 Well, it's just trying to dig a deeper hole for for, president Trump when he takes office, Tony. That's all they're trying to do. He's trying to put his legacy in. Unfortunately, the only thing that this is gonna do is9:46 gonna get more people killed on both sides, more people injured. It's not gonna prove anything. Listen. Number 1, Ukraine can't win. They never could win this fight. It's just been a money laundering scheme from day 1.9:58 Obviously, we would love for Ukraine to be able to push back against, Russia, but that has not been possible. Now we have spent 218000000000 dollars, Tony, on this war, to this10:10 point and and spending, by the way. Our allies, NATO allies, and the world have only spent 52000000000. So the American taxpayers have funded almost10:22 all of this war. We've made no progress. They're losing more every day in in Ukraine in terms of of their land. And, Joe Biden just escalated it, and it scares me to death because,10:35 you know, president Trump's gonna come in. He's gonna try to put some sense of reality in this, but they're making it worse and worse, and that's all by design.10:43 Do you think in these next 2 months during this window of transition that this could escalate beyond the borders of of those 2 countries?10:53 Well, I think that, the the guy that's got more common sense than anybody is Vladimir Putin. Now he is dead wrong of what he did of coming into another11:05 country, but he said, you know, I'm coming in. I'm protecting my Russian people, in Ukraine. But at the end of the day, this was not our fight.11:17 We should have gone in there. And even Vladimir Putin wanted, after 2 months, decided to call a peace treaty to this, but we called it off. They had a peace treaty done in Istanbul, Turkey about 211:29 months after the war started, and we talked, Zelensky out of making peace. And so blood is on Joe Biden's hands, and he's gonna go out with this all being on on on11:41 his watch. And, again, he's making it tough for president Trump to put put any kind of end to this, but president Trump will end this. I don't know how he's gonna do it, but he's the best negotiator in the world. We have11:51 0 negotiators in the Pentagon or the White House as we speak.11:56 What do you make of Vladimir Putin's announcement that they're lowering the threshold for the decision to use nuclear weapons? Do you do you see that threat as real?12:08 No. Not really. I you know, what are you what is he gonna do? I mean, he he he said, listen. I don't know whether you're going any of these missiles have, nuclear warheads on them. And so he's having to prepare his12:19 people for anything that happened. He's dealing with a,12:23 a12:23 scared leader, so called leader in Zelensky in Ukraine, and he's dealing with a bunch of crazies in this Pentagon over here that's all they're wanting to do is keep this fight going and prove that they were right all12:35 along, but they know that they're wrong. And, again, if Joe Biden wanna do anything other than giving more missiles to shoot into Moscow and giving mines put on the ground to kill innocent people, he12:47 would load up his plane, leave at the Amazon where he's birdwatching, and fly to Moscow and say, okay. Let's get this done. I'm almost history as United States,12:59 president, but I wanna get this done. Let's get it over with quit killing people. But there is no sense of reality, no common sense in this White House.13:07 Speaking of the Department of Defense, according to reports, the Department of Defense failed its seventh consecutive audit this past Friday because it was unable to fully account for its nearly 100000000000013:19 dollar budget, 824000000 dollars. Something need to be done there?13:26 No. It's something's gonna be done. And, you know, a new sheriff's getting ready to be in town. His name is Donald Trump along with his deputies, Vivek Ramseswamy and and, Elon Musk.13:38 They are fired up about coming in and start throwing stink bombs in all these buildings in Washington, DC saying get out and let's do the accounting and let's find out where the taxpayers' money are going. We're tired of13:50 spending it. Tony, the bureaucracy up here is about 10 layers deep. They never fire anybody. By the way, then nobody works in the office down anymore. All you have all these beautiful buildings here for all these14:02 bureaucrats and all these agencies, and they all work from home. And, it's time to go back to work. It's time to work for the American people. And if you don't wanna do it, retire, do something else. But president14:14 Trump is gonna get some sense of reality here. Tony, we we don't have another chance. This will be the last time in your in my lifetime, we'll have a chance to save this country. We only have 2 years, to do it. President14:25 Trump is gonna hit the ground running, and we have to put everybody on notice that you gotta be accountable for every dime. And if you get that money, you spend it the right way, You spend it on the American14:36 people. You protect the American people, and you do everything you possibly can to give us a chance and opportunity to lower taxes where people here can live a lot better life.14:45 So so coach Tuberville, you you you've been here long enough to know that things are not functioning. What do you see as the top 3 changes you would like to see as Donald Trump comes in and you've got a14:56 Republican senate and you've got a a slim majority, but you've got a majority of Republicans in the house? What do you think is, number 1, what needs to be done and what is possible what's possible to get done?15:08 Yeah. First of all, we gotta redo the tax form, tax tax, bill that president Trump put into effect a few years ago. We gotta make it permanent law. We gotta drop taxes for the American people. Everything15:20 that the Biden administration has done is they regulated and taxed. This climate hoax that they've been pushing on everybody across the world, including United States, is nothing but a tax. So we gotta do the tax15:32 reform. We've gotta close the border. We gotta build our military back, and we gotta do something about education. We gotta get God back in our schools, talk about families. We got 215:44 genders. We gotta do everything possible to get back to common sense, but we gotta teach these kids to read, to write, civics, history, science, the basic things because, Tony, as15:55 we speak, half the kids in this country can't read past the sixth grade reading level. And you got these teachers unions that are sucking the American people dry on 27000 dollars per student a year that16:07 we spend, which is almost twice as much as any other country. And our kids are being cheated of an education. We're 20 ninth in the world in education when we should be number 1.16:18 President Trump has said in part, it's the it's, disassembling the Department of Education. Do you see this as giving education back to the states? Because, honestly, the the federal government doesn't provide16:30 that much. About 7 to 10 percent of the funding comes from the federal government, but they put a lot of strings on that 7 to 10 percent. Is this something the federal government needs to get out of?16:41 Yeah. The federal government basically holds, the states hostage. If you don't do this, if you don't do that, we're not gonna send you your federal money. You're exactly right. Most of the money comes from the states. So16:53 president Trump needs to come in. And, again, this is the reason I ran for this job, and I we you and I have talked about this because I went into high schools, in elementary schools, in higher ed schools for the last 3517:04 years before I got in this business. And I was shocked at what they were teaching, what was on the transcripts, the the no education whatsoever in our urban areas or our rural areas are not bad, but17:16 the teachers unions have had a had a stranglehold on parents and and and the things that they're doing in these schools. So, yes, president Trump will have a a secretary of education, which17:28 is, McMahon, I think. And I think that the the first thing that we have to do there is we've got a streamline Washington DC. We've got about 3000 employees. Why? Why do we need17:39 those? It's time for the cutter losses, have a small group up here in Washington DC, send the education back to the states, let them make decisions for their own communities, for their own17:51 state, every state is different, and do the things that we need to do to educate our kids. It's the number 1 thing that we have to do to change this country around because it's about family and education and18:03 God. And those 3 things, if we don't get those back, this country will not survive as the greatest country on the face of the earth.18:10 You're absolutely right. We've gotta get on the other end of the pipeline and make sure these kids stop or stop that the indoctrination stops. And the best way to do that is let the local communities do that, get it18:22 away from Washington DC. Coach Tommy Tuberville, always great to see you. Thanks so much for, joining us today.18:28 Thank you, Tony. God bless.18:30 Alright. It is, folks, and that's something to pray about. I need to make sure that local communities get control and parents parents need to control education. Alright. Coming up next, a new documentary is18:42 out that exposes a so called gender affirming care for what it really is. It's about making money. That's next.Medical Ethics and Religious Freedom 18:54 Download the new Stand Firm app for Apple and Android phones today, and join a wonderful community of fellow believers. We've created a special place for you to access news from a biblical perspective,19:05 read and listen to daily devotionals, pray for current events, and more. Share the Stand Firm app with your friends, family, and church members, and stand firm everywhere you go.19:22 Let's not be discouraged. Don't lose heart. Don't lose the faith. Stand now strong because the Lord has given us the great privilege of living in a time when our choices matter, when our lives matter, when our19:33 courage matters. So let's stand together and save this great country. God bless the United States of America.19:39 The American Republic has a freedom like no other. It has roots in the scriptures far more than any other heritage. And if we as followers of Jesus19:51 and conservatives don't defend it,19:54 Who will? Neutrality is not an option. 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 come20:06 out of this unscathed. 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.20:17 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 power20:29 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.20:35 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 his20:47 spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable. Dobbs, after all, was never supposed to happen.20:57 Father, we thank you. You have entrusted us with this moment in history, and I pray that we would be found faithful.21:03 And that as a result of our faithfulness21:05 to you that thousands, millions would come into the kingdom as they would experience the forgiveness of sin and the new life that is21:14 found only in Jesus Christ. Amen.21:20 Are you a Christian parent looking to raise a spiritual champion in today's culture? Renowned author George Barna has written a new book, Raising Spiritual Champions. This book offers valuable insights based21:32 on extensive research conducted by George Barna, the Family Research Council, and Arizona Christian University. Learn how to help your children discern biblical truth and find compelling meaning and purpose.21:44 Don't miss out on this essential resource for parents. Order your copy today.21:55 Welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to have you with us. The website tony perkins dot com. Better yet, download the Stand Firm app. You may have us in your pocket anywhere you go. You'll have alerts, information,22:07 action steps to take to make sure you are informed and engaged as a citizen in the United States. Again, that's the Stand Firm app. Alright. We've discussed at length on this program how people have been losing22:19 confidence in the media and the government. Well, many have also lost confidence in our medical institutions, especially after we saw doctors blindly pushing for the COVID jab on everyone during22:31 the pandemic, even supporting mandates on Americans regardless of whether or not they were in vulnerable categories. And with so many kowtowing to transgenderism, many Americans are rightfully22:42 asking, what's a doctor? I mean, they're just like a politician in a white coat. Well, what is a doctor is the title of a new documentary that tackles this very22:54 question. And here now to discuss it, doctor Simone Gold, who assembled some leading voices in medicine for this documentary. Doctor Gold is an experienced emergency physician and attorney, and is23:06 she is also the founder and board chairman of American America's Frontline Doctors. Doctor Gold, welcome to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.23:16 Thank you. Delightful to be here.23:18 So let me ask23:18 you this. What inspired you to put together this documentary?23:23 We physicians were very upset during COVID to watch really the healthcare in institutions and infrastructure just kind of collapse and not put patients first. It was shocking, astonishing, disheartening.23:35 And the good news about it is many independent minded physicians did find each other. And we have built a strong coalition, strong support group for each other to help patients. So we got to23:47 thinking, really, what is a doctor? Is a doctor a pill pusher? Is a doctor just a government employee? You know, there is a mouthpiece for the government. What is a doctor? We independent physicians know that a23:58 doctor has a higher calling, a special relationship to another human being sitting in front of them, and we put the doctor patient relationship first, and we are standing for our patients who need us. That's what24:10 a doctor.24:11 I wanna get to the heart of the the subject matter in this documentary on the transgender craze that, the medical community has been pushed into. But before I do, I wanna ask you,24:23 what about these medical associations that, you know, you got these little number these letters behind your name as you're a part of this, you know, this nice association, but they've been so politicized.24:34 Yes. It's it's horrific. So in my the good news is they are much less powerful than they used to be. In my father's day, the American Medical Association represented about 2 thirds of physicians. Now I think the number24:43 is about 15 percent. People don't know that they don't advertise it, but that's the truth. Many of us are choosing to leave these associations behind in the dust. They're terrible. An example of terrible is American24:53 Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics. I would not go to a doctor that has those initials after their name. They've been corrupted. The evidence is overwhelming that they're not putting patients' best25:03 interest first. It's really a shame, but we have an opportunity to build back something better.25:08 And that's what you've been doing in in terms of gathering these independent doctors who are willing to speak out. And, of course, I often say in this program, courage breeds courage. So when someone steps forward, it's25:19 not long before others will step forward. This documentary takes on something that the American people, I think, are onto now, and that is this so called gender affirming care, which is nothing25:30 more than experimental drugs and surgical interventions in young people. Most of them who couldn't even legally get a tattoo on their own are sometimes25:42 undergoing the the the the blade have healthy body parts cut off. Talk about the documentary.25:50 Yes. So, you know, there's a lot you could say about the gender dysphoria movement and the transgender activists who I call transgender groomers, quite frankly. But with this movie, we're sticking to the medical lane.26:00 What exactly is happening to these children? What are they being put through? What are their bodies being put through? We are doctors. We are not here to be butchers. We we're not sorcerers, but we are many of my peers26:11 are acting this way. They're cutting off healthy body parts. This is not the doctor's role. The doctor's role is to help take someone's body as healthy as it can be, not to make it destructive. And26:23 the words that are being used are very misleading. This is not affirming, and it is not care. It is medical mutilation. You may remember 30 years ago, 20 years ago, it was all the rage that Americans were very concerned26:35 about female genital mutilation helping an African nation.26:38 Right.26:38 It's no doubt against it. This is that. This is that here in America, except it's to both it's to both sexes. But we are mutilating healthy young bodies, causing people to have lifelong infertility and not the kind that26:50 you can fix with IVF. The kind where you produce no sperm or no egg forever. The kind where if you have a mastectomy at age 15, you will never be able to breastfeed, the kind of, the it's it's27:02 horrific. So what we doctors did, we got together and we are pulling aside the curtain so the average American can see what's at stake. It's not nice words. It's chronic wounds.27:13 It's chronic infections. It's lifelong pills, lifelong medical care. We're exposing this mutilation industry for what it is.27:21 What is behind it? I mean, obviously, it's not the interest of these children in terms of I mean, as you just described, this this is mutilating them, and they're and they're bound to take,27:33 these medicines and and prescriptions for for the for the rest of life. So what is behind it? What's driving this?27:40 I I think there's 2 things. I think there's a social cultural movement, and this is including, you know, towards the left and causing people of conscience really not to say anything for not fear of hurting people's27:52 feelings. And that's the social movement Mhmm. And the gender, ideologues who have infiltrated the schools, who've infiltrated, you know, art clubs and where children associate, and the medical organizations such as the28:04 Academy of Pediatrics. It's terrible. And the other part of it is each 1 of these children represents at least 1000000 dollars to the medical industrial complex over their lifetime. They have repeated surgeries.28:16 They've repeated medications for the rest of their lives. There's all kinds of surgeries and cost associated with this. So every case is lucrative. So it's both. There's gender ideologues, and there's money.28:26 Wow. That28:27 We expose it. We we expose the institutions that are profiting in the film.28:31 It's okay. Alright. How can folks watch this documentary?28:36 Please go to what is a doctor dot org. What is a doctor dot org. We are streaming this for free. We do ask if you can make a donation afterwards, the same price you might do for a movie, but it's for free.28:48 It's critical important. What is a doctor dot org, if you wanna know more about this subject.28:53 Doctor Gold, what do you hope folks will take away from this documentary?28:59 Actually, you are empowered. The more you learn about this, the much more manageable it becomes. Some motivation for this is that families are being, this issue is being dropped into families' laps all of a sudden. A 1529:10 year old girl comes home from school and all of a sudden announces to her parents that she's a boy. What does the family do? We have the answers for you what to do. Don't be bamboozled. Your common sense will get you29:20 through. You need a little bit of resources. That's what we're doing. We're doing it for the parents. We're doing it for people of faith and of conscience. And we're doing it also to wake up doctors so doctors start29:28 acting responsibly and ethically.29:31 Yeah. And this empowers people to do just that. Doctor Gold, great to see you. Thanks so much for, joining us, and I appreciate the great work you're doing.29:39 Thank you so much.29:40 Alright, folks. Check it out. If you didn't catch that, you can go to tony perkins dot com, and you'll find, the link over. 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