When political institutions fail to provide transparent, comprehensive accountability for their failures, it undermines public trust and prevents meaningful institutional improvement. The 2024 Democratic National Committee autopsy report, released after initial resistance, was criticized for being nearly 200 pages of unverified claims without clear conclusions, lacking analysis of key failures like presidential cognitive decline and candidate selection errors. This case illustrates how institutional reluctance to fully disclose failures can perpetuate political dysfunction and prevent effective learning from electoral defeats.
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Well, hello and welcome to Katie Pavitz tonight. NASCAR legend Kyle Bush has died at the age of 41 after a sudden illness and hospitalization. And the shocking news comes just days after he won his final race and gave this interview. Coming up, another racing legend Kyle Penny joins us to pay tribute. But first, if you thought Democrat disarray couldn't get worse, well, it just did.
We are following the fallout after DNC Chair Ken Martin reluctantly released the Democrat's autopsy report on their blowout losses in 2024, more than a year ago. Today, Martin apologized for creating a distraction after he initially refused to release the postmortem before facing internal pressure and accusations of a coverup.
Now that the report is out, it's clear why he tried to keep it under wraps. And even those who advocated for its release call it an utter disaster and a failure on virtually every front. Ouch. The report is filled with unverified or contradicted claims, lacks a conclusion, and is nearly 200 pages of nothingness with hardly any detail beyond trying to blame Biden's political operation for failing to set Kamala Harris up for success. No mention of Biden's obvious decline or allowing pro- Hamas campus chaos to spill into the rest of their party. No consideration of their embrace of radical transgender ideology being a massive mistake. And no takeaways to help Democrats running in this year's election. Don't just take my word for it. Listen to how Democratic Congressman Jared Moscowitz reacted to his party's latest self-inflicted crisis. No signs of life. Apparently, the incomplete and incoherent report is just another sign of how lost and delusional Democrats are, even after continuing their losing streak through this spring. Rather than admitting how out of step they are with normal Americans, Democrats are happy to refuse treatment for their politically terminal case of Trump derangement syndrome, TDS. Their party is in deep denial, which means they can't recover.
And with with less than six months until election day, is it too late for Democrats to understand why they lost power to write their ship? Joining us now to discuss, Antoine Seight. He is a Democratic strategist. Joe Pagarulo, host of the Joe Pag Show. Joe Pags is here. And now Gardner, conservative commentator and former senior adviser to Margaret Thatcher. Gentlemen, thank you so much for being here tonight. So Antoine, ju let's start with you. Just your response to this report almost 200 pages long. You're a Democrat. What's your assessment?
>> I don't think we need this distraction.
Uh we have an affordability crisis in America brought to you and sponsored by your neighborhood Republican party. You had a Republican congressman just today said that January 6 was all made up. We have a healthc care crisis in this country. I think there other things we can be talking about as Democrats instead of looking back retrospectively.
Now, I always subscribe to the notion two things happen in campaigns. You win or you learn. Obviously, we did not win.
So, there's some things we can learn, but I don't think think this autopsy was the best use of our time. And I certainly don't think it's the best use of a limited oxygen political space.
>> So, Joe, you know, the rules in politics are if your opponent is doing something that helps you and benefits you, just don't step in the way. What did you think about reading this uh this autopsy and assessment of the DNC, which by the way doesn't have any money uh going into an election year?
>> Katie, thanks for having me on. I noticed that Antoine, who I respect a lot, didn't say anything about the autopsy. He complained about Republicans. That's kind of interesting.
I would have looked at this autopsy and said, "Wow, they forgot to say that Kla Harris was a horrible candidate. They forgot to mention that we picked a horrible guy for for vice president, the guy who's overseeing, I guess, massive fraud over in Minnesota." So listen, I I respect the fact that they tried to come to some conclusion about what happened, but leaving out the cognitive decline of the then president, leaving out the fact that he ran and then he didn't run, and then leaving out the fact that Kla Harris was a horrendous candidate, she didn't accomplish anything, not the one thing that she was asked to do about the about the border. So I think that I'm glad that they there's a whole lot of nothing here because I don't think the Democrat party is going to learn. And Antoine's not wrong. you you you know you can pick out what you don't like about the other party if you want, but I think a little deep reflection on the Democratic side would be scary for us conservatives. So, go ahead and keep on denying. I like it.
>> So, Nile, you of course uh worked with one of the greatest leaders of all time, Margaret Thatcher. She was, you know, she always talked about socialism.
Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money. What I found in the report and reading through it is that this is the democratic establishment, right? And we're seeing the Democratic Socialist of America, which is essentially the insurgent wing of the Democratic party, the Mom Donnis, these far-left candidates that we're seeing winning primaries across the country, they really are offering, even though it's incorrect and a terrible form of governance, socialism and communism, as a policy prescription for what they're seeing and the issues that Americans are facing out there. So even though they're wrong, are they somewhat correct in actually speaking to the issues rather than what this report does, which is completely ignore everything that Americans voted for in 2024?
>> Well, I think that without a doubt, I mean, the left in the United States are in complete denial and also uh disarray.
And on both sides of the Atlantic, in fact, we're seeing uh socialists in real trouble. And in in Britain, Akama, the socialist prime minister, has been an absolute disaster, probably the worst uh prime minister, I think, in British history. Uh and you are literally seeing the British government fall apart uh right now. Uh and this is the result of far-left uh policies and ideology. and in the United States without a doubt. I mean I think that uh you know the the the Democrats really are suffering from um a clear lack of you know crystal clear policies and and thinking. They are driven by frankly Trump derangement syndrome. They're full of you know hate I think for the uh for the president and for anyone who supports him. There's no no fresh thinking on the left uh at all.
And also you had a candidate last time in the presidential election uh Camala Harris who was uh was a complete disaster and in fact a real embarrassment in so many in so many uh respects. And so uh you know the reality is that we are we are witnessing uh on both sides of the Atlantic uh the left in complete and utter disarray and socialism never works. Socialism frankly just drags countries down and destroys them. as you said is it's not a new idea. Socialism, communism is not a fresh idea for any society. In fact, it's caused a lot of human suffering over the in the countries and times when it's been tried and failed. Um, but Antoine, I mean, you call this a distraction. Um, there are pages and pages and it is distracting. I mean, there's lots of corrections. There are lots of red boxes that say no evidence provided for this. This doesn't consistently support this claim. No sourcing provided. no even conclusion on this report. But how is the Democratic party supposed to move forward with infrastructure to win in races across the country if they can't get on the same page about what issues matter the most and they can't even trust the DNC chair to put this out without these edits being made? I mean, do you have confidence in the DNC chair? Do you think someone else should take over? Hey there, I love how you and your guests try to frame Democrats in disarray when we've outperformed every single narrative since Donald Trump has taken office.
>> Narratives are not wins. So, >> and well, I can tell you we have proof in the wins. 30 plus elections we've won, including places where Donald Trump won up and down the ballot all over the country. That's not a narrative. That's fact. We've also outperformed the expected uh showing up of voters all across the country in those elections.
That's how we got to where we are in terms of our success. The other say, you want >> We got to run Joe. Joe Joe, 10 seconds to you.
>> Listen, I love it. I I I hope that he continues to be in denial. I would love this. Please run Kla Harris again in 2028. I would love that. Please pick Tim Walls as the vice president again because you guys obviously have no issues. It's all about the Republicans.
>> All right, y'all. We got to run. We have We will talk about this from now until November. Appreciate all of you for joining me tonight. Thank you very much.
Good to see you. All right, now to some shocking news that we got today from the world of NASCAR.
Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and future Hall of Famer Kyle Bush expectedly unexpectedly died hours after being hospitalized with a severe illness. It's not clear what that was.
Tonight, he's being remembered as a rare talent who only comes along in Once in a Generation. The statement from his family, his team at Richard Children's Racing and NASCAR says Bush's sharp wit and competitive spirit sparked a deep emotional connection with race fans and said the sport lost a giant today far too soon. Kyle Bush was just 41 years old and leaves behind his wife and two young children. In a video posted last Fourth of July, it was easy to see the Bush family's love for each other, NASCAR and America. Take a look. Joining us now to share his memories and pay tribute to Bush in another racing legend is a another racing racing legend. Ryle Kyle Petty, great to see you along with Mike Gunsman, host of the Gun Show.
Kyle, it's just when I saw this news, just a loss for words. Um, so sorry about this. How are you doing tonight?
And what kind of memories can you share of Kyle Bush?
>> Yeah, it's it's it's tragic and and there's no other word for it. Um, so unexpected. five or six days ago he's standing in victory lane uh as as the winner as the guy uh and how prophetic when he said it's so it you cherish these because you never know when the last one will come and I I don't think anyone could have foresaw what was going to happen this week but listen we're going to hear a lot about Kyle Bush and we're going to hear the word great and greatness thrown around a lot but it's only fitting for Kyle Bush He was a great race car driver. One of the most phenomenal talents to come along. I I grew up with my dad watching my dad race. I saw the great Tim Richmond come along with natural talent. No one not many people did I ever see in my career have the natural talent that a Kyle Bush had. And it was this is going to leave a gap and a hole. We are a small community and this happened to a small community meaning motorsports. Uh, and we all grieve tonight for Samantha, for those children, for his father and mother, and for his brother, Kurt.
>> Yeah, his daughter just had her fourth birthday just a couple of days ago. It's just also heartbreaking. Um, Mike Bush won the truck race at the Dover Motor Speedway last week. This is what he said in one of his final interviews. What does that tell you about the kind of competitor in person that Kyle Bush was?
Grateful for every moment, obviously.
>> Yeah, I mean, and uh, Kyle, I'm sorry for uh, your loss as well with the racing community. I know it's definitely a tough day all across sports, but yeah, I mean, as you just saw right there, I mean, there's so many different words that you could talk about when you're mentioning Kyle Bush. Obviously, dominance, 234 career victories, not just in, you know, your regular race car, uh, what people consider NASCAR and racing, but across all of motorsports, the top three obviously different, uh, racing categories, he absolutely crushed it. And then also beyond that though, >> he was a competitor, super competitive.
He made people feel something in a sport that was desperate for feelings. I I honestly because when I was growing up, I was young and everything, you know, and gravitated to Kyle Bush before I started covering him. And uh it was almost like he was a WWE wrestler. He was a hero. He was a villain. He was a heel, but he embraced it. He would jump on top of cars. He, you know, down here in Nashville when he won in 2009, the trophy was a guitar. So what did Kyle Bush do? He smashed the guitar.
>> So that's what he did. No matter if you loved him or you hated him, you could not deny how talented he was. And more importantly, he made people feel something. He was authentic. And that's all you can ask for, especially in the sport of racing. And you know, especially in the later years as he kept getting up, you know, he was 41, >> I think a lot of fans that might have disliked him or had, you know, negative feelings towards him because he was a bad boy. Literally, he was a bad boy.
His, you know, his nicknames were rowdy and wild thing. Um, I think they turned and began really appreciating him because he never sold out. He didn't turn cor corporate or anything and he continued racing and that's all you can ask for is that authenticity. It's just a sad day all around for racing fans as well as the sports community.
>> Yeah. Dale Nhard Jr. posted that they had challenges between each other, but they eventually sat down and worked them out and he deeply respected the way that he handled uh his racing, his family, the community. Um Kyle, you mentioned that the NASCAR community is a tight-knit one. Have you heard anything from the Bush family or other racers? Uh people who are just, you know, what what are people saying to you tonight in your group chats? And what what are you hearing from people in the industry?
>> Yeah. No, every everybody has just has reached out to each other. Um and that is that is what a small community does.
Um you reach out to make sure that your friends are okay, that your family's okay. You tell someone you love them.
You hug your kids a little bit tighter.
Uh, and I I think that's what what everybody's going to Kyle Bush touched everyone's life in this sport. Whether it be the truck series or the O'Reilly series or the Cup series and every fan, whether you loved him, whether you hate him, he touched your life in some way, shape, or form. And the one thing that everyone talks about is the respect that they had for his talent and his ability.
what he could do with a car, what he could do that no one else seemingly could do at certain times. Kyle made it look just incredibly simple. Two championships, all those wins, everything he did in the end was not as important to him as Brexton and that little girl and his wife Samantha. You see it in their videos. You see it in in him taking Brexton to the racetrack.
Being a dad was maybe one of the happiest moments of his life. Uh and and being able to pass on his love for this sport. So, I I think we're all it we're still in shock. This whole community is still in shock. It happened so fast.
It's tragic in the way that Davy Allison's accident was. It's tragic in the way that we lost Alan Kiki.
Unexpected, not on a racetrack.
Something totally different that kind of blindsides you as a driver and as a competitor. You don't see things like this coming. Uh it happens in everyday life, but you never think it touches your community. Uh and Kyle Bush, it touched our community.
So, uh, Mike, uh, Kyle was supposed to compete tomorrow. Uh, what do you think that that race is going to look like in terms of the fans coming together to to honor him and grapple with the fact he's not going to be there?
>> Yeah, it I mean, probably one of the toughest days in racing. I mean, Kyle, would you I mean, like, literally I mean, it's literally I mean, and and what's wild about is his family tweeted out uh earlier today that he was um admitted into the hospital. Eight hours later, Kyle Bush was dead.
Eight hours later, he was in theos since going into the hospital, he was gone.
That just shows you how fragile life is, but also how much of a shock this is.
And also just I mean, it's terrible. And three days ago he tweeted out about an um his son Brexton and who turned 11 years old and Brexton you know is is supposed you know is from all accounts from within the racing community a really good driver and like was building it up and the whole family aspect and it's just an absolute shame. So what you will see tomorrow is a lot of tears and throughout the weekend um the shock aspect but also just the fact that you lost one of the literally one of the greatest drivers I would say Petty into uh Junior Erard Jr. into Jimmy Johnson and then Kyle Bush is four or five. You want to throw in Jeff Gordon Tony Stewart whatever. So, you lost one of the top five drivers of all time unexpectedly. 41 years old, loved his family and so quickly and um >> yeah, >> but the NASCAR community does it like nobody else does and um you know, they will honor him and never forget him.
>> A lot of people will will be watching.
Um there is a race tomorrow. There's a competition tomorrow. Uh what would you say to the drivers and how they can honor uh Kyle Bush's legacy uh by just getting back on the track and doing what he would have done which is try to win?
>> Yeah. You know and and we all say that you know let's do what Kyle would want us to do and Kyle would want you to race because Kyle is just there is no fiercer competitor it seemed like at certain times than than Kyle Bush. But you race different. You race with a heavy heart.
you race with with Kyle sitting beside of you in that car, you know, you feel you feel that his presence and and I think that's what what you you'll see at the racetrack. There's nothing sadder than that truck that should have been there, that car that should have been there, that's not there, that's not there in formation, that's not there on pit road, the driver that's not there at at driver introduction. And it's not going to happen just this week that you get over it. This will be months, if not years, before we realize uh that Kyle's not here anymore because we're gonna look for him. You're going to look for him when they drop the green flag.
You're going to look for him when they throw the checkered flag and that will continue on for a a pretty long time.
Tomorrow will be sad. This weekend will be sad and it'll carry on. Uh, but the sport will carry on and and Kyle Bush will always, always, always be a huge part of this sport because like I said before, the word greatness goes right along with Kyle Bush.
>> Absolutely. Well, Kyle Petty and Mike Gonzelman, thank you for joining me tonight to talk about everybody.
>> Yes. Hug hug your loved ones and count every minute. Great to see you. Thank you. We'll be right back.
Welcome back. Well, we're finally seeing some accountability for the monstrous levels of fraud and theft we've seen out of Minnesota. There's been a flurry of activity across the state. So, let's start with this woman, Amy Bach. She's the founder of the notorious group Feeding Our Future, which was supposed to be giving free meals to hungry kids, but instead she oversaw a $250 million fraud scheme and was just sentenced to 42 years in the slammer. That's far from the only fraud in Minnesota. Of course, Bahima Mahmood operated one of the daycarees daycarees exposed in Nick Shirley's viral investigation. She's also been charged for her role in feeding our future fraud. But yesterday she was charged for pocketing $5 million in fake child care claims. And then we have this guy who jumped out of a fourthstory floor balcony yesterday to avoid arrest by the feds. He was indicted as part of a $9 million Medicaid scheme. To be clear, this is an entirely different million-doll fraud scheme than the one we were just talking about. And now there are claims that even elected officials may have known about the scams. One jailed fraudster claims that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar knew all about them and Vice President Vance hinted that she may be under investigation. We're joined now by criminal defense attorney Ken Belulin.
Ken, great to see you there tonight. Um, so there's a lot to unpack here. I think the biggest question for people who work hard and pay their taxes is how does a state become a playground like this for fraud fraudsters and thieves?
Well, it's a very curious situation and I think part of the problem is fraudsters and thieves, they are naturally going to take advantage of situations and one of those situations that a lot of fraud originates from is the COVID lockdown period, especially the $250 million feeding our future scandal. Let's remember this was traditionally schools would be where poor families would bring their children to get a hot meal and during co a lot of those schools were not open. They loosened the law. In fact, the law that helped loosen these restrictions was uh introduced as a bill by Ilhan Omar. Uh it called the meals act in 2020 and it helped allowed for private organizations, restaurants to provide meals. What we know though now is they were not providing meals. They were filing fraudulent vouchers for reimbursement for meals they never provided. They were scamming under the disguise of feeding poor children. It's about as disgusting as it gets.
>> Yeah. And then when you say we want to audit it, they accuse you of wanting to take meals away from poor children that they weren't distributing in the first place. Um, speaking of Ilhan Omar, Vice President Vance was asked about her and he hinted that she's under investigation. Take a listen.
I I don't want to prejudge an investigation. I mean, you you you read the things about Elon Omar and about, you know, who she married and whether she didn't marry this person or that person. It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody's entitled to equal justice under the laws. So, we're going to investigate it. We're going to take a look at it. If we think that there's a crime, we're going to prosecute that crime. And that's something the Department of Justice is looking at right now.
>> So, Congressman Omar has said these accusations are completely false, but she's being accused of fraud. not just with taxpayer funding in Minnesota, funneling it through fake businesses, so to speak, but also immigration fraud as well. Your response to uh JD Vance?
>> Well, first, you know, JD Vance should be given some props as an elected official who says he's not going to prejudge an investigation. You see elected officials all the time prejudging and commenting on criminal cases and investigations. It's wholly inappropriate. People are presumed innocent. But let's look at some of the facts with respect to Congresswoman Ilan Omar. She is required to make financial disclosure as being a congressperson.
And at one point, she made her disclosure that her and her husband's net worth was between 6 and $30 million.
They later amended it to say it was between $18,000 and $95,000.
That is a hell of a discrepancy. How could you be that confused about your finances that you would possibly mistake be mistaken $95,000 for $30 million? It begs a lot of questions. She had a very meteor meteoric rise in politics. It begs questions about what funded that rise. We know that Amy Block, who participated in a $250 million scam in her state, we know that she says now that Ilhan Omar at certain points, she reached out to her and that she helped push some of those vouchers through herself personally.
>> Now, look, let's be fair to her. She's a congresswoman. She has over 700,000 constituents. It's highly likely she could come into contact with some that are involved with criminal conduct without implicating her. But it begs questions.
>> At the at the least, she should get a better accountant who doesn't get her into this position to say the least. A lot more there that we'll be looking at.
And apparently DOJ is looking to. Ken Belin, thank you for joining us tonight.
Great to see you.
>> Thanks, Katie.
>> Thank you.
>> Well, in 2024, 38-year-old Christa Gilly was strangled in her Texas home. She was nine weeks pregnant at the time, and her husband, Lee Gilly, was charged for her murder and the murder of their unborn child. He pleaded not guilty and was released on a million-dollar bond. But Gilly wore an ankle monitor until chopping it off and fleeing to Milan, Italy using a fake Belgian passport.
He's currently seeking asylum there. So why Italy? Well, Italy is against the death penalty and they are worried that execution awaits Gilly if he's sent back. Our next guest has been on the front lines of numerous investigation.
News Nation senior producer and the author of Murder in the Media, Allison Winer joins us now. So Allison, after all of these cases that you've covered, specifically murder cases, this one's kind of crazy, too. There's a lot of them. Your thoughts on this story?
>> This is pretty crazy, especially he had the name, his fake name on his passport is like Camp Lun is his French Belgian name.
>> Wild.
>> Um, Luke, what is it? Camp L. It was Ljun. Luke, some, you know, I mean, it's crazy. He gets there. I I have to tell you, I mean, they were he did admit to fighting with his wife before uh they, you know, before she went to sleep.
>> Uh they had serious problems in their relationship. And then there's the issue, why did he get bond? He's under a capital murder indictment and his wife was carrying their nine, you know, their 9-week old baby. So, this is Texas. So, we're looking at a state that recognizes >> that that baby as a life, >> as a person, right? And so, it's it's pretty extraordinary to me that that he would have gotten out on bond. And from the attorneys and the people that I've spoken to, it seems that perhaps he looked cleancut, that he has two children with his wife, that he wouldn't leave because his children are there. He had the ankle monitor, but I I'm very suspicious that he got some help from somewhere because this was quite the plan.
>> How I mean, he he went to Italy specifically, it seems, at least because they were empathetic to his human rights uh claim, right? Like he didn't want to be put to death in the state of Texas, so he went to Italy where they don't have the death penalty. Is that a common thing for criminals to do if they can get out of the country?
>> Well, no. Um I think this was is is an interesting plan. I mean Italy has a you know extradition agreement with the United States. The some of the exceptions and one of them is that they are very strong on not providing extradition for someone who could be subject to the death penalty. So that leaves it in the hands of the state of Texas if they say he might not get the death penalty. I don't know how they'll finesse that. This is Texas, so I don't even think they'll go that far. In terms of going to Italy, his hearing was a bit of >> an Italian suckup in Turin where he told the judge how much he loved the culture and he loved the people and it was fair.
And frankly, from if you ask Amanda Knox, I mean, it's not really the greatest place to go on trial. I mean, it really doesn't afford a defendant ex with the exception of no death penalty, the kind of protections that we have in this country. Yeah. Um, >> with all its flaws, still the greatest in the world, justice system.
>> Definitely. Well, I hope this this woman who was killed and her family and the children get some justice despite him fleeing to Italy. Alison Winer, thank you for joining us. Always so great.
>> Thank you. I hope you check out my book.
It's out right now. Murder in the media.
>> Murder in the media on Amazon. Thank you.
>> All right. Right now on Q, Democrats ignored today's fraud bust to blame Trump for high cost. But is this all Trump's fault? Brook Rollins tells us what the White House is doing right now to make groceries cheaper. Don't go anywhere.
It's time now for the Bradley Report starting down in Larredo, Texas, where seven illegal immigrants were found dead inside a sealed shipping container on a train. Ally Bradley joins us now for more. Ally.
>> Yeah. Hey Katie. So the person of interest remains in federal custody tonight as she waved her detention hearing. And we're standing in front of the house that's also under investigation here uh that is tied to these Laredo train deaths. The federal investigators are actually naming uh this woman as a potential facilitator in these deaths. Authorities have not announced homicide or smuggling death charges against Myroerta at this time, but federal investigators are tracing communications, transportation patterns, and financial connections linked to the operation. And according to the complaint, they found several weapons and $53,000 in cash inside of that home.
Authorities say the victims, who were from Honduras and Mexico, were discovered inside a Union Pacific box car after the train arrived in Laredo Sunday after departing from California.
Investigators believe the illegal immigrants boarded or were loaded onto the rail car near Del Rio and then when it stopped in Laredo, it actually split off in San Antonio first. They found a body on the railroad tracks there that they believe is also connected to the same smuggling group. Now, what's next for Myro Werta? Well, she's awaiting either a trial or a rearrangement. We did reach out to her attorney, uh, Katie, but he declined to comment. So, a case that we're going to continue to follow because additional charges are are coming. And that's what we're being told.
>> Absolutely horrific. Um Ally, you also have exclusive information from Homeland Security about who they've been arresting this week. Tell us more.
>> Yeah, DHS giving us exclusive insight as to who they have nabbed. That is the worst of the worst. ICE arresting these individuals yesterday. Let's get into it. Brian Marshall from Barbados. He was convicted for seconddegree murder in Massachusetts. Then we have Felipe Teuan from Mexico. convicted for rape of a child, corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of children, and aggravated assault in Pennsylvania.
Joseé Fuentes Saravia from El Salvador, convicted for sexual contact with an individual less than 11 years old in New York. And then Tarso Gomez Gomez from Guatemala, convicted of forcible sexual abuse in Utah. All of those individuals you just saw on your screen will join the nearly 31,000 criminal illegal immigrants already in the Worst of the Worst database. And next week we'll have four or five more to show you Katie. So I hope you I hope everyone tunes in for that.
>> Glad they are off the streets. Ally Bradley, great to see you. Stay safe.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, as the midterm elections quickly approach, the cost of everyday goods will likely be weighing on the minds of lots of voters. That's why the Trump administration is taking steps to lower prices. Part of that effort came today when President Trump announced he was relaxing Biden era EPA food refrigeration rules. The administration says that policy imposed costly restrictions on the type of refrigerants businesses and families can use saving nearly $2.5 billion dollar. Joining us now to discuss all this, Brook Rollins, Agricultural Secretary. Great to see you, Secretary. Thanks so much for coming in today. So, the president announced this today from the Oval Office. What does it mean for the average American that these regulations and expensive rules are being rolled back?
>> Well, today was another great day. I mean, it really is remarkable when you think of just 14 months. all of the efforts that we have put to make America great again and to roll back the crazy insanity of the radical agenda uh that was implemented under Joe Biden. Today was another great step forward. Uh my great friend Lee Zeldon who's just doing a remarkable job at the EPA. taking these regulations off of our grocerers, our retailers, and of course that gets passed on to the consumer is just one more step as we work to take down the prices of our groceries, of staples for the American family, and to truly make America affordable again. And and I'm I'm so proud of this work and to be a part of this team.
>> Well, Democrats continue this crusade on the affordability issue that they created through government spending during the Biden administration. Today they came out with a coordinated attack claiming President Trump doesn't care about high costs. Let's take a listen.
>> The Republican agenda is one big broken promise. The Republican bill has zero dollars to lower Americans costs. Zero dollars. The cost of living is out of control. America is too expensive >> and it's a direct result of failed Trump Republican policies.
>> He could give a rat about the American people or about our rising cost.
>> Well, the government causes inflations, but what do you say to Democrats who are saying the president doesn't care based on the work that you're doing with farmers and ranchers and and in grocery stores and small businesses?
>> Well, it's just stunning, isn't it, to watch that. But but here's what I'll say on the president is is really the first to talk about, but it's right. On day three, the press started just hammering him about egg prices. Why are egg eggs $19 a dozen in California and $15 a dozen in Texas? And why are they up 700% or whatever the number was? And the president said, "Listen, you guys, I just got here, but within four weeks of um actually a couple weeks of me being uh sworn in, but four weeks of the president being sworn in, we released a five-point plan to bring the cost of eggs down." and Katie, within just a couple of months, egg prices started to really go down. And today, they're about 80% lower than they were a year ago. And there's a lot of reasons for that, but really focusing on making sure that our farmers have what they need to do what they do best, but also to ensure that as that food is moving through the supply chain and getting onto families tables, that we're doing everything we we can to bring those costs down. And and we are.
Avocados down 25%, berries down 15%, dairy is down. Almost everything across the board, of course, eggs is coming down or is way down. A couple of outliers like beef we're working on, but some of those like beef were at a 75 year low for our cattle because the left declared war on ranchers.
That's right. They don't want us eating meat. They think it caused climate change. So, so that one that one's going to take us a little bit longer. Even beef hit a low about a month ago since 2022. So, we're really making so much progress and uh and we'll continue to to work to do that.
>> I've got 20 seconds, but you know, fertilizer is a concern as well with straight horses has been closed down. Uh what are you hearing from farmers on alleviating that burden and that cost?
>> Yeah, and we've implemented short-term long-term. The the bigger question here, Katie, is that we have been offshoring our fertilizer for decades now. the importance of onshoring so that we're not relying on China or Russia or other countries for fertilizer. But that that number is going to come down too as soon as Hormuz is open. The short term, the president's already made a lot of um decisions on that. Long term though, for national security, it couldn't be more important.
>> The price of Iran having a nuke is high.
Secretary Brooke Rollins didn't get to the fair on the mall this summer, but we'll just get it next time. All right.
Thank you so much for your time. Great to see you.
Well, the Washington Nationals just signed a new star, a VIP, and he might be the cutest player in the league.
Natty just made his big debut at Nationals Park, and then he stopped by for his debut on Katie Pavage tonight.
You'll get to meet him after the break.
The Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team has a new star on the roster and his name is Natty. Natty recently made his debut at Nationals Park and will continue to train alongside players, staff, and fans as he practices his socialization skills and prepares for his future as a service dog. In partnership with K9 Companions, Natty will learn 35 different cues over the next 18 months while he's here in the DC area. We're all very excited. I was able to catch up with Natty in between training today and speak with him and his two puppy razors from K9 Companions.
Joining us now is Natty along with Jackie Cheshire and Laura Telly from K9 Companions. Great to see all of you here. Thank you so much for bringing Natty, the new Nationals dog, into the studio. I love it. So, he's already so well behaved. Uh, and he these dogs are absolutely amazing, much to the credit of of you guys who train them. What kind of commands is he learning now? And how old is he?
>> He's 11 weeks old now today.
>> And >> happy birthday.
>> One of the most important commands is learning how to toilet on command. And we don't call them commands or cues. We don't demand things from them. We ask.
Okay. And so he has also learned to sit and he's learning to lay down and to stand up when told to stand. Um so >> so he is early on in his journey to his responsibilities with a person. So what kind of people do you uh pair these canines with through canine companions?
>> They go to people with a wide variety of needs. Um so they go to people with mobility um troubles. you know, they need help with mobility, like picking things up and opening and closing doors and drawers and refrigerators and Yeah. Um, and they go to people who are deaf, so they can alert them to sounds. They go to children with a variety of disabilities and they go to a lot of veterans.
>> Yes. Yes. Veterans. We do a lot of coverage of the veteran community and honor the military often. Of course, we love seeing them getting dogs that can help them with their lives to make them easier. Yeah. I have an 11-year-old Labrador retriever and unfortunately he decides not to retrieve so much for me anymore, but it is in their DNA and they are very good at retrieving. So, what has been the response from the players?
I know you said that there have been dogs before, team dogs from K9 Companions, but it's always exciting to have a new puppy around.
>> It's been a lot of fun. They have been very receptive to him and thankfully he's a very bold, confident puppy. So, he has really enjoyed being on the field and meeting the players and playing with their baseballs.
>> Yes, of course. So, >> yeah, the Nationals posted about him and said that he is three baseballs tall.
That may have been a couple weeks ago.
So, he's much taller now. He's probably about six baseballs tall at this point.
So, how long will he be with you uh training him and getting him ready before he goes on to be with the people who need him for the the work? So, we got him when he was eight weeks old and we'll keep him till he's about 18 months old and then he'll go back to K9 Companions. Our regional office um and campus is in New York. So, he'll go into professional training um with staff trainers then for 6 months and then they will match him with a person that needs him.
>> All right. So, K9 Companions doesn't charge anybody who's looking for a service dog. So, if someone is interested or knows someone who may could use something like this, where can they find you and who can apply, who qualifies to get a K9 companion like Natty?
>> Well, because we're volunteers, we don't decide who qualifies, but there is a process. Um, they can go to k9.org and it's k9 written out um and get information there as to who to contact because we are a national organization.
There's six campuses and so there's one near enough to everyone so then they can go to the national website and figure out which region to contact.
>> Okay. Well, we are so excited to have you here of course to see what K9 Companions is going to do with Natty. I know he'll be a successful uh dog for someone in about 18 months in the future. But in the meantime, everyone in Washington DC, the Nationals, and on the internet, of course, and our show will be happy to see him often. So, thank you for bringing him in today and uh keep up the great work. We the work you guys do is absolutely amazing. Great to have you. Thank you so much.
>> Adorable. Well, we have a crazy weather video out of New York City. Don't miss it when we come back.
Well, New York can be a crazy place, but this video is nuts of the flooding in New York City yesterday, but it shows a woman literally being swept away while getting off of the bus. Jesse Weber uh joins me now. Jesse, that's insane. But also, something else is in the news today. Hooters, the chain famous for we know what its wings uh and its lively ladies is trying to rebrand to be a uh a familyfriendly restaurant. Do you think they can do it? It's like the new Cracker Barrel. I I >> I got to be honest with you. That was a business model I never thought would lose. I I never thought it was going to go anywhere. I'm not sure what happened, but I mean, good luck to them. Is it familyfriendly? Like a learning lesson?
I don't know, but we'll have to see.
>> I am told that the wings are good.
>> Got to try. That's why everybody was going 100% the way.
>> That's why people go. Uhhuh.
>> All right, Jessie, have a great show.
>> Thanks, Kate.
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