A deal was struck to release the hostages held by Hamas.

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21. 1:03so many things are happening
22. 1:06they major major things are happening
23. 1:09uh... huge
24. 1:11uh... deal struck
25. 1:13between
26. 1:14israel and amaze to
27. 1:16Release hostages.
28. 1:19There are stages to the deal.
29. 1:21It has to be ratified ultimately by Israel,
30. 1:25it's Security Council and it's Knesset,
31. 1:30Prime Minister Beebe Netanyahu's communications department
32. 1:33said they look to attempting to move that forward
33. 1:37this evening, but that happened, news of that broke
34. 1:41during the confirmation hearing for Marco Rubio,
35. 1:45who has been nominated by President Trump to be his secretary of state.
36. 1:50You have attorney general nominee Pam Bondi.
37. 1:55Her hearing was today the first of two days of hearings in her case,
38. 1:59transpired in addition to that.
39. 2:02I ain't going to say I told you so, but four people were arrested for arson
40. 2:09in the Los Angeles area.
41. 2:11I'm not saying that their actions caused the wildfires.
42. 2:16So what I am saying is that all of these people that want to say climate change, they ignore
43. 2:22some of the most immediate realistic possibilities that could have contributed to what's transpired
44. 2:29there.
45. 2:30And also a recall effort is underway to recall Gavinito, New Selini, all that and more.
46. 2:37But with all of those things trans things transpiring, none of them are more important than what
47. 2:42goes on in your home.
48. 2:44This is the program where we endeavor to remind you daily that what goes on in your house is
49. 2:49far more important than what is going on in the White House.
50. 2:53Of course, I want to be informed.
51. 2:54I want you to be informed, but information should not move us away from what is primary.
52. 3:02At this very moment, many of you are making your transition from your part-time jobs where
53. 3:06you generate an income to your full-time jobs where you cultivate an outcome.
54. 3:10An outcome cultivation is the order of the day.
55. 3:16I want to begin the program as is my custom by turning to the word of God.
56. 3:20I'm going to focus on primary text in Ezra chapter 8 verses 21 through 23.
57. 3:27I also will refer to another verse in that chapter, but I need to explain a
58. 3:31little bit of the context of the book and the things that are transpiring there.
59. 3:36I alluded to this yesterday, but Ezra, the book of Ezra includes a bit of history.
60. 3:44Before Ezra arrives really in his own book that details the return of Jewish exiles to Judah and Jerusalem.
61. 3:53It provides a roster of the individuals, names, quantities, etc.
62. 3:58Then it explains how following the decree of the Persian king Cyrus in about 538 BC,
63. 4:08The exiles were returned to Jerusalem and
64. 4:12Temple reconstruction got underway
65. 4:15then unsurprisingly chapter four details
66. 4:19Adversaries that arose that sought to thwart the temple reconstruction effort and actually caused a 15-year hiatus
67. 4:28Between when the work was initiated and before its completion as we record the prophetic work of people like Haggai and Zachariah
68. 4:36was a source of encouragement, if not rebuke, to get the reconstruction, temple
69. 4:43reconstruction work resumed and the temple was finally completed at about 516 BC.
70. 4:50Ezra arrives back in Jerusalem after the temple had already been reconstructed.
71. 4:57Ezra was a descendant of the high priestly lineage of Aaron, the book
72. 5:03details that plainly and Ezra's purpose in returning have been favored, received favor
73. 5:11from King Artaxerxes at this juncture.
74. 5:13And it's amazing how the, the events transpired.
75. 5:18First Cyrus issues his decree, even funds, portions of the return.
76. 5:23King Darius thereafter is appealed to by many of the people who are in the region saying,
77. 5:27Oh, what are these people doing?
78. 5:30King Darius searches the records, the Persian records find out King Cyrus is used to decree
79. 5:33amplifies the degree, provides more resources.
80. 5:38King Artaxerxes then continues in that trajectory,
81. 5:41even ultimately issuing a proclamation that names
82. 5:44as specifically says, you pray for me and pray for my sons
83. 5:48and pray for my kingdom as you rebuild Yahweh's,
84. 5:53well not rebuild, reinstitute, accurate Yahweh worship.
85. 5:57That's what Ezra was returning to do.
86. 6:00And Artaxerxes issued this proclamation for
87. 6:04as we also provided a massive amounts of revenue
88. 6:07and even said that the royal treasury
89. 6:09is supposed to be utilized to support
90. 6:11the ministry of Yahweh worship in Jerusalem.
91. 6:17King Artaxerxes even granted Ezra the authority
92. 6:20to carry with him additional Jews to return to Jerusalem.
93. 6:26And then we come to this point in chapter eight
94. 6:31verses 21 through 23 that we can miss
95. 6:34If we speed through the book to Ezra,
96. 6:39as a moment of transparency as he's navigating this,
97. 6:45look in Ezra chapter eight verse 21.
98. 6:49And this is what the word of God says.
99. 6:50Then this is Ezra speaking.
100. 6:51Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava,
101. 6:58that we might humble ourselves before our God
102. 7:00to seek from him a safe journey for us,
103. 7:05little ones in all our possessions. For I was ashamed to request from the King troops and
104. 7:14horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the King the hand
105. 7:20of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek him, but his power and his anger are
106. 7:27against all those who forsake him. So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter,
107. 7:35He listened to our entreating.
108. 7:38What you have here, folks, is a moment of...
109. 7:43What role?
110. 7:46That our sovereign king in heaven has recorded for our benefit because he knows that we who
111. 7:53are his people, we are flesh and blood human beings.
112. 7:58But that flesh and blood humanity is never a sufficient justification for us to absent
113. 8:05ourselves from what God calls us to.
114. 8:09And it's also a reminder for us to refuse to try to press forward in our own strength
115. 8:16as if we are sufficient in and of ourselves.
116. 8:19You look in this exact same chapter verses 26 through about 29, you can see King Arthur
117. 8:26Xerxes literally loaded Ezra down with tons of silver and gold, not figuratively, literally
118. 8:34tons of silver and gold for their journey.
119. 8:39You continue reading in the book, the journey, because of the pace that they were traveling,
120. 8:43as Ezra noted, that they're older people with him, younger people with them, children, and
121. 8:48they have all of this gold and silver with them.
122. 8:53Ezra rightly so, declared the King Art to Xerxes.
123. 8:57This is the work of God.
124. 8:59It is the will of God for me to return, the will of the true and living God for his people
125. 9:04to break, people to return to Jerusalem to worship him, for authentic Yahweh worship to be reinstituted.
126. 9:09So much so, O King, that the hand of our God is upon us for this journey, and his hand is
127. 9:17favorably disposed to all who seek him.
128. 9:24And his power and his anger are against all those who forsake him.
129. 9:32But something amazing happened.
130. 9:34That's not crazy.
131. 9:37Ezra started this journey.
132. 9:38You have this cadre of people.
133. 9:44chapter, the verses proceeding to tell you several thousand people are traveling with Ezra.
134. 9:48And he realizes, man, we out here with these people, we don't have any soldiers guarding us,
135. 9:55we don't have any protection. We could be ambushed, robbed, murdered. And in the moment
136. 10:06of transparency, he says, man, and I was too embarrassed to ask the king for a military escort.
137. 10:11I was too embarrassed to ask for escort because I already went out there and said, man, this is
138. 10:15this God shall protect us.
139. 10:18Have you ever had that experience?
140. 10:20The Lord is leading you in a particular direction
141. 10:22and you take the initial steps to respond
142. 10:25to what the Lord is calling you to.
143. 10:26And then you get out there on that proverbial water
144. 10:29so to speak and you realize,
145. 10:30rup rup rup, I'm really, really, really out here.
146. 10:35And then your mind begins to consider all of the negative
147. 10:38things that could transpire.
148. 10:39All of the many ways that this won't work.
149. 10:41All of the many ways that this will fail.
150. 10:43All of the many ways you'll be embarrassed.
151. 10:45You'll be made of laughing,
152. 10:46and all of these negative things.
153. 10:49I wanna tell you something.
154. 10:52That consideration is not from the Lord.
155. 10:55In fact, that type of stinking thinking
156. 11:00is promulgated for one primary objective,
157. 11:04to dislodge you from the one whom you profess to belong to.
158. 11:11It's to cause you to having begun this move,
159. 11:14to make this initial move,
160. 11:18filled with faith and confidence in the Lord,
161. 11:20to get you to now doubt him.
162. 11:24So much so to will you exchange confidence in him
163. 11:27and reliance upon him or turn to try to rely on the flesh.
164. 11:33But what is Ezra's example for us?
165. 11:35Ezra doesn't do that.
166. 11:37When faced with that temptation,
167. 11:40having the real consideration and I'm here,
168. 11:42exposed, no military escort,
169. 11:45with elders, with children, we really could be ambushed.
170. 11:50He refuses to allow that consideration to drive him away from the Lord to call in some
171. 11:58Humanistic resource, but what did you tell us verse 21? I proclaimed a fast there at the River Ahava
172. 12:06That we might humble ourselves before our God and seek and to seek from him
173. 12:11To seek from him to seek from him a safe journey for us
174. 12:17our little ones and
175. 12:19all our possessions and
176. 12:22Look at verse 23, so we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and he listened to our
177. 12:30entreaty. What I'm saying to brothers and sisters, when you make that move, when you take that initial
178. 12:34step, we're all human beings. I know what that's like. Oh, man, I'm out here now, unless the Lord
179. 12:45makes a way, there ain't no way, instead of allowing that consideration to drive you away from the
180. 12:51the Lord in confidence in him.
181. 12:53Ezra has an example for us.
182. 12:58Not everything in the scriptures provided for us as an example to follow.
183. 13:00Some of the stuff the Lord includes for us to say, okay, you say what happened there, don't
184. 13:03do that.
185. 13:06But that's not what this is.
186. 13:08What this is is an example for us to follow.
187. 13:12When you step out and you're all in that proverbial water, don't allow that to drive you away from
188. 13:18the Lord.
189. 13:19Let it drive you even the more to seek him.
190. 13:22As Ezra said, we sought our Lord that He may provide safe passage for us.
191. 13:26If you look in verse 31, amazing.
192. 13:30Then we journeyed from the river Ahava and on the 12th of the first month to go
193. 13:37to Jerusalem and the hand of our God was over us.
194. 13:41And He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.
195. 13:49Did this tell you, Ezra's consideration was very, very real.
196. 13:52Oh, yeah.
197. 13:52There were people who would love to lighten his load of that gold and that silver and all
198. 13:59of that, all of that, the funds that King Art and Xerxes had provided for them.
199. 14:02But instead of allowing the consideration of the realistic probabilities, not probabilities,
200. 14:08possibilities, it drove him even the more to seek an audience with the Lord, prying out
201. 14:14to him and to secure a safe passage from him.
202. 14:17What I am saying is that we must seek the Lord to lead us to make the initial step to
203. 14:24encourage us to strengthen us to walk through the middle steps and the concluding steps that
204. 14:30we refuse to allow circumstances to drive a wedge between us and our reliance upon and
205. 14:36confidence in the King of glory.
206. 14:40Because faithful is he who calls you, but he will surely do it.
207. 14:45The Lord our God is a trustworthy Father, a trustworthy Lord, an all sufficient Savior
208. 14:52and you will never regret putting your full weight down on him.
209. 15:00A discipleship minute with Joseph Parker
210. 15:03in Exodus 1 as a wonderful story of two little midwives,
211. 15:07Shippen Pua, who Tferal told them,
212. 15:11kill the baby boys when they're born.
213. 15:13And they had it in their heart, they just knew this is wrong.
214. 15:16And their perspective was, we're not gonna do this
215. 15:19because this is against God's will, and they refuse to do it.
216. 15:22What wonderful role models,
217. 15:24Ship and P you are not only for pastors, but for every believer in every context, because
218. 15:29it is always going to take courage to really follow Jesus accurately.
219. 15:34And it's one of those things where I believe absolutely every believer should diligently
220. 15:38say, Lord, show me what you want me to do to help end the slaughter of children in our
221. 15:43country.
222. 15:44And I believe God has something for every believer to do to help.
223. 15:47The devil hates grown folks and he hates children.
224. 15:51The devil can't stand children.
225. 15:52And he loves to abort them.
226. 15:54So it's important for us to understand this is serious business.
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228. 16:11Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner, Abraham Hamilton the third here.
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253. 18:30All right. One of the biggest things that happened today was the announcement of the deal between
254. 18:42Israel in a mosque that was brokered by Qatar in the U.S. According to reports, I've read
255. 18:51that the Qatar Prime Minister was present. I'm not speaking on the soundness of the deal,
256. 18:59because when you get into the details, you start to realize, hmm. And of course, I don't
257. 19:03know every single detail because I wasn't in the room, and I'm not Prime Minister Netanyahu
258. 19:09or President Trump. But the deal was announced today in the middle of Senator Marco Rubio's
259. 19:20confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate. Listen to and watch clip number one concern
260. 19:27in this deal.
261. 19:28Go on.
262. 19:29Go.
263. 19:30This is breaking news right now.
264. 19:31According to a source familiar with the ongoing talks, a ceasefire deal has been reached between
265. 19:38Israel and Hamas.
266. 19:39I do want to just read to you what this source just sent.
267. 19:42Quote, Gaza's ceasefire and hostage release deal reached following the Qataris meeting
268. 19:47with Hamas negotiators for a final push following last minute additions by the group.
269. 19:52There were some reports that indicated Hamas officials were trying to push the Israelis
270. 19:57to change their position about a key corridor that sits along the Gaza, Egypt border called
271. 20:03the Philadelphia Corridor.
272. 20:04Now I am told that the Qatari Prime Minister himself was in the negotiating room and pushed
273. 20:10these Hamas officials to accept the agreement on the table.
274. 20:16Now this is very, very, very, very interesting on a host of fronts.
275. 20:29So I want to describe several things.
276. 20:32The first thing I want to describe is that the deal was announced on the U.S. side and
277. 20:38President Trump posted about it on True Social.
278. 20:42Ms. Zoot, Ice Cream Man, Master Bee.
279. 20:50Already out taking credit for it.
280. 20:52Him and Shio Shondev will be president and stinking, blinking.
281. 20:55You know, they they're giving press conferences.
282. 21:01But according to Prime Minister Netanyahu's office, the Israeli security cabinet has to
283. 21:06to vote on the terms of this deal first.
284. 21:10Then there has to be a second vote in Israel's kinesit.
285. 21:20If those two votes are affirmative in approving the deal, there also will be time for appeals
286. 21:29against some of the details of the measure.
287. 21:33Okay.
288. 21:35Now, according to what I've read that the deal consists of that the framework proposes three
289. 21:41three phases, three phases. That's right. Isn't Hamas headquarters in Qatar? Yep. At least
290. 21:49that's where Hamas is top brass likes to hang out in that. In that interest. The first phase
291. 21:58of the deal that's been presented begins with a six week ceasefire of facilities between
292. 22:07Israel in a mosque. And it calls for Hamas to release 33 hostages out of an estimated 94
293. 22:18hostages that they're still holding. The total number 94 hostages includes both those who are
294. 22:27dead and alive. Now with that, I already have a problem. I already have a problem.
295. 22:37You can't refer to people who are dead as hostages and why and maybe maybe those in the no have
296. 22:48have an accurate number. I hope they have an accurate number as to how many of that 94
297. 22:54are alive versus those who are not. Alright, the 33 hostages that are supposed to be released
298. 23:04in this phase one of this purported deal of people who have been held since October 7.
299. 23:15Think about this guys. That's 15 months and counting of the 33 hostages that are supposed
300. 23:26to be released in this first phase of this deal.
301. 23:28I suppose to start as early as Sunday,
302. 23:31the day before President Trump's inauguration
303. 23:33isn't that interesting as well.
304. 23:36Among these 33 hostages that are supposed to be released
305. 23:39in phase one, it includes civilian women, women soldiers,
306. 23:48children, the elderly, and the sick, and the sick.
307. 23:56Now I think this is very interesting that this is happening
308. 23:59just as yesterday we had the confirmation hearing from Pete Het Seth and he was talking about why
309. 24:04it's important to understand why we shouldn't overwhelm our went ranks of infantry ground soldiers
310. 24:14with women. Anybody want to double back to Pete Het Seth's questioning yesterday? This is supposed
311. 24:28to be phase one 33 hostages of the 94 that are supposedly still in Hamas custody that includes
312. 24:36dead, those that also already are dead, that they're holding the bodies of the deceased.
313. 24:44According to what's been described, Israel's supposed to at that point, after the 33 hostages
314. 24:49are released to begin with drugs military from the Gaza Strip, from what has been described
315. 24:56as population centers.
316. 24:57And I, you know, I'm torn on that.
317. 25:06On one hand, everything should be done to get the hostages back.
318. 25:10On the other hand, has Hamas been eliminated?
319. 25:19Moss had the audacity to insist on further withdrawal from even what's been described as the Philadelphia
320. 25:24Corridor, which is along the border area between guys in Egypt, Prime Minister Netanyahu, according
321. 25:30to these reports, I said, um, we ain't going nowhere. We're staying right there. And a Moss
322. 25:37apparently relented on that during these six weeks, negotiators from Israel and a Moss
323. 25:47are supposed to continue negotiating on the additional terms for what's been called phases
324. 25:53two and three. And the negotiation is also supposed to be mediated by the US, Egypt, and
325. 26:01Qatar with the objective of transitioning towards phase two. Phase two is supposed to
326. 26:09begin with an exchange of the remaining living hostages, which at this stage would include
327. 26:15male Israeli soldiers and other men of military age that is supposed to be released.
328. 26:23The quantity has not been released yet.
329. 26:29And I should note for you that we still have Americans who are according to the reports
330. 26:35that I've seen are still alive.
331. 26:38One of them including Eden Alexander, who's an American and Israeli citizen who was serving
332. 26:43in the Israel Defense Forces, who was kidnapped on October 7th.
333. 26:49phase two, phase three is supposed to begin with Israeli forces withdrawing even the more
334. 26:59from Gaza and what's been described as a temporary ceasefire is supposed to become permanent,
335. 27:05bringing the war to an end. Now, this is the framework. All I can tell you, because I don't,
336. 27:12I cannot represent to you that what's been described as phases two and three are signs
337. 27:17and still delivered. All I can tell you is that Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that
338. 27:22they're looking to approve what's been described as this deal to get the initial hostages released
339. 27:29beginning Sunday. Now, I would also remind you that it was President Trump who's said ever
340. 27:45since he was reelected that a deal had better get done no later than by my inauguration.
341. 27:55If not sooner, listen to him saying this and watch it.
342. 27:59Clip number two, clip number two.
343. 28:02Go.
344. 28:03If those hostages aren't back, I don't want to hurt your negotiation.
345. 28:07If they're not back by the time I get into office, all will break out in the Middle East.
346. 28:13And it will not be good for Hamas and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone.
347. 28:17All will break out.
348. 28:18I don't have to say anymore, but that's what it is.
349. 28:21And they should have given them back a long time.
350. 28:22They should have never taken them.
351. 28:26Now I have all kinds of mixed feelings about this and it's, you know, I hate the efforts
352. 28:33to politicize things so much so people trying to rush to taste credit for what I know I'm
353. 28:42not in these rooms, but I have a problem with them releasing these people in phases.
354. 28:52Why can't we secure a scenario to where all of the hostages are released right now?
355. 29:02Isra didn't attack Hamas.
356. 29:05Isra didn't attack Hamas.
357. 29:07Hamas attacked Israel.
358. 29:10So if you wanna know,
359. 29:12well, how does Hamas know that Israel will actually back away
360. 29:16if the Hamas is released?
361. 29:18You know it because they wasn't shooting at you
362. 29:20in the first place.
363. 29:24Now, at the exact same time, I'm a husband, I'm a father,
364. 29:30I would wanna do anything to get my child back home.
365. 29:34So I understand that.
366. 29:39I hope what has been described as a framework
367. 29:41is not the totality of what's happening.
368. 29:44and that President Trump's involvement,
369. 29:46and this is not my opinion,
370. 29:48the Qatari Prime Minister has even come out saying
371. 29:51what a benefit this gentleman who is
372. 29:54President Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East,
373. 29:56Steve Whitcalf has been to these negotiations.
374. 30:00Steve Whitcalf was there in Qatar,
375. 30:02alongside the Biden administration.
376. 30:05You say what you want,
377. 30:06there was no framework of a deal announced
378. 30:08until President Trump says,
379. 30:10I gotta have these people back by my inauguration,
380. 30:12and his Envoy is involved.
381. 30:14We have no analysis of many deals until then.
382. 30:17You do with that what you want.
383. 30:18I'm not interested as much in who doesn't get credit.
384. 30:22What I'm interested in is one, I'll trust terrorists.
385. 30:28That's one.
386. 30:30One thing I've learned from history,
387. 30:33even up to current history,
388. 30:35the only thing that terrorists understand is force.
389. 30:44And it is galling to me,
390. 30:50that we the most potent superpower in the country.
391. 30:53I'm sorry, in the world, we can have a scenario when these terrorists have our people as hostages,
392. 31:05and we can get our people home.
393. 31:09That's not the America that we should be, folks.
394. 31:13And you can say whatever you want.
395. 31:15I'm not a mathematician.
396. 31:17I was born at, might have been born at night, but it wasn't last night.
397. 31:25And I'm just reporting to you what I have read and what I know.
398. 31:29This three phase phenomenon is what's been announced.
399. 31:33I hope and pray that it's not that.
400. 31:38This has been been described and I want peace.
401. 31:44I don't want people murdered mercilessly and especially,
402. 31:51and let me say this differently.
403. 31:53Cause murder is the taking of innocent human life.
404. 31:56Terrorists are not innocent.
405. 31:59Okay, terrorists are not innocent.
406. 32:02I don't want innocent people losing lives.
407. 32:06Terrorists receive their just reward
408. 32:09when they are executed.
409. 32:13I hope and pray that this is bigger and broader
410. 32:17than what's been reported.
411. 32:22And I hope President Trump holds true to his public statements
412. 32:25that what I said is that the people are back.
413. 32:27I didn't say phase one, phase two, phase three.
414. 32:31I said the people are back.
415. 32:36And I pray that that is the case, man,
416. 32:38because it's sickening to me.
417. 32:42That these terrorists learn, hey, if I can kill,
418. 32:45maim, rape, murder, and just keep a few hostage,
419. 32:49then I can have the world become my oyster.
420. 32:51I'm sick of that notion.
421. 32:52Sick and tired of it.
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433. 33:45And I got I got to tell you guys Abraham Hamilton the third year. This is the Hamilton corner the more you know more I chew on this
434. 33:52I
435. 33:53I am not comfortable with this announced deal with Israel and Hamas. I am not comfortable with this.
436. 34:03I am not comfortable with this. I am concerned that things are not as they're being represented.
437. 34:12I'll just say it that way. And I pray that President Trump has wisdom that the Lord would give him
438. 34:17wisdom and insight to navigate this circumstance. My heart breaks for all of the family members
439. 34:23who are, I mean, I couldn't imagine not seeing my child since October 7th.
440. 34:31I pray that the Lord would comfort these people.
441. 34:41But the objective of Israel in response to the war included eliminating Hamas.
442. 34:51I'm concerned that this is a last ditch effort on the part of the terrorists to maintain some
443. 34:58of a foundation that would allow them to,
444. 35:05like cockroaches come out of the fog.
445. 35:11I'm concerned about this.
446. 35:15I'm greatly concerned about this.
447. 35:19I have more to say on that in the coming days
448. 35:21as more information is made available.
449. 35:27Another story that I believe is very important.
450. 35:33Concerned on these fires on the West Coast
451. 35:35in the Los Angeles area.
452. 35:38I mentioned to you that all of these people
453. 35:41media outlets that are convenient climate change climate climate change climate change
454. 35:45because it's a convenient excuse to take the attention away from land mismanagement human
455. 35:53agitation and things like oh I don't know arson we learn and I'm gonna play a clip details two of
456. 36:00the cases but shortly before I came on the air I got a report of four people who were arrested
457. 36:09in four different portions four different places and four different instances for arson
458. 36:15in Southern California. Listen to and watch clip number seven,
459. 36:22clip seven, go.
460. 36:23At approximately 17 or 515 PM, officers responded to a radio call near the intersection of Glen
461. 36:30Oaks and Van Nuys Boulevard, where a citizen had detained a possible arson suspect. Upon
462. 36:36arrival, officers took the suspect in a custody and the citizen had already extinguished a
463. 36:40nearby fire in a tree. During the investigation, the suspect admitted to starting the arrest
464. 36:46the fire because he liked the smell of burning leaves.
465. 36:49The suspect was subsequently booked for arson.
466. 36:52Later that evening, at about 930 in the area of Santa Monica and Vermont, Fire Department
467. 36:58personnel responded to reports of a suspect setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash
468. 37:03on fire.
469. 37:04Fire Department quickly extinguished the fires and officers took the suspect in a custody
470. 37:08suspect admitted to setting multiple fires that day and stated that she enjoyed causing
471. 37:14chaos and destruction. She was also booked for arson.
472. 37:22Now, I'm going to carry these because the story doesn't reverse order, but I'm going to go
473. 37:26in the in the opposite order of the report that I received because it shows as far back as last
474. 37:35Thursday, someone was arrested for arson. Isn't that interesting? Nobody mentioned that. Last Thursday,
475. 37:44January 9th, residents of Woodland Hills of the Woodlands Hills neighborhood detained a man
476. 37:50holding a blowtorch near the area of the Kenneth fire.
477. 37:58Police arrived and detained the man on suspicion of arson.
478. 38:05This is not the one I wanted to start with.
479. 38:08But I'll go this one.
480. 38:10This was the bonus one, but I'll go with this one.
481. 38:12Detained the man on suspicion of arson,
482. 38:15but they lacked probable cause
483. 38:18to arrest him on those charges.
484. 38:19The suspect, 33 year old Juan Manuel Siera Leva,
485. 38:25Though he was unable to be arrested for arson, he was identified as a Mexican national who
486. 38:33entered the US unlawfully.
487. 38:37It was detained on that basis.
488. 38:43Last Wednesday, January 8th, a female suspect was arrested, and this was a part of the
489. 38:52report for starting a brushfire near Leo Carrillo State Park in Los Angeles County.
490. 39:01The 60 year old woman, Gloria Lynn Manditch was booked into the Ventura County Jail and
491. 39:08charged with felony arson.
492. 39:14Last Friday, January 10th, around 11.37 p.m. local time.
493. 39:18Police were dispatched in response to a reported brush fire.
494. 39:21A witness told officers on the scene that a person ignited the fire.
495. 39:25This is in the Azusa area.
496. 39:28Azusa Police Department said in the statement, quote, officers located the adult male site
497. 39:34suspect identified as Jose Carranza Escobar standing next to the flames.
498. 39:43According to police, Escobar admitted to starting the fire when they questioned him.
499. 39:52On Sunday night, January 12, residents of North Hollywood notified police of a possible arson
500. 39:59suspect.
501. 40:01Witnesses said the suspect used a barbecue lighter to spark fires, plural in the area.
502. 40:11He's arrested the suspect who already had an outstanding felony warrant for, guess what?
503. 40:19You guessed it, arson.
504. 40:22He was booked in the Van Nuys jail.
505. 40:25Of course, I would want to ask the question, is this guy an arsonist?
506. 40:30Had he done this before?
507. 40:35Witnesses say they saw him igniting multiple fires.
508. 40:47Then Monday afternoon, January 13th, police responded to 911 calls regarding a possible
509. 40:52responsible arson suspect accused of setting a brush fire in the Los Angeles suburb of West
510. 40:57Valley. This suspect was arrested and booked into the Van Nuys jail. Why am I saying all
511. 41:05of this? I'm saying all of this because why are we getting reports of people starting
512. 41:14fires now? But nobody said anything about that. When the various spies were sparked, I said
513. 41:28to you. Climate change is not what's going on, but all over the media, that's what you're
514. 41:35hearing. These are just four of the cases. Could there be more? Should. What are going
515. 41:47out on limb here? Should should the journalists ask? Could any of this be attributed? Is there
516. 41:53any evidence of arson being a contributing factor? You know why folks? Because the climate
517. 42:03Marxist don't want you asking these questions because they want their alarmist orthodoxy to
518. 42:12be embraced by all as another just interesting phenomenon that a recall effort in light or
519. 42:25should I say in the wake of the tragic fires in California to where now the death toll the
520. 42:32last report I saw is at least 26 people. The fires have torched more than 40,000 acres.
521. 42:39Almost three times the size of Manhattan in Southern California, a recall effort is underway
522. 42:47for Governor Gavinito Newcilini.
523. 42:50Listen to him watch clip number three, clip three, go.
524. 42:53California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing a growing recall effort amid sharp criticism
525. 42:59over his handling of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
526. 43:03Opponents are branding his leadership a series of catastrophic failures as fires scorch over
527. 43:0840,000 acres, destroyed 12,000 structures, and claim at least 24 lives.
528. 43:13Randy Economy, a recall organizer, blasted Newsom's woefully unprepared response, citing
529. 43:19years of poor policies that have fueled crises like homelessness, high costs of living, and
530. 43:25inadequate wildfire preparedness.
531. 43:27Economy vowed to file formal papers in two weeks to kickstart the recall process, which
532. 43:32requires 1.3 million signatures within five months.
533. 43:36Dr. Hooman David Hamadi, another organizer, accused Newsom of failing to address California's wildfire
534. 43:42issues despite over a decade in top leadership roles. Newsom, who survived a recall in 2021,
535. 43:48dismissed the latest effort as politically motivated.
536. 43:53Which is always rich for me, like, dude, you are a politician.
537. 43:59This is politically motivated. You being elected is politically motivated. You being
538. 44:03Governor is politically motivated. You are a politician. You know, I understand that
539. 44:09that's distinct from criminally motivated, you know, or prosecutorially motivated if you
540. 44:14committed a particular crime. But yeah, if the citizens of California don't want you as
541. 44:19governed anymore. Yeah, that's politically motivated, dude. Crazy. Also today, you had
542. 44:28two Trump transition team, cabinet confirmation hearings going on really at about the same time.
543. 44:34Pam Bondi's hearing for her to be confirmed as the next Attorney General of the United States of America started first, then
544. 44:44Marco Rubio, currently Senator Marco Rubio's confirmation hearing for him to become the next Secretary of State, started after Pam Bondi's
545. 44:53Pam Bondi is expected to have a second day of hearings tomorrow, but Senator Marco Rubio's hearing is done today.
546. 45:03And then on to the Senate, it's obvious why President Trump was impressive Marco Rubio.
547. 45:16He does a great job in the hearings.
548. 45:17He really does.
549. 45:21Talk is one thing.
550. 45:23Walk is another.
551. 45:24Well, on the talk front, on the talk front, Marco Rubio does a pretty impressive job.
552. 45:31Listen to this is an excerpt from his opening statement.
553. 45:34Listen to and watch clip number four.
554. 45:36kind of gives you an idea of how Marco Rubio acquitted himself in his hearing today.
555. 45:41Clip four.
556. 45:42So that led to the emergence of stability, democracy, and prosperity, but it also prevented
557. 45:47a cataclysmic world war.
558. 45:50And ultimately a wall in Berlin came down and with it an evil empire.
559. 45:56Out of the triumphalism of the end of the long cold war emerged a bipartisan consensus.
560. 46:01And this consensus is what that we had reached the end of history that all of the nations
561. 46:05of the world would now become members of the democratic Western Light community, that a foreign
562. 46:09policy that served a national interest could now be replaced by one that served the liberal
563. 46:14world order, and that all mankind was now destined to abandon national sovereignty and national
564. 46:20identity and would instead become one human family and citizens of the world.
565. 46:26This wasn't just a fantasy.
566. 46:29We now know it was a dangerous delusion.
567. 46:32Here in America and in many of the advanced economies across the world, an almost religious
568. 46:36commitment to free and unfettered trade at the expense of our national economy, shrunk
569. 46:41the middle class, left the working class in crisis, collapsed our industrial capacity,
570. 46:47and has pushed critical supply chains into the hands of adversaries and of rivals.
571. 46:52An irrational zeal for a maximum freedom of movement of people has resulted in a historic
572. 46:58mass migration crisis here in America, but also around the world.
573. 47:03one that threatens the stability of societies and of governments. Across the West, governments
574. 47:09now censor and even prosecute domestic political opponents. Meanwhile, radical jihadists openly
575. 47:15march in the streets and sadly drive vehicles into our people.
576. 47:21Sadly drive vehicles into our people. Marco Rubio did a good job in his hearing. I expect
577. 47:27he will be confirmed with no problem. I mean, it was even some of the Democrats senators
578. 47:33were fawning over him. He's such an amazing thing, which always I'm just like hmm
579. 47:37Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi did an amazing job. She's gonna be confirmed
580. 47:42with flying colors as well. I don't have time to get to all of her remarks because
581. 47:47most of the questions to her really had nothing to do with her. They were asking
582. 47:51her about cash Patel and other things and man they are scared of cash Patel. They
583. 47:57were asking about her advice on pardons but I'll give you I try to get this last
584. 48:03when she took Adam Schiff to task and I think this is worth your attention.
585. 48:09Clip six, go.
586. 48:12It will also be important that you give good advice to the president.
587. 48:16Are you prepared to advise the president not to pardon people who beat police officers?
588. 48:22Senator, as I said, the pardons are at the direction of the president.
589. 48:26We will look and we will advise.
590. 48:28I will look at every case on a case.
591. 48:30Let me finish on a case by case.
592. 48:32And I have more violence to police office.
593. 48:35Follow up with that.
594. 48:37So will it be your advice to the president, Mr. President?
595. 48:39I know you said you want to issue hundreds of pardons on day one.
596. 48:43Will it be your advice to the president?
597. 48:45No, Mr. President, I need to go over them on a case-by-case basis.
598. 48:49Do not issue blanket pardons.
599. 48:51Will that be your advice to the president?
600. 48:53Senator, I have not looked at any of those files.
601. 48:56If confirmed, I will look at the files for the president.
602. 48:58And will you be able to do?
603. 49:00You'll be able to review hundreds of cases on day one.
604. 49:05Oh, I wish I could get y'all the rest.
605. 49:07Lord willing, we'll be back tomorrow.
606. 49:10The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast
607. 49:13may not necessarily reflect those
608. 49:14of the American Family Association
609. 49:16or American Family Radio.