Current events update. Israel at war 12925 is today's date and the hostages. There's still sand at 90, but the number of hostages is set to drop again if all goes as planned. I guess you'd say. The Arbol Yehud, Agam Burger, Gaddy Moses. And I think that's only three. The other three that are supposed to be. And then five Thais, meaning Thailand citizens, they were taken from that concert. And so they're to be set free as well. So I guess that would take the hostages down to about 82, if all goes well. That's supposed to happen tomorrow. Of course, we don't count our chickens before they are hatched. But we'll be praying about that. The three Israeli hostages, those were pictures before. I'm sure they don't look like that now. And they've been through so much. And so pray about that. We'll have that in our prayers tonight. Unlike Biden, President Trump is using his executive powers to protect Jews. He decreed with an executive order that all federal agencies identify legal means, both civil and criminal, to fight against anti-Semitism, including the expulsion of foreign students implicated in Jew hatred. If you're a guest here and you're gonna hate on anybody, it should be anybody, but especially the Jews right now, out. That's the way it ought to be, amen? So what did the Biden administration use their power to do? Doge and OMB also found that there was about to be 50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza. That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money. So that's what this pause is for. 50 million dollars being sent over there to fund condoms. Now, it'd be bad enough if they were using what they're intended for. But you may be wondering, as Libs of TikTok reported, why Gaza would need $50 million worth of condoms. It's because they use condoms as weapons to fly explosives into Israel. So Biden was funding terrorism is what he was funding. And they know good and well these Muslims aren't going to use those things. It's against their religion. Here's one of the stories from Jerusalem Post. This was from 2020. How condoms became a weapon against Israel. Two years of explosive condoms launched from Gaza towards Israel has left the powerful IDF perplexed. Because they're not metal, they're not detectable. And they just float over and blow up near people and people were injured, things were destroyed. And a reminder as to why we hate war, and we only support defensive war. We are not warmongers, we're not war hawks. I like how, I don't know if he probably wasn't the first who said it, but Johnny Cash used to say he was a dove with claws in his view of war. We are all about peace, but we do believe in self-defense. And that's why we only support, but even self-defense wars bring with it, it's terrible. Bob Jones made a comment that war was as close to hell as a Christian would experience in this life. That's how bad war is. It's a necessary evil in line with the biblical teaching of its defense, but we still hate it. Here's an example. This Israeli contractor working with the IDF He's doing engineering work, and he was falsely identified as a threat and shot and killed by the IDF. He's an Israeli contractor. He's not an enemy, but he's still dead. It's called Friendly Fire. And in every war, many, many people die because of Friendly Fire. And it's terrible, that's why we are not, I remember back when the war, back in 1990, it was kind of weird to me that some of the Christians I was around were so pumped up and excited about that war. And I just kept thinking, these guys, Iraq can't hurt us. I mean, how can we call this self-defense? And I'd been kind of more of an anti-war mentality, and then I became a Christian, and I read some on it. Actually, I read it because I came up here to Der Dutchman, and they had a book put out by one of the Mennonites that was anti-war. And I think, whoa, my Christian family aren't anti-war. So I started digging in and I saw the Bible teaches self-defense. And Romans 13, one to four, we've talked about it. And Christians are encouraged to take part in the military and in the police and being sheriffs and deputies and all that, because that's the kind of people you want. you know, as soldiers and sheriffs and police officers and so forth, but to be excited about war and everything, even when it's justified, it's not something to be happy about. It's almost a euphoria that kicks in in some people. In the meantime, Trump has invited Netanyahu to the White House. He's supposed to be here February 4th, and so I think that's Tuesday. And so we pray about that because there's as many people wanting Netanyahu dead as they do Trump. So we pray for their safety as we stand with Israel. And in other news, the hearings on Capitol Hill continue. Jenny and I actually watched a lot of it. She had to do some teleconferencing and all this, so I got to watch more than she did, but it's just ridiculous. I mean, it really is. But RFK Jr., I have, I've shared with you, I have my concerns about him, but in his role If, I think it was Dana Lash was talking about this, if you can get some assurances that his views on gun control, the environment, and abortion are not going to be at play in his role, then fine. You know? And so I'm not against asking questions, but these Democrats are just a joke. And they didn't ask questions to get answers. They took his comments totally out of context and then wouldn't let him talk. They'd cut him off. And I just don't understand why the other side doesn't say, OK, they wouldn't let you give context to these remarks. I'll give you the opportunity with my time. Tell us in what context you made those comments and what do you say now to explain this? They didn't. They didn't do it. Hardly any of them did it, even on the Republican side. But I did like this lieu exchange. You're not going to take money from drug companies in any way, shape, or form. Who, me? Yes, you. Oh, I'm happy to commit to that. That's what I figured. I said it's an easy question to start with. And I think you're right on this question. I don't think any of them want to give me money, by the way. It seemed like a strange thing. It was almost like she was giving him a nice softball. It was a setup. She was telling him, she was saying, now, you agree that for four years after you leave this job, you won't work for the pharmacists, pharmacist companies, or any big pharma. Of course, there's no way. He's their greatest enemy. And then that was just set up. Then you won't take part in lawsuits against them like you have, where he's made some money on lawsuits. Now most of that he's put into other organizations to fight Big Pharma and everything. But she was trying to get him to agree not to sue pharmacy companies. And he wouldn't agree to it. And she tried to make it look like he was being hypocritical because that's the way they work. They're dishonest. So really this says it all right here. I'm going to make these, the reason people don't trust the public health agencies is because they haven't been trustworthy. And you gave the example of COVID. At the beginning of COVID, everybody was rushing to get that vaccine. We had over 90% vaccination uptake. CDC's most recent recommendation is that Americans take the ACE booster. Only 23% of Americans are complying. I mean, 77% of Americans no longer trust CDC, and that is the problem. Well, it's a problem, but it's good. You know, it's a problem that we have a CDC that people can't trust. But I'm impressed. I didn't know that it was that high a percentage are refusing to go along with CDC recommendations to get that booster. Meanwhile, the Democrat rhino operatives in the so-called news media are working to scare the nation about these ice raids that are going on. Now, I had to look these up because I don't rot my brain watching those nuts. And I hope you don't either. If you watch mainstream news, you are purposely rotting your brain. You will have to work against what is in your head now, because it's all propaganda. It's bad stuff. Everyone's family say they're keeping their kids home from school out of fear that federal immigration agents could show up. And this comes after President Trump rescinded a policy prohibiting ICE from making arrests at sensitive locations. Fox 6 Jessica Firmoso joins us live from the Upper West Side. Jess, what are you hearing tonight? Natasha and Steve, well, I actually spoke to a Venezuelan mother who's been in the country for less than a year. I called her to see what is she doing with her kids because I actually met her a few weeks ago as she was picking up her kids off the bus. This was outside of a shelter. She tells me that she's sending her kids to school, but when they leave, her heart is broken. That's because she says she doesn't know what is going to happen throughout the day. The reason she says she's sending them is because she wants her kids to live a, quote, normal life, as normal as possible and not to fear. Now that said, the so-called sensitive locations like schools and hospitals and searches were off limits for federal agents. This has always been the case until President Trump took office and revoked that policy, creating fear among the undocumented community. Think about that. Now listen, if you love your children, ICE shows up to pick up a murderer? or a rapist or a drug pusher, I'm saying thank you. I don't want my children exposed to that. But these people are so warped by their news media that they just think, oh, ICE is going to show up to pick up my baby for some reason. If the kid is illegal, you know, uh, they shouldn't be there. But that's not what ice is going to the schools for. And they would. They said they would only go there for violent drug or drug offenders. And then if they saw somebody else, that's that's what is going on all over. If they go after somebody who's a criminal and then they're hanging out with two or three other illegals, they will take the other illegals with him. Why? Because they're criminals. Family. So here's the reality. This week there were six raids that at least what we're being told happened in these major cities. And primary targets were migrants with crimes for sexual misconduct, exploiting children, violent crimes, and migrant gang affiliation. Don't ever forget and always remind the idiots that you're surrounded by who defend the Joe Biden era, they purposely left sexual, exploitative, violent migrant gangs in your neighborhoods. They purposely sick those people and the American people. Think of that. The Biden administration purposely exposed the American people to these people who are now being removed. It's just so sick and perverted. Anybody who defends what Biden's done and condemns what Trump is doing is a pervert. Their mind is perverted. This is the New York Post headline, vicious trend gang leader among thugs busted in the first New York City ICE deport raids. And it says, and stay out, because the people there were, including legal immigrants, were applauding ICE as they did it. Now why those imbecilic people will turn around and vote for Democrats again, I can't explain to you. But they will. New York City minority communities cheer ICE raids that rounded up violent criminal migrants. Get them the blank off the street. That's what they were yelling. Illegal migrant paroled after beating wife to death in front of her son picked up in an ICE raid. That's who Joe Biden wanted you to have as a neighbor. I mean, it's just amazing. Now this is video showing them that DEA had known for some time that the two illegal immigrants arrested here yesterday in Denver were living there and peddling massive quantities of fentanyl, killing people with fentanyl. And Biden and his administration knew it and they'll just let it go. These guys showed up to make the arrest. But this is one of my favorite responses to these leftist Marxists on television. Of course, some of you or most of you probably know that Joy Reid, the one for a long time who had Donald Trump's hairdo. She shaved. The governor was confirmed as a Department of Homeland Security. And it says she's cosplaying. It's almost a game where she seems to be cosplaying. I'm not sure what she thinks that she's portraying here. She might as well be at Comic-Con. James and Joy say you're reckless and you're just role-playing for fun. She's dumber than a box of rocks. She's dumber than a box of rocks. I just thought that was a great response. That's Tom Holman. Is that his name? Great American. Jesse's not too bad either, but I don't watch Fox News. Trump's first act signed into law today. We've gathered this afternoon to take another historic action. However, in a few moments, the Lakin-Riley Act will become the very first bill that I proudly sign into law as the 47th president of the United States. A law that Joe Biden would never have signed. Now you wonder about Lake and Riley. Lake and Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student was murdered in Georgia last week. Blunt force trauma to the head. It was more than a bad person that killed Lake and Riley. It was also dangerous policy decisions that let her killer loose. Jose Ibarra was arrested entering the United States illegally in September of 2022. President Biden's unlawful illegal immigration policies meant that he was paroled and released into the country. But that's not the whole story. Ibarra first went to New York, a sanctuary state since 2017, thanks to leftist governor Andrew Cuomo. Ibarra was then arrested in August of 2023 and charged with acting in a manner to injure a child and a vehicle license violation. Under pro-criminal leftist district attorney Alvin Bragg, he was quickly released without bond. Leftist mayor Eric Adams has kept New York City a sanctuary city, so law enforcement could not contact ICE to collect Ibarra and deport him. Jose then moved to his next sanctuary city, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. It was there on October 27th when he was given a citation for shoplifting. Thanks to an arrest diversion program under another pro-criminal leftist district attorney, Debra Gonzalez, he was not arrested for the crime. Then, December 20th, an arrest warrant was issued for Ibarra after he ignored his court hearing for the shoplifting offense. For two more months before Lakin's murder, Ibarro roamed the streets unpunished for his crimes. ICE could not deport him because Athens' leftist mayor, Kelly Gertz, pressured law enforcement to stop holding aliens in jail long enough for ICE to collect them. Lakin Riley's murder was entirely preventable. At every stage, left-wing immigration and crime policies failed her. And if we don't completely reject those policies, she's far from the last. Who's next? So that was the motivation behind the Lakin-Riley Act. And this is her precious mother. We also want to thank President Trump for the promises he made to us. He said he would secure our borders and that he would never forget about Lakin. And he hasn't. He's a man of his word. We trust that he will fight for the American people. Most importantly, I want to thank our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, because without His sacrifices, Lakin's story would have ended on that horrific day that she was taken from us. But because of Him, we can continue living, knowing that we will see Lakin again. That is repeated hundreds of times over. Women especially raped and murdered because of the wicked evil policies of Joe Biden and the Democrat Marxist death cult in lockstep with rhino and neocon Republicans. They all hate your president because he's not one of them. It's just an amazing thing. And for sake of time, I can't go on. There's so many, I'll give you one more. And among many other things we could update you on, another defeat for Sodom. An executive order protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation. You can find this at whitehouse.gov, but he gave a summary. The order is much lengthier, but this is the presidential summary. Today, it was my great honor to sign an executive order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of America. Our nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called gender-affirming care, which has already ruined far too many precious lives. My order directs agencies to use every available means to cut off federal financial participation in institutions which seek to provide these barbaric medical procedures that should have never been allowed to take place. His orders only affect the executive branch, but this is probably one of the most powerful executive orders ever enacted, because what that's saying is all federal money will be cut off if that, like nationwide children's down here, supports this kind of abuse of children. then they'll lose all the federal money. Trust me, there's not a hospital that I know of that can continue to exist without federal money. They live off of Medicaid, Medicare, and whatever else, Obamacare. And so that's an amazing answer to prayer. And we just are thankful for what we're seeing, amen? I mean, he's only been president for how long? Yeah, 10 days, and I'm already wore out. But I'm not tired of winning. Be informed, pray, and act accordingly.