Tony Katz and the Morning News 1st Hr 3-26-26

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But I don't know if these people, Republicans or Democrats, I didn't actually ask. I just want them in jail. And I want us to be very focused on ensuring that we've got safe elections. Pass the Save Act or call it the Save America Act. And let's be done with this. Andre Carson is wrong. Voter ID is correct. I'm Tony Katz. That's how we play our game. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on Tacoma, Tundra, and Forerunner with the space and features for any adventure. It means driving for less, with available hybrid options, delivering great MPGs without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your truck will hold its value for years to come. Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. So might I take it? There's no deal now with Iran? There's a deal. There's no deal. There's a 15-point plan. There's a no 15-point plan. Oh, dear Lord, who can keep up? All I know is Iran announces a new leader and then, well... Yeah, hey guys, good morning. We start with breaking news. IRGC Navy commander Ali Reza Pahlavi Tang Siri was targeted overnight in a strike in the city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, according to a senior Israeli official. Tang Siri was directly responsible for commanding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. I'm told his senior operational leadership, including intelligence and operations chiefs were at a covert Navy command center. That, again, according to a senior Israeli official, we understand the battle damage assessment is ongoing. but they believe that he was killed in this strike. He was killed in the strike and it's time for the Iranian regime to realize that nothing is covert. Admittedly, we don't know where every last missile launcher is, right? We don't know this, but we know where they are. We know where they are. And, uh, yeah. It's not looking good. It is not looking good for them at all. It doesn't mean they still can't fight. And it does mean we have to remind ourselves or ask ourselves what our plan is. What is victory for us? What do we think victory is for Trump? The first two rules of Trumpism still apply. The first rule of Trumpism is Trump wins. The second rule of Trumpism is that a deal can always be made as long as it adheres to the first rule of Trumpism. And that is where we are at. We are at the place of asking what would Trump take as a deal? And do we think that it's a good deal?

Trump says the regime wants a deal. What does Iran do? They launch strikes. This is not surprising stuff. They put out propaganda videos that show them destroying Trump. He can't stop anything from happening in the strait of our moves. Iran's winning. Look at us. They trotted out Tehran Tommy the other day. I'm sorry, who's Tehran Tommy? Well, well, it's this guy. Here's what he's saying. Considering that all American bases in the region have been destroyed, American commanders and soldiers have fled and taken refuge in hideouts outside the bases and we are searching for them. You're doing what now? You've destroyed all the American bases and the commanders and, and, and, and they're running scared and, and you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're hunting them down. Okay. Okay. I, uh, you may not be old enough to remember back that Bob and the war in Iraq. And how the, the, the spokesperson there for, uh, son of a saying was like, you know, everything is totally fine. And all the Americans aren't here. And, uh, uh, you know, it's, it's, it's just, uh, everything's perfect. And oh, look, who wants a puppy? And now you go from Baghdad Bob to what? Some people call him Tehran Tim. I call him Tehran Tommy. I actually have the actual translation of what he's saying. It's right here. Remain calm. All as well. Yeah, so. So they're doing great. They're just terrific. No, no, you'll be wrong. The Democrat Party, they're all about this. They are all about, they're like, oh, this, this is all. The Iranians are too tough. The Iranians are too strong. There is so much anti-American zealotry out there. So much absolute hatred. Hatred. Out there. They want America to lose. And I would say that it's just the American left. But if someone could explain to me just what the bloody heck Nancy Mace is doing. Nancy Mace walks out of a briefing. She's the congresswoman from South Carolina. She's running for governor. She walks out of a meeting. I will absolutely not vote for ground troops in a round. Oh, okay, noted. But if you were in a classified meeting, classified briefing, and you come out and you say, I'm not going to vote to put troops on the ground in Iran and that meeting just proved me right. What do you think the meeting was about? If I walk out of a classified briefing and I turn to producer Carl and I say, I am definitely not moving to Poughkeepsie, New York, and I walk away.

Well, hey, producer Carl, what do you think the meeting was about? Poughkeepsie, New York. First of all, that you call it Poughkeepsie is adorable. Pookeepsie. Look at you. Adorable, producer, Carl. Can I just say Mrs. Carl is a lucky woman? She is. A lucky woman. And you should know that, Mrs. Carl. And when Carl comes home today, treated like a king. Because he does things as cute as that. Poughkeepsie. Oh, come on. That's adorable. Totally wrong, but adorable. It's like when a kid pronounces it Piscetti. If that's the way you walk out of a meeting, you've told us what the meeting is, what was the point of it being classified? What the hell are you doing, Nancy Mace? I'll tell you what she's doing. She's running to freaking CNN. How does this end? When you talk about the president has won and then raise concerns about the sustainability of that success, isn't there a disconnect between the potential need for boots on the ground to maintain it? and declaring victory. I mean, one could certainly say the airstrikes and the strategies so far have been successfully. Okay. But then how do you maintain that premise if the actual regime believes it has not lost? Well, look at the last 70 years. Tell me a war that we've won in the last 70 years. Tell me where we have bombed an Islamic country, fanatical country, where we bombed them into peace. We haven't done it. And when we have done regime change, we failed. I mean, we replaced one hominy. with a younger hominy. And oh, by the way, we killed his wife, his father, his mother, and all of his children. So do we think he's going to be nice when he's negotiating with us? Absolutely not. And so, you know, America is very good at being the hammer. You know, and we're good at hammering the nails, but sometimes if you want regime change, if that's the objective, and I'm not certain that it is, but if that's the objective... Sometimes you need a screwdriver. Sometimes it's Intel that might be better. Or maybe a special forces operation that might be better to do the regime change from the inside out. Now, I don't think people would argue the basics of you actually have to go out and finish the job. You actually have to go out there and really make the change. But you're the one screaming no troops. And now you're the one screaming special forces? On CNN? Was that the only friendly network left? Sometimes you don't have to tell people everything. Maybe sometimes in your position you shouldn't. Representative Mace.

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So provisional data from the CDC shows that 10,000 plus cases of tuberculosis were reported nationwide in 2025. New York had 967 of them. I don't think that's a reason not to go to New York. I think Zohran Mamdani is the reason not to go to New York. But put aside how dangerous this all is. And it is. It's a bacteria moves through the air. You can pass it on to others. I don't know, maybe this is a reason for some people to say, hey, let's go get more masks, which the answer is no. I think the story here is that someone said it's okay to refer to it as White's Plague. These are the people. who told me, I'm not allowed to call it Spanish flu or China virus. Now, I actually never referred to it as China virus. I referred to it as COVID. And I simply stated, like rational people did, that it came out of a lab in Wuhan. It was leaked because all communists are inept. And when trying to realize it was leaked, they said nothing. They didn't care who died. They didn't want to help. They simply tried to corner the PPE, the personal protective equipment market, so they can then sell it back to the world and make some cash. Just... Just saying. That's what happened. And we're allowed to say, oh, you can't say that. That's so big in it. Ah, forget those people. Honesty is what it is. If you can call it white plague, holy cow, are we going to start renaming a whole bunch of stuff? By the way, it's white plague, but it's pronounced West Carmel. I think it's funny. I'm going with it. If I had said you pronounce it Greenwood, it wouldn't sound the same and everyone knows it. And everyone, see, see, now people are upset. When you make fun of caramel, totally fine. You make fun of Greenwood, those are fighting words. By the way, Greenwood, I love you. And I may be coming a visit soon. Maybe. I'll keep you updated. Tony Katz 93, WIBC, good morning. If you were to only pay attention to one news source. you would see the arrest of this woman at an airport in San Francisco and say, look at what terrible ICE is doing ripping a mother from her child. Well, this is the problem when you only listen to Hakeem Jeffries or you only listen to MS now. Me, I'm Tony Katz. The show is Tony Katz today. And if you listen to us or at least add us to the mix, you'll learn that this woman. was ordered deported in 2019. And that's why they were there because ICE wasn't helping with the airports in San Francisco because San Francisco doesn't use the TSA. There's like 20 plus airports across the country. They don't use TSA. They use their own security. But ICE was there for her. And she's crying and she's screaming and people are saying, oh, leave her alone. No. No. No. Stop it.

Stop taking the side at all times of those who have broken the law once you know they've broken the law. Asking a question if something's happening, you're not sure what's happening. Be like, hey, what's the story here? You want to get the story? I get that. But now you have the story. You have it complete and in full. What's the question now? What possibly could be the question now? The answer is there are people in the United States, in our government, who favor, who side with the illegal immigrant over the American citizen. And I was happy to see Senator Barrasso. He's from Wyoming. Senator Barrasso talking about Chris Murphy. When Chris Murphy was out there saying, you know what we need to do, we need to really, we need to focus on the people who are most important. The negotiation didn't have a path to citizenship. It was entirely on their terms in order to get Ukraine funding, right?

Well, I mean, Chris, that's been a failed play for 20 years. So you are right that that has been the democratic strategy for 30 years, maybe. And it has failed to deliver for the people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country. That's who you care about most? You care most about the undocumented? immigrants coming into this country or is it undocumented Americans or did you mean the undocumented comma Americans comma as if somehow they're the same no matter how you meant it it all comes out really bad but tells the story of where the political left is and you say to me Tony you know you brought this up this week why why bring it up again It is imperative that we understand what it is we're dealing with. It's imperative that we understand the insanity and the madness of what it is we're up against. I'm not trying to just give it a call it a name to dismiss it, but rather to engage it fully. They're not like us. If the illegal immigrant has the same rights as the citizen, what's the point to being a citizen? And if they're going to be lawmakers who actively defend that insane position, that radical and broken and ugly position, well, how does one deal with that? How does one fight back against that? You have got governors that will not work with ICE at all. And then... They'll say, well, this is why we're not funding the Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile, there are still places that have the very long lines. And you're trying to get to spring break or see family or business or do whatever. And they are gleeful that there's pain. Gleeful about being able to say, you know, we're losing this war with Iran. It's aid in comfort to the enemy. It's a truly maddening position. And in both of these situations, there is a story about the midterms. There's a story about election. There's a story about your kids and their future. I have never once required my kids to think like I do. Some ways they do this. Some ways they don't. They're their own people. You got to come to things as you come to things. We talk about things, but in the end, I love my kids. And they can think differently than I do. But I don't shy away from. Here are the two things that the political left are doing. I only ask you, is any of that rational? You might think I should do this. You might think we should have a border policy that. You might think we should have an Iran policy this. They spend their day telling American citizens the American military that they're losing. Does that make any sense? And also, it's not true.

These people who think that somehow, what was it, producer Carl? I was playing a bit of it earlier or sharing a little bit earlier from the Tehran Tommy guy. We've destroyed the American bases. We've got the American troops on the run. Not true. What was the other one? Tel Aviv has been destroyed. It's been flattened. Tel Aviv has been flattened. And the Israelis are censoring it. That's why we don't hear about it. Ah, the old Israelis. You know, those people. You know what I mean. But it's not. It exists. The buildings are there. All is moving along. There's good times being had. They know they're at war. But none of this is true. Why would they tell you that? Why would you ever support that? Why would you support people who want our troops to fail because they hate Trump more than they love their country? Why would you support people who want four hour, five hour lines? Why would you support people who think it's wrong to arrest illegal immigrants? You might have issues with the way something is done. But the concept, they're saying that the concept is bad. Why would anybody support that? demoralizing American troops, demoralizing American morale, and making the claim that the American citizen is no different than the illegal immigrant. Oh, the undocumented worker. They won't even be honest about what it is. So this is why I bring it up because the take is not all look at what those Democrats are doing. That's a boring and old take, and you can find that anywhere. The take is, what are you doing about what it is they're doing? And very often, it is just a frustration and a helplessness. I offer that it is not. It is a frustration, but it is a moment and an opportunity, and I think one you should take. They're not like us. They are irrational. Talk to your kids about it. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road ready to coma, rugged full-sized tundra, and legendary forerunner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all, from the work site to the trails. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid options available, extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, meaning bigger savings at the pump without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. The Tacoma and Tundra are ranked number one and number two in resale value over all vehicles, according to Kelly Boo Book, which can mean thousands more than average right back in your pocket when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. ShopToyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details.

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