Airport Chaos as Dems Sacrifice TSA Workers & Flying Public to Protect Illegal Aliens plus Trump Ultimatum on Iran

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And the burden on them is enormous. And people are seeing it. If you're flying, we're seeing lines at airports, two, three, as many as four and five hours long. People are missing their flights. People are missing spring break. And what is infuriating... This is all manmade. This is all the Democrats. They have forced this shutdown, and they're forcing the shutdown because they hate ice. They're forcing the shutdown because the Democrat Party is entirely about illegal aliens now instead of American citizens. We're going to break down exactly what's going on, what the impasse is, and how this is eventually going to come to resolution. We're also going to talk about the latest of what's happening in Iran, and in particular, Iran President Trump has given Iran an ultimatum 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz. We're going to explain that. We're also going to lay out how Iran has been firing missiles at Diego Garcia, a U.S. British military base, and how that escalation may be bringing the Brits into being more active participants in this military conflict. Yeah, it's certainly going to be very interesting to see how that breaks down, and we're going to talk a lot about it in a moment. I want to also talk to you real quick about the people in Israel. They are under siege, and they are in desperate need of all of our help. And there's a way that you can get involved and have a real impact right now today. And that is with working with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. A sacred season is approaching. Passover. When we remember God's deliverance, the night he brought his people out of bondage and into freedom. This year, many of God's people will observe in darkness under the shadow of war. Across Israel, red alert sirens pierce the air. Families run to shelters with seconds to spare. Elderly men and women fear they'll be left behind. And parents are comforting their frightened children. as explosions shake the night. Sleeplessness and uncertainty have become daily life in Israel. And Passover reminds us that God hears the cries of his people and answers with love and compassion. And that's why the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the ground in Israel right now. They're providing food and emergency supplies, equipping bomb shelters and caring for elderly Holocaust survivors. Just as his people once cried out for deliverance, vulnerable Israelis need your help today. With your generous Passover, gift. It shows you stand with God's people. And if you are ready to stand with the people of Israel, then stand with the IFCJ and help. You can call them 888-48-48-I-F-C-J. That's 888-48-48-F-J to rush your gift right now. Or you can give online at IFCJ.org. That's IFCJ.org.

All right, Senator, so let's break down kind of where we are with this chaos at airports. I think the media has been very disingenuous about this. Republicans, you voted now how many times to fully fund DHS? Seven different times. And so look, the way federal funding works is that every cabinet agency either has to have an appropriation, which is Congress voting to give it the money to spend its budget, or there has to be what's called a continuing resolution, which is just kind of maintaining the status quo. Without one or the other, you have a shutdown. Now, we previously managed to pass appropriations for every cabinet agency in the federal government. except DHS. And the Democrats held DHS out. And it's because, look, they are the open border party. And so we funded the rest of the government. So the good news in this shutdown is our military. They're getting their paycheck. Our FBI agents, they're getting their paycheck. Everyone in the other parts of the federal government are getting paid. But at the Department of Homeland Security, there are hundreds of thousands of employees, many of whom are going into work. but are not getting their paycheck. So, for example, the Coast Guard, they're still required to keep us safe. Or FEMA, disaster relief, the guys at FEMA are not getting paid. And the one that is most citizen-facing is TSA, because any time you go to an airport, you see TSA. Now, if you remember back right before November, The Chuck Schumer shutdown, which was the 43-day shutdown, the longest shutdown ever. That had a massive impact on airports. And in fact, that was one of the things that caused the Democrats to cave at the end and finally allow the government to be funded. There you had TSA agents not getting paid, and you had air traffic controllers not getting paid. Yep. One bit of good news here, the air traffic controllers are getting paid this time, so we're not facing massive shortage of air traffic controllers, but the TSA, they're housed within DHS, and they've now missed two paychecks in a row. And look, most TSA agents are not rolling in the cash. No, they are living... In fact, one of them said to me, I made a point when I was at the airport, you and I fly out all the time in a hobby. And I was flying out and I looked at every one of those like, hey, thanks for Trump for work today. Like, I really appreciate it. Like, you're keeping America going. And one of the guys recognized. me from TV and he was like, hey, man, he's like, can you please let whoever know that they're screwing my whole family? He goes, like, I'll tell you, I think he said, 55 or 57,000 a year. He was like, I can't miss a paycheck, man. Yeah. And I was like, thank you for telling me that. I will absolutely relay your message anywhere and everywhere I can. To the point you're making, when you're making 55, 57, 58,000 a year, he's got a family.

He literally cannot miss a paycheck and not have a major consequence on his life. Yeah, and for many of these agents, it means they can't pay their rent. They can't pay their mortgage. They're having trouble putting food on the table. The numbers of TSA agents going to food banks to get food just so they can have dinner for their kids. We've had more than 300 TSA agents just resign, say, look, I can't do a job where I don't get paid. I need to go find something else where I can bring home a paycheck and feed my family. Those numbers are only going to get worse. Now, look, what is driving this? And what's driving this? is the Democrat Party has decided they hate ice. And this is all about ice is evil. We must stop ice. Now, can I tell you the most crazy, ridiculous irony of the shutdown? What's that? ICE is getting paid. Yeah. Through the whole thing. They have failed to shut down ice because last year when we passed the reconciliation bill, we could see that the Democrats were getting more and more unreasonable on border security. So we funded ICE. We funded ICE for several years going forward. So the ICE agents are getting paid. And by the way, the Democrats know this. So understand. If you're waiting four hours at an airport. The Democrats aren't doing this because they want to defund ICE. They're doing it just because they want to show their base. They hate ICE so much that they're going to shut down the TSA. And it has zero impact on ICE whatsoever. But look, I've got to tell you the amazing thing. The Democrats don't seem to be concerned at all. And there's a big reason for that. which is the media is broken in this country. They don't report facts. And so the media is not explaining people. In fact, the Democrats are out there claiming they want to fund the TSA. I mean, they're just gaslighting like crazy. And when the corporate media goes along with it, it means that Democrat senators face no consequences for behaving recklessly. Yeah, no, you're right. And one of the things I thought was interesting was Sean Duffy was on TV talking about this on Sunday morning. And he was saying, like, this is getting to the point now where you have to worry. It's a dangerous factor here. You have a lot of irritated people. You have a lot of people gathering. You have a lot of people gathering outside. I worry about the soft target aspect of this. We know about soft targets. I worry about that many people gathering outside of an airport. You've got to worry about tensions rising. And then you also have to. worry about the other issue. And that is, what is this doing to the economy? It's going to start hurting the economy. You and I before the show today, we both are speaking at an event this week. We have the conversation about, is it better to drive? Because it's just so insane what everybody's having to deal with right now. How many people are going to cancel trips, not spend money, not go to events, tourism, spring break, the list goes on and on.

Greta, you're assuming that the two parties are reasonable. The Democrats want a shutdown, and I'll tell you candidly, I think they're happy to shut down the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the year. We had just a week ago, Brian Schatz, who's considered the Democrat leader in waiting. He told a reporter, he said, we are serene. That's the word he used, serene about the DHS shutdown. And mind you, We have had four terror attacks from radical Islamic terrorists in the last two weeks. We have a heightened risk of terror attacks right now, and the Democrats keep voting to defund the agency that is designed to prevent terror attacks. It is reckless and irresponsible. From the Republican side, do you know that for two and a half weeks the Democrats refused even to sit down and talk with the White House? They just voted no, no, no, and their position is, we won't talk to you. We're not interested in a compromise. Our answer is no. Shut it down, we don't care. It is not, this is the equivalent of political terrorism. And by the way, Greta, if you look to the last shutdown. The last shutdown was right before the election last year. It was the Chuck Schumer shutdown. It was 43 days. It was the longest shutdown in American history. Do you know what one Democrat aide told a reporter during that shutdown? That Democrat aide said, we will keep the government shut down until airplanes begin falling from the skies. Look, that is wildly irresponsible and reckless. And you know why they get away with it? They get away with it because they're confident that the press will do, Greta, with respect what you just did. Well, it's Congress who's doing it. No, it is not. Republicans are voting to fund it and Democrats are voting not to. And the reason Democrats keep doing this is because they don't get held to account. If I vote against funding, hold me to account. But when they're the one shutting it down, we need to be very clear telling the American people that is Chuck Schumer and the Democrat. The White House has given them a ton. Have you seen what the White House has given them? Yeah, no, no, but is there anything more because this is the, I'll tell you what's going to happen. By the way, let's just stop there and go back. She's like, can you give them anything? Like, it's you're the one holding this up. That is the part that frustrates me the most in her is that she's like, well, is there anything you can do? Go over the list of what has already been given as you're being held. I say as you, as the American people, as the travelers are being held hostage. Well, and let's take more fundamentally. The DHS Appropriations Bill was a bipartisan bill negotiated between Republicans and Democrats that came out of the Appropriations Committee with bipartisan support. So the Democrats had all of these different reforms that they put into DHS that Republicans agreed to. By the way, none of those reforms have happened because they won't allow it to be funded. The White House.

has been trying to negotiate with Democrats, although, as I said, for more than two weeks, the Democrats wouldn't even meet. They had nothing to say. This was while TSA was not getting paid, while DHS was not getting paid, the Democrats' position was, nope, we won't even sit and talk. And it's why I said, well... And that's how you know it's premeditated, the point that you made earlier. Like this is clearly they decided we are, this is the issue we're going to go on and we are premeditated this and we want it to hurt. Yeah, it's actually even different from premeditated. I think, I think to some extent they're in a box. Okay. Their base hates ICE. If you're a Democrat senator, look, here I'm going to tell you what John Fetterman tweeted, tweeted this weekend. Elon Musk stepped in and said, I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is so negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans. It was incredibly generous. Elon Musk is a patriot. Here's what John Fetterman said. This is incredibly generous. TSA agents across the country are relying on food pantries and community donations just to get by. I remain the lone Democrat to vote with my Republican colleagues to fully fund DHS and get people paid. It should never come to this point. So John Fetterman speaking the truth. Here's the problem. Most of the rest of the Democrat senators, they're in a situation where they feel if they vote to fund ICE, their angry open border activists will never forgive them. And I think a lot of them are engaged in political cowardice. They're unwilling to vote to fund ICE. Mind you, that literally means that they don't want. murderers arrested. They don't want child rapists arrested. They don't want gangbangers arrested. Drug dealers. The list goes on and on. Narcoterrorists. I mean, ISIS is who is arresting criminals in the interior of the United States. Yeah. The Democrat political reality is their angry base hates them so much. Look, these are the same people that are abolished the police. These are the same people that are abolish ICE. And so I'll tell you this week. Republican senators, when we're in session, we have lunch together every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. And then actually we were here throughout the weekend. We were in D.C., so we had lunch Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as well. And what I'm arguing to my colleagues, I said, listen, I think the Democrats are so wildly unreasonable. that they may be content to leave DHS defunded for the entire year. They don't care about the consequences of what they're doing. They don't care about the fact that every TSA agent would have to quit and you would literally shut down every airport in the country. Like it's they're they believe we can blame it on Trump and the Republicans and and that they are.

There's not a common ground of reasonableness. Well, let me ask you. Sean Duffy said on, I think it was Face the Nation Sunday morning that he said, if you think it's bad now, wait till this coming week when you miss another paycheck. It's going to be worse. And his point was. you will have so many people quit that now you've got a problem that you don't have a big enough workforce even when you get back to being funded. How concerned are you about that? Is that part of the Democrats plan? Like, yeah. Like, it's kind of the way that they did would defund the police. Well, if we can't directly do it, we'll just drive them so crazy. They quit their jobs. They don't want to be police anymore. Yeah, look. I think plan is giving them too much credit. They don't have a plan. They're just obeying their angry activists who are just screaming. They're just engaged in a primal scream. And so what I told my colleagues is, listen, if we're working with people who are objectively unreasonable and who may well say we will never vote to fund ICE again, here's what I've suggested. All right, fine. If that's the reality. we should get the Democrats to fund all of DHS except ICE, carve ice out. Now, you might say, okay, that's a terrible idea because then ICE doesn't get funded. Remember, we've already funded ICE for four years. Yeah. So agree to fund everything except ICE. And then when I urge my colleagues is if they force us to do that, we should immediately take up a reconciliation bill. and fund ICE for the next 10 years, and what I advocated for, and we should increase ICE's budget by 10%. So if that's going to be their price, we Democrats will never again vote for border security, we will never again vote for ICE, then at the end of the day, the only way I see to solve this problem, reconciliation. Remember, we've talked about this before. It is the one procedural mechanism the Senate can use that does not require 60 votes. Yeah. That just Republicans can pass it. And so if the Democrats would agree, we'll fund all of DHS except ICE. The next week we should come back and do a reconciliation and fund ICE for a decade because I'm not convinced that these loons are going to change their mind in the next 10 years. I want you to pause what you're doing for just one minute, and I want you to hear about Alejandra. She lives in a remote community with very few resources and little to no health care. So when Alejandra gets sick, her parents have no real options, no doctors in their community, and no money for real medical care. By the third day, her body was shutting down. She woke up and just long enough to tell her mom, I can't take the pain anymore. I can't keep going. Her parents drove hours to find a doctor who tried everything, but she needed a private hospital. And that was impossible for her family to afford. And that is when Compassion International stepped in. Now, through compassion, Alejandra was treated, and against all odds, she survived. She lived because someone, just like you, took action.

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That group includes Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has been initiated conversations with other senators to gauge frustrations with Chuck Schumer, some of the people said. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota has also been active in discussions with her frustration with Chuck Schumer. In an interview, Murphy said he is frequently asked about Senate leadership, but he doesn't have a count of who would vote to remove Chuck Schumer and doesn't recall mentioning one. In more than four dozen interviews with Democrat senators and others, many said the concern about Chuck Schumer's leadership was widespread. But what are they mad at? And this is where it's amazing. Murphy, Warren, and Smith are part of a batch of senators dubbed Fight Club, who are particularly incensed by Chuck Schumer's approach to the midterms. This group of progressives believes that Chuck Schumer favors centrist candidates in some key races. So their whole argument... Even though Chuck Schumer is just saying, let it burn, I mean, it reminds me of Heath Ledger in the dark night as Batman, just saying, let it burn. Who cares what happens? If their terror attacks, not Chuck Schumer's problem. If every airport is shut down, not Chuck Schumer's problem. If people can't pay their rent or mortgage, not Chuck Schumer's problem. And yet, the Elizabeth Warrens of the party say not enough. You need to do more. I don't even know what more would look like. But that is the reality. of where Democrats are. And as long as the media does what Greta did and what so many other CNN does and MSNBC does, as long as they keep covering it up and pretending, no, no, no, it's not the Democrats who are shutting it down. They'll keep doing the exact same thing. Yeah, they really will. I got to ask you an audible question real quick because you mentioned you're in D.C. over the weekend. Give us a 30-second update on where we are with the Save Act. We are continuing to debate it, but right now every Democrat votes no. And we are not doing a talking filibuster. We are not requiring the Democrats do a talking filibuster. So I think the expectation is we're going to vote on it this week. And if nothing changes, the vote is going to go down. President Trump is deeply frustrated, as you know, as I talked about, and we did an earlier podcast, which if folks want a deep dive on the Save America Act, you could have an entire podcast last week devoted to explaining what was going on.

I think we should use the procedural rules to force the Democrats to stand and talk and talk and talk and do a full talking filibuster. But we're not right now. Has Trump waited on that idea, by the way? I mean, he's going to talk to him about it. And what does he say? He's vocally in favor of it. But in order to do it, we have to have 50 Republicans stand together and we don't have 50. That's the fundamental problem. How close are we? Is it two or three? Or more. Look, it's hard to tell. We have 53 Republicans, which means we can lose at most three. They're at least four and potentially more that are nos. And the problem is you have in particular Republicans who are retiring, so they're not going to be on the ballot. That makes it very hard for the White House to pressure them if they're not, they're not up for re-election. There's not a whole lot. There's not a whole lot of leverage there. There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after. Walking into the Garden of Gassimony is one of them. Standing at the Jim Jordan River where Jesus was baptized is another. Watching the sun rise over Jerusalem, gold light spilling across the stones that have witnessed the entire story of faith is something you never forget. Israel isn't a destination. It's a revelation where every site you've studied. Every scripture you've memorized, every sermon that ever moved you suddenly has an address, a landscape, a heartbeat. This is the trip that changes not just how you see the Holy Land, but how you see everything. I am, Israel. Come experience a journey your faith was literally made for. Start planning your trip today. Follow, Visit Israel on social media. That's Visit Israel on Facebook and Instagram. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our warfighters, advances life-saving healthcare, combat cyber threats, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage. If you're someone who's tracking your sleep, your steps, and your macros, then you already know that what you eat is kind of everything. You should also know that Sprouts Farmer's Market can help make eating for longevity easier. Sprouts has all the high-quality, nutrient-dense, organic foods and cutting-edge supplements you need. So whether you're focused on protein, gut health, or optimizing how you feel day-to-day, it's all there. And here's what no other grocery store can offer, an in-store wellness expert to help you find exactly what you need. So whether you're after longevity or on any other health journey, it's easier at Sprout's Farmer's Market. The headlines, they move on, but the heartache and the terror, they do not. Iran and its terrorist proxies are continuing to target Israel. Hezbollah continues its attacks in the north, forcing families to live under constant threat. But Israel is not only defending her people, she is standing on the front lines against terror that threatens us all. Even when the news crews leave, the international fellowship of Christians and Jews, they remain. Every day, they are on the ground, providing life-saving aid. Now, near Israel's border with Lebanon, a Hezbollah drone recently struck the home of Yelina, widowed earlier this year, and living alone, she was trapped inside by the blast.

Thankfully, she was not injured, but she remained displaced. It's hard these days, she says, but I don't want to leave. Well, as Christians, we are called to stand with God's people and pray for those defending Israel and protecting the freedoms we hold dear. I want you to join the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in praying for the peace of Jerusalem. And for the soldiers, families, and civilians carrying the burden of this fight right now, visit pray-I-F-C-J.org. That's pray-I-C-J.org. Mom, can I have Lingo Kids? That's Lingo Kids, please! When did we become the Lingo Kids' house? No idea. Last week it was dinosaurs. This week it's... Lingo Kids! Why Lingo Kids? Because it's the best thing ever. We can play games. With astronauts, wild animals, and superheroes. With more than 4,000 interactive games, songs, and shows, Lingo Kids is the number one entertainment platform for young kids. So, no dinosaurs? And dinosaurs. Mingo Kids! Everything kids love. Download it for free. All right, I want to move to what's happening in Iran right now and some new developments that have taken place. You have a new threat from the president of the United States of America giving Iran, and I'm quoting 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or the U.S. will obliterate Iran's power plants. Explain why that has not already been done. I've actually had a lot of people ask me. They're like, well, why didn't we hit those right away? There's a lot of people that understand the nuance of that. One reason is when you do these types of attacks in war, you don't want punish innocent people. And so many times you won't go after those power plants unless those power plants are directly being used by terrorists or by the enemy to harm you. That's when it can come into an XYZ kind of debate. But explain now why the president has ratches this up. And look, every time he gives a timeline, he doesn't ever bluff, it seems like. There's one thing that's consistent. You've got 10 days to figure something out or 48 hours. You better listen to the president. So what the president put out on truth social, he said, if Iran doesn't fully open without threat the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various power plants, starting with the biggest one first. That's a very specific commitment. Yeah, time frame is exact. And you're right. There is a long pattern of those who test President Trump's time frame ending up on the losing end of things. This military conflict to date in the three weeks that we've been engaged in it. The U.S. military has been focused on military targets. It's been focused on air defense systems. It's been focused on short and medium-term ballistic missiles. It's been focused on launchers for missiles. It's been focused on factories and production facilities for missiles. Same thing for drones. It's been focused also on Navy ships. It's been focused on top personnel, and many of the top personnel have been taken out. Look, in military conflict,

It is a significant thing if you destroy the economic infrastructure of a country, because when this military conflict ends... presumably Iran is going to be able to need to function as a country. And if its ability to provide power, if its ability to its main source of revenue is selling oil, if we take out the ability to generate oil production, that would have a devastating impact on the economy of Iran, much more so than it has already happened if all of that infrastructure is taken out. And once it's taken out, It can take years and years and years to rebuild. And one of the challenges, look, with ordinary leaders, cost-benefit analysis can work. Here you've got radical Islamist clerics who frankly don't give a damn if the people suffer. And so I'm not sure. if this threat will produce different consequences. I think everything that has unfolded over the last three weeks was reasonably able to be anticipated, and yet the Ayatollah and the mullahs, they charge down the road anyway. But I think the president is frustrated with the Strait of Hormuz being shut down. That's having significant effect on oil prices and gasoline prices. I will say also, if you look at what we have done in the Navy, here's what the Chief of Sentcom said. More than 8,000 Iranian targets have been hit. 130 vessels have been destroyed, which is the largest elimination of a Navy since World War II. And that was from Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper. This is... And that's incredible. Staggering. Yeah. And yet, and much of the Iranian military leadership is no longer with us. So those effects are quite significant. We have degraded their ability to wage war massively. But the question is, what is it going to take to bring this to an end? And I think the objective from the very beginning should be to collapse this regime. I don't particularly care who runs Iran after the Ayatollah. I just would like to see Iran led by a leader. who is not a radical theocratic Islamist who wants to murder Americans and who is murdering Americans. The reason President Trump launched this attack is because Iran has murdered nearly a thousand Americans. They've been actively funding terrorism, attacking Americans, and this is an opportunity to put that to an end.

Yeah, it really is. Final question on this. You have the real prospect now. The UK could be brought into this. I actually think that's a good thing if they're brought in. We need more people involved than just us in Israel in a big way. Your reaction to that after this base has been attacked that is a joint base. Well, Diego Garcia is a military base that is in the Indian Ocean, and it has a prime location to project power throughout the Middle East and throughout much of Asia. It is a base of the United Kingdom, a British base, but they share it with the United States, so we both have access and use it. I will tell you, by the way, I've been very active concerning Diego Garcia, because unfortunately... Keir Starmer, the very left-wing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is talking about entering into an agreement to give Diego Garcia, to give the Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands are a series of islands in the in ocean, give them to Mauritius, a country that is very close to China, and give them the ability to significantly limit our ability to use Diego Garcia. I've laid out that that is a direct violation of the treaty the United Kingdom has with the United States, where under that treaty, the UK committed... that Diego Garcia would remain under British control, that it would not be given to the control of anyone else. And so what happened, I've been pressing back very hard. By the way, President Trump has been pressing back very hard saying for the UK to give this away is lunacy as madness. What happened now is Iran has fired missiles at Diego Garcia. and put that base in jeopardy. And the Brits, remember at the outset of this military conflict, Keir Starmer said they would not participate in any way. As a consequence of Iran attacking Diego Garcia, Keir Starmer has now said that British forces will assist in defensive efforts to fight back against missiles coming out of Iran. So they're still not assisting in the offensive activity, but at least the Brits are coming somewhat to the table. And I got to say, That's an improvement, but it's also very disappointing to see the United Kingdom not there at the outset in this military action. Well, and it may be their kumbiasm isn't working out for them, so now they're having to deal with reality. We're going to keep covering it all. And by the way, Keir Starmer's tenure in office is every bit as imperiled as Chuck Schumer. The British people are very, very unhappy with Keir Starmer. He will almost certainly lose the next election in the U.K.

Chuck Schumer, everyone is very, very unhappy with Chuck Schumer. And I think he will almost certainly lose his next election. I don't think he can win a Democrat primary. And I think there's a real chance. He's on the ballot in 2028. I think there's a real chance Chuck Schumer doesn't even run for re-election. Yeah, you may absolutely be right on that one. I think that the writing is starting to appear on the wall there for sure. Don't forget we do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So hit that subscriber auto download button wherever you get your podcast. You can also watch it on YouTube. If you like to watch the show, do it there. You can see it on Facebook as well. And the Senate and I will see you back here Wednesday morning. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our warfighters, advances life-saving health care, combat cyber threats, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage. If you're someone who's tracking your sleep, your steps, and your macros, then you already know that what you eat is kind of everything. You should also know that Sprouts Farmer's Market can help make eating for longevity easier. Sprouts has all the high-quality, nutrient-dense, organic foods and cutting-edge supplements you need. So whether you're focused on protein, gut health, or optimizing how you feel day-to-day, it's all there. And here's what no other grocery store can offer, an in-store wellness expert to help you find exactly what you need. So whether you're after longevity or on any other health journey, it's easier at Sprout's Farmer's Market. Mom, can I have Lingo Kids? Sad, Lingo Kids, please! When did we become the Lingo Kids' house? No idea. Last week it was dinosaurs. This week it's... Lingo Kids! Why Lingo Kids? Because it's the best thing ever. We can play games. With astronauts, wild animals, and superheroes. With more than 4,000 interactive games, songs, and shows, Lingo Kids is the number one entertainment platform for young kids. So, no dinosaurs? And dinosaurs. Mingo Kids! Everything kids love. Download it for free. The best skaters, BMX riders, and moto athletes in the world don't compete in leagues. Until now. The X-Games League Championship is live from New Orleans, July 24th through 26th. Three days of elite action sports, plus performances from Metro Boomin, J-D, Subtronics, and Bunt. Watch on ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2. Stream on the ESPN app, Roku, Kick, Amazon, and X-Games YouTube. The inaugural champion gets crowned this July.