January 31, 2025 • 12 mins
Trump Speaks About D.C. Plane Crash and Plans for Government Reform, plus RFK & Sanders Slug it Out during Confirmation Hearing also Trump says Canada, along with Mexico will be hit with 25% tariffs
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'd like to request a moment of silence for the
victims and their families.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Please. By the way, Ernie, the problem of corruption is
not just in the federal agis is in Congress to.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Tariff of twenty five percent on Canada and separately twenty
five percent of Mexico.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Well you made it to Friday. Congratulations. Welcome Ben Ferguson
with you, and you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update,
and we've got three big stories for you. First up,
Donald Trump is going all in on government reforms after
the tragic plane crash in Washington, d C. At Reagan
National Airport. I'll have the latest on what that means
(00:42):
coming up in a moment. Also, fireworks between RFK Junior
and Bernie Sanders. What does it mean for the nomination process.
I'll explain that and have the audio for you as well.
And finally, Donald Trump is not flinching moving on tariffs
of twenty five percent on Mexico and Canada. It's the
(01:03):
forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Tragedy struck on Wednesday evening as an American Airlines passenger
jet flight fifty three forty two from Kansas collided midair
with a US Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National
Airport in DC. The collision occurred around eight forty seven
pm Eastern time as the jet was on its final
approach to the airport. Both aircraft plunged into the icy
(01:31):
Potomac River. Following the crash, Tragically, all sixty seven individuals
on board the two aircrafts died. Now, there is a
lot that we don't know about this crash, and we
are going to find that out in the days and
weeks ahead. But the one thing that we know for
sure is Donald Trump is demanding answers on what has
happened within our government institutions, especially when it comes to
(01:54):
the FAA. There is a headline from back on February
the first of twenty twenty one from the Washington Times
that is now coming back to haunt many that are
looking at what has happened in our government. The headline reads,
this way, FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based
(02:15):
solely on race. Yes, it actually happened, and it was
the policy of the Biden Harris administration. Donald Trump had
a press conference and a briefing about this for the
American people, and he did not shy away from talking
about the hiring practices within our government. Take a listen.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Point out that various articles that appeared prior to my
entering office. And here's one. The FAA's diversity push includes
focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.
That is amazing. And then it says FAA says people
with severe disabilities a most underrepresented segment of the workforce,
(02:57):
and they want them in, and they want them they
can be air traffic controllers. I don't think so. This
was in January fourteenth, so that was a week before
I entered office. They put a big push to put
diversity into the FAA's program. Then another article the Federal
Aviation Administration, This was before I got to office. Recently,
(03:17):
second term, the FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer
severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical
conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out
on the agency's website. Can you imagine.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
What's even more shocking is the fact that at the
time the crash happened. The current job listings for air
traffic controllers on the FA's website is quote open to
people with disabilities, including psychiatric and intellectual delays. That doesn't
make you feel safe knowing that your air traffic controllers
can have an intellectual disability or have a seizure while
(03:57):
directing your flight. And the point that Donald Trump was
is this, even when there is a tragedy that we
are investigating, we are also going to look at how
we're hiring the people that are in charge of the situation,
and we will make sure that this policy ends now.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Story number two.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Thursday was a massive day on Capitol Hill for Donald
Trump's cabinet nominees. On Thursday, you had Cashptel, who's up
for FBI director, RFK Junior, and Tulci Gabbard, all of
them taking heat from Democrats who are clearly trying to
stop at least one of these nominations at all costs.
One of those that they've been really focusing on is
(04:34):
RFK Junior. Bernie Sanders thought it was a good idea
to go after RFK with some very intense questioning. The
problem was it totally backfired in his face, especially when
he was called out for being bought and paid for
by the pharmaceutical companies that he says, RFK Junior is
(04:55):
being too mean to take a listen.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
I'm going to make i'm Erica healthier than other countries
in the world.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Right now, will you guarantee do what every other major
country does.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
That's a simple question. And by the way, Bernie, you know,
the problem of corruption is not just in the federal agents,
is in Congress to almost all the members of this
panel are accepting, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars
from the pharmaceutical industry and protecting their interests.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Oh I thought that that would no. I ran for
president like you. I got millions, millions of contributions.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
They did not come from.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
The executives, not one nickel of pack money from the
pharmaceutical They came to twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
In twenty twenty, you were the single largest because I
receiver comminations.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
From workers all over this country. Workers, you were this,
not a nickel from corporate You were the single largest
pharmaceutical dollars from workers in three five million. Yeah, out
of two hundred million. All right, but you have not
answered last.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Question, Wow, Bernie Sanders getting called out saying, quote, you
have accepted millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry in
twenty twenty. You were the single largest receiver of pharmaceutical
dollars one point five million. You heard the crowd behind
RFK Junior laughing in the face of Bernie Sanders and
(06:27):
the hostility towards RFK Junior experience at this hearing was
directly proportional to how much pharma money each center received.
In fact, each of them simply repeated the same attacks
over and over again. The top attacker was supposed to
be Bernie Sanders, why because he got almost two million.
Then it was Rafael Warnock from Georgia. He's gotten one
(06:50):
point seven six five million dollars from the pharmaceutical companies.
Then Elizabeth Warren one point two million, Ron White and
another demo crap from Oregon one point two million, and
the list goes on and on. What they didn't realize
was is that RFK Junior was going to fight back
the way he did and call them out to their face. Now,
(07:13):
that wasn't the only fireworks that we witnessed on Capitol Hill.
Adam Schiff, the Senator Democrat from California, many of you
remember as the guy that lied to the American people
by trying to overthrow the will of the people with
Russia collusion and the hoax that he pushed for years
saying that Donald Trump was compromised. He knew that was
(07:33):
a lie, and he knew that that dossier was paid
for by his own party, the Democratic National Committee, and
the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. Well, Adam Schiff tried
to have his moment with Cash Patel, the FBI director nominee,
and he was trying to connect January the sixth to
Cash Paatel. It didn't go well for him either. Take
(07:56):
a listen.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
I want you to turn around. They're Capitol Police officers
by they're guarding us. Take a look at them right now.
Turn around. I'm looking at you you're talking about. To
look at them. I want you to look at them
if you can, if you have the kurt, to look
them in the eye, mister Bottel and tell them you're
proud of what you did. Tell them you're proud that
you raised money off of people that are that assaulted
(08:17):
their colleagues, that pepper sprayed them, that beat them with poles.
Tell them. You're proud of what you did, mister Butttel.
They're right there, they're guarding you today. Tell them how
proud you are. That's an abject line, you know it.
I've never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
I've worked with.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
These men and women, as you know you.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
I did not make a single dime out of it.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
So well, let me let me you asked.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Them if I have about that answer. Another brutal day
for Democrats on Capitol Hill. You can hear it there,
Adam Shift getting flustered after cash Battel put it right
back in his face, the lies about the police sitting
behind him, telling Shift, hey, you want to look at them, Well,
guess what. Why don't you ask them? If I've got
their back, they'll answer it. And what did Adam Shift do?
(09:06):
He moved on as quick as he possibly could. The
big question now is what day will the vote happen.
Now we've been told that this should happen early next
week for all three of these very important jobs. Hopefully
the obstructionist Democrats will be able to finally say, fine,
(09:26):
let's have an up or down vote, and all three
of them will be able to get into their offices
and start serving the American people.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
And lastly, story number three.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Donald Trump promised that he was going to make sure
that he put America first with his policies. Donald Trump
now making good on that promise, announcing in the Oval
Office this.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
And I'll be putting the tariff of twenty five percent
on Canada and separately twenty five percent on Mexico. And
we will really have to do that because we have
very big deficits with those countries. Those tariffs and may
or may not rise with time.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Now, Donald Trump has made it very clear even if
you are a friend of ours, like Canada or Mexico,
it doesn't mean you can take advantage of us anymore.
And that's why this will become a reality on February
the first, depending on how Canada and Mexico responds to
this real threat from the President. Now what does this
(10:24):
actually mean? Well, number one, President Trump says this is
about protecting American jobs. Higher tariffs could encourage companies to
bring manufacturing and production back to the US, reducing reliant
on foreign imports and boosting domestic employment as well. He
also says this is about strengthening national security. He argued
that these tariffs are necessary to address illegal immigration and
(10:47):
drug trafficking, particularly fetanyl. By pressuring Mexico and Canada economically,
the US may be able to force stronger border security
measures and cooperation fighting illicit drug trade flooding our borders. Finally,
the President said this is also about reducing trade in balances.
(11:07):
The tariffs could help correct trade deficits with Canada and
Mexico by making American made products more competitive. This could
strengthen the US economy and reduce dependency on the imports
coming from other countries. At the end of the day,
this is about leveraging better trade deals, and Trump has
successfully used tariffs in the past as a major negotiating tool,
(11:29):
whether it was the US MCA replacing NAFTA. The threat
of these tariffs may push Canada and Mexico to agree
to stronger trade terms that would benefit American businesses, American
small businesses, and most importantly, American workers. This is all
a bigger part of Donald Trump's promise encouraging domestic investment.
(11:52):
He says higher tariffs will incentivize companies to invest in
the US manufacturing and supply chains, leading to increase economic
growth and innovation. Within this country. At the end of
the day, what we had with the Biden Harrison administration
was the exporting of jobs and goods and incredible imbalances.
(12:13):
When it came to these trade deficits, Donald Trump clearly
saying I'm going to do it differently, and I'm going
to put the American worker first.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow.
I'd like to request a moment of silence for the
victims and their families.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Please. By the way, Ernie, the problem of corruption is
not just in the federal agis is in Congress to.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Tariff of twenty five percent on Canada and separately twenty
five percent of Mexico.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Well you made it to Friday. Congratulations. Welcome Ben Ferguson
with you, and you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update,
and we've got three big stories for you. First up,
Donald Trump is going all in on government reforms after
the tragic plane crash in Washington, d C. At Reagan
National Airport. I'll have the latest on what that means
(00:42):
coming up in a moment. Also, fireworks between RFK Junior
and Bernie Sanders. What does it mean for the nomination process.
I'll explain that and have the audio for you as well.
And finally, Donald Trump is not flinching moving on tariffs
of twenty five percent on Mexico and Canada. It's the
(01:03):
forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Tragedy struck on Wednesday evening as an American Airlines passenger
jet flight fifty three forty two from Kansas collided midair
with a US Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National
Airport in DC. The collision occurred around eight forty seven
pm Eastern time as the jet was on its final
approach to the airport. Both aircraft plunged into the icy
(01:31):
Potomac River. Following the crash, Tragically, all sixty seven individuals
on board the two aircrafts died. Now, there is a
lot that we don't know about this crash, and we
are going to find that out in the days and
weeks ahead. But the one thing that we know for
sure is Donald Trump is demanding answers on what has
happened within our government institutions, especially when it comes to
(01:54):
the FAA. There is a headline from back on February
the first of twenty twenty one from the Washington Times
that is now coming back to haunt many that are
looking at what has happened in our government. The headline reads,
this way, FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based
(02:15):
solely on race. Yes, it actually happened, and it was
the policy of the Biden Harris administration. Donald Trump had
a press conference and a briefing about this for the
American people, and he did not shy away from talking
about the hiring practices within our government. Take a listen.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Point out that various articles that appeared prior to my
entering office. And here's one. The FAA's diversity push includes
focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.
That is amazing. And then it says FAA says people
with severe disabilities a most underrepresented segment of the workforce,
(02:57):
and they want them in, and they want them they
can be air traffic controllers. I don't think so. This
was in January fourteenth, so that was a week before
I entered office. They put a big push to put
diversity into the FAA's program. Then another article the Federal
Aviation Administration, This was before I got to office. Recently,
(03:17):
second term, the FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer
severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical
conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out
on the agency's website. Can you imagine.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
What's even more shocking is the fact that at the
time the crash happened. The current job listings for air
traffic controllers on the FA's website is quote open to
people with disabilities, including psychiatric and intellectual delays. That doesn't
make you feel safe knowing that your air traffic controllers
can have an intellectual disability or have a seizure while
(03:57):
directing your flight. And the point that Donald Trump was
is this, even when there is a tragedy that we
are investigating, we are also going to look at how
we're hiring the people that are in charge of the situation,
and we will make sure that this policy ends now.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Story number two.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Thursday was a massive day on Capitol Hill for Donald
Trump's cabinet nominees. On Thursday, you had Cashptel, who's up
for FBI director, RFK Junior, and Tulci Gabbard, all of
them taking heat from Democrats who are clearly trying to
stop at least one of these nominations at all costs.
One of those that they've been really focusing on is
(04:34):
RFK Junior. Bernie Sanders thought it was a good idea
to go after RFK with some very intense questioning. The
problem was it totally backfired in his face, especially when
he was called out for being bought and paid for
by the pharmaceutical companies that he says, RFK Junior is
(04:55):
being too mean to take a listen.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
I'm going to make i'm Erica healthier than other countries
in the world.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Right now, will you guarantee do what every other major
country does.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
That's a simple question. And by the way, Bernie, you know,
the problem of corruption is not just in the federal agents,
is in Congress to almost all the members of this
panel are accepting, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars
from the pharmaceutical industry and protecting their interests.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Oh I thought that that would no. I ran for
president like you. I got millions, millions of contributions.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
They did not come from.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
The executives, not one nickel of pack money from the
pharmaceutical They came to twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
In twenty twenty, you were the single largest because I
receiver comminations.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
From workers all over this country. Workers, you were this,
not a nickel from corporate You were the single largest
pharmaceutical dollars from workers in three five million. Yeah, out
of two hundred million. All right, but you have not
answered last.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Question, Wow, Bernie Sanders getting called out saying, quote, you
have accepted millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry in
twenty twenty. You were the single largest receiver of pharmaceutical
dollars one point five million. You heard the crowd behind
RFK Junior laughing in the face of Bernie Sanders and
(06:27):
the hostility towards RFK Junior experience at this hearing was
directly proportional to how much pharma money each center received.
In fact, each of them simply repeated the same attacks
over and over again. The top attacker was supposed to
be Bernie Sanders, why because he got almost two million.
Then it was Rafael Warnock from Georgia. He's gotten one
(06:50):
point seven six five million dollars from the pharmaceutical companies.
Then Elizabeth Warren one point two million, Ron White and
another demo crap from Oregon one point two million, and
the list goes on and on. What they didn't realize
was is that RFK Junior was going to fight back
the way he did and call them out to their face. Now,
(07:13):
that wasn't the only fireworks that we witnessed on Capitol Hill.
Adam Schiff, the Senator Democrat from California, many of you
remember as the guy that lied to the American people
by trying to overthrow the will of the people with
Russia collusion and the hoax that he pushed for years
saying that Donald Trump was compromised. He knew that was
(07:33):
a lie, and he knew that that dossier was paid
for by his own party, the Democratic National Committee, and
the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. Well, Adam Schiff tried
to have his moment with Cash Patel, the FBI director nominee,
and he was trying to connect January the sixth to
Cash Paatel. It didn't go well for him either. Take
(07:56):
a listen.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
I want you to turn around. They're Capitol Police officers
by they're guarding us. Take a look at them right now.
Turn around. I'm looking at you you're talking about. To
look at them. I want you to look at them
if you can, if you have the kurt, to look
them in the eye, mister Bottel and tell them you're
proud of what you did. Tell them you're proud that
you raised money off of people that are that assaulted
(08:17):
their colleagues, that pepper sprayed them, that beat them with poles.
Tell them. You're proud of what you did, mister Butttel.
They're right there, they're guarding you today. Tell them how
proud you are. That's an abject line, you know it.
I've never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
I've worked with.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
These men and women, as you know you.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
I did not make a single dime out of it.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
So well, let me let me you asked.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Them if I have about that answer. Another brutal day
for Democrats on Capitol Hill. You can hear it there,
Adam Shift getting flustered after cash Battel put it right
back in his face, the lies about the police sitting
behind him, telling Shift, hey, you want to look at them, Well,
guess what. Why don't you ask them? If I've got
their back, they'll answer it. And what did Adam Shift do?
(09:06):
He moved on as quick as he possibly could. The
big question now is what day will the vote happen.
Now we've been told that this should happen early next
week for all three of these very important jobs. Hopefully
the obstructionist Democrats will be able to finally say, fine,
(09:26):
let's have an up or down vote, and all three
of them will be able to get into their offices
and start serving the American people.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
And lastly, story number three.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Donald Trump promised that he was going to make sure
that he put America first with his policies. Donald Trump
now making good on that promise, announcing in the Oval
Office this.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
And I'll be putting the tariff of twenty five percent
on Canada and separately twenty five percent on Mexico. And
we will really have to do that because we have
very big deficits with those countries. Those tariffs and may
or may not rise with time.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Now, Donald Trump has made it very clear even if
you are a friend of ours, like Canada or Mexico,
it doesn't mean you can take advantage of us anymore.
And that's why this will become a reality on February
the first, depending on how Canada and Mexico responds to
this real threat from the President. Now what does this
(10:24):
actually mean? Well, number one, President Trump says this is
about protecting American jobs. Higher tariffs could encourage companies to
bring manufacturing and production back to the US, reducing reliant
on foreign imports and boosting domestic employment as well. He
also says this is about strengthening national security. He argued
that these tariffs are necessary to address illegal immigration and
(10:47):
drug trafficking, particularly fetanyl. By pressuring Mexico and Canada economically,
the US may be able to force stronger border security
measures and cooperation fighting illicit drug trade flooding our borders. Finally,
the President said this is also about reducing trade in balances.
(11:07):
The tariffs could help correct trade deficits with Canada and
Mexico by making American made products more competitive. This could
strengthen the US economy and reduce dependency on the imports
coming from other countries. At the end of the day,
this is about leveraging better trade deals, and Trump has
successfully used tariffs in the past as a major negotiating tool,
(11:29):
whether it was the US MCA replacing NAFTA. The threat
of these tariffs may push Canada and Mexico to agree
to stronger trade terms that would benefit American businesses, American
small businesses, and most importantly, American workers. This is all
a bigger part of Donald Trump's promise encouraging domestic investment.
(11:52):
He says higher tariffs will incentivize companies to invest in
the US manufacturing and supply chains, leading to increase economic
growth and innovation. Within this country. At the end of
the day, what we had with the Biden Harrison administration
was the exporting of jobs and goods and incredible imbalances.
(12:13):
When it came to these trade deficits, Donald Trump clearly
saying I'm going to do it differently, and I'm going
to put the American worker first.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow.
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