Power Hour | 17 June

This week on Power Hour, Trump leaves G7 early for Iran-Israel crisis, ICE targets more Democrat-led cities, media slammed over US military parade coverage, Trump tells Iranians to evacuate, and Meghan Markle speaks out on her cringe twerking video.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Zines Power Hour with Gabriella Power.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hello and welcome to Power Hour. I'm Gabriella Power. Thank
you for joining us. We have a massive show coming
up today. President Donald Trump is leaving the G seven
early due to the escalating situation in the Middle East
and his warning residents in Tehran to evacuate immediately. Will
be joined by an expert on this shortly. But let's
start with the events that took place in the United

(00:29):
States over the weekend. Thousands of soldiers marched through Washington,
DC in what was an incredibly powerful military parade commemorating
the US Army's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Spectators lined
the streets, and President Trump praised the bravery of American troops.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
Because our soldiers never give up, never surrender, and.

Speaker 4 (00:53):
Never ever quit.

Speaker 5 (00:55):
They fight, fight, fight, and they win, win, win.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
And this really was a celebration with so much American pride.

(01:28):
Look at those smiles. But this came as a shock
to the hosts and reporters on MSNBC because they were
ready to report that this military parade celebrating veterans and
active duty service members.

Speaker 6 (01:41):
Would have a dark, malevolent energy.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
I want to go back to you, Ali that again.
When we talk about the sort of tension in the country,
and sometimes you know, you and I have both been
at Trump rallies, those could be you know, very tense
kind of I would say, like kind of a dark
malevolent energy sometimes not always, but it doesn't seem like
that's the energy on the crew on the mall today,
which I think is a good sign.

Speaker 7 (02:06):
Right.

Speaker 8 (02:06):
Correct, You're really correct about that, Chris, and it's something
we know we were watching for.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
But MSNBC still managed to criticize it, complaining about the Carston.
Jen Saki reported on what she apparently knows what Donald
Trump is really thinking.

Speaker 9 (02:25):
Our President Donald Trump spoke after a massive and massively
expensive military parade in Washington, d C. Ostensibly to honor
the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of
the United States Army, which is of course an honorable thing,
but as we all know, that was not what was
really in his head. He was really doing this to
celebrate his seventy ninth birthday, which is also today. And

(02:48):
you can go ahead and put that in the category
of not at all normal, which I think is important
to shout out as often as we can.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, the leftist media, I want you to freak out
that this coincided with the President's day. Not normal, as
Jensaki put it. But what about the coverage on other networks. Well,
NBC News featured Senator Ron Paul to trash a parade
that boosts America's morale.

Speaker 10 (03:13):
You know, I'm all for the President appearing and doing
enlistment ceremonies at military bases. I've been with the President
at Dover to receive receive home our dead soldiers and
so those who have been killed in action and to
mourn their loss. But I just never liked the idea
of the parade because I grew up in the seventies
and eighties and the only parades I can remember are

(03:34):
Soviet parades for the most part, or North Korean parades.
But I just we never glorified weapons so much. And
I know he means well, I don't think he means
for any of this to be depicted in another fashion,
but I'm just not a big fan.

Speaker 4 (03:48):
Then there is the cost.

Speaker 10 (03:49):
I mean, we're two trillion dollars in the hole, and
just an additional cost like this, I just I have
just I'm.

Speaker 11 (03:55):
Not for it.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
Well, While patriotic Americans gathered to honor troops, those who
seem to hate America took part in protests in major cities,
and this time protesting against Donald Trump and what they
call a no King's protest, which is pretty ridiculous seeing
as Donald Trump is not a king. But here are
some protesters or they were seen flying the American flag

(04:19):
upside down in a clear show of disrespect to the
US military, while others were proudly waiving the flags of
other countries, just like we saw during the LA riots.
These protesters seem to have the full support of the
mainstream media. CBS put out a piece apparently essentially advertising
where these protesters could get a discount on no King's

(04:41):
Day merchandise. The headline reads, No King's Day merch on
sale on Amazon, Timu and other e commerce sites. Thank you,
CBS for not even trying to hide what side you're
on and how much you apparently hate Donald Trump. Perhaps
some of their journalists might want to join this guy.

Speaker 6 (05:03):
We were just talking about.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
Much That is a pretty severe case of teds.

Speaker 6 (05:33):
Joining us.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Now is former Trump White House staffer Gabrielle at Kuchia.
Gabrielle thank you for your time. I want to get
into everything that's unfolding in America in just a moment.

Speaker 6 (05:43):
But let's start with the news.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Just in as we're recording this, President Donald Trump will
depart from the G seven Summer tonight because of the
ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. White House Press Secretary
Caroline Levitt said that Trump will leave Canada after a
dinner with the heads of state, wrote, President Trump had
a great day at the J seven, even signing a
major trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Kiyastama.

(06:08):
March was accomplished, But because of what's going on in
the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after
dinner with heads of state. Gabrielle, can I get your
reaction to this?

Speaker 6 (06:19):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (06:19):
Absolutely well, Gabriella, thank you for having me at the
end of the day. As my experience was with President
Trump in his first term, certainly what he's carried on
in his second term is being at the epicenter. We
can be America first, but we can still have a
stake in the game when it comes to the global stage.
So President Trump going back to the White House, and
it appears that the situation room being ready and set

(06:39):
for him to enter upon his arrival is a clear
indicator that he has a seat at the table when
it comes to international politics. I think the biggest question
when you talk about what's going on over between Israel
and Iran is this big element of Iran can't have
nuclear capabilities, right, That's that President Trump has said over
and over again. The big question is, well, how do

(07:01):
you facilitate that? When you talk about nuclear capabilities, there
has to be a determination of exactly how you disseminate
a nuclear weapon. And the real answer is a very
un sexy one because what happens is that you can't
completely kill a nuke. What you have to do is
separate the components. So the big question and what I'm
curious about and what I do anticipate, is that President
Trump is actually going to be at the seat of

(07:22):
the table in the discussions of if Iran moves forward,
and it seems likely and maybe somewhat separating these components,
where will those be located and who of the global
leaders will give the green light and fact checking? When
we have these nuclear capabilities in several countries outside of
just the United States and Israel. Who is in charge

(07:45):
of maintaining where those are and who gets to touch
them at the end of the day. That's the big question.
So unclear exactly what's going to happen in that sense,
but I think that is the bigger element that no one,
no leader has been willing to actually explicitly say, including
President Trump. And I do think it's for it's for
a good reason, something that he wants to have a
backdoor conversation about Gabriella.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
And we'll be watching this situation very closely. But let's
quickly touch on the G seven. As we know, Trump
and Kiirs Starmer signed a new bilateral trade deal on
the sidelines of the G seven in Canada, and the
agreement will see the UK by new boeing debts and
lived farm import restrictions, while the US slashes car tariffs
from twenty five percent to ten percent. Other critical industries

(08:28):
such as pharmaceuticals were not mentioned. Kiir Starmer said that
it was a very good day for both countries and
a real sign of strength.

Speaker 6 (08:36):
And this is what Donald Trump had to say.

Speaker 4 (08:40):
Would you say it?

Speaker 3 (08:41):
And it's done, and so we have our trade agreement
and we have many other ones coming, but you see
the level of enthusiasm is very good.

Speaker 2 (08:53):
So kioths Starmer is really the first world leader to
strike a deal since Trump's reciprocal tariffs took play.

Speaker 6 (09:00):
So what's your assessment of this?

Speaker 7 (09:02):
Yeah, absolutely, you're right on the money here quite literally,
no pun intended. The fact is is that this is
a clear example for other countries as signal that if
you can come to the table and work with America,
that you also can flourish in these deals. This is
the first bilateral tariff relaxation in one hundred fifty years
between the UK and the US. That's astronomical and very

(09:24):
different what we see with in again the first term
versus the second term, is that, you know, taking back
down to the memory lane of the USMCA when we
were talking about US, Mexico and Canada doing their business deals,
President Trump is very different in his presidency and the
way that he doesn't look at just you know, a
clear blanket for a whole country of how much tariffs

(09:45):
need to be, what the in coret taxes are, whatever
it may be, and he's looking sector bisector. So Gabrielle,
as you mentioned, this is exactly what we're talking about here,
whether it's you know, in industries of mechanical engineering or
natural resource. He is looking to make this more beneficial,
multi beneficial for both countries. That keeps America first for sure,

(10:06):
but at the same rate, there's no there's no reason
to say that just because it's it's America first doesn't
mean it could be UK first in certain circumstances, which
is why we're not seeing this full blanket tariff agreement.
This is being parsed out by sectors. I imagine more
countries will get in line with that, And you know,
it sounds kind of funny, but if you even think
about when he did his Middle Eastern trip, each of

(10:28):
those countries that he went to, he was focusing on
what natural resources do they have, where can they capitalize
on business and how to work and nurture those relationships. So,
you know, having the floodgates open is, so to speak,
is kind of where we're at right now. Of course,
when we looked at it in the beginning, a lot
of people might have assumed, or craps might have assumed

(10:48):
a doom and gloom because the tariffs are so high.
But if anything at all, when when things look a
little a little tough. You know, the going gets going,
and so now you have a country and you know,
Star Wars such a close ally to President Trump. I've
spent a lot of time over at the UK embassy
this past year and that they've been very much wanting

(11:10):
to be involved in what America is looking to do
in furthering that relationship with the UK. So I anticipate
more to come and more to come from other countries.

Speaker 2 (11:19):
Gabriella, Yeah, I agree with you. I think we are
going to see other countries get right in line. But
let's turn to the events in the United States that
occurred this weekend. In DC, thousands of people turned out
to watch the incredible military parade marking two hundred and
fifty years of the US Army, while of course others
took to the streets in this No King's protest, which

(11:41):
is beyond a joke. And we'll get into how insane
and unhint some of these protesters are in just a minute.
But what stood out to me during the military parade
was a JD.

Speaker 6 (11:50):
Evans's speech. Here's a bit of it.

Speaker 12 (11:54):
The young men and women who put on the uniform
and serve this nation are our most precious resource. We
must honor them, we must respect them, we must fight
for them. And that's exactly what the Trump administration aims
to do every single day. And so to our soldiers,

(12:15):
we're so proud of you, and let me tell you
that the way that we honor and respect you is
number one, we never ask you to go to war
unless you absolutely have to.

Speaker 6 (12:25):
And number two, when.

Speaker 12 (12:27):
We do ask you to go to war, we give
you the weapons and the support needed to kick the
hell out of the enemy and come back home safely.

Speaker 2 (12:37):
Every time I listen to him deliver speeches just like this,
I'm still blown away. This is really a strength of his.
He's pretty excellent, and he's sounding presidential there.

Speaker 7 (12:50):
Yeah, No, he absolutely is. And I agree with you.
Every time I hear JD. Vans are Vice President or
President Trump, or a lot of people in his cabinet,
and even just every day Americans that voted for this,
it makes you want to run through a brick wall
in the best way, because it does give me that
legitimate energy to be so proud and happy to see
a complete change and sentiment from the last four years

(13:11):
where there was a lot of public exhaustion and frustration
with no clarity, you know, with an administration, but also
a lot of the military being a Pentagon correspondent and
working at the Pentagon and speaking to DoD officials from
high level to low level and seeing how quickly their
attitudes have changed for the better. Knowing that a lot

(13:32):
of the great positive things that I've reported on in
the recent past, over the last three months of this
administration really moving and doing a lot of good work
is that they almost don't even need to do good
work when it comes to the Pentagon or the DoD
element for the fact that a lot of these officials
have told me that they're just happy to have an
administration that gives them the green light so many things

(13:54):
that they've wanted to do, even something as simple as
raising the physical fitness standards. That was something that took
thirteen months during the Biden administration. As soon as President
Trump came in, three months went by and they had
the green light and they rolled that out for the
army specific and all the other branches are getting in
line as well. So it's nice than they feel that connection,
but very interesting to Juxtacuzou's again, I like to always

(14:16):
just kind of compare what made the counter attitude or
sentiment be here in America. You did see a lot
of protesting happening on that day or appearing to happen
on that day, because you know, a lot of mainstream
media was focused on saying that this was some sort
of Trump birthday party versus the celebration of you know,

(14:37):
putting a light on two hundred and fifty years of
the army specific But I would just like to go
down memory lane again and remind people, especially, you know,
to any of your viewers, but of course to Americans
that might have been having heartburn over this parade. Is
the fact that our historical roots in the United States,
we've had military parades in the past. We had them
in the Civil War, we had them in World War One,
World War two. The last one that we had was

(14:59):
the day Desert Storm Parade in ninety one, and that
was eight thousand troops that actually paraded in the same
fashion in DC. So why not why not come back
to that and shine a light and just say thank you,
that's the least that we can do for the country
so great that we live in.

Speaker 2 (15:15):
Such an excellent point in this military parade was an
opportunity to say thank you and to celebrate those who
bravely serve for America. And of course this was happening
at the same time that lefties were taking to the
streets taking part in this No King's protest. And some
of the protesters are just so unhinged as you would expect.
This is one in New York City calling for Donald

(15:37):
Trump's deaths.

Speaker 4 (15:42):
Being your last birthday.

Speaker 12 (15:43):
I'm fascist, fascist, go home, stop musch bus much overdose.

Speaker 13 (15:53):
Last plus overdose much plus mean olverdos last plus.

Speaker 4 (15:59):
Hat to mean Oliver.

Speaker 2 (16:04):
It's not the best advertisement to really get involved in
these protests.

Speaker 6 (16:08):
I mean, what a vibe.

Speaker 2 (16:10):
But you know, some of the retrick we can laugh
about it, but it's so disturbing. And it's not the
first time that we hear this type of language from
these protesters calling for political leaders to be killed.

Speaker 6 (16:20):
It appears to be getting normalized.

Speaker 7 (16:23):
Yeah, it's super unfortunate, and we're just seeing it grow
more and more. And I say this a lot. I
always say love your country, not your government. But the
new thing that I've really been honing in on is
that you have two choices in any country that you
live in. You either love the country you live in,
or you live in the country you love, and if
you don't love America, go where you think you would
love that said country, whatever that may be. But again,

(16:45):
a lot of these people I have covered protests in
the past very similar to this around the same exact
time last year, a lot of them paid agitators. We
hear the reports, We've seen them time and time again.
Everyone talked about follow the money, follow the money. It's
the same playbook over over. I get exhausted from it,
and nothing necessarily changes, quite literally, because you have the

(17:05):
same people at these protests. And it's interesting because I
do notice a lot of times when it comes to
something like immigration. Yes, do I think it's a multifaceted
issue that certainly could be be solved in different ways. Sure,
but President Trump deporting illegal criminals is no different than
Obama deporting illegal criminals. The interesting thing, though, is that

(17:28):
the media and the socialization of saying this is a
Trump issue versus maybe an American issue overall. I mean,
you could look at Chicago, La New York City. Bill
de Blasio, who's a very staunch Democrat, was also trying
to stiff arm the Obama administration from trying to carry
out the ice, the ice raids and deportations that they

(17:49):
were supposed to be doing, and that's just far and wide,
and everyone has just gotten a little bit more emboldened.
It's it breaks my heart. There's this ultimatum always in politics,
but sometimes multiple things can be true at once. Some
people really could have came here and risk their life
and are working hard and want to be citizens. But
there's also groups of absolute criminals that I think this

(18:13):
administration has made it very clear they remember in the
beginning of the presidency, they put out on stakes on
the ground, individuals who have raped, who have killed, who
have looted, who have stolen, who have harmed American land,
and individuals. There has never been a time where this
administration has been celebrating someone who was genuinely and rightfully

(18:35):
so evading a country of religious persecution, whatever it may be,
and saying we don't want you here, We're kicking you out.
It has always been so streamlined and focused on those
that are wreaking havoc and don't love this country, shouldn't
be here, and it's very very simple. What also is interesting,
I just want to say is that when you mentioned
New York. I happen to be in New York right now,
just for the next few days. And Mount Kisco is

(18:57):
not too far from Manhattan, and that's actually George Soros
has a home out there along with the Clintons, and
they were also having Manhattan always gets that in La
gets all this focus on big riots and protests, but
there's these little pockets of you know, your typical Clintons,
your typical Soros funded events. Quite literally, they're happening in
their backyard and we're happening that day as well. So

(19:19):
I'd just like to mention that those ones are always
quietly happening in the background.

Speaker 6 (19:22):
Gabrie, thank you for mentioning that.

Speaker 2 (19:24):
And I tell you what, you can always count on
a few Hollywood celebrities to really get involved and attend
protests such as these, such as these No King's protests.
Actor mack Rafflar took it upon himself to take up
the microphone and compare the President of America and the
President of Israel two dictators.

Speaker 8 (19:44):
We have a king in his court and his beige henchmen,
and they're trampling on our rights and our laws and
our freedoms, making themselves richer with taxpayer dollars and making
us less safe with their love of other kings and dictated.

Speaker 2 (20:02):
Trump's a dictator. I think we've heard that one before.
They're really out of new material. But you were mentioning
that the ICE raids and the chaos that came with that,
there was so much violence in LA and these anti
ICE raids and ICE riots, I should say, and we've
seen the images of the American flag being burned, stores
being looted, cars being torched, and that Donald Trump had

(20:25):
to take it upon himself to send the National Guard
to restore law and order because the Democrats, well, they
tried to stop that from happening, but they were also
pretending that everything was peaceful and they had things under control. Now,
the President has not been put off by the resistance
to the ICE.

Speaker 6 (20:43):
Raids in LA.

Speaker 2 (20:43):
He's just announced that ICE must expand efforts to detain
and deport illegal immigrants in America's largest cities, including Lash.

Speaker 6 (20:52):
Cargo and New York.

Speaker 2 (20:53):
Where you are, he wrote on Truth Social Nations. ICE
officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they
facilitate a very important mission, the largest mass deportation operation
of illegal aliens in history. Every day, the brave men
and women of us is subjected to violence, harassment, and
even threats from radical Democrat politicians. But nothing will stop

(21:16):
us from executing our mission and fulfilling our mandate to
the American people. And he does have a mandate on this, Gabrielle.

Speaker 7 (21:24):
Yeah, no, absolutely. At the end of the day, these
are federal entities that have task in order that they
need to actually follow through with. To have anyone, whether
civilian or a publicly elected official, to try and stiff
arm what is a taxpayer funded initiative in which things
that we voted for and that we protect at some level.

(21:45):
I really wish that these politicians and maybe these paid agitators,
and maybe just any American would get a little more
worked up about the IRS versus these deportations that are
very legal and very justified and for the goodness of
Americans versus say the IRS that's try to take money
left and write a very hard working Americans. I wish
we could have just one second of just simmering down

(22:06):
and realizing how we are being fools and pawns to
the system.

Speaker 6 (22:10):
Again.

Speaker 7 (22:11):
You talk about Mark Ruffalo, Mark rofall, I forget I
I was in love with him for a quick second
time going on thirty and then I really stopped liking
of when I started to realize that he was very
much into politics and it made me very upset. But
him saying that Trump is a dictator, right, well, last
time I've checked that happening in LA again back during
Obama the same exact thing. It was Eric Garcetti as

(22:31):
the mayor in LA and him saying that he didn't
want Obama to allow ICE to carry out their duties.
But no one outside of that wanted to say that
Obama was a dictators. Picking and choosing is just there's
no there's no room for it ever. And so I yeah,
I try to be as fair as possible when it
comes to any of these issues. But when you judgted

(22:54):
Bezo's administration from administration and very short term, how do
you not just realize that you are being plate That
is just as simple as that. And a lot of
these people again talking from gated communities, glass homes, very
I'm sure worked very hard to get to where they are,
most of them, you know, I hope. So I'm not
negating any riches or fames or accessibilities, but to have

(23:15):
them say that they don't have that we don't have
the right to feel as safe as they do because
of how much money they have in their pocket is
simply wrong. That it's it's it's american. It is American
for us to feel safe in our communities. We pride
ourselves in that. And I don't know where that got
lost along the way, but I pray that it comes back,
and I'm still hopeful. It seems this is the reason

(23:37):
why so many people voted for Donald Trump this second
term around. You know, it's the results are in the numbers.
So I think it's the administration having to remain scass
and again not not just you know, taking fault and
allowing these these states to get eaten alive by by
troubles that they're not willing to address. I eat California
and in the fires, the administration had to come in

(23:59):
and fix that. Why let yourselves burn down, quite literally,
when there's an administration that was elected to help And I.

Speaker 2 (24:07):
Want to get into you know, the leaders in California
because they have just been a complete disaster.

Speaker 6 (24:13):
Let's just look at what the images.

Speaker 2 (24:17):
Are really like, what actually occurred out in the front
of an Ice attention center in La.

Speaker 6 (24:35):
Just so chaotic.

Speaker 2 (24:36):
But LA Mayor Karen Bass, one of the worst mayors
the Los Angeles has ever had, says that things were
under control and actually blames Ice for the violence.

Speaker 14 (24:47):
If the raids hadn't happened, then that protest would have
been a no Kings protest. We know that that was
planned months in advance. But the disruption and the fear
that has been caused by the out by the raids
has really had a devastating effect and has been a
body blow to our economy. I don't think the president

(25:08):
understands that we have entire sectors of our economy that
cannot function without immigrant labor.

Speaker 2 (25:15):
And Chicago met Brandon Johnson says that hey will resist
the Trump administration and take to the streets.

Speaker 15 (25:22):
Yeah, let me just first acknowledge the level of anxiety
and fear interpretation that this administration has caused. You've never
seen a society improve or expand under this type of fear.
And we're going to continue to resist, and we're going
to do it in many different ways, whether it's taken
to the streets or to the courts or policy.

Speaker 2 (25:43):
And he makes these comments as as a huge spark
in violence against ice agents.

Speaker 7 (25:49):
Yeah, Gabriel. What's amazing is that we're talking about public
officials saying to their constituents or to the civilians, take
to the streets if you're afraid, that's the only prerequsient
that you need to carry out whatever you want to do,
whether that's within the law or out of bounds of
the law. And that's where these people are allowing themselves
to just die on this hill, and they rather their

(26:12):
whole city burned down, then just say that they agree
with the administration in protecting America, loving America. It's very
cut and dry. It's very simple to see this over
and over again. It's no surprise that say, again, we
are still waiting on all these details to come out,
so I don't want to get too far ahead. But
when you hear about a successful assassinations or assassination attempts,

(26:36):
considering what's going on over this past week, or even
what happened to President Trump on at least two occasions
that we know of, any ounce of violence has never
been a solution. We haven't seen it one time. If
you wanted to even look at say a liberal esque
figure in the sense of when you talk about now,
A lot of the left will always talk about MLKA.

(26:57):
His most famous I Have a Dream speech was the
moment that he made a mark in actually just speaking
at a podium. There was no fists involved, no fighting involved,
So you would think for two seconds that we would
just sit back and look at maybe the examples of
our past and not even bother with trying to loot completely. Also,
I mean, you mean, you know this guy, Reela, but

(27:18):
at the end of the day too, a lot of
this looting happening on the street main downtown in the
cities LA, New York, Chicago, Philly, whatever you want to name.
A lot of those are from immigrants that came to
this country and are generational. And a lot of them too,
you know, I've no one ever really talks about this,
but our own government, in working in the intelligence community

(27:40):
will actually help and supply those that are foreign when
we're doing operations, and as a thank you, they get
amnesty to come to our country, and then we help
them stage a business, whether it's a cigar business or
going and opening a pharmacy or whatever it may be. Again,
a lot of those being located in washing Hington, DC,

(28:00):
for example, so to be okay with kicking those that
quite literally had saved our country in many moments, whether
domestic or abroad, is a whole other element that really
grinds my years, and I cannot make any sense of it.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
Gabrielle Kitchia, thank you so much for joining us on
Power Out.

Speaker 6 (28:19):
It's been so good to speak with you.

Speaker 16 (28:21):
Thank you.

Speaker 7 (28:21):
I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (28:26):
Let's turn our attention to the situation in the Middle East.
President Trump is departing the G seven summit in Canada
due to the conflicts between Israel and Iran. Ivan Sasha
Shehan is a professor of Public and International affairs and
the Associate Dean of the College of Public Affairs at
the University of Baltimore in the United States, and he's
undertaken extensive research on US Iran policy and counter terrorism operations,

(28:51):
and Ivan joins us now, Ivan, thank you for your time.
Donald Trump is leaving the G seven summit early and
earlier today, he warned residents in Tehran to evacuate immediately.
He wrote, Iran should have signed the deal. I told
them to sign. What a shame and a waste of
human life. Simply stated, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 6 (29:12):
I said it over and over again.

Speaker 2 (29:14):
Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran. Can I get your reaction
to this development, and is it an indication that the
US will get directly involved?

Speaker 17 (29:26):
Gabriella, It's great to be with you.

Speaker 18 (29:28):
You're correct that conditions are changing very quickly on the
ground in the Middle East. But while the hostilities between
Israel and Iran may seem like a new conflict to many,
it's actually not new at all. You know, President Donald
Trump has been, from my perspective, remarkably consistent in declaring

(29:49):
that he would be willing to strike the Islamic Republic
nuclear facilities if it becomes necessary to prevent Tehran from
acquiring nuclear weapons. Also set on numerous occasions that he
would prefer to strike a deal that results in the
complete and verifiable dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program. I would simply,

(30:12):
in response to your question and offer these observations. Number one,
President Trump can put America first without abandoning America's global
security interests. And number two, the thing that every good
iron policy scholar understands is that the iatolas respond to

(30:33):
a firm hand. But I also know that Iran fear
is internal dissent more than it does external pressure. And
I have long observed in my scholarly work that Iran
fears domestic protests will metastasize to bring about regime change
from within.

Speaker 17 (30:53):
So when it comes to.

Speaker 18 (30:55):
The ongoing campaign initiated by Israel, let's be clear, Israel
has undertaken some very difficult work, and they're to be
credited for their bold and decisive action, and the White
House is to be credited for their support of Israel.
In these early days, Israel has opened the skies, They've

(31:18):
eliminated several of the regime's most belligerent actors, and they've
accomplished what many thought was impossible by taking out high
ranking officials in the IRGC and the Ministry of Intelligence
and Security and nuclear scientists in just.

Speaker 17 (31:35):
Seventy two hours.

Speaker 18 (31:37):
They're very well positioned, from my perspective, to decapitate the
regime and cripple its nuclear program. And to be clear,
US assistance would clearly accelerate these efforts. But there are
numerous ways that the United States can support Israeli operations.

(31:59):
Short kinetic participation in ongoing hostilities, the United States can
share intelligence, The United States can coordinate arms and munitions transfers.
The United States can express solidarity with the Iranian people
by recognizing their right to resist this brutal regime, in

(32:19):
including strongly supporting the regime's pro democracy opposition. And these
are things that I expect we will begin to see
from the United States as fighting intensifies in the coming weeks.

Speaker 2 (32:34):
Okay, well, Donald Trump spoke about the situation in the
Middle East early today.

Speaker 6 (32:37):
Let's just listen to what he said.

Speaker 5 (32:40):
Israel is doing very well, as you've probably noticed.

Speaker 3 (32:45):
And I gave her.

Speaker 5 (32:47):
On sixty days and they said no. And the sixty
first year saw what happened day sixty one. So I'm
in constant touch. And as I've been saying, I think
a deal will be signed or something will happen, but
a deal will be signed. And I think the Iran

(33:08):
is foolish not to saynly.

Speaker 2 (33:10):
As you say, the President has been pretty consistent in
his messaging. He does have the issue back home, though,
as many Americans do not want to see America get
directly involved. However, others would support him doing so, as
of course defending the West. But let's talk about the
conflicts between Israel and Iran. Israel has delivered a decisive

(33:33):
blow to Iran's nuclear weapons program, But how much longer
does it need to really make significant meaningful damage to
Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities.

Speaker 18 (33:45):
Well, you know, Gabriella, Even setting aside the current existential
crisis facing the regime, the convergence of internal weakness, the
regime's kind of economic decline, the unprecedented public rejection of
the regime, which is clearly observable in countrywide uprisings that

(34:06):
have occurred in recent years, all of these things demonstrate
that the radical regime Tehran is at an inflection point.
And the question now is not will the regime fall?
The question now is when will the regime collapse? The
chance on the Iranian street that reject both the Shaw

(34:26):
and the Supreme Leader clearly signal that this rest of
population is simply no longer willing to live under authoritarianism
in any form. And now, Gabriella, we're hearing reports that
Iranian officials are fleeing the country on private aircraft, private jets.
You know, perhaps the Molas are looking for a safe

(34:47):
haven in Russia or another rogue state. It's very clear
to me and many around policy analysts in the United
States that this regime is on its heels. While the
focus over the past several days has been on the
vulnerabilities of the Iranian regime, and rightly so, and the

(35:09):
loss of IRGC commanders and control centers, it's really important
that we not lose sight of the most critical issue
that could lead to change in Iran, and that is
the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people. You know, we've
exposed the nature of this regime.

Speaker 17 (35:30):
It has been exposed. We know all too well they're
terra plots and the nuclear deception and the brutal crackdowns.
But now we need to turn our attention to focusing
on a solution. You know, neither Israel nor the United
States wish is to occupy or govern Iran, and toppling

(35:50):
the regime and rebuilding a democratic state is that's at
peace with the world, is ultimately a project for the
Iranian people.

Speaker 18 (36:00):
The regime is effectively blackmailed the international community through its
nuclear brinksmanship and proxy.

Speaker 17 (36:06):
Violence for far too long, and for far too.

Speaker 18 (36:09):
Long, the West is brought into this false dichotomy of
war on the one hand and appeasement on the other,
and This has allowed Tehran to manipulate diplomacy while crushing
its own people, and the international reluctance to back an
indigenous alternative has only prolonged this cycle. So when you

(36:33):
pose this important question how much longer? How long will
this take? The question really becomes how quickly can we
mobilize the Iranian people to take back their country? And
as I said, I believe they're prepared to take to
the street, and I believe they are well situated to

(36:54):
push for regime change from within.

Speaker 2 (36:59):
What kind of Iran DC emerging and how would that
ra shape the region?

Speaker 17 (37:05):
Well?

Speaker 18 (37:05):
The type of Iran that I see emerging as a
democratic state, I think when we look towards the future,
we need only understand the Iranian opposition. The Iranian opposition
is a I'll speak plainly about the NCRI, the best

(37:29):
constituted opposition in Iran. The NCRI is a broad based
coalition that was formed in nineteen eighty one. It serves
today as its government in exile. The MEK is its
leading organization, with a vast domestic network inside the country.

(37:50):
Their long standing commitment is to secularism and democracy and
gender equality and a non nuclear Iran and this makes them,
from my perspective and many in the United States, the
only serious alternative to the current ruling regime. They are

(38:14):
very active inside Iran in terms of mobilizing the population
and confronting the IRGC and breaking down the wall of
fear and organizing for the next anti regime uprising.

Speaker 17 (38:30):
They serve as a.

Speaker 18 (38:32):
Decentralized but highly coordinated movement that is really capable of
shaking the regime's foundations. I think what makes them particularly
frightening to the regime in Tehran is that they have
a ten point plan, a ten point plan that has
been remarkably consistent for some time, a ten point plan that,

(38:57):
as I said, puts an emphasis on a country that
ultimately upholds human rights and is at peace with regional
powers and is at peace with the West. And so
when I look towards the future and I think about
what this country can become, I look at not just

(39:19):
the voice the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people, but
the principles embodied by the Iranian resistance and in particular
the National Council of Resistance of Iram.

Speaker 2 (39:32):
Ivan Sasha she and thank you so much for joining
us on power. I really appreciate your insights and analysis.

Speaker 4 (39:39):
It's a pleasure.

Speaker 17 (39:40):
Thank you, Gbrial.

Speaker 2 (39:45):
It's time for media meltdowns. Well, the anti Ice riots
have caused chaos in LA. We've seen writers setting fires,
attacking police officers, looting stores, and of course chances America.
But according to Sceneen's coverage last week, there were no
riots and we shouldn't dare call it that.

Speaker 19 (40:08):
I literally left Los Angeles Sunday night. What is happening
in Los Angeles and the way it is being depicted
is not accurate. We're talking about a square mile out
of a five hundred square mile city. Most people are
not experiencing it the way we are showing it on television.
And I think we have to be very careful because
there are not riots in the street. There are some

(40:30):
bad actors and they need to be held accountable. But
we have to be careful what the language you use,
because if we say riots, we cause unnecessary fear, and
the real fear is when military people start flooding our
streets unnecessarily excellent point.

Speaker 6 (40:45):
What about the hosts on the view the same thing.

Speaker 11 (40:48):
I spoke to about five people that live in LA
that work in LA, and they said that these protests
were very, very orderly, they weren't violent, and they occurred
in about a four block radius.

Speaker 2 (41:03):
We're not violent, absolutely, And Democrats, well, they were being
just about as honest as a leftist media test.

Speaker 20 (41:11):
And even those who were out of step with what
we are advocating. Peaceful protests did not create any violence.
Nobody was shot, nobody was killed. Get it in your head.
And so when martial law is called, what are you
going to say? I missed the point. Don't miss the point.
You all don't think that somehow because they called out

(41:33):
the National Guard, there was vidal, There was no violence.
I was on the street, I know, and I went
from downtown detention back out into the community talking to people.
What happened in Paramount, what happened in Compton, what happened
in Inglewood. So first of all, get it straight and
don't just rely on what you're being told. Are the

(41:55):
few incidents that you saw?

Speaker 6 (41:58):
Yeah, she knows.

Speaker 2 (42:00):
So did the mainstream media coverage improve?

Speaker 6 (42:03):
Unfortunately not.

Speaker 2 (42:04):
A study from the Media Research Center found that CNN
and MSNBC claimed the anti Ice riots were largely and
mostly peaceful two hundred and eleven times. Joining US now
is comedian and writer Michael Loftis, Michael, great to see
you again. Firstly, can I get your reaction to the

(42:26):
mainstream media's coverage of the.

Speaker 6 (42:28):
Violent LA riots and why it's.

Speaker 2 (42:31):
Suddenly fashionable for the left wing media to just downplay it.

Speaker 13 (42:37):
They first of all, it's great to be back with you,
and thanks for that lovely birthday gift you sent.

Speaker 2 (42:43):
Oh that's right, happy birthday from down under.

Speaker 6 (42:48):
That is coming. It's sae for incidence in the mail.

Speaker 13 (42:53):
The media here is just in complete and total denial
of reality, Like there can be a a car on
fire in the background and like mostly peaceful. It's mostly
I think their actual arm could be on fire and
be like, you know what, that's a good skin treatment.
I was getting ashy there anyway. So yeah, it's a

(43:13):
it's a they don't mat legacy media is over here.

Speaker 2 (43:16):
It's really over It's unbelievable. Every time you think it
couldn't possibly get any words, it does. And Governor Gavin
Newsom and LA Mayor Karen bass Well they were also
suggesting that LA was under control, they had it covered,
while of course LA was essentially burning. And they've been
blaming Donald Trump for all the chaos in LA while

(43:38):
Gavin Newsom has been trying to emerge as you know,
the strong leader of the Democrats, the eyes off the
presidency in three years time. But actor Mel Gibson has
spoken out blasting the governor and the mayor, rightfully so,
for their disastrous leadership.

Speaker 21 (43:53):
Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have already proven their incompetence
and poor leadership during the Los Angeles wildfires. Now as
we experience rampant lawlessness and civil unrest, it's never been
more clear they're unable to respond effectively and responsibly during calamity.
Whether it's sheer in confidence or outright malevolence, the reality

(44:15):
is stark. California's in a state of turmoil, and I
asked my fellow Angelinos, why are Gavin Newsom and Karen
Bass still in office? How much more of their destructive
decision making masquerading his leadership are we going to tolerate?

Speaker 6 (44:31):
He's absolutely correct.

Speaker 13 (44:35):
I loved every moment of that, and I need to
do that now too. I want to be on your show,
but with my arms crossed and very very serious. I
wonder where he filmed that, because he wasn't in his
own house, Because his house burned down. This is personal
with Mel. It's to be personal to everybody in Los Angeles.
I lived there for decades. I would be furious with

(44:56):
Gavin Newsom and he comes out on TV and he
just does his weird hand motions. And Donald Trump is
making things worse. And Donald Trump is doing this like
he's doing the hand give from a nineteen fifties musical.
It's not going to cut it. And good for Mel
for standing up for everybody in southern.

Speaker 2 (45:16):
California, absolutely, and for so many of those residents in
LA that lost their homes, that experienced the catastrophic wildfires
earlier in the year and then they're seeing more chaos
in LA and Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass just blamed
Trump for it. I think a lot of people can
see through it, and it'll be interesting when the next

(45:38):
election is held. But it seems like some Democrats are
not coping too well. Many of them took to the
streets to take part in this No King's protest over
the weekend, and judging by this protester in Philadelphia, well,
it was a lot of fun.

Speaker 6 (45:54):
I just I'm just so scared. I'm seventy I worry you,
so I worry.

Speaker 22 (46:02):
You about everything, and I just I just I just
seem so scary and upset, and I don't and I
don't understand why people didn't voted for this person.

Speaker 8 (46:19):
You know.

Speaker 2 (46:19):
I look at that and I feel sorry for her,
and I you know, I just want to blame the
Democrats and the mainstream media because they have just drilled
so much fear into this woman and so many others.
But someone needs to tell them they're going to be okay.
Democracy has not ended. And guess what, they have a president,
they don't have a king.

Speaker 13 (46:38):
Yeah. The protest was the no King's protest, But you
watch this lady. She should be going to the no
Network News protest. I want to write her a prescription
for you need to go camping, lady. You need a
big hug and somebody to make you a nice launch
and turn your television off. That's the She just seems

(47:00):
so scared and miserable. It's heartbreaking.

Speaker 6 (47:04):
Yeah it is.

Speaker 2 (47:05):
And that's the result when you're constantly told that you
have a dictator in charge and the democracy is ending
and your rights are getting taken away.

Speaker 6 (47:12):
No wonder, You've got real people.

Speaker 2 (47:14):
That are absolutely terrified However, Trump has been in power
for quite a bit of time now, so she probably
should have caught on that things are going to be okay.

Speaker 6 (47:23):
But of course, there were Hollywood celebrities.

Speaker 2 (47:25):
That were spotted at the No King's protests, including actor
Jack Black, who was spotted giving children high fives. Yeah,

(47:53):
I really don't know how I feel about children attending
these protests.

Speaker 6 (47:56):
Is that really going to help the cause?

Speaker 2 (47:58):
Having Jack Black there and gaving them high fives?

Speaker 13 (48:02):
It's not, It really is, and it makes you worry
about Jack Black. But he did something that was so smart.
He left his headphones on. So if everybody's like, whoa
Jack Black was at a protest, that's no good. He
can be like, I had no idea, I was listening.
I was listening to Depeche Mode. I had no He
has plausible deniability. Now here's what I want to know.

(48:24):
What was in his backpack? That was a heavy backpack.
I don't think that was full of carrots. I think
Jack Black is cheating on his diet. He's out there
pretended to protest and eating dang dongs. He needs to
come clean with America.

Speaker 2 (48:39):
All Right, we'll get someone to put the questions to him,
But Jane Fonda is here in Australia and she's offered
some words of wisdom to her audience.

Speaker 6 (48:48):
She described the President of the United.

Speaker 2 (48:50):
States as that effa and although she admitted that seventy
eight million people voted for Donald Trump, she claimed that
you know, those people must be having some buyers remorse.

Speaker 6 (49:00):
I now and her rant continued.

Speaker 2 (49:01):
She said, if those nonliberals and fascists and people who
don't move to love, we have to move to love
and empathy. Interesting would you say calling the President of
the United States at e FA and saying f nonliberals
is a way we moved to love.

Speaker 13 (49:21):
Right, you can't do it. We need to move to love.
I hate that guy. That's her. It's a sad existence
for Jane Fonda. She gets I read this article. She
got off the plane in a wheelchair, and she's like,
I feel I feel better now than I did in
my twenties where you're rocking a wheelchair back then. Jane,

(49:42):
what I want to apologize to everybody who went to
this show, like they heard things they shouldn't hear. Jane
Fonda said that like, uh, the shop is closed up
talking about her girl parts due to flooding. Those people
are gonna need like psychiatric help with that imagery. I

(50:03):
don't I don't want that in my head. I don't
want to think about Jane Fonda and anything closed up
for flooding. She's not a good person. Oh my apologies
to the people who attended this show and shelled out
a lot of money. She made like three hundred thousand
bucks to go to a beautiful country and just drop

(50:23):
a couple f bombs and talk about how she can't
control her bladder. That's not movie star behavior.

Speaker 2 (50:32):
Look, you might need to help out tampon tim at
the moment he was asked a very simple question that
he just could not understand.

Speaker 6 (50:40):
What is a woman?

Speaker 7 (50:46):
What is a woman is a question. I'm not sure
I understand the question.

Speaker 6 (50:52):
Every time I look at it. It's just it's amazing.
He has no idea. You know, he's had so much time.

Speaker 2 (50:59):
You think he'd come up with some kind of ansign.
He's got nothing.

Speaker 6 (51:02):
He doesn't know.

Speaker 13 (51:04):
I don't think he really knows.

Speaker 6 (51:06):
He doesn't know.

Speaker 13 (51:07):
But whatever we do keep him away from change.

Speaker 4 (51:10):
Wonder.

Speaker 2 (51:12):
Look, finally, it was ten years ago to this day
that this happened.

Speaker 6 (51:36):
Ten years ago to the.

Speaker 2 (51:37):
Day Donald Trump announced his presidential bid. Wow, it's been
a pretty wild decade, it really has.

Speaker 13 (51:44):
And what an iconic moment. And at the top of
that escalator he's still just a great businessman and a
philanthropist and a friend of humanity. And by the time
he got to the bottom, they're like, wow, he's hitler,
he's a fashion They turned fast. But it's an iconic moment.
In a career, Trump has had so many iconic moments,

(52:06):
even when the assassin bullet took his ear, Like in
that he brings his fist up and he's like, fight, fight, Fight.
This guy's had more iconic moments. If I was Trump
after a bullet had hit my ear, I'd never give
a speech with my head in one spot. At the
same time, I'd never stop movement.

Speaker 2 (52:24):
Yeah, he's absolutely incredible. That was an iconic moment for sure,
but should not have happened. Comedian and writer Michael Luftis,
thank you so much for joining us and speaking to
us here on Power Hour.

Speaker 13 (52:35):
Thank you, and I hope you get my birthday gift to.

Speaker 2 (52:37):
You joining us now for all the world news is news.
Court columnist Louise Roberts Louise great to see you.

Speaker 6 (52:47):
See you too, Gabriella So.

Speaker 2 (52:48):
Two weeks ago, Megan Markle released a video of her
twerking with Prince Harry in a hospital delivery room. She
posted it on her Instagram account, and it's a video
that they of course recorded years ago while she was
waiting to give birth to Lily Bed and the video
went viral as she was hoping that it would.

Speaker 6 (53:05):
But let's just take a look at what she posted.

Speaker 7 (53:09):
And sound come let me see Eddie's breaking way too
long if.

Speaker 4 (53:21):
She don't put it on you.

Speaker 6 (53:31):
You know, for someone who so badly wants.

Speaker 2 (53:33):
Privacy, it's such an intimate video to share with the world.
But in case you missed it, Megan Markle is back
drawing attention to this video that she posted. She appeared
as a guest on The Aspy with Emma Green podcast,
where she said the video is really a great reminder
of how authentic she is.

Speaker 23 (53:52):
You have to be authentic.

Speaker 6 (53:55):
Did you see my baby, Mamma downs?

Speaker 23 (53:56):
I mean, can I just tell you the timing of that,
the timing of.

Speaker 24 (54:01):
That we were we maybe watched it.

Speaker 23 (54:03):
Like twenty times yesterday and I was like, oh my god,
Prince Harry, there with the fingers and the okay, yeah,
okay on Harry.

Speaker 6 (54:15):
Let's go.

Speaker 23 (54:15):
But I think it's about you, right, Like that's you
in a way that we kind of haven't been able
to see you before.

Speaker 6 (54:22):
And I did like a little secret cheer because I was.

Speaker 23 (54:25):
Like, well, that's what I kind of want to see
from you, Like I want to see that happiness and
that seeing that like I don't give a But.

Speaker 24 (54:33):
So, by the way, that wasn't yesterday, No, that was
four years ago. So it's also a really great reminder
that with all the noise or whatever people do, there's
still a whole life, a real, authentic, fun life.

Speaker 6 (54:45):
That's happening behind the scenes.

Speaker 24 (54:46):
I'm just grateful that now being back on social as well,
I have a place where I can share it on
my own term.

Speaker 2 (54:52):
There is so much to unpack about what she just said,
A really great reminder about, you know, how real their
life is. She needs to stop banging about how authentic
she is. She just seems to me to be so
desperate to be trying to cling onto this brand that
she's real.

Speaker 6 (55:07):
This is she's authentic.

Speaker 2 (55:08):
But so all my friends who are mothers, I don't
know anyone that has shared a video like that in
a hospital room.

Speaker 6 (55:16):
It's working around.

Speaker 2 (55:17):
It was absolutely ridiculous and not that relatable.

Speaker 6 (55:21):
Not that relatable to be honest.

Speaker 25 (55:22):
I mean, that sort of video belongs in a WhatsApp
mother's group, really, or maybe something you might share privately.
So it completely contradicts her claim of, you know, the
sort of desperate need for privacy and protecting everyone within
the family unit. And she does do a good job
generally with protecting the identities of hurt the children, I feel,
but you can't, on one hand, sale want privacy, on
the other hand, put a deeply personal video.

Speaker 16 (55:44):
I mean, I'm not surprised.

Speaker 25 (55:45):
In the fact that in a way that she didn't
produce a video of her actually giving birth.

Speaker 6 (55:50):
That's probably the next step, the next one that isn't great,
And you know, the.

Speaker 25 (55:53):
Sort of viral quality of it, She's obviously thrilled to
bits and thinking, well, any publicity is good publicity. So
let's just re hashit and reinforced the fact that I
released this video and made my daughter's fourth birthday about
me again in order to you know, say that I'm
authentic and real and this is what happens in real life.

Speaker 6 (56:12):
Yeah. Absolutely, bizarre. And then for you know, Megan Mark
is the one who who brings it up.

Speaker 2 (56:17):
She just really wants she wasn't asked about it, and
she just wants the world to know in case anyone
missed that video that it is out there unfortunately for
everyone everyone to watch. But it's interesting because, as you
say that, she generally does a pretty good job of
protecting her children's privacy. I might be starting to shift.
She's uploaded. It appears as though she's uploading more and

(56:40):
more content now of the family through her Instagram, which's
very happily using all the time. And she's marked Father's
Day by uploading a video of Prince Harry playing with
their two children, Archill and Lila.

Speaker 6 (56:50):
Bit let's just take a look at this.

Speaker 8 (57:03):
May you have auspiciousness and cars as of success.

Speaker 6 (57:06):
Me, you've have the confident as too.

Speaker 4 (57:08):
Are is you your best?

Speaker 15 (57:09):
Me?

Speaker 7 (57:09):
Are taking no effort in you being general best? Sharing
what you can?

Speaker 6 (57:13):
Nothing more, nothing less.

Speaker 2 (57:16):
It's interesting because she is showing more of the children.
I suspect they'll probably be more to come.

Speaker 25 (57:22):
Yeah, she's still quite careful on their faces, except when
they're very young. I mean, it's a very montage, soft focused,
almost documentary style, I think, and given it's Megan, it's
not just a Father's Day message. There's also some very
significant brand power messaging in that. Look at Harry, isn't
he your wonderful father and husband? And he's not the
sort of the person that maybe the rest of the

(57:43):
world thinks he's evolved into. He's actually this authentic and legitimate,
you know, dad and husband as well. It looks some
of the imagery in that is absolutely beautiful. My favorite,
I think would be where he's reading a bedtime story
to the Lachie and you can she sort of erupts
into this very authentic little boy giggle, which is gorgeous,
you know. But every clip I think tugs at the

(58:03):
heart strings. But again it's all part of the brand
messaging in a way.

Speaker 16 (58:07):
For Megan's done.

Speaker 6 (58:08):
With that, you know of course that it's interesting.

Speaker 2 (58:10):
In contrast, the Prince and Princess of Wales shared two
photographs Prince William with Williams and Catherine's children to mark
Father's Day. One is a portrait shot showing the Prince
standing with his arms around George, Charlottete and Louis, and
the other is a black and white image showing the

(58:31):
four of them laying on the guards there it is
what are your thoughts on this?

Speaker 25 (58:36):
These are both taken by Josh Schinner, who is a
photographer based in Norfolk, I believe, who they often invite
to their home there to do intimate sort of family portraits.
Last year's photographs for Father's Day were actually taken by
Castron herself, so that's quite a shift. And it was
a very different photograph too, because it was willing with
the three children looking out across the fields with their

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sort of backs.

Speaker 16 (58:57):
To camera and away. So I found that very poignant
at the time.

Speaker 25 (59:00):
But of course now we have this sort of great
color image where it's posed gabriella, but it's not stiff.
You sort of get a sense of the cohesion within
that family, and I do feel with Royal photographs consistencies
a very key attribute. People want to see almost the
same format year after year, so you can see how
much the children have grown up. And then, of course
the real gold is that beautiful black and white image

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of them sort of tangled up on the lawn and
laughing and giggling and sort of wrestling, and kids grow
out of that stage so quickly. It's nice to sort
of capture that, I think, and that's sort of the
messaging there I feel is this is us at home, relaxed.

Speaker 16 (59:36):
So yeah, beautiful.

Speaker 25 (59:37):
I mean, obviously Josh does some terrific images and they
feel very comfortable being photographed by him.

Speaker 16 (59:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (59:42):
Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (59:43):
Now, Princess Catherine made a glamorous appearance at the annual
Order of the Garter service over the weekend. So Catherine
missed last year's event, of course, after being diagnosed with
cancer and undergoing preventative chemotherapy, but she returned this year
to watch her husband, Prince William in the parade alongside
his father at King Charles pink Miller and other senior royals.

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What more can you tell us about this?

Speaker 25 (01:00:06):
So the trooping, the color and obviously Ordered the GARTERA
two events within one was Saturday and one was yesterday
Monday in the UK. Very much reaffirming Catherine's back. And
she's very much the model of Brazilians and continuity within
the royal family, I feel, and all her outfits, I mean,
she looks fabulous in them, but there's very strategic choices

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by head about what she wears and who she pays
sort of tribute to the Katherine Walker Coach dress of
course on Saturday, and that beautiful lacamarine, and of course
Charlotte had a similar color dress as well.

Speaker 16 (01:00:39):
That's a nod to Diana.

Speaker 25 (01:00:40):
And even yesterday when she was wearing the beautiful cream
dress for Order of the Garter, she was wearing a
faux pearl strands and that was a nod to the
jewelry she wore for the eightieth anniversary of an event recently.
So she's very strategic, but also very natural as well.
And I love seeing also the shots of her laughing
and joking with Sophie. I think that's a really interesting

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relationship there, and obviously they provide a lot of support
to each other, both technically being commoners who've married into
the royal family. And of course we know from news
last week that the late Queen appointed Sophie to mentor Megan,
who right foolishly, I would argue, rejected this very important
offer because Harry could teach everything she needed to know

(01:01:23):
and we know how that worked out. So yeah, well,
I think Catherine and Sophie together sort of a great team,
and her sort of tributes to again her late mother
in law Diana absolutely spot on.

Speaker 16 (01:01:35):
She cannot put a foot wrong, I don't think.

Speaker 25 (01:01:38):
And she's very much the now moving into that space
with her husband of course next.

Speaker 6 (01:01:42):
In line, Tom King.

Speaker 16 (01:01:43):
She's now the model of sort of continuity and dedication.

Speaker 6 (01:01:46):
Yeah, and amazing to see.

Speaker 16 (01:01:48):
And of course she's back and wow, she's back.

Speaker 2 (01:01:50):
Yeah, and you can really see it, can't you. Now
let's talk about David Beckham. He has finally scored a
knighthood thanks to King Charles. The football icon was named
in the twenty twenty five Key His Birthday honors list
for his contributions to sport and charity. Now. David Beckham's
haid in a statement, growing up in East London with
parents and grandparents who were so patriotic and proud to
be British, I never could have imagined I would receive

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such a truly humbling honor.

Speaker 6 (01:02:15):
But it has taken him a while.

Speaker 25 (01:02:17):
It has taken him awhile. I think there's a few
reasons for that. I mean, he got his ob in
two thousand and three and then there was some sort
of conjecture about the Queen snubbing him for a night
hundred and twenty eleven that's not how the Queen operated.

Speaker 6 (01:02:28):
Clearly, I think the weight has.

Speaker 25 (01:02:31):
Been worth it for him because the monarchy itself has
moved more into a blend of tradition and modern focus
as well. And who better to sort of personify that
than David Beckham who had this fantastic career with man
U and then onto La Galaxy. But as you say,
he's not really been acknowledged for that sort of football
skill here. It's more about the charity work, so UNICEF

(01:02:53):
and the King's Foundation, and you can see that genuine
relationship he has with Charles. But who could also forget
that moving footage of him taking his turn in the queue,
not pulling any strings unlike some other celebrities, and he
stood in line for twelve thirteen hours waiting to pay
his respects to the Lake Queen at Chulaine State the Abbey.

(01:03:14):
So for me, when I saw that footage, I thought
he's absolutely passionate and legitimate about his support for the
Royal family.

Speaker 2 (01:03:22):
Yeah, absolutely, very incredible image there. It says so much
and he deserves us yeah, for the Royal family now
David Beckham also it seems that he appears to have
potentially extended an olive branch to his eldest son, Brooklyn
Beckham amid all the family drama on Father's Day, he
shared a photograph and wrote, my most important and favorite

(01:03:44):
job in life is being a dad. I'm so proud
of all of you, and like Daddy sorry boys, tells
you every single day, I.

Speaker 6 (01:03:51):
Will always be here for you no matter what. Is
this an old olive branch do you think?

Speaker 22 (01:03:57):
Yeah?

Speaker 25 (01:03:58):
I think it is because there's been a bit of
an impasse between them after sort of initial social media
tit for tat between obviously David and obviously Brooklyn Nicola
in the US as well. But the fact that he
said I will always be here for you, I thought
was very significant.

Speaker 16 (01:04:13):
No word from Brooklyn, I.

Speaker 25 (01:04:14):
Mean he was even tagged into the post from his
newly united father, nothing at all. Of course, Cruise and Romeo,
his younger brothers, were very effusive in their praise for Dad,
and given his age as a twenty six year old,
of course, Brooklyn his front and center in all those photographs,
holding his younger siblings and nestling up to his dad.
And I looked at them and thought they're beautiful images,

(01:04:35):
but also felt quite sad because I think all of
as that are thinking, just hurry up and make peace.

Speaker 16 (01:04:39):
Don't be like Harry and Charles. Make it up.

Speaker 6 (01:04:42):
Because life is short.

Speaker 25 (01:04:44):
You've got so many cherished memories anyway, but just sort
of get back together and enjoy life as a family.
But I do feel that David's sort of really putting
it out there, saying, I'm here. If you want to
make peace with me, I'm here and I'm ready to listen.
But whether Brooklyn does it breaks your heart. If it doesn't,
it me, Brooklyn's being a brat, that's my dude. But

(01:05:04):
I think you should make it up with this file.

Speaker 16 (01:05:06):
I really do.

Speaker 6 (01:05:07):
Let's see what happens. I hope he does. But Louise Roberts,
thank you so much for joining us to talk to you.

Speaker 2 (01:05:15):
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