January 25, 2025 • 13 mins
Obstructionist Democrats Defeated, Hegseth is Confirmed plus Trump Goes to NC, Goes to CA, then GOES OFF on FEMA, and VP Vance Stands for the Lives of the Unborn
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is incompetently run. I guess Biden was thinking about other things,
wasn't he. They cost a tremendous amount of money. It's
very bureaucratic, it's very slow. Other than that, we're very
happy with them. I want more babies in the United
States of America.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Good Morning, It's Ben Ferguson. Nice to have you with
us on this Saturday morning. And here are the big
stories that we're covering coming out of the White House.
First up, it is a victory. Pete Headgseth is officially
now the man in charge at the Pentagon. After Democrats
had everything they could and coulding lie and slander him
(00:38):
trying to stop the nomination. It didn't work, and it's
a big victory for MAGA. Also, Donald Trump made it
very clear on Friday that he was standing with all
victims in this country of horrific natural disasters, stopping first
in North Carolina where people had clearly been forgotten by
the Biden demonstration, and then made his way all the
way out to California to help the people there that
(01:01):
have been dealing with the wildfires. Will have more on
what the President said about that, including saying it's time
to overhaul or get rid of FEMA. And finally, Vice
President Jeddy Vance delivered a speech at the annual March
for Life rally in DC, making it very clear that
even if the media won't cover this event, he is
going to stand with the rights of unborn children. It's
(01:23):
the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Democrats did everything they could to try to stop Pete
Headseth from becoming the Secretary of Defense. They slandered him,
they lied, and they used, of course anonymous sources to
try to make him look like he was the worst
man in the world. Well, the good news is it
didn't work. After a fifty to fifty tie vote in
(01:50):
the Senate, there was one man that got to show
up and vote again. He even laughed about it on
social media. As the Vice President jady Van said, I
thought I was done voting in the Senate. Well he
showed up to cast a vote and here's what he said.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
If not on this vote, the Ya's are fifty and
the nays are fifty, the Senate being equally divided. The
Vice President votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And just like that, it was official. Pete Headseth was
confirmed as Secretary of Defense. Now what we're also learning
about Pete Headseth is he is bringing in some incredible
people around him who are already getting involved in important
issues like securing the southern border. How do we know this.
Heavily armed members of our military were seen flying to
(02:41):
the southern border on Friday and disembarking major military aircraft
giving aid in support to border security the Department of
Homeland Security to pay off on the promise of making
America safe again at our southern border. This is just
one thing that the Secretary of Defense is going to
(03:02):
have to deal with. He will also have to deal
with what's happening in the Middle East with Israel hamas
Hezblah and helping to wind down the war between Russia
and Ukraine. At the end of the day, Democrats wanted
to derail this nomination. They wanted to hurt not only
the President of the United States of America, but they
wanted to destroy Pete Headseth personally. And it did not work.
(03:27):
So congratulations to Pete on becoming the Secretary of Defense.
And congratulations of President Trump for packing a fabulous nominee
to reform.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
The DoD Now story Number two.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
President Donald Trump, showing true leadership in the first few
days in office, made it very clear that he is
going to be a president for all Americans who are suffering,
especially when it comes to natural disasters. Donald Trump said
politics should not have anything to do with helping Americans
after they deal with a disaster. Unfortunately, that is exactly
(03:59):
what has happened under the Biden administration. For the people
in Tennessee and North Carolina, they were the forgotten ones.
Simply put, Democrats said, who are they going to vote
for or who did they vote for in the past,
And when they realized it was quote Maga country, they
didn't care about them at all. The complete opposite has happened, however,
for Democrats when it comes to those in La and
(04:22):
the surrounding areas that have been affected by the wildfires, well,
Donald Trump said, I'm not going to do it that way,
And so he woke up this morning with the First
Lady and immediately went to North Carolina where he listened
to the people who had lost everything from that hurricane
and the flooding that happened afterwards, he listened to what
was wrong with our government response and how FEMA had
(04:45):
failed them in so many different ways. He also promised
that he was going to stand by them and help
them rebuild quickly, and even made sure that there were
certain point people within his administration that are going to
take the lead. In North Carolina, the present was angry
about what he saw there and just how bad FEMA's
response has been. Before he went to California, the President
(05:08):
had this to say about maybe getting rid of FEMA,
or at the bare minimum, overhauling the agency.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Even an order on FEMA getting rid of it. Can
you say more about time to think you've an order
to get rid of FEMA. FEMA has been a very
big disappointment. They cost a tremendous amount of money, it's
very bureaucratic, and it's very slow. Other than that, we're
very happy with them, okay. And I think it's I
(05:36):
think when there's a when there's a problem with the state,
I think that that problem should be taken care of
by the state. That's what we have states for. They
take care of problems, and a governor can handle something
very quickly. You know, one of the things I've noticed
because I've been doing this for a while and we
had a pretty good FEMA. But I also noticed that
(05:57):
when they come, they end up in argument. They're fighting
all the time over who does what. It's just it's
just not a good system. This system is so beautifully
designed over two hundred and fifty years approximately, you know,
and we'll soon be celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth year.
It's going to be a very big celebration. But it's
(06:19):
been designed very well and we're going to leave it
that way. When North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, when
everybody knows the governor of Tennessee, I think everybody, do
you you know everybody here pretty much? He's hope. I
never thought of it. But you're right over the ridge,
so you're here to help.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
That's the people in this region, including Tosey, the people
of bat Placia, are grateful that you are here and
that you haven't forgotten it. There are other disasters, but
this one was enormous for both North Carolina and Tennessee,
so thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
You know, I've seen a lot of disasters, and this
when I came, I came here right after the day after,
and when I came here, I couldn't believe it. Actually,
I couldn't believe the damage. And I've seen a lot
of them.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
This was.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
More like a tornado.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Than it was what we witnessed.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So we're going to get it very much, very much
taken care of. Good job.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
That's nice that you can't you hear the President saying it.
Good job, And we're glad that you came and we're
here to help and get things fixed. This was very
different type of conversation North Carolina than the President had
when he went out to California. Donald Trump had a
press conference that went off the rails as Democrats tried
to defend their incompetency when it comes having no water
(07:38):
in the fire hydrants and not actually collecting rain water
in their reservoirs. What did Donald Trump have to say
to them, take a listen.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Was incompetently run and it costs about three times more
than it should cost. I'm hoping we can spend money
on schools instead of giving money to bureaucracy. It takes
you so much longer, that's the president. I begged you,
so how much long enough? For helping our people? Now
FEMA has a standard BREAD and I'm a builder. I built,
I was a very good builder. FEMA has a standard
(08:09):
that's so slow. They want permit on permit on permit,
and then they want permits on top of that. If
you use FEMA, you'll be here for a long time.
What I'm saying is, get the city, get the state
to give you immediate twenty four hour permits. These people
are going to build their own homes. They're going to
get them built fast. How many of the people, could
(08:30):
I ask you one question? How many of the people?
What are people going to do for financing? What are
people going to do? How many people can build a
home a percentage wise, like where they don't have to
go out and get funds. Some people are just not
going to be able to rebuild their home because they
have a beautiful home, but they don't have cash, right
So what are what are people looking to do? In
(08:51):
that case, you're going to have a big percentage I
would assume bread like that.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
What are they going to do?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Go ahead, mister president, without your help, They're only going
to get forty three thousand dollars from the federal government,
even if they have a health you know, they'll take
something bread with. Every insurance company in the country left California.
That's why you have no insurance because you made it
so impossible. People that think like you made it so impossible,
and you at me every insurance company.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
I don't know what I'll tell you about. I've never
seen a state where almost nobody has insurance. And they said,
what happened? And they said, like six months ago they
all left, and two years ago they had different you know, quadrants,
but they left, and you have very little insurance here.
I mean, I've never seen anything like it. We had
a lot of insurance companies pull out, but I have
no insurance companies actually have been warning you. Now I'm
(09:45):
not a big fan of insurance companies. Okay, they have
their big drugbacks too, but the insurance company I've been reading.
I read the papers very well, and you know, they've
been warning California for a long time. They've also been saying,
we want water. You don't have water. You know, you're
supposed to get fire insurance, and the insurance company goes
that you don't have any what are in your fire hydrants?
(10:05):
So it's a tough situation. I'm not a big fan
of insurance companies. I get that they're pulling out a Flooridad.
You lost your insurance companies six months ago because the
state wouldn't give them what they had to have.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
This is why so many Americans voted for Donald Trump.
He is staring the people in California in the face
that created this disaster, and he's calling them out for
their incompetency. The media, by the way, was saying, oh,
the President came here to chastise people that were in need.
If you notice the people clapping the audience with the homeowners,
(10:40):
they were thankful that Donald Trump was there. Don't buy
the media narrative on this one. Donald Trump is speaking
truth to the incompetent leaders in California and the citizens
were cheering him on today.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
And lastly, story number three, there was a major story.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
On Friday that happened. It's a story that the media
did not cover. You will not see or read what
I'm about to tell you in ninety nine percent of
the media coverage of what happened on Friday in America.
That's why I do this show for you every day.
Vice President J. D. Vance delivered a speech, an important
(11:16):
speech at the annual March for Life rally in Washington,
d C. Where he emphasized his desire for more babies
in the United States of America. What a novel idea.
He also criticized the nation's culture of abortion on demand.
He advocated for a society that supports families and values
life at all stages, highlighting the importance of assisting young
(11:40):
couples in raising thriving and healthy families. Vance also celebrated
the administration's recent decision to limit the prosecution of anti
abortion activists. Is what the left will call them, when
in reality they were prayer warriors. They were by the
entrances of reproductive health clinics, and what did the Department
(12:02):
of Justice do? They went after them like they were terrorists,
and many of them received pardons from the President this
week as well. In his address, Vance underscored the administration's
commitment to protecting unborn children and fostering what he described
as a culture that celebrates life, aligning with President Trump's
(12:23):
message to the rally, which reaffirmed support for pro life
initiatives and the protection of women and children. Simply put,
the Vice President said this, So let me say.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Very simply, I want more babies in the United States
of America.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Sometimes simple lines like that can state so much about
what an administration values. This administration values life, and they're
willing to stand up for life and protect it and
also pardon those that were persecuted for standing up for life.
Praying at abortion clinics another job well done in the
(13:05):
first week of President Trump forty seven's administration.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
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.
Is incompetently run. I guess Biden was thinking about other things,
wasn't he. They cost a tremendous amount of money. It's
very bureaucratic, it's very slow. Other than that, we're very
happy with them. I want more babies in the United
States of America.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Good Morning, It's Ben Ferguson. Nice to have you with
us on this Saturday morning. And here are the big
stories that we're covering coming out of the White House.
First up, it is a victory. Pete Headgseth is officially
now the man in charge at the Pentagon. After Democrats
had everything they could and coulding lie and slander him
(00:38):
trying to stop the nomination. It didn't work, and it's
a big victory for MAGA. Also, Donald Trump made it
very clear on Friday that he was standing with all
victims in this country of horrific natural disasters, stopping first
in North Carolina where people had clearly been forgotten by
the Biden demonstration, and then made his way all the
way out to California to help the people there that
(01:01):
have been dealing with the wildfires. Will have more on
what the President said about that, including saying it's time
to overhaul or get rid of FEMA. And finally, Vice
President Jeddy Vance delivered a speech at the annual March
for Life rally in DC, making it very clear that
even if the media won't cover this event, he is
going to stand with the rights of unborn children. It's
(01:23):
the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Democrats did everything they could to try to stop Pete
Headseth from becoming the Secretary of Defense. They slandered him,
they lied, and they used, of course anonymous sources to
try to make him look like he was the worst
man in the world. Well, the good news is it
didn't work. After a fifty to fifty tie vote in
(01:50):
the Senate, there was one man that got to show
up and vote again. He even laughed about it on
social media. As the Vice President jady Van said, I
thought I was done voting in the Senate. Well he
showed up to cast a vote and here's what he said.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
If not on this vote, the Ya's are fifty and
the nays are fifty, the Senate being equally divided. The
Vice President votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And just like that, it was official. Pete Headseth was
confirmed as Secretary of Defense. Now what we're also learning
about Pete Headseth is he is bringing in some incredible
people around him who are already getting involved in important
issues like securing the southern border. How do we know this.
Heavily armed members of our military were seen flying to
(02:41):
the southern border on Friday and disembarking major military aircraft
giving aid in support to border security the Department of
Homeland Security to pay off on the promise of making
America safe again at our southern border. This is just
one thing that the Secretary of Defense is going to
(03:02):
have to deal with. He will also have to deal
with what's happening in the Middle East with Israel hamas
Hezblah and helping to wind down the war between Russia
and Ukraine. At the end of the day, Democrats wanted
to derail this nomination. They wanted to hurt not only
the President of the United States of America, but they
wanted to destroy Pete Headseth personally. And it did not work.
(03:27):
So congratulations to Pete on becoming the Secretary of Defense.
And congratulations of President Trump for packing a fabulous nominee
to reform.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
The DoD Now story Number two.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
President Donald Trump, showing true leadership in the first few
days in office, made it very clear that he is
going to be a president for all Americans who are suffering,
especially when it comes to natural disasters. Donald Trump said
politics should not have anything to do with helping Americans
after they deal with a disaster. Unfortunately, that is exactly
(03:59):
what has happened under the Biden administration. For the people
in Tennessee and North Carolina, they were the forgotten ones.
Simply put, Democrats said, who are they going to vote
for or who did they vote for in the past,
And when they realized it was quote Maga country, they
didn't care about them at all. The complete opposite has happened, however,
for Democrats when it comes to those in La and
(04:22):
the surrounding areas that have been affected by the wildfires, well,
Donald Trump said, I'm not going to do it that way,
And so he woke up this morning with the First
Lady and immediately went to North Carolina where he listened
to the people who had lost everything from that hurricane
and the flooding that happened afterwards, he listened to what
was wrong with our government response and how FEMA had
(04:45):
failed them in so many different ways. He also promised
that he was going to stand by them and help
them rebuild quickly, and even made sure that there were
certain point people within his administration that are going to
take the lead. In North Carolina, the present was angry
about what he saw there and just how bad FEMA's
response has been. Before he went to California, the President
(05:08):
had this to say about maybe getting rid of FEMA,
or at the bare minimum, overhauling the agency.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Even an order on FEMA getting rid of it. Can
you say more about time to think you've an order
to get rid of FEMA. FEMA has been a very
big disappointment. They cost a tremendous amount of money, it's
very bureaucratic, and it's very slow. Other than that, we're
very happy with them, okay. And I think it's I
(05:36):
think when there's a when there's a problem with the state,
I think that that problem should be taken care of
by the state. That's what we have states for. They
take care of problems, and a governor can handle something
very quickly. You know, one of the things I've noticed
because I've been doing this for a while and we
had a pretty good FEMA. But I also noticed that
(05:57):
when they come, they end up in argument. They're fighting
all the time over who does what. It's just it's
just not a good system. This system is so beautifully
designed over two hundred and fifty years approximately, you know,
and we'll soon be celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth year.
It's going to be a very big celebration. But it's
(06:19):
been designed very well and we're going to leave it
that way. When North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, when
everybody knows the governor of Tennessee, I think everybody, do
you you know everybody here pretty much? He's hope. I
never thought of it. But you're right over the ridge,
so you're here to help.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
That's the people in this region, including Tosey, the people
of bat Placia, are grateful that you are here and
that you haven't forgotten it. There are other disasters, but
this one was enormous for both North Carolina and Tennessee,
so thank you.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
You know, I've seen a lot of disasters, and this
when I came, I came here right after the day after,
and when I came here, I couldn't believe it. Actually,
I couldn't believe the damage. And I've seen a lot
of them.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
This was.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
More like a tornado.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Than it was what we witnessed.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So we're going to get it very much, very much
taken care of. Good job.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
That's nice that you can't you hear the President saying it.
Good job, And we're glad that you came and we're
here to help and get things fixed. This was very
different type of conversation North Carolina than the President had
when he went out to California. Donald Trump had a
press conference that went off the rails as Democrats tried
to defend their incompetency when it comes having no water
(07:38):
in the fire hydrants and not actually collecting rain water
in their reservoirs. What did Donald Trump have to say
to them, take a listen.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Was incompetently run and it costs about three times more
than it should cost. I'm hoping we can spend money
on schools instead of giving money to bureaucracy. It takes
you so much longer, that's the president. I begged you,
so how much long enough? For helping our people? Now
FEMA has a standard BREAD and I'm a builder. I built,
I was a very good builder. FEMA has a standard
(08:09):
that's so slow. They want permit on permit on permit,
and then they want permits on top of that. If
you use FEMA, you'll be here for a long time.
What I'm saying is, get the city, get the state
to give you immediate twenty four hour permits. These people
are going to build their own homes. They're going to
get them built fast. How many of the people, could
(08:30):
I ask you one question? How many of the people?
What are people going to do for financing? What are
people going to do? How many people can build a
home a percentage wise, like where they don't have to
go out and get funds. Some people are just not
going to be able to rebuild their home because they
have a beautiful home, but they don't have cash, right
So what are what are people looking to do? In
(08:51):
that case, you're going to have a big percentage I
would assume bread like that.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
What are they going to do?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Go ahead, mister president, without your help, They're only going
to get forty three thousand dollars from the federal government,
even if they have a health you know, they'll take
something bread with. Every insurance company in the country left California.
That's why you have no insurance because you made it
so impossible. People that think like you made it so impossible,
and you at me every insurance company.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
I don't know what I'll tell you about. I've never
seen a state where almost nobody has insurance. And they said,
what happened? And they said, like six months ago they
all left, and two years ago they had different you know, quadrants,
but they left, and you have very little insurance here.
I mean, I've never seen anything like it. We had
a lot of insurance companies pull out, but I have
no insurance companies actually have been warning you. Now I'm
(09:45):
not a big fan of insurance companies. Okay, they have
their big drugbacks too, but the insurance company I've been reading.
I read the papers very well, and you know, they've
been warning California for a long time. They've also been saying,
we want water. You don't have water. You know, you're
supposed to get fire insurance, and the insurance company goes
that you don't have any what are in your fire hydrants?
(10:05):
So it's a tough situation. I'm not a big fan
of insurance companies. I get that they're pulling out a Flooridad.
You lost your insurance companies six months ago because the
state wouldn't give them what they had to have.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
This is why so many Americans voted for Donald Trump.
He is staring the people in California in the face
that created this disaster, and he's calling them out for
their incompetency. The media, by the way, was saying, oh,
the President came here to chastise people that were in need.
If you notice the people clapping the audience with the homeowners,
(10:40):
they were thankful that Donald Trump was there. Don't buy
the media narrative on this one. Donald Trump is speaking
truth to the incompetent leaders in California and the citizens
were cheering him on today.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
And lastly, story number three, there was a major story.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
On Friday that happened. It's a story that the media
did not cover. You will not see or read what
I'm about to tell you in ninety nine percent of
the media coverage of what happened on Friday in America.
That's why I do this show for you every day.
Vice President J. D. Vance delivered a speech, an important
(11:16):
speech at the annual March for Life rally in Washington,
d C. Where he emphasized his desire for more babies
in the United States of America. What a novel idea.
He also criticized the nation's culture of abortion on demand.
He advocated for a society that supports families and values
life at all stages, highlighting the importance of assisting young
(11:40):
couples in raising thriving and healthy families. Vance also celebrated
the administration's recent decision to limit the prosecution of anti
abortion activists. Is what the left will call them, when
in reality they were prayer warriors. They were by the
entrances of reproductive health clinics, and what did the Department
(12:02):
of Justice do? They went after them like they were terrorists,
and many of them received pardons from the President this
week as well. In his address, Vance underscored the administration's
commitment to protecting unborn children and fostering what he described
as a culture that celebrates life, aligning with President Trump's
(12:23):
message to the rally, which reaffirmed support for pro life
initiatives and the protection of women and children. Simply put,
the Vice President said this, So let me say.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Very simply, I want more babies in the United States
of America.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Sometimes simple lines like that can state so much about
what an administration values. This administration values life, and they're
willing to stand up for life and protect it and
also pardon those that were persecuted for standing up for life.
Praying at abortion clinics another job well done in the
(13:05):
first week of President Trump forty seven's administration.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
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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Ben Ferguson
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