Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues here on the American Family Radio Network. I'm Tim Wildmon, and today is Wednesday, October 21st, 2026.
Chris Woodward: Good morning, Tim.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning, Chris. I've been saying lately, “Get yesterday back.”
Chris Woodward: Yesterday has already passed.
Tim Wildmon: Well, I'm thinking about it. Tomorrow hasn't come yet. I'm sorry, yesterday.
Chris Woodward: Yesterday.
Tim Wildmon: Oh, good catch there. I was trying to be wise. “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.”
Chris Woodward: That's it. There we go.
Tim Wildmon: Chris Woodward, good morning, brother Chris.
Chris Woodward: I love that Carpenters song.
Tim Wildmon: If I mention a song from yesterday and Chris doesn't know it, he always defers and thinks I'm talking about a Carpenters song.
Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's become a thing for us on the show. That and “Hello.”
Tim Wildmon: Yes, that's what you're known for.
Chris Woodward: I'm working on a Robin Williams “Good morning.”
Tim Wildmon: Do you drink coffee in the morning?
Chris Woodward: I do.
Tim Wildmon: Usually it shows up. You drink enough coffee, it'll show up.
Chris Woodward: I had a delicious beverage from a local place here called an iced Albino Rhino this morning, and it was fantastic.
Tim Wildmon: What is an Albino Rhino?
Chris Woodward: Forgive me if the owner of the establishment is listening, but it's like blueberry cobbler and other add-ins, blueberry cold brew with some flavor. I'm not sure.
Tim Wildmon: I'm trying to get to the point about the albino.
Chris Woodward: That's just the name they gave it.
Tim Wildmon: It rhymes with something. There's no real meaning a lot of times to the names of the drinks we order.
Chris Woodward: All I know is you can't get yesterday back.
Tim Wildmon: I'm not going to say anything on this one. I've already put my foot in it.
Chris Woodward: I love you, Wesley. You're awesome, man.
Wesley: How long before you go to the woods and we won't see you again for a while?
Chris Woodward: After Thanksgiving. I'll see you after New Year's.
Tim Wildmon: Deer hunting season is coming for you.
Chris Woodward: That's it. It's an important time of year for you and me, isn't it?
Wesley: That's y'all's downtown. That's my deer season.
Tim Wildmon: It is deer season. Deer hunters are getting excited.
Wesley: I don't do your hunting stuff.
Tim Wildmon: You don't even know.
Wesley: I don't.
Chris Woodward: It's a very popular outdoor sport, really all over the country now.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, all over the country and especially in the Midwest.
Wesley: Why don't you drive out there?
Tim Wildmon: I have a lot of activities here.
Wesley: It has crossed my mind quite a bit. I've been invited, but it hasn't fit my schedule yet.
Tim Wildmon: All right, well, listen, folks. Thanks for joining us here on the program. We've got a lot of stuff to talk about and a lot of stuff in the news. Jenna Ellis will be with us at the bottom of the hour.
Tim Wildmon: Chris, what is your first news story?
Chris Woodward: As we speak, ABC is reporting that Russia is ready to resume U.S.-Russia-Ukraine peace talks. That would be a huge change in this war, which is almost five years old at this point. February would be the five-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Chris Woodward: This morning on Fox News Channel, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was on to talk about these peace talks. Here is what he said he would be willing to do today if Russia would stop the war.
Interviewer: Would you accept a peace deal that freezes everything the way it is right now, where you still keep 75 percent or more of your country, regardless of how it started? Would you accept where it is right now?
Volodymyr Zelensky: Yes. Right now, we have to freeze, and I think this is a real way to end this war. We can call it a ceasefire, or “stop the killings,” like President Trump called it. Freeze and stop. Of course, this is the minimum that we need from Russia today.
Tim Wildmon: Maybe there's help there, because the reality is that Putin needs something to offer out. He needs an off-ramp.
Chris Woodward: That's a good way of putting it. He needs a way to save face. He was the instigator, the aggressor, but there's pretty much a stalemate.
Tim Wildmon: I looked up the numbers yesterday, and Russia has lost, I think, 1.4 million casualties. Not all those are deaths, but that's a pretty big chunk of your young men if you're Russia. He's got to have something to show for it.
Chris Woodward: Please understand me, people. I'm not saying you have to give anything to an aggressor, but the fact is Ukraine is not going to push Russia out from where it is now. If you want Putin to come to the table, you've got to give him, as Tim said, an off-ramp. This would be amazing for both countries, and I'm talking about the people who are doing the fighting.
Ed Vitagliano: Zelensky is remarkable. Just as an observation, not knowing all the politics or the history or who started what or why Russia did what they did, I think it's unbelievable that he has held up. They haven't had an election there, right?
Tim Wildmon: I don't think so. That has been suspended.
Ed Vitagliano: Since the war started, Ukraine used to have elections for its president, or whatever they call their leader, but they suspended the election when the war started, and there's been some criticism of that. But it's kind of odd to me that the same people who go after Zelensky don't seem to go after Putin with the same criteria, for example.
Tim Wildmon: I admire the guy's ability to hold up under the pressure of a war with Russia on your border for four or five years now. It'll be five in February. Part of the criticism of Zelensky was that he was an actor and comedian.
Ed Vitagliano: But this has been heroic. The way he has fought to try to save his country from a much larger power is remarkable.
Tim Wildmon: You're talking about being an underdog.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes. He has held up to the mighty Russian army, along with the Ukrainian people. The Ukrainians have changed the way war is fought with drones. We'll talk about that a little later in the program.
Tim Wildmon: This is something Christians need to pray for, if for no other reason than the young men on both sides who are in this meat grinder.
Chris Woodward: Do you know how long the border is between Ukraine and Russia?
Tim Wildmon: I don't mean to be morbid, but can you imagine? There are corpses everywhere. If you've got that many hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people who have died in that region in combat, go ahead.
Chris Woodward: It is 1,974 kilometers, which is about 1,300 miles.
Tim Wildmon: A 1,300-mile border. That's a lot of dead soldiers.
Ed Vitagliano: I remember the first couple of months hearing Zelensky speak. Setting aside Ukraine, its country and politics, and the corruption and internal issues they had, I remember listening to Zelensky give a rallying cry. He said, essentially, “We're going to stand up against them. We're going to fight back.” He was very effective in his battle plan to push back.
Tim Wildmon: I remember those first six months. Everybody thought the Russians would roll in with their tanks and take over the country.
Ed Vitagliano: There were several messages he gave that aired on Fox and other news outlets that I thought were remarkable.
Tim Wildmon: That's right. He's doing a “Braveheart.”
Ed Vitagliano: Exactly. They've been able to stave off Russia from taking over their whole country.
Chris Woodward: Doing a quick search, Russia currently controls approximately 18 to 20 percent of Ukraine's internationally recognized territory. That's not an insignificant amount, but Ukraine needs to save the rest of it.
Tim Wildmon: Zelensky just said the reason we're talking about this story is that it is big international breaking news that Russia has said it is ready to talk about peace. Zelensky says, “If you want a ceasefire now, we'll call it even,” so to speak. In other words, they'll stop it where the borders are, where the countries exist right now. Russia would keep the 18 to 20 percent of the land mass that was Ukraine.
Chris Woodward: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: So there you go.
Chris Woodward: Ed mentioned the drones here a minute ago. Number one, this has been a very underreported war compared to other things going on in the world. One of the things that has surprised people has been Ukraine's success using drones to fight Russia.
Ed Vitagliano: It has changed modern warfare.
Chris Woodward: It sure has. It's even proven to be effective against U.S. military equipment. I say that based on a story I'm about to read from the New York Post.
Tim Wildmon: Before you read this, I came across the story last night and sent it to you and everybody. What we're about to talk about is war games. Don't confuse this when Chris says America and Ukraine. America is not at war with Ukraine. The militaries of countries conduct war games to determine what works and what doesn't.
Chris Woodward: Ukraine and the United States conducted some kind of war game.
Ed Vitagliano: They sure did.
Tim Wildmon: I'm surprised Ukraine had time for this.
Chris Woodward: It was a particular unit that must have been stepped out of combat. This took place in Germany.
Chris Woodward: Ukrainian drone operators inflicted 70 percent of an American tank brigade's casualties in a major military exercise, the commander has revealed, suggesting the new form of warfare could be deadly for American troops in the next conflict. That's one of the reasons why the United States was involved. What could be some things that might impact us, God forbid we should get involved in something like this?
Chris Woodward: A newly published overview of military drills held in Germany over the spring demonstrated the devastation Ukraine's drone unit was capable of after years of experience fighting against Russia. Again, this is a new era of warfare.
Tim Wildmon: It definitely is. It kind of evens the playing field, at least the battlefield, for the little guy versus the big guy.
Ed Vitagliano: Guerrilla warfare has been around forever.
Tim Wildmon: We're talking about drones that cost how much?
Chris Woodward: Five hundred dollars.
Tim Wildmon: You buried the lead there. A $500 drone is able to take out a $25 million tank.
Ed Vitagliano: Guerrilla warfare has been around for a long time. However, those guerrillas have always had difficulty taking out armored tanks. This is a new era of warfare. These $500 drones can be deployed by the hundreds, and most of us have seen videos of tanks being stopped.
Tim Wildmon: I watched a video of an entire tank battle where the Russians were trying to break through, and these drones stopped them cold.
Ed Vitagliano: We're talking about 20 Ukrainian soldiers sitting there with joysticks.
Tim Wildmon: Controlling drones.
Ed Vitagliano: I'm not naive, but I think this is going to make big countries think twice before they start wars.
Chris Woodward: I guarantee you China has paid close attention to what has happened in the Russia-Ukraine war, because Taiwan has been upgrading its own ability to fight with drones. If China ever wanted to cross that 100-mile strait of water to invade Taiwan, it would be looking at substantial casualties. It is not hyperbole to say this has changed warfare going forward.
Chris Woodward: Drones have also proven effective in evacuating soldiers from the battlefield. I say that based on what I'm about to read from the Daily Mail. A Ukrainian infantryman cut off his own leg to survive alone on the front line for more than 200 days before becoming the first soldier to be evacuated by aerial drone in the history of warfare.
Chris Woodward: The man's name is something that sounds like Konstantin Vasilenko. He endured 491 days in the kill zone, first hiding in a cramped concrete pipeline with his comrade while swarms of Russian drones prevented rescue.
Ed Vitagliano: Just incredible. The way this gentleman survived was phenomenal. I think he's in his early 50s, which goes to show you that if you're an able-bodied man, you're out there.
Tim Wildmon: We hope and pray that the Russian-Ukrainian war ends quickly.
Ed Vitagliano: Amen.
Tim Wildmon: It would be a political win if President Trump is able to be the one to bring that to pass.
Chris Woodward: He's doing this?
Tim Wildmon: I think Steve Witkoff is the one negotiating and brokering it, but it's the United States, Ukraine, and Russia.
Chris Woodward: He's the White House envoy for something.
Tim Wildmon: I understand. All right, next story.
Chris Woodward: Yesterday at the Oval Office, the president had a press conference with reporters asking all kinds of questions. Fox's Edward Lawrence asked the president about Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota representative who has been under fire for days now.
Tim Wildmon: She is being investigated by the federal government for allegedly fibbing on immigration documents when she came over here. According to various news reports and people on social media, Ilhan Omar might have fudged the numbers and fibbed about some things regarding her immigration status. As a result, people are wondering whether she should be jailed or deported. Yesterday, President Trump said he was open to both.
Interviewer: There is a problem with Ilhan Omar's age. Could she be deported?
President Donald Trump: She could be. She could also go to jail. They keep talking about deportation, but she could go to jail. This is just my opinion: I think she's a very dishonest person who hates our country. She comes from a country that is essentially not even a country. It has no government and no police protection. All they do is have people running around shooting each other. Then she comes over here and wants to tell us how to run America.
Tim Wildmon: He just nailed it.
Chris Woodward: That was a body slam.
Tim Wildmon: Just to review for people, Ilhan Omar has been in the news a lot. She's a member of “the Squad” and is originally from Somalia. She lives in Minnesota, where a large Somali population has settled.
Chris Woodward: In order to immigrate to the United States, she would have had to be a minor, with her parents vouching for her, and then she would become a U.S. citizen. She would have had to be 17 years old.
Tim Wildmon: And this all leads to eligibility to run for federal office.
Chris Woodward: The allegation is that she was actually 18 years old when she entered the country. Then, after she ran for office and won her congressional seat, her staff initiated a change of her birth date so that she appeared to have entered legally.
Tim Wildmon: That is the report, and that is what the government is talking about.
Chris Woodward: I thought she was actually 18, which would have meant she had to go through the process herself. But she and her father said she was 17.
Tim Wildmon: So that would mean she was not here legally and therefore could have been deported.
Chris Woodward: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: What President Trump is saying is that because she lied to the federal government, she could not only spend time in jail, but her citizenship could be revoked and she could be deported.
Chris Woodward: Some people are saying this is Trump's lawfare and that he is just trying to be mean to Democrats who don't like him. But several people have said for days that you have to consider who signed off on the warrants. It was actually two judges, neither of whom would casually sign off on documents investigating a member of Congress. There was also a former Department of Justice official who is now a Fox News contributor. He said this stems from years ago, before Trump reentered office. It may have been raised as an issue during the Biden administration, and we're just now seeing the Trump team take action.
Tim Wildmon: One thing's for sure: President Trump's heart does not go out to Ilhan Omar in her time of trouble.
Ed Vitagliano: It does not, and rightfully so. I'm generally opposed to lawfare, but I don't think this is lawfare. They're enforcing the law here. If she did lie to get in here, there are also questions about whether she illegally married her brother to bring him into the country. If you're going to do all that, you should pay the price. It doesn't matter that she's built a whole life here, including being a member of Congress.
Tim Wildmon: I appreciated what President Trump said about her coming from a country that is not really a country.
Ed Vitagliano: It's a failed state.
Tim Wildmon: And then she comes over here and tells us everything that is wrong with America.
Ed Vitagliano: President Trump used stronger language than I can use here, but it is an absolute mess.
Tim Wildmon: And that's the reason they brought all those Somalis up there.
Ed Vitagliano: It's a failed state, and he is saying that she comes over here and tells us how everything is wrong with America.
Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues here on the American Family Radio Network. I'm Tim Wildmon, and today is Wednesday, October 21st, 2026.
Chris Woodward: Good morning, Tim.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning, Chris. I've been saying lately, “Get yesterday back.”
Chris Woodward: Yesterday has already passed.
Tim Wildmon: Well, I'm thinking about it. Tomorrow hasn't come yet. I'm sorry, yesterday.
Chris Woodward: Yesterday.
Tim Wildmon: Oh, good catch there. I was trying to be wise. “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.”
Chris Woodward: That's it. There we go.
Tim Wildmon: Chris Woodward, good morning, brother Chris.
Chris Woodward: I love that Carpenters song.
Tim Wildmon: If I mention a song from yesterday and Chris doesn't know it, he always defers and thinks I'm talking about a Carpenters song.
Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's become a thing for us on the show. That and “Hello.”
Tim Wildmon: Yes, that's what you're known for.
Chris Woodward: I'm working on a Robin Williams “Good morning.”
Tim Wildmon: Do you drink coffee in the morning?
Chris Woodward: I do.
Tim Wildmon: Usually it shows up. You drink enough coffee, it'll show up.
Chris Woodward: I had a delicious beverage from a local place here called an iced Albino Rhino this morning, and it was fantastic.
Tim Wildmon: What is an Albino Rhino?
Chris Woodward: Forgive me if the owner of the establishment is listening, but it's like blueberry cobbler and other add-ins, blueberry cold brew with some flavor. I'm not sure.
Tim Wildmon: I'm trying to get to the point about the albino.
Chris Woodward: That's just the name they gave it.
Tim Wildmon: It rhymes with something. There's no real meaning a lot of times to the names of the drinks we order.
Chris Woodward: All I know is you can't get yesterday back.
Tim Wildmon: I'm not going to say anything on this one. I've already put my foot in it.
Chris Woodward: I love you, Wesley. You're awesome, man.
Wesley: How long before you go to the woods and we won't see you again for a while?
Chris Woodward: After Thanksgiving. I'll see you after New Year's.
Tim Wildmon: Deer hunting season is coming for you.
Chris Woodward: That's it. It's an important time of year for you and me, isn't it?
Wesley: That's y'all's downtown. That's my deer season.
Tim Wildmon: It is deer season. Deer hunters are getting excited.
Wesley: I don't do your hunting stuff.
Tim Wildmon: You don't even know.
Wesley: I don't.
Chris Woodward: It's a very popular outdoor sport, really all over the country now.
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, all over the country and especially in the Midwest.
Wesley: Why don't you drive out there?
Tim Wildmon: I have a lot of activities here.
Wesley: It has crossed my mind quite a bit. I've been invited, but it hasn't fit my schedule yet.
Tim Wildmon: All right, well, listen, folks. Thanks for joining us here on the program. We've got a lot of stuff to talk about and a lot of stuff in the news. Jenna Ellis will be with us at the bottom of the hour.
Tim Wildmon: Chris, what is your first news story?
Chris Woodward: As we speak, ABC is reporting that Russia is ready to resume U.S.-Russia-Ukraine peace talks. That would be a huge change in this war, which is almost five years old at this point. February would be the five-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Chris Woodward: This morning on Fox News Channel, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was on to talk about these peace talks. Here is what he said he would be willing to do today if Russia would stop the war.
Interviewer: Would you accept a peace deal that freezes everything the way it is right now, where you still keep 75 percent or more of your country, regardless of how it started? Would you accept where it is right now?
Volodymyr Zelensky: Yes. Right now, we have to freeze, and I think this is a real way to end this war. We can call it a ceasefire, or “stop the killings,” like President Trump called it. Freeze and stop. Of course, this is the minimum that we need from Russia today.
Tim Wildmon: Maybe there's help there, because the reality is that Putin needs something to offer out. He needs an off-ramp.
Chris Woodward: That's a good way of putting it. He needs a way to save face. He was the instigator, the aggressor, but there's pretty much a stalemate.
Tim Wildmon: I looked up the numbers yesterday, and Russia has lost, I think, 1.4 million casualties. Not all those are deaths, but that's a pretty big chunk of your young men if you're Russia. He's got to have something to show for it.
Chris Woodward: Please understand me, people. I'm not saying you have to give anything to an aggressor, but the fact is Ukraine is not going to push Russia out from where it is now. If you want Putin to come to the table, you've got to give him, as Tim said, an off-ramp. This would be amazing for both countries, and I'm talking about the people who are doing the fighting.
Ed Vitagliano: Zelensky is remarkable. Just as an observation, not knowing all the politics or the history or who started what or why Russia did what they did, I think it's unbelievable that he has held up. They haven't had an election there, right?
Tim Wildmon: I don't think so. That has been suspended.
Ed Vitagliano: Since the war started, Ukraine used to have elections for its president, or whatever they call their leader, but they suspended the election when the war started, and there's been some criticism of that. But it's kind of odd to me that the same people who go after Zelensky don't seem to go after Putin with the same criteria, for example.
Tim Wildmon: I admire the guy's ability to hold up under the pressure of a war with Russia on your border for four or five years now. It'll be five in February. Part of the criticism of Zelensky was that he was an actor and comedian.
Ed Vitagliano: But this has been heroic. The way he has fought to try to save his country from a much larger power is remarkable.
Tim Wildmon: You're talking about being an underdog.
Ed Vitagliano: Yes. He has held up to the mighty Russian army, along with the Ukrainian people. The Ukrainians have changed the way war is fought with drones. We'll talk about that a little later in the program.
Tim Wildmon: This is something Christians need to pray for, if for no other reason than the young men on both sides who are in this meat grinder.
Chris Woodward: Do you know how long the border is between Ukraine and Russia?
Tim Wildmon: I don't mean to be morbid, but can you imagine? There are corpses everywhere. If you've got that many hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people who have died in that region in combat, go ahead.
Chris Woodward: It is 1,974 kilometers, which is about 1,300 miles.
Tim Wildmon: A 1,300-mile border. That's a lot of dead soldiers.
Ed Vitagliano: I remember the first couple of months hearing Zelensky speak. Setting aside Ukraine, its country and politics, and the corruption and internal issues they had, I remember listening to Zelensky give a rallying cry. He said, essentially, “We're going to stand up against them. We're going to fight back.” He was very effective in his battle plan to push back.
Tim Wildmon: I remember those first six months. Everybody thought the Russians would roll in with their tanks and take over the country.
Ed Vitagliano: There were several messages he gave that aired on Fox and other news outlets that I thought were remarkable.
Tim Wildmon: That's right. He's doing a “Braveheart.”
Ed Vitagliano: Exactly. They've been able to stave off Russia from taking over their whole country.
Chris Woodward: Doing a quick search, Russia currently controls approximately 18 to 20 percent of Ukraine's internationally recognized territory. That's not an insignificant amount, but Ukraine needs to save the rest of it.
Tim Wildmon: Zelensky just said the reason we're talking about this story is that it is big international breaking news that Russia has said it is ready to talk about peace. Zelensky says, “If you want a ceasefire now, we'll call it even,” so to speak. In other words, they'll stop it where the borders are, where the countries exist right now. Russia would keep the 18 to 20 percent of the land mass that was Ukraine.
Chris Woodward: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: So there you go.
Chris Woodward: Ed mentioned the drones here a minute ago. Number one, this has been a very underreported war compared to other things going on in the world. One of the things that has surprised people has been Ukraine's success using drones to fight Russia.
Ed Vitagliano: It has changed modern warfare.
Chris Woodward: It sure has. It's even proven to be effective against U.S. military equipment. I say that based on a story I'm about to read from the New York Post.
Tim Wildmon: Before you read this, I came across the story last night and sent it to you and everybody. What we're about to talk about is war games. Don't confuse this when Chris says America and Ukraine. America is not at war with Ukraine. The militaries of countries conduct war games to determine what works and what doesn't.
Chris Woodward: Ukraine and the United States conducted some kind of war game.
Ed Vitagliano: They sure did.
Tim Wildmon: I'm surprised Ukraine had time for this.
Chris Woodward: It was a particular unit that must have been stepped out of combat. This took place in Germany.
Chris Woodward: Ukrainian drone operators inflicted 70 percent of an American tank brigade's casualties in a major military exercise, the commander has revealed, suggesting the new form of warfare could be deadly for American troops in the next conflict. That's one of the reasons why the United States was involved. What could be some things that might impact us, God forbid we should get involved in something like this?
Chris Woodward: A newly published overview of military drills held in Germany over the spring demonstrated the devastation Ukraine's drone unit was capable of after years of experience fighting against Russia. Again, this is a new era of warfare.
Tim Wildmon: It definitely is. It kind of evens the playing field, at least the battlefield, for the little guy versus the big guy.
Ed Vitagliano: Guerrilla warfare has been around forever.
Tim Wildmon: We're talking about drones that cost how much?
Chris Woodward: Five hundred dollars.
Tim Wildmon: You buried the lead there. A $500 drone is able to take out a $25 million tank.
Ed Vitagliano: Guerrilla warfare has been around for a long time. However, those guerrillas have always had difficulty taking out armored tanks. This is a new era of warfare. These $500 drones can be deployed by the hundreds, and most of us have seen videos of tanks being stopped.
Tim Wildmon: I watched a video of an entire tank battle where the Russians were trying to break through, and these drones stopped them cold.
Ed Vitagliano: We're talking about 20 Ukrainian soldiers sitting there with joysticks.
Tim Wildmon: Controlling drones.
Ed Vitagliano: I'm not naive, but I think this is going to make big countries think twice before they start wars.
Chris Woodward: I guarantee you China has paid close attention to what has happened in the Russia-Ukraine war, because Taiwan has been upgrading its own ability to fight with drones. If China ever wanted to cross that 100-mile strait of water to invade Taiwan, it would be looking at substantial casualties. It is not hyperbole to say this has changed warfare going forward.
Chris Woodward: Drones have also proven effective in evacuating soldiers from the battlefield. I say that based on what I'm about to read from the Daily Mail. A Ukrainian infantryman cut off his own leg to survive alone on the front line for more than 200 days before becoming the first soldier to be evacuated by aerial drone in the history of warfare.
Chris Woodward: The man's name is something that sounds like Konstantin Vasilenko. He endured 491 days in the kill zone, first hiding in a cramped concrete pipeline with his comrade while swarms of Russian drones prevented rescue.
Ed Vitagliano: Just incredible. The way this gentleman survived was phenomenal. I think he's in his early 50s, which goes to show you that if you're an able-bodied man, you're out there.
Tim Wildmon: We hope and pray that the Russian-Ukrainian war ends quickly.
Ed Vitagliano: Amen.
Tim Wildmon: It would be a political win if President Trump is able to be the one to bring that to pass.
Chris Woodward: He's doing this?
Tim Wildmon: I think Steve Witkoff is the one negotiating and brokering it, but it's the United States, Ukraine, and Russia.
Chris Woodward: He's the White House envoy for something.
Tim Wildmon: I understand. All right, next story.
Chris Woodward: Yesterday at the Oval Office, the president had a press conference with reporters asking all kinds of questions. Fox's Edward Lawrence asked the president about Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota representative who has been under fire for days now.
Tim Wildmon: She is being investigated by the federal government for allegedly fibbing on immigration documents when she came over here. According to various news reports and people on social media, Ilhan Omar might have fudged the numbers and fibbed about some things regarding her immigration status. As a result, people are wondering whether she should be jailed or deported. Yesterday, President Trump said he was open to both.
Interviewer: There is a problem with Ilhan Omar's age. Could she be deported?
President Donald Trump: She could be. She could also go to jail. They keep talking about deportation, but she could go to jail. This is just my opinion: I think she's a very dishonest person who hates our country. She comes from a country that is essentially not even a country. It has no government and no police protection. All they do is have people running around shooting each other. Then she comes over here and wants to tell us how to run America.
Tim Wildmon: He just nailed it.
Chris Woodward: That was a body slam.
Tim Wildmon: Just to review for people, Ilhan Omar has been in the news a lot. She's a member of “the Squad” and is originally from Somalia. She lives in Minnesota, where a large Somali population has settled.
Chris Woodward: In order to immigrate to the United States, she would have had to be a minor, with her parents vouching for her, and then she would become a U.S. citizen. She would have had to be 17 years old.
Tim Wildmon: And this all leads to eligibility to run for federal office.
Chris Woodward: The allegation is that she was actually 18 years old when she entered the country. Then, after she ran for office and won her congressional seat, her staff initiated a change of her birth date so that she appeared to have entered legally.
Tim Wildmon: That is the report, and that is what the government is talking about.
Chris Woodward: I thought she was actually 18, which would have meant she had to go through the process herself. But she and her father said she was 17.
Tim Wildmon: So that would mean she was not here legally and therefore could have been deported.
Chris Woodward: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: What President Trump is saying is that because she lied to the federal government, she could not only spend time in jail, but her citizenship could be revoked and she could be deported.
Chris Woodward: Some people are saying this is Trump's lawfare and that he is just trying to be mean to Democrats who don't like him. But several people have said for days that you have to consider who signed off on the warrants. It was actually two judges, neither of whom would casually sign off on documents investigating a member of Congress. There was also a former Department of Justice official who is now a Fox News contributor. He said this stems from years ago, before Trump reentered office. It may have been raised as an issue during the Biden administration, and we're just now seeing the Trump team take action.
Tim Wildmon: One thing's for sure: President Trump's heart does not go out to Ilhan Omar in her time of trouble.
Ed Vitagliano: It does not, and rightfully so. I'm generally opposed to lawfare, but I don't think this is lawfare. They're enforcing the law here. If she did lie to get in here, there are also questions about whether she illegally married her brother to bring him into the country. If you're going to do all that, you should pay the price. It doesn't matter that she's built a whole life here, including being a member of Congress.
Tim Wildmon: I appreciated what President Trump said about her coming from a country that is not really a country.
Ed Vitagliano: It's a failed state.
Tim Wildmon: And then she comes over here and tells us everything that is wrong with America.
Ed Vitagliano: President Trump used stronger language than I can use here, but it is an absolute mess.
Tim Wildmon: And that's the reason they brought all those Somalis up there.
Ed Vitagliano: It's a failed state, and he is saying that she comes over here and tells us how everything is wrong with America.
Tim Wildmon and his cohosts discuss reports that Russia is ready to resume peace talks involving the United States and Ukraine. They examine Volodymyr Zelensky’s willingness to freeze current battle lines, the need for an off-ramp for Russia, and the human cost of the war.
The program also considers Ukraine’s use of drones and what a military exercise in Germany may reveal about the future of warfare. The hosts then discuss allegations involving Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration history and President Donald Trump’s comments about possible legal consequences.
Jenna Ellis joins the program to discuss the search for a new White House press secretary, President Trump’s direct communication with reporters, projections for the midterm elections, the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, and the future of the Republican Party. She also urges Christians to vote according to their values and support candidates willing to do the work of government.
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