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American Family Radio Network issues on February 25, 2026

>> Chris Woodward: Welcome to today's Issues, offering a Christian

>>  : response to the issues of the day.

>> Chris Woodward: Here's your host, Tim Wildmon, president of

>> Tim Wildmon: the American Family Association. Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to AFR. It's Tuesday, February 25, 2026. Joining me in studio is Wesley Wildmon. Good morning, Wesley.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Good morning.

>> Tim Wildmon: Good morning, Krish Woodward.

>> Chris Woodward: Good morning.

>> Tim Wildmon: And, remote from Florida is our good friend Ray pritchard. Good morning, Dr. Ray.

>> Tim Wildmon: Good morning, Tim. How you doing today?

>> Tim Wildmon: Everything's good here, in Tupelo. Having a good day.

Weather report from Florida. It was 31 degrees this morning

Weather report from Florida. I guess it's been a little chilly for you.

>> Tim Wildmon: It was 31 degrees this morning. I'm against that. We moved down here to get away from that kind of.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, you already put the hot chocolate up and here we are.

>> Tim Wildmon: Exactly right.

>> Tim Wildmon: 31. That may be a record low for.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's pretty bad. And now it's up to 40 something now. But yeah, it's, it's. Try to walk your dog in 31 degree weather in Florida. She doesn't.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, she don't want to go. It's not supposed to be like that, right?

>> Tim Wildmon: No.

>> Tim Wildmon: no. Your town is just north of Tampa, right? You're standing in the middle.

>> Tim Wildmon: Exactly right.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, no. You get any. See any falling iguanas?

>> Tim Wildmon: you know, some of them were. Have you seen the videos of those? Some of them are a couple of feet long. Yeah, I really hate that when a two foot long lizard hits me in the. Hits me in the back of the neck.

>> Tim Wildmon: They fall out of trees, right?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, they do.

>> Wesley Wildmon: People start calling in for work and say, listen, I've got a headache. I've been hit by an iguana. Think about all the excuses to not go in. Your dog ate your homework and all that.

>> Tim Wildmon: I got a hit and falling about a fallen iguana. I can't make an end today. Oh, my word.

Chris: Tonight is the State of the Union address. Going to begin at 9:00pm Eastern, 8:00 Central

all right, folks, we hope that, you're having a good morning. We got a lot to talk about here on the program. Today is the, State of the Union address. Right, Right.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. Going to begin at 9:00pm Eastern, 8:00

>> Wesley Wildmon: Central, about 30 minutes, be in and out and yeah, get the high points.

>> Chris Woodward: In all seriousness, any president could knock it out if members of his party didn't interrupt it with applause.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's fair.

>> Chris Woodward: I would say it's going to be at least an hour.

>> Wesley Wildmon: yeah. Or more.

>> Tim Wildmon: or more. Why, why is that, Krish? Do you think President Trump's gonna unload?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, I. Right now that he says we have a lot to talk about. We have the audio of him. We do have some audio.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, so tonight. And this is 9 o' clock Eastern.

>> Chris Woodward: 9 o' clock Eastern, 8 o' clock Central. By the way, AFN will cover it during and after the remarks. So you don't have to.

>> Tim Wildmon: America, President Trump not going to have a problem because the man doesn't sleep.

>> Chris Woodward: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: But there are going to be some, people who go to bed at 8 o', clock, if they're even there at all, that are going to be snoozing, probably.

>> Chris Woodward: I might have problem. Problem. So, tomorrow, trying to get all this covered.

President Trump is expected to give a long State of the Union speech tonight

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, so, so this, so what we're about to hear is President Trump previewing what he's going to say tonight.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, well, he's, you know, he's confident about his record and he goes on to say, as you will hear him say, we have a lot to, to discuss.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, go ahead.

>> Chris Woodward: Clip 2.

>> Tim Wildmon: So we have a country that's now doing well. We have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have the most activity we've ever had. I'm making a speech, and you'll be hearing me say that. I mean, it's, it's going to be a long speech because we have so much to talk about. Okay, so that's tonight. So plan for a long speech.

>> Chris Woodward: Making long speeches long again.

>> Tim Wildmon: We're going to have halftime, intermission.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Lee Greenwood going to sing, going to

>> Chris Woodward: break for Diet Coke and McDonald's fries.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah. So anyway, so plan for. He's going in and telling you now, get ready for an hour. Right?

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, I think. Yeah, Wesley's on the 90 minutes. Probably.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, be 90 minutes. But when you add in, well, you got Trump, you got the applause and then minutes.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm not listening to anybody for 90 minutes.

>> Wesley Wildmon: It was really close to 90 minutes the last time.

>> Chris Woodward: How long is this show?

>> Tim Wildmon: Is that, is it minutes? Type in, Chris, type in average length of State of the Union speech. That's why the, maybe other presidents have Gone that long or longer? I don't know.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's why I was, the tongue in cheek. About 30 minutes. Okay, now when I. Go ahead, you get the answer.

>> Chris Woodward: All right. according to the Internet, the longest addresses were Bill Clinton's 2000 speech, which was 90 minutes long. Donald Trump's 2019 speech was just under that at 1 hour 22 minutes. Trump has averaged over 1 hour and 20 minutes while he's been president.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And I'm also throwing in the 10 minutes pre show and the 15 minute conversation, you know, commentary after the whole thing. You know, if you were.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, right. So if somebody tells Donald Trump that He only likes 3 minutes to top Bill Clinton, don't you think he's going to go for it?

>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, we'll be there till midnight.

>> Tim Wildmon: He'll set the record. So far, it won't ever be, it won't ever be broken. But, but seriously, Ray, President Trump, it is a annual event that we have here in our country where the President, of the United States addresses the joint, what do you call it? Joint Houses of Congress.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: So there'll be, there'll be House members there in court.

>> Tim Wildmon: And the Supreme Court, which he, which he's taken some shots at since that terrorist decision.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, that, that'll be fun to watch.

>> Tim Wildmon: I wonder if all those Supreme Court justices, you know, they don't have to be there. They're not compelled to be there. But I know there's been times in the past where they, some of them haven't been there for various and sundry reasons. But do you think, Krish, are they, do you know anything about this? Are all nine planning on being there?

>> Chris Woodward: I don't know that all nine are planning to be there, but somebody that's been there for most of them has been Chief Justice John Roberts. And you guys mentioned the, the tariffs ruling. Justice Roberts was one of the six justices that ruled against President Trump's tariffs, and he actually wrote the majority opinion. So it would be interesting. I would half expect President Trump to say something like, I'm still tariffing. How do you like that, John Roberts? Something like that?

>> Tim Wildmon: You mean, sort of, sort of shame the Chief justice there?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, he, he, we know that he doesn't have a problem shaming people on social media because he's called several people out, for years on truth Social. Whether or not he does it from the podium of the Capitol, I can't say.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Do you think anybody on our side, the Republican side, is going to tear up the state of the Union, though.

>> Tim Wildmon: well, no, that.

36 Democrats are expected to boycott or skip the State of the Union

Now you got, So behind the president tonight will be Vice President, J.D. vance, and the, House speaker, Mike Johnson.

>> Tim Wildmon: Johnson.

>> Tim Wildmon: So nobody back there's. Nancy Pelosi will not be tearing up the. Tearing up the speech.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. Now, actually, approximately 36 Democrats are going to boycott or skip the State of the Union. They're going to do their own little alternative event.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, that's not a bad timing because that can make room for the last edition of the US Hockey team.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, right.

>> Tim Wildmon: You hear about this? The US Hockey team, the gold medal winning US Hockey team is going to be there tonight.

>> Tim Wildmon: They're going to be there at the. At the speech tonight.

>> Tim Wildmon: I saw this.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I saw a portion of the phone call where Trump called the team, just followed it in their celebration room right after their victory. And he, of course, you know, recognized him, did his Trump thing and was a little. And had some fun with it, and everybody laughed, and he invited him over, he said, if we make room, y' all think y' all could come? And they were all, let's go.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: I do have some audio of the hockey players talking about being honored, to be there tonight.

>> Tim Wildmon: The, I do want to play that.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Now.

>> Tim Wildmon: The, practical, implicit. the practical implications here are there's limited seating in the. In the, House chamber. Okay. So I just wondered, you know, somebody, somebody had a panic attack when President Trump said, y' all come to the.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Because I guess it was Mike Johnson. Somebody has to find seats for these. These guys, Right?

>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: And Wesley mentioned that some of the. No, Democrats are going to sit it out.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. Fred said, just before I came in here, approximately about 36 Democrats are going to skip this.

>> Tim Wildmon: There's your seats there.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's what I would say, but I don't know if you can do that or not. You know, literally, I don't know if you can assign them seats that were designated for those.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I don't think you can. You have to put them up in the gallery, Right?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. It's not general seating, you know.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Go.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, y' all, go put some folding chairs down.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I don't think you're gonna do that.

>> Wesley Wildmon: What was the number of seats again?

>> Chris Woodward: 36.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Perfect. There's 25 hockey players. Well, okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm sure the Democrats would be willing to accommodate for the USA Team. Yeah, for Team usa You think those

>> Chris Woodward: Democrats that are there that actually go to the thing, do you think they'll stand and applaud because there have been times where they didn't apply.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I think they will. They should, they should. The. That's a lot of people though to just throw into the mix three days before the before the event. But we'll see how that all, how that all works out.

>> Wesley Wildmon: But what about the audio? What now play the audio of the.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So what are we about to hear?

>> Chris Woodward: These are hockey players talking about, being honored, to have been invited tonight.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Clip 16 representing the US obviously it's

>> Tim Wildmon: it's an honor.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So we're ecstatic and we're excited to be back home celebrating.

>> Tim Wildmon: It was super cool. It was an honor.

>> Ray Pritchard: You know, it really is, hearing

>> Chris Woodward: from the President of the United States,

>> Ray Pritchard: you know, hearing that, you know,

>> Tim Wildmon: he was supporting us and supporting us

>> Ray Pritchard: and all the other athletes and wanting us all to bring home as

>> Chris Woodward: many gold medals we can.

>> Ray Pritchard: So we're definitely honored to represent

>> Chris Woodward: him and the millions, hundreds of millions

>> Ray Pritchard: across the country and bringing a gold medal back.

The US Women's team declined an invitation to attend the State of Union

>> Tim Wildmon: Now Ray, the, US Women's team.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, a little, little issue there. Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, they were also invited, to attend the I don't know if they were, Were they invited to attend the State of the Union or.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know, but they're invited to the White House.

>> Tim Wildmon: The White House. Now that may be at a later date. they, they did not, accept the invitation to come. That would have been a mistake.

>> Tim Wildmon: They should come.

>> Tim Wildmon: They come.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's a mistake.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So, anyway, they in fairness to them, it was an impromptu thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So I'm saying that you had to make a decision. You're just getting home and now you got to be. Go to the Anyway, I don't know, maybe it was political, maybe it wasn't, maybe it was practical, who knows. But I do know that the President did invite the women's team, who also won the gold, to the event. Now why is this becoming political, Krish?

>> Chris Woodward: I think it's the new, virtue signaling. used to be I wear a mask, to protect people. That's what it was a few years ago during the Covid era. I think now it's cool or expected by some center left athletes and special interest groups to boycott something like this based on the Trump administration's policies.

>> Tim Wildmon: What do you think? Right. What do you think about all this?

>> Tim Wildmon: Look, look, I think it's great. When Obama had the team, winning teams in great. Clinton did it great. Bush did it great. I know Mr. Trump is a kind of special category. Right. Is something of a, of a lightning rod. But I think it's a, it's a just a crucial mistake or a, it's a mistake for whoever is controlling the levers behind the Olympic. Look, that women's game, I watched it, I mean most of it. That the women's game was every bit as exciting as the men's gold medal game. And both, both games, both gold medals were won in overtime. And whoever made the decision to say the women not come to the White House, that's just, that's a mistake. It's a once in a lifetime event.

>> Tim Wildmon: I agree. I, think you should come no matter what who the president is. it's just you're not endorsing the

>> Wesley Wildmon: president or an award. You're just in recognition.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're accepting, an honor on behalf of the people of the United States. Of the United States are, represented by their duly elected leaders, including.

>> Tim Wildmon: The president's going to serve you a table full of Big Macs and fries or whatever. You know, he's done that before. So when these teams are showing up, it's a very unusual thing. Right. Mr. Trump does things his own way. But everybody understands just because you go to the White House doesn't mean you voted for Obama or Clinton or Bush or Mr. Trump.

>> Tim Wildmon: Are you just going to be honored by. It's by the office of the presidency. It's not the politics necessarily. and the left is the one who make this. I do remember one time there was a pro life, football player, I think, who declined to go during the

>> Chris Woodward: Obama, Ben Watson maybe.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know. It was one pro life. He declined to go, you know, because. Out of conviction. That's fine. But the team went. The team went as. What I'm saying. So the, the. So, I don't know. A White House reception probably will follow later. But tonight the hockey, team, I guess they'll be wearing their jerseys, will be at the State of the Union and it's gonna be interesting to see how, how much does that, you know, are they going to be there the whole time or just for their to be honored, and then exit.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I don't think you can get up and leave, Tim.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're in there for the duration.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. All right. Well, anyway, that's going to be cool to see the USA gold medalist. They upset Canada. Canada had, Ed says. Ed and Fred, they follow hockey said, if you just look at it on paper, that the Canadian team was more talented. But in this one game, then. Not that the US didn't have a lot of talent players, but that in this One game, the U.S. prevailed in overtime. Right. All right, well, we'll see what the. What happens tonight with the hockey team and of course, the president giving the.

Tim Goodman: Tom Cotton says we are days away from war with Iran

>> Tim Wildmon: Let me ask you a question, Tim. Do we. You know, Iran is kind of hanging out over everything else. I'm sure he's going to talk a lot about the economy. Do you think he'll touch on the situation in the Middle east with all of our troops and all of our planes?

>> Tim Wildmon: He has to, yeah. I think it would be a glaring omission, if he doesn't talk about

>> Wesley Wildmon: the situation or 20 minutes on it, probably 15 minutes on it.

>> Tim Wildmon: We're about to go to war, it appears. Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: And it may be just a few days. and I only say that based on frequent comments from even Republican senators like Thom Cotton, who is of the opinion that we are days away from doing something to Iran. We have the audio if you want to play it.

>> Tim Wildmon: of, who now.

>> Chris Woodward: this is Arkansas Senator Thom Cotton.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, let's go ahead and hear what he has to say.

>> Ray Pritchard: I don't think war is ever inevitable, but I think the Iranians are going to have to wake up and take President Trump seriously. That graphic showed a lot of military firepower in the Middle east, and it's all pointed at Iran. And as you said, it's not just about their nuclear program. It's about their large ballistic missile arsenal that targets not just Israel, but our troops in the region and our other friends, and is growing in, its, length as well, and its support for terrorism evacuating. Some of our diplomats from Lebanon is just reminding.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, why are we talking about that in our talks in Oman? Why are we just talking about a

>> Tim Wildmon: nuclear program that we obliterated?

>> Ray Pritchard: Well, we're telling them that they have to come to the table with some kind of offer about that. We don't have to make an offer. Our offer can be, you meet our demands or we bomb you. That's our offer. and if they don't make a more serious offer about stopping their support for terrorism in places like Lebanon and their missile program, I think they're going to learn the hard way.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, tell us what you really think. Good night.

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas says going to war without congressional authorization seems awkward

that was Senator Thom Cotton of Arkansas talking about the situation between the U.S. and Iran. Ray, what do you make of. A few months ago we bombed Iran, and of course, it was A targeted attack. Our attack against their nuclear facilities. What they were. And then I thought we had obliterated it, but now, were they making. Do you know anything about this? Seems awkward. Awful quick to say they've revamped and come back again.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, a couple of sources, including one in Israel, they were saying, what, four days ago that Iran was one week away from having whatever critical mass of uranium necessary to produce a nuclear warhead. And you never know how. You know, how are we supposed to

>> Tim Wildmon: evaluate fact like that?

>> Tim Wildmon: How do they even know that? But. But the Israelis are good at this, and, our intelligence people are good at this. If they really are only a week away, then we bombed part of it back into smithereens. But it didn't stop the Iranians. And so it seems like, it seems like Iran is. I'm thinking, how to say this. Who here is going to trust anything the Iranians say?

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, well, President Trump, President Reagan used to have a saying, that he made famous. He said, trust but verify.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right?

>> Tim Wildmon: So, it doesn't, you know, so whatever the Iranians agree to, if they do agree to anything, then we will, have to verify. Have to verify with, you know, so. Well, it's a very tense situation right now because. And, you know, I don't know how I feel. I'm conflicted on, going to war without congressional authorization. Again. people might say, well, we've never. We haven't had congressional authorization on our declaration of war since, I guess, World War II.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know. So we don't do that anymore. But even with the Iranian, Even when we went to war in Iraq, there was a congressional, approval. You know what I'm saying? maybe if President Trump were to, say, well, we're going to send ground troops, which I don't think he's going to do.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Then you would say, well, that. That would. That would require some sort of regression, or you'd at least try to get a congressional approval. What are you. Wes, are. You're shaking your head.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I just. I'm having a hard time with this one. there's been a couple other instances where we've interacted with other countries.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're having a hard time from which perspective?

>> Wesley Wildmon: With, I'm having a hard time understanding how any of this is America first and benefits us. I heard a couple people tried to make that case this morning on Fox and other resources. but I'm just not buying it right now.

>> Tim Wildmon: I just.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I'm looking at this, the other. There's been a few cases where we've interacted with other countries and done certain things and it will. It with military. And we've done it within a day or two or within a couple hours and we were in and out and, and there. And while we were trying to, while someone like myself was trying to figure out how is this America First? It was already done and nobody was injured and no, no American troops were harmed. So you kind of like, well, okay. And then. But with this one, it seems, it seems like this is preparing for something that's more than an in and out for using layman's terms here. So I don't, I don't know. I don't, I don't like it. I don't like the idea of it. I don't think we should do this based on the information that I'm seeing this for as it relates to America First.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's a good point because President Trump's a lot of his, base, voted to keep us out of foreign wars. Right. That was. And, and, and he's done that and he does.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And like I said, let's just, while we're talking about Iran, let's just focus on what he did a couple months back where we struck the nuclear, nuclear site. That right there, like before you could even really have an opinion on whether you like doing that or not, it was done and you're gone and no one's harmed.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right, right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And so, as far as, as far as the lens of America first, before you could even process it, but now this looks like a, more like an ongoing thing and I'm going to have a hard time with the opinion.

>> Tim Wildmon: I understand and I. But Ray, I think what's going to happen here, by the way, you're listening to the radio program Today's Issues, and

>> Wesley Wildmon: we need, we need to make this up. Fred, let me back up real quick. Fred Jackson text us and said that only backing up to our previous conversation, only members of Congress can sit on the four seats.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I needed to make.

>> Tim Wildmon: So you can't give them away.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yep, yep.

>> Tim Wildmon: you're talking about these Democrats who are not going to be there, are not going to. Can't, give their seats to the hockey players. Right. It would be funny. not that they would probably.

President Trump tonight is going to make the case for military intervention in Iran

But back to Iran for just a moment. Okay. President Trump is going to, I think tonight is going to have to make the case for military intervention in Iran. and he's going to have to make it in a, to me, a compelling way, Ray, Because I think that, to Wesley's point, a lot of Americans are skeptical about starting a war with Iran. It must be a situation that's dire. I think President Trump would have to be convinced. Right. By dire, I mean. I mean in imminent. That we don't want Iran to get a nuclear weapon because they will use it. they, you know, because of their theological beliefs. Right, Ray? I mean, you know.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, Wesley, the kind of operation you were talking about is what happened a few weeks ago with Maduro.

>> Tim Wildmon: Same thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, we sent the special Forces in there. Right. They parachuted in.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: They got Maduro out. There's not a single casualty.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: on our side, that happened so fast, the rest of us went, okay, well, that worked. It's not going to be that way in Iran. it can't be that way. Iran is a gigantic country, and it's going to take a lot of missiles and a lot of bombs. M. the president needs to make the case tonight to the American people that American interests are at stake over there.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And again, I don't know. Do you. Do you go to war with, And just. The President makes a call.

>> Tim Wildmon: You can't.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, it is.

>> Tim Wildmon: You're not supposed to. Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, we just. We haven't. We haven't got a declaration of war. I think it's since World War II. Go ahead, Krish.

>> Chris Woodward: It is possible the president may also make some sort of mention about Russia and Ukraine, because it was four years ago today that Russia invaded Ukraine, which he's trying to still put a stop to.

>> Tim Wildmon: But, again, I'm torn on this one, because you also don't want to tie the hands of the Commander in chief.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Of our armed forces if, you know, he's duly elected. I know a lot of people hate President Trump, but he was duly elected, and we only have one president at a time, and he's the, Commander in chief, so you depend on what he knows to make the right decision in terms of applying our military force around the world. We'll be back momentarily. Stay with us.

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Ray: Northeast got slammed by 40 inches of snow in 24 hours

Welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Wesley, Krish and Ray, we thank you for listening to afr, American Family Radio. Ray, you, have any friends in the Northeast? got slammed by this, got

>> Tim Wildmon: a ton up in our friends at America's Keswick and, our friends at, Harvey Cedars, which is a Bible conference. They're right on, right on the Atlantic Ocean there, right around the Jersey Shore, got, I don't know, maybe 30, maybe 35 inches of snow. And at America's Keswick, at least as of last night, they were. A ton of snow had fallen and they were mostly without power. So you got a lot of friends up there in that part of the

>> Tim Wildmon: country that was a sure enough blizzard. Yeah, I mean, you were talking, we're talking about the people in NewSong England and down the. Down to NewSong Jersey. It may have reached Maryland and Virginia, I think maybe m some parts of Maryland and Virginia, but a lot of video footage from NewSong York City. But you're talking about 20 to 15 to 30, in Delaware. Was it Delaware, Rhode Island? 40 inches of snow.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So I didn't even know 30 inches.

>> Tim Wildmon: We'll be reading about the civilization that was Rhode island in the history books.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Now, was this over a cup? I didn't see it.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, this happened a couple days ago, you know, in the last 48 hours.

>> Wesley Wildmon: But did it. How long did it. So it lasted, did it snow that quickly or was it over a period?

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, it was a. They got bombarded like, like the, that much Snow, in 24 hours, basically. What it. Ray.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So he just kept coming and kept coming. So you can't clear the roads. Right. you've got 37, 40 inches of snow and it's blowing.

>> Tim Wildmon: So you can imagine the drifts, right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Some of the wind was up 50, 60, 70 miles an hour in some places.

>> Tim Wildmon: So you can't send anybody out. You can't send first responders out. You can't send people to fix the power lines, not when the weather's that bad. Now, now I think that's over. They'll get out now and try to put a lot of people with that power. And that's a, very congested part of the country there in the, Northeast. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. I think basically, that area has not had. They've not had brutal winters in a while. You know, they. But they're paying the price now, right?

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: They're paying the price now. Talking about in NewSong England, Kristin, now what's happening in Mako.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, well, that's a lot of people. One of the things people do to escape cold weather is go to places like Mexico. But unfortunately, the State Department and other, government agencies have been telling Americans there in Mexico to shelter in place, avoid travel.

>> Tim Wildmon: Where in Mexico?

>> Chris Woodward: Oh, throughout the country. I mean, if you watch Fox or

>> Tim Wildmon: shelter in place everywhere.

>> Chris Woodward: Pretty much. Pretty much the. If you're in Mexico and you're white and you're American, shelter in place. That's the, don't go outside. Correct. Because why does it matter if you're white? Well, I think you would be more easily, noticeable than, say, if you were Hispanic.

>> Tim Wildmon: You might sunburned.

>> Wesley Wildmon: No, no, not the sun.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, yeah. If you are a Hispanic person from America and you're in Mexico, they might not take you for being an American, but if you look like me, you stand.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I think what he's getting at. And this was fun. I'll let you have your time.

>> Chris Woodward: Okay.

>> Wesley Wildmon: M. I think what he's getting at is, the cartels would most like, would. Would attack or be hostile toward Americans.

>> Chris Woodward: Correct? Yes. Yeah. And pretty much if you watch Fox or Newsmax, they show maps of Mexico and literally all the tourist spots, that Americans might go to in Mexico. there's all kinds of issues where they are concerned about.

>> Tim Wildmon: I guess what I'm getting at, as far as I'm. As far as I know, Ray, the only major airport that shut down is the port of Arda, Right. Which is where this. Where this, began.

Tim Ferriss: Drug cartels responding with violence against Mexican government

Because what happened is for those who missed the news story over the weekend, right. The president of, Mexico, the lady. What's her name?

>> Chris Woodward: Sheinbaum is her last name.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's her Name.

>> Chris Woodward: Her last name is Sheinbaum.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. That's not her first name. First name is not Shine.

>> Chris Woodward: Claudia Sheinbaum.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Claudia Sheinbaum. She is the president.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Live quickly here.

>> Tim Wildmon: I know she's the president of Mexico, and she authorized the killing of, one of the top drug lords in the country. And, well, the drug lords, men are responding with violence against the government. They've killed. Right. They've killed, how they.

>> Wesley Wildmon: 25.

>> Tim Wildmon: 25, you know, government soldiers. And so it's a. It's an internal war there between the government and the cartels, or at least one cartel.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, Tim, you. You think about a cartel and you think, okay, you got 50 people or 100 people or a couple of hundred. I read. I read, one source that said this cartel, the fellow that was killed,

>> Tim Wildmon: the head guy, right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Has between 15 and 20,000 members. That's an army. Okay.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's not a gang, the way we think of a gang. 15 to 20,000 highly armed. Highly armed, men ready to kill at the drop of a hat.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know who I feel sorry for in this? And Mexico has always had a. Let's face it, they've always had a reputation of being corrupt. Right. M. We've always known that the drug cartels exist. and. But the people in the tourism industry are going to be really hurt.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: and there's a lot of people in Mexico that depend on tourism or their livelihoods, and at least temporarily, they're going to be. They're going to be suffering. so. But we'll. We'll see what happens. But for I. I would imagine. I hope this doesn't happen, but I would imagine there'll be attempts on the life of the president of Mexico.

>> Chris Woodward: No? Probably so.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Maybe there are anyway, you know, but, for her to, Somebody said cross the Rubicon, that is, you know, this is. This is. These next few weeks is going to be very volatile for the country.

>> Chris Woodward: I do have some audio from, some of the, stranded tourists in Mexico here. it is clip 7. The fires and the smoke covered the whole city.

>> Tim Wildmon: and as new fires were started,

>> Chris Woodward: we could see the new fires, start going off. Some of the vehicles that were burned down, they look like taxi cabs that were burned down. So the taxis stopped moving, Uber stopped moving. There's no, in and out coming in and out of the city. Unless you own a vehicle, you're seeing

>> Tim Wildmon: a war zone behind you. And, we've got people come back to the hotel before all this happens, saying, do not go out. There's cars on fire. So right then you're. I'm not leaving.

>> Chris Woodward: I'm stuck here.

>> Tim Wildmon: And there's no way out. I guess I'm just guessing that the Americans who are there and others, other people who are international tourists there in Puerto Vallarta. Is that the way you pronounce it?

>> Chris Woodward: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ah, a very popular side. You've got Cancun's the number one site for, for at least for Americans. Yeah. To visit in Mexico. And then you have, Los Cabos. Is that the way Cabo, as they call it on the Baja peninsula. Yeah, yeah, that's very popular. And then Puerto Vallarta is also. They go and Acapulco. I mean, you're talking about legendary, Cozumel tourist sites. Yeah. So, anyway, we'll see what, we'll see what happens there. But I would imagine they would move those tourists if they can, on buses. Well, I don't know how you. The buses, I don't know. They're gonna have to get to Mexico City. So what I'm saying, I don't know how far that is to get to another major airport to get out, to get out of the country, because the airport at least has been shut down. Is it still shut down, do you know, Krish?

>> Chris Woodward: Not sure at this point. I'm talking about the moment, man, from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico city is about 10 hours, a 10 hour drive. And I would imagine on a bus in Mexico. That's probably the hall.

You and your house of worship probably support a missionary in Mexico

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, well, maybe I'm. I was just thinking if, if you're there, you would try to get a cab or something, somebody to get you out. But right now, maybe nobody's going in and out of there.

>> Chris Woodward: So a lot of missionaries, in Mexico. I mean, I know, my church supports one. Everybody's church, probably, whether you know it or not. You and your house of worship probably support a missionary in Mexico.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

There is a female, uh, by the name of Nope Brigade

All right, you're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. What's your next story, Chris?

>> Chris Woodward: All right, so there is a female, by the name of Nope Brigade. I have no idea if that's a fake name. but this individual's name is nope Brigade.

>> Tim Wildmon: No Brigade yet.

>> Chris Woodward: Nope. Like, Nope Brigade.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. That's your name.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. She made the decision. Now, no Brigade is a PhD, who describes herself as a, quote, scholar of the far right. In other words, she, she is your resource when you need information on things like the far right. And Christian nationalism.

>> Tim Wildmon: She would call us.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes.

Note Brigade fled the United States to escape Trump's America

All right, so Note Brigade is one of those.

>> Tim Wildmon: Probably listens to this show.

>> Chris Woodward: Oh, I'm sure she does. Hey. Nope.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: How you doing?

>> Wesley Wildmon: For what?

>> Chris Woodward: All right, so, Note made the decision to leave the United States of America. She lived in LA with her family. They fled the us they went to Canada to escape Trump. And then she realized how horrible of a mistake that was based on things like the cost of living and housing.

>> Tim Wildmon: So. So, so what? We don't know if this is her real name or not.

>> Chris Woodward: I have no idea.

>> Tim Wildmon: She's a,

>> Chris Woodward: She goes by.

>> Tim Wildmon: She's a, Is he an influencer, blogger, or.

>> Chris Woodward: She basically, she does a number of things from videos and writing.

>> Tim Wildmon: She tries to keep up with groups like ours and others who are, She says we're threats, to America. Right?

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so. But so she. When President Trump got elected, she said, I'm out of here, right, Because I'm not going to suffer the oppression that I. That I will. So she, she picked up her family. How many members of her family?

>> Chris Woodward: Think, like six.

>> Tim Wildmon: and they moved to Vancouver.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Got her.

>> Chris Woodward: Yes. And then she realized, Then, no mistake, that was.

>> Tim Wildmon: Again, that's your name. We're not making this up. No, P. You can look her up.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And the reason, Krish said. I'm not sure if that's real name,

>> Tim Wildmon: because I don't think it is, because

>> Wesley Wildmon: people do have their.

>> Tim Wildmon: Their.

>> Wesley Wildmon: When you begin, when you grow in popularity, usually you got a stage name.

>> Tim Wildmon: Nobody names nobody. Their kid. Nope.

>> Chris Woodward: Right. That's like being a, weatherman named Rod Lightning.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Okay, so her name is N, O, P, E. Nope. Brigade. I bet you that's like. Nope. Against the. Right.

>> Chris Woodward: Probably.

>> Tim Wildmon: So Brigade, which I think is a very militant last name to use. That's very unfortunate. Promote it. You know, it promotes violence.

>> Chris Woodward: It does. It does.

>> Tim Wildmon: So the. Nope. So her name is no Brigade. So the point is she moves to Vancouver to escape Trump's America. She gets up there, Ray, and she realizes. What does she realize, Chris?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, it cost. Wait, it costs a lot to live there.

>> Tim Wildmon: What is. So what, now she's complaining.

>> Chris Woodward: Now she's complaining. The housing crisis is worse in Canada than it was in la. She has a housing crisis.

>> Tim Wildmon: She did not know this.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: She didn't do her. Nope. Didn't do her homework.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah. And she's a PhD, by the way. Well, insert joke here about PhD then

>> Tim Wildmon: you would think somebody, as a

>> Tim Wildmon: scholar, she should know this.

>> Tim Wildmon: She should. She did. Done. Her research and her homework. But she evidently didn't do it. And she gets to Vancouver and says, oh man, I'm. Oops.

>> Chris Woodward: Right. And don't take my word for it. Listen to Nope. Herself.

The housing crisis in Canada is worse than in the United States

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, listen to her.

>> Chris Woodward: Clip 15.

>> Speaker H: I'm a scholar of the far right who has fled the United States to Canada and I need help. The situation in Canada is absolutely dire for Americans who don't know the housing crisis here is worse than in the United States and in Canada. I think it's actually the, the cost of living crisis is worse here. Especially when you are shut out of the health care system, when you can't access any of the resources that Canadians have access to. And, and that's understandable. You know, I'm not a citizen of the country, but it is, it is making the financial situation dire because we can't work.

>> Tim Wildmon: I All right, let me call nope out here for just a moment. Please do without due respect to, to. Nope. I'm not going to call her Nope.

>> Wesley Wildmon: The dope.

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean that's just Dr. Nope.

>> Tim Wildmon: No, that would be too easy and it'd be.

>> Wesley Wildmon: What is it again? You wouldn't say.

>> Tim Wildmon: I would not call her Nope. The dope. Okay, because that comes to mind. But I think that would be disrespectful. That's right. You know, so. Nope, nope. That's what she goes by. The She gets up there and you heard her. She realizes I made a big mistake in the sense that it costs more to live in Canada than income. Live in the United States. But what's interesting to me, she said we can't access the medical What did she say?

>> Chris Woodward: We can't access the free medical system

>> Tim Wildmon: because we're not going to. Okay. I'll bet you if she were in the U.S. she would say we should not be denying medical.

>> Tim Wildmon: Services to anyone. To anyone elite, illegal, undocumented or anywhere. Because that's right. That's inherently racist. But she didn't offer that. She said it's. That's understandable. Am I right? When it, when she goes into a left wing sort of country and. And they, they deny services because you have to be a citizen to access it. Then all of a sudden she changed.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Understand, it makes sense. If I was them, I would do the same thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: Let's listen to.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Because this is important.

>> Tim Wildmon: This is the hypocrisy and there's hypocrisy all around the world and that. But this is hypocrisy of the left on Trump because I want to listen to what she, pay attention to what she says here again, because remember now, Ellen DeGeneres has, she's done a full reversal. She's coming back to California because she can't take the, the being, being alone out in the, British countryside. And then, what was the other

>> Wesley Wildmon: one that, yeah, there was a

>> Tim Wildmon: Rosie, that Rosie o', Donnell, Trump's favorite actress. Yeah, she's, she's coming back. They're all, they, they were there a few months to protest Trump fascism, and then they said, well, we're gonna, we'd rather go risk it back in the U.S. and risk Trump's wrath on us, then endure the, weather and the loneliness that they had to experience over there in Ireland. I think she went to Ireland. ROSIE o' DONNELL Right. I think she went to Ireland.

Far right scholar has fled United States to Canada and needs help

All right, so let's, let's hear the logic of.

>> Wesley Wildmon: No, no, don't say the other.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm not, I don't know. Nope.

>> Speaker H: Again, I'm a scholar of the far right, has fled the United States to Canada and I need help. The situation in Canada is absolutely dire for Americans who don't know the housing crisis here is worse than in the United States and in Canada. I think it's actually the, the cost of living crisis is worse here, especially when you are shut out of the health care system, when you can't access any of the resources that Canadians have access to. And, and that's understandable. You know, I'm not a citizen of the country, but it is, it is making the financial situation dire because we can't work.

>> Tim Wildmon: So she got a, she got a, GoFundMe page that can, yeah, she

>> Tim Wildmon: left, didn't bring enough money with her.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's what she's saying. She wants everybody to bail her out. yeah, yeah, she needs help anyway.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's, that's a little fun.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yep. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Next story.

>> Chris Woodward: CHRIS all right, let's talk about something that's going on in Nashville, Tennessee.

Eric Rivera is a charter school teacher in Nashville, Tennessee

Here.

>> Tim Wildmon: What's going on in Nashville?

>> Chris Woodward: There's a guy named Eric Rivera who is a public school charter school teacher in Nashville, Tennessee. and he was told he must read a book involving a same sex couple to his first grade students or be terminated. After Eric requested a religious accommodation, the school reassigned him to a different role, stating that he must comply with the school's messaging to teach first grade, even if he must forfeit his religious beliefs to do so. Constitutionally protected religious beliefs, first Liberty's Cliff Martin wrote the school a letter.

>> Tim Wildmon: Who's First Liberty? For those who don't know, First Liberty

>> Chris Woodward: is a law firm that protects and fights for, our first,

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Chris Woodward: And Cliff Martin, an attorney there, wrote the school a letter saying, what you've done is wrong. You have X amount of days to change your mind, or else. Clip 13.

>> Chris Woodward: Mr. Rivera was entitled to an accommodation under. Under Title 7 of, the Civil Rights Act. And the principal in particular violated the act when she retaliated against Mr. Rivera and threatened termination upon him. And so our letter informed the district that they were in violation of Title 7 and that they also may be in violation of some Tennessee laws. In particular, there is a Tennessee law that requires parental notification of, LGBTQ materials. And, we do not have reason to believe that they have provided that notification. We understand from our client that no such notification was given. And so at least he's not aware of any. And so, we wanted to advise the district of that as well.

>> Chris Woodward: Now, Martin told [email protected] that they've given the school until February 27th to respond. So we'll have a part two on this. If the Lord tarries.

>> Tim Wildmon: What's the teacher's name?

>> Chris Woodward: Eric Rivera.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, good for him. So he's, He's a first grade teacher

>> Chris Woodward: at a charter school.

>> Tim Wildmon: A charter school, which is a charter school, is a public school, that's, allowed to do experimental things that your normal public schools aren't. Right?

>> Chris Woodward: Correct. You can do, you know, if you wanted to really focus on science.

>> Tim Wildmon: And they're usually more successful academically.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah. So. So the point is that. So he was told, you got to read first graders a book about what,

>> Chris Woodward: a, same sex couple. it was like, me and my two dads kind of thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: And he said, I'm not doing that. I declined to do that. And I have a. I can claim. I, can claim a religious exemption. Right?

>> Chris Woodward: Correct.

>> Tim Wildmon: M. And. But at first they accommodated him.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, they, they like,

>> Tim Wildmon: And then they canned him.

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, pretty much. They moved him to the side. And then, you know, you have to

>> Wesley Wildmon: do this or else we don't need. It's one thing to have these conversations. First of all, great job on First Liberty and.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And I'm thankful for Eric for standing up and doing what's right. However we need to be, if we're going to cover a story like this, it needs to happen in California or NewSong York. Tennessee. If you live in Tennessee and you're within a 30 minute drive of Nashville. You need to call and make a scene, do something or make a scene. You need to call and just complain.

>> Tim Wildmon: Like support this guy.

>> Wesley Wildmon: We got to support this guy. It shouldn't this.

>> Tim Wildmon: We'll find out how we can support him.

>> Wesley Wildmon: but I'm just saying this stuff like this shouldn't come up and right

>> Tim Wildmon: in the red states. Yeah, it does. The idea that you would force a man to. First graders read the first graders about homosexual marriage. Ray. Right. Is just that somebody's doing that on purpose.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. This is ideological strangulation.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, it's.

>> Tim Wildmon: You know, we talk about indoctrination, friends. This is what indoctrination is when you are mandating that first graders be read stories about same sex marriage to women, to men, as if that is normal, good, proper and the right way or one of the good ways for a family to organize itself and to further threaten, the teacher that refuses.

>> Tim Wildmon: I know. We talking about six year olds, right? That's right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Five and six year old.

>> Tim Wildmon: Five and six year olds, they can't even process and they're supposed to process. You're ah, you're asking them to, you know, force upon them.

>> Wesley Wildmon: And you know what? That man, even at that age, you know that they know better than they know enough. Even at 6 and 7 and 8 years old, they know if they see two men holding. That's wrong. Two men hold hands. That's wrong. So when they're having to read it as if it's a normal thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Let's follow this story because, I do, appreciate this gentleman.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, me too.

>> Tim Wildmon: Standing up, for himself and for common sense.

>> Chris Woodward: I'll send the case page and our story to afa.

>> Wesley Wildmon: is this on afn, by the way?

Today's Issues is located in Antioch, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville

>> Chris Woodward: It is. I posted that link on our, Today's Issues Facebook.

>> Tim Wildmon: Where does it have the town that took place in Murfreesboro?

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, Antioch, Tennessee.

>> Tim Wildmon: And that's a suburb of Nashville. Right.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Okay. So is Antioch, Tennessee located at, well, that's the actual address I'm about to read. 365 Murphy Boroughs Pike. Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. It's in Nashville, the Nashville area.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.

First Liberty does excellent work defending religious liberty and freedoms

>> Tim Wildmon: All right. You're listening to the radio program Today's Issues on American Family Radio. What's the fellow's name? Last people to pray for him.

>> Chris Woodward: Eric Rivera.

>> Tim Wildmon: And he's being represented by First Liberty.

>> Chris Woodward: Correct.

>> Tim Wildmon: Who we just heard from.

>> Tim Wildmon: A few minutes ago. First Liberty does excellent work across the country defending religious liberty and freedoms. Kelly Shackleford, the CEO there. They're based out of, the Dallas area. All right, you're listening to today's issues. What's the next story?

Kansas is doing away with transgender driver's licenses this week

>> Chris Woodward: Well, for our listeners and supporters in Kansas, there's a new law about to take effect where the state of Kansas is doing away with so called transgender driver's licenses. And they're going to begin requiring people in government buildings to use the bathrooms for the gender they were assigned at birth. This is something that Kansas Family voice pushed for and a lot of people called lawmakers. The governor actually vetoed this bill, but the super majority of Republicans overrode that veto in recent days. And so again, Kansas is going to be doing away with transgender driver's licenses this week and requiring people to use bathrooms in certain.

>> Tim Wildmon: What is a buildings. What is a transgender driver's license look like?

>> Chris Woodward: Well, yeah, it's, it's the same thing as like a lady. When it comes to a gender it will have. There's like an X where you. Or if you're a man identifying as a woman, you can put yourself down as a female, if that kind of thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: Thing.

>> Chris Woodward: And in Kansas.

>> Tim Wildmon: Sorry, I'm gonna, I'm gonna rewind here. Give me that again, Chris.

>> Chris Woodward: A transgender driver's license looks just like ours.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.

>> Chris Woodward: But under gender, some states allow for X to be put there.

>> Tim Wildmon: What does X mean?

>> Chris Woodward: it means you identify as something other than the sex you were given at birth or if you're a male,

>> Tim Wildmon: you can pick and choose, correct?

>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So. So if you can pick and choose, really, you shouldn't.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's a little disappointing. I was in. I was expecting the train to have the rainbow flag in the backgr.

>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, a, sex identification on a driver's license is there for a purpose and a reason is so that you can be. If you have a car accident, for example, or if you're trying to, get into a place that requires an id, you have to have a male, female, so they can know who you are in case something happens. Or just if you're going to have and let people have a driver's license based on how they feel, then don't even have a mark for male, female, because it's irrelevant. It doesn't matter if people can just put anything they want to. But you're saying what's happened now is in Kansas, the legislature overrode the governor, who. She's a lefty, by the way.

>> Chris Woodward: She a radical lefty.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. I don't know how that happened, but she got elected in, Kansas, basically a conservative, conservative state. But they, They have the legislature overrode her and said, no, we're not. We're having male, female. And that's all you can have?

>> Chris Woodward: Yep. And that starts this week?

>> Tim Wildmon: That starts this week. Okay.

>> Wesley Wildmon: All right.

>> Tim Wildmon: We'll be back in a couple of minutes, you know, after the news. Fred Jackson will be in. And, Krish, thank you for your contributions to this here show. We'll see you in a minute, everybody. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.

Tim, Wesley and Ray talk with Chris on top news headlines of the day including a discussion on what we might see from the State Of The Union address tonight.