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Hello everybody, I'm Joey Jones along with Tommy Larian, Kayla McGee-White and Kevin Cork and welcome to The Big Weekend Show. The big story tonight It's a Fox News alert. President Trump is on his way home from Ireland after he spent the weekend holding diplomatic meetings and attending the Irish Open. The crowd erupted in loud USA chants when President Trump presented the trophy to winner Shane Lowry. This was an honor and Shane The first home of people went crazy I was everyone's very crazy He hits a perfect drive great second shot and he makes a birdie. Who does that? Nobody does that? He can handle pressure. I do want to say though that on behalf of my son Eric and the whole Trump family This is an honor. We're so proud But the work doesn't stop the president has a lot to do when he gets back to the White House Iran is reportedly trying to build ballistic missiles again this time in the underground bunkers But Trump does not think that will extend the conflict Iran will end right after the mid-terms Gasoline is going to drop like a rock. Iran wants to make a deal so bad They're calling constantly. They want to make a deal. They got to make the right. Yeah, I'm not gonna make a deal Of course this conflict continues to impact oil production last week Iran-backed Houthi terrorists took over key territories And an important shipping lane over in the Red Sea Meanwhile Iran says at least one person was killed during an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz But the president won't say if the u.s. Was involved Yeah, this comes the sitcom says that the u.s. Naval blockade has redirected a hundred ships in the past 60 days Joining us now is Texas Congressman Pat Falun. He is Is a member of the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees congressman. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. We appreciate you coming on You know the top story here obviously is what's continuing to happen in Strait of Hormuz with Iran We get a report that they're you know attempting to continue to build missiles But in the nuance of it shows that they're their best way of making missiles has been taken away They're basically taking the parts. They had stockpiled putting together what they could Do you get any briefs there and the Intel or Armed Services Committee that would help us understand where this conflict is is Iran scrapping for ordinance are they Reconstituting their production and how successful has it been so far? Well just in any on broad strokes of course the IRGC is the problem it has been for quite some time The Iranian regime has been conducting asymmetrical warfare on the United States for almost a half a century and the IRGC is perfectly fine with us reducing reducing rather Iran to maybe Afghanistan's level so long as they get to rule over the ashes and That's the the issue that we have because they are certainly a shadow of their former self But President Trump promised that he would not let new you know Iran go nuclear and he is fulfilling that promise Congressman yesterday we discussed a potential that this could this war could extend another a couple of years it was Advisors again largely unnamed sources So take that for what you will but it was a little startling to hear that this conflict could Rage on for a year, maybe two maybe all the way through President Trump's second term What is your take on that? And if it is in fact true that this thing is going to drag on into one or another two years even How do Republicans overcome that not only for the midterm elections, but heading into 2028? I Reject that that is absolute misinformation that this will not go on nearly that long as the president said the Iranian regime is holding out They don't want to do anything seriously as far as mitigating this Crisis and this conflict until the midterms are over They think they have leverage in that regard and they really don't considering that the straight-of-the-moose traffic is up on to almost 70% Pre-conflict levels. This is going to be a matter of months and not years and I can write strongly feel that you can take that to the bank Congressman Kevin cork with you. Thank you for joining us tonight. I want to turn to this. Take a look We're leading China in AI And frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins They want to slow that down that's fine But we also at the same time have to resist Congress jumping in and imposing some sort of emergency moratorium We cannot put a moratorium on this because China will overlap us As you see congressmen Republicans are coming out against tech leaders who want to slow down the speed of AI development But House Democrats reportedly are trying to lay the groundwork for a select committee on AI if that's a big if they retake control Of Congress come November. What are your thoughts on that? And why do you suppose it's the right decision to keep moving full speed ahead on AI development? Well, that's a great question But if we don't do that as the president said and Speaker Johnson said China will take over This is a new world that we live in AI and quantum computing and cyber when and you see even the way warfare's Conducted now with unmanned vehicles unmanned sub-sub subterranean you've got The wars are being fought in that way now and we've got to keep that edge We have that with semiconductor chips and if we go Let's say the way of New York where they're not even letting any data centers being built We're gonna be in huge trouble and I do not want the United States to be a vassal to China And that's what where the Democrats are. The Democrats are headed if we don't continue to lead the way Congressman Falun you serve on the House Intel Committee and Friday was the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks But the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired back in June So tell us a little bit about the fight to renew that and also if this fight is really about the importance of the FISA Act itself or maybe about the fact that we've allowed millions of people into our country that have made the FISA Act necessary over the past several years Now you make two very good points FISA is necessary, but we did reform it Yeah, I wasn't gonna vote for a renewal a couple years ago unless we did put in concrete reforms Which we put in scores of them that were highly effective And that's why I would really like to see this get to the floor for a vote We need to pass it to continue to keep Americans safe because we live in an ever Increasingly small and dangerous world and then of course as you mentioned with the last administration Tens of millions of people came over the border illegally and we didn't know who a lot of those folks were So President Trump promised that he was going to secure the border which he did border crossings Illegal border crossings are down nearly 95% and so it's really too two-faceted Duly faceted here because there are tens of thousands of Chinese nationals military-aged men that cross that butter on border under Joe Biden And we don't know who they are or quite frankly where they are All right, Carson Falun. Thanks for joining us tonight and for bringing some answers We appreciate the fact you don't steer away from the tough questions And I guess if we don't have you on again, we'll see how the midterms go But I think Republicans are starting to come on a little stronger anyway Well, I think we'll be I think we're gonna surprise we're gonna be like University of Texas last night There we go. I don't know if you're a Longhorns fan, but I think a lot of us were last night Especially the SEC Congressman Falun. Thank you for joining us Thank y'all. God bless. Take care. Yes, sir Tell me I'll bring it over to you. The first thing we asked him about, you know, the conflict with Iran What's really happening here? You get the same report and in two different spins on it, right? Iran is rebuilding missiles. Oh, no They're reconstituting their production or you know what that shows that they are just scrapping together what they have left The thing he said is that the Strait of Hormuz is at 70% It's pre-conflict capacity and with some of the other countries saying they're not going back there Maybe that's as much as it ever does. I don't know and then the other thing he said I thought was important He said very matter-of-factly. This is months not years now I don't know if he means because come the midterms President Trump won't have Congress behind him or if he means we'll solve the problem in months not years Well, I was happy that he said that because yesterday when we discussed that on this show many of us were a little worried by that assessment and again as Kevin rightly pointed out yesterday sometimes when you have unnamed sources or Advisors, yeah, you take that with a giant grain of salt, which we of course all did but still you hear it We have to discuss it. We hope it doesn't drag on that long We hope that it can come to some kind of a conclusion and maybe that conclusion is we've learned we can't trust these people We can't make a deal with these people. We have to find a way to circumvent the Strait of Hormuz and Shift our reliance elsewhere. Hopefully more here at home and maybe that is the best potential outcome here It's not going to be an immediate relief for the American people. It's going to take some time in the long run Will we be better off as a globe perhaps but I was happy to hear that You know, he wasn't falling for that a couple more years. He said months I don't know if that means 10 months 11 months Kevin you know, he talked about the data center said don't go the way of New York where you're not allowed to make any I Don't know if people I don't know people in this country are saying they don't like data centers or AI they're saying we want to know that we're protected from AI and That we don't we have a choice on where those data centers go as far as our own communities It seems to me like Congress is kind of Pushing towards this you're either for or against rather than finding solutions for the concerns Once again, you my friend are very nuanced in your approach to this. I think a lot of people would agree with you It's not just a NIMBY argument here. Not in my backyard There are a lot of people who have legitimate concerns about power usage and whether or not this makes sense for their particular communities But what you don't want to get and I love what he said about this What you don't want to get in the business of is simply saying a blanket No We don't want it and we don't want to in our state because what that will do ultimately is that we'll put your state or in broader sense this country behind we are competing with others who absolutely positively will not Adhere to any sort of restriction and we have to be aware of that and cognizant and maybe at some point We as a community and as a government can collaborate and coordinate with others But right now I think it is an arms race and I think ultimately if that's a data center or AI in general We need to have every opportunity to compete with the global Partners and enemies and adversaries that will be out there trying to do the very same thing You know Kaylee he talked about Pfizer he and his words were that it's necessary, but it needs reform Those are kind of like the famous last words when it comes to I don't know the government in general Just about anything the government does we think of Pfizer? We think of course being basically I guess manipulated into allowing for spying on President Trump and his campaign We think about the Patriot Act we think about the fact that post 9-11 America It's all our federal government no matter the president sees so much power and control over our lives all the way into kovat I look at Pfizer as a part of that when we say reforms I think those of us that keep track of this mean real reforms to protect American citizens I don't know if this will get passed or not And I don't know if I'm sitting around biting my nails that it does Yeah Especially not when Republicans can barely do things that actually would receive about 80% of support And so this one is obviously much more controversial look I see FISA though as a symptom of a much larger problem Which is what I pointed out in my question to the congressman Which is that we've had a decades-long immigration problem at this point that has made things like FISA Necessary in the first place and this goes far back beyond even the Biden administration's open borders This goes into the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks the number of legal immigrants from majority Muslim countries has increased by 103% since 2001 and all 19 of the 9-11 hijackers were allowed into the country legally on visas We have a legal immigration problem And we now have millions of people in our country who do not share values who actually seek to undermine our country and to do Us harm and of course if you point any of this out, we know what the reaction from the left is We know exactly how they reacted when President Trump and his first administration sought to Institute what is now called the so-called Muslim ban you're called racist you're called Islamophobic But look Americans are going to have to get used to being called mean names in order to do the things Necessary to preserve our country and I certainly hope that we can do all of that while still maintaining the values that make this country Great the benevolence and openness that have made us a beacon for the rest of the world But we also have to realize something very important and that is that the rest of the world does not share those values We are unique often in that sense and just because you bring them here does not mean that they are going to necessarily be like us So we have to preserve our country even if it requires some hard decisions and you don't have to look very far by the way, you can look at what's happened all throughout Europe and in particular over in England and even closer to home over in Canada. You have to be careful with how you advance this agenda I couldn't agree more. Well, if the president Trump starts looking for a legal immigration czar, I'm nominating my co-hosts Although I don't want to get rid of her I think she would have all the right answers and be perfectly fine being called all the terrible names necessary to take care of this Be sure to LIKE and subscribe for all the Fox News latest on YouTube and catch full shows streaming now on Fox 1