The Glenn Beck Program - Best of The Program | Guests: Bill O'Reilly & Sarah Teske | 10/15/21

Episode Date: October 15, 2021

Glenn and Stu discuss CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and his polar opposite opinions when on with Joe Rogan vs. while on CNN. Bill O’Reilly joins for his weekly news recap, including the story of Facebook���s Mark Zuckerberg spending hundreds of millions to influence the 2020 election. Sarah Teske, adviser for the Human Force Coalition, joins to share her rescue efforts in Afghanistan, including President Biden’s former interpreter, and the future of the rescue efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's a Friday podcast, and I'm really excited because stews on it. Glenn, by the way, we should point out for breakfast at horse feed. It was oatmeal. They feed it to horses. It was oatmeal. For breakfast, weirdo. We get into the horse de wormer thing with Sanjay Gupta. This guy, well, goes on Joe Rogan because he wants to sell, I don't know, if it's a book or socks or I have no

idea. He goes on because nobody's watching CNN. And he actually is like, yeah, we shouldn't have said that. We shouldn't say that. I don't know why they said that. Did they really say that? Oh, wait until you hear the montage of it. Yeah, they really said it. Bill O'Reilly is amazing today and talks to you about the real theft of the election. I think he's right on this. And I know, I know, it's a first. It's a first. And he probably eats oatmeal, too. Horse food for breakfast. All on today's podcast.

You're listening to the best of the blend. Some good news. If anybody has been waiting, McDonald's are, they're finally releasing the McPlant Burger, which. It's coming here, too, by the way, to our, right in our neighborhood in Texas is one of the test markets. Really? Yeah. I mean, if this isn't it.

a taste test. I think you need to taste it. I'm looking at the picture. You know how pictures always, they always look better than what you, right? I want to show you the picture of the McPlant burger. Wow. That doesn't look like anything I would put in my mouth ever. It's also a terrible name. Oh, McPlant? Yeah. I mean, like, say what you want about it, but like the impossible burger, it's kind of a good name. It's a good name. The McPlant. Yeah. Like, no. You would have The whole point of these things is you're supposed to forget your eating plants. Exactly right. Oh, this looks good.

So anyway, we got that. It comes out in November, by the way. And it is coming right to our neighborhood so we can taste test it on the air. Now, can I ask you, no. Well, you can't do a. I can't. Oh, no. I can't.

No, I can't. No, I can't. We could get you. No, no, strict, strict diet. The doctor has been saying too much plant in your. Really? Yeah. And he was specific.

I said, is that like lettuce? he said plant plant we should also point out that your doctor is also the one saying don't have normal ivermectin have the horse to wormer and some of the rat poison should work well for you too no he's not one of those okay but uh let me let me go there for a second did you hear um on joe rogan sanjay goopta comes on and we have that cut please here sonjy goopta comes on and we have that cut please here Sanjay Gupta and Joe Rogan. It was a tweet and it was snarky. I admit it.

They said, you are not a horse, you are not a cow, stop taking this stuff or something like that. Why would you say that when you're talking about a drug that's been given out to billions and billions of people, a drug that was responsible for one of the inventors of it making Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize in 2015. Yeah. A drug

that has been shown to stop viral replication in vitro. You know that, right? Why would they lie and say that's horsey-wimmer? I can afford people medicine, mother. This is ridiculous. It's just a lie. I don't think that a lie like that is dangerous on a news network when you know that they know they're lying.

Do you think that that's a problem that your news network lies? Well, I don't think. Dude. What did they say? They lied and said I was taking horse dewormer. First of all, it was prescribed to me by a doctor. Yeah, yeah. Along with a bunch of other medications.

If you got a human pill, because there were people that were taking the veterans. Mediatory medication and I you're not obviously you got it from a doctor so that it shouldn't be called that Ivermectin can be a very effective medication for parasitic disease does it bother you that the news network you worked for out and out lied well outright lied about me taking horse dewormer They they shouldn't have said that why did they do that I don't know you didn't ask I didn't think that you're the medical guy over there I didn't ask I should have asked before they did it was such glee no Yes, he did. I watched. You know what he said? Did you hear what he just said? I shouldn't have asked before, I should have asked before I came to do this podcast. Right.

That's what he said. Yeah. Not I should have asked. I should have asked before I came to do this podcast. Here he is with Don Lemon after that interview. He did say something about Ivermectin that I think wasn't actually correct about CNN and lying, okay? Ivermectin is a drug that is commonly used as a horse dewormer. So it is not a lie to say that the drug is used as a horse dewormer.

Oh my gosh, listen to this. I think that's important. And it is not approved for COVID. Correct? That's right. That's correct. It is not approved for COVID. And you're right.

I mean, the FDA even put out a statement saying, you know, basically reminding people, it was a strange sort of message from the FDA, but that said, you're not a horse, you're not a cow, stop taking this stuff is essentially what they said, referring to Ivermectin. Now, I think what Joe's point is that it's been approved for humans, but not necessarily for COVID, right? Yeah. That's correct.

It's been used for a parasitic disease for something it's called river blindness, and it's been very effective for that. But, you know, just because it works for one thing doesn't mean it works for something else. Oh, my gosh. There are studies that show this helps. Yeah. I mean, for the most part, if you look, there's disagreement on whether it actually is affected by COVID.

I mean, the guy still. Oh, my gosh. Okay, so here's the good news. CNN is so worthless right now. Nobody is watching this that Sanjay, to schlep his books and stuff, has to go onto a podcast. I told you this maybe four years ago. Do you remember the day that Joe Rogan had Elon Musk on?

and the stock went down, right? Because he smoked pot on the air. Right? Okay. And I remember that day because I, in a commercial break, I turn on CNN and I hear them talking about it and they're like, who's Joe Rogan? Who's Joe Rogan? And I thought to myself, the number one podcast, a guy who is sweeping the nation,

they don't even know it. They have no clue as to how buried they are. And I said on that day, it's over. Podcasts are now leading the way. Here they are. They have to go on to Joe Rogan to schlep a book and take that kind of accurate abuse. And then he goes back with his tail between his legs. And he's like, well, no, I mean, it is a dewormer.

It is a dewormer. Yes, for horses, not for people. Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize. And look what they're doing. Yeah. These people are amazing. And what Lemon is trying to do here is

change, move the goalposts. Right? You know, it's, yes, it could be used and is used for livestock. That's well known. However, it is also something we require every single person who comes here as a refugee to take. We require it for them to come in the country because of what it does to parasitic disease. Now, there is a

disagreement about whether it is effective against COVID. A lot of doctors don't think it is. Some do. But that's not what that's not what the standard was. To say he was taking horse to wormer in some really outrageous way is to try to move the goalpost to something else.

It's like, honestly. Honestly, it's like saying, why are you eating food that bunnies eat? No, it's a Mcplant. It's bunny food. Now, you can make that point that bunnies do eat, I think. I don't know. I have no idea if there's actually any plant in the Mcplant. But you could say it's bunny's food and get away with it and it'd be accurate.

But that's not what the McPlant is. Right. I mean, it would be in my life. Would be in my life. I would like be looking for a bunny. What are there? Bunnies around here? Yeah, throw it out in the, throw it out in the backyard.

See if we can attract some bunnies. But that's what they're doing with ivermectin. Yes, it does do that as well. But it's a people medicine. Again, this is Don Lemon. This is a quote from Don Lemon. Talking about Joe Rogan, quote, he is taking several medications, including a drug meant for deworming

livestock. Not true. Gosh, listen to that. That is absolutely a lie. It is not meant for deworming livestock. It can be used. It can be used in that way, but it's not what it's meant for. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Some of the chiron's here. Joe Rogan says he has COVID taking livestock drug despite warnings. Unbelievable. Uh, Joe Rogan announces he has COVID is taking horse dewormer ivermectin. Now look, it is a, it can be used for that. So maybe technically it's not a libelous situation. Though the quote, he is taking several medications, including a drug meant for deworming livestock. That's ivermectin should be suing for that one. Yeah. Because that's not only what it's meant for. Right. I mean, it's just, it's so hypocritical. They got caught in this. This is so great.

And this is so great. Do you know, you know, you have really good interactions with people. You have a hundred interactions with people and they lie to you one time do you trust them again it's hard right right you shouldn't right that you you you you you trust is earned correct and you betray it what you could have 100 things that you have done and it's been accurate you lie to somebody one time and they may not turn away from you they may not dismiss but they will question now if you have told a hundred things that are true and a hundred things that are lies, you have no chance. I mean, they do report the truth. Occasionally, they must stumble on to it. Okay. Hey, it's President Joe Biden, accurate. And he's here to

save the country. Lie. You know what I mean? So they have no credibility. That's why no one is watching them anymore. This is great news. This is the end of, gosh, Do you remember when we left? What did I say? Almost every day the year before we left Fox and CNN, Stu. Remember, every day I would say, every day I would say, we got to get out of here.

These companies are, what? Going to burn themselves to the ground. Yeah, yeah. Every time. Every time. And look at, here it is. They're gone. They're gone.

They have no credibility. And even some of the networks like Fox, Fox doesn't have the credibility it used to. Tucker Carlson does. Tucker Carlson does. But when I was there, the network had the credibility and the individuals also had their own credibility. But Fox, with the audience, had an umbrella that it could pretty much do no wrong. That umbrella doesn't exist anymore. Now it is the personalities that are there.

And look, I don't know. CNN is it going to burn itself to the ground? If something burns itself to the ground, but no one is around to see the flames, does it actually burn? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I absolutely love this. So the Netflix CEO, Ted Sarandos, has doubled down on the defense of Dave Chappelle.

Now, I'm sure this has nothing to do with the $140 million that they paid Dave Chappelle to make these specials. I'm sure it has nothing to do with that. I'm sure it has nothing to do with how wildly popular those specials are. But they came out because there's a lot of people, the transgender employees at Facebook and the activists have come out and they are, they're walking off the job. They're saying I'm not giving my money to Netflix anymore. And wow, Ted Sarando says,

has taken a hard stand out of the goodness of his heart and he believes in, you know, freedom of speech and all of that. And he said, the activist claims that Chappelle's humor was the equivalent of real world harm is false. I recognize that distinguishing between commentary and harm is hard, especially with stand-up comedy, which exists to push the boundaries. Some people find the art of stand up to be mean-spirited, but our members enjoy it. And it's an important part of our content offering. Is it? Is it really?

Or do you just know you're on the losing side of this? And your programming is really starting to suck. And you just spend $140 million on it. That's what it is. Because I can guarantee they're not going to put Stephen Crowder on. They would never say that about any comedian. that, you know, was an up-and-coming guy. And it's also, I'm not even true by their own actions.

I mean, I would agree with what he said, right? Wouldn't you? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I would. That's 100% the standard should be. Yes. For comedians can basically go wherever they want to go. And they should have real, I mean, look, commentary. Everyone should have this.

Everyone should have it. But really, there's a wider birth, if anything, for comedy. Correct. It's supposed to be challenging in that way. Yeah. But, like, they did a show a few years ago called With Bob and, David, which is a sketch comedy show. I love that.

Basically an extra few episodes of the, you know, the one of the greatest, uh, sketch comedy shows of all time called Mr. show with Bob and David David. Really good. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Correct. And they did an, uh, an episode of that show where they have like, it's kind of like a mock of like, you know, the libertarian, uh, thing where you're like everyone's, you're

going through like a police checkpoint. Yeah. And you're filming yourself and like talking to the camera. You don't have to give them your license. Right. It was like one of those type of things. And at the end of the sketch, David Cross, who's incredibly liberal, by the way, like one of the most liberal people in the world.

Like going on stage in his, in his, in Texas, uh, on his own personal comedy tour, blasting seriously, like no funny stuff. Yeah. Like if you voted for Trump or if you're, you know, if you're a Texan, get out of here. I mean, he's way over the edge. Yeah. He did an entire tour, I believe, just basically bashing Trump was the entire thing. Right.

At the end of this sketch, he is trying to prove something about race. Right. Right. Where he shows that the cops always come after people, black people. And he does it in blackface. They deleted the sketch from the show. The entire sketch, it's actually making a liberal point. It's unbelievable.

deleted the sketch from Netflix. So did you see the James Chappelle special? Yes, I did. Okay. I mean, it's filthy awful. Some of it is. I'm amazingly good, but yes. Yes, some of it is amazingly filthy awful.

Like, I can't believe anyone's ever thought that, let alone said those words. That's right. But it is incredibly heartwarming at the end. Oh, yeah, yeah. The story he tells about transgender, his transgender friend is like, It will bring you to tears. It's so beautiful. It is amazing.

And yet, no, nope, not good enough. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program. Irish, he's probably stumbling in drunk. Mr. Bill O'Reilly. Hello, Bill. Well, that's nice, Beck. Thank you very much. I'm going to have to woke you.

Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, boy. On Bill O'Reilly.com attacking the Irish. Oh, there it is. Yeah, totally unacceptable. I'm offended. Yes, but I'm the elite so I can get away with it, Mr. O'Reilly.

Well, we're going to have to have a petition and perhaps come to your house and burn it down. Okay. All right. All right. Is that what the petition does? All right, Bill, what was the big story of the week? Mark Zuckerberg, which is not being reported. Mark Zuckerberg.

This is huge. Mark Zuckerberg spent four. $420 million trying to influence the 2020 election, and he was successful. And you cannot find this story being reported. This is so important and so scandalous. I can't believe it. So tell me the story, because I read the story, and I never got to it on air. Tell me your...

I understand, Beck, you're very busy. But if you watch me on the no-spin news every night, that is your key. I hire people to do that. Okay. So let's walk through it. There are laws in every single state against electioneering at polling places. That means when you go to vote to a polling place, there can't be somebody there screaming at you to vote for a certain person or giving you advice or giving you a hot dog or anything. Right, right.

Okay? That is against the law. But if you have a mail-in ballot, there are no restrictions for someone coming to your house and actually filling out the ballot for you. It's crazy. Putting it in the envelope, taking it with them. Right. That's called bundling.

All right? And bringing it to the polling place in your county. So this number one, that's where you start. That's why the left wants the mail-in ballots universal, because there's no limitations on possible corruption. Do we all understand? Yep. Do you still understand?

Is he still awake? No, he fell asleep the minute I said Bill O'Reilly. Okay. Enter Mark Zuckerberg, the major domo at Facebook. Zuckerberg and his wife donate a colossal, $420 million to two nonprofits. They are, the Center for Technology and Civic Life, CTCL, and the Center for Election, Innovation, and Research, C-E-I-R.

So they get this money, and it's all legal. Now, these nonprofits say they're nonpartisan, which is a lie. They are far-left people. And what they do is hire vote navigators. Let me repeat. These two organizations hire vote navigators who are paid very well. In the last election, Trump versus Biden, you'll all remember that. All right, these vote navigators operated in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan,

North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. Wow. Those were the states targeted by these two nonprofits, using $420 million to pay the vote navigators. What do the navigators do? Quote, they assist voters potentially going to their front doors to answer questions and assist in ballot curate. and witness absentee ballot signatures.

Oh, my gosh. Okay? First of all, what's ballot curing? Wait, wait, what's the definition of ballot curing? All right, I'll get to that. All right. But the quote I just read you comes from the two nonpartisans. They admit it.

They send people out to houses to show you who to vote for. Ballot curing is if you make a mistake on a mail-in ballot, they correct the mistake. Oh my gosh. So your ballot is not thrown out. Go ahead, Stu. And that's not necessarily always a bad thing, right? Like it's the idea if you make a mistake, the government can come and say, hey, like,

you made this mistake, you returned it in two weeks early, you have plenty of time to fix it. Do you want to fix it? If it's a nonpartisan thing, yeah, it's not bad. Ballot curing isn't necessarily always horrible, but if they're doing it this way, where you're sending partisan people out to do it, I mean, that's terrifying. Shut up, Stu. Of all the vote navigators, of all of them, only one county, only one out of all of those states,

the county where the vote navigators navigated, shockingly went for Biden in a huge way, which threw the vote count to Biden in very closely content. tested states like Arizona, like Georgia, like Wisconsin. I'm sorry, I don't think I mentioned Wisconsin in that crew. They were in there as well. Those were all the states where there were questions. Where the vote navigators run by these two organizations showed up.

Okay. So O'Reilly with it last night. And after that, I got on a plane, and I went to Mar-a-Lago, and I interviewed Trump. and if you want to see a little bit of it, I posted already on bill O'Reilly.com. Okay, that'll run on Monday night, on the No Spin News and all of our other affiliates. Trump about this.

Okay, I say, are you aware of this? And he was. Okay, and he said, well, Zuckerberg broke the law. And I said, no, he didn't. He can do this. But every state has to understand what he did and passed laws against it, just like the electioneering laws at the polling places. That's a fascinating discussion.

But here's the kicker. Trump had Giuliani and Sidney Powell and all these other people, the pillow guy, everybody run around, screaming about the dominion voting machines, the dead people voting, the illegal aliens voting, screaming, screaming, screaming, screaming, all right? And still to this day. Millions of Americans believe that was the fraud. It was not. There was some of that, but not to the extent of this.

This was the voter fraud. Navigators going to the homes of mostly poor, mostly out of it people, and telling them the vote for Biden, and actually filling out the ballots for them and then taking the ballots. and Zuckerberg financed it. Do we all get this? Are we all getting it? Because you're not going to hear it on the corrupt corporate media.

This was the fraud. Now, after I explained it to Donald Trump, and that's a very good exchange that you're going to want to watch. Is that the clip? No, I'm saving that clip. I got boo-coo clips. You know, about Afghanistan, about Biden, about Millie, you name it.

But anyway, this story is so important and so powerful, but I will tell you most Americans are never even going to hear it, which is why we are now living in Red China, because the information flow is cut off. Even the morons on Fox News aren't going to cover this, because they're not smart enough to get it. I'm surprised I miss this, Bill. I saw this story and I was so tired of hearing about Zuckerberg and all of this stuff that I just passed it.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention and to America's attention. Beck, I have to say that. I'm giving you a pass on it because you're a genius for putting me on your program every week. That's the counterbalance. Right. Okay. And all I get is shut up. Yeah.

I mean, and I think that was well deserved. You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck program. Sarah Teske, she is retired U.S. Marine Corps. She is an advisor for the Human First Coalition. It's a group of people that are really doing some good work in Afghanistan and helping people. They have already taken out, I think, about 800. Well, let's Sarah tell you. Hi, Sarah.

How are you? Really good. Good morning, Glenn. I first of all, thank you for everything you guys are doing in Afghanistan. You're really making a difference. Well, and so are you and your team. Thank you for all you've done. You're welcome.

So you have about 800 American citizens that you have taken out, right? We have actually taken out to date over 1,200 Americans and 6,700 other individuals. 6,700. Fantastic. Fantastic. Okay, so tell me about the Joe Biden Afghan interpreter. What happened? How did he get out?

Well, first of all, we didn't want to steal him from you. No, no, no, we didn't. We were worried about him because we had put him up, and then he just ghosted us. And the emails are all like, where did he go? Is he okay? That's how it's Marines work. Yeah.

I received a concerning email that his handler was frustrated and just really struggling with bringing him to safety. And for us, it's all about human life. I honestly, in full transparency, when I reviewed the case, him being, you know, President Biden's interpreter, I never foresaw this garnishing so much media attention. In the larger portfolio, it was such a footnote to such a greater story. I agree. And for us, it's about saving him in life. So when I got the case and saw that he had such a large family and children and the threat

he was under, we pushed it up through our movement team and were able to move him immediately and get him out of country and bring him to safety. And then the media and everything started to learn about this information. We've predominantly stayed out of the media to focus just on the rescue. Sure. And I felt it was important, though, to engage with people like yourself and others to tell our story because we have to be the voice of so many who are still in country, who still need to be saved. It is shameful the way the media has just moved on. They've just moved on.

And there are so many people. I mean, I don't know about your safe houses, but ours are still full up. We're still in there actively trying to get people out, and planes are flying out every day with people from the Nazarene Fund. I'm sure you're doing the same thing. We are. We have over 3,000 people still in safe houses. Jeez. And it's getting worse and where there was a bombing in Kabul just a little while ago.

Yeah. I mean, it's getting worse and worse there. It is. There are definitely, it's a very complex operational environment and the intricacy. and danger of the rescue missions on through transitioning into lily pads and third world nations is especially challenging with the legalities and the hurdles just biographously that we have to seemingly navigate to these people not only get out and bring them to safety, but then build a life and future for them. So something that's really important to us, and I know you and your

organizations share the same viewpoint is we don't want to pull them out and dump them. So for me, that doesn't help. That only causes more problems elsewhere. Absolutely. So I say this all the time in the work I've done for 15 years in anti-human trafficking, the rescue is sexy. Everybody wants to be part of feeding lives. Nobody wants to roll up their sleeves and restore innocents, restore lives, help them start a new life outside of their nation and country. And these people have left with nothing, Glenn. And it is our responsibility if we move them and take them, that we give them an opportunity

not only to succeed for themselves, but that we're also not putting a burden on other socioeconomic cultures where we leave them. I mean, even here in America, they shouldn't be, you know, they shouldn't just be dumped onto our streets. That's unfair. It's, it's inhuman. It's not humane to do this. So, Sarah, I have a really bad feeling.

I talked about this the other day. You know, you talked about the lily pad countries. I mean, I personally talked to leaders of state and they were like, you got to get these people out of here. We're taking so many. We're taking more than we promised. I'm like, I know, I know. We have countries that will take them. So they won't be there long.

We'll start moving them. Well, the State Department has sabotaged. almost all of our relationships with other countries. And we're trying now to get them out anywhere and having a hard time. And I thought, gee, I wonder if in the end, after the State Department has made it so impossible to get them anyplace else, I wonder if at the end they all are just moved here to the United States. Wouldn't that be remarkable?

Wouldn't it be remarkable? So remarkable. Yeah. And seems kind of like what might happen, doesn't it? Was it just me? I hope so. Here's to hoping. I'm not going to lose faith. I tell my team all the time, you never can lose hope. You never can lose faith because we are their light and we are their only light of hope. And we must continue to shine for them. It's critical because we are all they have in these dark hours. I will tell you, the ones that we have moved and I know you're the same. I mean, we vet, vet, vet, vet, vet, vet, vet. Um, And it's not like, you know, the United States government that put five guys on that were going to take over the C-17. Did you read about that? I mean, how did these guys even get on board the plane? You know, I mean, it's crazy.

And I wonder about all these people. I know our people. I don't know everybody else's people. And that's a lot of people that would be coming to the United States, a lot. Yes. Yes, it would. Yes, it would. And within our organization, the majority of us are either prior serving government or military members.

So with that came a lot of incredible and strong relationships. And we have been able to leverage those to actually vet every single person we take out through the State Department and through DOD. Right. So we are doing that not only on the back end with the United States of America, but we are also doing that in the accepting nations through their foreign ministers. of travel and their foreign ministers of affairs. Yes. So for us, it is critical as individuals who have served to make sure we're doing this right and above bar and not just taking anybody and everyone who wants a flight out.

And to me, that's the other piece to this. We have so many organizations that are well-intentioned, but are lacking the experience in this operational environment and don't understand the complexity of mass meal operations. And to me, I would like to see a greater unification of efforts and understanding people's strengths and weaknesses so we can lessen the load for some and also increase the resources for others who are her doing it right. You know, I hope and please feel free. I know we're on the air, but I don't have any fear of, you know, if you have something that we should be aware of, please tell us.

I know that we've tried to do that. You know, one of the things that we have, we had access to airplanes and access to cash. We didn't necessarily, especially at the beginning, have access to people on the ground. And I really, at the time, I was like, this is great because other people have people on the ground and they don't have access to the airplane or the money.

Let's work together. And I think that's really, really good. Is there anything that we're doing that you see and you'd be like, I wish you guys would do this more or wish you guys would stop doing this? Absolutely not, Glenn. Your organization and Human First have actually been working together, unbeknownst to probably a lot of people for a long time. And it's been our absolute honor and privilege to do so.

You have so many remarkable heroes and individuals who have been doing extraordinary work. I agree. And we have over 100 ground team security forces. Wow. So we were really able to support you in that regard, and you were really able to support us with the lift, with the planes. So it has been a beautiful synergy.

And I think in all the negative, I think we have to sometimes look at the silver lining. And I think we have to see through this how this entire effort, the bigger picture, underscores the beauty of humanity and the power. and efficiency of public and private partnerships. And I understand there's been a lot of popularity in hitting on that this is about the veterans who served in Afghanistan. But I have seen church groups, NGOs, elected officials, veterans currently serving members,

along with corporations and foreign entities come together from 8,000 miles away virtually, all in the name of saving human lives. I mean, and that beautiful, beautiful tapestry is, is just something incredible that has been woven in literally two months time. Which is, really beautiful. When you have a talk radio host rodeo clown and the prime minister of Pakistan finding a bridge to help, that's remarkable. I mean, that's just, it's remarkable. Yeah. Wonderful. And we talk about, I mean, there's a lot of bad, at least, that I have to say about the State Department.

But I have to tell you, I've also seen State Department people that are working currently in the State Department bust their ass to do the right thing. Agreed. Agreed. It's remarkable. I have literally had people in State Department call me and say, can we just pray over you and your team? Can we just pray for all the incredible work you're doing? and we hope it gets better. So again, I tell, I always say this, everyone teases me because I must save it 300 times a day. Unlimited grace, folks, unlimited grace. We are working through an unprecedented situation in unprecedented times. And unless you have walked with these Afghan

allies and refugees have walked, unlimited grace, because no one, unless they've lived through it, can understand the uncertainty and fear that they themselves are enduring at the same. very moment. I just did an interview with a family that was brought here to the United States that we got out and we worked with so many partners on it. I hate when I say we got them out. I don't mean it that way. We all work together on it. But they were here to tell her story. And I have to tell you, it is, I don't think Americans can even imagine what it's like to be a woman that was walking down the street when the Taliban rolled into town.

I mean, it's just... No. No. It's remarkable. It is. And I think what, I think the human side of this is remarkable. So our, we have handlers and individuals, as I'm sure you do, that talk to these families to the fathers, to the mothers, to the children every day.

Yeah. And that beauty, that, that deep-seated relationship, that trust that has been built over phones, is one of the most extraordinary experiences and journeys I've ever been on in 25 years of being serving this nation. And recently I was in D.C. I had the honor of addressing several members of Congress. And while I was there, I had the unique pleasure of meeting the nephew of a family we had just rescued. And to see him play with my kids and hug me and cry together.

And the power, we had been walking this together since before with withdrawal. And we were able to bring their, their family to safety a couple weeks ago. And just the relief of knowing his family was finally safe. And the ability of us to work together to make that happen is something that is even difficult to describe the power of that. The power of saving human lives is beautiful. And I think on the other end of that, though, is also the pressure because every single time we talk about the rescue all the time. but to get there, you know, navigating, you know, our allies, the language barriers, the fear, moving them through checkpoints and every single moment of these sometimes 24-hour long journeys wondering, did I make the right decision to move this one? Oh my gosh, Sarah, I can't tell you.

I don't know how you do it. I had to stop. I had to stop because I was getting involved in seeing the movements and stuff. And, you know, you wouldn't get the call or something would happen. you'd be like, oh my God, did I make the wrong decision here? Did I just get somebody killed? It is terrifying. Terrifying.

It is, definitely. And it's some days emotionally depleting. Yeah, it is. Sarah, I can't thank you enough. And I hope we get a chance to meet sometime and just hear about all the success stories that you and Human First Coalition have done. You're remarkable people. Thank you so much.

Well, it's an honor. Thank you for all you and your team have done. and I think it's just important to remember that we're not just saving human lives. We are truly changing the trajectory of history for generations to come. And that's what keeps me going. Amen. Thank you, Sarah. I appreciate it.

By the way, if you want to make a donation, this is a really good group of people. It's humanfirstcoolition.org. Humanfirstcoollition.org. They're one of the partners that we work with at the Nazarene Fund. really, really good people. You can follow them on Twitter at Human First AFG, as in Afghanistan. Na, na, na, na.