The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 4.28 Trump MELTS DOWN In Confused Tirade Over “Fake Polls” & Demands Investigations As Things Get Worse

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

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Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show, you daily dive into the news. My name is Philip DeFranco, and we have a lot to talk about today, starting with this. Donald Trump is now deporting US citizens, or at the very least, he is deporting their mothers and allegedly giving them no choice

but to bring their kids with them, even if there are other family members in the US willing and able to take the kids in. Right, and with that, the citizens in question, they're two, four, and seven years old. And notably, one of them is reportedly suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer with lawyers claiming he's been sent away

without medication or doctors being consulted despite ICE knowing about his condition. Also, one of the mothers, she is said to be pregnant and she was allegedly deported without ensuring any continuity of prenatal care or medical oversight. And with all of that said, as of recording, the Trump administration hasn't really responded to those allegations, but it has, however,

defended itself against the accusation of deporting US citizens, with them saying that the women were unauthorized immigrants and claiming that they had taken their citizen children with them by choice. And this is you had Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for example, telling me the press this weekend. Three US citizens, ages four, seven, and two,

were not deported. Their mothers, who are legally in this country, were deported. But one of the problems with that is that in all three cases, lawyers say that the women were arrested at routine check-ins, given almost no opportunity to speak with lawyers or their family members,

and then deported within three days or less. And so with that, you have people like this one lawyer with the National Immigration Project accusing the government of purposefully manipulating facts and also saying, what has become entirely clear is that ICE's portrayal of consent is undeniably false and flatly a lie.

And continuing to say, ICE did not provide the mothers with any alternative other than their U.S. citizen children coming with them. They were not provided a choice. They were not provided options. And then on top of that, you had the head of the National Immigration Project calling the idea that the children weren't deported willfully misleading, noting that ICE officials were, quote, well aware that there were legal custodians and family members who were ready and willing to care for them. With another lawyer involved in the case suggesting that the mothers were under extreme duress

and were essentially coerced into accepting this deportation with their children. And so with all that, we've seen at least one judge so far appear receptive to the lawyer's arguments. A judge who notably is a conservative Trump appointee who's handling the case involving the two-year-old referred to in court documents as VML. And in that case, you have the government claiming

that the mother requested to take her child with her to Honduras, citing a handwritten note, purportedly written by the mother in Spanish. But the judge appeared to be skeptical, scheduling a hearing for next month, quote, "'In the interest of dispelling the court's strong "'suspicion that the government just deported a U.S. citizen "'with no meaningful process.'"

With him also emphasizing there, "'It is illegal and unconstitutional to deport, "'detain for deportation, or recommend deportation "'of a U.S. citizen.'" And so now we're gonna have to wait to see what comes from all that as well, it is illegal and unconstitutional to deport, detain for deportation, or recommend deportation of a US citizen. And so now we're gonna have to wait to see what comes from all that as well as what happens with these other cases and really with so many others.

But I mean, connected to all this, ICE also reportedly deported a Cuban born woman last week, married to a US citizen, separating her from a one-year-old child. And as with others, she was allegedly held incommunicado and flown to Cuba within just a few days, with her lawyer claiming that the woman was still breastfeeding her daughter,

who suffers from seizures. And then beyond that, even as data and US intelligence continues to undermine Trump's justification for the whole thing, the administration has just kept ramping up its mass deportation efforts. So seeing, for example, last week, nearly 800 immigrants being arrested

as part of a four-day operation in Florida. And then just this weekend, more than 300 law enforcement officers from at least 10 federal agencies raided an underground nightclub in Colorado, arresting more than 100 people authorities said were undocumented immigrants. With also another interesting aspect of this being,

you know, the push to get the numbers that Trump promised deported, is reportedly not even close to being reached despite the lack of due process, which in itself has become more and more alarming to many. US citizens have been mistakenly detained, and in some instances, they've even received official paperwork

telling them to leave the country. It's also now been revealed that Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian, and in some instances, they've even received official paperwork telling them to leave the country. It's also now been revealed that Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist and legal permanent resident, was detained without an arrest warrant last month. And then of course, there's the case of Kilmar Obrego Garcia, who was sent to El Salvador despite a court order barring his removal, with there, of course, being bigger questions about the legality

of the other deportations there as well. Which I will say, this is me shifting from the news to now my opinion. You know, going into this administration, I was expecting the worst, I was hoping for the best, shifting from the news to now my opinion. You know, going into this administration, I was expecting the worst. I was hoping for the best. But just the pure chaos of all this, the mishandling from the administration, it's been kind of wild to watch. Because with the 2024 election, one of the biggest winning issues for Trump was around illegal immigration.

There was that and his economic promises. But since he's been president again, right, it's been over three months now when rubber has met the road and people have been seeing how things are being done. It's not popular. You've got new polls saying that 43% approve of his handling of the economy, with then only 31% supporting his handling of the deportation of Kilmar Obrego Garcia. With then Trump's response to the bad polling recently being him posting on Truth Social, these people should be investigated for election fraud and add in the Fox News pollster while you're at it. With them calling the New York Times poll and the ABC Washington Post poll, fake polls from fake news organizations.

But for now, we're gonna have to wait to see how this continues to play out. I mean that in the real world on the ground, deportations, what's happening in the courts and with the polling. And of course, in the meantime, I'd love to know your thoughts. But then next up today, shifting gears,

we need to talk about this carbon dioxide news because relatively few outlets have actually caught wind of this news. Starting with the news that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose by 3.75 parts per million last year. Which I know like if you're not super familiar with this space, it doesn't sound like much,

but it's actually the largest single year increase on record. In fact, it's 25% bigger than the previous record of 2.96 parts per million, which was set in 2015. And so now the total concentration of CO2 is about 423 parts per million, way up from the 337 measured in 1979 and the 280 estimated for the start of the industrial revolution. Now, as far as why the rate of increase seems to be growing, obviously humans are emitting more CO2 into the atmosphere, but scientists believe that there may be another reason as well. Namely, that the Earth is soaking up less carbon

than it did before. Because forests, wetlands, and other natural biomes absorb much of the excess carbon that we produce. But as the warming climate breaks these ecosystems down, they slow down climate change less and less. And so you've got scientists worried that last year's events could point to a feedback loop where climate change destroys carbon sinks,

releasing more carbon and speeding up climate change. But then also a big part of this is you likely didn't hear this news, which by the way, like and subscribe to the channel, because the Trump administration allegedly tried to smother it. It's for context, every year around this time, for about a decade,

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published the previous year's CO2 concentration data, with it prominently featuring a public report on its website and typically sending a press release to journalists. You know, cause it's actually incredibly important and people need to know about it. But this year, instead of doing all that,

NOAA, they just posted the data on Facebook and X. Even then it provided no context, just announcing the numbers without mentioning that they're record breaking or clarifying how big they are. You're also not gonna find the context and the replies on X either, because most of those appear to be snarky climate deniers writing stuff like, oh yeah, is that exponential growth?

And with that, according to Scientific American, NOAA staff did prepare a public web story for the data this year as usual, but a source who naturally requested anonymity for fear of reprisal told the outlet that officials nixed the report at the last minute. And that notably coming after months of just unmitigated chaos at the agency.

For example, the administration firing some 600 workers there in February, including meteorologists, hurricane hunters, storm modelers, and more. Then in March, judges ordered the agency. For example, the administration firing some 600 workers there in February, including meteorologists, hurricane hunters, storm modelers, and more. Then in March, judges ordered the agency to rehire many of them, but it just put them on paid administrative leave instead. And then in April, the Supreme Court lifted

some of the rehiring orders, so the agency fired them again. Meanwhile, some of those workers told NBC they had missed some salary payments during that period, and they didn't have their health insurance plans restored or receive basic paperwork. With one worker even saying she underwent a $70,000 surgery only to find out after the fact that she didn't have active insurance coverage. As well as another worker

saying he hadn't received any formal separation paperwork from NOAA and adding, there hasn't been any communication about what's happening. It's a mess. My paycheck had health premiums taken out, but they haven't said our benefits have been restored. It's not at all clear what's happening. One scientist who was fired from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center telling the outlet, I have described it as intentional chaos and weaponized incompetence. And this is last month you even had NOAA announcing it was ending its monthly climate briefings

where scientists explained climate and weather data to the media. With an agency spokesperson telling Axios, due to the loss of a significant number of staff resulting from the recent release of probationary employees, the deferred resignation program and employees retiring, Deferred Resignation Program and Employees Retiring, NCEI will no longer be able to support the monthly NOAA communications media briefing

on the US and global temperature and precipitation analyses and associated products. This is you also had sources telling the outlet that the agency had trouble recruiting scientists to volunteer for the briefings because they feared angering the White House. And it looks like things are just gonna continue down this road and get worse

because a White House proposal would cut NOAA's budget by over 27%, impacting education grants, research, and climate-related programs. But that even seeking to eliminate the entire office of oceanic and atmospheric research, meaning that the lab responsible for the CO2 data that we just talked about, as well as the agency's other research labs,

they would get shut down. And keep in mind, these facilities, they don't just measure climate change, strictly speaking. They also monitor the climate in a more ordinary sense, which is useful for farmers who depend on free, accurate weather and climate data. Not to mention anyone who doesn't want to die from storms and tornadoes since the National Severe Storms Laboratory, which works to increase warning lead times, would also shut down. And keep in mind, there's even more being gutted and shut down. This is just some of it. And then we'll get to more news in just a moment.

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Because if you missed it, last week, the show's executive producer, Bill Owens, who had worked at 60 Minutes for 26 years and CBS for 37, resigned. With the big key thing being that he told his colleagues in a note that it had become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show

as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience. With that then widely taken to be a reference to Trump's ongoing lawsuit against 60 Minutes for $20 billion. Because Owens and others in the company,

they wanted to stand up to the White House, but reports say that Paramount, which owns CBS, is discussing a settlement with Trump's lawyers. Which for extra context there, Trump is accusing the show of deceptively editing an interview with Kamala Harris to make her look good, something that they've denied and they even published the full transcript.

Right now, it was already understood that this resignation was a big deal because in the show's 57-year lifespan, it's only ever had three executive producers and Owens was one of them. But then really casting a spotlight on the situation at the end of this Sunday's telecast, you had correspondent Scott Pelley firing this shot.

Bill resigned Tuesday. It was hard on him and hard on us. But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. With that, referring to a merger between Paramount and Skydance Media that's currently in the works, with Pelley then adding, Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires. Reportedly, Susan Zirinsky, the former president

at CBS News, has been asked to review the show's stories before they air now. So clearly, some employees interpret that as pressure not to go too hard on Trump, not only because of the merger and the lawsuit, but also because Trump's FCC is investigating CBS News for the same deceptive editing allegation. With Trump calling on the agency to impose maximum fines and punishment for what he called their unlawful and illegal behavior a couple weeks back. Writing on Truth Social almost every week, 60 Minutes,

mentions the name Trump in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this weekend's broadcast tops them all. But anyway, with this most recent update, you had Peli finishing. No one here is happy about it, but in resigning, Bill proved one thing. He was the right person to lead 60 Minutes all along. Then next up today, we have to talk about the tragic news that at least 11 have been killed after an SUV plowed through a festival crowd in Vancouver.

With this happening at around 8 p.m. Saturday night as a Filipino community festival was winding down. And in addition to the 11 who were killed, dozens were injured. The authorities saying that some of those injuries were very serious. So the final death toll is likely gonna rise. And while as of recording,

the police have not released the name of the victims. Officials say that the ages range from five to 65. Now, as far as what happened, you had one witness who was selling clothes at a booth telling reporters that he initially saw the SUV crawling through the crowd and just assumed that it had been let in to help a vendor pack up.

But then the car started to speed up. With that officials later saying that the SUV had entered through an enclosed area and then began plowing through the crowd before being apprehended by bystanders who called the police. With some of the witnesses saying that the driver had attempted to run away

but was restrained by people in the crowd. And with this, you have prosecutors announcing they've charged a 30-year-old man with eight counts of second-degree murder, though additional charges are expected. Now also, very notably here, police have not yet announced a motive, but authorities have said that they do not believe

this was an act of terrorism. And with that, you have the interim chief of the Vancouver Police Department saying that the driver has a significant history of interactions with police and healthcare professionals related to mental health and adding, there are many unanswered questions about why this horrific crime happened,

the motive of the person who did it, and whether anything could have been done to prevent it. And while officials have said that there is no active threat to Canadians, the attack is still undeniably shaking the Filipino community and the country as a whole, especially as it happened just days before Canada's federal elections,

which are being held today. And with that, you had Prime Minister Mark Carney, who's campaigning for his Liberal Party, responding by canceling a planned rally and expressing his condolences, saying, families lost a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, a son, or a daughter. Those families are living every family's nightmare. I know that I join all Canadians in mourning with you. And that sentiment also echoed by Pierre Palliev, the conservative candidate who said, our hearts are with you today. All Canadians are united in solidarity with the Filipino community.

All Canadians are united with you in mourning the loss of these treasured lives. Then from that, next up, Vladimir Putin just announced that there will be a ceasefire in Ukraine next month, but it will only be temporary. And so the ceasefire would only last three days, spanning May 8th through May 10th to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. And with that, you had Putin saying in a statement on the Kremlin website, "'Based on humanitarian considerations,

"'the Russian side declares a truce "'during the 80th anniversary of the Victory Day.' "'For this period, all hostilities are stopped,' and adding, "'Russia believes that the Ukrainian side "'should follow this example. "'In the event of violations of the truce "'by the Ukrainian side, "'the armed forces of the Russian Federation

"'will give an adequate and effective response. With also Putin's spokesman claiming that the temporary ceasefire underlines our willingness to get on the path toward a peaceful resolution. But there we've seen many push back with Ukraine's foreign minister, for example, saying in a statement on X, "'If Russia truly wants peace,

"'it must cease fire immediately. "'Why wait until May 8th?' And adding that Ukraine is ready for a 30-day ceasefire, which is a plan that's been backed by the US, but rejected by Putin. And notably, it wasn't just Ukraine who said that this temporary halt doesn't go far enough. Because when asked about Putin's announcement,

you had White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt telling reporters this morning, the president has made it clear he wants to see a permanent ceasefire first to stop the killing, stop the bloodshed, and adding that Trump is increasingly frustrated with leaders of both countries and continuing. While he remains optimistic he can strike a deal,

he's also being realistic as well. And both leaders have to come to the table to negotiate their way out of this. And that statement is very notable because it comes just days after Trump made a post on Truth Social telling Putin to stop bombarding Ukraine and urging him to agree to a peace deal. And this is just yesterday,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the administration will decide this week if it's going to continue peace talks or shift its energy to other issues. So right now it remains unclear if a long-term solution is gonna be reached anytime soon, or even if this three-day one will be honored. Because I mean, Putin abruptly announced a ceasefire

on Easter Sunday and Ukraine agreed to do the same, but then both sides accused each other of breaking the one-day truce. And according to Russian analysts and people close to the Kremlin, Putin seems to be convinced that he would lose negotiating power if he agrees to a ceasefire

without securing certain concessions first. So far, we've seen Ukraine rejecting a deal put forward by the Trump administration that would be massively favorable to Russia. Or with it including things like preventing Ukraine from joining NATO and having the US officially recognize Russia's claim to Crimea. And with that said, Trump's envoy to Russia

met with Putin this past Friday with the Kremlin describing the conversation as constructive. And while they provided very few details, they did say that the discussion touched upon the possibility of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine. And that is, you also had Trump briefly meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky on the sidelines of Pope Francis' funeral this weekend, which is the first in-person meeting since that whole Oval Office blowout back in February. And again, we didn't get too many details, but both Trump and Zelensky painted the interaction in a positive light. With Zelensky telling reporters that the meeting was really productive,

and you had Trump saying he believed that a ceasefire agreement could be on the horizon. But you also had Trump claiming that Zelensky might be willing to give up Crimea, which would be a massive shift for Ukraine's negotiating position that seems fairly unlikely, at least right now. And then I've got more news for you in just a minute.

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Though this is the casualty reports haven't yet been verified by other sources. So notably you have the TV channel sharing video footage showing first responders recovering the bodies of at least a dozen men buried in the rubble of a destroyed building, with the building presumed to be a detention facility in which these migrants were reportedly being held.

Or because actually despite the devastation caused by more than a decade of conflict in Yemen, migrants keep arriving in the country. And this is most planned to cross into neighboring Saudi Arabia to find work. But for example, in 2024, more than 60,000 migrants reportedly arriving to the country, most of them from Ethiopia and Somalia.

And now, while there aren't any official stats, thousands are thought to be held in detention centers like the one that was just destroyed. With you seeing rights groups reporting that detainees experienced grim conditions, including overcrowding, abuse, and poor sanitation. With that said, right, as far as the facility hit by a U.S. airstrike, so far there's been no immediate response by the Pentagon, but notably just a few hours before the strike, you had U.S. Central Command revealing that American forces had

hit more than 800 targets in the country since Trump ordered the military to step up its air campaign against the Houthis last month. With that announcement also claiming that those strikes had killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders, including senior officials overseeing missile and drone programs, although it didn't give any names. And this is, it made no mention of civilian casualties, whereas you had Houthi officials saying

that more than a hundred civilians have been killed, not including the migrants killed today. And again, right, this is only going back to last month, though, of course, there's been a lot that's led us to this point. Because if we go back to November of 2023, for example, which is when the Houthis started targeting merchant vessels in the region with missiles, drones, and small boat attacks.

And all in all, they reportedly sunk two vessels, seized a third, and killed four crew members. And so with all that, on March 15th, Trump ordered the military to begin a virtually nonstop air campaign against the Houthis dubbed Operation Rough Rider, which of course is the operation that was discussed in at least two signal chats.

One of which mistakenly included the editor of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, and the other, which reportedly included Pete Hegseth's wife, brother, and personal lawyer. But in any case, just three weeks into the campaign, congressional officials reportedly claimed that the operation had run up a billion dollar tab while having a limited impact.

And this is the New York Times reporting that the strikes were burning through existing munitions stockpiles. And that leading military officials to worry that the Pentagon would need to dip into stockpiles in Asia and leave the country less prepared for a potential conflict with China. And so obviously, you know, there are moral concerns of the potential loss of innocent lives here, but there's also the real question about whether this operation is effective. But then from that shift into a very different

kind of news, I'd like you to meet Valerie. She just beat the odds and survived for nearly a year and a half in the Australian wilderness completely alone. Because you see, back in November of 2023, Georgia Gardner and her boyfriend, Joshua Fishlock, took Georgia's eight pound miniature Dachshund, Valerie, with them on a family camping trip to Kangaroo Island. Right, and Valerie was a gift to Georgia from her family and had spent most of her little dog life

being pampered and treated like a princess. So when she got loose and went missing during their camping trip, Georgia was distraught. Them searching and searching for days, but Valerie just didn't turn up with Georgia saying, "'We were so upset and we felt a lot of guilt as well.'" Now in the first few days after going missing, Valerie was spotted by other campers,

but she ended up getting spooked and ran off into the bushland. But then just weeks and months going by and there's just no sign of her. But then roughly eight months later, rescuers caught word that some locals had spotted a wandering miniature dachshund with a pink collar.

Which, you know, left the Kangalo Wildlife Rescue directors stunned because, you know, miniature dachshunds aren't exactly known for their survival instincts. With one of the directors even saying, of all dogs, that would be the last one I would say would survive out there. But they do have a really good sense of smell. That's probably helped her in terms of finding food. You know, catching sight of her and bringing her home, those are two different battles. And life in the wild for months on end made Valerie wary. So as people tried to rescue her, she would run off at the sight of them or their vehicles.

She ended up evading any rescue attempts for months longer with Kangaroo Wildlife Rescue calling her the Dachshund version of Bigfoot. And all of this as she survived a harsh winter, a dry summer, and the threat of predators like eagles. Not to mention that there are two different kinds of venomous snakes on Kangaroo Island. But as more and more sightings and blurry photos

of Valerie rolled in and her stories read, hope rose for her rescue. With a rescue effort homing in on Valerie near the spot where she went missing and they set up a trap with food, George's clothes, some of her old toys and her bed from home. But even from there, it took a bit to catch Valerie because while she did make an appearance at the cage,

her visits were irregular and new sightings were rare. With one of the directors of the Kangalo Wildlife Rescue saying, we knew we only had pretty much one shot and we wanted to return her to her beautiful owner as the best way possible and not cause her any more trauma or stress. And so finally, after 529 days in the Australian wilderness,

Valerie was caught and the rescue posted news of her capture along with trail cam footage showing her chowing down and winking at the camera. And when the trap closed on her, the rescue said that they took it in stride. And after initially running around and trying to escape, she just curled up and took a nap. But then the rescue director wearing one of Georgia's shirts

and sitting with Valerie until she became comfortable and calm enough to curl up in her lap. The culmination of rescue volunteers reportedly spending more than 1,000 hours and traveling about 3,100 miles trying to catch this dog. And so now in just a few days, Georgia and Josh will be picking her up and she can begin her transition back to the life

of a pampered house pet. With Georgia saying, for anyone who's ever lost a pet, your feelings are valid and never give up hope. Sometimes good things happen to good people. You know, with all that said, for her epic tale of survival as well as just people trying to do the right thing, I gotta say Valerie and the people at the rescue,

you are absolutely our bamfs of the day. But that, my friends, is the end of your Monday evening, Tuesday morning dive into the news. And of course, I'll see you again soon because I've got a brand new show for you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific. Thank you for watching. I love your faces, and I'll see you right back here tomorrow.