TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Russia: NATO Was Involved in Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Airfields

Episode Date: December 8, 2022

In one of our top stories, a senior Russian official is directly accusing the United States in having a hand in the recent drone attacks on Russian soil. Konstantin Gavrilov made these remarks at a recent arms control session in Vienna, Austria. Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where the kingdom rolled out the purple carpet for the Chinese premier. The two nations will likely be discussing deepening alliances and partnerships, especially related to energy concerns.Sam Bankman Fried says that he doesn't know what happened to the billions of dollars since to his trading firm of Alameda Research. Also, the IRS changed the rules, now demanding that US taxpayers account for all transactions over $600, down from the previous $20,000 threshold. There's a reason they needed those 87,000 new agents.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 12/8/22.A hilarious gift idea for Christmas 2022! Order your Fauci Elf! https://tru.news/faucielfIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. You can order the second edition of Rick’s book, Final Day. https://www.rickwiles.com/final-dayYou can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 690069 Vero Beach, FL 32969.Subscribe to our channel!Download the TruNews App!Android - https://tru.news/googleplayappiOS - https://tru.news/iOSappMore content on our website: https://www.trunews.com/ Help build a global news network that provides a credible source for world news! Support TruNews: https://www.trunews.com/donate

This is True News. The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help us God. I'm Doc Burkhart. In one of our top stories today, a senior Russian official is directly accused in the United States of having a accused in the United States of having a hand in the recent drone attacks on Russian soil. Konstantin Gavrilov made these remarks at a recent arms control session in Vienna, Austria. Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia today where the kingdom rolled out the purple carpet for the Chinese premier.

The two nations will likely be discussing deepening alliances and partnerships, especially related to energy concerns. Sam Bankman-Fried says he just doesn't know what happened to the billions of dollars since to his trading firm of Alameda Research. And also the IRS has changed the rules, now demanding that U.S. taxpayers account for all transactions over $600

down from the previous $20,000 threshold. There's a reason they need those 87,000 new agents. We'll be talking about these stories and much, much more today, but first joining us for his final night in Jordan, broadcasting from the shores of the Dead Sea, here's True News host and founder Rick Wiles. Hello, Rick. Good to see you again. Hey, Doc. Hey, Doc. How are you doing? We're doing great here, sir. I am, too. I'm ready to go home. I'm tired.

And I had a full day today. It's a little bit earlier. We're recording a little bit earlier tonight. I think, what is it, about 11 p.m. here in Jordan. It's a little bit cooler tonight outside. Temperatures dropped a few degrees than it was last night, but it's still very pleasant weather. And we had a good productive day with business meetings with various high-level Jordanian businessmen who have been very gracious to us and given us their time and their advice and counsel. So it was a good trip. Good. Now, Rick, just for those that may have not caught up with everything that's been going on this week, this is your fourth trip to Jordan here this year.

And this particular week, you were invited to an event that the kingdom held, announcing some new developments that are taking place related to the baptism site of Jesus. And so that is now starting to get news, get printed in other outlets and everything here in the U.S. and around the world, some of the stories coming out about that. But you were there firsthand, part of a guest list of about 500 people at that very special event. Yes, I have not had an opportunity to look at the world news headlines about the baptismal site development plan. So I'm glad to see that it's getting publicity around the world.

You're right. So I was invited here. The invitation came directly from His Majesty King Abdullah. And it was quite an honor to be in the room with him, seated just two tables away from the king and the royal family, and to watch the spectacular event that took place last night. And knowing that it's all about Jesus Christ. Yes. It's about the baptism of our Savior, where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. of a Muslim nation is making a major financial commitment to enhance and preserve the historic baptismal site of Jesus Christ and to make it a world-class tourist site

for Christians to come to Jordan from all over the world. And so I was very excited to be there and witness the announcement of this grand project. It's a $150 million development plan. And next week, I'll show you details. I didn't. We were not allowed to take our phones into the event. So the King's security guards were confiscating all phones at the front door. And you could not bring any cameras or phones.

So I can't show you any photographs about what happened. But the royal court will make videos and photographs available next week, and I'll be able to share this with our True News family. Well, Rick, this initial investment here in the baptismal site, maybe it will open the door for there to be further development and investment in a number of biblical sites all across the other Holy Land of Jordan, some of which that we've had the opportunity to visit and some that we've had the opportunity

to take True News viewers and listeners to see firsthand there in the country of Jordan. So we're praying that this will be just the beginning of maybe a new wave of investment and development that allow for the further, you know, there's a lot of opportunity in Jordan for improving a lot of biblical sites. And so it's very exciting, isn't it? It is. And I was told today by a businessman that there are,

I think he said 92,000 archaeological sites in Jordan. That's a lot. 92,000. Now, they're not all publicly known, but there's work that has been done at these various sites. And they're all not biblical sites. They're just ancient sites. One of the things that we desire to do here in Jordan, sites, and they're all not biblical sites, they're just ancient sites. Right. One of the things that we desire to do here in Jordan is to establish a nonprofit

organization for the preservation of biblical archaeology. And I'm not talking about us being archaeologists. That's not my field. There are others that are trained and skilled in archaeology. That's not what we're trying to do. What we want to do is help preserve the biblical archaeology sites that the professionals find. Because, Doc, and you know this, you've been here, these biblical sites are uncovered by archaeologists, and then nothing is done or very little is done to preserve the discovery. In fact, sometimes the government advises the archaeologists

to recover the finding until the government has enough money to preserve it the right way. And what we want to do is to raise funds in America and other countries to build structures over and around these biblical archaeology sites to preserve them from the weather, the elements, from vandals, and to make these sites attractive and educational to Christians who come to Jordan to see Bible history. So that is one of the main now I'm at liberty to share it with our True News family because we are receiving a very positive response from Jordanian government and business leaders. They welcome American Christians to partner with them to preserve their history. They're very proud of their biblical history, and they need help. They need partners to preserve that history. And it seems like the Lord is...

Our audience gets behind it, Doc. That's something we're going to be working on in 2023 so the just such a tremendous opportunity and truly doing something the of biblical worth and something that'll be a legacy to leave behind for other generations to further develop and to you know and to build upon and so what a great opportunity to do something for the Lord that could, if he tarries, that could last generations, literally. And so it's really exciting. That's right. So anyhow, we've got a lot of work to do.

And each one of these trips to Jordan this year has been productive. And I would say this has been the most productive trip of all of them. I'm very excited about what has developed this week. I've had some wonderful meetings and reconnected with people I met on previous trips but also I met new people and new officials. And, you know, I received a text last night, or maybe it was, I guess it was early this morning. When I got up, I had received a text from a high-ranking government official that I met last night at the dinner. And so they're reaching out to us and they're connecting with us and saying, so glad that I met you, looking forward to working with you. Here's my private phone number.

Please stay in touch with me. And that's what ambassadors do, Rick, like yourself. You're an ambassador for the kingdom. And whenever you travel, you always share the story of how when you first set foot, you know, get off the plane, you say you are there representing the kingdom of God as an ambassador. And so you ask the Lord to give you your diplomatic pouch for that particular trip. And I did it Tuesday night when I landed in Amman. That was the first thing I said when the plane touched down.

I said, Father, your ambassador has arrived in the Hashemite kingdom. Please have your angel give me my diplomatic assignment. Amen. Well, Rick. It was a full assignment. Yes, it was. It's been a very busy week, but we're looking forward to having you back. And I'm sure you'll be sharing much information next week as you get

settled back in. Well, Rick, there's news going on in the world and we're going to be talking about that here. And so we'll get started here with this top story that we're leading off with, that a senior Russian official is saying that NATO had a hand in the attacks of the armed forces of Ukraine. And this is coming from Konstantin Gavrilov. NATO members helped Kiev attack Russian airfields. Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Moscow delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security

and arms control, told news outlet RIA Novosti. As the diplomat recalled, Russia had repeatedly pointed out that the West, led by the United States, is increasingly drawn into conflict, becoming a participant in it. And now, once again, the facts indicate that the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance really had a hand in Kiev's terrorist provocations against the Russian strategic airfields Diagevilevo and Ingols, Gavrilov said. Now, according to Gavrilov, Kiev was actually giving a public order

to carry out this perfidious provocation. He recalled the words of the Latvian foreign minister on November 30th in the NATO Council who said that possible Ukrainian strikes on military targets deep in Russia would be justified. to modernize the aforementioned UAVs with the partnership of specialists from the Kiev Design Bureau Look and the American corporation Raytheon Technologies. The range of this drone is up to 1,000 kilometers, the head of the delegation said. Now, Gavrilov added that it is clear to Moscow in which direction they plan to use the drone after the modernization, at the same time as the diplomat emphasized most of the targets on which the armed forces of ukraine strike are determined by the western masters

of the kiev regime and the aforementioned tu-141 strike uavs are aimed at the target using the american global gps satellite system and he says by the way, the U.S. and its allies have long been actively using various space systems for reconnaissance and information support of the armed forces of Ukraine, including for the purpose of opening places of deployment, routes of movement, and actions of Russian troops, Gavrilov said.

Now, so he's making a direct accusation, Rick, that U.S. forces, one way or another, and NATO forces were directly involved in the drone attacks that took place on Russian soil. Your thoughts on this particular story, on Gavrilov's comments? It's a very serious accusation because you have a high level russian official pointing his finger at the united states and nato saying we know that you were involved we know that you trained the ukrainians we know that you gave them the technology, and we know that you're helping them with GPS coordinates to pinpoint the targets inside Russia. Russian Air Force bases and actually blew up two TU-95 strategic nuclear bombers. Very serious turn of events this week. Now the Russians are saying, we know that America and NATO are behind it. That's as close as you can get to the line of declaring it to be an act of war.

And we're days or weeks away from Russia making that declaration of war against NATO and the United States of America. That's what I want people to understand. We are inching day by day closer and closer to an official declaration of war between Russia and the United States of America. And even though the Ukrainians aren't getting direct do these orders to hit targets in Russia, they are getting them secondhand. Like Gavrilov said, the Latvian ambassador telegraphed that message basically saying, you know, it's possible we could hit targets in Russia. Rick, on the way home last night, I was scanning through satellite radio and heard an interview with the CEO of Raytheon on CNBC. And he says that they provide direct

intelligence support for drone activity in Ukraine. He says, if we can see a Russian tank and we can target it. And he says their company does that for the Ukrainians. They do it directly for the Ukrainians that Raytheon is providing direct informational support. And so even though it's not the United States itself that's doing it's United States interests and companies that are being directly involved in the activities going on so we could make the assumption that Raytheon helped the Ukrainians target those nuclear bombers that were sitting on Russian airfields it wouldn't be that big of a leap of logic would it no and I don't think Raytheon is doing it as some kind of community service. Right.

They're doing it in partnership with the Pentagon and NATO nations. Raytheon's a defense contractor. They make their money selling weapons to countries that want to have a war. And they are assisting Ukraine to target Russian soldiers and military assets. Brathion is participating in the war. But if there was a shooter in your neighborhood and one of your neighbors was handing magazines of ammo to him, does that not make the neighbor an accessory to mass murder? Yeah, he's directly complicit in it. That's what the United States and Germany and France and the other NATO nations are doing. They are involved in the war. And at some point, Russia will declare war on the United States of America.

Now, I can say this, Doc. I guess I would have liberty to say his name. One of the world, not just in the Middle East but in the United States, in Europe, and in Asia. And when you go to his office, his office walls in the hallways in his office, there's hardly an inch of a wall that's still available that does not have a photograph hanging on it. I'm talking about from the ceiling to the floor, all the way down the hallways,

is photographs of Dr. Abu Ghazala with various world leaders. So we had some wonderful conversations. In fact, last night, I think I mentioned this, last night sitting outside of the banquet before it started, they had a social event before the banquet started, Dr. Ghazala had me sitting with the U.S. ambassador to Jordan and the Chinese ambassador to Jordan. So I was in the middle of both of these ambassadors having a conversation. I wanted so bad to have a microphone and say, and let's do true news right now. I've got some questions I want to ask. But I couldn't. It's not the time to have those kind of conversations. But privately, without anybody else around, Dr. Rougas-Lahala said that we were talking about the war.

And I asked him, are we going to have, is Russia and the United States, is this going to break out into a nuclear war between those two countries? And he said, I don't think so. He said, Ukraine is not the main war. He said, the Ukraine war is meant to start the war. And he said, it's provocation. I said, well, where's the real war? And he said, that will be the South China Sea. That will be China and the United States.

Fascinating. Wow. That's interesting that he would make those remarks. Yes. And he also indicated he believes it's a lot sooner than it is in the distant future. He thinks it's coming quickly. But that's – it was just a comment in passing that he didn't seem to be too concerned about Ukraine being the flashpoint for a major confrontation between the United States and Russia. He he thinks it's going to be in the South China Sea. It's going to be over Taiwan. And that real war is going to be between China and the United States. Wow. That's interesting that he would make those remarks and have those insights.

And so we're just in the starter war right now is basically what he's saying. Yeah, that's right. And he confirmed, Doc, what you and I have been saying, and that is we're going into a two, you know, a bipolar new world order. That there will be a Western new world order and an Eastern new world order. And the world will be divided between those two power centers. And this will last for many decades. Well, in order to have the bipolar world order between East and West, the West still has to deal with

what will they do with Russia. And part of the whole plan here with this war in Ukraine has been to weaken Russia and to basically to bleed it dry. We have this article from Rossiskaya Gazeta. Nikolai Petrushev, haven't heard that name in a

while the long-term goal of the united states and nato is to weaken or destroy russia at any cost he said that the u.s and its nato allies want to weaken or destroy russia and this opinion was expressed today by secretary of the security council of the russian Russian Federation Nikolai Petrushev during a visit to Bangkok at talks with Secretary General of the National Security Council of Thailand, Supat Malaniam. He said, The long-term goal of the United States and its NATO allies is to weaken or destroy our country at any cost, as well as to destroy the security architecture in Eurasia as a whole. And Roysa Skaya-Jazeta quotes him as saying, now, according to the Secretary of the Security

Council of the Russian Federation, the West bet on the globalization of NATO and also began to create conditions for a comprehensive buildup of a military presence in the Asian Pacific region. That goes along with what Dr. Gazela was saying. The AUKUS union, the Australian, UK, and US union is in particular focused on solving this problem, he added. He says, in this context, I would like to emphasize that the aggressive expansion of the military infrastructure in the region will lead to a further increase in tension, Petrushev said. And so really, AUKUS is in many ways, Rick, an extension of NATO, basically. It's NATO being franchised out into another part of the world. And so what Petrushev is saying is that this alliance is going to create new tensions in a new part of the world. But in this particular case,

those tensions aren't going to be directly designed to be targeted toward China at that point. Right. And if his analysis is correct, what he's saying is that the West has embarked on a policy of deliberate destabilization of the world. Because that's what he's saying. Yes. That a plan was hatched and put into motion to destabilize the world and to increase military tensions. That's his view on it. The reason that we bring these articles from other countries is that we want the news audience to see and to hear how world leaders think about these issues from their viewpoint, from their perspective. Because it doesn't matter if they're right or wrong. It's what they think. And they're making their decisions based on how they perceive the actions and the motives of the

United States and NATO. And also, Rick, when these leaders are, in this case, he's visiting Bangkok, so he's speaking to other world leaders there. This is what they're hearing now. They're hearing what the Russians are saying about NATO and about the conflict that's going on not only in Ukraine, but now building up in the Indo-Pacific region.

And so they're receiving this message. These words aren't being, you know, shot out into a vacuum somewhere and just go nowhere. They're recipients of this message, targeted recipients of these messages. And so France 24 is reporting. Remember the other day, Rick, President Putin drove across the Crimean Bridge, or at least some version of President Putin drove across the Crimean Bridge. French 24 is reporting today that the Kremlin is seeing a risk of new Ukraine attacks in Crimea. The Kremlin said Thursday that the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula was vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks after officials said they had shot down a drone near a key naval base. So

we're seeing those drone extensions now being found in Crimea. There are certainly risks because the Ukrainian side continues its policy of organizing terrorist attacks. But on the other hand, information we get indicates that effective countermeasures are being taken. And that came from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Now, the Moscow-appointed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said last month that Russia was strengthening fortifications on the peninsula in the wake of recent attacks. And now the recent drone attacks earlier this week now make it very realistic

that drones could reach anywhere within the Crimea region. That's true. And I don't recall, I think I swallowed an insect here and they're flying by me here. I think they swallowed an insect here. They're flying by me here. I think they're little mosquitoes. But anyhow, a Western official, and I don't recall the name,

recently said that the West didn't see any problem with Crimea. They didn't see a problem with Ukraine attacking Crimea because Crimea is, in their view, Ukrainian territory. Therefore, if they used American and European weapons to attack the Russians in Crimea, they were not attacking Russian soil. Now, when I read that, I thought about the first article that we had today, which is the claim that the West is giving thumbs up in public statements saying, hey, if you did that, we wouldn't say anything about it. So if that's true, then the West just told Russia, I mean, just told Ukraine, go ahead and use the missiles that we gave you and attack the Russians in Crimea, because that's your territory and you're not using the missiles on Russian soil. Yeah, that would be a very interesting path of logic on that, wouldn't it?

To say, all right, well, you can use NATO weapons, you can use U.S. weapons to attack Crimea because that's really not Russian territory anyway. And so that would be a very diabolical way to attack Russia. But the Russians are going to see it quite differently, though, Rick, right? Definitely. Definitely. And Mr. Putin yesterday made it clear that the Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure,

the electricity grid and water and utilities and so forth. He made it very clear that those attacks were in response to Ukraine attacking the Crimean Bridge. Yes. Yes. He made the direct connection. The reason why they are blowing up power plants and substations in Ukraine and taking down the grid is because of the attack on the Crimean Bridge. And we said that would happen. We said that would happen here on True News. Now, Rick, earlier this week, Mr. Zelensky of Ukraine was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Actually, him and the spirit of Ukraine combined were called the person of the year. And Dmitry Medvedev had a response to that.

And he had this on Telegram, always has something interesting to say. He said, what our mass media, rather than the biased Western journalists, could praise Zelensky for is his refusal to negotiate. Thanks to this, Russia will finish all the work to the end without unnecessary compromises. And so he's making it very clear that the Russians are in this all the way, no matter what the West says or thinks or praises Zelensky for doing. That's right. You know, Doc, throughout this whole war in 2022,

Western news media propaganda has said Putin was dying. He had cancer. He had neurological disease. Dementia. He had dementia. Dementia. He's neurological disease. Dementia and dementia. Dementia. He's going mad. He's losing his mind. Russian soldiers are defecting in mass.

And they've had one story after another since this war started back in February. But the truth is the Russians are just methodically moving forward. And, yeah, they've had significant losses. It's been heavy fighting. But they're not backing down, and they're not showing any signs of giving up, even though the Western news media will put out stories privately. You know, U.S. intelligence officials have learned that Putin is looking for a way out, that he wants to get out of this war.

These are just stories that are being pumped into the news cycle of the world to sway public opinion. But when you look at what the Russians are doing, they're just day after day after day bombing Ukraine. And yesterday, Vladimir Putin said this war could last a long time. And that was his signal. Don't pay attention to what the news stories say. We're not leaving. We're going to remain there until we accomplish our objective.

Now, politically, can he do that? I don't know. I don't know what's going on inside Russia. I don't know what kind of what the public opinion is, the public mood. But I know this. I don't think the Russian leadership is showing any signs that they're going to back down. They are showing every indication that they are prepared for confrontation with NATO. And we very well could see that. And Rick, just a reminder to our audience, it's not even winter yet. And so that's where the Russians

really have the upper hand over Ukraine and over the other NATO nations now that have caught themselves without the necessary energy even to get through the entire winter here in some cases. And so if they do make it through this winter, next winter is going to be very, very difficult if things continue. So another big story developing in geopolitics today, Rick, is China's President Xi Jinping is visiting Saudi Arabia. And this is a three-day trip that the Chinese leader is making, meeting with senior officials and the king and the prince in Saudi Arabia.

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Saudi Arabia's king and the crown prince while on a visit to the kingdom, solidifying ties with the region crucial to his country's energy supplies as sanctions intensify on Russia over its war on Ukraine. Now, Xi arrived at Al-Yamana Palace in Riyadh and was greeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the king's assertive son who stands ready to rule the oil-rich kingdom in the decades to come. Xi shook hands with the prince as an honor guard on horseback carried Saudi and Chinese flags. We have this picture here of Xi Jinping stepping off his plane. And the Saudi press made a big deal about the color

of the carpet, Rick. Now, if you see the purple carpet that Xi Jinping was welcomed on, not the red carpet, but the purple carpet. And the kingdom made a statement about the reason for the color is that is the color that we show the highest level of dignitaries that we wish to honor and welcome to our nation.

And so it's no accident that there's a little bit of theater here, a little bit of drama that goes on. We have this report. This is from CGTN that gives us some of the highlights of the first day of the China premier's visit to Saudi Arabia. President Xi Jinping's special plane was escorted by four fighter jets from the Royal Saudi Air Force after it entered Saudi Arabia's airspace and by six Saudi Hawk jets from the Royal Aerobatic Team after it entered Riyadh's airspace. President Xi Jinping received a grand and warm welcome when his special plane arrived at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

A 21-gun salute heralded the arrival. The Saudi hawks painted the sky in red and yellow, colors of China's national flag. Honor guards flanked the purple carpet. Chinese and Saudi national flags fluttered in the wind. President Xi Jinping was warmly greeted by the governor of Riyadh, Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar al-Sad, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Sad, Minister Yassir al-Rumayyan, who works on China affairs, and other key members of the royal family and senior officials of the government.

President Xi Jinping issued a written statement in which he extended warm greetings and best wishes to the government and people of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Chinese government and people. President Xi Jinping noted that for 32 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, China and Saudi Arabia have enhanced strategic mutual trust and witnessed fruitful practical cooperation in various fields. During the visit, he will have an in-depth exchange of views with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Assad on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of shared interest to jointly chart the course for China-Saudi Arabia relations. President Xi Jinping noted that he looks forward to attending the first

China-Arab State Summit and the China GCC Summit and working with leaders from the Arab countries and the GCC countries to bring China's relations with Arab countries and the GCC to new heights. And so I don't know if you saw the jets flying overhead, but they were doing the colors of the Chinese flag flying overhead. We have a little bit more video here. This is some pretty dramatic video here. Rick, this is Xi Jinping arriving at King Salman's Palace being led by Arabian knights. Yes, they call them knights, Arabian knights on horseback. These are part of the Royal Palace Guard. palace guard. And so pretty dramatic imagery in here as the Arabian knights themselves escort President Xi Jinping to meet. And this is Prince Mohammed bin Salman greeting the Chinese premier at this moment. And so pretty dramatic imagery. You see all the flags,

the Saudi flags and the Chinese flags there. Rick, you didn't have this kind of pomp and circumstance here a few months ago when President Biden came over and did his fist bump with Mohammed bin Salman, did you? No, we didn't. So the Saudis gave Xi Jinping a royal welcome and the Saudis gave Joe Biden a fist bump. That's right. Those are the optics. Those are the images that the world saw. You didn't see Joe Biden being welcomed like a grand ruler of a powerful nation. As a matter of fact, if I recall that trip to Saudi Arabia,

they wouldn't even confirm it until just a few days before it actually happened. Right. And prior to that, they wouldn't even answer his phone calls. And so those things that we reported earlier in this year of how the Saudis were snubbing Joe Biden, now in December, you see what has happened. The Saudis are embracing the Chinese. Saudi Arabia is at the south end of Jordan. They share the border with Jordan. So we're not that far away right now. So Xi Jinping is over in Saudi Arabia right now as we speak, but he got a royal treatment.

And what does that mean? It means that the US petrodollar is on shaky ground. and pivoting to a new yuan, petroyuan currency that would make the Chinese currency the main global reserve currency of the world. That could happen overnight. It could happen this week as they have these discussions.

Yes, it could happen this week. So really what hinges on that shifting taking place, Rick, is can China provide the military support at the level that the U.S. has in the past? Because basically the petrodollar is backed up with American lead and American uranium. You know, so do you think that China is at a point in its development where it can provide that same level of military assistance? Or will the Saudis even need to even consider that? Well, Joe Biden gave the Chinese the massive air force base in Afghanistan. So they're in possession of that U.S. military base. Nobody talks about it. But Joe Biden just turned it over to the Chinese.

Well, you know, people would argue he didn't give them the keys. No, he just abandoned it. And the next day, the Chinese showed up and turned on the lights and took control of the military base. You could say that was by negligence, or you could argue it was by design. We'll let the historians decide. But the end result is the Chinese took control of that military base in Afghanistan. The Saudis could be, you can be certain, Doc, that the Saudis are talking to the Chinese right now about Chinese military bases in Saudi Arabia. And if I recall, I think it was earlier this week, Rick, that the Saudis had mentioned what would be the terms moving forward for any potential agreements. Of course, continued

military support was in there, but also nuclear technology was involved in that too. And the Chinese certainly have that to offer the Saudis, where the U.S. would be extremely reluctant to do that, at least at this point in the game. The Saudis want both nuclear energy and they want nuclear weapons. Yes. So, well, we're going to continue to watch the stories coming out of Saudi Arabia this week as China continues to develop these relationships in the Middle East. Another story about China that we didn't get an opportunity to report on yesterday. This is coming out of Bloomberg. Bloomberg is saying that China has revealed its gold buying after a quarter of mystery purchases. China reported an increase in its gold reserves for the first time in more than three years,

shedding light on the identity of the first time in more than three years, shedding light on the identity of the mystery buyers in the bullion market. Now, the People's Bank of China raised its holdings by 32 tons in November from the month before. And this is according to data on its website on Wednesday. That brought its total to 1,980 tons, making China the sixth biggest central bank bullion hoardorde in the world and that follows after nations like the u.s france germany and several others that have larger holdings but we're beginning now this is just just the ones they're reporting rick with there could also be other gold transactions and further mystery transactions that we didn't know about.

Three years ago, we were tracking, remember the Belgium transactions that were taking place that we determined, well, these have to be actually the Chinese that are making these transactions, not obviously some Belgian front company and everything. So there could be a lot more transactions going on than we even know about. That's right. And there could also be some Western nations that claim to have

their gold reserves, but it's on paper only and there's nothing in the vault. And that's a suspicion that a lot of people have had for the past 10 years, that nobody has really seen the gold at Fort Knox. Nobody has really seen the gold at the Bank of England. They might bring out one bar and say, here, here's a sample of it. We got a lot of it inside, but nobody goes inside to see it. And so there's suspicion about whether the gold even exists. Was the gold sold? Was it loaned out? Did the Federal Reserve take possession of the gold in Fort Knox,

and where is the gold now? You know, there's a lot of questions like this, but China continues to build up its gold reserves, and at some point there's going to be an announcement made of a new monetary system. And we seem to be really close to right now, this very day, with Xi Jinping just a few hundred miles away from me at this very hour with the Saudis. They're talking two things. They're talking military alliances and financial partnerships.

Well, and that's where we're headed this week. And that's the reason why China's there to make these deals. Now, Rick, China's not the only one that's stocking up on gold. There's a trend among central banks around the world to stock up on gold as well. In fact, right now, total central bank gold holdings are at their highest level in nearly 50 years. Saying that after a historically high amount of gold to reserves in the third quarter, central banks kicked off Q4 buying even more gold. That's according to data compiled by the World Gold Council.

Central banks globally added another 31 tons of gold to official reserves in October. Total central bank gold holdings are now at the highest level since 1974. Now, it goes on to say that the central bank of the UAE was the largest gold buyer in October. It added just over nine tons to its gold reserves. And so far this year, the UAE has increased its reserve by 18 tons. Turkey has also bought roughly nine tons of gold in October. The Central Bank of Turkey has been the biggest purchaser of gold in 2022, adding 103 tons to its reserves so far. And so, Rick, what's the signal that's being sent here as central banks stock up on gold? A financial crisis.

They're hedging their bets that things are going to get very, very bad very soon, aren't they? Yes. And a new financial order is coming and a new currency, a global currency, probably a basket of currencies. But if those currencies are backed by gold and oil and other commodities. It is going to be a powerful blow to the U.S. dollar, which is not backed by anything right now except the name of the U.S. government. But that's what I suspect. And I think all these central banks, they know what's coming. They've heard rumors and they're getting as much gold as they can get while they can get it. Well, speaking of getting what you can while you can get it,

this is out of the journal here, the developing story of Sam Bankman Freed. Doggone it, Rick. He's misplaced billions of dollars somewhere, Rick. He says he can't account for billions of dollars that he sent to his firm Alameda. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he couldn't explain what happened to billions of dollars

that customers of his failed crypto exchange sent to the bank accounts of his trading firm, Alameda Research. And he said he couldn't rule out the possibility that money deposited by FTX customers who were told their money was theirs alone was in fact lent to Alameda. Now, some FTX customers made deposits by wiring money to Alameda-controlled bank accounts with the intention that the money to be used to fund their FTX accounts. That was a legacy of the exchange's early days when FTX didn't have its own bank account, Bankman-Fried said. Now, over time, FTX customers deposited

more than $5 billion in those Alameda accounts. Now, those funds are gone. They were wired to Alameda, and I can only speculate, I can only speculate about what happened after that, Bankman-Fried told the Wall Street Journal. Now, Mr. Bankman-Fried's remarks suggest that FTX customer funds flowing into Alameda bank accounts could have been recorded in two places, both as FTX customer funds and as part of Alameda's trading positions. That's called double counting, and such double counting would have created a huge hole in FTX and Alameda's

balance sheets with assets that weren't really there. Bankman-Fried denied that double counting affected FTX's financials, but acknowledged that Alameda's liabilities might not have been fully recorded. So, Rick, we see, is this the biggest bank robbery in history right here? It's definitely one of the biggest, and little damn Bankman-Fried. And little damn Bankman Freed. Bankman?

Bankman. Bankman Freed. What a name. Bankman Freed. He's Bernie Madoff Jr. And he's robbed a lot of people. He just doesn't know what happened to billions of dollars. Oh, well, he's in a luxury condo in the Bahamas.

I bet some of that money helped buy that money, that real estate. In fact, I think he and his relatives and some of his friends, I'm trying to remember what the figure was. It was tens of millions of dollars of real estate purchased in the Bahamas. But why isn't that property being seized? This man is a thief. Bernie Madoff never did anything at this level. But Sam Bankman Freed isn't worried at all that the FBI is going to go to the Bahamas and arrest him. For some reason, he has immunity.

He's scheduled to appear as a speaker at a seminar with The New York Times. Yes. With Secretary Yellen is one of the speakers. And nobody finds this outrageous that he's going to be on a panel at a financial seminar with a member of the U.S. Cabinet. And she just happens to be in control of the Secret Service and they're not going to arrest Sam Bankman freed? What do you have to do these days to get arrested? Well, I can tell you, you have to be a common citizen. That's right. That's what you have to do because the super rich Democrats don't get arrested. Now, Doc, the FBI and U.S. Marshals and the Treasury Department's Secret Service officers, they're not going after Sam Bankman-Fried, but they're going after other people. And one of the most outrageous things that the feds did in recent years was a raid on a bank in California in which U.S. marshals rummage through safety deposit boxes at a bank without telling the customers. Just normal customers had items in their safety

deposit boxes and not knowing that there were federal agents at the bank opening up every box and going through the contents because the feds were looking for criminal activity involving certain people. And so they just opened up all of the safety deposit boxes. Every single one of them. Every one. They went through every one. Now, the feds are not embarrassed by it at all. They got a federal judge to issue an order saying that is completely fine with me.

They didn't do anything wrong. They were looking for illegal money. So they had to open up every safety deposit box to find the illegal money. So the end justified the means. But at the same time, Doc, the feds don't care about Sam Bankman Freed. He stole tens of billions of dollars and nobody has put handcuffs on that little crook. Yeah, that story that you were talking about, we have from Fox News, where the judge is siding with the FBI in an $86 million Beverly Hills private vault seizure, prompting lawyers' Fourth Amendment outcry. Now, a federal judge slapped

down a class action lawsuit that accused the FBI and Justice Department of misleading another magistrate for a warrant to search a private vault facility and ultimately seize roughly $85 million in assets from private citizens. But attorneys for the plaintiffs and those in similar circumstances were warning that the seizures were still improper. They said the FBI lied about its intentions in claiming to only be interested in the property of the business and not the deposit box holders. And that was from Robert Frommer, an attorney for the plaintiffs, saying in a statement before the judge's ruling, he said, ultimately, the lure of civil forfeiture turned these federal cops into basically federal robbers. Rob Johnson, another attorney for the class action plaintiffs, vowed to appeal,

said if today's shocking decision stands, it will set a dangerous precedent that will allow the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to bypass the Fourth Amendment. He said that decision will give a blueprint for the government to pry open safe deposit boxes, storage lockers, and other private spaces, and to take the contents with civil forfeiture. And so what you have in this particular situation, so our audience can understand what's going on

here, is we had this private firm where you could basically, you could get your own private security box there, and you can rent it out. Some bad guys also had rented boxes and some of the bad guys were involved with the executives of the private security vault company. But what the FBI did is it seized not just the bad guys security boxes, but everybody's in the entire vault, everybody. It'd be like going down to your local bank and let's say a bank robber had stolen money in a safety deposit box at your local bank.

And then the FBI came in and said, okay, we have to empty out all the safety deposit boxes because the one bad guy had stolen money in there. It's the same thing, isn't it, Rick? It is. It was one of the most outrageous

things. And, you know, we're bringing this up today because this happened last year. But we're bringing it up because we want to contrast the treatment that those people in Beverly Hills received from the FBI and contrast it with the treatment the FBI is giving Sam Bankman Freed, who obviously stole tens of millions of dollars. He cannot account for it. And he doesn't appear to be worried or remorseful. He has no concern whatsoever that he squandered the money of his clients who trusted him. And, you know, Doc, one of the prominent people that lost money was Kevin O'Leary. Yes. Yeah, he's been very vocal on social media about his losses and

his attempts at recovery for that. And so it's because I'm a big fan of Kevin O'Leary. I like listening to him and the things he has to say. But this, I think, even shocked him. And, you know, you speak about the situation, same Banford, Bankman Freed and how the you know, the government isn't extraditing him. They're not going after him. They're not doing anything in efforts to try to recover. But doggone it, they want to get your hand in your pocket every day, don't they? They have this down now. It's six hundred dollars. Yes. And so this is from the journal, Wall Street Journal. The IRS is going after your side hustle. I like that, the headline there. Now, it used to be that the threshold for

reporting payments on your account of payments that you receive for goods or services was $20,000. Well, now that threshold is coming down to $600. Now, you may be saying, well, what's the big deal about this? Well, we'll tell you. There's a new job for those 87,000 new employees at the IRS, but it isn't chasing billionaires like Sam Bankman Freed. It's dicking around to discover he reported that extra $600 you made from selling grandma's heirlooms at your garage sale. Now the IRS is reminding Americans that the reporting rules have changed for payment card and third-party payment network transactions. What this means is that if you received a payment of more than $600 via such networks as Venmo, PayPal, Amazon, or Square, you will probably receive a Form 1099-K this year. Now, the reporting limit for receiving a Form 1099-K used to be $20,000 a year.

But you can thank the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act and the $1.9 trillion spending blowout that did so much to spur inflation. Democrats unleashed the IRS to find the money to pay for this spending. And apparently their belief is that tens of millions of you are hiding income from your side hustle or selling old furniture. Now, Americans are obliged to report all of your income, whether they receive a 1099 or not. But chasing after transactions as low as $600 means more hassle for you and millions of others, though we wonder how much money this effort will raise. If nothing else, this gives the lie to the Democrats, the Democratic claim that the purpose of the $80 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act to hire all those new tax men is to target the rich.

What they're really coming for is you and the neighbor kid who mows your lawn. So, Rick, this is really going to impact a lot of people because, you know, there are a lot of people that are, let's say, drive for, you know, Uber or something like that or, you know, deliver food or anything just just to have a little bit of extra money. Or like the examples there, maybe they sell some old furniture or some old jewelry or something like that. So anytime there's a transaction made, a financial transaction of $600 or more now, you're going to have to keep, you're going to keep a record of that and report it to the IRS. This is just so ridiculous.

It's a yard sale. It's, if you make picnic tables and sell them to your neighbors, it's anything. If your kids sell lemonade, you're the parent. You're going to have to report their lemonade income. The federal government is desperate for money. It is spending vast amounts of money that it does not have. And we're going deeper into debt.

The interest payment on the government debt is skyrocketing every year. And Washington can't keep it afloat. And what do you think is going to happen when Saudi Arabia pulls out of the petrodollar and goes with China. If you think this is scary, that the IRS is going after $600 of yard sale money, that's nothing what they'll be doing next year. Remember earlier this year, the Biden administration wanted the banks to report all transactions over $600. Yes. And there was opposition to it, and they backed down. Well, they just wrote it into IRS regulations. There's no law.

Yes. The IRS just said, okay, the Congress didn't pass it. We'll just write it into our regulations, and we'll act like it's no law. Yes. The IRS just said, okay, the Congress didn't pass it. We'll just write it into our regulations, and we'll act like it's a law. And that's exactly what they did. And so now, if I sell my used refrigerator for $600, I've got to let the IRS know. But there's something about this, though, Rick, that they're not going to make money on this. So there has to be another reason they're doing this. They're doing this for control, to control every aspect of your life. So you know that no matter what financial transaction that you make, the IRS is

looking over your shoulder to make sure it's okay with them. That's right. The introduction back in 1913, the introduction of the Federal Reserve Bank system, the income tax, and the Internal Revenue Service, that was the beginning of the takeover of the Republic of the United States of America. It goes back that far. They got their hands on the banking system, on the currency, and our income. Our founding fathers never wanted a central bank.

They never imagined a national tax on the income of the people. Our founding fathers, they had a tea party over taxes. That's right. This is how the whole country got started, was about taxes. And so now Washington is absolutely out of control. And it's not the government of the American people anymore. It's an entity unto itself. And it is treating the American people with disdain as though they're slaves. And you owe everything you make to Washington. But it's a sign of desperation. Yes.

They're out of money. And the radical leftists have all of these crazy socialist schemes that they want financed, and they've got to take the money from somebody. Well, they're not going to go after Sam Bankman-Fried and do anything about the money he stole. They're not going to go after the wealthy billionaires who donate to the Democratic Party, they're going after truck drivers and housewives and schoolteachers. They're going after the middle class. Yes, and that's the whole idea behind the control in the situation. So, Rick, we're past the one hour mark right now, but if you're feeling good, we can keep going here. And we've got.

Let's see here. Let's. Let's talk about the let's talk about the the attacks on the power stations and then we'll save everything else for tomorrow. Okay. Well, Rick, yeah. So, well, Rick, we previously talked earlier this week about an attack on a substation, electric substation down in Moore County, North Carolina. And now they're trying to pinpoint who's behind it and everything. But, Rick, did you know that there were previous attacks here over the past month at substations up in the northwest? Daily Mail.

I didn't know about it. I didn't know about it until I read this tonight in preparation for today's true news. So five electricity substations in Oregon and Washington were attacked just days after two in North Carolina were shot up causing widespread power outages. So the article out of Daily Mail says this, at least five attacks have occurred in the Pacific Northwest and have been reported to the FBI in recent weeks. Now, these incidents came to light via a federal memo following a

deliberate attack last week in Moore County, North Carolina, that left tens of thousands of people without power for days as seasonal temperatures fall. Now, in Washington State and Oregon, spokespeople for several energy companies, Cuget Sound, Cowlitz County Public Utilities, and Bonneville Power, confirmed the attacks occurred in November. In addition to this story, Rick, our researcher had sent over to me while we were talking that there have been glitches and supposed attacks on substations across Florida over the past several weeks as well. Now, the reason why these attacks on substations, your first response is it's terror of some kind, either international or domestic terror.

But listen to this article out of CNN. Now, this is today. He says, as more in North Carolina regain power, investigators probe domestic terrorism and threats against power infrastructure across the U.S. Now, listen to this as they try to say who's to blame for these attacks investigation following attacks on substations in the South and on the West Coast as electricity becomes a more critical need in winter. Even before the gun assault Saturday

in Moore County, North Carolina, wiped out power for days to thousands, at least five electricity substations in Oregon and Washington have been attacked in November, according to energy companies. And now the FBI is involved after reports of shots fired Wednesday near a power station in Ridgeway, South Carolina. So this was just yesterday, Rick. Now, no outages or known property damage were reported at the watery hydro station, spokesman Jeff Brooks said.

Now, while no motive or suspect behind the North Carolina attacks has been identified, investigators are zeroing in on two possible threads centered on extremist behavior. Now, here is where they kick into high gear. Writings by extremists on online forums encouraging attacks on critical infrastructure and a series of recent disruptions of LGBTQ plus events across the nation by domestic extremists, law enforcement sources told CNN. Though investigators have no evidence connecting the Moore County outage to a drag queen event that began there around when the lights went out, the timing and context of armed confrontations around similar LGBTQ plus events across the country are being considered, the

sources told CNN. The outage ended the Moore County drag show after audience members lit the stage with phone flashlights, Sandhill Pride has said. The FBI has warned of reports of threats to electricity infrastructure by people espousing racially or ethnically motivated extreme ideology to create civil disorder and inspire further violence, the agency said in a November 22nd bulletin sent to private industry. Rick? There's so much to do. There's no evidence, Rick.

There's no evidence that these guys did it, but it can't just be a coincidence that there was a drag queen show going on and the lights went out. Right. So I guess I guess the good people, Moore County, they didn't want their eyes to be shocked by that drag queen event. So somebody decided to blow up the substation because if the electricity was off, there were no lights and you wouldn't see the drag queen event. I guess that's the rationale, the thinking at CNN. Yes.

So, but you see where they're making this. There's no evidence, no evidence at all that there's a connection here, but this is probably why they did it. I'm surprised that CNN didn't include anti-vaxxers and climate change deniers. Right.

Are they involved in it too? They'll get them connected one way or another. But people hate gays and lesbians so much that now they're shooting up power stations. That's the reason why power stations are being shot up. So we're getting fed the same line of nonsense that we were getting fed years ago. Remember when the substations were being attacked and being shot up? So it goes in cycles.

Who was to blame them? Well, it was those Muslims that were doing it. Muslims are coming to chop off your head, and they're going to blow up your power station so you can't watch TV because of freedom. And now, they can't blame the Muslims anymore.

That old wheel is tired. So now, they've got a new boogeyman. It's people that don't like gays and lesbians and don't like them so much that they don't want to even see them. They don't even want the lights on to see them. Well, Doc, if the American people continue to allow these sex perverts to defile the minds of innocent children, somebody's going to turn out the lights in America.

But it's not going to be the Proud Boys. It's going to be the Almighty. It's going to be God himself who's going to turn the lights out in this country and plunge us into darkness that we will never recover. That's the real message. You want to see a reaction to wickedness? Just continue down the path that you're going, America. And eventually, the Lord is going to allow your enemies to do what they wanted to do for a long time, but he held them back. It's not God that's going to do for a long time, but he held them back. It's not God that's going to do it. It's simply God removing his protection and allowing our enemies to do what they want to do.

That's the difference. And that's what we need to be talking about. CNN is making a fool of themselves. They sexualize everything. Everything at CNN and MSNBC is sexualized. That's because they're a bunch of perverts. You can't even have a CNN news commentator on a Zoom call without having a sexual act taking place. It's just a bunch of perverts. So what they're saying is nonsense. But the real thing to be concerned about is what Almighty God is going to do to America

if there is not genuine repentance in the land. That's what is needed. Genuine, heartfelt, remorseful repentance where the American people become deeply remorseful for their state of wickedness and cry out to God to forgive them. Yes.

And if we don't do it doc our enemies are going to take over the nation and that's that's a fact of history throughout the history of mankind one one people has conquered another people. And, you know, where is the Roman Empire? Where did it go? What caused the Roman Empire to collapse? Well, historians know why. Why do we ignore the reality of what happened to the Roman Empire and many other empires that disappeared. A wise people would say, we're not going to follow that path.

We're not going to make the same mistakes, but we have made the same mistakes. And that's what we're facing right now as a people. And the reason that we're doing this program is because in 1998, the Holy Spirit gave me a life-changing vision that took place in April of 1998. And I saw cities on fire. And the Lord said, this is your nation's future if your country does not repent. And I said, Lord, why are you showing this to me? And he said, I'm calling you today to tell your people to repent. And that changed my life. And I've never stopped delivering that message since 1998. And here we are now in 2022, the end of this year, and the country is more wicked, more perverse, more rebellious against God than if the churches are silent and they just seem like they don't even see it happening. They don't want to deal with it.

And there's just a small remnant of God's people who are standing firm and saying, we will not compromise. We will not allow this to continue. We will speak for the Lord God. And because we're here, not just you and me, Doc, and the True News audience, but others around the nation that share this thought, because we're here. We are the salt of the earth in America. We are the only thing standing between destruction. That's it.

The salt, the Christian salt of America. That is the only thing that is preventing destruction of America. And so we can't give up. Those who believe like us, we cannot give up. We're called to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world. We need to increase the light, pump it up, more wattage, let the light of Christ shine. And that's how you move out the darkness. You don't tackle darkness with guns, you don't tackle darkness with water hoses, fire extinguishers.

You tackle darkness with light. And America has been overcome with darkness. And the way to repel it is turn on the light. And it's Jesus Christ who is the light of the world. And, you know, the solution is so simple, Doc. We just need to preach Jesus. We need to exalt Jesus. We need to talk about Jesus.

We need to lift up Jesus. When he is lifted up, all men are drawn unto him. Yes. And so I'm here in the Holy Land, where this all began thousands of years ago. And the message that came out of the Holy Land needs to go around the world again, but this time with a fresh fire, a fresh wind has to be a new message of the old story. A fresh wind that changes the world. That people once again hear that marvelous old story of the cross. That God loved the world so much he gave his only begotten son.

That's the message that must go forth. He gave his only son for what reason? That men and women would repent of their sins, believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and be saved. Well, Rick, and that's what we're here all about every single day. And that's the way it's been for nearly, we're going on 26 years, isn't it, here next year or 25? Well, let's see. I started ministry. I started in 1998.

The program started in 1999. So I think we're in our 25th year of broadcasting, streaming. I guess we're in our 25th year of broadcasting, streaming. I guess we're in our 26th year of ministry. It's been a long, it's a quarter century, Doug. Wow. And I thought, okay, I'm just going to do it just to get him off my back. I mean, I'm just going to, I'm going to. That was your side hustle. Yeah, my side hustle.

I'll do it, say what he told me to say, and then I'll get out of it, and then I could—my hands will be clean. I did it, and I thought it would last about six months. I had absolutely no plans or desire to do this for 25 years. But God had a plan. And along the way, thousands upon thousands of people have been saved. And so he had a plan. And the plan continues because he has me now in the Holy Land, meeting with very important people in the Middle East.

So God's plan continues. And we just help this out by faith day after day to see where he's taking us. One of the things that people sometimes say to us, Rick, is that if you really believe that we are approaching the end of time, why are you doing projects like this? Why are you doing all these things? Well, because time is short.

That's why. We're not the kind of ministry that says, well, time is short. Let's go hide and wait for the lifeboat to arrive. No, if time is short, we must advance the kingdom. The very reason we need to advance the kingdom is because time is short. Jesus said, the end will not come

until the gospel is preached in all the world. That's when the end of time comes, when the gospel has been preached in all the world. And so I believe, Doc, that on the day that Jesus Christ appears in the eastern sky to call up his church into the air to be pastors in the world that will be opening the doors of a brand new built church for the first service on a Sunday morning. There will be new orphanages just built. There will be a new ministry starting on that first day. There will be missionaries flying somewhere to another country on the very day Christ comes back. Why? Because he said, go in all the world, and there will be

faithful Christians obeying the king on the day that he comes back. And if you want to be found busy on the day he comes back. Right. Giving meat in due season. And doing business until he comes. Doing business. Engaging business. And that's what I'm doing

over here, Doc. I'm engaging in business until he comes. Rick, tomorrow... It's exciting. Tomorrow you make your journey back home here to the U.S. over here, Doc. I'm engaging in business until he comes. It's exciting. Tomorrow you make your journey back home here to the U.S. and so you're going to be connecting with us en route and so we'll be looking forward to that with additional updates and plus whatever news is going on in the world tomorrow and you'll have your thoughts and comments on that. We continue to pray for you and pray that God give you traveling

mercies as you make your way back home. I understand you won't get home till very late tomorrow night, but we'll be connecting with you tomorrow afternoon. Yeah, I'll be arriving at my hours from now. So it's 12, 1230 a.m. right now here in Jordan. And as soon as I finish here, I'm going to pack my suitcase and I got an early morning flight. So I tried. I didn't go to sleep last night, Doc, till 3 a.m. And when we finished the program, I had various issues that had to be dealt with that were popping up on my phone while you and I were talking. There's always issues, problems, challenges, things that were happening. And so I had to deal with those situations. I had to talk to my wife and just personal things we had to do. So it was 3 a.m. till I finally got to sleep. I was up very early this morning, had a very important meeting first thing this morning. And then we drove to Amman. I had multiple meetings in Amman today,

and then drove back to the Dead Sea, and I still have not seen the Dead Sea. I've not had time to go out and see it. Well, Rick, it's dead, and so... That's what I heard, you know. So, you know, in the morning, you know, I'll be up early, head to the airport. It's a let's see, it's an eleven and a half hour flight from Oman to Chicago and then from Chicago to Orlando. I guess that's about a three and a half hour flight. So all I can tell you, Doc, is tomorrow I am going to do my best to do true news from the Chicago O'Hara Airport. But you should be prepared that you do it by yourself if things don't go right. Always have a backup plan. So that's my motto.

Always have a backup plan. I got to go through customs in Chicago. And things could slow down, you know, all that kind of stuff. But, you know, if everything goes well, I'll log on with you tomorrow afternoon. It'll be late, late afternoon. Yeah, because I get into Orlando around 8 or 9 o'clock at night, and then I've got to drive home. I've got an hour and a half drive from Orlando. So I should be getting home around 1130 or midnight tomorrow night. Well, that's why we need to pray for traveling mercies, for connections.

Sometimes getting out of the Amman airport has its own challenges. And so we've experienced that in the past as well. And so let's pray for the Lord just to keep the schedules and make sure every nut and bolt is tightened on the two million parts of the plane you're flying on. And so nothing to worry about there.

And so, but pray. I have a feeling I'll be sleeping on that flight tomorrow. I'll probably be snoring very loud. I hate to disturb people, but I think I'm going to crash tomorrow when I get on that plane. Well, we're looking forward to having you back here and to tell us all the stories of everything that happened in Jordan this week. And so, well, Rick, we're going to let you go right now so you can get packed up and get prepared for your trip back home tomorrow. Before we close, though, we wanted to tell folks, hey, we still have our Fauci elves,

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But you can certainly order before Christmas. Nothing's stopping you from doing that. And then tell someone that you love that it's on the way. So he's got his little hypodermic needle there. And he talks and has six different phrases. So we encourage you, get your Fauci elf, get your order in today and get one for a friend as well. Will you do that for us? That helps us out here in the ministry. If there's other ways you'd like to help us out in the ministry, we do need your financial support to do all the work that we do and all the projects that we're involved in. We encourage you to visit us at trunews.com.

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There might be somebody watching today. That. Is looking for an answer here. And they've lost. The light in their life. They've lost. The salt in their life. They've lost the joy in their life.

And I would hope that this God cast today. Would. Just let you know that. Not all Christians are down in the dumps. Not all of us are depressed and critical and everything, but we have a joy and a vibrancy in our life. And we want you to have that joy in that life and that light and that saltiness in your life too. And so if you're watching today and that's you,

I want to pray for you. And I want to believe that God is going to move in your life today. Amen. Heavenly Father, in Jesus' name, Lord, you have drawn people to this God cast today that wouldn't even have imagined tuning in for any other reason and yet the Holy Spirit drew them to this God cast today to hear this man of God pray for them and to pray that they would see the light of Christ in their life, that they would confess Jesus Christ as Lord, that they would believe that God the Father raised him from the dead. Lord, I would ask in Jesus' name that you would restore joy to the lives of believers who have somehow lost that joy in their life. They've lost that sense of excitement, that sense of purpose in their life.

Lord, I ask you to make them deliriously joyful in their life with a newfound love for you, a happiness, Lord. Make them laugh uncontrollably with the joy that you're putting in their lives right now. And Lord, there are those right now that have lost their saltiness, their savor. I pray, Lord, in the name of Jesus, that you would give them a hunger for the word of God, that that would stir up that saltiness in them once again.

I pray, Lord, that you would reignite that fire that would be a light in their lives, that would draw other people to the love of Christ in their lives. Lord, I pray right now for those individuals that need a touch from you in their body, that need healing in their body. And Lord, I just pray right now that according to the Word of God, by your stripes we're healed,

that we'll get reports of people who have received healing as a result of this prayer today. Lord, I pray for those testimonies to come in. Lord, thank you for this ministry and thank you for allowing us to be a blessing to others as others bless us as well. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen and amen. Well, God bless you. Thank you for tuning in today to the Godcast. We're going to be back here tomorrow one way or another. and so we ask you to join us on the friday edition of true news and remember to keep praying for us on a regular basis we love you god bless you