Renewed Calls To Quell Political Violence
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Monday, June 16th, 2025. I'm Mike Emanuel. A large patriotic crowd gathered in Washington over the weekend to celebrate 250 years of the United States Army, a tribute to military excellence. We have the best military in the world. We're prepared to defend this nation and represent our interests. And I think it's right for us to take time and celebrate it. North

North Carolina Republican Congressman Richard Hudson is our guest. I'm Chris Foster. We can expect more drones in the sky sooner with President Trump ordering expedited new rules for how and where they fly. You are the radar. You need to know if there's a helicopter coming. And that's the way it's designed the airspace today for drones. And I'm Carol Roth. I've got the final word on the Fox News Rundown. ♪

A Washington celebration of 250 years of U.S. Army military might comes with a new military conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran. President Trump, the commander-in-chief, praised those who've worn the U.S. Army uniform. Time and again, America's enemies have learned that if you threaten the American people, our soldiers are coming for you. Your defeat will be certain. Your demise will be final.

and your downfall will be total and complete. In the Middle East, after a strategic strike by Israel against the Iranian regime and its nuclear sites, now there are continuing strikes by the Israelis and Tehran's leadership sending rockets toward Israel. Senate Majority Leader John Thune issued this warning to Iran.

Iran should be prepared for all of America's might to descend upon them if they go after and target Americans or American bases or installations in the Middle East. There was also political violence in Minnesota this weekend. A Minnesota legislator and her husband were killed in their home. A state senator and his wife were shot and wounded. Minnesota Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar expressed this concern online.

on CNN's State of the Union. More has to be done to protect elected officials regardless of party. This latest incident of political violence has shocked and saddened many members of Congress. There is no place for violence of this kind or any violence when it comes to political discourse in this country. We spoke with Congressman Richard Hudson on Sunday morning. You know, we don't settle our disputes that way.

uh that's not the american way and i'm happy to see colleagues from both sides of the aisle condemn this violence it's just terrible and it certainly uh makes one uh concerned about your own safety speaker mike johnson said quote such horrific political violence has no place in our society and every leader must unequivocally condemn it i think we've heard bipartisan condemnation i know there's been briefings by the capitol police

What do you see is happening going forward in terms of securing lawmakers like you and your colleagues and elected figures across the country? Well, I think we have to take it seriously. You know, I'm not sure what the political motivations were of this individual. You know, that'll come out later, but I don't think it matters. I think we've seen folks from from all different sides of the political spectrum come.

You know, turn to this kind of violence and, you know, it's usually an unstable person. And so I think we need to take more precautions, whether we're talking about our judges or members of Congress or other folks. I think we need to take more precautions. And I think it's smart for us to revisit the type of security we have now.

Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of the United States Army. Washington, D.C. hosted a major parade in which President Trump attended. What were your takeaways, Congressman?

Well, I was thrilled the president invited me to join him in the box to view the parade. I actually started the week by welcoming the president to Fort Bragg in my district in North Carolina. We call it the epicenter in the universe. It's the home of airborne and special forces soldiers. And the president got to see a demonstration of the lethality and just the talent of these individuals here.

And and I think so. So it's been a great week for me as Fort Bragg's congressman to have the president visit us and then to be in Washington to see a celebration of the army in particular. But our military, you know, we have the best military in the world. We are prepared to defend this nation and represent our interests. And I think it's right for us to take time and celebrate it. And the fact that the president was able to get private funds to pay for it.

I think should alleviate a lot of folks' concerns, but it was a great celebration. I think it was the right thing to do. I think it's a way to bring all Americans together in support of our military.

Being Fort Bragg's congressman, you know, we had concerns about struggling in terms of recruitment of the military over recent years. We understand that has gotten a lot better. What's your sense of the morale of our men and women in uniform? And does a big parade celebrating 250 years of the United States Army really help with morale and recruiting?

Well, I think it does help with morale. And, you know, there were a lot of children along the parade route I saw who were very excited to see, you know, the tanks and the soldiers come through. I think it's fantastic for recruiting. But really, the election of President Trump has been fantastic for recruiting. You know, folks want to join the military because they want to defend this country. They want to learn skills and they want to improve themselves and they want to serve.

And they want a commander in chief who respects them and who's going to give them the training and the tools they need to to be successful and return home. And I think the American people understand Donald Trump is that president. So I think just his election, his return as commander in chief has been a big reason why we've seen record recruitment, particularly in the U.S. Army.

Your day job is obviously representing that great district in North Carolina. You also have a secondary job, which is making sure Republicans get elected to the House going into next year's midterms. We've seen some protests across the country in recent days. And as the 2026 midterm elections are approaching, your thoughts on the energy going into that cycle?

Well, I think all the enthusiasm is on the Republican side. And as you look at the 2026 election, I think the battlefield really benefits Republicans. You know, the fact that there are only three Republican members of Congress in seats that Kamala Harris carried, while there's 13 Democrats in seats that Donald Trump carried and another 21 Democrats in seats Donald Trump lost by 5,000 or 5% or less.

The battlefield is really shaping up for Republicans to take our majority. The Democrats have to come win red districts for us to grow our majority. We just got to pick up a few of the seats Donald Trump carried. So I'm very excited about the coming election. Back to your day job. How critical is it for the House GOP to pass President Trump's big, beautiful bill, whatever comes back from the United States Senate?

Well, it's absolutely critical we get the one big, beautiful bill done. You know, President Trump is a unique figure in history. He had four years as president. Then we had a different president for four years with a completely different ideology, completely different set of policies. And then the country had a referendum.

And in that referendum, they overwhelmingly chose Donald Trump. Some 77 million Americans voted for him and voted for his agenda. And so it's important for the Congress to deliver that agenda. And the House has done our job. We're waiting for the Senate to tweak the bill and send it back to us. But, you know, it's a critical piece of legislation for American people because it prevents the largest tax increase in American history. Number two, it cuts the deficit, according to OMB, by $1.5 billion today.

Number three, it unleashes American energy, ends the green new scam programs, the mandates for electric vehicles and a reduced cost for everything that needs to be produced or shipped. And then finally, it provides President Trump the resources he needs to secure our southern border once and for all. So it's a great piece of legislation. It's not perfect, but it's important we get it done.

I don't need to tell you how slim your majority is in the House of Representatives. You live it every day. Obviously, passing that big, beautiful bill was difficult. It was a heavy lift for leaders like yourself. How concerned are you about changes in the United States Senate since the coalition to pass it in the House was carefully managed and cultivated?

Well, that's why I think they'll take our bill, make a few tweaks and send it back. I don't think they're going to try and write their own bill. You know, we began this process in March of 2024. So we had over a year to put this together to figure out where that sweet spot was.

You know, everyone's a little bit unhappy with the bill. People like me wanted to cut more. There are other people who wanted to do less. But we found the sweet spot. And so as long as the Senate keeps keeps it pretty close to the House version, they can make some policy tweaks here and there. But we'll we'll get it passed through the House and get it to the president.

As you mentioned, there are concerns about the debt, about cutting. Lawmakers are also working on rescissions. The debt is $36 trillion and growing every minute of every day. How critical are these rescissions packages to get across the finish line? I know the House has acted, but to get some to the president's desk to really try to tighten things up and get a handle on our national debt? Well, I think rescissions are very important. You know, the Doge

process has uncovered just astronomical amounts of waste, fraud and abuse. I mean, just amazing what they've been able to uncover. And so this is just one first step in the process of trying to claw back some of that waste. The American people gave the president a mandate to do this.

They expect us to do this, and I was glad the House got the first bill through, but I want to do more. I hope this is just one of many rescissions that we're able to get done to restore a little bit of fiscal sanity back to Washington.

I'm curious your observations after seeing the back and forth between Israel and Iran in recent days, the Israeli precision strike taking out a lot of senior members of the Iranian regime and also taking out strategic targets. And then there have been some hits of Iranian missiles on residential neighborhoods in Israel. What are you seeing and what's your reaction to it?

Well, it was astonishing how successful the Israelis were. You know, I stand with Israel. I pray for the people of Israel and acknowledge that the world is a safer place today because of their actions.

And frankly, the people of Iran now have a chance to choose freedom. You know, we've had 46 years of this crazy theocracy and the oppression that's come with it. I hope the people of Iran will rise up and change that regime. But regardless, what Israel did makes the U.S. safer, makes the world safer by eliminating the threat that Iran would get a nuclear weapon. You know, I stand by President Trump, who said that we can't allow that to happen.

And I'm very pleased with the success the Israelis have had so far. Since you represent a military district, how concerned are you about our men and women in harm's way and the Iranian proxies perhaps launching attacks on American service members overseas? Well, it's a big concern for me. We do have folks from Fort Bragg deployed in the Middle East. But frankly, under President Biden, we saw hundreds of attacks by Iran's proxies in

on our troops, on U.S. troops, and nothing was done about it. And it was something that I was very vocal about, very upset about. So to me, those military personnel safety is top priority. They are safer, though, because of Israel's action, because Israel has decapitated Hezbollah and Hamas.

And now they're taking it to Iran and eliminating their ability to lash out. Iran is the biggest state sponsor of terror in the world. They've been a malign influence all across the globe. And so President Trump understands that giving them cash, like the last president did, it makes them more dangerous. And so I think our troops are safer with the actions that Israel has taken. Obviously, we're concerned about Iran lashing out at them. That would be unacceptable.

I realize the victims in Minnesota this weekend were state legislators, not members of Congress. But seeing this terrible political violence over the weekend, do you worry about good people in your ranks saying, you know what? It's not worth it anymore. I'm going to retire.

Well, you're always concerned about retirements. I particularly am concerned when the August recess happens and folks get to go home for more than one week and realize there is a life outside of Congress and it's pretty good. But no, it's definitely a concern. And, you know, I think there are legitimate concerns, but I think there are concerns that we'll address and

My process is just have conversations with folks, just try to think about people that may be nearing the end of their career, might be thinking about other options, just have conversations so I'm not surprised. But I'm not concerned about finding really good candidates in places where folks are running for higher office or deciding to hang it up. Congressman Richard Hudson of the great state of North Carolina, a pleasure speaking with you, sir. Safe travels. Have a great week. Thanks, Mike. Always great to be with you.

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For about a month and a half late last year, a lot of people were freaking out about unidentified drones flying over New Jersey and some other states. There were bans and hearings in the Biden White House trying to reassure people there was no threat to national security. The Trump White House eventually announced these were drones authorized to be flown by the FAA for research purposes, mixed with everyday recreational drones.

creating a little mass hysteria. Nevertheless, there are more drones up there. And here's Texas Senate Republican Ted Cruz at an FAA authorization hearing in May. The challenge of quickly and properly implementing new multi-billion dollar mission critical tech systems is about to become even more daunting with the arrival of air taxis and commercial drones. And those might be coming sooner with President Trump signing executive orders he says will unleash American drone dominance.

One of those orders expedites new rules allowing drones to be flown beyond visual line of sight. Right now, with some exceptions, you have to be able to see your drone with the naked eye. That is the current rules for commercial operations, that your eyes are the radar. Michael Helander, founder and CEO of AirspaceLink, was on that White House call. You are the radar. You need to know if there's a helicopter coming, and that's the way it's designed airspace today for drones. When this gets lifted eventually, you can't just...

tell the drone, okay, you're at point A, go to point B. You're going to have to have some sort of evasive technology. So you're not just going to be able to sign up and start flying beyond visual line of sight. There's going to be an onboarding process. You're going to have to certify your system. But at least there's a process versus these one-off waivers that people are getting, where there'll actually be a process and everyone will be flying under the same rules. Yeah. And part of this is where you guys come in and companies like you come in. Explain what Aerospace Link is and what you're authorized to do.

So, ThinQ AirspaceLink is the air traffic control for drones. We monitor the airspace. We safely integrate drones into the U.S. airspace. We're authorized by the FAA to support 400 feet and below drones that are 55 pounds or less. And we support recreational pilots all the way up to Department of Defense drones in some of our advanced systems.

So we manage that slice of air to support that safe integration. And as these new rules come online, they will be used through our platform as well. So correct me if I'm wrong. So say the town of Omaha, the city of Omaha could hire you and then they use their software, their police department, for example, can log on and figure out, OK, what's this thing hovering over here? I want to know what it is.

Yeah. So our advanced systems, you're right, they can install a sensor that picks up what's called remote ID. All drones here in the United States are required to broadcast their location information and where the person standing that's controlling it. And we have a system that can do that where you can pull in that data on your smartphone or during a large event, especially baseball games. Recently, there's been a lot of drones flying in and you can see where that drone is and where the pilot is standing as well.

The package delivery, which is what a lot of people are going to be could be affected by. Is there talk about how this is possibly going to work? Let's say you live in an apartment building in a city or in a house in a congested town. What does that infrastructure look like? You can't just have drones aren't going to be able to just land in this drop packages on rooftops or in backyards. I assume it is the idea is that there would be drop boxes or sort of common pickup points or what?

We see it starting in several locations. One is designated ports, designated locations within a community or within an apartment building. There will be new technology that will come in that we are seeing developers start to

build into their designs drone ports and ways to get packages within their buildings. So this is as exciting as it's going to bring in a bunch of different ideas of how to have multimodal solutions for drones. Yeah. Just one more thought on the deliveries that just popped into my head. Like, if you live in a city or a city-ish place, you can now get things delivered pretty quickly. Like, same-day delivery is very common, if not within the hour. If you live...

in someplace very, very rural, that's impossible, but this could make it more possible. - The neat part is the Airspace Lynx been already supporting these one-off deliveries. We have supporting one in North Dakota. It takes about two and a half hours to get to the hospital, especially in the winters, it's really tough. And we have a drone flying or supporting a drone that's flying from the hospital to that city.

It takes about 30 minutes. So that's a great example. Rural deliveries, especially in hard hit areas, whether it be weather or tornadoes or whatever that might be, will still have ways to get things to them. Yes. Now, these new rules also, not just packages, they open up the idea of air taxis, which you think could happen relatively soon. Right. Well, first of all, who's the customer for that?

Who's doing the flying? Are there new companies popping up to maybe handle that? Or could it look like currently traditional rideshare companies getting into that space? Yeah, so there's some companies like Wisk and...

different groups that are doing air taxis that are bringing those to the market that will have investors from some of the big three automakers and some of the airline companies are all investing in these startups that are doing these air taxis. At Airspace Link, our focus over the next year is to make sure that we're safeguarding the low altitude so I feel comfortable stepping onto a unbanned aircraft taxi facility

and no drone's going to run into me. Yeah. So that is our number one thing. So as we get that completed and safer, the taxis will come quickly behind that. They'll leverage a lot of the technology being installed, but that's just another barrier out of the way is making sure we have these drones under control. I mean, look, Michael, there are going to be people that in their lifetime are going to say, I'm never setting foot in a driverless car.

On the ground, much less, you know, something in the air. There's going to be a lot of fear about flying, which I'm sure you're going to tell me, look, it's safer than driving. But there's going to be a lot of reluctance there. And let's and something is going to go wrong. That's going to be high profile that could set the whole thing back. There could be. And there will be at some point. It's just like.

The amount of accidents that happen in a vehicle today per day is astonishing, but we're used to it. Aviation has such a high safety standard and the FAA is still keeping even these small drones that we're flying have a very high standard of probability. There has not been a drone that has killed anyone, I think, in the world as of yet.

This small drone. So that's a very high safety standard as we get into air taxis. It is that level is 10 to the seventh probability, some of a crashing. But you're right. The first crash or incident will be a barrier to that. But the safety standards are very high here in the United States. Yeah. How about not just taxis? And this may be beyond your scope or maybe it's not, but not just taxis, but the air being used.

Like roads, period. Could someday cars just use the sky...

instead of or in addition to roads. I mean, by the crow flies, obviously, you know, faster. You've seen the Jetsonian or Jetsons. It is totally possible. You know, it's hard to stretch our minds that far, but it's hard to believe that, you know, the first flights were just over 100 years ago or 100. So all within 100 years, how far we come in aviation. Yeah.

It is going to be hard to stretch, but there is going to be a process. And with air traffic control modernization, with AI, with all this technology, it is going to be extremely safe to start to have that type of capability. And you mentioned people not wanting to get into a autonomous vehicle. You're right.

but we are seeing a different i i went in the waymo for my first time two years ago i was blown away how amazing it was i had multiple rides in that but i was definitely nervous that first time and then once i had done it i told all my friends my parents went in it so there's that there's going to be that barrier we're going to have along with any of this new technology but it is coming pretty fast now and we have some visibility in on those timelines you've been

You mentioned the height restrictions, 400 feet or lower. How do you regulate privacy concerns at that height? You know, when planes fly over, I'm not concerned about anybody in that plane looking into my backyard or looking into my window. And I guess, you know, these drones aren't meant to be, you know, sort of hovering. But how do we regulate that? So this is a very big friction point, as you can imagine. Airspace Link is right in the middle. We sit between the

the FAA and federal rules and regulations, and state and local governments and cities and city council and the residents. And, you know, we've cleaned up a bit of who has jurisdiction over what. Today is the FAA. As soon as the drone is in the air, it is managed by the FAA rules and regulations. But what you can start to do is cities can start to put takeoff and landing ordinances with intent.

And you can start to tie some of their existing ordinance, whether there's a privacy rule, things like that, to that. And that is what's happening in some of these executive orders. A lot of that federal rules and regulations are starting to give them tools to start to support who's flying where and then tying that to whether they can give them a ticket for a privacy issue.

The other big thing is we're installing what we call transparency websites for cities. When they start to use drones as a first responder, they're now just putting their flights on there so people can see was it a police drone or is it a little Johnny's drone. So starting to put some of these tools in place for cities to get prepared, put in the ordinances that might support that.

Put in transparency websites, communicate with your community. We're actually seeing a lot of cities that are installing drone systems that a lot of the kids are becoming pilots and flying as interns within some of these groups. So creating jobs and that seems to be paving the way into privacy. But that hurdle seems to be coming down over the past five years. That transparency, I guess, will be.

important considering the freakouts in New Jersey and some other states last year with all the drones overhead. But look, nevertheless, you're among those that say just get used to it. In five years, there's going to be just drones all over the place. There's a good chance. And you would be amazed at how many are out there today. The amount of drones we monitor in a day, we see about 30,000 airspace checks per day within our system.

where they're checking the airspace, where they're creating operations. You see roof inspections. You just see a lot of real, like we don't know the details. We just know that someone just asked for authorization to fly in this area and you can see their pattern or their flight plan. And it's really interesting when people, chicken farmers keeping hawks away, counting deer with thermal cameras, just a lot of really neat use cases with these drones.

An exciting time for Michael Helander, founder and CEO of AirspaceThink. Michael, good to talk to you. Thank you. Great to talk to you. Thank you.

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Tuesday, former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez reports to prison. The former Democrat was convicted on 16 counts of corruption for accepting bribes from businessmen on behalf of Egypt. He was sentenced to 11 years, but is appealing that conviction. Also, Fox News contributor Johnny Joey Jones releases his latest book, Behind the Badge, answering the call to serve on America's home front, which brings to light the stories of first responders and the drive behind their patriotic acts of heroism.

Thursday is Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Friday is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official start of the season, the summer solstice. And that's a look at your week ahead. I'm Tom Graham, Fox News.

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Rate and review the Fox News Rundown on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It's time for your Fox News commentary. Carol Roth. What's on your mind? The hottest topic nowadays revolves around artificial intelligence or AI and its potential to rapidly and imminently transform the world we live in economically, socially, politically, and even defensively.

Regardless of whether you believe that the technology will be able to develop superintelligence and lead a metamorphosis of everything, the possibility that may come to fruition is a catalyst for more far-leftist control.

The likeliest starting point will be more calls for UBI or universal basic income. Using the prospect of AI software and hardware, such as robots, taking large swaths of American jobs, politicians won't focus on retraining. They will go for the easy popular fix of promising something for free.

and something politicians can offer at someone else's expense while creating more dependence on the government is a far leftist dream. With that, there will likely be a communist-leaning conversation about any AI that takes jobs and who should have ownership over that AI.

If AI drives or is even perceived to possibly create in the future a deeper rift between the haves and have-nots, there is no doubt that government ownership or societal sharding of AI will be seized upon by those who look for any reason to push socialist or communistic ideals.

Likewise, protecting our individual rights in the digital sphere, particularly as AI companies lobby to help shape regulations, is critical. And the final piece of the puzzle is embedded in the AI itself. A substack called Contemplations of the Tree of Woe raised a related concern, noting that just as the left captured the culture via the mainstream media in Hollywood, a similar thing is happening with AI. The piece notes, quote, the code is not neutral.

Every major LLM is aligned with leftist priors. Open AI's GPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, every single one leans left. Even the much ballyhooed Grok is at best centrist. The piece goes on to say that if a left-leaning worldview is embedded in the coding and output, and if something isn't done to counter that, leftist ideals will be at the foundational core of everything, from education to culture to science, or repression of science.

We need balance. A foundational infrastructure that is too far left or too far right can each cause myriad problems that compound and become too entrenched to resolve.

Americans tend to be very reactive instead of proactive in addressing issues. But with AI, we cannot wait. If we let AI become a catalyst to move us permanently to the far left, or if the underpinnings of the AI do that inherently and foundationally, we will give up our checks, balances, and freedoms for the future. I'm Carol Roth, bestselling author of You Will Own Nothing. You can connect with me at carolroth.com slash news. ♪

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