AFTER SEVERE STORMS AND A
TORNADO SWEPT THROUGH THE STATE
ON FRIDAY.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR ROGER
MARSHALL WHO REPRESENTS KANSAS
JOINS US NOW.
IT’S TERRIBLE DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY
IN TOWNS LIKE ANDOVER.
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
>> YOU’RE RIGHT, JON, IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
THANK GOODNESS, THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE, LOCAL TV
STATIONS, RADIO, LOCAL PEOPLE
WHO GOT PEOPLE THROUGH THIS.
A THOUSAND HOMES WERE PRETTY
MUCH DESTROYED FRIDAY NIGHT.
TODAY THOSE FOLKS ARE WAKING UP,
PICKING UP THE PIECES.
I’VE BEEN THROUGH THIS TOO OFTEN
WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES TRYING TO
FIND THAT PICTURE THAT YOU
TREASURE SO MUCH, THE MEMENTOS.
ESPECIALLY WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO
THOSE KIDS AT PRAIRIE CREEK
ELEMENTARY WHO LOST THEIR SCHOOL
AND ARE REASSURE THEM THAT THEIR
PARENTS, THE LOCAL SCHOOL
OFFICIALS ARE WORKING FOR A
PLACE FOR THEM TO FINISH UP THIS
SEMESTER.
JON: THAT IS JUST A FORFYING
SIGHT -- TERRIFYING SIGHT WHEN
YOU SEE THAT THING COMING.
I SUPPOSE IT’S WORSE WHEN IT’S
COMING AT YOU IN THE NIGHTTIME
AND YOU WITH CAN’T SEE EXACTLY
WHERE IT’S GOING, BUT THAT IS
JUST A FRIGHTENING PICTURE RIGHT
THERE.
>> YES, SIR.
IT SURE IS.
THEY SOUND LIKE A TORNADO COMING
AT YOU, AGAIN, I’VE SEEN TOO
MANY OF THEM.
THANK GOODNESS NOBODY WAS
KILLED.
JON: YEAH.
THERE WERE THOSE THREE
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENTS
WHO WERE UP IN KANSAS WORKING ON
THE STORM, METEOROLOGY STUDENTS,
AND THEY WERE KILLED IN A
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TRYING TO GO
HOME.
THAT’S THE WORST KIND OF THING.
>> SO TRAGIC.
JON: WELL, OUR, YOU KNOW,
PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH
WITH THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS AS
THEY REBUILD.
BUT, AGAIN, YOU CAN REBUILD
BUILDINGS, YOU CAN’T REBUILD
LIVES.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE BORDER
CRISIS.
YOU ARE PARTICULARLY INCENSED AT
WHAT’S GOING ON REGARDING THE
FENTANYL THAT’S FLOODING ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.
>> WELL, LOOK, THIS -- KANSAS IS
NO LONGER A BORDER STATE.
THIS PROBLEM, THIS CRISIS HAS
BEEN BROUGHT TO KANSAS.
JUST THIS PAST WEEK I LEARNED OF
A BOY I DELIVERED 15 YEARS AGO
DIED FROM PERCOCET LACED WITH
FENTANYL, TWO YOUNG STUDENTS
FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA AL
QAEDA -- DIED, 2500 IN THE PAST
THREE MONTHS.
OVER 6 OPPORTUNITIES OF FENTANYL
HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED AT THE
BORDER SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN
TOOK OFFICE.
AND THE SAD THING IS IT LOOKS
LIKE THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS
THIS --
JON: AND 6 TONS APPREHENDED, WE
HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HAS GOTTEN
THROUGH.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
I’VE BEEN TO THE BORDER THREE
TIMES NOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO A
FOURTH TRIP ON MAY 23RD BECAUSE
THAT’S WHEN TITLE 42 ENDS.
BUT THE BORDER PATROL TELLS ME
FOR EVERY OUNCE THEY CATCH,
MAYBE TWO OR THREE MORE OUNCES
GET THROUGH UNDETECTED.
JON: LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
NUMBERS FROM THE DEL RIO SECTOR.
THAT’S ONE OF THE BUSIEST
SECTORS FOR BORDER CROSSINGS
ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
IN 2021, 68,000 AND CHANGE CAME
ACROSS THERE.
2022, 195,289 AND, AGAIN, THOSE
ARE THE APPREHENSIONS.
THAT DOESN’T COUNT THE NUMBER
THAT, YOU KNOW, GOTAWAYS.
THAT’S 185% INCREASE IN NUMBERS,
SENATOR.
>> JON, I WANT TO AGAIN BRING
THIS HOME TO KANSAS.
KANSAS, A POPULATION OF 3
MILLION PEOPLE, AT LEAST 3
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
APPREHENDED SINCE JOE BIDEN WAS
SWORN IN.
AND AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, GOAL
TWO -- PROBABLY TWO TO THREE
TIMES MORE THAN IS THAT HAVE
LEAKED THROUGH.
AND FINALLY IF WE GET TO MAY
23RD AND TITLE 42 IS
TAKINGINGING AWAY FROM US, THOSE
NUMBERS WILL DOUBLE AGAIN.
>> THE HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY SAYS, HEY, IF WE FIND
THESE PEOPLE, IF WE CATCH THEM
AND THEY’RE NOT ENTITLED TO STAY
IN OUR COUNTRY, THEY’RE GOING
BACK.
HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT?
>> WELL, I JUST DON’T SEE THAT
HAPPENING.
THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE
THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND THOSE
NUMBERS ARE GOING TO DOUBLE AND
TRIPLE.
AND AGAIN, JUST THINK OF WHAT
THE CARTEL IS DOING.
THEY’RE USING THESE HUMAN
SHIELDS TO SMUGGLE IN NARCOTICS,
AND THEN THEY THROW A KID OUT
THE BOAT WHEN THEY’RE ABOUT TO
GET BUSTED X THEN THEY MAKE THE
ESCAPE.
SO THERE’S NO WAY THAT WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO HANDLE 2-3 TIMES
THE AMOUNT OF CROSSINGS THAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT MAKING
OUR VETERANS HOSPITAL
SHORTCHANGED BY TAKING DOCTORS
AND NURSES FROM THERE AND
SERVING THEM TO THE BORDER, AND
WE ALREADY HAVE A WAITING TIME
PROBLEM WITH THE V.A. HOSPITALS.
JON: SECRETARY MAYORKAS WAS ON
THE MORNING SHOWS THIS MORNING,
AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID
IS, HEY, WE’RE GETTING THE
MESSAGE OUT, DO NOT COME.
DO NOT COME TO OUR BORDER.
HOW ARE THEY GETTING THAT
MESSAGE OUT, SENATOR?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY, THAT’S NOT
THE MESSAGE PEOPLE ARE HEARING
ACROSS THE WORLD.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN LOUD
AND CLEAR SAYING, COME, WE’RE
HERE FOR YOU.
AND WHEN YOU GET HERE, YOU’RE
GOING TO GET FREE HEALTH CARE,
FREE FOOD AND WATER.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE TREATED
BETTER THAN OUR VETERANS ARE,
BETTER WITH THAN OUR SOLDIERS
ARE.
SO HERE’S MAYORKAS TODAY, BUT
FOR OVER A YEAR NOW THIS
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SAYING COME,
EVERYBODY, YOU’RE WELCOME.
THE GATES ARE WIDE OPEN.
JON: WE HAD A REPORT TOP OF THE
HOUR ABOUT HOW SECRETARY -- I’M
SORRY, HOW SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
TOOK A DEMOCRAT DELEGATION TO
KYIV TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY.
I WAS CURIOUS, WHY NO
REPUBLICANS?
WOULD THIS NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD
TIME TO DO A BIPARTISAN TRIP?
>> IT SURE WOULD HAVE BEEN, AND
I ASSUME THAT NOBODY WAS
INVITED.
BUT HERE’S THE QUESTION, WAS
JUST ALL SHOW?
WAS ADMINISTRATION GOING TO
FINALLY COME THROUGH WITH SOME
SERIOUS SANCTIONS?
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT
THE VALUE OF RUBLE.
THE VALUE OF THE RUBLE’S NOW
ABOVE WHAT IT WAS PREWAR.
SO THE SANCTIONS ARE NOT
WORKING.
THIS WHITE HOUSE HAS DRAGGED
THEIR FEET IN IMPLEMENTING THEM.
EVEN A LOT OF THE ENERGY
SANCTIONS ON THE BANKS IN RUSSIA
HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET.
WE’RE HOPING IT’S NOT ALL SHOW,
THAT THERE’LL BE SOME GO WILL
FROM ADMINISTRATION.
JON: I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING
QUICKLY FROM VICTORIA SPARTZ,
SHE IS A UKRAINEEN -- SHE WAS
BORN IN UKRAINE, NOW SERVES IN
THE CONGRESS.
LISTEN.
>> IF YOU LOOK ABOUT IT FROM
LAST PACKAGE, 13.6 BILLION
PACKAGE, ONLY 3.5 ACTUALLY WENT
TO MILITARY AID AND NOT ALL TO
UKRAINE, YOU KNOW?
WE NEED TO IS ASK QUESTIONS
WHAT’S A HAPPENED9 WITH THE
REST.
I’LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I’VE
BEEN IN POLAND TWICE, UKRAINE
TWICE NOW, AND I HAVEN’T SEEN
EVIDENCE OF A LOT OF THIS
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.
ILL LIKE -- I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
QUESTIONS.
JON: SAYING ABOUT $10 BILLION
FROM THE LAST PACKAGE THAT, YOU
KNOW, WAS SUPPOSEDLY DISPENSED
TO UKRAINE DIDN’T GET THERE.
WHERE’S IT GOING?
>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION, JON.
I WAS IN POLAND FAIRLY RECENTLY,
AND IT WAS EASY TO GET ITEMS TO
THE BORDER, BUT TO GET THEM PAST
THE BORDER, THERE ARE LOTS OF
SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS.
THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
THE CHALLENGE AND, AGAIN, WE
HOPE THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
READY TO ENGAGE NOW.
IT’S DAY 67.
WE’RE THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD, IT’S TIME WE START ACTING
LIKE IT.
ITEM JON ALL RIGHT.
YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THOSE WHO SAYS
THE EUROPEANS OUGHT TO BE DOING
MORE.
>> EUROPEANS ABSOLUTELY NEED TO
BE DOING MORE.
THEY SHOULD BE LEADING ON THIS,
AND I’VE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE
THE BEGINNING.
WE DON’T WANT THIS TO BE RUSSIA
VERSE VERSUS AMERICA.
WE NEED THE EUROPEAN UNION TO BE
LEADING, THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL
WHEREABOUTS TO DO IT --
JON: ALL RIGHT.
CONGRESS -- I’M SORRY, SENATOR