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In the Middle East, U.S. forces delivering a powerful response to the latest act of Iranian aggression, the military taking out five oil tankers in response to an attempted attack on U.S. warships. Steve Harrigan is live in Tel Aviv with the latest. Hey, Steve. Ainsley, Iranian forces continue to try and fail to take out U.S. military ships in the region, and they are paying a heavy price for doing so. CENTCOM just posted no U.S. Navy warship has been struck. All IRGC attempted attacks failed. Meanwhile, U.S. forces have successfully destroyed 10 Iranian tankers in just the last week. These vessels were part of a multi-billion dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC, and Iran cannot defend them. Now, right after the U.S. destroyed those five Iranian tankers, Iran tried once again to hit U.S. forces inside of Jordan. They launched a ballistic missile attack. Jordan says 18 of those missiles were intercepted. Two of them fell harmlessly in an uninhabited area. And as all this goes on, the U.S. blockade of all Iranian ports continues. No Iranian oil has gotten the market through that blockade all the way back to mid-July. Ainsley, back to you. Okay, good deal. Thank you so much, Steve. And reported strikes near Iran's largest oil terminal in Karg Island might prove to be a tipping point in the war as the key hub processes 90 percent of the regime's oil exports, nearly 100 million barrels a year. So what could this mean for the oil markets and gas prices? Fox Business contributor and oil trader Phil Flynn joins us now. Phil, what could this mean for America? Well, hopefully it means that the spike in prices which hit the highest level since the war is nearing an end. And we know this is very strategic for the Trump administration in this war because we basically hit Iran's cash register. You know, when you talk about Karg Island, this is where they get their money. So not only is this sending a message to them to end the war quickly, it's also showing how they can't really respond. And when you look at people in Iran, they're struggling right now. You know, when it takes two million reals to get one dollar, you know, the economic pain is really starting to to squeeze them. Yeah, there are reports now that the IRGC has been called up to stop all the unrest in grocery stores and in banks. And there was an article in the New York Post a month ago, August 6, that talked about Iranians stealing bread and cheese and meats and butters and cakes. And then reports this week that some people, some experts don't think the regime will even make it to the midterms because we're thinking they might hold out to the midterms. Are they going to be able to last? I doubt it. You know, I'm amazed they've lasted this long. You know, the only way they've stayed in power is by brute force, right? Anytime people complain, they rise up, they kill them. And that's a sad part of the story, you know, but it's, you know, Treasury Secretary Bassen said, you know, this is going to end, you know, when the people that are, you know, rising up against their own people say, no, we're not going to kill our own people. It's time for the regime to go. And that's going to be like the fall of the Berlin Wall. And we hopefully that will happen soon. Yeah. I know you're an oil expert. You talked about some of the gas prices last year. They were 319 last month, 401, and now they're 422. Will this help us become more energy independent? It sure has. I mean, we are the energy supplier to the world right now. We're keeping Europe's lights on. You know, we're exporting a record amount of diesel. So this is going to be transformational. You're going to see the end of OPEC as we know it. The United States is now going to be much more powerful than OPEC with Venezuela and you name it. And, you know, we've been talking a lot about Iran, you know, getting a peace deal with Russian Ukraine or ceasefire, that's going to bring down diesel prices because, you know, we keep talking about Iran, but the attacks on the Russian refiners are another reason why these prices are so high. So if the president were watching right now, is there anything you would do differently? Is there anything you would tell him advice for that area for Iran? Keep up the pressure, you know, they're going to give. And I'll tell you what, he's done an amazing job. People don't give him enough credit for how he's kept gasoline prices under control. Yes, I know they're high. I know they're at their highest level. They've been at Labor Day. But, you know, people were saying we should have been at $10 a gallon, you know, or $15 a gallon. None of that's happened. I think we're very close to the peak. Let's hope I'm right and I'm sure the president believes I'm right. You were great. Thanks so much, Phil.

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If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria. We're going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria is not going to be happy about and may very well go into that now disgraced country, guns are blazing, to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible, horrible atrocities. I'm hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians. These are cherished people, these are great people. Leave them alone warning, the Nigerian government better move fast before it's too late. If they don't, this is going to be hell to pay.

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All right. Welcome back. An update now to a story that we've been following for you for weeks. The FBI executing a search warrant at the Fulton County Elections Office where ballots are stored yesterday as part of a probe in the 2020 presidential election where Joe Biden got 81 million votes. And our next guest was there filming FBI agents loading boxes into trucks and confronting Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett, who's now running for Secretary of State in Georgia. This means if this woman wins, she'll be in charge of all future elections. We went around Fulton County the last few weeks and we see that people are currently registered to vote in places like empty lots, homeless shelters that closed 10 years ago. What would you do if you become Secretary of State to address that? I'm not going to reply to conspiracy theories. It's not conspiracy. It's a current, you can currently go on to voter rolls, purchase them for $45 and go there with us. We will gladly take you if you want to. I appreciate what you're saying. I'm not going to respond to conspiracy theories. One of the most important counties out there in the United States. I think what you're doing is extremely dangerous. All right, the man behind those questions right there, independent journalist David Kate back with us. David, good to have you back. I want to play you one more clip of you asking that same Commissioner Barrett, another really basic question. It took me $45 to purchase the voter rolls, you can do that as well for the Fulton County. You can see that people are registered to vote from empty lots. They're registered to vote at a Marda bus station. Commissioner, if you're going to be running for Secretary of State and that involves maintaining clean voter rolls, one of the most important counties out there in the United States. I think what you're doing is extremely dangerous. Why is it dangerous? Because you're spreading conspiracy theories. It's not a conspiracy theory. Do you have $45? I'm not undermining it. I'm not saying people are voting there. Oh yeah, it's all a conspiracy theory, David. Why do you think these people are so adversarial whenever somebody asks them about elections in the state of Georgia? Why is that such a controversial issue? Thanks Rob for having me back. It's good to be back. It's a good question, honestly, and that's all we've been trying to investigate the last few weeks. I had no idea who this lady was when she arrived to the scene, but the way she sounded when she arrived to the scene seemed like she was important. And I know that there's only one Republican on that committee that oversees the states or the counties commission. And of course, right away I asked her, what are you going to do since you're running for Georgia Secretary of State Office, what are you going to do about the voter rolls? And the fact that she called me a conspiracy theorist right away is outrageous. All you have to do, as I said in that video, is purchase the voter rolls and you can do the same thing actually offered to take her and show her so she doesn't even have to spend the $45. Although I know she has it. She makes about $500 a week or a month in her elected role right there. But I have no idea why we were still trying to figure why Democrats especially act this way when you ask him such a simple question. I don't get it, especially six years after the 2020 election. Why are they so defensive? The last time you were on, you told us about the thousands of people who are allegedly registered to vote all across Georgia in abandoned homes, UPS stores, churches, parking lots, under bridges. We reached out to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and he gave us this statement, quote, as Secretary of State, I've made Georgia the best, most secure state for fair elections by using every available tool to keep our voter rolls accurate, including citizenship verification and systems that flag voters potentially registered at business addresses or mailbox stores. He's running for governor. Now, do you agree with anything he said in that statement? No, not at all. Maybe they're doing a good job making sure these people don't end up voting, although it seems through various FOIA requests of people have submitted that people do end up actually submitting election ballots, especially in the 2020 election from there. But our main issue, what we're trying to resolve here with the state, especially with the Secretary of State's office, is why is it so simple for me to go there and see for myself that obviously nobody lives there. But based on the Secretary of State's registration rolls, people are actively registered to vote from there. Why wouldn't they just simply go investigate and purge and why every time we bring this up to them, like we brought this up to the Secretary of State, why does he have to respond like this? Yeah. He went on to say that Congress must, quote, update the National Voter Registration Act, as I've repeatedly called for, so that voters can be removed immediately once they're determined to be ineligible. It doesn't take Congress to do that, does it? We know that. Why can't he do that right now as Secretary of State? It would be great if you'd come on Newsmax on your show, perhaps, and actually answer these very simple questions, right? Yeah, we've invited him on, repeatedly. We've invited him on. Yeah, absolutely. And I know that he keeps turning down all inquiries, especially after we brought this back into light. And I'm sure after the FBI raiding the Fulton County's election office yesterday, he seriously doesn't want to cover this at all or talk about this, especially as he's running for governor of Georgia. It's a very simple question, Secretary of State. Why are people actively registered to vote in places like empty lots? It's very simple to remove them, as you said, Rob. Yeah, and again, forget about conspiracy theories. It's not about that. We bring it up because it should matter. Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by what? A little more than 11,000 votes in Georgia in 2020. This is clearly a state where every vote matters. These are questions that everybody should want definitive answers to. Here's another Fulton County official reacting to the FBI asking questions about who is registered to vote in Fulton County. Take a look. This is an attempt to take your vote away. This is all about November 2026, about the primary on May 19th and then the November election. He does not want the midterm elections to take away his power. So he's trying to create chaos. So this is what he does. Chaos in Minnesota, chaos in Fulton County. We are a target. Protect your vote at all costs. I'm telling you, everybody always says your life depends on it. Oh, your life does depend on it this time. Okay. And this is getting the attention of the White House. The president reposted our last segment together. He's aware of this. He's aware of what's going on. I think he wants answers to. I think he's wanted answers for a long time. Again, do you have any sense as to why these people might be so defensive about this one single issue? That's something that we're still trying to investigate. We're figuring it out and it always revolves around money, but we don't want to make any claims, especially here that we're not fully believe in yet, but we're definitely investigating that. But for the commissioner, again, open invitation to her and everybody that's an elected official in Georgia, come around with us, see these places for yourself. We'll take you to lunch afterwards and we can discuss it. We just want you to be open minded and see it for yourself. I wasn't open minded until I saw these places. And now I'm trying to figure out why so many elected officials that have the power to do something about this are doing exactly what you constantly see them doing. David, I'm in the exact same boat. I appreciate everything you're doing. I know a lot of people at home appreciate it as well. This is about answers to questions that shouldn't be so difficult to answer, and we look forward to having you back. David Kate, thank you.

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