HOT TOPICS | SHOCKING Threat From Hegseth: 'We Will Control The Media'
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Hey, welcome, welcome, welcome to the show, everyone, to the Don Lemon Show, the Hot Topics, 10 a.m. Eastern Time, 10 a.m.-ish Eastern Time. So we appreciate you joining us. Make sure that you hit the like and the thumbs up. That's the first order of business. More people become aware. our channel and our conversation we certainly want people to be aware of the conversation today because it is a serious one as you can see i am traveling elimination uh and yeah so i'll let you know where i'm going and what i'm doing because you'll see me there later but good morning everyone let me know where you are Where you streaming from what's going on with you how was your day we had a crazy day in New York yesterday.
Snowy rainy. All the things weren't quite exactly sure what to expect but today is a beautiful day. At least where we are for now. Hello Texas hello Tulsa Oklahoma is in the House. Mexico my gosh Charlotte. North Kakalaki, as we used to call it in Louisiana. Green Bay, welcome. South Carolina, we're happy to have you here. We're happy to have all of you. I know on the road again, I am running myself ragged, am I? No, but I enjoy the travel. I enjoy getting out and meeting people. I enjoy seeing people in the airports and on the streets and wherever we are, whether it's maybe it's on Amtrak or whatever it is. So, yeah. thank you for helping to build this community and make sure you please hit the like and the thumbs up so i got to talk to you guys about some serious things you know what's going on with the war overseas
And unfortunately, I don't have good news to start today with because the number of service members who have died in this war in Iran has gone from eight to 11. 11 US service members killed and there are 140 or so who are wounded right now. And we are about a little over a week, almost two weeks into this war. So just last night, here's what happened. There were six U.S. crew members who were aboard, but four of them who were on board with this group of six crew members were confirmed dead after their military refueling plane crashed in Iraq on Thursday while taking part in the Iran war operations. That's what the U.S. military said. I think there was part of a refueling, obviously, as I said, a refueling plane.
So that's what they were doing when the plane crashed. on Thursday. So far, more than 1,270 people have been killed in Iran and at least 486 in Lebanon. This is what UNICEF is reporting, that 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the region. And the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, obviously assassinated on February 28. His son, Mojtaba, has since been elected as his successor. As you know, yesterday he gave a statement saying that he would avenge the deaths of everyone who has died. He called them martyrs, and especially those 170 or so people who died at the elementary school, most of them elementary school girls. And so here's the cost of war. And wait till I tell you about what... fascinating.
I want to get the serious stuff in first and then something that I think is serious but the person who's giving it is not a serious person because it is shocking up in skin and how this person who is a An appointed leader in this country doesn't understand how the Constitution works, especially the First Amendment. So in the first six days, the first six days cost the United States at least $11.3 billion, $5.6 billion in munitions used in the first two days alone. Here's the economic impact that I need to point out to you. The oil prices have spiked above $100 a barrel. If it gets over much further than that, the gas prices are going to be ridiculous. And so it may sound, I don't know how this sounds, but I'm glad that I have an electric car right now because the cost of gas is going to skyrocket.
So when this war started, I think the average price of gas was somewhere around in the upper $2 range. As of a couple days ago, it was $3.48. Then it became $3.58. Now the average price per gallon of gas, $3.63. That's up 38 cents in just a week. Gulf oil production is down 6.7 million barrels a day.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:15–10:23
2
What immediate war updates and casualty figures does the show report at the start?
10:23–21:55
3
How is the Iran war affecting the U.S. economy and gas prices?
21:55–31:53
4
What did Pete Hegseth say about media coverage and why is it controversial?
31:53–40:46
5
How does Don Lemon explain why Hegseth's 'take over the media' remark threatens press freedom?
40:46–1:00:18
Speakers
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