The Alan Ritchson Situation Just Got Worse...For the Guy He Beat Up & Today’s News

new body cam footage of the Allen Richardson street fight just dropped. And it paints a very different picture. quadruple amputee cornhole champion was just arrested for murder. Elizabeth Warren's questioning. Mr. beast. someone won 93% of their bets on secret military strikes. While the president's sons invested in the platform. Arabia is pushing Trump to escalate in Iran. Trump's trying to get the Supreme Court to throw out your Mail-In ballot, even though he mailed in this year. talking about all of that and even more on today's brand new Philip DeFranco show. You daily dive into the news. I hope you having a good Tuesday. But let's start with this. The Star Reacher got into an actual street fight with his neighbor in a Nashville suburb. There's even video of it in. The neighbor admitted that he started it. it's Alan Ritchson, the guy who plays Jack Reacher on the Netflix show. He just starred in War Machine, though I will say you'll always be that castle to me. Remember blue mountain state? Oh, man, we're getting old. He lives in Brentwood, Tennessee, an upscale neighborhood south of Nashville. And he's back in the States after filming back to back movies in Australia, New Zealand, and according to a neighbor named Ronnie Taylor, this all actually started on Saturday when he said that he saw Richardson speeding through the neighborhood on a motorcycle and causing a disturbance. Taylor, apparently flips him off. Richardson returns the gesture and the day one. But then on Sunday, Taylor says that he spotted Richardson on the motorcycle again. And this time there were two individuals there believed to be his young sons, also on motorbikes. and Taylor says that he told Richardson, can you fucking stop this, please? With then things going sideways. now, here's the thing. There are two videos, One video that was put out by TMZ shows Rich sends Green Kawasaki on the ground. It shows the actor appearing admit Taylor multiple times. Where on the grass of a front lawn. and you see two others on motorbikes, those are believed to be rich, and sons are just watching from the street. and so in addition to going, oh, wow. This is really happening, you're left wondering, how did this start? so that brings us to the other video that shows Taylor stepping in front of Richardson's motorcycle in the middle of a residential street. Taylor cause Richardson to crash. And so you have Richardson saying from the ground, Do. We do? the video continues from there. But here's also a very big thing. Taylor himself admitted to TMZ that he started the physical confrontation. He said, did push him because he was coming towards me on his bike. He did it again for a second time. I pushed him a second time, and I think the second time he got off his bike and, kicked the crap out of me. with TMZ also reporting that Taylor dared Allen to hit him while Richardson was still on the ground after the crash, and that Richardson tried to leave the scene before Taylor shoved just to recap, the neighbor stepped in front of a moving motorcycle, caused a crash, admitted that he pushed Richardson twice, dared him to fight, and then he went to TMZ about know, ultimately, we're going to see how this plays out. You had the Brentwood police captain, Steve Pépin, confirming to USA today that officers responded to the area just before 2 p. m. on Sunday, after several witnesses called 911. and he said that we are aware of the incident we are investigating and no arrest has been made. the investigation expected to continue for the next few days. And as far as Rich said, he stayed completely silent for the most part. Well, Taylor gave multiple interviews to TMZ, and the videos were spreading everywhere. He was quiet. But then Tuesday morning, he just posted an image to social media with no caption. It was a quote. reading. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. we post that he doesn't add any context. Really didn't address the situation directly, but it's kind of obvious. see that? He's posting this right after his neighbor gave multiple public statements that included admitting that he shoved Richardson for years and dared him to fight. It kind of makes the implication pretty hard to miss. and his most legal experts will tell you when you're involved in a potential legal matter, speaking publicly, it just creates risks, including self-incrimination. it's what do you think Richardson was right here or he handled it well or poorly. The aftermath. Right. That the strategy there. It's pretty clear. Let the other guy keep talking. while we wait to see what happens there, I got to pass a question off to you. What are your thoughts here? Richardson in the wrong here? Is Taylor Both I love no. Your thoughts. especially because online people are all over the place. mean, some even saw what they think is a Maga hat behind Taylor in his interview. And they were like, okay, I don't need to know anything else. yeah. Let me know what you think. and then it's actually not the only wild story that people are picking apart online right now. because another thing we got to break down is that a quadruple amputee cornhole champion was just arrested on murder charges over a fatal shooting. if you're wondering how he could have done that, he actually previously posted video showing how he's able to use firearms. So. So the man in question here is Dayton Weber. And when Dayton was only ten months old, his arms and legs had to be amputated to treat a serious bacterial infection that he contracted. so he's been a quadruple MD ever since teaching himself to write, drive and play cornhole, which he's currently a pro at. was even previously named the best cornhole player in the state of Maryland. And now he's in the American Cornhole League, which is apparently a thing I didn't know about until today. and he's also the first quadruple amputee to compete in it so he's been featured on ESPN, written blogs for the Today Show and become a very prominent player. today he's in the news because police officers in La Plata, Maryland, arrested him for shooting a passenger in his car. According to a release on their website, officers were flagged down by two witnesses who said that they were in the back seat of a car when the driver, Dayton, shot and killed a front seat passenger during an argument. Dayton allegedly pulled over and as witnesses to help pull the victim out of the car, but they refused and fled the scene, and Dayton apparently fled as well, with the victim still in the car. and then fast forward two hours later when a person called 901 to report a body found in a yard around 15 miles away from where the incident allegedly took place, when the police got there and they found the victim, Roderick. Michael Wells, he was pronounced dead him, then arresting Dayton, who is at a hospital in Virginia seeking treatment for an unspecified medical issue. And he's now awaiting extradition back to Maryland, where he'll be charged

with first degree murder, second degree murder and other related offenses. understandably, this story has really blown up because, well, as this local news anchor put it. the big question is, is how did someone with no hands allegedly shoot someone? that was a question that was quickly answered as people started finding old YouTube videos or an account believed to be his, where he shows himself shooting guns. so the story just kept getting bigger and bigger from there, with a lot of people just kind of shocked that there's a video showing that he's capable of shooting a gun. Because most people saw the original headline and were like, now, for their part, the American Cornhole League released a statement saying that they're aware of the allegations against Dayton and quote, our thoughts are with those impacted, including the family and loved ones of Braddock, Michael Wells, saying, at this time, this remains an active legal situation. We respect the judicial process and will not comment on specific allegations or details while proceedings are ongoing. then next up from that, let's talk about a story that feels like it was made in a madlib generator. Senator Elizabeth Warren is afraid that Mr. Beast might start pushing crypto to kids. she sent him a letter demanding information about his plans to expand into financial services after he acquired a platform called step and in that letter, she notably didn't accuse Mr. Beast or his company of any wrongdoing. But she did say Beast Industries is primarily an entertainment and consumer product company. And any foray into financial services, particularly services aimed at children, must be done with great care and in compliance with the law. because for context, Step is an app designed to help kids and young people get a head start on their finances. And Mr. Beast said that he joined forces with them because, quote, nobody taught me about investing, building credit or managing money when I was growing up and saying, I want to give millions of young people the financial foundation I never had, but also you have people pointing to the fact that the platform is face some controversy in the past, previously announcing plans to become the first financial app that will allow both teens under 18 and young adults to buy, sell, hold and receive crypto. and what's he in crypto investments had to be overseen by parents. Step ended up quickly backing away from that product with Warren noting, despite Step's careful claims that crypto investing by minors was only with the permission of a parent or guardian, Step published resources encouraging kids to pressure their parents into crypto investments. they published a video called How to Talk to Your Parents About Investing in Crypto, and it was targeted at kids whose parents want nothing to do with crypto. in that video, apparently coaches children on how to convince their parents to let them make investments their parents may not want and include specific scripts. then Warren also noting that STAT previously targeted tons of social media videos to teens by discussing teens side hustles and summer jobs and would then also push posts encouraging crypto investments. so now with that company and Mr. B's hands, you have Warren seeming a little skeptical. reportedly, around 40% of his viewers are between 13 and 17, and the vast majority are younger than 25. And you would Warren also arguing that the company has no reported experience in financial services and banking products, and adding Beast Industries corporate history raises concerns about its ability to manage a financial technology company, particularly one targeting children and teens, they're pointing to the fact that its current CEO is brought in 2024 to professionalize the company because prior to that, there was no chief human resources officer or general counsel. and then you had Warren also noting that Mr. B's and faced backlash in 2024 when a report accused him of insider trading and misleading investors over crypto. something that she found especially troubling, considering this is not the only crypto and fintech partnership that he's sought out lately. Earlier this year, Beast Industries got a $200 million investment from Bitmain Emerging Technologies, the leading Ethereum treasury company in the world. and that is he also filed a trademark application for Mr. Beast Financial, which could offer loan products like credit cards. But it also mentioned crypto, as you heard Warren closing a letter by saying given steps history of highlighting volatile investments to teenagers. Mr. Donaldson is primarily young and very loyal audience. And the allegations concerning Mr. Donaldson's prior actions with cryptocurrencies. I write to request further information on Beast Industries plans for step. and she then demanded that he and a CEO answer about a dozen questions by April 3rd, asking what kind of changes you'll make at step if you will allow crypto investments and more. with all this, I'll say for their part, a beast industry spokesperson told The New York Times that they look forward to engaging with Warren and added, our primary motivation behind this deal is to improve the financial future of the next generation saying now that we've completed the transaction and have ownership control, we're examining all existing offerings and marketing approaches to ensure that Step's future is developed thoughtfully and deliberately. And then there's more we've got to dive into in just a minute. But first, let me thank a sponsor and say, you know, there is a unique kind of denial where my body says something's wrong and I just keep moving. 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they place bets. Hours before operations nobody was supposed to know about. They made nearly $1 million. And the guy whose son is invested in Poly Market and advises its competitor, killed two investigations into both platforms. They're going to talk about. now first, as far as how we got here since the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, you've seen most states legalizing it. But still it's a legal in two huge states California and Texas. And so the big platforms like DraftKings and FanDuel, they're shut out of those markets. then here's where it gets messy, right? Gambling is regulated by the states, but prediction markets are regulated by the feds specifically the regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission because their contracts are legally considered commodities, not casino bets. and that distinction is given platforms like Poly Market and she a loophole to operate in states where traditional sports betting is banned even though they arguably offer the same product. RI half of poly markets trading. It's sports betting. And for Kelce that number is around 90%. well normally the federal government would clamp down on that. We also don't live in normal times. especially given the Trump connection. Right. Donald Trump Jr is invested in Poly Market through his venture capital firm and serves as a paid adviser to Kelce. help Truth Social announce its own crypto base prediction market in October. Not the most surprising thing to see the Trump administration ending two Biden era investigations into the poly market and kowski last year, and then it'll prove Poly Market to operate in the U. S, even though Americans had already been accessing the site through VPNs. right. We're in this situation where the president's family has financial stakes in both platforms. The administration has killed the probes into both. And now the CFTC. They're actively arguing in court that only the federal government should regulate those markets, not those states that are trying to crack down on that's big because the states, they're not just sitting there just last week, you had Arizona prosecutors charging county with violating its ban on elections and sports betting. A 20 count complaint. and then days later, you have Nevada District Judge siding with state gaming regulators and temporarily blocking you from offering sports bets there. and then also that same day, a class action complaint in Georgia accused County of breaking state law as well. but Trump CFTC they've jumped into these cases to argue that it should have exclusive authority over prediction markets. but then also with this, I'll say there's been pushback in Congress, where lawmakers in both chambers, including even Republicans, have proposed legislation to rein the platforms in. the latest bill coming from Republican John Curtis of Utah and Democrat Adam Schiff of California. And they're calling it the prediction Markets or Gambling Act. And it would ban any platform regulated by the CFTC from offering sports and casino style event contracts. but also a big thing here is that the sports gambling angle is just a piece of One of the bigger issues is that poly market lets users bet on wars, natural disasters, and the deaths of high profile figures. all of which had Senator Chris Murphy putting it this way. asking what does it do to our soul when questions of life and death become a commodity that we trade? does it do to us spiritually when we can make money off of famine or a humanitarian disaster? The answer is that it robs us of a moral core that is essential to being a human. but then it also goes beyond the moral question, because some people appear to be profiting off of these bets through insider knowledge. where you had Bubble Maps, an analytics company that tracks blockchain transactions, identifying one trader who's made nearly $1 million in 2024 from dozens of suspiciously well-timed Poly Market bets that correctly predicted U. S. and Israeli military actions against Iran. these were unannounced operations. And this person, when 93% of their five figure bets on Iran bets placed hours before Israeli strikes in October 2020, four hours before U. S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities last June and hours before that joint surprise attack in February. with us, you had bubble maps of the CEO telling CNN all of this is strong signaling of insider activity based on the amount they made, the markets, they bet on the timing of their trades, the success rates of these trades, and the fact that they are connected on chain. is pretty suspicious in my book. that's just one account. You had the Guardian reporting that eight Poly market accounts all created around March 21st, but a total of nearly $70,000 on a cease fire by March 31st. bet that would return them nearly $820,000 all of these accounts, also placed a winning bet on Trump's initial strikes against Iran. And they haven't bet on anything since. so also there you had experts telling the Guardian that these bets bear the signals of insider trading. noting that all of the accounts bought at market price rather than trying to get a better deal. And some appear to belong to a single investor or trying to conceal their identity. and so ultimately, we're in this place where the question isn't whether the system is broken or the actual question is whether anyone with the power to fix it actually wants to, because right now, the people in charge are the same people seeming to make money from it. but then also, you know, as you have people on Poly Market betting big on the war ending Saudi Arabia and the UAE, they're reportedly pushing Trump to keep it going, encouraging him to put boots on the ground and actually considering joining the fight themselves. meanwhile, Iran says that there are no negotiations. Trump 15 points of agreement and he might personally control the Strait of Hormuz with whoever the next ayatollah is. More Marines are on the way. The 82nd airborne might be next. And Israel just announced that it's expanding its occupation of southern Lebanon. so there is a lot and we should talk about what is actually happening versus what the president is saying. starting with, you know, we already knew that Saudi Arabia's patience was running thin last week you had the Saudi foreign minister saying after Iranian attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure, Saudi Arabia's patience with Iranian attacks is not unlimited. Any belief that Gulf countries are incapable of responding is a miscalculation. since then, the Saudis have reportedly told the US that they are ready to strike Iran if their own power and water plants are targeted. they've also reportedly agreed to let American forces use an air base in western Saudi Arabia, potentially reversing an earlier claim that they wouldn't allow their facilities or airspace to be used for attacks on Iran. and according to multiple reports.

Saudi Crown prince Mohammed Bone saw has been pushing for Trump to continue this war. arguing that the American Israeli military campaign presents a historic opportunity to remake the Middle East. he's even reportedly argued that the U. S should consider putting troops in Iran to seize energy infrastructure and force the government from power. well analysts have suggested that MBS probably would have preferred to avoid the war entirely. Now, you know, he's worried that if Trump pulls out Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf, they'll be left dealing with an emboldened, furious Iran on their own. the UAE, they appear to be in a similar position, with their leaders reportedly pressing Trump in regular phone calls to finish the job and destroy Iran's military capabilities before moving on. UAE is also debating whether to send its own military into the fight. And they're already cracking down on Iranian owned assets in the country. so. One of the things we're seeing is that Israel may no longer be the only one whispering in Trump's ear about keeping this war going. now that said, you know, the Gulf states and Israel, they're not fully aligned. Netanyahu he's pushed for military action that could force the collapse of the Iranian regime from day one. Trump. He's sometimes sounded supportive of that goal. But also the American military is focused on degrading Iran's missile and naval capabilities. Intelligence officials have also been skeptical that Iran's government will actually be driven from power. Even senior Israeli officials have reportedly said that Iranian protesters would get slaughtered if they tried to rise up, because the Revolutionary Guard Corps is the upper hand. Netanyahu is continued pushing for it anyway. And then also there's a deeper strategic split. have analysts arguing that Israel would be fine with a failed Iranian state, one to consume by its own chaos, to bother Israel. Saudi Arabia, they see that as a nightmare because militias and remnants of the military could keep attacking Saudi oil infrastructure with nobody to rein them in. also with us. I have to note that the Saudi government has denied that MBS is pushing to prolong the war, saying in a statement, the Kingdom has always supported a peaceful resolution to this conflict, even before it began. with that, then bring us to the negotiations. Right after threatening to obliterate Iran's power plans if they didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, Trump backed down and he pushed the deadline five days. a really big thing is that he claimed that there had been very good and productive conversations heading toward a complete and total resolution. but then Iran, they publicly said that there was no negotiation whatsoever, and they accused Trump of making it up to lower energy prices. And by time. then Trump's attempts to explain who he was negotiating with it didn't help his credibility. the cop, a cop versus don't forget, we've wiped out the leadership. Phase one, phase two, and likely phase three. But we're dealing with the man who I believe is the most respected and the leader. No, not the supreme leader. We don't talk. Nobody's ever nobody heard of the second Supreme Leader. Nobody. We have not heard from the sun. but the people that seem to be running it, and they seem that based on really facts because things they've said have taken place then when asked to name the person, he said, against us. I don't want them to be killed, you know, raises obvious questions given that Israel, the ally that Trump started this war with, has been the one killing Iran's leaders. then with this, as far as what is actually happening, there does appear to be a small grain of truth buried under Trump's nonsense. talks are reportedly happening, but they're indirect. Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey are acting as intermediaries between Trump envoy Steve Whitcomb and Iran's foreign minister, Iran initially denied any contact and then admitted that the U. S. had sent messages through some friendly countries, and that points from the U. S. were being reviewed. but the talks haven't exactly been very good and productive. But Iran's demands reportedly include a new system for the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran could charge ships passing through, similar to how Egypt charges for the Suez Canal. also want guarantees that the war won't restart and end Israel's attacks on Hezbollah, the closure of American military bases in the Gulf and compensation for war damage. is something that's interesting to see when you also have Trump telling reporters, We have major points of agreement, I would say almost all places agreement, minute? Like 15 points, 15 on his side. Yes. Well they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. That's number one. That's number one, two and three. They will never have a nuclear weapon. currently it's believed that he kind of pulled that number out of thin air. He also suggested that, Iran would give up its enriched uranium, which would be a massive departure from Iran's position. Right. Currently, there's no sign that's true, especially given the leverage that Iran has with the strait right now. which on that note, when asked who would control the strait under this alleged deal, he said, really need the United States. Me and the Ayatollah, whoever the ayatollah is, then also as we see Trump talking about resolution, the military buildup that we're seeing, it tells a much different story. last week, the US redirected assault ships carrying 2500 Marines from the Pacific. They then deployed another roughly 2500 additional Marines. And now senior officials are reportedly weighing a deployment of a combat brigade from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Troops that could be involved in a ground operation. Oh. While U. S. and Israeli airstrikes have not let up and neither have Iranian retaliatory strikes. In fact, today, Iranian missiles caused extensive damage to at least three residential buildings in Tel Aviv, injuring at least six people. that is you are the Israeli military claiming that one of the missiles carried a warhead weighing roughly 100kg, something that they said we have not yet encountered in the war. which if true, it's another sign that Iran can still inflict serious damage across the region. so then with all this, you have Aaron David Miller, a former State Department Mideast negotiator, now at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writing on X Trump's war choices not accomplish his military goals. Iran can still attack the Gulf and manipulate the Straits. no nukes, no enrichment. Good luck with that. A singularly incompetent use of America's power. then connected.

All of this is Israel's ongoing invasion of Lebanon, Today, Israel's defense minister announcing the military would expand its occupation of southern Lebanon. And another minister openly called for annexation. wow. This offensive alone has killed over a thousand people. And displays more than a million. According to the Lebanese government. now, the IDF chief of staff said that the campaign has only just begun. for now, that is where we are. Well, we'll see how this continues. And, you know, there just continue to be so many angles to look at this kind of broader conflict from. and then there's more we've got to dive into in just a minute. 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Take your personal data off the market. but then I right back into the news. We need to talk about how the Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday that could land thousands of ballots in the garbage in the next election, and just get Trump one step closer to ending Mail-In voting. all of this is going down well, he seem to be pretty resistant to letting up on the Save act as airport lines bill out the door. because you see, during the pandemic, Mississippi passed a law that allowed a five day grace period for mail in ballots as long as they were postmarked by Election Day. the right, they push back on that with the Republican National Committee and the Mississippi Republican Party filing a lawsuit to invalidate it. the Fifth Circuit Court, they decided that the ballots must be filed and received by Election Day, shooting down the mail in grace period. so then we fast forward from that and oral arguments before the Supreme Court. You had Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart arguing against the ruling The Fifth Circuit was wrong to rule, otherwise this court should reverse. left leaning justices like Ketanji Brown Jackson seem to argue in support of keeping the grace period as well. day fixed for the election of the president, end quote, that that's the day on which the election electors will vote and transmit their votes, and that the president of the Senate would receive their votes at a later date. So this concept of casting one's vote versus the receipt of the vote was very early on distinguished. And this demonstrates that whether you call it to elections or not, the casting of the votes can happen temporally, separately from the receiving of the votes then you had the justices on the right seeming poised to uphold the lower court's decision, calling out what they saw as contradictions and Stewart's arguments and questioning how the grace period could undermine confidence in election integrity. then also, you had people like Paul Clement who argued in favor of cutting the grace period, facing questions around states rights and voting. right. Liberal. Justice Kagan saying that ballot receipt deadlines were something that was a state function, saying that Congress wrote the statutes this way, where with respect to all elections, the states were setting their own receipt deadlines. you had some of the other left leaning justices seeming to agree. it seems to me that we have a very long history of states having a variety of different ballot receipts, receipt deadlines to include after Election Day. however, you're seeing people not too sure that those arguments were enough to save the law. the stakes here, they are very high. There are at least 28 other states in DC that have similar laws, and that includes battleground states like Nevada. see people worried about how this could upend Mail-In voting on a national level. at least until early June, we don't know which way it's going to go, which, by the way, that is less than six months away from a midterm election that feels like life or death for the Democrats. Ryan, with all this, you have defenders of the voting grace period saying, you know, this case is about whether millions of voters will be disenfranchized through no fault of their own. Saying this would toss away valid ballots cast by eligible voters for no other reason than the U. S. Postal Service failed to deliver them by Election Day, something that is often entirely out of the voters control. but then also you have people like Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters saying elections must end on Election Day, which is why the RNC led the way in challenging this harmful state law. some Republicans have also said this prevents elections from dragging on for days and weeks after voters have cast their ballots, causing confusion and undermining our elections. but that's also pretty hard to take from that party whose leader has been peddling voter fraud conspiracies for the better part of a decade, and also still Mail-In voting. And it's time that the Republicans get tough and stop it, because the Democrats want it. It's the only way they can get elected. Because with men and women, sports and with transgender for everybody and open borders and all of the horrible thing. And now the new thing is they love crime. right in. Trump's been known to reject Mail-In voting for seemingly made up reasons. can never have a real democracy with Mail-In ballots. And we as a Republican Party are going to do everything possible that we get rid of Mail-In ballots.

it's so corrupt where some people get five, six, seven ballots delivered to them. of course, all of this, it's connected to just his obsession with losing the 2020 election. but all of this again, as you have The Washington Post reporting that he mailed his ballot for Florida's special election between Emily Gregory and John Maples today. that's not an outlier thing. He also mailed his ballot back in 2020, which also leaves a weird trail for a man so adamant about the dangers that he sees in Mail-In voting. Brought to my attention today that we're the only country that does it that does Mail-In voting. Mail-In voting means Mail-In cheating. I call it Mail-In cheating. also notably, this comes as Trump was previously trying to strongarm this way back through Congress, at one point even refusing to budge on deals that could end the chaos and airports until Congress passes it. And I'm suggesting strongly to the Republican Party, don't make any deal on anything. The most important thing we can have is what's called the Save America Act. Don't make any deal on anything unless you include voter I. D., and you have to be a citizen to vote. The Democrats are fully to blame with the struggle of the great American public is going through at the airports. They're going through a big struggle right now, and So this is just it's part of a concerted effort to make voting more difficult on really all fronts. whether it's under the guise of this imaginary voter fraud thing or the idea that we'll somehow find a batch of ballots, it overturns an election after a winner is announced. This really all seems more like a play against free elections than anything else. And then on top of this, of course, we're still wondering if we're gonna have to worry about Ice agents moving from the airports to the polls when the time comes as well. then also, you know, speaking of Ice agents in the shutdown, Senate Republicans are reportedly close to a deal with the Democrats to finally end all this after Trump reportedly caved on his savory demands. That sort of. Republican leaders reportedly were optimistic about reaching an agreement after meeting with Trump at the white House yesterday. the reporters asking Senator Katie Britt if the GOP had a solution. And Britt responded, we do. And then added, going to be working through the night. So hopefully we can land this plane. now, as far as what that solution is. The exact details haven't been made public yet. but it's been widely reported that the plan would fund almost all of the department except for ISIS enforcement and removal operations. now very notably here. Under this proposal, enforcement and removal would not stop entirely. Right. Those functions have already been funded by Trump is big beautiful bill. other key areas would still be getting new funding like ISIS, Homeland Security Investigations, but denying any additional funds for enforcement and removal operations. It's been a major sticking point for the Democrats throughout the shutdown. depending on what we see, this could be a pretty significant compromise for also we're seeing reports that the Republican proposal would provide some guardrails. The Democrats have demanded, like requiring officers to wear body cameras, among other measures. and to that point, some Democratic lawmakers have previously expressed support for a deal that could exclude funding for Ice enforcement and removal. but there's also a big catch here that could end up being a deal breaker for the Democrats. because there are actually two parts to the Republicans game here. step one, agree to scrap new funding for Ice enforcement and removal in order to get Democrats on board and secure enough votes to reopen DHS. then step two, immediately turn on the Democrats and pass a separate bill that funds money for enforcement and removal operations by using the budget reconciliation process, which allows them to bypass a 60 vote filibuster. but then also what's crazy is that scheme was initially rejected by Trump. with him repeatedly telling Republicans to not make a deal with the Democrats until they agreed to pass the Save act. but that save act is a total nonstarter for Democrats who note that voter fraud by non-citizens, it's incredibly rare. And they argue that the bill would actually prevent millions of eligible citizens from voting because they lack necessary documentation. which is why you had dem leaders accusing Trump of trying to sabotage sensitive negotiations. but now, if the reporting here is true, Trump's made a complete 180 and embrace the two part plan. as far as why he made such a significant shift in such a small amount of time, it appears to be, in part because GOP leaders promised him that they would also include elements of the Save act in their future reconciliation bill. but that could be a tall order if it's even possible at all. because lawmakers only use the reconciliation process for legislation directly concerning spending, taxation or deficit reduction. But the Save act is a policy proposal by nature. now, that said, you some sources telling Fox News that Republicans could try to focus on the financial aspects of the Save America Act, Where things like the provision that threatens to withhold money from states that refuse to comply, but even Fox knows that an argument like that would be difficult to get past the Senate parliamentarian who's responsible for enforcing the strict reconciliation requirements. that is, you know, this is all developing in real time. It's unclear if right now Democrats would even agree to pass a deal that excludes funding for certain Ice operations when they know that the Republicans intend to turn around and undo those changes. but then also at the same time, there's increasing pressure on both sides to reach some kind of agreement as the shutdown drags on. with airport delays getting worse and worse is TSA BS is growing call outs and workers who have gone weeks now without pay. a lot of airports are still experiencing long lines and delays, even though, you know, Trump's now deployed Ice agents to more than a dozen U. S. airports, in a very controversial move that was widely condemned by Democrats. a move that reportedly appeared to have limited effect in reducing security lines as passengers reported wait times as long as five hours in Houston and lengthy delays in other major cities. reports adding that many passengers expressed bewilderment and said the officers did not appear to be doing much. that my friends, you beautiful bastards, is the end of your Tuesday Philip DeFranco show. Dive into the news. Thank you for watching. I love yo faces. And I'll see you right back here tomorrow for a brand new Philip DeFranco show and a brand new episode of my podcast crashing out.