4-8-26 Afternoon Rush - Updates On US v Iran Ceasefire - Tanker Traffic In Straight Of Hormuz HALTED - YIKES!
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Dave Neal
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
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Ceasefire collapses almost immediately as Israel continues strikes despite the agreement
- Confusion grows over what the ceasefire actually covers—and whether it was ever real
- Iran signals potential retaliation as tensions ramp back up
- White House messaging raises eyebrows over "exceptions" to the ceasefire
- Megyn Kelly faces backlash after apparent flip-flop on the war
- Cracks form in the MAGA base as supporters begin distancing themselves
- Is this the beginning of a wider political fallout?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.7 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.6 | Good afternoon, everybody, on this Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. I have all of your news for your |
| 0:19.5 | rush hour ride home, and we've been following the |
| 0:22.7 | moment-to-moment updates with regard to this ceasefire happening in the Middle East, or should I say, |
| 0:28.8 | lack thereof. Trump, of course, got us into a war in Iran, and Iran responded by shutting |
| 0:36.5 | down the Strait of Hermuz, which is where 25% of the |
| 0:39.1 | world's oil supply flows through. The ceasefire has now been stopped because of Israel's |
| 0:46.8 | bombing of Lebanon. We're going to dive into all of this. The ceasefire didn't even last through |
| 0:52.2 | the morning news cycle, but here it is. Breaking |
| 0:54.6 | News, tanker traffic through the Strait of Hermuz has been halted by Iran. After the Iranians |
| 1:00.0 | accuse Israel of breaking the ceasefire, Marjorie Taylor Green responded, Israel never stopped |
| 1:05.3 | bombing, especially Lebanon. So was there ever really a ceasefire? And again, Trump wanted |
| 1:10.5 | a ceasefire to happen in Gaza with Israel. Israel, of course, continued to bomb Gaza. He wants to claim victory, but first of all, we're giving up way more than we're getting. Now every tanker that was to pass through the strait would have a $2 million toll. Again, that's to help rebuild the |
| 1:30.3 | infrastructure that we bombed with our tax dollars. So a big lose-lose. We paid the money in our |
| 1:36.3 | taxes for the military to bomb them. And now we're getting taxed on oil that comes through there, |
| 1:41.1 | which is going to raise the cost of everything. A massive colossal failure. |
| 1:46.0 | We got nothing out of the deal. And now the straight is being closed again. Here's an update. |
| 1:50.9 | And again, this is from Fox News reporting out of Tel Aviv. Have a listen. |
| 1:55.2 | Harris, good morning. We start with breaking news. State media reports that Iran has halted |
| 2:00.2 | the passage of oil tankers through the |
| 2:02.7 | strait of Hormuz after Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. |
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