meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Deadline: White House

"An avalanche of revelations"

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

Msnbc, News, Ms Now, Versant, Politics, Government, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Daily News, Washington Dc

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Nicolle Wallace on revelations surrounding what exactly the Trump administration is doing in the Caribbean - news that only fuels the questions and calls for oversight.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hi there, everyone.

0:09.0

It's now 4 o'clock in New York.

0:10.2

The Trump administration today finding itself buried under an avalanche of new revelations

0:15.0

surrounding what it is they're doing in the Caribbean.

0:18.2

News that only fuels the questions and calls for oversight.

0:21.8

The latest blockbuster new reporting by the Washington Post based on the accounts of 10 people

0:26.7

either briefed on or familiar with the September 2nd boat strikes. It reads like a detailed

0:32.4

TikTok of exactly what went down. From that new report, quote, a laser-guided bomb had killed nine of the

0:38.6

11 people on board, sunk the boat's motor, and capsized the vessel's front end. As smoke from the

0:44.9

blast cleared, a live surveillance feed provided by a U.S. aircraft high overhead showed two men

0:51.3

had survived and were attempting to flip the wreckage. The video feed showed that the two

0:56.2

men were struggling to stay atop the flotsam, which people who've seen the footage described as

1:01.8

roughly the size of a dining room table. Admiral Frank M. Bradley turned to the military lawyer

1:07.4

advising him and requested input. Under the law of armed conflict, were the men now

1:12.5

shipwrecked and therefore out of the fight, rendering them unlawful targets. He ordered a second

1:18.3

strike, killing both men. Moments earlier, the video feed had shown them waving their arms and

1:23.6

looking skyward. People who saw the footage said, it was unclear, they added, why they were doing so.

1:30.3

Washington Post goes on to report that Admiral Bradley defended his actions to members of Congress,

1:35.8

but the central question of whether that second strike was legal remains.

1:41.7

Washington Post reports this, quote,

1:43.3

there was dissent in the operations room

1:45.7

over whether the survivors were viable targets after the first strike. What the lawyer advised,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.