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The A.M. Update

IRANIAN DRONE MOTHERSHIP? Are We Buyin' This? | Another Sign of a Shift in Silicon Valley | 12/12/24

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

Daily News, News, Politics

4.9833 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Aaron McIntire discusses recent claims about drone sightings over New Jersey, linking them to potential national security threats from Iran and China. He also reflects on the longevity of political figures like Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell, and says there may be a reason they stick around so long. Lastly, he highlights a shift in perspective among tech moguls.

 

00:00 Drones Over New Jersey: A National Security Concern
04:54 Political Longevity: The Case of Pelosi and McConnell
10:07 Shifting Perspectives: Tech Moguls and National Security

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm about this close to losing my voice once again, so an abbreviated episode next on the

0:05.7

AM update.

0:14.6

I really cannot not do a show again because I'm losing my voice for about the third time in

0:20.7

the past calendar month.

0:22.7

But nonetheless, we'll put something out here.

0:25.0

There's just a few things that I want to talk about this morning.

0:28.7

Of course, I've been trying to discern if this story is just kind of an online phenomenon

0:33.3

or whether it's something real and spectacular that we need to be paying attention to.

0:38.7

Yesterday, Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey went on Fox News and made this astounding claims

0:46.5

about all of those videos of drones circulating online flying above New Jersey.

0:52.7

Well, here's the real deal, Harris.

0:54.4

You know, I'm also on the Transportation Committee here's the real deal, Harris. You know,

0:58.8

I'm also on the Transportation Committee, on the Aviation Subcommittee, and I've gotten to know people. And from very high sources, very qualified sources, very responsible sources,

1:06.3

I'm going to tell you the real deal. Iran launched a mothership probably about a month ago that

1:13.1

contains these drones. That mothership is off. I'm going to tell you the deal. It's off the

1:18.4

east coast of the United States of America. They've launched drones. Everything that we can see

1:23.9

are here. And again, these are from high sources. I don't say this lightly.

1:31.8

Now, you know, we know there was a probability. It could have been our own government.

1:36.2

We know it's not our own government because they would have let us know. It could have been some really glorified hobbyist or hobbyists that were doing something unbelievable.

1:41.4

They don't have the technology. But let's pretend that's possible.

1:45.5

The third possibility was somebody, an adversarial country, doing this. You know that Iran

1:51.5

made a deal with China to purchase drones, motherships, and technology in order to go forward.

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