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Thank you, Bill. It is Tuesday, February 17th, 2026. Here's this happening today in America.

Board of Peace. Sewage spill. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. An Olympics update.

It's all coming up.

The bill's going to be here with your message today. But first, President Trump's newly formed Board of Peace will convene in Washington this week to announce its member states have committed

$5 billion towards rebuilding Gaza. It'll be the first official gathering of the group since its founding

in January.

The president said just last month two dozen distinguished founding members joined me in

Davos, Switzerland to celebrate its official formation and present a bold vision for the

civilians in Gaza and then ultimately far beyond Gaza, world peace. The nations on this board of peace include

many Middle Eastern countries like Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, but also Argentina

and El Salvador. No European countries are on it because they're worried that it will rival

the United Nations, which obviously is worthless. There's been a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River.

It's not the federal government's responsibility,

but the president said he's directing federal authorities

to immediately provide all necessary management,

direction, and coordination to protect the river.

The president said there's a massive ecological disaster

unfolding in the river as a result of the gross mismanagement

of local democratic leaders,

particularly Governor Westmore of Maryland, who can't even build a bridge.

A sewer line breach caused millions of gallons of raw sewage to be dumped in the river,

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