Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz and our week in review. Ben Ferguson with you, and we've got a lot of

major stories that broke this week, and we're going to cover them all for you. First up, the

politics of water. Well, it made the California wildfires worse. We'll explain exactly how that

happened, and now it seems like everybody in office out there is pointing

the finger at one another. Also, there's been a lot of talk this past week about another issue,

and that is the U.S. acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal. How would this work? Is it a crazy,

brilliant idea? We'll explain that.

And finally, the demise of the corporate media.

Is it fair to say now that the media has lost the war,

especially after the last election outcome we just had?

It's the weekend review, and it starts right now.

All right, and I also think it's important for us to talk about the other aspect of this, and that is about

the water.

Gavin Newsom, he made this an issue.

He was obsessed with water and fish and all of this kumbayaism, and he had press conferences

about it, and now all that's coming back to haunt him as well.

There's no doubt the water policies have greatly exacerbated the problems with wildfires

and the ability to fight the wildfires. And listen, L.A. right now is facing a drought,

and at the same time, California is dumping massive quantities of fresh water into the ocean. They're wasting it.

Here's what Donald Trump said yesterday. When he came, he was in the Senate. He met with me and all the Republican senators. We we spent about two hours with him and what he said is

he said he said that gavin newson wanted to protect it essentially worthless fish called a smelt

but didn't care about the people of california now the ultimate price is being paid i will demand

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