Trump backtracks over releasing video of boat strike
Way Too Early with Ali Vitali
MS NOW, Ali Vitali
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🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You release video of that first boat strike on September 2nd, but not the second video. |
| 0:10.3 | Will you release video of that strike so that the American people can see for themselves? |
| 0:15.4 | I don't know what they have, but whatever they have would certainly release. |
| 0:18.2 | No problem. |
| 0:20.4 | That was President Trump just last week, saying he would have no problem releasing the video |
| 0:24.8 | of a deadly strike on survivors of a boat attack. But now Trump's delegating that decision |
| 0:29.5 | to Defense Secretary Pete Hegg said. So the question is, will we ever see that footage? |
| 0:34.6 | Meanwhile, President Trump is set to hold a rally today for the first time in |
| 0:37.8 | five months, expected to workshop a new message on affordability despite repeatedly calling the |
| 0:42.7 | concept a democratic hoax. The question is, will voters outside of his base buy what he's |
| 0:47.7 | selling? Plus, Paramount is upping the ante and abidding war for Warner Brothers discovery. The question |
| 0:52.9 | is, will shareholders accept an all-cash offer? |
| 0:55.8 | It's way too early for this. |
| 1:06.3 | Good morning and welcome to way too early, |
| 1:08.6 | the show that cannot wait to get behind the wheel of this tiny two-seater. |
| 1:12.7 | We're going to have that story for you in just a little bit. It's adorable, right? |
| 1:16.4 | I'm Alie Vitale on this Tuesday, December 9th, and we'll start with the news. |
| 1:20.4 | Less than a week after President Trump said he'd have no problem releasing video of that deadly September double tap on a boat in the Caribbean. |
| 1:32.6 | He now appears to be going back on his word, instead placing the decision in the hands of his defense secretary. |
| 1:44.5 | The change of tune comes as many members of Congress are pushing for the release of the full unedited video of the attack, when the U.S. military launched a follow-up missile after seeing two survivors of the first blast still clinging to the wreckage in the water. Top Democrats who were shown the full footage in a briefing last week |
| 1:48.9 | described it as deeply disturbing and one of the most troubling things they've seen. Here's what |
| 1:54.0 | the president said about releasing that video just yesterday, followed by what he said a mere five |
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