Unexpected Iran Development, Major Marijuana Shift, Market Surprise | 4/24/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including how Trump says Iran is facing internal chaos while the U.S. tightens control over the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing nuclear negotiations; a major federal shift as medical marijuana is reclassified, signaling big changes for research, businesses, and regulation; and how the stock market is outperforming expectations with the S&P 500 surging well above historical averages during Trump's second term, raising questions about the broader economic outlook, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, everybody. It's Friday, April 24th, 2026, and this is First Look. |
| 0:10.6 | We've got a pack show for you today. Here's what's coming up. Trump says Iran is in chaos, |
| 0:16.5 | and the U.S. now has total control of the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:21.7 | A major federal move on medical marijuana, what changed and why it matters. |
| 0:26.6 | And later, the stock market is surging, outperforming historical averages in Trump's second term. |
| 0:33.1 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:34.0 | We start overseas where the pressure campaign against Iran appears to be hitting a breaking |
| 0:39.6 | point. |
| 0:40.9 | President Trump says Iran is not just struggling economically, it's struggling internally |
| 0:46.3 | at the highest levels. |
| 0:48.2 | In a post this week, Trump said Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their |
| 0:54.1 | leader is, describing a country |
| 0:56.3 | now divided between hardliners and so-called moderates who were pulling in different |
| 1:01.6 | directions. |
| 1:02.9 | And while that internal chaos plays out, the U.S. is holding the upper hand strategically. |
| 1:09.2 | Trump made it clear. |
| 1:10.5 | The United States has total control of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most critical shipping |
| 1:16.2 | lanes in the world. |
| 1:17.9 | His message was blunt. |
| 1:19.7 | No ship is moving through that strait without U.S. approval, and it will stay that way until |
| 1:25.5 | Iran comes to the table and makes a deal. |
| 1:28.3 | That's not a small lever. That's THE lever when it comes to global energy flow. |
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