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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

WH confirms second strike on boat; Lawmakers call for investigation into boat strikes

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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WH confirms second strike on boat; Lawmakers call for investigation into boat strikes

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0:00.0

The initial order from Secretary Hague said everyone be killed and did that come from President Trump?

0:07.0

I saw that quoted in a Washington Post story. I would reject that the Secretary of War ever said that.

0:14.0

However, the President has made it quite clear that if narco-terrorists, again, are trafficking illegal drugs towards the United States, he has

0:22.1

the authority to kill them.

0:23.7

And that's what this administration is doing.

0:26.8

That was White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt yesterday, as the Trump administration

0:31.2

continues to defend a second strike on an alleged drug vote that was carried out back in

0:35.6

September.

0:36.6

The question is, does that second attack constitute a war crime?

0:40.8

Meanwhile, Homeland Secretary Kristy Noem is calling for a full travel ban

0:45.5

in the wake of the attack on two National Guard members here in D.C.

0:49.2

The question is, will President Trump now push for one, too?

0:52.9

Plus, a special election today in Tennessee for a congressional seat that could provide a preview of what's to come in next year's midterms.

0:59.7

The question is, how will the Republican candidate fare and what's been a reliably conservative district?

1:05.1

It's way too early for this.

1:24.5

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that may have spent a bit too much on Cyber Monday and Black Friday and all of the days in between there.

1:27.1

Yeah, it's a problem. It's fine. A lot of gifts coming this season.

1:31.1

Mally Vitale on this Tuesday, December 2nd, and we'll start with the news.

1:35.8

Amid bipartisan scrutiny and calls for congressional investigations, the Trump administration confirmed yesterday that the U.S. military did, in fact, launch a second follow-up strike

1:40.5

on an alleged drug boat in September. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said that

1:45.2

Admiral Frank M. Bradley ordered the double-tap attack, killing two people who had survived the

1:50.1

first blast. But she insisted the Navy commander acted within his authority and the law to do so.

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