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May 9, 2026 14:22-14:31 - CSPAN
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Bronen Bergman, Stephen from Lexington, and Charles from Port Haron discuss Iran's ongoing conflict, UAP disclosures, and Trump's diplomatic stance. Bronen Bergman claims Israeli intelligence and the IRGC collaborate only via the New York Times, while Stephen argues newly released Department of War UFO files prove extraterrestrial involvement in human origins. The host clarifies these documents fulfill a presidential order to disclose alien-related accounts and Apollo imagery, though no definitive photos of aliens were found. Ultimately, the call-in segment highlights public skepticism regarding regime change rhetoric and the potential paradigm-shifting impact of unexplained aerial phenomena on global religion and technology. [Automatically generated summary]

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Iran Nuclear Deal Status 00:02:54
Friend and colleague Fanas Fasih, who's covering the IRGC, we always our great pleasure is that she brings the reporting from the IRGC and it totally matches what I bring from Assad independently.
So we say that the only place on earth where Israeli intelligence and the IRGC could work together is the New York Times.
Bronen Bergman, thank you so much.
Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen will brief reporters on funding for immigration enforcement activities.
Scheduled to start in a few minutes.
We'll get you there live when the Secretary begins his remarks.
We start this morning with Iran.
President Trump ignored questions from reporters when returning to the White House last night, asking whether or not he received a response from Iran on the U.S.'s proposal to end the war.
The president said that he expected a letter from Iran Friday night.
Asked about the status of negotiations on Thursday.
Here's what he had to say.
After these strikes, is the ceasefire with Iran still on?
Yeah, it is.
You won't have to know.
If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know.
You're just going to have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran.
And they better sign their agreement fast.
Could you give us an update on what is the latest in those calls?
The talks are going very well, but they have to understand if it doesn't get signed, they're going to have a lot of pain.
They're going to have a lot of pain.
They want to sign it.
I will tell you.
They want to sign it a lot more than I do.
I think that's what you want to hear, fellas, right?
What you want to hear a different tone.
That's the only thing they understand.
They don't understand it.
We had three world-class destroyers go through the strait today.
Any other country under the circumstances wouldn't have done, shot missiles at it and drones at it and these stupid boats that came at it.
They got blown away in about two minutes.
Their tanker got blown.
You know what we did with the tanker?
We didn't want to create an environment, so we shot out the rudder and a tanker's going around spinning around in circles.
They should not have done that today.
We thought they might.
We didn't know, but we were prepared.
They shot missiles.
Every missile was knocked down.
Every drone was knocked down.
And the people that shot it are no longer with us.
Mr. President Dennison, has Iran officially responded to the one-page offer?
Well, it's more than a one-page offer.
It's an offer that basically said they will not have nuclear weapons.
They're going to hand us the nuclear dust and many other things that we want.
UFO Files and Missiles 00:06:04
Have they redacted so far before?
Yeah, they agree.
When they agree, it doesn't mean much because the next day they forget they forgot they agreed.
And, you know, we're dealing with different sets of leaders.
When you talk about regime change, you know, they keep talking about regime change.
Well, we got rid of the first regime.
We got rid of the second regime.
We got rid of most of the third regime.
And then they say, oh, is that regime change?
I think it's the ultimate regime change.
How close do you say that you are to a deal right now with Iran?
It could happen any day.
And it might not happen, but it could happen any day.
I believe they want the deal more than I do.
That was President Trump on Thursday updating reporters on the status of negotiations.
We know last night he said that he was awaiting a letter from Iran responding to that one-page offer from the U.S. to end the war.
Stephen from Lexington, Kentucky, an independent.
Good morning, Stephen.
What's your top news story of the week?
Yeah, good morning.
Thanks for allowing me to speak my opinion.
My top news story is going to be different probably from everybody else's.
I think it was a big deal that the Department of War and the White House released the UAP UFO alien NHI files.
It's an official website where the government of the U.S. has released all of the files from NASA, the files from the CIA, the FBI, stating that there are stuff in the air that we have no idea who they are, what they are.
They're not our adversaries.
They're not our enemies.
It's not us.
It is stuff that we can't explain that is real.
We are not alone in this universe.
And I thought it was a huge deal that our own government has released these actual real files.
Even there's documents in there where astronauts were mentioning that there was odd things in space when they were up there, when things weren't even supposed to be up there.
So it was a big deal.
There's people out there that have really believed that they've seen stuff and people have called them crazy and they're not.
And our reality is changing.
And I really do appreciate this administration for doing this.
It's huge.
And I'm wondering why it's not the biggest news story of the year, because it changes technology.
It changes religion.
It changes everything that we know about the universe.
And it's finally come out and we're just caught between so many different stories.
Iran, you know, just so much chaos going on in the world right now.
But that was the biggest one for me was the UFO files dropping and people actually believing the stuff now.
It's real.
It's exciting.
It's 2026.
Let me ask you, and I think to your point, it is a huge story, but this is not the first time that the Department of Justice has released tranches from, you know, the UFO files.
But obviously, this is a huge deal.
Let me just ask you, so are you a believer in aliens?
I'm a believer in something larger that I don't think we're the top of the food chain.
I think something created us, whatever you want to call it, if it's God or if it's spirit or whatever, I do believe that there's something bigger out there and it's always been here with us.
I will say we've had three congressional hearings of whistleblowers from our own government coming in and stating these stuff in front of our Congress.
And we've had military officials.
We've had a movie with our own Marco Rubio stating that there's stuff in the air that we have no idea what they are.
So yeah, there is something bigger out there.
And it's exciting for everybody.
And I think if we all had an understanding that we all came from the same place, maybe we would come a little closer together and forget our differences.
So regardless, I appreciated it.
All right, Stephen from Lexington, Kentucky.
Let me read a little bit more about these UFO files for anybody who didn't see them yesterday.
I'm turning to an Axios headline.
It says, UFO files released with no green men, but lots of new hints.
I'm scrolling down here.
Bear with me, guys.
It says the Department of Defense began the initial release of government files on unidentified anomalous phenomenon, UAP, colloquially known as UFOs Friday.
The big picture.
While there are no clear photos of little green men or flying saucers, the release fulfills an order from President Trump to release government documents related to aliens and UFOs, feeding Americans' fascinations with conspiracies.
Driving the news, the initial collection is housed on a government site that locked more, that looked more men in black than Pentagon, topped with scrolling photographs of black and white anomalies.
Below, a tranche of documents from the DOD, State Department, NASA, and FBI are available for download.
One such file includes accounts from federal employees who observed orbs in the dust sky on two separate days in the western U.S.
The release also features images capturing anomalies from the Apollo 17 and Apollo 12 moon missions.
What they're saying is these files hidden behind classifications have long fueled justified speculation, and it's time the American people see it for themselves, Defense Secretary Pete Heggs has said in a statement.
Obviously, demands for UFO transparency have grown recently, fueled by stunning 2023 congressional testimony from a lineup of military witnesses.
That is the latest on that UFO drop from the Department of Defense.
There is a government website that you can go and look through all of the files if you want to know more.
Charles from Port Haron, Michigan, a Republican.
Good morning, Charles.
What's your top news story of the week?
Hi, Ryan.
I think President Trump is uh trying
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